Chapter 29
She certainly didn't want to remain in this stalemate with Lady Yingning.
"Why not take this opportunity to explain things clearly to Lady Yingning, and also find an opportunity for His Highness himself?"
Upon hearing Jiao Luo's words, Xi Yunliu gave a self-deprecating smile:
"Chance?"
"Ha, will she give it to me?"
Not many people in the palace knew exactly what those spoils of war were.
Xi Yunliu knew that things wouldn't turn out this way today, just as Jiaoluo had said, and he could explain it clearly.
He couldn't even hope that she would give him a chance to change his ways.
There's no escaping it...
Jiao Luo saw Xi Yunliu step into the Weili Palace with a calm expression that seemed about to crumble.
He followed them.
Until today, until this moment.
Jiaoluo then realized what was inside the side palace.
*
Yingning heard footsteps behind her and slowly turned around.
The woman, with her stunningly beautiful face and fragmented phoenix eyes, looked even more like a puppet about to lose its life force when placed in front of several enormous specimens.
Xi Yunliu stopped and fell silent, looking at her.
"Xi Yunliu..."
The woman spoke through gritted teeth, as if she wanted to bite the person in her mouth off a layer of skin.
Jiaoluo looked at the things in the room and felt uneasy.
These phoenix corpse specimens, in the side hall, silently watched the passage of time, enduring this period of loneliness and humiliation.
It was only today that their people discovered it.
Xi Yunliu didn't say anything, but her gaze was fixed on her.
He hadn't seen her for many days.
The woman in front of him was like a poisonous thread that had seeped into his internal organs; just one glance from her could rip through his body and cause him excruciating pain.
"......"
"Xi Yunliu, I'm going to kill you!" The hatred in her eyes was overflowing. With a slight turn of her right hand, a blazing sword appeared out of thin air.
The phoenix feather stone is stained with blood.
Xi Yunliu didn't think about why the Immortal-Binding Lock on Ying Ning's body had lost its effect.
Instead, he remained where he was, without moving an inch, until Yingning's sword pierced through him.
Tick-tock...
Blood dripped from Xi Yunliu's palm onto the ground.
He gripped Yingning's sword tightly with his own hands.
The wounds on his palms oozed fluid, staining the ground beneath his feet with a large patch of bloody petals.
"If you're not satisfied, I won't block your next move," Xi Yunliu said tentatively.
Seeing this, Yingning unleashed a merciless sword strike.
Pfft...
It pierced the shoulder of the already subdued young demon lord.
Xi Yunliu ignored her wound and took another step, which caused her shoulder to ache and the wound to split open even wider.
He moved closer to the woman holding the sword once more.
"If one sword strike isn't enough to vent your anger, then stab me ten times, a hundred times."
"You can stab me until you can forgive me." Xi Yunliu was now taller than Ying Ning. Looking down at the woman holding the sword, her vulnerability was on full display.
The fragile glass would have shattered beyond recognition long ago after encountering an overly dazzling light.
Xi Yunliu gently supported Ying Ning's shoulder, enduring the pain as she said:
"Sister... I just want us to go back to the way things were before."
After seeing Xi Yunliu harm himself in this way, the swordsman's right hand was trembling so badly that he almost couldn't hold the sword.
The young demon lord, at this moment, resembled a small pet about to be abandoned, bowing his head and begging his master:
Please forgive me.
Jiao Luo watched in horror, wanting to call someone to treat the Demon Lord's injuries, but seeing that the situation was not right, she left the Weili Palace, leaving the two of them inside.
"Xi Yunliu, do you think I'll let you off the hook by doing this?"
Her luscious lips were already white from being bitten, revealing the struggle she was going through.
"Sister, even now, don't you understand my feelings?"
He tried to stroke her pained, furrowed brow, but before he could even raise his hand, he was sent flying by a powerful blow.
Suddenly, a golden chain unexpectedly appeared in their field of vision.
The Immortal-Binding Lock?!
Xi Yunliu fell outside the palace, spitting out a mouthful of blood from the fall.
Her hair was disheveled, and she looked extremely disheveled.
