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Zhao Lingshan did not immediately pay attention to Yuan Xian'er; her cold gaze was fixed on Li Xiaonan.
"Kid, what are you doing in my Elixir Vault?"
Li Xiaonan chuckled, calculating how to buy time until he could recover his strength and escape this troublesome place with Yuan Xian'er.
"Um... um... I'm here on behalf of Cloud Sky Pavilion to discuss the elixir business with you. Recently, with the emergence of the Phoenix of the Nine Heavens, our businesses have both suffered greatly, and I thought..."
"Hmph, do you think I would believe you? How did you get in here? Speak, or I will kill you right now," Zhao Lingshan said coldly.
"Please, you can't kill him," Yuan Xian'er said as she stepped in front of Li Xiaonan. The golden hairpin Buxiao on her head swayed gently, emitting a faint glow in the darkness.
Zhao Lingshan frowned slightly, suddenly feeling that the hairpin looked very familiar.
Her icy gaze shifted to Yuan Xian'er as she sneered, "Little girl, on what basis do you say I can't kill him?"
Yuan Xian'er bit her lip lightly and slowly removed her veil. "I saw your image in my master's crystal stone. He said... he said that was my mother..."
Li Xiaonan was taken aback, his numbed body making his mind sluggish.
The Yellow Emperor's wife is Xian'er's mother.
Sun Wukong has a photo of the Yellow Emperor's wife.
So is Xian'er's father the Yellow Emperor or Sun Wukong?
What a chaotic relationship this is.
Zhao Lingshan wore a look of sudden realization. She sneered, "Haha, no wonder I found that hairpin on your head so familiar; it turns out to be you!"
Li Xiaonan slightly raised his head and saw the cold malice in Zhao Lingshan's eyes, devoid of any joy typical of a mother-daughter reunion.
He couldn't help but furrow his brows, thinking: something is off; this isn't the mood for a mother and daughter to meet.
Suddenly, Zhao Lingshan's expression changed, her brows arching as she smiled softly, "Get up. I promise you, I won't kill him!"
Li Xiaonan's frown deepened. This woman changes her face too quickly. Could it be that everything just now was merely my illusion?
Could Zhao Lingshan really be Xian'er's mother?
Sun Wukong prevented them from meeting to avoid their reunion.
Suddenly, a sharp pain twisted in his abdomen, disrupting all his thoughts.
Li Xiaonan's body went limp and fell to the ground, a faint human shape emerging in his Dantian.
A surge of joy filled his heart; it seemed his cultivation was about to recover. Just a few more moments would suffice.
Yuan Xian'er bit her lip, nodded, and turned to support Li Xiaonan behind her.
Zhao Lingshan's expression shifted again as she coldly declared, "But you must die!"
With a swift motion, she struck out her palm directly at Yuan Xianer's back.
This is bad.
Li Xiaonan's heart raced with alarm as he quickly grasped Yuan Xianer's shoulders, twisting his body sharply to take the brunt of the deadly blow for her.
The Yuan Ying that had just begun to take shape on his face grimaced before slowly fading away.
The Celestial Aura within Li Xiaonan had yet to fully transform when it suddenly scattered violently, brutally severing the Meridians within him.
“Xiao Nan,” Yuan Xian'er exclaimed, glaring angrily at Zhao Lingshan across from her.
Li Xiaonan's face was as pale as paper, fresh blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He gazed at Yuan Xian'er with concern, thinking, “Are you… are you alright?”
“Ah, what a loyal and righteous man. No wonder my daughter is so fond of you. Don’t worry, I will spare your life, but this wretched woman’s daughter must die!”
Zhao Lingshan sneered, slowly raising her right hand, an orange-yellow glow emanating from her palm.
The light was soft, reminiscent of warm sunlight, yet it sent a chill through the heart at that moment.
Yuan Xian'er couldn’t understand why the woman before her, who was supposed to be her mother, wanted to put her to death.
Li Xiaonan, slumped against Yuan Xian'er’s shoulder, also failed to grasp Zhao Lingshan's words.
One moment she referred to her as daughter, and the next as the daughter of a wretched woman.
This woman was either mentally unstable or completely deranged.
“Don’t!”
As if answering Li Xiaonan's confusion, a shadow clad in black suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Lingshan.
Zhao Lingshan was startled and quickly withdrew her power, looking at the suddenly appearing Lu Nishang and asking, “Girl, what are you doing here?”
Lu Nishang shook her head and cried out, “Mother, please don’t hurt anyone anymore! Lu Ni Chang begs you, don’t hurt anyone!”
Li Xiaonan was taken aback and used his remaining strength to look at Lu Nishang—or rather Lu Shang.
Lu Shang was Lu Ni Chang; that was already difficult enough to understand. How had she become this woman’s daughter?
How could the Demon Emperor's wife also be the Yellow Emperor's woman?
Zhao Lingshan frowned and said, "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you that as long as the women around this man are dead, his heart will be on you?"
Lu Nishang shook her head violently, tears streaming down her face. "It's not like that. Sister Yanrong is dead, and Brother Xiaonan's heart died with her. If all the women around him die, Brother Xiaonan's heart will die again!"
What were they talking about? All the women around me must die? Could it be that Yanrong's death was related to Zhao Lingshan or Lu Nishang?
No, it can't be. Lu Nishang is too innocent to do something like this.
Lu Nishang sensed Li Xiaonan's gaze and turned back, tears in her eyes. "Brother Xiaonan, I'm sorry... it's all my fault..."
Ah... no wonder... no wonder the Azure Emperor suddenly went mad trying to kill the women around me; it turns out... it was the Yellow Emperor's orders...
