JiYuan became silent for a moment, but he still couldn't help asking System again, "What should I do?"
System didn't say anything for a long time, until the human cultivators at their side finished cursing and scolding, then proceeded to raise their sleeves to start a battle, it calmly said, "You can kill him, or let him kill you. The 1st option can stop the demon ruler, while the 2nd option can wake Ye Junchi up."
JiYuan had a burst of vicious cold.
What should he do if he killed Ye Junchi?
What should Ye Junchi do if he(YJC) killed him?
Ain't this the most evil plot usually presented in the movies? If you don't die, I will die. If I'm dead, when you wake up, life is worse than death... he(JY) darkened his face, "2333, are you saying the truth?"
"It's fake." System laughed with a 'hehehe' and said, "Don't be anxious and relax, already asked you to believe in Big bro. It's already so long now, don't you feel anything strange?"
JiYuan's pair of eyes slightly brightened, "In the rumors, the demon ruler will do whatever he wanted to do and will not beat around the bush. Now that he occupied Ye Junchi's body, he should directly go to Yuqiu's camp and start massacring the human cultivators. But right until now, he still didn't do anything ..."
As he thought of that, JiYuan walked over and held Ye Junchi's hand, inwardly thinking in his heart.
Demon ruler frowned. Just as he wanted to shrug off JiYuan, a familiar numbing sensation swept over him, and his consciousness suddenly blurred.
JiYuan's eyes were wide opened when he saw Ye Junchi revealed a familiar gentle smile. Kissing his(JY) slender white fingers, "Ah Yuan not angry with me ba?"
Behind them, a few low coughing sound from the cultivators could be heard. A strange fiery gaze almost burned a hole through his(JY) back. Seeing that Ye Junchi suddenly changed his expression, JiYuan who knew how thick Ye Junchi's 'face' was stiffened. He knew what he(YJC) was saying. Ignoring the eyes of the public behind him, he expressionlessly said, "Angry."
Ye Junchi's smile shook. It was too late to say anything, he just looked away at the cliff far from them, then returned to his cold face. The demon ruler regained the control of the body had his eyes opened wide. What's happening? Ye Junchi actually is afraid of this human cultivator in front of him? He thought it was unbelievable but whenever he wanted to act against JiYuan, the body will immediately be uncontrollable. Wait a bit more ba. Before long, this body will be completely his. The demon ruler shifted his gaze with a cold face, and met eyes with Yuqiu from far away.
JiYuan couldn't help but shook his head. Ye Junchi was really... it was not easy for him to be sober for a short moment, but the first thing he wanted to ask was if he(JY) was angry or not. Not sure how is he now...
JiYuan was feeling worried in his heart but he didn't say it out. Seeing that the cultivators has started to sword flight with a fighting spirit, he knew that a melee will happen immediately. He turned sideways to look at Yun Cheng, and strode towards him in large steps.
Towards JiYuan, Yun Cheng has always held a guilty conscience. Seeing him walking over, his icy expression turned softer, "Miss Ji, you..."
JiYuan : "Thank you, Mister Ji." [T/N : As in call me Mister Ji thank you very much.]
Yun Cheng followed suit and changed his address, "Mister Ji. You... who hurt you?" Pausing, he scratched his head and continued, "With Senior Ye following you, you shouldn't have any problem..."
JiYuan : "..."
What a shock, Yun Cheng was actually so innocent and couldn't see what kind of marks was on his body. JiYuan felt that he better not de-fi-le Yun Cheng's pure and beautiful world, and shook his head. He reminded, "Yuqiu's magic is very strange. He seemed to be able to shift body to another person at any time, you must be careful."
Yun Cheng nodded.
After a moment of hesitation, JiYuan decided to add a bit more, "Although he is using your father's appearance, you need to remember to be calm. Don't get confused."
Yun Cheng could be considered the leader for the cultivators in the scene right now. If he is dead, these cultivators would be affected at some point. Facing those powerful demons, they would certainly die. Furthermore, Yun Cheng was a very pitiful person...
