12dz Chapter 133 Similar
Chapter 133 Similar
Qiu Pi, however, disagreed and stopped her struggle, saying, "I'm willing to do anything for you."
"I've always thought of you as an older brother, a big brother who would love and pamper me." She leaned against him, her voice choked with emotion. "I'm sorry, I should have made things clear to you sooner, but in order to catch Qianmianshang sooner, I took advantage of your feelings for me to get close to you..." She didn't know how she would face this if he died like this, or how she would face herself for having used someone else's feelings.
"I know." He took a long, deep breath and loosened his grip on her. He had always known that Geng Miaowan was not on his side; there were too many mysteries surrounding her that he couldn't unravel.
She sat on the edge of the bed and chatted with him for a while, also telling him about Qianmian Shang's fate. However, he didn't seem to care about it, just casually responding to the conversation.
Finally, she told him, "We plan to leave here first thing tomorrow morning."
Luan Hao meant they should just leave without saying goodbye to Qiu Pi. However, Geng Miaowan couldn't bring herself to leave without saying goodbye, so she felt she should still inform Qiu Pi, since they had spent several months together and were like friends and brothers.
She had expected Qiu Pi to try his best to stop her, show his unwillingness, or even try his best to persuade her to stay. However, he only paused for a moment, and then asked her calmly, "Where are you going?"
It seems that this brush with death has brought about a significant change in his mindset.
"I came from where I came from, so naturally I'm going to where I'm going." After saying that, Geng Miaowan gave him a playful smile. He didn't press the matter further, but asked casually, "Will I ever see you again?"
Geng Miaowan thought for a moment about how to answer this question. As for whether they could meet again, if it were a coincidence, perhaps they could meet once or twice more when they were reincarnated in the underworld. But when that would be was uncertain, and even then, it was uncertain whether he would recognize her.
Therefore, answering "yes" or "no" doesn't seem like a good answer.
Seeing her hesitation, Qiu Pi seemed to sense something, a faint smile appearing on his face, though it looked like he was crying. "I understand."
Geng Miaowan felt a surge of warmth in her heart as she faced Qiu Pi. She felt as if she owed him something. However, Qiu Pi's expression quickly returned to normal, and he suddenly asked her a completely unrelated question, "You know I'm not human, right?"
She nodded. Something about those words sounded strange to her. Geng Miaowan wondered if she should also tell him that she wasn't human either, even less human than him…
Qiu Pi took off the ring on his finger, saying he wanted to give it to her as a parting gift, but Geng Miaowan refused seriously. Since ancient times, giving a ring has always carried a special meaning. She absolutely could not easily accept a man's ring.
Seeing that she had rejected his offer, he took the ring back, touched it with his hand, muttered a spell, and then took out several stones from the ring. Each stone was only slightly larger than a fingernail and there was nothing particularly unusual about them.
"These are for you, consider them a parting gift."
Geng Miaowan was shocked to discover that the ring he wore every day was also a storage ring. She felt like she was about to vomit blood. If he had just said it was a storage ring, she wouldn't have been so polite.
Fortunately, she already had a storage ring. Otherwise, she probably would have vomited blood and died by now.
I just don't know what he meant by taking out these stones. Did he intend to smash her head with them to get revenge? But if he was going to do that, shouldn't he have chosen larger stones? What can such small stones do?
Geng Miaowan realized she had been thinking too far ahead. She quickly brought her thoughts back to Qiu Pi and asked, "What is this?"
Qiu Pi cast a spell on the stones, and the small stones, which had been dull and gray, suddenly shone with a bright, clear light, except for one that remained grayish. They were as translucent as crystal, and incredibly beautiful.
As they revealed their true forms, a significant fluctuation of spiritual energy appeared in the room.
"This is..." Geng Miaowan felt like she had seen these things somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where. Xu Ruwen spoke up to clear things up for her, "Aren't these demon cores?"
"Demon cores?" His mention of it immediately reminded her of the incomplete demon core within her own body, which looked quite different from these. "How do you have so many demon cores?"
“You know I’m not human, I’m a demon. And there are many demons in this world, lurking among humans, living alongside them. I’m just one of them.” Seeing Geng Miaowan’s surprised expression, he quickly added, “Actually, demons aren’t as evil as humans imagine. Only occasionally do a very few commit evil deeds, disregarding human lives. Occasionally, I encounter some extremely vicious demons, and I eliminate them. That’s how I got these.”
At a glance, there were about four or five demon cores. "Why don't you absorb them all? That way you can increase your strength."
Qiu Pi shook his head, not answering his question directly. "I don't need it. On the contrary, with such poor abilities, how can you be an exorcist?"
Geng Miaowan wasn't sure if she had misheard, but she sensed a hint of mockery in his words, and also... "How do you know I'm not human?"
He looked at her and said, "We're the same kind, we'll always sense something."
But she had absolutely no idea he was a demon. To this question, Qiu Pi just smiled mysteriously.
She didn't know that the difference between him and her was that he consciously concealed his identity, while she didn't. Although she disguised herself as Shen Meiling, she never thought of hiding her demonic nature, perhaps because she used to be human.
As a demon, Qiu Pi must hide his demonic nature at all times so that no one can discover it if he wants to survive in human society undisturbed.
But Geng Miaowan was different. Before her reincarnation, she was always human, and as a human, she had nothing to hide. After being reincarnated into Geng Miaowan's body, the special nature of the original owner's body allowed her to have no inhibitions.
However, although her body didn't emanate any demonic aura to reveal her demonic nature, a demon is still a demon, possessing not only demonic energy but also demonic instincts and unconscious behaviors. Anyone with a basic understanding of demons could easily detect these with careful observation. (To be continued.)