Chapter 95
But she was too late.
Leng Huai had fallen into the spikes, countless spikes piercing through his body, a horrifying sight.
Mo Xiaoxin, suspended in mid-air, witnessed this scene, and a torrent of pain welled up in her heart, her eyes gradually moistening: "How could you be so foolish..."
She suddenly remembered the pills Mu Xiaoxiao had given her; she remembered a golden pill that could bring people back to life.
Mo Xiaoxin took out the pills and fed them to Leng Huai.
After a while, Leng Huai indeed woke up.
Mo Xiaoxin was extremely excited.
Unexpectedly, this was just a temporary resurgence.
He looked at her, a hint of guilt in his eyes: "Don't wait for me..."
After uttering only three words, Leng Huai breathed his last.
Mo Xiaoxin burst into tears.
Why didn't the small medicine work?
The black mist showed no reaction to Leng Huai's suicide, only a hint of sorrow in its voice: "If you die, I cannot live either. I was originally a wisp of a demon god's remnant remaining in this world; without my body, I am gone too..."
Mo Xiaoxin wiped away her tears and asked the question that had been lingering in her mind: "Did you kill my mother?"
Black Mist chuckled twice, and when she mentioned Yue, her voice carried a strange sadness: "Whether it is true or not, Yue is already dead."
Mo Xiaoxin demanded, "Where is my mother's body? You hid her!"
The black mist said, "Don't worry, I've been carefully tending to your mother's body; it will never rot. But after I die, your mother's body will be yours..."
"Where did you put my mother's body?" she asked again.
"It's right there in the Divine Realm..."
After he finished speaking, the black mist gradually disappeared as if it were out of control.
Mo Xiaoxin tricked Nanxing and Zhu Jin and saved them.
The three of them carried Leng Huai's body away from underground.
Mo Xiaoxin found a floating palace on the cliff. Stepping over the glazed steps of the floating palace, she saw an ice jade coffin. The coffin was smooth and translucent, emitting a faint, chilling aura.
As Mo Xiaoxin trembled and approached the coffin, her fingertips touched the coldness, and the figure inside the coffin gradually became clear.
She was dressed in a moon-white brocade gown, her long hair cascading down like a waterfall. Her hands were folded over her lower abdomen, and her skin was smooth and radiant, though her face was somewhat pale. She lay in the coffin as if she were sleeping peacefully.
Mo Xiaoxin stared at the face that resembled her own seven-tenths, and her heart trembled.
She finally... saw her.
As if knowing she had arrived, the fingers hanging down in front of her abdomen seemed to twitch slightly.
Mo Xiaoxin quickly grasped those delicate and soft hands, and then felt an extremely cold touch.
Perhaps it was just her imagination.
How could a corpse possibly move?
"Mother, I'm here," Mo Xiaoxin called softly.
Unlike when she saw the Southern Demon King and Demon Queen, when she saw Yue, it was as if she had seen a long-lost relative, and a lot of complicated emotions welled up in her heart.
Even though she had been dead for tens of thousands of years, her skin still looked smooth and flawless, and her coffin was spotless.
It was clear that the Demon God took good care of Yue, and their relationship wasn't as bad as people said. However, she still didn't understand how her mother had died, nor had she been told by the Demon God before he disappeared.
Perhaps it will never be known.
Looking at Yue sleeping peacefully, she felt an urge to tell her everything that had happened during this time.
"Mom, do you know? I met a wonderful person. He was so good to me, he was willing to risk his life to protect me, but he just died. I'm so sad..."
She thought Leng Huai was dead, and the system would indicate that the task was not completed.
She tried calling the system and entering the space several times but failed. Mo Qiuxin did not respond, and everything seemed to have disappeared.
Perhaps this is the world I can only remain in.
She always felt that things weren't over yet, that there was still a net that hadn't been discovered, and that many mysteries hadn't been solved.
But who can explain all of this to her?
After she came into this world, she watched her loved ones die one by one, and her heart was broken.
What's the point of her staying here all alone?
A tear slid down the corner of her eye and landed on Yue's face.
Mo Xiaoxin quickly wiped away her tears: "I'm sorry, Mother."
A wisp of white smoke drifted out from Yue's body, transforming into the appearance of a young woman.
Mo Xiaoxin froze, staring blankly at the woman floating in the air: "Mother?"
Yue smiled gently, a smile so tender: "My child, you've finally arrived."
"Mother, you're not dead?" Mo Xiaoxin's voice trembled slightly. How she wished Yue could wake up.
Yue: "This is a remnant of my will that I left behind before I died, just to help you, my child."
