NFBE Chapter 144 Interested in something
Chapter 144 Interested in something
He wanted to kill her.
However, he did not show even the slightest bit of murderous intent.
In his view, it was nothing more than crushing an ant; what was there to kill him for? But the person opposite him was surprisingly calm, as if he wasn't afraid of death, or rather, afraid of him.
This is quite novel. He greatly admires people who are not afraid of death, especially since he just witnessed her kill three people without even blinking.
He was ruthless and could kill with a single blow, which he greatly appreciated.
Therefore, Qing Liye decided to listen to what she had to say first.
The demonic energy swirled around his hands for a while before receding completely, and he waited for the person opposite him to reply.
"My Lord, have you ever heard of a body with two souls?"
"Oh~ you mean you're the one with two souls in one body? Heh, so are you the older sister or the younger sister?"
Qing Liye clearly didn't believe this claim, but she didn't immediately kill her, resting her chin on her hand.
Liu Jun continued his fabrication without batting an eye: "Sister, I am the older sister, but she doesn't know I exist. Whenever she is in danger... I will appear... Sometimes when she is asleep, I will come out for a stroll."
"Hmph, so she was never aware of her own abnormality? Little slave girl, you have quite the nerve to lie to me."
Although that's what he said, Qing Liye didn't seem angry at all, and there was still a hint of interest on his face.
Liu Jun chuckled lightly: "That's because she's stupid. She'd rather believe in the protection of the Nightmare Queen (a god in the demon realm/you can search 'Demon Star Queen' on Baidu if you're interested) than believe that she saved herself."
"Hmph, to avoid being killed by me, you actually call yourself stupid. That's the first time I've seen someone do that."
"If Your Majesty wishes to kill, then so be it. If you are still interested, then why not wait a moment? You will then know whether I am telling the truth or not. I can't stay in her body for too long each time."
Anyway, it's not like I'm killing her. Maybe if I kill this little grass, she can leave sooner.
She wasn't exactly a saint to begin with, and this little grass was no relation to her. Since he used her body to help her kill those guys who often bullied her, it was a fair exchange.
If she hadn't been inherently weak and didn't know how to fight back, even if she killed those people and left, there would still be people who would continue to bully her.
Weakness is always the original sin.
Qing Liye took a few steps closer, until he could reach out and lift her chin: "Oh~ then how long is this 'moment'?"
"Little Grass" stared straight at him without flinching, and chuckled softly: "I've only spoken for a moment, and that's it. She'll be awake soon."
After saying this, she closed her eyes and her body collapsed weakly to the ground. Qing Liye remained in the gesture of reaching out his hand, but made no move to help her up.
Looking down at the person lying on the ground, he stopped and waited quietly.
Before long, the person lying on the ground stirred.
Ouch! That hurts!
The little grass struggled to prop itself up with its hands, then moved its neck a few times, muttering something about pain.
As she moved around, she turned her head and saw a section of a magnificent robe and shoes hidden under the robe, only half of which were visible, but which were still clearly of equal value. Xiao Cao froze immediately and stood there for a long time before she mustered up the courage to look up.
The Demon Realm has no sunlight, only celestial light, so she saw it very clearly—it was…that man!
From the moment she entered the Demon King's Palace, she was assigned to Lady Yun to do odd jobs. At that time, Lady Yun had only been sent to the Demon King's Palace for a short time and could occasionally see the Lord once or twice.
As someone who did odd jobs, she naturally had no chance to enter the palace to serve, nor did she have any chance to see the Lord's face. She only happened to see the Lord leaving once while she was working, and that glimpse was just a fleeting moment.
In her fear, she could only kneel and worship from afar, her head touching the ground.
She was always very self-aware; she never dared to hope for that person, nor could she hope to.
Even with Lady Yun's beauty, that man never took a liking to her. He only visited her three or five times initially, and then there was no more. How could she dare to do that?
But she remembered that one glance for a very long time.
And that person who was once unapproachable now stood before him, gazing at him.
Her heart seemed to stop, and even time seemed to stand still. Then... everything came back to life, and her heart started beating faster and faster.
"Ha, she wasn't lying."
