"My Queen, I think you've frightened the little girl," Chu Feng said.
"Impossible! How could my beauty frighten anyone? It's obviously you who scared her. Quick, move back! With you standing here, I can't comfort her," the Queen said, waving her hand to shush Chu Feng away.
Hearing this, Chu Feng felt quite helpless, but he wasn't about to defy the Queen, so he obediently took several steps back.
That said, Chu Feng wasn't standing idle — he began examining the dead.
The more he observed, the more uneasy he became.
Song Xi's inheritance was supposedly related to poison, yet these people didn't appear to have been killed by poison at all. Their bodies looked as though someone had forcibly drained every last drop of flesh from them.
This manner of death bore a striking resemblance to the victims found inside the Yuanhai Divine Mountain.
Although Chu Xingdi had previously described the appearance of these corpses to Chu Feng, the fact that this was happening in the vicinity of the Yuanhai Divine Mountain made him suspect it was still connected to Song Xi.
However, upon actually seeing the dead up close, Chu Feng began to doubt himself. Perhaps he had been overthinking it — perhaps this demon was not Song Xi after all.
Setting aside the method of killing, he couldn't detect even the faintest trace of Song Xi's aura on any of the corpses.
Tap tap tap—
But just then, Chu Feng heard a flurry of hurried footsteps. Looking up, he saw the little girl sprinting toward him at full speed. Before he could react, she threw herself headlong into his arms.
"…"
Chu Feng was momentarily stunned.
"Tch. I actually miscalculated. This little girl seems to like you more than me," the Queen remarked as she caught up a moment later. She pouted her lips, a hint of helplessness crossing that stunningly beautiful face.
"You little brat, you can't tell good from bad! This guy is a total pervert. A pretty little thing like you throwing yourself into his arms — you must have a death wish!" the Queen scolded, pointing at the girl.
But the little girl didn't even glance at the Queen. Instead, she clung tightly to the hem of Chu Feng's robe, burying her face deep in his chest.
"My Queen, did you manage to learn anything from her?" Chu Feng asked.
"Look at the way she treats me — does it look like I managed to get anything out of her?" The Queen shot Chu Feng a look. "You ask her yourself. I'm going back."
With that, she slipped through the Spirit Gate and vanished back into the Spirit World.
Strangely enough, the moment the Queen left, the little girl slowly lifted her head.
"Little one, what's your name?" Chu Feng asked.
"Mm…"
The little girl seemed about to speak, but in the end she said nothing. Instead, she buried her face in his chest once more.
She seemed to be deeply attached to Chu Feng. In other words, compared to the Queen, she appeared to place far more trust in him.
"How strange — why does this little girl like you so much?" the Queen grumbled indignantly from within the Spirit World, her voice carrying a faint trace of jealousy.