Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Her voice was completely broken
Sooner or later, all illusions will become nothing.
So he couldn't wait to occupy his own identity in Lu Rong's heart.
The dark clouds in the sky are getting heavier, like the prelude to a storm.
"Don't worry, I will do what I promised." Ye Tang's voice came.
Zhou Li said nothing and just walked away.
Ye Tang looked at his back and seemed to see the shadow of an old friend.
A lovesick person in a lovesick life.
She entered Lu Rong's room, walked to the bedside and saw Lu Rong sleeping peacefully. She reached out and poked her face: "Happy little Lu Rong."
Lu Rong huddled her face into the quilt and whispered Zhou Li's name a few times in her sleep. Her brows furrowed tightly together, and it was obvious that the dream she had was not a good one.
Ye Tang walked to the window, opened it and looked at the dark clouds pressing down from the sky, blocking out the light. It looked like a storm was coming.
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Zhou Li returned to the meeting hall. The other elders had already noticed the changes in the sky and were standing outside watching.
Everyone looked serious.
When he saw Zhou Li, he hurriedly said, "Sword Master, it seems that someone from the demon world is invading."
Zhou Li stood at the head of the crowd. When he looked up, he saw the black air surging above him. He could also see black crows flying under the dark clouds. It was extremely strange.
And the person in charge is Cheng Liu.
"It's someone from the demon world!" Elder Qiu shouted, "I'll contact the Sect Leader immediately!"
"No need." Zhou Li said calmly. He flew up directly, and the ice cracked upwards. A sword light came down and blocked the way of the sweeping black cloud.
Cheng Liu and others were stopped, and the black crows flew around, making an unpleasant noise, but the sword energy suddenly rose all around, and those flying crows were strangled in an instant, and the black feathers in the sky were blown by the strong wind.
The smell of blood instantly spread around.
The people below were all looking at the scene above.
Zhou Li was dressed in white, fluttering in the wind. It was impossible to tell his emotions. He just looked from Cheng Liu's face to Zhou Ran behind him.
Even though he guessed that Zhou Ran had gone to the demon world through Ye Tang's sudden appearance in Xuan Yang, he was still puzzled when he saw it.
Why would he, a person who has already achieved great enlightenment, be with people from the demon world?
Is it just for a dead person?
But think about it, if that was Lu Rong, he would be even crazier than this.
Cheng Liu looked at Zhou Li, as if he saw someone he had been thinking about for many years, and even tears could be seen in his eyes.
He knelt down reverently and saluted Zhou Li: "Welcome back, Emperor!"
"Welcome back, Emperor!" The demons behind Cheng Liu knelt down, and their voices echoed throughout the Xuanyang Sect.
This sound shocked everyone from the Xuanyang Sect who were watching. Everyone looked at Zhou Li who was standing opposite the demon clan in astonishment.
I couldn't believe what I saw and heard.
"Emperor?" Elder Qiu was stunned. He stepped back and hurriedly sent a message to Lu Wen.
At this time, a sword energy flew over and knocked the jade token in his hand away.
Zhou Li looked down at him and said, "Don't disturb Master."
"Sword...Zhou Li!" Elder Qiu's expression changed. "Are you from the demon world?"
"The Emperor has endured humiliation and hardship in the Xuanyang Sect for many years, and it has been hard." Cheng Liu's words made everyone react completely.
Zhou Li knew clearly that Cheng Liu's purpose was to expose his true identity to everyone.
Of course he didn't care. There was no emotion in Zhou Li's eyes. Instead, he flew forward, stepped forward, and came in front of Cheng Liu, looking down at the person kneeling in front of him.
"You came at the right time." Zhou Li's voice was very low, and the people who heard it felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.
Cheng Liu was not intimidated by this. He looked excited and said, "I have been looking for you for many years."
Zhou Li's lips curled up: "Then you are really useless."
This one sentence made Cheng Liu's face look ugly.
