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The next morning, the weather was dark and a light snow was falling from the sky.

Qiao Qiao was still full of joy as he stood up and looked at the vast expanse of whiteness within the Pear Blossom Academy.

"So beautiful." She could not help but sigh with emotion. It was unknown how long it had been since she had seen such a beautiful scenery. The heaven and earth were dressed in silver, and it was extremely quiet.

"Not good, not good, young lady." The Sleeve Luan had snow floating above its head and was treading on thin snow. It took large strides in all four directions as it charged toward the inner courtyard of Pear Blossom House with a loud shout along the way.

Qiao Qiao still frowned slightly. He did not know what had happened this early in the morning that caused Xiu Luan to panic. What was even more disturbing was that she was admiring the snowy scenery.

"What's wrong?" Only when Xiu Luan ran closer did Qiao Qiao see how Xiu Luan was panting. It seemed that something big had happened, otherwise, the normally cautious Xiu Luan would not have ended up like this.

"Miss, Miss, quickly go take a look. Senior Demon hung Sister Qingwu outside the secret room, and insisted that the one who broke into the secret room yesterday was Sister Qingwu." Xiu Luan panted heavily.

"What?!" Qiao Qiao's face was still startled. Ignoring his injured right arm from yesterday, he lifted his leg and ran towards the direction of the secret room.

Xiu Luan looked at the serious expression on his daughter's face and swallowed his saliva. Then, he chased after her.

Demon Palace. Outside the secret room.

Qingwu's hands and feet were tied as she stood at the entrance of the secret room. Her small face was completely pale.

The Sprite Demon led the guards and guarded the outside of the secret room. With a cold and arrogant face, he raised his head and glanced at Qingwu scornfully.

"I will ask you one last time, who assigned you to this secret chamber!"

Qingwu's cold eyebrows were slightly raised. Although her hands and feet were bound as they hung upside down in front of the door, her expression was still unyielding and cold to the extreme.

"You're still prepared to protect the person behind you?" The Sprite sneered, "Even if something happened to you, I did not see her helping you. You are just an abandoned chess piece, why did you lose your life for her!"

"Bah!" Qingwu spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You …" The Demon Sprite's face was filled with anger, he did not expect this little girl to be so stubborn, this morning, he had given her a small punishment, using both soft and hard, but he never thought that this little girl would still not speak.

"Someone, continue hitting until she's willing to speak!" The Sprite's face was expressionless as he shouted to the guards beside him.

"Yes." After the guard gave the order, he continued to brandish the whip in his hand and viciously lashed at Qingwu's weak and delicate body.

"Stop!" When Qiao Qiao was still less than a hundred steps away from Qingwu that was suffering, she cried out involuntarily.

"Heh." The Demon Ghost laughed coldly, it seemed that Qiao Qiao had finally came, he then waved his hands, signalling the guards to stand down.

Joe continued to walk quickly, but in a moment he was standing at the door to the chamber.

"Put her down!" Qiao Qiao's eyes were still squinted as he shouted with a cold voice. His almond-shaped eyes were filled with raging fire.

The Demon Sprite's lips curled up, and lightly waved towards the guard, and his body lightly danced as he slowly landed at the entrance of the secret room.

"Qingwu!" Qiao still worriedly shouted out loud, then hugged the extremely weak Qingwu in his arms. "Are you alright?"

"Young lady …" Qingwu powerlessly said.

"Stop talking, watch him carefully. Today, I will return all the suffering you have endured to him!" Qiao Qiao's brows remained cold as the rage in his heart burned. He was unable to conceal the hatred within his heart.

"Young lady …" Qingwu worriedly called out, "Don't do it for me …"

"Today, I will do it for you." Qiao Qiao's brows remained cold as he whispered to Xiu Luan, "Take good care of Qingwu."

"Yes." Xiu Luan bowed slightly and received Qingwu from Qiao Qiao.

Qiao still took a deep breath, and slowly raised his body, turning around and heading towards the main culprit, the Sprite.

"Greetings, Infernal Queen." The demon bowed to Qiao Qiao unwillingly.

Qiao Qiao still did not speak, his five fingers tightly clenched into a fist, and then slowly relaxed, fiercely slapping towards the Sprite's slowly raised cheek.

"Pa ~" The force behind the sound was so strong that it shook the heaven and earth.

"You …" The Sprite was shocked, he had always thought that Qiao Qiao was still afraid to denounce him, he had already planned out the reason and plan, it was definitely enough to make her speechless, he did not expect that Qiao Qiao still did not say anything, and actually slapped him first.

"I what?" "I am the Infernal Queen, and you are just a small shadow guard in the Infernal Palace. Master can't teach this servant a lesson, can you have any complaints?"

The five red and swollen finger prints on the Demon's face suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Although he harbored resentment in his heart, he had nowhere to go.

