Chapter 123 Demon Lord 123%
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Qu Yaoyao prepared to set off immediately to return to Wanmen Xianzong.
When Qu Yushu and Gu Tianci broke into the Lotus Palace, Chao Yuan and Qu Yaoyao had just finished building the swing and were about to carry Axue to sit on it.
The noise outside the door caught their attention, and with a violent bang, Qu Yushu and Gu Tianci rushed in covered in blood, looking ferocious as if they were here to seek revenge.
"Yaoyao!" Seeing Qu Yaoyao, Gu Tianci excitedly ran towards her, but was stopped by a sharp and evil jade bone fan.
Chao Yuan protected Qu Yaoyao and Axue behind him, glanced at Tu Ling and the other demons who had just arrived, and asked with a cold smile, "What is the purpose of Immortal Gu coming here with such a fierce momentum?"
When Gu Tianci saw Chao Yuan's face, he stopped and the anxiety in his heart was greatly extinguished.
If you think about it, this was Gu Tianci's first direct confrontation with Xie Qingxun after he became Chao Yuan. Former master and disciple, now at odds with each other, immortals and demons alike. Chao Yuan's brief words, "Gu Xianjun," were mocking and distant. How could he forget that he owed his title of Xianjun to that Immortal Venerable Qingxi?
Now that the Immortal Master has passed away, the master is no longer a master. Even though Gu Tianci had already prepared himself mentally, he still couldn't hide the awkwardness in his heart.
"Demon Lord Chao Yuan." Gu Tianci's eyes were bloodshot as he suppressed his emotions and said, "Something urgent has happened within the Immortal Sect. I'm here to find Fairy Yaolian."
Yaolian is the title given to Qu Yaoyao by the Wanmen Xianzong. Gu Tianci was not only reminding Chao Yuan, but also reminding Qu Yaoyao that she is still the fairy of their Wanmen Xianzong.
Chao Yuan frowned and snorted, "I'm sorry, she's no longer a member of your Wanmen Xianzong."
"I advise you, it's best—" Before she could finish her words, Qu Yaoyao suddenly spoke up: "Emergency? What urgent matter has occurred in the Immortal Sect?"
After patting Axue's head, she pushed Chao Yuan aside and appeared in front of Gu Tianci. Gu Tianci breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her and directly told the point: "Junior Brother Mo is in trouble."
It was unknown when Mo Xuanxiao started to suffer from coughing and asthma. No one paid attention to it at first, but it became more and more serious. Gu Tianci often advised him to go to Yaowang Sect for a checkup, but Mo Xuanxiao always refused and said he knew how to treat it himself, and it was delayed until he entered Sixiang Pavilion.
After coming out of the Four Symbols Pavilion, Mo Xuanxiao's body became extremely weak. He kept the coughing up blood a secret until he fainted in front of Gu Tianci.
"Right now, the elders of the Medicine King Sect are still treating Junior Brother Mo, but his health continues to weaken and is showing signs of getting worse."
Qu Yaoyao hadn't expected that within just a few days of her departure, the Wanmen Immortal Sect would have experienced such a major change. While she was worried about Mo Xuanxiao, she was also puzzled, "So what's your purpose in looking for me..."
She did learn some medical skills, but she was far inferior to Mo Xuanxiao, who was proficient in medicine. Moreover, although she was a Kunlun Snow Lotus and had purification skills, she was not as good as the people from the Medicine King Sect at detoxification. What's more, the cause of Mo Xuanxiao's coughing up blood had not been found yet.
Gu Tianci shook his head. In fact, he knew that instead of wasting time looking for Qu Yaoyao, it would be better to find a way to save her as soon as possible, but this matter was not something he could control.
"It's Junior Brother Mo."
Gu Tianci frowned and thought, "Junior Brother Mo insisted on seeing you as soon as possible. It's as if he knows the cause of his illness and thinks you can help him."
Qu Yaoyao was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't know what Mo Xuanxiao's intention was, the situation was urgent, so she nodded without hesitation and said, "Then let's set off now."
Qu Yaoyao said she would leave immediately and had no intention of discussing it with Chao Yuan.
Chao Yuan was naturally very dissatisfied with this. He grabbed her hand and tried to keep her, "Didn't you promise me that you would no longer meddle in the affairs of the Wanmen Xianzong?"
Qu Yaoyao broke free from his hand and said, "I never promised you."
Chao Yuan grabbed her hand again, "Have you ever thought about Ah Xue? What will happen to her if you leave?"