Zhou Li glanced at the crowd of people from the demon world behind Cheng Liu. There was no loyalty to him in their eyes.
"Let's go." If they wanted him to go back, then he would go back.
Cheng Liu probably didn't expect Zhou Li to leave so easily. How could he allow this farce to end just as it had begun?
Cheng Liu blocked Zhou Li's way and said, "Why is the emperor in such a hurry to leave? The grudge between Xuanyang Sect and our demon world has not been resolved yet."
After he finished speaking, Zhou Li saw the dying Xue'er being held in Liang Wu's hands, with bright red blood dripping from her body.
His eyes paused. No wonder Zhuiyu Pavilion didn't find any trace of her. But how could she be caught by Liangwu?
"How can the emperor let it go when the disciples of Xuanyang Sect hurt people from my demon world!" Cheng Liu said this to Zhou Li.
He didn't want this farce to end so easily.
Zhou Li didn't expect that Cheng Liu was not going to give up yet. His expression became a little colder and he wanted to take Xue Er into his own hands.
At this moment, a sword light flew from a distance and stabbed directly at Zhou Li.
Zhou Li dodged and saw Lu Wen flying towards him from a distance. He looked stern and asked him, "Zhou Li, who are you?"
Zhou Li looked at his master who had taken good care of him in the past.
At this moment, he knew that nothing would ever go back to the way it should be, so he didn't hide it anymore and said directly, "I've always known that I'm a demon."
He had no more extra words.
Lu Wen's expression was stern. He glared at him and pointed his sword at him. "Why have you been hiding your identity for so many years?"
"The Emperor has been dormant in Xuanyang Sect for many years, just to cultivate the power of heaven and earth." Cheng Liu's words made Lu Wen understand.
"Heaven and Earth, no wonder you cultivate a different path. I always thought you were smart, but now it seems you have ulterior motives!" Lu Wen's heart was filled with regret and anger at the moment. He didn't expect that he was actually raising a tiger to harm himself.
Lu Wen's sword flew over again, but Zhou Li did not dodge, and his sword pierced straight into his heart.
His heart was pierced and bright red blood was flowing out of his heart, but there was no extra expression on Zhou Li's face.
He remained silent, looking at Lu Wen's disappointment in him: "What should Rong'er do with you like this?"
Zhou Li's expression, which had not changed at all, began to show obvious disappointment.
He knew that when the secret was revealed, the person he felt most sorry for was Lu Rong, and he would become the person Lu Rong should least touch.
So his greedy desire to possess Lu Rong these days was more like a dream, and now it was time to wake up.
So Zhou Li just said: "I won't hurt you either."
He made no excuses.
At this moment, he heard Lu Rong's voice coming from afar. She was calling him: "Zhou Li!"
He turned around and saw Lu Rong stumbling and flying towards him on a sword. She was still wearing the beautiful pink floral dress. She was probably panicked and almost fell from a height, like a falling butterfly.
Zhou Li subconsciously wanted to go over to protect him, but he saw Senior Brother Minhui grab Lu Rong first and fly over with her.
He felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He didn't expect Lu Rong to wake up so soon.
Lu Rong flew over and saw the scene in front of her. She couldn't believe it. She didn't expect that everything in her dream would come true.
Zhou Li just stood in front of everyone. She looked at Zhou Li, then at Xue Er who was covered in blood.
"Zhou Li." She called out softly again, feeling confused as to why things had suddenly turned out like this. "Zhou Li, you..."
Lu Wen shouted at her, "Rong'er! He's not Zhou Li! He's from the demon world! You need to see clearly what this man is. He's been deceiving us, the Xuanyang Sect, and your feelings!"
Zhou Li knew that no matter what he said now, it would be useless. He was a demon, so every word he said was useless.
He knew from the beginning that everyone in Xuanyang Sect hated monsters.
So he has never been sincere to anyone over the years, and only with Lu Rong does he have a little bit of hope in his heart.