Upon seeing the familiar Immortal-Binding Lock, he was also quite surprised.
With her right hand holding a sword, Ying Ning used her left hand to throw out the Immortal Binding Lock that she had taken from Xi Yunliu, binding her to the open ground outside the palace.
Xi Yunliu didn't know what she was going to do, but a sense of unease gradually crept up from the depths of her heart.
"Sister! What are you doing?"
The woman ignored him and walked away with her back to him toward a phoenix specimen.
Her slender, jade-like fingers gently stroked it, without turning her head, as if she were speaking to the corpse:
"A sentiment? Do you know what a sentiment is?"
"Xi Yunliu, in your heart, all things are straw dogs, and everyone is your plaything."
"How could someone like you have any feelings?!"
Her words tore Xi Yunliu's heart apart, one by one.
Xi Yunliu's eyes were bloodshot, which made his shattered purple eyes stand out even more.
No...
No...
Although he is good at understanding people's hearts, he is not without his favorites.
He clearly loved her...
I've liked her for a long time...
Xi Yunliu tried desperately to break free of the Immortal Binding Lock. Although he was a demon, the Immortal Binding Lock could still seal his spiritual power.
He was broken like a flower, and blood trickled down from his shoulder.
Stumbling, she tried to get up and walk back to Yingning's side.
"No, sister, no, I really like you..."
“I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have killed your people, I shouldn’t have lied to you, and I shouldn’t have imprisoned you in the Demon Palace.”
Xi Yunliu stumbled and fell repeatedly, and just as she was about to step into the hall, she was struck and sent flying.
Ying Ning cast a spell, and the Immortal Binding Lock on his body actually bound him to the stone pillar.
Several more wounds appeared on her delicate face, and the wetness around the wounds deepened.
"elder sister..."
Xi Yunliu could only force herself to stay awake and get up, looking up at Ying Ning.
But I noticed the lifeless look in her eyes.
The unease in his heart seemed to have found an outlet, surging and enveloping him in this deathly silence.
"elder sister!!"
Xi Yunliu struggled desperately, shouting Yingning's name in a frenzy, as if trying to stop something she dared not face from happening.
But Yingning pretended not to hear, and only softly uttered a sentence from her red lips:
"It's time to end this."
Instantly, an overwhelming heat surged from in front of Xi Yunliu.
The fire that burns the heavens can destroy all things dark.
The side hall was engulfed in flames, which not only drowned out the red figure that haunted his heart, but also buried the many sins he had committed with his own hands.
The fire grew fiercer and fiercer. Xi Yunliu fell to the ground in a sorry state, crawling like an animal, trying to break free of the Immortal Binding Lock and get to Ying Ning's side.
The light in his eyes gradually faded.
His heart-wrenching cries filled the courtyard.
"elder sister!"
"elder sister!"
"Feng Yingning!!!"
......
Later on, Xi Yunliu seemed to have gone mad and stopped calling her "sister," instead addressing her by her given name.
"I won't allow it, Feng Yingning!"
"You come back here!!!"
"Feng Yingning..."
"Yingning..."
"Please..." Xi Yunliu's voice was hoarse, her purple eyes filled with bloodshot.
He couldn't get any closer to the side hall and could only watch helplessly as the raging fire burned the side hall to the ground.
Clean and spotless...
Those phoenix specimens...
And her...
It's all gone...
Xi Yunliu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
He was abandoned. During these days, he only briefly embraced warmth before being thrown back into the cold.
"beg..."
Xi Yunliu lay on the ground in agony, like a stray dog, her throat so sore that she could no longer make a sound.
"You..."
Please... don't leave me.
Even if you make me disappear from your sight.
Please...you...
do not leave Me.
Even if, even if you can hate me forever!
As long as I can stay far away...
Just look at it.
*
When Yingning woke up again, the lush greenery of Junwu Mountain was still before her eyes.
A cry of pain came from beside her; it was Xi Yunliu, whose face was covered by a light veil.
He seemed to be struggling in a nightmare until he woke up with a start, slowly opening his eyes.
I looked up and saw Yingning.
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