Chapter 97 Demon Lord 097%
“…”
Today is a full moon, and it is the day when the Immortal Lord comes to visit her.
Chilly air emanated from the cold pond. Pretty little snow lilies were sandwiched between several large snow lilies, gently stretching out their branches and leaves, trying to make themselves bloom more beautifully.
Before long, she heard footsteps on the corridor. The person's steps were light and slow, scratching its heart and causing it to shake its branches again.
Here we come!
The white-robed immortal stopped by the cold pond, his white silk cloak gleaming in the moonlight. He first looked up at the moon, then lowered his eyes to look at the cold pond, his gaze accurately set on the small snow lotus.
"It seems like she has grown a little." The Immortal Venerable leaned forward with his arms, looking at Xiao Xuelian and talking to himself.
The Immortal Venerable had a pleasant voice, gentle, soft, and nonchalant, and he would occasionally smile at her. Hearing him praise her, the little snow lotus excitedly opened its petals even wider, emitting tiny bubbles of spiritual energy.
The Immortal Lord smiled.
There were no lights here, and the clear moonlight was not enough to illuminate the entire Mirror Moon Tower. Xiao Xuelian tried very hard to memorize the Immortal Venerable's face, but unfortunately, the Immortal Venerable's eyelashes were thick and long like small fans, and their trembling cast shadows on his eyelids, making it difficult to see the color of his eyes.
But it's enough.
Little Snow Lotus was very content, and was happy as long as it could see the Immortal Lord.
Today, the Immortal Venerable stayed in the cold pond for a little longer. He seemed to be in a good mood. He lifted his robe and sat directly by the cold pond, getting closer to it.
The Immortal Lord is very tall, and even when sitting in front of Xiao Xuelian, he is like a mountain. However, he is a very beautiful and safe mountain. As long as he is around, Xiao Xuelian feels that her life is complete and she will die without regrets.
A wisp of black hair cascaded down, the Immortal Venerable's frosty white sleeves stained with cold water, a single icy flower blossoming between them. Only he dared to reach out and scoop up the water from the 10,000-year-old icy pond, feared by all. The clear water shone in the moonlight, gathering in his palm before slowly draining away. Little Snow Lotus heard the Immortal Venerable mutter, "It's so cold."
【Don't touch it if it's cold. 】
Xiao Xuelian couldn't move and could only watch as he continued to stir the water in the cold pool, causing ice flowers to bloom and shatter on the back of his hand.
[Quickly take your hand back.] Xiao Xuelian said silently, wishing the Immortal Venerable could hear her inner voice.
The Immortal Lord seemed to have a telepathic connection with it, and his wrist that was stirring the cold water suddenly stopped. He raised his eyes and looked at it again. Little Snow Lotus felt its branches trembling, with joy, and helplessness, and also like what humans call a heartbeat.
Wow——
A stream of water that made it extremely comfortable flowed under its petals and leaves, and the little snow lotus couldn't help but shiver.
The Immortal Venerable poured handfuls of water over it, not caring that his sleeves were completely floating on the surface. Little Snow Lotus heard him say to it, "Grow up quickly so that I don't have to worry about you."
He never addressed himself as "this lord" in front of it, always referring to himself as "I," bringing them closer. Little Snow Lotus enjoyed the Immortal Venerable's personal watering and secretly made a resolution: "I will definitely grow up quickly."
It's too small.
Although it is very beautiful, compared with those large snow lotuses, it looks like a pitiful and fragile child.
Xiao Xuelian remembered that there was once an extremely strong wind in the Xianxu area, which blew many flowers and plants to the ground. Its branches were soft and half bent in the strong wind, and the heavy rain made it droop its head. It almost thought it would die in the rain.
It happened to be a full moon that night, and when the Immortal Venerable held up an umbrella to look at it, he saw a few white petals floating in the cold pond.
The petals were all from the little snow lotus. After the petals were smashed off, it looked even smaller. It was dejected and immersed in grief. At this time, a hand touched it gently, held an umbrella over its head, and sighed, "Why is it so miserable?"
From then on, whenever there was a violent storm, the Immortal Lord would come over and protect it with magic. Little Snow Lotus was grateful and could only practice harder. Unfortunately, no matter how hard it absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon and practiced, it could not make itself bigger.
[You must, you must work hard to cultivate and transform.]
After the Immortal Master left, Xiao Xuelian continued to practice diligently, looking forward to meeting the Immortal Master on the next full moon.
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When Chao Yuan came to the cave, Di Shu was trying to wake up Qu Yaoyao.
