Chapter 21 This Male Lead is Really Hard to Kill (21) Escape Plan...
"The female lead also ascended to immortality... What was her name again?" Fu Li asked.
system:......
【Jiaoyue Tong!】
Fu Li realized: "Oh, I remember now, the young lady of the Guiyan Sect."
System (facepalm): [Yes, it's her. It's just that she spends most of her time in the academy and doesn't go to the Thirty-Third Heaven much.]
Fu Li asked, puzzled, "I remember the female lead fell in love with the male lead at first sight, right? So many years have passed, and the male and female leads still haven't gotten together?"
The system gave him a reproachful look with its electronic eyes: "You have the nerve to ask! If it weren't for you, would the male lead have become gay?! How could he possibly be with the female lead like this?!"
[And her senior brother also came up—I don't know if you remember him, his name is Qi Yue.]
Upon hearing this, Fu Li immediately felt a bit resentful: "It's one thing to be the male lead, but how come so many people ascended before me! I was supposed to be the number one cultivator in the cultivation world! This is just too unfair!"
The system comforted him: "Strictly speaking, they didn't ascend on their own; they came as attendants. Their status is equivalent to servants in Yaohua Palace. Even the female lead is still a disciple at the academy."
At this point, Fu Li finally remembered: "I think I met Qi Yue before, right here---"
Before the palace gate, four majestic dragon-carved pillars support the grand hall with its golden eaves and jade roof, and countless celestial totems are carved on the white jade balustrade. Outside the celestial palace, clouds and mist swirl around the mountains, obscuring the towering peaks and valleys. Only a distant cry can be heard, and a crane flies gracefully in, then lands steadily on the spotless jade bricks.
"Qi Yue!"
The voice stopped the figure who had jumped off the crane's back. The tall, handsome man paused slightly and looked back.
But then he saw a fox-eyed young man dressed in a gauze robe, his eyes sparkling with charm, looking at him with a smile.
Before I could even react, my body had already unconsciously moved to that person's side.
You remember me?
Fu Li nodded smugly: "Of course. You were just a nobody back then, and it took me quite a while to remember you."
His words were spoken with confidence and conviction, but there was no hint of sarcasm in his tone.
Qi Yue knew he was telling the truth. Five hundred years had passed, and many things had changed, but the young man hadn't changed at all, still maintaining the airs of a demon lord.
Without changing his expression, he asked, "What do you need me for?"
Fu Li looked around, pulled him to a secluded corner, and lowered her voice: "Shao Ye is not here for the time being. I need your help with something."
Qi Yue stared at the teeth marks visible on his collarbone, a blush of ambiguity visible even through the thin veil. She paused, then asked, "Don't you want to marry him?"
Fu Li: "What?!"
Qi Yue tilted his head and said, "Yesterday, Immortal Venerable Shao Ye told Xiao Yu of the Heavenly Realm that he was going to marry you. Now the entire Thirty-Three Heavens is preparing for your wedding. Didn't you know?"
Fu Li was caught off guard by this news and immediately flew into a rage, shouting, "Who wants to marry him?! How come I didn't know?! I am, after all, the Demon Lord! This dog of a Celestial Lord is going too far!"
The system whispered in his mind: [Plan, let's talk about the plan first.]
He grabbed Qi Yue's sleeve. "Not only do I not want to marry him, I want to escape. Do you have a way? Or go ask Jiao Yuetong."
The man was taken aback at first, then said, "I know you don't want to stay here. But things are different now. Shao Ye is already a Celestial Venerable of the Thirty-Third Heaven, and he has placed a curse mark on you. No matter where you go, you will be discovered."
Fu Li had almost forgotten about this. He lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, but still couldn't come up with a good solution.
He gritted his teeth, looked up and stared intently at Qi Yue, "You people of the Guiyan Sect certainly don't want to see him actually marry me, the Demon Lord. Anyway, we're on the same page about this, you absolutely must help me escape!"
Qi Yue wanted to say, "Why should I help you?" but looking at Fu Li's beautiful and affectionate face, he didn't say it.
The meeting ultimately yielded no results, which made Fu Li increasingly worried.
"Doggy, what if I'm forced to marry that dog Shao Ye?"
The system said calmly: "It's no big deal. The plot has already reached this point; could it possibly fall any further?"
Fu Li retorted angrily, "But I'm a man! What kind of logic is it to marry a man!"
System: Hmm... You've already slept with men, why are you still concerned about these things?
But it wasn't entirely without its gains.
The next day, after exhausting Fu Li to the point of ecstasy, Shao Ye went out again. Before leaving, he gently kissed the full, luscious lips of the person in his arms and whispered, "It'll be soon."
He left behind this cryptic remark, then dressed and departed.
After an unknown amount of time, a knocking sound came from the window, like tree branches being blown by the wind and hitting the window frame.
Fu Li was exhausted and turned over, wanting to continue sleeping, but the system reminded him:
[The female lead is here!]
He then got up, put on a coat, and walked to the window.
Opening the window, a man and a woman stood directly below. The man was Qi Yue, while the woman wore a flowing fairy dress, with exquisite features and a calm demeanor. Only the sharp glint in her eyes hinted at the domineering and spoiled young lady from hundreds of years ago.
Upon seeing Fu Li's face, Jiao Yue Tong Xing's eyes widened slightly, and she said, "It really is you."
"Demon Lord Fu Li".
Fu Li narrowed her eyes: "You are... the eldest daughter of the Guiyan Sect."
As she spoke, her gaze swept from Qi Yue to the side and then returned to Jiao Yuetong.
Jiao Yuetong looked up at him, her beautiful eyes filled with emotion. "I've never understood why Shao Ming was so obsessed with you, even going against the Elders' Council to protect you. What kind of spell did you cast on him for those ten-odd years?"
