Chapter 118 Demon Lord 118%
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Xuanhehua's dream was shattered.
The goose yellow petals withered and scattered, breaking the solid and indestructible dream. Light came, and Qu Yaoyao slowly opened her eyes, and saw a gap in the blood-red barrier above her head, and sunlight rushed in.
Accompanied by a loud phoenix cry, the surrounding phoenix flowers began to wither. The person who was deeply trapped in the dream shuddered and suddenly opened his eyes.
The cry of the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix resounded through the sky, and everyone saw a huge phoenix breaking through the barrier.
Gu Tianci woke up from his dream, panting heavily. Seeing that Mo Xuanxiao was still a little dazed, he hurried over to shake him, "Junior Brother, wake up quickly."
Mo Xuanxiao's long eyelashes fluttered. When he saw the girl on the phoenix's back, he murmured softly, "It was indeed a dream."
He had few happy memories in this life, so the 鶴花 pulled him back to his past. In his past life, Qu Yaoyao had been there through his most difficult times. She would plead for him when Xie Qingxun made him kneel, secretly bring him pastries, and even share her newly learned magic with him.
Perhaps Xuan'ehua felt his overly strong desire, so the real scene in the dream gradually became blurred and distorted, becoming what Mo Xuanxiao imagined.
He dreamed that Qu Yaoyao married him.
She was wearing a bright red wedding dress, walking towards him with a smile on her face as she walked along the red carpet, holding hands with him.
"What I want is simple."
"Mo Xuanxiao, will you always stay with me?"
Mo Xuanxiao held her hand tightly and made a vow to be together forever. Qu Yaoyao smiled with her eyes curved, stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek, hugged his neck and said, "Then it's settled."
"From now on, there will be no Xie Qingxun, no Chao Yuan. I only have eyes for you."
"Likewise, you are only allowed to love me."
The dream stopped when Mo Xuanxiao said, "Okay."
The sound of the phoenix pierced through the dream and illuminated the reality. He watched his bride disappear in the dream. In reality, Qu Yaoyao was carried by Chao Yuan out of the Wanmen Xianzong and rushed towards a distant place that he could not see.
It's snowing again.
Heavy snow blanketed the ground, obscuring those who had perished in the phoenix flower's dream. After experiencing the dream, Qu Yaoyao was no longer as afraid of the crimson lotus fire. She hugged the phoenix's long neck, watching as the vibrant flames covered her hands and blossomed into crimson lotuses, yet they didn't burn her at all.
"Put me down!" The wind and snow made her face hurt. Qu Yaoyao saw them leave the Wanmen Xian Sect in the blink of an eye, and she pulled the feathers on the phoenix's neck, which were warm and soft.
Chao Yuan did not force it. He chose a clean and spacious piece of snow to land on, and when he landed, he turned into a human body again.
Jumping out of Chao Yuan's arms, Qu Yaoyao stared at his face and took two steps back, opening her mouth to say something. But before she could speak, she felt her eyes sore and tears threatened to overflow. She sniffed and turned away, "Aren't you very powerful? How did you get trapped in the dream of the 鹓鶵花?"
Even after waking up from the dream, Chao Yuan would still remember every detail of what happened in the dream. He smiled slightly and said helplessly, "I'm not omnipotent either."
"I think you did it on purpose."
Qu Yaoyao realized it later and tried to probe: "Are you deliberately plotting against me? I just said a few words in my dream, how could you untie the knot in your heart so easily?"
Chao Yuan was in a very deep dream. Logically, Qu Yaoyao would feel numb all over after staying in the dream for a while, but she stayed in the dream for a long time. It was not until Chao Yuan fell into Kunlun that she felt the stiffness and discomfort in her body. It was obvious that there was a problem.
It was not until she heard the cry of the phoenix that she suddenly thought of a doubt. Since the cry of the golden-winged divine phoenix could break the dream of the phoenix flower, how could the dream of the phoenix flower bewitch her king?