Qu Yaoyao fainted beside the corpse, her weak breathing emitting a strange floral scent. He pried open her eyelids and saw a spinning phoenix flower reflected in her dazed eyes.
"Master, Miss Yao's body has become stiff." After finally finding a cave and dragging the person in, Di Shu quickly sent a message to Chao Yuan.
Chao Yuan was nearby. He knelt down beside Qu Yaoyao, looked at her for a moment, and said, "She has entered the fantasy world of the phoenix flower."
After death, the phoenix transforms into a phoenix flower, each representing a fantasy world. If it dies with a smile, it leaves behind a most touching and unforgettable paradise. If it dies with hatred, it leaves behind a dream of death that people don't want to recall.
No matter whether it is paradise or hell, it is difficult for people who enter the illusion of the phoenix flower to come out. The deeper the obsession, the faster they die, so the phoenix flower is also called the flower of death.
Seeing the sweet smile on Qu Yaoyao's lips, Chao Yuan knew she was lucky and had entered the happiest time of her life. However, she seemed to be too happy, and her body stiffened much faster than that of an ordinary person.
When her body becomes as hard as stone, the blood in her body will burst out, and she will be trapped in the illusion forever, explode and die, turning into a pool of blood.
"I will go in and wake her up." Chao Yuan appeared to be quite calm. As a member of the Phoenix clan, he knew best how to solve the illusion of the phoenix flower.
"Earth." Before entering Qu Yaoyao's consciousness, Chao Yuan waved his sleeve and conjured up a stick of incense, "If..."
Di Shu was waiting for Chao Yuan's next instructions. Chao Yuan pursed his lips, stared at Qu Yaoyao for a moment, his eyes changed, and he destroyed the incense with his own hands.
"There won't be any accidents." Chao Yuan said this, then closed his eyes and entered Qu Yaoyao's consciousness.
He will definitely bring Qu Yaoyao out safely.
…
Before entering Qu Yaoyao's consciousness, Chao Yuan was also wondering what kind of illusion could make her so happy and reveal such a sweet and innocent smile. After entering the illusion, Chao Yuan was stunned for a moment and found himself back in the Immortal Ruins.
There is no Qu Yaoyao here, only the cold pond of Jingyue Tower and a few snow lotuses.
It was a full moon again, and Xiao Xuelian saw the Immortal Lord again.
The Immortal Venerable seemed to be in a bad mood today. He lowered his eyes and stared at the moonlight in the cold pond, remaining silent for a long time. He was unhappy, and so was the little snow lotus. However, it tried to cheer the Immortal Venerable up by tentatively spitting out star-shaped spiritual energy bubbles, but unfortunately the Immortal Venerable didn't notice.
"I'm really fed up with this place." After a long time, Xiao Xuelian heard the Immortal Venerable's low words, but unfortunately they were too vague for her to hear clearly.
The moonlight shone freely on the Immortal Venerable, making him look as ethereal as a banished immortal from a painting. Even though he was in a bad mood, he still touched it as usual. His cold hands carefully touched its petals. Suddenly, he sneered, "In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed."
"When will it come out?"
Little Xuelian was confused when she heard this. She thought that the Immortal Venerable disliked her because she was too small to grow up and too slow to transform, so she couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
Later, the Immortal Master whispered something again, and his cold tone was not as gentle as usual, which made Xiao Xuelian feel scared and uncomfortable.
What happened to the Immortal Venerable? Why was he unhappy?
[Immortal Master!] Xiao Xuelian wanted to talk to the Immortal Master, but the Immortal Master couldn't hear her. He touched her a few more times, then withdrew his hand and walked away, his back looking lonely and cold.
Xiao Xuelian thought that he was probably lonely.
Since becoming conscious, Little Snow Lotus has found no joy in life other than the Immortal Venerable. Every day, apart from cultivating, it spends its days waiting for the Immortal Venerable, feeling lonely and sad. Believing that it, a single flower, has understood the Immortal Venerable's thoughts, it cultivates even more recklessly.
Finally, one night it fell into a cold pond with a splash and changed its shape.
Chao Yuan watched Xie Qingxun arrive and leave, but still didn't see Qu Yaoyao. This was the illusion of the lily flower, and also Qu Yaoyao's state of mind. Every blade of grass and tree here was influenced by her state of mind, and all revolved around her. In other words, Chao Yuan could not go anywhere else except the vicinity of the cold pond.
Qu Yaoyao’s happiest and most joyful time... was actually in the cold pond?
