Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 714: It’s all a scheme

Chapter 714: It's all a scheme

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Chen Huaian walked into the sword formation, approaching the crowd, basking in their worshipful gazes.

"Master!"

Li Qingran was the first to rush out, throwing herself directly into Chen Huaian's arms.

At this moment, she no longer cared about proper master-disciple boundaries.

Nor did she care how the surrounding cultivators would view her.

She only knew that her master had almost been killed by those demons while protecting her and everyone else.

Chen Huaian held the girl whose shoulders were trembling as she wept softly, feeling a pang of guilt surface in his heart—he actually hadn't been injured at all. Although the heavenly tribulation lightning had indeed been painful and caused him damage, it was simultaneously healing his wounds.

In this back-and-forth process, he had completely passed the tribulation without any real injury.

But to lure the Five Great Demon Saints down, he had no choice but to pretend to be severely wounded and on the brink of death.

The effect was obvious.

These Five Great Demon Saints had indeed taken the bait.

Although even if he hadn't acted, these demon saints wouldn't have escaped.

It was still better than having to chase them down one by one, wasting time.

Chen Huaian silently apologized to Li Qingran in his heart.

This act, he still had to perform.

"Pfft—!" Chen Huaian's face suddenly turned pale as he spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Ma...Master?!" Li Qingran saw this scene and was immediately terrified, her pretty face turning deathly pale, her voice trembling. She frantically took out all the healing pills she had on her, wanting to feed them to Chen Huaian.

At the same time, she helped Chen Huaian sit down by a nearby rock.

"Cough cough... Your master is fine." Chen Huaian pretended to take a few healing pills, his voice rasping: "The might of heaven and earth is indeed not something we mortals can easily comprehend. Even though This Venerable One successfully passed the tribulation, I still sustained significant injuries.

It's just a pity that I cannot completely kill those Five Great Demon Saints..."

As he spoke.

The bodies of the Five Great Demon Saints suddenly erupted with thick demonic energy.

That was the demon souls of the demon saints.

They seemed to have heard Chen Huaian's words, scrambling to fly out from their corpses, madly fleeing toward the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Just moments ago, they hadn't dared to move.

But now that Chen Huaian was injured, they finally dared to act.

When demon souls of Great Ascension Stage demon saints want to escape, no one present except Chen Huaian could intercept them.

The cultivators could only watch helplessly as the Five Great Demon Saints fled.

Looking again at Chen Sword Master, what could they say?

Chen Sword Master was already injured like this for their sake, could they really ask him to continue pursuing the demon souls of the five demon saints?

As for why Chen Sword Master hadn't killed the Five Great Demon Saints earlier...

Was that even a question?

It must be that these demon saints were too cunning, hiding the fact that their demon souls still survived! 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

It must be like this!

Chen Sword Master absolutely couldn't have intentionally let these demon saints escape.

After all, those demons had just tried to kill Chen Sword Master!

Even a saint couldn't tolerate such a situation, right?

Although the cultivators regretted the escape of the Five Great Demon Saints, none of them suspected Chen Huaian.

"Ancestor, for demons, physical bodies are extremely important. Although their demon souls still exist, it's almost impossible for them to cultivate new physical bodies without a hundred years or so... And they can't cause much trouble now. You've already done your best today."

Zhang Mengchu spoke with sincere expression, then glanced around with authoritative eyes.

If anyone dared to say something inappropriate at this moment, he would absolutely crush that person's head.

Fortunately, no such oddity appeared.

Now that their lives were preserved and their sect's legacy was secured, what more could they ask for, even if five demon souls escaped?

"This Venerable One... is unwilling..." Chen Huaian sighed, his eyes flashing with ferocity: "Now that the demon race has Tu Shan Yue ascending to demon immortal, these demon saints might be able to restore their physical bodies in a short time with Tu Shan Yue's help. As long as they live for even one day, they remain a threat to the sects of Cangyun Realm...

Now that This Venerable One has broken through to the Second Tribulation of Great Ascension Stage, these demon saints don't dare confront This Venerable One directly.

What I fear is that they might launch swift attacks on small and medium sects. But forget small and medium sects, even major sects might not be able to hold them off.

This Venerable One cannot patrol everywhere to guard against the guerrilla tactics of these Five Great Demon Saints either..."

As these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other, their expressions suddenly turning grave.

Yes, Tu Shan Yue had become a demon immortal.

With the Five Great Demon Saints having such backing, how could they simply let matters rest?

Given some time to lick their wounds, once they have physical bodies, they would certainly come out to cause trouble.

If we wait until something happens before seeking Chen Sword Master's help, it might be too late!

But how should such a problem be solved?

Setting up Moon Shadow Sect's teleportation arrays in various sects to facilitate seeking help?

But that would consume manpower and resources, and require time. It's possible that before the teleportation arrays could be built, the Five Great Demon Saints would already be at their doors.

Li Qingran, who was nestled in Chen Huaian's embrace, froze for a moment.

She hadn't sensed even the slightest bit of weak aura from her master.

Other cultivators might not be able to tell, but as his dao companion who had been intimately connected with him, her perception was extremely sharp.

—Master wasn't injured.

But if Master wasn't injured, why was he pretending to be injured?

Li Qingran secretly raised her eyes and saw Chen Huaian mysteriously winking at her.

Combined with what Master had just said...

Li Qingran understood.

"Awoo!" She buried her head in Chen Huaian's chest, facing away from everyone, and secretly bit Chen Huaian's chest.

Her two arms holding Chen Huaian deliberately tightened.

As if she wanted to squeeze her master into two pieces of noodles.

Master was scheming again!

So mean!

Those demon souls of the Five Great Demon Saints were intentionally released by Master!

As for the reason, she also realized.

Simply put, if the Five Great Demon Saints were completely dead, then the various sects of Cangyun Realm, without the threat of external enemies, would become scattered sand again.

Having narrowly escaped death today, the cultivators' fear of the demon race had reached its peak.

As long as the Five Great Demon Saints were still alive, with the possibility of making a comeback.

Then the various sects would have no choice but to unite and gather together.

Currently, only Master could oppose the demon saints, so even if these sects formed alliances, they would definitely cluster around Moon Shadow Sect.

And Master could take advantage of the various sects seeking protection to gradually assimilate and integrate these sects, ultimately achieving the unification of Cangyun Realm's sects. At that time, only one human sect would remain in the entire Cangyun Realm—Moon Shadow Sect.

Li Qingran understood Chen Huaian's desire to unify Cangyun Realm.

Because Chen Huaian still had to return to Earth Star and couldn't keep his attention and time focused on Cangyun Realm forever.

And the best way to protect Moon Shadow Sect was to make Moon Shadow Sect the only voice in the entire Cangyun Realm.

This way, except for enemies descending from the heavens, with loyal Moon Shadow Sect experts like Zhang Mengchu and Li Ziping protecting it, Moon Shadow Sect would be invincible. And only then could Master treat Moon Shadow Sect as a stable rear base, focusing entirely on resolving the life-and-death crisis on Earth Star.

Li Qingran understood all of this.

And she comprehended it fully.

But...

He still shouldn't deceive his disciple!

Did he know how worried and heartbroken she had been just now?

The more Li Qingran thought about it, the angrier she became.

Awoo! She took another bite.

This bite was very forceful.

Returning all the bites Chen Huaian had given her in full!

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