I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 210 The Empress's Questioning! News from Southern Xinjiang!
Yu Youhan glared at Chen Mo, "What nonsense are you spouting now?"

Chen Mo held those fair and delicate jade feet in his hands, gently pressing the soles with his fingertips, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please don't mind. I was just joking with Director Xu. How could a Director of the Palace possibly live in the Chen residence?"

"A noble imperial concubine, and you're still massaging her feet! What else are you incapable of doing?" Yu Youhan sneered.

"..."

Chen Mo was at a loss for words.

Yu Youhan frowned slightly and muttered to herself, "I noticed Qingyi was acting strangely a long time ago. She even dared to secretly send gifts to Madam Chen. She's getting bolder and bolder. The problem is, that tea was mine... It seems she's been reading too many erotic novels and really thinks she's the heroine..."

Chen Mo asked curiously, "What is Your Highness talking about? What erotic book?"

"Ahem, it's nothing."

Yu Youhan cleared her throat and said, "Don't make jokes like that in the future. You may not mean it, but someone might take it to heart. What if Qingyi takes it seriously?"

How to do?
Of course, it should be a grand and spectacular affair.

He thought to himself that he could be brought home as a maidservant along with the empress, not only to keep her warm in bed but also to serve as her tutor when she entered university… On the surface, he remained honest and unassuming.
"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

"besides……"

Yu Youhan narrowed her eyes slightly and asked, "I noticed you came from the inner palace. Did you sleep with the Empress again last night?"

Chen Mo nodded frankly and said, "That's right."

Upon hearing this, Yu Youhan's face immediately turned cold. She withdrew her jade-like foot from his hand and said expressionlessly, "Since that's the case, why have you come to see me? Go back to your Empress!"

I waited patiently for two days at Fuyun Mountain for him, but this scoundrel was having an affair with the Empress in the palace!

Moreover, he would only visit Hanxiao Palace after spending the night at the Empress's residence...

What do you take me for?
Yu Youhan grew angrier the more she thought about it, and threw him away.

"My dear, wait a minute!"

Chen Mo hurriedly spoke up, "There is a reason for this, Your Majesty, please allow me to explain!"

"Do not listen."

Yu Youhan glanced at Zhen, her tone icy.

However, the action stopped, and they did not immediately chase him away.

Knowing the Empress's proud and aloof personality, Chen Mo said seriously, "The matter is like this..."

He recounted in detail what Eunuch Jin had asked him to deliver the message, and what he had experienced at the Mountain of Knives and the Tomb of Swords.

"...My true essence and soul power were drained, and I fell into a coma. When I woke up again, I was already in the Yangxin Palace. It must have been Zhonglihe who brought me here."

"It was already late, and since I hadn't fully recovered, I stayed overnight at the palace..."

This explanation was coherent and well-structured, clearly not something made up on the spot.

Yu Youhan's expression softened slightly, but she was still somewhat suspicious. "It was just a night's stay. You and the Empress didn't do anything?"

Chen Mo waved his hands repeatedly, "I didn't do it, I really didn't do it."

We just had a small team-building activity, and we didn't actually do anything...

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Yu Youhan didn't press the matter further and put her feet back into Chen Mo's hands.

"You just said that you obtained the inheritance in the secret place of the Heavenly Martial Arena?"

"Yes."

Chen Mo nodded, placed her jade-like feet on her lap, and then reached out to unbutton her clothes, revealing her chest.

"Why are you taking off your clothes in public...?"

Before Yu Youhan could finish speaking, she froze, and then her expression turned serious.

On its strong and sturdy chest, intricate patterns slowly emerged. Up close, they appeared to be some kind of seal script, while from a distance, they resembled a striped tiger's head, its copper bell-like eyes radiating a captivating majesty.

"This is... a legacy of military strategy?"

Yu Youhan frowned.

Tread-tap-

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

Seeing Chen Mo's disheveled appearance, Yu Youhan raised her hand and waved it lightly, and the two figures suddenly disappeared.

"Your Majesty, Commander Ye has sent a message..."

