Chapter 82 Demon Lord 082%
Although Xiaoyao City is a lawless place, a group of cultivators gathering here will make them too conspicuous and will cause unnecessary trouble.
After the three of them discussed, Gu Tianci was responsible for sending them back to their respective sects, and then sending the antidote to the demon poison to Xingyang Sect. Qu Yaoyao and Mo Xuanxiao continued to stay in the demon world, waiting for an opportunity to rescue other trapped cultivators.
Originally, Mo Xuanxiao wanted Qu Yaoyao to return to the sect first, but this suggestion was rejected by Qu Yaoyao before it was even made. She not only wanted to stay in the demon world, but also wanted to re-enter Fenyuan Palace. She had made up her mind and no one could persuade her.
"Do you... also feel that there's something wrong with Demon Lord Chao Yuan?" The night before their separation, Mo Xuanxiao walked onto the roof of the inn and found Qu Yaoyao who was looking at the stars alone.
Because Xiaoyao City is adjacent to the underworld and the demon world, the sky here is covered with dark clouds and full of evil spirits, and only a few scattered stars can be seen.
Qu Yaoyao sat with her knees hugged, staring at the sky, and didn't hide anything from him. "The day you took me away, I saw Chao Yuan's face beneath the mask. You may not believe it, but he looks a lot like Xie Qingxun. Too much alike..."
Mo Xuanxiao sat beside her. His expression didn't change much when he heard her words. He simply said, "I believe it."
As a member of the dragon clan, his senses were always sharp. He had sensed that familiar aura almost as soon as Demon Lord Chao Yuan appeared. Indeed, that aura was very similar to his master's. But they had all witnessed Xie Qingxun's death in the battle a hundred years ago, an arrow piercing his heart, his soul shattered.
How did the dead person regenerate and temper his bones, and take the position of the new master of the demon world in less than a hundred years?
"Yaoyao, resemblance doesn't mean it's true. Xie Qingxun was once a celestial master in the world of immortal cultivation. He has immortal roots and cultivates the natural laws of all things. But that Demon Lord Chao Yuan is a born pure demon. He doesn't have any immortal energy in him. He is a true demon."
From being an immortal to being a demon, even if one's bones and marrow are tempered and cleansed again, it is impossible to become a pure demon. Qu Yaoyao naturally understands this principle.
"But, but..." Qu Yaoyao still couldn't convince herself, "But if he's not Xie Qingxun, then why does he look so similar to him, and also his personality and preferences, and when he kissed me..."
Meeting Mo Xuanxiao's stunned gaze, she couldn't continue with the rest of the sentence.
Although Mo Xuanxiao had long since realized what Qu Yaoyao had experienced in Fenyuan Palace, he still felt uncomfortable hearing her speak for herself. He clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, unable to control his emotions. "Did Demon Lord Chao Yuan flirt with you?"
Qu Yaoyao hummed in frustration. Although she understood the world of love, she still lacked the shyness that a girl should have in this regard. She spoke frankly, "The feeling of him kissing me reminds me of Xie Qingxun. He always bites my lower lip first and always likes to hold my neck."
At this point, she just asked her own question: "Is this my illusion, or do you men always follow the same steps when kissing a girl?"
Mo Xuanxiao could no longer laugh.
From her few words, he could already imagine how intimate she and Xie Qingxun had been, even imagining how Demon Lord Chao Yuan had grabbed her neck and forcefully demanded a kiss. With a rolling throat, Mo Xuanxiao looked at Qu Yaoyao and said, "No."
"If it were me, I wouldn't choose such an uncomfortable position."
"So what are you like?"
Facing Qu Yaoyao's pure and flawless eyes, Mo Xuanxiao was instantly bewitched. Without thinking, he said, "Do you want to try?"
Try to see how he kisses the girl he loves.
Qu Yaoyao was slightly stunned. For a moment she wanted to nod, because only after trying other men would she know whether her feelings for Demon Lord Chao Yuan were an illusion or reality. However, she quickly shook her head and refused.
"No," she said. "Kissing is a very intimate act and should only be done with someone you love."
In other words, she didn't like Mo Xuanxiao.
"You're right." As if a dense mass of thorns were piercing his heart, Mo Xuanxiao closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. "Kissing is indeed something you can only do with someone you like."
