She quickly regained her composure and scoffed, "The person who killed the great demon back then was a witch, not the demon queen you're talking about."
Chu Yu raised an eyebrow. It seemed she still didn't know the Demon Queen's true identity. She was too lazy to explain too much to her and asked coldly, "After that witch killed the great demon and his subordinates, she disappeared without a trace. Where did she go afterward?"
Zhao Zhifu gave her a sharp look and said through gritted teeth, "So you've been looking for her all along. But you probably won't find her now."
Chu Yu's heart tightened, and she quickly came up with a guess. She said angrily, "Could it be that you captured her, killed her like you did those metaphysicians, dug out her internal organs, and drained her blood, and that you used her blood to survive until now?"
Zhao Zhifu raised an eyebrow and looked at her with admiration: "You guessed it too, you're quite clever."
Looking at her beautiful face, Chu Yu said with disgust, "300 years ago you were already an old woman in your seventies, you should have died long ago. If it weren't for some special method, how could you suddenly become young and live for so long? You have the aura of the Demon Queen on you, which means you drank her blood and used her blood to stay young."
Seeing that she had already made it clear, Zhao Zhifu no longer hid it: "You guessed right, I did indeed survive on her blood."
She gazed into the distance, recalling events from 300 years ago.
300 years ago, Zhao Zhifu was still the matriarch of the Zhao family, Lin Hongye.
Lin Hongye was born into a poor family. Because she was a girl, she was abandoned in the mountains at birth. A kind-hearted Taoist priest who was passing by rescued her and took her back to the Taoist temple to raise her.
She was intelligent and gifted from a young age, so the Taoist priest taught her Taoist magic and how to slay demons and monsters.
When she was eighteen, the Taoist priest passed away, and the other people in the temple treated her badly, so she had to go down the mountain alone to travel around.
During her travels, she met the young master of the Zhao family. Although the Zhao family had fallen on hard times, the young master was handsome, talented, and kind to her, which quickly won her heart. The two married and settled in a village outside Lingwu Town, where they had children.
She lived a quiet and uneventful life for decades. In her old age, a powerful demon came to Lingwu Town and wreaked havoc, causing countless deaths and injuries.
She led a group to capture a demon, but the powerful demon killed all of them and severely injured her, rendering her a cripple.
In order to survive, she had no choice but to flee with her family, hiding here and there.
Some time later, one day, thunder and lightning suddenly struck the sky above Lingwu Town. Nearby villagers looked up and vaguely saw a great demon and a woman wearing black armor fighting in mid-air.
The battle lasted for seven days and seven nights before it finally ended. On the day it ended, the great demon's enormous body lay in the mountains and forests, blood rained down from the sky, and the nearby rivers were stained red with blood, a scene of utter carnage.
The nearby villagers were too frightened to approach.
Several days later, Lin Hongye mustered her courage and led several strong men to check. After confirming that the great demon was dead, they breathed a sigh of relief and were about to turn back when they discovered a young woman lying in the grass not far away.
The woman was covered in blood, her black armor was tattered, and she was pale and unconscious.
Everyone immediately realized that she must be the one who fought the great demon.
A burly man asked in surprise, "This woman killed those monsters. Could she be a goddess who descended from heaven?"
Lin Hongye looked at the woman. She didn't have any celestial aura; instead, she exuded demonic energy. She didn't seem like a goddess; she was more like a witch.
Her eyes darted around, and as if she had just thought of something, she immediately said to the burly men, "This woman is not a goddess; she carries demonic energy and may be a monster. We don't know if it's good or bad. Let's take her back first."
However, this matter must not be told to anyone today. If anyone asks, just say that I killed that great demon.
The villagers nearby all knew that Lin Hongye was a very powerful metaphysician who had slain many demons and monsters over the years, and the villagers respected her greatly.
Hearing her say that, the burly men nodded in agreement, and then they took the witch back with them.
The witch was badly injured and remained unconscious for a month before waking up.
At first, Lin Hongye and the others were very wary of her, but after spending some time with her, they found that the witch was gentle and kind, just like a girl next door. Gradually, Lin Hongye and the others lowered their guard and began to get along with her.
After the great demon died, peace returned to the area around Lingwu Town, and the villagers no longer had to hide, and their lives improved.
The witch longed to experience the life of ordinary people, so she stayed in the small mountain village to recover from her injuries.
Not long after, due to the spread of demonic energy after the great demon's death, a plague broke out in the surrounding area, and many villagers died. Lin Hongye's family also fell ill from the plague.
Just when everyone thought they were going to die, the witch suddenly brought over a pot of medicine and distributed it to everyone. After drinking the medicine, everyone's condition miraculously improved.
Lin Hongye's health improved, and seeing how miraculous the witch's medicine was, she couldn't help but ask her for the prescription. However, the witch didn't tell her the prescription and always kept it secret when brewing the medicine.
Lin Hongye became curious and secretly hid in the shadows to watch while she was brewing the medicine.
To her astonishment, she saw the witch cut her own palm and drip her blood into the medicine. It was because of her blood that the medicine became so effective.
Later, everyone's illnesses were cured, but the witch's injuries had not healed. She had also bled too much, and her health was deteriorating, making her extremely pale.
Lin Hongye discovered that after drinking the medicine, her health had improved significantly, and she even looked younger.
Seeing this, Lin Hongye suddenly had a bold idea.
She is very old and probably won't live much longer, but she doesn't want to die yet. Perhaps the witch's blood can be used to prolong her life.
After having this idea, she began to make plans.
Not long after, she invited the witch to her home for dinner and put a potent poison, specifically designed to kill demons, into the food. The witch, who had always thought she was a kind and gentle old lady, was completely unsuspecting and ate all the food at her warm welcome.
After the meal, the witch quickly succumbed to the poison and fell into a coma. Lin Hongye dragged her to the basement of her house and locked her up with a specially made chain.
While she was unconscious, they cut open her blood vessels and began to bleed her.
After bleeding her, she worried that the witch would fight back and harm her and her family after waking up. So, she went all out and cut open the witch's stomach to take out her inner core.
Without her inner core, the witch's power rapidly diminished, and her fair skin became dry and withered.
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