Chapter 23 After his escape from death, the Demon Lord has come after me! (Forced Love Lock: Demon...)

Rong Yan paused deliberately, and sure enough, she saw Shen Hanzhou stretch his neck out, like a giraffe in a zoo wanting to eat some leaves from a visitor's hand.

"It's just that a little bit of Northern Darkness Cold Iron was added during the forging process." She flicked the blade with her slender fingertips, producing a clear, melodious hum.

Shen Hanzhou exclaimed, "Hiss, how terrifying!"

"That's not difficult. The difficult part is this 'Bling Bling,' which is not an ordinary gemstone fragment but stardust. This sand falls from the sky, absorbing the sun's essence during the day and the moon's radiance at night, and requires a special method to collect."

She casually twirled her sword, and in an instant, light and shadow danced within the courtyard.

Shen Hanzhou, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, said: "This must be very expensive."

“That’s natural.” Rong Yan was quite satisfied with his series of remarks. “The market price is about five million spirit stones, but there’s no market for it.”

Now you know it's expensive, right? If you know it's expensive, then stop hanging around your junior sister and having bad ideas.

Want to give your junior sister a gift to please her? Well, you'd better see if you have the means to do so.

Upon hearing the price, Chen Hanzhou had a point of reference. He exclaimed "Oh!" and scratched his head, muttering to himself, "Ah, this isn't that expensive."

Rong Yan: ? ? ?

She nearly coughed up blood. Are all the Qi Refining stage disciples these days this outrageously extravagant?

Which landlord sent his stupid son here to cultivate immortality?

"Thank you so much, Senior Sister!" Shen Hanzhou expressed her sincere gratitude, her eyes filled with the appreciation of having learned something.

Rong Yan, who had been openly and secretly rejecting Shen Hanzhou: ? ? ?

Why should I thank you? What do I have to thank you for?

Shen Hanzhou felt a sudden sense of relief.

So that's the threshold for giving gifts to the big shots! I totally understand now! I'll follow this standard from now on. As long as my gifts are expensive enough, the big shots will always protect me from the system's torment!

Just then—

"Boom—"

With a loud bang, dark clouds rolled in the sky, like an inverted ink pan, instantly swallowing up the clear sky.

Within the clouds, lightning bolts danced wildly, tearing through the sky with tremendous force as they slashed straight down!

Everyone's attention was focused on Shi Liuying's training room.

With eager, expectant eyes—the boss has emerged from seclusion!

"Truly a senior in the Heavenly Decline stage!"

"Even a small sect trial can stir up trouble."

"This tribulation lightning is real and cannot be faked!"

Just when everyone thought this was a sign of a powerful figure undergoing tribulation, a faint, incongruous wisp of black energy flashed past the center of the lightning, like the forked tongue of a venomous snake.

This is... demonic energy!

Intense demonic energy billowed out like thick smoke.

Amidst the pervasive demonic energy, a fiery red figure emerged against the light, appearing like a savior, seemingly calm and composed.

Closer! The savior is closer!

Chi Yang's hair was flying wildly, and bells were jingling all over her body. A dog was chasing her, and she hurriedly scrambled to her feet, reaching out her hand like Er Kang: "Help!"

-

The main hall was deathly silent.

The light and shadow projected by the memory stone on the wall went out completely after a violent shaking, leaving only a distorted afterimage imprinted deep in everyone's pupils.

The disciple from the Punishment Hall who was responsible for reporting the incident swallowed hard, his voice trembling without him even realizing it: "Senior Brother... that's how it is, Yun Zhishui got away!"

Jun Lintian stood with his hands behind his back, his posture still as upright as a pine tree, but his deep eyes were fixed on the blank wall, as if trying to penetrate that barrier and see the incredible scene from just now again.

What he saw was more than just escape.

In the scene, two disciples, one on each side, are supporting Yun Zhishui, who has just endured a hundred lashes and should be on the verge of death, as they walk towards the sect's border. Yun Zhishui's head is bowed, his body is covered in blood, and his breath is weak.

However, just as they were about to step out of the sect, a sudden change occurred.

Yun Zhishui's head, which had been hanging low, suddenly jerked upwards without warning! It wasn't the normal angle of a person's cervical spine; it was as if his entire head had been forcibly pulled up by an invisible thread, his cheek almost parallel to the ground, facing the direction of the recording stone.

