Chapter 93 Are you going to stab someone as soon as we meet?

Xie Yanyu said he wanted to meet the Demon Lord.

It was impossible for Chen Lang to confess to her that he was the Demon Lord, so he took her for a walk in the city, preparing to find a quiet house for her to go in, saying that the Demon Lord was in the house, and then while she was inside, he changed his clothes, put on a mask, and went into the house to wait for her.

But halfway through,

Before they even reached the place, Xie Yanyu said, "That's not right."

Shen Lang paused: "Hmm?"

Xie Yanyu said, "We've been walking for so long, and we've been in the city all this time, but shouldn't the Demon Lord be outside the city by now?"

In the original plot,

The Demon Lord entered this secret realm just to find a treasure.

That treasure can help completely break down the barrier between the human world and the demon world, and is located near the entrance to the demon world in the secret realm.

Xie Yanyu didn't know its exact location, but he knew the approximate direction. They were in the city now, and to get there, they should go out of the city to the east.

So she pointed to the east: "Should we go that way?"

Shen Lang looked in the direction she pointed, and felt a chill on his back.

Fortunately, he didn't lose his composure. He just looked at her with his eyes downcast, his tone quite gentle: "Why do you think so?"

Xie Yanyu: "Isn't he here to look for treasure?"

She said, "A treasure that can completely break down the barrier between the demon world and the human world. Since you're a demon, how could you not know about this?"

Shen Lang was quiet for a moment.

In his previous life, this was indeed the reason why he came to the secret realm.

At this time in his previous life, he and Xie Yanyu hadn't met yet. It was only later, after she had defected to the demon tribe, that she saw the treasure. Back then, she'd asked him how he'd obtained it, and he'd told her it was in the century-old secret realm of the Shangqing Immortal Palace.

He got the treasure, but he didn't know how to use it.

Xie Yanyu came from Shangqing Immortal Palace and happened to know how to use this treasure, so he surrendered to him and told him how to use this treasure.

But right now,

How did Xie Yanyu know that he came here for the treasure?

Chen Lang didn't know whether she had remembered something or noticed something and was deliberately testing him.

But she could test him, but he didn't dare ask her if she had discovered anything or remembered anything, or even say something too much. If she remembered everything and did it on purpose, deliberately not exposing him, testing him like a blunt knife cutting flesh and making him uneasy, he would have to swallow it all. He was afraid that she would remember it, and he was also afraid that she would no longer want him after remembering it. Even if she said one more word to him at this time, no matter whether it was good or bad, it would be good.

He didn't say anything, so Xie Yanyu observed him quietly, thinking that he was about to reveal something.

However, immediately afterwards, he smiled softly and said to her, "The Demon Lord does want to take the treasure, but there is a killing formation in that place."

The barrier between the demon world and the human world was jointly established by several major immortal cultivation sects in the human world, and it was set up a hundred years ago.

The thing that can completely break the barrier is in the secret realm. Although it is close to the entrance to the demon world, it is not easy to get. The place is inherently dangerous and is guarded by various ferocious beasts. In order to prevent the demons from getting it, the elders of the righteous immortal sect entered this secret realm a hundred years ago and set up a complicated formation there.

The formation is not only aimed at the demon race, but also at the human race.

The purpose is to prevent any creature from obtaining the treasure that can break the barrier.

Shen Lang spoke the truth: "That area is covered by a killing array. It's very dangerous. If you and I go there, we will just get hurt for nothing."

Xie Yanyu didn't say anything.

Chen Lang continued, "There's the presence of the Demon Lord here. This must be where he's resting. If you want to see him, why not wait here? I'll try to get him to come back and see you."

His words and actions were no different from usual.

Xie Yanyu had felt that something was wrong with him before, and had tried to test him just now, but his words and actions at this moment did not seem to reveal anything suspicious.

So she just looked at him quietly.

Just when Shen Lang felt a little guilty and wanted to say something to make amends,

She suddenly spoke and said, "Okay, then wait here."

*

Xie Yanyu originally wanted to go directly to the place where the treasure was to meet the Demon Lord.

But after hearing the monster say that the place was unsafe, she checked the system again and learned that the place was indeed dangerous. Even if she learned the Wuxiang Sword, it would be of little use. She would definitely get hurt if she went in...

So she gave up the idea.

There weren't many plot lines between her and the Demon Lord, and most of them happened after they got married. Therefore, she just wanted to take a look at the Demon Lord from a distance in the crowd, and then decide whether to take the initiative to push some plot lines based on the situation at the time.

So strictly speaking, she didn't have any particularly clear purpose in looking for the Demon Lord, and it wasn't worth taking too much risk just to see him.

So at this moment, Xie Yanyu followed the monster into a house.

This house is in the city and is very safe, but it is empty and has two entrances and two exits.

After the monster brought her in, it went out again.

He said that where the Demon Lord was, there was a formation set up by the immortal sect. That formation would suppress the surrounding spiritual energy. Anyone who entered would be no different from a mortal, and the communication talisman would be useless. Therefore, he couldn't use the communication talisman to communicate with the Demon Lord, so he had to go out and set up a formation. This place was filled with the Demon Lord's aura, and he used his aura to enter the formation and summon the Demon Lord back.

After he left,

The system asked Xie Yanyu: [Originally, you only planned to see the Demon Lord, not necessarily meet him in person. But now, if you summon him directly, you two will be face to face. What are you going to say to the Demon Lord? What plot will you push?]

Xie Yanyu thought for a while: Now I have the breath of that monster on me. According to him, since I have his breath on me, the Demon Lord will not actively attack me.

System: [He did say that.]

Xie Yanyu added: Then in the original plot, when I first met the Demon Lord, he almost strangled me with his snake tail, so this part of the plot should not be completed.

