Chapter 107 Demon Lord 107%
Xiao Xuelian was lying to him.
She didn't want to go to Kunlun Mountain, nor did she want to be with him. Her current actions were all to deceive him and to take him away from the Wanmen Immortal Sect.
Fortunately, Chao Yuan didn't suspect her. After she nodded, he withdrew his hand, looked out the window, and said calmly, "Then we'll set off soon."
To go to Kunlun Mountain, you can take the water route from Yingxian City and arrive in five days. You can also fly from Yingxian City to Kunlun Town, which is the nearest city to Kunlun Mountain. From there, you can reach the mountain by boat in one day.
The former is fast but more dangerous, while the latter is slow but has fewer twists and turns.
"Which path do you choose?" Chao Yuan left the choice to her.
Xiao Xuelian pondered. According to her usual personality, she should have chosen the water route, but the water route was too fast, and she would be drifting on the sea by boat. If Chao Yuan suddenly saw through their plan, she would have no way to retreat.
"How long does it take to get from Yingxian City to Kunlun Town?"
Chao Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said, "Five days at the earliest."
If Xiao Xuelian delays a little on the way, the time to reach Kunlun Mountain can be extended to ten days.
"Let's just fly the sword," Xiao Xuelian reasoned. "The sea is rough, and I don't have enough freedom."
Chao Yuan responded softly, "As you wish."
At Xiao Xuelian's request, they decided to set off at night.
The play had to be complete. Although it was Mo Xuanxiao who asked Xiao Xuelian to trick Chao Yuan away, he had to pretend that Chao Yuan had abducted Xiao Xuelian and sent several disciples out of the sect to look for her.
"He didn't come out to look for me in person?" As night fell, Chao Yuan opened the window and looked in the direction of the Wanmen Xianzong.
Di Shu stood behind him and reported, "The clan is currently preparing for the wedding, so he can't get away."
Chao Yuan sneered, "Can marriage be as important as Qu Yaoyao?"
They had both lived through two lives, and they both knew exactly how much Qu Yaoyao held in each other's hearts. Neither believed the other would be the first to let go. Chao Yuan had been suspicious from the outset of this marriage, and he didn't believe he would suddenly relent and decide to marry Qu Jingxian.
"Keep a close eye on Mo Xuanxiao." Chao Yuan ordered in a calm voice.
Di Shu agreed, then heard him ask, "What's Huang Ying doing lately?"
"She..." Before Di Shu could finish his words, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door. Xiao Xuelian knocked on his door and shouted, "It seems that disciples from the Wanmen Xianzong are outside. Let's go quickly."
Chao Yuan glanced at Di Shu and walked forward to open the door.
The door opened suddenly, and Xiao Xuelian's hand almost hit Chao Yuan, "You..."
When she saw Chao Yuan's appearance clearly, Xiao Xuelian opened her mouth slightly and her pupils widened, and she was suddenly stunned.
"What's wrong?" Chao Yuan blocked Xiao Xuelian's sight and closed the door without leaving a trace.
Xiao Xuelian looked at him, her eyes dropping from his face to his shoulders, then from bottom to top. She was distracted for a moment and murmured, "Why are you dressed like this..."
No longer wearing the dazzling and flamboyant red clothes, Chao Yuan changed into an elegant and noble white robe, and even replaced the hair crown with a matching silver and white pearl crown. His black hair fell down like ink, and his whole temperament instantly became softer, and he looked like a banished immortal.
Seeing the surprise in Xiao Xuelian's eyes, he leaned closer to her and asked, "Don't you dislike red?"
"From now on, I will wear whatever you like."
Xiao Xuelian heard her heart beating rapidly, like the fluttering of a deer. Along with it came some fragments she had never seen before. Under the full moon, the White-robed Immortal slowly walked to the cold pond and gently touched her soft petals.
She heard herself excitedly calling out, "Immortal Lord."
The Immortal she loves is named——
Thanks.
Xie Qing...
Xie Qing what?
