Gu Xicheng held Lu Qing in his arms, resting his chin on her shoulder, greedily inhaling her scent.
"Qingqing, no matter what, I will never give up on you!"
Lu Qing smiled slightly and said softly, "I know."
But there are some responsibilities she must bear.
If there ever comes a day when she must be sacrificed to bring peace to the world, she might not hesitate, for it is her responsibility and her destiny.
"Gu Xicheng, if that day ever comes, I don't want to ask you to live a good life."
“I know you won’t be happy without me, so if it really doesn’t work out, we can go to the underworld together and become a ghost couple, or we can be scattered into dust and stay together in this world. That would be nice too.”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, Gu Xicheng couldn't help but laugh:
"Okay, I promise you, if that day ever comes, I'll come and be with you."
The two embraced for a long time, but were eventually interrupted by the empty city strategy coming from Lu Qing's stomach.
They slept until almost afternoon without eating anything, and Lu Qing was now starving.
Gu Xicheng took her out for a meal, and then they went back to the company.
While Gu Xicheng was busy dealing with company matters, Lu Qing secretly contacted Yu Hengzi to inquire about the Li Clan.
"Master, is the method to eliminate the Wrathful King related to me?" Lu Qing typed.
The chat interface kept showing that the other party was typing, but Lu Qing did not see any messages for a long time.
It took a long time for the message to arrive.
"I...don't know."
Lu Qing was immediately speechless. Could this lie be any more obvious?
[Master, the Wrathful King has already sent the Wrathful Clan to find Gu Xicheng and me. I'm prepared. You can tell me directly to avoid us being fooled by the Wrathful Clan again.]
Yu Hengzi remained silent for a long time on the other side.
When Lu Qing saw that he wasn't replying to her messages, she put down her phone and went to play video games.
Half an hour later, my phone rang. Yu Hengzi sent me a location, which was the coffee shop downstairs from the company.
Lu Qing immediately stood up.
"Gu Xicheng, Master is here. I'm going to go see him. I'll be right back."
"Okay," Gu Xicheng replied softly.
Lu Qing went downstairs and saw Yu Hengzi being pulled by a group of girls to take a group photo.
He was dressed in a Taoist robe, carrying a long sword, and his hair and beard were neatly trimmed, making him look just like a cosplayer of an anime character.
The young girls had never seen anything like this before, so they all surrounded him and took pictures.
Yu Hengzi was also enjoying himself, and even read the young girl's palm and told her fortune!
Lu Qing sighed, his face dark, then stepped forward and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"Master's wife, what brings you here?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Hengzi was so frightened that he quickly squeezed out of the circle of girls, knelt down with a thud, and shouted:
"Wife, I was wrong!"
Lu Qing couldn't help but chuckle, then stepped forward and patted Yu Hengzi on the shoulder:
"Master, congratulations! You're going to be on the front page of the news tomorrow!"
Yu Hengzi suddenly looked up and saw countless mobile phone cameras snapping photos at him.
After realizing what had happened, he quickly stood up, straightened his robes, and turned to walk away with a serious expression.
Lu Qing covered her mouth and chuckled, then told the girls to delete the photos.
These people were all company employees and knew Lu Qing's identity, so they naturally dared not disobey. They all deleted the photos, and even those who didn't delete them dared not send them out randomly.
Yu Hengzi walked to the corner of the coffee shop and sat down. Lu Qing ordered two coffees and then went over as well.
"Master, you've not even managed to appease your mistress yet, and you still couldn't control yourself. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by her?" Lu Qing said with a grin.
Yu Hengzi rolled her eyes at her, then picked up her coffee and took a sip.
After a moment of silence, his expression became very serious.
"Qingqing, how do you know that the method to eliminate the Wrathful King is related to you?"
Lu Qing: "Even the King of Li has sent his men to make a deal with me and Gu Xicheng. Is Master still planning to keep it from us?"
Yu Hengzi's eyes narrowed immediately, and he said urgently:
"No matter what it says, never believe it!"
"Master, don't worry, I'm not stupid. I know who I can trust and who I can't." Lu Qing smiled, took a sip of coffee, and continued:
"But it's time for you to tell us the truth, otherwise we might really be fooled by the King of Li."
Upon hearing this, Yu Hengzi sighed heavily:
“I can tell you, but before you know the truth, what I want to tell you is that none of us have given up on you. We have been trying to find a way. You must believe in your master!”
Lu Qing nodded earnestly: "Master, I believe you, please tell me!"
"Where should I begin?" Yu Hengzi looked troubled.
"Let me tell you a story, starting with the origins of the Li tribe..."
Humans are born with seven emotions and six desires. Love leads to hatred, hatred leads to resentment, and resentment leads to hostility.
When one is consumed by violence, one loses reason and becomes no different from a wild beast.
To preserve human civilization, a deity named Huan created a container that could absorb the malevolent energy between heaven and earth to restore people's sanity.
But as humanity multiplied, the amount of malevolent energy increased, and the malevolent energy within the container actually gave birth to sentience, which became the King of Malevolence.
As the King of Fiends absorbed more and more malevolent energy, cracks gradually appeared in the container, and it was about to break.
If the Wrathful King escapes, the entire human world will become a hell, and all living beings will suffer.
After thousands of years of painstaking research, the gods finally found a way to repair the vessel: to find the purest and most virtuous person in the world and offer their body as a sacrifice, thus suppressing the tyrannical king and repairing the vessel.
But while there are many good people in this world, truly pure and virtuous people are rare.
After searching for many years, the gods finally found a woman named Helian Qing in a country.
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing frowned:
"Helian Qing is my past life."
Yu Hengzi nodded slightly: "That's right, it was your previous life, Princess Helian Qing of a country."
Princess Helian Qing, who grew up surrounded by love and affection, was born with a pure and kind heart. She was lively, kind, tolerant, and loving, and was the most beautiful girl in the world.
The gods came to her side and spent time with her in order to test whether she was truly pure and virtuous.
Helian Shi was indeed as the gods had imagined—pure and virtuous, an excellent sacrificer. Everything went smoothly, but what the gods never expected was that he would develop feelings for Helian Qing.
Lu Qing frowned immediately and exclaimed in surprise:
"The gods favor Helian Qing!!!"
"Master, are you sure you didn't tell this story wrong?"
Yu Hengzi nodded, indicating his agreement.
"The god did indeed fall in love with Helian Qing, but as a god, the Heavenly Dao did not allow him to indulge in personal feelings, nor did the god allow himself to do anything that would harm the common people. So he personally severed his own emotional ties, making himself forget all his memories of being with Helian Qing."
"And so, the god personally offered Helian Qing as a sacrifice, successfully repairing the vessel and sealing the Wrathful King, but he himself fell into a deep sleep due to the excessive consumption of divine power."
"While he was asleep, the container was lost."
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