Chapter 14: Fairy Shengle (6)
Sure enough, he was angry.
Li Yuanying found a spot and sat down next to Qilang. It was a ginkgo tree, awash in golden color, embracing the rich colors of autumn. It was spring outside, but here it was truly autumn.
Li Yuanying recalled that it was such an autumn when her mother fell ill. At first she could still go out for a walk, but later she had to stay in bed. Finally, she passed away that night when it snowed.
That winter, she discovered a cruel truth. Li Yuanying had originally believed she was the only one who could inherit the Li family's Daoist teachings, placing all responsibility on her shoulders. But that day, while weeping for a long time before her mother's tombstone, she lost sight of the danger around her and was stalked by a demon. She happened to encounter Yuan Xi, a young boy who, in a moment of desperation, unleashed the Li family's first move. Only then did Li Yuanying realize she wasn't the only one capable of this technique.
But her father only wanted to sacrifice her.
She understood that Qilang's current mood was probably the same as hers at that time. Resentment, anger, unwillingness, these negative emotions accumulated in his heart and could not be relieved.
A golden ginkgo leaf fell on Qilang's head. She reached out to take the leaf off, but a pair of hot hands grabbed her wrist.
Li Yuanying clearly felt that Qilang was stunned.
"Your hands... why are they so cold... I'm not..." Qilang was a little bit unbelievable. He had already experienced the magic power with her once before, why were they still so cold? Shouldn't it be enough to do it every three days?
"It's okay, I'm just born with a cold body." Li Yuanying gently stroked the warm hand with her other hand. She really liked this kind of warming thing.
"Winter is the most difficult time. Sometimes I can only soak in positive potions all day long, but my skin will ulcerate that day. But if I don't soak, it will be really hard for me to get through it." Li Yuanying began to talk about her own affairs.
"Why are you saying all this? Do you want me to sympathize with you and then forgive you?" Qilang's tone was still cold. He also felt strange. Originally, these things were all logical. He knew that Li Yuanying would continue the plot, but when it really came to this point, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
What if, after gouging out her eyes in the illusion, she couldn't recover them once she got out? Was she really not worried about herself? Even though they had only been married a few days, they had gone through a formal ceremony.
In their tribe, two people who get married must exchange their real names and stay together for the rest of their lives.
But why can humans say one thing to someone’s face and another behind their back?
"I was wrong first. I made you unhappy, Qilang." Li Yuanying knew in her heart that Qilang was angry, but her consolation was too false. "I told you all that not to ask for your forgiveness, but to say that I'm used to it and there's no need to worry about it."
When Qilang heard what Li Yuanying said, he immediately pulled his hand back: "Who said I would worry about you? Don't be so self-indulgent!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Li Yuanying said helplessly.
Li Yuanying thought the boy was just being childish. In her eyes, words were useless. If one truly wanted to be forgiven, one had to show it through actions. Perhaps because she had told so many lies, she couldn't tell whether she was the goddess who was devoted to the people or the ordinary, rebellious and dark girl.
"Qillang, be patient, it will be fine soon." Li Yuanying looked at the boy. She wanted to touch his head, but she held back.
Suddenly, in the illusion, the stars began to move, the moon rose and set, and then day and night alternated. Various fantasies began to appear in the sky, mostly of men and women having fun and engaging in sexual pleasure.
However, only some of these men and women are human, and the rest are various ugly corpses. Shengle Township is not as prosperous as it seems. Every place is simple, dirty and dilapidated.
It turns out that this is the real Shengle Township.
Beneath this illusion lies a heap of corpses and bones, and a gigantic demon. She hides in a cave during the day, hanging out with ghosts, and at night, she transforms into the proprietress of the Hehe Inn, sucking the yang energy of humans. Hundreds of ghosts haunt her heart, condemning her to eternal damnation. From then on, her breasts begin to produce a golden liquid, and drinking it grants all wishes.
Li Yuanying also saw Eunuch Li in her vision. He was surrounded by a group of stunning beauties, his face rosy, and he looked extremely excited and happy. He seemed to be trapped in a demon's illusion. In that illusion, he was a normal man, able to do all normal things. But the stunning beauties in his eyes were actually just rotting corpses.
Black pieces of flesh and blood were splattered everywhere, and maggots were crawling everywhere, but Eunuch Li didn't care at all. He was only concerned with enjoying himself in the false world, and finally died of loss.
It turns out that Shengle Township allows people to see what they want to see most in their hearts. Li Yuanying missed her deceased mother, so she saw her mother. Eunuch Li wanted to recover his body day and night, so he dreamed of such obscene things.
All the phenomena in this world are in Shengle Township, empty and bizarre.
Fortunately, Qilang can't see anything now, and he feels at peace.
"Qillang, what did you see when you entered the Golden Pupil Illusion?" Li Yuanying became curious about the young man in front of her.
"You." Qilang said lightly.
Li Yuanying's heart seemed to skip a beat, and her face flushed in disbelief: "W-why me?"
"I saw you when you were in this illusion. Shouldn't it be like this?" Qilang looked puzzled.
"Oh..." What Qilang said was correct, and Li Yuanying didn't dare to continue asking. Perhaps Qilang just had a physique that would not be deceived by illusions.
In this illusion, Li Yuanying also saw a familiar face.
This person is the woman who married Jiao Chun.
It turns out that when Jiao Chun went to Chang'an, this woman had met a handsome scholar, but in fact she was a demon. They were in love and had been having an affair under the moonlight. However, this woman kept revealing her true feelings to Jiao Chun in her letters, telling him about her longing for him.
Li Yuanying suddenly felt a little lost. Jiao Chun had never had any contact with women in Chang'an. When his colleagues introduced him to noble ladies, he always refused them sternly, saying that he already had a wife and would never take a concubine in his life.
Is it true that the most heartless people are the most free since ancient times?
The mother is the one who is affectionate and also the one who is hurt the most.
Li Yuanying suddenly understood. Could it be that this woman took the eyes given to her by Jiao Chun and ran away with this little monster?
Sure enough, in this illusion, after the woman regained her sight, she and the handsome scholar really lived together happily.
It turns out that this is how Fairy Shengle was deceived.
Jiao Chun deceived the true heart of Shengle Fairy, and Jiao Chun's wife deceived Jiao Chun's true heart. All of them harbored malicious intentions, and these ugly desires and conspiracies eventually turned this beautiful fairy into a demon.
"Qillang, who do you think Fairy Shengle hates the most?" Li Yuanying asked.
"Needless to say, it must be Jiao Chun who deceived her." Qilang was now deeply touched. He was mentally prepared to be angry, not to mention Fairy Shengle. She found out that not only was she used with a despicable heart-killing spell, but she was also betrayed after her sincerity was deceived. This was intolerable.
"So, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. So that's what it means." Li Yuanying understood the key to getting out of the illusion.
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