128: Temple Demon

“You child, why call me Senior? Just call me by my name.”

The decaying corpse raised a hand to cover her mouth and chuckled, most of the maggots on her face falling off, revealing her dark, bottomless eye sockets.

Song Wushuang, who had managed to hold on until now, turned even paler at the sight and couldn't help but avert her gaze.

Lu Ze acted as if he hadn't seen it, smiled, “It was presumptuous of me, Miss Feng Yue. May I ask, why are you here alone?”

Feng Yue giggled, “Look at what you’re saying, ‘why am I here alone?’ Aren't you all here with me now?”

As Lu Ze was about to ask another question, he felt a finger poke him in the back.

Then, Fu Liang’s voice came faintly, “Young Master Lu, the name Feng Yue has been found in the records. This person was one of the Human Race powerhouses who participated in the siege of the Seventh-Order Demon Emperor! However, according to the records, she died in that great battle.”

Lu Ze understood in his heart, then asked the System, “Is this a Human Demon?”

The System prompted: Yes!

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes. He remembered Cheng Ran saying that Human Demons were humans who were unfortunately infected when Spiritual Qi resurgence first began.

But this Feng Yue was once a Human Race powerhouse. After battling the Seventh-Order Demon Emperor, she became what she is now, neither living nor dead, transforming into a Human Demon!

However, looking at Feng Yue's current appearance, she still seemed to have some sanity. Was this also considered a Human Demon?

Fu Liang’s voice was indeed faint, but Feng Yue still heard it.

“I was indeed one of the Human Race who battled the Seventh-Order Demon Emperor in this space back then.”

After speaking, Feng Yue rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a badge, placing it before everyone.

The special emblem on the badge was clearly the mark of the Demon Subduing Division Headquarters!

Fu Liang and Xiong Lu had both seen this emblem. Although Lu Ze hadn't, Fu Liang immediately spoke up to remind him.

Feng Yue carefully put the badge away again, then sat down slightly to the side, smiling at Lu Ze and the others.

“I also know that you should be personnel from a Municipal Demon Subduing Division, but which City-level, I don’t know. Hundreds of years have passed, the City-level divisions must have changed, the symbolic emblems have changed, and perhaps even the location of the Headquarters has changed.”

Feng Yue seemed to sigh with emotion, “Times change, and so does the world…”

Lu Ze, however, smiled, “Listening to Senior’s words, it seems you still miss life in the Demon Subduing Division.”

Feng Yue looked at Lu Ze, and the two stared at each other for a long time.

Finally, Feng Yue sighed, “After hundreds of years, a promising young talent has finally appeared in the Human Race again.”

After speaking, Feng Yue stood up, “I know what you want. If you want to leave here, little one, come with me alone.”

After Feng Yue finished speaking, she walked directly into the temple.

Lu Ze followed her up, but Fu Liang immediately pulled him back, “Young Master Lu, that place hasn't been explored at all. It might be extremely dangerous inside! How can you go alone?!”

At this moment, Feng Yue's figure had already disappeared into the temple, and her seductive voice drifted out, “I only want the boy named Lu Ze to come in alone. If anyone else follows, you will all stay here with me forever!”

As her voice faded, a magic array suddenly rose outside the courtyard, and a sky full of red enveloped them. The Spiritual Qi in this world was being rapidly consumed!

Everyone suddenly felt an overpowering fragrance in their noses, followed by difficulty breathing. After a short while, Qin Wan and the others' faces turned red, their veins bulging, as if they were about to suffocate at any moment.

They could hold their breath and focus their minds only by relying on Spiritual Qi. The magic array cast by Feng Yue consumed a lot of the Spiritual Qi in this world, so there was naturally no power to help them maintain their state of holding their breath and focusing their minds.

And the air in this small courtyard was originally very fragrant. Inhaling this kind of air would quickly block their respiratory tracts, and they would soon suffocate!

However, Lu Ze was not like them, simply because he possessed Different Lightning. The moment the magic array appeared, the Dormant Lightning had already autonomously formed a lightning barrier around Lu Ze, dispelling much of the fragrant air!

“Little Lu, if you don’t come in soon, I can’t guarantee what will happen~”

Lu Ze said to Xiong Lu, “Different Flame should be able to alleviate it. You try.”

Xiong Lu immediately activated her Different Flame, and the strange fragrance was quickly devoured by the Different Flame. Xiong Lu felt much better, and then began to help the others devour the fragrance around them.

Seeing that everyone had eased up considerably, Lu Ze then strode into the temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, it was as if he had entered a new space.

Although there was light outside, it seemed unable to penetrate, and it was still very dim inside!

The first thing that caught his eye was a clay Buddha statue.

Lu Ze could only squint, relying on the faint light, and clearly saw that the clay Buddha statue was sitting cross-legged, the clay on its body already starting to fall off, leaving many incomplete parts.

Looking further up, Lu Ze's squinted eyes suddenly widened!

The face of the Buddha statue was actually carved to resemble Lu Ze!

“Boy, it’s just a clay statue, what’s so good to look at? Come over to me~”

The charming voice came again.

Lu Ze suppressed the doubts in his heart, then walked around the Buddha statue and headed towards the back.

Behind the Buddha statue, there were many corpses, either human or demon, scattered everywhere.

Feng Yue was sitting in a corner, and beneath her buttocks was clearly a human skull. The skull was also mostly decayed, but the eyes had not yet completely rotted away, and they were currently facing Lu Ze, rolled upwards, staring at him.

Lu Ze kicked aside a few corpses, walked in front of Feng Yue, moved the nearby corpses, and then sat down cross-legged.

“Senior, just say it directly. If we want to Breakthrough here, what price do we need to pay?”

Feng Yue crossed her legs and looked at Lu Ze with interest, “You’re quite an interesting fellow.”

Lu Ze chuckled, “Dragging this on endlessly is meaningless for both of us.”

“Since we’ve talked to this point, I’ll just say it directly.”

Feng Yue smiled, “I want that little girl holding the Talisman.”

The little girl holding the Talisman?

Song Wushuang?!

“What does Senior want her for?”

“You don’t need to worry about that. As long as you hand over that little girl, I will immediately activate the array and let the rest of you go.”

After a moment of thought, Lu Ze leaned against the wall behind him, “Why does Senior keep testing? Why not state your true demands openly and honestly, so that both of us can understand what the other is thinking?”

Feng Yue giggled at his words, “How can you tell that I’m testing you?”

“With Senior’s cultivation, besides me, if Senior wanted anyone else, no one could stop you. Why would Senior ask us to hand over the person?”