TBOUMTBDK Chapter 69

Yun Xia stood at the doorway, even suspecting that he was suffering from after-effects of being affected by that broken formation. After a long daze, he vigorously rubbed his eyes.

Opening them again, it was still the young Mo Jun Zhou!

Exquisitely handsome features, long, jet-black hair, and a youthful physique, exactly like the youth Yun Xia had seen in the illusion created for him by the Demon Lord!

If he hadn’t seen him before, Yun Xia wouldn’t have believed that this was the Demon Lord.

But it was precisely because he had seen him before that he found it even more unbelievable.

“Yun Xia, Junior Brother, what’s wrong?”

Huai Ying’s voice rang out behind him. Yun Xia was suddenly startled and turned his head sharply to look at them.

Huai Ying and the other two were startled by his movement: “What’s wrong?”

“Do you still have hidden injuries?”

“Yeah, Yun Xia, Senior Brother, you’ve seemed absent-minded since you woke up. What’s wrong?”

Yun Xia looked at them strangely. Judging from their reactions, they still thought this was Li Yu Holy Lord, but clearly, Li Yu Holy Lord’s face had changed! No matter what, it should be strange, right?

Yun Xia’s brain worked at lightning speed, how could he ask without arousing their suspicion?

He slowly shook his head and turned to walk into the small room.

Only then did he realize something was wrong. This room was too small.

There was only a narrow bed in the room that could barely fit one person, a small bedside table next to it with nothing on it, and nothing else.

There were two windows on the side wall, but they were also very small, completely different from how everything in the Demon Realm was big.

He didn’t immediately walk to Mo Jun Zhou’s side, but went to the window and asked, “Where is this?”

He pushed open the window and was stunned.

They…were actually in the air!

Below was a strange stone forest, clearly no longer around Holy City.

Huai Ying said, “We’ve been gone from Holy City for half a day. My flying immortal artifact isn’t fast, but the advantage is that it’s hidden enough. But even so, I didn’t dare to get close to those demon cities along the way, so I had to take detours. I don’t know if there will be追兵 chasing us.”

Gong Qiu: “Even if they didn’t know at first, they definitely know that Li Yu Holy Lord is missing after so long, and they definitely know that Yun Xia, Junior Brother, is gone too. With Holy Lord’s status, they will definitely investigate.”

Zhu Wan’er said worriedly, “I’m a little scared now. Could there be some kind of tracking talisman on Li Yu Holy Lord?”

Huai Ying comforted her: “There shouldn’t be. Didn’t we check many times?”

Gong Qiu: “If there really was such a thing, they would have already caught up. Fortunately, we left before Holy City was sealed, otherwise we would still be trapped in Holy City. Given our relationship with Yun Xia, Junior Brother, we would definitely be discovered. I wonder how things are now…”

As Yun Xia listened, he thought of a question: “By the way, how long has it been since that day? What else happened in between? How did you find us after you left Holy City?”

From Huai Ying and the others’ description, Yun Xia slowly learned what had happened.

They followed Xiao Tongfu’s instructions and left Holy City as soon as the incident at Mingzui Tower occurred, waiting outside Holy City.

After half a day, they received a message from Xiao Tongfu, telling them to go to Moli Mountain.

But they didn’t see Xiao Tongfu, and there was nothing unusual in Moli Mountain.

After that, five days passed. During these five days, they had been hiding in this very well-hidden flying immortal artifact, seeing many people come and go.

Among those people, there were many with very high cultivation bases who searched Moli Mountain thoroughly. They didn’t find Li Yu Holy Lord and Xiao Tongfu, but Huai Ying and the others almost got discovered.

Hearing this, Yun Xia’s pupils shrank.

Ten days?

But he and the Demon Lord had been in the Leaving Bone Illusory Heart Formation for far more than ten days.

It seemed that the formation really had something to it, even distorting time.

Those who came looking didn’t appear again later, and Huai Ying and the others waited until the tenth day, finally waiting for something unusual.

A violent spatial vibration suddenly appeared above Moli Mountain, and then a vast amount of power drilled out from the spatial rift, quickly enveloping a large area.

The momentum scared the several immortal cultivators so much that they drove their immortal artifacts far away.

After that, the energy became more and more massive, even condensing into a gray energy body. Even from so far away, the few of them could feel the strong sense of oppression.

This situation lasted for some time, then the energy seemed to collide with another energy, changing the color of the world. The few people’s expressions changed.

How could Xiao Tongfu have such a powerful formation?

Even in Phoenix Cry Immortal Mountain, the number one immortal mountain in the immortal realm, such a high-level formation was extremely rare. How could Xiao Tongfu have brought it?

With their cultivation bases and insight, they couldn’t see what could contend with such a powerful formation. Li Yu Holy Lord didn’t seem to have such a powerful cultivation base. Perhaps Holy Lord just happened to have a similar magic artifact?

