Immortal after a Hundred Reincarnations

Afterward, numerous fully armed Personal Guards from the estate surrounded the manor, standing guard.

Meanwhile, Xu Lei, Young Master Zhao, and the Fourteenth Princess Consort were once again resting in the courtyard.

"Thank you for saving me, Hui Tan Living Buddha!"

The Fourteenth Princess Consort gave Xu Lei a deep, respectful bow. "If it weren’t for you, Living Buddha, I might have died today!"

"Amitabha Buddha."

Xu Lei smiled. "There’s no need for such formalities, Princess Consort."

"I came here at the invitation of Donor Zhao."

"If you wish to thank someone, it should be Donor Zhao."

"He was the one who accidentally discovered she was a Demon!"

"Besides, I had originally intended only to investigate the situation, not to alert her."

"Unfortunately, this Demon was too perceptive."

"She somehow sensed something was amiss."

"And she decided to strike first to kill us!"

"So, in reality, a good part of the Demon Consort’s attack was aimed at me."

Just imagine if the Demon Consort’s counterattack had succeeded. What would have happened?

She would have been able to remain by the Fourteenth Prince’s side.

She might have even been promoted and become the official Princess Consort.

However, now that her plan had failed, she fled for her own safety.

After all, if she remained, she risked being killed by other experts Xu Lei might summon.

"Sister-in-law, you should still thank the Living Buddha!"

Young Master Zhao then added, "If he hadn’t given me that Telescope, I never would have discovered she was a Demon!"

The Fourteenth Princess Consort nodded, then thanked Xu Lei and Young Master Zhao once more.

Just then, the Fourteenth Prince woke up.

He had been in a deep sleep, and no one had realized he was drugged.

Naturally, a physician from the estate had been brought in to help wake him.

The Fourteenth Prince was stunned to find his favored consort had disappeared.

He was even more stunned when Young Master Zhao told him that his Consort was a Demon, that the child in her womb never existed, and that it was all a deception by the Demoness.

His head spun, and he staggered on his feet.

He found it impossible to accept, refusing to believe it.

"Amitabha Buddha."

Seeing the Prince’s reaction, Xu Lei said, "Your Highness, if you have doubts, it is not difficult to verify the truth."

"For a time, refrain from taking the Princess Consort to your bed. Instead, take some new, healthy maids."

"See if they become pregnant."

"If they can conceive, it will prove there is nothing wrong with your body, Your Highness."

"If they cannot, then the Demon’s earlier pregnancy was obviously fake."

"And that, in turn, would prove that she is indeed a Demon."

The Fourteenth Prince’s face paled slightly.

Seeing this, Xu Lei grew thoughtful.

’Perhaps,’ he thought, ’the Fourteenth Prince has already slept with other maids and attendants.’

’It’s just that none of them ever became pregnant.’

’That must be why he cherished that Demon Consort so dearly.’

’He might not let her go even if he knew she was a Demon Consort, choosing instead to feign ignorance.’

’After all, when the Demon Consort’s due date arrived,’

’she would just snatch someone else’s newborn son to deceive him.’

’And all he would have to do is pretend not to know.’

’He could just accept the child as his own.’

’Of course, it’s also possible he never knew she was a Demon Consort to begin with.’

’He might have just believed her body was special and that she had truly conceived his child.’

"Your Highness," Young Master Zhao said at this point, "although that Demon Consort never harmed you directly, I, your brother, saw with my own eyes as she devoured several of your Personal Guards!"

"Those men were our brothers! We drank and ate with them."

"And now they’re dead, just like that."

"Who knows what other schemes she had in mind, staying so close to you."

"It’s a good thing that she’s gone now."

"Keeping company with a Demon is far too dangerous!"

"As for a child, we can find another way."

"My mind is a mess right now... a complete mess,"

the Fourteenth Prince said. "Just give me a moment. I need to think."

"Living Buddha!"

The Fourteenth Princess Consort’s face was pale as she respectfully asked Xu Lei, "What if that Demon comes back?"

"What if she refuses to leave His Highness alone, or even attacks me? What should I do?"

"Go to the Celestial Zen Temple,"

Xu Lei said. "Tell them what happened here."

"Tell them it’s possible a Demon Spirit may try to harm you."

"The eminent monks of the Buddhist Sect are compassionate. They will certainly not stand by and do nothing."

"They will protect you."

"If the Demon Consort dares to return, she will undoubtedly be captured!"

’Daoist Temples and Buddhist monasteries are spread across the land.’

’They occupy so much real estate.’

’They collect donations from the common people year-round.’

’Yet they never have to pay taxes.’

Xu Lei guessed that the leaders of the Buddhist Sect must have some connection to the Royal Family.

If a Spirit Monster were to bring disaster upon the Royal Family, the experts of the Buddhist Sect would surely intervene.

Xu Lei didn’t feel he absolutely had to be the one to take down this Demon Consort.

After all, he wasn’t sure if he was powerful enough.

Besides, his current identity as Hui Tan wouldn’t hold up under close scrutiny from the Buddhist Sect.

So, it was best not to get too involved.

’Granted, if I went and got Hui Ming to help,’ Xu Lei thought, ’the two of us could lie in wait by the Fourteenth Prince’s and Princess Consort’s side.’

’We might be able to catch the Demon Consort when she, unwilling to give up, comes looking for the Fourteenth Prince again.’

’Then we could capture her for sure.’

’But there was no guarantee of that.’

’What if the Demon Consort is also cautious?’

’She might never come looking for the Fourteenth Prince or the Fourteenth Princess Consort again.’

’After all, she knows they might now be secretly guarded by powerful human Cultivators.’

’If she came, she’d be walking right into a trap.’

"The Celestial Zen Temple?"

Hearing this, some color returned to the Fourteenth Princess Consort’s face. "Thank you, Living Buddha, for your guidance!"

「Half an hour later.」

The Fourteenth Prince had processed the events.

He confessed that he truly hadn’t known the Demon Consort was a Demon.

He had only been overjoyed and protective because she was to bear him a child.

Then, he expressed that he no longer wished to stay in the countryside manor, nestled as it was by the mountains and water.

He had only stayed there before to indulge the Demon Consort’s preferences.

Thus, not long after, the entire party returned to Kyoto City under the escort of a large contingent of Personal Guards.

「Back in the city.」

Young Master Zhao bid them farewell and departed.

He expressed his gratitude to Xu Lei for all the trouble he had gone to and for his invaluable assistance.