Unexpectedly, she started by questioning him. Fu Li frowned. "If you weren't here to help me escape, you could have left."
Jiao Yuetong shook her head: "Although I don't want to help you, if you stay by Shao Ming's side, he will eventually go completely insane. When we were in the lower realm, my father asked him to marry me, but he refused; after we went to heaven, the Heavenly Venerable asked him to marry the Goddess, but he refused again, carrying her back from the Ghost Cave all by himself, and then he went up to the Thirty-Third Heaven and became a Celestial Venerable. Now, however, he wants to openly declare to the Six Realms that he wants to become your celestial couple. You are the source of his madness."
“I will help you get out of here,” she said in a cool voice, her eyes as clear as the moonlight.
Fu Li was taken aback for a moment, then said, "You've changed quite a bit."
Jiao Yuetong lowered her eyes slightly, "Five hundred years have passed, and everyone has changed."
However, there was still one sentence left unsaid—except for you, Feng Fuli.
Fu Li didn't care about anything else and went straight to the point: "Okay, do you know how I can escape without being caught by that madman Shao Ye?"
Qi Yue, who had been silent until now, spoke up: "My junior sister and I have discussed it. Shao Ye's cultivation has reached the pinnacle of the Six Realms, and there is no place in the Six Realms that can completely conceal your aura. However, as a Celestial Venerable of the Thirty-Third Heaven, he is bound by the laws of Heaven and cannot go to the lower realms. If you can go back, even if he knows you are there, he will not be able to go down and capture you."
Fu Li understood: "So I'll be safe as long as I go back."
After thinking about it, I was quite happy. If I could stay in the cultivation world as a demon lord and live a carefree life, that wouldn't be bad.
only---
"Can the seal on my body be broken?"
Jiao Yuetong shook her head: "Although the sealing magic array was set up with the combined power of the entire sect, Shao Ming has been the one reinforcing the seal ever since. If it weren't for his intervention, there would be very few people in the entire Heavenly Realm who could shake the seal."
Upon hearing this, Fu Li knew it was hopeless.
But if that's the case, how will he survive in the lower realm?
Before he could figure out the answer to the question, Jiao Yuetong said, "Tomorrow I will hold Shao Ming off for a while. Senior brother will take you to Suspended Moon Cliff. You can return to the cultivation world by going down from the Eight Bitter Pool."
This is their plan.
Fu Li pondered for a moment but did not express any objection.
Before leaving, Qi Yue turned back to look at the handsome young man standing by the window and whispered, "I will come knocking on the window again at three-quarters past noon tomorrow. Remember that."
Watching the two figures disappear, Fu Li closed the window and stepped back, asking the system in her mind, "Is what Jiao Yuetong said true?"
System: [She didn't lie to you. The Eight Bitter Pools is where immortals undergo tribulations. Going down from there can indeed lead to the cultivation world, but the exact location is uncertain. Find a place to hide until headquarters gives you a reply, then we'll leave.]
Fu Li couldn't help but complain: "Are you guys at the labor reform bureau even competent? This little world can still have bugs."
The system whispered: "If you hadn't followed the plot recklessly in the early stages, would the entire storyline have fallen apart later on?"
One person, one voice; you say one thing, I say another, blaming each other.
Shao Ye returned and sat down on the edge of the bed.
He gazed at the person curled up in the blankets, still fast asleep, his eyes growing increasingly deep.
He stretched out a finger and gently stroked the rosy cheek. The cool air from his fingertip seeped up and made the person frown slightly in their sleep, trying to back away, but the immortal held them in his arms with even greater force.
He lowered his head, maintaining his tight embrace, a satisfied expression on his face, as if he would never let go, even if it took ten thousand years.
A deep, clear voice, like a long bell, rang out, "Ah Li, we're getting married. I'm so happy... Ah Li will never be able to leave me again."
With endless obsession.
The next day, Shao Ye was lying on the couch with Fu Li in his arms, enjoying their intimacy. He would occasionally peck at Fu Li's slender neck to bother him, but the tired man would impatiently shoo him away.
Shao Ye seemed to thoroughly enjoy this interaction with him, repeating it tirelessly, his eyes filled with laughter.
At this moment, a sound transmission talisman flew into the inner hall, from which came a deep, clear, and cold female voice:
"Shao Ming, before my father passed away, he told me some things. I suddenly remembered them today, and they are related to the seal on Demon Lord Fu Li. Come to the academy immediately."
The name Fu Li was emphasized.
Shao Ye's brow furrowed. He had personally reinforced the seal on Fu Li, so theoretically there shouldn't be any problems. However, the original sealing array had been given to him by the Guiyan Sect Master, and there was no guarantee that it wouldn't cause any harm to Fu Li.
In terms of seniority, Jiao Yuetong is his senior sister, and the only one who still calls him by his original name after he becomes an immortal.
When Xue Shaoming first arrived at Guiyan Sect, apart from his aunt Liu Biyuan, only Jiao Yuetong was willing to be close to him. However, he never showed her any kindness, and later, when the sect leader wanted to arrange a marriage for them, Xue Shaoming refused.
However, since arriving in the Upper Realm, Jiao Yuetong's feelings for him have gradually faded. After he became an Immortal Venerable, they rarely interacted. Apart from being nominally associated with him, she spent most of her time in the academy, seemingly preparing to support herself.
Therefore, Shao Ye didn't think she would cause any trouble.
Just in case, he decided to meet the other party.
So he leaned down and whispered in Fu Li's ear, "I'll be back soon. Ah Li, just sleep peacefully."
He then made a hand seal, and his clothes were now fully on. He got up and walked out of the hall.
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