Chapter 23 Heart Removal (Crematorium Begins) She can finally be completely...

Mu Qingheng didn't say how to deal with Yue Liutian; in fact, he hadn't decided yet.

Given Yun Jiuyan's example, he plans to close Yue Liutian for a period of time.

However, Lingwei had no choice but to deal with it.

Lingwei was thrown into the center of the hall by two demon servants. Immediately afterward, Mu Qingheng walked in, and Cangbi and Yu Da, who had been watching the commotion from the side, knelt down and bowed: "Greetings, Demon Lord."

The demon race has seven demon envoys. Apart from Helan Que, who is dead, and those who are fighting abroad, only the two of them remain. Mu Qingheng raised his hand and said, "Get up."

News of Lingwei's matter had already been relayed back, but Yu Da didn't care. She was only concerned about another matter: "Demon Lord, you personally led your troops into battle, why did you return so hastily?" She suddenly frowned and said coldly, implying, "It's all because of that treacherous wretch! How dare she release Mu Meng without permission! Her own life is not important, but how can you bear the responsibility of losing the Crimson Heart Pill?!"

Cangbi didn't say anything, but silently glanced at Yu Da.

He turned his head to look at Lingwei, who was kneeling on the ground, while Lingwei was also quietly looking at him.

Among the Jade Hearts, only he and Lingwei, one of the thirteen protectors, were able to enter and exit the underground palace. And only their branch had a more delicate mind, and were the closest to the flesh hearts of other races.

Cangbi's eyes flickered slightly, and he lowered his head, saying, "Demon Lord, Lingwei's crime is unforgivable. After all, Mu Meng's identity is special, and her actions are a disregard for the great cause of the revival of the Demon Clan."

He paused, then continued, "However, Mu Meng is currently weak and cannot be left unattended. Ling Wei has been undercover by her side for many years and is already used to it. If we kill her now, there probably won't be a suitable replacement immediately. It would be better to wait until Mu Meng's health improves before taking any action."

Before Mu Qingheng could speak, Yu Da gave a cold laugh: "Lord Cangbi has always been ruthless and cold-blooded. Having served as the Demon Envoy for so many years, I have never seen you plead for anyone. Is it just because Lingwei is of the same clan that you can protect her like this? Do we demons have no sense of propriety left...?"

Mu Qingheng interrupted her indifferently: "Shut up."

Yu Da's expression hardened, and she immediately lowered her head in silence.

The Demon Lord was in a bad mood; who couldn't tell? For a moment, no one in the hall dared to speak again.

Mu Qingheng walked to the main seat with his hands behind his back and sat down. His thick eyelashes cast a grayish-blue shadow under his eyelids, making it impossible to see the emotions in his eyes.

"I see you've been quite idle lately," he said after a moment, but first looked at Yu Da. "The defenses of Xuanlin are lax, and some people outside are already planning to attack the desolate border from there. We need capable people to guard it. Since you have nothing to do, go and stand guard in Xuanlin."

A dignified Demon Realm Envoy guarding the Hanging Forest? Not only is it not a good job, it's practically a demotion.

Yu Da was slightly taken aback in disbelief, but then she realized what was happening and immediately nodded in agreement. Her face flushed and paled in turns, and she glared at Ling Wei for no apparent reason. Not daring to say anything more, she bowed and took her leave.

“Since Cangbi has personally pleaded for you, I will spare your life out of consideration for his hard work and great contributions. Lingwei is stripped of her position as Protector and sentenced to life imprisonment. Mu Meng does not need your care; I have other arrangements,” Mu Qingheng’s slightly weary voice rang out. He glanced at Cangbi and said, “You will handle it yourself.”

Cangbi didn't ask a single question, nodded, and immediately set off on Lingwei.

The sky outside was overcast, with thick, foggy clouds blocking out the light.

"I'm afraid even if Lady Yu Da racks her brains, she still won't understand where she offended the Demon Lord. It's probably all your fault." Cang Bi's voice was indifferent, revealing no emotion.

