"Oh, so the humans wanted to... capture me because I appeared in the picture book and the picture was a scene from the future?" Yuan Yuanyuan sat on the bed, her expression gradually changing from a relaxed one to a solemn one.
Opposite her sat an old man with a white beard. His voice was a little low, "Yuan, what are you going to do?"
Yuan Yuanyuan lay back and suddenly realized the current situation.
… No matter what, let me just say that Ji Qiu is awesome.
Yuan Yuanyuan felt that she really couldn't imagine what was going on. She was still a half-demon with human-like thinking. Even though the white-bearded old man told her countless times, "This is a normal secret technique among monsters. It can use current clues to calculate what will happen in the future. Although there are many monsters who know this technique, not many can make a perfect prediction. The master Ji Qiu in the picture book is probably a big monster who is very knowledgeable about this." She still didn't understand how this was done.
... This is so fucking fantastical, it's hard to believe. Oh my god, these monsters can predict the future.
There had never been a single trace of content related to this aspect in Yuan Yuanyuan's Blood Jade Demon Art. This was the first time she had heard of this, and it felt like she was listening to a heavenly book. But suddenly she realized that she seemed to have actually seen this thing before, but not with the monsters, but with the Taoist priests.
Fanin is officially known to be very good at predicting destiny, even though he was chased like a dog when he tried to make a living with this... but he is indeed very good at it.
Yuan Yuanyuan was lost in thought, and after about five or six minutes she suddenly realized that she was talking to someone. She looked up and saw the white-bearded old man sitting next to her. Seeing that she was lost in thought, he didn't call her and just waited quietly for her to come back to her senses.
Yuan Yuanyuan felt embarrassed for a moment. She quickly recalled what the old man had said to her before. It seemed that he asked her what she wanted to do. She thought about it and said, "If my figure appeared in the sketchbook and it also drew what would happen to me in the future, then..."
"Then someone with ulterior motives will most likely try to stop this before it happens." The old man said, "So the danger around you will be greater. It is very likely that someone will approach you more purposefully than before for some purpose..."
"Ah, I understand." Yuan Yuanyuan said. She naturally translated this sentence in her heart - there may be more perverts, crazy people and stalkers around you... Some of them may be like the girl before. This is still good and they have no malicious intentions. But if she encounters some big monsters who try to change their fate or powerful Taoists, she will most likely be killed by them.
What's worse, some organizations or groups may control her - just like what happened today.
Didn't she say that humans would never take risks without a special reason? They would only do such a thing if there was a huge benefit, and they were afraid that if the news got out, something bad would happen, so they even blocked the corridor. They must be thinking of taking the initiative and arresting her first. The monsters have been at a disadvantage for so many years, so it doesn't matter if they arrest an old monster who is about to die...
That's why these humans chose to seal her up instead of killing her. After all, mastering her is basically equivalent to mastering part of the future, or being able to "control" some of the future with their own hands. They should be rushing to find her, and they may also be thinking about whether they can control her today and use her as an experimental subject. Because Ji Qiu drew once, there will definitely be a second time. According to Ji Qiu's nature, it will not only be Yuan, but also others who will have such things happen one after another in the future. It is naturally beneficial to use Yuan as an experiment first.
As a person with a big imagination and easily distracted, Yuan Yuanyuan has come up with a bunch of messy conspiracies and plots, but each one sounds very imaginative. Yuan Yuanyuan slowly drank a sip of water and said to the old man, "What was the result of your negotiation with them during the day?"
"They humans have agreed not to bother you anymore," the old man said. "That's it."
"That's all?" Yuan Yuanyuan asked, "No other requests?"
"No." The old man smiled. "Their coming here today was already a very inappropriate move. Your response has already taught them a lesson."
Yuan Yuanyuan propped her chin up, thinking about teaching him a lesson or something... which meant making the room explode like popcorn. She felt that everyone was quite embarrassed when the sect's treasure was taken out during the day. Fortunately, she was holding back her anger at that time, otherwise she would probably have an embarrassing attack. By the way, did the old man tell them that the sect's treasure was made by "himself"
The old man happened to be in front of her, so she asked casually. The old man said, "No, your actions back then were very covert. Don't worry, although I am not a member of the Blood Jade Demon Army, I have also experienced that era, so I will naturally not tell anyone... If I hadn't seen that thing today, I wouldn't know where you went back then."
