Xue Huan on the opposite side watched this scene. Even though she knew it was fake, she couldn't help but shed tears. She didn't even have to act, the feeling of sorrow and grief came over her.
Ming Wan caught a glimpse of her like this out of the corner of his eye, and a triumphant smile flashed across his eyes.
However, the next moment, her heart suddenly felt cold, followed by a sharp pain. She looked down in a daze and saw a dagger stuck in her chest. The entire blade was completely embedded in her body, and the person holding the dagger was Pei Ji.
At this moment, he looked at her with extremely cold eyes.
A flash of lightning suddenly struck Ming Wan's mind, and she realized that he had been acting all this time!
No, not just him, but also Xue Huan. The relationship between these two has never broken down. They are lying to her!
Unfortunately, she found out too late.
Pei Ji swung the dagger around her heart, making sure she was dead, before letting her go.
Bang!
Mingwan's body fell to the ground and turned into smoke and dust.
Pei Ji and Xue Huan both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this scene.
He strode forward and pulled Xue Huan into his arms. With a moment of fear, he said, "It's okay. We'll be out soon."
However, the expected situation did not happen. The world did not collapse with Ming Wan's death. It still existed, and they were still there.
What is...going on?
"Hahaha, you didn't expect that, did you? Ming Wan is just a puppet of mine! Do you think you can get out by killing her? Dream on! You're the first to dare to deceive me! I'm going to lock you up here forever, leaving you wishing you were dead but unable to live! Hahahaha..."
An enchanting and crazy female voice came from all directions, seeming far away yet close, making people feel creepy.
"Really?" At this moment, Yuan Xi's soul briefly occupied Pei Ji's body, and he raised his hand to grab something from the air.
It was a red stone the size of a goose egg.
When Xue Huan saw this stone, she intuitively knew that this was the five-colored stone she was looking for!
"Give it back to me!" The charming female voice just now became sharp, and a beautiful woman appeared out of nowhere, her ten fingers turned into claws, grabbing the stone in Pei Ji's hand.
Isn't this woman the one in the painting? This must be the true form of the painting demon.
Pei Ji put his fingers together like a knife and chopped down at her head. The painted demon did not dodge, as if she was sure that Pei Ji could not hurt her, and she only focused on grabbing the red stone.
However, the moment her fingertips touched the stone, her body was split in half by Pei Ji and split in the middle.
There was no blood or intestines flowing out, and the scene was not even bloody at all.
Xue Huan only heard a "ripping" sound, like the sound of paper being torn into pieces.
The two halves of the painting demon's body fell lightly to the ground and turned into two pieces of drawing paper, with an expression of disbelief frozen on her face.
At this point, the painted demon was truly killed.
The colors of the entire world faded quickly and began to dissipate from the edges. Yuan Xi embraced Xue Huan and stepped on the two halves of the drawing paper. The next moment, the two of them had walked out of the collapsed world in the painting and returned to reality.
Looking at the wall again, the painting had a crack in the middle, which exactly matched the mark left by Yuan Xi.
The entire painting suddenly turned into ashes and turned into points of light that disappeared into the void.
In those fading points of light, Xue Huan saw the life of the Painting Demon.
She was originally just an ordinary painting of a beauty. One day, a scholar named Cui got the painting. When he saw the beauty in the painting, he was shocked by her beauty. He thought about her day and night, imagining that the beauty in the painting could become a real person and stay with him forever.
Later, Cui Sheng met a Taoist priest who told her that if she called the name of the beauty in the painting a thousand times every day for forty-nine days, the beauty would turn into a real person and walk out of the painting.
The beauty was called Wan Niang.
From then on, Cui Sheng called her name every day while looking at the scroll.
Forty-nine days later, Wan Niang really walked out of the painting. Cui Sheng was overjoyed and married her.
The couple is deeply in love and affectionate. They recite poems and paint every day, enjoying the romantic moments of life.
But the good times did not last long. The Cui family learned that Cui Sheng had secretly married a woman whose background was unknown to them. The woman looked like a vixen and bewitched him so much that he even forgot about the imperial examination and spent all day indulging in pleasure. The family became furious and asked Cui Sheng to divorce Wan Niang and marry someone else.
As for whom to marry? His family had already found one for him. The woman came from a good family and could help his career.
At first, Cui Sheng refused resolutely and swore to Wan Niang that he would never let her down.
Wan Niang also believed him.
But if Cui Sheng had really kept his oath, there would not have been the painted demon Wan Niang.
Cui Sheng had a big fight with his family and threatened that he would never set foot in the house again. Cui's father also threatened that he would no longer recognize him as his son and cut off his living expenses.
The Cui family is a prominent local family with considerable wealth. Originally, Cui Sheng only needed to study quietly and did not need to worry about life at all. This is why he could hang out with Wan Niang every day and still have money to spend.
Now that his money has been cut off, it’s okay in the short term, but after a long time, Cui Sheng, who has never worried about money before, suddenly doesn’t know what to do.
Wan Niang was originally transformed from a painting spirit, so naturally she didn't understand worldly affairs or money-making skills.
The two lovers suddenly fell into the difficulties of life.
Poor couples have many worries. When even having enough food to eat every day is a problem, can Cui Sheng still maintain the same feelings for Wan Niang?
When life is going smoothly and he has no worries about food and drink, love is what he pursues, but without the material foundation, love becomes useless.
At this time, Cui's mother came and told Cui Sheng that her family was willing to make a concession and that Wan Niang could be retained, but the wife had to be demoted to a concubine. Cui Sheng had already felt regretful, and after hearing the way out handed over by Cui's mother, he immediately agreed.
In this way, Wan Niang was changed from a wife to a concubine.
On the night that Cui Sheng got married, Wan Niang sat alone in the empty room, feeling lonely all night long. She thought of the happy times she had spent with Cui Sheng, his affection and tenderness, and the oath he had made to her... She was heartbroken.
However, she still couldn't let him go. She told herself that her husband still loved her and only married her out of necessity.
Only later did she realize that the so-called deep affection was nothing but sweet talk, and the man's sincerity was worthless!
She watched him pass the imperial examination and be in high spirits, watched him take concubines one after another and be a bridegroom every night, watched him express his deep affection to her in person, but then turn around and say the same sweet words to other women.
I only hear the laughter of new people, but never see the crying of old people.
She didn't understand this poem when she saw it before, but now she suddenly understood it.
Her face was still beautiful, and she had not aged at all over the years, but his heart was no longer with her.
If it were just that, it would be fine. But what is even more hateful is that because her superiors were attracted by her beauty and gave her a hint in words, he wanted to give her to his superiors to gain a better future.
At this moment, Wan Niang suddenly came to her senses.
Well, didn't he want a future? Didn't he want to please his superiors and get promoted? But she refused to give in to his wishes!
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