shadow eyes
Kou Qiyu was unconscious for a day and a night before finally waking up. After waking up, he felt empty inside. He stared blankly at the ceiling from night to dawn.
It was Yingjiu, who was taking care of him, who was the first to notice that he had woken up.
"Master." Yingjiu's gentle voice seemed so soft that it could be blown away by a gust of wind.
During the time Kou Qiyu was unconscious, it was She Liuying who took charge of the overall situation, settling the injured, distributing antidotes, and arranging for people to guard the east and west sides.
Because the eastern side of the dangerous peaks borders the Yang Palace, although there was no further action taken in the direction of Yanshi Ridge after that day, the memory of that day still evokes lingering fear.
Kou Qiyu struggled to sit up, Yingjiu looked at him with worry but didn't know what to say.
Of the three, Yingmou was the first demon servant to become the master, and even her and Yingfu's names were based on Yingmou.
Yingmou is also the strongest in terms of demonic power among the three. At least in her memory, Yingmou has never lost to anyone. However, he has a very impulsive temper and often offends people without realizing it. In addition, he is very powerful, so Kou Qiyu will not easily summon him unless absolutely necessary.
But there was another reason they didn't know: Kou Qiyu kept recalling the scene when he first met Yingmou. He was so badly injured, yet he was still alive.
"While he can't be called completely crippled, it's impossible for him to return to his peak."
This was the answer given by Xu Jinnian, the best demon-refining elder in Yang Palace. He shook his head, at a loss for what to do with the scarred young man before him.
"That's all I can do. The rest depends on whether he can wake up on his own."
After a moment of contemplation, Xu Jinnian said, "To be honest, I have never seen a person—no, a demon—survive such severe injuries. Where did you pick it up from?"
At that time, Qiling Mountain was in chaos because it had lost its demon lord, and the demon lord who unified Qiling Mountain and integrated humans and demons was a half-demon who was a sad sight.
As everyone knows, half-demons go mad even if they don't die, but before he went mad, he did something even more insane.
He joined forces with the Seven Great Demon Mountains to kill the Evil Phoenix Emperor. In that year, the entire Seven Great Demon Mountains underwent earth-shattering changes. However, this was a matter between demons. At that time, he was just an ordinary demon tamer.
In a daze, my memory returned to that afternoon after Yingmou woke up, his pale and cold face gained a bit more vitality in the sunlight.
"You're awake."
He breathed a slight sigh of relief and placed the medicine on the table. "Then I really came at the right time."
Those deep, still eyes seemed to glance in his direction before closing again.
"I don't know what's wrong with you, but since you're not dead, you might as well live well. You've already died once, do you want to die a second time?"
No reply was received.
For a long time, it was as if he was talking to a piece of wood. There was even a moment when he wanted to give up and let it fend for itself.
Although the demon tamer was close to the demons, he wasn't the other party's father, so he had already done more than enough.
But just as he was about to abandon him, he took the medicine that he brought into the house for the first time on his own initiative, and from that day on, his almost incurable injury slowly began to improve.
"This is Qiling Mountain. You can leave whenever you want once you've recovered." He wisely refrained from asking further questions. Even if he asked a hundred thousand questions, this demon might not even bother to answer him.
So why bother?
To everyone's surprise, after listening, the other person pondered for a long time before finally speaking to him for the first time.
"There's nowhere else to go."
His voice was low, pale, and weak.
His gaze, which was fixed on the scenery outside the window, suddenly paused, and he casually replied, "If there's nowhere else to go, staying here is fine too!"
This is Qiling Mountain, the only one of the seven demon mountains where humans and demons can live in peace.
So there's nothing wrong with staying here.
Kou Qiyu seemed to be using all his strength to calm his turbulent emotions, because he was so excited that he felt a dull pain in his chest.
"Cough cough..." He lowered his head and coughed violently, his graying temples making him look much older overnight.
If a demon servant dies, the demon tamer might also die. Even if he survives by chance, his body will age rapidly due to the sharp reduction in lifespan. But he is different because he has three demon servants. In addition to the sleeping Shadow Fu, there is also Shadow Dove to support his body.
He shouldn't have been so weak, but sometimes weakness isn't just about the body, but more importantly, about the heart that has endured immense pain.
His shadowy eyes were different from those of others.
"Master!" Yingjiu was anxious and tried to help him lie down again, but Kou Qiyu gently pushed him away.
"I'm fine, go see the others." He shook his head.
Yingjiu wanted to refuse, but Kou Qiyu still asked her to leave temporarily, as he wanted to be alone for a while.
He could no longer sense Yingmou's presence, and the increasing number of memories was making it hard for him to breathe.
He walked out of the house in a daze, and unknowingly ended up in a certain place.
A long spear was stuck there, and Shadow Eyes was buried there.
"host……"
Yingjiu, who was closely following Kou Qiyu, was momentarily agitated, "Master shouldn't be like this now..."
"He's not as weak as you think. If he were that weak, how could he be worthy of Yingmou risking his life for him?" The voice belonged to a young man, though his brows still held a touch of childishness and naivety.
But his tone was condescending, and his words were not very pleasant. Yingjiu glanced at him, wanting to speak, but held back. After a long while, she asked:
"Ye Mei, are you coming out now because you're planning to go back to your Azure Bird Clan?"
"I'd have to be really bored to want to go back. Besides, isn't Meishan still under lockdown?" Ye Mei said without turning her head. "I just didn't expect..."
Looking up at the clear blue sky, Ye Mei sighed with a sense of loss, "I never thought he would die..."
