Chapter 932 - Purging Demons (Ten)
In the Myriad Poison cult, Xiao An gripped her sword with her right hand and ford a seal with her left, sitting on the throne in the hall with her legs crossed. Pale-white flas burned in the depths of her eyes as if they were about to erge in a roaring fashion, only to be suppressed by the holy glow.
She endeavoured to maintain a calm expression, just like the surface of water, except beneath the surface, torrents were already surging about. It appeared as microexpressions on her face as if she was in pain, as if she felt regret. In short, she was conflicted.
The resplendent, flickering glow illuminated the gloomy hall.
Ru Xin watched her from afar and was secretly shocked. Just what cultivation thod is this? Why does the aura she emits resemble that of Monk Kings?
If the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty had not originated from buddhism, then it would have been utterly crippled a long ti ago under the crushing power of the Divine Nun of the South Sea.
However, the White Bone Bodhisattva who created the cultivation thod had gone from buddhism to the demonic in the first place. The only reason why she lasted until now was because she ntally rejected everything to do with buddhism, coupled with the recently-hunted demonfolk as resources.
She was overco with a multitude of mixed emotions. Even mories from much earlier appeared. She remiscined a certain person’s face, a person known as mother. When she thought up to there, she basically lost control as tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Are… you fine?” For so reason, Ru Xin’s heart ached when she saw this. How could it not ache at the sight of a weeping beauty? However, she composed herself very soon. This girl was anything but that.
Xiao An glanced at Ru Xin with misty eyes. As if she had read her thoughts yet was also a little embarrassed, she asked gently, “Sister Ru Xin, can I eat you?”
“Def- in- ite- ly- not!” Ru Xin felt a hint of coldness, not because of how cold the question was, but because she actually felt the urge to agree for an instant.
Ru Xin had no idea what was happening to her, but ever since Xiao An gained natural emotions and expressions, her charms basically multiplied. Fortunately, she practised the Heavenly To of Cloud Furnace, so she basically had a heart of stone, which allowed her to withstand it.
“How stingy!” Xiao An pouted, like a child that had candy taken away from her.
“I’m sorry, I’m very disgusting to eat.” Ru Xin faked a smile, but she discovered that her eyes gradually cleared up. A hint of intelligence flashed through them as if she had thought sothing through.
“This… might be an opportunity!” Xiao An muttered to herself with a hint of resolve, which made Ru Xin think of Li Qingshan.
The best resource for practising the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was not actually the demon hearts of demonfolk, but the ?arīra of buddhist cultivators. Just like how she needed to study the buddhist dharma if she wanted to comprehend the essence of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, this was a buddhist cultivation thod from a certain perspective.
The cultivation that the Divine Nun of the South Sea had accumulated across her entire life definitely was not poison to Xiao An, but more like a great nourishnt. It could even give her the opportunity to experience the White Bone Bodhisattva’s process of going from buddhism to the demonic. In turn, this would give her a deeper comprehension of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty.
However, that was given that her Path of White Bone and Great Beauty was not completely crippled. This required a trendous amount of resources, which was why she had asked Ru Xin whether she could eat her! She had only eased up after thinking this through. Her vengeful practical joke basically ca as an influence from Li Qingshan’s horrible tastes.
Qingshan, you better co back soon! Xiao An and Ru Xin thought at the sa ti.
At this mont, Li Qingshan did not only sense coldness, but also murderousness. He never imagined Gong Yuan to respond so violently when she heard he had a son! He thought, Don’t tell this ice woman is interested in ? Hehe, my charms sure are unstoppable!
However, his narcissism stopped there, as the murderousness grew heavier and heavier. It was already approaching actual killing intent.
“Hold on, not my son by blood! My adopted son! My adopted son!”
“Adopted son?” Gong Yuan said.
As a result, Li Qingshan told her the entire story, which left her amazed too. To think that phoenixes still existed in this world, and the divine wutong tree had actually trapped him in the phoenix’s nest to hatch the phoenix’s embryo, and he even ended up succeeding.
If it were not for the fact that they were ntally linked, she definitely would have treated it as one big lie, but the frozen sea showed no intentions of thawing.
“What, is there still sothing you’re dissatisfied with?” Li Qingshan asked.
“Do you know what rfolk find to be the most despicable?” Gong Yuan said coldly.
“Probably everything that the fire devourers do?” Li Qingshan blinked his eyes.
“Faithless, fickle, and half-hearted people. If you’re untethered in the world, then so be it, but you’ve once ntioned that you’re already engaged, so you shouldn’t be so philanderous and casual. I despise you.” Gong Yuan grabbed Li Qingshan’s hand that was around her waist and pried it off. She pressed against Li Qingshan’s chest and pushed firmly. The ice shattered loudly.
Li Qingshan nodded and stroked his chin. “That does make so sense, but aren’t you implying that if I’m not engaged, or if I don’t have any relationships with other won, I’m free to do whatever I want with you?”
“That’s not necessarily impossible, but unfortunately, you’ll never be able to! In this aspect, even the fire devourer that my little sister beca infatuated with is much greater than you.” Gong Yuan sneered in disdain.
“Forget about it. If you’re willing, why would I be unwilling? Even if there is a man who’s infatuated with you, how much sincerity can you give him? You have to consider your own cultivation and the developnt of the rfolk. You even view your dignity as a queen with more importance than that man! Isn’t that being half-hearted too? You’re not your sister. You really have been thinking too much about going after true love or whatever it is.”