Xu Qingyi walked in, only to find the hall empty. She scratched her head in confusion, "Strange, where did everyone go?"

……

……

Inside the inner palace, in the bedroom.

Chen Mo sat obediently on the bed, while Yu Youhan stood beside him, arms crossed, examining the tiger stripes on his chest.

Chen Mo asked, "Your Majesty, what exactly is the origin of this martial arts tradition?"

Although he gained some understanding of the Palm Weapon Pattern after obtaining it, he still only had a superficial understanding and could not control it freely. Being able to activate the pattern was already his limit.

Yu Youhan replied, "The Way of War is all about killing and conquest, and it can be considered one of the laws that evolved from the origin of the Great Dao."

"Origin? Evolution?" Chen Mo became more and more confused as he listened.

"Given your level of understanding, if I were to explain things in too complicated a way, I'm afraid you wouldn't understand..."

"Simply put, you can understand it as an existence at a higher level than the Daoist principles."

Yu Youhan considered her words carefully before continuing:
"There are three thousand great paths, but they all lead to the same destination."

"In essence, they all evolved from six fundamental elements: chaos, cause and effect, reincarnation, calamity, balance and law, and return to nothingness."

“The origins are mutually restraining, with ‘chaos’ and ‘balance’ vying for power, and ‘cause and effect’ and ‘calamity’ intertwined… and this art of war is evolved from ‘calamity’, which is one of the laws that is relatively close to the origin.”

After a moment of thought, Chen Mo roughly understood what was going on.

For the strongest, the purpose of cultivation is to reach the origin.

The art of war is the trace left by the origin in the world, also known as the "traces of the Way".

The next level down is "Daoist Rhyme," which is roughly similar to the aura left by Daoist traces. It is easier to comprehend, but it is also further away from the origin.

"What is this calamity?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

“You can think of it as the self-purification mechanism of the Heavenly Dao, using calamities to filter out non-compliant existences… This is the price that Ji Hongxiu suffered.” Yu Youhan said thoughtfully, “You possess dragon energy and are favored by the Heavenly Dao. You seem to have nothing to do with calamity. Why did the martial arts inheritance choose you?”

Chen Mo scratched his head.

To be precise, it wasn't the tradition of military strategy that chose him.

This palm-shaped weapon pattern should actually be considered a reward from the system...

"Calamity, cost, dragon energy..."

Chen Mo seemed to have grasped something vaguely, but it was fleeting and unclear.

"What kind of cultivation does Your Highness practice?"

"Return to the Void, this is the way of the annihilation of all things."

Yu Youhan sat beside him, her legs crossed, her jade feet swinging idly. "But you don't need to worry too much. This weapon pattern is a good thing. If you can comprehend even a little bit of it, it will greatly enhance your strength... As for whether you want to take the path of calamity in the future, that's up to you to decide."

Chen Mo nodded.

Since Her Majesty says there's no problem, then there definitely isn't a problem.

As for which path to cultivate... with his cultivation level of just entering the fourth rank, it's pointless to consider this question now.

"correct."

"Besides inheriting the art of war, I also obtained a wisp of dragon energy this time. Hmm, it's just that the color is a little different from before..."

Chen Mo opened his palm, and a purple-gold aura shone out, with a faint sound of a dragon's roar rising, as dazzling as a blazing sun.

?

Yu Youhan was slightly taken aback, then exclaimed in surprise, "Taiyi Gengjin?! Where did you get that?"

Chen Mo shrugged and said, "I picked it up."

"..."

Yu Youhan remained silent for a moment.

She had spent years lying low in the palace, scheming and plotting, yet still had gained nothing… and this kid just casually picked up a strand? And it was even the Taiyi Gengjin, a symbol of imperial power?!

This is too outrageous!

Chen Mo continued, "I saw the character 'Li' on the Mountain of Knives and the Tomb of Swords. This wisp of dragon energy is very likely left behind by Princess Chu Yanli..."

"Chu Yanli?"

Yu Youhan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Chen Mo asked, "Your Highness, is this Princess difficult to deal with?"

