Begging for life
"I have three requests."
Having been able to save so many people, Li Yao didn't think it was too much to ask for three requests, so she agreed with him: "You go ahead."
"I escaped death from Liqi's hands, and I don't ask for anything else. My first request is his life."
Li Ze's eyes flashed with coldness, and his grip on the teacup tightened. He smiled gently, "Li Ling, Li Qi is my son. Even if he made a mistake, it shouldn't cost him his life. Besides, you're fine now."
Li Ling didn't care whether the smile on his face was real or fake, or whether he wanted to cut him into pieces.
Just after hearing this, Li Ling, who had just sat down, wanted to get up and leave. He ignored the reactions of others and simply said, "Then, let's just call it a day."
"Wait a minute!" Li Yao hurriedly stopped him: "Can we exchange it for other conditions?"
Li Ling looked at her coldly without saying anything.
Li Yao understood and said to Li Ze indifferently, "Your son is more trouble than good. If he dies, then he dies. There's no need to create a cause and effect for him."
The Panqiu clan leader echoed, "Everyone knows that Young Master Yinchao is a complete nuisance. How can he compare to those disciples who fought bravely for the five clans in the chaos? Now, using the life of a useless person to buy the safety of the other disciples is a perfect thing."
Li Ze was shaking with anger. It wasn't their son who died, and it wasn't their faces that were hit, so of course these people thought it was a good deal.
However, the Five Spirits Sacred Realm has its own set of laws, and those in charge of the immortals are forbidden from killing innocent people. Otherwise, the karma will be difficult to eliminate, and their cultivation will be damaged. As Li Yao said, there was no need for him to threaten others in public for a useless son, and playing tricks behind his back was even more impossible. Therefore, he had to agree to Li Ling's conditions even if he didn't agree to them. There was no room for maneuver.
Li Ze's face twisted, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Please invite Li Qi here."
Li Yu, who had been standing next to Li Ze, stepped forward and took the order.
"Dad, you're looking for me..." As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw Li Ling. He looked as if he had seen a ghost and screamed, "Li Ling! Why are you here? Why aren't you dead yet?"
The cruel move he made that day not only destroyed Li Ling's spiritual veins, but also poisoned him. How could he still be alive!
In broad daylight... Could it be that a ghost has appeared?
Before he could grab the man to find out what was going on, a slap with a strong wind slammed down on Li Qi's face. He shook his head and took a long time to steady himself. When he looked up, he saw Lize standing in front of him angrily, saying in a sinister voice, "Kneel down!"
Although Li Qi was a bastard, he always felt inexplicably scared when facing Li Ze. His knees went weak and he immediately knelt down, his eyes still full of viciousness and resentment as he glanced at Li Ling.
"As a disciple of Hidden Tide, you have acted recklessly and murdered your own people! From today on, you are no longer my son of Lize. Whether you live or die has nothing to do with me."
"Dad!" Li Qi hadn't expected Li Ze to come here just to drive him out of Yinchao. How could this be possible! It must be Li Ling's doing. It must be Li Ling's doing! He really should kill this beast himself!
Li Qi let out a wild beast's roar from his throat. He glared at Li Ling, got up and pounced on him, "Li..."
Li Ling watched him fall indifferently.
The bloodstain on Li Qi's neck kept bleeding. He couldn't make a sound. He wanted to reach out and grab Li Ling, but the other party took a step back and avoided his bloody hand.
He died strangely with his eyes open and was soon carried away.
Lize: "Is that enough?"
"Enough. I have other things to do today. I will fulfill my promise tomorrow." Li Ling's behavior was extremely unreasonable, but who could have saved people? So even if some of them were unhappy, they did not show it too obviously.
When he stood up, Li Ling did not miss the vicious look that flashed across Li Ze's eyes.
Li Ling chuckled indifferently and disappeared in the meeting hall.
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"Mr. Lei."
"Ling brat!" Lei Lao was about to step forward, but suddenly noticed something and stopped and said, "You've broken the seal."
“Not completely.”
Lei Lao was somewhat helpless, but he did not show it. He said, "Do you still remember what I told you?"
Li Ling stood quietly in front of Lei Lao, the leaves on the tree swaying in the wind and falling gracefully. His memory stretched out little by little, and he slowly said, "I remember."
…
That was when Li Ling was five years old. He was being bullied by Li Hongcai and his men. He was alone and weak, and could not defeat them at all. In a short while, he was kicked and punched left and right, and his face was bruised and swollen by his fellow tribesmen.
As soon as Master Lei arrived, he drove away Li Hongcai and the others. Little Li Ling, lying on the ground, wanted to thank Master Lei, but was in so much pain that he couldn't get up.
