TBOUMTBDK Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Killing Intent – The person who moves his heartstrings.

Chapter 22: Killing Intent – The person who moves his heartstrings.

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon was very unhappy with the scene, especially the way that demon guard looked at Yun Xia.

It felt like his own possession was being coveted, which was displeasing.

So, just as Yun Xia was about to open his eyes, he made sure the other man remained completely unconscious.

Afterward, the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon didn’t linger and flew outside.

Wei Ying only felt a gust of wind in the room, thinking it had blown in from the window. He turned back to tuck Yun Xia in, staying by his side until dawn.

In the following days, Yun Xia added a new training regimen: flight (Controlling the Void). The space inside the main hall of the palace was vast, with a high ceiling, making it suitable for his practice.

Over these days of training, he discovered a rather significant issue.

His spiritual energy was easily exhausted.

Actually, he’d often experienced headaches when cultivating before, knowing it was a consequence of overusing his spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy would naturally increase along with his cultivation base, not requiring much dedicated training.

But now it was clear that Yun Xia’s situation was different. Ordinary cultivation wouldn’t deplete so much spiritual energy.

To understand this problem, he needed to enter his Divine Consciousness/Spirit.

The problem was, he had no idea how to enter his Divine Consciousness/Spirit.

It felt like he was back to when he had just transmigrated. He hadn’t known what a Demon Nucleus was or where to find it back then either.

“Sigh.” Yun Xia squatted in a garden within the demon palace, leaning against a several-meter-tall artificial mountain, and sighed.

The Wolf Demon frolicked in the garden.

Yun Xia watched its figure and tossed the book in his hand aside.

He’d already read books about cultivating spiritual energy, but even though he understood them, he still couldn’t grasp the practical application.

What Divine Consciousness/Spirit, what Divine Consciousness/Spirit—how was he supposed to experience that?

Perhaps he could with time, but there wasn’t much time now.

He couldn’t ask the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon about this; it would reveal too much.

Wei Ying?

That was a good idea. Wei Ying was good to him, straightforward, and simple-minded. Yun Xia was confident he could easily deceive him.

But Wei Ying had been preoccupied with something lately, always out of sight.

After deciding, Yun Xia patted his clothes and stood up, blocking Wei Ying that evening and taking him to the Star Demon Pavilion.

Inside an empty room within the Star Demon Pavilion, Wei Ying asked, “Why did you want to come to the Star Demon Pavilion? Are you injured?” He thought of what happened a few days ago and suddenly regretted hiding from Yun Xia these past few days.

“No, I just wanted to ask you for a favor.”

Yun Xia pulled Wei Ying to sit cross-legged, facing him.

He’d specifically chosen the Star Demon Pavilion because it had a certain isolating effect. If anything happened, they could get help in time.

“My Divine Consciousness/Spirit can’t return to my Divine Consciousness/Spirit for some reason. Try entering my Divine Consciousness/Spirit and see if you can get in.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Ying’s eyes widened in astonishment: “What? Why… No, I can’t enter your Divine Consciousness/Spirit. This kind of thing… No, wait, why can’t you return to your Divine Consciousness/Spirit? What happened?”

He was too surprised to speak clearly, grabbing Yun Xia’s arm and saying, “A problem with the Divine Consciousness/Spirit is a big deal. You should find a demon general to help. My cultivation base is too low to help you with anything.”

Yun Xia knew that anything concerning the Divine Consciousness/Spirit wouldn’t be smooth sailing. He quickly pulled Wei Ying back, “Don’t panic, it’s not a big deal.”

“How is it not? The Divine Consciousness/Spirit is one of the most important parts of a person. If it’s damaged, it’s not only difficult to heal, but it can also lead to madness, idiocy, or even death!”

Seeing him become increasingly agitated, Yun Xia quickly calmed him down, “I know, can you calm down first, please? If there really is a problem, I’ll actively seek help without you even telling me. Would I harm myself?”

Wei Ying slowly sat down, staring at him intently: “Are you serious?”

“Of course, I cherish my life. I have no interest in being an idiot or a madman, okay? Listen to my plan first.”

Plan?

Wei Ying recalled what he had just said and shook his head, “The Divine Consciousness/Spirit is full of one’s secrets. How can you casually let someone else enter? This method is not acceptable.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. You’re not a bad person. Would you hurt me? Besides, I’m willingly letting you in. If I don’t mind, what do you mind?”

Wei Ying thought for a moment but still shook his head.