Li Qingshan laughed aloud, making his voice echo through the abyss. He originally thought Gong Yuan would fly into a rage, but he never expected her to sink into silent thought. She actually showed a rare smile and even lanted slightly. “You’re not wrong. I can never beco infatuated with soone like my little sister, nor do I have the right to make demands about how others should feel about .” She beca serious. “So we can cut the bullsh*t and talk about how we can use each other. What do you want to do?”
“Help clean up the demons and kill a good handful of Demon Kings!” Li Qingshan smiled, revealing his sharp canines.
“And what do I get in return?” Gong Yuan shivered inside. The demon plague of the Mist province was extrely severe, and fighting Demon Kings was extrely dangerous too. The King of Southern Yue’s estate had requested her assistance multiple tis, but she had turned them all down.
“Absolutely nothing.” Li Qingshan shrugged.
“Li Qingshan, are you playing with ?” Gong Yuan squeezed out those words from between her teeth.
“It’s not using you if there are no benefits!” Li Qingshan directly t her eyes. “Call it a friend asking for your help, alright?”
Gong Yuan was mildly surprised, avoiding his gaze and sinking into a mont of thought. “Considering the fact that you still have so use in the future, I’ll help you out this one ti. You better rember this and pay back on fold in the future!” After a pause, she added, “And, we’re not friends!”
“Sigh, I know you want to beco my wife!” Li Qingshan murmured in a rather narcissistic manner.
“What did you say!?”
“Nothing. Alright, your majesty. Whatever you want. Ti waits for no one, so let’s set off!”
Gong Yuan returned to the Crystal palace and passed on so instructions before venturing to the Mist province with Li Qingshan.
Along the way, Li Qingshan asked, “Do you know Ye Weiyang?”
“Who doesn’t know the na of the Shadow Queen?”
“Why don’t we call her along too? We’ll have a better chance that way.”
Li Qingshan had originally considered visiting the Shadow palace and finding Ye Weiyang if Gong Yuan refused. This king of assassins in the Mist province was an extrely powerful help, but she would co at a price. However, it would be nothing as long as he could help Xiao An get through this.
“Then go ask her. I’ll return to the South sea!” Gong Yuan stopped and said coldly.
Despite both being “godfolk”, the conflict between the seven ancient divine kings was extrely deeply rooted. The fire devourers and rpeople were not the only ones with great grievances. For example, the grievances between the giant lumbern and the fire devourers were no less either.
Although the rpeople and night roars were both matriarchies, where won held the authority, that did not an they could be happy friends. Night roars were renowned for their liking towards sches, intentionally stirring up chaos between the races to swoop in for the maximum benefit, so they achieved their objective of weakening the sixth other divine kingdoms in the end. Of course, the night roars were not the only ones with this aspiration.
As a result, the kings of the divine kingdoms never saw one another, but once they did, there would be war.
Gong Yuan loathed Li Qingshan’s disrespectful and casual attitude, but she could not help but admit that she did trust Li Qingshan. This guy repaid his debts and was straightforward and open in whatever he did. He was quite reliable in dangerous battles, having blocked lethal attacks for her more than once. On the other hand, there had been an old saying passed down from the ancient tis, that even dead night roars were not trustworthy.
“Hmm, I’ve considered it, but I think it’s enough as long as we work together.” Li Qingshan imdiately changed his mind. Who would spend money when he had free and fine labour?
Gong Yuan eased up slightly and caught up with Li Qingshan again, only to hear him sigh and shake his head. “Sure enough, there are no won who don’t get jealous!”
“What did you say?!”
“Nothing!”
……
The dark clouds were thick, sweeping over from the south and gushing into the demonics clouds condensed from demon qi before falling with heavy snow. This was a once-in-a-millenium sight in the Mist province.
The demonfolk all raised their heads. A beautiful flake of snow drifted down and landed on the tip of a demonfolk’s nose.
The demonfolk only felt his nose grow cold; then he lost all of his senses and beca a transparent ice statue.
“Enemy!” The demonfolk on the side only managed to scream out that word before following his footsteps. The snowflakes seed to possess consciousnesses of their own. None of them landed on the ground, all drifting towards the demonfolk.
Coldness perated the surroundings. The thick mist turned into a layer of frost. The raucous demon cavern fell silent.
The Demon Commanders all demonified, but they did not launch attacks. Instead, they turned around and flew towards the demon cavern.
However, the snowflakes rapidly gathered and stuck together above the demon cavern, turning into a huge snowman.
The snowman was not terrifying in appearance. It even seed rather simple and adorable. A smile hung on its round head, but a casual swing of its round fist sent two Demon Commanders flying.
A black spirit turtle hovered in the thick, snowy clouds. Li Qingshan and Gong Yuan stood within it, powering the Heart of the Abyss with their combined efforts.
“The snowman is quite adorable!” Li Qingshan glanced at Gong Yuan in surprise. The snowman’s strength had nothing to do with its outer appearance. It was completely up to the caster’s control. He never imagined there to be such an “ordinary” side to her.
“These demonfolk are only for testing out the various reactions across the nine provinces. How can you even call this a demon plague?” Gong Yuan said. The godfolk had far more experience than humans or daemons with dealing with demonfolk.
“The snowman is quite adorable.”
“Enough with you!”
At this mont, there was a rumble, and the snowman collapsed, drifting apart from a sky full of snowflakes.
A Demon King had appeared!
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