"Is there any reason for Master to not answer your question?" Qiao Qiao raised her eyebrows again, it was clear that this slap could not calm the anger in her heart. She had said it before, she would make the Sprite pay a hundred times more than Qingwu!

"Reporting to the Infernal Queen, this subordinate's master only has respect." The demon was neither humble nor arrogant, he was still polite to Joe and couldn't help but be a little angry.

"Oh — —" Qiao Qiao still paused for a moment. Then, his eyes grew long as he looked towards the end of the door to the secret room. "He You You You, right?"

He You You walked over with a cold expression. He had already lost his usual seductive charm. It was probably the destruction of the secret chamber last night that had dealt a heavy blow to him.

"What happened?" He looked at Qiao Qiao who was standing on the spot dissatisfied, then turned to look at the Spirit Demon with a red face and the weak body covered in blood dancing, he gloomily asked.

"Honored One …"

"Do you have any part in the conversation between the masters?" Just as the demon wanted to speak, Qiao Qiao's cold voice interrupted him. She raised her eyebrows and asked He Ming You, "He said that his master only has you. So, what am I worth in the Demon Palace?"

He You You's eyes turned even colder. Her purple eyes were full of reproach as she looked at the Demon Sprite. Following that, she opened her mouth and said, "She is the Infernal Queen."

"This subordinate understands." The demon lowered its head.

"Then what happened?" He You You asked coldly with a frown on his face as he looked at the faces of the crowd outside the secret room.

Everyone trembled, but no one dared to say what exactly happened here.

"Yesterday night, the Demon Palace broke into the bandits, and the demon brought people to search the Pear Blossom Academy." "If there's no result, then he just left, but this morning he once again entered my Pear Blossom Academy, took away my female servant, hung her on the door of this secret room, and beat her with a whip. If you don't want to ask what happened, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the number one secret guard beside you, how did my female servant offend Lord Demon, and cause you to become furious, and actually end up killing a weak girl!"

He You You's gaze became increasingly profound, and a cold intent also appeared between her eyebrows. "Have you ever said that you are not allowed to take even half a step into Pear Blossom Academy?!"

The Sprite's body trembled, this was something he had said the last time when he had protected Qiao Qiao and injured him, but he …

"You are not taking my words as an order anymore." He You You lowered his head, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

"Sir, the female thief that entered the secret chamber yesterday was the Infernal Queen's servant girl." The Demon Sprite said to He Ming You You You with unwillingness.

Sure enough, when He You You heard this, the murderous intent in between his eyebrows gradually disappeared. Instead, he turned around and stared at Qingwu who was lying in Xiu Luan's arms with a profound look in his eyes.

"Heh, you slandered my people. Do you have any evidence?" Joe continued to sneer.

"Of course." The demon looked up and said.

"Get up first." He You You then waved his hand at the Demon, signaling him to keep talking.

"Thank you, Senior." "Yesterday night, a guard personally saw that female thief who had trespassed into the secret room enter Pear Blossom Academy. This subordinate was forced to enter this place, so on one hand, I wanted to search for the female thief, and on the other, I was worried for the Infernal Queen's safety."

Qiao Qiao still stood at the side, listening to the demon's incessant sneer.

However, this subordinate guessed that the female thief was most likely a bandit from the Demon Palace. However, someone had reported this morning that the female servant, Qingwu, who was by the Infernal Queen's side, had a sword wound on her left arm, and this subordinate had just remembered that when I was fighting with the female bandit yesterday, she had been stabbed in the left arm. Therefore, that female bandit must have had injuries on her left arm. The Demon Sprite's face was full of smiles, and he continued to ask Qiao Qiao.

"Since you've asked, I might as well speak frankly." Qiao Qiao's brows remained knit together as he smiled at He You You. "As for this misunderstanding with Qingwu, it was all because I wanted to learn martial arts."

He You You frowned, showing that he didn't understand.

"In the past few days, Qingwu and I have been practicing martial arts in the inner courtyard of Pear Blossom Academy. I was the one who had asked Qingwu to teach me martial arts in order to practice self-defense, and yesterday night, I accidentally stabbed Qingwu's left arm, and just as Qingwu was dodging, the sword and the sword had no eyes, and just happened to scratch my right arm. Qingwu's wounds came because of this.

"What the Infernal Queen said was indeed a coincidence." The Demon Ghost laughed coldly, full of disdain.

The corner of Qiao Qiao's mouth raised slightly, and under the gazes of everyone present, he lifted up his sleeve. The sword wound on his right arm that was covered in fresh blood was shockingly eye-catching.

"Of course!" He You You's face was filled with pain. He immediately went forward to support Qiao Qiao's body. "If you want to learn martial arts, you can look for me to teach you. Why would you look for a servant girl with mediocre martial arts?"

"Even He Mingyou knows that Qingwu's kung fu is mediocre. If the female thief was really Qingwu yesterday, would she have been able to injure the powerful devils, and even successfully escape from the Sprite?" Joe continued to smirk.