jdhmnovel Chapter 187 Meeting Again, But They Are Strangers
Chapter 187 Meeting Again, But They Are Strangers
One year later, it was spring.
Xie Wanning woke up.
"Where am I?" Xie Wanning rubbed her eyes, yawned, and got out of bed.
She remembered being ambushed by members of the Shadow Pavilion on her way back to the black market, which resulted in serious injuries. Qin Muyang arrived in time to save her, but she couldn't remember anything after that.
Xie Wanning straightened her clothes. She was wearing a white fairy robe, and her long hair was tied up high with a red ribbon. She looked spirited and energetic.
She opened the door and saw a patch of peach blossoms blooming right in front of it.
Peach blossoms cover the mountains and fields, their delicate pink petals fluttering in the air. Sunlight shines on the vibrant peach blossoms, making the garden even more beautiful with springtime.
"Master!" Xie Wanning rushed towards Lin Xuanjin, who was walking towards her, and Lin Xuanjin gently hugged her, his face full of joy.
"Wan Ning, you're finally awake! You've been asleep for a year!" Lin Xuanjin's eyes reddened with excitement as he looked at his lively eldest disciple, feeling very gratified.
"I'm sorry, Master. I've made you worry," Xie Wanning said with shame. Her being killed by Ye Qianqian in the Divine Realm had probably worried her master for a long time. She could never protect herself and made people worry because of her.
"It's alright. Now that you're standing safely in front of me, Master has nothing to worry about." Lin Xuanjin smiled and patted Xie Wanning's head.
"Master, where are my junior brothers and sisters? I haven't seen them at all." Xie Wanning looked left and right, but didn't see Meng Qingyue and the others.
Lin Xuanjin frowned slightly and sighed, "Your junior brothers and sisters have gone to the Demon Realm. A war has broken out between humans and demons. The demons want to invade human territory, and as cultivators, we naturally have to intervene. Although the Twilight Snow Sect has been ostracized for over a year, in this great battle for the survival of humanity, the Twilight Snow Sect cannot stand idly by. We must fulfill our responsibility without hesitation." Lin Xuanjin's tone became more serious as he gazed into the distance, seemingly looking in the direction of the demons.
"Then what are we waiting for, Master? Let's go help!" Xie Wanning took out the Luoze Sword. She couldn't let the demon race invade human territory and bully her junior brothers and sisters.
“Wait a minute, Wan Ning. You can’t appear in front of others as Xu Weilin now. Everyone thinks you’re dead. You can’t ‘come back to life.’ So, you have to change your identity. You are Brother Xie’s daughter, which is my niece. I’ll call you Xiao Ning from now on!” Lin Xuanjin suggested.
"Master is indeed very thoughtful." Xie Wanning went to look for the veil in the storage bag, which was the magical artifact that Qin Muyang had given her to cover her face, but she couldn't find it.
Could she have lost it sometime ago? That was so careless.
Xie Wanning could only wear a simple veil when she came to her master's side.
"Aren't you going to change your appearance?" Lin Xuanjin asked doubtfully.
"No." Xie Wanning recalled the past two years of hiding and hiding, and a sense of exhaustion welled up inside her. Her appearance was given to her by her parents, and she wanted to show people her true face.
"Okay." Lin Xuanjin took out a teleportation talisman and handed it to Xie Wanning. The two arrived at the border between the demon race and the human race—Qianmu Forest.
The once vast and boundless forest has become a raging inferno. The corpses of humans and demons piled up like mountains, replacing the lush trees; rivers were burned dry by the flames, with only blood flowing through them; the once vibrant spirit beasts became the victims of cultivators' blades, their joyful cries now gone.
"Master, is this war?" Xie Wanning trembled uncontrollably. She couldn't believe that this was the peaceful and tranquil Thousand Tree Forest she remembered. The sea of fire before her was no different from hell on earth.
Lin Xuanjin nodded heavily, drew his sword, and charged into the battle, becoming a "soldier" of the human race.
Xie Wanning held the Luoze Sword in her hand, but was completely unable to move.
Will she also pick up a cold sword and blindly slaughter those spirit beasts and demons? Can she only watch helplessly as all this happens, without any way to stop it?
"what!"
A scream came from behind Xie Wanning. A demon was cut in half and lay lifeless on the ground, while the Guichen Sword was stained with bright red blood.
