The child was obviously terrified. Trembling all over, he looked at Yaohua and sobbed, "Pretty sister, are my family members never coming back?"
Hearing this, Yaohua let out a long sigh. This matter was not simple. It seemed that she had to go there herself.
This poor child.
Well, after settling the child down, the more Yaohua thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was fishy.
It was no easy feat to take away the lives of everyone in a city overnight. Moreover, this way of death no longer seemed like the work of the demons.
"This is no easy matter. I'll go to the capital of Shuangtong Kingdom to take a look," Yaohua said. Then, pretending to glance at Chongming casually, she found the latter looking a bit absent - minded.
Digging her nails into her flesh, the pain brought her a bit of clarity, but her heart still ached.
Even though she knew that what she had seen before was deliberately shown to her by the Demon Lord, she still cared deeply and had no way to ask.
Anyway, she was going to die soon. Let her deceive herself one last time. Just assume that Chongming had always been in love with her.
Chongming frowned tightly. This way of death was extremely tragic, and it also felt a bit familiar to him.
What worried him more was that Yaohua had been distancing herself from him ever since she released the Demon Lord.
He knew that Yaohua was feeling bad, but he had also been trying his best to comfort her. Why did Yaohua ignore him?
Had something bad happened?
Chongming always had a bad premonition, as if he was about to lose the most important thing in his life.
As a result, when Yaohua was talking to him, he was a bit absent - minded and lost in thought for a moment.
"You're right. You go to the capital first. I'll follow soon."
Chongming was really worried. He wanted to check out what the Demon Lord was capable of and what kind of influence it would have on people.
"Okay."
Yaohua lowered her head to hide the disappointment and sadness in her eyes. She wondered what the relationship between Chongming and Qing Yi was, but she didn't dare to ask.
Resisting the urge to call Chongming back, afraid that she might not be able to control herself, Yaohua left first.
In just a moment, she arrived at the capital of Shuangtong Kingdom and saw a shocking sight.
There was a huge altar built on the outskirts of the capital. People were kneeling on the ground all around, looking up at the person on the altar.
Their eyes were full of hope and burning with an almost terrifying intensity.
The person on the altar was Qing Mei, the priestess of Shuangtong Kingdom. After performing some magic, she opened her eyes and slowly walked up to the emperor at the front.
"Priestess! How is it?" the emperor asked anxiously.
"I've communicated with the gods," Qing Mei glanced at the emperor. "It's because Shuangtong Kingdom has made mistakes and angered the gods. That's why the gods have sent down disasters as a warning."
Hearing this, the emperor was immediately in a hurry.
He quickly asked anxiously, "Priestess, do you have any way to appease the gods' anger?"
As a mortal, the emperor could only pin his hopes on Qing Mei.
Yaohua looked at Qing Mei, a bit curious about what she would do.
Qing Mei let out a cold snort, with a hint of disgust and loathing in her eyes. Her voice was cold, "This time the gods are extremely angry. The sins committed are so serious that to appease the gods' anger, some high - quality young men and women need to be selected every day to be sacrificed on this altar."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people present immediately started to talk.
After all, this involved so many lives. Even if they didn't care about the common people, it would still be a troublesome thing to find a large number of people for sacrifice.
"Silence!" Seeing that Qing Mei was unhappy, the emperor immediately shouted to stop them. He didn't care about the lives of the common people at all. "May I ask how many young men and women are needed every day and what their ages should be?"
"Twenty young men and women are needed every day, aged between 15 and 20," Qing Mei was very satisfied with the emperor's good sense.
As soon as Qing Mei finished speaking, it was like a drop of water falling into hot oil. The officials below exploded.
"This is really a joke," Yaohua couldn't stand it any longer. She couldn't bear to see so many people being sacrificed. "A god who needs human sacrifices to calm his anger is no god at all!"
"Most likely it's not the gods at all. It's you who need these people for sacrifice," Yaohua had already seen that the person in front of her was clearly a fallen demon.
"Who are you? How dare you be disrespectful to the priestess!" The emperor looked at Yaohua who suddenly appeared and of course chose to defend Qing Mei. After all, in his eyes, Qing Mei was his savior.
"Humph, she's just a fallen demon," Yaohua didn't want to explain too much to the emperor.
Since Qing Mei had the intention to harm others, Yaohua of course wouldn't show any mercy. She directly aimed to take Qing Mei's life.
Of course, Qing Mei wouldn't just sit there waiting to be captured. But soon she found that she couldn't defeat Yaohua.
"Who are you?" Qing Mei glared at Yaohua fiercely and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, just wait for a more severe divine punishment!" After saying that, Qing Mei immediately ran away. Knowing that she couldn't defeat Yaohua, she took the first step to leave.
After running away, as soon as she returned to her residence, she saw a familiar figure.
If she remembered correctly, this was Emperor God Chongming, who had a good relationship with her sister. If she could get his help, she wouldn't have to be afraid of that woman who appeared out of nowhere.
This woman didn't seem to come from anywhere good and dared to ruin her good deeds. She would never let her go easily.
After handing over the matters related to the sacrifice to her assistant, Qing Mei planned to find Chongming.
She wasn't worried at all that Yaohua would ruin her good deeds. After all, over the years, she still had some confidence in the emperor.
She wasn't afraid that the emperor would believe a stranger instead of her.
"Brother Chongming, wait," Qing Mei quickly took a pill and rushed to catch up with Chongming. "Do you still remember me?"
"Who are you?" Looking at Qing Mei's appearance, Chongming felt that she looked a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember for a moment.
"I'm Qing Yi. Brother Chongming, don't you remember me?" Qing Mei knew that she looked similar to her sister and also understood that they hadn't seen each other for a long time, so she had the courage to pretend to be her sister.
Even if she was exposed, she wasn't afraid.
She didn't believe that Chongming would do anything to her for the sake of her sister.
When Qing Mei said this, Chongming remembered. He frowned.
If he remembered correctly, this wasn't Qing Yi at all, but Qing Mei.
Moreover, he could also sense Yaohua's divine power on Qing Mei.
Chongming had a few guesses in his mind. In order to find out the truth, he didn't expose Qing Mei. Instead, he took her to meet Yaohua.
He already knew that the Demon Lord could arouse the demons in people's hearts, and he was very worried about Yaohua.
Seeing the two of them walking together, Yaohua's face immediately turned cold. "Who are you?"
In fact, she wanted to ask what their relationship was and why they were walking together.
"I'm Brother Chongming's good friend, Qing Yi," Qing Mei saw that the relationship between the two was not simple. In order to annoy them, she quickly introduced herself.
She also deliberately acted intimate with Chongming.
Seeing that Chongming didn't deny it, Yaohua's face became even uglier. She even wanted to distance herself from Chongming more.