Yaohua let out a soft laugh. Her gloomy mood was somewhat relieved by Yaoyao's childish words. "Silly girl, how could you be a bad thing? Those who can absorb the power of the Heavenly Demon are all great heroes."
Yaoyao cheered. "Great! Yaoyao wants to be a great hero!"
Yaohua shook her head. "Let's not talk about this for now. Where on earth did you go before?"
Yaoyao said sheepishly, "I don't know where I was. After I woke up from the coma, I came to find you right away."
She took Yaohua's hand and rubbed her face against it comfortably. "Mother, did you miss me? How many times a day did you miss me?"
Yaohua replied with a smile, "Of course we did. Chongming and I have been looking for you. By the way, he still wants you to help suppress the Heavenly Demon Seed. Let's go and see how he's doing."
At this moment, waves of spiritual power fluctuations came from Chongming's room.
Feeling the chaotic aura, Yaohua's expression changed drastically. "No! Chongming's spiritual power is out of control. How could this happen?"
Without caring about the spiritual power around her that was as sharp as knives, she rushed into the room quickly.
She saw Chongming with his eyes tightly closed and cold sweat dripping from his forehead. The Heavenly Demon Seed was emitting waves of demonic energy, clashing with his spiritual power and creating extremely chaotic fluctuations that spread outwards.
Yaohua quickly woke him up. He looked at her blankly and asked, "What happened to me?"
Yaoyao ran in from outside with her eyes wide open. "Father, you almost got eroded by the demonic energy just now and your spiritual power was out of control!"
Yaohua asked with concern, "Why were you suddenly eroded by the demonic energy? Did you get injured in the previous battle?"
A bitter look appeared on Chongming's usually indifferent face. "I guess it's because I've been brooding over the matter of the Karma Fire Abyss, and thus developed an obsession."
Thinking of Qingcang's corpse, he said angrily, "In this lifetime, I will surely make the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon never be able to reincarnate!"
Yaohua also took an oath, and their emotions calmed down a bit.
She thought for a while and asked hesitantly, "Chongming, if I say I want to kill Qing Que, will you agree?"
Surprise flashed across Chongming's eyes. "Why do you suddenly want to kill him? Is he related to this matter?"
Yaohua sighed. "It's sort of related... I don't know how to explain it. Anyway, I want to kill him. But he once showed kindness to me, and I find it hard to do it. What should I do?"
Chongming said indifferently, "What kindness did he show you?"
Yaohua asked in confusion, "Didn't he teach me carefully and protect my safety when I just finished my Nirvana? Isn't that kindness?"
Thinking of this, anger flashed in Chongming's eyes. "If he hadn't stolen you away, you should have been reborn in the Cangling Hall through Nirvana."
Yaohua was shocked. "Really?"
Chongming told her the whole story. She felt a bit dazed. It turned out that the person she had trusted all these days was actually the one who had deceived her the most.
She asked hesitantly, "Should I kill him?"
Chongming was about to ask again, but then he thought of the strange power on her and knew that even if he asked, he wouldn't get an answer.
In the end, he just said meaningfully, "You make your own decision."
The system urged, "Host, what are you waiting for? Quickly use the communication jade token to call that liar over and then kill him completely."
Yaohua took out the communication jade token but hesitated. Although it was wrong for Qing Que to steal her away, was his crime really worthy of death?
Just then, a paper crane fluttered in front of her. After she opened the message on it, she looked a bit stunned and then walked outside.
Chongming grabbed her. "Where are you going?"
Yaohua waved the paper crane in her hand. " Zhao Wu is outside and has invited me to meet him."
Although Chongming felt a bit uneasy, he didn't show it. He just silently followed behind her to show his protection for Yaohua with his actions.
It was summer, and the cicadas were singing.
Zhao Wu had a grass stem in his mouth. With his arms crossed in front of his chest, he leaned against a tree, looking lazy and casual.
When he saw Yaohua, he wasn't as enthusiastic as before. Instead, he said coolly, "You two are newlyweds. I thought you wouldn't want to see me, your former fiancé."
Yaohua forced a smile. "Zhao Wu, what are you talking about? Even if we can't be lovers, we can still be friends."
Zhao Wu ignored her, but his tone softened a bit. "I came this time to tell you that Qing Que somehow reached an alliance with Zhao Yue. You must be careful."
An alliance between Qing Que and Zhao Yue?
Yaohua was shocked. "How could this be?"
Zhao Wu said, "I accidentally saw them discussing. I thought it was strange, so I secretly followed them and overheard that they had reached an alliance."
He paused and then scolded angrily, "It's all your fault, you femme fatale. Zhao Yue's goal is to rule the Three Realms, while Qing Que just wants you to stay by his side forever."
He took out a spiritual scroll from his bosom and gave it to Yaohua.
The spiritual scroll was full of scenes of Qing Que practicing demonic arts and killing innocent civilians everywhere.
Looking at these scenes, Yaohua finally made up her mind.
She took out the communication jade token and sent a message to Qing Que, inviting him to meet in Henan Mansion.
After a while, Qing Que replied, "Let's meet in Jiangbei City."
Jiangbei City was the territory of the Demon Race. The system clicked its tongue. "It seems you're not so irresistible that he's lost his mind. Qing Que chose this place clearly because he's prepared to forcefully keep you as his possession if the conversation goes badly."
Yaohua thought for a while and asked, "Jiangbei City is the territory of the Demon Race. It's not a good idea for just the two of us to go there, is it?"
Qing Que was silent for a while and then replied, "It's okay."
"He may already be on guard against me." Yaohua said dejectedly after trying several times without success.
"If all else fails, try seducing him!" the system boldly suggested. "Just like you did to Zhao Yue before. Wear a more revealing dance dress and tie a bell on it."
Yaohua was speechless. "Do you think this trick works on everyone?"
The system said indifferently, "This kind of thing should be a piece of cake for you. After all, you're good at both using your beauty and taking advantage of others' sincerity. Zhao Wu is the best example."
Yaohua never expected the system to say such a thing. She was instantly furious. "What are you talking about? I've never had such dirty thoughts about Zhao Wu."
"Are you saying you never took advantage of him?" the system was shocked.
Yaohua was speechless. Like a deflated balloon, she became dejected.
Yes, she had to admit that she had taken advantage of Zhao Wu.
Seeing her like this, the system said no more. "Anyway, think of a way on your own. Otherwise, I'll take back everything I've given you. I'm not like those blue - eyed confidants of yours who ask for nothing in return."