"Coming to my territory isn't as easy as just coming and going as you please."
At that moment, a strange, eerie female voice came from above.
Looking up, he saw Ye Ling'er, dressed in crimson, her hem fluttering as she landed on the giant Dream Spirit Pearl not far away. Her figure was languid, and her eyes were full of charm as she smiled and greeted Wen Heng: "Wen Heng, High God, how have you been?"
But Wen Heng stood there indifferently, silently gazing at the Dream Spirit Pearl beneath Ye Ling'er in the distance, devoid of any emotion or words.
Seeing Wen Heng's calm and silent demeanor, Ye Ling'er's smiling expression darkened, and then her sharp gaze turned to me before she raised an eyebrow and sneered, "Because of this little flower spirit? You don't even dare to speak to me?"
I looked up at Wen Heng, hoping to discern some emotion from his face, but he simply stared coldly at Meng Lingzhu with an indifferent expression: "A mere Soul-Locking Array dares to lock my soul in my past life's dream?"
"Then go get it, I'm not stopping you." Ye Ling'er raised an eyebrow and smiled playfully, giving the impression that she wouldn't stop her and that she was free to come and get it.
But I felt a vague unease and blocked Wen Heng's way: "Be careful, it might be a trap! She said before that she would make you kneel down and beg her to take back your life soul."
Wen Heng remained expressionless, glancing at me slightly with his eyes raised, and parted his thin lips slightly: "Don't interfere in my affairs anymore!"
With that, he waved his sleeve and set up an invisible barrier between us. No matter what spell I used, I couldn't break through it and could only watch helplessly as he flew into the giant Dream Spirit Orb and disappeared without a care.
But seeing his arrogant and haughty demeanor, I wondered if I was worrying too much. After all, once he merges with his life soul, he will be a complete god's soul. With his abilities, a mere soul-locking array shouldn't be able to stop him, right?
Just as I was pondering this, Ye Ling'er, who was not far away, said to me as if she had succeeded: "You can't even protect yourself, yet you're wasting your spiritual power to set up a barrier for you. Don't forget, this is my territory. I can summon a Nightmare Gu with even stronger spiritual power to help you break the barrier!"
As she spoke, she flicked her finger, and a giant blue-black butterfly burst forth from the seabed with a "whoosh!"
With its enormous wings outstretched, it hovered above my head, while the barrier around me, like scattered starlight, was gradually absorbed by the blue butterfly above, leaving it without any barrier.
After sensing the danger, I tried to use magic to attack the blue dream butterfly above my head and drive it away, but to no avail. It was as if I was being controlled, and my body was no longer able to cast any spells.
"Don't bother, this is a nightmare butterfly that has absorbed the power of a ten-thousand-year-old dream demon. The more you struggle, the faster it will absorb your spiritual power!"
"What are you going to do!" This feeling of being restrained is what annoys me the most, but I can only pretend to be calm and say to her in a nonchalant tone.
"Do you know that this Soul-Locking Array is a combination of Wen Heng's soul and mine, locked in this past life dream? Once all of Wen Heng's souls merge with it, he will never be able to escape from this past life dream again, and will only be able to endlessly repeat all the love, hatred and grudges in the past life dream."
"You're just a soul of love, how could you possess a life spirit?" I was just wondering when I remembered how she and Ye Chen had collaborated a few days ago to use the Nightmare Gu to extract the spiritual power of others' souls: "Could it be from last time..."
Before I could finish speaking, Ye Ling'er said undeniably, "That's right, the souls were selected from the purest and most yin women in the mortal world, and then refined using this Nightmare Butterfly! But unfortunately, each soul I refine can only last for 10 days."
"To kill an innocent life in ten days is utterly inhumane!"
Although I've seen my share of life and death, I still find Ye Ling'er's disregard for life as utterly insane!
"These lowly lives of mortals are honored to have been chosen by me. As the saying goes, life is short, so die early and be reborn early!" Ye Ling'er calmly recounted the fate of those vibrant lives that perished at her hands.
"No wonder Wen Heng was so resolute in killing you back then. A devil like you deserves to be killed a thousand times over!"
Upon hearing my words, Ye Ling'er seemed to have been hit where it hurt, and almost roared at me with a hint of anger, "What do you know! I only mistakenly killed his master and fellow disciples, which caused Wen Heng to misunderstand! There was no chance for you to take advantage of the situation and fall in love with someone else!"
"Fortunately, there is this Soul-Locking Array. It took me seven hundred years and spiritual power to complete it. As long as Wen Heng or I return to the past with our complete souls and change the outcome of my mistakenly killing his master and fellow disciples, Wen Heng will not be so cruel as to kill me. The Demon King's son will not be awakened, and he and I can create our story in this dream world for all eternity!"