"What are you standing there for, waiting to be killed? Foolish master, don't let your overflowing sympathy ruin you." Guichen mocked, instantly severing several more demons: "Master, see clearly, they are your enemies, they have come to kill you. Swing your sword, don't hesitate any longer."
Xie Wanning looked at the Luoze sword in her hand, but hesitated to make a move.
Her sword was never drawn for pointless fighting; she had to do something to stop it all.
"Look! It's the Demon Queen Qingqiu Yu! Everyone, kill her quickly!" someone shouted.
Xie Wanning turned around and saw Qingqiu Yu in the sky.
She soared through the sky, exuding an air of dominance. Her bright yellow robe was embroidered with the totem of a nine-tailed fox, and beneath the surging golden waves at the hem, her sleeves billowed high in the wind. Her enchanting face shone in the morning light, radiating an undeniable majesty and innate nobility. The entire demon emanated a kingly aura that shook the world, and her nine tails blotted out the sun, plunging darkness into the entire forest.
Qingqiu Yu held a purple bow and arrow, and fired five arrows at once. The bow and arrow quickly split into fifty smaller arrows, instantly piercing the hearts of fifty cultivators.
As one cultivator fell to the ground, the others remained unresponsive. Their eyes were lifeless; they were all bewitched by Qing Qiuyu, unable to move, and could only watch helplessly as the demon race killed them.
Although Qingqiu Yu's appearance was vastly different, Xie Wanning still sensed a familiar aura emanating from her. Especially the look of joy mixed with shame on Qingqiu Yu's face the moment she saw her.
Xie Wanning slashed a blade at Qing Qiuyu, and in an instant, she was beside Qing Qiuyu. She grabbed Qing Qiuyu's hand and said, "Qiu Ling, you'd better explain what happened? How did you become the Demon Emperor?"
A flash of golden light, and Qingqiu Yu was pulled into Xie Wanning's domain.
Upon entering the domain, Qing Qiuyu shook off Xie Wanning's hand and sneered, "Xie Wanning, I am now the Demon Emperor Qing Qiuyu, not Qiuling. I will no longer be the little fox who used to fawn over you. The great war between the demon race and the human race is still at a critical moment, and I must return immediately. The demon race needs me!"
"Qiu Ling, why did you lie to me?" Xie Wan Ning asked incredulously.
"I am just a demon. If I didn't disguise myself, you humans would have killed me long ago. Xie Wanning, let's not talk about the past anymore. I only impersonated Qiu Ling to gather intelligence on the human race. There's no need for us to pretend to be sisters anymore," Qing Qiuyu said coldly.
"Qiu Ling, it's not like that..." Xie Wan Ning refused to believe what she was hearing. Why had everything changed when she woke up?
"Xie Wanning, now that the human race and the demon race are entangled, whose side are you going to take?"
"Of course, we are humans. However, as long as you stop the war, we will still be..."
“No, we can never be as close as before. I am the Demon Emperor, I bear the lives of countless demons on my shoulders, while you are just a human cultivator, unable to do anything. So, go to sleep, everything will be over.” A purple light flashed in Qing Qiu Yu’s eyes, and she unleashed her seductive charm. Xie Wan Ning froze on the spot, then collapsed to the ground and fell asleep with a thud.
Qingqiu Yu stepped forward, took Xie Wanning's three space stones, and crushed them one by one.
Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger appeared one after another.
"My lords, the demon race is facing annihilation. As the Demon Emperor, I implore you to come forward and help us," Qingqiu Yu said respectfully.
What happened to the demon race?
“In the past six months, many cracks have appeared in the demon realm, emanating chaotic energy. The number of demonized spiritual herbs and beasts has increased abnormally. The demon realm is no longer suitable for the demon race to survive. Only by competing with the human race for territory can the demon race still have a chance to survive,” Qing Qiuyu explained.
Chaos energy is a mixture of spiritual energy and demonic energy.
The three divine beasts exchanged glances and nodded. They were divine beasts who protected the world and were also spirit beasts worshipped by the demon race. Now that the demon race was facing a life-or-death moment, they naturally had to seek a way out for the demon race.
As for Xie Wanning, Qingqiu Yu teleported her to the Demon Emperor's Palace, intending to explain after she woke up.
However, the great war between humans and demons will never stop!