Chapter 109 The Ruthless Demon Lord 10 The truth about that sword.
Jian Ziyan couldn't hear a word Lu Wufeng was saying. He didn't even have time to think about why he could speak again suddenly. He just tried desperately to escape from this evil ghost who looked like his lover.
Feeling the rejection and refusal emanating from his whole body, Lu Wufeng was already in too much pain to say anything. Haochu finally couldn't control himself anymore and stepped forward to carefully grasp Jian Ziyan's body, along with the Soul-Locking Bell floating above him.
"He doesn't want to get close to you." Haochu said, "At this point, are you still going to force him? Lu Wufeng, do you have the heart?"
Jian Ziyangen was so confused that he didn't realize who the person who was protecting him was. He was willing to do anything as long as he could get away from that evil ghost.
Seeing him immediately curl up in Haochu's arms, not even looking in his direction, as if afraid of having the slightest contact, Lu Wufeng's breath was choked, and he became distraught. →
"Ayan..."
He called his name unconsciously and slowly lowered his head. A tear slid down the tip of his nose and dripped onto his own hand, causing him to tremble for a moment as if burned.
Haochu held Jian Ziyan tenderly in his arms. This was a scene he had longed for countless times over the past thousand years, but he felt no joy in his heart at this moment.
Not until he hugged this man with his own hands did he realize how thin he was. Thinking of the little fox's scarred body when it was snatching the Star Fruit, he trembled with heartache.
How much suffering have you endured for Lu Wufeng? And how much of it was inflicted on you by Lu Wufeng himself?
He didn't want to excuse Lu Wufeng at all. Chu Yeshu couldn't bear to see his senior brother so distracted, so he said carefully: "Jian... Senior Jian just came out of the purgatory miasma. I'm afraid his mind is broken and he hasn't recovered yet. If you have anything to say... maybe you can wait until he recovers a little."
Given Jian Ziyan's current state, no matter what they want to say, he probably won't be able to listen. Even if Lu Wufeng died on the spot to apologize, what could he get in return?
Neither Lu Wufeng nor Haochu spoke, but Jian Ziyan heard his voice, looked up at him, and a look of deep pain appeared on his face.
In the miasma of purgatory, the recurring memories constantly made him see his mistakes.
It was he who disregarded his own status and insisted on provoking Jiang Zhijun, which brought him all those disasters.
It was because he refused to give up that he knowingly made the same mistake a second time, bringing disaster to Lu Wufeng again.
In the end, he was still unwilling to give up, and even tried to deceive the heavens and save Lu Wufeng again, which led to the consequences of involving innocent people now...
He was willing to pay the price for the mistakes he made, but why did he involve other people? What did this boy do wrong? Did he just watch Lu Wufeng hug him and say those words?
Just like... before at Lingzhao Peak.
Lu Wufeng had made him watch him and the young man Hong'an getting along, and now he wanted the young man to watch him getting close to him...
Jian Ziyan's pain was noticed by everyone at the first moment. Haochu, who was closest to him, quickly held Jian Ziyan's face and looked into his eyes anxiously.
"Zi Yan, how are you?"
Lu Wufeng thought that the Soul Sealing Nail had attacked again, and a strong pain filled his brows, but he suppressed himself and used his spiritual power to activate the Dan Yuan in Jian Ziyan's body.
"Ayan, you..."
Before he could say anything, he saw Jian Ziyan's eyes filled with sadness. He looked directly into those eyes and saw such intense pain that he suddenly became speechless.
"Lu Wufeng, you really have a cruel heart." He heard Jian Ziyan say hoarsely, "I hurt you, I am willing to pay any price, but why did you do this to Chu Yeshu? He, he is still so young..."
Lu Wufeng was stunned, and the other two were also stunned at the same time.
Especially Chu Yeshu, he never thought that Jian Ziyan actually knew his name and was mentioned specifically under such circumstances.
What's this about?
Chu Yeshu and Haochu didn't understand, but Lu Wufeng understood it all at once.
His face turned pale in an instant, and fear appeared in his eyes.
He suddenly remembered...the shameless and ridiculous things he had done.