"As long as Wen Heng's immortal body and soul are well protected, he will return one day. Who knew that the souls I refined with the lowly lives of these mortals were of low spiritual power and could not help me complete my mission!"
"Fortunately, I spared your life back then. So, how about you refine my soul this time? If Wen Heng wants to escape from this dream, the only way to break this formation is to kill you as you did back then. I'd like to see if he's willing to wallow in this dream for you, or if he'll be as ruthless as he was back then and kill you. Anyway, once your puppet soul is dead, I'll just find another one."
Oh, by the way, your friend from last time was named Qingyan, right? I think her soul is quite suitable for me. How about she refines my soul next time?
"You dare to touch a single hair on her head?" Hearing that she was going to harm Qingyan, a nameless rage welled up inside me.
"Then obediently complete the task I gave you." With that, she flicked her sleeve, and everything went black before my eyes; I lost consciousness.
When I woke up again, I had become Ye Ling'er from back then, lying weakly on the bed.
Right now, half of my brain thinks I am Ah Hua, but my mind is filled with the identity of Ye Ling'er, the daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion.
From then on—
Her behavior was somewhat uncontrollable; she would try to appear dignified in front of others.
So sometimes I start to feel confused, and I can no longer tell if I am Ye Ling'er or Ahua?
But there are times when I really can't stand it anymore. Then another version of myself in my mind, named Ahua, rebels and insists on eating heartily and walking in a carefree and nonchalant manner.
However, it was only a fleeting moment of spontaneity, because whenever I made an indecent gesture, another part of my mind would force me to adopt the correct posture.
But my father, the Prime Minister, said that I was being haunted by something unclean, and that he had specially invited an exorcist to exorcise me today.
This piqued my interest when I saw a young Taoist priest with regular features, a gentle and refined demeanor, and eyes that sparkled with pure starlight.
I saw him with a stern face bowing to me: "I am Wen Heng from the Pengxian Sect, here to exorcise the demon for Miss Ye!"
I have never seen such an exceptionally handsome young man, but a voice in my head was telling me not to be rude and to bow to him!
Meanwhile, the other self inside me, named Ahua, actually raised her hand and, quite rudely, poked Wen Heng's face, grinning at him: "Wen Heng! I think I know you! Have we met somewhere before?"
But Wen Heng, who had been keeping a cold expression, suddenly became even more gloomy. He stared at me with wide, astonished eyes, grabbed my arm, and whispered in a voice inaudible to others, "Ahua?"
His shout made me realize my rudeness, so I quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry for offending Young Master Ye. My name is Ye Ling'er!"
I saw Wen Heng tilting his head and looking at me suspiciously...
Then he returned to normal and bowed to me again: "Yes, it is you. I was saying that you might be possessed by a demon with that name!"
For some reason, when I heard him say that Ahua was a demon, I started to curse his ancestors for eighteen generations in my heart.
Her previous dignified demeanor vanished, replaced by a casual air: "Really? I think so too. I must be haunted by something unclean. Can you teach me how to exorcise it?"
There was even an irresistible urge to reach out and pinch his rather endearing face.
However, Wen Heng dodged it by tilting his head.
I gave him an awkward smile: "I just couldn't resist touching and pinching your skin because it's so nice, young master!"
But seeing him dodge, she reluctantly raised her hand again to pinch him: "Let me touch it!"
Wen Heng ran away with obvious disgust: "Please have some self-respect, young lady!"
I curled my lip in disbelief: "Tch! Fine, don't let me touch you then!"
My father, the Prime Minister, was also quite ashamed, covering his wrinkled old face with his hands: "Oh dear... I'm so ashamed! My daughter used to be so gentle, generous, dignified and virtuous! Now I can't bear to look at her... I can't bear to look at her... Since you know that there is something unclean living in my daughter's body, please expel it quickly!"
Wen Heng nodded to my father, the Prime Minister, and said, "Hmm." Then he added, "This demon has been possessing Miss Ye's body for far too long, and it will take some time to complete. I'm afraid we'll have to bother you here for a few more days!"
My father, the Prime Minister, readily agreed, saying, "No trouble at all! No trouble at all! I'll have someone arrange a fine guest room for you right away! Please go and rest!"
As I stared intently at Wen Heng being led away by the servants, I noticed that he was also frowning, and a hint of tension and worry flickered in his clear eyes.
But the moment his eyes met mine, his expression quickly vanished, returning to its usual calm.
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