Chapter 124 Demon Lord 124%
“…”
Chao Yuan left.
After he left, Qu Yaoyao stood alone by the cold pond for a long time. The cold wind blew on her face, drying her tears. Her mind was filled with Chao Yuan's words: "I will give you freedom."
free.
Qu Yaoyao muttered these two words softly, then sat down leaning against the cold pond and whispered, "My freedom has always been there."
What gave Chao Yuan the illusion that she was not free when she was with him?
It was a chaotic night, so chaotic that Qu Yaoyao lost her mind and even her emotions. When Mo Xuanxiao dragged his weak body to find her, Qu Yaoyao was sitting with her knees hugged, leaning against the cold pond. She was as helpless as a child and didn't even notice Mo Xuanxiao approaching.
"Have you seen him?" Mo Xuanxiao's voice was hoarse. He supported himself on the wall of the pond and sat down next to Qu Yaoyao with difficulty.
Qu Yaoyao quickly buried her face in her sleeves and rubbed it. She feigned indifference and responded with a nasal tone. Mo Xuanxiao asked, "He didn't give you the antidote, did he?"
Qu Yaoyao was silent, tugging at her dress with her fingers. After a while, she asked, "Do you also think... that he was the one who poisoned her?"
Mo Xuanxiao said, "I don't rely on feelings when doing things, I only believe in evidence."
His words seemed to be whitewashing Chao Yuan, but in fact they had confirmed Chao Yuan's guilt.
The only ones who know the nemesis of the dragon clan are the phoenix clan, but there is no longer the dragon and phoenix clan in this world. There are only him, Mo Xuanxiao, and Chao Yuan left. So except Chao Yuan, no one can harm him into this state, and he is the only one who desperately wants him dead.
Very strange.
Qu Yaoyao had clearly admitted Chao Yuan's crimes, but when Mo Xuanxiao said this, she felt that the truth should not be like this.
【I have never lied to you again.】
"Yaoyao, I'll say this again. I never intended to harm you, much less poison Mo Xuanxiao."
[…Trust me, okay?]
Qu Yaoyao clutched her head in agony, remembering his sinister change of heart. She couldn't understand why Chao Yuan, who initially refused to admit to poisoning, suddenly admitted it later. At this moment, Mo Xuanxiao gently stroked her head and whispered soothingly, "Don't force yourself. Don't dwell on this anymore. Let me handle the rest."
In fact, Mo Xuanxiao had just heard their conversation and didn't believe that Chao Yuan would obediently go and get the antidote.
In order to poison him, he used Qu Yaoyao and set up a plan for a hundred years. How could he let her go easily just because of a few words from Qu Yaoyao?
"That's not right." Qu Yaoyao murmured.
Mo Xuanxiao didn't hear clearly, "What did you say?"
"I want to say that the Phoenix Clan is not just Chao Yuan."
Mo Xuanxiao's words just now reminded her that if they all thought that "only the Phoenix Clan could poison him", then why couldn't it be Huang Ying?
"Huang Ying?" Mo Xuanxiao had also heard about the fight between the two phoenixes a few days ago and had assumed it was a clone created by Chao Yuan to confuse him. Upon learning of Huang Ying's identity as the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix, he frowned and asked, "What is Huang Ying's purpose in doing this?"
He then asked Qu Yaoyao, "Has she ever come close to you and poisoned you?"
Qu Yaoyao began to be distracted by Mo Xuanxiao and completely forgot about Huang Ying. She carefully recalled every detail of her time with Huang Ying, and suddenly remembered that when Chao Yuan let them out of the demon world for the first time, he also smelled the fragrance of flowers from Huang Ying.
"...It's her." The real murderer surfaced, making Qu Yaoyao's face pale.
She was previously puzzled as to why Chao Yuan changed his words and admitted it, but now she understood.
"No wonder, no wonder I gave him the chance to explain, but he said nothing..." Qu Yaoyao understood everything, it was because Chao Yuan guessed the real murderer before her. He began to explain weakly because he did not dare to tell Qu Yaoyao the real murderer. Later, he changed his words and admitted it because he was afraid that Qu Yaoyao would guess the real murderer.
