Human Demon
Han Jiang retreated, saying, "Why should I go with you?" She didn't want to get into trouble.
"Remember? You owed me a favor back then."
Gui Xu was referring to the time when Han Jiang saved Wen Xu; Han Jiang did indeed agree to her conditions and owed Gui Xu a favor.
Where are you taking me?
"casual."
Whatever?! Gui Xu just dragged Han Jiang away like that?
To avoid being discovered, the two didn't even use flying talismans and ran all the way out of the Vermilion Bird Pavilion's camp.
"Let's rest for a bit... I can't run anymore..." Han Jiang's right hand was being pulled by Gui Xu, but he kept walking forward. "Lord Gui, don't you have anything to explain?"
“Now is not the time to explain,” Gui Xu said. “Let’s get out of the sight of the Vermilion Bird Pavilion first.”
“Actually, if you run away by yourself, it won’t be so easy to be discovered, but if you take me with you, the Second Prince will soon find out that I’m missing and come looking for me,” Han Jiang said.
Gui Xu said, "But now I can only ask you for help! You know the whole story."
"What do I know? I don't know anything!" Han Jiang immediately distanced himself from the situation.
Generally speaking, the more you know, the faster you die.
Furthermore, what could Han Jiang possibly know? If she were a qualified time traveler, she would know the rest of the story. Unfortunately, she seems to be an exception, knowing nothing at all.
Without the female lead, it's unclear where the plot of Han Jiang is headed.
The male lead is present, but Han Jiang can't figure out Cang Jingmo's actions and thoughts.
“No, you know a lot more than that.” Gui Xu stopped, gave Han Jiang a meaningful look, and then continued on his way.
She really couldn't run anymore. After her experience in the world of the book, Han Jiang's physical strength had been greatly improved. She felt that if she went back to school, she could run 800 meters in at least four minutes!
This is too tiring. I don't want to hang out with the male and female leads next time. She longs to go back to the comfortable life she had when she first came to this world, lying around and doing nothing in the cold mountains.
Feng Huo Ying Shuang Lou was located on the border of Anzhou, and Gui Xu wanted to take Han Jiang away from Anzhou first.
Anzhou is south of Jingzhou, and Guixu will not go to Jingzhou, because if he does, he will be discovered by the Vermilion Bird Pavilion.
Yinzhou is wealthy and strictly governed, so I wouldn't go there.
Then I'll only go to Mizhou.
During the Anzhou Rebellion, a large number of refugees fled to Mizhou, which indirectly led to extreme chaos in several counties of Mizhou that were close to Anzhou, with refugees everywhere.
The rebellion had just been quelled, and Mi Prefecture had not yet been properly governed, so the population was a mixed bag.
As expected, Guixu gradually changed direction and headed northeast along the boundary line.
It was late at night when Gui Xu finally took out the flying talisman, and the two sat down to rest.
This is the lowest flying talisman I've ever seen during the cold season; it floats forward at about one meter above the ground.
"Flying too high will make us easy to be spotted." Gui Xu met Han Jiang's disdainful gaze. "You should go to sleep first. We need to travel for at least two days."
"So you know where we're going?"
"certainly."
"Then what did you say, 'whatever'?"
"Just kidding," Gui Xu laughed. "We're going to Xuanzhou. Remember the place I sent you and Cang Jingqi to before?"
Han Jiang: "You mean that tomb?"
“That’s right, I’ll go there and see if there’s any way to survive.”
"But that tomb... it's already been blown up..."
The flying talisman abruptly stopped, accompanied by Gui Xu's raised voice: "It exploded? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
“You didn’t ask,” Han Jiang said. “You only asked us to find things for you. What’s wrong with you?”
Gui Xu's eyes immediately lost their light: "I'm going to explode too..."
"Is there no other way to survive?" Han Jiang was afraid that if Gui Xu couldn't find a way to survive, he would drag her down with him to die.
Gui Xu continued to control the flying talisman forward: "If the emperor wants to kill you, what way do you have to survive?"
Xiao Yu wants to kill Gui Xu?
"Why don't you put me down? I don't want to die with you." Han Jiang instinctively knew he couldn't ask why; asking would mean certain death.
"Don't even think about it." Gui Xu raised the altitude of the flying talisman to prevent the Han Shuai Jumping Talisman from escaping.
"If I die, your corpse won't be spared either."
Han Jiang: "Are you threatening me?"
"Yes."
"Threatening me won't work; I'm not capable of anything." Like a dead pig that's not afraid of boiling water in the cold winter.
She was telling the truth. Aside from being immune to spell damage, she herself only had time to light a fire talisman. How could she possibly be of any help?
“Don’t underestimate yourself, little girl.” Gui Xu turned around to face Han Jiang. “I’ve heard quite a bit about your deeds. Since I’m out of options, I can only rely on you. I’ll tell you the whole story, and you can solve the problem.”
I don't want to hear it.
You must listen.
"I don't want to hear it." Han Jiang covered her ears.
Gui Xu pulled Han Jiang's hands away: "You must listen. Destroying the stronghold in Yinzhou, bringing back the Tranquilizing Pearl from the desert, and stopping the war between humans and demons—I have high expectations for you."
"I didn't do any of that, I just happened to be passing by!" Han Jiang said.
"I don't believe it. If you didn't have any skills, you couldn't have gotten away unscathed. Okay, enough nonsense, let me, the mastermind behind it all, explain everything to you."
"I, the owner of Maplefire Reflecting Frost Pavilion, am obviously not an ordinary person," Gui Xu said with a slightly exaggerated tone. "I accidentally obtained a book about resurrection, which details how to bring a dead person back to life. Driven by a desire to explore the unknown, I decided to give it a try."