Chao Yuan frowned, unable to help but recall the time when he, as Xie Qingxun, died at her hands and heard her choked out words: "I am the most beautiful little snow lotus in the cold pond."
【you--】
[Is this the one I admire, the Immortal Venerable? ]
Unfortunately, before Chao Yuan could react, Lian Chao pierced his heart. Chao Yuan always thought that Qu Yaoyao said this to confuse him, but it turned out not to be true.
Bang--
Just as he was about to go forward to find out what was going on, water splashed in the cold pond.
Layers of rippling water shattered the moonlight. Under the full moon, a pair of white and tender hands first emerged from the water, followed by a pink little girl with a lotus leaf on her head.
"Cough cough..." Xiao Xuelian shook her wet hair, puffed up her cheeks and spat out a few mouthfuls of pond water, then slowly swam to the edge of the cold pond.
She seemed unable to believe it, shook her hands and pinched her cheeks again, until she felt a slight pain, Xiao Xuelian confirmed that she had really turned into a human form.
It's incredible.
Grabbing the wall of the pool with both hands, Xiao Xuelian rested her chin on the back of her hands, and looked around curiously with a pair of dark and clear eyes. Her pupils widened, became round and cute, and she uttered a series of exclamations.
This was when Qu Yaoyao first transformed into a snow lotus. Soft light surged in the cold pond, emitting tiny bits of spiritual light.
If someone were willing to go closer, they would find a little girl with a lotus leaf on her head soaking in the pool of water that was emitting a thousand-year-old cold air.
The pure white skirt fluttered in the water. The little girl's round eyes and long eyelashes were so delicate that they didn't look like a real person. She was lying on the wall of the pool with a delicate and innocent look. The pure aura emanating from her body was free of any impurities, making people want to take her home.
Chao Yuan's eyes were damaged by the oracle, and he could only see her clearly in the cold pond after he got closer.
Qu Yaoyao was even more lively and beautiful than her face in the dream world. Her features were delicate, and her mouth was slightly open, her smile sweet and contagious. As she smiled, Chao Yuan also smiled with her.
This is the little flower he raised with his own hands.
"Yaoyao." He called her softly.
The illusion was entirely controlled by the dreamer's will, devoid of logic. Qu Yaoyao, preoccupied with the joys of her life as a flower, automatically ignored the intruder, tilting her head slightly and asking, "Who are you?"
"Who is Yaoyao?"
Her name is not Yaoyao, and she has no name. She is just a snow lotus.
It was not until he saw Qu Yaoyao's true form that Chao Yuan truly believed that she was the little Xuelian he had raised with his own hands. She had deceived him again.
Qu Yaoyao had lied to him countless times, first claiming to be the original owner, Qu Yaoyao, then claiming to be Qu Yaoyao's sister, and that she had swallowed the snow lotus to become the original snow lotus. He had believed her, so he had never reflected on the fact that he had killed her with his own hands. Now he thought that the reason she appeared in the dense forest was because she had just transformed and wanted to find him.
"Little liar." Chao Yuan gnashed with hatred, but raised his hand to gently brush away the lotus leaves on her head.
She had just transformed, knew nothing, and could do nothing, making her too easy to fool. She didn't shy away from Chao Yuan's touch, but simply smiled softly at him again, scratching at the cold pond, trying to get out.
Chao Yuan reached out and pulled her, so Xiao Xuelian continued to smile at him and said politely, "Thank you."
After transforming, she kept laughing, her voice rising at the end of her voice when she spoke, and she walked with a bounce and joy. Chao Yuan grabbed Xiaohua, who was about to run, and said gently, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to find my Immortal Lord."
Xiao Xuelian described him, "I don't know his name, but my Immortal Venerable always likes to wear white. He's tall and very handsome, with a gentle and beautiful smile, and his eyelashes flutter. Have you seen him?"
Chao Yuan was stunned for a moment, recalling the past, and shook his head, "No."
"Ah, then I can only go find him myself." Xiao Xuelian was not disappointed. She jumped onto the steps of the corridor, looked around, and walked towards the dense forest.
Chao Yuan followed her and saw her pick up a small flower and put it next to her ear. She tilted her head and asked him innocently, "Does it look good?"
"She looks pretty." Chao Yuan's eyes were blurry due to his damaged eyesight, and he had to squint slightly to see her clearly.
Hearing the praise, Xiao Xuelian smiled again. She skipped along the corridor and didn't notice the mist condensing around her or the red barrier looming on the ground.
"Yaoyao." Chao Yuan called her, not wanting her to go any further.
