Swamp Forest

"I advise you to stop... no matter if you are a fairy or a demon." The Sky Demon Scorpion screamed repeatedly and looked at him fiercely, "Since you have magical powers, you must know who the Demon Lord is."

"The Demon Lord is unrivaled in both the demon and monster realms, mastering the dual laws of time and space. He is a figure that all six realms fear. I am the Demon Lord's right-hand man. If you go against me, you are going against the Demon Lord. If you kill me, the Demon Lord will not let you off easily."

"Scorpion, is this what you mean?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Heyi appeared in front of it with a smile on his face, but his hands were around its neck.

Her voice was sweet, but her actions were vicious.

She only let go of the Sky Scorpion's hands when its eyes were about to pop out.

It touched its neck and gasped for air. Its gaze turned to fear as it looked at her. Its voice trembled, "Are you... the Demon Lord?"

Yu Heyi laughed and said, "You claim to be my right-hand man, but you can't even recognize me. You need to heal your brain before improving your cultivation."

"I beg the Demon Lord to show some mercy and spare my life."

The Sky Scorpion knelt on the ground and begged.

"I won't kill you today. Let's play a game."

"What?"

"I've already said that if I find any demon or monster causing trouble or killing innocent people, I'll kill them without mercy. But I'm in a good mood today, so I won't bother with you."

"What game does the Demon Lord want to play with me?"

"I won't kill you, but that doesn't mean those two brats you mentioned won't kill you. Aren't you certain they can't find this place? If, as you say, they can't find this place, you'll live; if they do, you'll die."

The Sky Demon Scorpion said angrily: "You are playing with my life!"

"The villagers you abducted were also living lives, but did you take them seriously?"

"They are just ordinary humans!"

With a "pa" sound, Yu Heyi's slap fell heavily, and the force made the Sky Demon Scorpion's head tilt violently.

"There is no distinction between high and low among races. Did you hear what I said?"

Seeing that the girl was angered, Scorpio knew that he couldn't escape, so he just gave up.

It looked at Yu Heyi and said sarcastically, "As a demon, you betrayed your own people and colluded with the immortals. You are unworthy of being king. I don't know where you got the immortal bones from. Do you really think you are a disciple of a reputable sect? It's a pity that you were born a demon and are destined not to be a good person."

He looked a little crazy.

"Even if you saved someone, they'd still look at you with disgust and fear. If those two brats knew your true identity, do you think they'd kill you right there?"

Yu Heyi listened to it quietly, and then turned her head to look at the children huddled together. They had stopped crying long ago. As the Sky Scorpion said, they were looking at her with horror, as if they were looking at a monster.

As they watched, she slowly walked towards them.

"You're a monster!"

"Go away!"

The children mustered up the courage to slap her outstretched hand away, their eyes filled with fear and disgust, but not gratitude.

Seeing this, the Sky Demon Scorpion laughed shrilly.

"Demon Lord, this behavior makes you look foolish. It would be better if you fed them to me, and I could still be loyal to you."

Without allowing the children to resist, Yu Heyi quickly stroked their foreheads with his fingertips, forcing them into a coma and erasing their memories.

"Scorpion, thanks for your reminder." Yu Heyi once again condensed a ball of demonic energy in his palm. "How could they know my identity?"

By the time Scorpio realized the crisis, it was already too late.

Under Yu Heyi's control, its movements were as slow as a snail.

She hooked its chin with one hand and pinched its mouth open with the other. A fist-sized amount of demonic energy rushed into its mouth, corroding its tongue.

In the early morning, a glimmer of light penetrates the clouds and casts a ray of sunshine.

Wanqi Si leaned against the tree trunk with his hands on his head, looking at Mi Xiu who was yawning.

"Brother, do you think this evil demon will be afraid of us and won't dare to come?"

"Maybe it's playing some tricks." He closed his eyes tiredly. They had been observing the movements of the Sky Scorpion every night these past few days, but it didn't show up the whole night.

As if remembering something, he rubbed his eyebrows.

Why hasn't she made any noise recently? Is she doing something weird again?

"What have Yu Heyi been doing recently?"

"Junior Sister? She said she had no experience and was afraid of causing trouble for us, so she stayed in the house the whole time." Mi Xiu scratched his head and replied, "Before Master left, he told me not to bully her. I knew he was worrying too much. You obviously care about her very much."

Wanqi Si ignored him, jumped down from the tree and walked towards the village.

I've been so busy these days that I don't even have time to keep an eye on her and have no idea where she's going.

He strode to the outside of Yu Heyi's house and knocked hard on the window, but no one answered.

I thought Yu Heyi was just oversleeping and hadn't gotten up yet.

He was not afraid of disturbing her sleep, but instead felt that her trip was too relaxing and she had not gotten up yet.

He knocked on the window for half an hour, but still no one answered.

After realizing something was wrong, he swung out with his right fist, smashing the window and causing it to collapse.

Looking inside through the window, the room was empty. Where was the shadow of Yu Heyi?

Wanqi Si climbed through the window and entered the room. Seeing the figure wrapped in a quilt on the couch, he spoke venomously, "Yu Heyi, as a disciple of the immortal clan, I wonder how you can sleep peacefully without catching the evil demon."

