Let me explain, it's not what you think.

Upon hearing this, the Buddhist disciple finally reacted.

He didn't want to live like that for even a single day!

Seven days is enough time to change a lot of things, including Jiang Yu!

From the beginning... to then... and finally...

She is no longer the same person she used to be!

"I possess a Buddhist relic that can quickly calm the mind, soothe the fetus, and subtly enhance one's understanding!"

This is the result that the Buddhist disciple came to after thinking for a long time.

Because his resources in all aspects are far inferior to Ziyao's, this relic is the only thing he can offer.

"Oh? You're not going to trick me again this time, are you?"

"No, Your Majesty." Jiang Yu gracefully walked out of the room.

"Buddhist relics cannot be tampered with by someone as low as a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"So you mean you can?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu hurriedly knelt down in front of Lu Chen.

"I would never dare to lay a hand on Your Majesty again. If you do not believe me, I swear an oath to Heaven!"

As Jiang Yu spoke, she immediately made a vow to Heaven, and the Buddhist disciple also gave up his storage ring.

When the relic landed in Lu Chen's palm, he felt as if his soul was gently lifted by something.

The bead was small, pure white, and felt warm and smooth to the touch, like jade.

A pure and gentle aura emanated from the bead, seeping into his meridians along his palm, slowly and gently smoothing out the wrinkles deep within his soul that he himself was unaware of.

Lu Chen carefully put away the relic, released the seal on the Buddha, and without giving him another glance, turned and walked towards the palace gate. Jiang Yu and Zi Yao followed behind him, and the three of them disappeared at the entrance of the palace.

The Buddhist disciple slumped to the ground, watching Jiang Yu's retreating figure. He unconsciously buried his face in his hands, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably, without making a sound.

Outside the hall, the sunlight was blinding.

On the open ground in front of the Amethyst Palace, a dozen figures stood or sat, some in human form, some in half-beast form, and some maintaining their original forms. The aura emanating from each figure was as deep as the sea, making it hard to breathe.

The weakest among them were all at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and there were some auras that he couldn't even sense the depth of.

Combined, or even higher.

Lu Chen paused for a moment, then continued walking forward, with Zi Yao and Jiang Yu following on either side of him.

Zi Yao's purple dress fluttered gently in the wind, and the golden bells on her ankles made a soft tinkling sound. Jiang Yu's Buddhist robe was as white as snow, and her face was aloof.

The two auras of the Nascent Soul stage intertwined, blocking most of the pressure for Lu Chen.

The onlookers retreated to a distance, leaving only these powerful demons on the open ground.

Their postures were different, but their gazes all fell on Lu Chen without prior arrangement.

There was scrutiny, curiosity, hatred, and also those who were simply there to watch the spectacle.

A lion clad in black armor sat in the front row, possessing the cultivation level of the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

He saw Lu Chen come out and snorted.

"This human? Nascent Soul stage? Zi Yao, your judgment is getting worse and worse."

"You should really check on your wife. Everyone's saying she's carrying a demon's child. What, you're upset about that, coming here to cause trouble for me?"

This black lion is the old lion's son, who lost all face because his wife gave birth to a demon's child.

What he found even harder to accept was that his wife belonged to the same clan as him, and then she gave birth to a child whose talent was frighteningly high, so high that all the clan elders protected him and planned to train him to become the future head of the family!

Because he also has the blood of their clan!

"You...you're slandering me! How could you possibly be the one to tell us about our family's affairs..."

But Zi Yao was too lazy to care about him anymore; a Nascent Soul cultivator wasn't enough for her to bother with.

Seated next to the black-armored lion was a fox-woman, whose transformation was perfect, showing no signs of being a demon beast. She wore a fiery red dress and had alluring eyes.

Her gaze swept over Lu Chen, and a cryptic smile curved her lips.

"He's alright looking, but his cultivation level is too low. Ziyao, don't you find it tiring to take care of him?"

Ziyao still didn't respond.

The fox-woman wasn't annoyed; she turned around and looked at Jiang Yu.

"Jiangyu, you're the one who surprised me the most. I thought you'd never touch a man in your life, but I never expected you to do something like this behind my back! What, are you no longer upholding your Buddhist vows?"

Jiang Yu remained silent and launched an attack directly.

The Buddhist sect and the fox clan are old enemies.

The other powerful demons were not surprised at all, and continued to talk their own thing, pointing and gesturing at Lu Chen.

However, there were a few female demons who were very interested in Lu Chen, looking at him as if he were a commodity.

"Alright, stop fooling around." A female voice came from the deepest part of the demon horde, not loud and without any sense of oppression.

But the moment those words were spoken, all sound ceased.

Lu Chen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman emerge from the shadows.

She wore a green dress, her long hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, and a few strands of hair fell beside her cheeks, making her face look even more gentle and graceful.

Her skin was very white, a warm, rosy white, like the finest mutton fat jade after it has been warmed up.

She has a voluptuous figure, a mature woman's plumpness that is well-proportioned and perfect in every inch.

"My lord, this is Fairy Biji, the queen of our demon race! She is the most kind and beautiful!" Ziyao quickly introduced.

"Greetings, Senior Brigitte!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen stepped forward and bowed.

Biji stood in front of Lu Chen. She was not tall, barely reaching his chin. She looked up at him with gentle eyes, as if she were looking at an ordinary junior.

"You're Lu Chen?"

"Yes." Lu Chen nodded.

Brigitte looked at him for a few moments, nodded, and stepped aside.

Behind her stood another woman, her entire body covered in purplish-black scales. The scales were thin, clinging tightly to the curves of her body, outlining her figure in exquisite detail.

Her shoulders and back were slender, her waist was so thin it could be grasped in one hand, and her chest supported the curve of her scales to an extremely high degree.

The lines below the waist flow smoothly downwards, with straight and long legs forming a perfect arc from the hips to the toes.

The scales above her chest opened low, revealing a deep arc that rose and fell slightly with her breath.

She looks like a warrior, but her face and temperament are extremely alluring and captivating.

This contrast made Lu Chen's heart beat faster.

"My lord, this is Fairy Ziji, also our Demon Queen. She belongs to the Demon Dragon Clan and possesses formidable fighting power!"

"Greetings, Senior Murasaki."

Zi Ji did not respond, nor did she ask him to dispense with the formalities.

She reached out and pressed her fingertips against his chin, forcing him to look up.

The distance between the two people shrank from three steps to one step.

In an instant, Lu Chen could sense that this woman... was terrifying!

"I've heard that you're the wicked monster who's brought disaster to everyone!"