Chapter 55: Exile
Under the dark and lightless Demon Suppression Tower, a light suddenly turned on.
The dungeon, which had been silent almost forever in darkness, finally saw the light.
After lighting the lamp, Lihong walked inward with a box and stopped in front of a jade sarcophagus.
Inside the coffin lay a human body soaked in flesh-colored mucus, floating up and down as the bubbles in the mucus rolled, sometimes revealing toes with only a thin layer of texture attached, sometimes a snow-white skull rising, and round eyes almost rolling out of their sockets.
Behind the jade sarcophagus was a stone chair that restrained a man with almost bandages on his body. There were countless small black insects crawling on his body, and the man twisted his body from time to time, and the sound of chains clashing endlessly.
"Prince Lushi, I've come to see you." Li Hong said to the man wrapped in bandages, and then took out a bottle of medicinal powder from the box and sprinkled it evenly into the jade sarcophagus.
"What do you want to do?" Lu Shi's hostility towards him has not disappeared, and he has been locked in the dark for many years, and at first sight of the light, his eyesight has not been restored until this moment.
A layer of mist rose from the jade sarcophagus, and the flesh-colored liquid descended a little, as if it had gradually evaporated and solidified under the action of medicinal powder, and reattached to the human body.
The reshaped human body, with muscles on the bones, held on to the jade sarcophagus and wanted to climb out, but was glared at by Lihong and obediently fixed in the coffin.
"Some time ago, I was shot through my heart by the wind-breaking arrow of the flowing flame, and the spirit stone also had cracks, and I couldn't hold it anymore, so I could only come here to change my heart." Li Hong stretched out his hand, penetrated the chest of the human body inside the jade coffin, grabbed the heart that was still beating, and looked at Lu Shi, "Although this recycled material is specially prepared for you to restore your human form, it is not bad for a heart. ”
Lu Shi adapted to the light, and his blood-red eyes looked at him, watching him take out his heart and freeze it with a spell, and then wrap it in a layer of ice and seal it in a box.
He said in a hoarse voice: "You want to ask me about Ling Shan's whereabouts, so that he can change your heart for you?" ”
"Not bad." After a spell, the heartless human body was poured into the jade sarcophagus again, dissolving into bones and mucus.
"Not only to change your heart, but also to reshape your body in the future." He wiped the blood from his hands and smiled faintly.
General Lu Shi looked at him suspiciously and said, "The canyon ten miles east outside the Netherworld Hall is the entrance to the old site of the Demon Domain. After breaking that formation, a bamboo forest will appear, and Ling Shan will live in seclusion in the cave behind the bamboo forest. ”
"If you want to get him to help, you don't need to pay for a consultation, you just need to tell a story that he thinks is interesting, and leave two or three pieces of demon scale armor...... When you see him, you must not reveal the identity of the Celestial Clan, he only heals the people of the Demon Clan. Lu Shi added again.
"What a weird man." Lihong nodded in agreement, and turned off all the lights when he returned.
If the location of the Lushi at this moment is the eighth floor underground, then the Netherworld Hall is on the eighteenth floor underground. The space under the Demon Suppression Tower was not cultivated to that deep, but a natural dark river flowed beside the winding tunnels, leading him to an abyss.
Lihong protected the box and fell into the bottomless abyss along the turbulent river and the raging waterfall.
The faintly golden wind shield on his body resisted the splashing torrent and led him to a chaotic world. He walked in the chaos, the river behind him gone. In the mist, the call of the undead was heard, and the eerie laughter echoed in this ghost realm where nothing could be seen.
"Run down in one breath, don't look back at anyone, don't think about anything, and you'll find the real outlet." He remembered the trick that the young man in the Nether Temple had told him.
Once you stop, you will be entangled by the undead, fall into the demons of your heart, and never come back.
Li Hong bit the corner of his mouth, smiled bitterly, and rushed forward with his eyes closed.
In the chaos, countless faces were crossed, some were his former relatives, some were those who died at his hands, some were his enemies, and finally, there was a face exactly like him.
The man smiled lightly, his lips twitched, and he said something to him gently, his eyes as clear as the stars in the sky.
Li Hong pressed the sharp corner of the box against the stinging heart, pulled out his sword, and stabbed the man without hesitation.
In front of him, there was a slight glimmer of light, and not far ahead, there was the exit.
He stepped over the final circle and stepped into a valley scented with weeds, only to find that his face was full of tears.
He collapsed to the ground, gasping softly, the space in front of him shook, breaking open to reveal a corner of the bamboo forest inside, and out of the handsome young man in green shirts, looking at him curiously, with a puzzled gaze.
Li Hong wiped his face indiscriminately, stood up, and followed him into the bamboo forest.
"You're here for me?" The young man smiled old-fashionedly, "You know my rules, right? Since it's the first time I've come, I won't embarrass you, just tell me why you're crying like that. ”
"Can't I cry for people like me?" Li Hong asked rhetorically.
The young man paused, turned his head and stuck out his tongue at him, "I can cry, but I've never seen a big man cry like you...... Pear blossoms bring rain. ”
He deliberately paused for a moment, as if he was worried that the other party would be unhappy, but he still couldn't help but say the word.
"Okay, I'll tell you." Lihong handed him the box, and the two walked into the humble cave together.
"Lost a loved one." He raised his sword and scratched the back of his hand, and a few small scales grew from the wound, which were cut off and landed on the silver plate that the young man Lingshan obediently stretched out to butt.
