Chapter 75 Fragrant City, Peach Blossom Palace (Part 5) She is my master...
All denial becomes ridiculous.
The spirit of the Lord fell silent, unsure of what to do with this stubborn God of Order.
"That's fine too." The sword in the boy's hand disappeared, along with the murderous intent between his brows and eyes. "She's always disobedient, making me angry and disgusted with me. If she merges with you, it would be good for her to change her fickle nature."
Hua Rong smiled and said, "I'm glad you think that way. Once I'm completely merged with her and have her face, I'll be no different from her. After all, loving someone is just loving a physical appearance. You love her so much now, but the Demon Lord's love is in my body. Who knows, he might fall hopelessly in love with me in the next moment."
His dark eyelashes drooped slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up mockingly.
Do you love her appearance?
The boy lazily opened his eyes, a glint of light in them. "However, there's something I forgot to tell you."
The golden silk threads enveloped the two of them like silkworm cocoons, and Shi Xianxue's soft, smooth face slowly developed light brown, dry bark-like patterns.
"She is the Goddess of Wushan, and your Demon Lord's nemesis."
What? Hua Rong could barely hear, but the two were very close, and the serpentine holy rune gathered between Shi Xianxue's brows.
She was the first peach tree in the world, witnessing the flames of war and the smoke of battle. She also saw the Demon Lord and the Goddess go from being deeply in love to becoming enemies, and she existed even longer than the Demon Lord and the Goddess.
He naturally recognized the divine mark between her eyebrows.
Oh no! She's a descendant of a goddess!
“Her spirit made a pact with me, and we are connected by a parasitic curse.”
The Parasitic Curse, that incredibly humiliating slave contract—she truly hadn't realized that this young man could endure such hardship and humiliation.
"In other words, I am her slave—" The boy felt no shame at all. His slender fingers quickly flipped and formed hand seals. Amidst the incredulous shouts of the soul that served its master, all the awakening energy it had painstakingly gathered was poured into the parasitic spell.
The previously dimmed talisman suddenly flashed with golden light.
The love threads, sticky like a spider web, enveloped the two of them. She wanted to break free, but unexpectedly, the love threads, which had obeyed her commands for thousands of years, became like hungry dogs seeing a bone upon seeing the goddess. They impatiently entangled themselves around her, even tightly binding her, making her unable to move or escape.
The peach blossom demon, who had cultivated to her current state through the threads of love over thousands of years, instantly lost her composure.
Wu Xiutang raised an eyebrow slightly, a strong stench of blood emanating from him, which he barely suppressed. "All sorts of cats and dogs want to be my master." Looking at the face contorted in pain, he coldly curled his lips. "What do you think you are?"
"Parasitic Curse, Devour Soul and Steal Core!"
How could an outsider like him wield the Parasite Curse?
But Hua Rong didn't have time to think too much. She felt the impact of the spiritual energy within her body and was immediately enraged.
"You want to devour my demon core and save her, to elope with her? There's no such thing as a free lunch. I will never let you have your way so easily!"
She desperately tore at the threads of love, but to no avail. She couldn't break free, and instead, the parasitic curse was transmitted through the threads of love, causing the demonic core in her spiritual palace to begin to burn and ache.
Hua Rong fell into a state of near-death madness.
She had no intention of letting her demon core benefit someone else; rather than be devoured by someone else, she would rather self-destruct and take someone else down with her.
Nobody can take advantage of this.
The threads of affection, having followed her for over a thousand years, emitted a golden light in an attempt to stop her upon sensing her intentions.
The ground of Peach Blossom Palace began to tremble, and the peach blossom demons began to swarm towards the East Hall like bees.
Wu Xiutang withdrew his hand, frowning as he looked up into the air. "I advise you not to do this. Do you want your disciples and followers to be buried with you?"
The pink magic core was thrown out, and Hua Rong's face turned ashen, her smile was miserable, and her face was on the verge of cracking: "I'd rather die than live like a broken jade. I'm about to die, and I still have to think about whether others live or not. I'm not that noble."
Hua Rong coughed up blood, staining her lips bright red. Ignoring everything else, she grabbed the love thread and said, "She will become one of these thousands of peach trees. Come and see if your love can save her, or if my demonic fire will burn her to ashes first."
As the demonic core exploded and turned into karmic fire, Hua Rong died and her soul vanished. Shi Xianxue also turned into peach petals and disappeared from Wu Xiutang's sight.
Wu Xiutang watched as the peach blossom spirits were forcibly summoned back into the peach blossom trees, transforming into swaying peach blossom trees that blocked his view.