In shock, they didn’t know how long had passed. The two sides continued to fight and wear each other down. Finally, Huai Ying and the others saw the energy on both sides suddenly disappear together.

The few people looked at each other, and waited for a while. The huge energy mass in the distance was also gradually diminishing, and they didn’t detect the aura of any other great power, and no one left.

What had happened to Li Yu Holy Lord, Xiao Tongfu, and Yun Xia? They had to get closer to see.

With no other choice, they could only approach cautiously.

The first one they found was Yun Xia.

Yun Xia was lying on a pile of rubble, with a long sword beside him. The sword’s body was crystal clear, and under the sunlight, a red light flashed before disappearing.

That was Phoenix Rainbow Immortal Sword.

They also found Li Yu Holy Lord not far away, seriously injured and unconscious.

Yun Xia resisted the urge to immediately ask them about the Demon Lord, and said, “What about Senior Brother Xiao?”

The three were silent. Then, Gong Qiu said, “Senior Brother Xiao is dead. He died…horribly. He should have been backlashed by the formation, and also by the unknown magic artifact on Li Yu Holy Lord.”

With such a big battle, they naturally assumed that Li Yu Holy Lord also had an extremely powerful magic artifact, which probably disappeared in the violent collision along with Xiao Tongfu’s.

Yun Xia had expected this result. Since the Demon Lord was fine, then Xiao Tongfu was probably dead. But he still couldn’t explain the Demon Lord’s situation.

He half-squatted down next to the Demon Lord…next to Mo Jun Zhou, leaned over the bed, looked at him, and said in a low voice, “When you found him, he was like this?”

Huai Ying said, “Yes, he was seriously injured. We investigated and found that his body was in very bad shape. He couldn’t gather demon chi because of the Demon Transformation Pill, and now he’s even more…alas, to be honest, I don’t even know how he survived.”

Yun Xia’s heart skipped a beat. This bad!

He immediately pressed on Mo Jun Zhou’s hand, probing a wisp of demon chi into him to investigate.

The others silently stood behind him, watching him.

Yun Xia’s expression became worse and worse.

Seeing that Mo Jun Zhou’s complexion was still okay, he didn’t expect his body to be so…simply tragic.

The hand holding Mo Jun Zhou’s wrist unconsciously tightened, then immediately released. He no longer cared about his face.

Yun Xia roughly guessed that it was probably because of the mask.

The Demon Lord had always worn a mask when he was in the demon palace. No one could look at him directly for too long, otherwise their divine consciousness would be affected.

Yun Xia had learned a little about it later. It was a very mysterious mask, a magic artifact that could appear and disappear according to the Demon Lord’s will, change his appearance, almost never be discovered, and even had a certain defensive effect.

But the Demon Lord’s previous transformation into Li Yu Holy Lord’s appearance wasn’t done with the mask, but by the Demon Lord himself. Now that the Demon Lord was unconscious, perhaps the mask, like his Phoenix Rainbow Immortal Sword, automatically appeared to protect its master?

As for why it had an effect on others but not on him, Yun Xia didn’t know.

“Yun Xia, Senior Brother, don’t worry too much. He survived that time, there’s no reason he can’t hold on now. I’ve already given him the best medicine pill, he will slowly recover,” Zhu Wan’er said, noticing Yun Xia’s expression and comforting him.

Yun Xia closed his eyes and nodded, “Thank you.”

He wasn’t too worried about Mo Jun Zhou’s injuries. With the Demon Lord’s cultivation base, if he hadn’t been killed immediately, then he would definitely recover, it was just a matter of time.

What he was more uneasy about was the Esteemed Lord’s current state.

When he was probing Mo Jun Zhou’s body just now, he had vaguely sensed something was wrong, but Mo Jun Zhou’s injuries were too severe, and he couldn’t quite figure it out, so he could only wait and see.

He gently took Mo Jun Zhou’s hand and turned back to say, “Thank you for bringing him here. You took a big risk.”

Xiao Tongfu was dead, he couldn’t contact the spy on that side, and the people from Holy City would probably still be tracking Mo Jun Zhou all the way. Under such circumstances, Huai Ying and the others shouldn’t have brought Li Yu Holy Lord along.

They didn’t have enough strength. If they were discovered, it would probably mean death.

The three looked at each other. Huai Ying said, “Actually, there were disagreements when we were taking him away, so…we didn’t actually bring him along from the beginning.”

Yun Xia: “?”

Gong Qiu scratched his head and continued, “Actually, we didn’t take him away immediately. After all, there was such a strong energy collision just now. Although Holy City isn’t very close, there are many great powers in Holy City, they would definitely be able to feel it. So we left Li Yu Holy Lord there. After, after a day, we took him away.”

Yun Xia: “…Thank you anyway, there was still risk.”