Time seemed to rewind to that scorching afternoon when the young boy had narrowly escaped death, dragging his wounded body as he rolled out of the encirclement of the Enchanted Mountain. Most of the Bluebird Clan members were dead, and the rest either hid or fled.
Even now, he still can't understand why the Azure Bird lineage, which could have become the master of a mountain, is so pathetic. They were almost wiped out by the demon spirits of the Demon Mountain, yet they still cling to that place.
After escaping from the Demon Mountain, he did not return, nor could he ever return. His wounds were festering and ulcerated, and he lay by the stream, barely clinging to life, seemingly on the verge of being dragged away and devoured by a wild beast that might suddenly appear at any moment.
He had probably already escaped to the border of Qiling Mountain by then, but he vaguely remembered a rough voice ringing out at an inopportune moment when he was about to lose consciousness.
It was like a thunderclap, startling him so much that he almost thought it was one of those damned spirits.
"Ha! I was wondering where that smell of blood came from, it really is a little brat."
He was discovered and rescued by Yingmou.
"I didn't expect it to be from the Bluebird lineage." Yingmou clicked his tongue in amazement.
Kou Qiyu knew his origins. "Isn't there a bluebird living in Meishan? Where did you come from?"
"Mind your own business? Did I ask you to save me?" The child, wrapped up like a dumpling, lay immobile on the bed, but his spirit was still high.
"Oh!" Yingmou's eyes lit up with interest, and Kou Qiyu had no choice but to say, "Let's send him back once he's healed!"
"How dare you!" The young boy was immediately enraged, but fear filled his heart even more. "I don't care what you do! Let me go, I'll leave on my own! I'd rather die than go back!"
Seeing that he was struggling so hard that blood was seeping through his bandages, the two men immediately became serious and exchanged a glance.
"If you're not going to reply, then don't. Don't move." Kou Qiyu gently pressed him down.
Yingmou left without saying a word. When he saw Yingmou again, Yingmou seemed to have investigated everything that had happened in Meishan.
No one mentioned sending him back or taking him back anymore.
"Hey! I see you're not weak either, so are you content to be someone else's demon servant?" Young Ye Mei asked him, somewhat confused, after witnessing Ying Mou kill off that group of damned demons with a single spear thrust.
The summer heat was oppressive, but at night, a cool breeze swept through the mountains, making it very pleasant. Yingmou gazed in one direction, thoughtfully replying, "So what?"
So what?
What's the meaning?
He didn't understand, but he would never become someone else's demon servant. Once he grew up and became stronger, he would go back and take revenge.
But growing up and becoming stronger wasn't as easy as he thought. He gazed at the distant, dark mountains, a hint of confusion unconsciously appearing in his eyes.
With a long road ahead, where should he go from here?
"Hey!" He approached the tall, imposing man tentatively, somewhat cautiously, "You..."
There are many formations used by demon tamers, among which the Yu Tu Hen is a different world altogether. Ying Mou spends most of his time recuperating inside, supposedly due to an old injury.
However, Yingmou himself denied that Kou Qiyu had told him all of this.
He also entered the map array, but he did not sign a contract with Kou Qiyu, so this opportunity only came once.
Yingmou taught him demonic arts within the Tuhen Formation, and he promised to protect the Yang Palace for ten years when he left the Tuhen Formation one day.
“That bastard Kou Qiyu, every time he doesn’t come to me, look at how badly Ying Fu is injured, and he’s still trying to hold on. Can he really hold on?”
Shadow Eyes was so anxious that he was jumping up and down while trapped in the Diagram Array. Although Kou Qiyu's strength had greatly increased and he now had three demon servants, he could only summon one at a time. Therefore, Shadow Eyes spent more and more time in the Diagram Array. It was fine if he sparred with him at other times, but Kou Qiyu was clearly in trouble and didn't come to him. How could he not be angry?
"What's the use of being so anxious? You still can't get out." He was dismissive. Qiling Mountain wasn't to be trifled with, and their group of demon masters were no pushovers either. What big trouble could they possibly cause?
He had always thought that Qiling Mountain couldn't possibly have any major trouble. That is, until Kou Qiyu reopened the map and allowed Yingmou to leave as she wished.
"Hahaha... I told you you needed me!"
He laughed so wildly and arrogantly that he left Tuhen. As usual, he would return in three to five days after resolving the trouble.
Ye Mei watched his disappearing figure, never imagining that this would be the last time.
One last look.
at last……
Ye Mei stared blankly at the newly built grave, his gun still stuck in it.
It was so dazzling, yet so unfamiliar.
"……why are you laughing?"
Yingjiu, noticing Ye Mei's unusual behavior, looked at the seemingly foolish young man. According to the age of the Qingniao Clan, he was only just coming of age and should have been full of vigor and high spirits.
However, his childhood experiences made him mature prematurely. Even though he refused to accept Yingmou's death, he subconsciously told himself that Yingmou was no longer there.
He laughed because he realized that he had thought he could accept all partings with indifference, but in the end, he was still lingering with a trace of sadness. And as time went by, the sadness in his heart became more and more intense and harder to suppress.
He laughed at himself.
In the end, not a single kind word was left for the other person.
"I don't want to watch anymore, I'm leaving." Ye Mei said this and turned to leave.
Yingjiu was at a loss for what to do.
“I think he probably doesn’t want us watching him like this.” Ye Mei took two steps and then said to Ying Jiu, “Let him talk to Ying Mou alone!”
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