Chapter 17 Chapter 17 "Get married in the hall and ascend to become an immortal." ...
Broad leaves hung on both sides of the bridge. When Biqing walked under the bridge, the tips of the leaves brushed past her head.
Looking up, the scene behind the leaves came into her sight.
Beneath the white net are countless green pupae, tightly clustered behind the leaves. They are so densely packed that the branches are bent and almost hang to the ground.
Something seemed to be wriggling in the green pupa.
Biqing's lips were pale and her legs felt like they were filled with lead, unable to lift them up no matter what.
When my mind was in a mess, I suddenly felt a heat on my wrist and someone held it tightly.
"Butterfly demon."
Xuan Yi pulled the dazed Bi Qing forward, "He's the best at bewitching the mind."
"There's no need to wait for them to come out and seduce me. I'm already scared half to death."
Biqing asked dazedly, "When can we get out of this forest?"
"soon."
Xuan Yi glanced at the slightly trembling pupa and said, "Stay with me safely. Don't alarm them."
Biqing moved closer to Xuanyi, and a strange man's voice rang in her ears: "Young lady, don't leave."
The voice is as gentle as water, like heavenly music.
Biqing couldn't help but look for where the sound came from. Just as she was about to turn back, she remembered Xuan Yi's words and restrained herself.
"girl?"
Knowing that this was a trick of the butterfly demon, Biqing pretended to be deaf and ignored the inexplicable voice.
"Why is the girl in such a hurry to leave?"
The sound was getting closer and closer, almost ringing in her ear. Biqing covered her ears to block it out, and clung to Xuan Yi.
"Miss, I am far more handsome than that wolf demon. Would you be willing to take a look at me before deciding whether to stay or go?"
"I see that you have an extraordinary temperament, and I would like to marry you. What do you think?"
"girl……"
The pressing voices disturbed Biqing. She frowned and shouted, "This young man is too rude! You and I are not related at all, and we have never met each other, yet you want to marry me! You..."
"Biqing."
Xuan Yi's gentle voice dispelled the disturbing noises in her ears. Bi Qing's thoughts became clearer, and she said to Xuan Yi, "Just now, a strange man kept talking to me."
"You don't have the spiritual power to resist his voice, so you will inevitably fall into his trap."
Xuan Yi looked warily at the wooden bridge not far behind him: "Follow me first."
After leaving the woods, the wolf demons transformed into their original forms and continued forward with Mo Jue, trying to find a place to rest before dark.
Mo Jue turned back into human form and looked around at the neatly arranged trees. He set up a barrier for the wolf cubs, and after settling them down, he sat down casually under a tree to rest.
Turning his head to look at the demon and god sitting not far away, he jokingly said, "Brother, are you going to guard Fairy Biqing today?"
Xuan Yi glanced at Mo Jue indifferently.
Biqing, who was sitting next to Xuanyi, was stunned and whispered, "Actually, it's safe for me to stay with Jiu and the others in the barrier."
Xuan Yi said, "It's dangerous tonight. It's best for me to stay with you."
"This place is not only dangerous but also strange."
Biqing pointed at the scene before her: "Whether in Zhaoye Forest or during these few days traveling with you, I have never seen such a lush forest."
She casually picked up a fallen leaf beside her and held it out to Xuan Yi. "And this leaf, plump and emerald green, cannot be grown in a barren land."
Xuan Yi took the green leaf in front of him, and a hint of hostility flashed across his mandarin duck eyes.
Hearing Biqing yawn beside him, he took off his coat and covered Biqing with it: "It's late at night and the dew is heavy. Don't catch a cold."
"Thank you very much."
Biqing asked with concern, "Xuan Yi, take care of yourself too. The road to the foot of Kunlun Mountain is long."
A cold yet warm breath enveloped Biqing. She pulled her gray fur coat to wrap herself tightly, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep with her arms as a pillow.
While she was half asleep and half awake, it seemed as if something flew past her cheek.
Biqing propped herself up and rubbed her eyes. The scene before her made her gasp.
I was the only one in the vast forest, and there was no sign of anyone else.