Xiao Xuelian tried hard to recall, but the more she thought, the more uncomfortable she felt. The scene before her eyes burned, and a raging fire appeared. Everything went black, and she fell forward with a muffled groan. Chao Yuan stretched out his arms to hold her. Feeling her body tremble, Chao Yuan touched her forehead and asked, "What's wrong?"
After being touched by someone, the pain in Xiao Xuelian's body disappeared. She gasped for breath and asked, "Have I... Have I lost a lot of memories?"
Chao Yuan was silent for a moment, "Yes."
“Are those memories important to me?”
"I heard a lot of people calling me Yaoyao. They all seemed to know me and were very nice to me. When they found out I had lost my memory, they were obviously very sad, but they pretended to be fine and comforted me, saying that it was okay that I had lost my memory."
These days, Xiao Xuelian felt that her faith in Taoism was wavering, and those occasional memories always disturbed her mind.
Xiao Xuelian didn't care about these memories before, but as she saw more and more fragments, she couldn't help but think: "Should I retrieve those memories?"
Those happy, sad, unforgettable and profound memories for her.
Once she regains her memory, she will be able to complete her soul and become a real person with flesh and blood and emotions.
She thought Chao Yuan would support her in regaining her memories, but after listening to her, Chao Yuan replied without a second thought: "Since you have chosen to lose these memories, they are not important to you. You don't need to regain them because they will make you unhappy."
"...Is that so?" Xiao Xuelian's eyes were full of confusion.
Without memories, she always felt empty inside, but she was indeed living a carefree and happy life. "Without memories, I can't seem to learn to love, nor can I feel loved."
"Is this okay?"
"It's okay." Chao Yuan smiled. "You've loved enough before. It's my turn to love you."
Even though his little flower was cold and could no longer respond to his love, he didn't want her to regain her memory and continue to be sad.
It was getting late, candles were lit outside, and there were far fewer people walking around than during the day.
One of them was a bird, the other a flower. They didn't need a magic sword to soar into the air. Just as Xiao Xuelian was about to leap into the air, Chao Yuan grabbed her hand and said, "I'll take you flying."
Before Xiao Xuelian could react, a fiery red appeared before her eyes. Chao Yuan transformed into a scarlet-gold phoenix and soared into the sky, holding Xiao Xuelian steadily on his back.
The phoenix flew into the sky, and its cry attracted hundreds of birds to worship it. Its beautiful tail feathers were long and shining with golden light, leaving a large area of red in the sky.
A strange sight in the sky captured the people's attention. Looking up, they saw a scarlet-gold phoenix soar overhead, and they all knelt and kowtowed. Some cultivators drew their swords, as if facing a formidable enemy, and urged the people to evacuate quickly, "That's the Demon Lord Chao Yuan! Everyone, return home!"
Xiao Xuelian sat on the back of the Phoenix, the cold wind blowing in her face filled her sleeves. When the Phoenix fell sideways, she screamed and hugged the Phoenix's neck, burying her face in its feathers and shouting, "Put me down!"
"Chao Yuan, I'm so scared."
The phoenix's body was engulfed in flames, and wherever its wings slashed, red lotuses blossomed. Xiao Xuelian was initially intrigued, but when she saw the red lotuses bathed in the flames, she shuddered and recalled some fragments, feeling as if she were about to be burned by Chao Yuan's flames.
In fact, the fire on Chao Yuan could not hurt her.
"Are you okay?" Seeing that Xiao Xuelian was really scared, Chao Yuan turned into a human and hugged her.
This should have been a romantic flight, but the red lotus fire on the altar cast a huge shadow on Qu Yaoyao. Even if she had lost her memory, she would still be afraid of these ostentatious flames, and would reject warmth, the color red, and Chao Yuan.
Xiao Xuelian nestled in Chao Yuan's arms and shivered, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.
"I never want to see flames again."
Chao Yuan lowered his eyelashes and said softly, "Okay."
It was supposed to be a five-day journey, but it took them eleven days to reach Kunlun Town. During this time, Chao Yuan was always wearing white clothes. He stood beside Xiao Xuelian holding a silver lotus umbrella. The two people's frosty white clothes were entangled together, just like a perfect Taoist couple.