"Mother, were you killed by a demon?"
Yue was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Is that what everyone says? The demon god is so wronged. Not only did she not kill me, she even tried to save me."
It turns out that ten thousand years ago, the God of War and the God of Demons fought for a thousand years, with their strengths evenly matched.
One day, the demon god came to the battlefield but found that the war god had not appeared.
The Demon God berated the God of War for being untrustworthy, daring to stand her up!
But she was curious about why the God of War hadn't come to fight.
She searched for a long time and finally found the God of War by a stream.
It turns out that the seemingly glamorous and universally admired God of War was secretly daydreaming by the stream.
She deliberately walked up to Yue and said, "Hey!"
Yue had already noticed her: "Zicang, tell me, why should I live in this world?"
Zi Cang raised an eyebrow and declared confidently, "Of course it's to duel with me!"
"But what's the point of us fighting like this every day?"
Zi Cang was confused: "What do you mean? Isn't this quite fun? The Heavenly Realm sent you to get rid of me, but you can't kill me. Those old thieves in the Heavenly Realm are so angry they're fuming. It's really interesting!"
Zi Cang spoke with great enthusiasm, but Yue showed no reaction whatsoever.
Zi Cang could tell that Yue was sick.
She had heard more or less about Yue's situation.
From a young age, she was an outstanding member of the snake clan, exceptionally talented, kind-hearted, and devoted to cultivation. Even after becoming a goddess, she did not neglect her cultivation, caring for all living beings. She had many friends and family, and everyone loved her dearly.
Zi Cang is the complete opposite of Yue. She was lonely and miserable from a young age. In order to survive, she had to kill people and demons. Gradually, she cultivated into a demon. After experiencing the Heavenly Dao, she accidentally became a demon god. She was the first person to cultivate the demonic path and become a god.
No one could understand how such a wicked person could cultivate into a god, and they all despised him.
Zi Cang originally thought that becoming a goddess would bring her a peaceful life, but things turned out even worse.
So what if it's bad? Who says God is necessarily good?
Upon hearing that the demon realm was harming humanity, Yue volunteered to fight against the demon god.
When Zi Cang first met Yue, she hated her intensely. Why did Yue have such a smooth life while she had such a miserable one?
Both are demons who are gods, so why is she the one who is revered and loved by everyone?
During their first major battle, Zi Cang went all out, but Yue always retreated to advance and defended to attack, making her feel increasingly humiliated as the fight progressed.
"Yue! Show me your best skills! What are you doing, cowering like this? Is this all the Demon God is capable of?"
Yue remained calm and composed, smiling slightly: "How do you know I didn't harm you?"
Zi Cang then felt a ticklish sensation all over her body, which made her stomach ache from scratching: "Huh? Hahaha, what, what did you do to me? Haha..."
Zi Cang rolled up her sleeves, revealing her arms covered in a dense swarm of tiny white insects.
The sight of these tiny insects made her scalp tingle, and she frowned as she threw them all away.
Zi Cang: "A mere trick. You think you can defeat me with that?"
Yue remained standing there, smiling slightly. Her smile was as warm and radiant as the spring sunshine, so bright it hurt Zi Cang's eyes.
Yue: "Really?"
Zi Cang glanced at Yue suspiciously. Could it be that Yue had done something to her?
Sure enough, the next second she felt a chill run through her body, and her bones felt like they were being gnawed by insects.
Zi Cang's lips began to turn bluish-purple: "What did you do to me!"
Yue said calmly, "High-level ice magic, Bone-Eroding Curved Blade."
Zi Cang sneered: "You are indeed very powerful, but you were clearly injured by me, so why are you so calm?"
Yue's lips twitched: "You still figured it out."
The blood on Yue's sleeves, hidden behind her back, had already stained them red.
The first major battle resulted in heavy losses for both sides.
After returning home, Zi Cang refused to admit defeat. Once her injuries had healed, she went to Kunlun to find Yue again.
Upon learning that Yue had gone to the human realm to handle matters, she flew into a rage like a child, flooding Jinshan Temple and setting fire to the forest.
After all that trouble she caused, Yue did indeed come again.
This time, Yue looked much more haggard than before, perhaps because she had been thinking too much about things in the human world.
Without saying a word, Zi Cang started fighting with Yue.
Gradually, she began to enjoy the feeling of fighting against Yue.
If Yue doesn't come one day, she will secretly go over and find out what she is doing.
After all, there are very few people in this world who can fight her to a draw.
This was the first time she had tried to make friends, but unfortunately, the other person turned out to be her enemy.
So when she learned that Yue was sick, she suddenly panicked. If Yue was gone, who would fight alongside her?