Lingwei curled her lips and said sarcastically, "He has always looked down on Yuxin's branch. It's just a pity that her heart of stone doesn't have the Demon Lord's exquisite seven orifices. She's just a useless broken stone."

The crimes she committed were so heinous that killing her several times wouldn't be enough, let alone for their ruthless Demon Lord.

When would he ever need to invite the Demon Realm Envoy to a joint trial for killing a subordinate?

Yu Da couldn't fathom the Demon Lord's thoughts at all, and although she and Cang Bi vaguely understood, their worries only intensified.

Lingwei sighed deeply: "There's a saying in the foreign books, 'The closer one gets to home, the more timid one becomes.' The Demon Lord has been like this these past few days..." She shook her head regretfully, "Back then, the Demon Lord was so full of vigor, but look at him now... He looks a bit tired."

“Exhaustion is not terrible; what is terrible is that he actually didn’t kill you.” Cangbi’s voice gradually became heavy. “The Demon Lord said he was giving me face, but we were all just deceiving ourselves with him. Taking care of Mu Meng is such a lame excuse—regardless of whether she is weak or not, if her only value is the Crimson Heart Pill, then we would just cut out her heart and take the pill. But now? Even the Azure Phoenix Feather has been shelved.”

Lingwei gave a bitter smile: "But the Demon Lord—the Demon Lord himself doesn't realize it..."

"It's bound to happen sooner or later. His treacherous heart has already been utterly defeated, and this is the first sign of it. What will become of him later? The idea of ​​the Demon Clan remaining unshaken is now a pipe dream. You and I need to make plans as soon as possible."

Cangbi's deep voice was filled with resentment and regret: "Back then, Lady Feng Xixue, the first Demon Envoy of the Demon Clan, was truly a chosen one of heaven, enjoying boundless glory, yet she could not have the one she loved, and what a tragic end she suffered! Every demon remembers it well. Now, I think the Demon Lord is even worse than her..."

...

Mu Meng was startled when the door was pushed open with great force.

Since returning to her room, she had been anxiously awaiting news. On the way back, she repeatedly begged Mu Qingheng to let Yue Liutian and Lingwei go, but he didn't say a word.

He stood at the doorway, his beautiful and alluring face as cold as ice, his gaze icy and ruthless, devoid of any warmth as he looked at her.

Mu Qingheng looked a little different today.

But he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Mu Meng suppressed her fear and even took two steps toward Mu Qingheng: "You...you didn't do anything to Brother Yue and Lingwei, did you?"

Mu Qingheng's gaze was cold and unfamiliar as he slowly curled his lips into a smile: "What do you think?"

He approached her step by step, his tall and imposing figure looming over her petite frame: "They deserve to die, of course they should be killed."

"Look at the red dot deep in my pupils; it's because I've consumed too much blood."

As if he had thought of something interesting, he bent down slightly, kindly letting Mu Meng see clearly. Sure enough, in the center of his originally dark pupils, there was a very fine red dot.

His words horrified Mu Meng. The immense shock left her feeling cold and stunned. "You...you killed them, and..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mu Qingheng frowned impatiently, stepped forward, embraced her slender body, and was about to kiss her.

He did this every day, and Mu Meng's disgust and revulsion surged. She somehow found the strength to break free and slapped him hard across the face: "Get out! Don't touch me! Have you no shame? Is this the only way a grown man can gain power?!"

Mu Qingheng's face was slapped to the side. He froze in that position for a moment, his eyes filled with dark clouds, slowly gathering a storm.

Suddenly he turned around and slapped Mu Meng hard across the face without any mercy.

Mu Meng had only been hit twice in her life, once by Yun Jiuyan, which was already quite severe; but this slap was so powerful that she lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground against the screen behind her.

With a deafening buzzing in his ears and complete deafness in his left ear, Mu Meng slowly raised his hand to touch the cracked corner of his mouth, and his heart gradually calmed down.

Even she herself was surprised that she had become so disappointed in Mu Qingheng that even if he slapped her with all his might, she would not feel sad at all.

"You're saying I have no shame?" Lost in thought, Mu Qingheng squatted down in front of him. Because of the severe ear injury, his voice was not very clear.

