"Excuse me, which one is your daughter?" Li Xiu couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment.
"You came here with the Longevity Chopsticks, aren't you here to ask for marriage? You're asking who our daughter is, that's a bit too hypocritical." The pretty stone statue said, "We have agreed to your marriage with Ming'er, there's no need to hide it anymore."
Many thoughts flashed through Li Xiu's mind. He guessed that the Ming'er they were talking about should be the mute who exchanged the longevity chopsticks for the sword embryo.
But Li Xiu was puzzled. If the Changsheng Treasure Chopsticks were such a precious thing, why would the mute exchange it with him for the sword embryo?
No matter how precious the sword blank is, it is impossible to exchange it for something like this.
"Could it be that the mute fell in love with him at first sight and deliberately left him a token of love?" Li Xiu was not narcissistic to that extent, but he felt that there must be something fishy about this.
"Ahem, I think there might be a misunderstanding. This precious chopstick was forgotten by a friend at my place, and I'm here to return it." Li Xiu didn't dare to say that this was an exchange.
"That's right. The longevity chopsticks come in pairs. If they are accidentally forgotten, they should still be a pair. Since Ming'er left a pair of longevity chopsticks with you, it means that she and you are in love. You bringing the chopsticks with you is also a sign of affection and righteousness. This is a match made in heaven." said the stone statue of the pretty woman.
Li Zheng was about to explain, but the statue of the dignified woman said, "If you hadn't come for Ming'er, a mortal who trespassed into Changsheng Island without permission would be imprisoned for three thousand years."
"Can I see Ming'er?" Li Xiu knew that if he continued talking, he would have to risk his life. He would be imprisoned for three thousand years at any time, and he didn't have that long of a life.
"Who do you think Ming'er is? The ceremony hasn't been completed, the marriage hasn't been concluded, how can I see you casually?" The face of the dignified stone statue of the woman turned cold.
Li Zheng said calmly, "Although I came here with the precious chopsticks, I have not received Miss Ming'er's personal consent. I would like to ask Miss Ming'er in person about her feelings. I hope you will agree."
"That makes sense. Well, go and propose to Ming'er in person. If Ming'er is willing to marry you, then fine. If not, you don't have to come back." As the dignified female statue spoke, the door of the hall opened automatically, and the white deer walked in.
"Sir, please follow me." Bai Lu came to Li Xiu and said softly.
Li Xiu followed Bai Lu out of the hall, went out through the side door, and came to a garden at the back.
"Miss Ming'er, someone wants to see you." Bai Lu called softly outside the garden gate.
"Gone." A familiar voice came from the garden. Li Xiu knew it was the beautiful female demon spirit who claimed to be mute.
Bai Lu said again: "Miss Ming'er, the person who wants to see you is holding the immortal chopsticks. The master has already seen him."
Bang!
As soon as Bai Lu finished speaking, the gate of the garden was opened from the inside. The beautiful female demon in purple stared at Li Xiu with wide eyes, looking incredulous: "Why are you here?"
Li Xiu thought to himself, "Do you think I want to come?"
"Miss Ming'er, can we go in and talk first?" Li Xiu said calmly.
"Come in." Ming'er bit her lip, reached out and pulled Li Xiu in, then slammed the door shut.
Bai Lu, who was locked outside the door, smiled like a loving mother: "This young couple is so close, it seems that my Changsheng Island is really going to have a wedding."
After Li Xiu was dragged into the garden by Ming'er, Ming'er glared at him fiercely and said, "Who told you to come here? Are you looking for death?"
"I don't want to come either." Li Xiu recounted what happened.
Ming'er's face was uncertain when he heard it. After listening, he said angrily: "Why did you run around for no reason? Now it's all over."
"What is going on? Why did you exchange those immortality chopsticks for my sword embryo?" Li Xiu could naturally see that there was probably a hidden story behind this matter.
Ming'er sighed and said, "I gave you the treasured chopsticks. I originally wanted to use you to take the treasured chopsticks to the human world. Why did you take it back and bring it here? You have caused me so much trouble."
"What do you mean?" Li Xiu asked curiously.
"Give me the immortal chopsticks." Ming'er reached out and took back Li Xiu's immortal chopsticks, and pulled out another one from her hair. Putting the two together, they really looked like a pair of chopsticks.
"This pair of longevity chopsticks is the magic treasure of Changsheng Island. It has always been in the hands of the owner of Changsheng Island. Whoever possesses this pair of chopsticks will be the owner of Changsheng Island." Ming'er said.
