SQLJBFDTW Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Kirin (6) Can’t trust anyone, huh?……

Having learned the truth about the Kirin, everyone was in disbelief.

The deer demon’s body slumped, as if regretting its actions. Chao Jianxue stroked its broken antlers, a mix of anger and sorrow welling up in his heart.

How could it have imagined that after offering those few wild fruits, it would have to offer its blood, tendons, and heart?

Chao Jianxue had long told it to stay away from people. Even with family, you couldn’t completely entrust trust.

Not to mention mere acquaintances.

He looked at the deer demon’s golden eyes reflecting himself and Yu Wei. A sudden wave of sorrow washed over him. What if one day he and Yu Wei really had to walk opposing paths…

Would he really have to, as Qing Tu Liu said, as Chao Jianxue’s other half of the soul used to do, preemptively avoid and stifle the things he feared and didn’t want to face?

At this moment, the National Preceptor’s dry, panicked voice came from below, “He actually… actually destroyed the golden statue of Lord Kirin! Lord Kirin, why not punish these two demons…”

His words stopped abruptly as a sharp blade grazed his neck. Chao Jianxue beckoned, and Ming Qianli flew back into his hand. The National Preceptor, a withered old man who had survived for hundreds of years through evil ways, wet himself in terror.

“What? Do you want revenge?” Chao Jianxue asked the deer demon.

His voice was loud enough for everyone to hear. The National Preceptor collapsed on the ground, muttering, “What revenge… The immortal saved me so many times, what does it matter if he grants me longevity? To you, it’s just a flick of the finger—”

The Emperor, standing behind him, also quickly interjected, “I am the ruler of a nation! Since the Kirin enjoys the offerings of a nation, how can it not benefit the country and its people! Why would the Kirin be at odds with its offerings! Could it be dissatisfied with the sacrifices last time? If a mere child is not enough, I will offer you more sacrifices!”

He still thought the Kirin was dissatisfied with the human sacrifice from last time.

The Emperor had always been arrogant and conceited, as if he were a demigod, not of the same kind as those sacrificed.

Chao Jianxue frowned deeply, about to scold the Emperor for his inhumanity, when suddenly a sharp female voice rang out, like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

She rushed forward, grabbed a sword from a guard beside the Emperor, and stabbed it fiercely into the Emperor’s chest.

It was like stabbing into a melon, with a “Puff” sound.

Blood spurted out three feet.

Empress Ming roared as she pulled out the sword and stabbed again, and again.

Everyone was stunned. The stench of blood in the summer night grew stronger, and everyone broke out in a cold sweat.

The Kirin Kingdom’s Emperor fell heavily into the pool of blood.

The Kirin’s blood gave the power of immortality, but not the divine power to be immune to swords.

The National Preceptor sat paralyzed on the ground, splattered with blood.

The ghostly aura returned.

This time, under the deer demon’s aura, everyone saw the long-tongued ghost messengers walking from the ground, trembling in fear.

The sound of chains clattered. One ghost hooked the Emperor’s neck and dragged out a phantom. The phantom struggled desperately, waving its hands and shouting, but no one could hear his voice anymore. He was dragged into the unfathomable vortex underground.

The other ghost didn’t stop and floated towards the fallen Little Princess.

The deer demon suddenly moved. It swooped down and blocked the ghost’s path, but the chain had already grabbed the Little Princess, and with a gentle tug, a light shadow floated out of her body.

The deer demon opened its mouth and bit down, actually dragging the Little Princess’s soul.

Even the ghost’s face showed disbelief. Tears streamed down the deer demon’s face as it desperately dragged the Little Princess back into her original body.

Chao Jianxue flew to its side, raised his hand to cover its mouth, and sighed, “Let her go, she’s already dead.”

She had died a year ago. No matter how much you use your demonic power to keep her, it’s futile. It’s better to let her go.

“Her death is not your fault. Let her go, so she can be reincarnated.”

The deer demon’s body trembled violently. Finally, with a “Smack” sound, a golden tear fell on the Little Princess’s soul, blooming into a small golden flower.