He must have been crazy to have said such reckless and rude words. Everyone has a dark side, and even if Mo Xuanxiao's heart is on the right path, he can't completely eliminate the distracting thoughts in his heart.
It seemed that since arriving in Xiaoyao City, his heart had become increasingly out of control. He became cautious, worried about gains and losses, and even uneasy and terrified, as if a treasure he had treasured and protected was about to be lost.
"Xiaoyao City is a gathering place for demons and monsters from all directions. The excessive desires here will make those with weak wills lose themselves and go astray." Mo Xuanxiao seemed to be saying this to himself.
He silently recited a spell to clear his mind several times and said, "Demons are best at bewitching people. Demon Lord Chao Yuan deliberately took off his mask in front of you, surely intending to lure you into a trap. This demon's mind is unpredictable and full of tricks. We must not let our guard down. Otherwise..."
"I'll pay attention." Qu Yaoyao had already thought about what Mo Xuanxiao said, and interrupted him from trying to persuade her.
It can be said that Demon Lord Chao Yuan really caught her weak spot. Whether he was deliberately imitating Xie Qingxun or he was the real Xie Qingxun, Qu Yaoyao had to find out.
She had to go to Fenyuan Palace again. Even if it was not for Xie Qingxun, she had to at least find out Qu Jingxian's whereabouts.
“…”
At dawn the next day, the three of them went their separate ways, leaving each other with voice mirrors to communicate and share information.
Mo Xuanxiao infiltrated the Myriad Poison Sect, and Qu Yaoyao used the Huanyan Pill to transform once again into the form of a seven-tailed fox demon. She first went to the water dungeon where Mo Xuanxiao had been before. The disciples who had been rescued told her that there were more cells deep inside the water dungeon, and that the demons might have known Qu Jingxian's identity and imprisoned her there.
The face of the seven-tailed fox demon was very useful. On the way to the water prison, Qu Yaoyao encountered many demon soldiers, but none of them were questioned.
Soon, she found the prison cell that the group of cultivators had mentioned. Thick stone walls divided them into several cells, and the prison doors were made of thick black iron. Different torture instruments were hung in each cell, which was eerie and terrifying.
"Qu Jingxian."
"Second sister, where are you?" Qu Yaoyao became more and more nervous as she looked, and she walked quickly and called out in a low voice.
She was in a very conflicted mood at the moment. She wanted to find Qu Jingxian as soon as possible and rescue her, but she was also afraid that she was really suffering inhumane punishment here. What Qu Yaoyao was even more afraid of was that she would only find Qu Jingxian's body.
"Second sister!" Passing by the last cell, Qu Yaoyao found Qu Jingxian.
She was hung by her arms, with a chain around her neck, her face drooping and unconscious. Noticing the bloodstains on her clothes, Qu Yaoyao panicked and used her Lian Chao to split open the prison door, then hurried to Qu Jingxian's side.
"Second sister, are you okay?" Qu Yaoyao cut off the chains on her arms. After the chain on her neck was cut off, there was no key, so she couldn't open the iron ring on her neck.
As soon as she got close, Qu Jingxian fell limply on top of her. Qu Yaoyao quickly supported her and found that she was not completely unconscious.
"Second sister?" Qu Yaoyao brushed the hair away from her cheek.
Qu Jingxian's breathing was very weak. She slowly opened her eyes with trembling eyelashes. She called out weakly: "Yaoyao...Yaoyao, is that you?"
"It's me."
After hearing the affirmative answer, Qu Jingxian's eyes reddened, and she choked up as she reached out to hug her. She was taller than Qu Yaoyao, and she rested her chin on her shoulder and hugged her tightly, "You finally came to save me."
"I'm so scared."
Qu Yaoyao's body stiffened as she breathed in the faint fragrance of her body, which was very familiar. After a moment, she hesitated and raised her hand to touch Qu Jingxian's hair, calling softly, "Second sister."
"Um?"
Qu Yaoyao said: "I'll take you away from here."
Qu Jingxian sniffed and hummed, hugging her tightly, "But I can't untie the chain around my neck."
"It's okay, I'll help you take a look."
Qu Yaoyao let Qu Jingxian lean against her and raised her hand to lift her hair. The iron ring around Qu Jingxian's neck was two fingers wide. The iron chain was easy to cut, but the complexity was that the iron ring was close to the neck.