No, it should be said that it was Empress Huang who gave the orders, and all of this was because of one person—Lu Nishang.
Li Xiaonan felt as if his chest was about to burst. The pain was sometimes a good thing; at least it reminded him that his heart still existed.
He once thought that Li Yanrong's jealousy would harm Ling Kui, but after Li Yanrong died, his heart died with her.
He had inadvertently returned to Earth. When the girls came looking for him, he didn't want to recognize them; he just engaged in self-torture as if seeking punishment.
He claimed it was due to guilt, but in reality, he was just afraid.
He feared that tragedy would strike again. He feared that the women around him would hate each other and eventually turn on one another, like a line of dominoes falling away from him one by one.
And now that he had just regained the confidence to make these women happy, reality slapped him hard across the face.
It hurt... it burned painfully...
Li Xiaonan's throat tightened as blood surged within him. The taste of blood filled his mouth, sweet yet nauseating.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Brother Xiaonan," Lu Nishang's heart tightened as she hurried to support Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan cast a cold glance at her, the corners of his mouth involuntarily lifting. He was not laughing at Lu Nishang; he was laughing at himself.
How useless I am, thinking that loving hard enough could erase their jealousy. Now, I can't even hold on to the purest part of Lu Ni Chang.
Lu Nishang met his gaze, her body stiffening as if she had been thrown into an icy pond, shivering from the cold.
Brother Xiaonan doesn't want me... he doesn't want me anymore...
Yes, I am so bad, so disobedient; he shouldn't want me in the first place.
Zhao Lingshan stared at her daughter, who was frozen in place, and frowned. "Lu Ni Chang, get up! There are plenty of men out there. Once I deal with these two, I'll find you a better husband!"
Lu Nishang suddenly snapped back to reality and once again positioned herself in front of Zhao Lingshan. "Mother, no! I only love him! Please, let them go!"
"Useless! You dare defy me for a man? Do you not care about your mother anymore?"
Lu Nishang shook her head and slowly stood up. "I won't let anyone hurt Brother Xiaonan again, not me and not you!"
Her gaze turned cold as she summoned a white puppet with both hands.
It was given to her by the Demon Emperor before she left the Underworld.
A ghostly artifact infused with the power of a realm! The Rakshasa Maiden.
Though it could only be used once, it was enough to face any peril and protect its master from danger.
The puppet radiated a white light as its body gradually grew larger.
It became as tall as Zhao Lingshan, with an identical appearance. Even the Azure Silks she wore were adorned with a golden hairpin resembling Buxiao, swaying gently and exuding an ethereal charm that was indescribably enchanting.
Zhao Lingshan was taken aback for a moment before suddenly erupting in fury, her delicate features contorting into a fierce expression as she shouted, "I will kill you! I will kill you!"
She no longer paid attention to Li Xiaonan and the others, engaging in a fierce battle with the woman in white while wielding the Celestial Artifact.
Lu Nishang hurriedly helped Li Xiaonan up, saying, "Xian'er, let's go!"
Yuan Xian'er nodded, and together the two women lifted the severely injured Li Xiaonan and flew toward the exit.
Fortunately, Lu Nishang was familiar with the layout of the underground palace. Just as they were about to fly out, a Golden Immortal guard at the entrance exclaimed, "Young Mistress, these two are..." blocking their path.
Lu Nishang frowned slightly and coldly replied, "How can you still ask me that? How are you guarding this place? The Elixir Vault has been robbed, and my mother is fighting against intruders. Hurry up and help!"
Li Xiaonan tilted her head slightly to look at the cold-eyed Lu Nishang and sadly realized that no matter how hard she racked her brain, she could not remember the soft girl she had met in the Underworld all those years ago.
Did I push her to this point?
If I hadn’t let her go to the Underworld to retrieve the Divine Dragon Cannon back then, would she still be smiling innocently like she did in those days?
Perhaps she wouldn’t have done things she regretted because of me, wouldn’t be crying like a lost child.
Seeing the Golden Immortal hurriedly leave, Lu Nishang couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. But when her gaze met Li Xiaonan's, an even heavier weight pressed down on her chest.
She slowly released her grip on Li Xiaonan and said to Yuan Xian'er, "Xian'er, you take Brother Xiaonan back to Cloud Sky Pavilion!"
"What about you?"
Lu Nishang shook her head, biting her lip hard as she said, "I... can't go back anymore..."
She turned to leave but was tightly held back by someone beside her.
Following the line of her arm, she saw a cold hand tightly clasping hers.
She stared blankly at Li Xiaonan, "Brother Xiaonan..."
"Did you think you could escape after doing something wrong?" His voice, hoarse and reminiscent of a zombie from a deep valley, carried a hint of bloodiness that unsettled Lu Nishang's heart.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the itch of fresh blood in his throat, and softly said, "Lu Nishang, from the moment I went to the Underworld to find you... I made up my mind that as long as I find you... I will never let go of your hand again... no matter what mistakes you make!"
Lu Nishang's body trembled, as if she had heard something shatter.
The wall she had just built around her heart was easily shattered by Li Xiaonan's words.
She couldn't believe that her Brother Xiaonan still wanted her, even though she had been disobedient, even though she had deceived him, even though she had hurt his heart—he still wanted her.
Yuan Xian'er smiled and shook her head, reminding them, "We should leave here quickly!"
Li Xiaonan smirked slightly and said, "The most dangerous place is often the safest. Why don't we stay here?"
Lu Nishang quickly shook her head and replied, "No, whatever Brother Xiaonan can think of, Mother can surely think of too. We must leave this place!"
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