At this moment, the young man seemed to see something and glanced in his direction.
In that instant, Earth Demon felt his vision darken and nearly fainted.
In the other’s eyes, he seemed to see endless darkness and the deepest secrets of the universe.
He couldn’t continue looking; if he did, he would surely die.
A voice hysterically echoed in his mind.
Earth Demon slowly regained his senses, only to find the other person had disappeared.
Earth Demon suddenly stood up, staring intently into the distance.
Was it his illusion just now?
Or... had he become possessed by a heart demon?
Was the man he just saw his heart demon manifesting?
But if that was true, why did this person feel so unfamiliar, as if he had never seen him before?
You see, a heart demon is a heart demon because of past interactions.
Someone never seen can’t leave a deep impression in the heart, naturally rendering the notion of obsession baseless.
The cold wind blew through, and Earth Demon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, cautiously walking to the roadside.
There were no tire marks, nor any trace of human presence.
It truly was his hallucination just now.
"Perhaps I’ve been too exhausted lately, I should find some time to rest and relieve the stress,"
Earth Demon murmured to himself.
At that moment, his phone suddenly rang.
He took a glance at his phone and frowned.
Zhang Songqiao dared to rush him?
Since undertaking the task, he hadn’t hesitated for a moment and had been traveling continuously.
Only delayed by an hour, Zhang Songqiao already showed urgency, treating him like a slave to be arbitrarily exploited?
Earth Demon coldly snorted, ready to put away his phone, but his expression suddenly changed.
His eyes were glued to the time at the top right of the screen, his face filled with disbelief.
When he set out, it should have been 11 PM, even with slight delays in traveling, it should not exceed 1 AM.
But his phone showed the time as 2:30 AM.
How could this be?
Which part had gone wrong? Why was there an unaccounted-for hour and a half?
Did he accidentally misread the time when he set off?
Earth Demon immediately opened his contact list.
When he met Zhang Songqiao, he made a call, thus setting his departure time just five minutes after the call.
The call was at 11:00, meaning his departure would not have exceeded 11:10.
The departure and travel times matched, but the final time didn’t...
A feeling of frenzy filled Earth Demon’s mind, driving him almost mad.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, causing his eyes to widen instantly.
From his departure, he only encountered one unlikely event: the recent surveillance in the forest.
After seeing that person, he entered a state of emptiness for some time.
He had thought this state lasted only a few minutes, or even seconds.
Could it be that it lasted a full hour and a half?
Earth Demon’s eyes widened with disbelief.
How could this be?
Just from the other man’s gaze, he was rendered incapacitated for over an hour?
What cultivation did the other person possess?
Just a glance, and he was killed countless times!
During that hour of nothingness, even if the other person had broken all his limbs, he wouldn’t have reacted.
For a moment, Earth Demon felt increasingly terrified and couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
His phone rang again, urging him.
Seeing the increasingly advancing time, Earth Demon had to force down his terror and continue his mission.
Tonight was too bizarre; he might unknowingly fall victim to his heart demon.
Where Zhou Qilan was located was just in an estate three kilometers away.
The villa was purchased under Bai Yunfei’s name.
Zhou Qilan was an outsider, inconvenient to have around all the time.
Especially during internal matters, dealing with private affairs of the family, having Zhou Qilan in the villa felt even more inappropriate.
After handling her affairs during the day, Zhou Qilan hadn’t slept.
Until dawn broke, she finally felt a sense of fatigue.
The matters of Huadu were a tangled mess, impossible to sort out.
If it weren’t for her daughter’s plea, Zhou Qilan wouldn’t bother with Bai Yunfei’s mess.
And that guy Lin Beichen, elusive like the Divine Dragon, despite her many days of stay, he refused to meet.
Was her daughter involved with a jerk?
Zhou Qilan thought anxiously.
At that moment, a glimmer seemed to appear in the night.
Zhou Qilan paused, put on her glasses, and looked outside the window.
In the night, she seemed to hear the sound of the wind outside the courtyard, followed by a cat’s meow after some time.
Zhou Qilan chuckled, shaking her head with a hint of helplessness.
It was all Bai Yunfei’s fault, making her overly worried as well.
At the earliest sound, she thought someone had come to kill her.
"When this matter wraps up, I must talk to my daughter, ensuring she isn’t deceived by a jerk’s emotions."
Zhou Qilan muttered, feeling sleepy, and walked to the bedroom.
Moments later, Zhou Qilan fell into a deep sleep.
Unbeknownst to her, as she slept, a new storm was brewing.
Outside the villa, Earth Demon stared at the void above the villa, his face filled with shock.
Just now, he activated Gale Blade, attacking the estate with three thousand wind blades. He anticipated that one wind blade would instantly turn Zhou Qilan inside the villa into pulp.
Even after three consecutive attacks, he didn’t damage the flowers or grasses in the courtyard, nor the villa’s gate.
Why was this?
Earth Demon, refusing to give up, tried again, yet the result remained unchanged.
Twice in a row, Earth Demon reacted instantly.
There was an expert here, who had set up an array.
Celestial Gate had just opened recently, and someone already delved into the arrays manipulating Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?
Whoever the opponent was, they must have a far superior understanding of Celestial Gate and Spiritual Qi than him.
Realizing this, Earth Demon broke into a cold sweat, turned, and fled.
Tonight, something definitely went wrong.
First, he inexplicably lost an hour and a half, and then there was an unexpected array!
All signs indicated that Bai Yunfei was not as simple as presumed.
Zhang Songqiao was generous enough, but this event involved a cultivator whose cultivation might surpass his own!
If Zhang Songqiao wanted to continue the task, he needed to pay more.
Soon after Earth Demon left, a cold wind enveloped Zhou Qilan’s villa.
The cold wind, roaring, took human form.
"How peculiar, when did an array lay here?"
A voice of an elder echoed from the shadow.
This voice was so unstable and distant, it finally dissipated into the forest.
Just one person caused echoes throughout the dense forest.
The elder’s cultivation was simply unfathomable.
As dawn broke, the elder seemed restricted, his figure flickering a few times before disappearing.
Early the next morning, Zhou Qilan slowly got up, feeling intense pain all over her body.
Days of toil finally caught up, overwhelming her.
Zhou Qilan called Bai Yunfei.
Upon hearing about Zhou Qilan’s illness and fever, Bai Yunfei was immediately scared and summoned the special medical team.
Then, he called Lin Beichen.
"Lin Beichen, Zhou Ya’s mother is sick; would you like to see her?"
Bai Yunfei cautiously asked.
"What did you say?"
In the Huadu University lab, all professors were stunned, staring at Lin Beichen.
A strong murderous aura emerged from Professor Lin.
How could Professor Lin possess such intense murderous intent?
"Everyone, I have an urgent matter, let’s reschedule the meeting."
Lin Beichen hastily said, walking out.