Chapter 35: The Destined-to-be-Abandoned Good-for-Nothing (15)p1
“I won’t kill you. You despicable wretch, wait until our young Demon Lord grows up—”
“I’ll have her personally take your life.” These were the last words Su Mingxiu heard from the other party.
In front of her remained only Gui Mian’s golden sword bone and that strange Golden Core. Su Mingxiu’s robes were stained with blood, but she didn’t bother cleaning them. She simply stood up from the formation and walked towards the abyss, the thick bloodstains on her sleeves dripping onto the ground as she moved, leaving a trail of blood blossoms within the formation.
The demonic energy in the abyss intensified. Compared to before they arrived, the entire rift was now filled with a red glow, as if the being dwelling within had awakened, even the dark sky was tinged with red.
Demon generals flew out from the canyon, launching attacks at her as a warning. The strange laughter filled her sea of consciousness.
Seeing that she was about to rush into the abyss to bring Gui Mian back, the system promptly issued the next mission: “Host, please repair your beloved’s body within half a month. This mission has no separate penalty, and its progress will be included in the final mission.”
“She is Yu Yinglan,” Su Mingxiu said, each word deliberate.
The demons circling around her didn’t care what she was saying, only the system heard her words clearly.
“So what if she is? So what if she isn’t?” The system sneered. “You love her so much, but after spending two or three years with this dear disciple, you still didn’t recognize her. It seems that the love of you mortals is both illusory and meaningless.”
Su Mingxiu’s fingertips twitched beneath her sleeve. The talismans on her robe danced, flying into the air with an ominous red glow, automatically defending against the demons’ attacks.
“Admitting it so readily?” More and more demons surrounded her, making it almost impossible to see her white robes through the gaps.
But Su Mingxiu ignored them. As she spoke to the system, her gaze was still fixed on the abyss, a faint smile playing on her lips.
Even though she had followed the mission instructions and completely hurt Gui Mian, pushing her into the Demon Realm storyline that the system wanted, seeing her like this, the system still couldn’t help but say:
[I can tell you for sure that Yu Yinglan belongs to the previous world line. There’s only Gui Mian here. Since you’re certain you love Yu Yinglan, not your disciple, just follow the plan and complete the mission. Is it necessary to defy me for her?]
[Besides, don’t forget your original goal—wasting time on these meaningless small worlds, do you not want to return to your original world? That’s where you belong.]
Su Mingxiu lowered her eyes slightly.
Doubt began to grow in her heart.
There must be a special connection between Gui Mian and Yu Yinglan. Moreover, they both looked exactly like the person in her memories. What was their relationship? A mere coincidence, or something more?
For a moment, Su Mingxiu felt as if she was trapped in an invisible web. The more she struggled, the more entangled she became.
She stopped at the edge of the abyss in the Demon Realm, her eyes reflecting the bottomless, demonic city. After a moment, she finally looked up at the surrounding demons and asked: “Who was it that took my disciple away?”
A flying demon launched an attack at her. After she blocked it, the demon let out a sinister chuckle, not caring about her question. It replied: “The Demon Lord.”
“See? This red glow is the symbol of the Demon Lord’s presence. If it weren’t for her order to spare your life, with your current cultivation, we would have torn you to shreds.”
“Get out of here, take your pathetic life—”
“And live in fear, never letting your guard down, because the new young Lord will come for your life at any moment.”
Su Mingxiu was about to summon the Floating Duckweed sword, but hearing the words “young Lord,” she suddenly realized something. She looked up, the only blemish on her clean face being a bloodstain on her jaw, which looked strangely alluring. She asked seriously: “Your Demon Lord… wants Gui Mian to be the young Lord?”
She received an affirmative answer.
A smile suddenly appeared in her eyes.
Such easily tricked demons, no wonder they were forced by the cultivators to only reside in this desolate abyss beyond the eastern border.
Ten days later.
Mount Lingyu.
After returning from the Demon Realm, Su Mingxiu had been staying on Mount Lingyu, not venturing out. Ever since the Sect Master personally visited her, rumors had spread throughout the Sword Sect, saying that the Jade Elder’s disciple had disappeared. In her anger, she decided to guard her disciple’s soul lamp and find her whereabouts.
In reality.
Su Mingxiu had indeed taken Gui Mian’s soul lamp, but it had long been extinguished. Now, it was simply placed in the Untainted Abode, untouched. She spent all her time in front of the black ice in her cave.
[I’ve never asked you, why did you choose me as your host? Among the three thousand worlds, there are countless cultivators who failed their tribulation, died unjustly, or were persecuted. Why me?]
At this moment, she was staring at the face in the black ice, but the question was directed at the system in her mind.
“It’s your fortune to be chosen.” The system only replied with this.
Su Mingxiu had thought so too, which was why she hadn’t asked in the previous world. Until she fell for Yu Yinglan. Back then, she thought their fate was only for those short ninety days. But unexpectedly, their destinies were so deeply intertwined.
Now, she raised her chin. “What’s the relationship between the person in this ice and them?”
The system enjoyed seeing her cluelessness and replied casually: “Guess.”
Su Mingxiu thought for a moment, then summoned the Floating Duckweed sword with an impassive expression. She heard the system say urgently: “A word of advice, you better not hurt her.”
“I’ve noticed—”
The person holding the Floating Duckweed sword, casually slicing off a piece of ice, started carving it. She said: “You seem even more afraid of me failing the mission than I am.”
“Of course!” The system said. “You’re the host I carefully selected after going through countless candidates.”
“Then what are your criteria for selecting a host?”
[I can’t tell you that.]
Su Mingxiu unconsciously carved the ice into a human shape. After a long while, she looked at the face in front of her and changed the question: “Let’s just talk about this world. What’s the relationship between the person in this ice and my disciple?”
System: “I can’t tell you that either.”
After saying this, it braced itself for Su Mingxiu’s troublemaking. It even started coding, thinking about what kind of mission to issue to make Su Mingxiu revive her beloved—
But Su Mingxiu didn’t do anything. She released the sword, reached out, and gently caressed the face reflected on the ice surface, murmuring to herself: “I will definitely revive you, my beloved.”
If this person had nothing to do with Gui Mian, she would just kill them after reviving them.
Su Mingxiu thought.
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