Chapter 9 Bloody Immortal Hero
The day Nan Yan asked him to accompany her happened to be the Lantern Festival in Youdu City.
After the last quarrel, Chu Liyue sent the Demon Guards to the mortal world that night to keep an eye on the movements of Ye Qingsang and the others. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, no action has been taken.
He deliberately kept himself busy, because only in this way would He Nanyan's miserable and desperate face not keep flashing through his mind. Every time he thought of her, he had an urge to escape.
When he thought back to what he said to He Nanyan that day, his heart felt as if it was suffocating. After all, those words were too cruel to a woman who liked him.
Chu Liyue took a deep breath and suppressed the discomfort in his heart.
It was obvious that he liked He Nanwan, and the person he wanted was also He Nanwan, and it always was.
No matter how much He Nanyan pretends to be like the real thing, she is just a fake. How can a fake compare to the real thing? Even if she does a good job, she can't even touch He Nanwan's finger.
She is just a stand-in, just a stand-in.
He said this to himself in his heart, but for some reason, the vague feeling of dull pain in his heart did not disappear, as if there was something important that he could no longer grasp.
Therefore, Chu Liyue's face was always not very good, and to outsiders, he was angry about He Nanwan and Ye Qingsang's marriage.
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The next day, when He Nanyan was standing outside the palace waiting for him in a bright green dress, Chu Liyue had a strange expression on his face.
He thought she must hate him, after all, he forced her to marry for him, which was really too much for her...
But the woman in front of him didn't look like she hated him at all.
The woman in green dress standing among the flowers was graceful and lively, like a lady walking out of a painting. She looked at him with clear and distinct eyes, as if what happened before had never happened.
Chu Liyue couldn't explain what he felt deep down, especially when he met those eyes, an inexplicable emotion was churning in his heart.
He asked unconsciously, "Why...are you wearing this?"
He had always thought that this person loved to wear red dresses, and was as bright and flamboyant as He Nanwan.
In the past, when she came to the palace to find him, she always liked to wear a red dress, and her look would always subconsciously overlap with He Nanwan. Now that she changed her clothes, he felt as if he was out of time.
Nan Yan could roughly guess what this man was thinking from his expression. Since he was a capturer, it wouldn't do to keep crying and whining to gain sympathy.
This cruel and merciless Lord Demon will not soften his heart just by crying. She must leave a deep and unique impression on him.
So, she has to play by unconventional means, to put it bluntly, it's another routine.
Nan Yan pursed her lips and chuckled. Her smile was like a blooming flower, gentle yet decent. "Does it look good? In the past, I lost myself in order to imitate others. I always forced myself to wear red clothes that I didn't like. In fact, I like this green color more. It's full of vitality."
Chu Liyue pursed his lips. He naturally knew who she was imitating.
But so what.
No matter how similar the imitation is, it's not her.
Nan Yan walked towards him, the hem of her willow-green dress fluttering as she walked towards him, and the belt around her waist undulating and flowing, making her look particularly beautiful and lively.
The more Chu Li looked at her, the more he saw the frown on her face. It seemed that she really didn't remember what happened that day.
Chu Liyue avoided her gaze and said coldly, "It's up to you. Whatever you wear has nothing to do with me. After today, we will no longer have any intersection." And he will be with He Nanwan, and they will be husband and wife.
Since I couldn't change my promise to her, I might as well just spend a day with her.
After saying this, he clearly noticed that the other person's body stiffened for a moment and her face turned a little pale, but she soon recovered.
"I know, but... the Demon Lord should remember what he said. You have to accompany me all day today and you can't treat me as a substitute for anyone else."
Looking at her calm eyes, Chu Li felt a little uncomfortable for some reason.
Then he couldn't help frowning, "So, what do you want me to do?"
Finally, we get to the point.
Nan Yan smiled at him tenderly, and then stated her request, "Demon Lord, you don't need to do anything, just accompany me to play in Youdu City for a day."
What kind of weird request is this?
Chu Liyue couldn't understand it, but what puzzled him even more was that he actually agreed to her request.
It was not until he arrived in the outside world that he realized that today was the Lantern Festival in the human world. Youdu still retained the customs of the mortal world, which he was not aware of.
As a cultivator, Chu Liyue basically would not waste his time on these messy things. In his memory, the happiest time he had spent in the human world was the days when he and He Nanwan were exorcising monsters at the foot of the mountain...
But this Lantern Festival took him by surprise.
At night, under the dim moonlight, the streets of the market are decorated with all kinds of lanterns.
Countless young men and women traveled together to the moat of Youdu to place a bright lamp, adding a touch of fireworks to this place where humans and demons live together.
"Look, Lord Demon, the lanterns over there are so beautiful."
