Implementation Plan

After coming out of Hengjin's bedroom, Yuanli explained some matters to Xiangyao, sent Chuanlian back to the Star Lord's Mansion, and then went to find Tianshu Star Lord to discuss tonight's actions.

Afterwards, she returned to the human world and buried Xiao Yan'an's remains in the Emperor and Empress' Shrine. Compared to her last visit, there was an additional coffin in the main tomb chamber, and the layout was designed for the burial of a couple.

I think this coffin was prepared by Xiao Yan'an for himself.

She pushed open the coffin lid, and in the middle of the coffin lay an envelope covered in thick dust, with the words "From the Star God Himself" written on the cover.

"Written for me?"

"Ari, don't touch it. There's a demon poison on the envelope."

Heng Jin cast a spell to remove the demonic poison, and then cast a spell to wrap the envelope, making it float in front of Yuan Li.

When she opened the letter, she saw several thick pages that told the second half of his story and answered all her questions. He seemed like a worm in her stomach, as if he knew what she was thinking.

Throughout the article, there are answers to questions, confessions of guilt, apologies, and blessings, but there is not a single word about his love for her.

On the back of the last page of the letter, it read:

The golden censer burns long and the smoke rises.

I pray that my God will be forever at peace.

Good fortune always accompanies a thousand blessings.

The grace is widely extended to all people.

God's grace and protection never cease,

His holy virtue is widely known.

Every year, the incense and lights are endless.

The believers will always increase in number.

At the bottom of the letter there was a sentence in very small font: I will always be your most loyal believer.

The meaning of these lines of poetry is probably: pray to our God, and be forever happy and blessed, everything will go well, and you will be deeply blessed and protected by heaven. The incense offered in front of the statue in the temple will never stop, and there will be more and more believers.

Yuanli cast a spell to burn the letter, and then placed Xiao Yan'an's body into the coffin. When she pushed the lid shut, his body instantly decayed until only bones remained.

Coming out of the Empress' Palace, Heng Jin, who was standing on her shoulder, asked her through telepathic communication, "A-Li, if I die one day, will you bury me?"

She replied through voice transmission: "No."

Heng Jin immediately put on a sad look of being heartbroken, with its head drooping listlessly. From time to time, it looked up at Xiao Yan'an's coffin with envy. Behind her back, it cast a spell to dim the luster of its feathers, so that it would appear even more sad in her eyes.

She transmitted her message, "Emperor, you are a god. If you die, your body will dissipate into the heavens and earth, and your soul will return to chaos. I won't even be able to pick up a scrap of your remains. How can I bury you? Should I build you a cenotaph? A cenotaph is useless to you."

Heng Jin sent a voice message: "What if we can pick up some scraps?"

She used telepathic communication to change the subject, "Next, I'm heading to the Netherworld, and then to the Demon Realm. You should return to your bedroom."

Heng Jin sent a telepathic message, pleading in a frustrated and coquettish tone, "Can I wait at the entrance to the Demon Realm for you to finish your business and take me home? I don't want to return to that empty and silent palace alone. I'm afraid I'll lose control of my thoughts and lose control."

"what ever."

When Yuanli arrived at the Netherworld Palace, it was very quiet and there was no sign of Cha Suxun.

She walked towards the bedroom as usual, only to see a reply conch lying outside the door.

She walked over, picked it up, and put it to her ear to listen. There was nothing else besides the surging sound of the tide. It was clear that this conch had never been used.

Looking through the slightly open gap in the bedroom door, there was another echoing conch.

She used her divine power to check and found that Cha Suxun was not there.

When she entered the bedroom and just picked up the echo conch on the ground, Cha Suxun suddenly appeared behind her, put his arms around her, and rested his chin on her shoulder.

Sniffing her scent lightly, Cha Suxun expressed his dissatisfaction with jealousy, "You smell like him, I don't like it."

"I went to his house to discuss Xie Yuan's affairs, and I inevitably got some of the scent of the sacred peach blossoms from his house. I'm going to take a bath and change my clothes."

