Chapter 209: The Inescapable Destiny!
Sally was stunned.
A figure in white descended from the sky, holding a creature that resembled a deer, but with dragon scales, a dragon-like tail, and the head of a dragon—a Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast.
The Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast was already dead.
"Thud!" It was heavily dumped in front of her.
Sally stared blankly at the Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast, then finally looked up.
The person had a head of long black hair, pinned up with a Spiritual Jade Hairpin, and a Kylin-patterned headband fluttering in the wind, a dot of cinnabar between the brows, exuding a noble and lofty air, with features that bore a striking six-tenths resemblance to Zhu Sanlang!
It was clear to anyone that their great resemblance meant they were related.
The newcomer landed on the platform and looked down at Sally, "Rat Demon?"
Sally's expression was very cold, "Who are you? What's your relationship with Sanlang!"
"Sanlang was originally created by me with a drop of my essence blood for a heavenly sacrifice. Afterward, he escaped. At the time, I was busy cultivating and couldn't be bothered with him, so he was lucky to live for so long. It turns out he has forgotten his duty, refusing to be the sacrifice, then he needn't continue to live."
Sally stored the Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast in the System Space, standing straight with her shoulders back, her gaze filled with extreme hatred as she stared at Zhu Qihong, "A life for a life!"
Zhu Qihong, as if he hadn't heard Sally's words, suddenly brightened his gaze, fixing it on her abdomen, "You are pregnant?"
Sally instinctively protected her stomach.
"Who would have thought that a mere sacrifice would have a child? Well then, his child can replace him as the sacrifice!"
He raised his hand, summoning his Domain, and tried to snatch Sally!
Xiaomei immediately activated Teleport, taking them outside of Yunmeng Island!
They barely left the reach of his Domain, skirting just at the edge.
[Host! From Yunmeng Island, Xiaomei can force a teleportation, shall we activate it?]
[Force a teleportation?]
[Before Zhu Sanlang died, he passed Yunmeng Island to you, the host. Thus, Xiaomei can replenish a portion of energy, causing Yunmeng Island's Teleportation Array to forcibly activate.]
[He bit me in order to pass Yunmeng Island...]
[Yes, to transfer Yunmeng Island. Shall we activate it, host?]
[You can't kill him?]
[I cannot. The one here is not his real body, but merely an incarnation. And even if it is just an incarnation, he is already at the Half-step Divine Realm. With such a cultivation level, there are too many methods of escape. Unless we can trap him, even the most powerful weapon would be a waste.]
[Do you know who he is?]
[He is Zhu Qihong, the young master of Qilin Academy.]
[This revenge must be avenged!]
[Xiaomei supports the host. However, it is not advisable to confront him head-on right now, we must plan for the long term!]
Yunmeng Island begins to teleport.
Rays of white light rose from the island.
Zhu Qihong flew out from the island, charging straight at Sally.
Sally teleported away again.
Though it seemed they were going in opposite directions, Sally actually teleported back to Yunmeng Island and turned into a small white mouse to burrow into the Rat Hole.
After Zhu Qihong chased for a while, he found no trace of Sally.
Realizing he had been tricked, he hurriedly returned just in time to see Yunmeng Island teleport away.
He sneered coldly, "Trying to run? I shall see where you can run to!"
Sally hid in the Rat Hole, thinking she would be too distraught to eat or sleep, but surprisingly, she had a long, deep sleep.
During that time, she dreamed.
In the dream, Zhu Sanlang made her lots of delicious food, and she ate until her stomach was round, laughing happily.
Zhu Sanlang also looked at her with a very warm gaze, as well as at her round belly.
He told her to take good care of herself...
After waking up, Sally lay still for a long time, not moving.
[Xiaomei, is Zhu Sanlang really dead?]
[It can be said that he is dead, and also that he isn't. Because his soul has merged with Zhu Qihong's essence blood, he can't escape Zhu Qihong's control.
It would be too easy for Zhu Qihong to make him die; he only has to take back his essence blood, and Zhu Sanlang will surely die. But if the essence blood is returned to him, Zhu Sanlang may have a chance to come back to life. His beast body, which I am soaking in Spiritual Liquid, still holds a glimmer of life.]]
