Chapter 91 I can help you restore
"Sect Master, what do we do now?" asked the disciple who was following Yan Chongyan.
The emperor's body was still trembling slightly, emitting a low sound. Xie Xiyue supported her body with her elbows and made the same sound. She suddenly raised her head, and the whites of her eyes disappeared, leaving only black. She had obviously become a corpse demon.
Yan Chongyan closed his eyes briefly. "Kill them."
"This...we're going to kill the emperor?" the disciple asked hesitantly.
“The palace is now overrun with corpse demons, and we’ve been here for so long without even a guard showing up. Who cares about this emperor?” Yan Chongyan said.
"Then thank you, Senior Sister Xie too..."
“There’s no other way.” Yan Chongyan sighed deeply. “I’ve already made a terrible mistake because I couldn’t bear to do it for a moment. I can’t be soft-hearted anymore. Let’s kill them all.”
"Yes." Several cultivators raised their swords and slashed at their necks.
Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly lunged at Xie Xiyue, shielding her tightly.
The long sword fell on his head, and his head rolled far away, but his arms still held Xie Xiyue tightly.
The cultivator holding the sword showed a look of reluctance. "Sect Master, they seem to still have some consciousness left. I... can't bring myself to do it."
Yan Chongyan also fell silent, watching as Xie Xiyue pushed the emperor aside and stood up.
They were on high alert, but she showed no signs of aggression. Her dark eyes stared blankly at him, and she uttered slow, low sounds.
Yan Chongyan relaxed his shoulders and said to the others, "Leave her here, let's go rescue the other survivors."
They ran out of the palace, killing corpse demons along the way until late at night. However, the number of corpse demons increased, and some even ran in from outside the palace. They had no choice but to fly up on their swords, looking down at the dark mass of people below, chasing their blurry shadows.
At this moment, Yan Chongyan's communication talisman rang, and a voice came from inside: "Sect Master, Qianyu and two other female cultivators have come to see you."
The corpse demon beneath their feet emitted a low, bird-like cry, indicating that it was beyond the power of the few of them to stop it. Yan Chongyan immediately ordered everyone to return to Huaguang Sect.
He met "Liu Qi", Qian Yu and Zhi Zhi in the council hall.
As soon as Qianyu saw him, she rushed over and asked, "Where is Miss Xie? Is she alright?"
A flicker of pity crossed Yan Chongyan's eyes. "She has already become a corpse demon."
"How could this be!" Qianyu exclaimed. "She's a princess! How can you ignore her? Where are her guards? Can't they even protect her?"
"Now Yandu has also fallen, and the imperial palace is full of zombies and demons, even the emperor has turned into a zombie," Yan Chongyan said.
Qianyu stared at him blankly, "Who did this?"
"Thank you, Jingyan," Yan Chongyan said, taking a deep breath.
"You haven't killed him yet?!" Ning Xi shouted.
Yan Chongyan looked at her and shook his head. "He has the abilities of a corpse demon, but he also has the ability to behave like a normal person. I was careless."
Ning Xi remembered something and said blankly, "No, it was I who stopped Xiao Sui. He was going to kill him."
Zhizhi held her arm, "This is all Xie Jingyan's fault, it has nothing to do with you."
Upon hearing her nickname for the demon god, Yan Chongyan couldn't help but recall Xie Xiyue's previous speculation, and tentatively asked, "Princess? Is that you?"
"Why do you ask that?" Ning Qi was taken aback and asked in return.
"It's just a guess," Yan Chongyan said, a hint of understanding on his face. "I was just asking casually. You can say for sure if you don't want to."
Ning Qi answered him with silence.
Yan Chongyan raised an eyebrow. "How could Xiao Sui agree to let you come to such a dangerous place?"
Ning Qi looked guilty and exchanged a glance with Zhizhi. In fact, Xiao Sui strongly opposed her coming to the mortal realm after hearing that she was coming, believing that it was already very dangerous. However, she was determined to come here. Taking advantage of the night when Xiao Sui locked her hands, she pushed open the iron cage, abandoned him, and ran away.
Zhizhi said he could handle those handcuffs, but he'd have to coax him a lot when they got back.
"By the way," Yan Chongyan said, "Xie Jingyan went to the Demon Realm. He can control the Corpse Demon. Please remind Xiao Sui to be careful."
Ning Qi frowned and asked Zhizhi to find the demon group not far away and have them pass on the message to Xiao Sui.
Qianyu grabbed Yan Chongyan and asked, "Where is Miss Xie's body? Did you kill her?"
"No, we left her in the palace."
"I'm going to find her and bring her back," Qianyu said.
Yan Chongyan tried to stop her, saying, "The palace is full of corpse demons. You'll just be throwing your life away if you go there."
Qianyu said firmly, "Miss Xie saved my life, and I have to do this. I want to protect her last bit of dignity and respect."
“I’ll go with you,” Ning Qi said.
Qianyu's eyes widened, and she and Zhizhi said in unison, "You can't go!"
“Xie Xiyue is my friend, and I want to rescue her,” Ning Xi said.
"It's too dangerous!" Qianyu exclaimed.
“My cultivation level is now higher than yours,” Ning Qi said truthfully. Besides, she wouldn’t be infected by the corpse demons; she just needed to be careful not to get surrounded.
Yan Chongyan glanced at the weather outside and said, "We'll sneak into the palace under the cover of night and try our best to bring Xiyue out. No matter what the outcome, we must leave before dawn."
“Okay.” The three agreed in unison.
Only Zhizhi tugged at Ningqi's sleeve, asking, "How am I supposed to explain this to Young Master Xiao?"