Cha Suxun's spirit butterfly emerged from the ground and wrapped them up, blocking their vision.

"Acha, where are we going?"

"Bathing."

As soon as she finished speaking, before the spirit butterfly dispersed, she was held by Cha Suxun and soaked in the warm pool water. The part of her clothes that was soaked by the water stuck tightly to her body.

Cha Suxun put his arm around her waist and sat down, and she sat in his arms.

When the psionic butterflies dispersed, they were seen soaking in the hot spring bath in his bedroom.

The scattered psionic butterflies merged into the water surface and turned into petals of red spider lilies floating on the water, blocking the underwater scenery.

"You smell not only of the sacred peach blossoms, but also of dead birds, especially your shoulders."

He continued to sniff Yuanli's hair, which was spread out behind her, then her bun, and then her ears and neck. She sensitively snuggled into his arms, leaning against his chest. Finally, he stopped at the crook of her neck and placed a kiss on her.

The fabric of her clothes today seemed to be against her. The fabric, which was already smooth, became even more slippery after getting wet. She wanted to adjust her sitting position, but she couldn't sit steadily on the stairs below.

With his head resting against hers and his face touching, Cha Suxun's right hand left her waist and rested on her other shoulder, stroking her collarbone teasingly.

Realizing that she couldn't sit steadily, Cha Suxun used the power of the underworld to make her float slightly, and at the same time brought her legs together and let her sit on his lap.

The hand that was stroking her collarbone gradually moved to her neck, and her fingers opened slightly, causing her to raise her head unconsciously.

Yuanli leaned her head on him, tilted her head and looked up at him. Cha Suxun was obviously unhappy.

"I really want to leave traces of me everywhere on you, so that all those bugs who covet you will know that you are mine."

"A-Cha can do whatever he wants."

After saying this, Cha Suxun's mouth corners slightly raised.

Cha Suxun tightened his grip on her waist, then lowered his head and sucked gently on her neck, leaving a blush on her snow-white skin.

"Did it hurt you?"

Yuanli shook her head, "No."

His netherworld power pulled at the right side of her outer garment, causing it to slide down most of the way, revealing her snow-white shoulder. He lowered his head again and sucked on her shoulder, bringing out a blush.

Cha Suxun had never been so bold with her before. Compared to before, the force of his sucking was much stronger at the end, and he clearly sucked harder on purpose. For a moment, she felt as if she had been bitten by an ant, and there was a slight sting.

"Did it hurt you?"

"There was a little sting for a second."

He lowered his head again and placed his lips on her neck, about three or four fingers' width below her earlobe, and kissed her, deliberately making a sound. In this empty hot spring bath, the sound was particularly clear.

"Good Ahri, tell me, when you met him, were you alone? Or were there other immortal friends with you?"

"First I met him alone, then there were other immortal friends present."

After she answered, Cha Suxun sucked the place where he had kissed and made the sound. At the end, he sucked a lot harder, causing a slight stinging for a moment.

"Ah... let's be alone together for a while..."

He dragged out the ending syllables of both "ahs" very long. Although his voice was still gentle, it could not hide the jealousy and anger in it.

"What should I do, A-Li? I'm so jealous... A-Li, can you comfort me?"

"good."

Knowing that she had done something wrong to him, Yuanli, who was already in the wrong, tried even harder to coax him.

She immersed herself completely in the water, making sure every strand of hair was submerged in the pool water before coming out and casting a spell to dry her hair.

The moment he turned around and faced him, Cha Suxun immediately closed his eyes shyly.

"Ari, your clothes..."

Sitting astride his lap, Yuanli pulled his hands across her back, letting him hold her waist while she placed her hands on his shoulders.

Every time she got closer to him, there would be a sound of water. She deliberately moved her body slowly and slowly towards him. The sound of water rose and fell, and his face became redder and redder.