Unless, he wants to go in by himself.
Chao Yuan was not going to lie to Qu Yaoyao again, so he admitted it generously.
When Qu Yaoyao saw him nod, she turned and was about to leave. Chao Yuan hurriedly grabbed her hand and explained, "Even a king can be bewitched by the phoenix flower if he's not careful. The memory loss I experienced in my dream was real."
"What if I can't save you?"
"Or maybe I didn't enter your dream?"
Seeing Qu Yaoyao angrily trying to shake off his hand, he pulled her into his arms and leaned over to bury his head in the crook of her neck.
"The dream of the 鹓鶵花 can indeed lure me into a dream, but it won't let me die in it. After experiencing hell once, I will automatically wake up from the dream and won't relapse into the dream over and over again."
"Yaoyao, I know you will go."
Chao Yuan's embrace was warm. As a Fire Phoenix Divine Body, his body was as warm as a furnace. Qu Yaoyao felt his breath on her cheek, itching and struggling a few times. Not wanting to be controlled by him, she said stubbornly, "How can you be so sure?"
"If it weren't for the disciples of the Wanmen Immortal Sect, I wouldn't care whether you lived or died."
Chao Yuan didn't seem annoyed by this. He just chuckled and hugged her tighter. "If you really don't enter my dream, it's just a nightmare for me. It won't hurt anything."
But Chao Yuan’s nightmare was not an ordinary nightmare. Every memory was a bloody blade. Even after Qu Yaoyao came out, she was still frightened.
"You are always like this." Qu Yaoyao stopped struggling and touched Lian Chao's wrist.
He always loved to say such light and weightless words, making her mistakenly believe that these words really didn't matter and would be forgotten as soon as they passed by her ears. However, who would want to relive the nightmare again? Those bloody and unwilling memories, those who had experienced them once would not want to relive them a second time, they were too dark and heavy.
Trying hard to ignore the memory in her dream, she asked, "Lian Chao...are these really your wings?"
Chao Yuan hummed, "Yes."
"So what's up with your wings now?"
Chao Yuan said, "Every time the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix reaches Nirvana, it represents rebirth. The first time I reached Nirvana, I lost my wings. It was Sang Ying who used her own cultivation to help me grow wings. The wings I have now grew after my second Nirvana."
No matter how beautiful the newly grown wings were, they were not the original wings. Most of the phoenix's divine power was concentrated in its wings, which was why it could transform into the divine artifacts Jade Bone Fan and Lian Chao Sword.
Qu Yaoyao understood, "So, your wings no longer have any magical power?"
Without his divine power, his wings could no longer protect him from harm. The wings that gave him the ability to fly had become his weakness, which was why Chao Yuan rarely showed his wings.
"What about the Kunlun Snow Lotus?"
Qu Yaoyao will never forget the shock she felt when she first saw the snow lotus. That snow lotus looked exactly like it.
Chao Yuan didn't reply immediately, but instead talked about the Cold Pond in Xianxu. "You probably don't know yet, but the water in the Cold Pond in Xianxu comes from Kunlun Tianchi. And you, who was born from the Cold Pond, can even break the barrier of Kunlun..."
"so?"
"So you are the Kunlun Snow Lotus."
The issues involved were far too complicated for Chao Yuan to explain in a few words. Seeing she was still a little incredulous, he raised his hand to smooth the hair on her cheek. His fingertips trembled, and the smile on his lips suddenly faded.
When he turned his head to the right, he heard Qu Yaoyao ask in a low voice, "Where's the sacrifice?"
"How are you going to explain the sacrifice?"
She was willing to give him a chance to explain. Logically, Chao Yuan should have seized his breath and explained everything clearly. But he was now in a trance, staring to the right in silence. Qu Yaoyao followed his gaze and saw only a vast expanse of snow.
"What are you looking at?"
