Chapter 113 Demon Lord 113%
It turns out that only by generating hatred in a dream of extreme joy and releasing love in a dream of darkness and fear can one break the illusion of the phoenix flower.
Upon learning of this result, Qu Yaoyao was not happy but rather stunned for a long time. She began to wonder whether Chao Yuan had hurt her so much in the illusion because he wanted to save her or because he was fearless in his anger.
Perhaps, only Chao Yuan himself knows the answer.
"I know how to break the illusion of the 鹓鳓花 (Phoenix Flower)."
People who have entered the illusion of the phoenix flower will no longer be affected by it. This time, Qu Yaoyao decided to go to the Four Symbols Pavilion alone.
“…”
The barrier outside the Four Symbols Pavilion was set up by Chao Yuan. He probably knew that the place was full of phoenix flowers, so this barrier was inaccessible, and anyone who entered it would basically never return.
Just as Gu Tianci said, the barrier was shrouded in fog, the road ahead was invisible and the light was blocked, and everything in sight was gray.
She clutched her voice transmission device and reported the situation to the outside world, "Everything is normal at the moment. I will continue to go inside."
"Be sure to be careful." Qu Yushu's low voice came from the magic weapon.
Qu Yaoyao put away the magic weapon and tentatively called out the names of Gu Tianci and Mo Xuanxiao a few times. The surroundings were silent and quiet. It seemed that everyone who entered here was led into the illusion of the phoenix flower.
After a long walk, Qu Yaoyao finally reached the center of the Four Symbols Pavilion. Beneath the white mist lay a tall, white jade archway clad in a celestial disk. Qu Yaoyao peered up the archway, inch by inch, and saw dried blood stains all over it, evidently having flowed downwards from the top.
"I know what Gu Tianci and the others saw before the accident." Qu Yaoyao swallowed and lowered her voice into the sound transmission instrument, "It was the grandson of the master of the Four Symbols Pavilion."
"What?" Qu Jingxian didn't understand. "What happened to him? Could it be that he didn't enter the illusion?"
"no."
Qu Yaoyao stared at the young man hanging on the door, "He's dead."
His body was torn apart by a large iris flower, and the soft yellow petals were stained with blood. The boy's death was strange.
Near the gate of the Four Symbols Pavilion, there stood several white-robed disciples who were stiff and motionless. They were all sent in from outside to check the situation, but they were accidentally pulled into the illusion after seeing the blood-stained phoenix flower.
Qu Yaoyao saw that the disciples all held their heads high, facing Xuan'ehua, their eyes tightly shut. She walked over to one of them, intending to test his stiffness, but before her fingers could even touch him, she saw a crack appear on his face.
Click.
Click.
As Qu Yaoyao retreated in a hurry, more and more cracks appeared on the disciple's body. With a bang, it exploded on the spot and turned into a pool of thick blood on the ground.
"Yaoyao, what happened?" A strange voice was heard from the other side.
Qu Yaoyao was splashed with a few drops of blood. She felt sick at the sight of the blood. She took a few steps back and said, calming her breath, "Someone has died in the dream. I must find Chao Yuan as soon as possible."
Huang Ying told her that Chao Yuan was also trapped in the Xuanquehua dream. He was the king of the Phoenix clan. As long as she called him out of the illusion, she could awaken all the people immersed in the Xuanquehua illusion.
Outside the Four Symbols Pavilion were only a part of the disciples who entered the illusion, and there were even more people inside the Four Symbols Pavilion.
Not finding Mo Xuanxiao, Gu Tianci and Chao Yuan outside, Qu Yaoyao ran towards the star plate archway. The archway had only a small gap, just enough for one person to get in.
There is still white fog all over the sky.
In the Four Symbols Pavilion, Qu Yaoyao discovered that the ground was covered with blood and countless disciples were trapped horizontally and vertically in the illusion of the phoenix flower. They closed their eyes, smiling or angry, and looked motionless and lifeless, which was frightening to see.
In fact, for those with the cultivation level of Gu Tianci and Mo Xuanxiao, it is not easy to fall into the illusion of Xuanqihua if they are careful. There must be something more powerful hidden in it.
"Gu Tianci!" Qu Yaoyao found Gu Tianci under the terrace of Sixiang Pavilion.
