klisemfg Chapter 224 Persuasion
Chapter 224 Persuasion
Liu Jun never believed in coincidences.
Especially since this is the territory of the Fire Hidden Sect, and Danle is a member of the Fire Hidden Sect, while Qi Guanmo was also a disciple of the former sect leader of the Fire Hidden Sect.
The latter seems more likely.
Does Qi Guanmo have brothers?
The book doesn't describe Qi Guanmo much, and since the events in the Demon Realm are over, he has even less to do with the rest of the story.
Lu Xihan appeared here to fetch medicine for Ran Rensha, but why did he go to the Demon Realm afterwards?
Oh, I remember now, it seems like it was to hide from the Demon Lord, but then again... why would they go to steal an opportunity?
Liu Jun held his forehead with one hand, feeling inexplicably dizzy.
"...Never mind, it's none of my business."
Looking up at the snow-covered sky beyond the city's protective barrier, it was dark and heavy but not oppressive, and no cold air seemed to seep in. It was cold, though, especially now that it was approaching evening, and even colder than during the day.
Just as I was about to walk back to the inn, I ran into an acquaintance again.
"Qing Li Ye?"
No, it should be Qing Liye in disguise. He doesn't reveal his demonic aura and at first glance, he just looks like an ordinary cultivator with a handsome appearance.
Putting everything else aside, even if he completely concealed his aura, he would still be much more conspicuous than the people around him.
Why is he here?
The injuries healed so quickly? Liu Jun deliberately chose where to strike; those injuries would never have fully healed in less than a hundred years.
And his gaze fell precisely on her, filled with inquiry and questions.
Liu Jun walked towards him unhurriedly and asked casually, "Are you hungry?"
Qing Liye remained silent, his eyes never leaving her.
Liu Jun walked past him and said, "Let's go, I'm a little hungry. There's a stall up ahead that makes pretty good wontons."
Regardless of whether the people behind her were following, Liu Jun walked at a leisurely pace. The stall was just a few steps ahead and a left turn away. She had eaten there once before and found it to her liking.
As evening approached, the stall was still quite crowded, and the owner was efficiently serving customers.
Liu Jun found an empty table and sat down naturally, then called out, "Boss, two bowls of wontons."
The shopkeeper replied warmly, "Alright, fellow immortal, please wait a moment."
A moment later, someone sat down in the empty seat opposite them. Without a doubt, it was Qing Liye who would later become a star.
"I didn't know that even a half-step immortal would eat grains. Don't you cultivators all have the practice of abstaining from grains?"
"After fasting for a long time, you'll eventually crave the taste of grains, right? How do you know I don't like to eat?"
Qing Liye scoffed: "Heh, human cultivators are all hypocrites."
"Here are some wontons for you two immortal friends. Enjoy them."
Before long, the owner brought out two bowls of wontons.
The wontons are fragrant, each one with a thin wrapper and generous filling, yet they are made with ordinary meat, not spirit beast meat. Customers keep coming in droves, which shows that they have put a lot of effort into them.
Liu Jun removed the veil from her face, picked up her chopsticks, and her expression seemed to brighten: "Eat first, the flavor will be diminished if it gets cold."
After saying that, she didn't care whether the person opposite her was still staring at her, and started eating one bite after another.
She ate slowly and didn't put on airs, which made her look pleasant. Moreover, with each bite, a hint of enjoyment would appear in her eyes, as if the food was really that delicious.
Qing Liye glanced down at the bowl of steaming wontons in front of her, picked up a spoon, scooped up half a spoonful of soup, paused for a moment before putting it in her mouth.
Hmm, it's acceptable.
He then picked up a wonton and put it in his mouth. The taste was something he had never tried before, but it wasn't bad. Qing Liye also ate it silently.
The owner is a very honest person; it took them fifteen minutes to finish a bowl of wontons.
"How is it? The taste is really good, isn't it?"
Qing Liye replied without any expression, "It's acceptable."
The demon realm is perpetually shrouded in demonic energy, and the food there is far from fresh; it's simply cooked to be edible, and certainly not delicious.
Qing Liye often travels outside, but rarely eats the food available there. After all, his cultivation level is already so high that, although the Demon Clan does not practice abstaining from grains, it doesn't really matter whether he eats or not.
