After Yan Qing said the word "demon god", he went to see Xie Shiyi.
Xie Shiyi was obviously frozen for a moment, then he gently held his hand and nodded.
Yan Qing was comforted by his calm eyes, smiled, and continued: "She has been bewitching me outside the Nandou Palace. She made me feel that you hate me very much and want to kill me, just like I hate her. The demon wanted to occupy my body and make me listen to her and become her puppet, but she failed in the end."
"During the 100 years I was in the Demon Realm, the demon gods often came out and tempted me with all kinds of things. Do you know why I didn't want to tell you about this? Because of Xie Shiyi. Actually, I was not unmoved."
Yan Qing curled her lips and smiled, her peach blossom eyes were full of brilliant smiles, her eyebrows and features were picturesque, captivating the heart and soul.
Yan Qing seemed to sigh and laugh: "Yaoyao, you really are a beauty that misleads people."
The despair that had been growing in the dark could now finally be revealed in the sunlight. Yan Qing said softly, "She said that as long as I became stronger, I could keep you captive by my side."
Xie Shiyi was stunned when he heard this, and didn't say anything. Outside the cave was a green forest. The rain had just fallen on the empty mountain, and everything was clear. The two walked side by side on the road. The wind blew white flowers all over the trees, and the spring scenery was full of life.
Yan Qing smiled lazily and said nonchalantly: "But? I don't agree. After all, everything in this world has a price, and desire has the heaviest price."
Xie Shiyi asked calmly: "Did you choose to leave because of her?"
"Well, I was not suitable to stay in the upper heaven at that time." Yan Qing was a man of spontaneous nature. After he finished speaking, his heart was filled with emotions so he directly grabbed Xie Shiyi's sleeve.
When Xie Shiyi turned around, he tilted his neck and kissed his forehead earnestly, then he promised with a smile: "But, Yaoyao, this time I will definitely not leave without saying goodbye."
Xie Shiyi's eyes were deep, he held his slender wrist and said, "What if you break your promise?"
Yan Qing said: "Then the punishment is up to you."
Xie Shiyi nodded and said, "Okay."
Xie Shiyi's calm and composed performance made Yan Qing feel a little more at ease when he talked about the devil, and he was no longer so resistant.
Yan Qing said: "I have been dealing with the devil for a hundred years, but I have never figured out what she is." Of course, to a large extent, Yan Qing did not want to communicate with the devil at all. Dealing with the source of all evil would send one to hell if one was not careful.
Yan Qing said: "The eyes of the demon god are green, purer than any green I have ever seen. She is just a ball of black mist that can transform into anything. She has no gender and no age. Huai Mingzi said that the demon god is the evil thoughts of the gods, and I think he is right. Ten thousand years ago, instead of saying that the nine gods and Buddhas died together with the demon god, it is better to say that they died together with their own evil thoughts. Yaoyao, when I asked you what nightmare was on the flying boat, you said it was evil. You also knew some things a long time ago, right?"
Xie Shiyi did not hide anything from him and nodded: "Well, someone told me that Yan is another me."
Yan Qing laughed, then sighed again: "It is true. The devil also told me before he died that everyone has a nightmare in their body, just like a shadow that can never be shaken off for eternity."
Xie Shiyi said nonchalantly: "The person who said this to me was Xu Ruqing, the leader of the previous Immortal Alliance."
"Xu Ruqing?" Yan Qing was stunned, vaguely feeling that a secret about the Immortal Alliance was about to unfold before him. He was actually curious at the beginning, why Xie Shiyi became the leader of the Immortal Alliance within a hundred years.
There were people with higher cultivation than him in the Ninth Heaven, and there were people with more experience than him. The nine sects and three schools were eyeing him covetously. Even if he won the Qingyun Ranking, it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of Jing Ruyu and others. Who made him the leader and the master of Xiaoyu Palace? It couldn't be that a group of people recommended him for the sake of Le Zhan, right? Although he was the head of the nine sects, the leader of Wangqing Sect didn't have that much face.
Xie Shiyi said, "Before Xu Ruqing died, he gave the Thousand Lanterns to me, but he asked me not to interfere in human affairs in the future. He said nightmares can never be completely eliminated. Because when the old ones die, new ones will be born again."
Yan Qing frowned: "Xu Ruqing? I have never heard of this name since I came to Shangchongtian." It's so strange, a person whose death directly caused turmoil in the world and changed the reign title, but no one in Shangchongtian has ever heard of anything about him.