The ghost said in surprise, a rare sound coming from it, “This tear will guarantee her a life of wealth, happiness, and joy in her next life.”

Only then did the deer demon reluctantly let her go.

The two ghosts took the soul and disappeared into the ground. Empress Ming hugged the Little Princess, her eyes empty, as if she had been taken away as well, and walked back to the palace in a daze.

She killed the Emperor, but no one dared to speak.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, someone slowly crawled towards the palace gate. Just as he reached the threshold, a figure in white blocked him.

Yu Wei stood silently in front of the National Preceptor, expressionless, but making the National Preceptor even more terrified, curling up like a woodlouse.

Chao Jianxue asked the deer demon again, “Do you want revenge?”

For its own selfish desires, made you pay with your horn, tendons, and blood, imprisoned you in the palace for hundreds of years, do you want revenge?

After a moment, the deer demon shook its head.

Chao Jianxue frowned in dissatisfaction, “Why?”

The deer demon was silent, no longer the light and lively deer demon it once was.

After a moment, it said, “I promised my master that I wouldn’t harm anyone. But I failed. I harmed people. I thought I was doing good, but it turned out I was helping evil…”

It was talking about the Little Princess. Although it didn’t commit evil, it indirectly caused her death, indirectly harmed people.

The deer demon felt drained. As if understanding everything, its heart also died, and its golden demonic power gradually dissipated.

It bowed to Chao Jianxue again, then turned and headed towards the mountains where it was born.

So the Kirin wasn’t a Kirin, and the National Preceptor shouldn’t have been the National Preceptor.

The stunned crowd finally reacted, and then saw a fire blazing in Empress Ming’s palace, even the beams and tiles were burning.

The sounds of water and cries of alarm rang out. Everyone frantically carried water. By the time the fire was extinguished, the ground was charred. The golden Kirin statue next to it was also blackened and suddenly collapsed at some point, flowing into a pool of black water.

Everyone was shocked. When they looked for the two immortals from last night, they were gone.

When the people woke up, overnight, the Kirin statue symbolizing the country’s destiny was gone, not to mention the Emperor’s sudden death, leaving the whole thing with thought-provokingReverie.

In the dense forest, Chao Jianxue pushed aside the branches in front of him, moving like the wind.

Yu Wei called out behind him, “Shixiong!”

Chao Jianxue was anxious. He stopped abruptly and turned to Yu Wei, “I feel angry.”

“Angry for the deer demon?”

Chao Jianxue shook his head, “I’m also angry at it. It’s cultivated for hundreds of years, accumulated demonic power, and it was all ruined because it blindly trusted people. In the end, it even let go of that National Preceptor. I can’t swallow this.”

Yu Wei looked at him seriously and said soothingly, “All of its choices have followed its original intention, followed its Dao.”

“The original intention of doing good? If it wanted to do good, it should have stayed away from people! The closer you get to people, the more you end up like this, being deceived and manipulated. People are inherently untrustworthy. Who knows when they’ll stab you in the back…” As he spoke, Chao Jianxue stopped, because he remembered what he had done to Yu Wei before.

So look, even he had moments when his intentions were impure.

He completely spoke without restraint, exposing the dark side of his thoughts to Yu Wei. He did subconsciously feel that no one was trustworthy, including Yu Wei.

Chao Jianxue stopped talking and walked forward in silence.

Yu Wei grabbed him, his palm was cold, “Not everyone is untrustworthy.”

Chao Jianxue grunted an “um” and changed the subject, “Let’s find it as soon as possible. In its condition, it might be dying.”

Following the remaining demonic aura, they searched all the way, but the result wasn’t good. They actually found a farmer’s house in the mountains.

Chao Jianxue pulled Yu Wei to hide in the forest. Looking through the window, they first saw a man fetching water. The man’s cheeks were sunken, and he coughed constantly, as if he had consumption. But there was a faint black aura above his head, and he was about to die from his illness. He fetched water and walked weakly to a wooden bed.

