Yaohua wiped the blood away. "It's okay. It's just that since Qingque is dead, the heavenly marriage contract is automatically annulled, and I've suffered a backlash."
She looked at Chongming. Just as she was about to pour out her longing of the past few days, she noticed the dense lines on his face. She couldn't help asking in surprise, "What happened to your face?"
Chongming touched his face and stared at her blankly.
She summoned a water mirror for him to see his own appearance.
On his once peerlessly handsome face, there were now black lines like a spider web.
"It's a curse!" Chongming quickly realized.
It seemed that before Qingque died, he had left a most vicious curse on Chongming.
The power of the curse landed on Chongming, turning into black lines that spread all over his body. At the same time, Chongming's body became as fragile as a piece of paper. A gentle gust of wind would make it all disappear.
Just as the clone disappeared, the real body of Chongming, sealed in Danxue Mountain, suddenly opened his eyes. He quickly made a spell gesture with his hands, and a light shield flashed out from his hands, trapping a wisp of demonic energy.
Looking at this demonic energy, he was secretly shocked. "I didn't expect Qingque to have such powerful strength. The power of the curse could come through the shattered clone and erode my real body. Fortunately, I killed him in time, or else he would have grown out of control."
At this moment, another wisp of demonic energy suddenly appeared out of thin air and got into his body. His face immediately changed greatly. He only had time to send a message to Yaohua with a paper crane before closing his eyes and starting to meditate.
At this time, Yaohua was stunned by the sudden disappearance of the clone. When she saw the paper crane flying over, she quickly caught it and checked the message. "Master said that his demonic power has increased, and his divine power has decreased accordingly. He must go into seclusion for a while?"
She thought for a moment and replied to indicate that she understood.
The battle on the Phoenix Clan's side was still going on. However, since Zhaojun had been killed, the Zhuyuan and other groups were leaderless and could only retreat step by step.
After Yaohua repelled the allied forces of several clans, she still wasn't satisfied. She chased them alone for ten miles. Her valiant and heroic appearance struck fear into the hearts of the enemy.
Wiping the fresh blood on her sword, she said casually, "Now, no one should be stupid enough to attack us."
It was quiet all around. She couldn't help asking curiously, "Why aren't you all saying anything?"
Several elder brothers swallowed their saliva in unison. "N-nothing."
They couldn't very well say that they were scared by their own sister's fierce appearance, could they?
In the minds of these elder brothers, their sister had always been so delicate and cute. But now she had turned into a real killing star. Who could understand this sense of contrast?
Yaohua sheathed her sword and took a few steps. But she noticed that the people around her all kept a certain distance from her. She couldn't help asking again, "What's wrong? Are you afraid of me?"
Yanling was the first to react. "How could we be afraid of you? We just think that our sister is really heroic and worthy of praise!"
"Right, right!"
The other elder brothers also reacted one after another. "It's a good thing that our sister can fight. At least she won't be bullied outside in the future."
"That's how the daughters of our Phoenix Clan should be!"
Yaohua showed a bright smile. "As long as the elder brothers don't dislike me. I was still worried that I might scare you."
"No, no." Several elder brothers waved their hands in unison.
At this time, cheers also came from the soldiers of the Phoenix Clan.
The soldiers rushed over, picked Yaohua up, and threw her high into the air and then caught her.
Yaohua's appearance was like a reassurance pill for the soldiers. Battles where she appeared could always be easily resolved. This battle also strengthened Yaohua's prestige in the Phoenix Clan and diluted the panic caused by Qingcang's death.
Invisibly, people would feel extremely at ease as long as they saw her.
After returning to the Phoenix Clan, Yaohua threw herself into the ancient books again.
Yanling came to the library. He helplessly patted her on the shoulder. "Clan Chief, now that Father has passed away, you are the most powerful warrior in the Phoenix Clan and also the clan chief. You should take on the clan chief's duties and not just immerse yourself in the library all day."
Yaohua didn't even lift her head. "Didn't we agree that you, elder brother, would handle the affairs first?"
"But I also need your help." Yanling ruffled her hair. "After all, you are the legitimate clan chief. If you want to continue in this position, you must learn how to handle political affairs yourself."
"Elder brother is right. But I really don't have the time now." Yaohua pointed at the books with a bit of distress.
Yanling couldn't help asking, "I wonder what our sister is troubled about?"
Yaohua sighed. "Chongming's divine power in his body is decreasing now, but his demonic energy is increasing. I have to find a way to solve this problem for him. Otherwise, he may completely fall into the demonic path!"
Yanling's expression became serious. He thought hard for a while and suddenly clapped his hands. "You should ask God of War Chenyu about this kind of problem!"
Yaohua also realized this and immediately wrote a letter.
There were many ancient books in the Penglai Clan where God of War Chenyu was located, and there were also many ancient books that were lost in the Heavenly Realm. If she could get his help, she would surely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Chenyu quickly replied in a letter: Bless the mortal world to increase divine power.
Yaohua murmured, "By blessing the mortal world, the collected power of faith can be transformed into divine power. Right, why didn't I think of this method before?"
She excitedly got up, put the book back on the shelf, and pulled Yanling out. "I've thought of a way!"
In Henan Prefecture.
Teams of workers were carrying things to renovate the temple.
Originally, there were many fake statues of gods in this temple. Later, all these fake statues were smashed. And due to the turbulent life, no one had put up new statues.
Now, God of War Chenyu was looking at all this from afar. With a wave of his hand, all the statues turned into the appearance of Chongming.
Then, colorful auspicious clouds came from the horizon. Fire phoenixes shuttled and tumbled among the clouds, amazing the common people. Finally, the fire phoenixes turned into countless streaks of flowing light and fell into the temple.
Then, a gentle rain began to fall. This was the first rain after the natural disaster of the karma fire, which made the dead and scorched earth come back to life again.
Yaohua cooperated with God of War Chenyu to bless the land of China with countless rains carrying a little spiritual energy. Although such spiritual rain couldn't make the scorched earth immediately grow green grass, it greatly increased the possibility of plant survival.
The spiritual rain falling on the common people could relieve the symptoms of the injured. Eating it even gave a slight sense of fullness.
Such a divine act almost made the common people boil with excitement.
At the same time, God of War Chenyu erected a statue of Chongming, and the common people came to offer sacrifices one after another. Countless power of faith condensed.
Chongming, who was in a deep sleep, felt the surging power of faith coming and couldn't help opening his eyes in surprise.
He tried to condense an avatar to go out, but hesitated. If the clone was plotted against by the Heavenly Demon, it would affect his real body. He had to think of another way.