Chapter 67: Separation
Li Yuanying looked at Qilang steadily, their eyes moving with too many emotions. They both knew that the next words they said would definitely hurt each other.
Neither of them was willing to be the first to break the silence, and it was Li Yuanxi who first brought some ripples to the dead silence.
He appeared out of nowhere and stood between Li Yuanying and Qilang.
"Yuan Xi?" Li Yuanying was surprised.
"Sister, stay away from him." Li Yuanxi's face was full of vigilance, and his eyes were full of hatred. The intention to kill someone could not be concealed.
"Yuanxi, don't be afraid, he won't do anything bad to us."
"Will it not be harmful to us? Sister, do you know how he harmed you--" Li Yuanxi hesitated to speak.
Li Yuanying frowned.
"Sister, have you ever thought about how it was possible for a dignified demon king like him to be sealed so easily by the blood bracelet?"
Li Yuanying did not answer.
She had long guessed that Qilang approached her with ulterior motives, but she had not thought about the blood bracelet seal.
"Sister, you are a human goddess, the only one the demons fear. As long as they destroy you, they will have no rivals. And in this world, only the backlash of the blood bracelet can make you become a mortal forever, and you will never be able to cultivate the Tao again."
Qilang scoffed, "You're lying! I didn't even know what a blood bracelet was!"
"You don't know, can you guarantee that your master doesn't know?" Li Yuanxi turned his head, veins bulging on his forehead.
Qilang became serious. He began to realize that what the man in front of him said might be right. He went there alone at that time and no one stopped him. That was in Buzhou Mountain, the Fuxi tribe's own territory. Although he let Li Zhongdao and his group succeed, it was indeed too easy.
"Sister, they want to use him to confuse your mind, and then you will remove the seal of the blood bracelet in order to save him, and finally waste your lifelong cultivation!" Li Yuanxi grabbed Li Yuanying's hand, tears welled up in Li Yuanxi's eyes, and the tears mixed with the pool water.
"Humans and demons have different paths. You can't make any more mistakes, sister!"
This sentence seemed to sound a wake-up call to Li Yuanying.
Yes, I was careless. Perhaps Qilang had done it unintentionally, but he had become the most important chess piece in this farce, and the one that was most overlooked.
Since ancient times, love has always been followed by regret.
"Yes, Yuanxi, you are right." Li Yuanying nodded.
As a human goddess, she shouldn't have any weaknesses, let alone let this weakness be the evil of the demon race.
"I was so wrong."
Their positions are so different that they can even be said to be completely opposite.
There is no room for compromise.
"Wanwan?" Qilang's brows knitted together. "What do you mean?"
"Literally." Li Yuanying's face returned to its usual calmness, without happiness, pain, or any expectations. That faint divinity gave people a sense of alienation.
"You mean, the relationship between us is wrong?" Qilang clenched his hands, his palms hurting from the biting.
"It's not just the feelings, everything is wrong. Ever since Shengle Township, I shouldn't have saved you time and time again." Li Yuanying said, "I shouldn't have trusted you, shouldn't have gotten close to you, and definitely shouldn't have married you."
"You - do you really think so?" Qilang seemed to have difficulty asking this question.
"Yes." Li Yuanying answered readily.
Qilang looked at Li Yuanying's determination. He remembered that he had just rushed to save her, and even thought about disobeying the Emperor for her. He wanted to take her to the Biluo Sea to spend the rest of her life. All this seemed so wishful thinking.
Since the Battle of Blackwater many years ago, she has been standing on the side that is hostile to herself, and this time too, she has never wavered.
"I see you're still not very clear about your current situation." Qi Lang sneered, "You and Li Yuanxi are still in the Fuxi tribe's territory. Do you think I'll let you take what you want so easily?"
"Really? Do you think I'm incompetent?" Li Yuanying raised the corner of her mouth and whispered, "If I call you by your real name and order you to die, you probably won't be able to fight back."
Qilang's expression grew serious. He said calmly, "The day I tell you, it means I've already handed my life over to you. You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."
Li Yuanying was slightly stunned. The way he said that made it seem like she was judging others by her own standards.
Then she realized that these so-called morals were no longer useful. She pushed hard on her feet and pounced towards Qilang.
She didn't make any attacking gestures, but simply hugged Qilang like an embrace. Qilang was stunned for a moment, and he opened his arms to catch the woman. Then, Li Yuanying leaned close to his ear and whispered in his ear, "Pei Wan, I command you by your real name. Hand over your mother's demon pill to me and escort Li Yuanxi and me out of Buzhou Mountain."
"You--" Qilang looked at Li Yuanying in disbelief, but he could not resist.
When someone knows the true name of Xie, if they pray to him using his true name, they will definitely be satisfied by the Evil King.
Qi Lang channeled his Qi into his Dantian, channeling the demonic elixir hidden within him. He desperately wanted to stop, but his body refused to obey. Rays of golden light emanated from his body, as if some divine force compelled him to do so.
