Chapter 111 Demon Lord 111%
Qu Yaoyao did not respond to Mo Xuanxiao's apology, not because she was unwilling to forgive, but because she didn't know how to forgive, and she didn't think the fault was all his.
If she, if she had not lost her memory to avoid reality, then they would not have ended up in the current situation. Qu Yaoyao still doesn't know why Mo Xuanxiao married her, but it is a fact that she personally nodded and agreed.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
Qu Yaoyao thought silently in her heart that after becoming a human being again, what she feared most was others apologizing to her.
The place where Chao Yuan was imprisoned was gloomy. He was the Fire Phoenix, and being imprisoned in a cold, dark environment was the best form of oppression. Qu Yaoyao inexplicably recalled the time when he had imprisoned her in the underground palace. It seemed like a lifetime ago. Now, their positions were reversed.
"Who?" Even though Qu Yaoyao walked very lightly, Chao Yuan quickly noticed her.
Unable to continue staying in the darkness and observing quietly, she paused and walked out of the darkness, remaining silent.
Crash——
It was the sound of chains clashing together.
Dozens of chains bound Chao Yuan, encircling his arms, legs, neck, and even his shoulder blades. Chao Yuan's white clothes were soaked in blood. Trapped in darkness, he should have been dejected and forlorn as a prisoner, but he acted remarkably calm and composed, as if he'd long since grown accustomed to this kind of life.
His pupils darkened in the darkness, and only when Qu Yaoyao drew closer did Chao Yuan see her outline. He tilted his head back to her pale neck, pierced by a bloody hole. The corners of his crimson lips curled slightly, his voice still hoarse. "A rare guest."
He was very self-aware and knew very well that Xiao Xuelian, who had lost her memory, was too busy to hide from him and would never come to see him on her own initiative.
"Let me guess."
"Have all your memories returned?"
In the dim environment, Qu Yaoyao could not see Chao Yuan's full appearance, but she could smell the strong smell of blood on him.
He had brought himself to this situation. Even though he still retained the memories of his time as Little Snow Lotus, Qu Yaoyao couldn't let it go. She scratched her fingers again and said in a bad tone, "Thanks to you, I've recovered."
Chao Yuan smiled.
The low, hoarse laughter accompanied by the vibration of the chains was clearly sinister, but Qu Yaoyao inexplicably felt that he was very happy, a joy that came from the heart. What was he laughing at?
"I'm so glad you could come and see me."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, and immediately retorted, "I'm not here to see you."
"So what are you doing here?"
"You're asking even though you already know the answer!" Although she was a good-tempered girl, she was easily provoked by him. Qu Yaoyao simply asked directly: "How do you know Chong'an's name?"
"What is your relationship with Chong'an?"
"Who is Chong'an?"
Chao Yuan sighed, "There are so many questions, which one do you want me to answer first?"
Squinting his eyes slightly, he vaguely saw the bracelet on Qu Yaoyao's wrist, "I thought you wanted to know more about what Lian Chao was."
"Then answer them one by one."
Chao Yuan hummed, seemingly cooperative, but at the end he kept asking, "It's too dark in here, can you put up a light?"
Qu Yaoyao knew his fear of the dark, and for a moment, she felt like agreeing. But then she thought of the humiliation he had inflicted on her in the underground palace, and she refused. "You have to understand, you're the one imprisoned now. When you locked me up in the underground palace, did you agree to my request?"
With Chao Yuan's arrogant and cold personality, he should have been angry and retorted to her, but Chao Yuan didn't know what was wrong with him at this moment. His temper was good, like a different person. He easily admitted his mistake to her, "Well, it's my fault."
"so……"
While Qu Yaoyao was stunned, he softened his voice and said, "Please, please?"
"Yaoyao, you should know how afraid of the dark I am."
Qu Yaoyao almost lost her legs.
She was not soft-hearted, she was simply frightened by Chao Yuan's strange and humble attitude. Moreover, the dungeon was indeed dark. She hesitated for a moment, picked up a lamp by the door, and hung it near Chao Yuan.
"Go ahead." With the light on, Qu Yaoyao stood sideways with a tense expression, not looking at him again.
She didn't look at Chao Yuan, so naturally she couldn't see the smile that flashed across his eyes. Chao Yuan didn't stop while he was ahead, but instead made another request, "You saw it too, my throat was pierced by Mo Xuanxiao's sword. It hurts so much to speak now. Come closer, I can't speak too loudly."
Qu Yaoyao didn't want to talk anymore. Considering that his neck injury was indeed serious, she took a step closer, still looking sideways at the wall, leaving him with a cold profile.
Chao Yuan asked, "Is there any water?"
Qu Yaoyao couldn't stand it any longer, "Don't go too far!"
She felt that Chao Yuan had fooled her, and angrily asked him, "Are you going to tell me or not?"
"If you don't tell me, I will..."
Chao Yuan fluttered his thick, long eyelashes, his red-gold eyes turning pale. "So what?"
