Ku Ming looked at her and sighed, "You are too impatient, little girl. You attacked me before I finished speaking, and you even wanted to kill me. If I don't let you suffer a little, no one will be able to stop you after another ten years of cultivation. Wouldn't you become a demon?"

Seeing that he seemed to have no ill intentions, Yao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she felt a little embarrassed. She snorted and said nothing.

"My test is not about fighting, but about the illusion of the Desire Realm. You cannot leave the Soul Devouring Tower before you pass through the illusion. Blow out this eternal lamp when you are ready. I will wait for you two on the top floor." He turned to look at Jiang Mi, with some expectation in his eyes, "Master doesn't have much time left, so you can't wait too long."

The young man nodded, and Ku Ming smiled slightly: "Master believes that you can come out." After that, he flew into the air and disappeared in an instant.

She slowly approached the statues, and they were indeed the four heavenly kings who ruled the desire world, Dhritarashtra, Virūpākṣa, Vairocana, and Vairocana. The stone on the Buddha's head was green, and there were many natural cracks, which seemed to have experienced many years of wind and rain. Even moss could be seen on the cracks. She vaguely felt that these Buddha statues were different from those in the Mahāyūtaṭaka Hall. After a closer look, she found that each of the four heavenly kings had their pupils looking down, as if they were looking at them.

I heard that some people who came to get the Heavenly Star Scripture went crazy or died. I guess it was because of this illusion. Ku Ming was so powerful, this illusion must be full of dangers. I remembered the promise I made when I went to find Jiang Mi, saying that I would ensure his safety, and I couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

"I'm sorry, I was too arrogant. I didn't expect this would be so dangerous."

The young man was startled and waved his hands hastily: "No, I followed the fairy voluntarily." As if afraid that she would not believe him, he emphasized again, "I am willing!"

Seeing this, the girl's expression brightened and she smiled: "I already told you, call me Yaoyue from now on."

The smile was slow and leisurely, and the light red corners of the lips under the candlelight actually gave rise to an indescribable feeling in one's heart.

"Yaoyue..." His voice trembled slightly. He only called out once, but he called out more than ten times in his heart.

What a beautiful name, worthy of a fairy.

"The fantasy world we are going to soon will be very dangerous. But I have a way to give both of us the best chance of survival. Are you willing to give it a try?"

Jiang Mi nodded immediately.

"I saw a spell in the books of Xingji Pavilion before, called Soul Contract. Both parties who sign the contract can consume their own blood and mana to revive each other." She walked a few steps closer and placed her hand on his dantian in his lower abdomen. "If you are willing, I will start chanting the spell."

She leaned in close enough to smell each other's scent. He had the delicate plum blossom scent of the ointment, mixed with his own woody scent, which was very pleasant. The young man smelled the cool fragrance on her body, his face flushed slightly, and he shyly said yes.

Yao Yue no longer hesitated, and placed her other hand on her dantian, chanting the spell while injecting a stream of spiritual energy into both of their purple palaces, engraving the ancient spell. Jiang Mi tasted the same tingling sensation as last time, slowly rising from his tailbone, and had to bite his fingers to use the pain to remind himself not to lose his composure like last time.

"Alright," the soul contract was established, the girl let out a long breath, took his hand and walked to the dim eternal lamp, "-- let's get started."

In the Soul-Devouring Tower, the last light source went out.

The thick black fog swallowed the two of them in an instant, as if the night had suddenly fallen. The ground under their feet suddenly became hot, like a swamp or magma. In addition to the heat, there was only a suffocating darkness. If they stopped, their bodies would slowly sink. They could only keep moving forward, with no place to rest. Although they were holding hands, they could not touch him at all. Their feet gradually became too heavy to move. She was so tired but did not dare to stop. She did not know where the road ahead led to, so she could only continue this numb trek.

Just when she felt that she was about to collapse, she suddenly saw a bright light in front of her eyes, and the scorching sun with rolling heat waves rushed towards her. Under her feet was an endless desert, and the sand and dust in the distance were gradually approaching, like countless horses galloping from the horizon. She came back to her senses and found that the two were still walking hand in hand.

Jiang Mi was also in a bad state, and he had obviously experienced the same thing as her. His eyes were bloodshot and his lips were pale and dry, as if he was extremely thirsty. In front of the two of them was a huge ancient well that was two meters square and three meters wide. The walls were covered with moss, and there were messy rocks piled up, with mottled water marks several meters high. The well water was clear and transparent, and the water level was very high. You didn't even need a wooden bucket to fish it out. You could just bend down and drink it.

Yao Yue swallowed her saliva and felt her mouth was filled with sand and dust. The sharp sand and dust had hurt the mucous membrane in her mouth and produced a strong sweet and fishy taste.

I want to drink water...

She pulled herself away from this thought with difficulty and said hoarsely to the person beside her: "This water is not drinkable. Let's find a way to leave first."

——In the illusion of the Desire Realm, all desires are tests. If you indulge in it, you will either go crazy or die.

Jiang Mi nodded. They tacitly did not separate, fearing that they would fall into different illusions if they were not careful, and vaguely regarded each other as some kind of support.

The two searched around here for a long time, but they didn't have the energy to go any further, so they went around and around and came back to the well.

At this time, a tiny drop of water dripped from the stone wall and hit the water surface, as if reminding them that there was water to drink. But her focus was different -

There was not a single ripple on the water surface.

She picked up a stone from the ground and threw it over. This time it was more obvious, not even the slightest ripple was created!