He must have been in the illusion not too long ago; his body was still relatively lithe, and a delighted smile graced his face. Not far from him, Qu Yaoyao found Mo Xuanxiao. He held a sword in one hand, his eyelashes drooping, and the corners of his thin lips curled up. It was clear that they had both entered a land of bliss.
Since they were able to carry so many phoenix flowers and walk here, why did they eventually get sucked into the illusion?
Soon, Qu Yaoyao found the answer.
She lowered her eyes to follow Mo Xuanxiao's perspective and saw the Pavilion Master of the Four Symbols Pavilion sitting cross-legged.
The reason why he is called the Thousand-Faced Taoist is because he is proficient in the art of transformation and can appear in front of everyone with a different face every day.
No one has ever seen the true face of the Thousand-Faced Taoist. Some people say that he is an immortal lady with eternal youth, while others say that he is a handsome young man. But what Qu Yaoyao saw was an old man with white hair and beard. The old man had a kind face and looked very friendly, but his face was slightly distorted and bluish. In his hand was a spinning phoenix flower, which was the one that led Mo Xuanxiao and the others into the illusion.
"That's not right." Qu Yaoyao squatted down and looked at the phoenix flower in the hands of the Thousand-Faced Taoist priest.
She looked at the old man, then at Mo Xuanxiao and Gu Tianci, and said to the magic weapon, "The phoenix flower has two realms, depending on whether the phoenix died of love or hate. The one in the Pavilion Master's hand clearly died of love. The Pavilion Master had no smile on his face, but he fell into another illusion."
"Could it be that he doesn't know how to laugh?" Qu Jingxian guessed.
During the time Qu Yaoyao had been at the Four Symbols Pavilion, Qu Yushu had been busy reviewing ancient scrolls. Upon hearing this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and offered his own explanation, "Perhaps when one's heart is filled with guilt, and daily fear outweighs happiness, then no matter which xuanwu flower one sees, one will only fall into a dream."
Qu Yaoyao felt that this explanation made sense, but she was puzzled. As a highly respected elder of the Wanmen Xian Sect, with profound cultivation and a kind heart, why did the Thousand-Faced Taoist priest live in fear and guilt every day?
"It's possible..."
Qu Yushu asked again, "Can you find any trace of Chao Yuan?"
Qu Yaoyao wanted to turn back, but when she stood up, she suddenly noticed a light behind the Thousand Faces Taoist priest. She pushed aside the surrounding smoke and followed the faint light. When she saw the scene behind the smoke, her eyes widened and she suddenly lost her voice.
"I saw him." Qu Yaoyao murmured, not knowing whether anyone on the other end could hear it.
Behind the thick smoke, there was a huge phoenix flower that blocked out the sun. The light that Qu Yaoyao saw was emitted by this phoenix flower. Above the phoenix flower, a blood-stained figure in white clothes was floating quietly with its face facing the sky. It was Chao Yuan, whom she had been looking for for a long time.
Flying forward, Qu Yaoyao touched him cautiously. Seeing that his whole body was stiff and motionless, Qu Yaoyao moved his eyelids and saw the image of a phoenix flower reflected in his scarlet-gold eyes.
Huang Ying did not lie to her, Chao Yuan really entered the fantasy world of the phoenix flower.
To prevent him from escaping immediately after she woke him up, Qu Yaoyao took out the chain Huang Ying had given him, tied him tightly, and wrapped the other end around herself. After doing this, she took out Longquan and held it in her hand. She took a deep breath and whispered, "After I rescue you, you must help me wake up the others."
"otherwise……"
"Otherwise I will..." Qu Yaoyao couldn't find any words to threaten him, and she tightened the chain around him a little more with some annoyance.
Chao Yuan's sleeping expression was too quiet, as quiet as a pool of stagnant water. He was neither smiling nor angry, making it impossible for Qu Yaoyao to judge what kind of dream he was in.
“It must be a paradise.”
"It must be a paradise." Qu Yaoyao prayed like this, looking up and pointing at Chao Yuan's eyebrows.
If it was a state of bliss, she would only need to arouse his anger and hatred. If it was another kind...
Qu Yaoyao thought to herself that nothing was more difficult than making a person full of resentment let go and learn to love. The realm of hell was a more difficult and tricky illusion than the realm of paradise.
“…”
When she opened her eyes again, Qu Yaoyao entered Chao Yuan's illusion. For a moment, she thought something was wrong because she was in the dark and could not see anything. It was pitch black in front of her and there was no sound at all.
