Chapter 90 I still have an enemy
Xie Xiyue stared warily at Xie Jingyan, who sat on the throne, and gripped the long sword in her hand tightly.
Xie Jingyan licked the blood off his lips with pleasure, as if savoring some exquisite delicacy. "Xiyue, you've come?"
"What are you doing!" Xie Xiyue asked sharply, her fingers trembling slightly.
"Isn't it obvious? My daughter." Xie Jingyan smiled, taking a deep, intoxicated breath. "I killed the emperor. This palace belongs to me!"
"It can't possibly belong to you," Xie Xiyue said, shaking her head. "Those royal relatives and powerful figures won't agree to it."
"What if I turn them all into corpse demons?" Xie Jingyan stared intently at her with his completely black pupils.
Cold sweat broke out on the back of Xie Xiyue's neck. She steadied herself, knowing that with her cultivation level, she had no chance of defeating Xie Jingyan alone. She could only stall for time until Yan Chongyan came to find her.
She had just secretly activated the communication talisman, and she believed that Yan Chongyan had heard what was happening on her end.
"Do you think you can turn them all into corpse demons by yourself?" Xie Xiyue said.
Xie Jingyan had already stood up and was walking towards her step by step. "There's no need to say so much, Xiyue. I want to ask you about your choice. I raised you and treated you like my own daughter. I will give you a choice: do you want to follow me, or be turned into a corpse demon by me?"
Xie Xiyue looked at her former father. He had indeed been very attentive and caring towards her, but only because she had value to him; she was the emperor's daughter.
She could tell that there was no warmth in his eyes now.
"Xiyue, I can control the Corpse Demons. Power in the mortal realm is within my grasp. Once everyone here becomes a Corpse Demon, we'll reach the pinnacle together and rule the Three Realms," Xie Jingyan tempted. "I won't let you be just a princess without real power."
Xie Xiyue shook her head. "No, I don't need these."
"So you want me to turn you into a corpse demon?" Xie Jingyan said coldly.
Xie Xiyue had been quietly retreating, and now that she had found the right opportunity to rush out the door, she was blocked by seven or eight corpse demons at the door.
"The entire palace is the territory of the Corpse Demon. Do you think you can escape?" Xie Jingyan let out a sinister laugh, which sent chills down everyone's spine in the empty palace.
Xie Xiyue turned around, and the emperor also struggled to get up, his eyes dark and emotionless as he looked at her, the blood still gushing from the wound.
Knowing she had little chance of escape, she raised her sword and attacked the nearest corpse demon.
——
Ning Xi went to the Demon Medicine Bureau; they should know what's wrong with Xiao Sui's body.
Upon seeing her, the sorcerers respectfully asked, "Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
"I'd like to ask if there's anything wrong with the Demon God's body?"
The demonic doctor lowered his head and said, "There is no problem at all. Your Highness is in excellent health."
Ning Qi clearly didn't believe it, and spread her hands, "Let me see his recent treatment records."
“This…” The eldest healer looked troubled. “We cannot give it to you.”
“Then I’ll go tell Xiao Sui that you refused to prescribe medicine for me when I came here for treatment,” Ning Qi threatened.
"You can't do this!" the demon doctor said in a panic. "This is His Highness's private matter, and we really can't show it to you."
“I’m his wife, what’s wrong with me looking at this?” Ning Xi said confidently, after all, they had been married, even though she wasn’t there.
She added, "If you don't show it to me, I'll have Xiao Sui kick you out."
These demon doctors had witnessed the demon god's attitude towards her and knew that if she were to complain to the demon god, they would certainly lose their positions.
The demon doctor, looking utterly dejected, pulled out the demon god's medical records from the cabinet.
Ning Qi flipped through the notebook, noting that her arm had been stitched up eight times for external injuries and treated for internal bleeding five times. The latest outpatient record was from yesterday.
Xiao Sui summoned the demonic physician and asked for a Suoyang Pill.
"What is this for?" Ning Qi asked. "Why does he want this?"
The Demon Doctor said, "As the name suggests, it locks in the vital essence to prevent it from leaking out. The effects can last for half a month. It is usually used as punishment. Your Highness probably intends to use it to discipline your servants."
No, Ning Qi thought to himself, he took it himself.
Could it be that she was afraid his demonic energy would affect her? Ning Xi consulted the demonic doctor about the matter of cultivators and demons having intercourse.
"It will indeed have some impact, but it usually doesn't cause much harm to either party's body. As long as it's not too frequent, it can be completely ignored."
Why did Xiao Sui do that? Ning Qi knew that only Xiao Sui himself could answer that question.
She finally saw Xiao Sui during her dinner; he seemed to have been very busy all day.
Ning Xi told him everything she had found out at the Demon Doctor's Office and asked him why he did it.
Are you worried about the effects of demonic energy on me? Or do you have some concerns? Or is there something wrong with your body?
According to Ning Qineng's recollection of the time before the reversal, he did not do such a thing at all.
“It’s my problem,” Xiao Sui said after a long silence. “I’m very scared.”
"What are you afraid of?" Ning Qi asked in surprise.
“I’m afraid it will hurt you,” Xiao Sui said. “I actually hate that kind of thing.”
"Yes, the Demon Clan said you wanted to cut it off, but why? The Demon Doctor said it wouldn't cause any harm."
Xiao Sui pursed his lips tightly, his fingers curled together, "Yes, you were before because..."
He couldn't continue speaking.
Ning Qi understood what he meant. "You mean my death in my past life was related to this?"
Xiao Sui nodded with difficulty.
Ning Xi was utterly devastated. Good heavens, was she really that lecherous? This... could be considered dying under a peony flower, even as a ghost, she would be romantic.
"Me and you in bed?" she asked hesitantly.
Xiao Sui shook his head, "It's not what you think..."