"Resurrecting a person requires two conditions: a body and a soul. The soul is easy to obtain; as long as you have a body and use items from their lifetime to summon their spirit, you can do it. The troublesome part is the body. The material needed to create a body is extremely special—it's the residue left after a human and a demon have fused. I'm such a kind person that I only capture evildoers and demons for fusion experiments. There are no successful examples so far. Some have fused successfully on the spot, experiencing a short-term surge in power, able to use both spiritual and demonic energy simultaneously, though they still can't defeat me. But they quickly melt away like failed experiments. The vast majority fail; the human and demon are difficult to fuse, so they are melted by the collision of spiritual and demonic energy, turning into a thick liquid. Refining this liquid yields something similar to clay, which can be used to mold human bodies."
The fusion and transformation of humans into demons permeated almost everything that had happened before. Han Jiang was startled. Was Gui Xu truly the ultimate mastermind behind everything? In other words, was the biggest villain in the entire book now self-destructing in front of Han Jiang?
The thick water that Gui described was something Hanjiang had seen.
In the underground chamber, there is a large cauldron, which must be what is needed to refine substances.
"I later discovered that once the fusion of humans and demons is successful, it means that humans will have a longer lifespan. The lifespan of demons is several times that of humans, and the fusion of the two is equivalent to extending the lifespan of humans."
"Can two consciousnesses be merged?" Han Jiang couldn't help but ask.
“Good question. I’ve thought about that too. It seems you’re as smart as I am. I believe this is one of the main reasons why human-demon fusion fails. Consciousnesses don’t merge; based on the brief successes, it seems the stronger consciousness absorbs the weaker one,” Gui Xu said. “As humans, who doesn’t want to live a few more years? The success rate of human-demon fusion is too low, and besides, no one can guarantee they aren’t the stronger consciousness. So, I’ve come up with a new idea—”
Cold Descent: "Human-Demon Transformation".
“That’s right!” Gui Xu laughed loudly, praising Han Jiang.
The cold weather made it impossible for me to smile; I only felt a chill down my back and my whole body stiff.
Is this what it feels like to hear the main villain recount his plans? The rumors were true, she's a madwoman.
"By turning people into demons, wouldn't it extend one's lifespan? And that way, there's no need to capture both people and demons. To make full use of them, I reuse those who failed in the human-demon conversion for human-demon fusion. Don't worry, I'm still using villains. The disciples of Maplefire Frost Pavilion are often away from home and frequently encounter evil people and demons. I'll have them captured and brought back for my disposal."
"Use vigilante justice," Han Jiang said calmly.
"Later, I met Cang Jingye, the Third Prince of the Demon Clan." Gui Xu ignored Han Jiang's criticism. "I learned that she had a younger sister who died a long time ago. Since I didn't know who to resurrect, I agreed to give it a try. It was also from her that I learned that there was a group of demons who had been expelled from the Demon Realm. Most of the demons were still in the Demon Realm, separated by a barrier. Since there was a group of troublesome demons outside the Demon Realm, it saved me some trouble. I reached a cooperation agreement with Cang Jingye. She would capture people and demons for my two plans, and I would make Cang Jingxing the first person to be resurrected."
Han Jiang should have guessed long ago that the sorcerer who collaborated with Cang Jingye was Gui Xu.
In the whole world, besides Gui Xu, who else has the ability to do crooked and evil things?
This woman is undoubtedly one of the most intelligent and capable women in the country, but she is too free-spirited and too crazy.
The person who can create a crystal coffin to preserve a corpse also dares to attempt resurrection; their courage is truly extraordinary.
"Everything was fine up to this point, the plan was going smoothly, and the future looked promising. The problem is that the Vermilion Bird Pavilion discovered us." Gui Xu's tone turned serious. "I thought the Vermilion Bird Pavilion would raid my home, but I didn't expect them to propose cooperation. Xiao Yu, that dog emperor, he asked me to help him achieve immortality. I haven't even achieved immortality myself yet!"
There's no need to elaborate further.
Xiao Yu became a third party in the cooperation, secretly instigating a rebellion while the people of Anzhou were protesting against the governor. On one hand, he used the demons of Anzhou to launch a rebellion, intending to worsen the relationship between humans and demons, break the demon barrier, and weaken the demons; on the other hand, he used the rebellion to capture both humans and demons, and the Vermilion Bird Pavilion cooperated with Gui Xu to complete the experiment of human-demon transformation and obtain the art of immortality.
"What are the lamps and stones brought back from Xuanzhou for?"
"That's a ritual to summon the spirit. After all, I promised Cang Jingye I would resurrect her sister. I'm a man of my word."
Han Jiang sorted out the sequence of events in his mind, connecting the clues, and most of his previous doubts were answered at this moment.
Gui Xu cleared his throat: "Back to the present. After the Vermilion Bird Pavilion wiped out the rebels, Xiao Yu asked me for the results. I demonstrated the human-demon transformation on the spot. There are successful examples of this experiment, mostly children, but almost no grown men have succeeded. I told him directly that the risk was very high, and even if he succeeded, he could easily go insane. That dog emperor was so angry that he thought I was deceiving him, so he claimed that the remnants of the rebels were hiding in my building, but in reality, he wanted to silence me."
"You sound quite innocent..."
"I'm so innocent! I'm a good person!" Gui Xu pretended to cry, then suddenly laughed. "So, Miss Han Jiang, you must have a way to help me, right?"
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