At this point, the Demon Lord suddenly smiled:
"Otherwise, who do you think sent Liu Jinghong the pill formula for repairing her spiritual mansion?"
"Speaking of which, this pill formula is also one of Lan Xiao's research achievements..."
"You must feel it's a pity, right? After all, those three thousand people eventually died from the corruption of demonic energy. He couldn't even take the medicine he painstakingly researched to suppress demonic energy with him."
He mocked her with a gloating tone, his malicious eyes fixed on Chu Hongluan, wanting to see her angry, to see her grit her teeth, to see her show a look of deep hatred.
But Chu Hongluan calmed down instead.
"Is it okay?"
That's what she said.
"Once the demon race is extinct, this medicine to suppress demonic energy will no longer be needed."
The Demon Lord was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! What arrogance! Even the gods of tens of thousands of years ago couldn't do anything to us, who do you think you are?"
"Chu Hongluan".
"ha?"
"Remember my name, and I will keep my promise today."
After saying that, Chu Hongluan ignored him and focused on watching the video.
The video has moved to the next segment.
They were still desperately running away, still turning the familiar corner, still in that secret room.
As soon as Liu Qingfeng entered the room, he collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had left him.
In that instant, the scene spun around, the recording bead fell out, rolled a long way, hit the wall, and bounced back.
This time, Liu Qingfeng appeared entirely in the frame.
Yunzhu lay in his arms, her hands and clothes stained with blood.
"lady."
He called her name, but received no response. So he took out bottle after bottle of pills and poured them into Yunzhu's mouth. She couldn't swallow, so he chewed them up and fed them to her through his mouth.
But it was no use, there was no response, and Yunzhu's aura continued to weaken.
"lady……"
He called out again, very softly, yet with a barely perceptible tremor.
Liu Qingfeng took a deep breath, then gripped her hand tightly, continuously channeling spiritual energy into her body until her spiritual palace was exhausted.
But the person in his arms remained soundly asleep.
Liu Qingfeng's face was so pale it was almost transparent. He raised the back of his hand to his mouth and coughed twice. Blood seeped from the corner of his lips, but he wiped it away casually.
After a long silence, perhaps because his spiritual power had recovered somewhat, he began to cast a divination with one hand.
One divination indicates death.
The second hexagram signifies death.
The third hexagram signifies death.
...
Yunzhu will die.
The hexagram says so.
He stroked Yunzhu's cheeks again and again, even though he couldn't feel the warmth of the person in his arms.
"You'll resent me, won't you?"
Liu Qingfeng muttered to himself, "Today, the last crack in the earth has been repaired, the terrain has returned to normal, and the power of the seal has become stable again."
"But actually... if it's not repaired, the demons won't be able to get out either; it'll just mean the seal will be less effective for a few years."
"It would be better if it didn't come down... In the beginning... a divination would have been enough."
As the head of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, Liu Qingfeng should not have said such willful things.
He believed that his responsibility was to do the right thing, without worrying about the consequences; life and death were simply a matter of fate.
For this reason, he never consults the oracle to calculate anything related to himself, for fear of affecting his judgment and restricting his actions.
But at this moment, the regret in his heart made it impossible for him to deceive himself any longer.
Liu Qingfeng bent down and hugged Yunzhu tightly, trembling.
His voice had choked up at some point.
"You told me to leave first, not to worry about your life or death, saying that the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion needs me, and that all living beings need me..."
"It is my responsibility to bring blessings to all people, not yours. So why do you need to say such righteous words, Madam?"
After saying this, he remained silent for a long time, then hugged the person in his arms even tighter.
"I'm sorry, I've never been able to properly tell you 'I love you'."
Suddenly, as if disturbed by some force, the image on the recording bead began to flicker and was replaced by a white light. Only Liu Qingfeng's voice could be faintly heard intermittently.
"Allow me... to be selfish just this once..."
"I... don't want to care about what happens to this world in the future..."
"All I want is for you to live."
The scene abruptly ends here.
But Chu Hongluan and Liu Jinghong already knew the ending.
If I cannot give birth, I will exchange my life for my wife.
Chu Hongluan blinked hard, remaining silent for a long time.
Is this the truth? The reason why Aunt Yun has always refused to mention this past event to Liu Jinghong is that she has always felt that she was the one who caused Liu Qingfeng's death!
Tormented by such guilt and pain, I avoid talking about it, dare not recall it, and dare not mention it.
"Oh dear, it sounds like you're about to cry?"
The Demon Lord spoke with a mocking tone.
Chu Hongluan did not answer, but stared at the Demon Lord with a very serious look, making the Demon Lord feel uneasy all over.
"W-What? You can kill me with your eyes?"
"No. I was just thinking that it would be good to teach you bunch of stinking rats from the gutter a lesson."
The Demon Lord immediately thought of the strange plants Chu Hongluan had summoned earlier, and narrowed his eyes dangerously as he reminded her, "Aren't you afraid of breaking the seal?"
"You said it yourself, right? The seal formed by the gods with their lives and flesh is not so easily broken. But don't worry, it's not time to use those little guys yet."
As she spoke, Chu Hongluan looked up at the sky and sighed, "Even though it's in a valley, lightning should still be able to strike here."
As soon as she finished speaking, the spiritual energy in the air went berserk, rushing into Chu Hongluan's meridians at an incredible speed!
The spiritual energy inside the Demon Cave is extremely thin, so much so that when the spiritual energy is brutally extracted, it almost churns the air to shreds, turning the vast Demon Cave into a vortex of air currents in an instant!
Even the Demon Lord himself, in his black mist form, felt a strong tearing sensation.
"Are you insane! You want to break through to the Great Ascension stage in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave?!"
Chu Hongluan nodded calmly and said, "Although the routine is a bit old-fashioned, it's worth emulating. Your demon race is very afraid of heavenly lightning, isn't it? Well then, please enjoy the present moment."
She turned to the side and gently patted Liu Jinghong's head, her voice exceptionally gentle: "Senior brother, can you find a safe place to wait for me?"
Liu Jinghong gently embraced her, and when he spoke, he realized his voice was terribly hoarse: "You know I can't live without you, right? Without you, I'll die."
Chu Hongluan patted his back to comfort him: "When have I ever done anything I wasn't sure of? Besides, my senior brother is here. I won't gamble with his life."
Liu Jinghong smiled and turned to leave.
Three seconds later, lightning struck.
Chu Hongluan seemed oblivious to the pain, carrying the lightning and taking several steps closer to the Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord trembled violently as he was affected by the terrifying pressure of the Heavenly Dao.
Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!
"You think you'll get away with this tribulation?! Don't forget! The Demon Blade is still a demon! The Heavenly Dao didn't care when your cultivation was low! Do you think the Heavenly Dao will turn a deaf ear when you undergo the Great Ascension stage?!"
Chu Hongluan scoffed, "This is my business, why are you panicking?"
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