Biqing reached out to touch the wolf fur covering her body, but the plush feel was replaced by soft and smooth silk.
She was wearing the bamboo green dress she wore in heaven.
The veins on Biqing's forehead bulged slightly, and she stood up angrily: "I know it's you!"
"Miss, please don't blame me for being rude."
A man's gentle voice sounded from above: "This is not the place for us to talk. Please follow me to the woods ahead."
Biqing vigilantly searched for the man's traces, scolding him, "Playing tricks!"
"Why is the girl so angry?"
A blue butterfly with two wings flew in front of Biqing and transformed into a man. "I am here to personally take you to the forest. I hope you will do me the honor and not be angry."
Biqing quickly looked at the man in front of her, whose face was as delicate and fair as a woman's, and her eyes swept across the pattern at the end of the man's blue clothes.
A few black spots looked like eyes, staring at her eerily.
"No." Biqing refused decisively.
"Girl, the demon world is dangerous."
The man raised his voice and said kindly, "The wolf demon abandoned you and left. How are you going to survive in the demon world alone?"
"Stop trying to seduce me! You don't have to meddle in my affairs!"
Biqing turned around and tried to leave, but the man raised his hand to stop her: "Since you insist on leaving, don't blame me for being rude."
As the man smiled slightly, the trees in front of Biqing began to fall upside down, her feet became unstable, and she felt like she was in the waves, swaying and unable to stand.
Before Biqing could open her mouth to scold him, her legs started to move uncontrollably and she followed the man forward.
"Miss Biqing, whether to leave or not is not up to you."
Catching the fear and anger in Biqing's eyes, the man raised his lips and said, "Don't be afraid, Miss Biqing. My name is Meng Chi, and I am the leader of the Butterfly Clan. I invite you to come back with me because I sincerely want to marry you."
Meng Chi smiled and said, "If you don't refuse, I will take it as your consent."
Who wants to agree!
Biqing was speechless and glared at Meng Chi fiercely.
Her body would not obey her, so she had to follow Meng Chi step by step, against her will, towards the woods they passed by on the way here.
In just a moment, Biqing felt a familiar yet disgusting sticky feeling under her feet.
The dazed feeling was replaced by fear, and Biqing was terrified: This place is so close to where Xuan Yi and the others rested?!
Aren't we all just going around in circles?!
Her head felt so heavy that Biqing felt like she was going to fall asleep in the next moment.
She steeled herself and clenched her fists. The sharp pain from her nails digging into her palms brought her back to consciousness.
The clothes he wore were a wolf fur coat transformed from Xuan Yi's demonic power, and the tips of his embroidered shoes were stained with liquid that had been collected during his daytime journey.
In the blink of an eye, the clothes turned back into the bamboo green dress.
Biqing bit her lower lip hard.
The faint smell of blood spread on the tip of her tongue and gradually filled her mouth.
The clothes are folded, sometimes bamboo green, sometimes silver gray.
Both true and false.
Biqing no longer cared about whether it was real or not, but paid attention to the environment she was in.
The number of insect pupae hanging behind the leaves increased instead of decreasing, and the branches were bent into an incredible arc, just hanging down to the ground.
A butterfly flapped its wings and landed on the pupa. The pupa immediately broke open and several butterflies emerged, flying over Biqing's head and into the night sky.
"Be careful," Meng Chi said gently, "don't be too playful and forget to come back."
The butterflies paused in the air for a moment and then landed obediently on the leaves in the forest.
The two of them came to a place where a tree served as a bridge. Meng Chi stopped and asked Bi Qing, whose eyes were vacant, with a sigh, "Miss Bi Qing, if I marry you, will I have a chance to become an immortal?"
Biqing couldn't resist the force, staring at the ground with empty eyes, and nodded slowly.
Meng Chi was surprised for a moment, but he couldn't hide his joy, and his voice became a little higher: "That's great! Miss Biqing, if you don't mind this simple place, please get married with me here!"
"No……"
Biqing struggled to squeeze out a word, and felt a pain in her jaw, forcing her to look up.