Xie Shiyi said: "This is what Xu Ruqing wanted. After his death, everything will disappear. You won't hear any news about him."
"I have only met Xu Ruqing twice." Xie Shiyi spoke of the past in a cold tone, "Both times were in Xiaoyu Palace. The first time, when I broke through the spirit transformation, he sent a message to Wangqing Sect to ask me to come over. He only asked me two questions. The first question asked how old I was now, and the second question asked if I was willing to be the leader of the Immortal Alliance."
Yan Qing was stunned: "He knew you before?"
Xie Shiyi did not answer this question, but just pursed his lower lip and said lightly: "He knows me very well."
"The second time we met was when he was about to pass away. He was still sitting behind the heavy curtains, and I couldn't see what he looked like because of the long steps of the Xiaoyu Palace. He told me that from now on, I should just treat the Xiaoyu Palace as a place for cultivation and not care about the affairs of the world anymore."
The lights in the Xiaoyu Palace were always bright, rising up along the white jade steps, and the cold light could not penetrate the silk veil, so he had never seen the previous Xiaoyu Palace master clearly. He only knew that when they first met, the man looked at him motionlessly.
Xu Ruqing had no ill will towards him, but he also had no good intentions. His gaze was like a rusty, bloodstained blunt knife, looking through him and looking at someone across time and space. In the cold and empty Xiaoyu Palace, Xu Ruqing's voice was as mellow as wine, and he asked him with a smile: "Your name is Xie Shiyi, right?" He greeted him in the same way: "Shiyi, how old are you now?"
Xie Shiyi inherited the Nan Dou heritage and was not afraid of Xu Ruqing. He just stood in front of the steps and looked back at him coldly.
Xu Ruqing didn't seem to mind his impoliteness and offense. He coughed and smiled. Then he asked the question, asking him if he was willing to be the leader of the Immortal Alliance.
Yan Qing said: "Have you investigated Xu Ruqing's background?"
Xie Shiyi: "Everything about him in the Upper Heaven disappeared completely, but I found some clues in the Xiaoyu Palace. Xu Ruqing came from Zijinzhou. And I recovered a world-illuminating pearl from a pile of powder, and the direction of the pearl is the barrier city."
Xie Shiyi said: "A hundred years ago, Xu Ruqing had been watching what happened in the Barrier City."
Barrier City. After Yan Qing experienced the devil, he was rarely shocked by anything. Now he just looked at Xie Shiyi worriedly and whispered: "Have you ever guessed his identity?"
Xie Shiyi said casually: "I have guessed it. Now I am going to the barrier city to confirm some things."
Yan Qing was silent, as if he had returned to the rainy and gloomy Zhancheng. When the beggar came to his door with the jade pendant, the whole Zhancheng was plunged into a carnival of taking advantage of the favored child of heaven.
The scandal of replacing the prince with a cat spread among the people, and they finally concluded that Xie Shiyi was just the son of a lowly sword servant.
But is it true? Can a human sword servant really be born with a talent that shocks the entire upper heaven? At that time, the only thing that was confirmed was that Xie Shiyi was not a child of the Xie family. No one knew who Xie Shiyi's biological father was.
Yan Qing could guess what Xie Shiyi didn't say. Xu Ruqing and Xie Shiyi had only met twice, but he directly passed the Immortal Alliance to him, and even his last words after his death were about considering him. He also kept an eye on an insignificant town in the human world from the Xiaoyu Palace.
It's hard not to doubt something
Yan Qing asked, "What kind of person is Xu Ruqing?"
Xie Shiyi raised a trace of sarcasm at the corner of his lips and said coldly: "Hypocrisy, greed."
Yan Qing was stunned. In his imagination, Xu Ruqing should have been kind to Xie Shiyi, otherwise he would not have told him so much before his death. Unexpectedly, in Xie Shiyi's eyes, Xu Ruqing was such an image.
Xie Shiyi added: "I think Xu Ruqing is not dead. He may be in Zijinzhou now."
Yan Qing: “Why?”
Xie Shiyi said: "The Qin family does not have the ability to study the art of controlling nightmares to the point where it can revive Huai Mingzi."
Yan Qing was slightly stunned.
There are nine sects in Nan Zezhou and three sects in Zijinzhou.
