Chapter 43 Frost Pear Town (End) If I had known this was the way to die, I wouldn’t have…
"It's really hard to separate you from Immortal Lord Miaomiao."
Mingyue, who was controlled by the spiritual consciousness of the great demon Ji Meng, sighed softly in Mingyao's ear, and then gently let Mingyao go.
"Sister, come with me."
Mingyao grabbed the magic weapon in his pocket and turned back in panic. With such a sudden change, Xuanxiu should not be so quiet.
But when she looked back, Xuanxiu was still just looking at her, not moving at all.
"…What did you do?"
Mingyao bit her lip and finally realized something was wrong.
"Don't worry, I can't beat Immortal Lord Miaomiao. What you saw was just an illusion." The great demon Ji Meng explained to her with a smile.
"Shadow?"
"Yes, thankfully I was lucky. The miasma along the way catalyzed the inner demon within Immortal Lord Miaomiao, which finally gave way to his suppression. That's why you two were separated for a while. It's also thanks to my sister for caring so much about Mingyue that she actually dared to come through the passage alone. If you had come with Immortal Lord Miaomiao, things would have been much more difficult for me."
The great demon Ji Meng walked into the passage that Ming Yao had passed through before. With a slight movement of his hand, several water ripples appeared in the passage.
"I was sealed in this cave for hundreds of years. Only after wandering through it did I discover that this place truly is a different world. It's a world of emptiness, where the real and the unreal meet. The path you just passed through is like spearing a fish in the water; a slight error can lead to a huge loss." "The Immortal Lord Miaomiao you see now is just a shadow of you as you left. Naturally, in his eyes, you are the same."
Mingyao listened to her distractedly while looking around to see if there were any other escape routes.
But the road behind is a dead end, and the front is guarded by the great monster Ji Meng...
Mingyao gritted her teeth. Although it was a big monster, its body belonged to Mingyue. If she took advantage of her unpreparedness, she would still have a chance of winning.
He was getting closer step by step.
The monster occupying Mingyue's body turned around unexpectedly and looked at the magic weapon in her hand with a rather playful look: "Sister, you are so dishonest. Why don't you give the thing to me?"
Before Mingyao could react, the monster waved its hand and Mingyao was disarmed.
Mingyao suddenly lost his sense of security and almost bit his lower lip to the point of bleeding.
She really wanted to see the great demon Ji Meng, but it would be best if Xuanxiu beat it half to death so that she could get a glimpse of her true form, instead of wanting to see it like this, so... lively and energetic.
"Alright, sister, your curiosity has been satisfied. Now it's time to follow me, right? Don't run around. There are so many strange things in this cave." The monster clapped its hands, squatted down and picked up the barely breathing Lin Yue. With a slight warning in its tone, it pointed a fluorescent light at the center of its finger and sank it into Mingyao's body. "Stay three meters away from me, sister, you will suffer."
While he was still barely able to accept the "toast", Mingyao, who was powerless and had suddenly lost the fighting power of Xuanxiu, naturally would not take the initiative to accept the penalty drink.
Even though he was scared to death, he still followed the monster quietly as she said, without testing whether the "three meters" she mentioned was true or not.
The cave was silent.
Mingyao urgently reviewed everything that had just happened. Later she realized that perhaps from the very beginning, the people they had chosen were not Xuanxiu and Mingyue, but her and Mingyue.
Just now in the dense forest, the rain wanted to get rid of Jiali and Xuanxiu, but Xuanxiu was not affected, so they continued to lure Xuanxiu to hurt people. After another failure, the monster living in Lin Yue agreed to lead them into the cave.
The safe journey is to eliminate their defenses.
When Xuanxiu's inner demon was about to attack, he used Mingyue's body to attract her attention, and Lin Yue disappeared in the chaos. The demon's consciousness then took the opportunity to attach itself to Mingyue again, completing the exchange.
Just to lure her away from Xuanxiu.
Immortal Lord Miaomiao has unparalleled combat power, but it is not useful at all times.
This cave is full of twists and turns, and it is extremely difficult to find someone without a guide.
As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, you can't hide away. This great demon is now planning to do just that.
However, this big demon went to such great lengths to capture her. If it was just to kill her, now that Xuanxiu was not by her side, it would have been the perfect time to strike. However, she remained silent, so it seemed she had other motives.
Forget it, as the saying goes, "Misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise." Now the situation is settled.
Who knows, she might even take this opportunity to learn more about the things that confuse her.
I slowly figured out the key, and although my hands were still shaking, my mind gradually calmed down.
Mingyao silently glanced at the big demon who was walking leisurely in front of him without any panic, and decided to test her attitude first.
Before trying to find out what the other person is thinking, he still had to try to get closer: "...By the way, what's your name?"
Unexpectedly, Mingyao would still talk to her after falling to this point. The big demon raised an eyebrow and replied in an intimate tone: "Sister, just call me Chuji."