"It's too late today. You'll have to wait until daytime to go to the sacred mountain."
The boatman stopped the boat at the shore and said with a breath of hot air: "Look at your clothes, you must be immortals from a famous sect."
The kind boatman pointed it out to them and said, "To go to Kunlun Mountain, you need to take a big boat. Do you see that boat? It's the boat that takes immortals to the sacred mountain. It leaves every five days. You need to go to Boss Zhang in advance to reserve a seat."
"Hey, you came at a really bad time. The ship just returned. You have to wait five days before you can set off."
Xiao Xuelian understood what he said. She tugged at Chao Yuan's sleeve and said in a frustrated tone, "Looks like we'll have to stay here for a few more days."
She was too bad at disguising herself, and she shouldn't have looked up at Chao Yuan, so when Chao Yuan lowered his eyes, he easily saw through the emotion in her eyes, which was the relief and joy of not being able to go to Kunlun Mountain. Eight days later, it would be the day of Mo Xuanxiao and Qu Jingxian's wedding.
"Let's go. Let's go find Boss Zhang and book a room on the boat first." Xiao Xuelian had a plan in mind. When the big ship sailed to Kunlun Mountain, she would secretly give Longquan to Chao Yuan so that she wouldn't have to worry about finding a boat to escape from Kunlun Mountain.
"No need to look for him." In order to cater to Xiao Xuelian's preferences, Chao Yuan's hands have been cold these days.
He grabbed her wrist, pulled her under the umbrella and said, "I have a boat and can enter Kunlun Mountain at any time."
Xiao Xuelian was stunned and stammered to find an excuse, "I, I like that kind of beautiful big ship, I don't want to ride on a shabby little boat."
Chao Yuan smiled and ruffled Xiao Xuelian's hair. He said, "My boat is even bigger than this one, and it's also very beautiful."
"Don't you dislike noisy places?"
Chao Yuan reasoned with her gently, "Except for the boatman, there are only two of us on that boat. No one else will come to disturb us."
Xiao Xuelian couldn't find a reason.
If she nodded in agreement, it would mean that she and Chao Yuan would stay in Kunlun Mountain for five days. During these five days, she would also need Mo Xuanxiao to help her arrange a return ship to ensure that she could leave Kunlun Mountain smoothly.
"No." Xiao Xuelian lowered her head and refused after careful consideration.
Across the coast, she had just seen the outline of Mount Kunlun. It was truly a miracle. She had clearly been looking forward to accompanying Chao Yuan into Kunlun, but when she finally reached the foot of the mountain, she suddenly felt a sense of fear. A voice in her ear kept telling her—
Don't go there.
Don't go back to the place that makes you miserable.
Xiao Xuelian retreated.
Not daring to look up at Chao Yuan again, she muttered, "Who knows if your boat is reliable? I don't trust you. I want to take the big boat the boatman recommended."
She just didn't want to go to Kunlun Mountain with him.
Chao Yuan looked at her quietly for a moment, then relented faster than she expected, replying with just one word: "Okay."
As they were leaving the beach, Chao Yuan called out to her, "I didn't lie to you."
"What?"
"I said I would give you a home in Kunlun Mountain. I wasn't lying."
On the day Xiao Xuelian escaped from Fenyuan Palace, Chao Yuan promised her a home in Kunlun Mountain, but this was actually a reservation made in the presence of Mo Xuanxiao. In fact, before Xiao Xuelian transformed, he had already built a temporary palace in Kunlun Mountain, naming it Lianqi Palace.
"Promise me you'll go see it, okay?"
Xiao Xuelian fluttered her eyelashes, nodded and said, "Okay."
She lied to him.
Having lost one of her souls, she has no love in her heart and cannot feel love, let alone realize how much her lies can hurt others.
Xiao Xuelian, who has no love, can be called selfish. In order to fulfill her persistent wish, she can treat Mo Xuanxiao's wedding as a deal, and turn Chao Yuan's trust in her into a sharp weapon to use him. She will not feel the pain, nor will she feel how sad others will be because of her.
