Yaohua finally managed to break free from his embrace. She took out a mirror and stared at the almost identical contract marks on their foreheads, lost in thought.
Could it be that the engagement between her and Qingque was false?
Qingque stared at the contract mark and smiled casually. "So what if there's a contract mark? It's just a petty trick of the Demon Clan."
With that, he took out the Heavenly Marriage Contract. "Junior Sister, come here."
Yaohua hesitated.
Qingque lowered his eyelashes slightly and whispered, "It's well - known that demons can bewitch people's minds. Has Junior Sister also been bewitched? We've relied on each other for so many years..."
His dejected and pitiful appearance made Yaohua couldn't help but push away Zhao Wu. "Senior Brother, don't say that!"
Zhao Wu angrily grabbed her wrist. "Who is this again? You have to explain to me. Why did you casually sign a marriage contract with someone else?"
Qingque shouted, "Stop! Don't touch my junior sister!"
He rushed forward to help Yaohua but suddenly fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Senior Brother!" Yaohua quickly shook off Zhao Wu's hand and rushed towards him.
Zhao Wu gritted his teeth. "What a coincidence! He just got sick when I met you?"
"You're truly a Demon Lord, so cold - blooded." Qingque gasped slightly, leaning on Yaohua's shoulder while she fed him medicine.
Yaohua didn't think much of it at first, but after hearing this, she couldn't help but comfort him. "Senior Brother, don't listen to him."
The two were snuggled together, looking extremely intimate.
Zhao Wu touched the contract mark on his forehead and felt like a complete fool. "If I were cold - blooded, I wouldn't have come to save you, this heartless and stupid phoenix!"
Qingque held Yaohua's hand, his eyes slightly lowered. "Yes, Junior Sister. Anyway, he's our savior. He's just saying a few words about me. It doesn't matter."
He paused for a moment and looked up at her intently. "Don't take his words to heart. In my heart, you're the kindest and smartest phoenix in the world."
Zhao Wu was so angry that he stamped his feet. "You're a man. How can you be so shameless and say such sarcastic words? I'd like to see if your injury is real or fake!"
With that, he sent a palm strike over.
Although Qingque was weak, he instinctively protected Yaohua. Even when the demonic energy was approaching, at the last moment of life and death, he turned to her and showed a gentle smile. "I... will always protect you."
"Senior Brother!" Yaohua was deeply touched. A fire phoenix flew out from behind her and blocked Zhao Wu.
She looked at Zhao Wu with tears in her eyes. "What on earth did my senior brother do to offend you? Why do you want to kill him with every move?"
Zhao Wu was burned by the phoenix's true fire, feeling both aggrieved and angry. "With you around, how could he get hurt? He knew this and deliberately provoked me."
"My senior brother is not such a person." Yaohua said firmly.
Zhao Wu felt his temples throbbing. "You'd rather believe him than me!"
"Cough, cough. Everyone, stop arguing." Lu Ran finished his meditation. His wounds had recovered, so he quickly came out to mediate.
First, he looked at Qingque with a hint of disdain in his eyes. "Now that the mortal world has fallen, the Celestial God has sent a message asking me to take you to the Celestial Realm."
Then, without waiting for Qingque's reaction, he looked at Zhao Wu and winked. "The little princess just hasn't recovered her memory yet. Once we reach a safe place and her memory returns, everything will be as it was before. She will never be deceived by bad people."
Zhao Wu snorted. "Even if her memory returns, this ungrateful phoenix won't give me a good look."
Qingque coughed twice. Yaohua immediately looked worried. "Senior Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Zhao Wu was so angry that he immediately changed his tune. "Let's go. We'll go to the Celestial Realm right away."
Normally, they could just fly to the Celestial Realm. But since there were injured people in the group, they had to take a flying boat.
Lu Ran took out the flying boat from his space. But it had just flown for a short while when a hole appeared in the boat, and it started to plummet rapidly.
The group had to split up to find materials.
After repairing the flying boat, it slowly continued to move forward.
Less than a stick of incense later, it broke again.
"It's strange. I've never had such a problem with the flying boat before." Lu Ran checked the boat puzzledly.
Qingque's eyes flickered. "Junior Sister, look. Isn't there demonic energy on the damaged part?"
Yaohua stepped forward to check and found that it was indeed the case. A cloud of suspicion rose in her heart. Could it be that Zhao Wu did it?
She went to where Zhao Wu was, holding the piece of wood stained with demonic energy in her hand. "Why did you deliberately damage the flying boat?"
Zhao Wu couldn't very well say that he did it to prevent her from meeting Chongming.
He sighed. "Actually, you once suffered unfair treatment in the Celestial Realm and had to be reborn from the ashes. I'm afraid that if you go back, you'll be bullied and even killed."
Lu Ran secretly eavesdropped at the door and was furious.
Good! He knew Zhao Wu had bad intentions. Poor his flying boat!
He went back into the room and said angrily to Rong Chu, "What should we do? These two men are both up to no good. I think besides the Demon Lord, Qingque was also involved in this damage!"
Rong Chu was more seriously injured. Hearing this, he calmly took a sip of tea. "It doesn't matter. There will be a way out."
Lu Ran said impatiently, "It's already this critical moment, and you still have the mood to drink tea?"
"When the big shots fight, the underlings suffer." Rong Chu said as he sent another message to the Celestial Realm. "With our level, we'd better not get involved in their love affairs. It's more important to call the Celestial God over quickly."
At night, the flying boat was restarted.
There was a knock on Yaohua's door. She opened it and asked in confusion, "Senior Brother, why are you here?"
Qingque came with a lantern in his hand and walked into the room naturally. "Junior Sister, I'm here about our marriage."
He took out the Heavenly Marriage Contract, with a hint of uneasiness in his eyes. "I'm afraid that after you reach the Celestial Realm, you'll be bewitched by that Demon Lord again because of the contract mark. Let's get married earlier."
Yaohua looked at the marriage contract and felt a bit uncomfortable. She declined. "It's not the right time yet. If you want to give me a wedding, it should be grand."
Seeing her like this, how could Qingque not understand her concerns? His eyes became heavy with haze.
Yaohua thought she was seeing things. "Senior Brother, are you angry?"
"How could Senior Brother be angry with you?" The haze in Qingque's eyes disappeared in an instant. "I just feel a bit uneasy."
He forced a smile despite his disappointment. In his heart, he was dissatisfied with Yaohua and hated Zhao Wu.
Why had he given so much, yet still couldn't win her heart?
It must be Zhao Wu who was causing trouble!
After leaving the room, he took out a stick of incense and placed it on the bow of the boat.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a strong wind tossed the small spiritual boat around.
Zhao Wu sensed a familiar aura. He jumped out of the window and squinted at the figure in front of him. "Is that you? Zhao Yue?"