"What's wrong?" Ling Shan may have been alone in the cave for a long time, and he couldn't help but get to the bottom of it.
"That's it," Li Hong stabbed his sword in the air and laughed miserably, "Died under my sword." ”
"Interesting." Ling Shan opened the box, saw the heart inside, and then looked at the person in front of him, and immediately understood that the other party wanted to change his heart.
He straightened out the shabby but clean straw mat in the cave and motioned for Lihong to lie down, a restraint that made him unconscious.
Afterwards, Ling Shan unwrapped his clothes, cleaned his hands, and used a knife to cut the flesh and skin of his heart.
In the center of the broken heart, there is a green crystal with a few extra cracks.
"Ice Spirit Stone?" Ling Shan's calm gaze suddenly changed, and he took out the spar and put it into a jar filled with most of the oily liquid.
The light red liquid glowed with a black-purple glow, and within a moment of incense, the crack in the hedron had returned to its original state.
Ling Shan fixed it in his new heart and put his heart into Lihong's chest.
"You don't have much time to live." After he woke up, Ling Shan did not hide it, "Your body has been transplanted too many times, and it has long been overwhelmed, and the blood still contains highly poisonous...... If it weren't for the spirit stones, you would have been gone. ”
"I just want to hold on for another year or two." Li Hong smiled nonchalantly, as if he already knew his situation.
"Up to one year." Ling Shan sat on the futon, took a piece of sugarcane with its roots and leaves cut off from the corner of the wall, broke it in two, and threw half of it to Lihong, "Did you transform yourself before?" ”
Li Hong took the half of the sugarcane, turned it in his hand, put it on the side of the straw mat and said, "Except for myself, no one else dare." ”
Ling Shan clicked and gnawed on the sugarcane, and after a while, he spit out the debris on the ground, and said vaguely: "I also thought about transforming myself, but unfortunately I was timid, so I had to hide here, it was not easy to be discovered, and it was safe." ”
He pointed at Lihong and said, "Why don't you eat?" Demons love sweetness, this thing is the best way to replenish energy. ”
"I ...... Not hungry. Li Hong sighed and threw back half of the sugar cane.
"Because of my timidity and low combat power, I never dared to go out of the Demon Domain, so I was very lonely." Ling Shan then gnawed again, "Every time someone comes to seek medical treatment, I want to hear them talk about things outside. In the past hundred years, you are the only one who has come, and even Prince Lushi has not come to see me......"
"You'll see him again." Li Hong smiled and comforted him, "It won't be long before I take you to see him." ”
Ling Shan put down the sugar cane, his eyes full of anticipation.
"I'll tell you a story, it's a reservation for Prince Lushi's treatment next time." Li Hong stood up, walked slowly to the entrance of the cave, and stretched his cold and stiff limbs slightly.
Ling Shan sat behind him and listened to him talk about the past.
"A hundred years ago, Prince Lushi had not yet left the Demon Domain, and went to the Netherworld Temple to save a person. On the way, he met the princess of Nishang, who also heard the news and rushed to find his relatives. ”
Lu Shi and Ni Shang fought in the silent canyon, both hung paints and couldn't move, and after three days of stalemate, seeing that no one rescued them, they put aside their racial hatred and helped each other bandage their wounds, and became a pair of friends.
Nishang is the most beautiful princess of the Heavenly Clan, who dares to love and hate, and is innocent, but she has a marriage contract with the priest Sui Han. This time he fell into the demon world, and met Lu Shi, who was also ignorant of the world, and immediately introduced him as a confidant.
After the two of them recovered from their injuries, they came to the Netherworld Temple together, intending to work together to break the seal of the evil law. Unexpectedly, the seal was too powerful, and it contained an unsolved rune, which severely damaged the two of them again.
Seeing that the formation was fruitless, the two couldn't bear to separate immediately, so they went to the mortal world together, wanting to see all the good scenery and then return to their respective territories.
They dressed up as mortals, traveled everywhere, talked about everything, and spent a leisurely time.
Later, they passed through the snowfields of the far north and ran into Sui Han, who was waiting here with a divine soldier.
Lu Shi is just a fledgling junior in the demon clan, although he has talent, but after all, he is shallow in experience, far less than Sui Han, and he beat the original form of the demon clan. Ni Shang was also forcibly brought back to the Heavenly Palace, and after being judged by the Heavenly Fortune Pavilion, she wanted to erase her memories and be punished to the Nether.
Lu Shi didn't give up and wanted to save Ni Shang, returned to the demon clan, and saw the floating boat that came out intact in front of the undead formation.
They rushed up the ladder and destroyed the ice prison, and Ni Shang had already been tortured to the point of dying. The floating boat went to the Heavenly Palace, wanting to plead with the Heavenly Monarch, but was regarded as a demon demon, and the Heavenly Clan soldiers swarmed up to tear it to pieces.
When he returned to the agreed meeting place with Lu Shi, Ni Shang was only left with the last wisp of his soul. The floating boat endured the pain and cast the spell, stored it in the artifact, and flowed into the mortal realm, just in time to meet Sui Han, who led the pursuers.
Seeing all this, Sui Han was furious and fought with him and Lushi.
The floating boat used his last mana to bring the dying Lushi back to the mortal realm, and Sui Han was also relegated to the nether realm and came to the snow country, the exile of the Celestial Clan.