Yun Che rested for a long time before finally recovering. He sat up from the ground and patted his chest with a look of satisfaction. △ Defeating Xuan Gang, who had retained 60% of his strength, was undoubtedly another huge breakthrough.
"Hahahaha..." The monster looked at him and suddenly laughed neurotically.
“What are you laughing at?” Yun Che asked.
“I’m laughing at myself for doing the most contradictory and ridiculous thing in the world.” The demon laughed loudly, “I’m someone who would rather die than live a hundred years, but I’m actually guiding a junior to kill me as soon as possible. If someone else did this, I would definitely believe that he was a lunatic. But I’m such a lunatic, and I don’t even feel any regret. Seeing you making breakthroughs day by day, I’m actually relieved... Hahahaha! Am I really crazy?”
“No, you’re not crazy. Of course you’re not crazy.” Yun Che smiled. “I can understand why you did this. Because you’re not a bad person, and neither am I. You and I are not the despicable people that we both hate. We share the same suffering… The most important thing is that I’m someone you can trust.”
Yun Che's last words made Yun Canghai's laughter stop all of a sudden.
Yun Che said calmly: “Although I respect you more and more, and I am more and more grateful to you, but on the day when I have the ability to kill you, I will definitely do it without hesitation. Because that will allow me to be free, and that will allow you to be liberated... At the same time, I will definitely do my best to complete the things you want to entrust to me!”
Yun Canghai’s entire body trembled, and his eyes began to tremble slightly as he looked at Yun Che. He nodded slowly and said in a trembling voice, “Okay! Okay! What I’ve been waiting for, what I’ve been longing for, is these words from you! I believe that if you are willing to say these words, you will definitely do them! Okay… Okay!!”
Yun Che said firmly: “Although you and I have not performed the master-disciple ceremony, but during this period of time, you have been half my master. Even if it is just to fulfill my filial duty as a disciple, I will definitely complete your entrustment.”
“Haha…hahahahaha…” Yun Canghai laughed again, his laughter full of excitement and relief: “God…finally gave me a little mercy and sent you to my side. I have been suppressed here for a hundred years, and I have long been living a life worse than death. And the suppression of Xing Tianjian, the seal of Tianwei Soul-Suppressing Formation, plus this is Tianxuan Continent, I have actually already accepted my fate, there is no way I can escape. If I live, I will become a concern and burden for my people. Tianwei Sword Territory keeps me, just to use my life as a bargaining chip at the right time… However, I still have an important thing on me, something that is vital to the Illusory Demon Realm, so I can’t die… I can’t die no matter what. Now, I finally found someone I can entrust it to… and finally, I can go to accompany the Demon King.”
As Yun Canghai spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
“Something that is extremely important to the Illusory Demon Realm? Are you planning to let me hand it over to the Illusory Demon Realm?” Yun Che asked in astonishment. He swept his eyes over the demon’s entire body and was surprised… The demon only had a tattered thin coat on him, and there was no place to store things. Even if he was powerful enough to open up a space on his own, the things inside would definitely be forcibly seized by the people of Mighty Heavenly Sword Region. It was impossible for the people of Mighty Heavenly Sword Region to return such an important thing to him… But from what he said, the thing was still on him, so where did he hide it?
"Not yet!" The demon shook his head: "You are still too weak. I will only give it to you when you are strong enough to kill me now! So, if you want to be free after killing me, don't let up! Although your progress is very fast, you are still too weak and you don't have the ability to go to the Illusory Demon Realm."
“I understand.” Yun Che nodded, then he picked up a large piece of dragon meat, cut it into two pieces, and began to grill it in his hands: “Speaking of which, Senior, how did you end up in the hands of Mighty Heavenly Sword Region? Based on what I heard, it seems that you were… ambushed?”
The demon narrowed his eyes, flashing with a light of incomparable resentment. He sneered and said, "I know much more about the four holy places of your Tianxuan Continent than you do. The Royal Holy Land, the Supreme Ocean Palace, the Sun and Moon Palace, the Heavenly Mighty Sword Domain... As far as I know, these so-called four holy places have always declared their mission to protect the Tianxuan Continent. Under the halo of this mission that sounds extremely noble, they are called 'holy places' and gather the strongest people at the highest level in the entire Tianxuan Continent. The enemy behind them that they are 'protecting'... is our Illusory Demon Realm!"
"Hahaha! It's just a huge joke. In terms of territory, the Illusionary Demon Realm is better than the Profound Sky Continent, and in terms of resources, the Illusionary Demon Realm is even better! For tens of millions of years, although the Illusionary Demon Realm discovered the Profound Sky Continent early, it has never had any ambitions, nor has it had any reason to have ambitions. Instead, it was that group of despicable guys who, in the name of 'protecting the holy land', placed our Illusionary Demon Realm in the hands of the evildoers who wanted to annex the Profound Sky Continent, and then acted like robbers! For the highest treasure of my Illusionary Demon Realm, they did not hesitate to invade my Illusionary Demon Realm. Later, the Demon King disappeared. Although I don't want to admit it, it is very likely that the Demon King has been killed by them. In order to find the Demon King, I went to the Profound Sky Continent alone, but accidentally stepped into the Tianwei Soul-Suppressing Formation set up by the Tianwei Sword Domain, and was severely injured by the Sword Master Xuanyuan Wentian, and fell into this place... The hatred between my Illusionary Demon Realm and the Four Holy Lands is irreconcilable!"