Yun Xia had no choice but to use his ultimate move: “Are you afraid that my Divine Consciousness/Spirit will instinctively attack you, afraid of injuring your own Divine Consciousness/Spirit?”

Wei Ying immediately said, “How could I be afraid of you harming me? Even if it does, it’s just your instincts. I know you wouldn’t do it on purpose.”

“Good, it’s good that you’re not afraid. There’s no problem on either side, let’s try it.”

Wei Ying: “…”

Yun Xia persuaded him for a long while, and Wei Ying finally couldn’t refuse, reluctantly agreeing, determined to not pry into Yun Xia’s affairs once he entered.

After all, the Divine Consciousness/Spirit reflects the most authentic and unadulterated thoughts of a person.

After adjusting their state, the two prepared to begin. Yun Xia took a deep breath, focusing his attention, closed his eyes, and carefully felt. He wanted to grasp the sensation of an outsider prying into his Divine Consciousness/Spirit, to help his own consciousness enter his Divine Consciousness/Spirit.

Wei Ying was even more cautious, and at the same time, deeply touched.

Unless there was complete trust, who would willingly let someone else enter their Divine Consciousness/Spirit? No, even with complete trust, many people couldn’t do it.

He separated a strand of his own Divine Consciousness/Spirit, carefully probing towards Yun Xia’s Divine Consciousness/Spirit, without a trace of hostility, and extremely gentle.

Time passed by, but Yun Xia felt nothing. He couldn’t help but open his eyes, “What’s wrong? Has it started?”

Wei Ying frowned, his expression grave: “Yun Xia, outside your Divine Consciousness/Spirit… why is there a seal?”

Seal? What seal?

Yun Xia was surprised but quickly understood.

The only person who could set a seal for him was the male lead of this book, the original owner’s senior brother, the man who made the original owner willingly become a spy in the demon realm.

As for what the seal was guarding, it would naturally be something important hidden in the Divine Consciousness/Spirit.

The original book revolved around the male lead, and the original owner wasn’t a particularly important character, so there wasn’t much detail written about him. Yun Xia knew what was in his Divine Consciousness/Spirit, but he didn’t know there was a seal protecting it.

This seal must be extraordinary.

He lowered his head in thought, when Wei Ying suddenly grabbed his arms: “Yun Xia, although I only probed slightly, I could feel that this seal is very powerful and very hidden. If I hadn’t tried to enter, I wouldn’t have been able to discover it. What happened to you that made it impossible for you to return to your Divine Consciousness/Spirit?… Is it Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon? But why?”

As he spoke, he looked at Yun Xia in disbelief, thinking of how the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon had personally brought the unconscious Yun Xia back a few days ago. Could it be that…

Seeing Wei Ying like this, Yun Xia knew things were getting out of hand.

“Um… I… how should I say this?” Yun Xia stammered.

Wei Ying became even more anxious, sweat beading on his forehead: “Yun Xia, this is not a small matter!”

“…”

He finally understood what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot. It was all the male lead’s fault! He was the one who caused all this!

Yun Xia immediately blamed the male lead of the novel.

He somehow managed to appease Wei Ying, getting him to agree to not pursue the matter further, exhausting himself and breaking out in a sweat.

His spiritual energy being restricted was likely related to this seal, but the seal was too strong for Wei Ying’s current abilities to break.

But if he ignored it, his future cultivation would definitely be affected.

For a moment, he couldn’t think of a solution.

“You said just now that it wasn’t Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon. Why were you so sure?” Wei Ying, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked.

Yun Xia didn’t think much of it: “Because Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon wouldn’t hurt me…”

As soon as he said it, he froze.

Why would he so naturally assume that Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon wouldn’t hurt him?

Was it because the bridge effect hadn’t worn off, and he still had a high level of trust in Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon?

For some reason, Yun Xia felt a little uneasy. Just as he was about to change the subject, he suddenly thought of something: “Wei Ying, you said before that there’s a mysterious spiritual energy cluster inside the Star Demon Pavilion. Take me to try it. You can guide and use that to attack the seal.”

This spiritual energy cluster was a ball of energy, not controlled by anyone’s consciousness. It should have been extracted from someone.

It was just that the level was higher, and Wei Ying didn’t know how it was done. Usually, it required another person to guide spiritual energy to assist in treatment.

Wei Ying thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he took Yun Xia to the upper level.

This time, it was a very large hall, with only one thing inside: a very mysterious energy cluster in the center.

