Chapter 395: The Returning King
"What's the matter?!" Xia Qiu had no clue what Hyacinth was saying.
"Go to the Otherworld to find the Demon King of Yanluo, he should have a way to restore the pothos!" Hyacinth told her about his bold idea.
"You're saying let me into the Forbidden Forest?!!" Xia Qiu has always had lingering feelings about that forest, let alone leaving her alone in those black holes that lead to nowhere.
"I know that this is difficult for some strong people, but only Lord Yanluo Demon King has the power to drive away evil spirits, and Pothos is the current master of the Yellow Springs Country, and if she does not recover, it means that no one can mobilize the spirit guards." Hyacinth explained to her.
"Well, I'm willing to give it a try." Xia Qiu nodded, she couldn't help but smile bitterly that she had really thought about everything too simple before, and now she was facing a huge challenge that she hadn't considered.
Hyacinth seemed to have guessed what choice she would make, and after hearing her reply, he suddenly transformed into the giant blue butterfly and flew towards the Forbidden Forest. They landed at the edge of the forest, and just like last time, he conjured up a rope filled with fluorescent powder and tied it around her waist.
He tugged at the rope and made sure he fastened her tightly, saying, "I'll send you to the black hole where the Demon King of Flame Luo entered the Otherworld, and wait for you there." ”
Summer Autumn followed him into the strange forest covered in thick fog and unable to reach out to his fingers, and as he continued deeper and deeper into the dense forest, the white grimaces floating in the air reappeared, surrounding him and her, as if they were about to devour them. But this time, Xia Qiu was not as nervous as the last time, and she stood there ignoring their presence.
The ghost-faced ghosts resorted to their last resort, and they kept rushing at her and Hyacinth, trying to peek into the darkness of her and his soul. She summoned the plum blade, and used the red glow of the blade to drive away the monsters.
When they finally came to the black hole where the Demon King had disappeared, Hyacinth motioned to her, "This is it! ”
She nodded, untied the rope from her waist, grabbed the plum blade in her hand, and jumped into the black hole. The space in the black hole was extremely cold, there was nothing around her except black, she didn't know what kind of world she was about to face, she only felt as if her body was merged into some kind of liquid, and it seemed to be suspended in the air.
The blackness seemed to enter her body with her breath, making her feel more and more a fear from the darkness. She involuntarily touched around with her left hand, as if she couldn't touch anything but the cold air. Until a big hand suddenly appeared out of thin air and grabbed her tightly, and suddenly pulled her to change the direction of flight.
"Who?!" She shouted loudly, but received no response, so she let herself be pulled by the hand.
The black around her gradually faded away, slowly dissolving into blue, and the universe-like space was formed, and the stars were shining everywhere, and the figure that held her finally showed her true face.
"Lord Flame Luo Demon King!" She recognized him at once, delighted and incredulous.
The Demon King of Flame Luo took her to dodge one meteorite after another, large and small, until a relatively large meteorite appeared in front of them. On that meteorite there is a small house, and an exquisite garden. He led her down on the meteorite, and led her into the room, where a dignified and beautiful woman in red sat half-leaning on the edge of the table and reading a book intently.
Seeing them come in, she raised her head and asked, "Lan, who is she?" ”
"She's a friend of Pothos, called Xia Qiu, and she's a human!" The Demon King of Flame Luo introduced himself to the woman, and then said to Xia Qiu, "This is my wife, Hua Nu, and she is also the mother of the green pothos. ”
"Why are you in this place?" Xia Qiu felt very curious, at that time, the Demon King of Yanluo was going back in time through the black hole to prevent the flower girl from leaving, and why he lived in such a completely isolated space with her.
"It's a long story......," said the Demon King of Flame, behind his white hair, his deep gaze seemed to hide a story full of romance and legends.
At that time, he desperately threw himself into a black hole, shuttling through the distorted space-time tunnel, looking for his wife and flower girl in the past, present and future, but he never succeeded. Even in the past years, the flower girl has long since ceased to exist, which makes it difficult for him to understand the reason for this while grieving.
Finally, in a non-existent gap between time and space, he found a small planet, which was small enough to accommodate a courtyard and a small house, but the busy figure in the courtyard was the wife and flower girl he had been looking for.
The flower girl escaped through the excessive exit of the Yellow Spring, came to the world, and only was happy for a while, but began to gradually weaken, and as her life passed, she regretted more and more that she should not have left her husband and daughter.
She misses their father and daughter day by day, and begins to look for a way to return to the Yellow Springs Realm, but it is only then that she suddenly hears that a black hole has suddenly appeared in a place that may allow her to return to the Yellow Springs Realm. She used her last strength to find the black hole and entered it without hesitation.