Yun Che listened silently and said, “After all, I am from the Profound Sky Continent. I cannot believe everything you say. Moreover, in the Profound Sky Continent, the Four Sacred Grounds have always been a sacred existence like a myth. They are powerful and invincible, and their reputation cannot be tarnished. Even if you tell the entire Profound Sky Continent these words, almost no one will believe them. After all, many people have a deep-rooted belief that it is because of the protection of the Four Sacred Grounds that the Profound Sky Continent is so stable, and there has never been a bad reputation of the Four Sacred Grounds bullying the weak…”
At this point, Yun Che suddenly thought of those so-called famous and upright sects in Cangyun Continent that had great reputations and excellent word of mouth, but forced his master to death for the Sky Poison Pearl. He secretly took a breath and continued, “But I don’t completely doubt your words. After all, I don’t know the Illusory Demon Realm where you are, and I don’t know the real situation of the Four Sacred Grounds. When the day comes when I become powerful enough to contact the Four Sacred Grounds and the Illusory Demon Realm, I will see it with my own eyes.”
“Good! Well said!” Yun Canghai nodded in appreciation: “What you said really doesn’t sound like something a teenager under 20 would say. So, aren’t you afraid of getting dragged into the feud between the Four Sacred Grounds and the Illusory Demon Realm because of me? That’s a vortex so big that you can’t even imagine it.”
“Of course I’m afraid!” Yun Che said calmly, “At least for me now, whether it’s the Four Sacred Grounds or the Illusory Demon Realm, they are all behemoths that I can only look up to from afar. They are at the very top of the food chain in this world we live in. But being afraid of them doesn’t mean I will betray you. Since you have decided to sacrifice your life to fulfill my freedom, then no matter what, I will complete your entrustment. It’s just that the time span may be longer.”
“Hahaha!” Yun Canghai laughed loudly. “This is the first time I’ve heard someone say the word ‘fear’ so sonorously and heroically. If you had said frankly that you were not afraid, I would have been more grateful, but I would also have been a little disappointed, because if you didn’t know fear, you would overestimate yourself and underestimate the enemy, and you might have perished early one day. With what you said, I feel more relieved.”
Yun Che smiled, picked up the roasted dragon meat and put it in Yun Canghai's hand. The two of them, one standing and one sitting, started to eat at the same time. The delicious dragon meat became their only enjoyment in this gray space.
The two of them had a full meal at the same time. Yun Che sat on the ground, closed his eyes and rested, recovering his profound strength. Next, he would try to challenge the Profound Gang at 70% of its strength.
Yun Canghai also closed his eyes and kept muttering to himself...
"It has been a hundred years, and I haven't heard any news from the Demon King... Is he really dead..."
“If it was Sun Moon Divine Palace’s Heavenly Monarch Ye Meixie and Mighty Heavenly Sword Domain’s Sword Master Xuanyuan Wentian who joined forces, they would indeed be able to kill Lord Demon King… No… It’s impossible… I don’t believe it…”
“The Crown Prince should have gotten married by now… The person from Mighty Heavenly Sword Region said that the Crown Prince had succeeded to the throne and became the Little Demon King… On the day of his succession, he impulsively rushed to the Four Sacred Lands… and died…”
“The Illusory Demon Realm… the one who dominates the situation is the Little Demon Queen…”
"Little Demon Queen... Could it be... Is it her... Perhaps it is her... The Crown Prince is not afraid of anything except her. When the Crown Prince becomes the Emperor, he will make her his empress... Although she is a woman, she does have the power to rule... Alas..."
Yun Canghai's mumbling filled his ears, but Yun Che did not react. This was because Yun Canghai kept repeating these words many times every day, and his ears were already numb from hearing them. Every moment he was here, he was concerned about the Illusory Demon Realm. His loyalty to the Illusory Demon Royal Family was evident to all. Yun Che could also tell that he and the Demon King were half monarch and half subject, and half brothers.
His profound strength recovered quickly, and Yun Che's breath and state of mind also calmed down completely. He opened his eyes and looked at the dark front. One after another, the figures that haunted him appeared in his mind... Among the people he cared about, he was not worried about Xia Qingyue and Chu Yuechan, because with their strength, it could be said that no one in the Blue Wind Empire could hurt them. But he couldn't help but worry about Cangyue and Xia Yuanba... They must have thought that he was dead, and the royal family was in turmoil. He couldn't imagine how Cangyue would deal with and protect herself, and this was the most critical moment, when she was most helpless and needed him the most, but he, who had promised her, couldn't be with her.
Xia Yuanba would surely fall deeply into self-blame. He could only hope that he would get out of this self-blame and truly grow up.
There are also grandpa and aunt... There is only one month left before the three-year promise he made.
He was trapped here, and it was impossible for him to kill Yun Canghai within a month. The promise he made when he left was doomed to fail.
Yun Canghai was very pitiful. He was suppressed for a hundred years, in despair for a hundred years, and suffered endless misery. But at least, he had hundreds of years of glory. He once looked down on the Illusory Demon Realm together with the Demon Emperor. He had his own huge family and his own family. Even if they could not see each other for a hundred years, he could still miss his loved ones, and his family also cared about him... But Yun Che, until today, did not even know who his biological parents were.
“Ah…” Yun Che sighed silently and subconsciously reached out to touch his neck, wanting to touch the only thing his biological parents left him. When his fingers touched his skin, he remembered that after returning from Cangyun Continent, he knew that it was most likely the Samsara Mirror, so he put it into the Sky Poison Pearl.
Yun Che took the small pendant out of the Sky Poison Pearl, placed it in his palm, and looked at it silently... imagining what kind of people his biological parents would be, and whether they were still alive in this world.
Yun Canghai was also in a state of semi-absent-mindedness while talking to himself. He unconsciously raised his head, and his eyes inadvertently fell on the copper pendant in Yun Che’s hand… Instantly, he felt as if he was struck by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder. His whole body trembled violently, his eyes widened in an instant, and he let out a fierce roar that was as fierce as the roar of a wild beast…
“What are you holding in your hand…what are you holding in your hand!!!”
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