Chao Yuan was afraid that she would go find Huang Ying.
【Don’t you want the antidote? 】
[I'll get it for you.]
Qu Yaoyao guessed Chao Yuan's intention and suddenly got up from the ground.
Mo Xuanxiao only felt his eyes blurred, "Yaoyao, where are you going..."
Qu Yaoyao didn't have time to answer him. Her heart was in turmoil. If she hadn't been clear-headed during her argument with Chao Yuan, she was now too clear-headed.
The last words Chao Yuan said to her, 'Give her freedom', were not meant to draw a line between them. How could a man as stubborn and paranoid as him, who had finally been with her, suddenly let go? He was saying goodbye to her and wanted her to stop missing him!
"Chao Yuan."
"I want to see Chao Yuan." Qu Yaoyao couldn't find Chao Yuan along the way, so she chased him all the way to the demon world.
She arrived a step too late. Chao Yuan had already ordered the demon world to be sealed off. Even if she came, the demons stationed in the barrier would not let her in. Qu Yaoyao was panicked, worried that Chao Yuan had already gone to look for Huang Ying, so she had no choice but to force her way in.
As Lian Chao appeared, her pressure dispersed, and the demons fled. Tu Ling appeared silently behind her.
Lord Tuling, who once followed Chao Yuan in glory, has now been crippled and turned into an ordinary fox demon. She stared at Qu Yaoyao hatefully and said, "It's all because of you. How dare you come here!"
Chao Yuan still found out that she had leaked the secret to the Wanmen Xianzong. She didn't want to betray him, but she just couldn't bear to see him give up his great cause in the demon world for Qu Yaoyao, so she wanted to drive Qu Yaoyao away from him.
Just because of this little thing, Chao Yuan severely punished the demons stationed in Kunlun Mountain and almost killed her.
What a cruel man! He didn't care about her hundreds of years of companionship when he attacked. If she hadn't cut off her own eight tails and escaped from Chao Yuan, her body would have been cold by now.
Qu Yaoyao also noticed that she had almost no demonic power left, and said calmly, "You can't beat me."
Tu Ling laughed crazily, "How can we know if we don't try?"
Now the people of Fenyuan Palace were searching for her everywhere. If she was caught, she would be doomed. Since she was going to die anyway, it would be better to drag Qu Yaoyao with her to die together. That way, when Chao Yuan missed Qu Yaoyao, he might even think of her by the way. Even if he only hated her, he would be satisfied.
Qu Yaoyao did not hold back this time.
She was in a hurry to find Chao Yuan and had no time to spend with Tu Ling. With their cultivation levels at the highest level, one was in heaven, the other on earth. Tu Ling had no chance against her and was knocked to the ground in just a few moves.
"Fairy Yaolian, you are truly amazing." Tu Ling's cheeks were stained with blood.
She knew she was doomed, but she laughed foolishly, "You can show mercy to other monsters, why are you so cruel to me?"
She thought to herself, "Could it be that he is jealous of my close relationship with the Demon Lord?"
Knowing that she had committed evil and was once hostile to Qu Yaoyao, Chao Yuan still helped her improve her cultivation and kept her by his side. This was also special. She guessed that Qu Yaoyao was jealous of her.
Qu Yaoyao was not annoyed by her, but replied calmly: "I killed you because you deserve to die."
Before following Chao Yuan, Tu Ling was cruel and bloodthirsty. After following Chao Yuan, he relied on the support of Fenyuan Palace to kill countless disciples of the immortal sect. Qu Yaoyao would never let go of such a vicious demon.
She raised Lian Chao and was about to stab Tu Ling in the heart, but Tu Ling suddenly looked up and grinned at her, with flames coming out of his body.
She knew that Qu Yaoyao was afraid of fire, so before she died, she burned her inner elixir and turned into a ball of flame to give Qu Yaoyao the final blow. The fox clan was good at charming people, and when she grinned at Qu Yaoyao, she led Qu Yaoyao into a fantasy.