"There are too many people, don't squeeze... It's just a lantern, what's there to see?" Chu Liyue frowned, and it was obvious that he was very disgusted by such crowded streets.
Nan Yan turned around and saw that his body was tense and he gave off an aura of "don't mess with me". She couldn't help but burst out laughing, and that smile was so bright that Chu Liyue was a little dazed for a moment.
"In that case, then you, Demon Lord, just stay where you are. I will go and see it by myself." Nan Yan blinked with her back to him. This time she was not going to obey him.
She turned around and squeezed into the area with more pedestrians, but this time she was not very lucky and someone stepped on her foot accidentally. Her body was unstable and it was Chu Liyue who quickly pulled her up to prevent her from being pushed down.
"I have tolerated you for a long time."
Chu Liyue grabbed the man fiercely, his heartbeat instantly speeding up. God knows how nervous he was when he saw the other person being pushed. "I told you it's crowded here. If you really get trampled to death, I won't save you."
This is probably the kind of person who is stubborn but insists on being stubborn. Nan Yan saw his nervous expression at that moment. This is probably what it means to be in love without realizing it.
She smiled silently at him, and then stretched out a hand, passed it in front of him, tilted her head and asked with a smile, "Then can you hold me? This way I won't be squeezed out."
These words made Chu Liyue react. He realized that he was still holding her other wrist, and he let go suddenly.
"Don't push your luck."
Don't think he doesn't know what she's up to.
Nan Yan was not angry, she just looked at him quietly, as if she had expected this result, so there was no change on her facial expression.
Chu Liyue became more and more annoyed by being stared at and turned around impatiently.
Seeing that more and more people were walking around, she could only reluctantly pass over a sleeve and said, "Hold on tight. If I lose you, I'll have to waste energy looking for you." The subtext was to let her hold the rope in order to avoid trouble.
Nan Yan's mouth curled up, and a satisfied smile finally appeared on her face. She carefully reached out a hand and gently grasped the corner of the clothes that was passed to her.
Chu Liyue pursed his lips even more tightly, with an expression that said "keep away from strangers" on his face. Little did he know that when he turned around, his ears hidden under his black hair had turned red unconsciously.
In his heart, he despised what He Nanyan had done, and felt that it was really beneath his status as a demon king to accompany a woman to the night market. But when he saw the woman blushing and holding onto his clothes, and seeing her acting like a human being, he didn't find it so hard to accept.
There was a kind of sweetness that I had never felt before welling up in my heart.
But at this moment, he thought of He Nanwan again.
When he was with He Nanwan, he would obey her unconditionally. He didn't have to worry about her running away in the crowd because he knew she could protect herself. But he was not so relaxed with this woman. He always felt that she was in danger all the time. If he didn't keep a close eye on her, she would have countless accidents that he could not imagine.
Chu Liyue finally attributed this idea to her being too weak. This woman had no spiritual talent and was not even as good as the lowest-ranking disciple in the sect. Naturally, she was not as good as her.
They walked up along the street, and saw many exquisite and beautiful decorative spices and small items such as rouge and powder along the way. Finally, Nan Yan stopped in front of a hairpin shop.
The chubby stall owner was very considerate and handed over a jade hairpin in the shape of peach blossoms, and said enthusiastically, "You two guests are truly the most well-matched couple I have ever seen tonight."
"My dear, why don't you take a look at this jade hairpin? It is exquisitely crafted and matches your dress very well. Why don't you buy one for your wife?"
Nan Yan smiled and looked at the stall owner, shaking her head and explaining, "The stall owner has misunderstood. We are not husband and wife."
Chu Liyue paused for a moment as he was about to reach out, and frowned unconsciously after hearing her words.
But his expression was always grim, and others could not see any difference. They just saw him taking the hairpin.
The stall owner didn't really care. If they were not a couple, they were an engaged couple. What kind of relationship could there be between a man and a woman who came out to play together during the Lantern Festival? Most of them were in love.
When Nan Yan saw Chu Liyue reaching out for the hairpin, she thought of something and asked tentatively, "Does the Demon Lord want to buy this hairpin for my sister?" When she asked this, a glimmer of expectation flashed in her eyes, hoping that he would answer no.
But for some reason, Chu Liyue's originally friendly expression suddenly turned a little gloomy, because when he got the hairpin, the first person he thought of was the woman in front of him. He just simply thought that the jade hairpin matched her dress very well, so it should be suitable for her to wear it.
But this woman actually thought she bought it for He Nanwan.
He felt an indescribable sense of frustration and anger in his heart, but even he himself was not clear about what he was angry about.
So I replied impatiently, "So what? What does this have to do with you?"
Having said that, she threw down the hairpin and turned away, feeling quite angry and embarrassed.
