20 Chapter Twenty
◎You've arrived◎
The secret realm had been shrouded in darkness for years, leaving the entrance cold and damp. Even colder was Aman's heart. She had finally found the young master, but it seemed he had misheard.
Marry the Lord.
He was unusually incoherent: "She is your mother."
“She is not my mother,” Yan Qing said softly, her lips pursed. “I was born as her companion.”
He was born and raised in a secret realm, and his memories were always hazy and indistinct. Until he met Lu Yue, he had little recollection of his father, Chong Li. After seeing her, he always hoped that the Venerable One would come to see him, but she only came once every few years, and only after he came as an adult did she come more often.
Aman was completely dumbfounded. This was an utterly shameful and outrageous act that would be punished by heaven. As his mother, Lu Yue could only be his mother. It must be Lu Yue's despicable and shameless actions that turned the poor young master into this insane state.
He needed the young master to wake up in time, but Aman vehemently argued, "A mother is a mother."
“She is not my mother.” Yan Qing’s voice rose a little.
"She will always be your mother, and you will always be her child. This fact cannot be changed. Young master, I am even willing to become the Venerable One's child and endure her humiliation just to see you. I just want to help you reclaim the position that belongs to the Venerable One and continue to bring glory to your father."
Yan Qing didn't hear what Aman said after that; all she heard was that it was always her child.
He was no longer a child; he had grown up and was as tall as the Venerable One. He didn't want to be the Venerable One's child, but it seemed that this was the only identity left for him. He was too weak; why couldn't he become stronger? Yan Qing only learned in Chunhu that a mother would stay by her child's side, instead of dying early like a birth mother. He had been in the secret realm for too long, believing that all living beings grew up alone, but only he had.
He asked his father what kind of person his mother was.
Chong Li said coldly, "You don't need to know about her, and you don't deserve to be her child."
He was too weak; even his own mother wouldn't like him. But he didn't want to be abandoned. "If only I were stronger, would His Majesty like me more?"
Aman was completely unaware that Yan Qing's mind was already twisted.
"Once I gain His Majesty's trust in time, I will kill her, alright..."
A bright red hand pierced his chest. Aman was already seriously injured, and after being whipped twice by that old man Wenruo, he was lucky to be alive. He never expected to be killed by the young master.
Aman finally saw the young master's face beneath the hood. His pure and beautiful features were still quite youthful, showing the awkwardness between adolescence and adulthood. His eyes held a dark, mad glint as he muttered to himself, "Don't kill her."
When Yan Qing regained consciousness, Aman was already lying in a pool of blood, his eyes filled with shock. He trembled as he looked at the corpse on the ground, helplessly wiping the blood from his hands with his snow-white robe. But deep down, he felt increasingly calm. He had killed a traitor who was detrimental to the Venerable One; he was no longer a useless fellow.
"He died just like that, Your Majesty. Your child killed your child."
Wen Ruo's eyes were playful as she instructed Hu Mei to pick up the debris on the ground so as not to dirty the Venerable One's shoes. However, she directly kicked Wu Yan, who understood that the secret realm was a forbidden area and he had to do it himself.
Hu Mei looked at Yan Qing, who was trembling under the hood, and was very curious about what the other person looked like. Since he was Chong Li's child, he must be quite good. However, Lu Yue stood in front of her, domineeringly covering Yan Qing on the ground with his sleeve, and coldly commanded, "All of you, step back."
Hu Mei felt a little regretful, but thought that there would be plenty of time to see the young master again.
Lu Yue squatted on the ground and looked at Yan Qing, who was still wiping his hands. Yan Qing looked flustered and was tightly gripping his sleeves.
Are you scared?
"No, I was afraid my hands were too dirty. I only acted because His Majesty wanted to kill you."
You don't need to tell me the reason.
True powerhouses need no excuses to act, and this is something Lu Yue has always pursued. She loathed her past self, weak and helpless in the mountains, and resented her past as a servant under Chong Li. She loved power, so she did what no one else dared to do at the time.
“It’s a good thing that you’ve grown up. Yanqing, you are now qualified to be my child.”
Lu Yue tidied Yan Qing's hair, but he remained stubborn: "I don't want to be your child, and I've never considered you my mother. I'm an adult now, and I can be your..."
"Smack."
A bright red slap landed on Yan Qing's face. He didn't react in time, only smelling the cool, faint fragrance emanating from the Venerable One.
He was somewhat bewildered, which is why he used more force than before. However, instead of feeling pain, his body began to heat up, his heart pounded, and he even began to crave more.
“I am not your biological mother, but I have watched you grow up. You will always be my child. If you don’t like this identity, you should get out of the Demon Realm, because if you weren’t my child, I wouldn’t keep you here.”
With a deafening roar, the earth shook and the peace of the Demon Realm was shattered. Lu Yue was the first to notice something was wrong. She immediately picked up Yan Qing and placed him in the secret realm, ordering Wen Ruo to stay by his side.
Hu Mei and Wu Yan had already sensed something was wrong and arrived outside the Demon Realm. It should have been a lively time of night, but here it was eerily silent. The wind whipped up dry branches from the ground, and an extremely powerful sword aura emanated from ahead.
Hu Mei had just taken a step when she stepped on something soft and squishy. When she lifted her foot, she saw that it was a snake's tail.