He thought that just getting a little closer to her would be enough, but things got out of control later on, and his desire to be close to her turned into wanting to possess her completely.
He thought that losing something after having it was not a very painful thing, after all, he had lost a lot of things.
But now he clearly realized that losing Lu Rong was a particularly painful thing, but he had no way back.
"Emperor, why should we say any more words to these people? All you need to do is give the order and we will raze the entire Xuanyang Sect to the ground."
As Cheng Liu finished speaking, he was fiercely pinched by the neck. Zhou Li's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his eyebrows were full of sinisterness: "Why do you have to interfere in my affairs!"
Cheng Liu was knocked away fiercely. Zhou Ran, who had been silent all the time, reached out to catch him and then pushed him away.
Cheng Liu covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood, then said to Zhou Li, "As the Emperor, you should seek justice for our demon race!"
Zhou Li sneered, and the ice cracks suddenly flew out and rushed towards Cheng Liu's eyebrows. The murderous aura suddenly approached, and Cheng Liu's face turned pale as paper. Zhou Ran stretched out his hand and pulled Cheng Liu away.
Cheng Liu was still in shock, he knew he almost died just now.
Bing Crack continued to point at Chengliu, with cold air flowing around him, and even snow falling from the sky.
"Disobey me?" There was a chill in his brows, and a strong wind swept over with snow. Everyone's heart suffocated, and the Xuanyang Sect was instantly frozen for thousands of miles.
Everyone felt a great murderous intent.
Even Zhou Ran's eyes were filled with shock. He hadn't expected that Zhou Li, at such a young age, would have such an amazing level of cultivation.
Cheng Liu didn't dare to say anything more, because he felt that his demon consciousness was restrained. As long as he disobeyed Zhou Li again, he would explode and die immediately. This was the absolute power oppression of the demon king.
"I am your king." Zhou Li stepped onto the ice crack, and the pressure from his whole body made everyone in the demon world kneel down subconsciously.
Lu Rong looked at Zhou Li, who was surrounded by black air above. Even though he was wearing white clothes at the moment, he was still surrounded by an indelible coldness, as if she had seen him fall into the abyss with her own eyes.
Lu Rong took a step back. Zhou Li saw her movement out of the corner of his eye and felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He knew he couldn't stay any longer, otherwise he would not be able to resist taking Lu Rong away.
"Let's go." Zhou Li threw down a word, and all of them could only swallow their anger and turn away.
Zhou Li didn't look at Lu Rong again. Lu Rong was standing there in a daze, looking up at his back as he left.
Her heart was filled with great sadness, and everything in the dream was real.
Zhou Li would really leave, but they were so close just now, and Zhou Li just told her that he liked him and would only love her forever.
But it was just a drunken moment. When she woke up, the reality was so cruel. Zhou Li left her without looking back.
Lu Rong looked at his father and all the people from Xuanyang Sect below. No one had recovered from what had just happened, but everyone knew in their hearts that the Sword Master they once admired the most had betrayed them.
He was even the demon they hated and loathed the most.
Lu Rong felt dizzy and unsteady. She swayed violently and was about to fall. Senior Brother Minhui held her back and asked, "Rongrong, are you okay?"
Lu Rong just waved her hand. She didn't know whether she was okay or not. She just felt that all the strength in her body had been drained.
She was powerless to change Zhou Li. All the sweetness and happiness she and Zhou Li had experienced before seemed like a dream.
Even she was not sure whether it was a dream before or it was still a dream now.
Qiu Ling Shanshan arrived late. Seeing Lu Rong's pale face, she hurried over to support her. When Lu Rong saw her, tears immediately fell uncontrollably. She asked Qiu Ling: "A Ling, is this a dream?"
Then Qiu Ling shook his head: "Everything is true."
Lu Rong himself knew that Zhou Li had always known that this would happen.