Yu Youhan shook her head, unconcerned, and said, "Just a young girl who uses external aids and overdraws her talent, nothing to worry about... But you really need to be careful. If this was truly her doing, she's probably plotting something..."

"Yes."

Chen Mo nodded in agreement.

Judging from the Empress's attitude, this wisp of golden dragon energy must be extraordinary.

It seems I really need to keep a low profile lately...

"It already possessed the Purple Extreme Qian Yuan, and now it has gained a strand of Taiyi Geng Jin..."

"In addition, I also received the inheritance of military strategy..."

"This guy……"

Yu Youhan's gaze towards Chen Mo was filled with complex emotions.

This can no longer be described as mere luck; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the favored son of Heaven!
"I previously thought he was a mental demon hindering my cultivation, but now it seems to be an opportunity for breakthrough."

“It’s not just me who thinks so, everyone else does too… I’d better keep a close eye on him.”

A sense of crisis welled up in Yu Youhan's heart.

Ji Hongxiu, Jiang Yuchan, the Demon Lord... and now there's Chu Yanli too.

It seems there are more and more wicked women eyeing Chen Mo...

"Chen Mo".

"Ok?"

"I remember you once said you had a dream in which you were abandoned by everyone, surrounded by enemies, and ultimately died in front of the Cold Cloud Palace..."

"Why did Your Highness suddenly bring this up?"

"Actually, I've had similar dreams too."

"Ok?"

Chen Mo was taken aback upon hearing this.

Yu Youhan was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I dreamt that a mysterious man whose face I couldn't see fought his way to the front of Hanxiao Palace and easily defeated me."

"Even if I used every means at my disposal, I was still no match for him. He repeatedly tortured and killed me hundreds of times, and I had no power to fight back."

"That was the first time I experienced the feeling of despair."

Chen Mo: "..."

It's obvious that the "mysterious person" was him.

Before he transmigrated, he used his cheat-like abilities to repeatedly humiliate the Empress... but unexpectedly, she could sense it too? Could it all really be predestined?

"Perhaps this is not a dream, but some kind of omen that is about to happen, but I don't care."

"My heart for seeking the Dao is as firm as iron, and I have never believed in fate... Since I have lost, I will find a way to become stronger. Whether it is destiny or karma, I can cut it all down with a single sword!" Yu Youhan's tone was clear and calm, as if she were simply stating a fact.

Chen Mo wholeheartedly agreed with this.

No one understands the Empress's power better than him!
That is the only being in the known storyline that Juexian cannot defeat.

Even with his cultivation at its maximum, he was still no match for her; his abilities were so overpowered that it was almost exaggerated!
"But……"

Yu Youhan looked down at the red ribbon on her wrist, her blue eyes narrowing slightly, like a bottomless pool.

"After meeting you, I began to waver."

"This red silk can make me lose all my cultivation, making me as fragile as an ordinary person... After losing my greatest reliance, my Dao heart does not seem to be as firm as I imagined."

Ji Hongxiu was right; her Dao heart was indeed unstable.

For someone at their level, this is a huge flaw!

Seeing the Empress's dejected expression, Chen Mo felt a lump in his throat and whispered, "Your Majesty..."

"Chen Mo, you promised me..." Yu Youhan looked up at him, her eyes filled with complex emotions, "No matter how the Empress and Ji Hongxiu tried to seduce you, you wouldn't betray me, right?"

"..."

Chen Mo could faintly smell a hint of vinegar.

Why does the Empress seem like an insecure, pampered wife...?

"Your Majesty is the only one in my heart." Chen Mo bent down, held the pair of jade feet in his arms, and said earnestly, "I said that I would massage Your Majesty's feet for the rest of my life, and I will certainly not break my promise."

"Yes, I believe you." Yu Youhan nodded gently.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Chen Mo's fingers caressed his delicate toes, sending waves of tingling sensation through him.

Seeing his serious expression, Yu Youhan's fair cheeks flushed slightly. She gently tapped her toes and whispered:

"Then promise me you won't let Ji Hongxiu touch you again..."

Chen Mo: ?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu Youhan raised an eyebrow and pressed down a little harder on his foot. "What, you don't want to?"