Qu Yaoyao thought about how he had threatened and intimidated her in the past. She searched her body for a weapon but couldn't find one. So she pulled out the sharp hairpin from her hair, pointed the tip at his face and said, "I will, I will scratch your face."
She had never threatened anyone before, but her voice was noticeably trembling when she said this.
The distance was very close, and Chao Yuan finally got a good look at Qu Yaoyao's face. The two looked at each other, one with a dark and deep pupil, the other furious and feigned viciousness. Qu Yaoyao put the hairpin to his chin, studied his face and said, "I think you don't want to become ugly, right?"
After regaining her memory, Qu Yaoyao was finally able to look Chao Yuan in the face. Even though his face was stained with blood and his clothes and hair were disheveled, his handsome face was not affected at all.
More noble and elegant than Xie Qingxun, more delicate and beautiful than Chao Yuan's face, those beautiful narrow phoenix eyes, people can't help but lose their mind and become dazed after looking at them for a long time. Chao Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, ignoring the hairpin on his chin and approaching Qu Yaoyao, speaking softly: "If you want to shave, then shave."
He had been in every uglier look before, so he wasn't afraid of getting a few more scars on his face.
Qu Yaoyao was just trying to intimidate him, but he wouldn't listen.
Even if Chao Yuan had killed her before, even if she hated him so much at this moment, she couldn't possibly do such a cruel thing. Feeling the hairpin go a little deeper due to his movements, Qu Yaoyao took a few steps back like a frightened cat, and the hairpin fell to the ground due to her shaking hands.
"You still haven't changed." Qu Yaoyao felt a little disheartened.
Thinking about it now, she felt that Chao Yuan's mention of Chong'an to her was completely deliberate, just to help her recover her memory. Thinking of this, she turned around and tried to leave, but the chains behind her swayed, and Chao Yuan called out to her, "Do you really not know who Chong'an is?"
Qu Yaoyao stopped and heard Chao Yuan sneer: "I thought I made it clear enough that day."
It's him.
His name is Chong'an.
"It was me who regretted ruining you, it was me who couldn't sleep day and night and became sick with longing for you, it was me who twisted time and space and changed the course of this life. Yaoyao, do you really want me to explain myself clearly?" Chao Yuan said word by word, "I am Chong'an."
He destroyed her, then piece by piece brought her back together, taught her how to protect herself and escape from him, and repeatedly stopped her from falling in love with him, asking her to kill him.
Isn't this ridiculous?
He saw her being destroyed, then revived her and told her that the person you love is the one you hate, and the person you hate is the one you love deeply.
"You are lying to me again." How could Qu Yaoyao believe it?
Chao Yuan also knew that she would not believe it.
After a moment of silence, he said, "Do you know why Chong'an always wears a mask?"
"Because under his mask he has a face that resembles Xie Qingxun's. Without the mask, he can't speak about how bad Xie Qingxun is without a clear conscience. With the mask on, he can convince himself to kill Xie Qingxun, so that when he leaves you, he can leave without leaving any trace."
By then, even if Qu Yaoyao wanted to miss him, all she would remember was the red mask. Over time, she would forget that he ever existed.
"I don't believe it."
"Don't lie to me again!"
Chao Yuan sighed, "Then do you want to know what Lian Chao is?"
"It's—"
Before he could finish his words, Qu Yaoyao turned around without warning and ran to him, covering his eyebrows and nose with her hands. Most of his face was covered, leaving only his chin and thin red lips.
Chao Yuan realized what she was doing, and his long eyelashes brushed across her palm. He waited quietly for a long moment before asking, "...is it similar?"
With his face covered, does he look like Chong'an?
Does his voice now sound like Chong'an?
Qu Yaoyao's palms were cold, her wrists were weak and trembling, and she stared at the lower half of Chao Yuan's face. She had to admit, she had to admit, that the face in front of her was exactly the same as Chong'an's, but she just couldn't believe it, didn't believe this absurdity.
"Impossible."
"How could you be him?"
Qu Yaoyao's hands fell limply, and she stepped back sobbing, "If you were him, how could you not recognize that blood drop pendant?"
"If you were him, how could you not know the similarities between Chong'an and Chongnan?"
"You have sacrificed me time and again to break the seal, so how could you be like Chong'an and try every possible means to stop me from handing over the Kunlun Stone to you? What is your purpose in doing this? If you are really him, are you playing a trick on me?"
Chong'an wants her to stop the opening of Kunlun Mountain. Xie Qingxun and Chao Yuan go crazy and hurt her in order to open Kunlun Mountain. Qu Yaoyao is almost unable to tell who is real and who is fake.
Chao Yuan's words almost overturned Chong'an's position in her heart.
Chao Yuan only replied to her with one sentence: "Because I regret it."
He regretted killing her, and later realized his love for her. He discovered that some things can transcend life. Without it, then whether dead or alive, he would be a walking corpse.
"If you give me a chance, I can explain all this."
Qu Yaoyao didn't give him another chance. She turned around and fled out of the underground palace, not daring to listen to anything Chao Yuan said.
