A-Lian turned to look at Gu Xi, who had asked him the question, his face filled with deep helplessness, even a hint of despair. He said in a low voice, "How could I not have thought of asking for help? I've asked for help countless times in these ten thousand years, but..."
Alian lowered his eyes and continued, "At first, when I saw cultivators coming in, I would desperately shout and beg for help, but gradually, I realized that they couldn't see me or hear my voice..."
"Only I could hear my heart-wrenching screams. It was then that I realized Qingyi had gone to great lengths to ensure everything went perfectly, going far beyond simply placing a restriction on my soul. After that, I stopped screaming, and year after year, day after day, I remained in this dark, sunless cave..."
Time meant nothing to him. Whenever a cultivator entered, he would realize that another ten thousand years had passed. Many of the injuries on his body were caused by his efforts to break free of the chains.
At first, he could heal himself, but later, as the spiritual energy in the cave became thinner and thinner, his cultivation level regressed drastically, and his self-healing ability became almost non-existent. In the end, he just let it go.
Anyway, no one would know he was imprisoned in this Primordial Chaos Realm, and no one would come to rescue him, but he was unwilling to die, so he could only endure the torment day after day, year after year...
He originally thought he wouldn't live to see the next opening of the Primordial Chaos Secret Realm, but not long ago he discovered that the Primordial Chaos Secret Realm had become unstable. When he made a sound, it seemed that people outside could hear him.
So, he had been constantly calling for help for the past few days until Hua and the others arrived. Ah Lian looked at Hua with deep gratitude in his eyes. If it weren't for them, he didn't know how much longer he could have held on.
Ah Lian's words silenced everyone. It turned out that Ah Lian, who had a round face, had suffered such a vicious thing. If Gu Xi had doubted Ah Lian's words before, the more Ah Lian said and the more coincidences there were, the more Gu Xi had to believe him.
He grew up alongside Qingwu. Although Qingwu was only under ten thousand years old, everyone in the Six Realms knew that Qingwu was born after being conceived by the Immortal Qingyi for over a thousand years, and then carefully nurtured for nearly eighty thousand years before hatching.
At the time, it was widely rumored in the Six Realms that the Immortal Qingyi had given birth to a dead egg. Everyone thought it was impossible for it to hatch, but unexpectedly, after so long, a baby snake actually crawled out of the egg.
This event caused quite a stir at the time. Many immortals whose offspring had not yet hatched visited Qingyi, including demons and other races, all wanting to obtain her secret formula.
At the time, Immortal Qingyi only said it was a matter of fate, but now Gu Xicai realizes that there was no such thing as fate. It turns out that he was using someone else's protective scale to nurture his stillborn child.
A-Lian's protective scale allowed Qingwu to be born smoothly, which explains why Qingwu's personality is so domineering. She is the most domineering person in Luojiao City. Immortal Qingyi went to great lengths to ensure Qingwu's safe birth, showing her all kinds of care and pampering.
Although they have rescued Ah Lian, he has so many injuries that without the Heart-Protecting Scale, his recovery will be very slow. Moreover, without the Heart-Protecting Scale's blessing, Ah Lian's cultivation speed will also be very slow.
Hua looked at A-Lian and asked him, "Should we continue calling you A-Lian, or what should we call you?"
Ah Lian tilted his little head up and said to the flowers, "My full name is Qi Lian, but you can still call me Ah Lian. My father has always called me that too."
Before Hua Du could even speak, Tu Er asked Qi Lian in great surprise, "What did you say your name was?"
Tu Er's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. Qi Lian, seeing his expression, asked again, quite puzzled, "Qi Lian, what's wrong?"
Tu Er seemed unsure and asked again, "Are you really named Qi Lian? You're not lying to me?"
Qi Lian wanted to roll his eyes. "I told you my name is Qi Lian, why would I lie to you?"
Seeing Tu Er's reaction, Chu Yu and Hua and the others turned to look at him. Even Wan Ke, who had been with him the longest, looked at him with great confusion. No one understood why Tu Er would react so strongly when he called Qi Lian.
"Tu Er, what's wrong? Is something the problem?"
Tu Er looked at the flower excitedly, then pointed at Qi Lian excitedly and said incoherently, "Qi Lian, he said his name is Qi Lian, his name is Qi Lian."
“You don’t need to keep saying we know. A-Lian just said it himself, his name is Qi-Lian.” Hua replied helplessly. They weren’t deaf; A-Lian had said it several times already.
Tu Er was so excited that she could hardly speak. "Take your time, there's no rush," Wan Ke said, seeing Tu Er's state.
After taking a deep breath, Tu Er said, word by word, "In our Demon Realm, there is an elder named Qi Zhi! It is said that he has an only son named Qi Lian!!!"
They turned to look at Qilian.
"Is your father Qi Zhi?" Chu Yu asked Qi Lian.
"That's right!" Qi Lian was also puzzled by their stares. His father was Qi Zhi. Was that so strange?
Tu Er finally calmed down. Only then did Chu Yu truly pay attention to Qi Lian. He never expected that Qi Lian was actually Qi Zhi's son. Speaking of which, Qi Zhi had been kind to him. Qi Zhi was the head of the four elders of the Demon Realm and was once the youngest immortal in the Immortal Realm. The Immortal Clan had high hopes for him.
However, during one of his trials, he fell in love with a demon woman and they became lovers. When the immortals discovered this, he refused to part with the demon woman even at the cost of his life, and they even had a son, Qilian.
However, the immortals eventually discovered this and, after sending Qi Zhi away under some pretext, cruelly killed the demon woman. By the time Qi Zhi realized something was wrong and rushed back, it was too late.
In this situation, he abandoned his immortal status, fell into the demonic path, and slaughtered almost all the immortals present at the time. Only one young immortal disciple, who had just started out, escaped the calamity.
At that time, Qi Lian was not yet a hundred years old. After his mother passed away, Qi Zhi was afraid that something might happen to Qi Lian, so he doted on him like the apple of his eye. Everyone knew that the new elder of the demon clan regarded his only son as his life.
However, Qi Lian disappeared after entering the Hunyuan Secret Realm. Although his soul lamp was still burning, Qi Zhi searched all five realms except for the God Clan but could not find his son. Later, no one dared to mention the name Qi Lian in front of Qi Zhi.
Unexpectedly, Qi Zhi's only son, whom he had searched for in vain, was actually imprisoned by Qing Yi in the Crimson Rock Cave of the Hunyuan Secret Realm!
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