So it turns out I'm the demon!

Chapter 435 My daughter was kidnapped by that blond guy

Duanmu Hanshan was completely dumbfounded.

What's wrong with this girl?

Are you treating your father like he's invisible?

"stop!"

He shouted coldly.

Duanmu Li reluctantly stopped and said in a muffled voice, "What? I want to go back to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Hanshan felt a surge of blood rushing to his chest, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Come here!"

Duanmu Li, carrying a watermelon, lingered back to the pavilion, plopped down, and said, "I don't want to wander the world with you. I want to stay in Yunzhou and be with Jiang Mu."

Duanmu Hanshan laughed angrily: "You really think that kid's mansion is your own home? Besides, what kind of talk is it for a young lady to live in a man's house every day? What about your reputation after a while?"

"What's wrong with it?"

The girl raised her pointed chin, her clear eyes looking directly at her father, and said in a serious tone, "I am Jiang..."

"What can others say about Mu's young wife?"

Young wife?

Duanmu Hanshan was immediately filled with countless question marks.

"absurd!"

Realizing what he was saying, his face darkened, and he slapped the watermelon out of the girl's hand. "Do you even know what nonsense you're spouting? Is this something a young, unmarried girl like you should be saying?"

He suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, he grabbed the girl's slender wrist, and then rolled up her sleeve.

Only when he saw the bright red mark of virginity on her snow-white arm, lying there safely, did the man breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Duanmu Li withdrew her hand. "I will definitely marry Jiang Mu in the future."

Also, hurry up and prepare my dowry. Make sure to gather plenty of the secret savings that the Heavenly Blade Sect has kept hidden away. Bring out all the divine weapons and armor you can find. Don't be stingy.

"Are you preparing a dowry?"

Duanmu Hanshan nearly fainted, his face taut and his teeth clenched as he said, "Since ancient times, marriages and funerals have always been arranged by parents and matchmakers. I, as the father, haven't even given my consent yet, and you're already rushing to offer yourself up to them."

"My mother has already agreed."

The girl suddenly said.

Duanmu Hanshan was taken aback, then blinked: "What did you say?"

The girl took a letter from her bosom, placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of the other person: "This is a letter my mother left for me, which Jiang Mu gave to me. My mother wrote very clearly in the letter that I should marry Jiang Mu."

Otherwise, why do you think I agreed to go with him in the first place?

At this point, the aloof and proud female swordsman blushed slightly and whispered, "Actually, I didn't plan to get married at first, but after spending more time together, I found that Jiang Mu is really suitable to be my husband—we are a match made in heaven."

"Perfectly matched by nature, my foot!"

Seeing the affection for the man flowing in his daughter's eyes, Duanmu Hanshan felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart.

He stubbornly grabbed the letter, opened it, and began to read it.

Gazing at his wife's familiar handwriting on the letter, Duanmu Hanshan's originally furious face became complicated, his eyes somewhat dazed, revealing a hint of sadness and pain.

"How about that? I wasn't wrong, was I?"

Duanmu Li glanced at the watermelon that had been smashed on the ground, wrinkled her delicate nose in annoyance, and bit the spoon between her lips and teeth, making a soft gurgling sound.

The man snapped out of his daze.

He composed himself, carefully read through the letter, and then said irritably, "What your mother meant in the letter was that when you look for a husband in the future, you should find someone like Jiang Mu. She just admires that guy, she didn't say you should marry him."

"Isn't that the same principle?"

The girl said matter-of-factly, "How can you guarantee that I will definitely find a man as outstanding as Jiang Mu in the future?"

There is only one Jiang Mu in the world. No matter how others imitate or resemble him, he is unique.

Just as there is only one Duanmu Li in the world.

"In that case, wouldn't it be the cheapest and easiest way for me to just marry Jiang Mu?"

Duanmu Hanshan was speechless after being refuted by his own daughter's theory.

Upon closer examination, it does make sense.

Is there another Jiang Mu in the world?

It's impossible.

Such a prodigy is a once-in-a-century talent; let alone a century, even a thousand years would be a blessing from heaven.

But the thought of Jiang Mu's past womanizing ways made the old father's heart clench.

He said earnestly, "Ah Li, I admit that the boy is indeed very outstanding, but he is also too good at flirting."

As your father, I once investigated his background. Back in Huzhou City, this kid was a notorious playboy who specialized in seducing married women.

Although he's toned it down a lot these days, look at him, he's still surrounded by quite a few women.

Duanmu Hanshan tapped his fingers heavily on the stone table: "You are my daughter, the eldest daughter of the Heavenly Blade Sect. How can you become someone else's concubine?"

"Let me tell you, men like this are inherently fickle and unfaithful to women. If you get together with him, you'll definitely regret it in the future."

"Isn't it normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines?"

Duanmu Li looked at him expressionlessly. "After my mother passed away, didn't you also marry a new wife?"

"Well----"

Duanmu Hanshan was once again rendered speechless by his daughter's words.

He awkwardly retorted, "That's different. Back then, Dad wanted someone to take care of your daily needs and hygiene."