She didn't stop moving until they were just one step away from their bodies being pressed tightly together.

"My dear Ah Xun, my dear husband, I was wrong. I shouldn't be alone with other men. I will accept any punishment you want to give me."

She took the last step forward, straightened her back, first put her hair in front of his nose, and then put her body in front of his nose.

"Husband, smell it, is it only your scent on my body?"

He nodded.

She cast a spell to dry the clothes above the water. "I've dried the clothes. My husband, please open your eyes and look at me, okay?"

Hearing this, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Ari called me...husband?"

"If Ah Cha doesn't like it, I won't call you."

"I like it! I really like it...but we are not married yet."

"So what? We're getting married soon, and I want to enjoy you in advance. Is that not okay? At worst, before we get married, I can only call you husband in private, okay?"

"Enjoy...enjoy?"

These two words almost made Cha Suxun's brain crash. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out what she meant by "enjoy".

"Like, like this."

Yuanli kissed him directly on the lips. Perhaps because he was too nervous, his whole body was stiff. "Acha, relax a little and let me in."

"Ari... um..."

Yuanli took advantage of him calling her name and kissed him again. Her tongue passed over his lips and went straight in, guiding him to respond, entwining with her and caressing each other's softness.

Gradually, Ah Cha began to take the initiative, taking the lead, his breathing a little chaotic and rapid. They were both numb from each other's kiss, and their breaths were filled with each other's pleasant fragrance.

After the kiss, Cha Suxun looked at her lips that were slightly swollen from his kiss. His greed and possessiveness became stronger and stronger, including his jealousy and inferiority complex that made him afraid of being abandoned by her again.

His gaze lingered on her lips and seductive neck for a long time, and he finally gave up indulging his desire.

However, Yuanli actually imitated the way he lost control last time, kissing his forehead, and then kissing down along the bridge of his nose until she kissed his earlobe. She held his earlobe in her mouth, and the tip of her tongue in her mouth was still licking and teasing him.

After pulling away, she cast a spell to change his outer robe and shirt. As if facing a great enemy, he quickly hugged her and slid into the deeper part of the bathtub, just enough for him to stand, with the water level submerged up to his neck.

Yuanli, who was shorter than him, couldn't stand. She couldn't float and had almost drowned in the Wangyue Lake in Prince Wen's mansion. She instinctively hugged him tightly in fear, crossing her legs and wrapping them around his waist.

"Your bathtub is so deep, aren't you afraid that you might fall asleep while bathing and slip into the deep pool and drown?"

He cast a spell to create a platform under her feet, then soothed her, "I've turned this into a stepping stone for you. Come down and stand on your own, okay?"

Yuanli tentatively put down one foot, stepped firmly on the footrest, and then got off him.

She pretended that she still needed his hands to support her, and when he wasn't paying attention, she squatted down and submerged herself in the water to see if there was anything wrong with his body that he was trying to hide.

Unexpectedly, he had already changed himself into a piece of covering clothes and quickly pulled her out of the water.

"A-Cha, what are you hiding? Take off your shirt and show it to me."

"No. Ah Li, we are not married yet."

"You're lying. I didn't ask you to take off your pants. Now, take off your shirt and show me your body."

"There's nothing to see, Ah Li. On our wedding night, I'll even strip naked for you. But now, how about I not strip?"

"No. Take it off now. If you don't, I'm going to be mad at you!"

"Ari..."

The longer he didn't take it off, the more she felt he was hiding something.

She cast a spell again to change his clothes, but Cha Suxun cast a spell in time to block her spell.

Seeing that the hard approach didn't work, Yuanli decided to use soft tactics. She began to cry, looking at him with tearful eyes, pouting in grievance, "My husband has another woman, right? She left traces of love on you, didn't she?"

"No, no, I only have you, Ari."

"Then why don't you dare show me your upper body? Forget the excuse that we're not married yet. What we just did wasn't more intimate than you taking off your shirt and showing it to me?"

