When Zhao Wu looked at her, his gaze softened slightly. "These days, the two of you have been deeply in love. I suppose as the noble Phoenix Girl, you must have been living a rather contented life?"
There was an undercurrent of threat and resentment in his words.
Yaohua did feel somewhat guilty towards Zhao Wu. But with the current situation so urgent, she had no choice but to take advantage of his feelings once again. She just hoped to buy a little time for Chongming to catch his breath.
She clenched her fists, her eyes slowly scanning his mask. She said softly, "All this time, how have you been? I've always been concerned about you. I even asked my brother to look for you, but I thought you were sealed away with the Demon Lord..."
No matter how fierce Zhao Wu's eyes were, the shock in them betrayed his soft heart. "You really looked for me?"
But in an instant, his face turned fierce again. "No, the two of you are now in power. How could you possibly remember a mere Demon like me? All these words you're saying are just because you're cornered, trying to deceive me. Yaohua, you won't be able to use me this time!"
"I was wrong in the past. I even sealed your father, forcing you to hide in this dark place for so long. I don't know how you've been living. I really feel sorry for you." Whether sincerely or not, Yaohua had no other choice. She wasn't an ungrateful person, and she had indeed sent people to look for Zhao Wu, but to no avail. Who would have thought that today she would be at his mercy.
She looked at Zhao Wu with glistening tears in her eyes, the tears and guilt swirling within. "How have you been? What happened to the scar on your neck?"
Zhao Wu originally thought she was just begging him for her husband out of desperation, so he was on high alert. But seeing her so pitiful and sad now, and even caring about the scar on his body, his heart was filled with more emotion.
Did she really look for him?
The past came flooding back like a scroll. He knew Yaohua's character well. He knew that no matter what, there was always a sense of righteousness in her heart. Otherwise, by the Tianhe River back then, she wouldn't have come up with the idea of faking his death. Even though she didn't like him, she still chose to protect him, a Demon.
The little spirits nearby saw the stalemate and shrank their necks, not daring to show themselves.
Oh my god! This Demon is so imposing, but why is he all bark and no bite? After just a few words, he doesn't dare to really attack!
They were getting anxious just watching from the side!
Suddenly, Zhao Wu's gaze fell behind Yaohua.
There, Chongming was sitting in meditation, regulating his breath.
It was obvious that while he had no intention of killing Yaohua, he had every intention of killing Chongming.
Demonic energy surged around him. Yaohua gritted her teeth. For a moment, she didn't know what to say to turn the situation around.
The more she showed concern, the more Zhao Wu felt heartache for her, and the more he disliked Chongming.
It seemed to have become a vicious cycle.
Chongming was still regulating his breath. The spiritual energy in his body was in chaos. He let out a muffled groan, and something seemed to be trying to break free from his body.
Yaohua was shocked when she saw this. "You're trying to strip his divine core?"
If the divine core was destroyed, there would be no chance of reincarnation.
She used the last of her spiritual energy and formed a spell to protect him in front.
Chongming suddenly opened his eyes. Blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth. He said intermittently, "Don't, don't save me. Otherwise, you'll die too."
Although Zhao Wu didn't want to hurt her, they were so close, and Yaohua didn't set up any protection around her. Desperately protecting him in front, she would surely die under the powerful impact of the airwaves.
Yaohua turned to him with tears in her eyes. "What are you saying? If you die, how could I live alone? If I hadn't been tricked by someone, we wouldn't have ended up here. It's all my fault."
The black demonic energy swept through the strong wind, tearing the corner of her clothes.
Chongming bit his fingertip and used his blood to form a formation. Even though his body was suffering from the chaos of the spiritual energy, he still tried to draw a protective formation for her.
Zhao Wu remained silent all the time. Seeing Yaohua desperately protecting Chongming, hatred gradually welled up in his eyes.
Boom! A thunderbolt as thick as a fist came from the sky.
This thunderbolt was pure gold, obviously transformed from merit.
Yaohua looked up in surprise.
The Heavenly Dao recognized the merit that Chongming had done for the mortal world, so it sent down a divine punishment to help him!
Zhao Wu was caught off guard by the thunderbolt. Every hair on his body stood on end.
He wanted to launch another attack, but the thunderbolts kept coming, blocking him every time.
The thunderbolts also faintly contained the prayers and blessings of thousands of common people, which were incompatible with the demonic energy on his body.
The golden light from the thunderbolt merged into Chongming's body, making his injury a little better.
Taking advantage of Zhao Wu's distraction, Yaohua took out a teleportation talisman and pasted it on the two of them.
Whoosh! The two disappeared.
In the mysterious cave, there were caves everywhere, and each cave hid unknown dangers.
The couple felt dizzy and didn't know where they had teleported to. But then they heard a surprised cry from the side. "Who are you? Are you trapped cultivators?"
Yaohua turned around and saw a beautiful and pure white-clothed girl, trapped in the shackles made of spider webs.
The white-clothed girl drew her sword and broke the shackles. She casually threw a few packs of medicine to them. "This place is dangerous. Since we cultivators have met, we should help each other."
Her cultivation was rather low compared to the couple, and the two packs of medicine were not very good either.
But Yaohua didn't show any contempt. Instead, she carefully put them away, then formed a spell with her hands and broke the spider web on the girl's ankle. "Thank you, girl."
The girl's eyes lit up. "Not bad, not bad. You're not useless either. This is a cave I just opened up. If you don't mind, we can be companions."
During the conversation, the girl was not on guard at all and revealed her identity.
She was originally a mortal cultivator, of pure human blood. Her name was Xu Ruanruan. She accidentally fell into the mysterious cave and had no way out for many years.
As she spoke, she skillfully took out some things and started roasting meat.
Yaohua was a little suspicious. "Since you're trapped here, how do you have so many seasonings?"
"I brought them in my storage space," Xu Ruanruan said with a smile. "Besides cultivating, my favorite thing is cooking. So I've stored a lot of seasonings in my storage space. And because I'm a bit of a klutz, I often end up in various places. I have a lot of survival supplies. I'm not afraid of being locked up in this mysterious cave for another few thousand years."
Yaohua was slightly stunned, and some of her doubts were dispelled. Could there really be such an operation?
"Is that your husband? There's quite a lot of golden light of merit around him," Xu Ruanruan said enviously. "Our sect practices the right path bestowed by Divine Lord Chongming. We do good deeds and accumulate merit while cultivating. The stronger our merit, the easier it is to ascend. Your husband can even emit the golden light of merit while healing his wounds. He must be a good person."