Chapter 363: Chapter 363
363: Chapter 351: Sealing Mountain Feather Order 363: Chapter 351: Sealing Mountain Feather Order The river flowed clear, its shimmering mists unable to obscure the golden Sword Intent, which contrary to diminishing over time, became even more intensely sacred and oppressive.
The Empress spoke in an indifferent voice, “There is no such thing as Immortals taking pity on corpse demons; the Emperor’s posture of embracing with grace is quite naive and laughable.”
Si Li’s eyebrows lifted in an arch, apparently quite surprised by her statement.
The Empress continued, “While Immortal Venerable Zhu Zhan cannot tolerate the existence of corpse demons, he had no choice but to leave behind a sole surviving Corpse Demon Royal Family, not as a gift nor out of pity, but to stabilize the peace of the six realms.”
This was indeed a great truth.
The territory of the Corpse Demon Clan was close to the Demon World, just as the Young Lord of the Demon World had desired to unify the Demon Realm.
It was precisely because of Si Li’s existence that the Demon World had always been unable to achieve unity.
Without expending a single soldier from the Immortal World, they made it difficult for the Demon World to advance an inch.
This was why, among the sixteen royal families, one person had survived the harsh punishment of the Golden Crow Divine Radiance that had descended upon Purgatory.
Otherwise, with Immortal Venerable Zhu Zhan’s methods, there were a million ways to torture a not-yet-grown Corpse Demon Royal to death.
Nourishing the enemy for one’s use.
He did not wish for the Corpse Demon Clan to become too powerful and threaten the Immortal World; there was a need for such a power, unruly from within the darkness, to help him suppress the Demon Clan.
Therefore, it was enough to have just one of the Corpse Demon Royal Family.
The decision of her life and death had always been due to her youngest identity, and naturally, it was not a matter of the Emperor’s so-called merciful pleas.
Si Li smiled and said, “Listening to the tone of Kunlun’s Empress, it seems you have no intention of killing me?”
“If you wish to leave now, I will indeed not kill you, after all…
killing someone is nowhere near as interesting as eating grapes.”
Si Li’s eyebrows lifted again, his voice tinged with mockery, “It turns out that you Immortals all like to say one thing and mean another, the murderous intent radiating from you is so clear even from a great distance.”
The Empress became serious, “I was careless to not conceal my killing intent.”
Si Li looked at her deeply, then suddenly smiled, saying, “As the Master of Kunlun Mountain, it would be wise to eat fewer grapes—the grape skins are sticking to your skirt.”
The Empress looked down and indeed saw a despised grape skin clinging to the hem of her gown.
Si Li stopped talking, directly summoning the head of the Demon Lord, her gaze indifferent as she looked at the pale face of the Demon Lord, “I can’t withstand this anymore.
Even with the Corpse Pearl, I am no match for this woman.”
To be able to seal Jiang Chen along with Immortal Venerable Zhu Zhan, how could her strength be only at the level of the Venerable Immortals?
The Empress of Kunlun Mountain was far more terrifying than she had imagined.
Blood splashed across the Demon Lord’s face, her pale and beautiful features tinted with a demonic charm.
Three thousand tresses of jet-black hair cascaded over her shoulders.
She slowly opened her eyes, those overly dark irises reflecting a circle of blood red.
That tinge of red was so vivid that it gave the illusion of an abyssal darkness.
She chuckled lightly and said, “Her daughter has been borrowing life from me for thirteen years; I should ask her to return something of value.”
Si Li asked, “Is it possible to summon Bai Ye Luo Shu?”
Her eyelashes obediently dropped as she closed her eyes, her smile deepening, “No.”
Si Li said indifferently, “Then proceed as planned, and I hope you haven’t lied to me.”
She raised her hand, biting her fingertip and letting a drop of golden Source Blood fall into the brow of the Demon Lord.
The deep night color in Si Li’s eyes cleansed as if rinsed by a cleansing rain, fading away immaculately, without a single ink stain.