Li Yuanying took the demon pill from Qilang's hand and took out the demon pill in her own body. Luckily, Qilang's own demon pill returned to its original owner.
"Okay, now escort us both out of Buzhou Mountain."
Qilang was unable to resist and could only lead Li Yuanying to swim towards the surface of the pool.
"What are you going to do with my mother's demon pill?" Qilang's voice was deep. Li Yuanying could hear that he was really angry this time.
He had been hiding as an evil for a hundred years just to get his mother's demon pill back, but now she wanted to shatter all his dreams.
"Li Yuanying, if you use my mother's demon pill to recast the Great Seal of Kyushu, we will become eternal enemies, in this life and the next." Qilang's expression became more and more angry and cold.
"My mother is the empress of the demon clan. You are not allowed to blaspheme her soul like this!" Qilang roared when he saw Li Yuanying didn't speak.
The golden light all over Qilang's body became more and more intense, as if it was suppressing Qilang's resistance.
"Qillang, you and I are humans and demons, we have different paths and cannot work together. Let's say goodbye this time and live happily on our own." Li Yuanying said softly.
Hearing Li Yuanying's words, Qilang said, "If you desecrate my mother's soul, we will no longer live in peace. I will kill you with my own hands..."
Qilang suddenly couldn't bear to say the last few words.
"It's up to you." Li Yuanying said lightly.
Qilang looked at the woman in front of him in shock. She had a blank expression and no emotion could be seen. She seemed like a different person, hiding all her emotions.
After the three of them surfaced together, they walked through the dense forest, then through the water corridor, and across the canyon. After an unknown amount of time, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Just as they arrived at their destination, Li Yuanying suddenly took out a talisman and stuck it on Qilang's back.
"Sure!" said Li Yuanying.
Qilang stood there, unable to move.
"With your magical power, it won't be long before you can lift the spell on your own." Li Yuanying said this with a bit of melancholy. She looked at the handsome face of the young man and felt reluctant. This was probably the last time she would face him calmly. The next time they met, it would be a fight to the death.
But maybe she won't be able to wait until that day.
"I'm sorry. See you later..." Li Yuanying wanted to say see you later, but then she felt that maybe there would be no future. She didn't know which word to use for a moment, so she paused here, then shook her head and left with Li Yuanxi.
She is going to find Gu Jinzhi.
Gu Jinzhi is an indispensable part of this ending.
*
Three years ago, the elders of the Gu family calculated that Chang'an would be in great trouble in three years, so they summoned Gu Jinzhi, who was training martial arts at the Zhang family, back to the Gu family's old house. The Gu family's house and the Gu family's old house were not in the same place. The Gu family's old house was hidden deep outside the world, that is, the Biluo Sea.
After Gu Jinzhi returned to the Biluo Sea, he worked hard to practice the art of hermit with the Gu family in preparation for the great catastrophe three years later.
Today, it really comes in handy.
When they observed unusual changes in the celestial phenomena, they immediately set out from the Blue Sea and fortunately arrived just in time for the Chang'an Rebellion.
Although the emperor passed away, at least the lives of the vast majority of civilians were saved.
After clearing out the monsters in Chang'an, they set up a temporary barrier to protect the safety of the people in the city.
However, this temporary barrier is not a long-term solution. He must find Li Yuanying and Zhang Qingchen as soon as possible to discuss the overall plan.
During the days of post-disaster reconstruction in Chang'an, he didn't wait for Zhang Qingchen, but he waited for Li Yuanying.
One day, while he was taking inventory of the city's supplies, he saw a woman in white and a boy in blue walking towards him from a distance. The woman in white had a slender figure and beautiful features. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the junior sister he had been thinking about day and night—Li Yuanying.
"Junior Sister Li—" he called.
"Senior Brother Jinzhi, long time no see." Li Yuanying was as usual, her smile was faint, like a lotus flower that is unstained by the mud, or a cold plum blossom that blooms alone in the cold, unlike any other passionate flower.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Senior Brother Jinzhi, you are still so handsome."
"You're too kind. Junior Sister is still extraordinary and not like an ordinary person."
"Brother, is this a compliment?"
Gu Jin was stunned: "Of course."
Li Yuanying smiled and said, "I am now an ordinary person. Brother Jinzhi, I came to you to ask how to protect Chang'an."
Gu Jinzhi nodded. He naturally knew that Li Yuanying came here at this time for only this one thing.
"Brother Jinzhi, do you know what the Sky Chain is?"
Gu Jinzhi shook his head: "No."
"The reason demons are rampant in the mortal world is mainly because the heavens, which maintain the balance between humans and demons, no longer protect us. As long as we rebuild the Heavenly Chain and restore the power of the Five Gods, we can have the gods to check and balance humans and demons, and peace will be achieved in the three realms."
"But, Junior Sister, how do we restore this Heavenly Chain?"
Li Yuanying took out the demon pill of the previous demon king and said, "Use it."
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