Chapter 213

Liqing was shocked to hear that. What did he mean? He didn’t lose his memory? How so? It was impossible. He must be lying.

Faced with Liqing’s astonished look, Xuanyuan Mo said with a sneer, “It’s only a Heartless Worm. How hard is it to deal with such a worm for me? I’ve long got my memory back.”

“Impossible. There is no way to restore the memory if one is invaded by the Heartless Worm,” Liqing refuted subconsciously.

“You don’t believe it?” Xuanyuan Mo arched his eyebrows, his eyes slightly flashing, “I remember clearly that night, Xi and I slept in the cave. It was not you but Xi who helped break the seal for me.”

Liqing was flustered to hear that. He had figured out the truth.

Xuanyuan Mo smiled subtly, “You took me to the inn, took off my clothes and lay next to me while Xi and I were in a coma. You pretended that you had slept with me but actually, nothing happened between us. Am I right?”

As Xuanyuan Mo spoke, Liqing’s face darkened, because what Xuanyuan Mo said was true.

In the end, Liqing slumped to the ground in dejection. He had recovered his memory for real. No wonder he loved Duanmu Xi so much. It turned out that he didn’t lose his memory at all.

She was so silly. For a lie that had long been disclosed, she deprived herself of the right to be a mom and also planted a worm in her brother.

Liqing shed a tear. It was not until now that she realized that she was wrong. It was her obsession that ruined her brother and herself.

Liqing looked at Xuanyuan Mo, her eyes full of affection, “You’re right. Nothing happened between us that day. I’m not pregnant either.”

Hearing that, Xuanyuan Mo was finally relieved.

“I’ve fallen for you since I was a kid. However, no matter what I say and do, you’ve never taken me to heart. You can’t even remember me. As you prefer female humans, I went to the Wilderness Holy Region to change my blood. They wanted my heart in return but to continue loving you, I sold my soul.”

Liqing’s voice was composed. She didn’t seem to be talking about her things but others’.

Xuanyuan Mo was listening to her with a frown. He didn’t interrupt or reply.

“I know you love Duanmu Xi, so I schemed with others to ruin her gate of Qi and push her off the cliff. However, I didn’t expect you would jump down with her. At that time, how much do you know I envied her?”

Hearing that she got Duanmu Xi to fall off the cliff, Xuanyuan Mo clenched his fists, his eyes filled with killing intent. He struck a rush of powerful coercion at Liqing.

The powerful coercion made Liqing unable to breathe. She felt severe pain in her internal organs. She could clearly all her organs were failing rapidly.

Liqing didn’t care about the blood dripping down the corner of her lips. She slightly curled her lips, her eyes full of relief.

“Afterward, I was sent to the Baihu Empire by Region Master. Do you know how happy I was? Xiahou Shan planted the Heartless Worm in you. So, I killed her. All the people who have hurt you must die. I meant to clear the worm for you, even if you would forget me. However, you didn’t want me to help at all. You even asked my brother to take me away.”

Agony flashed across Liqing as she spoke. No matter what she had done, he wouldn’t accept her love regardless.

“I had no other choice but to stun my brother and return to the cave. Do you know how much I envied her? I wanted to kill her but someone helped her. I couldn’t get my way so I had to take you away and steal her dagger passingly.”

Hearing Liqing’s words, Xuanyuan Mo felt retrospective fear. She was so close to killing Xi. Now, Xuanyuan Mo was glaring at Liqing with cold eyes.

“Just as you said, I returned to the inn, got another room, took off my clothes and lay next to you. You know what, that blood of virginity was real. At that time, I was really happy. I felt I had actually slept with you.”

Then, Liqing cracked a smile. At that moment, she really thought that way. She knew that it was fake but she still took it for real. Not only did she think it was true but also wanted to tell everyone that it was true.

Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes were full of detestation.

“I thought you would bring me to Prince Zhan’s mansion after you woke up, but you said nothing. I could only think of a way. One month later, I attended the palace banquet as the sacred maiden of the Wilderness Holy Region. Actually, that day, I was standing behind you. I saw Duanmu Xi crying painfully in the rain. I was so happy.”

Xuanyuan Mo showed a killing intent in his eyes again. With a wave, he cast a rush of black mysterious Qi.

With a bang, struck by the black mysterious Qi, Liqing hit the pillar and spat out a mouthful of blood. She struggled to get up and looked at Xuanyuan Mo, saying with a smile, “You’re always like this. You only care about her. Why do you never take me to heart?”

Liqing spat out another mouthful of blood, “I… I never regret this… I don’t regret… my decision.”

“Qing.” Lishang stared at Liqing lying on the ground and directly rushed here. With his hands trembling, he held Liqing into his arms, “Qing…”

Liqing raised her hand with difficulty and stroked Lishang’s face, “Brother, I’m so sorry.”