Even the innate crimson hue of the Corpse Demon’s eyes disappeared, instead changing to a pair of emerald green pupils like jade.
Those eyes were very pure and beautiful, reminiscent of a mysterious lake deep in a forest, tranquil after a fresh rain.
The Demon Lord slowly opened her eyes, the lustre fading from Si Li’s irises entirely transferred to her eyes with that drop of golden Source Blood.
Though the Demon Lord’s eyes already harbored an overwhelming demonic aura, now brewed with the eternal night’s deep gaze, the world suddenly turned upside down, plunging into a pitch-black abyss.
The whole world seemed to sink into a time before the separation of heaven and earth, the Ancient Era.
No birds chirped, no insects buzzed, and the gods and Buddhas of All Heavens still lay dormant.
That sky-covering darkness lasted but an instant, shorter even than a blink of an eye.
Thus, even the Empress failed to react in time as that night took Si Li away.
In the sky above, no trace of that blood-robed silver-armored and captivating figure could be seen.
Qing Xuan spoke with concern, although no trace was visible, she had guessed Si Li’s destination, “Empress, the Corpse Demon Royal must have gone to Ghost Mountain.”
The Empress remained unruffled, “The Divine Swords have sealed all her cultivation and blood strength, are you still worried about what kind of storm she can stir up?”
Qing Xuan immediately fell silent.
Good at discerning the Empress’s words and expressions, how could she not see that Si Li had escaped with the Demon Lord right under the Empress’s nose, and that the Empress was currently quite annoyed?
Yet, she vaguely felt there was something odd about this.
If the Empress truly intended to prevent Si Li from entering Ghost Mountain, why didn’t she just take her down from the beginning?
It almost seemed as if she had deliberately given her the chance to sneak into Ghost Mountain…
What deep meaning lay behind the Empress’s actions today?
The direction of the wind along the river suddenly changed.
A lone flat boat, against the current of the river, gradually turned hazy in the mist of drizzling rain, its outline fading away.
The Empress standing on the boat suddenly lifted an arm, a silver feather appearing at her fingertips.
Qing Xuan showed a shocked expression, and for a moment forgot to receive the Feather Order, exclaiming, “Empress!”
The Empress glanced calmly at her.
Qing Xuan’s fingers went cold, she dared not take the item and spoke with difficulty, “The Young Lord…
is still inside Ghost Mountain.”
This silver feather represented a sealing order.
Once issued, it would seal the mountain.
Alive do not return, dead find no way out.
Once sealed, the chaotic ghostly energy within would no longer be suppressed by the Empress’s Divine Powers, and the already fearsome and dangerous Ghost Mountain would enter a state of seal, with no one knowing what lay within.
Moreover, there were countless Taboos in Ghost Mountain that could not be touched.
The waters’ breeze gently stirred the Empress’s hair at her temples, the lethargy in her eyes disappeared without a trace, her irises as clear as black and white.
“Since Jun Jun is a daughter of Kunlun, then she ought to bear the consequences of her willfulness,” she stated.
“Did Qing Xuan think I would utter such clichéd words?” The Empress curled her lips in a slight smile, but there was no joy in her eyes, even a touch of ruthless indifference, “Receive the order.”
With those two light words, Qing Xuan shuddered, and she quickly composed herself, bowing deeply, hands outstretched to take the order.
The Feather Order left the Empress’s fingertips, her hands clasped behind her back, her robes gently swept as a breeze rose up.
Next, she said something that shocked Qing Xuan even more, “You lead Qingshui and Lv Chun into Ghost Mountain.”
Qingshui was the serving official of Kunlun Mountain.
Lv Chun was the tea servant at the Empress’s side, who on ordinary days, the Empress affectionately called Little Green Melon.
Because she was a Watermelon Spirit.
Qing Xuan had almost forgotten that Little Green Melon’s real name was Lv Chun.
And now, the Empress solemnly used her proper name, Qing Xuan realized the gravity of the situation.