Bai Ling led Tao Yu'er all the way, just like a brother holding his own sister, and walked straight forward. As for Tao Yu'er's affection, Bai Ling was completely unaware of it.
But even Tao Yu'er is very clear that she and her favorite Lord Bai Ling are not from the same world at all. For the rest of their lives, the two of them were doomed to have only a bond of master and servant, which was insurmountable.
Bai Ling led Tao Yu'er all the way, walking at a moderate pace, and finally came to an abandoned garden.
The abandoned garden is desolate, full of dead leaves and rotting branches. Because no one has taken care of it for a long time, and weeds are everywhere. The desolate autumn wind hit, as if entering another world.
Desolate and dilapidated, it was completely different from the thriving scene in the sun outside.
Tao Yu'er was startled by the sudden wind, and shivered all over. Hiding behind Bai Ling, he said timidly, "My lord... where is this place? Why do I feel so cold..."
Bai Ling looked around: "This was originally the favorite side palace of the previous demon king. It was located in a cool place, and it was a naturally extremely shady place. But since his death, this place has been abandoned and used exclusively by people. To accumulate some unnecessary debris, as well as some discarded flower seedlings, tree species and the like."
Tao Yu'er shrank her neck, still worried: "There shouldn't be any ghosts, ghosts, or ghosts here..."
Bai Ling couldn't help laughing out at that worried and frightened look: "What monster, aren't you a monster yourself?"
"No..." Tao Yu'er said with a serious face: "I'm talking about whether there will be the ghost of the demon king here..."
Bai Ling rubbed his chin, thought for a while, and replied, "Well...it's really possible... After all, that demon king really died here..."
"Ah!!!" Tao Yu'er was startled and said, "My lord... You must not have lied to me..."
As Bai Ling walked deeper into the garden, he said, "No, it's true."
As he said that, Bai Ling ignored Tao Yu'er's pale face and continued, "I heard that the last demon king was an ice dragon with a very strong cultivation. And this side palace is only influenced by him. It's gotten so cold and frosty. As for his ghost...then I don't know..."
Bai Ling spared several eaves in the side palace, and finally found the thousand-year-old peach blossom tree that had been uprooted and abandoned in a small empty courtyard.
It's really funny to say, how precious and rare these thousand-year-old peach trees are. Not to mention that this is still a peach tree that has already been born in a spiritual realm. But now, under the order of Hanako Sakura, it was discarded here, and it was left to fend for itself, withering and rotting by itself.
Looking at the peach tree that had long lost its aura and luster, and the peach blossoms that had begun to wither slowly, Bai Ling couldn't help but think of himself.
Could it be that I want to be like this peach tree, taking good care of it when people need it. If you don't need it, you can throw it away at will and let it rot
Thinking of this, Bai Ling seemed to hear what Aoki said again. Those eyes that lost their luster, were lifeless, but extremely unwilling, still remain in Bai Ling's mind to this day...
"We... are just a lot of pets in this harem..."
"Bai Ling... Bai Ling... you must live well..."
The last words that Aoki said to him were like what he said yesterday, but it seemed like a lifetime ago. So close, yet so far away. Even the fact that Fang Ye brought him to the demon world and raised his voice to marry him still lingered in his ears.
But now, the palace has undergone great changes, and all the forces in the harem seem to have changed in an instant, and they are no longer the ones Bai Ling knew.
This demon world, or that demon world...
Fang Ye, is still that Fang Ye...
It's just that the heart that loved him wholeheartedly at the beginning has slowly cooled down. The cold blood can no longer boil.
Looking at the peach tree, Bai Ling thought silently. Perhaps, I should think carefully about whether I should continue to stay here. Maybe, just like back then, it would be fine to live alone in the deep mountains and not care about the world...
Bai Ling gently raised his hand, broke off a branch from the peach tree, and held it in his palm.
Bits of spiritual power continuously flew out of his body and gathered in this branch. The powerful fluctuations of spiritual power also drove the thousand-year-old tree that fell on the ground to continuously emit peach blossom fluorescence.
The spiritual power of this thousand-year-old peach tree, under Bai Ling's continuous traction, slowly merged into the peach branch in Bai Ling's hand, rejuvenating.
The branches that were originally withered have become vibrant and full of vigor. The peach branches are full of new peach blossoms again, which are fragrant and fragrant.
Tao Yu'er opened her eyes wide, as if she couldn't believe what she saw.
"My... my lord... You actually spent all your cultivation to reshape this peach tree and give it a new life?"
Bai Ling didn't speak, but his face was pale, and he seemed to be struggling. He was just recovering from a serious illness, but now that all his cultivation has been abolished, he has become extremely weak.
Even Bai Ling himself didn't know why, but he wanted to use his hundreds of years of cultivation to let the spirit of the dying peach tree live in this broken branch again and bloom.
But in fact, Bai Ling is also clear in his heart...
What he wanted was to completely bring this relationship to an end. Let him save Fang Ye's life, Fang Ye's admiration, completely like this broken peach branch, cut in two, never coexist.
Perhaps... As early as the day when he brought Hanako Sakura back, the day when he was determined to kill Aoki... Bai Ling's heart had already been annihilated by the lightning along with Aoki on the Black Dragon Stage.
During this period of illness, Bai Ling also seriously thought about it a lot. I thought about whether I should continue to stay here, and stay here as a pet that will never be favored by others. Still leave here indifferently, write off the past in this demon world, disappear, return to his mountains, villages and forests, and continue to be his wild fox.
Bai Ling weighed in his mind for a long time, but he couldn't make a real choice. And when he saw this peach tree, all of this was no longer important...
There is nothing in this place that is worthy of his continued nostalgia.
Bai Ling tightly held the peach branch full of vitality in his hand, and the jasper stone hanging around his neck was still emitting a faint fluorescence. As soon as Bai Ling put his hands away, these two things disappeared.
The jasper stone turned into a star of pale green pupils, which were hidden in the depths of Bai Ling's pupils. The peach branches turned into an invisible qi, surrounded Bai Ling, finally sank into Bai Ling's body, and then disappeared.
After Bai Ling finished this, he looked around lightly, smiled at Tao Yu'er and said, "Let's go, accompany me to the Demon King's Palace."
Tao Yu'er looked at Bai Ling worriedly and said, "But, my lord, what about your body?"
Bai Ling smiled slightly, and said with a sense of relief: "It's okay..."
Tao Yu'er nodded helplessly, and had no choice but to carefully support Bai Ling, out of the gloomy Ice Dragon King's side palace, and rushed straight to the Demon King's palace.