There is no water in this well!

"Cover your mouth and jump in!"

***

The water was above her head, and after a brief moment of suffocation, she finally felt her feet on solid ground.

This was a tall and magnificent palace, with jade pillars and golden courtyards, jade steps and green thresholds. Beautiful brocade was hung around it, and the breeze slid across her cheeks, making her feel slightly cool, smooth and soft. Her right hand was empty, and the person next to her had disappeared, and her heart skipped a beat.

Yao Yue bravely lifted the layers of curtains, and was stunned by the sight. There were countless rare treasures, all of which were priceless. The gems were translucent and bright, and they were elegant and luxurious under the inlay of gold and silver threads. The pearls shone, and it was obvious at a glance that they were rare and top-quality. The box was filled with pearls, jades, toys, calligraphy and paintings of various colors, which made the already very luxurious brocade lose some color.

She was secretly shocked: Fortunately, Zhang Chi didn’t come, otherwise I would definitely not be able to get out.

There were still several layers of curtains around these treasure chests. After opening them, there was a square table with ebony and gold decoration, which was filled with fine wine, delicacies, fairy mushrooms and spiritual fruits. Unfortunately, these things were not very useful for her who had been fasting for a long time. However, she was a little worried about Jiang Mi. The boy was tall and looked like he could eat a lot.

When she stepped into the next cubicle, her eyes finally changed.

Eighteen kinds of weapons were listed in order, and there were also treasures of various sects. With just a cursory glance, she could see Xingyuan's Thousand Machine Fan, Miaoyin Sect's Ancient Relic Sound, Yaowang Valley's Shennong Ding... When she moved her gaze to the raised white jade platform in the center of the hall, her soul was shocked!

A long sword stood on the white jade platform. The sword was long, steep and simple, with a sharp edge around the sword body, and a cold and indifferent light and shadow that looked down on all living things. She would never mistake the four small seal characters on the hilt -

The Imperial Heavenly Sword!

Instantly, Yao Yue's palms were filled with sweat, and there was a buzzing sound in her ears, like the whisper of an evil demon, which could not be shaken off.

Go get it and become its new owner...

Take it, you are the best in the world...

Her legs seemed to move on their own, and they moved faster and faster, almost running towards that place. Just as she was about to touch the hilt of the sword, someone stretched out a strong arm and hugged her from behind.

The girl's consciousness became blurred, and her mind was filled with thousands of desires, rising and falling like a tide. A vague murderous intent arose from nowhere. Her eyes were red as if she was possessed by a demon. She struggled and kicked frantically, lowered her head and bit the man's arm across her chest, and her mouth was filled with a bloody and salty taste. The man behind her groaned in pain, but no matter how she kicked and hit him, he just held her half-holding and half-lifting his arms and walked away, refusing to let go.

Realizing that she couldn't break free anyway, her bloodshot eyes moistened, and she looked back at the sword and burst into tears like a child who had lost her toy for the first time, as if she wanted to pour out all the sorrows of her life here. She finally stopped crying until she could no longer see the sword, and her eyes turned from red to black.

The girl's throat was slightly sore from the exhaustion of shouting just now, and her mouth was full of the taste of rust. There was a warm stream flowing out of her eyes, and tears were dripping down her cheeks as if she had just woken up from a dream, and she murmured in a daze: "Jiang Mi..."

"Yaoyue," the man gently put her down after hearing the voice, still holding his hand on her waist, "Are you awake?"

"Hmm..." She responded vaguely, her eyes falling on the two rows of deep teeth marks on his left arm, where blood was still oozing out. Her brows suddenly frowned and she bit her lower lip hard.

——She really wanted to kill him just now.

Jiang Mi looked at her with tears still in the corners of her eyes, and felt a suffocating feeling coming from his heart, as if he was entangled by a slippery poisonous snake. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand to smooth her brows bit by bit, and his fingers covered with thin calluses trembled slightly.

"I'm not in pain, just wake up."

She stood there in a daze, her heart seemed to be pulled by something, a warm current instantly surged through her, like a branding iron, making her heart burn. The trembling and unspeakable emotions also spread in her chest, astringent and green, and indescribably soft.

She had never seen anyone like Jiang Mi.

You are as weak as a lamb, but you feel sorry for the wolf with fangs.

A completely different person from her.

The master said that she was born to be the best in the world, and she agreed and enjoyed it. The Quanxing sect she founded had only one rule, which was that everyone lived for themselves, abandoned all acquired shackles, and pursued their nature. For the Immortal Alliance with its numerous secular rules, her sect was an evil sect. In the past five years, as many people called her the Chiyu Fairy as there were people who called her the Baili Demon Girl.

Ku Ming was right. Her temper needed to be disciplined urgently. It only took her five years to go from not harming anyone's life when she left the mountains to returning tenfold the loss to anyone who wanted to harm her.

She put away her complicated feelings and forced a smile: "You are amazing. I thought you would be unable to walk at the dinner table."

"Dinner table?" Jiang Mi was surprised. "I didn't see anything except you."

Hearing this, the girl was struck by lightning. Her slender body trembled violently. She looked stiffly into the pair of clear and deep phoenix eyes with an extremely strange expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" He looked at her with confusion and uneasiness, and his hand that was originally on her waist tightened slightly.

She felt like her ears were burning, her face was a mixture of absurdity and embarrassment, and... a little bit of indescribable shyness. She brushed his hand away, whispered "idiot", and walked forward on her own.