Chapter 121 Demon Lord 121%
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From the moment Chao Yuan's true body broke the seal, he merged with Chong'an from his previous life. The pain of Chong'an losing Qu Yaoyao and the price he paid to make up for his mistakes all came back to bite him one by one. His snow-white hair is the proof of Chong'an's forceful distortion of time and space.
...It's really eye-catching.
Chao Yuan looked down at himself in Tianchi Lake. His face was clearly reflected on the clear water, mocking how miserable he was at the moment.
He deliberately hid his hair color in front of Qu Yaoyao. Only when he was alone did he dare to face his current appearance. As he looked at her, his eyes began to darken and ache again. The piercing pain made him purse his lips and raise his hand to press hard on the corners of his eyes.
What was even more unbearable than the pain in his eyes was the constant palpitations in his heart.
Just now, he dreamed of their first life again in his sleep.
Heavy snow fell from the sky, and the red lotus fire burned the altar. After the flames dissipated, only a line of blood words remained.
The crooked handwriting was messy and empty, filled with boundless despair as it rushed towards Chao Yuan. It was just a short line: [Xie Qingxun, if there is another life, please don't bother me anymore.]
Without resentment or ferocity, the little snow lotus left peacefully, hoping only that they would never meet again.
Chao Yuan stood at the altar for a moment, the lingering snow falling on his eyelashes. He softly replied, "Okay."
No longer meeting, no longer caring about her, just letting go of each other, it was quite straightforward.
Chao Yuan returned to his original form, finally breaking out of the bitter cold land that had endured for tens of thousands of years. He should have been happy, but for some reason, he wanted to laugh but couldn't. The wet feeling of the melting ice flowers on his face made him irritated, so he raised the back of his hand and wiped it clean bit by bit.
At that time, he had not yet realized that he had begun to regret.
So when did he realize he regretted it? Probably when he started having recurring nightmares.
It was called a nightmare, but what he dreamed of were scenes of him and Qu Yaoyao together. The girl always loved to hang around him and playfully, holding a book and asking him silly questions. Occasionally, when he was half asleep, he would see Qu Yaoyao lying on the bed, looking at him with her forehead propped up, and asked curiously, "Xie Qingxun, don't you never sleep?"
His name is not Xie Qingxun, his name is Chao Yuan.
Chao Yuan's eyelashes trembled, and he reached out to pull the wrist of the person beside the couch, but his touch was cold.
The dream ended, and when he returned to reality, he could no longer find any trace of the small snow lotus. He suddenly realized that he still didn't like to sleep, but if he didn't dream, he couldn't see the small flower he wanted to see.
Once the seed of longing was planted, it would grow little by little, breaking open his heart and tearing at his flesh and blood, causing him pain every time he thought about her. Chao Yuan had endured that long, agonizing pain for so long that it had become a habit, and the palpitations still lingered.
It hurts, it really hurts.
Chao Yuan couldn't help but groan, and the hand pressing on his chest began to tighten little by little, recalling how he had relieved the pain at that time.
His nails slowly grew longer. Just as he was about to thrust harder, he heard scattered footsteps behind him. Qu Yaoyao walked over to him, knelt down, hugged him from behind, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Chao Yuan slowly retracted his sharp nails and said in a low voice, "Appreciate the moon."
"You lied to me. There is no moon on Mount Kunlun." Qu Yaoyao pressed her cheek against his back, rubbing against his cool hair, which had turned black like silk.
As Qu Yaoyao approached, Chao Yuan's chest ache gradually dissipated. He had nearly fallen into a trance, forgetting that Qu Yaoyao had returned to his side. Turning around, he hugged the girl tightly, tightening his grip and panting in her ear, "You are my moon."
Qu Yaoyao pretended not to see what had just happened, and laughed and exclaimed, "Am I just the moon?"
"Don't you Phoenixes live towards the sun?"
Chao Yuan raised the corner of his lip, shook his head and said, "I'm not."
"Then you are..."
"I was born facing the sun." He follows wherever there is light.
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There is no day or night in Kunlun Mountain. Qu Yaoyao always felt that they had not been there for long. After counting with her fingers, she found that two days had passed outside.
"Such a big palace, have you given it a name?"
Chao Yuan had already thought about it, "Lotus Palace."
"Lotus Palace?" Qu Yaoyao was very dissatisfied with the name. She touched the Lian Chao on her wrist and felt that Chao Yuan was perfunctory. Chao Yuan even specially wrote the inscription on the plaque himself even though she didn't have one. She said firmly: "Let's call it Lotus Palace."
This is the palace built for his little Xuelian.
Qu Yaoyao really likes this place. After living here for a long time, her blood circulation is smooth and her mind is refreshed. She gradually understands why Chao Yuan said this is her real home.