At that time, he did have the intention of revenge in this regard, wanting Jian Ziyan to see that he "had someone else" instead of being the only one who was jealous.
Jealousy and resentment...
When he thought that those scenes he pretended to be had been taken seriously by Jian Ziyan, Lu Wufeng suddenly shuddered, and the chill that spread up instantly made the roots of his teeth feel cold.
The fear he felt at this moment was even greater than when he just found out that he had misunderstood Jian Ziyan.
"No…that's not true."
Lu Wufeng finally squeezed out a trembling voice, his face full of pleading, wanting to get closer to Jian Ziyan.
"Ayan, listen to me, that's all fake, he and I don't have that kind of relationship..."
He saw Jian Ziyan subconsciously rushed towards Hao Chu's arms in order to avoid him, but was suddenly frozen in place. Both his movement forward and his explanation were frozen.
He stood there motionless, his heart feeling as if it were pierced by thousands of swords at once, causing his blood to flow backwards.
"I really...don't."
Lu Wufeng's voice was weak and he suddenly seemed to have lost all his strength. He slowly knelt on the ground, kneeling beside Jian Ziyan's bed.
He wanted to explain, but he found that all his explanations pale in front of Jian Ziyan.
Every time Jian Ziyan "had an affair with someone else", he threw away his pride and everything just to save him;
And his deliberate "involvement with others" was only out of his childish and cruel revenge mentality...
How could he have the nerve to explain?
In front of this pure and innocent person, he actually used such despicable and lowly means to insult him. Even he himself could not forgive himself, and it made him feel unprecedented despair.
This despair was not the difference between life and death, but his betrayal of the loyalty between them.
Lu Wufeng suddenly thought that the more he understood the truth, the more he would realize the gap between him and Jian Ziyan. How could a hypocritical, disgusting person like him be worthy of the efforts of Jian Ziyan, and how could he be worthy of his forgiveness.
Thinking of this, Lu Wufeng's breath gradually weakened. He knelt there, making people feel that he had brought it upon himself, but also that he was genuinely pitiful.
“Wait… wait a minute!”
The dazed Chu Yeshu finally understood what they were saying. Thinking of the rumors outside and his senior brother's intimate behavior towards him in front of the little fox, he was suddenly frightened and drenched in cold sweat.
"Senior Jian! My brother and I are definitely not in the relationship you think!"
Chu Yeshu didn't know what he was thinking. When he thought that Jian Ziyan would actually misunderstand him and Lu Wufeng, he suddenly became so anxious that he didn't care about anything else and knelt down in front of Jian Ziyan with a bang.
That anxious look was like a puppy that couldn't catch its own tail.
"I was picked up by my senior brother when I was wandering at the age of sixteen. At that time, I stole a bun because I was hungry, and was beaten by the store owner and passers-by with a carrying pole... It was my senior brother who saved my life! He also said that I had excellent physique and asked me if I was willing to follow him back to the sect to cultivate immortality." Chu Yeshu spoke quickly, fearing that Jian Ziyan would not want to listen if he spoke slowly. "Although I became a disciple of Master Yuan Qing Shengzun, Master has long since gone to pursue the great way, and it has been my senior brother who has raised and taught me until now... So my senior brother and I are as close as brothers and as close as father and son! I only have respect and love for my senior brother, and there is absolutely no conflict or personal relationship, Senior Jian!"
Haochu also understood. He looked at the two people kneeling on the ground and silently hugged the person in his arms.
He had not known about this before, and now he found it unbelievable.
He didn't believe that Lu Wufeng would forget Jian Ziyan and start over with someone else. However, he didn't expect that Lu Wufeng would not only not explain, but he would actually use this to hurt Jian Ziyan?
He didn't want to say a word now. One reason was that he didn't want to interfere with Jian Ziyan's decision. The other was that if he just controlled himself and didn't curse at Lu Wufeng, he would have exhausted all his temper and cultivation.
He lowered his eyes to look at Jian Ziyan's confused and panicked expression. His heart was like an old weathered city wall that was gradually cracking in the wind and snow, exuding a dense feeling of heartache.
