He hadn't been so gentle with himself in a long time.
A guess quickly surfaced in her mind: Could it be... that he really has amnesia?
Well, that's fine. Let's give him one last chance. If he's still so stubborn, then kill him.
Hongzhu looked up at him and said, word by word, "Yun Jing, do you want to be with me?"
Yun Jing stopped in his tracks. "Hongzhu, I've already told you, I only have brotherly and sisterly feelings for you, and no romantic feelings whatsoever."
Hearing this, Hongzhu lowered her eyes. It's always the same thing: Yun Jing, you really don't know what's good for you.
She slowly walked to Yun Jing's side, then raised her head and channeled her magic, swiftly striking Yun Jing's chest before he could react.
However, Yun Jing quickly evaded him. After Hu Qingqing left, most of his memories returned, and he naturally learned the true nature of Hongzhu.
That was just to lower her guard.
"Hongzhu, after all these years, you're still as ruthless as ever."
Yun Jing quickly appeared behind her, looking at her coldly.
Hongzhu quickly realized what was going on; he hadn't lost his memory at all.
She turned to look at him and sneered, "Yun Jing, I was born to be the high and mighty Demon Lord, and I have always had whatever I want. But you are ungrateful and have ignored my repeated expressions of love."
"Although you are the ruler of the demon realm, I am no less so. We have grown up together since childhood, so why won't you accept me?"
Yun Jing frowned slightly. "So, your purpose today is to reiterate your feelings to me, or do you intend to kill me?"
Hongzhu raised her hands to clap, but the smile in her eyes didn't reach them. "That's right, after all these years, you still understand me the best."
"Yun Jing, are you really not going to reconsider accepting me?"
"After all, accepting me is equivalent to taking control of the entire Demon Realm. At that time, even your mortal enemy may have to submit to you."
Yun Jing's eyes darkened, and he quickly understood what was going on.
"No wonder Lin Han became the Demon Lord after he fell into demonic possession. So it was you who set him up behind the scenes?"
"You want him to be your sacrifice, to become the vessel for the origin of the demon realm?"
Hongzhu paused slightly, then slowly said, "Yun Jing, falling in love with you is easy, but so is becoming wary of you."
"Since you are unwilling to submit to me, then I will kill you today, which will also put an end to our friendship."
After saying that, Hongzhu's eyes darkened, and she pulled a black whip from her waist and lashed it at the man not far away. The black whip was wrapped in terrifying demonic energy, and wherever it went in the air, it made a piercing whistling sound. In an instant, all the demonic beasts within a hundred miles scattered and fled.
Yun Jing's expression hardened. He pulled a jade hairpin from his head and slashed it through the air, instantly transforming it into a cyan spirit sword that slashed at the black whip.
The black whip wrapped around the green sword, and clusters of green flames appeared on the green sword, fiercely burning the black whip. Soon, the black whip emitted a wisp of black smoke and emitted bursts of burnt smell.
Seeing this, a ruthless glint flashed in Hongzhu's eyes. She pulled hard with both hands, quickly injecting most of the demonic energy in her body into the whip. She raised the whip, broke free from the sword, and then flew into the depths of the bamboo forest.
Don't think she doesn't know that Yun Jing is here for the woman who is cultivating deep in the bamboo forest.
Originally, she didn't intend to involve others, but Yun Jing's strength seemed to have increased again.
Since she couldn't kill Yun Jing, she would kill the woman he had carefully protected.
Meanwhile, deep in the bamboo forest.
Lu Fuyue was at the most critical juncture in refining the wooden zither strings. She sat cross-legged on a palm-leaf fan, with the Weak Water Zither, which shimmered with aquamarine spiritual energy, in front of her. Wisps of green light faintly appeared on the fourth string of the zither.
When the unfamiliar presence appeared outside the bamboo forest, Lu Fuyue immediately sensed that the other party was up to no good.
But she is at a critical juncture, and if she is disturbed, the wooden strings will quickly disappear from this world.
Without the xylophone strings, her lifespan could not be extended, and her time would come in a little over a hundred years.
Lu Fuyue frowned slightly, quickened her movements, and rapidly circulated her internal energy, with spiritual energy continuously flowing from her dantian into the body of the Weak Water Zither.
Yun Jing sensed Hong Zhu's intentions and immediately had a bad feeling.
Oh no! She's in seclusion. If she's disturbed, she could suffer a qi deviation at best, or even have her soul scattered at worst.
He absolutely could not let Hongzhu disturb his sister's cultivation.
Yun Jing's eyes darkened, and he reached out and slapped his own chest, forcing out a drop of blood from his heart, before striking Hong Zhu with a fierce blow.
Just as Hongzhu was about to break the barrier set up by Lu Fuyue with a single palm strike, a drop of blood tinged with blue demonic power quickly entered her body, instantly freezing her. She then plummeted from the sky to the ground.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Hongzhu's eyes. He said she was ruthless, but he was no less so, actually taking action against her for another woman.
Deep in the bamboo forest,
The aura weakened, indicating that it had been stopped.
Lu Fuyue visibly relaxed and continued to focus all her attention on refining the wooden strings.
...
Yun Jing looked down coldly at the woman in black lying on the ground. "Hongzhu, I originally didn't intend to lay a hand on you, but you crossed my bottom line."
Hongzhu looked up at the man she had liked for so many years and laughed sarcastically, "Yun Jing, Yun Jing, I never thought you would fall for someone. I'm quite curious about the background of that woman deep in the bamboo forest, that you would hurt me, your former savior, for her sake."
Yun Jing was silent for a moment, a complex look flashing in his eyes. "It's true that you saved me once, but if someone falls in love with someone just because they were saved, then if more than one person saves them, does that mean they have to fall in love with all of them at the same time?"
"Besides, based on what you've done to me over the years, it wouldn't be too much for me to kill you ten thousand times."
"The reason I haven't made a move against you is simply because of the life-saving grace you once gave me."
"However, since you have crossed my bottom line today, I have no reason to show you any mercy."
Having said that, he channeled all his demonic power and struck her head with a powerful palm strike.
Hongzhu lay on the ground and laughed, "Yun Jing, do you think you can kill me?"
Yun Jing was slightly taken aback. Just as he struck down with his palm, Hong Zhu emitted a powerful force that repelled his attack.
Immediately afterwards, demonic energy rapidly spread around, and in less than a moment, the people on the ground disappeared.
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