Standing tall on a barren mountain.
On the edge of a towering cliff, a woman in black, sitting cross-legged, slowly opened her eyes.
Those eyes were deep and clear, like a mysterious vortex, with a flash of deep blue light that shone like stars.
After gazing intently for a moment, she parted her lips slightly and said, "It failed."
"What! Even you failed?" Ji Chen exclaimed in disbelief, muttering to himself, "Without the Divine Record, how can my plan be implemented? How can I achieve my ambition of unifying the Three Realms? You're all useless, a bunch of good-for-nothings!"
Ji Chen went berserk, venting his anger on Yan Luo, "What are you good for! You can't even catch a child, you piece of trash!"
Yan Luo looked at him calmly, her eyes slightly narrowed. With a swift movement, she grabbed Ji Chen by the throat and lifted him up!
A smile appeared on her face, but her words were chilling: "Have you been the Demon Lord for so long that you've forgotten who your master is?"
One sentence jolted Ji Chen awake, leaving him stiff as if he were in an ice cellar.
His feet were off the ground, veins bulging on his forehead, and he gripped Yan Luo's wrists tightly with both hands, trying to break free. Even so, at this critical moment of life and death, he never looked Yan Luo in the eyes.
Those were eyes that could steal one's soul; he dared not look.
Yan Luo sneered, "I could have saved you, or I could have killed you, but I didn't. Do you know why?"
Ji Chen opened his mouth, unable to speak.
Yan Luo enjoyed his dying appearance and said, "Because I wanted to see who would win in the end, but now it seems you're too stupid, ridiculously stupid. How about I do you a good deed today and kill you to end it all?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Chen tried his best to escape the clutches of evil, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not get rid of the hand that determined his life and death.
The sky grew increasingly blurry, and the clouds gathered, eventually forming the silhouette of a person in his eyes. He saw that person smiling at him, a smile of tenderness he had never experienced before.
After an unknown amount of time, he regained his freedom.
Yanluo threw him to the ground, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust. She looked into the distance and said, "Although we didn't catch Shenxun, we did take another step forward." She glanced at Ji Chen on the ground, "Before the outcome is decided, I will still help you, but if you speak disrespectfully to me again, you won't want to know what will happen to you."
It wasn't until Yan Luo had been gone for a long time that Ji Chen finally stood up from the ground. He stared fiercely in the direction Yan Luo had gone, his gaze ruthless and sinister.
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Apocalypse Academy
On a beautiful afternoon, Zhuge Hongming fully woke up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, a face appeared before him, staring intently at him with a rather resentful look in its eyes.
He sat up, but before he could speak, he heard the owner of that face say, "You old codger, you've finally woken up! At your age, don't you know how to protect yourself? After cultivating for so many years, how come you have no sense of self-preservation? Do you really think you're invincible after becoming a god?"
Zhuge Changdeng sat on the edge of the bed, grumbling incessantly about his father. His tone was fierce, and the long scar on his face added to his intimidating presence.
However, there is an old saying that "a tiger father will not have a dog son," and no matter how fierce Zhuge Changdeng was, he could not compare to his father's single glance.
Zhuge Hongming glared at Changdeng with a sharp look. Although his face still showed signs of illness, his majesty remained undiminished.
Changdeng's eyelids twitched, and he jumped up from the bedside as if by reflex. "Well, Young Master Qi said that although the Soul Locking Technique has been lifted, your body still needs to recuperate for a few days. I will take care of you for the next few days. Make sure you take your medicine and regulate your breathing on time every day, without missing a single one. I will supervise you at all times."
Seeing that Zhuge Hongming's face darkened even more and his twitching hand showed signs of wanting to hit him, he immediately ran out without thinking, making sure to close the door behind him as he fled.
On the other side, Qinghe and Qirong were calmly discussing the past.
“You two are really close,” Qinghe said, staring directly at Qirong.
"It's been a long time; we were friends."
Although Qi Rong felt completely at ease, she still felt a little uncomfortable being stared at like that. Her reaction was to gulp down her tea, which Qing He saw as a sign of her guilt.
Qinghe raised an eyebrow. "She seems to know you very well. How many years have you been friends?"
Qi Rong thought for a moment, "Probably more than three hundred years."
Qinghe's eyes seemed to change, but his smile deepened. "Three hundred years of friendship, you could be considered childhood sweethearts, right? You two spent every day together, didn't you ever develop feelings for each other?"
Qi Rong smiled, pursing her lips. "No."
"Really not?"
Qi Rong's eyes were incredibly sincere: "Really, no."
Qinghe felt relieved, then paused and said, "Actually, I'm not a jealous person."
Qi Rong nodded, "Yes, I know."
Qinghe, unsure if he had taken her words to heart, blinked and quietly drank her tea.
After a long pause, she said again, "I went to the library to look for books on refining the Lu Yuan Pill, but I couldn't find them. It seems that if I want to refine this pill, I still need to find Senior Zhuge."
Qi Rong nodded.
Qinghe: "I just don't know if he's willing to help us. Refining the Lu Yuan Pill is no small matter. If we're not careful, it could attract competition from outside forces, which would be detrimental to Tianqi Academy. So we need to do it in secret and not let the news leak out."
Qi Rong put down her teacup and looked at her, saying, "I'm afraid it's too late. Have you forgotten Liu Yuntai? His trip was also for the Lu Yuan Dan, and news of it has already leaked out in Yuanbei Valley. I'm afraid that various forces outside the academy are already preparing to make their move."
The recent events had almost made Qinghe forget about this matter. She frowned, "Isn't the Liu family supposed to be very powerful? How come they can't even keep this kind of secrecy up?"
Qi Rong shook her head slightly: "There's nothing we can do. Although the Liu family lives a secluded life, they have always been at the forefront of the world and the target of everyone's attacks. There are countless eyes watching them in the dark, so it was to be expected that the news would be leaked."
Qinghe rested her chin on her hand, looking worried. "It seems I'm bound to be in trouble this time. Ever since I went down the mountain to travel, nothing good has happened. And now, I still have no clue where the last divine pearl is." She looked at Qirong, her tone carrying a hint of girlish coquettishness, "So annoying."
Qi Rong's heart stirred, and he stroked her dark hair. "Once everything is resolved, we can go wherever you want, and we'll never concern ourselves with mortal affairs again, okay?"
Qinghe tilted her head and looked at him, "These words were not spoken by the God Lord of the God Realm. You are the Lord of the God Realm, how can you ignore everything?"
Qi Rong lowered her gaze slightly: "It's just that I had no choice."
It wasn't until noon that Qinghe leisurely left, saying he wanted to go for a stroll with Li Jiang and the others.
She wanted Qi Rong to stay with her, but seeing that he didn't look well, she figured he had spent a lot of energy breaking the soul-locking spell, so she considerately told him to rest.
As Qinghe's footsteps faded into the distance, Qi Rong could no longer bear it. Leaning against the door, she placed her hand on her chest, her face turning pale with extreme pain.
He gasped for breath in pain, and it took him a long time to find some relief.
Looking at his trembling hands, he murmured, "So fast..." Thinking of the person who had just left, his expression slowly turned solemn, "I need to get the Lu Yuan Pill as soon as possible."
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