How on earth could Lu Wufeng bear to do this...
Haochu didn’t know, and Lu Wufeng himself couldn’t answer this question.
He listened to Chu Yeshu's anxious explanation, but his heart was empty.
Do you want Jian Ziyan's understanding and forgiveness?
Of course he did. He was going crazy thinking about it.
But he doesn't deserve it.
He just looked at Jian Ziyan. No matter how cruel the words or how insulting the scolding were, he was happy to accept it. This was what he deserved.
The three of them focused their attention on Jian Ziyan, who huddled in Haochu's arms and trembled slightly. After a while, he seemed to have finally understood the meaning of Chu Yeshu's words and asked blankly, "Father-son relationship?"
"That's right, Senior Jian!" Chu Yesu said immediately, and glanced at Lu Wufeng anxiously, "It was my senior brother who brought me up. In my heart, he is like my brother and father! I believe that senior brother feels the same way! I am not lying at all, otherwise I will not be able to overcome my inner demons and die a violent death!"
He took out the inner demon that cultivators feared the most and swore, which made Jian Ziyan move uneasily.
"No need... to make such a vow." Jian Ziyan said softly, "The inner demon is the most difficult hurdle for a cultivator to overcome. You are still young, so don't underestimate it."
Chu Yeshu trembled, his face full of flattery.
He knew Jian Ziyan's identity, but he didn't expect that the real Jian Ziyan was so kind and gentle.
When he thought Chu Yeshu was Lu Wufeng's Taoist partner, he thought that doing so would be unfair to Chu Yeshu. Now that he heard the oath, his first words were to advise Chu Yeshu not to underestimate his inner demons.
With such an identity, and yet so clean and gentle, Chu Yeshu actually felt a real resentment towards his most beloved senior brother at this moment.
How could one be so cruel as to hurt such a person? If Jian Ziyan's beloved Taoist partner was him...
Chu Yeshu was shocked by his own thoughts. He not only felt sorry for Jian Ziyan, but also felt sorry for his senior brother. He quickly lowered his head to hide his guilty and longing eyes.
Jian Ziyan met Lu Wufeng's eyes, and as his eyes suddenly brightened, he asked, "You did this on purpose for me to see, right?"
"Yes." Lu Wufeng no longer hid anything from Jian Ziyan. He sadly confessed himself, confessing his dirty thoughts that would taint Jian Ziyan if he said them out loud. "I did it on purpose to show you. I shamelessly used Ye Shu, wanting you to also experience the feeling of being betrayed."
Haochu glared at him with red eyes, but couldn't say anything.
Chu Yeshu also sobbed and lamented, "Senior Brother, you... are so confused..."
Everyone is paying attention to Jian Ziyan. How will he react now that he knows the truth?
Jian Ziyan was stunned for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking during this time. But for Lu Wufeng, this moment was stretched infinitely long. He held his breath, waiting for the final judgment like a criminal.
Suddenly, Jian Ziyan smiled.
There was no scolding, no yelling, no crying about how wronged he was, he actually smiled.
It's like a gorgeous flower that is wet with dew, revealing a beauty that is extremely fragile, yet breathtaking.
The three people present were stunned at the same time.
"It's not true... that's good." Jian Ziyan's voice was very light and sounded intermittently, "As long as it doesn't implicate others, at least it will make my sin less..."
"No!"
Lu Wufeng's defense was still broken. When he heard Jian Ziyan put all the blame on him, he was overwhelmed with unbelievable heartache.
"Ayan, you are not wrong, I am wrong. I wrongly blamed you and hurt you. If anyone should pay the price for this, it should be me..."
Jian Ziyan was stunned for a moment. So many things had happened since he came back that he was only now slowly realizing something.
He looked at Lu Wufeng: "What... did you know?"
What is meant to come will come.
Lu Wufeng closed his eyes, and warm liquid flowed down from his eye sockets. He said in a hoarse voice: "I know some things, and I want to know more, but I won't force you to tell me, Ayan, even though I really want you to tell me everything."
Jian Ziyan asked in a low voice: "Is it Miao Chu...? Did you catch him?"
