Chapter 73 Methods to Escape the Illusion
Chapter 73 Methods to Escape the Illusion
To save Qi Han, Qi Yuan took him on a journey through the demon realm and even the cultivation world, traveling halfway around the world to collect all the spiritual herbs.
But one ingredient is still missing...
"Snapped!"
Yun Zhao was listening to him recount his past when he suddenly slammed his hand on the table, startling Yun Zhao.
What are you doing? And you're even adding background music?
"It makes me so angry just thinking about it," Qi Han said angrily, oblivious to her expression. "If I had known I would run into that bastard when I went to find that medicinal ingredient, I would have preferred to die!"
Yun Zhao understood, "Song Qinghua?"
Qi Han frowned, then nodded. "It's him."
On their journey to find the medicinal ingredient, they were injured, which caused them to lose control of their demonic aura, and they were hunted down by righteous cultivators.
During one of their escapes, they encountered Song Qinghua.
Song Qinghua claimed to be a lone cultivator who was training alone and helped the cultivators when they were being chased.
After learning that they were looking for the medicinal ingredient, he said he knew where it was.
Later, the three traveled together and experienced many things together, forging a deep friendship.
Until one day, they found the medicinal ingredient.
"and then?"
Yun Zhao asked.
Qi Han closed his eyes briefly. "Then, A Yuan and I originally intended to return to the Demon Realm immediately, so we said goodbye to Song Qinghua..."
He remembered that night, when he learned that they were going home, Song Qinghua was very reluctant to let them go, but he did not try to stop them. Instead, he suggested that the three of them have one last meal together.
“That meal was cooked by me and Song Qinghua. A Yuan only knows how to blow up the kitchen, so Song Qinghua and I never let her in.”
As he spoke, Qi Han seemed to recall the scene from that time, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
"At that moment, I thought that having my dearest loved ones and best friends by my side was the happiest moment in the world."
"But!"
Qi Han clenched his fists: "But the food I cooked myself poisoned both me and A Yuan!"
“Song Qinghua has revealed his true colors. When I woke up, A Yuan had already been taken away by him.”
Qi Han immediately went to search for their whereabouts, but he couldn't find them anywhere; it was as if they had vanished into thin air.
Yun Zhao raised his hand: "I have a question. Song Qinghua was the eldest son of the Song family back then, so he should have been quite famous. Why don't you go to the Song family and interrogate them to find out where he is?"
Qi Han said helplessly, "He used an alias when he befriended us."
It turned out to be the case.
While Qi Han was searching for Qi Yuan, Granny Yan suddenly found him. She told Qi Han that she had noticed that the protective barrier she had set up for Qi Yuan had been attacked, so she immediately came to the cultivation world to find them.
The two searched for a long time, until the poison in Qi Han's body took effect, but they still couldn't find Qi Yuan.
Granny Nightmare told him to go back to the demon realm to detoxify, but he refused.
Qi Han paused for a moment and continued, "Granny Nightmare forcibly took me to detoxify. When I woke up again, I found myself in the forbidden area of the Song family."
"There is a letter next to me, which explains Song Qinghua's identity and his purpose in befriending us."
“I originally intended to seek revenge on him, but I sensed A-Yuan’s presence in the Song family’s forbidden area, so I came to the forbidden area first.”
And then, that was it; he's been trapped ever since.
"From that letter, I learned that Song Qinghua had deliberately approached us. He had already married and had children in the Demon-Slaying City, but his child had suffered many misfortunes since birth. Song Qinghua could not guarantee that he would protect his son until he grew up, so he set his sights on A Yuan."
After Qi Han explained the science to Yun Zhao, he learned that children born from the union of humans and demons are either mentally challenged and stupid, living a muddled and aimless life, or they are exceptionally intelligent and become cultivation prodigies.
The Song family has a secret technique that allows one of the brothers who share the same bloodline to shield the other from disaster.
However, the prerequisite is that the one who blocks the disaster must have blood from a different race; otherwise, they will not be able to withstand the power of the secret technique and will soon die.
The higher the alien bloodline one possesses, the greater one's endurance. Song Qinghua originally planned to infiltrate the demon realm to capture a demon, but he changed his mind because Qi Han and Qi Yuan's auras were leaked.
Yun Zhao gasped: "So, in order to protect Song Zhiyuan, Song Qinghua, upon learning that you were demons with powerful talents, devised a plan to meet you and gradually gain your trust..."
Qi Han nodded and then shook his head. "The letter only explained why Song Qinghua approached us. The rest was my guess, but it should be pretty close to the truth."
"When I entered the forbidden area, I found myself in this illusion, and my identity was the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm. I can only move around in and around the Supreme City. I can't go any further."
“I tried to force my way out of here, but each time I got lost in a fog. When I emerged from the fog, I was back here again.”
Yun Zhao frowned, "Then does that mean we'll never be able to leave each other again?"
“No,” Qi Han shook his head, “you can leave.”
“When you arrived in this illusion, I sensed a familiar presence.”
Qi Han clenched his fist and said to Yun Zhao, "It's the aura of Granny Nightmare."
"I'm trapped in an illusion; it must be her doing!"
"Why did Granny Nightmare do this? Why did she imprison you?"
Yun Zhao asked in confusion, "Just now, A Yan said that Granny Yan was his mother's nanny. Aren't you Qi Yuan's sworn brother? How could Granny Yan have trapped you in the illusion?"
She bombarded her with questions, but Qi Han shook his head regretfully, "I don't know either."
"Only after I get out and see Granny Nightmare will I know what the reason is."
Yun Zhao thought for a moment and analyzed, "Our primary task is to find a way out. You just said we can leave... is there any way?"
"There is a way, but..."
Qi Han frowned. "It just requires Ayan to do it."
Upon hearing the mention of Qi Yan, Yun Zhao immediately became wary. She tentatively asked, "What do you need him for?"
Qi Han was preoccupied with his own thoughts and didn't notice her wariness. He casually said, "Granny Nightmare and A Yuan have a master-servant contract. Although she is powerful, A Yuan is her master and can restrain her."
“Ayan has half of Ayuan’s bloodline in her body. As long as the demon bloodline is activated, this illusion can be broken if it was set up by Granny Nightmare.”
Yun Zhao asked, "What if it's not? If it was set up by someone else, what impact would it have on A-Yan?"
Hearing her question, Qi Han glanced at her and said, "You seem to care a lot about Ayan."
Yun Zhao smiled. "Of course, he's my family."
She had finally managed to raise Qi Yan's favorability rating to a passing grade, but if something happened to her, all her efforts would have been in vain.
She suppressed the inexplicable emotion in her heart and thought this way.
Qi Han didn't think much of it. His lover was also part of his family. The girl was probably just shy, which was why she said that.
“If it’s an illusion set up by someone else, Ayan will be fine if he takes action. Of course, once the bloodline is activated, we can’t leave. We need to think of another way.”
That's fine.
Yun Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
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