She was being wishful thinking that Zhou Li would stay in Xuanyang Sect for her.
Lu Wen watched the people from the demon world leave in a mighty manner, and flew down himself. When he saw Lu Rong's pale face, all the words of scolding were on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say a word.
He couldn't accept this fact, let alone Lu Rong.
He could only say to Qiu Ling: "Send Rong'er back, keep an eye on her, and don't let her have any wild thoughts."
"Okay." Qiu Ling agreed and took Lu Rong back to Zhuiyu Pavilion.
Lu Rong knelt down on the bed and thought of Xue Er, who was covered in blood. Uneasy and frightened, she asked worriedly, "A Ling, Xue Er has been taken away. Will she be okay?"
Qiu Ling couldn't answer this question because she didn't know either. She didn't even know why Xue Er fell into the hands of the demon people?
"It's okay." Qiu Ling hugged her comfortingly, "Perhaps Sword Master has other reasons."
Lu Rong suddenly remembered that Zhou Li had gone to Wujie City before, and everything seemed to become clear to him.
Did he go to Wujie City just for this moment?
Ye Tang was right. Zhou Li had more than one secret in his heart. She was still too naive.
"He knew he would leave." Lu Rong whispered, "He always knew."
Qiu Ling couldn't intervene in their relationship, so he could only accompany her. Lu Rong felt cold all over, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and even her head was dizzy.
Although the people from the demon world did not harm them, the Huasui Festival ended in a mess, and a low pressure was gathered throughout the sect.
No one dared to discuss the fact that Zhou Li was a demon, because the leader had ordered that not a single word be mentioned about it.
After all, this concerns the reputation of Xuanyang Sect. No sect would publicize the fact that the genius they are proud of is actually a monster.
After Senior Brother Minhui and Senior Brother Lin finished dealing with the Xuanyang Sect's affairs and comforted the others, they came to Zhuiyu Pavilion.
But Lu Rong didn't want to see anyone else, so Qiu Ling had no choice but to let them go back.
"Is Rongrong okay?" Minhui asked worriedly.
"It's okay, I'm just trying to figure it out." Qiu Ling knew Lu Rong's personality, he could be stubborn sometimes.
"Then let's come and see her again in the evening." Senior Brother Lin sighed and turned to leave.
Senior Brother Minhui didn't leave. He walked into the room and said to Lu Rong, who was lying on the bed, "Rongrong, he was plotting this all along. He would have avoided you in the ancient vine forest, but he chose to let the vines hurt him. He was deliberately trying to seduce you."
Lu Rong thought about the ancient vine forest and many other things.
"Brother Minhui, please stop talking." Qiu Ling wanted to pull him back to prevent him from provoking Lu Rong.
"Let him speak." Lu Wen's voice came, "Let her see clearly how Zhou Li deceived her."
Minhui actually knew about this matter. When she saw Lu Wen coming, she didn't say anything and just walked out.
Qiu Ling also left tactfully.
For a moment, there were only him and Lu Rong in the room. Lu Rong was sitting on the bed with her legs curled up.
Lu Wen looked at his daughter in such a miserable state, his eyes full of heartache. He sat beside the bed and touched her head with his hand, feeling distressed and helpless: "It's okay, he was the one who deceived us, it's not your fault."
Lu Rong just shook his head and said, "Dad, no, I always knew he was a demon."
Lu Wen didn't expect that his daughter had already known Zhou Li's true identity.
His expression suddenly changed: "Then why didn't you tell us?"
Lu Rong looked at her father, her eyes red but without tears. She whispered, "Because I know you all hate monsters and you all want to hurt monsters, so I dare not say it. I'm worried that you will use me to threaten Zhou Li, and I can't do it."
She shook her head, tears instantly falling: "I'm sorry, Dad, I can't do this."
Lu Wen looked at her tear-soaked eyes, reached out and wiped the tears from her face. There was helplessness in his eyes, and he shook his head silently.