Haochu and Lu Wufeng looked at each other and answered cautiously: "Yes, he obtained your heart's essence and blood."
This means that they all knew what happened before he drew his sword and stabbed Lu Wufeng in the chest.
Jian Ziyan sighed, his voice filled with exhaustion: "It's not just Miao Chu who escaped."
The scene was quiet for a moment.
The reason why Haochu didn't say it too clearly was because Tai Sui Fei's existence was too mysterious. They had no idea what was going on between Jian Ziyan, the Demon Lord, and the Heavenly Dao.
However, from what Hua Chi said before, it seemed that he and Jian Ziyan had a life-and-death relationship, and if one of them wanted to survive, the other had to be killed. This made them dare not immediately tell them the fact that the Demon Lord's consciousness had also escaped, for fear that it would irritate Jian Ziyan.
However, they didn't need to say anything. Now that he had calmed down, Jian Ziyan already understood it.
"Why hide it from me? Hua Chi has also come out... At least his consciousness has broken through the seal and escaped, right?" He said it as a question, but he used a positive tone, "Otherwise, how can I speak again."
At the end, his voice contained a hint of self-mockery, yet revealed a great deal of coldness.
Haochu and Chu Yeshu were stunned. Lu Wufeng was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly changed, revealing a look of extreme horror.
He recalled the cruel and insulting acts he had committed against Jian Ziyan because he "refused to speak" no matter what... He suddenly began to tremble.
It turned out that it wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but that he couldn't say it. However, he took this silence as a tacit consent that Jian Ziyan had nothing to say.
Oh my god...what has he done...
"If Miao Chu has confessed enough, you must have known what I am by now." Jian Ziyan didn't notice him. He lowered his eyes and looked at his fingertips. "I made a mistake. In order to make up for this mistake, I have to pay the price, but this price needs to wait until I finish my work."
Now that things have come to this, there is no need to hide this point. Jian Ziyan said this in a straightforward manner without looking at anyone.
"Heaven needs me to suppress the Demon Lord. He has existed for too long, and his strength has broken the balance, so I was born. My appearance was originally to kill Hua Chi. This is the mission and destiny given to me by Heaven." Jian Ziyan had a blank expression. "I don't know what Miao Chu saw after getting my blood essence, and how I told you, but these secrets do not exist in my memory, but in my soul, so he may not be able to see everything."
The vast secrets slowly unfolded before them, and the three of them were shocked.
"The price I have to pay is my life." Jian Ziyan's tone was as calm as if he was talking about someone else's business. "The punishment given to me by the heavens is to deprive me of my cultivation and lifespan, and then slowly lose my five senses and all perceptions, including vision, hearing, smell... It wants me to live out the rest of my short life in this kind of pain."
"No……"
"Originally, the Demon Lord was imprisoned and would slowly die in the formation. This meant that my destiny was fulfilled and the Heavenly Dao had taken my price. But now, I can speak again, so Hua Chi has been resurrected, right?" Jian Ziyan didn't care about their reactions and finished speaking, "This means that my mission is not over yet, and the Heavenly Dao still needs me to work."
After he finished speaking, the only sound in the field was heavy breathing.
Too much shock and anger were accumulated in everyone's hearts. The two people in the Tribulation Crossing stage who had a lot of thoughts were unable to speak for a while. Instead, the inexperienced Chu Yeshu murmured in shock.
"Is this... the way of heaven? This, this is clearly..."
He shut his mouth in horror, and Haochu continued his words hoarsely.
"He is clearly a cruel tyrant."
They didn't expect that the great way of heaven, which was regarded as the highest by everyone, would actually exist like this.
It is merciless and ruthless. It controls the world and can easily decide the life or death of anyone.
Tai Sui Fei, the most mysterious and ferocious figure in the legends of the Three Realms, is actually just a chess piece in the hands of the so-called Heavenly Dao.
When this chess piece becomes disobedient, he must be cruelly destroyed, even if he has completed his mission.
"Now that you've heard the story, forget it."
Jian Ziyan pushed Haochu's chest away. His movements were light and slow, but extremely firm.
