Chapter 62: Water Demon (9)
The demon cowered in the corner, watching the pageboy's spirit appear every night. She was afraid that the pageboy would reveal the past events to the public, so she wanted to kill everyone who stole the pearl. As long as she killed one of these people every night, the pageboy's spirit would not appear again.
Because she couldn't find who had wronged her, she randomly found a scapegoat, hoping to clear her name, but in the end, she only added another wronged soul to the world.
Ling Yao no longer has eyes, and no tears can flow from her empty eyes. She wants to repent, but unfortunately, no one can listen.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Ling Yao let down her last guard and collapsed. "I was too weak. In the end, I hurt you and myself."
The servant girl quietly watched Ling Yao. She walked over to the pile of bones and gently stroked Ling Yao's face. "Fairy, I used to hate and resent you, but seeing you today, I feel you've received the punishment you deserve, and I no longer want to resent or hate you. Over the years, you've killed many people to prevent my soul from manifesting, right? However, the more people you kill, the further you'll go down the path of demonization."
"I... I can't turn back..." Ling Yao sobbed.
The servant shook his head: "Fairy, there may still be a chance, but you can't be so stubborn."
After saying that, the servant glanced at Li Yuanying.
The page boy's soul became transparent: "The time has come, I must go."
Ling Yao wanted to reach out and grab the servant, but her bones passed through the servant's body and she could not touch her entity.
"Let go of your obsession and move forward."
The servant boy's soul turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the night. The green smoke circled around Ling Yao for a long time, taking away the resentment from her.
It seemed that the very thing Ling Yao feared was the very medicine that could save her. Li Yuanying then realized that she had originally intended to seal Ling Yao, but she had unexpectedly achieved the desired result and purified her resentment.
"I have to go, ma'am." Qilang tightened his arms around Li Yuanying's waist.
She felt a little pain and groaned softly.
"Wait for me in Heishui." Qilang said softly again.
Li Yuanying did not comment. She bit Qilang's rosy lips hard, and the sweet taste melted into her mouth.
"You know what I want, right?" Li Yuanying asked in a low voice.
Qilang just looked at her with some sadness.
"Can't you give it to me? With it, I can..."
"Madam, except for that, I can give you everything. I can give you a stable life and a happy family. Wait for me to go back and settle my people, and then I can travel around the world with you. How about we live our lives together?"
Li Yuanying looked at the young face, and her heart grew colder and colder. After all, she and he were not the same kind of people.
Now that the humans in Chang'an are being oppressed by the demons, how can she just ignore him and wander around the world with him?
However, he was not wrong. King Yongning killed many of their clansmen back then, so it was only natural for them to want revenge.
"Okay, I'll wait for you in Heishui." Li Yuanying responded softly, but she had made up her mind in her heart.
She knew that Qilang had taken back his mother's demon pill in order to revive the Fuxi clan, so that humans would never be their opponents. What they wanted was revenge and occupation.
What she has to do is to use Qilang's mother's demon pill to recast the Heavenly Chain and restore the order of the Three Realms, so that the human and demon races will never invade each other.
There was no way the two of them would ever agree on this.
Qilang was delighted and he gently kissed Li Yuanying on the forehead.
"Qillang, can you give my Frost Ashes back to me..." Li Yuanying found herself inconvenienced as she no longer had a weapon at hand.
Qilang raised his eyebrows: "How can we take back what we have given away?"
Li Yuanying was a little annoyed.
Qilang stroked her cheek and said, "Didn't I exchange tokens with you? Are you not satisfied with my sincerity?"
Li Yuanying was stunned. Could it be that he gave her the demon pill just to exchange it for Frost Ashes with her?
A blush appeared on Qilang's face, he smiled slightly, then let go of her, turned around and disappeared into the night.
The river breeze blew past, and the light fur coat drifted away. Li Yuanying felt that the young man's presence was just an illusion. If Ling Yao had not been reduced to bones, Zhenzhu had disappeared, and Xiu Niang's eyes had not been injured, she would not have been able to confirm the truth of all this.
Li Yuanying stroked her lower abdomen. The warm feeling spread from the inside out, warming every inch of her, giving her a sense of security.
Li Yuanying found that she was no longer suffering from colds after escaping from the water prison. At the same time, she also completely lost her magic power and martial arts.
But she didn't expect that Qilang would exchange such an important thing with her. After that, he could only use the Tuling Flame Umbrella and the remaining demonic power to protect himself.
For a moment, she felt that this man was really unpredictable. If he was really so good to her, why couldn't he give her his mother's demon pill and let her create a world of peace in the three realms, so that the two of them could be together peacefully forever?