With the sword in his hand again, Wu Xiutang watched as the demonic core ignited with pink flames. He raised his sword and slashed at it, but the demonic core only severed a pink tail. The demonic core, carrying strands of love within it, rushed into the peach blossom forest and exploded.
Li Fuchao and Pei Huaguang rushed over, and were stunned when they saw Wu Xiutang for the first time.
The Peach Blossom Palace was shrouded in mist, making his vision blurry. In a moment of disorientation, he almost missed a step, but fortunately, the startled magpie behind him caught him in time.
Pei Huaguang didn't even bother to steady himself before peering out.
The two did indeed share some similarities in their eyes and brows. When they looked at each other from afar, he felt a strange sense of familiarity and warmth, as if it were emanating from his very bones and veins.
He looked at him and had a feeling of déjà vu.
However, as the distance shortens, the differences between the two become clearly perceptible.
He was much thinner than Pei Huaguang. Pei Huaguang looked up at him, silently straightened his back, and the boy brushed past him in a hurry. After walking a few feet away, he suddenly turned back.
When Pei Huaguang met the boy's dark pupils, he was startled by the chilling aura emanating from them.
His eyes were bright, yet they held a chilling, gloomy edge.
They had only just met, so why was he looking at him like that?
This guy looks gloomy and has a bad temper, but I don't think I offended him. Could it be that I'm more handsome than him and that made him jealous?
Before they could investigate further, the boy turned around again, his slender figure disappearing into the burning peach grove without hesitation.
"What...what on earth is going on?!"
The Feathered Demon is a vain monster with low magic power, and the male Feathered Demon's feathers are more vibrant.
He had followed Hua Rong for many years and could tell at a glance what she had done.
The Feather Demon was initially incredulous, then burst into gloating laughter: "It seems that Lady Hua Rong has assimilated that stinky woman into a peach tree. Haha, there are thousands upon thousands of identical peach trees here. Let's see how you find them!"
Pei Huaguang found his speech annoying, so he plucked the tuft of hair from his head, which provoked him to cry and curse.
"I'll teach you a lesson for your foul mouth! If the fairy sister is burned to death here today, I'll turn you into roasted chicken wings!"
The feathered demon flapped its wings angrily, wanting to fight him to the death: "You're the chicken! Your whole family are chickens!"
The feathered demon transformed into human form, and the startled magpie grabbed his neck, its bright emerald feathers fluttering all over the ground. Pei Huaguang had no time to argue with him.
He turned to look at the peach grove that was longer than his life, and collapsed, clutching his head in despair: "No way, is she crazy? So many trees, all of them look the same, where do we even begin to search, and how are we ever going to finish? We'll be exhausted to death! Ahhhhh, the fire is coming! Startled magpies and fireflies are protecting us!"
The moment the startled magpie and firefly blocked his way, the ball of fire had already swept over with lightning speed.
Surprisingly, the flame only brushed past the hem of their clothes and stubbornly clung to the peach tree branch beside them.
Li Fuchao's heart sank, and he immediately understood the Palace Master's intention.
The Peach Demon's Demon Core self-destructed, affecting its own kind, but it did not harm the human race in the slightest. Is this because Shishi became one of the peach trees?
Why is she targeting Shishi like this?
What exactly happened between them that made the Peach Blossom Palace Master willing to slaughter his entire clan to perish together with Shishi?
No matter what, Shishi can't wait any longer.
He turned and flew into the peach blossom forest, heading in the opposite direction from Wu Xiutang.
Pei Huaguang hadn't expected to have so many rivals in love. Looking at the eerie pink flames, he steeled his heart, ignored Fei Ying's attempts to dissuade him, and gritted his teeth as he rushed in.
You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub; a man who's afraid of death can't win the heart of a fairy goddess.
Fairy Sister, I'm here!!
Shi Xianxue was going to be burned to death.
She was completely unaware of what was happening. Once she regained consciousness, she was horrified to find herself transformed into a wrinkled peach tree.
Before her was a raging wildfire, its flames menacing and fierce. The sound of the flames igniting the branches sent chills down her spine.
She heard the other peach blossom fairies scream in fear, but they were bound to the soil just like her, watching helplessly as the peach-colored flames slowly devoured the emerald leaves, burning them to ashes and crushing them in the dark earth.
She saw people walking past her, and saw Brother Li and Pei Huaguang searching anxiously. She tried desperately to call for help, but to little avail. It was as if she was bound hand and foot in a coffin, unable to make a sound or move.
