Li Wan Heng Jin
Her reluctant and sad gaze still lingered on the other side of the river. The male ermine cat leaned over and gently lifted her chin. He turned her sideways head back to look at him and said distressedly, "Your eyes are red from crying."
Hearing this, she gently stroked the corner of her eye with her rough, cracked fingers, her expression puzzled. Her head was so dizzy that she subconsciously shook her head, giving the couple a clear answer.
He clasped her hands, channeling his demonic energy into her body. They exchanged glances and silently chanted the same mantra. The surrounding fish demons, ravaged by the poisonous fog, began to show signs of relief, and the murky river water began to lighten. Everything around them seemed to be slightly purified, but they, the ones chanting the mantra, showed no signs of relief or purification.
She was so weak that her face became paler and uglier as she read.
He couldn't believe it anymore but he had to stop.
Unbuttoning his outer shirt, he pulled at the hem, carefully examining the yellow talisman affixed to the shirt, finding no damage or stains marring the rune.
This time, he didn't hesitate and knelt directly in front of Li Wan.
This was a predictable situation. Li Wan said calmly, "Your so-called Heart Purification Mantra can't save you two. Are you asking me for help instead?"
"If we die, the Demon Lord will not be able to find a third person who knows the truth he wants to know in this misty forest."
"You're facing imminent death, and you still dare to threaten me? Just from two fresh corpses, I can know your past. I just gave you a chance, but you refused to obey me. Why should I trust you now? A worthless criminal doesn't deserve a chance to atone for his sins and make meritorious contributions."
"I am valuable. Doesn't the Demon Lord want to catch the mastermind behind this? I can be the bait to lure the snake out of its hole! They only recognize faces and demon pills. You took over the Misty Forest and spread the news of my escape. They will definitely meet me to kill and silence me. The Demon Lord only needs to hold my wife's life and Zhi'er's bones in the tree hole in your hands. I will never dare to go against your wishes. This is everything I cherish most. The Demon Lord only needs to see my memory and know that I am absolutely not lying."
Li Wan waved at him slightly, indicating that he should come closer to her, but he seemed to have misunderstood and quickly crawled to her feet.
"Who told you to trample on your dignity and crawl towards me? Stand up."
A look of surprise flashed across his face, and he quickly got up and stood beside her properly.
"Yes, yes, I misunderstood."
Li Wan cast a spell to check his past memories.
Since he could only use 20% of his demonic power, he couldn't lock the exact time or switch to accelerated memory. He could only watch what was presented.
Fortunately, the memories presented this time were all happy memories of their family of three living together, and the orange raccoon cat.
The little girl with the sweet smile should be Zhier mentioned by the weasel couple.
A brief moment of laughter and joy was followed by a scene of sorrow and grief. Zhier had died, and while they were grieving their daughter's death, they heard the monsters' discussions and learned about the Lord who would grant the wishes of his followers who were recognized.
At Zhi'er's funeral, friends who were attending told them that the omnipotent Lord could even resurrect bones. Desperate, they believed him and canceled the funeral, fearing her soul would have nowhere to go. Instead, they built a cenotaph. From then on, they began to carry Zhi'er's remains with them, following the Lord.
This marked the beginning of the tragedy.
Li Wan didn't read any further.
Even though he could see the importance of his wife and Zhier to him in his memories, human nature was the most unpredictable thing, and the same was true for demons.
She took out a black porcelain bottle from the Lingbao Yinling, poured out two black pills, and handed them to the male weasel cat demon.
"This is the antidote I developed for half a month. Take it. You must come to me for the antidote every two weeks. Three doses are needed to completely eliminate the toxins. Taking less than one dose will kill you. I will still take the remains of your wife and daughter. Once you help me lead out the culprit behind this, I will give you the rest of the antidote. It's up to you whether you take it or not."
The male ermine cat immediately took the poison that belonged to him, but he was troubled when he looked at the pill that belonged to his wife.
"The dead are too cautious and hard to find. I'm afraid I'll make a mistake. Lord Demon, I've already taken the poison. My wife just gave birth and is weak. Can I not take it?"
"cannot."
Li Wan's tone was firm and resolute. The male weasel cat demon knew there was no room for negotiation, so he had no choice but to feed the poison to his wife no matter how unwilling he was.
The carnivorous plants on the other side of the river have begun to push the remains of their own kind into the river, and a small area of land built up by the corpses has emerged from the water.
Judging from the situation, the Piranha Plant should be here soon.
Li Wan said, "Go back to the tree hole to get your daughter's bones, carry your wife on your back, and lead us out. When we reach the edge of the poison, you can pretend to escape."
The male stoat cat demon said in embarrassment, "Ever since the day Death □ brought us into the Misty Forest, we've been unable to find a way out. We tried walking in one direction, but the Misty Forest seemed endless, with no end. What I say is true, please believe me, Lord Demon. If I knew the way out, how could I bear to let my pregnant wife accompany me in this Misty Forest to be corroded by poison?"