On the fifth day, when the big ship was about to set sail, Xiao Xuelian secretly added Longquan tea to Chao Yuan's tea.
She watched him drink it with her own eyes and urged him, "When you finish, we will go to Kunlun Mountain."
Chao Yuan turned the teacup in his hand and looked at her with lowered eyelashes. "After you finish drinking, will you really follow me to Kunlun Mountain?"
"Yeah, drink it quickly."
Chao Yuan drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, moistening his thin, crimson lips. He stood up and took Xiao Xuelian's hand, "Let's go."
Xiao Xuelian stood there without moving.
Chao Yuan gripped her hand tighter, feeling the numbness brought on by Longquan's attack. Just as he was about to turn around to look at her, a magic chain wrapped around him. Xiao Xuelian broke free from his hand and said weakly, "I'm sorry, I just lied to you."
Chao Yuan struggled against the chains on his body, his expression calm, as if he had expected this to happen. He suddenly laughed and asked, "Did you just lie to me?"
No, she had been lying to him ever since he brought Xiao Xuelian out of the Immortal Ruins.
After paralyzing Chao Yuan's body, Longquan began to cling to the meridians and dantian in his body, dissipating his spiritual power and leaving him unable to fight back. This was only the beginning.
The damage done by Longquan to the Phoenix Clan goes far beyond this. After Chao Yuan regained his true Phoenix body, the Longquan he took would be even more harmful than the one he took during his time with Xie Qingxun. In addition, Mo Xuanxiao had tampered with Longquan, causing Chao Yuan to feel a tingling pain in his chest, and blood began to seep from the corners of his lips.
He had his back to Xiao Xuelian, so Xiao Xuelian didn't know his condition. After deceiving him many times, Xiao Xuelian didn't dare to look at him again.
"I'm leaving." Xiao Xuelian was afraid that the Demon-Trapping Chain couldn't trap him, so she added a demon-subduing formation next to him.
Chao Yuan remained calm, his elegant white robe swaying slightly. He only asked, "Are you the one who's going to marry Mo Xuanxiao?"
"It's me."
Things have come to this point and there is nothing to hide. Xiao Xuelian speaks the truth, "He promised me that as long as I marry him, he can let me live a quiet life as a flower and avoid your intrusion."
"How do you know that after you marry him, I won't look for you again?"
Chao Yuan's voice was very soft, with a hint of chill, "If you dare to marry him, I will let the Wanmen Immortal Sect be buried with you."
Xiao Xuelian was frightened by him and quickly stepped back and scolded him: "Madman!"
"Why do you always pester me?"
"Do you know how annoying and distressing you make me, Chao Yuan? I don't want to see you. I really don't want to see you. I hate you. Do you understand?"
"Will you please not appear next to me again!"
Without even glancing at Chao Yuan, Xiao Xuelian finished her words and formed a teleportation array before leaving. Now she had the ability to use the teleportation array, but Kunlun Town was too far away from the Wanmen Xianzong, and was also separated by the upper and lower realms. She could only teleport herself halfway between the two, and then rush back to the Xianzong as quickly as possible.
Two days would be enough for her to go back.
She didn't see that as she left, the chains wrapped around Chao Yuan began to break. He stumbled, holding onto the table beside him, tilting his head and spitting out a mouthful of black blood. Below her sight, she saw several more pairs of boots.
"Finally you show up." Chao Yuan raised his face, and his red-gold pupils began to fade.
To eliminate this troublesome figure, Mo Xuanxiao went to great lengths to stir up trouble in the Eastern Demon Realm, drawing several powerful demons to attack him. Chao Yuan's inability to exert his spiritual power made it a perfect opportunity to eliminate him. Just as they were about to descend upon him, Di Shu led several demon cultivators down from the sky, shielding Chao Yuan behind them.
The sound of fighting filled his ears, and Chao Yuan's vision darkened. Longquan triggered his old illness.
"Why do you have to marry him?"
Chao Yuan closed his eyes and heard the crash of waves outside. The large ship had already sailed out, and the noise was getting farther and farther away...
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