"Since it is such a treasure, why do you want me to take it away?" Li Xiu asked puzzledly.
"The problem is that Changsheng Island has always been jointly managed by a couple. Only after I get married, can I be considered the real owner of Changsheng Island." Ming'er sighed.
"Aren't those three stone statues in the Hall of Eternal Life your parents?" Li Xiu originally thought that the three stone statues were Ming'er's parents, and they also called themselves that. Now it seems that is not the case.
"Are they worthy?" Ming'er snorted coldly, "They tried their best to become the master of Changsheng Island, but unfortunately they don't have the Changsheng treasure chopsticks, so they are ultimately unworthy of the title."
"Before, they wanted me to marry their son and let their son hold the Longevity Chopsticks with me. How could I let them do that?" Ming'er glared at Li Xiu. "I thought you were smart, so I gave you the Yang Chopsticks while I was looking for the sword embryo. As long as you brought the Longevity Chopsticks to the human world, their thoughts would be gone. I didn't expect you to be so stupid that you actually brought the Longevity Chopsticks back by yourself. Now you are in trouble."
"Since they didn't seize it by force before, it means it shouldn't be so easy to possess it. It's the same now as it was before," said Li Xiu.
"If only it were that simple." Ming'er sighed again: "The Immortal Chopsticks are closely related to the Immortal Island. It is impossible for the Immortal Island to be without a real owner. Even if I want to protect them, they will find their owner by themselves, and then I will have no choice. If there is no other way, do you think I would risk giving it to a stranger?"
"In that case, I don't mind pretending to be your significant other. After you become the true master of Changsheng Island, you can solve those troubles and send me out." Li Xiu murmured.
"You're dreaming. Do you really think they'll let you marry me and become the master of Changsheng Island?" Ming'er rolled her eyes at him and continued, "They just want to use you to force me to make a choice. Between a mortal and a divine demon, everyone knows what to choose."
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why they let me come to see you so easily." Li Xiudao was not surprised.
It would be ridiculous if such a good thing really existed.
"Don't you have any other choice besides their son?" Li Xiu pondered.
"What do you think?" Ming'er said unhappily.
Li Xiu touched his nose and said, "I will get married sooner or later anyway, and marrying a god or a demon is not bad. This matter has nothing to do with me. After I finish your wedding banquet, can you let me out?"
"You still want to leave?" Ming'er looked Li Xiu up and down and said, "You hurt me so badly. Even if they don't kill you, I won't forgive you."
"You really can't blame me for this. If you had explained it clearly at the time, I wouldn't have brought it back." Li Xiu sighed.
"Humph, it's useless for you to say anything now. If I'm not doing well, then you won't be doing well either." Ming'er suddenly stared at Li Xiu and said, "Didn't they ask me to choose? Then I'll choose for them."
As she spoke, Ming'er stuffed the longevity chopsticks into Li Xiu's hand and said with a sneer, "If they ask me to marry, then I will marry."
"No... don't think so... I'm just a mortal, how can I be qualified to marry a princess like you..." Li Xiu saw what Ming'er wanted to do and was immediately shocked.
"It's too late to say anything now. The Changsheng Chopsticks and Changsheng Island must not fall into their hands. Unless you want to die, you have to get married." Ming'er was furious when she saw that Li Xiu was still unwilling.
"Let's think about it again. There should be other ways. Otherwise, let's take the Longevity Chopsticks and escape from Changsheng Island together. Didn't you say that as long as we take the Longevity Chopsticks out, they will not be killed. After we escape, I will take the Longevity Chopsticks back immediately and never let it come back." Li Xiu said hurriedly.
"Are you dreaming? Now you still want to escape, do you think those three corpses are idiots?" Ming'er said unhappily.
"Three corpses? Are you talking about those three stone statues?" Li Xiu immediately understood who Ming'er was talking about.
"That's right. The three corpses of immortality are one. You can think of them as three evil spirits, or as one evil spirit." Ming'er said with a gloomy face, "The children they give birth to are their children, but in fact they are just their reincarnations. They are such disgusting things. Don't even think about letting me marry them. Even looking at them for a few more times makes me feel sick."
"You are the one who caused this, you must get married." Ming'er said while holding her immortal chopsticks: "I will teach you the secret technique of tying the hair for immortality, and now we will be husband and wife."
"Calm down...you must stay calm...there is always a way out..." Li Xiu was shocked.