Oh... Yuan Yuanyuan nodded again. It turned out that this was a secret operation. Let's not keep it secret anymore. Ji Qiu is about to reveal your secrets. Even she, who knows nothing, knows that Yi Qi sneaked into the enemy camp and even dressed as a cross-dresser with a gay temperament.
When Yuan Yuanyuan was extremely excited about complaining about Yiqi in her heart, she suddenly heard the person opposite her ask her a question in a very serious tone.
"Master Yuan, how much of your demonic power do you have now as you did in the past?"
Yuan Yuanyuan was stunned by her question.
This is a... difficult question to answer. She didn't know why the white-bearded old man opposite her suddenly asked her this question, but she still felt that there was some other purpose behind the old man's question... This hidden purpose made her instantly sensitive.
Yuan Yuanyuan didn't rush to answer because she herself was not very clear. She vaguely felt that there seemed to be an expected answer behind the old man's words, but she didn't know what the answer she was expecting was.
She really didn't like it when someone had such high expectations of her, because she always felt a little tired. When someone had expectations of her, she would always subconsciously say the answer he expected. However, at this time, Yuan Yuanyuan always felt that the answer the old man wanted seemed to have many traps in it.
"Uh... Can you please tell me directly if you have anything to say?" Yuan Yuanyuan said, "I tend to overthink when I keep guessing, and my mind is naturally a bit narrow... Let's be straightforward, so that I won't make blind guesses."
The old man looked at Yuan Yuanyuan and suddenly smiled. That smile... Yuan Yuanyuan really got goosebumps instantly and wanted to take out her double swords and throw them in his face.
What the hell are you doing? I saw you helping me during the day and thought you were a gentleman, so I let you into the house. Why do you have such a... weird expression on your face now
Yuan Yuanyuan learned that most of the doors here have special features during the day, and it takes a lot of effort to break in. Today, she came back and tried it in her room, and found that the door of her room was indeed special. According to Yuan Yuanyuan's idea, she decided to hide in the room when there was nothing to do, and never open the door when there was nothing to do. Whoever came in the future would take a look through the peephole first.
The old man's expression was only for a moment, and he quickly returned to normal. He said, "Although I don't know what method you used to maintain your strength, I am very worried that your strength will not last long. In order to reassure your subordinates, please give us an accurate answer. How long will your strength last?"
"How long will it last?" Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it. It seemed that the news of Yuan's "serious injury" had spread widely. She didn't know where the news came from, or was it their own guess? After all, that red sand well seemed to be quite evil... As for how long it would last, she herself hadn't even learned the Blood Jade Demon Art, so how long was she asked...
"It should be fine if it continues for a few years." Yuan Yuanyuan said with a somewhat painful expression. Just after she finished saying this, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up. The sudden energetic feeling made Yuan Yuanyuan stunned.
"How many years?" The old man's words were full of expectation. Yuan Yuanyuan dodged his gaze a little. In fact, it was more than a few years. She felt that decades would be fine. But for some reason, when she opened her mouth, she subconsciously answered a few years.
"If you can continue for a few years..." the old man suddenly said, "then perhaps many things will be different."
"Ah?" Yuan Yuanyuan was confused. "W-what?"
“Since you can still last a few more years... then why do you want to stay in City C?” The old man’s tone gradually became a little sad. Yuan Yuanyuan thought to herself, I don’t know why I should stay there... No, I’m having a good time here, with food and drink, a house and a car... Bah, I don’t have a car, but I have a servant, so why should I leave
Yuan Yuanyuan originally wanted to answer the old man like this, but when she looked up at the old man's eyes, she suddenly felt that she couldn't say the words.
Some words... she said them, but how the other party might hear them is uncertain.
When she was looking at things from the edge of the monster's perspective, she should have considered the people on the inside. If she couldn't understand them, at least she shouldn't have made sarcastic remarks, otherwise she would be no different from some people.
Yuan Yuanyuan rubbed his face, and finally raised his head and said, "They added a family in City C. The name of the family is the Blood Jade Demon Army."
This is the most likely reason she could think of if Yiqi was really here.
The old man opposite suddenly turned pale and was silent for a long time. Finally, he just said lightly, "Then... please think about it again", and then hurried out.