Seeing that he was somewhat relaxed, Yuanli choked with sobs and said, "If Ah Cha doesn't want to show it to me, then forget it. I'll go back to Xingjun Mansion first."

Having said that, she pretended to turn around and leave.

Cha Suxun immediately became anxious, hurriedly grabbed her, and took away his shirt.

"I have no other woman, and no woman has left any trace of affection on me. Check, there really is none."

Yuanli cast a spell and teleported him to sit beside the bathtub. Her divine power dried their clothes and hair instantly when they came out of the water.

There was a backlash mark that stretched from the left chest to the abdomen about one fist below the right ribs. There were also many large and small backlash marks on both arms, which was shocking.

She was so heartbroken that her tears fell like pearls from a broken string, and Cha Suxun kept wiping her tears.

"Why are there such heavy backlash marks? How did they come about? You have to explain them to me one by one."

"These are all backlashes from the spells I cast while leaving my mortal body as Chi Xun. As the Lord of the Netherworld, it's inevitable that I need to return to the Netherworld from time to time to handle urgent government affairs. It's okay, it's just that this one in the middle is a bit deep. It will be gone in a few hundred years. I didn't show it to you because I was afraid you would be like you are now, and even more afraid that you would worry about me."

"Just government affairs? Clearly, you've also cast a lot of spells on me. It's also my fault for being so stupid and ignorant back then. I had no idea about the backlash mark, and I felt comfortable ordering you around to do this and that for me. I'm sorry, Axun... It's all my fault! I'm such a fool!"

"Our Ahri is no fool. Helping you didn't require many spells, so naturally there aren't many backlash scars. It's mainly because I left my mortal body and returned to the Netherworld. It has little to do with you. Besides, ignorance is not a sin. If you truly feel guilty, then compensate me and take care of me. Maybe my backlash scars will heal faster."

"Of course I have to take good care of you, but I remember that the backlash scars cannot be relieved or treated at all. I will go back immediately and look through the celestial tome to see if there is any way to relieve the pain."

Cha Suxun cast a spell to quickly change his clothes, then hugged her and said, "Ali, don't go. The pain from the backlash scars won't be relieved at all, but as long as Ali is by my side, I will be very happy. When I'm happy, it's easy to ignore the pain. Ali, you don't have to do anything. When you have free time, come to my side more often and accompany me. It will be worth a thousand medicines in the world."

After a pause, he changed the subject and asked, "Ari, are you here because you need me for something?"

"How do you know?"

"You just talked to them about the Evil Abyss and came to me. I thought there might be something I can help with. What do you need me to do?"

Yuanli explained the plan to A-cha in detail and asked A-cha about this part. After learning that it would work, A-li felt much more at ease.

After the discussion, Cha Suxun said that he could accompany her directly to the Demon Realm to find the mountain god Su Yang. However, the bird that Heng Jin transformed into was also waiting for her in the Demon Realm.

She forgot that the most convenient way was for Cha Suxun to go directly with her to the Demon Realm to find the mountain god Su Yang and start implementing the plan. Now that she was shirking responsibility, it seemed like she was trying to cover up her mistake.

So, she could only take Cha Suxun directly to the Demon Realm Palace and avoid entering through the Demon Realm entrance.

When Heqi learned that they were coming, he immediately stopped his work and rushed over happily.

"Sister~ I miss you so much~"

"Think about it, sister misses you too~"

Yuanli sent a telepathic message to Cha Suxun, asking, "Does Heqi know that I am the reincarnation of Li Wan?"

Cha Suxun replied to her through telepathic transmission: "He knows. I told him before you met him for the first time."

Yuanli took out the marriage certificate signed between her and Cha Suxun and handed it to Heqi, saying, "Xiaoqi, I haven't had time to tell you yet, but Ah Cha and I are engaged. The wedding date hasn't been set yet, but I'll tell you when it's set."

"Sister, you call me Xiaoqi? Sister, do you know..."

"Yeah, I know everything. It's just a pity that my sister overdosed her job and lost our memories."