Xiao Xuelian stepped across the barrier and looked back at him, asking blankly, "Are you calling me?"
——Are you calling me?
——Are you calling me?
——Me?
——?
Qu Yaoyao's questions echoed over and over in the illusion, and the fog around him grew thicker. Chao Yuan saw Qu Yaoyao's figure disappear and his eyes fell into darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, there was a bright full moon above his head. Chao Yuan returned to the cold pond and saw the small snow lotus in the pond stretching out its branches and leaves. With the appearance of 'Xie Qingxun', its petals opened and the pond was filled with lotus fragrance.
The illusion restarted.
The so-called paradise is a place where the dreamer's happiest time is repeated endlessly. Once she encounters the past that she is afraid of and does not want to recall, it will automatically restart and start a new round of illusions until the dreamer dies.
It turned out that the first time he accidentally killed her, this little snow lotus began to wither.
Chao Yuan felt a chill in his heart, and a dull pain arose in his mind.
Time was running out for him, and as joyful as this memory was for Qu Yaoyao, it was also incredibly deadly. He patiently waited as Qu Yaoyao gradually cultivated from the Little Snow Lotus to her physical form, watching "himself" appear and disappear time and again.
Bang--
Finally, Qu Yaoyao transformed again and fell into the cold pond.
"Yaoyao." Chao Yuan walked forward and pulled her out of the cold pond.
Xiao Xuelian repeated her previous question: "Who are you?"
"Who is Yaoyao?"
Chao Yuan didn't have time to explain to her. He held her in his arms, stopping her from leaving, and said in a low voice, "Wake up, these are all fake."
"Yaoyao, wake up quickly, or you'll die."
Qu Yaoyao struggled in his arms. Her skin was even whiter and more translucent, radiating the coolness of a cold pond. She was helpless as she pushed Chao Yuan away, fear in her watery eyes. "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Let me go quickly, I want to go find my Immortal Lord."
"I don't know his name, but my Immortal Venerable always likes to wear white. He's tall and very handsome, and his smile is gentle and beautiful, with his eyelashes fluttering. Have you seen him?"
Such a soft and innocent question pierced Chao Yuan's heart like a knife, and he felt like he was almost suffocating.
"Look at me."
"Yaoyao, take a good look at me. This is just a dream. Xie Qingxun is no longer here."
Qu Yaoyao shook her head. Her stubbornness had been evident even before she transformed, and now she refused to listen to Chao Yuan's words. "Let me go! I need to go find my Immortal Lord..."
Xiao Xuelian only repeated these few words: "I finally transformed with great difficulty, and he is still waiting for me. I want to go find him."
Her true form wasn't controlled by her mortal body. Seeing Chao Yuan clinging to her, she used a magic spell to strike him, breaking his grip. Chao Yuan's cultivation was not only limited here, but he would also stiffen and wither along with Qu Yaoyao's body. He stumbled twice, his legs noticeably growing heavy.
"Yaoyao!"
Seeing Qu Yaoyao running up the corridor, picking up a small flower and putting it next to her ear, and stepping into the barrier again, Chao Yuan felt a fishy taste in his throat and blood on his lips. He took a difficult step to stop her.
"Are you calling me?"
——Are you calling me?
——Me?
——?
A new round of dreams restarted, and Chao Yuan walked to the edge of the cold pond with difficulty, knowing that Qu Yaoyao could not survive the third round of illusions.
If she refuses to wake up, not only will she die, but Chao Yuan will also be annihilated with her.
"wake up."
"Wake up." Chao Yuan used a spell to force Xiao Xuelian to take shape.
The deeper the obsession, the harder it is to escape the illusion. Before entering this place, Chao Yuan hadn't worried too much about this. He thought, Qu Yaoyao keeps saying she loves him, but then regrets it the next moment. How deep can such an obsession be? He could easily pull her out.
But he never thought that Qu Yaoyao's persistence and joy were all brought by him. She was immersed in the time with Xie Qingxun, simply and purely holding on to hope.
This beautiful dream that she didn't want to wake up from was like a vicious slap in the face to Chao Yuan, causing him to feel pain all over his body.
It turned out that he had personally shattered a small flower's most pure and intense love for him; it turned out that he had possessed her love a long time ago.
Bang--
With Chao Yuan's help, Xiao Xuelian quickly transformed and fell into the water.
This time, before she could see her surroundings clearly, someone grabbed her and pulled her into his arms.
"Yaoyao." Chao Yuan's arms, trembling with energy, held her tightly. He almost pleaded, "Please wake up."
