Chapter 19 This Male Lead is Really Hard to Kill (19) It turns out he's this bastard...
In an instant, Fu Li saw a palace shrouded in mist, its white jade railings looking so familiar. A row of celestial attendants waited outside the palace, bowing low upon seeing him.
He said respectfully, "Immortal Venerable, you have returned."
A clear, melodious voice rang out: "How is Ali?"
The attendant said, "Lord Fu Li has woken up, but we don't know what he's doing."
The man grunted in agreement and strode into the hall.
Almost instantly, countless overlooked details flooded his mind, and past memories gradually became clear—this cursed seal was something he had implanted into Wufeng's consciousness to better monitor him, and now how had it connected to Shao Ye's five senses! Even clearer was that incredibly terrifying and definite answer—
No way! The male lead didn't actually die!
However, Fu Li didn't care about anything else. She cast an invisibility spell and ran towards the back door.
His mind was in a daze the whole way—Xue Shaoming—Shaoye, no wonder it sounded familiar, the name was in a certain format!
Oh no, the chosen one really didn't die! He even ascended successfully and became a Celestial Venerable of the Thirty-Third Heaven! No wonder they've been putting so much effort into tormenting him these past few days.
It's all his fault for forgetting about that damned curse mark so long ago! If he had remembered it sooner, he should have used it to check if the male lead was really dead!
Fu Li was shocked, terrified, and annoyed. She didn't stop walking and used the last bit of spiritual power to turn into the wind. However, she fell down after only a few steps and landed right on Fangcun Mountain where she had woken up.
At this moment, his spiritual power was exhausted, and he could only walk.
Fu Li: We can't go anywhere, how do we get there?!
In the next instant, a sharp and imposing divine sense enveloped the entire Fangcun Mountain. Fu Li was so suppressed by the powerful pressure that he could not move and fell straight onto the grass.
The creatures in the mountains let out mournful cries. When that divine sense swept over every corner, the oppressive aura finally dissipated, as if it had never been there.
But at that very moment, Fu Li felt as if he had been thoroughly scrutinized—Shao Ye had found him!
This answer both angered and terrified him.
He also wanted to get up from the ground right now and run as far away as possible, or immediately restore his cultivation to the Tribulation Transcending stage and have a good fight with the other party, which would be better than being held down on the ground by a divine sense like a prisoner awaiting judgment.
Fu Li struggled to lift her head from the ground and saw a figure in white robes and a jade belt, ethereal and otherworldly, gracefully landing not far away. The figure's starry eyes shone with an extraordinary brilliance, filled with excitement, agitation, infatuation, and madness, leaving no room for concealment.
"Ah Li, you finally recognized me."
Fu Li knew that she had accidentally touched the curse mark and sensed Shao Ye's five senses. Given the other party's cultivation level, he must have discovered it.
Now, all the cards have been revealed.
Fu Li sighed self-deprecatingly, and struggled to speak despite the pressure of divine sense:
"No wind, it's you."
"You are not dead."
The man let out a soft, ambiguous chuckle, which gradually turned into a series of pleasant laughs, as if he had heard a funny joke.
She stopped laughing, but the joy on her face didn't diminish in the slightest. She said, "Ah Li, you've forgotten, Wu Feng died a long time ago. He died on the day of the Demon Lord's marriage ceremony. You saw him cut off his own tendons and bones, extract his demon core, destroy his nascent soul, and fall off the cliff. He was dead beyond any doubt."
When talking about the past, he wore a gentle smile, but the increasingly heavy pressure around him made Fu Li feel as if he were being crushed by a huge boulder, as if his heart was about to be crushed.
In front of an old friend, or rather, a former subordinate, Fu Li was unwilling to show his vulnerable side. Suppressing his anger, he gave a self-deprecating smile, his tone tinged with a lazy helplessness and regret, "It was my poor eyesight that prevented me from recognizing you."
"Your Majesty has spent so little time on me, it is understandable that you did not recognize me."
Shao Ye walked up to him and squatted down, his expression no longer showing the haughty and carefree demeanor he had displayed in recent days.
The bright eyes were so clear, and on the surface they looked like a puppy, but upon closer inspection, one could find countless gloomy and dark substances stirring within, all of which were faiths that had long since collapsed and crumbled.
However, when he gazed at Feng Fuli with such intense focus, he vaguely resembled the figure of the boy from before.
Fu Li was momentarily dazed—how long had it been since he had heard this title?
Then it dawned on him: "Wait, your immortal bones..."
Then he hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
"Yes, my immortal bones have been cleansed in the spirit pool." Shao Ye looked down at his palms, still smiling. "The water of the immortal spring washed away the demonic energy in my demonic bones, and transformed them into immortal bones again. Every moment in the pool was like being skinned and having my tendons pulled out. I suppose I also felt this kind of pain when the Venerable One cleansed my bones, but I was too young and don't remember it."
"However, I am also grateful for your actions back then, which enabled me to become the only person in the world who can cultivate both immortality and demonhood, and my cultivation speed is several times that of ordinary people."
His few casual words stirred up a storm in Fu Li's heart.
"When exactly...did you...?"