Ah Xue was still young, her spiritual power was weak, and she couldn't leave the Kunlun Sacred Mountain. If she followed Qu Yaoyao out, her life would be in danger. Qu Yaoyao stopped and turned to look to the side. Ah Xue was standing quietly in the corner, looking at them with tears in her watery eyes, obviously frightened.
She is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed. She obviously can't live without Qu Yaoyao, but now she is biting her lips and not saying a word.
Qu Yaoyao's voice was a little hoarse, "You...you stay and take care of her first, wait--"
She wanted to say that she would come back after the matter of the Wanmen Immortal Sect was dealt with, but Chao Yuan simply sneered: "Are you sure she can survive in my hands?"
Qu Yaoyao suddenly looked up, looking at him with anger and disappointment. Chao Yuan knew he had said something wrong and regretted it in his heart, but he didn't know how to make amends. "I..."
Qu Yaoyao ignored him and walked over to Axue, squatting down. She mixed her own blood with hers and cast a protective spell on Axue's brow. She pulled her into a hug and said, "Be good and stay here. I'll be back when I finish dealing with things outside, okay?"
Ah Xue choked with sobs, her small hands clutching Qu Yaoyao's sleeves and not wanting to let go, "Then, Master must come back."
She slowly let go of Qu Yaoyao, "Axue will always be waiting for the master."
"Okay, let's make a pinky promise."
Mo Xuanxiao's matter couldn't be delayed. Qu Yaoyao was about to leave after comforting Axue. Chao Yuan didn't say anything else, standing there coldly and somewhat gloomy. Qu Yaoyao walked past him without stopping, and only said softly: "If Axue is gone, then we can just leave it like this."
……that's all.
Chao Yuan's eyelashes trembled, and he wanted to ask her what she meant by just like that, but Qu Yaoyao had already walked away.
"Master." A weak call suddenly came from the corner.
Ah Xue walked gently to his side, grabbed his sleeve and whispered: "If you don't chase him, the master will really leave."
Chao Yuan lowered his eyes to look at her, "Who said I want to chase you?"
Axue puffed out her cheeks, "Then... do you really want to stay with Axue?"
Although Axue heard Chao Yuan's threat just now, after getting along with him for a few days, she felt that her master was gentle and casual, and just liked to scare people.
Chao Yuan smiled.
Ah Xue's words reminded him. He squatted down in front of the little snowman, pinched her cheek and said, "You wish."
If you want to leave, let's go together. Why should we leave him here alone to look after the children?
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They finally left on Chao Yuan's boat.
Qu Yaoyao didn't react well to him. She stood alone by the side of the boat, staring blankly at the sea below. Chao Yuan hugged her from behind, buried his head in the crook of her neck, and asked, "Are you still angry?"
Qu Yaoyao was not very angry at first, but was a little disappointed with his behavior and attitude. Later, she learned from Gu Tianci about the hardships they had experienced along the way. Only then did she realize that Chao Yuan had known for a long time that the Wanmen Xianzong was looking for her, and had deliberately set up obstacles to stop them.
"I only knew that the Wanmen Immortal Sect was looking for you, and I didn't know that something happened to Mo Xuanxiao." The Wanmen Immortal Sect kept this matter a secret, and he indeed did not receive any intelligence.
Chao Yuan explained, "I stopped them because I didn't want them to take you back to the Wanmen Immortal Sect, Yaoyao..."
Chao Yuan rarely confided his true feelings to her: "I'm so afraid that if you leave, you won't come back."
He is the dignified Prince Difeng, when has he ever said the word "afraid"? All his self-confidence and arrogance disappeared after meeting his beloved again. Chao Yuan just wanted to keep Qu Yaoyao in his own way.
"But you're using the wrong approach." Qu Yaoyao lowered her eyelashes. "You make me feel very insecure. I always wonder if you're smiling at me while hiding something else from me when I'm with you."
The sea breeze blew, bringing with it a few scattered snowflakes. Chao Yuan shielded her from the cold wind and said softly, "Then I won't do this again in the future."
"Forgive me, please?"
Qu Yaoyao's trust in him had long since disappeared. When Chao Yuan kissed her from the side, she turned her head away and muttered, "I won't forgive you."
After all, they were on his ship, so to prevent him from going crazy and delaying their return to the Wanmen Immortal Sect, he added conservatively, "It depends on your performance."
"good."
Chao Yuan saw her intention and sneered, but didn't expose her. He just said slowly, "I promise, I will send you back to the Wanmen Immortal Sect as quickly as possible."
