"No, you guys go ahead, I still need to stay here for treatment." Ye Shikai turned his head, glanced at the woman, and gently shook his head.
"The Single Love Poisonous Insect hasn’t been removed yet?" Ji Qian had learned about the whole situation from Soul Destroyer on the way here. Ji Qian had only read about the terrifying Single Love Poisonous Insect in some ancient texts and hadn’t expected such a "sinister and venomous" Worm to actually exist.
"The Worm is quite special, I think it might take some time." Ye Shikai nodded, "Thank you for coming, but I really need to stay here longer. Don’t worry, I’m safe here." Ye Shikai tried to comfort Ji Qian with a calm tone, but each time the Single Love Poisonous Insect was mentioned, he somewhat didn’t know how to express it.
"Then I will wait here for you, wait for you to come out." After hearing this, Ji Qian said resolutely.
"I won’t let a strange woman enter the Worm Sect." Before Ye Shikai could express his opinion, the woman had already spoken first. However, the content of her speech flared up Ji Qian’s temper - was this not deliberately opposing her? She hadn’t cooled down from the poisoning incident just now.
"Qian, let’s follow her wishes for this matter, after all, this is the Worm Sect’s territory." Ye Shikai grabbed Ji Qian’s hand, the always calm woman, but whenever Ye Shikai faced danger, she would "explode" immediately.
Ji Qian clenched her fists tightly, indeed, this was the Worm Sect’s territory, and moreover, Ye Shikai needed the help of the Worm Sect. If things really escalated, in the end, Ye Shikai would suffer. Ji Qian could only swallow her anger.
"Don’t worry, nothing will happen to me." Ye Shikai saw this and breathed a sigh of relief and continued speaking.
"If you want me not to enter, that’s fine, but you have to give him a phone, and you can’t restrict his freedom." Ji Qian furrowed her brows and walked directly up to the woman, speaking in an indisputable and assertive tone.
"Moreover, you have to remove his Inner Strength seal." Ji Qian had noticed earlier that Ye Shikai couldn’t use his Inner Strength, and this must also have been the "masterpiece" of the woman before her.
"My patient, does not need others dictating." The woman directly refused, "In the Worm Sect, no one can negotiate terms with me."
"I have already shown mercy today, otherwise, I would not have given you the antidote earlier."
"Okay, let’s not argue anymore." Ye Shikai saw this and immediately intervened, actually, he didn’t have a good impression of the woman in front of him either, she had almost killed Ye Shikai upon their first meeting, imagine if anyone would have a good impression of such a woman? However, now, Ye Shikai must rely on her to break the Single Love Poisonous Insect, to put it in common terms, it’s a relationship out of necessity, also a makeshift measure.
"Qian, you are really fine, you can rest assured now." After being persuaded repeatedly by Ye Shikai, Ji Qian finally decided to let go, but she still stationed the Moon God Temple’s Moon Guards and the Netherworld Palace’s Hidden Guard outside the Worm Sect. As for Wang Kai, he wanted to stay as well, but was finally convinced by Ye Shikai to return to Africa. The situation with the underground forces abroad is temporarily calm, but it is not at all optimistic and vigilance cannot be relaxed.
As for Ghost and others, they were all Ye Shikai’s confidants, naturally wanting to stay all together, but Netherworld Palace’s headquarters couldn’t be left empty, so some had to go back. After drawing lots, in the end, Ghost and Demoness returned to the headquarters and Nightmare and Soul Destroyer stayed behind, guarding the outskirts of the Worm Sect with Ji Qian.
After taking a specially prepared potion, Ye Shikai fell into a deep sleep, but this night, it was destined that someone would not be able to sleep as soundly as him...
In the Netherworld Palace’s camp outside the Worm Sect, besides the few Hidden Guards responsible for the night watch, everyone else had already rested, but there was one person who just couldn’t fall asleep.
Ji Qian slowly walked up to a small hill not far away, sitting and looking at the round moon in the sky, the temperature dropped in the deep of the night, the cool breeze blew past, and her slender body seemed somewhat frail...
Suddenly, a cold wind blew from behind, Ji Qian slowly turned around, and another woman’s silhouette appeared in her field of vision.
"I didn’t expect you to be awake either." Ji Qian seemed to have anticipated the woman’s arrival, turned her head back slowly, and blandly spoke.
Footsteps came from behind and the woman walked slowly towards her, finally, under the moonlight, her face was clear, wasn’t this the "Life-stealing Witch," the Sect Leader of the Worm Sect who Ye Shikai had always deeply abhorred?
"Little girl, I didn’t expect you, to really dare to meet with me here." The woman said indifferently.
"You used a secret code this afternoon to ask me to meet you here tonight, naturally, I had to come," Ji Qian said with firmness in her tone.
"What exactly do you want to tell me?"
"Of course, it’s about your... beloved." The woman deliberately dragged out her words, emphasizing on "beloved," causing Ji Qian’s brows to frown slightly, a reaction that did not escape the woman’s eyes.
"Do you know your and his fate?" The woman’s words, like a stone, caused ripples on the peaceful lake in Ji Qian’s heart. Fate, this seemingly mystical question, could have been regarded as "superstition." Those self-proclaimed atheists never believe in fate. From a mystical perspective, it’s as if there was an invisible and intangible "line" between the two, guiding them to meet and leading to a series of unforeseeable events. To put it more colloquially, it’s destiny.
"Why do I need to know." Ji Qian said scornfully, she had never declared herself an atheist, but on this matter, she would rather insist she was indeed an atheist.
"Fate has already been determined, you and he are destined not to have a result."
Ji Qian clenched her hands tightly, her knuckles turning white from the pressure; she had chosen to retreat in matters of love, but she had never conceded defeat, and even now, she didn’t believe she had lost to Su Qingyu. However, now someone was adamantly telling her, "You’ve loved the wrong person, you and he will have no good outcome," how could this not enrage her.
"He is fated to encounter a love disaster in this life, and besides that, he will face a great tribulation. Whether he can overcome it depends on his own ability." The woman’s tone suddenly changed, her gaze towards Ji Qian becoming sharp, "You being with him is one of the trials among the love disasters."
"What are you saying?" Shock filled Ji Qian’s eyes.
"You being with him will only amplify the effects of the love disaster. If this continues for a long time, the love disaster cannot be resolved."
"You’re lying." Ji Qian shouted hysterically, her body moved, and she drew a sharp blade from her sleeve, in almost an instant, she was in front of the woman, the blade at her throat.