Li Ling was dirty at the time, looking like a little beggar, but instead of being disgusted, Lei Lao took him home. Not long after, Lei Lao offered to teach him how to practice.
Li Ling remembered that he was very happy at the time, but that fervent passion was soon extinguished. He was like a dead tree without any talent for cultivation. No matter how hard he tried, his cultivation could not improve even a little bit.
When he was seven years old, he wanted to give up, but he was afraid of disappointing Mr. Lei's teachings, so he struggled for a long time.
Li Ling, with a sad face, knelt before Master Lei and asked, "Master, why can't I learn it?"
"Do you want to know the reason?"
Xiao Liling: "I want to."
The children of Yinchao are naturally favored by the water spirit. When Li Ling was a child, he looked like a pink jade porcelain doll. When Lei Lao saw his drooping eyes, he wanted to tease him and said in a pretentious way, "Master, I can't tell you."
Hearing this, Xiao Li Ling felt even more sad. Her big eyes were quickly filled with mist, as if she was about to cry in the next second.
Li Ling thought at the time that he must be too stupid and had low aptitude, so he couldn't learn well.
Xiao Li Ling felt sad in her chest, her eyes were red, and her long eyelashes were stained with dew, revealing the innocence that only children have.
He cried but didn't dare to cry, and he was so well-behaved that it was really lovable. Lei Lao looked at him with a smile, and his wrinkled face was full of kindness.
Lei Lao wiped the tears from his eyes, ruffled his soft hair, and said, "A Ling, do you really want to know why?"
Li Ling said firmly: "I want to know."
"Okay, then you must remember what I say next."
Old Lei withdrew his hand and waved it in the air, and an ancient scroll unfolded in the air.
Li Ling opened his eyes wide, not wanting to miss even a single moment.
The picture on the scroll slowly emerges like ink dripping onto paper. The originally magnificent ceremony is now covered in blood, with corpses everywhere, showing how brutal the battle was.
This is really not a scene that a child should watch. Mr. Lei originally thought that Li Ling would be scared and cry, but she didn't.
Li Ling looked at it blankly, and then heard a voice coming from the scroll.
A red figure came into view. The person looked androgynous, and it was hard to tell whether she was a man or a woman. The blood on her face made her look even more gorgeous.
"She" smiled strangely, like a madman: "Murong, you don't really think I will be defeated by you like this, do you!?"
Before the person called "Murong" could reply, "she" suddenly burst into laughter. Her wanton and reckless laughter was filled with the determination to die together with her: "I am the only one in the world. How can you, a petty little guy, defeat me!"
The monstrous demonic energy rushed towards Murong with the momentum of destroying the world. His body was covered with scars. If the woman in blue beside him had not grabbed him with one hand, he would have fallen down long ago.
At this critical moment, a young man's voice rang out: "Protect the emperor! Come and protect the emperor!"
"Help!"
There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood at the ceremony, and few people could respond to him. The evil spirits hit the young man.
"Yujun!"
"Lord Water God!"
The scene was in chaos, and the scroll stopped at that moment and did not continue to unfold.
Li Ling looked at the man in the scroll, known as "Lord Water God." In an effort to save others, he had drawn the demonic energy onto himself. As the young man collapsed, the image vanished. Li Ling's gaze lingered on the scroll for a long moment.
"Master, what happened to that boy? Did he die?"
"Not dead. He is you, and you are him. You were originally the Water God of the Divine Realm, but in your eagerness to protect the Emperor, you were contaminated by the demonic energy. Later, your soul was damaged, and you could no longer ascend to the throne of a deity. The Divine Emperor could not bear to see your soul dissipate and fall from the altar, so he asked me to bring you into this small world, no matter how long it takes, to eliminate the demonic energy."
"What does this have to do with my poor spell training?"
Elder Lei paused, then said, "Of course it's related. The demonic energy within you is too overbearing and has developed intelligence. It cunningly merged with the spiritual energy within you, and not even the Divine Emperor can help you separate them. Demonic energy and spiritual energy coexist, and once they reach a certain limit, you can no longer control them. To prevent the demonic energy from succeeding, the Divine Emperor had no choice but to plant a seal... From then on, your foundation was sealed, and naturally, you will never become a prodigy and achieve immortality."
Xiao Li Ling puffed out his cheeks and said angrily, "Then why should I study? I won't study anymore!"
"You idiot, practicing is beneficial, not just for the day or night. You will understand in the future."
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"Master Lei, I just want to know what will happen if I can't control the demonic energy in my body?"
Elder Lei was silent for a moment, then spoke reluctantly, "If you can control yourself, you will regain your position as the Water God of the Divine Realm. If you can't, your demonic energy will destroy you, turning you into a demonic being that everyone wants to kill, plunder, and rob... At that point, your only hope will be death."
