285. Inner Demons
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It was a cold night.
The wind was blowing.
In the sky, there were even bursts of dry thunder, like a silver snake dancing.
There were two people, standing on the edge of the cliff not far away.
The woman is in the front, and the man is in the back.
The woman had her back to the man, making it difficult to see her face.
"You're you again? Why do you keep appearing in my dreams...... The man frowned and looked at the woman on the edge of the cliff.
As always, the woman still hasn't looked back...... There was no response to his words......
"Why aren't you silent?" The man took a step forward, but no matter how much he took a step, the distance between him and the woman was still not far away.
Can't reach ......
"Why don't you answer me!" The man seemed a little angry, and he struggled to break free from the restraints of his dream and rushed towards the woman.
He originally wanted to drag the woman with her back to him and turn around, but the next moment, somehow, a short blade with an arc of lightning appeared in his hand, piercing the woman's back.
"No~!!"
A heart-rending shout broke through the quiet night sky of the Demon Yang Mansion.
"Huhuhu~" Yang Yunhai, the general of the demon slayer, is wearing a single coat at the moment. Sitting on the bed panting. Apparently awakened by a nightmare.
"Again...... It's that dream again......" Yang Yunhai's chest rose and fell. Talk to oneself.
He still remembered that in his dream, the woman he had never met repeated the words: "Eternal life, eternal eternity, never see ...... again"
Inexplicably, his heart suddenly ached, and it seemed that there were thousands of hammers chiseling.
"You...... Who are you...... Why do you appear in my dreams day and night......" he said, slowly pulling a weapon from his bosom.
It was a blade as thin as a cicada's wing, and the cold light was cold. The arc jumped slightly, exactly the same as the short blade in the dream!!
The moonlight shone through the crack in the window, shining on the short blade, and the blade flashed with a cold light, illuminating Yang Yunhai's appearance.
His thick palm, touching the facial bones, "stabbed", actually tore off a human skin mask with a faint aura?!
As soon as the mask left his body, it was like the melting of snow in early spring. Turned into a cloud of flesh-colored mud......
At this time, looking at the cold blade surface, it looks like a thirty-five or sixteen person. At most, it is the appearance of a young man of twenty-eight or nine.
If Fang Lingjun was here, he would definitely be surprised to recognize that this person with meticulous hair combed and Qingyun liver qi revealed between his eyebrows was not Ji Wuping, but which one was it?!!!
Looking at the mirror image refracted in the blade, Ji Wuping, or the current Yang Yunhai, said to himself in confusion: "I...... Who is ......? ”
As he muttered to himself, his mind suddenly flashed over the athletic figure in the Colosseum.
For some reason, since he saw that woman for the first time, his heart began to beat uncontrollably...... At first, he was unimpressed, thinking that he was attracted to beauty just like the rest of the world...... But the more he went to the back, the more he realized that the feeling of déjà vu was so strong...... So much so that later, unconsciously, he had confused 001 with the figure that often appeared in his dreams......
In the dark, there was always a voice reminding him that the two of them ...... It's the same woman!!
"You...... Who is it...... Who am I, who am I......? Yes~!!!! The more he thought about it, the more doubts in Yang Yunhai's eyes became, so that suddenly, he had a splitting headache, his eyes were red, and he screamed!
"General~! Checkmate~! What's wrong with you?! ”
Outside the house, there was the sound of clothes and footsteps, and the flames surged.
It was obviously someone from the General's Mansion, who was awakened by Yang Yunhai's heart-rending shout.
After hearing the sound outside the house, Yang Yunhai's red eyes gradually turned clear......
At that moment just now, I was almost attacked by the demons?! It's dangerous!!
Then he said in a hoarse and tired voice: "It's nothing, I had a nightmare, let's retreat." ”
"Yes, General." When he heard this, all the servants outside the house had disappeared, and only one was still standing outside.
The man's eyes showed concern, hesitated for a moment, but still bit his lip and said timidly: "Will ...... Jun, you ...... Is it really okay......"
After a long time, a sigh sounded in the room: "Stand down." ”
The worry between the woman's eyebrows did not fade, but she didn't dare to disobey Yang Yunhai's order, so she could only twist her skirt and leave step by step.
"Squeak~~~"
When the woman was gone, the door opened without wind.
Yang Yunhai walked out of it.
At this time, he had already put the mud that could change his appearance back on his face.
"No, I have to go see her!" After saying this, Yang Yunhai directly threw out a flying magic weapon and escaped from the General's Mansion.
At this moment, a woman slowly turned out of some inconspicuous dark corner.
"I finally got the opportunity to make a contribution~!" The corners of the woman's mouth lifted slightly, and a trace of eagerness and excitement flashed in her eyes.
She didn't think about it, and quickly took out a long-distance transmission note from her arms: "Report to the eldest prince, the situation is different tonight, that person's heart demon has flare up again, and this time is very different from the past?!" Leaving the ...... in a hurry Not~! ”
However, before the woman finished speaking, she snorted, only to feel a sharp tearing pain in her chest.
She glanced down and saw a bloody palm, which actually ran from her back to her chest!!
With fear on her face, the woman slowly turned her head......
"You...... It's ...... you?! You...... Betrayal ...... Prince, Great ...... The prince will not ...... I won't let you go...... Target......!!! ”
Before dying, the woman was still struggling to launch the transmission note, but the owner of the bloody hand. How could she be given a chance?!
So I only heard the sound of "poof". The woman's chest. It was twisted out of a huge hole.
Dead too much to die again!
"Anyone~! Don't even try to hurt the general...... Even if it's the Great Prince! I will never allow it~! ”
The man took out a handkerchief, and with a gentle movement, slowly wiped away the blood stains on his hands, revealing the corners of the gloves intertwined with gold and jade......