Although Ming'er is indeed very beautiful, he has never thought of marrying a demon spirit. If conditions permit, he still wants to find someone to marry.
"Stop talking nonsense. Even if I marry that disgusting thing, do you think they will let you go? You will still be dead then." Ming'er pointed the chopsticks in her hand towards the sky and said, "Follow me, I will teach you the secret technique of longevity and hair tying."
"Calm down... You must calm down... Let's take a long-term view..." Li Xiu couldn't imagine how he would live after marrying a demon spirit.
"I, Li Ming'er, swear to heaven... and... and... what's your name?" Li Ming'er stopped, looked at Li Xiu and asked.
"Ms. Ming'er, solutions are invented by people, and we must be able to think of other solutions." Li Xiu said with a wry smile.
Li Ming'er glared at Li Xiu and was about to say something when she heard a loud laughter coming from outside.
Hearing the laughter, Li Ming'er's face changed slightly. She looked towards the garden gate and saw someone pushing the door and walking in.
Li Xiu also looked at the man, and saw that he was an extremely handsome young man, whose eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of the three stone statues.
His face resembled the dignified woman's stone statue, his mouth and nose were very similar to those of the pretty woman's stone statue, but his eyes were like those of the silent man's stone statue.
In terms of appearance, Li Xiu admitted that he was inferior, but this man always looked a bit evil, which made people unwilling to get close to him.
"Ancient corpse, what are you doing here? Who allowed you to come in?" Li Ming'er stared at the man and said coldly.
"Ming'er, stop making trouble. Even a mortal doesn't want you. Who else in the world except me dares to marry you?" said the ancient corpse with a smile.
"Get out." Li Ming'er said angrily.
The ancient corpse ignored Li Ming'er, slowly walked towards Li Xiu and said: "How dare you, a human being like an ant, disobey Ming'er? You have lost the only value of your existence in this world, so you'd better die."
An evil light flashed in the eyes of the ancient corpse, as if a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood were surging in it. The black and red light was like countless thin tentacles, trying to pull Li Xiu into the mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"You are not liked by women, so you take your anger out on me. You are not a talented person." Li Xiu said coldly to the ancient corpse.
The ancient corpse did not get angry, but simply said: "A lowly creature like you is not qualified to discuss this with me. I want to kill you only because I want to kill you. It is your destiny, that's all."
As he spoke, the evil light in the ancient corpse's eyes grew brighter.
"Who allowed you to kill people in my garden?" Li Ming'er walked in front of Li Xiu with the immortal chopsticks in his hand, and said coldly to the ancient corpse.
"This will soon be our garden." The ancient corpse smiled to himself and said, "Don't point the Longevity Chopsticks at me. You should know that it is useless to me. Don't forget who the real owner of this Longevity Island is."
As he spoke, Li Xiu felt as if the world was spinning, and the entire garden seemed to be suddenly dislocated in time and space.
Li Ming'er was clearly standing in front of him, but Li Xiu felt as if he was still facing an ancient corpse. The feeling was very subtle, as if the space was twisted and folded.
Li Ming'er's face changed slightly, and the immortal chopsticks in his hand emitted a purple divine light. He pointed to the sky and the earth and fell down. Layers of space were shattered under the purple divine light, but he was unable to completely reverse the dislocated space. Li Xiu was still facing the ancient corpse.
"A pair of immortality chopsticks cannot shake my control over the Immortality Island. You shouldn't separate the immortality chopsticks, let alone give it to a lowly human." The ancient corpse walked towards Li Xiu step by step, the evil light in his eyes becoming more and more intense.
"Did humans provoke you?" Li Xiu looked at the ancient corpse coldly, his clear eyes met its gaze, with no intention of backing down.
"Don't look into his eyes, protect your body with the Eternal Life Chopsticks. With the Eternal Life Chopsticks, he can't do anything to you." Li Ming'er shouted.
Li Xiu heard Li Ming'er's shout, but he did not raise the immortal chopsticks, nor did he avoid his gaze.
I'm afraid this trip won't end well. If I retreat I'll die, if I advance I'll also die. I can only give it a try. Li Xiu's eyes were gradually filled with white light.
Seeing that Li Xiu didn't listen to her advice, Li Ming'er was angry and anxious: "He has the eyes of an ancient corpse, which can turn you into a walking corpse. Don't look him in the eye."
"It's too late." The ancient corpse said calmly: "He is already a dead body."
"It's indeed too late." Li Xiu suddenly said.
Li Xiu actually spoke at this time, which made Li Ming'er and the ancient corpse a little surprised.