A sentence uttered abruptly, spoken almost devoid of emotion, and those eyes—high above her, scrutinizing her reflection—shattered everything in her eyes and in her heart…
Her back was cold, but why?
She had finally met the person she had kept in her heart for 56 years, 7 months, and 13 days, so why were her hands trembling and her body shaking?
He's terrifying.
The aura emanating from him, the demonic energy surrounding him, and the suffocating sense of oppression weighed heavily on her heart, making her blood surge and feel as if she were about to vomit blood and die at any moment.
At this moment, she deeply felt the helplessness of two people whose strengths were so vastly different that they couldn't even stand together.
The person I hold dear in my heart and the person standing before me are not the same person at all!
The person before me is the master of this Demon King's Palace, and even more so, the supreme ruler of the entire Demon Realm!
The position of the lord is always earned through bloodshed. There may not be millions of corpses, but there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. And those rumors and those chilling titles are all true.
Little Grass was just a low-ranking servant, with little demonic energy and little courage; its only redeeming quality was its ability to withstand blows.
She endured the beatings of those three men for so long without uttering a sound, until she lost consciousness before Liu Jun took over.
Qing Liye was different from those three good-for-nothings. His inherent oppressive aura and thick demonic energy were enough to suffocate a group of low-ranking servants. Xiaocao naturally couldn't withstand it either and fainted again soon after.
Therefore, those around him were mostly high-ranking servants. Of course, those captured celestial slaves and sinners did not have this problem. Since spiritual power and demonic energy repel each other, even if their spiritual power was locked and their energy channels were not connected, they would not be "smoked".
Xiao Cao fainted, but that didn't mean Liu Jun, who had been ejected and was watching the show from the sidelines, would also faint. But that damned passive "absorption" directly sucked her back into Xiao Cao's body... Then, in order not to discover this secret, she could only pretend to be dead as well.
She wasn't stupid enough to reveal everything to someone she'd only met twice, especially someone with such a bizarre and eccentric thought process. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to leave this demon realm.
She hadn't been idle these past few days, taking advantage of the time she could use Xiaocao's body to sneak out of the Demon King's Palace twice, just to quickly figure out where the market was and what she could buy.
Since entering the palace, Xiaocao has spent all her time hanging around the Dui Palace. She hasn't even really explored the Demon King's Palace. She's been doing this for over a hundred years. Let alone the market, she might even have forgotten the way home.
Liu Jun went to the market to find materials to make a puppet. It wasn't a good idea for her to always be so passive. Making a puppet that could hold her soul would allow her to separate from Xiao Cao.
As for how to separate, she already has someone in mind (→?→)
Once her soul can move freely, then go find her physical body.
Since her soul has gone to the Demon Realm, her physical body must also be there. However, this time the difficulty is indeed much greater than in the mortal realm and the illusion realm. Moreover, she still doesn't understand the purpose of this second golden bead.
"Possession by a ghost" is one aspect, but the side effects are also significant. There must be more than just that, since it's taken orally!
Never mind, she'll know once she finds her body again.
……
It was noisy, yet it didn't feel like noise; it was more like...playing.
Amidst the sounds of dancing, laughter, and clinking glasses, where has she gone this time?
She remembered that she was pretending to be dead, but she ended up really "dead". She didn't know if she fell asleep or was under some kind of spell, but she lost consciousness not long after being sucked back into Xiaocao's body.
Has the grass woken up again?
That shouldn't be the case. If that were the case, she should have turned into a ghost again. How could she be unconscious?
As expected, this body is no good.
Liu Jun opened his eyelids a crack, wanting to see what was going on, when suddenly a human head fell in front of him, startling him so much that he opened his eyes wide.
Yes, it was indeed a human head, disconnected from the body. Black blood pooled before her eyes, and the clinking of glasses turned into panic. However, a deep voice from above simply said calmly:
"What's the panic? It's just an insect that was executed. You, go and clean it up."
Liu Jun raised her eyes, her vision still blurry from just waking up. She could only make out the figure of the person who had come down from the head of the table to tidy up the head. The figure gradually became clearer until the person stood right in front of her and calmly picked up the head. Only then could Liu Jun see clearly.
Oh, it's someone I know.