Looking closer, lying on the bed, half-dead, was a child who looked six or seven years old, sipping small mouthfuls of water that were brought to his lips.

Chao Jianxue immediately recognized that the child was the deer demon in human form.

Why did it run to the side of humans again? He couldn’t wait to drag the deer demon out of the house. Just as he rolled up his sleeves to move, Yu Wei stopped him.

He said, “It’s not too late for Shixiong to go when it’s absolutely necessary.”

Chao Jianxue gritted his teeth, climbed onto a tree and sat down. Yu Wei saw that he was sulking, and also climbed up, sitting beside him.

There was another person in the house, the man’s wife, who said in a blaming tone, “Why did you pick up such a child from the mountains? We don’t have money at home, and you want to raise him? When you go to buy medicine next time, you should send him away.”

The man said weakly, “I asked, he has no parents, he’s quite pitiful…”

“Do you want to?”

“Since we met him, it’s fate.”

The wife rolled her eyes and said, “You need to buy medicine for your cough. We don’t have so much extra money to raise a child.”

The man hesitated for a while, but ultimately didn’t speak. The wife didn’t speak either and blew out the candle.

Chao Jianxue sighed and said, “When they send the deer demon back down the mountain, I want to take it to the demon realm.”

Yu Wei nodded, “Okay.”

The two closely watched the actions in the small house. However, the next day, the deer demon woke up, opened its eyes, and said a sentence to the man that made Chao Jianxue angry again.

It said, “I am a demon, my heart blood can cure your cough. Can you take care of me for five days? I will repay you, but I won’t give you my heart blood.”

Chao Jianxue felt like something in its head had gone wrong and it was courting death. For the man, this was undoubtedly a huge temptation. Anyway, it was weak now, as long as he took action and took its heart blood, he could be cured. Moreover, the other party was a demon, so there was no need to be soft.

Was the deer demon seeking death?

Chao Jianxue couldn’t help but transmit a message to the deer demon, saying, “Do you know what you’re doing?”

The deer demon opened its eyes and said, “I know. I’m just not willing to accept it. I don’t think all people are bad. The person back then was also really serious about keeping his promise to build a statue for me, but he changed later. But I believe not everyone will change. This person saved me, so let me gamble one more time. Anyway, my demonic power is almost gone. If I lose the bet, I won’t think about it anymore.”

“Too stupid! Too stupid!” Chao Jianxue cursed it, but he obviously couldn’t wake up a demon who was seeking death.

He crossed his arms in anger, determined that if the man attacked the deer demon, he would take action.

Yu Wei took in his expression and said quietly, “I don’t think he will necessarily take action.”

Chao Jianxue couldn’t help but say, “Wishful thinking.”

Yu Wei said, “The good and evil of people are only a matter of a thought, but everyone has a Dao to stick to. This man has a good nature, it only depends on a moment of difference.”

Chao Jianxue disagreed.

He lurked in the forest, determined to save this clueless deer demon in time.

Five days passed in a flash. During this time, the man made several moves, and the deer demon remained unconscious. Finally, the last day arrived.

Night came again.

The man walked closer to the sleeping deer demon with a knife. Chao Jianxue thought, as expected.

The slightest difference in thought is the most difficult to bet on. Yu Wei said it easily, but you must know that many times when making choices, it is the slightest difference in thought that prevails.

The tip of the knife was raised.

Chao Jianxue jumped down from the tree branch, Ming Qianli appeared in his hand.

Yu Wei grabbed his sleeve, “Shixiong, wait a little longer.”

“What are you waiting for? Didn’t you see he’s about to kill the deer demon?” Chao Jianxue said, “Little Shidi, don’t deceive yourself…”

He didn’t finish, because over there, the man’s hand slowly lowered again, put away the knife, and placed it aside.

“……” Chao Jianxue was speechless.

The night gradually faded, and the sunlight brightened.

Yu Wei smiled faintly, “Shixiong, I won.”

The deer demon also won the bet.