Then, Qu Yaoyao saw Tu Ling's body transformed into a dazzling red lotus, wrapped in karmic fire and rushing towards her. The fear during the sacrifice was reawakened. She was just stunned and almost fell into Tu Ling's trap. Fortunately, a red sleeve blocked her sight.
Swish——
The flames dissipated, and with them disappeared Tu Ling's sharp screams.
When the red sleeve was withdrawn from her sight, Qu Yaoyao saw Chao Yuan. He had changed back into his favorite red clothes. The cool and elegant silk looked perfect on him. After all, red clothes suited him better than white clothes.
Without saying a word, Chao Yuan turned around and was about to leave after killing Tu Ling. Qu Yaoyao was still frightened and was a little slow to grab his sleeve. She missed and could only lunge forward and wrap her arms around his waist from behind.
"Don't go."
Chao Yuan's body froze, his long eyelashes trembling. His pale face was expressionless as he stood straight and erect. "What are you doing here?"
Qu Yaoyao felt at ease only after hugging him, and uttered two words: "Antidote."
Chao Yuan's breath hitched, his expression of indifference faltering. He immediately tugged at Qu Yaoyao's hand from around his waist. "I said I'd give you the antidote. Fairy Yaolian, why did you make this extra trip?"
Qu Yaoyao tightly grasped the clothes around his waist and refused to let go. "When are you going to give it to me?"
Chao Yuan suppressed his emotions and paused, "I'm matching it."
"Are you matching or preparing to grab it?"
Qu Yaoyao stopped provoking him and walked a few steps to face him, looking at him angrily, "The poison was given by Huang Ying, right? If I can't figure it out, are you going to go find Huang Ying alone to steal the antidote?"
Chao Yuan's long eyelashes trembled more and more violently. He lowered his eyes to look at her and said, "I was the one who poisoned her. Huang Ying has nothing to do with it."
The more he said this, the more it proved that there was something wrong with Huang Ying.
Seeing that he was still stubborn, Qu Yaoyao nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go ask Huang Ying myself."
"Yaoyao——" Chao Yuan grabbed her wrist with his backhand.
Qu Yaoyao stopped walking, looked back at his changed face, and asked, "Since Huang Ying didn't poison you, what are you afraid of?"
Chao Yuan knew he could no longer hide the truth from her, so he closed his eyelashes and replied, "Don't go look for her. She's in danger."
"Then it won't be dangerous for you to go find her?"
Qu Yaoyao could see that he was clearly at a disadvantage when he and Huang Ying used their phoenix bodies to fight that day. She wondered how powerful he was that even Chao Yuan was wary of him, but he should never, ever, hide such a thing from her.
"This isn't your first time."
Qu Yaoyao sniffed. "You're always like this, always acting on your own initiative, lying and hurting me under the guise of doing good for me, but never asking if I'm willing to do so. If you really care about me, you should explain everything to me. Is there any difficulty we can't face together?"
Chao Yuan didn't give in to her this time, "Aren't you the same?"
Neither of them had the right to criticize the other. They were both treating each other in the way they thought was best, yet blaming each other for not sharing their hardships. Qu Yaoyao was choked by Chao Yuan. She opened her mouth but couldn't find a rebuttal, so she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry."
He was apologizing for his own self-willed behavior and also for her previous distrust of him.
"I was so panicked."
Qu Yaoyao wanted to explain: "I'm afraid that we will become strangers again because of this, and that we really have no future. If it is really you who poisoned Mo Xuanxiao, I will not be able to forgive you if something happens to him, and I will not be able to forgive myself either."
They had finally gotten back together, and it hadn't been easy. Faced with all the 'evidence', Qu Yaoyao lost her composure and lost her ability to think. She just thought that if Chao Yuan had poisoned her, then he would quickly admit it and bring out the antidote, then everything would still be salvaged.
"Actually, I believe you, but in the face of those 'evidences', I need you to give me a firm reason." If Chao Yuan had chosen to hug her and patiently help her sort out the doubts about the poisoning, Qu Yaoyao would not have been as sharp as a hedgehog afterwards.
"You said you didn't poison me, so what was the antidote you gave me?" Chao Yuan never gave a direct answer to this question.