System: [So, that's right. After all, the Demon Lord wouldn't strangle you with his snake's tail...]

The system thought to itself, not only can he not do that, I think he would rather strangle himself than you.

It is complaining,

The next second, Xie Yanyu said, "But in the original storyline, when he strangled me with the snake's tail, I resisted. Because I desperately wanted to live, I stabbed him with a magical tool soaked in snake-repellent herb water." If I met this condition, would this storyline still be considered complete?

The system was horrified: [What are you doing? Are you going to stab someone as soon as we meet?]

Xie Yanyu: Answer me.

System: […You can, but the snake tail condition isn't met. Then you'll have to use the same magical weapon dipped in snake repellent water as in the plot to poke him. Otherwise, the deviation will be too great, and it won't count.]

It said, "But you don't have any such magical instruments with you, do you? I remember you brought some instruments to subdue snake demons, but you didn't soak them in the juice of the snake-repelling grass."

Xie Yanyu took out a few snake-repellent plants from the mustard bag.

She said: Then I will find a pot, light a fire, boil these herbs, extract the juice, and soak the magic tools in it.

System: [This...]

Forget it, just stab it, it’s not impossible.

It kind of agrees in its heart, after all, this is to overcome all difficulties to follow the plot,

But it felt that it couldn't express its agreement, so it simply kept silent.

Xie Yanyu left the house and began to look for the kitchen.

The house was huge, with winding corridors. Since no one was there, it seemed so empty that it made people feel a little uneasy. After walking through two corridors, Xie Yanyu finally found a kitchen at the end of the corridor.

Perhaps because there were only houses and walls around, and not even stained glass windows, the light suddenly dimmed when I walked here.

It was still afternoon, but it was already as bright as midnight.

Xie Yanyu pushed open the kitchen door, leaving it open. Using the light from the stove, he found a pot, crushed the herbs, and poured the rich juice into the pot. During the cooking process, the snake repellent grass would produce juice on its own, eliminating the need for additional water.

She used her spiritual power to raise the fire.

The firelight brightened the kitchen a little.

She waited for a while, and finally when the medicine was ready, she soaked the magic weapon in it.

When everything was ready, I turned around and found that the kitchen door had been closed at some point.

It was so quiet all around, and the silence made people feel even more uneasy.

She tried to open the kitchen door, but found that it seemed to be locked from the outside. Even if she used her sword to chop it open, she couldn't.

The flames under the stove ignited the haystack next to it at some point, and in just a blink of an eye, it burned at an unreasonable speed. The fire became more and more fierce, burning the table and chairs, and emitting thick black smoke.

wrong.

Xie Yanyu seemed to be trapped here to death.

She couldn't break open the door or the window. A thought popped into her mind, making her break out in a cold sweat: Is this place really still a kitchen?

Thick smoke billows,

She could hardly see the scene around her. She covered her mouth and nose and called the system in her mind.

But the system is also quiet.

This is the first time the system has acted like this since she awakened in the plot.

I don’t know when it started, but it became so quiet that it seemed to have disappeared.

*

Shen Lang didn't wait too long.

He used the excuse of going out to set up a formation, but he just wandered around outside, changed his clothes, put on a mask, and then soon went back to find Xie Yanyu.

But when he opened the door, he didn't see her.

His heart was in suspense.

Reason told him that maybe she was just out for a walk, and he should give her some space. But he couldn't help but feel anxious. Every minute without her was unbearable, so he couldn't wait any longer. Like a madman, with a ferocious expression, he followed her scent to find her.

Going around two corridors,

He sensed her presence at the kitchen door.

He was almost certain that she was in the kitchen, so he adjusted his robe a little to make himself look less deliberate, but his hands moved very quickly and pushed open the kitchen door -

Empty.

No one.

...Where did you go?

*

at the same time.

Li Xun wore the jade token and entered the cave that Qingqing mentioned.

This place does have the aura of the Li family's ancestors. After Li Xun entered, he used his spiritual power to sense it, and soon he was guided to find the so-called Li family secret method.

This is a booklet.

He opened it and saw some complicated spells written on it.

It was really too complicated and cumbersome, and even used characters from over a hundred years ago. Today's fonts have been simplified, and characters from a hundred years ago are not easy to recognize. Therefore, Li Xun could only recognize a few characters here and there. For the rest, he had to go back and look up some ancient books to translate what was written on it.

He flipped through two pages at random and found that he couldn't understand it.

So I didn't want to waste time, put the things in my sleeve pocket, and prepared to leave.

However, at this time,

For some reason, he felt the familiar splitting headache again.

Like a possessed person, an idea was growing wildly in his mind, and that idea was: This jade token must be used on Qingqing.

He clutched his head, panting as he crouched down, his heartbeat becoming erratic. That voice kept lingering in his mind, insisting he give the item to Qingqing. He absolutely had to. It was his own voice, but why on earth would he want to give the jade token to the person who indirectly harmed him?!

Li Xun's head was splitting with pain from being scolded, and a surge of inexplicable anger rose in his heart.

He used his sword to support himself on the ground and forced himself to stand up. However, when he raised his eyes, he felt dizzy and even the surrounding environment seemed to have changed.

For a moment, he seemed to be hallucinating, or as if he had strayed into some fantasy world.

Perhaps he was mentally disturbed, so he saw the images that occasionally appeared in his mind, like memories. He saw -

The cave is still the same cave.

However, there were many bloodstains and sword marks on the originally flat stone walls and ground.

Between the messy bloodstains and sword marks, densely packed and crookedly engraved were the same characters: [Qingqing]

It's his own handwriting.

The entire cave was densely packed with her name engraved.