Nan Yan followed naturally, but she didn't know when she had let go of his sleeve.
She walked slowly behind him, her eyes slightly lowered, making it hard for people to see the expression on her face. "The Demon Lord has good taste. I think my sister will like that hairpin very much."
Why does this person always like to say this?
"That's enough, stop talking..." Chu Liyue interrupted her coldly, thinking that she was talking at an inappropriate time. "I don't need you to teach me how to do things. Just remember your identity."
Nan Yan seemed startled by his anger. She subconsciously raised her head and met his irritated gaze, but quickly looked away. It seemed that she had long been accustomed to his moody attitude.
After Chu Liyue finished speaking, he felt that his tone seemed too cold and hard, but he was used to being superior, especially in front of He Nanyan, a woman who was used to being weak, he simply couldn't bring himself to apologize.
The atmosphere was so awkward.
Seeing that it was already late.
Nan Yan took the initiative. She made her last request tonight with a hint of regret in her tone, "If that's the case, can you accompany me to release river lanterns? After that, we'll go back..."
Chu Liyue pursed his lips. This request was not difficult, but it was inexplicable... He didn't want to go, probably because of her last words, "I will go back after lighting the river lanterns."
Suddenly, I had an idea that it wouldn't be that difficult to accept if this continued.
He thought so.
But it was soon suppressed by another kind of unwillingness.
His obsession with He Nanwan has made it difficult for him to distinguish other emotions.
The two of them walked along the street all the way upstream, enjoying the scenery and looking at the flower boats. Finally, Nan Yan came to the river with a satisfied look in her hand, holding the flower lantern that Lord Demon bought for her.
She slowly lowered the exquisitely crafted lotus river lantern into the river.
Chu Liyue saw that she seemed to have put a note with words written on it, so he couldn't help but ask, "What did you put in the lamp?"
"Don't you know, Demon Lord? This is a human custom. If you send out your wishes along with the river lanterns, your wishes will come true."
"Wish? What wish did you make?" In his opinion, it is better to rely on oneself than on others to realize one's wish. However, seeing her pitiful appearance, if the wish is not too excessive, he can help her.
Hearing this, the woman by the lake turned around and smiled at him. Her fair face looked even clearer and more beautiful in the moonlight, and her eyes were full of his image.
Then I heard her shaking her head and refusing, "You can't tell me that. If I tell you, your wish may not come true."
Chu Liyue didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, but he still narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction. Did he really think he wanted to know? It was just a casual question.
So when Nan Yan turned around and returned the paper and pen to the stall owner, Chu Liyue raised his hand and cast a spell, and the river lantern that was originally drifting away was brought back by him.
Then he unhesitatingly unfolded the note inside the wick, on which was written a blessing:
I only hope that...the Demon Lord will get what he wants and everything will go well.
The character "夫" was half-written and then crossed out, changing to "魔", and his and He Nanwan's names were added to the last line.
When Chu Liyue saw the handwriting, he couldn't describe his feelings in his heart. He just felt that his chest was tightening little by little, as if it was being grasped by a hand, and his breathing was slightly trembling.
How could there be such... stupid people?
Why does she always think of him and obey him in everything? Does she really like him that much?
When Nan Yan came over from behind, Chu Liyue was still in a trance, "What happened to the Demon Lord? Why are you so motionless?"
When Chu Liyue heard her words, he suddenly came to his senses. He hurriedly put the note and the river lantern into his storage bag. Finally, he just said dryly, "Nothing."
He didn't know why he was like this, but the discomfort in his heart was getting worse and worse.
Nan Yan walked up to him and saw the expression on his face, guessing in her heart that this man had seen what was written on the river lantern.
Of course, the wish on the note on the lamp was written by her on purpose. According to Chu Liyue's awkward personality at that time, the more she didn't want him to know something, the more he wanted to know it.
She had guessed that this person would peek.
It’s time to start planning the next step.
Nan Yan raised her head, and looked at him tenderly with her smiling eyes, "...Can you close your eyes, Demon Lord? I have a surprise for you."
Chu Liyue frowned in confusion and looked down at her, "What are you going to do?"
Nan Yan blinked, pursed her lips and shook her head, "I am such a weak woman, are you still afraid that I will hurt you? Lord Demon, can you trust me this time?"
Oh, do you really think he is stupid?
She had teased him the last time she said that.
Chu Liyue looked deeply into her eyes, hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed, "You'd better not play tricks, otherwise I... I won't let you off."
After a rough threat that was neither painful nor itchy, the Demon Lord closed his eyes obediently.
Nan Yan couldn't help laughing.
Although the Lord Demon said he was unwilling, his eyes were honestly closed, showing his disapproving personality to the fullest.