Chao Yuan kept his word. His ship was unlike any other ordinary vessel, boasting exceptional speed. Even so, it took three days for them to reach Yingxian City. At the foot of the Wanmen Immortal Sect, Gu Tianci raised his arm to separate Chao Yuan and Qu Yaoyao, asking in a complicated tone, "Does the Demon Lord intend to join us in the Immortal Ruins?"
Chao Yuan narrowed his eyes, "Why not?"
Xianxu was once his territory.
Qu Yaoyao rubbed her temples. She was exhausted after sitting on the boat for several days. Seeing that Gu Tianci and Chao Yuan were refusing to give in, she stepped forward, pressed down Chao Yuan's arm, and said softly, "You go back first."
Chao Yuan glanced at her, pursed his lips and said nothing, obviously unwilling to be separated from Qu Yaoyao.
If he had been more like him before, he would have followed Qu Yaoyao into the Immortal Ruins today no matter what. But when he thought of what Qu Yaoyao had said to him on the boat, he closed his eyes and compromised, "Okay."
Qu Yaoyao didn't expect him to give in so quickly. After a moment of hesitation, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at him.
Look, she is still so easy to coax, as long as he uses the right method.
The depression in Chao Yuan's heart quickly dissipated. He raised his hand and touched Qu Yaoyao's hair. He leaned over and whispered something in her ear, then turned and left.
Well, while Qu Yaoyao is not around, he should go back and deal with those disobedient demons.
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Mo Xuanxiao's condition was very bad. When Qu Yaoyao and others arrived, Mo Xuanxiao was still in a coma.
Several elders of the Medicine King Sect were very anxious. After their diagnosis and treatment over the past few days, they had already made some progress. They confirmed that Mo Xuanxiao's coughing up blood and weakness were caused by poisoning, and it was an extremely ancient poison, which was only recorded in a few lines in the ancient scrolls.
After not seeing him for so many days, Mo Xuanxiao looked even more haggard than she had imagined, his face thin and pale. While Gu Tianci and several elders were engaged in a heated discussion, Qu Yaoyao sat beside him on the couch, resting her hand on his forehead, trying to remove the poison from him.
"Cough, cough, cough—" Before Qu Yaoyao could find the source of the poison in Mo Xuanxiao's body, the man sleeping on the couch suddenly woke up with trembling eyelashes and let out a violent cough.
As Qu Yaoyao approached, the pain in Mo Xuanxiao's body subsided a little. He tilted his head and vomited blood again, which frightened several elders who hurried forward to help him.
"You... are here." Mo Xuanxiao raised his eyes and forced a smile when he saw Qu Yaoyao, his voice weak.
Qu Yaoyao felt uncomfortable watching this. She tucked in the quilt for Mo Xuanxiao and whispered, "How did you end up like this..."
Mo Xuanxiao didn't answer. He raised his hand to signal Gu Tianci and the others to leave. An elder from the Medicine King Sect was worried, "How can you leave others in your current situation?"
"I'm fine." Mo Xuanxiao insisted on speaking only to Qu Yaoyao. He calmed down a bit before speaking again: "As long as Yaoyao is here, I'll be fine."
The elders sighed and left. Qu Yaoyao looked at him in confusion. When they were alone in the room, she asked, "You mean... can I help you detoxify?"
Seeing Mo Xuanxiao nod, Qu Yaoyao hurriedly said, "Then tell me how I can help you. I will help you detoxify now."
Mo Xuanxiao shook his head slowly again, his voice hoarse and weak from coughing and wheezing, "I don't know."
As he spoke, he covered his lips and coughed a few times, then smiled bitterly, "I only know that if you stay by my side, I won't be heartbroken."
This is not a love story, but the truth.
Mo Xuanxiao recalled the past, gently closing his eyes and asked, "Do you still remember when we went to the demon world to rescue people?"
Qu Yaoyao certainly remembered, "You mean, your poison was planted at that time?"
Mo Xuanxiao couldn't be sure either. "When I first noticed something was wrong with my body, I kept thinking back... to when I fell into the trap. I kept thinking about it, and it kept coming back to when we just came out of the demon world and I smelled the fragrance of flowers on you."
A very special and rich floral scent.
Ever since Mo Xuanxiao smelled the floral scent on Qu Yaoyao, his throat began to itch soon after, but at that time, he had not noticed anything unusual about the scent.