Chao Yuan knew that if he didn't make things clear today, nothing would happen. He sighed and uttered a single word with great difficulty: "Sugar."
Qu Yaoyao opened her eyes wide, "Say it again."
Chao Yuan said: "The antidote I gave you is sugar."
Chao Yuan had indeed never poisoned her. From beginning to end, both the poison and the antidote he fed her were sugar, coated with nourishing herbs, giving it a sweet and bitter taste. Chao Yuan's warning to Qu Yaoyao not to get too close to Mo Xuanxiao was purely a deliberate threat, a venomous threat. He kept it to himself at the time, initially fearing it would further anger her. Later, he guessed the poisoner was Huang Ying and decided not to explain.
“It’s actually sugar.”
Qu Yaoyao never imagined that Chao Yuan actually used candy to coax her.
It was because of Chao Yuan's so-called poison that Qu Yaoyao couldn't sleep well for several days and became very nervous. When Chao Yuan forgot to give her the "antidote", she secretly hurt him for not caring about her at all.
So angry.
I was angry and wanted to laugh, but when I laughed I felt that Chao Yuan was too much and I felt very aggrieved.
All sorts of emotions intertwined together, and Qu Yaoyao angrily raised her hand to hit his chest, angrily shouting his name: "Chao Yuan!"
Chao Yuan knew she would do this, so he stretched out his arms to pull her into his arms and hugged her. Qu Yaoyao struggled for a while, and finally calmed down in his arms.
"I'm sorry." In the silence, Qu Yaoyao heard Chao Yuan's whisper.
Qu Yaoyao buried her face in his arms and replied sullenly, "Don't say sorry anymore. We've already said sorry too many times to each other."
Chao Yuan hugged him tightly and said softly, "Okay."
“…”
Qu Yaoyao was largely responsible for Mo Xuanxiao being poisoned, and she had to get the antidote for him.
Just as she and Chao Yuan were planning to find Huang Ying, news came from the Wanmen Immortal Sect that Mo Xuanxiao was missing. They searched all over the Immortal Ruins, but only found a red-gold feather under the window of Mo Xuanxiao's bedroom.
Soon, Chao Yuan received another message from Huang Ying. After reading the short line of words clearly, Chao Yuan's pupils widened and his half-hanging fingers slowly curled together.
"Are we ready to set off?" They had already figured out Huang Ying's location.
Qu Yaoyao saw Chao Yuan looking at something with his back to her, and walked towards him in confusion. When she got to his side, she found that there was nothing in front of him.
"What are you looking at?"
Chao Yuan's hands were still shaking slightly, and he forced a smile. He said, "It's nothing. Let's go."
Holding Qu Yaoyao's hand, Chao Yuan took her back to the bedroom and said he had something to give her.
"Is there something you can't bring back?" Qu Yaoyao asked blankly.
Chao Yuan said, "I'm afraid if I don't give it to you today, I won't have another chance in the future."
Qu Yaoyao thought he was afraid they wouldn't return, so she pinched him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Is it possible that the combined strength of the two of us can't defeat Huang Ying?"
What's more, she has already sent a message to Gu Tianci, and he will bring the powerful people from various immortal sects to support them.
Chao Yuan smiled and didn't explain any more. He reached out and grabbed his chest. Blood seeped out from his clothes and turned into a blood-red blood drop pendant.
It was the one Chong'an had given her, and it turned out to be made from the heart blood of the phoenix.
Without the heart blood, Chao Yuan's dark hair turned white again. He quickly suppressed the change and leaned over to put the pendant around Qu Yaoyao's neck. "Mother said that if the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix truly loves someone, it will turn this most important heart blood into a pendant and make a promise to their beloved to be together for the rest of their lives."
But the heart blood of the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix was too precious. Hou Jin failed to obtain Sang Ying's heart blood, and he had never heard of a Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix donating its heart blood for anyone.
Qu Yaoyao knew that this drop of heart blood was related to the immortality of the Golden-Winged Divine Phoenix. She was worried that something might happen to him and wanted to return it to him, but Chao Yuan held her hand tightly and said, "This should have belonged to you."