"It's okay, just stand still and don't move, I'll help you chop it off." Qu Yaoyao didn't care about Qu Jingxian's safety at all and summoned Lian Chao on her wrist.
The long sword was sharp and straight, leaving no room for Qu Jingxian to move forward. With such force, this sword would not only break the iron ring, but also Qu Jingxian's neck.
Bang--
The long sword passed through Qu Jingxian's hair and was clamped tightly by two pale fingers.
Qu Jingxian tilted her head slightly, the expression on her face gradually disappearing. She held Lian Chao tightly with her hands and said with some resentment, "Didn't you come here specifically to save me? Is Yaoyao regretting this and wanting to kill me?"
Qu Yaoyao held the sword tightly and could not move forward any further. She saw the sharp sword energy scratching Qu Jingxian's fingers and blood dripping, but she didn't even frown.
"I am indeed here to save Qu Jingxian."
Qu Yaoyao stared at Qu Jingxian in front of her, "But you are not her."
"Oh?" Qu Jingxian raised her eyebrows slightly, a hint of strangeness etched across her pale, beautiful face. She asked calmly, "Then who do you think I am?"
Qu Yaoyao pulled Lian Chao back with all her strength, took a few steps back and uttered a name: "Chao Yuan."
"You are Demon Lord Chao Yuan."
In the world of cultivating immortals, illusion is a technique that is more difficult to practice than teleportation arrays. It not only requires the practitioner to have profound cultivation, but also requires skills and the superposition of some complex techniques. Very few people can use it flexibly.
If Qu Yaoyao hadn't smelled the familiar scent of snow coral on her, she wouldn't have noticed anything was wrong. And the most important thing: "Qu Jingxian would rather risk entering the demon world alone than tell me. If she saw me coming to rescue her, her first reaction would definitely be to urge me to leave quickly."
"I see." Qu Jingxian's soft and weak voice became low and pleasant.
As she finished speaking, Qu Jingxian grew taller, slowly transforming into a slender, tall man in red. Chao Yuan, the Demon Lord, still wearing his golden mask, chuckled and sighed, "What a shame! I was hoping to use this identity to play with you for a bit longer."
Qu Yaoyao looked at him and couldn't help but take two steps back. With no way to retreat, her back leaned against the wall.
Buzz——
Several chains suddenly emerged from the wall.
Qu Yaoyao didn't have time to react before her wrists were quickly caught by chains. As she struggled, a chain was wrapped around her neck, locking her in place.
"What do you want to do?" Qu Yaoyao was unable to move, her chin forced up.
Chao Yuan, the Demon Lord, looked at her trapped indifferently. He couldn't help but sneer when he heard her question. He was also thinking about this question: "What to do?"
He tilted his head to look at the person entangled in chains. He walked closer to her, placed his finger over the corner of her eye, and slowly moved it around, saying ambiguously, "It's so hard to catch a pet that suits you, so naturally you want to do everything you can."
Qu Yaoyao vaguely understood the meaning of his words and rarely felt embarrassed or angry.
She struggled, pulling at the chains, making them jingle. "If you want to do it, I'm always here for you. Is it fun to keep me trapped like this?"
"Why is it boring?"
Chao Yuan's pupils behind the mask were dark, and his emotions were unclear as he asked, "Didn't you say you were Xie Qingxun's wife?"
"I heard that Xie Qingxun was killed by his wife herself with an arrow through the heart."
Qu Yaoyao froze and looked up at him.
"What a vicious woman."
Chao Yuan leaned forward, pinched her chin, and faced her face to face. "I just wanted to play with you, but I don't want to end up like your husband. Naturally, I have to keep you captive and watch you closely, so that you don't die without knowing how."
Qu Yaoyao was stabbed in the wound and her face gradually turned pale.
The girl, who had just been so lively and shy, suddenly lost her strength like a butterfly with broken wings. Her eyelashes drooped and trembled violently, her lips trembling as if she was about to cry. She said in a pale and weak voice, "...I didn't."
What doesn't she have?
Did she not kill Xie Qingxun, or did she not have a cruel heart?
Chao Yuan stared at her coldly, as if he was disappointed by her mournful and depressed look. He shook her off in disgust, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and turned to leave.