Moreover, he is a very wary person. The pause he made just now was to smell if anything had been added. This should be the first time he has actually eaten anything here.
Liu Jun did not rush to put the mermaid veil back on, but looked at him with a gentle expression.
"Speak, why have you come to me when your injuries haven't healed yet?"
Even though he tried his best to hide it, the half-step immortal could still tell from thin air that his injuries had not fully healed.
Qing Liye remained silent for a moment, then Mu looked up and stared directly at her, as if trying to see right through her:
"You said you saved me, when, what year and what month?"
Liu Jun looked at him, but his expression remained unchanged: "You came to find me just for this?"
"Yes."
Liu Jun raised an eyebrow: "If I tell you, will you be able to return to the Demon Realm?"
Qingliye remained silent.
As expected, Liu Jun added, "The Demon Realm is restless. If it weren't for you, the Demon Lord, keeping it in check, who knows what kind of terrible disaster would have occurred. I don't want the continent to be in turmoil."
Qing Liye scoffed: "Don't you find it ridiculous to say these things to a demon lord?"
Liu Jun smiled and said, "So, you have to go back."
Qing Liye's eyes darkened: "If I insist on staying, or raise an army, what can you do about it?"
Liu Jun looked at him calmly and said, "Then I will kill you, and then slaughter everyone in the Demon Realm, leaving no one alive."
Qing Liye's expression hardened: "Heh, arrogant."
"You can't kill all the demons in this world..."
Liu Jun looked around, his eyes filled with an inscrutable emotion.
"We can't kill them all, but at least we can cut off the demon realm's ability to do evil."
"..."
After a long silence, Qing Liye suddenly asked, "What are you afraid of?"
Liu Jun's eyes went unfocused for a moment: "I'm afraid, of fate... I'm afraid that the inevitable outcome has never changed..."
"The cause and effect in this world have their own way."
"Qing Liye, I don't want to kill anyone, I don't want to kill you, and I don't want to annihilate the Demon Realm. Listen to me, go back. And it's best if nothing ever happens in the Demon Realm, otherwise..."
Liu Jun gave a weak smile: "Otherwise..."
This was the first time she had called out his name, and at that moment, she was just like a mortal, an ant, easily crushed by that ethereal thing, without any strength to resist.
And they are all ants.
Qing Liye remained silent for a long time. The sky gradually darkened, and the surrounding area was adorned with lanterns.
He always knew that the outside world was beautiful and wonderful, while the Demon Realm was a place that would never change, oppressive, and made people bloodthirsty, manic, and perverted.
He disliked, even loathed, that place, which is why he wanted to possess it and make it his world—he had always wanted to.
But as long as this person in front of him was still there, he knew he would never have a chance.
I still want to know the answer.
Liu Jun looked into his eyes and replied:
"Xiguan, Huangsha Village, has been uninhabited for a long time. A mother and child once lived there. The mother was mentally unstable and always treated the child badly. The child had many injuries on his body."
Qing Liye's eyes grew darker and darker.
Liu Jun said calmly, "That child, isn't that you?"
His fist, hidden in his sleeve, clenched tighter and tighter, and his expression grew increasingly somber.
"I killed that woman."
I killed that woman.
The taut string in my heart, those past moments I desperately tried to forget, are vividly clear, scene by scene, and have never been erased.
Qing Liye's lips gradually curled up, and the madness in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.
"Killed...killed...good riddance!!!"
"She deserves to die, she should have died long ago!"
But the next second, he withdrew the ferocity from his eyes, which turned into a stagnant, inky black as he looked at Liu Jun with a smile on his face but no smile in his eyes.
"You saved me, and I should repay you."
Liu Jun remained silent. She seemed to have forgotten that Qing Liye was never a good person; he was a pervert who had long been driven mad by torture.
The only person who ever spoke of repaying kindness was Lu Xihan.
However, Liu Jun remained expressionless.
"Now that you've finished eating and heard the story, it's time for you to go back."
Qing Liye smiled and said, "Since the immortal has already saved me, why not save me again?"
Liu Jun looked into his eyes again, raised her hand and brushed it across her face; the veil was already on.
"You should go back."
Why does a celestial being, who has descended to earth, still reveal murderous intent in his eyes?