【Don't let Mo Xuanxiao touch you again. 】
"I have put more than one poison in you. If you don't want Mo Xuanxiao to die too quickly, don't let him get close to you again." As Mo Xuanxiao recalled, Qu Yaoyao also remembered Chao Yuan's warning to her.
At first, she believed it to be true, but after being examined by the Yaowang Sect, she thought it was a joke played by Chao Yuan on her. Unexpectedly, it actually came true.
Mo Xuanxiao knew that Chao Yuan had poisoned Qu Yaoyao, but he didn't know that the poison was related to him. The purpose of his saying these words was just to make Qu Yaoyao recall carefully when the fragrance of the flowers came into contact with her body.
"I..." Qu Yaoyao was speechless when she met Mo Xuanxiao's gaze.
She choked and stammered twice, feeling ashamed and guilty. After all, it was because of her that Mo Xuanxiao became like this.
"Yaoyao?" Mo Xuanxiao noticed that Qu Yaoyao was in a bad mood and coughed as he reached out to hold her wrist. "What's wrong with you? Did you think of something?"
Qu Yaoyao tilted her head to glance out the window. Unknowingly, it was already late at night. She asked inexplicably, "Is it past midnight?"
Without waiting for Mo Xuanxiao to answer, she broke free of his hand and stood up, forcing a forced smile as she said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to take care of. Don't worry, I will definitely help you find the antidote."
"Yaoyao." Mo Xuanxiao's face was pale and his brows were furrowed. He was sure that Chao Yuan was involved in this matter. "Don't do anything stupid."
Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and said, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon."
The secret word Chao Yuan told her before leaving was that he wanted her to wait for him at the Xianxu Cold Pond at midnight tonight.
It was after midnight when Qu Yaoyao finally arrived. Chao Yuan had been waiting in the cold pond for a long time.
Ben's gloomy expression brightened when he saw Qu Yaoyao appear. He walked forward, took Qu Yaoyao's hand, smiled, and asked, "How is it? Is everything done?"
Qu Yaoyao said nothing and slowly broke free from Chao Yuan's restraints.
Chao Yuan sensed something was wrong and leaned over to lift her face. Meeting her red, angry eyes, he paused for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"
His voice softened, and he wanted to pull the person into his arms. "What happened? Did those hypocrites bully you?"
Qu Yaoyao wanted to give him a chance to confess, but Chao Yuan pretended to be clueless from beginning to end. She finally couldn't help but push him away and asked, "How long are you going to keep pretending?"
No wonder he stopped the disciples of Wanmen Xianzong from looking for her, no wonder he trapped her in Kunlun Mountain and didn't want her to leave. If she came back later, she might only be able to collect Mo Xuanxiao's body.
"Give me the antidote." If Mo Xuanxiao died because of her, she would not forgive Chao Yuan, nor would she forgive herself.
Chao Yuan's expression was stern. "What antidote?"
Qu Yaoyao felt so sad. "You still want to lie to me at this point? You really want Mo Xuanxiao to die in front of me to make you happy!"
Chao Yuan's expression was tense. He wanted to say that he was indeed happy that Mo Xuanxiao was dead, but he couldn't bear to see Qu Yaoyao's devastation. He grasped the key points from the few words she had said, and asked with a sullen gaze, "Did Mo Xuanxiao say something to you?"
"Whether Mo Xuanxiao lives or dies is none of my business."
Thinking that those hypocrites had said something bad about him behind his back, he explained: "Don't believe their nonsense, I didn't do anything."
How could Qu Yaoyao believe him?
"You didn't do anything." She asked, "Didn't you poison me in the first place?"
"Didn't you threaten me not to get close to Mo Xuanxiao?" She had clearly done as she was told, so why did Chao Yuan still use her?
Chao Yuan finally understood everything. "Do you think I poisoned Mo Xuanxiao?"
Thinking of the threats he had made to Qu Yaoyao, he pressed the corners of his eyes hard in annoyance and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "I didn't poison you, and I didn't poison him either."
If he wanted Mo Xuanxiao dead, he would kill him directly.
Qu Yaoyao cried and laughed, wiping her tears vigorously. She asked, "Do you think what you said is credible?"
If he hadn't poisoned her, then what was the antidote he had given her several times before? If he hadn't poisoned her, how could Mo Xuanxiao become what he is now?
"I didn't poison you."
Chao Yuan still insisted, "I didn't poison you."
Qu Yaoyao felt very tired. She took a step back and said, "Then tell me, where did the poison in Mo Xuanxiao come from?"