"I never thought that I was trapped in this place, where time stood still, and it was because of this place that I was able to continue to exist, and not die out of the rhizome." The flower girl explained to Xia Qiu.
"So I stayed, although this place is small, but I am also satisfied to be with the flower girl." The Demon King smiled and said that although he had aged from the longing and hatred he had for his wife, and her wife had left him, he was still as young as she had been when she left, but now he was relieved, and as long as he could be by her side, he had no desires.
Xia Qiu was a little hesitant, if he told the Flame Luo Demon King about the changes that were happening in the Huangquan Kingdom and the crisis he was facing between the Three Realms, he would have to face a dilemma. She asked tentatively, "If you leave here now, will you still be able to find your way back?" ”
"It should be difficult, because there is already a distorted gap between time and space." The Demon King of Flame Luo answered truthfully.
"Alas......" Xia Qiu wanted to speak and stopped, not knowing how to speak.
The flower girl asked directly: "Little girl, if you have anything you want to say, just say it, no need to hesitate." ”
Xia Qiu told them about Qingyun's attempt to use the monster army to wage war and shake the Three Realms
"I came to ask Pothos and Hyacinth for help, but Pothos became a complete stranger, and she was indifferent to my pleas. Hyacinth told me that it may have been because you broke the balance between the black holes after entering the black hole, allowing the evil spirit to escape from the black hole and lay on the pothos's body, which caused her to change her temperament. She explained to the Demon King of Flame and the Flower Maiden.
"Go back, Arashi!" The flower girl said to the Flame Luo Demon King without hesitation.
"But ......" the Demon King of Flame Luo couldn't make a decision so easily, because if he couldn't enter this space again, he would be separated from the flower girl.
"No matter how far apart we are, Pothos is always an unbreakable bond between us, and as long as she is there, you will definitely be able to return to me again. But now is the time when Pothos needs you the most, I am an incompetent mother, although I am full of guilt, I can't protect her by her side, and you are different. The flower girl reached out from her long sleeves and held the bearded cheeks of the Flame Luo Demon King, looking at him with such a look of affection.
"Well, since I can find you once in endless time and space, I will definitely be able to find you again!" In his wife's eyes, the Demon King of Flame Luo regained his courage and his responsibility as a father, he stood up and said to Xia Qiu, "Let's go!" ”
He flew away from the tiny planet with Xia Qiu, and the two of them traveled against the wind, shuttling through the night sky, constantly dodging the oncoming meteorites. The exit was not far ahead, and he stretched out a hand to Xia Qiu and said, "Hold on, don't look back no matter what." ”
Xia Qiu nodded and held the hand of the Flame Luo Demon King, and continued to move forward under his guidance. From time to time, large and small meteorites hit them on the opposite side, and he pulled her to dodge left and right quickly, and many times she was almost hit by meteorites. Finally rushing out, they returned to the forbidden forest of white mist, where Hyacinth was still waiting for her.
Seeing them come out, Hyacinth saluted and said, "Lord Flame Demon King! ”
"No need to be polite, now the master of the Yellow Springs Country is Luluo instead of me." The Demon King of Yanluo waved his hand and said.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect her." Hyacinth looked guilty.
"It's not your fault! Alas, it was I who only cared about meeting the flower girl and broke the balance between the black holes, so let's go and see how she is doing! ”
The three of them returned to the Flame Luo Demon Palace, and the green pothos behind the mask was still the same as the one Xia Qiu had seen before, and even when facing his father, the Flame Luo Demon King, there was no excitement at all, and there was only arrogance that could not be overlooked.
"Hehe, why do people who have already given up the Yellow Springs Kingdom want to come back?!" She questioned the Demon King of Flames.
"Pothos, in my heart, you have always been a strong-willed child, why would you be invaded so easily by evil spirits?" The Demon King of Flame Luo was not afraid of his daughter, but walked directly towards her.
Pothos raised her hand and warned, "Don't go any further, or ....... Black and white, are you all decorations? Stop him! ”
The Black Devil and the White Devil hesitated to follow her orders to stop the Flame Luo Demon King, but in the end they still didn't move forward. They couldn't resist the former king of the Demon King, the Demon King of Flames, but in their minds, he was still their king.
"Have you all rebelled?!" Pothos jumped from the throne, and the mask on her face began to crack with her anger, and finally completely scattered from her face. Her appearance has undergone some changes, and she is no longer the pure and beautiful girl she was before, with a face covered with heavy makeup and a hideous expression like a devil.