"It's hard to let go of the revenge for killing your mother." The embroiderer's voice suddenly rang out, "Especially since he's the evil of the demon race, the master of all demons. How could he possibly abandon his people for you? Wouldn't he avenge the murder of his own blood relatives?"
The embroiderer seemed to see through Li Yuanying. She snorted, "Even though he might be a hero saving a beautiful girl for you, he won't change his mind when it comes to major issues."
"I don't know either." Li Yuanying said this coldly and went back to the cabin.
That night, the moon seemed terribly cold, its silver light making everything pale. Li Yuanying had long known this, but the deeper she fell in love, the easier it was for her to lose herself.
Some stories may start as comedy, but are destined to end in tragedy.
Li Yuanying thought so.
*
When Master Fu Yu and the Crown Prince and his entourage arrived at Yaoshui County, they discovered that Li Zhongdao's family had already left the place, and there was not a single person in the huge Li Mansion.
Master Fu Yu was so angry that he and the Crown Prince stayed in Yaoshui County, determined to dig three feet deep to find Li Zhongdao.
The prince was actually very puzzled when he saw that Master Fu Yu decided to stay.
"Master, they ran away a long time ago. What's the point of them staying here?"
Imperial Master Fu Yu simply smiled faintly and said, "Look at this room. Are all the furnishings complete? Haven't you taken many things?"
The prince nodded.
"Especially..." Imperial Master Fu Yu pointed in the direction of Li Zhongdao's study, "I discovered that Li Zhongdao had no chance to take away the treasures in those secret rooms."
The prince was no fool: "You mean, once they're settled, they'll definitely send someone back to get it?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise. All we have to do is sit back and wait."
What Master Fu Yu said was indeed true. They didn’t have to wait long before the servant sent back by Li Zhongdao and Li Yuanxi arrived.
This great harvest was beyond the expectations of Master Fu Yu.
Li Yuanxi is just a fool, and Li Zhongdao rarely assigns him important tasks. Perhaps this time Li Yuanying's life or death is uncertain, so he also wants to train his fool son.
Master Fu Yu captured Li Yuanxi, tied him up in the basement of the study, and locked him up with the servant.
The young man was beaten to death with dozens of boards, and he couldn't even tell where Li Zhongdao and his group had gone.
Li Yuanxi saw the bloody servant crying loudly and he was completely at a loss.
Upon seeing the unrefined young master of the Li family, Imperial Master Fu Yu was filled with joy. This was the idiom of searching high and low for something, yet finding it effortlessly. Even if Li Zhongdao didn't want to tell him where he was, it didn't matter; his most important goal was to find Li Yuanxi.
The prince lived in Li Yuanying's room, lying on her old mahogany bed, the delicate fragrance of plum blossoms still lingering in his ears. However, there seemed to be something else mixed in with the plum blossom fragrance, like the scent of another man, which made the prince very unhappy.
You are such a good Li Yuanying! You betrayed me and killed my father. I will make you pay with blood.
The prince's dreams day and night were all about how he humiliated Li Yuanying and how he made her beg for mercy under him. He wanted to eat her up and then throw her into the dirtiest and darkest place, leaving her to starve to death, die of thirst, and never have a good end.
The stench and pain from his lower body tormented him every day. Eunuch Xue had tried everything, but was unable to relieve his pain.
Until one day, Master Fu Yu presented a silver pill.
After the prince took it, the pain was relieved immediately, and he felt as happy as if he had ascended to heaven. He felt that he was sometimes flying in the sky, sometimes swimming in the water, sometimes accompanied by many beauties, and sometimes surrounded by countless treasures. He felt like he had ascended to paradise and was reluctant to leave.
"This is a good thing, it's really good." The prince got a moment of escape from his painful life through this pill, and from then on, he was out of control.
At first he only wanted one, but later he asked for it more and more often. Master Fu Yu just comforted him by saying that he would always have enough.
"However, Prince, this is only a temporary solution. If we want to completely solve this problem, we can only use the method of grafting." said Master Fu Yu.
"graft?"
"Just swap your lower body with someone else's and transfer the pain to someone else." When Master Fu Yu said this, his face was light and his tone was relaxed.
But the prince didn't sound so relieved. He was shocked: "Switch it with someone else? How? Cut it off?"
Imperial Master Fu Yu nodded and said, "Just cut off your lower body, and then cut off the lower body of the person you want to replace. You two just need to swap."
The prince's face turned pale: "Won't I die like this? I don't want to, I don't want to."
"Your Highness, I must tell you that even Hua Tuo could not restore your health. This is the only way to restore your former glory. Once you have made up your mind, please let me know."
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