"Hiss..." Chen Mo hurriedly grasped that slender, long leg and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty misunderstands. This humble servant was forced. Besides, with the Dao Venerable's strength, this humble servant couldn't resist..."

Yu Youhan said, "Don't worry, I have already warned her. Just don't contact her in private."

Given Ji Hongxiu's personality, even if she were burned to ashes by the flames of karma, she would never do such a shameless thing.

But the other split soul is hard to say.

Under the influence of the Three Corpses, his temperament became strange and eccentric, unpredictable, and capable of doing anything.

"Instead of doing that, it's better to put things out in the open."

"If Ji Hongxiu is willing to cooperate with me, I might as well give her a chance to suppress the Dao patterns in front of me. It's better than the two of them doing something unsavory in private..."

This is also one of the reasons why she went to negotiate with Ji Hongxiu.

"And that Qingxuan..."

Yu Youhan glanced at Chen Mo with a resentful look, "I know you two have a close relationship, but she is Ji Hongxiu's personal disciple after all... If I have a conflict with Ji Hongxiu, she will naturally stand on her master's side. Who will you help then?"

Another fatal question...

On one side is the fairy with whom he has consummated his marriage, and on the other side is the empress who takes great care of him...

Chen Mo's lips twitched slightly as he cautiously said, "Your Majesty's cultivation is extraordinary; surely you wouldn't stoop to the level of a mere fourth-rank Daoist nun? Otherwise, after what happened last time, Your Majesty would have already dealt with her ruthlessly..."

Recalling what happened at the restaurant last time, Yu Youhan's cheeks flushed slightly, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "How dare you say that? It's one thing to do such a shameful thing, but to make me suffer in the process..."

She grew angrier the more she thought about it, and stomped down hard with her foot.

However, at that moment, her wrist suddenly became scalding hot, and a red ribbon appeared out of thin air, quickly passing through her chest, waist, and thighs, wrapping her up completely.

Yu Youhan lost her balance, swayed, and fell onto the bed with a thud.

"..."

The atmosphere instantly became deathly silent.

Chen Mo's expression stiffened slightly, "Your Majesty, what's wrong...?"

Yu Youhan was both ashamed and angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "What are you looking at? Hurry up and untie me!"

Every time she tries to punish someone, Hong Ling comes out to cause trouble. She's really going to be bullied to death by this guy!

"Yes."

Looking at Consort Yu's appearance, Chen Mo was at a loss for what to do.

She was wearing a plain white dress that accentuated her voluptuous figure. The skirt was tied with red rope, creating layers of pleats that revealed a pair of long, slender, snow-white legs.

And the knot happened to be located near the thigh...

"Your Majesty, this humble servant finds it difficult to make a move," Chen Mo said in a low voice.

Yu Youhan was too unable to get up at the moment to see this scene. He frowned and urged, "Stop dawdling. It's not like we haven't done this before. Why are you being so fussy?"

"Very well then, I apologize for my intrusion..."

Chen Mo didn't dare to delay and reached out towards his thigh.

? !
Yu Youhan shuddered, her voice trembling slightly as she asked, "Where are you touching?!"

Chen Mo smiled wryly and said, "The knot is right here. I can't untie it without my help."

"..."

Yu Youhan turned her head away, biting her lip with her pearly teeth, "Then be careful, don't touch places you shouldn't!"

"Don't worry, I promise I won't skimp on things," Chen Mo said solemnly.

He lay face down on the bed, his fingers pinching the two ends of the knot, and with utmost concentration, he carefully dismantled it like a bomb disposal expert.

"Well……"

Yu Youhan's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes shimmered with light.

As before, during the disassembly process, a surge of emotion from the depths of my soul welled up like a tide...

Perhaps it was because of her special location, but this time the feeling was particularly strong, as if it overwhelmed her like a raging storm.

"No, no, wait a minute..."

Suddenly, Yu Youhan had a bad feeling and spoke urgently.

"It will be untied soon, Your Majesty, please bear with it a little longer."

Chen Mo quickened his pace.

"But...I..."