He Qi threw himself into her arms and burst into tears, as if he wanted to cry out to her all the longing, hardships and grievances he had experienced over the years.

"It's okay, sister. It's okay, sister. You said that when you reincarnate and come back to me, even if you forget everything except the memories between us, as long as we are together, there will be more beautiful memories. I will tell you about my memories, sister, and you will remember me in a different way."

"Yes, sister and Xiaoqi will have many, many memories. Sister and Xiaoqi will be together forever and will never be separated again."

"Yes, sister and Xiaoqi will be together forever and will never be separated again."

Heqi wiped away her tears happily, hugged her sister's arm, stuck to her, and sat next to her.

"Sister, I feel like I'm dreaming. You know we were blood relatives in our past life, and you even brought me your marriage certificate with Ah Cha. Sister, I feel like I'm the happiest devil in the world right now."

"Yes, yes, sister is the happiest because she has Xiaoqi."

Cha Suxun joined their embrace and said in the same tone, "I have you. I feel like I am the happiest ghost in the world."

After the laughter and joy, although Yuanli didn't want to talk about Xie Yuan at this happiest moment, time was pressing and she had to talk about it.

After telling Heqi what happened, Yuanli sternly warned him, "Xiaoqi, even if you are the only one of the Yiji bloodline, you are not allowed to listen to anyone and suppress the evil abyss."

"Sis is willing to sacrifice her life for the demon world and the common people, so I am definitely not a coward who is afraid of death!"

"I know Xiaoqi is a good monarch, but suppressing Xie Yuan is not as simple as you think. Judging from the current situation, the method I used back then will not be able to completely kill him. He will eventually escape. Cut the grass at its roots. In short, promise me, sister, don't act rashly and give up your life."

"Okay, sister, I promise you."

"Yeah, I want to see Qingsan."

"good."

Heqi immediately sent an order, asking his attendants to bring a green umbrella.

"Qingsan, I have buried Xiao Yan in the empty coffin in the main tomb of the Western Frontier Emperor and Empress Temple. Next, I have some questions to ask you, and you must answer them truthfully."

As she spoke, Yuanli took out a petal of the divine beast Hui from the Lingbao Silver Bell and gave it to her, "Eat it."

Qingsan ate it without hesitation, not even asking what it was or what it did. "Then you must have seen the letter your master left for you, right?"

"Yes."

"That's good, that's good."

"You want me to personally bury Xiao Yan in the Empress's Shrine. Part of the reason is because you want me to see this letter?"

"Yes."

"Qingsan, were you also one of Xieyuan's former subordinates?"

"No, I'm not. I'm only loyal to my master, Xiao Yan'an. I'm sure Star Lord has already known the details of the deal he made with Ju Yue in his letter. I've had a run-in with a great demon loyal to the Evil Abyss. My younger brother was enslaved by that demon for nearly a hundred years. I'm well aware of their terrifying power, and my master knows my brother and I's past, so he never pledged allegiance to them, only making deals with them."

This is indeed what was written in the suicide note left by Xiao Yan'an. He only made deals with Ju Yue.

He offered the souls and bodies of executed criminals and treacherous ministers to Juyue, also known as the fallen god Baiyan. He even used his imperial power to appoint Juyue's alchemists as imperial preceptors, accompanying them on campaigns. Ostensibly to pray for blessings and exorcise evil spirits for a successful war, he was actually offering the souls and bodies of the enemy soldiers to Juyue. They agreed not to harm the souls of their own soldiers. Consequently, over the years, the territory of Western Xinjiang has expanded by more than fivefold.

"Xiao Yan'an didn't mention the jade hairpin in his letter. The jade hairpin in his body shouldn't be something Yun Jinglu was born with, right?"