"What is it?"
Xiao Sui opened her mouth, her face pale, and was about to speak when the door was suddenly opened, and one figure rushed in, followed by another.
Ning Qi turned around and saw Qian Yu and Zhi Zhi.
Qianyu rushed in and said, "Demon God, please grant me permission to leave the Demon Palace."
Zhizhi then grabbed her, but it was too late.
Xiao Sui frowned. "Who let you in?"
Qianyu said, "Please allow me to leave. I want to return to Huaguang Sect immediately!"
Ning Qi asked in confusion, "Why are you in such a hurry to go back? Did something happen?"
Zhizhi looked at her cautiously, "Princess, the Huaguang Sect has been attacked by the Corpse Demon and suffered heavy losses. It seems that only a few dozen cultivators remain."
Ning Qi was taken aback. "How could a Corpse Demon have infiltrated the Huaguang Sect?"
She suddenly realized: "Could it be Xie Jingyan?"
"Probably," Zhizhi nodded.
Qianyu said, "Now that even Yandu has fallen, Miss is in danger. I have to go back to help her."
"Miss?" Ning Xi asked.
“It’s Xie Xiyue,” Qianyu said. “Back then, the emperor wanted to punish me, but it was Miss who saved me.”
“Go ahead,” Ning Qi said to Xiao Sui after a moment’s thought. “I also want to go and take a look.”
——
When Yan Chongyan arrived at the palace with his disciples on their swords, he had a bad feeling.
The corpse demons swarmed at the scent of living people, chasing after their shadows. He kept trying to contact Xie Xiyue with communication talismans, but there was no response.
He had her nameplate in his hand and, following the directions on the wooden plaque, arrived at the Ryougi-gyu Shrine.
The heavy stench of blood made his expression extremely grave. He jumped to the ground and, together with his disciples, quickly killed the five corpse demons in the courtyard before stepping into the hall.
Xie Xiyue was captured by Xie Jingyan and was struggling desperately. There were three or four corpse demons on the ground with their heads separated from their bodies.
It seems Xie Xiyue was the one who killed him.
There was also a corpse demon, dressed in a dragon robe, standing behind Xie Jingyan.
"Thank you, Junior Sister!" Yan Chongyan looked at Xie Jingyan and said kindly, "Master, she is your daughter, please let her go first."
"What daughter?!" Xie Xiyue shouted. "He wants to turn everyone into corpse demons! Stop talking nonsense and stop him right now!"
Xie Jingyan lowered his eyes and sneered, "Xiyue, I have given you many chances. Since you are unwilling to work with me to achieve great things, then obediently become a corpse demon and be at my beck and call."
Yan Chongyan saw the murderous intent in his eyes and hurriedly said, "Don't be impulsive. You're not that kind of person. You're just being controlled by demonic energy."
"Controlled? I've never felt so good!" Xie Jingyan laughed heartily. "How could you possibly know anything about me? Two hundred years ago, I was wholeheartedly thinking of the Immortal Realm, and I didn't hesitate to sacrifice my cultivation to peek into the secrets of heaven and find you, the reincarnation of Immortal Venerable Yanhe. I wanted to support you in eliminating the Demon Race, but unfortunately, you were really no match for me."
"I wanted to attach myself to the emperor of the mortal realm and gain a foothold here, but I was rejected by him because of a small mistake, and I could only slink back to the immortal realm."
"But who would have thought that by chance I would gain the ability to control the Corpse Demon? I finally have something I can control!" Xie Jingyan's facial muscles showed a very strange state, extremely happy to the point of being frightening. His eyes were fixed on Yan Chongyan. "So, I should really thank Xiao Sui. He is the one who gave me this unprecedented power."
He laughed heartily, and Yan Chongyan seized the opportunity to quickly draw his sword and stab him.
The spiritual energy tore through the air, making a whooshing sound. Xie Jingyan did not dodge at all, but simply shielded Xie Xiyue in front of him.
Yan Chongyan was utterly shocked. He abruptly stopped his sword strike and clutched his chest. "Even tigers don't eat their cubs, how could you push your daughter out to shield you from this sword?!"
"What right do you have to criticize me?" Xie Jingyan scoffed. "Didn't you make that stupid princess take a sword for you back then?"
"You are not worthy to mention her!" Xie Xiyue shouted fiercely, suddenly bursting out with a strong force and instantly breaking free from Xie Jingyan's restraint.
Yan Chongyan quickly stepped forward, wanting to help her.
As the situation turned against him, a fierce glint flashed in Xie Jingyan's eyes.
He grabbed Xie Xiyue's hair and pulled her back.
Xie Xiyue screamed in pain.
“I didn’t want to do this, but you, as my daughter, have disappointed me too much,” Xie Jingyan said to Xie Xiyue.
He suddenly opened his mouth and, before anyone could react, bit down on her carotid artery.
Under the shadows, Xie Xiyue felt a sharp pain in her neck, and a large amount of blood gushed out. Her body rapidly lost temperature, and her eyes widened in disbelief. The image that flashed through her mind was the first time she had called him "Daddy."
She never imagined that the person who raised her would actually be so cruel as to kill her.
Enraged, Yan Chongyan raised his longsword and surrounded him with his fellow disciples.
"Alright, I still have an enemy in the Demon Realm to settle, I'm not playing with you anymore." Xie Jingyan threw Xie Xiyue's body aside, treating her like trash.
His cheeks were blood red, and his huge pupils were completely black, shaped like a ghost.
Yan Chongyan and his fellow disciples' swords were already aimed at him when the emperor, who had been standing still behind him, suddenly rushed out and blocked the swords for him, his body instantly riddled with holes.
In that brief moment, Xie Jingyan took out a teleportation array from his pocket and disappeared right before their eyes.
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