The energy cluster was two meters tall, spherical, and translucent, with energy lines moving irregularly inside. It was mysterious and unpredictable, and looking at it for too long made one’s head spin.

Wei Ying had Yun Xia sit down, and he sat in front of Yun Xia, sideways to the spiritual energy cluster.

“If there’s any danger, we’ll stop immediately. We can’t take risks.”

Yun Xia nodded repeatedly.

The two closed their eyes. Wei Ying extended his Divine Consciousness/Spirit to connect to the energy cluster, extracting spiritual energy and carefully impacting Yun Xia’s Divine Consciousness/Spirit seal, slowly increasing the intensity, trying to break the seal.

In another pavilion in the demon palace, the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon was listening to several deacons speaking, when he suddenly frowned, looking towards the Star Demon Pavilion in the distance.

One of the deacons paused, only to see the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon say, “That’s all for now.”

Then he disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, the man appeared in the Star Demon Pavilion.

The figures of Wei Ying and Yun Xia came into view.

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon slowly stepped forward, not disturbing the two who were closing their eyes in concentration.

After watching for a while, he suddenly raised his hand. The spiritual energy cluster, which hadn’t moved no matter how Wei Ying extracted from it, suddenly vibrated. A large amount of spiritual energy slammed into Yun Xia’s Divine Consciousness/Spirit along Wei Ying’s connection.

Yun Xia only felt a long and deep ringing sound in his head, shaking his brain like a surging sea wave.

“Ugh–”

Yun Xia couldn’t help but want to vomit, feeling extremely unwell, and directly collapsed to the ground.

Wei Ying was greatly startled, quickly withdrawing his hand,He helped Yunxia up in panic:”Yunxia！Yunxia你怎麽了，Sorry, I don’t know why this suddenly happened，How are you！”

Yun Xia couldn’t hear Wei Ying’s voice for a moment, the ringing still echoing in his brain, not stopping for a long time.

His vision was blurred, and in the haze, he seemed to see the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon standing in front of him.

“Esteemed…Lord…”

Wei Ying’s arms stiffened: “Esteemed Lord Demon Lord/Venerable Demon? You want to find him?”

Yun Xia wanted to vomit but couldn’t. When he blinked again, the Demon Lord/Venerable Demon was nowhere to be seen.

It took him a long time to recover. When he opened his eyes, Wei Ying was half-holding him, rubbing his temples with both hands.

“I’m sorry, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have brought you here. I didn’t control it well.”

“It’s not your fault. It was just a moment. It’s fine after the dizziness passes. I don’t feel anything now.”

This wasn’t just to comfort him. Yun Xia did feel that the discomfort had passed. His Divine Consciousness/Spirit seemed to be protected by a seal. Honestly, if there wasn’t a seal, he should be much better than he was now because the Divine Consciousness/Spirit would automatically defend itself. As long as it wasn’t something much stronger than himself, he could resist it a little, and then he would have the chance to react.

“If we can’t find a solution here, then we’ll leave the demon palace and look outside. Why are you more nervous than I am? Relax. The world is so big, there will always be a way.”

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon was in front of Yun Xia, the corners of his lips lifted in a low smile: “Leave? This Esteemed One hasn’t allowed it.”

But neither of them could see him.

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon slowly squatted down, tilting his head and looking at their intimate position. The demon guard who secretly liked Yun Xia was staring at Yun Xia’s expression with a nervous look, his actions just right, afraid of hurting Yun Xia by being too rough.

As expected, he was very annoying, wanting to kill.

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon’s heart was full of boundless killing intent towards the demon guard, but he smiled and asked Yun Xia: “A Divine Consciousness/Spirit seal, a strong seal. How many secrets do you have?”

Yun Xia frowned, feeling cold all over for some reason, his hairs standing on end, as if something dangerous was staring at him.

He was increasingly restless, pulling Wei Ying up to leave.

The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon didn’t stop them, watching with cold eyes.

Why did he want to kill that demon guard? The demon guard hadn’t done anything deserving of death.

It seemed like another voice was saying: Because of Yun Xia. Yun Xia was a little thing who could please him, affecting his judgment, so…

“So kill him. It’s about time.” The Demon Lord/Venerable Demon muttered in a low voice, clearly realizing that Yun Xia had become someone who could move his heartstrings.

The Devil Markings representing killing intent crawled up from under his clothes, leaving behind streaks of dark and terrifying scars.

Kill him, tomorrow.

The things he liked should be nipped in the bud early, so there wouldn’t be a chance for them to betray him.