Tears welled up in Qu Yaoyao's eyes, and when he turned around, she suddenly shouted, "Xie Qingxun!"
Chao Yuan stopped and heard her sobbing and asked, "Are you Xie Qingxun..."
The crimson hem of her dress swayed. Chao Yuan turned his back to her and didn't look back. Suddenly, he laughed a few times.
It was a cold laugh, a laugh without any hint of amusement. Chao Yuan gently stroked the mask on her face and asked her clearly, "Are you kidding me?"
"Xie Qingxun died a long time ago."
“…”
After Chao Yuan locked Qu Yaoyao in the dungeon, he no longer cared about her life or death.
His heart still ached, making it difficult to breathe and his lips had lost their color. Di Shu hurried forward to support him. Turning back to look at the tightly closed cell door, he heard Chao Yuan ask him grimly, "What are you looking at?"
Di Shu hesitated and said, "How does the Demon Lord want to deal with Yao..."
Di Shu swallowed the words "Madam Yao" under Chao Yuan's cold gaze and changed his words: "How does the Demon Lord want to deal with Qu Yaoyao?"
The three words "Qu Yaoyao" were harsh and unpleasant, causing Chao Yuan to clutch his chest. His breathing became more rapid, and he felt a surge of anger and inexplicable irritation. He shook Di Shu's hand away and said coldly, "She is now a prisoner of the Demon Palace. Let's do what we have to do."
This means I'm not going to care about her anymore.
Chao Yuan still felt it was not enough, so he added another sentence when he returned to his room: "Don't bother me with her affairs in the future."
Di Shu was silent. He caught a glimpse of a yellow shadow out of the corner of his eye, but it quickly disappeared.
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Chao Yuan was in a very bad mood and urgently needed to calm his mind and regulate his breathing. After returning to his room, he lit several clumps of snow coral.
The snow coral not only soothed his emotions, but the crushed powder sprinkled on his heart also relieved the burning pain in his heart. Although he didn't want to sleep, he was forced to fall into a coma because of the snow coral, and his body was gradually covered by frost.
A hint of chill dissipated the warmth in the bedroom, the defensive barrier slowly opened, and the room was silent.
When Chao Yuan fell into a coma, he knew that there would never be anyone by his side again, covering him with layers of quilts, talking to him tirelessly, and helping him dispel the darkness he feared.
While he was regulating his breathing, the Yinshan Python Demon soon learned that Qu Yaoyao had been captured, and dragged its long and thick python body to the dungeon.
When Di Shu learned about this, he looked at the tightly closed palace door and frowned. Huang Ying leaned against the wall and said, "I heard that Qu Yaoyao burned the old loach's poisonous insect. Tsk tsk, this is a great grudge. Yinshan will definitely not let her go."
Di Shu nodded lightly. He knew this without Huang Ying telling him.
Huang Ying asked, "Aren't you going to tell your Demon Lord?"
Di Shu: "The Demon Lord said he doesn't care whether she lives or dies."
"So cruel." Huang Ying clicked her tongue.
Di Shu lowered his gaze and replied, "She was the one who hurt the Demon Lord first."
The wounds caused by Lian Chao could not be healed even if he were to have several more bodies. Qu Yaoyao had no idea what Lian Chao meant to Xie Qingxun.
Huang Ying was stunned for a moment, as if she remembered something. She laughed inexplicably and nodded: "That's right."
After leaving just two words, she yawned and turned away, not intending to care anymore.
Although the Yinshan Python Demon was a python, he was cunning and clever, and vaguely saw that Chao Yuan Demon Lord had unusual feelings towards Qu Yaoyao. He thought that his visit would be in vain, but he did not expect that there was no one guarding the cell where Qu Yaoyao was imprisoned.
In the Demon Palace, an unguarded cell meant the demons could do whatever they wanted. No one would care if they killed someone. The Yinshan Python Demon was overjoyed, thinking he had misjudged Demon Lord Chao Yuan's intentions. He pushed open the cell door and entered, grinning sinisterly, "Your Majesty, you're a man of your words. You've finally captured you."
It was the first time for Qu Yaoyao to see a monster with a human body and a python tail. Facing it head on, it would be a lie to say she wasn't scared.