Bang--
The door of the underground palace closed heavily, and the incoming wind blew out the only weak candle inside. The surroundings fell into darkness again, and it was so quiet that even breathing could not be heard.
Chao Yuan closed his eyes and suddenly felt that this place was very similar to it was ten thousand years ago.
The place where he was once imprisoned.
The nightmare had been destroyed by his own hands, so he shouldn't be immersed in darkness anymore, right?
“…”
After Qu Yaoyao rushed out of the underground palace, she bumped into Mo Xuanxiao.
He didn't hear the conversation between the two. Seeing Qu Yaoyao's face covered with tears, he said in a cold tone, "Did he bully you?"
Qu Yaoyao shook her head and covered her face to hide her tears, but tears flowed through her fingers, "Don't ask."
She felt so tired, "Please take me back, I want to rest."
"Okay." Mo Xuanxiao put all his heart on Qu Yaoyao. He exchanged glances with the guards, signaling them to be more vigilant.
Not long after the two of them left, one of the guards looked around, took out a voice mirror and whispered, "Young Master, the Heavenly Lord and the Heavenly Empress have left."
"They're finally gone." A young man's cold voice came from the mirror.
Not long after, a young man in black approached the underground palace in a secretive manner. He was wary of his surroundings and asked in a low voice, "Are you all ready?"
Another guard handed him the map and said, "Young Master, just follow the map and you can avoid those magic circles."
"Got it." The young man in black opened the map and took a look, then quickly entered the underground palace.
Crash——
In the darkness, the chains suddenly made a few noises again.
Chao Yuan moved his wrist, and as the door to the underground palace opened again, he slowly opened his eyes, exhaled warm breath to dispel the darkness, and his face was blurred in the steaming mist.
"You have come to this day."
The young man approached with a lantern in his hand and saw that Chao Yuan was tied up tightly with chains. He sneered and felt relieved, then took off the Qiankun bag from his waist.
The bulging bag was filled with various horrific torture instruments, as well as corpse powder and other corpse-destroying drugs. Chao Yuan glanced at it and raised an eyebrow. "Who are you?"
The young man squatted down and selected torture instruments from his Qiankun bag. Hearing this, he snorted, "Are you scared? Don't worry. I will make sure you die thoroughly today."
"I heard you Phoenixes are afraid of water and cold? How about we try piercing your heart with a few ice thunders?"
Ice thunder was a torture device Chao Yuan used to scare Qu Yaoyao when he was Xie Qingxun.
Taking advantage of the fact that Chao Yuan was now trapped in chains and his movements were restricted, the young man grabbed the ice thunder and stabbed it into his heart. Chao Yuan did not move, watching the ice thunder sink into his skin and flesh. He wanted to feel the pain and fear that Qu Yaoyao once felt, but unfortunately, his sense of pain was no longer comparable to that of ordinary people, and the ice thunder was like a tickle to him.
"You want to kill me?" Chao Yuan looked at the young man.
Seeing that he had no reaction, the young man thought that there was something wrong with the ice thunder. From beginning to end, he didn't even look at Chao Yuan. He rummaged through the torture instruments in his Qiankun bag and replied casually, "Yes, I'm here to kill you."
"Why do you want to kill me?"
The young man froze. He didn't want to answer, but he felt that Chao Yuan couldn't escape today. His face twisted slightly as he recalled something, and he glared at him fiercely and asked, "Why?"
"Of course it's for the henbana!"
"Do you know how we have survived these past few hundred years?"
The young man was overcome with emotion. "Because of you, our entire family lives in fear, afraid that you'll wipe us out. It's just a few genus lilies, and you're killing us without even giving us a chance to live?"
"Since you want to avenge your kin so badly, then die with these broken flowers!"
Only if he died would he stop having nightmares and being frightened.
As he spoke, the young man poured the stolen Longquan onto the ice blade and fiercely attempted to stab Chao Yuan. Chao Yuan simply laughed, "So, you are a hidden member of the Inner Five Sect?"
Finally, found it.
Snap——
The chains wrapped around Chao Yuan suddenly broke.
Dodging the young man's slashing sword, Chao Yuan easily grabbed his neck and threw him against the wall. "It's really hard for you. You even stole the Dragon Spring just to kill me."
"But." Chao Yuan gradually retracted his force with his five fingers, leaning forward and glaring at the young man gloomily. "Do you really think you can trap me here?"
He came for Qu Yaoyao, and was willing to stay in the underground palace and be trapped by chains. Of course, he had another purpose for doing so, which was to lure the five sects that were missed that year into the trap.
Besides him, they were the only ones who had the genie flower.
The author has something to say: It’s time to start deciphering the protagonist’s life story.
When I was first constructing this outline, I started writing about the cycle of cause and effect thousands of years ago, which made me cry. Now I have finally reached this point.
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine: Huai Xu 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Kirishima Jianfeng 20 bottles; Fat Girl Who Loves Milk Tea, Huaixu 5 bottles; Qianyu 1 bottle;
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