The demonic energy was cunning. While Li Ling could coexist peacefully with it today, that might not be the case in the future. That creature must be lurking in the shadows, waiting for Li Ling's weakest moment to pounce and gain the upper hand.
Li Ling understood the truth, but he didn't want to live such a cowardly life anymore.
Li Ling bowed and said sincerely, "Thank you for telling me, Master."
Lei Lao was stunned. He thought Li Ling would no longer call him Master because of his deception. "A Ling, it's not too late for you to regret now. I can..."
"You don't have to say anything more. Now that I've made my decision, I'm not afraid... Even if I lose control in the future... I've already thought of a plan, so you don't have to worry."
The relationship between them as master and disciple was eventually broken.
Only after Li Ling left did Old Lei take out the Tongtian Mirror.
The Tongtian Mirror is a magical tool used by people in the divine world to communicate, so it can not only transmit information, but also transmit images.
The Tongtian Mirror floated to mid-air and stopped.
Auspicious clouds were swirling in the mirror, filling the entire screen. Suddenly, the clouds dispersed, and the face of a majestic man appeared in the mirror.
Lei Lao stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty."
"Mr. Lei, there's no need for formalities between you and me."
"yes."
"How's the matter with the Water God?"
"Ten lifetimes of tribulation, this is already the tenth. If nothing unexpected happens... there will be no problem."
The man in the mirror knocked on the table, as if considering something. "A few days ago, I asked Siming to calculate the fate of the Water God. I'm afraid his tribulation this time will not be so simple. If anything goes wrong, I can't interfere too much. I hope that Master Lei can help me save his life."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Lei Lao stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, I have something else to ask."
"What's the matter?" Murong Yu picked up a cup of spiritual tea.
"The demon girl Yujun was born prematurely."
A cold light flashed in Murong Yu's eyes in the mirror, and he crushed the cup of spiritual tea into pieces.
"knew."
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After a heavy rain, the roads in the mountains were bumpy.
It was already midnight. The moonlight shone through the leaves onto the small pond, and strange bird calls could be heard from the forest from time to time.
Anan staggered as he walked, his head aching. His reflection on the water was only a figure wrapped in black mist.
If Li Ling was here at this moment, he would definitely notice that there was a strange red light in Anan's eyes, and it seemed as if blood was flowing out of his eyes.
Anan held her splitting head in her arms, groaning in agony. Just as she was about to die from the pain, the demonic energy within her body, as if on its own, peeled away from her.
At first, the evil energy was just a mixed mass, but after a while, it changed into a black shadow of the same size as Anan.
The shadowy figure placed a hand on An Nan's shoulder and sneered at her from behind, "I've told you long ago that even if a loser like you were possessed by my demonic energy, it would only be a waste of time and effort, and you wouldn't gain much benefit. Look at you now, you look like a ghost, half-human, half-demon. It's so ugly."
"Shut up!"
"How dare you tell me to shut up? You're so bold! You're simply courting death. I'll just kill you to satisfy my hunger!"
Without saying a word, the black shadow condensed its demonic energy into claws and stabbed towards Anan's chest.
Anan, who should have been weak, suddenly had a red light in his eyes. He caught the black shadow in his hand and threw it into the mud before the other party could react.
"You are so arrogant! Do you really think I will be trapped by you forever?" An Nan sneered, "Back then, you gave me 20% of your demonic energy so that I could help you break the seal. I had no choice but to listen to you in order to gain power."
Anan's eyes were filled with ruthlessness. She pinched Yujun's hand even tighter, as if she wanted to crush the entire shadow. "But, by then, you will have enough strength. I fear you, and I also hope to use you to kill those hypocritical villains of the Five Clans."
Anan chuckled, "I thought you were so capable, but now it seems you're just that capable. You've been beaten to a pulp, yet you still dare to show off in front of me? Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
"You little bastard, how dare you kill me! I won't forgive you!"
Anan said indifferently: "I know you have an immortal body."
Yu Jun was stunned as if someone had stepped on her pigtails, "How did you know?"
Anan ignored her and continued to talk to himself, "But now your original body is completely destroyed, and your soul is scattered all over the place. Even ghosts would despise you. So it seems that you are even more useless than a useless person like me!"
"So what? When I regain my strength, I will tear you into pieces!"
"You have a strong recovery ability, otherwise you wouldn't have survived for so many years." Anan leaned over to her ear and whispered, "But don't forget, it takes time to recuperate and make a comeback. Do you think I can give you that time? Hmm?"
Her voice was filled with lingering intimacy, but her hands moved ruthlessly and decisively. The next moment, Yujun's lingering soul was crushed to pieces by her.
A ray of moonlight fell on her shoulder. She walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Soon, the lonely figure disappeared in the forest.
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