"Yes. After the master took over Yun Jinglu's body, he had Ju Yue temporarily erase his memories of being Xiao Yan'an. So, when a powerless mortal faced with a blood feud met a mysterious man who offered tempting conditions, he was left with no other choice but to agree to his terms. The mysterious man said that he could fulfill all of the master's wishes, as long as the master willingly let him hide the jade hairpin in his body and keep his mouth shut forever."

"Mysterious man?"

"Yes, a man covered entirely in a black robe, embroidered with a strange animal totem in shiny black thread. He also wore a half-covering ornament on his face made of copper coins, rubies, and red thread. He was a demon, and his voice was pleasant. He seemed to be a young boy."

"Were you there at the time?"

"Yes. According to the master's plan, I had to disguise myself as a family heirloom, the demon-subduing umbrella. The master would always take me with him when he traveled, and I never left my side. So I witnessed with my own eyes the process of the mysterious man replacing the master's jade hairpin. The mysterious man saw through my demon the first time he saw me, but he didn't expose me. After replacing the jade hairpin, the master turned back into a demon and slept in the cave for a day and a night. When he woke up, he fainted from fear. The mysterious man had already left, leaving only a phonograph to relay some precautions to him. After that, the master thought he was this... The same way we transformed from a human into a demon. The very night we returned to the Demon Control Sect, Ju Yue arrived, hurriedly arriving, leaving without a word. Ju Yue and his companions had been searching for the jade hairpin, and the owner of the jade hairpin couldn't hide it from Ju Yue, yet Ju Yue didn't immediately take the hairpin from the owner. Furthermore, the phonograph bird is a spiritual bird unique to Huangci Mountain, a place long since occupied by a great demon said to be a former subordinate of Xie Yuan. Naturally, the phonograph bird is also under their exclusive control. It can only be said that this mysterious individual is very likely a follower of Xie Yuan, just like Ju Yue.

He Qi said, "The followers of Xie Yuan are fighting over Yu Zan like mad dogs fighting over food. If the mysterious person you're talking about is a follower of Xie Yuan, then why did they replace Yu Zan with a mortal body? How is that any different from delivering it to us?"

Yuanli thought carefully about Heqi's words for a moment.

She telepathically transmitted her thoughts to Cha Suxun and Heqi, "What I just fed Qingsan were the petals of the divine beast Hui, which can make her speak truth. I'm wondering, what if the forces behind the mysterious person are specifically trying to get us the jade hairpin? Even if this mysterious person, like Ju Yue, is a follower of Xie Yuan. We've always believed that Xie Yuan's followers were searching for the jade hairpin and that they, too, needed it. But think about it, among Xie Yuan's remaining followers are so many great demons, as powerful as demon kings, and followed by Fallen Angels. How could they have found none in 30,000 years before us? And don't you think that Emperor Hengjin and I have had an easy time finding the jade hairpin? The demons that fought us for it were minor figures. Are they really unable to find it? No, I think they're more likely trying to create the illusion that they, too, need the jade hairpin and are out to snatch it from us. Of course, it's possible that some demons and followers truly do need it."

Cha Suxun communicated with her and Heqi through telepathy, saying, "I have similar suspicions. Furthermore, I think your tribulation journey was a bit too peaceful, especially since Ju Yue knew you were a celestial being undergoing the tribulation, and that He Shi was your third incarnation. It's very likely they also knew about Heng Jin, who also underwent the tribulation. So, shouldn't Xie Yuan's followers be trying their best to seize the opportunity of his tribulation and reincarnation as a mortal, and kill him with all their might? In the three lives, only Bi Qi was truly ruthless in killing A Li, and even me. But Si Niao, who had the most enemies, was safer than anyone else. It's as if the people behind all this hope that you will find the jade hairpin and safely undergo the tribulation and return to heaven. How... could this be possible?"

After a pause, Cha Suxun continued to telepathically transmit his thoughts to them, "Do you remember Jiang Chan of Baiwu River? He was one of the three former followers of Xie Yuan. Back then, he really wanted to trap all of us in Baiwu River. Could it be that some of Xie Yuan's former followers have the opposite goal?"