"Are you sure I am the snow lotus from ten thousand years ago?" Qu Yaoyao asked this question while decorating the palace.
Chao Yuan was very sure, "Ten thousand years ago, you were the only snow lotus on Kunlun Mountain, picked by my mother herself."
Kunlun is a miracle, and Kunlun Snow Lotus is also a divine product. It is a way out left by God for the ancient world.
"There are clearly other snow lotuses in the Immortal Ruins Cold Pond. Do you know why only you can absorb and purify the demonic energy in my body?"
Qu Yaoyao shook her head.
Chao Yuan said, "Ten thousand years ago, the dragon and the phoenix fought for the throne. The dragon clan once heard a divine oracle, knowing that the ancient world would eventually fall into the hands of Sang Ying and be destroyed by him. To prevent the suffering of all living beings, the Kunlun flower bloomed as a gift from the gods. It is the nemesis that suppresses the phoenix clan."
Sang Ying, the Phoenix King, is a Fire Phoenix, while the Kunlun Snow Lotus is an extremely cold creature. The two are mutually exclusive. If the Snow Lotus is planted on Sang Ying's heart, the Phoenix will suffer from hypothermia and will no longer be able to wield the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, thus never being able to achieve Nirvana.
Unable to achieve nirvana, Sang Ying lost his eternal life and had no choice but to die.
God is merciful. He created all living things and has compassion for them. So, besides the path of slaughter, He gave them another choice: "Do you know what it is?"
Chao Yuan looked at Qu Yaoyao.
Qu Yaoyao vaguely guessed it, but didn't know what to say. Chao Yuan patted her head, staring into the multicolored void and continuing, "The Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix can become a demon with a single thought, a god with a single thought. If Sang Ying were a god, he wouldn't harm sentient beings with the divine bond. So, as long as he doesn't become a demon, that's all that matters."
The other way Chao Yuan mentioned was the purifying ability of the Kunlun Snow Lotus. Its fragrance and petals could purify the evil spirit in Sang Ying and restrain him when appropriate.
"Only the Kunlun Snow Lotus can purify the demonic barriers of the Phoenix Clan."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned, then suddenly realized, "So you're really being so nice to me because you discovered I'm the Kunlun Snow Lotus?"
She was talking about Chao Yuan's behavior towards the Immortal Lord Qingxi.
Chao Yuan's expression froze. He turned to look at the girl beside him. His red-gold eyes were dark and gloomy. "If I say it's not true, would you still believe me?"
The so-called "utilization" he mentioned in the dream of the �鳵花 was purely to lure Qu Yaoyao out of the dream, not the truth. "I initially took care of you because you looked like the Kunlun Snow Lotus. At that time, your spiritual consciousness was still undeveloped, you were weak and small, and of no use to me."
It was only after Qu Yaoyao opened her spiritual sense and emitted the fragrance of lotus that Chao Yuan accidentally discovered that she could purify the evil spirit from his body. At that time, although he had doubts, he did not think that she was really the Kunlun Snow Lotus, so it was even less likely that she was taking advantage of him.
He guarded her, protected her, and kept her by his side, all because she was like the Kunlun Snow Lotus in his memory. Chao Yuan used her after the oracle was opened. The love he had built up for her collapsed due to the hatred in his heart, and it was scattered all over the ground and could never be picked up again.
As for this life, he has never used her.
A huge weight lifted off Qu Yaoyao's chest, and her frustration dissipated considerably. Then, a complex and indescribable feeling emerged. She remembered deeply that Chao Yuan's nightmare as Chong'an was all caused by that Kunlun Snow Lotus.
"You...don't you hate it?" Qu Yaoyao's voice was hoarse.
"Who do you hate?" Chao Yuan glanced at her, understanding the meaning behind her words and couldn't help but smile. He said, "Are you asking me if I hate that Kunlun Snow Lotus?"
He raised his long eyelashes and tilted his face slightly, revealing his smooth chin and neck.
"Hate it." He said softly, "How can I not hate it?"
"My mother made me stay with her in hell for two hundred years to protect it. I suffered torture and had my wings broken because of it. I broke down countless times and wanted my mother to hand over the snow lotus, but she refused."
"She had the heart to watch me being trampled into mud by Wu Shao, yet she was unwilling to hand over the snow lotus. Naturally, I hated her at that time. I even thought that when my mother was willing to give it away one day—" He tilted his head to look at Qu Yaoyao, staring at her straight in the eyes as he spoke word by word, "I will make it taste the pain I have endured."
At that time, he didn't know what the thing in the dragons' mouths was. He just thought that even if it was just a dead object, he would hold it in his palm, scrape it into pieces with his sharp nails, and swallow it.
