Chapter 112 No Inner Demons
Chapter 112 No Inner Demons
Hanmujiao belatedly realized that what it had said was inappropriate, and it quickly corrected itself, "I misspoke, I misspoke. What I meant was that I would be your bodyguard, Zhaozhao, for as long as you say!"
Qi Yan then released it, but this time he placed the Cold Wood Dragon on the Green Eye Fox.
Jade-Eyed Fox: "?"
What do you mean? You want me to carry it?
"Oh?"
Yun Zhao raised an eyebrow. "Ten thousand years is fine too?"
Han Mujiao hesitated for a moment, then, considering the importance of the Black Inkstone to him, gritted his teeth and said, "Fine!"
Yun Zhao stared at it intently for a moment, making Han Mujiao's heart tremble with fear.
Please give me a straight answer, don't look at me like that, it scares me.
Seeing its unease, Yun Zhao suddenly chuckled: "How can it be ten thousand years? I might not even live that long. How about this, one hundred years, and I'll give you the Black Inkstone."
Han Mujiao's eyes lit up, "Really?!"
Yun Zhao nodded, "Here, I'll give it to you now."
As she spoke, she took out the black inkstone and casually handed it to Hanmu Jiao.
The Cold Wood Dragon coiled its tail around the stone and looked at it incredulously; it was indeed a black inkstone.
Yun Zhao sighed softly, "Do you believe me now? I'm a generous person. Let alone a single piece of black inkstone, even if I had a hundred pieces, I would definitely give them away if my own people needed them."
"Don't even mention any conditions, I don't need a single bit of thank you fee."
"If you wanted it, you could have just told me. There was no need for you to be my bodyguard for ten thousand or one hundred years, but you..."
She didn't say anything more, but just sighed again.
The Cold Wood Dragon was filled with regret. If it had known that Yun Zhao was so easy to talk to, it wouldn't have tried to play that trick.
The main reason is that in the place where it used to live, it couldn't survive for long without being cunning. It had become instinctive to be cautious in everything it did.
Whether it's a stranger or one's own people... and since Yun Zhao and the other two aren't exactly one's own people, it was wary of them.
Unexpectedly, his attempt to steal a chicken backfired, and he ended up digging his own grave.
It seems it needs to perform well and try to regain its status as a dragon in Yun Zhao's eyes!
The matter was over. No matter how much Han Mujiao regretted it or how much he thought about "turning over a new leaf," Yun Zhao was completely unaware of it. She and Qi Yan continued walking inside.
This section of the road was a long, dark passageway. Only by turning on the lighting artifact could one see the way. As Yun Zhao walked along, he could see traces of fighting from time to time.
She wondered, "Ayan, you said there were no traces of demonic beasts or hidden weapons among these marks, so why were they fighting?"
Before Qi Yan could speak, Han Mujiao, eager to show off, said, "That's simple. These marks are all cultivators' incantations. They fought amongst themselves to see who could get there first!"
“I don’t think so,” Qi Yan rolled her eyes at it. “Having seen the hidden weapons at the entrance, they should have learned their lesson and won’t rush to be the first to attack, let alone fight amongst themselves over who goes first.”
Seeing that Qi Yan was undermining him, Han Mujiao said irritably, "Then tell me, what's going on here?"
Qi Yan didn't say anything, but grabbed the tip of its tail and threw it forward, saying, "You'll know once you try."
Hanmu Jiao: "..."
Don't be fooled by its silence; it's probably cursing a lot of filth in its mind!
However, before it could utter another curse, the entire dragon froze, its eyes fixed blankly, completely still.
Qi Yan understood. "Zhao Zhao, it's trapped in an illusion. Only by breaking through the illusion can it wake up."
Yun Zhao became interested. She had been here for so long but had never seen an illusion before. She wondered what this illusion would be like.
Hanmu Jiao quickly regained its senses. It darted forward a few steps before saying to Yun Zhao and Qi Yan, "This is the Heart Demon Realm, Zhao Zhao, nephew, be careful."
"It's only because my cultivation is so high and I don't have any inner demons that I was able to break through the illusion so quickly. If it were someone else, who knows how long it would have taken them to get out..."
Hanmu Jiao boasted loudly, but Yun Zhao, Qi Yan, and the Azure-eyed Fox on Yun Zhao's shoulder ignored it.
Yun Zhao turned to the Azure-Eyed Fox and said, "Your inner demons are probably those who stole your child, right? Don't let the illusions take advantage of you."
The Azure-Eyed Fox howled twice and voluntarily entered the realm of inner demons.
Seeing that it too had fallen into the illusion, Yun Zhao told Qi Yan to go as well, "A Yan, you go first, Han Mu Jiao and I will protect you both, I'll go later."
Qi Yan nodded, "Okay."
Once he sees through the illusion, he won't fall into it again. If Yun Zhao can't wake up on his own, he can help him.
Of course, if Lingxu Palace is really as he saw it when he indicated it in the forbidden area of the Song family, then Yun Zhao will not need his help.
Qi Yan also wanted to know what his inner demon was. In his previous life, he had never experienced any trials related to inner demons, so he had no idea.
The scene around him changed, and Qi Yan found himself in a grand hall, with a woman standing in front of him.
The woman was dressed in black, with long, flowing black hair. Upon seeing this, Qi Yan was immediately reminded of what he had seen during his amnesia in the Song family's forbidden area…
About half an hour later, the Jade-Eyed Fox woke up, but Qi Yan was still asleep.
Han Mujiao grinned, watching the spectacle: "Oh dear, my nephew is no good at all; he can't even beat the little fox."
"Sigh, I don't know what's wrong with this kid. I'll have to help him out sometime as his uncle."
The more Hanmujiao talked, the more excited it became. Yun Zhao found it noisy and gave it a sharp look, and Hanmujiao immediately became as quiet as a chicken.
However, after a moment of stunned silence, it realized it was really cowardly. How could it find Yun Zhao's eyes, which were just a little girl, so frightening?
It must have misread it.
Well, it's not that it's cowardly, it's just that it's talked too much and its mouth is a little dry.
Fifteen minutes later, Qi Yan woke up. "Zhao Zhao, come here."
Yun Zhao nodded, took a step forward, and tried to experience the wonder of the illusion. She didn't know what her inner demon was, and she was quite curious.
Even after she reached Qi Yan's side, she hadn't fallen into the illusion. Yun Zhao looked confused and took two steps back.
Have they fallen into the illusion yet?
She looked at Qi Yan, "A Yan, what's going on?"
Qi Yan was also puzzled. He took two steps forward and studied the illusion. "Could it be that the illusion has disappeared? Or is there a limit to the number of people who can experience it? It will disappear if more than a certain number of people experience it?"
He knew the reason, but he couldn't say it aloud, so he made up an excuse.
“How could that be?” Han Mujiao retorted. “I’ve never heard of a limit on the number of people in an illusionary realm.”
Qi Yan countered, "Then tell me, what's going on here?"
The Cold Wood Dragon was speechless, because it didn't know what was going on either.
After hesitating for a long time, Han Mujiao tentatively asked, "Could it be that Xiao Zhaozhao's mind is as clear as a newborn child's, and she has no inner demons?"
Yun Zhao's lips twitched. "Do you think that's possible?"
She herself doesn't believe that she has no desires or anything like that.
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