Immediately afterwards, his body began to "melt".

It wasn't the flow of liquid, but rather a kind of... more like the distortion of soft clay being wantonly kneaded by an invisible hand.

Throughout the process, it seemed as if countless tiny things were wriggling and reorganizing beneath his skin, emitting a tooth-grinding, subtle "crunching" sound, as if flesh and blood were being forcibly reshaped.

With brute force and an uncanny posture, he broke free from the restraints of the two escorting disciples and fled the sect at lightning speed.

Jun Lintian watched the scene repeatedly. Was it a demonic cultivation technique? But he had never heard of such a bizarre and evil technique in the past few hundred years.

The bones and muscles twist and recombine within the skin, much like a terrifying version of the character creation process in some games.

This eeriness made Jun Lintian feel uneasy.

Will Yun Zhishui, who underwent the mutation, still retain his previous memories? If he harbors resentment towards his junior sister because of the trial, then his junior sister will surely be in danger!

I should take better care of my junior sister from now on...

Just as Jun Lintian was about to use his tracking technique to find Yun Zhishui, a loud bang was heard!

"Senior Brother, something terrible has happened! The demons have invaded!!" The disciple outside scrambled in, speaking haltingly.

In the next instant, Jun Lintian's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

Outside, dark, swirling clouds of demonic energy filled the air. The sect's protective formation had been activated, and Rong Yan stood atop the formation.

She single-handedly strengthened the entire formation, her white skirt fluttering, yet her back gradually, almost imperceptibly, bent downwards.

Immediately afterwards, a black figure flew up.

Jun Lintian did not delay and followed closely behind.

The three people positioned themselves in the triangle of the formation, reinforcing it, and the entire sect was enveloped in a strong golden light.

The boundless spiritual energy emanating from Junlintian allowed him to even spare a moment to methodically arrange everything.

"Summon all elders to this location to protect the formation. Go immediately!"

"Disciples below the Golden Core cultivation level, please leave immediately."

"Go and invite Master to come out of seclusion!"

Jun Lintian's calm and collected voice gave everyone in the sect a sense of security.

"It's Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, and Elder Chongcang! That's wonderful!"

"We're saved!"

Why did the demons suddenly attack the sect? What was the reason?

At the last moment before the sect's protective formation was activated, Chi Yang fell down in a sorry state.

She collapsed into the grass, looking at the familiar face outside, almost breaking down.

After experiencing an error three days ago, the body's systems have entered repair mode.

The first alarm was sounded the moment the system was repaired.

[Danger! Danger! The Demon Lord has discovered the host's location!]

[Please flee immediately! Please flee immediately!]

She began to use divine-level techniques, accelerating her pace and fleeing like a mad dog, disregarding her image.

On her escape, she used her remaining consciousness to recall the only time in hundreds of years that the system had malfunctioned.

That's when the swamp lizard dies.

So she ran towards the Myriad Manifestations Sect without looking back.

The body's systems are still sending out warnings.

[Ding ding ding ding ding! One of the characters the host is targeting, the Demon Lord, has arrived nearby!]

[Character locked: Demon Lord Xuan Yuan.]

[Relationship confirmed: The host healed, warmed, and cared for him a hundred years ago. After completing the first mission of the Sea King: The Demon Lord's White Moonlight, he ruthlessly died and ran away.]

[Current Situation Analysis: The host's feigned death was extremely effective, and the target was excessively stimulated, evolving into—the ultimate dark version of Xuan Yuan, a mad, love-struck individual who would destroy the world to find you.]

[Core story pack has been installed!]

[Forced Love Lock: The Demon Lord's Golden Cage is now loading!]

[99 Days of Heartbreak: Where Did My Runaway Wife Go?] is now loading!

[The novel "Chasing After My Wife: A Crematorium, But I Burned Her Too" is now loading!]

[Host, your first batch of Hellish Deluxe Package has been fully loaded.]

What?

Imprisonment + forced sex + physical abuse + emotional abuse – is this just the first batch of packages?

Chi Yang's vision went black.

She searched through the chaotic crowd, making sure she could spot ten people at a glance—

Where are those two extraordinary disciples?!

A note from the author:

----------------------

Although Chi Yang's escape was rather pathetic, she was previously a formidable womanizer, having simultaneously seduce three men, with the terrifying Demon Lord being just the first. She must desperately need Firefly Baby right now [doge emoji]