Chapter 94 Immortal Venerable Yanhe
"Yes." The system said after a moment of silence, "The male lead is the chosen one of this world. Only he with divine power can save the world. Your most important purpose as a cannon fodder female supporting character is to sacrifice your power to the male lead. No matter how much you struggle, this is your destiny. So I sealed your memories and made you believe that you are a mission taker, completing the mission without emotion. This is the best outcome."
"Bullshit!" Ning Qi cursed. "Whose best outcome is it? Yours? Yan Chongyan's? Or your God System's? What kind of good outcome is it for me personally?!"
"For the whole world," the system said grandly, "otherwise, whether you believe it or not, this little world will collapse sooner or later."
“I will not give him my abilities,” Ning Qi said firmly. “How did the male protagonist save the world in the end?”
"Sigh, I knew it. I had a bad feeling from the moment your memories started returning." The system sighed. "Do you still remember the male lead's true form?"
"Immortal Venerable Yanhe?" Ning Qi pulled it out from her distant memories.
"That's right. Five thousand years ago, demonic energy began to spread to the immortal realm. He used his true form as a seal to block the largest crack, successfully preventing the demonic energy from flowing into the immortal realm. However, this also caused the demonic energy to have nowhere to flow, causing it to squeeze against each other and continuously evolve. Eventually, it flowed into the mortal realm, forming demonic energy that could kill human bodies and parasitize them, which is the Corpse Demon."
Ning Xi: "So he's the culprit after all."
"You can't say that. He did indeed maintain the stability of the Three Realms for thousands of years," the system said. "In the original story, at the end, his soul would return to his original body, use divine power to purify the Corpse Demon, turn the tide, and ascend to the Heavenly Venerable realm."
“No wonder my spiritual power could restore Zheng Xinyu’s skin,” Ning Xi murmured.
She suddenly remembered and grabbed Xiao Sui, who was about to feed her medicine, "Where is Zheng Xinyu? Where is she? Xie Jingyan said he killed her!"
Xiao Sui patted her shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, she's not dead. A-Ying and A-Shen pretended to kill her and fooled Xie Jingyan."
Ning Qi breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great."
Although she had only known Zheng Xinyu for a short time, she liked her very much. If she was really killed by Xie Jingyan, she would definitely find Xie Jingyan's body and tear it to pieces.
“I want to go see her,” she said.
Xiao Sui blew on the medicine in his hand and held it to her lips, "Drink the tonic soup first before you go."
Ning Qi opened her mouth, and the appropriately warm medicinal juice entered her mouth, making her wrinkle her face from the bitterness.
Xiao Sui smiled and said, "I've prepared some candied fruit. You can eat it after you finish drinking the candied fruit."
Ning Qi pouted, grabbed his collar, pulled him in front of her, and kissed him on the lips.
Xiao Sui was taken aback for a moment, then immediately opened his lips to respond. She took the opportunity to push the bitter medicine into his mouth with her tongue, quickly pulled away from him, and said triumphantly, "Try it yourself, isn't it very bitter!"
“It’s not bitter,” Xiao Sui said earnestly.
Ning Qi looked at him suspiciously, "Your sense of taste is seriously damaged."
Xiao Sui put the spoon in his mouth, holding the medicine in his mouth, and kissed her lips. After a long while, he asked breathlessly, "Will this make you feel better?"
Ning Xi looked at his moist, rosy lips, stuck out her tongue and licked them, reluctantly agreeing, "It's not that bad anymore."
Ning Qi hadn't drunk the medicine for long when she put on her coat and went out to look for Zheng Xinyu.
On the way, she continued to ask the system, "Can I save the world?"
“Difficult,” the system said. “With your Nascent Soul stage physical body? You need to understand that there’s a nine-realm gap between you and the male protagonist’s true form. This isn’t something that can be bridged by effort alone. You probably won’t reach that level in your entire life. How can you talk about saving the world? Unless…”
It paused.
Ning Qi pressed further: "Unless what?"
"Unless you enter that crack and self-destruct your inner core, the power might be slightly stronger."
"So you still want me to die?" Ning Qi said with dissatisfaction.
"This divine power shouldn't belong to you; it should belong to Xie Xiyue. You took away her destiny, so her power fell into your hands. Why do you cling to it so tightly?" the system earnestly advised.
"What falls on my head is mine; there's no question of whether I should or shouldn't."
Ning Qi met Zheng Xinyu, whose neck was already wrapped in gauze.
Xie Xiyue followed behind her, her eyes glazed over, and took a few steps closer when she saw Ning Xi.
Ning Xi is capable of using her abilities to help the people she cares about.
She infused her spiritual power into the two of them.
This time the results were better than before. Zheng Xinyu's entire arm regained its fair complexion, and Xie Xiyue was finally able to speak in a complete sentence, "Xiaoqi, are you alright?"
Ning Qi shook her head. She had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, and her current condition was better than ever before.
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Yan Chongyan and his disciples were clearing away the corpse demons in Yandu.
Yandu is the center of the Great Yan. If even this place is occupied by the Corpse Demon, it will be a heavy blow to the mortal world, and people's hearts will soon be scattered.
When the other four sects heard that they were in trouble, they each sent their disciples to help.
Yan Chongyan had killed dozens of corpse demons and was exhausted. He only found one survivor in a family's rice jar. The survivor was a very young child who was so frightened that he was trembling and unable to speak. He could only hold on to Yan Chongyan's neck tightly and refused to let go.
With no other option, he had to temporarily return to Huaguang Sect, settle the child down after he fell asleep, and then resume his efforts to eliminate the Corpse Demon.
Upon re-entering Yandu, it was already dark. Two more members of their group had been infected by the Corpse Demon, forcing them to kill them.