Meishan Qin family, Lingqu Xiao family, Canghai Weisheng family, where is Xu Ruqing from
Yan Qing said: "Have you ever thought that maybe the demon god is not dead."
The Demon-Slaying Formation hadn’t been able to kill her back then, so Yan Qing didn’t think that the fire in Shifang City would completely destroy her.
Xie Shiyi looked back at him and nodded, "So I want to find an opportunity to go to Zijinzhou and visit the four hundred and eighty temples."
Yan Qing thought for a moment, "So you took me away from Nanzezhou?" Yan Qing reacted very quickly and analyzed, "After Qin Changxi gets out, he will definitely tell the Qin family about your ruthless destruction and Liuli's heartbreak. Plus with my identity in the Demon Realm, they will definitely accuse you of a crime that they don't even know about and you'll be wanted by the entire Upper Heaven."
"If your reputation is ruined, then the four hundred and eighty temples that have been carried out in secret because of your opposition will be exposed by the Qin family."
"Jing Ruyu's death in there further proves that what happened in the Tinglan Secret Realm is unusual. Even if Jing Ruchen wants to exonerate you after she gets out, she can't explain my identity clearly."
As Yan Qing was talking, he started laughing: "Yaoyao, are we considered to be on the run now?"
Xie Shiyi also smiled softly upon hearing this: "Maybe."
Yan Qing whistled in a frivolous manner and said with a smile: "We should really let Heng Bai come over to see how powerful I, a grassroots son-in-law of the Wangqing Sect, am. Now he is not just eloping with his eldest daughter, but has automatically entered the exile stage."
Xie Shiyi chose to pretend not to hear his nonsense.
Yan Qing had been forced to give a map by Bu Zhi before. Thinking that Xie Shiyi needed to heal his wounds, Yan Qing planned to stay in Bu Zhi's cave for a while. As they walked, it was already night. The forest path became deeper and deeper, and the shadows of the trees became denser and denser.
The map drawn by Bu Zhi was entirely based on Yan Qing's reasoning. He walked behind him and felt it was troublesome, so he directly pulled Bu Zhi out and let him lead the way. Bu Zhi was past the stage of excitement. He had just swallowed the nightmare and felt drowsy. He rubbed his eyes with his paws, cursing as he walked towards his home.
It can find the way here with its eyes closed.
So very quickly, Yan Qing arrived in front of its cave.
When I first heard Buzhi bragging, I thought it had dug a hole for itself and used it as its home, but I didn't expect that this black thing could actually be quite exquisite after being rotten.
Green vines cascaded down from the stone walls, weaving a curtain that stretched inward like a river. Fireflies flew around inside, illuminating the cave.
Bu Dezhi was so sleepy that he didn't even have time to brag to Yan Qing. He just curled himself up in a hole made of some beautifully colored rocks and fell into a deep sleep.
Yan Qing heard the sound of water and walked inside with Xie Shiyi, where they found a clear pool.
Yan Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Shiyi was wearing a red shirt, and the bloodstains were not clearly visible, but he must have had many injuries. The two of them were afraid to use their spiritual power recklessly, so they could use the pool water to clean his wounds. His injuries were not serious, so Yan Qing did not enter the water, but just said: "You should treat your wounds in the pool first, and I will stay by your side."
Xie Shiyi looked up at him, and without hesitation, he slowly untied his belt, his black hair cascading down, revealing his smooth and straight back. Yan Qing silently looked away.
The pool is pure natural, and few people go near it. This is Buzhi's cave, and Buzhi is naturally afraid of water. It is estimated that in the past hundred years, only Xie Shiyi has bathed here.
There was a black stone beside the pond. Yan Qing slowly sat down beside it, picked up a piece of green grass, and muttered, "Since I'm on the run, I should seize the time to practice now."
He had been practicing foolishly in Yuqing Peak before, which resulted in him only being in the early stage of Yuanying now. He thought that the Qingyun Conference would be the time for him to shine, but he didn't expect so many things to happen in the Tinglan Secret Realm.
The chill of the pool water slightly wet Xie Shiyi's eyelashes. He looked over at her and said, "Aren't you going to use the Yaoguang Qin to measure your sea of consciousness?"
Yan Qing waved his hand: "I've told you everything. Why are you still obsessed with the Yaoguang Qin? Don't you have the Thousand Lanterns?"