The flames had already scorched her leaves, but Li Fuchao's gaze swept over her without lingering for a moment, and the group gradually walked away.
Shi Xianxue's head ached from the thick smoke from the burning flames. She felt like she was suffocating. Her arms and back ached terribly. She shook her body desperately. Leaves fell down with sparks, and the burning pain overwhelmed all her senses.
She was about to be burned to death.
But she's about to die, can someone come out and tell her why she suddenly turned into a tree?
Why are Brother Li and Pei Huaguang unharmed, but I turned into a tree? Is turning into a tree a form of gender discrimination?
Female becomes male, but not male?
Why isn't Wu Xiutang with Brother Li?
But if she dies, what will happen to the Parasitic Curse? What will happen to Wu Xiutang? If she dies with him, he will definitely resent her immensely.
Her consciousness began to blur due to the pain, but in a daze, she saw someone walking quickly towards her not far away.
Wu Xiutang? Is it Wu Xiutang?
The figure hesitated for a moment before deciding to walk towards her. Shi Xianxue breathed a sigh of relief, finally saved.
However, there are at least twenty peach trees in her location. Would Wu Xiutang be able to recognize her? Even if she hadn't turned into a peach tree, finding someone in a place with thousands or tens of thousands of people would be a huge undertaking. Moreover, if Wu Xiutang were in this position, she wouldn't be confident that she could find him.
Wu Xiutang gradually slowed his pace, his gaze sweeping over the peach trees one by one. When it landed on Shi Xianxue, his anxious expression slowly disappeared. He raised his hand and touched his chest, his brows furrowing slightly before relaxing.
The boy approached her step by step, his face expressionless. He didn't seem to recognize her; rather, he seemed tired of searching and found a place to rest.
Shi Xianxue: ...You're faking it, aren't you, Wu Xiutang? You're faking it, aren't you, Wu Xiutang? Look up at me, I'm right here!
Shi Xianxue's voice was hoarse from shouting, but the boy remained unmoved. Shi Xianxue stopped, panting, and desperately wanted to hit his face with a tree branch.
Strangely, as the boy sat down beside her, the thick fog dissipated, and the fire burning on Shi Xianxue's leaves mysteriously weakened.
The boy's arrival was like a timely spring rain, irrigating the barren land and dispelling much of the burning pain around her.
Shi Xianxue unfurled the leaves, shook them a couple of times, and felt her mind clear up. So she started struggling again and shouting.
"Heh."
A self-deprecating chuckle escaped the boy's throat.
Shi Xianxue's cries for help came to an abrupt end.
Has Wu Xiutang discovered him?
"I thought it was some kind of sophisticated trick." The boy's slender fingers stroked the cracked, rough bark of the tree, his eyelids half-closed, making it impossible to see the true emotions in his eyes.
"That's all there is to it."
Shi Xianxue shuddered as she was touched.
"So ugly, even uglier as a tree." The boy's fingers slowly moved upwards, as gently as if caressing her skin.
Shi Xianxue bit her lip.
His tone...
"However, if you really can never go back, upon closer inspection, it's not necessarily a bad thing. At least you won't say things that I hate or do things that I hate."
Shi Xianxue was stunned.
"Peach trees are easier to care for than people, and they're more obedient than you. Why not just accept your fate and be a tree? How about that?"
No, no! Of course it's no good!
She didn't want to be a plant. These peach trees were a breeding ground for aphids and scale insects. She'd rather self-immolate than coexist with these insects.
She began to shake the leaves frantically to express her dissatisfaction.
The charred leaves fell onto the back of my hand, leaving grayish-brown marks.
The fire from the Demon Core burned the entire peach blossom forest into a straight line of fire, which was about to spread again.
Sensing her rejection, Wu Xiutang stopped talking.
Just as the flames licked her branches again, the boy stood up, extinguished the flames with his fingers, pursed his lips in pain, and looked up to gaze at Shi Xianxue's eyes.
This tree is clearly no different from others; at least from the outside, it is just an ordinary peach tree.
The voice, which only he could hear, was deafening.
The figure was warning him that admitting a mistake could lead to death.
"Some mistakes only need to be made once."
As he touched Shi Xianxue again, the burning threads of love behind him wove a net of fire large enough to engulf him and attacked his back.
The boy seemed oblivious, oblivious to everything, stubbornly trying to etch every petal and leaf of the peach tree before him into his mind and heart.
"I'm just curious how much I love her that my heart would beat uncontrollably when I'm facing just a tree."
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