NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 111. A Part of Their Play
Months ago, the Four Great Holy Lands led a coalition of experts to seize an opportunity, laying an inescapable trap for the Demon Lord in a desolate land.
It should have been certain death.
Yet somehow, the Demon Lord escaped and vanished without a trace. Now, with the Demon Lord’s disappearance, the demon realm was in turmoil. Ambitious demons sought to usurp the throne. The Demon Lord had left behind loyal followers, but without his presence, even these core supporters were forced into silence.
The current situation was this:
The human realm secretly searched for the Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord’s rivals within the demon realm also secretly hunted him.
Both sides wanted the Demon Lord dead.
Of course, there were also the Demon Lord’s faithful subordinates, searching in secret, hoping to welcome their lord’s return.
But where was the Demon Lord?
He had yet to surface.
He couldn’t show himself, and more importantly, he didn’t dare to.
According to the book, the Demon Lord had used a forbidden technique that day. Though he survived, his meridians were shattered, and he was gravely wounded.
Fortunately, he possessed a rebirth technique that could heal even the most severe injuries over time.
When this rebirth technique activated, he would take on the appearance of a child, his cultivation reduced to the Qi Condensation stage.
However, he was still the Demon Lord. Even starting anew from Qi Condensation, his progress would be beyond mortal comprehension.
In the previous life, the Demon Lord was found by Ye Danxia. By day, he appeared as a child; at midnight, he could maintain his adult form for two hours. So he played cute during the day and engaged in passionate encounters with Ye Danxia at night. The child-like Demon Lord would sometimes show jealousy and assert his ownership during the day, but others dismissed it as childish behavior.
At night, the Demon Lord would severely punish Ye Danxia for speaking to so many men during the day.
The two played out their strange game, with the entire Tianxing Sect unwittingly becoming a part of their play.
In the previous life, Ye Danxia was still everyone’s darling. After finding the Demon Lord, she fed him various pills to help him heal. Once his condition stabilized, she introduced him to Tianxing Sect. Their path of love was smooth sailing. Moreover, the fact that the little boy was the Demon Lord remained known only to Ye Danxia until the very end.
Even Yun Jin only discovered this after her death, when she saw the plot unfold.
But that was only in the previous life!
In this life, if this pair of true lovers thought they could carry out their secret affair, it would be impossible.
The Demon Lord turned into a child? This time, she wanted to see if these two could still play their game!
Ye Danxia was soon led away, with several disciples escorting her to Heshan.
Though Zhao Wuji felt immense pain, he couldn’t show too much at this moment. He could only give Ye Danxia reassuring glances, urging her to stay calm. When the opportunity arose, he would naturally go to look after her.
But Ye Danxia, now full of despair and anger, completely missed Zhao Wuji’s hints. She felt she was the most wronged person in the world!
Ye Danxia couldn’t help but glare at Yun Jin with gritted teeth.
If not for this Yun Jin, how could she have fallen to such a state?
Yun Jin smiled slightly. “Danxia, I hear Heshan is quite cold. With your current level of cultivation, don’t catch a cold, okay? Don’t worry, we’re still sisters after all. Although you’ve strayed from the right path, I’ll still come to visit you often. At the very least, I’ll bring you some blankets and such.”
“Who needs your fake kindness!” Ye Danxia couldn’t help but scream.
Yun Jin’s smile grew brighter. “Danxia, your thoughts of me truly break my heart. But don’t worry, I won’t hold it against you. The blankets that should be sent will still be sent.”
Ye Danxia: “……”
Her eyes continued to glare fiercely at Yun Jin until she was completely dragged away, only then did that hateful gaze disappear.
Yun Jin felt somewhat regretful.
Oh, family, who could understand?
She loved that look of hatred that could do nothing against her the most.
Most importantly, those two sentences of hers had triggered a triple hit of 500 emotional value from Ye Danxia!
Yun Jin decided.
No matter how bad the environment at Heshan was, she would definitely visit Ye Danxia regularly.
This was the most stable emotional value producer among all the sheep she was raising!
Additionally, she could also take the opportunity to observe this life’s Demon Lord.
This legendary man possessed the rebirth technique. No matter how severe his injuries, even if he died, he could revive through this technique.
According to the book, this rebirth technique could be used nine times.
With each rebirth, his aptitude would increase.
By the ninth rebirth, he would shed his demonic body and become a genuine human. Moreover, due to the accumulation of nine rebirths, as soon as he became human, he would be a super prodigy with the most supreme aptitude.
Before the story began in the book, the Demon Lord had already undergone five rebirths.
This time would be the sixth.
Three more times, and he could become human—a top-tier genius with unparalleled aptitude.
So, even knowing that the current Demon Lord was in a severely injured state, easily killable by a Foundation Establishment disciple, Yun Jin had no intention of acting immediately.
Without finding a flaw in this rebirth technique, killing him would only trigger another rebirth.
Moreover, he had a secret technique for breaking into void space and instantly escaping. This technique had even allowed him to escape from the joint attack of so many top experts from the Four Great Holy Lands. Although Yun Jin was confident, she wasn’t arrogant enough to think she could match so many top experts at her current level.
The Demon Lord might be weak now, but there was no way to permanently eliminate him yet.
Furthermore, so many people from both human and demon realms had searched for months without finding a trace of the Demon Lord.
Clearly, his concealment techniques were also extraordinarily powerful.
Apart from the destined female lead, others probably couldn’t find him at all.
That being the case, the task of finding the Demon Lord would be left to Ye Danxia.
As for what happened after he was found…
A rather twisted smile appeared on Yun Jin’s lips.
Gu Jinghong, seeing this smile, felt his heart skip a beat.
What was going on?
His master’s expression looked as if she had found a new pet outside.
Could it be that a single servant was no longer enough for his master?
“Since matters are concluded, everyone may disperse,” Zhao Wuji said bluntly.
The only good news today was that Danxia was still alive.
Everything else gave him a headache.
The spirit field issue still required some thought, and he needed to offer some explanation to Zhou Li and Zhou Dai.
Of course, not too much explanation was necessary.
After all, a disciple’s possessions should naturally be allocated by the master.
The Demon-Breaking Token saving Danxia’s life could be considered a good use of resources.
In the Sect Leader’s Hall, Zhao Wuji looked at the two brothers, Zhou Li and Zhou Dai, pondering for a moment.
Then, he tossed two bottles of pills to the brothers.
“Although that Demon-Breaking Token wasn’t of much use, it was earned through your hard work. These two bottles of pills are your reward.”
Zhou Li glanced at them; they were just ordinary third-grade pills.
He was about to speak when Zhou Dai bowed, “Thank you, Master.”
He also pulled on Zhou Li.
Zhou Li could only lower his head and mumble, “Thank you, Master.”
Seeing their respectful attitudes, Zhao Wuji was satisfied.
He said calmly, “Your Little Junior Sister is too naive and has been constantly framed, leading to her current situation where even I cannot protect her. This pains me greatly. Now that you two have returned, don’t leave the sect for a while. Remember to visit Heshan often and take good care of Danxia. Heshan is cold and damp; don’t let her suffer any hardships.”