He(YC) didn't thought too much, so when he found out something wrong with Yun Wuxiu, it was too late. There were only a few trustable people left around him, and each progress was made with great difficulties. His mother was put under house arrest while his father was not conscious. And sometimes he(YC) would be controlled to do some bad things. He(YC) was in a predicament, the situation was dangerous and abnormal. Fortunately, his temper was soft on the outside while hard on the inside, persisted with clenched teeth, and keep looking for the chance to counter-attack. But this was a bumpy road, he couldn't seek warmth from other people and when he suffered bitterness, no one knew about it. Having JiYuan giving him a few words of concern, he(YC) couldn't help reaching out and hugged JiYuan. He gratefully replied, "Mister Ji, after removing the demons, this small one will definitely clean Senior Ye and your good name. Let..."
His words was not finished, but he felt like he was being stared by something very terrifying. It was much scarier than furious beast and poisonous snakes, like it would rush forward and tear him(YC) to bits at the next moment. Yun Cheng felt cold all over his body. He thought it was Yuqiu who was staring at him, but when he raise his head to see, it was Ye Junchi.
Ye Junchi hugged his own hand with a cold face, and stood not very far away from them. His eyes glared with deadliness at his(YC) hand on JiYuan's waist, his own fingers vaguely caressed Gui Chi's body.
Yun Cheng has a head full of cold sweat, he quickly retracted his hand and let go of JiYuan. With a dry laugh, he said, "Senior Ye liked Mister Ji very much indeed."
Yun Cheng : That jealousy was not only scary, but also a bit fierce. A moment later to retract back my hands, I afraid this pair of hands would be chopped down.
In JiYuan's heart, he understood perfectly (with YC) and wanted to sympathetically pat Yun Cheng's shoulder. But he was afraid that Ye Junchi would rush over and 'remove' Yun Cheng's arm, so he(JY) could only nodded his head, then slowly walked back to Ye Junchi's side. He was really puzzled in his heart, "System, Ye Junchi woke up again just now and 'ate vinegar'(jealous) of Yun Cheng?"
System gave an 'En' and added a sentence, "A gaze like he wanted to kill someone."
"... he usually don't get jealous to such extent."
Pausing, a 'light bulb' suddenly lighted up in JiYuan's mind. Like a thunder just struck him, "What the Hell! I am very scared. System, quickly tell me how many consciousness right now is inside Big bro's body?"
System : "You found out quite fast, there are 3."
1 demon ruler, and 2 Ye Junchi. One of the Ye Junchi is the one that has gone crazy.
JiYuan : "..."
The demon ruler felt that JiYuan's gaze was a bit strange, "What is it?"
JiYuan answered with an answer that doesn't match the question, solemnly said, "I will make you get better."
Finished saying that, he lead Ye Junchi towards the edge of the Qian Lian peak. His eyes met with the latter's doubtful eyes, JiYuan revealed a rare, pure and light smile, "You hated the humans, and hated the demons too. This is the battle between both sides and it's none of our business, so we should just watch by the side ba."
As he said that, JiYuan asked in his heart, "System, is the demon ruler a straight guy?"
Hearing an affirmative reply from System, JiYuan lightly smiled in his heart 'See me disgust you to death' and continued his words, "Moreover, didn't you get worried until you couldn't sleep? If we don't participate, then I won't get hurt, and you won't be so distressed."
Demon ruler : "..."
The Hell is this? He(DR) only slept for more than 10 years, why did the world changed altogether when he came back?
System : "Hey, OOC..."
JiYuan was expressionless, "Critical period, shut up."
System pondered for a moment. Thinking on how pitiful the host was, it could only silently pressed down the OOR charge and watched the fun from the side.