"How would I know?" Chao Yuan said angrily, "Maybe he poisoned himself to get you and used it to slander me."
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed. Chao Yuan clenched the jade bone fan in his hand and said, "Since he wants to die, I will grant his wish."
As he turned around, Qu Yaoyao's voice came from behind him again: "Do you know what kind of poison Mo Xuanxiao was infected with?"
She whispered, "It's a very ancient poison, originating from ancient times, specifically designed to kill dragons."
"It's a very sophisticated poison. If you poison me, I won't be harmed, and neither will anyone else. Only the dragon clan, only Mo Xuanxiao, can smell the floral fragrance on me. If he smells it for too long, he'll start coughing up blood and become weak. But if he's separated from this floral fragrance, he'll suffer unbearable heartache, his physical strength and spiritual energy will be depleted, and he'll become weaker even faster."
"It's so poisonous." Qu Yaoyao wanted to laugh but couldn't. "Chao Yuan, how could there be such a cunning and vicious poison?"
It ruined Mo Xuanxiao and also ruined her.
Chao Yuan's body froze, he breathed slowly and closed his eyelashes. He said, "I haven't lied to you again."
"Yaoyao, I'll say it again. I never intended to harm you, let alone poison Mo Xuanxiao."
"...Trust me, okay?"
He gambled all his pride and self-esteem, just to get a word of "OK" from Qu Yaoyao, but he waited for a long time, and the surroundings were quiet except for his own breathing.
His dangling fingers curled together, and Chao Yuan felt a familiar pain in his heart. He turned around and saw Qu Yaoyao looking at him, biting her lips to suppress her tears, and replied with great difficulty, "You let me..."
"How can I trust you?"
In the face of cruel facts, every word Chao Yuan said came true.
How could she believe it?
How to believe.
The trust between them, already fragile after the sacrifice, was easily shattered.
Chao Yuan smiled.
The dry and cold laugh was just a self-mockery, mocking his own arrogance and ridiculousness.
"Yes, what about me is worthy of your trust?" Chao Yuan's voice was soft, his eyelashes drooped to hide his eyes, and the smile on his lips was still growing.
For the first time, he felt so powerless, so powerless that he wanted to return to hell. Perhaps only if he stayed there would he not feel pain and not feel so weak and helpless. Perhaps only if he disappeared would the little snow lotus regain its happiness.
"It's me."
Chao Yuan suddenly admitted, "You're right, I was the one who poisoned you."
"The dragon race is filthy and disgusting. I only regret that I didn't kill them all back then. That's why Mo Xuanxiao is still alive today."
"You are mine. I raised you." Chao Yuan's voice turned sinister. "What I can't have, Mo Xuanxiao has no right to have either. If he had stayed away from you, he wouldn't have become like this."
In the final analysis, he deserves it.
Qu Yaoyao couldn't believe what she heard, "Are you crazy?"
Do you know what you are talking about...
Chao Yuan knew it, of course. He pressed his eyes and smiled softly, "I've been crazy for a long time."
During the hundred years of darkness, he had become a madman.
"I have something even crazier, do you want to see it?"
Qu Yaoyao sensed danger and subconsciously wanted to escape. This look of hers was even more painful to Chao Yuan. After all, she still didn't believe he wouldn't hurt her. He appeared in front of Qu Yaoyao at breakneck speed, grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her fiercely.
Like a trapped beast on the verge of death, Qu Yaoyao tasted the cold despair in Chao Yuan's kiss. As she struggled, Chao Yuan bit her lip, pressed his hand against her forehead, and asked, "Have you never considered the future I promised you in Kunlun Mountain?"
I never thought about marrying him, never thought about staying with him in Kunlun, and never thought about having a future with him.
He was just deceiving himself, thinking that everything could be salvaged.
Qu Yaoyao felt a sting in her lower lip, tears trickling down her cheeks and wetting Chao Yuan's palms. Chao Yuan stared at her for a few moments, as if trying to see her into his heart. Tired of the long wait, he finally knew the light he desired would never fall into his hands again.
"Then I understand." Chao Yuan pushed her away from his arms, his movements decisive and merciless.
Qu Yaoyao suddenly felt an inexplicable fear. Seeing him about to leave, she uncontrollably grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Where are you going..."
Chao Yuan brushed her hand away without looking back at her. "Don't you want the antidote?"
"I'll get it for you."
The last words he left for her were: "From now on, I will give you freedom."
Everything should be over.
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