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Chapter 46

Shao Ling explained their situation to Yin Meng, about the fact that they came from another world and her world is a dimension that is a fragment of the past. He also shared the meeting between the Heaven Realm's messenger and the mission that is given to them. In exchange, Yin Meng also explained the situation to them. In this dimension, after Shao Ling tried to self-destruct his spiritual qi to kill himself, Lian Ren immediately used all of his power to prevent him on planning to suicide.

At the same time, the Yun Sect elders moved in the shadow in resurrecting the Demon King. It was later then known after Lian Ren had wreak havoc and destroyed the Yun Sect. The Demon King awoke, and all of the Masters of the Cultivation Realm combined their power to stop him. However, it was futile. The Demon King was too powerful and his strength is comparable to the vast sky that covers above. It was pointless on trying to fight against him. So some of the Masters turned their backs on their comrade and went under the Demon King's palm as a pawn.

In the midst of hopelessness, the Mount Hua Peak Master and the Darling of the Heavens were the only ones with justice on their minds. They joined forces to stop the demon king and nearly succeeded. In the midst of the battle, the Darling of the Heavens died an honorable but cruel death, while the Mount Hua Peak Master barely defeated the Demon King, his heart was torn apart and his spiritual core was crushed, causing him to bled to death. The Demon King's body was destroyed, but his soul was still intact. He ordered his subordinates to find a suitable vessle for him, and that's how the demons were able to find Lian Ren with Shao Ling in his grasp.

Lian Ren at that time didn't have power anymore. He was nothing but a mortal that seems fragile and weak. Shao Ling was on the other hand was no different but an empty shell. Because Lian Ren tried to prevent the self-destruction of his qi, the two spiritual qi conflicted with each other and caused Shao Ling to fall deep into an eternal slumber. Lian Ren was powerless and a criminal, he had no other choice but to grab Shao Ling and get him under his hands, he ended up as a crazy obsessed man trying to revive that is already dead.

Before the Demon King possessed Lian Ren, there were rumors that he requested the Demon King to revive Shao Ling in exchange for his body, and Shao Ling was now locked down depths of the Palace, lying on a stone coffin while being cared by the Demons. Yin Meng stated that there are conversations from the demons that the Demon King had taken a liking to Shao Ling and was intrigued to revive him to be his wife.

Yin Meng said as she sipped on the tea that's now slightly cold.

Lian Ren pondered for a while. After a while, an idea came to his mind, He said as he glanced at Shao Ling. Shao Ling was bewildered at first, but as he looked at Lian Ren's meaningful gaze, he finally understood the signs and also spoke.

Shao Ling nodded.

Yin Meng's face brightened and she stood up and happily grab Shao Ling's hand.

Shao Ling insisted,

Yin Meng smiled one more time and stood up,

The two of them followed Yin Meng to the Mount Hua Peak 's dungeon. They went past the spring blossoms of the mountain, down to the ponds of pure white lotus onto the gigantic dark cave entrance beneath the mountain. As soon as they went inside, the stench of death lingered on their nose. It was quite rotten, like a smell of flesh being gobbled up by worms or a peck of ravens stabbing the dead body. Lian Ren widened his palms and summoned two ice fairies. The fairies spun around and their bodies radiated a bright light to guide the three of them inside the dark cave.

Lian Ren wandered his eyes around the snarling and glaring demons that are locked up in a cell,

Yin Meng replied,

Shao Ling murmured as they continued to walk.

Yin Meng said as she pulled a lever down and another pathway appeared.

They stopped in front of a large metallic door. The door handle was stained in blood that seemed to have dried down from a couple days ago. Yin Meng heaved a breath and glanced at the two then spoke, She handed a round wooden talisman that seems to fit in the door's round hole in the middle.

Lian Ren handed the wooden talisman to Shao Ling. Shao Ling, with no hesitation, was about place the talisman on the round hole on the door but was stopped by Lian Ren holding his hand. Shao Ling glanced at Lian Ren, his brows slightly knitted into a frown,

Shao Ling averted his gaze. Why is his voice like that?

Yin Meng cleared her throat and the two shifted their attention to her.

Shao Ling replied.

After Yin Meng went outside, Shao Ling redirected his gaze on Lian Ren, He asked in an infuriated expression.

Lian Ren smirked,

Shao Ling's cheeks started to flush red as he fished for a reason to say,

Lian Ren's lips was not grinning widely.

Shao Ling clenched his teeth and embarrassingly averted his eyes.

Lian Ren chuckled and grabbed the round talisman on Shao Ling's hand while he was distracted. He started walking closer and Shao Ling instinctively steps back in response.

Shao Ling's face was getting more and more redder.

Lian Ren said with a wide smile.

Lian Ren froze at Shao Ling's yell. He really couldn't take the embarrassment anymore and he let out a spiritual qi in his palms and buried it in Lian Ren's stomach.

Lian Ren was blasted away with a large impact. His back was slammed on the sturdy stone wall and his mouth cough out a mouthful of blood. Lian Ren murmured as he coughed out more blood.

He noticed that Shao Ling was about to punch him again and Lian Ren immediately bowed down and apologized,

The terrifying spiritual qi immediately calmed down as soon as he apologized. Lian Ren saw Shao Ling letting out a 'humph' sound with a swift of his sleeves. Lian Ren slowly stood up and he saw Shao Ling picking up the wooden talisman that seems to have fallen on his hand the moment he was slammed on the wall. Shao Ling calmly said.

Lian Ren replied in a forced smile, Shizun is scary!

As soon as the talisman was fittingly placed on the round hole on the door, a clicking sound resonated on the edge of the door and the door slowly opened. Shao Ling took a step forward inside. A reddish demonic qi was all over the room that feels heavy and drowsy at the same time. Lian Ren from behind unsheathed his sword and his two fingers slid down its blade followed by an icy spiritual energy flowing down unto the tip of the blade. As they ventured deeper the room, the more the room became brighter. Blood red flowers growing in downwards vines were blooming all over the bright place, and in the midst of these blooming flowers, a woman was sitting on top of a boulder.

The woman let out a sweet and soft chuckle, her voice seem to make you tickle the moment you hear it. The woman was covered with thin but beautifully embroidered red dress pearls and varieties of beads were embedded into her hair. With a small face, thin brows, big downturned eyes, sharp nose and small red lips, it was as if you are inside a dream and met a beautiful goddess.

She whispered gracefully, her face showing a sweet smile.

Shao Ling and Lian Ren didn't respond to her words. From the heavy and pressuring demonic energy surrounding the place, they immediately knew that they're under an illusion.

The demon smiled and licked her lips,

The two still didn't responded. They never knew what would happen inside the illusion, so it's better to not respond to things that might move or talk because a condition might activate that will turn into a spell or worse, a curse. Lian Ren walked closer to Shao Ling and whispered,

Shao Ling replied with a frown.

Lian Ren glanced at a certain blood red flower that was brighter than the normal ones. He tapped Shizun's shoulder secretly and whispered again, He opened up his palms and an icy demonic energy flowed out of his palms then slowly materialized into sharp ice spikes.

Shao Ling was too late to tell him because The ice spikes were already rushing onto the particular flower's direction. Shao Ling still hasn't give up. He released his spiritual qi and threw it into the spikes' direction.

It was a matter of the spike stabbing the blood red flower or Shao Ling's spiritual qi stopping the spike. However, before anything could happen, the illusion suddenly deactivated followed by a woman's voice mixed with sobs.

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