When Ye Junchi found himself being struck by the black needle, he should have guessed that he would lose control and later on let the demon ruler take advantage of this weakness. Since he dared to take JiYuan to Wan Nan Mountain, he must have some kind of confidence that he would be able to completely break away from the demon ruler. System which was completely equipped with scientific knowledge but was useless in fantasy world, shed two lines of electronic tears (T_T). Feeling that even its role to assist was gone, everything will have to listen to Big bro now.
Both people came to the edge of the cliff, and the demon lord looked like he was unwilling to take a step nearer. Countless of cultivators were buried under the Qian Liao peak. Even with the Yun family's big array restraining it, one would still feel a hint of extreme coldness upon approaching nearer. If one is not careful and accidentally fell down, one would even have the opportunity to mingle with countless restless souls of the dead demons and human cultivators, 'friendly mingle' that is. Other than that, if one doesn't have strong enough cultivation, or one's soul has some weakness in it, then it would be even more exciting. One will get caught by countless of grudging and restless spirits, basically you won't come up again once you fell in.
JiYuan noticed the demon ruler's reaction and determined that Ye Junchi was hinting of the cliff just now to him. Just as they reached the edge of the cliff, the other side started fighting. Whenever cultivators started fighting, the effects have always been big/massive. When a talisman or a 5-element1 skill thrown out to the fray, there would be loud rumbling sounds. The effect for melee attacks was even more incredible. A human cultivator has just sword flight and chopped down a few demons, he then get sneak-attacked from behind by another demon; his head was directly snapped off. Just as that demon wanted to taste the cultivator's blood, a blasting talisman flew right at it and pasted at its head. 'BOOM' and the demon lost half of its head.
Feeling uncomfortable from looking at those scenes, JiYuan turned away, no longer watching. He held tightly at Ye Junchi's hand while continue prying secrets from System's mouth, "Shouldn't the demon ruler like Yin qi instead? Why is he so afraid of getting nearer to the bottom of the peak? If I died, don't dream of getting your bonus."
The threat at the last part was effective, System hesitated for a while before saying, "Originally, I shouldn't tell you this... ai, fine fine. Already broken so many rules, one more wouldn't kill. Yuqiu didn't rely on the Yin qi at the bottom of the peak to summon his soul. Moreover, the demon ruler's soul has been drifting for more than 10 years so it was not whole. Souls that were not whole are very scared of getting close to Yin qi, even demon ruler couldn't get close for too long."
"Then what will happen if one get close?"
"Will be dragged out of the body and get consigned to eternal damnation."
So Ye Junchi was trying to use this idea. JiYuan lightly breathed in and nodded. When he looked at the demon ruler again, his(JY) gaze has changed.
The demon ruler frowned, "Ah Yuan, why are you looking at me like that?"
JiYuan : "It's been a while since you last called me Baby."
Demon ruler : "..." The most perfect creation he has trained out, what the Hell had he experienced?
If wasn't for the restriction from System, JiYuan really wanted to act out his most passionate acting, "Junchi, I want to tell you something."
"... what?"
JiYuan slowly circled his(YJC) waist, his face was cold and his voice was light, "You jump, I jump."
"What?"
The demon ruler really felt weird. He doesn't feel much grievance from being killed by the little bastard that he raised up, just felt amusing instead. He was called back by Yuqiu from within the realm of hazy chaos, but he doesn't have much goals. Since Yuqiu painstakingly resurrected him, if Yuqiu want to kill someone then he(DR) will help him kill ba. If he(YQ) wanted to conquer the human realm, then let's get it. Therefore, other than suppressing Ye Junchi, the demon ruler who has been living casually didn't think much of the current happenings, and didn't care much of what JiYuan was doing either. So the demon ruler was stunned for a moment when he was grabbed by JiYuan and plunged down the peak together with him. Dropping down in a quick speed, those horrifying Yin qi continuously tried to get nearer. Because his soul was flawed, the demon ruler couldn't even use sword flight to get away.
Immediately his expression turned very scary, "Brat, you dare to trick me?"
JiYuan threw out a punch at his(DR) face without any hesitation, and coldly said, "Don't use that face to make such an expression."