Ning Qi glanced out the window at the reappeared demonic mass and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
After making some preparations, the four of them flew back into Yandu on their swords and hovered above the imperial palace.
Some with good hearing followed the direction of their swords downwards, while others were just ordinary people and didn't even notice them hovering in mid-air.
Ning Qi glanced at Yan Chongyan, then immediately drew his bow, lit a fire on the arrowhead, and shot it into an empty corridor.
The flames quickly spread down the corridor, and the bright light attracted a large number of corpse demons away.
Yan Chongyan then fired three or four more arrows, clearing out the corpse demons surrounding the Liangyi Palace.
They landed quickly and entered the palace.
All four men gripped their weapons tightly, observing their surroundings and not missing a single sound.
The hall was extremely quiet, almost without a sound, but Ning Qi could vaguely hear the voice of the Corpse Demon.
She gestured for the others to tread lightly, and followed the sound at the front. Soon she saw a figure kneeling next to another person who was lying down.
The person lying there was headless, but Ning Qi could still tell from his clothes that he was the emperor, who had been her father for more than ten years.
She thought she had no feelings for him anymore, but seeing this scene still made her heart ache.
"Miss Xie?" Qianyu called softly.
The kneeling figure raised her head; it was indeed Xie Xiyue.
She stared at the sounds they were making.
Ning Qi told Qian Yu and Zhi Zhi to stay where they were and walked over. When she was three steps away from the woman, she finally heard her say, "Kill me."
She undoubtedly retained some of her sanity.
Ning Qi squatted down, looked at her at eye level, and found that she could get used to the appearance of the corpse demons and no longer found them terrifying.
"Xiyue, come with us, I will find a way to help you recover."
Xie Xiyue looked at her with a confused expression.
Ning Qi extended her hand and continued, "Please trust me, okay?"
Xie Xiyue slowly reached out and grasped Ning Qi's hand.
Her palms were extremely warm, and as she got closer, her gaze lingered on Ning Qi's neck.
Ning Qi knew that Xie Xiyue could not control her craving for human flesh, so she asked Yan Chongyan to take out the anti-bite device and put it on her. After leaving the palace, she took her flying away.
By this time, dawn was breaking, and the Corpse Demon could see them clearly, relentlessly pursuing them with its sword.
Ning Qi lowered her eyes and scanned the entire Yandu. All the streets and alleys were filled with corpse demons, and she couldn't see a single normal person.
"What should we do here?" she asked Yan Chongyan.
After a moment of silence, Yan Chongyan said, "I will contact other sects and cultivators in the Immortal Realm and ask them to help us eliminate the Corpse Demon in Yandu and try to curb its development in the mortal realm."
Ning Qi nodded. "Hopefully, this can stop it."
Yan Chongyan turned to look at her, "You just said you could help her recover, is that true?"
Ningxi's spiritual power was indeed effective against the Corpse Demon; Aying and Ashen could already recognize her.
She didn't hide anything and said truthfully, "It's true, my spiritual power can purify the demonic energy that corrupts the human body."
Yan Chongyan looked at her in disbelief.
Ning Qi said, "But its effect is limited, and I need to test it again."
She looked down and saw the Huaguang Sect's mountain gate not far away, and said to him, "I'm taking them back to the Demon Realm. Thank you for your help."
Yan Chongyan stopped her, "If you have time, could you come to Huaguang Sect and help us purify the Corpse Demon?"
Ning Qi neither agreed nor refused, flew to the location of the teleportation array, and returned to the Demon Realm.
“You shouldn’t have told him,” Zhizhi said. “You’ve seen it yourself. The mortal realm is now occupied by corpse demons. Thousands upon thousands of people have turned into corpse demons. You can’t save them at all. It would have been better not to save them in the first place.”
"I know, but it would be good to save one more person."
Ning Qi did not return directly to the Demon Palace, but instead went to Zheng Xinyu's underground cave, intending to entrust Xie Xiyue to her care.
But it was unusually quiet here today, and she called out several times without getting a response.
That shouldn't be the case; Zheng Xinyu usually appears very quickly.
Ning Qi looked around, a vague unease creeping into her heart.
Footsteps came from behind a thick tree, and Ning Qi raised her sword towards the tree.
A figure appeared before her eyes: Xie Jingyan.
He reeked of blood and smiled at Ning Qi, saying, "I found you. I thought it would be difficult with Xiao Sui protecting you."
"What do you want with me?" Ning Qi asked. "Where is Zheng Xinyu?"
"You mean that corpse demon that was lurking around here?" Xie Jingyan thought for a moment and said, "I've already killed it."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and more footsteps sounded behind him. Accompanied by the voice of the Corpse Demon, dozens of Corpse Demons appeared.
"She did control quite a few corpse demons, but now they're all mine," Xie Jingyan said with satisfaction.
Ning Qi gritted her teeth, her hand gripping the sword hilt trembling, "I'm going to kill you!"
“Perfect.” Xie Jingyan smiled. “I also wanted to kill you. Although I’m quite satisfied with your appearance, losing to Xiao Sui is really painful for me, so I have to make him suffer even more.”
He snapped his fingers. "Go, Xiyue."
Ning Qi turned around and saw Xie Xiyue, who had been silent all along, suddenly extend her sharp claws, make a rapid sound in her throat, and pounce on her.
"Miss!" Qianyu and Zhizhi called out anxiously, stepping forward to help Ningxi.
Xie Jingyan raised his hand again and said to the people behind him, "Go and have two more play with those two maids."
Two dark figures rushed over.
If he looked closely, he would have noticed that the two people were Ah Ying and Ah Shen.
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