He didn't know what to say to Lu Rong. She was too kind-hearted. She would do everything she could to protect the one she loved.
He thought about the time when he found her raising snow fungus. He wanted to throw it away, but she cried and hugged his thighs and dragged her on the ground for several meters without letting him throw it away.
Even if his knees and body were rubbed raw, he would not let go.
What's more, this was the first person she liked, and now she was the most vulnerable and sad one.
This was the child he raised with his own hands, and he knew that Lu Rong hated being loved and then abandoned.
Finally, Lu Wen sighed softly, watching the tears streaming down her cheeks. He reached out and hugged her in his arms, saying softly, "Rong'er, forget it. He's a demon, and we're cultivators. We're on different paths. He's already left Xuanyang Sect, and he won't be coming back, so there's no need to dwell on this matter. At least he still had some conscience and didn't hurt anyone from Xuanyang Sect."
Lu Rong didn't know how to answer. She knew that Zhou Li would not hurt Xuanyang Sect in any way, because Zhou Li was not a truly cold-blooded and indifferent person at heart. This was where he grew up, and he had been silently guarding every inch of Xuanyang Sect in Wuhui Tower over the years.
Although he didn't say a word and even treated everyone with indifference, Lu Rong knew that he regarded Xuanyang Sect as his responsibility.
But he doesn't want this responsibility now, just like he doesn't want her.
She had felt the feeling of being abandoned when her mother died, and Zhou Li and her father were with her at that time.
Now only Daddy is with her.
"Dad, I'm sorry." Lu Rong said with sobs.
"Well, let's not talk about it." Lu Wen was also exhausted. Everything that happened was unexpected.
Lu Wen did not stay with her for long, because the aftermath of the Xuanyang Sect still needed to be dealt with, and Lu Rong pretended to be asleep so that everyone could leave with peace of mind.
"How is Rongrong?" Senior Brother Lin asked Qiu Ling from outside the door.
"Falling asleep, shh." Qiu Ling said softly.
"Hey, what's wrong with Sword Master..." Senior Brother Lin hesitated to speak.
Qiu Ling sighed, "I don't know. Men really aren't good people."
Senior Brother Lin coughed lightly: "You should go back and rest, I'll keep watch."
"Okay, I'll go back and find out some information." Qiu Ling said and left quietly.
Lu Rong lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling. She didn't need anyone to accompany her now, she just wanted to be quiet.
She wanted to figure out what had happened during this period of time. She didn't even know why Xue Er was captured and injured by the demon world? Why did the demon world suddenly come to find Zhou Li?
Everything happened too quickly. Even when she was awake just now, she was forcibly awakened by the system. The system told her that something had happened to Zhou Li and asked her to go quickly, otherwise the Xuanyang Sect would be destroyed, so she hurried over.
If there was no system, she might still be drunk when those things happened and might not even know what was happening.
The room was too quiet, so Lu Rong got up from the bed and walked barefoot to the studio. The studio was dim and dark, so she sat alone on the cold ground, intending to think about what had happened during this period.
When the ink from the pen tip soaked through the paper, she still had no idea, only an endless chill came in.
As the night deepened, the wind suddenly started to blow outside, making a whistling sound and making the windows rattle.
Lu Rong subconsciously called out Xue'er, but no one answered in the silence. She then vaguely realized that Xue'er had been taken away by people from the demon world, and her life or death was unknown.
And there is Zhou Li.
Suddenly, she was filled with sadness and exhaustion. She walked outside barefoot, wanting Senior Brother Lin to go back.
But when I walked outside, I found that Senior Brother Lin was not there. I could only feel the strong night wind in the darkness, blowing the tall trees around me, and the leaves rustling.
The entire Xuanyang Sect seemed quiet and peaceful under the dim candlelight.
Lu Rong stood for a while, and her tense brain relaxed a little. She even smelled a sweet scent in the air.
It was a very familiar scent, she thought it was the scent of Ye Tanghua.