"Hmm, my child, are they related to Zhu Qihong?"
"No, the host's child carries the bloodline of Zhu Sanlang. What is inherited is the talent gene, not the soul."
"If I want to resurrect Zhu Sanlang, I need to find Zhu Qihong and get back that drop of essence blood."
"Yes, and you also need to ensure that he has not erased Zhu Sanlang's soul from it. Otherwise, the resurrected Zhu Sanlang would just be another Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast."
"What's the relationship between the Single-Horned Dragon Scaled Beast and the Kylin?"
"Zhu Sanlang's true form is a mixed blood of the Single-Horned Dragon and the Kylin."
...
Sally emerged from the Rat Hole and soared into the air, looking out over the endless sea. Yunmeng Island seemed even more isolated at this moment.
He had been drifting on the sea, was it in anticipation of the day he would become a sacrifice, or in evasion of the unfairness of fate?
Sally returned to the mountain and looked at the platform still stained with Zhu Sanlang's blood, and a fat, robust black and white rabbit squatting next to the stain.
Looking at it, Sally asked in surprise, "Are you Xiaoguang?"
Xiaoguang opened its mouth and spat out a storage ring, then bowed to Sally and ran away.
Where it ran, a pregnant gray doe rabbit waited for him.
"You also have a wife and children now, how nice," Sally said with a smile, and then picked up the storage ring.
Inside the ring, there was a will and many storage boxes meant for preserving food items.
She took out these boxes; they were filled with freshly prepared meats, all to her preferred taste. There were also some freshly made dishes, still steaming hot.
Sally's tears began to flow uncontrollably...
"Sanlang!"
...
Yanyan, my wife!
Please allow me to call you that.
If you're reading this letter, I'm probably no longer in this world.
Let me be presumptuous this one time.
I was born at the Divine Mountain Mansion's Qilin Academy. My father was the Master of the Qilin Academy, and my mother was a courtesan at a brothel in the Divine Mountain Mansion.
I inherited the Kylin bloodline, and my mother sent me to the Qilin Academy.
At first, the Qilin Academy would not accept me, and only after my mother left the Divine Mountain Mansion in exchange was I able to enter.
After my mother left the Divine Mountain Mansion, I never heard from her again.
Because of my impure bloodline and my mother's status, I faced exclusion from everyone at the Qilin Academy... until I became the sacrifice for Zhu Qihong to ascend to the God Rank.
No one objected. To them, for a half-breed or even an abomination like me, such an end was a great honor.
I had seen sacrifices, tortured to death. What kind of god would delight in such offerings, if not an evil one?
I fled from the Qilin Academy, but I was hunted down and eventually collapsed from severe injuries at the foot of Shenglong Mountain.
Chu Wanwan and others came down the mountain and encountered people from the Qilin Academy, and a fight broke out. Later, with Chu Wanwan severely injured, our master was alerted and managed to repel the people from the Qilin Academy.
I became a disciple of Shenglong Mountain.
Later, I accidentally learned that my master took me in solely because he coveted the Kylin blood in me and the Demon Core with Kylin blood that I could provide after becoming a Great Demon, which could be refined into Crossing Disaster Divine Pills, achieving the Half-step Divine Realm.
It turned out that even on Shenglong Mountain, I was merely fodder for a sacrifice.
I left Shenglong Mountain...
But I knew that even if I avoided Shenglong Mountain, sooner or later, the people from the Qilin Academy would find me because my soul had been branded as a sacrifice. As long as I lived, I couldn't escape.
Meeting you was the greatest fortune of my life.
My only regret is that we never got to have our wedding ceremony.
I know you didn't want to be my wife, you just wanted to have a child with me.
You wouldn't say your reasons, and I never asked. I looked forward to our child's arrival, yet feared they would become another me.
Yanyan, promise me—take care of yourself, protect our child!
If there is reincarnation, I would use up all my luck just to meet you again!
Even if I become the Wind, or a single snowflake…