The demon ruler's expression escalated to terrifying. He pushed JiYuan away and quickly pulled out Gui Chi, stabbing it into the wall of the cliff and forcefully stopped his descend.
JiYuan was hanging onto the rock nearby. Being invaded by the Yin qi, JiYuan felt his body starting to turn stiff from the cold. He circulated his spiritual power in his body to dispel the cold, while aiming a kick at the demon ruler.
A seasoned fighter like the demon ruler naturally won't get kicked so easily. Instead, he(DR) grabbed his(JY) ankle and fiercely pulled, then flung him(JY) down the peak.
However, the moment he threw JiYuan down, Ye Junchi's body unexpectedly didn't listen to his control and let go of Gui Chi, diving out to hug JiYuan. Even though he was a demon ruler, he also couldn't help cursing out.
JiYuan took the opportunity to wrap around Ye Junchi's body using both his hands and legs. Both people fell down to the bottom of the peak in a quick speed. Their surrounding rapidly darkened and the lighting was hazy, only enabling them to see thick gray mist.
JiYuan went to whisper at his(DR/YJC) ear, "I will accompany you."
JiYuan's body was at the bottom, so just as his voice reached their ears, Ye Junchi instantly hugged JiYuan tightly and flipped both of them in mid-air. The next moment, both people crashed onto the ground. A horrifying sound of a flesh body smashed to the ground was heard.
JiYuan only has some time to form the hand gesture for a wind skill that he was not skillful of to slow their descend. Being covered by Ye Junchi, he(JY) was not hurt but hearing that sound, his heart became cold. Not caring about anything else, JiYuan immediately crawled away from above Ye Junchi and anxiously supported his(YJC) body.
JiYuan still remember that Ye Junchi was a real human through and through, that time when he(JY) ruthlessly hit his(YJC) stomach, Ye Junchi has turned pale white for some time. He called out with a trembling voice, "Ye Junchi?"
Ye Junchi's complexion was pale white. After a long while, his black long lashes moved. When he opened his eyes, the black pupil inside was gentle.
JiYuan lowered his head, and called out with uncertainties, "Ye Junchi?"
Ye Junchi lightly smiled and reached out his hand, then abruptly grasped at JiYuan's throat. His smile turned bloodthirsty, "Wrong, little thing. It's the demon ruler."
JiYuan took a deep breath and saw the demon ruler gave a relaxed smile, "So, very surprised? You really think these mere Yin qi could suppress this Great me? In your dreams!"
When the demon ruler said the last 3 words, a thick killing intent was mixed in his tone. Being shrouded in the midst of the Yin qi, JiYuan has already felt uncomfortable. His circulation of spiritual power was sluggish, just like an old man past his prime. JiYuan was not anxious although his throat was being gripped and taken off-guard. His light-colored eyes unblinkingly locked gaze with him(YJC). Too late to speak anymore, JiYuan could only use his hand to stroke his(YJC) cheek.
The demon ruler's fingers couldn't help but loosened.
JiYuan took the opportunity to break away then leaned down to hug Ye Junchi tightly. The corner of his eyes was a bit red, "Ye Junchi, quickly wake up ah. If you don't wake up... I will kill you."
Being hugged tightly by JiYuan, the demon ruler squinted his eyes. His hand soundlessly crept nearer to the top of JiYuan's head. Just as he wanted to smash down with force and ends his(JY) life, his(DR) eyes turned and he coldly laughed. He(DR) endured a nausea and gently caressed JiYuan's hair. With a quiet voice, he said, "Don't be afraid, I woke up."
JiYuan breathed out in relief in a split second. He smiled in tears at Ye Junchi, "Are you alright?"
The demon ruler's eyes were hiding his malicious intent, but his voice was very gentle, "I'm fine."
If Ye Junchi saw his loved one die with his own hands, in front him...
If JiYuan was killed by his loved one in his happiest state...