Duanmu Li stood up and said, "In short, I'm going to marry Jiang Mu. I used to hate my mother and you, and I hated how selfish my mother was for abandoning me."

But later I also figured out a lot of things ——————

This is the first time in my life I've listened to my mother; I mean what I say.

After saying that, the girl turned and left.

Duanmu Hanshan watched his daughter's departing figure, opened his mouth, but ultimately did not call out to her.

A daughter is too old to stay at home once she grows up.

He stared blankly at the moonlight shattered on the lake's surface and sighed deeply.

He immediately felt a surge of hatred and said through gritted teeth, "Jiang Mu, you wretched brat! If I had known this day would come, I should have been more careful and taken this girl away sooner."

When Duanmu Li returned to the courtyard, she ran into Jiang Mu, who had just returned from the Demon Slayer Division.

"Where have you been wandering around in the middle of the night?"

Jiang Mu asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just went out for a walk to clear my head," the girl said sullenly.

Seeing that the girl's eyes were a little red and she looked disappointed, Jiang Mu frowned and said, "Were you bullied? Tell me who it was, and I'll get revenge for you."

"My dad."

The girl whispered.

Jiang Mu was taken aback: "Senior Duanmu is here?"

Since our last parting, the other person has seemed to have vanished into thin air, with no word from them whatsoever.

He was also worried that he might have encountered some kind of danger.

Hearing that the other party has appeared safe and sound, I feel relieved.

"He came to take me away."

Duanmu Li turned to the side and wiped the corner of her eye with her sleeve.

A gentle evening breeze blew the strands of hair that fell across the girl's forehead, obscuring the turbulent emotions in her eyes.

"But I refused," she added.

Jiang Mu understood why the girl was acting this way and gently advised, "Perhaps Senior Duanmu feels it's not safe for you to stay here? After all, the matter of Jiang Chaoxi inheriting the opportunity has attracted many experts to lurk in Yunzhou City. Once the gate of opportunity opens, the city will probably be in complete chaos."

Duanmu Li did not respond.

She simply tilted her pretty little face up and stared intently at the man.

Suddenly, the girl lunged forward and crashed into the man's arms. Her two slender arms tightly wrapped around his waist.

Jiang Mu's body stiffened for a moment.

Feeling the warmth emanating from his chest, he placed his hand on the girl's thin shoulder and smiled, "What are you afraid of? If you really don't want to leave, then stay."

"Without my permission, not even your father, let alone the King of Heaven himself, can take you away."

Duanmu Li remained silent, only holding the man even tighter.

A refreshing fragrance wafted into Jiang Mu's nostrils on the night breeze.

Unlike the mature and sweet fragrance on Shui Miaozheng, the scent on a girl of this age is a cool and refreshing fragrance, like the thin frost floating on wild mint in the morning.

Clean and fresh.

After a very long time, Duanmu Li slowly released her grip.

"My mother said she hopes that one day in the future, she can see me wearing a bright red wedding dress and riding in the bridal sedan chair to welcome my husband—"

The girl whispered, "She said she hopes I can find a perfect husband like you in the future."

Duanmu Li raised her bloodshot eyes.

The moonlight fell into the clear eyes, shattering into two pools of clear water.

"Jiang Mu, I know I won't find anyone like you again, so I want to marry you now."

After saying that, the girl turned around and quickly entered Bai Xiang's courtyard, closing the gate behind her.

Jiang Mu stood there lost in thought for a moment, then shook her head and smiled, before sighing and entering her own courtyard.

A young girl just beginning to experience love is the most stubborn.

Chu Lingzhu had already gone to sleep, only Lan Rou'er was still awake.

Seeing Jiang Mu return, the girl quickly added the heated bathwater to the tub, prepared clean clothes, and picked up a towel to scrub Jiang Mu's back.

Feeling somewhat tired, Jiang Mu wasn't in the mood for anything else. After exchanging a few casual words, she sent the other person away.

He took a quick shower, then took out his notebook and wrote down everything that had happened that day.

Now, he only has two more Star Cores left to activate all the Star Cores under the Kang Jinlong system.

They are 【Left Sheti】 and 【Right Sheti】 respectively.

Once you obtain these two Star Pills, you will be qualified to compete for the [Kang Jinlong] Venerable Star Position and advance your cultivation to a higher level.

The whereabouts of these two Star Pills are now clear.

One of them is Ding Tieshui of the Blood Saber Sect.

According to the information obtained from Luo Wuming, the other holder of the gem was a eunuch named Yu Luoqiao.

Ding Tieshui was relatively easy to find.

However, Luo Qiao, this eunuch, was the most difficult to seize within the deep palace.

We can't just storm into the palace with a knife, can we? We have to find a way to lure him out of the palace.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mu remembered something.

General Chen Xuan, who participated in suppressing the rebellion with Chang Dawei, had a godfather who was Yu Luoqiao, a eunuch in the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs of the palace.

Later, Chen Xuan was killed by Duanmu Li during the chaos in Yunzhou City.

