Chapter 301 Spring Returns
Jian Yue has been in this world for more than a hundred years.
The demon's body is very long-lived, but his body is made of magic circles, so it is still weaker than ordinary demons.
A lot has changed in this country in the past hundred years.
Under the Queen's rule, the country has become prosperous. People's aesthetic taste is no longer restricted to single, pure white, but tends to be more diversified. The Devil Town is no longer a devil, because the sunflowers have been discovered to have more uses and possibilities, and the town has become a tourist attraction.
Ji Xingle has become one of the tourist attractions because of his identity as a bishop, but he has become much more optimistic and cheerful because of this. In the past, due to physical reasons, Ji Xingle had few friends and was timid and cowardly. With the help of the people in the town and the company of Qiyaya, he seems much more optimistic.
Chris has been with Jian Yue all the time.
Jian Yue had also left the town to travel outside. He witnessed the prosperity of the royal city, which was completely different from the scenery of the small town.
The buildings in the royal city were tall and majestic, exuding a sense of splendor everywhere. There were many horse-drawn carriages on the streets, and there were also many streets in the small town. Jian Yue was overwhelmed by the sight while sitting in the carriage.
Chris said: "If you like it here, I have an estate here and you can live here for a long time."
They returned to the manor, the place where Chris had grown up.
Chris's manor was very big. Jian Yue roughly estimated that it was probably as big as half a mountain. There were also many servants waiting outside the manor.
The blond servant was still there, and he was surprised when he saw Jian Yue.
Jian Yue smiled at him.
Because the blond servant was very old, he had been in this manor for more than 30 years, but Jian Yue still looked not much older. He could still remember how cunning this young man was and how he got all the attention and heart of the prince.
"Long time no see." Jian Yue said to him, "Good day."
He still looks so relaxed and easy-going.
It was like an ordinary person greeting passers-by in a friendly manner on a sunny day, but only the butler knew that this so-called ordinary person made the emperor of this country give up the throne for him. It was such an ordinary person who survived the demon war and even had the devil himself reshape his body for him.
The blond butler once thought that Jian Yue was just a somewhat cunning man, but now he finally understood that Jian Yue possessed courage that many people did not have.
The blond butler lowered his head humbly and said, "Good day."
Chris brought Jian Yue back to the manor. The manor was very big, but Jian Yue was quite interested in everything. On the way, Chris would tell him some old stories of the manor from time to time.
"When I was young, I would ride horses here," Chris said. "That area is the horse farm where I ride horses, and there, I would learn here..."
Jian Yue asked curiously, "Do you study in the manor? You don't go out for classes?"
Chris said: "Because my red hair was too eye-catching when I was young, sometimes I would always attract discussion in school. They all thought I was a devil, and some children were even scared and cried. Although I was a prince, they didn't dare to anger us, but my mother still decided to let me take classes with my sister in the manor in the future."
Jian Yue said: "You must have been very sad during that time."
Chris said: "In the early years, I did think so. It was very sad. I often wondered why such a thing happened to me. Why me."
Jian Yue said: "Have you figured it out now?"
"Yes, I feel very lucky now." Chris said, "Because if this thing hadn't happened to me, I wouldn't have met you. God is fair, isn't he?"
Jian Yue smiled gently and said, "Maybe you are just an ordinary person, I will also fall in love with your Chris."
Chris said, “That’s not good.”
Jian Yue asked: "Why?"
Chris said: "If you are in danger, I won't be able to protect you."
Jian Yue was silent for a moment. He looked at Chris. Chris looked at him quietly and calmly. His own shadow was clearly reflected in his eyes. At that moment, Jian Yue suddenly felt that maybe Chris did not not understand. On the contrary, he understood everything and knew everything clearly.
"If there is a chance," Jian Yue said, "I want to protect you."
Two people stood in the garden. The spring sunshine was very bright. The flowers in the garden were in full bloom. The rich fragrance was overflowing and drifting away softly, as if it was softer than the softest silk.
Chris looked at him and said slowly: "You have protected me."
Jian Yue was stunned and looked at him in confusion.