The moment the red ribbon fell off, Yu Youhan raised her head high, her eyes losing focus...

?

Chen Mo stared blankly, a refreshing fragrance lingering around his nose.

The Empress has done it again...

dong dong dong-

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Xu Qingyi's voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, are you inside? This servant has something important to report."

Yu Youhan stared blankly at the ceiling, her chest heaving as if she were suffocating. Only when she heard these words did she come back to her senses. Just as she was about to sit up, she realized that there was someone under her skirt...

Lifting her skirt, she saw Chen Mo's expression was blank, as if he had witnessed some shocking scene.

Yu Youhan was unbearably shy and her expression turned annoyed.

I've completely lost face in front of this guy...

"Miss?"

Xu Qingyi was somewhat puzzled.

They clearly heard the Empress's voice coming from inside the house, but after waiting for a long time, there was no response.

Yu Youhan waved her hand, and before Chen Mo could react, she disappeared from the room.

Then, straightening his disheveled clothes, he covered his lap with the blanket, leaned back against the headboard, and said, "Come in."

crunch--

The door opened, and Xu Qingyi walked in.

Seeing her languid appearance bathed in the morning glow, he couldn't help but be slightly taken aback. "Your Majesty, what's wrong... Where is Lord Chen? I haven't seen him."

Yu Youhan cleared her throat and said, "I'm tired, I'll take a short rest. Chen Mo has already left the palace."

"I apologize for disturbing Your Majesty's rest." As she said this, Xu Qingyi wrinkled her delicate nose and twitched her nostrils slightly. "Your Majesty, did you wear perfume?"

"..."

Yu Youhan's face flushed even more, and she said in an unnatural tone, "Yes, I sprinkled some flower dew on it."

Xu Qingyi said with a smile, "No wonder it smells like osmanthus. I must say, this scent suits you quite well..."

Yu Youhan couldn't listen any longer and interrupted, "Didn't you say you had something important to report? What is it?"

Xu Qingyi's smile faded as she said, "We received a message from Commander Ye that after the destruction of the four major districts of the Gu God Sect, the body of the sect leader, Yin Tiankuo, has never been found, and his fate is unknown... Recently, there have been rumors that Yin Tiankuo has resurfaced in the Southern Frontier and is trying to win over the remnants of the Gu God Sect..."

"It seems that the Moon Emperor Sect is also involved..."

Yu Youhan frowned slightly.

In her eyes, all grandmasters were pretty much the same. When she destroyed the southern district of the Gu God Cult, she killed them all without paying attention to who was the leader or who was an elder.

The latter three dioceses were jointly managed by the royal family and the Shence Army, so there shouldn't have been any problems.

"Jiang Yuchan is so inefficient."

Yu Youhan pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Ye Zige not to act rashly, but to continue to investigate and report any news in a timely manner."

After all, Ye Zige was only a fourth-rank official, while Yin Tiankuo was a true grandmaster... When she exiled Ye Zige to the southern border, it was only to teach her a lesson, and she never intended for her to really lose her life.

"As for the Moon Radiance Sect..."

Yu Youhan shook her head and scoffed, "A bunch of chickens and dogs, still harboring wicked intentions, what waves do they think they can stir up?"

……

……

Chen Mo's vision blurred.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself thrown out of the palace by the Imperial Concubine.

Recalling the scene he had just witnessed, he swallowed hard, his throat tightening.

"Your Majesty is truly..."

"She's just as good as the Empress..."

Thinking of this, his heart started beating a little unsteadily again.

Glancing at the sky, it was already close to noon. There was no point in going to the yamen now, so Chen Mo simply headed straight for the Jiaofangsi (Imperial Music Bureau).

Of course, the upright and righteous Lord Chen was definitely not doing this for the sake of dual cultivation.

He had some questions for Yu'er about what had happened to the Xu family... Although her soul had perished, there were other female members of the Xu family in the Jiaofangsi (a government-run entertainment institution), who could at least know something about what had happened back then.

"And why did the Crown Prince come after Yu'er?"

Is it really just a coincidence?

Chen Mo flashed away, heading towards Yanle Street.

(End of this chapter)