"Chu Ji, are you a woman?"
"yes."
"You..." Mingyao racked his brains to think of a topic, but was interrupted by Chuji with a smile.
"Sister, if you have anything to ask, just ask directly. Why beat around the bush?"
"We've met before? Two hundred years ago?"
Chu Ji paused when he heard this and looked at Ming Yao with amusement: "I thought my sister would ask me why I caught you."
"It's all fine, haha." Mingyao laughed dryly.
"Then let's answer the first one first." Chu Ji walked briskly, "Yes, sister, you have a good memory. Two hundred years ago, we met more than once."
When Mingyao heard this answer, his mind buzzed.
Back then, when Xuan Hui killed the demon, she only saw the great demon Ji Meng once. When had she seen him for the second time?
What is going on in the middle?
Without waiting for Mingyao to think clearly, Chu Ji went around several turns and gently put down Lin Yue, who was on his back, then turned around and waved at her.
"Sister, we're here."
Chu Ji pushed open the stone door in front of him and walked in. Ming Yao followed quickly. As soon as they entered, they felt unbearable heat and heavy hot air surged out from inside.
After walking about ten steps, the road ahead disappeared and there was another cliff.
"Sister, come and take a look." Chu Ji greeted her warmly.
Mingyao noticed something strange, but he had to lower his head and walked over reluctantly. After just one look down, his legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
"Hahaha, I was also scared when I saw it for the first time." Chu Ji was amused by her reaction.
Mingyao sat on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up.
She is timid and is afraid of many things besides ghosts.
Similar to the huge Buddha statues in the temples, and the stone dragon statues that many skilled craftsmen love to carve and build in the foreground area...she is terrified of things like these.
Friends say she has gigantic fear.
And now, under the stone cliff, countless iron chains clamped a monster that looked like a snake, a dragon, and as towering as a hill.
Mingyao decisively pinched his philtrum to prevent himself from fainting.
"Sister, don't be so useless. Just take a closer look." Chu Ji came to her, dragged her up forcefully, and brought her to the edge of the cliff.
Mingyao closed his eyes tightly and refused to open them.
"Sister, this monster was killed by Immortal Lord Miaomiao four hundred years ago. Only a breath of life remains. Don't worry, it won't bite anyone."
Chu Ji said this while patting Mingyao's head soothingly.
"This monster?" Ming Yao was afraid, but he still noticed her choice of words. He stiffened his neck and looked at Chu Ji, "You are not it?"
Chu Ji patted Ming Yao's hand for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, I forgot for a moment. Staying in someone else's body for too long will definitely have an impact on your consciousness. Thanks for reminding me, sister."
"Okay, enough of the old times, sister, we should go downstairs."
Without waiting for Mingyao to react, Chu Ji stretched out his hand with a smile, supported her waist and pushed her down hard.
The hot wind brushed against the side of his face, like a string of sparks, causing unbearable burning pain.
My life is over.
The feeling of weightlessness enveloped Mingyao, and the curse that Mingyao wanted to blurt out was blocked back into his mouth by the hot air.
Soon, as her descent speed increased, her mind began to flash back with a flurry of complicated images.
First it was Ms. Ming, then the hateful little ball of light and Xuan Hui, who was holding a sword to kill her, and finally Xuan Xiu...
The red candle is dressed in simple clothes, and its beauty is alluring.
If I had known he would die like this, I would have slept with him.
Mingyao felt very regretful.
Death from falling is a very tragic and ugly way to die.
After being anxious for a long time, not knowing how deep the bottom of the cliff was, Mingyao suddenly felt the sea turning upside down, and after falling upside down, the wind that was carrying him down suddenly disappeared.
"Sister, you can open your eyes now."
It was Chu Ji's voice.
Survived.
Mingyao opened her eyes with lingering fear. Mingyue's face was still in front of her, and what she was stepping on... She took a quick glance, and her body suddenly froze. What she was stepping on was the body of the monster.
It felt like there was fire under my feet.
Seeing that she was fine, Chu Ji pursed his lips and smiled playfully: "Sister, you didn't think I would kill you just now, did you?"
Is there anything wrong with thinking this way?
Mingyao's face was numb from the hot wind, and his expression of despair amused Chuji.
"Stop joking with your sister." Chu Ji narrowed his eyes.
A dark light faded from Mingyue's eyes, and soon she collapsed at Mingyao's feet. Chuji's consciousness quietly left.
Without Mingyue's body blocking his view, Mingyao could see clearly that there was another person behind him. To be more precise, it should be said that it was a soul.
One person, one soul, just a few feet away from each other, Mingyao just took a quick glance and had the answer in his heart.
His heart sank suddenly as Mingyao recognized her.
It's her.
The monster that Xuan Hui wanted to kill back then was her.
The last bit of hope was crushed, and Mingyao felt hopeless for a moment.