But he was just hugged into someone's arms. The person in front of him hugged him into his arms. Jian Yue could only smell the familiar fragrance of plum blossoms on him. Chris's voice seemed to be close to his ears. He whispered: "Because of you, I can stand here well. You make me like this world, my dear."
A breeze blew over.
A smile slowly appeared on Jian Yue's face. He slowly hugged Chris and said softly, "You too."
They spent the rest of their time in this dungeon in peace.
Jian Yue saw many things from Chris's childhood in the manor. From those objects, he seemed to see Chris's childhood again and experience the years and time that he had never experienced before.
They have been in the royal city for more than ten years. During these ten years, Jian Yue has seen the changes in the royal city and how Martha has gradually become the personal steward of the queen of the royal city.
Her Royal Highness the Princess has remained unmarried for decades, and despite repeated admonitions from ministers, the Princess remains unmoved.
In the spring of 2020.
The princess adopted a girl from the Devil Town who lost her parents accidentally. After raising her for several years, she announced that the girl would be the next heir to the throne, which stopped the ministers from talking.
During these years, Jian Yue and Chris returned to the Devil Town.
Ji Xingle's health is very poor. He has always had a human body and his lifespan is not high. However, because he has been in the Devil Town for many years and has been nourished by the devil's aura, he lives longer than ordinary people.
When life counts down.
Ji Xingle found Jian Yue. He was already very old, with a head full of white hair. He said to Jian Yue, "Butler Wang, I'm afraid of what will happen if I leave like this. I want to give this card..."
It's a purple card, but it has gold patterns on it.
Ji Xingle took it out and said, "I believe you can give this card a better home..."
Jian Yue looked behind Ji Xingle. It was Qiyaya. Card spirits never grow old. They live in the cards and remain young as long as their masters are alive.
"Have you asked Qiyaya for her opinion?" Jian Yue said.
Ji Xingle said: "I...I just want her to live."
Qiyaya interrupted him and said, "If Xiaole dies, I am willing to return to the card pool and enter the destruction process. I came to this world because of Xiaole. In a world without Xiaole, my existence becomes meaningless."
Ji Xingle seemed a little shocked, his lips trembling as he said, "Yaya, why are you so stupid?"
Qiyaya said: "Xiaole is even more stupid, you know I won't abandon you, because we are best friends!"
Ji Xingle's eyes became moist almost instantly.
He was already very old, but when he heard these words, some other sounds seemed to suddenly emerge in his ears. There was a sick little boy sitting on a hospital bed, holding a doll in his hand. Outside the window not far away, a group of healthy children were running, but the boy on the hospital bed could only sit in the quiet room, looking at the doll in his hand somewhat lonely.
The boy's back was thin and somewhat desolate. He was alone holding the doll in his arms, with tears falling on the doll's fur. He whispered, "Qiyaya, I don't envy them, because we are best friends and we will be together forever."
When looking back again.
Ji Xingle's vision was a little blurry, his life had come to an end. He just tried his best to hug his lover, but Qiyaya had already hugged him first.
"I won't abandon you." The girl whispered in his ear, tears falling on the man's shoulder: "Xiao Le, we will be together forever."
Jian Yue stood by and watched all this.
Before Ji Xingle was completely dead, he sent him to the bottom of the church, to the Devil's Stone, where there was a white halo. He placed Ji Xingle next to the stone.
"Good luck to you." Jian Yue said to Qiyaya, "If you're lucky, see you in the player lobby."
Qiyaya bowed deeply to Jian Yue.
When Jian Yue was about to leave, the girl said behind him: "You will have good luck too."
The person who was about to leave paused, and Jian Yue said, "Thank you."
In the more than ten years since Ji Xingle left, Jian Yue still lives in the small town. He has learned some new hobbies in life. When he has nothing to do, he goes riding with Chris and learns archery. He also learns the devil's language. When he has nothing to do, he even goes to church to be a translator. His life is very peaceful.
So he was very peaceful until the day he grew old.
It was a quiet afternoon.
Jian Yue sat by the pond and fished with Chris. A huge feeling of fatigue and sleepiness came over her. It was a particularly quiet afternoon, and this kind of sleepiness made her feel like she just wanted to take a nap.