Miu Mio telepathically told Li Wan, "I haven't forgotten the purpose of my trip. I've been keeping an eye on it since I entered Misty Forest Zero. The poison in the Misty Forest is more like miasma, accumulated over the years and spread over a wide area. I can't completely eliminate it all at once. I can only go out and slowly purify and disperse it from the very edge. But we have the Night Pearl to illuminate, and I can purify it. If it's just the poisonous fog that's preventing the people inside from finding a way out, I'll go ahead and purify and dispel the fog, and you guys follow closely behind me. We should be able to get out. However, I'm afraid there are other monsters causing trouble in the Misty Forest."
Li Wan replied through telepathic communication: "Let's give it a try."
Miu Mio took the shell bag handed to him by Li Wan, and gave two more to Cha Suxun and Heng Jin just in case. Then he stood in front of them and said, "Follow me closely!"
Several purifying pearls emitting a soft blue light floated out from the open mouth of the shell bag and floated around Mio's hand.
Although Mio has the ability to purify, she doesn't dare to use her power at will in this foggy forest. She can only use the purifying power in the purifying pearl to dispel the fog in front of her.
As the poisonous fog was dispersed by Miu Mio, Li Wan and the others moved fast enough that they reached the border of the misty forest in less than an incense stick of time.
Because of the night pearl that illuminated the view, the male weasel cat demon stopped at the boundary where they could see the border guards from afar, but the guards could not see them.
Putting the weak female ferret cat demon down, he cupped her cheeks with both hands and gently leaned over to briefly touch his forehead to hers. "Wait for me, I will definitely get the antidote for us. No matter what, you must unwaveringly choose Sheng Nian, understand?"
"I know, and you too. No matter what, you must unwaveringly choose life. If you die, I will never live in vain."
He didn't blame her or ask her to change her words. Instead, he smiled in relief and helplessness, two lines of tears sliding down his face. "Didn't I say no matter what? My lady, I'm leaving."
His kisses moved from his forehead to his lips, but she just kissed the traces of his tears.
He knelt solemnly and kowtowed three times to the Demon Lord, saying, "I beg your protection for my wife."
"Um."
After taking one last, reluctant look at his wife who was forcing a smile, he turned decisively and ran towards the other side of the fog.
Only when his figure had disappeared into the distance did Li Wan cast a spell to make the female weasel cat demon float up and take her away from the misty forest completely.
After returning to the palace, she did not imprison the female ermine cat demon, but handed her over to a maid to be taken to the guest room for detention and guarding.
After purifying their bodies, Mio passed out, and his tail and ear fins appeared.
Li Wan anxiously supported him and held him in her arms, supporting him. "What should I do? He's turned back to his original form due to excessive consumption. Will the quilt dry out if the mermaid sleeps on the bed? Water, the pool!"
Li Wan was so anxious that her mind was stuck and she subconsciously wanted to hug him, but Mio's sparkling fish tail was almost two meters long, and she really felt powerless.
Cha Suxun, who was standing closer, took the lead before Heng Jin and picked up Qiu Mio, who was leaning in her arms. Heng Jin then hugged Qiu Mio's tail to reduce the pressure on Cha Suxun.
“Follow me!”
Entering a palace covered with layers of gauze curtains hanging from the beams to the ground, I saw a bathing pool that was still emitting wisps of hot steam and floating with countless petals from the sacred peach tree. A slightly transparent white gauze skirt was hung on the clothes rack beside the bathing pool, and several trays on the long table were placed with folded clothes for the girls.
Realizing instantly that this was her Tangquan Palace, Heng Jin and Cha Suxun both consciously restrained their gazes and stopped looking around.
Li Wan cast a spell to lower the temperature of the hot spring. After feeling it, she found it was similar to the temperature of seawater. Then she said, "Quickly put him in the deep end of the bathtub."
Heng Jin was still staring at the fish tail, not daring to look around. She nudged Cha Suxun with her elbow. "I'm not in a good mood, so you come and see."
After saying that, he teleported outside the palace gate.
When Cha Suxun, whose face was also blushing, raised her eyes and looked directly, she could identify the deep water and shallow water areas in her hot spring bath which was as big as a pond in the human world.
He wrapped Mio with the power of the underworld, making it float in the air, and then cast a spell to make it slowly sink to the bottom of the water to recuperate.
Li Wan's face rarely showed such panic, self-blame, and fear. "I'm a demon, and he's a mermaid from the East China Sea with purifying powers. My magic can't heal him, right? And what about Heng Jin? He's an immortal god, can he save Miu Mio?"
"Don't worry, Wanwan. Miu Miu has simply consumed too much energy and needs to rest. Heng Jin has gone out to avoid suspicion."
"The purifying pearls in the shell bag aren't enough to support us in dispersing the poisonous fog and reaching the border. While still in the misty forest, he activated his own purifying power. What if the poisonous fog also hurt him? He's still so young, I shouldn't have involved him. No, I still have to find Heng Jin to take a look. Even if Qiu Mio is fine, Heng Jin can help him recover faster."
Li Wan immediately teleported out of the palace and found Heng Jin, whose face was still flushed, but she didn't know how to ask him to use his own spiritual power to save her friend.
The shy Heng Jin looked up and saw her red eyes and nose from crying. She was panicked and anxious, but at a loss as to how to face and comfort the crying woman.
"Don't cry, Wanwan. When he wakes up, I will definitely heal him back to full health. I mean, I will transfer some spiritual energy to him and he will be back to normal. Please don't cry, okay?"
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