Therefore, there was already a feud between him and this eunuch in the inner court.

Perhaps this can be used as a lure to bring up Yu Luoqiao.

Putting away the notebook, Jiang Mu took out the cultivation technique [Overlord's Heavenly Crippled Kick] that he had obtained from Luo Wuming and began to practice it.

He summoned all the demonic shadows, first demonstrating the technique on his own, and then imprinting it onto the other demonic shadows so they could cultivate together in sync.

After successfully AFK'd, Jiang Mu lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep.

The main focus is on avoiding fatigue.

This kind of cheat-like method is naturally very efficient.

When Jiang Mu woke up the next day, the tendons, bones, and blood in her legs had already changed, and she had reached the threshold of just beginning to understand the basics.

Judging from the content of the exercise, it is very damaging to the legs when you first start practicing, and you have to keep soaking and warming them with medicinal water. Therefore, normal people cannot practice continuously and can only endure the hardship while healing their injuries.

But the shadow has no physical form and doesn't hurt your legs at all.

So, you should practice like crazy for all twelve hours of the day.

That's how capitalists should be.

In the following days, Jiang Mu did not rush to the Blood Blade Sect, but stayed at home to cultivate peacefully.

Occasionally, they venture out to hunt down hidden monsters and collect demonic energy.

As for Fang Yuanhao, the young master of Fengyu Sect, and his group, they were ultimately not found, presumably having already escaped the city.

On the other hand, Meng Zhen was shocked to learn that he would not only not be detained, but would also be able to remain in his post.

After all, in terms of his identity, he was a rebel.

They must exterminate their entire family, including nine generations of their relatives.

As a result, it was as if nothing had happened, and the matter was easily dismissed.

Jiang Mu's response to this was that, considering his many years of hard work and contributions in Yunzhou City, he would let him off the hook and ask him to take good care of his sister-in-law and nephew.

Meng Zhen knew, of course, that it wasn't that simple.

He guessed that Jiang Mu might be using him as a long-term scheme to catch a bigger fish. But he was still very grateful.

At noon that day, the sun was scorching, baking the earth with its intense heat.

Jiang Mu, his muscular upper body half-naked, stood in the training ground in the courtyard, practicing his leg techniques.

Sweat dripped slowly down the sculpted lines of his muscles, like a layer of glossy water film, gleaming with a rich bronze sheen under the scorching sun.

She kept tightening her skirt as she looked at Lan Rou'er not far away.

Around Jiang Mu, there were several unseen demonic figures tirelessly practicing their leg techniques.

"That's about it. I've already reached the threshold of the minor completion stage."

Feeling the unusual surge of blood and qi in her legs, Jiang Mu exhaled a breath of stale air and began to circulate her internal energy.

In an instant, a fierce and explosive force surged into his right leg, and a scarlet light appeared under his skin.

He could even hear the rush of blood and energy between his legs.

Crippled Leg!

Jiang Mu's body suddenly sprang up like a spring, spun in mid-air, and his right leg, like a giant axe splitting mountains, brought with it a violent gale that could shatter rocks and smash through mountains, and slashed down violently.

In a daze, an enormous leg-like shadow descended from the sky.

"BOOM!!"

The ground was blasted open, creating a deep crater.

And this was only after Jiang Mu deliberately held back his strength.

Jiang Mu landed back on the ground, looked at the deep crater, and grinned, "Awesome, Klass!"

If it has such power at the minor level, what would it be like if it were to reach the major level or even the perfection?

This deal with Luo Wuming was very profitable.

After taking a nice, relaxing shower and changing her clothes, Jiang Mu went to the neighboring courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, Chu Lingzhu was playing shuttlecock with Yuan Aqing.

But then they saw the young female doctor dressed in a light green dress with embroidered shoes under the hem. She moved gracefully, kicking the shuttlecock in various ways, as if the shuttlecock had taken control of her feet.

A few strands of her dark hair, damp with fragrant sweat, clung to her porcelain-white, rosy cheeks. Her eyes sparkled with life, radiating the unique charm and brilliance of a young woman.

Swish!

The copper coin shuttlecock was sent flying through the air in a beautiful arc by Chu Lingzhu's tricky counter-kick, heading straight for Jiang Mu who had just entered the courtyard.

Jiang Mu raised her hand and caught the shuttlecock in her palm.

Seeing this, Chu Lingzhu's bright, beautiful eyes flickered, and she said sweetly, "Master, don't move!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl lightly lifted her skirt, and her delicate embroidered shoes lightly touched the edge of the artificial rockery beside her.

Her petite body leaped up, like a green leaf being lifted by the wind.

Accompanied by the fragrant breeze from beneath her skirt, a slender toe touched Jiang Mu's palm, sinking slightly before flicking the shuttlecock upwards once more.

Immediately afterwards, the girl did a beautiful spin in the air and landed on the ground, catching the shuttlecock with the side of her foot.

Chu Lingzhu turned around and proudly raised her chin at Jiang Mu: "How about it, boss? My recent training in movement techniques isn't bad, is it?"