Then the pain from these two people, plus Ye Junchi's pain to continue living on alone will be enough to pay back his suffering from drifting all these years. When the demon ruler thought of what will happen, he couldn't help but felt excited. He was about to continue coaxing JiYuan, when he(JY) suddenly stretched out his own hand and removed a bracelet with a white bead.
"What's wrong?" The demon ruler was a bit doubtful.
Tears were still flowing, JiYuan seemed to be crying tears of joy, "This is a gift you gave me for protection. But now I think you need it more than me."
As he said that, JiYuan sneered in his heart and tied the bracelet on 'Ye Junchi's' wrist. He(JY) haven't be able to take off the bracelet all these while and yet, he could pull it off just now. That combined the fact that Ye Junchi said the bracelet could prevent spirit possession, JiYuan almost instantly understood the true meaning of the bracelet.
The demon ruler was stunned. He haven't start to decipher what JiYuan meant by that when bright white lights suddenly flashed from the bracelet at his wrist. His soul which he painstakingly exerted effort to stay in Ye Junchi's body was forcefully expelled. The translucent soul drifted in mid-air, and his(DR) expression was looking a bit dazed.
JiYuan felt his nerves tingling from seeing that, "System, this this this is ghost, right?"
System comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Big bro is here."
That was when JiYuan realized that the person in his arms has opened his eyes, and lightly smiled at him.
Ye Junchi tilted his head and looked at the soul of the demon ruler being continuously eroded by the Yin qi, "Long time no see."
The soul which was exposed to the Yin qi was suffering. If this was the soul of an average person, at this moment their soul should have scattered by now but the demon ruler's soul still have the time to frown and speak, "Haven't seen you for many years, your methods have become a lot more cleverer."
"Your evil energies are lesser compared to the past."
Ye Junchi lowered down his eyes, and lightly said, "You tortured me like that but didn't kill me, wasn't it just so that I could kill you? Now that you can finally have your soul completely scattered, you should thank me."
The demon ruler laughed out loud, his originally handsome face could be seen a bit distorted. He didn't answer Ye Junchi's words, his translucent body became more and more transparent under the erosion of the Yin qi until he disappeared out of trace.
This is the end?
JiYuan shivered.
"Very cold?"
Ye Junchi turned his hand and pulled JiYuan into his arms, comfortably rubbed the top of his soft hair. Then he held his(JY) cheek and pecked on that bright red lips, "Baby, what is it?"
"... why did the demon ruler want you to kill him?"
Ye Junchi lightly smiled, "Lived long enough."
"Then you... " JiYuan hesitated for a moment, and lightly asked, "Who are you right now?"
Ye Junchi looked deeply at him(JY), then raised his hand to rub his own cold cheeks, "I am Ye Junchi, Ah Yuan."
Pausing, he looked at the Yin qi which has transformed into mist form around them, his gaze was a bit strange.
"Ah Yuan, you say, if we release all these Yin qi out, how many people up there will be still alive?"
JiYuan involuntarily recalled back at their encounter last night, that xx which almost cause him to suffocate ...
It was as if he fell into a deep freezing pool all of a sudden, JiYuan's body trembled uncontrollably, "Ye Junchi..."
Ye Junchi became silent for a moment, then he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He then tilted his head and kissed at JiYuan's broken lips, his voice was gentle, "Sorry, I scared you again. Don't be afraid, this is me. Those evil energy has been suppressed by me."
JiYuan buried his head at his(YJC) neck, his voice was choking a bit, "Don't be like that anymore, I'm scared."
"I won't." Ye Junchi said in a deep voice, "I won't let you get scared anymore."
Ye Junchi carried JiYuan and silently summoned Gui Chi. Then he flew up from the bottom of the peak in sword flight while softly comforting JiYuan. In the middle of their sword flight, JiYuan suddenly raised his head and grasped at Ye Junchi's collar, recklessly kissed on his(YJC) lips. Ye Junchi was afraid that he(JY) would get injured so he only responded gently. His(YJC) hand tightly hugged JiYuan, and with a burst of spiritual power, they have returned back on to the Qian Liao peak.