Mu Meng watched his beautifully shaped lips open and close: "What's so special about your little mouth? It's been tasted so many times." He grabbed Mu Meng's hair, pulled her up from the ground, and smiled wickedly, "You ungrateful little bitch."

Mu Meng's pale face was completely bloodless. She gritted her teeth and stubbornly met Mu Qingheng's eyes.

Finally, all her thoughts converged, her eyes shone brightly, and she spoke clearly, word by word:

"Mu Qingheng, you can beat, scold, and humiliate me however you want, but remember, you owe me too many lives, and today you've added two more. If you don't kill me, I will definitely kill you."

Mu Qingheng grabbed Mu Meng's black hair hard: "Oh, so you've reminded me."

He slowly waved his hand between the two of them, and a flash of spiritual light appeared around him.

In an instant, the wind howled, and after a moment of dizziness, the scenery before my eyes had changed.

Under the dark sky, the cold wind stung my cheeks like a knife.

The abyss of Endless Cliff gapes wide, silently lurking and waiting.

"Are you familiar with this place?" Mu Qingheng slowly glanced down the cliff, smiled and muttered to himself, "This place... I'm quite familiar with it."

Mu Meng thought he was mocking Yun Jiuyan's death that day, and his eyes were filled with hatred. Suddenly, he swung his palm hard and hit Mu Qingheng in the chest. He grabbed Mu Qingheng's clothes and was about to jump off the cliff with him.

She moved incredibly fast, catching Mu Qingheng off guard and striking him squarely. If he hadn't managed to steady her in time, the two of them would have fallen off the cliff together!

Mu Qingheng watched as a few pebbles fell and disappeared in the blink of an eye, his dark eyes filled with deep anger. He kicked Mu Meng in the chest and said, "Want to jump? What's your hurry? If this is your last wish before you die, of course your brother will grant it."

As he spoke, a flash of blue light appeared in his hand, and with lightning speed and decisiveness, it fell, piercing Mu Meng's heart!

Mu Meng coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his lower body slowly became hot and wet, with a continuous flow of fresh blood spreading outwards.

Her heart felt empty, and the cold wind from the endless cliff swept through it. Mu Qingheng decisively ripped out her heart.

Mu Meng stared intently.

So this is what the Red Heart Pill looks like: black and ugly, worse than a stone if left on the roadside.

Her ridiculous life was all thanks to it.

Now that this supreme treasure of the six realms has finally been removed from her body, she can simply be Mu Meng, instead of being a pitiful person who is punished for possessing such a treasure.

...

The wind howled across the endless cliff, and the delicate and fragile girl, her white veil stained with blood, resembled a blooming soul flower.

The howling wind blew against my body, like several sharp blades cutting through my skin, causing excruciating pain and bone-chilling cold.

You can even clearly feel the relentless wind rushing back and forth through the emptiness in your heart.

Mu Meng's vision was blurry. The sky seemed to be the azure and warm blue she remembered, yet it also seemed to be a blurry, dim, pale yellow. She couldn't see clearly.

Gradually, gradually, the last glimmer of light disappeared, and she could no longer see the sky, only the ever-deepening darkness.

It seems that Mu Qingheng was only telling her this one thing: Endless Cliff is a place where sunlight cannot reach, and the darkness and void here are endless.

In a daze, Mu Meng saw something bright float past his eyes.

I instinctively reached out to grab it, but only caught a few wisps of cold, returning air.

Her arms were empty; it turned out that it was her soul flower.

It should have been done a long time ago.

She no longer needed that soul flower.

Mu Meng slowly closed her eyes, her consciousness gradually becoming as light as smoke along with her body—it should have been like this long ago, whether he was alive or dead, safe or not, it had nothing to do with her anymore.

A mirage, a dream within a dream, the mirror shattered, the water dried up. From the highest heavens to the deepest hells, she could finally part ways with him completely.

Father, elder sister, brother Yue, elder brother Sheng, elder brother Jiu Yan, uncles and elders of Yun Ze, and all members of the Heavenly Clan.

sorry.

I have come to atone for my sins.