She shed another tear. She felt so sorry for her brother. The most terribly wrong thing she had done was to hurt her brother. If she had an afterlife, she would protect him well.

“Qing…” Seeing that Liqing’s body was vanishing bit by bit, Lishang roared in pain.

It was her choice to turn into ashes. She didn’t regret the decision. Xiahou Shan’s last words of mockery seemed to sound in her ears again, “It’s a pity… Just like me… You can never have him…”

Xuanyuan Mo looked at the purple crystal on his wrist. His eyes instantly became softened. He thought, “Xi, did you hear that? I’m innocent. I’m still me.”

He looked at the moon in the air, his amber eyes filled with missing. He thought, “Xi, wait for me!”

…

In the Wilderness Jungle the next day.

After Phoenix Fourteen was recovered, the people continued the trip. Given what happened yesterday, everyone acted more warily.

Just in case, Situ Kong distributed the Alexipharmic Pills and realgar powder to everyone.

Duanmu Xi was still sitting on the back of Zimei, which made it a lot easier for her.

Situ Kong also rode on his contracted beast. It was a Raging Lion, a fire holy beast.

“Chief Master, how many days will it be before we get out of the jungle?”

Hearing that, Situ Kong stroked his beard and said, “It’s hard to say. It’ll take us seven or eight days to leave here!”

Duanmu Xi nodded and said nothing. She hung her head. It was hard to tell what she was thinking.

Phoenix Five aside immediately said consolingly, “Rest assured. We’ll reach the Wilderness Holy Region after we go through the jungle.”

She knew what she was thinking. Situ Kong also comforted her, “Yeah. Seven or eight days only.”

Duanmu Xi nodded and still said nothing. She just looked at the jungle enshrouded in the miasma.

They walked for a while and then all frowned at the surroundings.

“How come I feel something is different?” Phoenix Five asked first.

Long Yue looked around and knitted her eyebrows, “The trees.”

Yu Ying nodded and said, “Yeah, the trees become fewer.”

The others also took a tumble. The trees were different. The trees were a lot fewer than those they saw when they just entered the jungle. The trees were not only a lot sparser but also not as tall as what they had seen before.

Maybe it was because there were fewer trees and more strange plants. They had never seen a lot of these plants. Being in such an utterly different environment, they felt as if coming to another place.

Duanmu Xi slightly knitted her eyebrows. This place was more beautiful than all the places they had ever been to, but she felt it was more dangerous.

“Look! What’s that?” Phoenix Five pointed at a place in astonishment.

Everyone looked in the direction Phoenix Five pointed at. It turned out to be a red flower taller than a man. The red flower consisted of five petals. It looked very pretty, just like a big sun from the distance.

Phoenix Fourteen stared at the huge red flower with a curious face, “This flower is so strange. It has no leaf or stem.”

Phoenix Fourteen was about to touch the petals of the red flower.

“Be careful…”

“Don’t…”

Two voices sounded at the same time. One was from Situ Kong and the other was from Duanmu Xi.

Upon hearing their shouts, Yu Ying immediately dragged Phoenix Fourteen back.

When Phoenix Fourteen was dragged back, the petals of the red flower moved. If Yu Ying didn’t drag Phoenix Fourteen back in time, she would have been wrapped in the red flower now.

Everyone was staring at the big red flower in shock.

“The… The flower can move.” Phoenix Fourteen was astounded too.

Seeing that Phoenix Fourteen was dragged back, Duanmu Xi let out a sigh of relief. The flower reminded her of the Man-eating Flower she had learned from the book. It was huge without stems or leaves.

In order to testify her thoughts, Duanmu Xi pulled out a sword from Long Yue’s hand, lifted a snake from the branch in front and threw it at the flower.

The moment the snake reached the red flower, it was wrapped in the red flower. A few seconds later, the red flower opened again but the snake was gone.

While everyone was shocked, a snake’s skeleton was spat out of the red flower’s pistil.

Now, everyone was not shocked but horrified. Yu Ying clutched Phoenix Fourteen’s hand with retrospective fear. Phoenix Fourteen was also freaked out. She didn’t expect that the flower could eat snakes.

Duanmu Xi stared at the snake bones and frowned. It was a Man-eating Flower indeed.

“Everybody, be careful. This is not a flower. It’s a Man-eating Flower Beast, a wood spiritual beast. It can not only eat people but also release poison.”

Right after Situ Kong finished speaking, the Man-eating Flower Beast suddenly moved toward them.

Duanmu Xi watched the Man-eating Flower Beast holding out two legs. She blinked in shock. Unexpectedly, the Man-eating Flower in this world was not a plant but an animal.