But he had a premonition.
Jian Yue looked at Chris who was sitting next to him not far away. He smiled softly and said, "I'm a little sleepy."
Chris is a demon, he is very sensitive to the smell of death. Almost when Jian Yue opened his mouth, the man realized something. He glanced at Jian Yue, his ruby eyes were full of sadness and reluctance, full of affection. He was still so young, but Jian Yue was still old, but Chris still held Jian Yue's hand as he did when he was young, holding him in his arms, and he said: "Are you going to sleep now?"
Jian Yue smiled and said, "Well, it's time. I'm so sleepy."
"I'm sorry." His voice was a little light in the wind: "I couldn't hold on a little longer. I made you sad. Do you want to go fishing somewhere else? I'm going to bed first."
Chris' tears fell one by one, and he whispered, "No."
"Don't be too sad." Jian Yue said, "I'm just too sleepy. I'll go to bed earlier than you."
Chris said, "You wait for me, you have to wait for me, will you wait for me?"
Jian Yue smiled at him gently and said, "Okay."
When he closed his eyes completely, the whole process was very peaceful. Jian Yue actually had no regrets in his life. His only regret was that he didn't accompany Chris to finish fishing on his birthday. But in the past hundred years, they had done so many things together that he had no more regrets.
After he closed his eyes.
The church in the entire demon town also emitted a huge purple light. That was the magic power of the Demon King Qillia. Jian Yue was the body created by her magic circle. After his death, the magic power returned to the Demon Stone.
The following year.
The prince of devil bloodline disappeared mysteriously, and only the person guarding the magic stone knew that there was a red mark of light on the magic stone. It was dependent on the spirit of the lover in the stone. Time passed quickly, and everything would change, but the trace of love left on the devil stone would never be erased.
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Nightmare Hall.
When Jian Yue came out of the white light, he felt as if he was in another world.
He stayed in the copy for too long and was a little dazed when he came out.
A staff member not far away called out to him, "Hey, is that you?"
Jian Yue looked at the staff member. He always had a good memory and reacted immediately. Jian Yue said, "It's you?"
"It's me." The staff member said, "Last time, when I sent you that crystal stone, we met. Then the machine said that the amount you received exceeded the quota, so I checked it for you."
Jian Yue remembered, and asked, "How's the investigation going?"
The staff member said: "I checked, and you did have a record of receiving the money, but I couldn't find your name. Maybe you didn't use this name to receive the money, but you entered your information."
Jian Yue said: "What name did I use at that time?"
He thought that maybe someone was impersonating him or making fun of him. If he caught them, he might be able to settle the score with them or extort money from them.
"The Moon," the staff member said, "is the name you used before."
Jian Yue froze.
This is indeed one of his names, but it is not his full name. He would never leave such a pseudonym outside, but when he looked into the staff's eyes, he couldn't say the words to refute.
In an instant, it seemed as if countless images flashed through my mind very quickly.
Those fragmentary images do seem to show him receiving something. In the images, he is smiling and talking to the people around him. Who are the people around him?
The staff saw him in a daze and asked: "What's wrong with you? Are you okay? Did you receive it?"
Jian Yue came back to his senses and said, "Can you find the footage of me receiving it? I want to see it."
In fact, he wanted to know who was around him at that time.
If this really happened, why can't he remember it at all?
The staff member said: "That happened a long time ago. The footage should be lost. But don't you have any recollection of it?"
Jian Yue said honestly: "Do you think there is anyone in this world who doesn't remember his past?"
"I don't know." The staff member said, "There are too many things in this world, and the probability of things happening is also high. If you have any questions, you can find a prop. That prop is called the Heart of Truth. The Heart of Truth will reflect the heart of the inquirer and give him the answer to the question. However, generally only the special copy will be refreshed."
Jian Yue said: "Thank you."
After he said goodbye to the staff and walked to the middle of the hall to wait for the boat, he saw the system panel refreshed.
The system panel would buffer for a long time before settling the account: "Congratulations to the player for completing the dungeon mission. The reward for this dungeon mission has been settled successfully. The player received a reward of 12 points + and a reward for drawing a card from the card pool again. Please note that the number of cards drawn this time is not the same as the initial number. Do you want to use it immediately?"