Not far away, the entire street was littered with severed limbs and ruins. The frosty moonlight poured onto the blood-red ground, and the intense stench of blood made one want to vomit.
Hu Mei frowned, and just as she held her breath, she saw a figure standing on a high place not far away.
Her white dress was soaked with blood, and blood also stained Wei Mengqiu's frosty face. When she looked back, her posture was graceful and ghostly.
Hu Mei recognized the sword in the other person's hand and sneered, "Did you come in now to fight again?"
A sword aura rushed towards her.
"ah."
A terrifying roar came from behind, and a small demon was cleaved in two by her, reverting to its original form.
Hu Mei sensed something was wrong, and Wu Yan's expression also turned cold. Why was Wei Mengqiu not staying in Shangqing but coming to the Demon Realm? And why was she making such a big fuss, as if she wanted to make sure everyone knew she was here?
Wei Mengqiu took up her sword and beheaded another head. Her slender sword gleamed silver in the moonlight, and even though it had drunk a lot of demon blood, it was still as clean as dust.
More demons surged forward, and the leader shouted, "Wei Mengqiu, you're killing us for no reason. At least give us a reason!"
“A reason,” Wei Mengqiu said coldly, “In the previous battle, how many of our Daoist practitioners did you eat, how many of their golden cores did you dissect? Do you need a reason?”
"Ha, it's been months. You're just bringing this up again to find an excuse to get our demon cores to boost our cultivation. Let's all attack together and fight her."
"A question you already know the answer to."
A powerful surge of energy whipped up the surrounding wind, transforming into ice that instantly enveloped the demons. Wei Mengqiu swung his sword again, shattering the ice into dust. The remaining demons tried to flee, but were trapped by the formation Wei Mengqiu had laid out beforehand, unable to live or die.
Hu Mei couldn't stand idly by at this moment, so she and Wu Yan attacked at the same time. However, Wei Mengqiu didn't take these two small fry seriously and reaped lives with his longsword without restraint.
"Noisy".
A strong gust of wind swept by, shattering all the blue bricks on the ground. Hu Mei hurriedly shielded Wu Yan with her body, while Wei Mengqiu had already disappeared from sight, seemingly heading into the Demon Realm.
Wei Mengqiu's eyes were dark, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. "A fox that is clearly a pure fox can actually enter the Demon Realm as a protector."
Hu Mei endured the other person's sarcasm and did not stop her from continuing forward. Wu Yan stood up and looked at Hu Mei with a strange expression: "Why didn't you stop her?"
"Are you stupid? At her current level, we're nothing compared to her. Why would we risk our lives?"
Wu Yan nodded, finding it quite reasonable, but also felt that if left unchecked, the Demon Realm would be turned upside down by the other party. Hu Mei dusted herself off, thinking that since the Venerable One was there, what could Wei Mengqiu do, no matter how capable he was?
However, why did the other party come with such a fierce attack? It seems that it's not as simple as seeking revenge.
Wei Mengqiu, sword in hand, fought her way into the Demon Realm's palace, only to find the vast hall devoid of any sign of life. She seemed to be losing control, her blood boiling with excitement. She had slain countless demons along the way, and the long-suppressed anguish within her was suddenly unleashed.
Her purpose in coming here was to kill Xue Ji, but she couldn't do it herself, as that would be a sin on her part. Therefore, Wei Mengqiu's grand entrance into the Demon Realm was solely to let everyone know that the whole affair was caused by her. Ultimately, Lu Yue would definitely kill Xue Ji herself to appease the Demon Realm.
A smile played on her lips; the plan had succeeded, and there was no need to meet Xue Ji. Wei Mengqiu found the throne in the center of the Demon Palace amusing. She walked over step by step and calmly sat down.
It doesn't seem like anything special; he's been sitting here for thousands of years.
Thinking of Chong Li, Wei Mengqiu's face instantly turned crimson. In a daze, she found herself back at the place where she first met him. Back then, her junior brother was seriously injured, and she had come to the Demon Realm to retrieve the Blood Demon Lotus when she encountered Chong Li. At that time, he was wearing a long robe, so she couldn't see his face. To escape, Wei Mengqiu stabbed him. Later, in order to obtain the Blood Demon Lotus again, Wei Mengqiu once more ventured alone into the Demon Realm. Just as she was about to gather herbs, she heard a noise behind her and turned around to see a strange scene.
The demon lord Chong Li, clad in a long robe, stood amidst the countless blood-red lotuses covering the mountainside. His dark hue stood out starkly against the sea of red, and she wondered what he intended to do. Just as she was about to make her move, he slowly approached her.
Only then did Wei Mengqiu notice that he was holding a full armful of Blood Demon Lotuses in front of him. The red buds were in full bloom, at their peak. It was such a waste that he had casually picked the Blood Demon Lotuses, which bloom only once every hundred years.
"You've arrived."
Seeing the legendary, ruthless Chong Li, Wei Mengqiu knew she couldn't escape as easily as before. She had immediately swung her sword. The crimson Blood Demon Lotus, scorched by the sword's energy, scattered wildly, and she seized the opportunity to flee.
Wei Mengqiu had only met Chong Li twice, and she couldn't figure out his intentions. She never saw him again after that.
The past is gone. Wei Mengqiu looked at the familiar Blood Demon Lotus, and then saw the black figure in the red of the mountains, walking towards him step by step, just like back then.
"You've arrived."
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