She was so anxious she was pacing back and forth, not knowing what to do.
She randomly grabbed someone and asked them, and that person told her that life would be better if she had something to rely on.
Yes, just like Yue is her spiritual sustenance.
If Yue were gone, this world would probably be meaningless.
Zi Cang then told Yue, "Why don't you find a man and have a child? Maybe then you'll have the motivation to live."
Yue didn't actually harbor any hostility towards this wicked demon god. On the contrary, she felt a sense of camaraderie between them.
Everyone placed high hopes on her, but none of them ever listened to what she truly needed. She had always been alone; she couldn't find meaning in life.
She accepted Zi Cang's advice.
She went to the human world, found a man, and gave birth to a child.
Little did anyone know that childbirth in the snake clan was a matter of life and death, and even Yue could not escape it.
Zi Cang was filled with regret. What a terrible idea she had come up with!
Before she died, Keyue entrusted her only child to her.
Zi Cang was at a loss, holding the soft, cuddly baby. She had no idea how to take care of a child, so she had no choice but to take the infant to the demon realm and hand him over to the Southern Demon King and Demon Queen, who were still just ordinary leaders.
These unfortunate coincidences led to a series of events, including the widespread dissemination of the news that the demon god had killed the monster god.
What chilled Yue to the bone was that the snake clan elders were not saddened by her loss. Instead, they felt that Yue's foolishness and defeat had brought shame to the snake clan and removed her from the clan's genealogy.
Mo Xiaoxin sighed upon hearing this.
She actually understands their experiences very well.
In fact, both Yue and Zicang were people who had never been properly loved.
“I’ve actually seen all that she’s done over the years, but because I only have a wisp of a will left, I can’t come out to meet her and warn her,” Yue sighed.
"Mother, if you can come back, I will love you well and let you experience the warmth of this world."
Mo Xiaoxin desperately wanted to hold onto something; she still held onto a glimmer of hope: "Mother, I'm all alone in this world now. Please stay with me and don't go."
Yue shook her head: "Child, your mother is dead and can't go back. Don't be afraid. Although I'm dead, Leng Huai still has a chance to live."
A white, carved jade tablet materialized in Yue's hand: "This is a pass to the spirit world."
"The Spirit Realm? What kind of place is that?"
Yue: "Actually, you already have the answer in your heart, don't you?"
Mo Xiaoxin did have a suspicion in her heart, but she never dared to admit it. She tentatively asked, "Leng Huai... he's actually already dead, isn't he?"
After receiving Yue's affirmation, Mo Xiaoxin felt like her world was collapsing.
How could this be...?
She began to suspect this from the moment she first entered the Blackwater Pool and encountered Leng Huai, who was cured of poison by the Xuan Snake.
She had gone to the Yinqi Pavilion in the Demon City to inquire about information. The Pavilion Master of the Yinqi Pavilion was said to be omniscient. She went there with a try-it-and-see attitude, but she didn't expect to actually find out the information.
The Xuan Snake is indeed an ancient mythical beast with astonishing combat power and its scales contain potent venom. But it also has a hidden ability: to create the bodies of the dead.
When she heard the news, she even wondered if Yinqi Pavilion's information was wrong. After all, Leng Huai was alive and well right in front of her, and Xuan She was also her mother's good friend. The two of them shouldn't have kept it from her.
But it wasn't until she saw Leng Huai fall into the spikes with her own eyes, and the blood flowing out was reddish-black, that she was able to confirm it again.
Leng Huai conspired with Xuan She to deceive her.
But why did they lie to her?
"Don't blame him. He has his regrets and obsessions too." As if knowing what Mo Xiaoxin was thinking, Yue sighed.
Leng Huai has an unfulfilled wish to find the Demon God and ask him the truth, which she can understand. But why did Xuan She help Leng Huai lie to her?
"Is the Black Serpent really your friend, Mother? But why is it helping Leng Huai?"
Yue explained, "The Xuan Snake is indeed my friend. As for why it helped Leng Huai, perhaps Leng Huai made a deal with it. It's not easy for ancient divine beasts to survive; they need powerful spiritual energy to nourish them, and the seven souls and six spirits are the best spiritual energy. Leng Huai probably made a deal with the Xuan Snake for one of his souls and one spirit."
Mo Xiaoxin was stunned. No wonder Leng Huai seemed quite familiar with what it was like to lose one's soul: "If we don't help Leng Huai find his soul, will he become like a walking corpse?"
Yue: "That's why I told you he still has a chance!"
Mo Xiaoxin asked anxiously, "Then how should I save him?"
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