Chu Liyue's five senses became particularly sharp after he closed his eyes. When he heard Nan Yan's laughter, he subconsciously imagined what she looked like when she was laughing.
The Demon Lord pursed his lips and drove the image out of his mind.
His face was expressionless, but his heart was not at peace.
Mainly because this closed-eye scene reminded him of what she did that day when he closed his eyes and concentrated. Although they didn't actually kiss, the tension at that time still made him feel a little uncomfortable...
He even wondered if this woman asked him to close his eyes because she wanted to kiss him in public. If that was true, this woman was really... too rude.
But for some reason, he felt a little nervous in his heart, especially when he thought of that scene, the Demon Lord's ears began to turn red strangely again.
But he had been waiting for a long time, and the woman still didn't move at all. Chu Liyue became a little impatient, "What are you doing?"
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"He Nanyan, you'd better not mess around, otherwise I will really punish you... Did you hear me?"
"Why don't you answer me? What on earth are you doing..."
He suddenly opened his eyes, but there was no one in front of him, and He Nanyan's figure was no longer there.
At that moment, Chu Liyue immediately understood that she asked him to close his eyes just to make it easier for him to escape.
...this liar.
"Good! Very good!" Having deceived him once again, Chu Liyue gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He felt angry, but also a little panic and nervous.
He thought this woman was really going out with him to have fun...but now this liar had been lying to him from the beginning to the end, just to escape.
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On the other side, Nan Yan was moving quickly through the crowded crowd. Fortunately, there were many people walking around during the Lantern Festival, and she was about to escape successfully.
Just at this moment, a young man shouted from behind, "Hey, girl, you dropped something."
Shouting was not enough, he also chased after her.
In an instant, curious passers-by looked in her direction, and Nan Yan was pushed by someone in the panic, and was caught up by the man behind her, with half of her body turned to the side.
"Girl, girl, don't run, you lost your wallet..." The kind-hearted man handed the wallet over breathlessly.
"Thank you." Nan Yan took the purse and left.
At the same time, Chu Liyue, who heard the noise, also looked over. Especially when he saw her tugging at another man, he narrowed his eyes dangerously and chased after the two of them.
Nan Yan hurriedly ran into the alley, but how could a mortal compare to a cultivator? As soon as she turned around, she was caught up by someone again. Chu Liyue grabbed the man's shoulders with force and pulled him back, and her head hit his chest uncontrollably.
Got caught.
Nan Yan was not surprised. She had never thought that she could rely on her own abilities to escape the pursuit of the Demon Lord. She just wanted to speed up the plan.
"You still want to run? Everything you did tonight was just to run away, right? You're really brave. You've deceived me again and again, huh?"
Nan Yan bumped into his chest and groaned in pain, "Let me go..."
Let go, haha.
Seeing that she still dared to struggle, Chu Liyue reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look straight at him. However, when he lowered his eyes, he saw her eyes full of tears, and his movements paused.
"Chu Liyue, I beg you...please let me go, let me go...I don't want to marry anyone else, please, I will go far away and never appear in front of you again in this life..."
"Impossible." When Chu Liyue heard her humble and pitiful plea, his subconscious reaction was to refuse, but the purpose of his refusal was confused, "I won't let you go."
Nan Yan's eyes were already welling up with tears at this moment. She bit her lips and tightly grasped his collar.
"Do you hate me so much? You clearly know my feelings. You might as well let me die..."
Chu Liyue subconsciously loosened the force of the restraint, but he quickly reacted.
"You still want to lie to me. You have been lying to me from the beginning to the end. You said those words and did those things just to escape, right?"
Nan Yan's body stiffened, and Chu Liyue obviously noticed her reaction. The anger that surged in his heart at that moment almost made him go on a killing spree.
"So, everything that happened tonight was planned in advance, right?" Chu Liyue stared at her, with darkness in his eyes, making people feel oppressive. "You were lying to me from beginning to end?"
Nan Yan shook her head and denied, "No, I really mean it..."
Chu Liyue squeezed her shoulders harder and harder, "Still lying to me." This woman is a liar. She lied to him again when he was almost soft-hearted.
He no longer believed her.
"He Nanyan, I've told you before, if you dare to play tricks, I won't let you go."
Nan Yan's tears finally fell, hitting the back of his hand with a "pa" sound, and she pleaded softly, "Don't do this... I beg you..."
Chu Liyue felt the warmth of his tears on his skin, and finally made up his mind. He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and lowered his eyelids, "It's no use begging me. I won't be fooled by you again."
Having said that, he raised his hand and chopped at the back of Nan Yan's neck. A burst of soreness and pain came over her, and Nan Yan immediately lost consciousness. Her body fell limply on him. Before she fainted, she saw a hint of cold mockery on the corner of his mouth.
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