Yan Chongyan felt his body was numb, and his heart was numb too; all he could smell was the metallic scent of blood.
The moon hung in the sky, seemingly stained with blood. They found an empty room, took turns keeping watch, and rested for a while.
At this moment, his communication talisman lit up. It was the Immortal Lord from the Immortal Realm who had taught him cultivation. He immediately infused it with spiritual power and heard the other party say, "Chongyan, please come to the Immortal Realm immediately. Immortal Venerable Jiuyuan wishes to see you."
Yan Chongyan knew this person; he was a highly skilled cultivator who had been out of the public eye for a long time. Why would he look for an unknown nobody?
He dared not delay, instructing his disciples to deal with the corpse demon and to evacuate immediately if it could not be controlled within three days. He then flew on his sword to the teleportation array in the immortal realm.
He soon arrived in the Immortal Realm, only to be greeted by a Corpse Demon with considerable cultivation.
He reacted swiftly, drawing his sword to defend himself. The immortal lord who was supposed to be there to help him appeared and severed its neck with a single stroke.
"What's going on? Has the Immortal Realm also been invaded by the Corpse Demon?" Yan Chongyan asked in astonishment.
The immortal lord sheathed his sword. "To save you, Xie Jingyan took several immortal lords to the mortal realm. Those people concealed the fact that they were infected and returned to the immortal realm, thus polluting it as well."
The immortal lord summoned a crane, which carried them to a towering mountain peak. After dropping them off at the foot of the mountain, the man said, "I need to continue clearing out the corpse demons. You can go up by yourself."
Before him lay an endless stone staircase. Yan Chongyan stepped up and walked for an hour before finally seeing a pavilion.
A handsome young man sat there waiting for him, and said jokingly, "Immortal Venerable Yanhe, you are really too slow."
This person was none other than Immortal Venerable Jiuyuan, but his unusually familiar attitude left Yan Chongyan somewhat at a loss. "Immortal Venerable Yanhe?"
“Yes, it’s you.” Jiu Yuan looked at him in surprise. “I thought Xie Jingyan had already told you.”
Yan Chongyan shook his head, and then learned that he was the reincarnation of Immortal Venerable Yanhe.
“We used to be very good friends. You told me that you were going to sacrifice yourself. I tried to stop you several times, but you said that you would return to the immortal realm in five thousand years and have the real ability to fight against demonic energy.”
As he spoke, he looked Yan Chongyan up and down. “Now it seems that you are far from being good enough, but we can’t wait any longer. If we let this continue, both the mortal and immortal realms will become the domain of corpse demons.”
"What do you want me to do by calling me here?" Yan Chongyan had a vague premonition.
Jiuyuan waved his sleeve, and the scene before him suddenly changed. They were in front of an abyss, with an extremely deep crack below, from which black smoke rose, looking very ominous. However, the black smoke could not spread upwards.
He looked up and saw a man dressed in white.
His limbs were tightly bound by several chains, dangling above the crack, surrounded by a thin spiritual energy. Upon closer inspection, his face seemed somewhat familiar.
“This is you.” Jiu Yuan quickly cleared up his doubts, “but your soul has been gone for too long, and the power of the seal is getting weaker and weaker.”
"What should I do?" Yan Chongyan asked.
"Return to your original form as soon as possible," Jiuyuan said. "Let's repair the seal together."
"But how am I supposed to get back?" Yan Chongyan looked at his body in mid-air with a puzzled expression.
“It’s very simple.” Jiu Yuan curled the corners of his mouth.
Yan Chongyan looked at him, waiting for him to tell him the method, when an extremely strong pressure suddenly came, blowing the hair at his temples.
Jiuyuan raised his hand and struck him in the chest with a palm imbued with extremely strong spiritual power.
Yan Chongyan felt a sharp pain in his chest, his vision went black, and he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Golden light emanated from the soles of his feet, enveloping his entire body.
He felt something gripping him tightly from behind, trying to tear him from his body.
Yan Chongyan roared in agony, but Jiu Yuan remained unmoved and increased his spiritual power.
Gradually, the golden light detached from his body, floated into the air, and entered the body of Immortal Venerable Yanhe.
Yan Chongyan lost control of his body and fell heavily to the ground, his eyes closed, still bearing the expression of pain.
Jiuyuan didn't even glance at him, his gaze fixed on Immortal Venerable Yanhe's body, which showed no signs of waking up yet.
He murmured, "Don't blame me, I have no choice. You must come back to take charge of the celestial realm. You can't do anything in that mortal body."
After saying this, he summoned a celestial attendant to stand beside Immortal Venerable Yanhe, instructing him to inform him immediately of any movement.
As for Yan Chongyan's body, he ordered it to be thrown directly into the crevice.
Ning Qi was still asleep when she was awakened by the system's alarm. She hugged Xiao Sui tightly around the waist, intending to block it, when she heard it say, "Something has happened to the male lead."
She finally regained some of her senses. "Even the chosen one can get into trouble? What happened to him? Was he bitten by a corpse demon?"
“No,” the system said. “His soul was extracted and forcibly reinserted into his body.”
Ning Qi suddenly opened her eyes. "Wasn't it supposed to be two or three years later in the original book?"
"It must be the effect caused by Xie Jingyan turning into a corpse demon ahead of time," the system said.
"What should we do? Will it have any impact?" Ning Xi asked.
"Yes. His current abilities are simply insufficient to resist the seal and the demonic energy; they are only draining his life force," the system said. "When his life force is exhausted, the world will naturally collapse, and we will have to think of a solution."
Ning Qi narrowed her eyes. "This is a matter of life and death. Doesn't your system have any items we can use?"
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