Chao Yuan's hatred was intense, and the Kunlun Snow Lotus he spoke of was Qu Yaoyao herself. Logically, she should have been afraid. However, as she stared into Chao Yuan's eyes, Qu Yaoyao felt no fear at all. Instead, she felt sorry for him.
"Then why didn't you do anything?" Qu Yaoyao looked at him.
Chao Yuan's smile grew brighter as he curled his lips. He hadn't smiled like this in a long time. He closed his eyes slightly, recalling the past, and replied in a soft voice, "Because I can't bear to leave."
The moment Hou Jin took out the Kunlun Snow Lotus, and when the soft light of the Kunlun Snow Lotus fell on his eyelashes, the hatred in Chao Yuan's heart dissipated and nothing was left. He only had one thought left -
Embrace that soft light.
By this calculation, it is hard to say who owed whom first. She was originally born because of the Phoenix Clan, but caused Chao Yuan to be trapped in hell for two hundred years. He was later sealed, and she became the key to help Chao Yuan break the seal.
After many twists and turns, her rebirth was Chao Yuan's redemption. Chao Yuan owed her a life and then paid with her life. From then on, it was really hard to tell.
"I..." Qu Yaoyao was about to say something when she suddenly felt some movement nearby.
Chao Yuan's senses were even more acute than hers. He narrowed his eyes and looked towards the east side of the palace gate. He shouted coldly, "Get out."
Snow fell outside the palace. Something shook twice, then hesitated to emerge. Chao Yuan's patience and care for Qu Yaoyao didn't mean he was becoming soft-hearted. With a snap of his fingers, a cluster of flames shot out and hit the palace gate, blocking Qu Yaoyao's view.
He was still keeping his promise and didn't let her see the Red Lotus Karma Fire. Qu Yaoyao felt a little uncomfortable.
At this moment, she heard a soft and cute sound of "ouch". She pushed Chao Yuan's hand away and looked, only to see a large ball of snow falling into the snow in front of them, and when it landed on the ground it turned into a delicate and beautiful child.
"Hello, masters." The child was timid and soft, dressed in white, delicate and ethereal, with white hair and eyelashes.
Qu Yaoyao saw through its true form and opened her eyes wide in disbelief, "Snowman?"
Chao Yuan hummed, then saw the phoenix wings drooping behind him and said in a steady voice, "You built this snowman with your own hands."
???!!!!!!
The snowman built by Qu Yaoyao turned into a spirit. It turned out that a snowman could become a human being!
Chao Yuan was a little surprised, but after thinking it over, he understood. "It has your scent and my blood on it, so it's not surprising that it has developed consciousness."
Chao Yuan is a demon god, Qu Yaoyao is a divine body, and the two of them stayed beside the snowman for too long, creating an opportunity for the snowman.
This was the first time Qu Yaoyao had heard that a snowman could transform into a monster. Chao Yuan thought she couldn't accept it, so he tapped her twice with his jade bone fan and said, "If you don't like it, I'll help destroy it."
"Don't--" Qu Yaoyao was afraid that Chao Yuan would really do something to her, so she quickly held down his hand.
Looking carefully at the snowman in front of her, she found that this little snowman was not just beautiful, but too delicate and beautiful.
Chao Yuan had used night-shining pearls to make its eyes, so the little snowman's eyes were dark and translucent, and its lips, stained with Chao Yuan's blood, were as red as plum blossoms. What surprised Qu Yaoyao the most was that the little snowman had a pair of small wings behind it, made from Chao Yuan's phoenix feathers.
"Master, please don't kill me..." The little snowman's skin was as white as snow, and he looked very pitiful with tearful eyes.
It was made of ice and snow, so it naturally clung to the cool and gentle Qu Yaoyao. It fell to the ground and stumbled a few steps. It knelt in front of Qu Yaoyao and trembled, "The snowman came to life because of his masters. The snowman doesn't know where to go, and only wants to stay with his masters."
It choked and curled up into a small ball, wanting to get closer to Qu Yaoyao. However, before it could touch the hem of Qu Yaoyao's clothes, it saw Chao Yuan slap the jade bone fan in his palm with a "snap" sound, and it trembled with fear.
"What are you doing!" Qu Yaoyao glared at him.
Qu Yaoyao broke free from Chao Yuan's hand, squatted down, approached the little snowman, and pulled it up from the snow.
"Do you want to follow me?" The little snowman exuded the scent of ice and snow, with a beautiful face that was hard to tell whether it was male or female, and snowflakes still stained its soft cheeks.
As soon as Qu Yaoyao came over, it wanted to jump into her arms. Snowflakes fell from its head as it nodded vigorously. It replied cautiously: "The snowman wants to follow the master..."
Qu Yaoyao smiled at it and made a decision without discussing it with Chao Yuan. "Then you can follow me."
The little snowman reminded her of her past self.
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