Fu Li also realized what was going on, and a dark light flashed in his gloomy fox eyes: "My cultivation was sealed, and I inexplicably appeared in the Upper Realm. It's all related to you, isn't it?"
"When did you become an Immortal Venerable?!"
"Where exactly is this place?! What's happening in the Demon Realm?"
"What exactly did you do to me?!"
Shao Ye's high nose flared slightly, and a nonchalant smile appeared on his face, tinged with a hint of aloof smugness. "Your Excellency need not be angry so soon. I suppose you have already guessed. Five hundred years have passed since you entered the pass."
Fu Li was completely stunned: "Five hundred years?!"
"Yes. And the Demon Realm ceased to exist about two hundred years ago. It's just that you've been asleep all this time, so you don't know."
Fu Li's eyes widened in disbelief. "How could this be... I don't remember anything..."
He looked up at the smiling Shao Ye, "You did it!"
"You treacherous beast! What have you done to me?!" Fu Li exclaimed angrily.
Shao Ye remained calm, even showing a hint of satisfaction at uncovering the truth. "Since Your Majesty has already guessed, why ask me?"
"Good and evil cannot coexist. I have never regretted what I have done. If you want revenge, you don't need to resort to such humiliating methods!" Fu Li shouted angrily.
If the system were here, it would definitely be thinking to itself, "It's as if you've never humiliated the male protagonist."
Shao Ye's gaze was deep. "If Your Majesty wants to know the truth, you might as well answer one question for me first."
"Wu Feng never understood until his death why, if Your Majesty didn't care about him at all, you adopted him, refined pills for him, helped him form his Nascent Soul and protect him, and doted on him as your only bedmate for 387 days! I wonder if Your Majesty can answer this for me?" He put on a humble expression and stared at Feng Fu Li without blinking.
Fu Li swallowed a mouthful of blood, and at this moment he had roughly guessed the truth of what happened back then: "After you jumped off the cliff at the coronation ceremony, you betrayed us and went to Guiyan Sect. Wasn't that right!"
Seeing that he did not answer his question, Shao Ye's expression turned slightly serious, and he said in a deep voice, "After I woke up, I was taken back to Guiyan Sect, but my first intention was to return to the Demon Realm to find you immediately. On the way, I heard that the Demon Lord and his newlywed Demon Queen were in perfect harmony and deeply in love. You can give your heart to a woman you have only known for less than two days, and even let her manage all affairs of the Demon Realm, yet you can abandon me without hesitation."
"Your Excellency, at that time I thought, since Your Excellency is unwilling to reciprocate my feelings, I will have to find another way to win you over." As he spoke, he revealed an expression that was half regretful and half indifferent.
Just as I expected. Fu Li felt like she was about to vomit blood upon hearing this. No matter what the male protagonist encountered, he could level up smoothly; was the power of the plot really that strong?
He ignored Shao Ye's accusations, his eyes instantly turning extremely hostile as he glared back at the other man, cursing him word by word: "You traitorous beast!" His words were dripping with venom.
Shao Ye let out a very soft laugh, his face once again covered with a layer of icy coldness. "Doesn't Your Excellency know best how I came to be?"
Feng Fuli sneered, "Since you've already returned to Guiyan Sect, you must already know what happened back then. Why are you still asking me?"
"Xue, Shao, Ming!"
As the unfamiliar yet familiar name was uttered for the first time by Feng Fuli, the man's gaze instantly sharpened, his dark pupils gradually turning into a deep red with dark cinnabar dots. The immortal aura surrounding him faded, and sharp, dark demonic energy overflowed from his body. This sight made it seem as if the attributes of immortality and demonism had merged within him, making him both righteous and evil, like a strange and ghostly figure.
He gripped Feng Fuli's wrist tightly, with such force that he almost broke the bones. His eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot. "I only want to ask one question: When you brought me back to the Demon Realm, bestowed upon me cultivation techniques, and personally protected me during my cultivation, was there any sincerity in all of this, or were you just using me as a pawn to fight against the righteous path from beginning to end?"
Fu Li seemed startled by the madness in his eyes, his expression freezing for a moment before he looked away, his voice cold: "At most, I've treated you like a dog. What sincerity? You don't even deserve it!"
Shao Ye's face was now extremely distorted because of Feng Fu Li. His originally otherworldly, handsome and bright face became ferocious and terrifying, and even more gloomy and cold, like a demon from hell struggling to crawl out to take his life.
But he quickly regained his composure, his expression like that of a calm spectator.
"Yes, I almost forgot. You haven't changed at all, you're exactly the same as before. There's only a cold facade in those eyes, no real feelings."
He uttered venomous words, yet a smile returned to his face. His eyes shifted several times before finally settling into a deep, chilling aura that froze beneath his dark, reddish pupils, chilling to the bone.
He bent down and gently picked up the young man, who was trembling from the cold and fierce aura emanating from him. His slender, jade-like fingers traced the lines on the young man's neck, and he said softly, seemingly casually:
"This is the last time I will address you as Your Excellency."
"From now on, you will be nothing more than a pampered servant with no cultivation in the Thirty-Three Heavens, and you will not be able to step out of Yaohua Palace without me!"
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