Jian Yue then remembered that before he entered the Devil Town, he had entered it because of the free cards in the copy of this town. Later, when the system upgraded the difficulty of the copy, the rewards were also upgraded. He could draw another card from the card pool himself. This reward was actually very generous, because if he drew the card again, he might be lucky enough to draw a high-level card.
"Draw." Jian Yue said, "Draw now."
So the system was frozen for just a moment, and then the picture changed.
Jian Yue felt as if he had returned to the first time he was in the car in Wanfu Village. Suddenly, countless illusory card shadows appeared in front of him like flowing light, allowing him to choose.
His eyes scanned the countless cards.
When Jian Yue was about to choose a card, one of the cards took the initiative to touch Jian Yue's fingertips before he even touched it. Jian Yue only felt a coolness sliding across his fingertips and finally disappearing.
The system's voice came: [Congratulations to Tasker No. 543 for winning the gold card SSR - Spring Returns to the Earth! Please use your survival skills properly in the dungeon. I wish the players a smooth passage through the dungeon! ]
Jian Yue was stunned.
He saw the golden card in front of him. The card was bright red all over, but the picture inside was of green branches in spring. The card was golden and red all around, but the picture inside was full of vibrant green vines, like a ray of life found in the gorgeous purgatory.
and……
Although it was a golden card, he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, as if his heart was tightening and the pain was bursting out from his blood. Such intense pain made him freeze in place for a moment.
Then slowly, he realized that the name of this card was too familiar.
Next second.
He saw the card's skill explanation pop up on the card.
Gold SSR card [Spring Returns to the Earth]: Everything is spring, spring returns to the earth, and all things revive. When this card appears, the owner of this card can choose to revive an eliminated player.
(Note: This card requires one life for one life to take effect)
Jian Yue’s eyes widened. It was really this card. How could this card... end up in his hands?
At the same time.
The center of Nightmare Hall.
And on a huge square screen, the entire card pool was a deep black, like the vast starry sky, with dotted cards suspended in it. Suddenly, a golden light flashed for an instant, and it officially appeared in the card pool.
The card book in the lobby will record all activated cards, and all taskers can view them.
Someone accidentally stopped and saw the golden light and shouted in surprise: "Another gold card has been activated!"
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
It instantly attracted the attention of all nearby taskers:
"What?"
"Another gold card appeared in the dungeon?"
"What card is this time?"
When everyone gathered around and someone saw the name on the card book, almost everyone froze.
The most impatient tasker shouted: "Spring is back?! How can it be spring?!!"
The new novice taskers didn't know why everyone was reacting so strongly, but some experienced taskers were of course very shocked, and those who knew a little about the inside story were very upset:
“This card…”
"I remember this card was used many years ago and never returned to the card pool."
"Isn't this the legendary card that can only be used once?"
"Why do you say that?"
There are always some newbies who still don’t understand what this card does.
Someone kind-heartedly said, "Because Spring Returns to the Earth is a card that can only be used once, the person who uses this card can save the life of another player in the dungeon. This card sounds great, but the side effect is that the user must exchange one life for another. Do you understand what this means? The owner of this card only has one chance to use it!"
Everyone was talking about it:
"Then the person who drew this card this time has drawn a very useless card, right?"
"That's right, the copy can't protect itself!"
"Who won the lottery? I'm really curious. Is there a live broadcast room?"
"No, no one in any of the live broadcast rooms has figured out who it is!"
This aroused everyone's curiosity even more, and just when everyone was talking about it.
The newbie tasker immediately grasped the key point: "If you say so, then after the owner has used it, the card will automatically return to the card pool and wait for the next draw after the owner dies. Why do you say that this card was used a long time ago and has never returned to the card pool?"
This question hits the point.
All the task players were silent at the time. Not only the newbies found this strange, but all the task players found it strange because it did not conform to the logic of the cards.
While everyone was discussing the strange thing, someone in the corner spoke up.
"Then is there a possibility that the person using the card has never died, but just now, he completely disappeared, so the card can no longer detect the owner's breath, and it returned to the card pool by itself?"
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