Demonic Runes, She Knows!?

“Right, senior brother, we’ve been searching the Righteous Alliance all these days.”

“Why didn’t we think to ask the Demon Sect?”

“Maybe this isn’t even a secret to them!”

Lin Tian slapped his hand on the table.

“No, I can’t wait any longer.”

“I’m putting out a bounty now.”

“The Wang family can afford it!”

Wang Feng turned and walked out without looking back.

“That damned demon, don’t let me find out who it is, or I’ll tear him to pieces!”

Lin Tian and Lu Chen exchanged helpless glances.

Then Lin Tian saw Mei Ji.

“Hey, senior brother, Mei Ji is practically a core member of the Demon Sect!”

“Just ask her!”

“Is that so…”

Mei Ji drew out her words, her gaze flickering over Lu Chen.

His heart skipped a beat.

“My sect doesn’t know either, or I wouldn’t be asking you, Lin Lang.”

“True.”

Hearing her reply, Lin Tian sat back down.

“Then I’ll go help Senior Brother Wang.”

“You and Sister-in-law can chat.”

Feeling the weight of Mei Ji’s meaningful look, Lu Chen grew restless and wanted an excuse to leave.

“Don’t go, Little Brother Lu Chen.”

“Since this is our first meeting, how can I not give you a gift?”

Mei Ji blocked his way with a smile.

“Ahem, no need.”

“Senior Brother Lin and Senior Sister-in-law Zhuang Jingbai already gave me a treasure to increase attributes.”

“You don’t have to.”

As soon as he said that, cold sweat soaked Lin Tian’s back.

Both Zhuang Jingbai and Mei Ji were jealous as hell.

Mentioning Zhuang Jingbai in front of Mei Ji was asking for death!

He thought he had treated Lu Chen well, but how could such a warm mouth say such ice-cold words?

Little did he know, Lu Chen did it on purpose.

Having read the original story, he knew the female lead’s personality.

In the early stage, the female leads fought relentlessly, brawling and making Lin Tian’s head ache, but he had no way to stop them.

Their fights dragged on until the end of the book, when the protagonist Lin Tian reached the peak of cultivation and an inexplicable kingly aura made the female leads stop quarreling.

Anyway, the story fell apart in the later part, and the logic was a mess.

But that was enough.

Lu Chen counted on the female lead’s personality to let him go and then punish Lin Tian.

Sure enough, after hearing Lu Chen’s words, the smile on Mei Ji’s face vanished.

She shot Lin Tian a cold glare.

Still, she didn’t let Lu Chen leave.

She had seen through his little trick.

Such a poor attempt at scheming before a demoness.

“Since Sister Jingbai gave you such a good gift, I, as your Little Sister-in-Law, can’t fall behind!”

Mei Ji reached out her jade-like hand and grabbed Lu Chen’s.

Lu Chen’s heart lurched.

He instinctively tried to pull back, but her fingertips had already touched him.

Her fingers were icy cold, yet soft as if boneless, like a snake coiling around his wrist, unhurried but inescapable.

The next moment, he felt a dense demonic energy surge from her fingertips and spread across the back of his hand.

It wasn’t fierce or violent, but carried a cool sensation, like mint soaking into the skin.

It moved along his meridians and finally gathered under the skin on the back of his hand.

A flash of pain came and went.

Lu Chen looked down and saw a dark purple pattern emerging on the back of his right hand.

The pattern twisted and turned, like a budding flower, glowing faintly in the moonlight.

Eerie, beautiful, radiating an indescribable allure.

“This is…”

Lu Chen was stunned.

“A demon mark space,” Mei Ji said, letting go of his hand and smiling, with a hint of pride in her eyes.

“It’s an attribute ability that opens a space on your body.”

“Nurture it with your own spiritual energy, and it will grow larger.”

“Much more convenient than storage rings or pouches.”

She extended her hand, revealing a similar mark on her own, much larger than Lu Chen’s, with more intricate patterns, like a blooming flower.

“See?”

“This is mine.”

“I’ve nurtured it for five years, and it can hold a small mountain.”

Lin Tian walked over and patted Lu Chen’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry.”

“This demon mark your Little Sister-in-Law gave you is excellent.”

“I hide lots of private savings in mine, and Zhuang Jingbai has no idea!”

Lu Chen was speechless.

“Why ‘Little Sister-in-Law’?”

“Hahaha, because Mei Ji is even younger than you!”

Lin Tian couldn’t stop laughing.

“Then she calls me ‘Little Brother’!”

Lu Chen’s face flushed.

“Hehe, Little Brother Lu Chen, I am still your sister-in-law after all.”

“Why can’t I call you little brother?”

Mei Ji smiled, tapped the demon mark on Lu Chen’s hand, and returned to her seat.

Lu Chen looked at the mark on his hand and tentatively sent a thread of spiritual energy into it.

The pattern glowed faintly.

He sensed an empty space inside, not large, about the size of a room, but certainly bigger than his storage pouch.

More importantly, it would grow.

“Thank you, Little Sister-in-Law Mei Ji,” Lu Chen said sincerely, then stood up.

“I should go help Senior Brother Wang.”

“You two take your time.”

He turned to leave, but Mei Ji’s slow voice came from behind.

“By the way, Lin Lang, I think I have a senior sister who used to be in the Hehuan Sect.”

Lu Chen stopped in his tracks.

“She stayed there for many years and knows the people and things there well.”

Mei Ji picked up her teacup, took a slow sip, and her voice drifted lightly.

“Maybe… she knows who that demon is.”

Lu Chen stood still, cold sweat pouring down his back.

He slowly turned and met Mei Ji’s eyes, which seemed to smile without smiling.

In those eyes, there was mockery, scrutiny, and a hint of knowing understanding.

“So, Little Brother Lu Chen…”

She put down the teacup, propped her chin on her hand, and looked at him, the curve of her lips like a hook.

“Won’t you sit down and have a good chat with your sister-in-law?”

Lu Chen obediently sat back down.

Lin Tian watched in confusion.

“Junior brother, aren’t you going to help Senior Brother Wang?”

“Senior brother, didn’t you hear what Sister-in-law said?”

“The clue is with her senior sister!”

“True, but why didn’t you call Senior Brother Wang over, Mei Ji?”

“He’s so anxious!”

“I only just remembered!”

Mei Ji and Lu Chen looked at each other, one smiling, the other forcing calm.

“Lin Lang, go fetch your Senior Brother Wang.”

“Don’t let him do anything foolish.”

“Mm, I’m also curious what that demon looks like, to make so many righteous senior sisters and junior sisters take such risks!”

“Junior brother, keep your Little Sister-in-Law company for a while!”

Lin Tian finished speaking and left the tavern.

“…Alright.”

Lin Tian was gone.

Only the two remained.

“What does Little Sister-in-Law want to talk about?”

“No rush.”

Mei Ji propped her chin and tilted her head to look at Lu Chen, her gaze sweeping from top to bottom and back, as if appraising something interesting.

“A deserter from the Hehuan Sect… Five Elements Spiritual Root, One Hit, Certain Hit, and so good looking.”

She reached out, her fingertip lightly tapping the back of Lu Chen’s hand.

The demon mark glowed faintly.

“Tell me, what a coincidence, isn’t it?”

Lu Chen looked into her eyes, his heart sinking to the bottom.

This woman knew everything.