Facing Meng Chi's eyes without whites, Bi Qing didn't know where she got the strength from, but she pushed the person in front of her away with all her strength, staggered back two steps and fell to the ground.
There was a dull pain in her abdomen, and the cold sweat on her back soaked her inner clothes and stuck to her skin. Biqing covered her abdomen, not wanting to think about whether it was because of an old injury or because of the fear that broke through the illusion.
"He actually woke up?" Meng Chi was surprised, "He is a god after all."
"It's my fault for frightening Miss Biqing."
Meng Chi stretched out his hand to her: "Are you hurt? Let me help you up."
Biqing rolled and crawled to her feet, but the path behind her was covered with wriggling green larvae, leaving no trace.
Bi Qing was sweating profusely and exclaimed, "What on earth are you going to do?"
Biqing felt a crawling sensation on the sole of her foot and jumped in fright, raising her foot to shake off the larvae that were trying to crawl onto her body along the surface of her shoe.
"Get married in the hall and ascend to become an immortal."
Meng Chi withdrew his hand, and his pupils returned to the clear black and white appearance of a normal person: "If you like me like this, I can spend some demonic power to maintain it."
"If you want to become an immortal, why don't you practice diligently instead of resorting to such unorthodox methods?"
Biqing kicked away the larvae crawling towards her feet: How disgusting!
"How can this be considered an unorthodox method? This is a godsend!"
Meng Chi smiled faintly: "When I become an immortal, my butterfly clan will escape this desolate land and have endless food and clean water. You immortals always take saving the common people as your responsibility. The demon world has become like this today because of you. It is only right that you help it."
"Does what I say make sense, Miss Biqing?"
“Wrong logic!”
Biqing dodged the larvae beneath her feet, her eyes gleaming with anger. "I've been following Xuan Yi for quite some time. If that were the case, why didn't he get there first? It's impossible that the wolf demon is just naturally dull and has forgotten such a crucial matter!"
Meng Chi was shocked: "I also want to thank that wolf demon for giving such a good opportunity to others."
He said, "The wolf demon is a xenophobic and pedantic monster. From what he said, he only wants to rush to the foot of Kunlun Mountain near the human world to find water. He has no interest in you at all."
"They are not pedantic monsters!"
Bi Qing suppressed her urge to curse the person in front of her and asked, "Who on earth told you this crazy thing about marrying a deity and becoming an immortal?"
“What is written in the book, no one tells.”
Meng Chi raised his hand, and a book with yellowed pages hung in his palm.
Biqing stared at the crooked name on the cover of the book, which looked like a plagiarized book.
There seemed to be five words written on the cover of the book, and Biqing barely recognized the word "purity".
"This book was found by chance when I went to the human world."
Meng Chi hid the book in his hand and said, "The book says that if you marry a god, you can ascend to heaven and avoid the pain of spiritual practice."
"Stop dreaming big!"
Bi Qing was speechless. "If ascending to immortality is so easy, why are there so many immortal cultivators in the human world?"
She ignored Meng Chi's strange expression and said, "As the leader of a clan, you blindly believed the ridiculous words written by a charlatan! The Butterfly Clan has such a foolish leader like you. It is truly a great misfortune for thousands of years!"
Meng Chi's expression shattered slightly, and in just a moment, his eyes turned dark again: "Whether it's true or not, we'll know after we get married!"
"There's no cure!"
Bi Qing took a step back, and heard a "puff" sound as he stepped on a larva.
Biqing was so frightened that she trembled and bumped into a heat source behind her.
When he turned around, Meng Chi was already blocking his way out.
In the darkness of the night, that androgynous face was particularly terrifying, like a demon crawling out of hell, wishing to swallow her whole and eat her until not even a bone was left.
"Don't be afraid, Miss Biqing."
A pair of butterfly wings covered in black spots suddenly opened from Meng Chi's back. "If it's true as Miss Biqing said, that you can't ascend to heaven after marriage, I will send you to a good place."
"Could it be... the underworld?" Biqing asked with a glimmer of hope.
Meng Chi smiled at Bi Qing: "Of course not."
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