At this point, a hint of impatience appeared on Liuli's face. She said coldly, "You've stopped me from leaving time and time again. When are you finally going to let me go?"
For the past twenty years, Liuli has longed to return to the Central Plains to avenge herself and the entire Nine-Tailed Fox Clan. However, Li Molin always prevents her from leaving the Demon Realm. Several times she tried to sneak away, but was stopped by Li Molin's men.
In fact, it wasn't just Li Molin who was stopping her from leaving. Li Gan knew that if Liuli wasn't in the Demon Realm, Li Molin would definitely go to the Central Plains with her. In order to replenish Li Molin's lost essence, Li Gan had to keep him in the Demon Realm. So, at Li Gan's behest, several other demon generals were also preventing Liuli from leaving.
"Soon," Li Molin replied gently. "I'll take you out when I'm old enough to go out."
Liuli's expression turned cold, and she gave a displeased snort.
Li Molin turned to look at her cold expression, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Liuli, Father wants us to go to his place."
Liuli nodded indifferently and said, "Oh."
Li Molin turned to look at Yu Ke and the others and said, "Yu Ke, you should all go back and rest. You don't need to follow me."
Yu Ke and the others nodded in agreement and dispersed, leaving one after another. However, as Lang Yuan left, Lingxi on his shoulder glanced at Liuli's indifferent back, her eyes filled with exceptional sorrow.
Li Molin and Liuli walked side by side, traversing the crisscrossing paths among the numerous black stone houses, enduring the indifferent, disdainful, or mocking gazes of the people along the way.
Finally, the man and the fox arrived at the Winged Lord's Palace.
At that moment, Li Gan was still leaning back in the large chair, resting with his eyes closed. Hearing footsteps, he opened his eyes and saw Li Molin and Liu Li walking slowly towards him. As Li Molin walked forward, he led her by half a body length, subtly shielding her behind him. The posture seemed to be an instinctive desire to protect her.
Li Gan's vision suddenly blurred for some reason. In his daze, he seemed to see a scene from a very long time ago. It was also in this great hall that he was holding the hand of a woman in green and slowly walking into the depths of the hall. They were about to face the elders, protectors, and his father—the previous Demon Lord. What he and the woman in green were about to face was the opposition of everyone.
I vaguely remember that when he turned to look at her, she was laughing triumphantly, without a trace of fear on her face, her smile was so spirited.
"Father." Li Molin stopped in front of the platform and called out, "I wonder why Father has summoned Liuli and me here?"
Li Gan snapped out of his reverie, lowered his eyes to conceal the sadness in them, and said softly, "You've come."
"Yes." Li Molin nodded in response.
Li Gan put aside his turbulent emotions, sat up straight, looked up at Liu Li, and said in a deep voice, "Fox, you have repeatedly stirred up trouble in my Demon Realm. I suppose you have plenty of energy and nothing else to do."
Li Molin thought Li Gan was going to interrogate Liuli. He was about to speak when he heard Liuli raise her voice and say, "That's right. I can't get out of the Demon Realm. Wouldn't it be too boring if I didn't find something to do?"
Li Gan's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice, "You're quite arrogant because Lin'er is protecting you."
Liuli smiled coldly and said indifferently, "I don't need anyone to protect me, I'm just telling the truth."
Li Gan's gaze grew increasingly icy, and it was clear that the anger on his face was about to burst forth.
Upon seeing this, Li Molin quickly asked, "Father, what brings you here today?"
"Hmph!" Li Gan snorted coldly and said indifferently, "Fox, I just received news that another rare treasure has appeared in the Central Plains. Take your men and go to snatch it. Once you have it, bring it back to me."
Liuli was overjoyed, but asked suspiciously, "Are you really going to let me out?"
Li Gan nodded and said calmly, "Go ahead."
"Where did the extraordinary treasure appear?" Liuli asked.
Li Gan replied casually, "At Qinghu Lake in the Northern Rong Grassland."
"Good!" Liuli was overjoyed. Over the years, the horrific scene on Fox Plain and the moment she was killed by Shi Chan had frequently appeared in her dreams, often waking her up in terror, her heart burning with intense resentment, as if a raging fire was scorching her heart, making her restless and driven to madness. She had long wanted to go to the Central Plains for revenge, but Li Molin had stopped her from going.
She responded and immediately turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, Li Molin suddenly grabbed her arm. Liu Li froze, then said coldly, "Li Molin, what are you doing?"
Li Molin did not answer her question, but instead said to Li Gan, "Father, I also want to go and seize the rare treasure."
Li Gan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Lin'er, you can't go. The elders have found an ancient prescription that might be able to help you recover your lost essence. You should stay and try it."
Li Molin felt a surge of anxiety and said, "Liuli can't go either!"
"Lin'er!" Li Gan's face darkened.
"Li Molin!" Liuli was even more furious.
Li Molin turned to look at Liuli and said anxiously, "Liuli, you don't know how dangerous the Central Plains is for you right now. As soon as you appear in front of those Buddhist monks, they will attack you en masse and will never let you go!"
Liuli angrily flung her arms twice but couldn't shake off Li Molin's grip. She roared, "I don't need you to tell me what to do! Those bald Buddhist monks aren't coming after me, but I'm going to come after them! I, Liuli, will slaughter all the Buddhist sects in the Central Plains to quell the hatred in my heart!"
"Liuli!" Li Molin pleaded, "Wait for me a little longer. I'll try one more time. Whether this method works or not, I will take you out of here."
"Lin'er, let her go!" Li Gan said coldly, "How many of my demon clan have died at her hands over the years? If it weren't for your sake, do you think I would have spared her?"
Li Molin still ignored Li Gan's words. His expression even contained a hint of pleading as he said, "Liuli, please wait for me a little longer, just for these few days, okay?"
"Let me go!" Liu Li's gaze towards Li Molin was exceptionally cold, cold enough to freeze his heart, leaving him feeling utterly cold.
Li Molin felt a pang of pain in his heart. His memories drifted, and he suddenly remembered many years ago, in that cave in Fox Plain, when she had carefully tried to please him in order to go to the Central Plains, tying a white handkerchief around his injured hand.
Now, she still wants to go to the Central Plains, but the way she looks at him is so cold, so unfamiliar.
In that moment of distraction, Liuli managed to shake off his hand and, once free, strode out of the hall.
"Liuli!" Li Molin turned around and was about to chase after her.
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