The figure beneath the covers was a little small, but he just assumed it was because of her sleeping position.

Until a pair of eyes appeared from under the quilt.

Those eyes were like two plump, round black gemstones, clear and bright.

Very beautiful, but those are not Yu Heyi's eyes.

Wanqi Si pulled back the quilt and found the child Li Mei lying on the couch.

"Why are you in her room, Yu and Yiren?"

"Sister... is playing hide and seek with me!"

"Where is she?"

"My sister said that we can't make any noise when playing hide-and-seek, otherwise we'll be found. My sister and I have swapped rooms, and she should be hiding in my room now."

Li Mei answered him with her head down, not even daring to look into his eyes.

Because my sister said that she wanted to help me get revenge, but if other people knew about it, my sister would be in danger.

She didn't want her sister to be in danger.

Wan Qi Si half-closed his eyes, his whole face filled with gloom. He immediately climbed out the window and quickly reached Li Mei's room.

The windows in Li Mei's room were open, and the room was cold and deserted, with no one in it.

There was only a pot of cold tea on the table.

"Lead the way." Wanqi Si impatiently grabbed a few villagers and walked in front.

At first, the villagers did not admit that they knew half of the way. Li Mei told him that when someone in the village was kidnapped in the past, their families would go to look for them, but after reaching the swamp forest behind the village, all the people who wanted to rescue people went in and never came out again.

Over time, no one was willing to go near the swamp forest.

If the villagers had not seen the chilling evil aura emanating from Wanqi Si, they would not have been willing to lead the way.

Mi Xiu urged, "Just lead the way. My brother and I will ensure your safety. But our sister has been missing for a long time, and I'm afraid she's in great danger. Please walk faster."

Wanqi Si had a gloomy face and said nothing along the way.

Yu and Yi would not disappear for no reason, which only means that Scorpio appeared last night, so why didn’t they notice it?

Besides, the unarmed villagers would call for help when they were in danger, so why were Yu and Yi taken away quietly?

Is the Scorpio hiding his strength, or is Yu Heyi doing it on purpose?

My thoughts wandered, and before I knew it, I was at the entrance to the swamp forest. Several villagers stood there, their gazes averted, unwilling to move forward.

"Two immortals, we will lead the way here. I don't know the rest of the way, so you can find it on your own."

"Yes, this swamp forest is extremely dangerous, and we don't want to lose our lives here."

"Besides, it was your junior sister who was abducted. It has nothing to do with us. We have already done our best by leading you halfway."

Wanqi Si glanced coldly at the villagers' backs, walked into the swamp forest first, and Mi Xiu hurriedly followed him.

The villagers were frightened by his gaze and left the place one after another.

"What these villagers said is simply chilling." Mi Xiu frowned and put his hand to his nose. "It seems that many people have died in this swamp forest."

The moment you step into the swamp forest, the fishy smell of rotten swamp soil and fallen plants hits you in the face.

The trees blocked out the sun, not a single ray of sunlight seeped in, and it was so cold that it was suffocating.

The sky is filled with thick fog, which disturbs people's vision.

This swamp forest seemed to have no end. I didn’t know how long I walked, but the scene before me remained unchanged.

"Brother, I always feel like we're going in circles. I've already seen that locust tree with vines wrapped around it for the third time." Mi Xiu couldn't help but speak. "If this continues, by the time I find my junior sister, won't she be nothing but a pile of dried bones?"

He said coldly: "Shut up."

If anything happened to Yu Heyi, Qi Shouchu would be the first one to not let him go, even if it was just nagging, he would nag him until his ears were callused.

With a "squeak", Mi Xiu looked up and saw Wanqi Si holding a piece of crimson cloth in his hand, which he had just torn off his body.

Without any hesitation, he tied the fabric to the vines of the locust tree.

After tying it, he continued walking forward with big strides.

But in a moment, the locust tree tied with red fabric appeared before his eyes again.

Mi Xiu didn't believe it, so he dragged Wanqi Si on a few more trips, but the result was the same.

He wailed, "Could it be that we've hit a wall? Could it be that those villagers who disappeared in the swamp forest starved to death here because they couldn't get out?"

"Brother, how about I keep going forward and you wait here to see if I will appear behind you?"

"No."

Wanqi Si walked to the locust tree irritably and looked at it.

"This place is sinister and strange, and the thick fog might be intended to separate us."

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what should we do?"

Mi Xiu punched the locust tree to vent his distress.

Somehow, the position of his fist was a little off, and it hit the vine that the clothes were tied to.

The vines suddenly shrank inward.

Wanqi Si understood what was going on. He quickly turned around and drew his sword. The silver sword in his hand shone with a cold light.

"We were misled by these vines."

The sharp sword energy sliced ​​through the air, severing the vine holding the fabric. The vine fell from the tree at the end, and a large amount of blood gushed out from the cut. The other half of the vine twisted and struggled on the tree.

"The thing wrapped around the locust tree isn't a vine at all, it's a snake's tail."

A hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

As if to confirm his words, rustling sounds came from all directions.

A dark green snake emerged from the mist, and countless smaller snakes swarmed around it. Its crimson tongue flickered in and out, its vertical pupils gleaming coldly with dark green light as it stared directly at them.

"It's a snake demon."