Ben Wang Zai Ci / The Legend of Shen Li

Chapter 22 Moonlight in Demon World

Xing Zhi removed the stainless steel splint on Shen Li's arm and pressed her acupuncture points. He was concentrating on the treatment when he suddenly heard Shen Li ask: "You said you left four things around here as Tianyuan’s double seal a thousand years ago, but the soldiers who patrol around here all year round don’t know about these things. Do you remember where to put them?”

"Well, one is on the top of the mountain, one is at the bottom of the lake, and..." Xing Zhi let go of Shen Li's hand while answering: "Move your arm."

Shen Li sat on the bed and obeyed Xing Zhi's instructions. She first bent her forearms, and then moved her arms a few times. She didn't feel pain anywhere on her body. She was also surprised by the speed of recovery. She said that such a serious injury would take at least half a month to recover, but it only took three days for Xing Zhi to truly heal her.

"Well, it seems that the big problem is gone." He grabbed Shen Li's palm. Shen Li subconsciously twitched her back and looked at him in confusion. Then Shen Li coughed: "What?"

Xing Zhi chuckled: "You are as powerful as King Bicang, how can you still be shy?" He grabbed Shen Li's hand unceremoniously, then intertwined their fingers and said lightly: "I just want to check the small joints of your left hand. You, give my hand a firm squeeze.”

Hearing this, Shen Li suddenly raised her eyes and glanced at Xing Zhi, but seeing that his expression was as usual, Shen Li lowered her eyes again, but did not exert any effort for a long time. Xing Zhi asked strangely, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No..." Shen Li rubbed her eyebrows, "I'm just afraid that I might crush your hand with force."

Now he was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please feel free to pinch it boldly. If it breaks, I will pay for it myself."

These words seemed to wake Shen Li up, and then she remembered that sitting in front of her was the Xing Zhi Shenjun from Tianwaitian, who had an immortal body, and was not the mortal Xing Yun who would die with just a pinch. Although she told herself over and over in her heart that these were two different people, it was really difficult for Shen Li to control her thoughts when looking at the similar faces and the occasionally similar smiles. Feeling annoyed, Shen Li pressed his palms hard.

"Well, okay." Xing Zhi said almost immediately, "Recovering very well." He pulled back his hand and said, "Now, Your Majesty, please tidy up and take me for a walk around this afternoon."

"Going in the afternoon?"

"You can do it at night, too."

"No, just in the afternoon."

And...she was suppressed by him unconsciously. Shen Li felt that this Xing Zhi Shenjun was really too difficult to deal with.

"There is only one high mountain to the south of the military camp around here. Although it has no use these years, it blocked the flow of miasma to other places in the Demon Realm for hundreds of years. We came out late today and didn't have time to go to places with lakes, so let's go take a look in the mountains first." Shen Li took the map drawn by the soldier and gave Xing Zhi directions carefully.

But Xing Zhi kept tinkering with his clothes behind her. Shen Li suppressed her temper and said, "Shenjun, let's go to the mountains for a visit today."

"Yes." Xing Zhi grabbed the hem of his clothes that was mopping the floor. With a movement of his fingertips, the too-long hem was cut off. Xing Zhi threw it away, and the white silk satin slowly drifted away with the miasmatic wind: "Let's go."

Shen Li followed the brocade silk satin with her eyes and did not turn around for a while. In the Demon Realm, even the Demon Lord could not wear such clothes, but such things were discarded by others. Shen Li turned around and saw that Xing Zhi was wearing a white robe made of cloud brocade. Even after staying in the Demon Realm for a few days, she didn't see how dirty it was. It is said that on the day she killed the scorpion-tailed fox, she fainted on Xingyun and wiped blood stains all over his body, but he just wiped it clean with water.