She suddenly thought of Ye Tang. She should know everything because she was the first one to come to Xuanyang Sect, and everything changed afterwards.
Lu Rong vaguely discovered a breakthrough and did not linger any longer, but flew straight to Diexi Valley. However, halfway through the flight, she suddenly found that the entire Xuanyang Sect was immersed in a silent sea of flowers.
Because she saw countless purple Yetang flowers growing wildly, like a silent tide, submerging the entire Xuanyang Sect in the night.
At this moment, everyone was asleep, and the fragrance of Yetang's flowers filled the air like a silent baptism.
She looked towards her father's residence. The night begonia flowers almost covered the entire Xuanyang Sect, but her father and other elders had not noticed.
It’s Yetang, what exactly is Yetang going to do?
Her heart sank, knowing something was wrong, and she rushed towards Butterfly Valley.
When he arrived at Diexi Valley, he saw Ye Tang who seemed to be waiting for her. When he saw her, he smiled and called out, "Xiao Lurong."
Lu Rong kept a distance from her cautiously and asked her, "What exactly do you want to do? Did the demon world come to Xuanyang Sect because of you?"
Ye Tang smiled and shook his head: "I only came to tell Zhou Li that people from the demon world are coming. It's not because I attracted people from the demon world."
Lu Rong was puzzled: "What on earth happened? Do you know everything?"
Ye Tang shook his head: "I don't know, I only know that the people from the demon world are coming to find Zhou Li, they will not let Zhou Li go. When Zhou Ran went to find the people from the demon world, I knew they would immediately come to Xuanyang Sect to take Zhou Li back, so I came here first."
"Actually, Zhou Li is more perceptive than you. He knew what was going to happen the moment he saw me, so he made a deal with me."
Lu Rong thought about it and recalled what happened on the grass today: "So when he told me that he liked me, did he know that he would leave today?"
Ye Tang nodded, "That's right. Zhou Li knows what will happen today. He is so smart, so he has been protecting you and even the entire Xuanyang Sect."
"Protection?" Lu Rong didn't understand. "What's the use of those Yetang flowers? Do you want to hurt the people of Xuanyang Sect?"
Ye Tang shook his head: "Xiao Lurong, you are too defensive towards me. Those flowers don't actually have any other function. They are just to eliminate some things."
"Erase what? All the memories about Zhou Li?" Lu Rong frowned.
She didn't expect that the deal between Zhou Li and Ye Tang would make everyone forget his existence.
"So he won't come back?" Lu Rong felt that her body, which had gradually warmed up, became cold again.
Ye Tang smiled and said, "Perhaps. After all, his identity is there. How can he go back? Even if he comes back, no one will welcome him."
Lu Rong now seemed to understand what Zhou Li wanted to do. He wanted to return to the demon world and make everyone forget him, as if he had never been in Xuanyang Sect.
"Does that person include me?" Lu Rong's face turned pale. He always thought so comprehensively. No wonder he wanted to hear her say that she liked him, and no wonder he said that he would only like him forever.
The moment you forget something may be forever.
Ye Tang shook his head: "No."
She walked up to her, reached out and hugged her as if to comfort her, and sighed helplessly: "I can't help it, it's your turn, Xiaolurong."
Zhou Li, who was far away in the Eternal Silence Abyss, was sitting in the dark. His clothes were still the dazzling white ones, which made it impossible to ignore him even in the darkness.
A large crowd of people knelt at his feet, and everyone was trembling with fear.
Zhou Li was just listening to Lu Rong's voice in his mind. He had been listening to it since he left until now.
His palms were covered in blood without him noticing. He knew her pain and confusion better than anyone else.
But in the end he only heard a very faint murmur.
[Zhou Li...I hate you...I will hate you forever]
His brain buzzed.
All the voices in my mind fell silent...
His mind went blank.
He suddenly realized that her voice was completely cut off.
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