The Yinshan python monster originally wanted to eat Qu Yaoyao in one bite, but when its mouth opened wide, it suddenly changed its mind. It transformed back into a human form and circled around Qu Yaoyao a few times. "It would be a shame to just eat her like this. You've ruined so many of my poisonous insects. Why don't I play something more interesting with you first?"
Qu Yaoyao was trapped in the chains and couldn't move. She struggled hard and saw several snakes jump out of the Yinshan Python's sleeves. It called out anxiously: "Lian Chao..."
"Lianchao."
The bracelet on her wrist glowed faintly, but she still hadn't appeared. To prevent her from escaping, Chao Yuan not only sealed her cultivation, but also tampered with the Lian Dynasty, so the Lian Dynasty could no longer help her.
"Hiss..." Countless long snakes spitting out their tongues and crawled towards Qu Yaoyao.
A dense mass of long snakes covered the ground. The Yinshan Python Demon smiled and directed its children, but its words were the same as Qu Yaoyao's. "These children of mine have been hungry for a long time, and they love to burrow into the bodies of you girls."
"But don't worry, I won't let you die. I'll even use your body to cultivate new Gu worms."
Qu Yaoyao felt pain between her legs and saw several snakes crawling up her ankles.
Having seen vipers, real dragons and phoenixes, she was not afraid of these snakes. But for some reason, her mind was full of what the Yinshan Python Demon had just said. He said that Demon Lord Chao Yuan helped him catch it.
So, does he want to hand her over to the Yinshan Python Demon?
"Ugh..." The pain in her legs was getting more and more severe, and a snake was already trying to drill into her skin and flesh. Qu Yaoyao was brought back to consciousness by the intense pain, and she began to pull the chain violently.
She thought, if Chao Yuan was Xie Qingxun, she would accept his heartlessness towards her, but if Chao Yuan was not Xie Qingxun, why should she let them do whatever they wanted to her?
Her clothes gradually became stained with blood. Qu Yaoyao closed her eyes and saw Xie Qingxun, who was about to turn into ashes a hundred years ago. He asked her to wait for him, to live well and wait for his return, and said that he would personally pull her into the abyss. But...
"I can't seem to wait for you anymore." Qu Yaoyao could no longer say sorry to him face to face.
With little light emanating from her body, Qu Yaoyao forcibly broke through Chao Yuan's restriction on her, and the chains broke into pieces.
After a hundred years of diligent training, now that she has lost Lian Chao, she can take this opportunity to test her own level...
Bang--
The frost wrapped around Chao Yuan suddenly shattered inch by inch.
Startled by the inexplicable murderous aura, he opened his eyes and woke up. The forced breathing exercises did not make his body better, and his heart still ached violently.
The windows and doors were tightly shut. He quickly noticed the red curtains fluttering in the windless air, pressed his forehead, and called out, "Earth Shu."
Di Shu pushed the door open and came in, and heard him ask, "What happened outside?"
Invisible air waves reached his bedroom. Someone was engaged in a fierce battle. Chao Yuan just woke up and was confused. He was too lazy to feel the source of these air waves. After all, this was the devil's palace, where demons and monsters gathered and killing was going on at any time.
Standing up, he casually lit a bunch of snow coral and said impatiently, "Tell them to get out of here and fight."
Di Shu gripped the sickle at his waist. As Chao Yuan's most loyal disciple, he would never disobey any order he received. But today, he hesitated slightly, and after a brief pause, he finally said, "It's the dungeon."
"What?" Chao Yuan was absent-minded and raised his hand to take off the mask on his face.
Huang Ying couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she leaned against the door and said quickly, "That old loach from Yinshan went to the dungeon. Judging from the situation, he and Qu Yaoyao must have been fighting."
"Where does the Demon Lord want them to go and fight?"
Pop.
The snow coral shattered on the ground, the bedroom covered with red curtains was still fluttering in the wind, but the owner of the palace was nowhere to be seen.
The author has something to say: I wanted to be intimate with my wife by pretending to be a girl, but when I was discovered, I bared my teeth and showed my fierce face. When I saw my wife crying after being bullied, I quickly ran away. In the end, I got into trouble because of my stubbornness:)
I feel like the male protagonist will be scolded in this chapter. Let him take off the mask in the next chapter. I wonder if his handsome face can win back some favor OVO.
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