It is because of this drop of blood that Chao Yuan was able to atone for the sins he committed in reincarnation and stay with Qu Yaoyao until now.
He hadn't told Qu Yaoyao that the Phoenix Heart Blood could only be donated on the wedding day. Not only had he donated it in advance, he hadn't even mentioned the marriage to her. Clutching the scorching-hot pendant in her palm, Qu Yaoyao remained silent for a moment before saying, "You asked me the other day if I'd ever considered the future you promised me."
"I have considered it."
But Chao Yuan was too afraid to hear a negative answer from her, so he hurriedly pushed her away from his arms without giving her a chance to speak.
Qu Yaoyao said, "Sometimes I wonder what our future will hold. We might let go of the past with the passage of time, or we might inadvertently cross each other's sensitive lines, just like a few days ago. We had a big fight and went our separate ways, me back to my Wanmen Immortal Sect, you back to your demon world, and then we bowed our heads before quickly becoming entangled again."
Chao Yuan lowered his eyes and smiled, "I must be the first one to bow my head."
"That's not necessarily true." Qu Yaoyao brought up the past. "Didn't I come looking for you during this quarrel? And you still gave me the cold shoulder."
Qu Yaoyao snorted as she spoke: "If there's a next time, no matter if it's my fault or yours, I won't come looking for you again. I also want to save face. When you come looking for me, I will also give you the cold shoulder."
Chao Yuan laughed again and didn't continue the conversation. Then, both of them fell silent.
"I……"
"I've thought about it." After a moment, the two spoke at the same time. Qu Yaoyao spoke a little faster than Chao Yuan and finished her words first.
Chao Yuan was stunned for a moment, "What are you considering?"
Qu Yaoyao tugged at her sleeves, turned away, and said in a muffled voice, "I've considered what you told me about Kunlun Mountain."
"We'll get married once this is over." In fact, she had already agreed to Chao Yuan in her heart, but she had too many concerns and didn't have the courage to speak out, always afraid of being hurt again.
It was not until their quarrel in the cold pond that day that she realized that Chao Yuan was even more insecure than her. He was even more worried about the things she worried about, and it was almost driving him into a state of obsession.
I shouldn't go on like this, Qu Yaoyao made up her mind. Suddenly, she found that as soon as she opened her mouth, her mind became clear, and all the so-called concerns and worries became unimportant.
"I can marry you, but I want you to prepare a lively wedding to make up for your inattention to me when you were Xie Qingxun." Qu Yaoyao made a lot of requests, and finally said: "Love is about mutual fulfillment, not one person giving and the other taking."
"So, I don't want you to stay with me in Kunlun Mountain all the time. We can go to Kunlun in spring and summer, and stay in Fenyuan Palace in autumn and winter where you will feel comfortable."
"I don't want you to give up your great cause in the demon world for me. You should be a good demon king in the demon world, control the demons here and make them behave well, so that they don't interfere with the immortal world."
After saying so much, she saw that Chao Yuan remained silent, so she paused and asked, "Can you do this?"
"Chao Yuan?"
The loose hair on Chao Yuan's cheek fell down, and he raised his long eyelashes and stared at Qu Yaoyao.
Reaching out and covering her face, Chao Yuan carefully traced her eyebrows and eyes. He memorized every word Qu Yaoyao said and replied in a low voice, "I can do it."
"pity--"
Chao Yuan's voice became increasingly unclear. He leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead. "It's too late for you."
How great would it be if Qu Yaoyao could tell him this earlier?
As Chao Yuan finished speaking, a transparent barrier separated the two of them, and Chao Yuan trapped Qu Yaoyao in the bedroom.
"Chao Yuan, what do you mean?" Qu Yaoyao couldn't believe it and tried to break out of the barrier but was stopped.
Chao Yuan stepped back, staring deeply at her face, trying to memorize it. Before he turned and left, he left one last sentence: "If I can come back, we will get married."
The message Huang Ying sent was—
Where are you going, my son?
He should have guessed it earlier.
Huang Ying is Sang Ying,
He is the only Fallen Angel in this world who has not yet fallen.
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