Chao Yuan lowered his eyelashes, stepped back to keep some distance from her and said, "Nothing."
Qu Yaoyao choked, wanting to say something but holding it back. Silence fell over them. The whistling of the wind and snow filled their ears, muffling their breathing. Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes, the depression in her heart growing heavier.
She gave him a chance, why didn't he say it?
"Chao Yuan..." Just as he was about to ask the question again, Chao Yuan suddenly interrupted, "I suddenly remembered that when I entered the Wanmen Xianzong, I ambushed two teams of demon soldiers outside. If I don't return by sunset today, they will attack the Xianzong."
"What?" Qu Yaoyao was stunned. She looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was about to set.
Chao Yuan groped to his waist, untied the token and handed it to her. "There's a team on the east and one on the west. The one leading the east is Di Shu, and the one leading the west is Tu Ling. You go to the east for me, and I'll go find Tu Ling as soon as possible."
Qu Yaoyao's eyes fell on the token, and her five fingers slowly curled together.
Chao Yuan had been facing her sideways. Seeing that she didn't answer, he called out in confusion, "Yaoyao?"
It seems that he really doesn't intend to mention the sacrifice again.
Qu Yaoyao bit her lips, feeling cheated and toyed with again. Since she had given him a chance, she would not allow herself to have any regrets. Even though they did not have time to explain the matter in detail, she wanted Chao Yuan's attitude.
"When are you going to explain the sacrifice?" she asked again, telling herself this was the last time.
Chao Yuan paused, not giving her an exact time, and simply replied, "I will definitely explain it to you."
"Yaoyao, it's too late."
Qu Yaoyao's breathing grew heavier, and she felt Chao Yuan was just brushing her off. But the sun was setting lower and lower, and they really didn't have much time left to tangle. She reached up and fiercely grabbed the token, rubbing her eyes as if to vent her emotions, and then walked away.
"Be careful on the road and remember to walk faster."
Qu Yaoyao didn't look back and ignored him.
If she had not been angry at this moment and had turned around to look at Chao Yuan, she would have found that he was standing in the snow without moving, with his back to her.
The wind and snow grew stronger, and the afterglow of the sun was a dazzling golden red.
After Qu Yaoyao left, Chao Yuan slowly raised his face. His pupils beneath his long eyelashes were a faint golden color that was still fading a little bit...
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Qu Yaoyao found Di Shu before dark.
Di Shu was also very excited when he saw her and asked anxiously, "Where is Master?"
Qu Yaoyao stuffed the token into his hand, looked around and said, "Chao Yuan went to the west to meet Tu Ling. You should quickly withdraw all the surrounding demon troops and do not attack the Wanmen Immortal Sect."
Di Shu looked down at the token and said in bewilderment, "What demon army? Where did the demon army come from? I'm the only one here."
Qu Yaoyao was also confused. "Didn't you send a team of demon soldiers to the east and west? The west is..."
Seeing that the area was empty and Di Shu was the only one there, Qu Yaoyao spoke more and more slowly, gradually coming to her senses, "He lied to me?"
Why did Chao Yuan lie to her? !
Di Shu's face froze. After careful questioning, he finally realized something. "You left Master alone in the snow?"
Without waiting for Qu Yaoyao to answer, he grabbed her arm and returned the way he had come. His voice was too loud due to his emotional outburst and he practically yelled, "The Demon Lord must have gone blind again. He chose to send you away at this time. Something else must have happened."
Qu Yaoyao thought she had heard wrongly.
"Blind?" She didn't understand. "How could Chao Yuan be blind?"
It was already completely dark. When Di Shu threw a few words at her, Qu Yaoyao staggered and almost fell to the ground.
The author has something to say: All misunderstandings will be cleared up in the next chapter.
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 1 Huaixu;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: ZJY 45 bottles; a certain Zhaizhai family 3 bottles; Huaixu 1 bottle;
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