The battle has yet to end, and Yun Cheng was confronting Yuqiu, obviously on the losing side. Ye Junchi glanced over and then loudly said, "Yuqiu, sorry. The one who survived is me."
Yuqiu abruptly opened his eyes widely, and looked at them in disbelief. Yun Cheng took that opportunity to stab his sword into his(YQ) chest. That moment when he stabbed Yuqiu, Yun Cheng's body could be clearly seen trembling.
Yuqiu opened his mouth, and blood flowed down. It was obviously painful and yet, he showed a smile of approval.
Yun Cheng blankly kneeled onto the ground, trembling and shouted, "Father!"
This battle lasted the whole night, and ended when the sun rose the next day. The golden sunshine shone onto the highest point of the Qian Liao peak, shining onto the bloody corpses on the ground. The silent Qian Liao peak has once again bathed in the blood of the demons and human cultivators after so many years. More souls have joined the current countless souls, they most probably won't be lonely.
Yun Cheng silently kneeled in front of Yun Wuxiu's dead body. When the sun rises, he then stood up holding a blood-stained sword, and glanced at the remaining one third men who survived the battle. Thin rays of sunshine shone on everyone's body, making them looked like statues. Yun Cheng who was silent for a long time looking at them, suddenly broke down in tears.
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"... the human cultivators have once again defeated the evil demons, and the rumored holy land will always be the demon's nightmare!"
JiYuan listened to the story with relish, quietly cracked open a melon seed. The storyteller continued talking with his spits flying, "Eldest Young master Yun... ah no, right now should be called the new Alliance Leader, the Yun family's Head daren. Leader Yun placed righteousness before family, personally cut down the old leader who was possessed by the demon. After a hard-fought battle, Leader daren also couldn't help but shed tears of joy..."
The listeners cheered, and the storyteller continued, "The most surprising thing is, the demon lord Ye Junchi and Miss Ji who was being hunted everywhere turned out to be really framed. This old one doesn't know the details, only know both people has gotten married in the demon realm... "
JiYuan cracked another melon seed, and felt depressed when he heard that he was still being addressed as a female. He poked at the man sitting beside him, "When did Yun Cheng cried tears of joy?"
Ye Junchi flicked away the melon seed's shell which was sticking on his(JY) lips and moved forward to kiss him, helplessly said, "All I see is you, where do I have the time to check if he was crying or not? Furthermore, this happened years ago, how come they still haven't sick of telling the same thing again and again?"
Upon hearing that, JiYuan smiled, "Naturally because there are too much pleasant surprises."
Seeing JiYuan smiling so brightly, Ye Junchi couldn't help reaching out and poked at his cheek. He felt that the feeling was nice and pinched his(JY) cheek. Ye Junchi couldn't hold himself back and laughed together, "You have been laughing more and more lately."
JiYuan thought in his heart 'I worked so hard on my 800 tasks, and just finished them recently. I laughed when I feel happy, so what?', and his face revealed a displeased expression, "What, you want me to turn back like I was before to be likeable?"
"No." Ye Junchi raised a barrier so that other people couldn't see them, and also make it convenient for them to hug. He reached out and pulled JiYuan into his arms, there seemed to be flashes of soft and gentle light in his eyes when he smiled, "I have always felt that your personality was not like that. Right now, you has completely let it go, so I felt really happy, how could I dislike you?"
JiYuan rewarded him with a kiss on his(YJC) cheek.
"Smile a bit more."
Received a reward, Ye Junchi's gaze became deeper. His voice was low and magnetic, the gentle sound of it could almost make people feel drunk, "It felt as sweet as sugar when Ah Yuan smiled. I never eat any sweets before when I was young so please smile a bit more, then I will be able to make up for my childhood regret."
JiYuan suspiciously blushed : "..."
Already an old couple for many years but he could still tease, the coaxing skill of someone surnamed Ye was getting more and more powerful.
~ The End ~
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