The ancient corpse realized that something was wrong, but it was too late. He saw white light blooming in Li Xiu's eyes, and white light penetrated the bones between his eyebrows, as if it had turned into a third eye of light between his eyebrows.
The light was bright white and dazzling, yet pure without a trace of impurities, so it would not be dazzling.
Li Ming'er's face was filled with disbelief. She actually saw the light in the ancient corpse's eyes quickly fade away, and the whole person walked towards Li Xiu as if out of control.
The ancient corpse's body seemed to be struggling and unwilling to walk towards Li Xiu, with tears and blood in its eyes. He swayed with each step, as if he was struggling between heaven and earth, but he still walked towards Li Xiu step by step.
Blood was oozing out of Li Xiu's facial features, and his body was shaking violently. It seemed as if the capillaries all over his body were about to burst, turning his skin deep red.
His body was almost unable to withstand the explosion of spiritual consciousness. Fortunately, the ancient corpse was not the cloaked man, and his spiritual consciousness was not strong enough.
It was no longer the time for Li Xiu to fight with the cloaked man, and his body had become much stronger.
The evil spirit card merged with his body, and the red and blue light veins almost penetrated his body. From a distance, it looked as if Li Xiu's body was covered with red and blue light patterns.
The light energy of the Ultimate Light and the Forbidden Spear was also constantly pouring into his body, forcibly stabilizing his almost collapsed body.
The ancient corpse walked towards Li Xiu step by step, struggling violently, as if two invisible people were pulling the ancient corpse from the front and the back, one invisible person was pulling him forward, while the other invisible person was pulling him backward.
Li Ming'er looked at this strange scene with surprise in her eyes. She had not thought that the ancient corpse would be controlled by a human being, and it seemed that it could not get rid of it at all.
Seeing that the ancient corpse was still several meters away from Li Xiu, Li Xiu felt that his body could no longer support him.
"Miss, what are you still looking at there? Kill him. Only by holding him hostage can we escape from this Changsheng Island." Li Xiu no longer had the extra strength to draw his sword and stab the ancient corpse.
Even if he could draw his sword, with his light energy and the golden knife, he probably wouldn't be able to hurt a god-level demon spirit.
Li Ming'er was shocked when she heard that. If she listened to Li Xiu's words, she would probably break off completely with the Three Immortal Corpses.
After just a slight hesitation, Li Ming'er clenched the immortality chopsticks and rushed towards the ancient corpse. The immortality chopsticks, shining with purple divine light, pierced into the heart of the ancient corpse.
Tears and blood kept flowing from the ancient corpse's eyes. He struggled with his hands to grab the immortality chopsticks, but he couldn't lift them up.
Just as the immortal chopsticks were about to pierce his heart, a terrifying light energy suddenly burst out from between the ancient corpse and Li Ming'er, directly shocking Li Ming'er and the ancient corpse back more than ten meters.
The terrifying light energy even caused Li Xiu's body to fly backwards and hit the wall hard.
puff!
Blood gushed out of Li Xiu's mouth, and his bones were crackling all over his body. He didn't know how many of them were broken. He sat against the wall, unable to even stand up.
Li Ming'er rushed towards Li Xiu and tried to pick up the immortality chopsticks that fell from Li Xiu's hand.
A stone statue appeared where the light burst out. It was the stone statue of the man who had never spoken.
Since the stone statue appeared, the entire space seemed to solidify. Li Ming'er, who was rushing towards the Longevity Chopsticks, was frozen there. Everything was still, even the blood spurted out by Li Xiu, who was coughing up blood, was frozen in the air.
"My son, you will be reincarnated for three thousand lifetimes and suffer the endless pain of reincarnation, without the possibility of reincarnation." In the solidified space, the god-like stone statue raised one hand and slapped Li Xiu who was slumped there. There was endless light on the palm of its hand.
"What an unexpected disaster." Li Xiu sighed inwardly, watching the hand coming down, but he couldn't even move his eyelids.
Li Ming'er could only watch as the huge hand slapped towards Li Xiu. She knew that with this slap, Li Xiu would be in a state of neither living nor dying. Even in the Demon Kingdom, there were only a handful of people who could withstand the power of this hand, and there was not even one in the Changsheng Island.
As he watched the huge hand that seemed to cover the sky falling, a ray of golden light suddenly emerged from Li Xiu's arms.
bite!
A gold coin flew out of his arms, hovered in front of Li Xiu, and began to spin.