Chapter 104: The Demon of Desire
Now that things had come to this, Aunt Ge had nothing left to hide. "That's right, the reason I married into this family was to find an opportunity to sow discord between General Huo and his wife."
"Is it because of the Grand Preceptor's parable?" Su Zhenzhen really couldn't muster any strength. Not only was she thirsty, but she also had a slight burning sensation in her stomach. She didn't know how long she had been unconscious.
"May you have many children and a prosperous husband, and may your home be harmonious and comfortable." These eight words can be said to be the ultimate pursuit of ordinary women, but they are also their death knell.
Aunt Ge recounted the events of that year one by one.
As Su Zhenzhen had guessed, Chang Yuan's mother, the woman whom the neighbors jokingly called "Poet Lady," was favored by Emperor Chang after a passing Taoist priest predicted that she would "bring good fortune to her son and husband, and be a good wife and mother" while she was selling handkerchiefs on Zhuque Street.
The story of the restaurant worker sleeping under the kitchen door was actually a lie; he was carried into Emperor Chang's private residence in a small sedan chair.
The poetess could not refuse the tempting offer from Emperor Chang—a guarantee that her husband would win the championship.
On the other hand, unable to bear the torment of his own conscience, he eventually died in melancholy.
Emperor Chang then believed in these eight words and saw which woman could be described as "prosperous for her son and husband, and suitable for her home and family".
Then Emperor Chang set his sights on Lady Huo.
Madam Huo was no ordinary woman; coercion and bribery might not be successful.
So Emperor Chang made two preparations: on the one hand, he would harass her regularly every month, and on the other hand, he contacted Yu Yao and asked her to find a way to marry him and help him steal her husband away.
Otherwise, the matchmaker wouldn't be able to find such a far place, since Grandma Changyuan's wages were limited.
"If the demon race in the mortal realm does not want to be targeted by the heavenly lightning, they can only take the initiative to express their willingness to submit to the human emperor. I met Emperor Chang before I was reincarnated, and we made contact. Later, he was able to summon me."
Aunt Ge suddenly became sad, "Actually, if this hadn't happened, I could have lived a peaceful life to the end, and when my physical body died, I could have ascended to heaven. After coming here, let alone stirring up trouble between couples, I haven't even seen General Huo's face."
Aunt Ge, or rather, the seductive demon, still harbored feelings for Chang Yuan.
If the water in the capital hadn't been so murky, Chang Yuan wouldn't have died.
Despite her discomfort, Su Zhenzhen forced herself to speak.
"If I'm not mistaken, that young man should be a member of the royal family, right? After all, if he were just an ordinary nobleman, you could easily take Chang Yuan and run away. Although you don't have much ability, the demon race is united. As long as you call out, other powerful demons will protect you."
Lesser demons like the lust demon, after submitting to the human royal family, become their servants, and servants must obey their masters' orders.
Otherwise, it would be disloyalty, and the dragon veins of the human world would not protect the disloyal. When the time comes, heavenly lightning will come knocking, and all the grandsons you were a few years ago will have been for nothing.
Yu Yao nodded. "Actually, I didn't want to either. After hundreds of years of cultivation, I'm about to succeed. I can't let it all go to waste at the last moment."
Did you know from the beginning that I was in the next yard?
This is what Su Zhenzhen can't understand. It seems like a trap set for her.
Yu Yao shook her head. "That night was indeed a coincidence. Otherwise, when I saw you the next day, I wouldn't have asked you to help find the murderer. I can sense that your aura is different from that of ordinary people, so I wanted to use you to clean up the mess in the capital."
Su Zhenzhen understood. The demon of lust hated the royal family that made her kill Chang Yuan, but she was restricted by the Heavenly Dao. Let alone revenge, she couldn't even have a single rebellious thought in her heart.
If I could teach the person behind this a lesson, or even expose all the dirty deeds of this dynasty, that would be the best outcome.
Even if she can't do it, she won't lose anything anyway.
"Then why did you bring me here?"
"I didn't want to either," the lustful demon said with regret. "They discovered your whereabouts, so they made me use this as a pretext to capture you. I haven't handed you over to them yet, considering you helped Chang Yuan reincarnate."
"Why?" Su Zhenzhen asked.
"They had a disagreement, maybe they hadn't figured out how to deal with you? Anyway, they didn't tell me where they would put you after they arrested you, so I'll just wait for them to contact me."
Su Zhenzhen was both hungry and thirsty, while the comments in her mind kept chattering away.
[Organizers, if this continues, I'm really going to get angry! Why are these randomly generated storylines so bizarre? Just how many more monsters are there?]
[A royal princess giving birth to twins, okay, that's acceptable; they're royalty, it's normal for them to be a bit arrogant. Then came the Pearl Maiden—humans can... you know... with spiders? Not only that, spiders can even have human children. Okay, that's acceptable too, after all, in the 906th century, where did anyone... you know... with lizards? Now they've even brought out lustful demons! Organizers, tell me, what exactly are you trying to do?]
[Am I the only one who thinks this setting is a clash of the left and right brain? Did the programmer who did the cross-time livestream eat too much PUBG? One minute they're saying the demon race must submit to the human emperor, the next they're saying the demon race is very united. If they're so united, why can't they unite to resist?]
"Stop arguing!" Su Zhenzhen shouted at the sky with all her might.
The demon followed her gaze but saw nothing, not even a trace of anything unusual.
"Are you from the Celestial Realm? Were you just talking to an immortal?" The lustful demon's eyes were full of longing. "Did you come to the mortal realm to gain experience?"
Whether it's a demon or a human who wants to cultivate into an immortal, it's not that they can immediately join the ranks of immortals when their cultivation is complete. They still need to go to the mortal realm for trials to see if they possess the qualities of an immortal.
Is the pursuit of immortality driven by selfish desires, or is it a genuine desire to save all living beings?
Su Zhenzhen saw that Yu Yao had misunderstood and didn't explain, which was perfect for taking advantage of the misunderstanding.
"How about we make a deal? You release me, and I'll help you ascend to heaven."
The Desire Demon is formed by the convergence of all the mixed desires in the world, including lust, passion, power and a whole series of desires. If any one of these desires is missing, it will be difficult for it to gain power.
The desire of the lustful demon is to become an immortal, which is also the main force supporting her divine form.
Once this desire disappears, it's like the main pillar of the house has collapsed.
"Really?" The lustful demon was clearly skeptical. "You haven't even officially become an immortal yet, what right do you have to summon me to the upper realm?"
"How will you know if you don't try?" Su Zhenzhen smiled. "Anyway, I've been bitten by you, so I can't use any of my abilities. Do you think I'll run away?"
If you are bitten by a lustful demon, your desires will be amplified infinitely.
For example, Su Zhenzhen was already slightly hungry, but under the amplification of her desires, she felt like she was about to starve to death.
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