Slender fingers touched Duan Xifeng's face.
In his blurred consciousness, he seemed to see the person he most wished to see.
"A Ying... you... you're here... No, don't look at me, I... I'm too ugly."
Fearing that his beloved would see him in this state, Ouyang Qinglin pushed Duan Xifeng aside with a wave of his hand.
He lay on the ground, covering his face with his sleeve.
Duan Xifeng looked at Ouyang Qinglin's actions.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for Ouyang Qinglin.
"Guoshi, it's me, I am Duan Xifeng."
Duan Xifeng pressed Ouyang Qinglin's wrist, wanting to make Ouyang Qinglin see clearly that the person before him was not Gu Qianying but himself.
"Pfft!"
The moment he turned his gaze.
Ouyang Qinglin spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Guoshi!"
Duan Xifeng exclaimed.
Severely injured, Ouyang Qinglin finally fainted into Duan Xifeng's arms.
To shake off the "tails" chasing them.
Duan Xifeng, carrying the injured Ouyang Qinglin, took advantage of the darkness and fled down the mountain along a small path.
Along the way, after much effort, he finally carried Ouyang Qinglin to a small town.
It was already early morning the next day.
Exhausted, disheveled, and drained of all strength, Duan Xifeng, carrying Ouyang Qinglin, knelt outside a pharmacy.
The next day.
Duan Xifeng slowly woke up.
He suddenly found himself in a strange place.
The room was simply decorated, the door was closed, and there was no one inside.
He got up, opened the door, and walked out.
All he saw was a peach blossom forest, fragrant and beautiful, with pink petals dancing in the wind.
"Where is this?"
With no one around, Duan Xifeng was perplexed.
At the same time, after searching, he could not find any trace of Ouyang Qinglin.
Just as he was growing anxious, a man in a moon-white robe arrived with two maids.
"This is Yi Jing Ge."
Meng Qinghua said with a smile.
As he approached Duan Xifeng, without waiting for Duan Xifeng to ask, he explained why he had saved Duan Xifeng and Ouyang Qinglin, and the entire story of their arrival.
Upon learning that Meng Qinghua was also an old acquaintance of Gu Qianying.
Duan Xifeng let down his guard and recounted everything that had happened during this period.
"Where is Ouyang Qinglin now? His injuries...?"
Duan Xifeng was still quite worried about Ouyang Qinglin.
"Follow me."
With that,
Meng Qinghua led Duan Xifeng to a side room.
After opening the door.
Duan Xifeng saw Ouyang Qinglin, naked and soaking in a medicinal tub, his eyes closed, still unconscious.
"He is too severely injured and his vital energy is depleted. He needs to be healed with extraordinary methods, and soaking in medicinal wine is necessary for his complete recovery."
At the same time.
In the back mountain of the Wu clan tribe.
Snowflakes fell all over the sky.
Jiaolong A Mu respectfully followed Gu Qianying, holding an umbrella for her.
Gu Qianying, with her red hair and red robes, watched the snowflakes drift past her.
Her exquisite face and alluring red lips were the only breathtaking sight amidst the snow-covered mountains.
Before her, not far away, rows of graves stood side by side.
Each grave was inscribed with a name.
Tianji Wu Chang, Wu Yao Er, Wu Zhi Ruo, Yin Shan Liu Zi (Zi Chi, Zi Mei, Zi Wang, Zi Liang, Zi Xiu, Zi Xiao)
Gu Qianying had buried all these people here.
Looking at each grave, she remembered the past of each person buried there.
She glanced back at the carriage behind her.
At this hour, her husband Nangong Mo should be asleep.
Du Chun and Meng Yi rode horses, guarding the carriage on both sides.
Gu Qianying turned her gaze back to the gravestones, which were being swallowed by the snow.
Her thin lips parted.
"Zhi Ruo, Wu Chang, Wu Yi, Yin Shan Liu Zi, I will avenge you."
Her red hair fluttered wildly behind her.
She withdrew her gaze, turned, and swept her eyes over the dark corners where pairs of soulless eyes glowed green.
She spread her arms.
Jiaolong A Mu retreated to the side.
He closed his umbrella and waited quietly.
Gu Qianying tilted her head back and closed her eyes.
White snowflakes landed on her red hair, shoulders, feet, and all over her body.
"I am the Demon Empress, and all demons in the world bow to me. Spirit, return and be loyal to your Queen. Heaven and Earth coexist!"
Her fingertips seemed to be entwined with black mist, and a dark purple halo appeared around her.
A strong wind rose, and layers of snowflakes swirled behind her.
At this moment, all the evil spirits hiding in the darkness appeared.
They existed as black shadows, behaving like ordinary people.
They walked to Gu Qianying and knelt down in unison.
They said in unison: "We pay homage to the Demon Empress, may the Empress live for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years."
Lowering her arms, Gu Qianying stood with her hands behind her back, looking at the thousands of evil spirits kneeling at her feet.
She narrowed her eyes coldly.
From the moment the "man-eating demon" appeared in her dreams, she then met Meng Zhiyuan, who had interacted with her master, Old Man Bai, in her past life.
This was followed by the deaths of Tianji Wu Chang, Wu Yi, Wu Zhi Ruo, and the Yin Shan Liu Zi.
Every step she had taken felt as if someone was manipulating it.
It felt even more like she was being guided to do something.
Thinking of this.
A glint flashed in her cold eyes.
Since someone wanted this Demon Empress to become an enemy of the righteous people of the world.
Then she would grant their wish!
Even if she could not turn back on this path, she would not!
To contend with demons, one must first become a demon to find a way to survive, must they not?
In the distance.
Du Chun, sitting on his horse, looked at Gu Qianying, who was surrounded by shadowy figures.
At this moment, he finally understood the true reason why he had lost to Nangong Mo.
He lacked the ability to stand behind Gu Qianying and be the man who protected her.
Gu Qianying was too strong, so strong that in front of her, he was just a minor character.
A useless person who still needed her protection.
How could such an incompetent him be worthy of standing behind her!
Inside the carriage, the two old men were taking care of Nangong Mo.
Old Man Guo felt the abnormality outside, lifted the curtain, and looked out.
When he saw the shadowy figures kneeling at Gu Qianying's feet.
His gaze shifted from surprise to gloom.
He looked up at the gray, colorless sky.
He sighed and said, "Old Man Wu, the celestial phenomena are abnormal. I fear the Six Realms are about to fall into chaos."
Old Man Wu, who had just wiped the sweat from Nangong Mo's cheeks.
He followed Guo Lao Tou's gaze and looked outside.
As if he had already anticipated such a "major event."
After covering Nangong Mo with a blanket, he turned to Guo Lao Tou.
"Even if the Empress becomes the Demon Empress and summons evil spirits to her service, she is still different from those insidious demonic beings."
"Old Man Guo, remember this, she is our Empress, the only one who can save the Immortal Realm. The Empress and the Lotus Emperor will surely live the life they desire, they definitely will!"
Hearing this.
Guo Lao Tou nodded.
"Yes! Old Man Wu, you are right. No matter what the Empress becomes, she is still our Immortal Realm's Empress. Besides, the Empress has a little Lotus Emperor in her belly. With this alone, the Empress will not turn into a truly evil person."
As the two old men were talking, they had no idea that Nangong Mo, lying in the carriage behind them, had already opened his eyes...