“Actually, we took him away because of his identity. After this trip, we can’t stay in the Demon Realm anymore, we can only go back. But Senior Brother Xiao is dead. Although it doesn’t have much to do with us, we still feel that we should do something since we won’t have the chance to come here again in the future. His condition is perfect for us to take him away. Otherwise, if it was a normal, uninjured Li Yu Holy Lord, we wouldn’t dare to do it even if you gave us a hundred courage,” Huai Ying said truthfully.

Gong Qiu patted his shoulder in comfort: “Yun Xia, Senior Brother, you should rest well too, don’t worry too much. Your face looks worse than his. There’s still a long time from when he wakes up to when we return to the Immortal Realm, he still needs you to take care of him.”

Yun Xia nodded: “Okay, I’ll rest here. You guys go rest too, don’t worry about me.”

Gong Qiu: “No need, Yun Xia, Junior Brother, there’s your room, you can rest…”

Before he finished speaking, Huai Ying tugged at him.

Zhu Wan’er looked at the two of them and said softly, “Then I’ll prepare bedding for you, and also a calming immortal incense, so you can rest better.”

Although the room was small, there was still space for a bed. Yun Xia smiled at her: “Then thank you, Junior Sister.”

Gong Qiu looked at Yun Xia, then at the lying Li Yu, understood something, and quietly retreated with Huai Ying.

While Zhu Wan’er was preparing, Yun Xia came out to take a look.

This flying immortal artifact was indeed not fast, but that was only compared to other powerful flying immortal artifacts. But the special thing about this immortal artifact was that the outer shell was engraved with many precious hidden-type spells, so powerful in this aspect that even those great powers didn’t discover it.

The flying immortal artifact was actually not small, with several rooms inside, and a platform outside to walk out on.

The room assigned to Li Yu was the smallest, while Yun Xia’s room was the largest, with a big bed, even big enough to sleep two people comfortably.

Yun Xia only glanced at his own room, didn’t go in, but went to the terrace to blow the wind to calm himself down.

He didn’t expect that he would eventually have to return to the Immortal Realm.

After experiencing so much, the days in the Leaving Bone Illusory Heart Formation were magical and real. Magical was the formation, real were the people around him.

He and the Demon Lord had really lived there for a long time, almost getting used to those fairytale-like abilities.

The Demon Lord rarely used those magical abilities, mostly listening to him talk about the things of the past, seeing the places he had lived, and eating the delicious food he had tasted.

Holding hands, sleeping in each other’s arms, passionately kissing.

Peaceful and fulfilling.

And now that they were out, it was like a lifetime ago.

The Immortal Realm… he didn’t know what it would be like, but with the Demon Lord around, he didn’t find anything scary.

Even if he wasn’t there, with his fairly clever brain, there shouldn’t be any problems.

The Immortal Realm…

Yun Xia suddenly frowned, a shadow suddenly appearing.

What was going on?

Why did he always feel like he had forgotten something important?

Yun Xia thought carefully, but he had no direction.

This shadow persisted until he returned to Mo Jun Zhou’s room, lay down, and closed his eyes, almost falling asleep.

In a half-dream, half-awake state, he had a dream, a dream of his and the Demon Lord’s past conversation.

The Demon Lord said: “…Nothing can make me leave the Demon Realm, in exchange for peace between the two realms…”

“…If I go out at this time, I’m afraid that various great powers will be gathered on the edge of the Demon Realm in a short period of time…”

Yun Xia sat up with a jolt.

He remembered!!

The Demon Lord had said that he couldn’t leave the Demon Realm, otherwise it would immediately notify many great powers in the Immortal Realm. If they found the Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord was in the state of having taken the Demon Transformation Pill…

Yun Xia shuddered violently, scared as awake as he could be.

He immediately got up and opened the door. Huai Ying and the others had already returned to their own rooms. Hearing Yun Xia’s voice, they all came out.

“Yun Xia, Junior Brother?”

Yun Xia asked anxiously, “Where are we now? Have we reached the border of the Demon Realm yet?”

Huai Ying: “Not yet, but soon. What’s wrong? Are you in a hurry? But we can’t leave the Demon Realm directly. The Demon Realm, Immortal Realm, and Human Realm have very clear boundaries. Entering and exiting can only be done at the entrances and exits of the few major demon cities, so we can’t get out. And the gap between the Immortal and Demon Realms has been getting bigger and bigger in recent years. Leaving won’t be that smooth. Yun Xia, are you impatient to go back?”

Hearing this, Yun Xia breathed a big sigh of relief. He wasn’t in a hurry to go back. On the contrary, he hoped to have more time to stay in the Demon Realm, because he had to think of another way.

If he couldn’t leave the Demon Realm safely, Yun Xia still didn’t want the Demon Lord to leave. Although without the Demon Gathering Pill, the Demon Lord would not be able to re-condense his demon nucleus for a long time, it was still better than being chased and killed by the great powers of the Immortal Realm in this state.

If Esteemed Lord had a way to avoid those people’s detection and could successfully leave the Demon Realm, that would be great.