Back then, when Xuan Hui proposed to marry her, she had hesitated. Unfortunately, the appearance of the small light ball manipulated her into accepting Xuan Hui's proposal.
Later, even with the endorsement of the small light ball, it only gave its own book "The Cold Immortal's Love" half an outline.
She still had doubts about Xuan Hui's character.
If the outline is too far away from the actual character, it will be a disaster.
An immortal like Xuan Hui was only rescued by her by chance. Even though Xuan Hui explained that he was doing it to repay a favor, Ming Yao, who had seen countless tricks in modern society, still felt a little uneasy.
Fortunately, Xuan Hui suggested that they kill the evildoer first, so she went along with it and wanted to stay in Shuangli Town for a while to observe.
What really made her decide to follow Xuan Hui back to the mountains was the assassination attempt that was a feint to the east and attack in the west.
This big monster almost took her life, and it was Xuanhui who risked his life to save her.
As she was dying, the novel left in her mind by the small ball of light exploded, warning that the main character had deviated from the plot line and was in imminent danger, and the world was about to collapse.
She was frightened, and after Xuan Hui risked his life to save her, she followed Xuan Hui back to the fairy mountain and began to follow the story seriously.
Now the monster that should have been buried in the earth long ago was standing alive in front of her, which meant that Xuan Hui was really lying to her.
It is impossible for a cultivator who has lived for hundreds of years to not be able to tell whether this monster is dead or not, and this monster was killed by him personally.
Mingyao turned his head and looked at the iron chain that was clamped around the monster's body.
The iron chains that can restrain big monsters must be immortal weapons. With so many immortal weapons, unless there are cultivators who manually mobilize them... it is impossible for them to appear in the small Frost Pear Town.
Mingyao recalled what the old lady had said to her back then -
"The village next door has a way to get a batch of old magical instruments from the Immortal Mountain. Do you want some?"
Are the depreciated magic tools in the fairy mountain really depreciated, or were they sent here intentionally?
Mingyao felt a chill in his heart.
Why did Xuan Hui lie to her? What was his intention?
Even though there are still many things that are unclear now, it is enough for her to figure some things out.
The only connection between her and Xuan Hui was the small light ball and the book "The Cold Immortal's Love".
Now, the little light ball's promise has fallen through, and Xuan Hui wants to kill her. Even what happened after their first encounter was mixed with pretense. It is very likely that it was just a pretext to make her completely believe what the little light ball said and let her act according to the so-called novel outline.
Mingyao clenched his hands tightly.
The speculation that had been buried in my heart for a long time came to light under Chu Ji's gaze.
She struggled for the first five or six years after coming to this world, until she met Xuan Hui, and the little ball of light was activated.
And tell her that she didn't simply travel through time, but... traveled through a book.
The book about time travel has no specific plot. Although the outline contains the bloody plot that Mingyao is familiar with, when you read it carefully, it makes people feel that it is too rigid and stiff.
"In the book, Mingyao dies of heartbreak after receiving a divorce letter."
"Xuan Hui took her last writings and her body back to Shuangli Town."
If you strip away the embellishments of the plot, this outline actually has only one direction.
"Mingyao volunteered to die."
This was the result they wanted from the very beginning.
In this way, it makes sense that she did not return home after completing the plot, and Xuanhui wanted to kill her after seeing her soul.
Mingyao was now in the flames, but he couldn't help but feel cold.
Is it true that the small light ball has nothing to do with Xuan Hui?
Why would they spend two hundred years setting a trap for her?
Even... Mingyao shuddered, remembering how he was knocked unconscious and thrown into a ghost town.
Who were those two people who knocked him unconscious?
Her encounter with Xuanxiu... was it another calculation?
And... the most important thing.
Mingyao gritted her teeth, trying hard to control her fear, and looked directly at the guess that she once dared not look at.
The little light ball said she was traveling through a book.
But really...
Do you have this book?
Opposite her, Chu Ji, who witnessed her expression changing several times, smiled as if he had guessed something.
"Sister, you are from another world, right?"
His words were like thunder.
Mingyao's gaze gradually focused and fell on Chuji's face.
Her confused expression was so obvious that Chu Ji couldn't help but chuckle.
"Sister, you've been here for two hundred years, but you don't know anything. How pitiful!"
Chu Ji came up to her and touched her face: "Sister, I will tell you Xuan Hui's true face. Can you give me your body?"
Without waiting for Mingyao to answer.
Four wounds appeared on Mingyao's wrist.
The blood flowed down and landed on Ji Meng's body. A magic circle suddenly lit up. Ming Yao felt his body lighten and he floated out swayingly.
The soul is out of the body.
"That's good, we can tell stories." Chu Ji smiled slightly, "Speaking of which, when I first met you, I was still a field goblin."
"Sister, do you remember? The monk chopped off my head and I died in front of you."
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