RPAGF Chapter 120 Acquaintances from Ten Thousand Years Ago
Chapter 120 Acquaintances from Ten Thousand Years Ago
"I quickly merged with the body, intending to find the old sect leader after merging, but when I woke up, I saw you all."
What happened next, Qi Yan knew without it needing to say it.
It turned out to be the case.
Qi Yan seemed to be deep in thought. He tried to communicate with the Spirit of Extinction using his divine sense. It worked; they could talk.
He knew why the Spirit of Extinction didn't want Yun Zhao to know that it was Xiao Tong. Yun Zhao's parents' deaths were related to it, and it was afraid that Yun Zhao would... resent it.
"But the truth will eventually come out. One day, Zhaozhao will find out. Rather than Zhaozhao learning the truth about her parents' death from someone else in the future, it's better for you to tell her yourself."
Hearing his words, the Spirit of Extinction hesitated.
In the brief moment of its hesitation, Qi Yan recalled what she had seen in the illusion of the Song family's forbidden area.
He and Zhaozhao had known each other for ten thousand years.
Ten thousand years ago, he was the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm. While training in the outside world, he encountered Yun Zhao, the Palace Master of Lingxu Palace.
The two concealed their identities from each other; one claimed to be a lowly demon with no relatives, while the other said he was a rogue cultivator from a poor family. Through their daily interactions, they went from acquaintances to lovers...
Later, he had to go back to the demon realm to handle some matters, and Yun Zhao also said that he had something to do at home and needed to go home. The two of them agreed to meet again in a while.
Little did they know that this parting would be their last.
When the appointed time arrived, Qi Yan waited at the agreed location, but Yun Zhao did not appear even after a long time.
Qi Yan was worried that something might happen to her. After making inquiries from various sources, he learned that Yun Zhao was the Palace Master of Lingxu Palace, one of the major forces in the cultivation world at that time.
Hearing that there was internal strife in Lingxu Palace, he feared that Yun Zhao might be in danger, so he went to Lingxu Palace to find her.
Good news: Yun Zhao is fine and nothing happened to him.
Bad news: Yun Zhao has lost his memory. Seeing his demonic aura, he yells that he wants to catch him.
Qi Yan: "..."
Qi Yan made many efforts to help Yun Zhao regain his memory. One day, he learned that a kind of spiritual plant could restore memory, so he went to find it. But before he could find it, the aura of extinction appeared in the world.
The appearance of the extinction aura caused chaos in the cultivation world, and many people sought refuge in secret realms. The demon race who lingered in the cultivation world also went in.
As the Demon Emperor, Qi Yan severed the passage between the Demon Realm and the Immortal Cultivation Realm in order to protect the Demon Realm, while he himself remained in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
What can they do if they don't stay? His Zhaozhao is still here.
At that time, Qi Yan had already gained Yun Zhao's trust. Although Yun Zhao did not believe that she, as a righteous cultivator, would fall in love with a demon, she at least regarded Qi Yan as a friend.
If the aura of extinction had not appeared, perhaps her memories would not have been restored, and she would have fallen in love with Qi Yan again.
However, there is no if.
Instead of entering the secret realm to escape the disaster, Lingxu Palace and other forces set up defensive formations to protect those who could not enter the secret realm.
Only a few can enter the secret realm. Each faction sends its elite disciples into the secret realm, while the rest stay behind and gather at Lingxu Palace to resist the extinction aura together.
Even without direct contact with the annihilating aura, cultivators will still be harmed; their spiritual power will be slowly eroded, and later their life force and soul will be affected...
Even so, they still tried to eliminate the trace of the aura that could destroy everything. Their efforts paid off, and when only ten thousand people remained in the world, they found a way.
The remaining ones are all sect leaders and elders from various forces, as well as the best among the demon race and demon beasts, who were able to stay until the end because of their high cultivation levels.
They used their flesh and blood to forge a sealing formation, with Yun Zhao holding the Lingxu Palace's most precious treasure and standing at the formation's core, together sealing away the annihilating aura.
Each race has a source of fire that survives, and they are willing to die to preserve the whole world!
Qi Yan stayed by Yun Zhao's side the whole time. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he knew that in the very end, he and Yun Zhao held hands and lost consciousness together.
He didn't know why he would be reincarnated even though his soul had been completely corrupted, but when he woke up from the illusion created by Granny Nightmare that day and saw Yun Zhao for the first time, he knew that it didn't matter anymore.
The important thing is that he can see Zhaozhao again.
Qi Yan tried to tell Yun Zhao the memories he had from ten thousand years ago, but he couldn't speak; every word he uttered would be muffled.
“I seem to remember her. No wonder I felt she looked familiar when I first met my sister at the Qingyun Sect.”
The Spirit of Extinction suddenly realized, "Ten thousand years ago, the place I was most active in was the Spirit Void Palace, so of course I would have seen my sister many times."
Because there is an array in the area where Lingxu Palace is located, any array set up on top of it will be much more powerful, thus preventing the extinction energy from penetrating unimpeded.
It was only because of the existence of the formation that the Spirit of Annihilation was able to barely control itself and weaken its own strength from within, thus giving the remaining 10,000 people the opportunity to set up the formation and seal the Qi of Annihilation.
While feeling grateful for her connection with Yun Zhao, the Spirit of Extinction also felt somewhat guilty. It was indeed fate, but it was a karmic entanglement!
It seems that everyone in Yun Zhao's family, including herself, has probably all fallen victim to it...
Smith Marseille, it really didn't mean it!
Yun Zhao didn't know what Qi Yan and the Spirit of Extinction were talking about. She saw a spiritual plant she had never seen before and asked Han Mu Jiao about it, but Han Mu Jiao didn't know either.
Qi Yan saw it, and he took Yun Zhao's hand, saying, "This is a very common demonic plant in the Demon Realm, called..."
“So it’s a demonic plant,” Yun Zhao suddenly realized. “No wonder it looks a bit, well, not very sunny.”
The demonic plant was entirely blood-red and looked quite eerie. There was no passage between the cultivation world and the demon world, so cultivators could not see the demonic plant.
Yun Zhao looked around. She hadn't noticed before, but now she saw that there were demonic plants mixed in with the spiritual plants here. The further she went in, the greater the proportion of demonic plants became.
Looking ahead, it was almost entirely blood red.
Yun Zhao gasped, grabbed Qi Yan's sleeve, and asked nervously, "A-Yan, do you think the people living here are demons?"
“Lingxu Palace existed ten thousand years ago. Maybe back then, the demons could come to the cultivation world and join Lingxu Palace. We just randomly picked a place and unexpectedly found the territory of the demons.”
Yun Zhao muttered to himself, and Qi Yan listened with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.
Who would claim to be a demon?
That's right, this is where Yun Zhao lived ten thousand years ago.
At that time, demonic plants were not rare species in the cultivation world. Qi Yan asked Yun Zhao why he planted demonic plants at his residence.
He remembered Yun Zhao saying that the magical plants were brightly colored and that she liked them.
Qi Yan laughed and said, "Perhaps the people living here like magical plants. I remember reading in some book that this kind of magical plant is an ornamental magical plant."
Yun Zhao took a closer look at the appearance of the demonic plant. Indeed, upon closer inspection, the little thing was quite unique in appearance, hmm, rather pretty.
After explaining things to Yun Zhao, the Spirit of Extinction had made up its mind. It would tell Yun Zhao the whole story, and regardless of whether Yun Zhao resented it or not, it would do its best to make amends to Yun Zhao.