"These are all fake. When we get out, I can give you whatever you want."
"Who are you?"
"Who is Yaoyao?" Qu Yaoyao repeated the words from the previous rounds in the most innocent and confused tone.
She wanted to break free from Chao Yuan's embrace, begging softly, "Please let me go, I want to go find my Immortal Venerable."
"I don't know his name, but my Immortal Venerable always likes to wear white. He's tall and very handsome, and his smile is gentle and beautiful, with his eyelashes fluttering. Have you seen him?"
Chao Yuan closed his eyes. His legs were completely stiff and unable to move, and the pain was still spreading upwards.
"He's dead."
Chao Yuan raised his eyelashes and looked at her. His light golden eyes were filled with a chill that frightened Xiao Xuelian. He said sarcastically, "How long are you going to keep pretending?"
"Qu Yaoyao, you killed Xie Qingxun a long time ago. How can your Immortal Master still be here?"
Xiao Xuelian's eyes misted over, and she sobbed in fear: "I don't understand what you are saying."
"I'm going to go find him."
Chao Yuan grabbed her wrist, this time with a strong force and no gentleness, and scolded her coldly: "You are not allowed to go."
"Qu Yaoyao, if you don't wake up, I will kill all the cultivators in Kunlun Mountain."
Xiao Xuelian cried brokenly, her eyes red and breathless, "...I want to go find my Immortal Venerable."
This is a holy land of bliss, where dreamers are not allowed to feel the slightest grievance or sadness. Due to Xiao Xuelian's crying and pleading, the illusion automatically repaired and changed, and the person she wanted to see most soon condensed according to her wishes.
…Her white-robed immortal is here.
As soon as she saw Xie Qingxun, Xiao Xuelian finally stopped crying with her wet eyelashes raised, pushed Chao Yuan's arms away and threw herself into Xie Qingxun's arms.
Chao Yuan watched coldly as she threw herself into Xie Qingxun's arms. Before the stiffness spread to her arms, he called out softly, "Lian Chao."
Wow——
Lian Chao appeared, and his beautiful long sword shone coldly in the moonlight, piercing straight into Qu Yaoyao's body.
Xiao Xuelian felt severe pain all over her body. She looked down and saw a sword piercing through her body, with bright red blood staining her clothes.
"Immortal, Immortal Lord..." Xiao Xuelian was in so much pain that her whole body was trembling. She insisted on touching her Immortal Lord, but he was already very close.
Chao Yuan gripped the sword and exerted force again. This time, the sword completely penetrated Xiao Xuelian's body, and the bloody tip of the sword pierced into the heart of Xie Qingxun in front of her.
"Do you remember?"
Chao Yuan whispered behind her: "That day you used Lian Chao to kill him."
When Xiao Xuelian turned around to look at him, Chao Yuan resolutely drew out Lian Chao, blood splattered all over the ground, and Xie Qingxun's figure disappeared in front of them.
"Woo..." Big tears fell from Xiao Xuelian's eyes.
Her lips were stained with blood. She weakly grabbed Chao Yuan's clothes and asked, "Why, why..."
"I really want to be with him."
"I practiced so hard, just wanting to be by his side as a human. I, I wanted to be with him. I didn't want him to be alone anymore."
"I really... like him very much." I really like him very much.
Chao Yuan remained motionless, staring at her coldly with his pale golden eyes, and said slowly, word by word, "But I don't like you."
"Neither Xie Qingxun nor Chao Yuan has ever liked you."
"Do you know why I go to the Cold Pond to see you every full moon?"
Chao Yuan lifted her chin and smiled softly, "Because you can absorb the demonic energy emanating from my body. Qu Yaoyao, I have been using you all along. Can't you see that?"
...Her Immortal Lord was never gentle, and he cared for her only because she was still useful.
...Her Immortal Venerable had never expected her to transform and come to his side. He only regarded her as a useful flower. If she were useless, she would be ruthlessly ignored by him like those snow lotuses.
"Wake up quickly."
Chao Yuan's figure gradually disappeared before her, and Xiao Xuelian's appearance gradually transformed into Qu Yaoyao. Her eyelashes trembled as she heard Chao Yuan say coldly, "I still need you as a sacrifice."
He knew that he would have to sacrifice her in the end.
Qu Yaoyao regained consciousness, the familiar heartache and sadness returned, and the sound of broken glass came to her ears.
Bang--
Xuanhehua's dream was shattered.
The author has something to say: It’s hard to tell who is torturing whom in this chapter = =.
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