He glanced at the three of them and said, "I will go find Hua Chi and seal him again. Don't worry, I am the only one in the world who can deal with him. But you must remember that after Hua Chi's death,
This is the time for your sect to develop and rise, you must seize the time... This is the way of heaven to adjust the world, after this period is over, a new 'Demon Lord' or 'Taisui Fei' will appear. "
When Hua Chi was there, the evil path was flourishing, the righteous path was suppressed, and the world was dark. So Tai Sui Fei was born, disrupted the four directions, killed Hua Chi, and gave the three realms time to breathe.
And when the righteous path becomes one family under the heaven, new checks and balances will emerge. This is the arrangement of heaven.
After Jian Ziyan finished explaining, he stood up from the bed despite being stopped. However, he couldn't help but look at Lu Wufeng again.
That glance contained too many emotions, which suddenly woke up the stunned Lu Wufeng.
"Ayan, can I ask you one last question..." Lu Wufeng grabbed the corner of Jian Ziyan's clothes and pleaded humbly, "Why did you... stab me with that sword? And how did I... survive?"
If he still doesn't know that his ability to open his eyes again is related to Jian Ziyan, then he is the most stupid person in the world.
Although it is not the case now...
Lu Wufeng looked up at Jian Ziyan pleadingly, as if he was waiting for a doomed death sentence.
Jian Ziyan lowered his head and looked back at him, falling silent for a moment.
Haochu said softly: "Zi Yan, tell him, even if he dies, let him die knowingly."
——How can you not let him understand how many mistakes he has made and how much he has hurt you.
Jian Ziyan blinked slowly, and a drop of clear water finally fell from his eyes.
The pretended strength suddenly disappeared, and he was still that timid fox. Looking at Lu Wufeng kneeling on the ground, he suddenly knelt down as well, trying his best to pull Lu Wufeng up.
"Wufeng, Wufeng, get up. This is not your fault. You don't have to apologize to me." He cried, "This was my fault. I shouldn't have had any feelings. I shouldn't have tried to stay with humans forever. I've hurt you..."
Lu Wufeng wanted to pick him up in panic, but he was crying so miserably, as if he was going to faint in the next second, and no one dared to touch him.
"I used my life span and blood to exchange for your reincarnation, but I was unwilling to give up. I provoked you again. This time, the Heavenly Dao refused to give me another chance. It wanted you to die. I had no choice but to pretend to kill you and then preserve your body, erase your previous marks, and hide it from the Heavenly Dao..." Jian Ziyan grabbed Lu Wufeng's sleeve tightly and burst into tears. "It took me hundreds of years to do this, but I didn't dare to face you, so I could only secretly send you back to Xuanyun Palace... It's all my fault! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have suffered these disasters. All this is because of me. I am a scourge, a disaster star, and I harmed you..."
Hearing the final truth, Lu Wufeng felt like he had been hit hard.
Jian Ziyan killed him in order to save him!
He now knew how much Jian Ziyan loved him. He had watched himself die in front of him once. How would he feel when he had to kill himself again with his own hands?
What was his mood during the hundreds of years when he was not awake?
The scene that he saw in the illusion, where Jian Ziyan was guarding him in the secret realm and crying, appeared in his mind again. Lu Wufeng's heart seemed to be torn apart in an instant, and he felt a trembling pain.
At this moment, he heard Jian Ziyan's tearful voice again.
"Wufeng, I'm sorry... It's my selfishness that made you become like this, I'm sorry..."
Lu Wufeng understood.
A Yan still felt that his Wu Feng had changed, becoming the despicable and hypocritical person he is today.
It's just that he thinks it's all his fault.
"So I will definitely kill Hua Chi." Jian Ziyan touched Lu Wufeng's face with trembling fingertips. He was crying, but he burst into a great determination. "I won't kill you again, I swear."
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The author has something to say:
The character of the little fox is actually a little bit similar to the world of the piano. They are all timid and soft, and they love someone more than they love the whole world. But it is precisely because of this little love that they can do what great love requires.
But in front of the people they protect with their lives, this softness will become the sharpest knife, stabbing into their hearts. :)
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