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West Demon City, located in the center of the West Demon Domain, is the largest and most prosperous city and county in the West Demon Domain.
On it stands the "West Demon Palace", the largest cultivation force in the Western Demon Domain!
At this time, the West Demon City was more lively than before, and there were crowds of people everywhere. Heavy traffic.
The reason for this is that the 30-year Gu Fighting Contest is about to begin.
So the scattered cultivators from all over the place gathered here, wanting to see the glory of the Gu Fighting Competition!
Underground dungeon, in a stone chamber with an ancient atmosphere.
A white-haired old man sat cross-legged on the futon and said to himself: "Yunhai, do you know that this underground dungeon is not a ...... that a person with official rank like you can come? ”
As he spoke, he suddenly opened his eyes. He glanced straight at the man standing across from him and bowed down respectfully, and said, "If it weren't for the deity stopping you in time." You've committed trespassing! Even the deity can't keep your ......! You should know that the deity is in charge of the laws of the demon prison, so you must not cheat and seek death......"
Hearing this, Yang Yunhai bent down respectfully: "Yunhai knows, it's just ......"
"No, it's just that!" Demon Venerable waved his hand and interrupted: "No nobleman is allowed to step into the demon prison for half a step, even if it is a prison visitor, it is not allowed!" It's the law! Besides, don't you look at what time it is, the palace master's old injuries are getting worse and worse, and all forces are staring at the position of the palace master of the West Demon Palace, and you are the most beloved demon slaying general in the Western Lands by mortals and cultivators, you say...... How long can you remain neutral...... Therefore, you must be extra careful not to make a wrong step......"
"Got it, Demon Venerable......" Yang Yunhai hugged his fists.
The Demon Venerable nodded, then frowned again, "...... On weekdays, you are very cautious and disciplined, why are you so out of shape today? ”
After thinking for a moment, Yang Yunhai hugged his fists and said: "Back to the Demon Venerable, Yunhai had that nightmare again, and it almost caused the demon again...... Therefore, Yun Hai wants to find someone in the dungeon......" As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at the white-haired old man, and then continued: "Yun Hai thinks that person may know Yun Hai's life and past ......."
"You mean, 001 ......?"
Yang Yunhai glanced at the white-haired old man in surprise, and then nodded: "Yes, Yunhai thinks that she is very similar to the figure in Yunhai's dream......
Hearing this, the Demon Venerable shook his head lightly.
"When the deity passed by the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, he saved you, who had been deeply trapped in the demons and were dying...... At that time, you had already been corrupted by demons and didn't know what to do...... But that was 25 years ago, according to what you said, if that 001 is really the woman of your dreams, then, from her cultivation at that time, even if she is a genius, even if she is much younger than you, she will have at least two decades of life, right? And even more than that! So, by this day, she must be over sixty or seventy years old! ”
Hearing this, Yang Yunhai nodded slightly, indicating that he agreed with this statement.
The Demon Venerable continued: "But that 001 was personally given the Demon Slave Seal by the deity...... Although the deity has not personally probed her bone age, she can distinguish many things from a person's breath with just one sweep of the deity's infancy divine thoughts. That 001, there is no trace of old age in the body, and there is no residual erysipelas in the body, judging by its appearance, it should be a real seventeen or eighteen-year-old mortal girl, there is no doubt here! ”
Indeed, as the old man said, although the Yangyan Pill and the Zhuyan Pill can keep people's appearance for a few years, they need to be swallowed continuously for a period of time.
It is very easy to see the people who take the pill to maintain their fixed appearance, because although their faces are still beautiful and young, they can not hide the eyes of the cultivators with the increasing age of the years!
The more you take, the stronger the breath of time becomes! The anti-aging effect of the elixir will also slowly decrease and weaken!
For those who have just taken it and only taken a few pills, the qi of the years may not be so strong, but for high-level monks, if they scan their bodies at will, they can easily distinguish from the erysipelas that have a very beautiful pill in their bodies!
Therefore, those female cultivators who have lived for hundreds of years and are still young and beautiful in the eyes of mortals, their age cannot deceive the eyes of cultivators!
The old man was right, Fang Lingjun had never taken beauty pills such as the Nourishing Pill and the Zhuyan Pill.
However, the ghost water secret she cultivated was a rare magic skill that had its own anti-beauty effect!
In fact, if it was just the Ghost Water Demon Skill, even if her face could remain at twenty-one or two, she would not be able to hide the breath of time on her body.
But the problem is that she sucked a full two-thirds of the Chitose Enchanting Miasma Origin of the Paradise Valley into her body!!
What is a Chitose Enchanting Miasma?!
The three purest and most beautiful auras in the world!
Even if she didn't have the help of the ghost water true technique, she could instantly restore her appearance when she was nineteen years old, and the breath of time on her body would not grow again until the moment she died!!
So, Mo said that the old man just glanced at Fang Lingjun, that is, he probed the pulse into the body, as long as he didn't check the bone age carefully, he couldn't know Fang Lingjun's true age!
"O sea of clouds, although the deity doesn't know what happened to you back then, it can make you crazy, and thinking about that woman must be very important to you...... Only, since it has passed, let him pass...... Who are you? Who is that woman? In fact, it doesn't matter, don't let this cause the demon in your heart to ......"
After being silent for a long time, Yang Yunhai lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I know, Demon Venerable...... The sea of clouds retreats ......"
However, from beginning to end, he buried his head down, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly.
Looking at Yang Yunhai, who respectfully exited the stone gate, the Demon Venerable shook his head and sighed: "Barrier...... Barrier ...... The devil is born of the heart......"
…… (To be continued......)