"Is anyone there?" Qu Yaoyao took a few steps forward and accidentally bumped into a hard object like a wall.
She rubbed her nose which was hurt by the collision, and snapped her fingers to create a beam of light. She wanted to illuminate the entire illusion, but she never expected that the light was so weak that it could only cover herself.
It's not her problem, it's that this place restricts her magic.
Crash——
Qu Yaoyao heard the slight shaking sound of the chain.
Looking in the direction of the sound, she discovered that she was gradually developing the ability of night vision.
She seemed to be in a cold secret room. In the center of the room was a large pool of cold water. On the other side of the pool, there was a small open space where a vague figure was sitting.
I thought that person was Chao Yuan, until Qu Yaoyao waded through the cold water and got closer, I realized that it was a woman in white with disheveled hair.
The woman was thin, her bones visible through her thin clothes. She looked frail and extremely fragile, but her hands and feet were wrapped in transparent jade-white chains, and she was staring motionlessly into the void.
Qu Yaoyao squatted in front of the woman and found that he could not touch her and she could not see him.
Qu Yaoyao didn't know what was going on here, but looking at the scene in front of her, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable and couldn't help but stare at the woman a few more times.
She was a very beautiful woman, even with her thin clothes and disheveled hair, it was hard to hide her exquisite and outstanding appearance. Perhaps because she had not seen the sun for many years, her skin was pale, her dark pupils were empty and dull, and the silver lines on her forehead were dimmed to the point of being almost non-existent.
Qu Yaoyao had seen this kind of totem pattern on Mo Xuanxiao's forehead. It was clearly the unique emblem of the dragon clan.
Qu Yaoyao was shocked, puzzled as to why she had seen a dragon woman in Chao Yuan's dream. Where was Chao Yuan? Was this really his dream?
Thinking she was seeing things, Qu Yaoyao was about to move closer to take a closer look when the curled-up woman suddenly raised her face. Her beautiful and fragile face appeared completely in Qu Yaoyao's sight. The soft lines were somewhat familiar, revealing some of Chao Yuan's shadow.
"Chong'an." The woman spoke.
The low and hoarse voice was not loud in the secret room, but because it was so quiet, it was very clear.
Qu Yaoyao opened her eyes wide and heard the woman gently ask, "Are you asleep?"
After a long silence, Qu Yaoyao heard a very faint response, "Yeah."
Because of the weak response, Qu Yaoyao stood up anxiously and headed towards the source of the sound. Because her steps were too unsteady, she almost fell to the ground.
In another corner of the secret room, Qu Yaoyao did not find Chao Yuan, but saw a little phoenix entangled in chains. The little phoenix's feathers were soft and red-gold. It lay on the ground and trembled slightly. Qu Yaoyao slowed down her pace and walked slowly to the front of the little phoenix.
"You..." She was about to speak when a loud crash suddenly came from not far away.
The door of the secret room was pushed open from the outside, but strangely, no light came out.
The visitor, wearing a luxurious silver robe and a jade crown, asked impatiently, "Hou Jin, what have you considered?"
"Are you going to hand it over or not?"
No one in the secret room responded, but Qu Yaoyao saw the little phoenix beside her burying its head in its feathers. After a moment of silence, a sneer rang out. The silver-robed man sneered and commanded, "Drag her out."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people broke into the secret room and dragged out the woman named Hou Jin in the dark. They were so rough that Hou Jin was almost dragged to the ground by them. Only then did Qu Yaoyao realize that her thin clothes were stained with blood and covered with scars of various sizes.
There was a slight smell of blood, and then Jin was silent throughout, without even struggling. Soon, accompanied by the sound of a door closing violently, the secret room fell into silence again.
Qu Yaoyao still didn't understand what was going on. Seeing the little phoenix beside her was still trembling, she reached out to touch it tentatively and found that she could touch it.
"Who are you……"
"Are you Chong'an?" Qu Yaoyao was afraid that he would be frightened, so she withdrew her hand after reaching out.
The strange thing was that although she could touch him, the little phoenix in the corner seemed to be unaware of it and did not give her any response.
Couldn't he hear her?
Qu Yaoyao squatted beside him and felt that the situation was becoming difficult.
The author has something to say: It’s begun.
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine: Yi Suolian 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: 6 bottles of Yisuolian; 5 bottles of Keai Bu Xiao Zhang and Huai Xu; 1 bottle of Daddy Baby;
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