249: Di Qingli

[Ding! The Host has completed the choice mission: Defeat Tian Jinlie with physical strength, subdue him, and take him as a follower. Rewards obtained: Destruction Law, Time Law.]

"Buzz!"

As the System's voice faded, an incredibly terrifying aura flooded into Qin Wushang's mind.

His entire body was enveloped in a faint glow as his mind continuously received insights into the Destruction Law.

The process was swift, completing in just a few moments.

"Young Master! Young Master!"

Just as Qin Wushang stepped over the threshold of the inn, two urgent shouts pierced through the air from the distance.

He paused and looked back to see the figures of Lin Jiuyang and the Sword Demon galloping toward him, cloaked in dust from the road.

It was them.

Qin Wushang's brows twitched slightly as his Divine Sense spread out like a tide, sweeping through the surrounding streets, but he did not see that familiar, cold figure.

"Why is it just the two of you?"

His voice was calm as his gaze swept behind them.

"Where is Bingyun?"

Lin Jiuyang was stunned for a moment, showing a look of surprise. "Young Master, Fairy Bingyun left ahead of us back when you were hunting down the Ji Family Imperial Son! Did she... did she not come to find you first?"

"After we dealt with those few Ji Family Prodigies, we searched all over the Desolate Ancient Great World for news of you. Hearing that you appeared in the Youxu Ghost City, we immediately used a grand formation to teleport here," the Sword Demon added in a heavy voice, his brow lined with exhaustion.

Clearly, they had not rested at all.

Upon hearing this, Qin Wushang murmured softly, "She likely had some urgent matter that delayed her."

With Mu Bingyun's strength, she was more than capable of protecting herself while traveling the Desolate Ancient Great World; he didn't need to worry too much.

"What? Are you so eagerly looking forward to seeing your Fairy Bingyun? You miss her that much?"

"Is this Saintess no longer attractive to you?"

A playful voice, tinged with a hint of jealousy, suddenly rang out.

In the next second, a figure landed gracefully beside Qin Wushang like a butterfly's wing.

Su Feixue reached out and hooked her arm around his, her full chest intentionally or unintentionally pressing against his arm, a mischievous smile dancing in her eyes.

At this moment, she looked exactly like a jealous little wife who had just overturned a jar of vinegar.

Qin Wushang looked down at the soft curve against his arm, and his Adam's apple bobbed imperceptibly.

He then let out a low laugh and lightly flicked her forehead with his finger. "What? Jealous already? Are you trying to put me in a difficult position?"

Su Feixue clutched her forehead in feigned pain, but her smile grew even more charming as she tightened her grip on his arm.

Her voice was soft and sweet, yet carried a hint of dominance. "That remains to be seen... it depends on your performance later."

Her warmth radiated through his clothes, and Qin Wushang felt his arm enveloped in softness. The unique scent of peach blossoms lingering on her body made his heart flutter slightly.

Lin Jiuyang and the Sword Demon exchanged a look, then tactfully turned away. They didn't forget to drag the injured Heavenly Horned Ant along as they hurried off, leaving the space to the two of them.

The surroundings instantly fell silent!

Qin Wushang lowered his eyes to look at the smiling woman, then suddenly leaned down and whispered into her ear.

"Then... do you like me?"

As his warm breath brushed against her ear, Su Feixue's earlobes instantly turned a deep crimson.

She turned her head away and gave a deliberate, haughty huff.

"Hmm... I suppose I do, just a little bit."

"Why?"

"If you like me, you have to like everything about me."

Qin Wushang reached out and gently pinched her reddened earlobe, the touch of his fingertips delicate and warm.

"Including the people I hold in my heart."

Hearing this, Su Feixue's almond eyes widened slightly. Just as she was about to pout and argue back, she heard him continue leisurely.

"So, in the future, you aren't allowed to clash with Bingyun."

Seeing her puffed-up, angry look, the smile in his eyes deepened as he said word for word, "I like her, so you must like her too."

He frowned slightly, then chuckled, "What was it called again... oh, right..."

"Love me, love my dog."

Su Feixue curled her lip but didn't pull her hand away, only muttering, "Hmph, I suppose you have a point."

Qin Wushang laughed softly.

"I don't have a problem with it, but what about your Revered Master? How about we all share one big bed?" Su Feixue mused, teasing him.

"That works!"

"This Young Master will favor each of you one by one!" Qin Wushang laughed loudly.

"In your dreams!"

"Come walk with me! Once the gates of the Nine Nether open tonight, this place won't be so pleasant anymore!"

"It will be an incredibly terrifying battle!"

Su Feixue glared at Qin Wushang, then grabbed his hand and forced him to go shopping with her.

But after walking for only a short while, Su Feixue suddenly let go.

"What's wrong?" Qin Wushang asked, sensing something was off.

"It's nothing!"

"You wait here! I saw someone familiar and I'm going to check it out. You don't need to come!"

With that, her figure vanished.

Qin Wushang was surprised.

This Su Feixue was the Clone of the Demoness Su Qingjue; he didn't expect her to be so moved at this moment.

The person who came must not be simple!

He looked up, his gaze locking onto a figure in the far distance, and scanned her up and down.

In the twilight of the long street, a figure in plain white stood quietly.

Her hem trailed on the ground, embroidered with fine silver patterns that looked like frost under the moon when the wind blew.

She wore a white veil as thin as a cicada's wing, revealing only a pair of eyes like autumn waters. The corners of her eyes tilted slightly upward, and she seemed to notice Qin Wushang as she looked over.

"Hmm? Why do I feel a sense of familiarity?"

Qin Wushang frowned.

That gaze gave him the feeling of meeting an old friend.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Su Feixue made her move.

With a wave of her hand, a terrifying surge of devilish power erupted, and countless petals swarmed toward the woman like blades.

The woman flicked her sleeve, and the petals vanished into thin air.

The two figures flashed and plunged into the Void Realm, disappearing... outside the Youxu Ghost City.

Black winds howled, swirling with ghostly mist, and the Void Realm suddenly erupted with a thunderous boom.

"Boom!"

The shockwave from the collision of Devilish Qi and Divine Power overturned thousands of miles of the Void Realm, and two figures were blasted out.

"Su Qingjue!"

A sharp cry rang out, carrying supreme pressure.

The woman's white dress fluttered wildly as her lotus feet stepped upon the shattered Void Realm. Her phoenix eyes were filled with hatred and resentment.

"To strike with such lethal intent the moment we meet—just how much do you treasure him! And how much do you fear that this Chu Yuehua will steal him away!"

Before her voice could fade, a figure condensed in mid-air like a ghost, descending upon the scene.

It was Su Feixue!

Her black hair danced wildly, and she was surrounded by towering demonic flames.

Those crimson eyes were deadlocked on the woman opposite her, her tone as bone-chilling as ice.

"Get lost!"

As the word fell, the Devilish Qi surged into a heaven-swallowing beast, as if it wanted to devour this entire world.

"You have no right to come anywhere near Qin Wushang!" she added with extreme coldness.

"Hehehe..."

The woman suddenly let out a low laugh.

She slowly raised her hand, and twelve Cave-Heavens behind her rotated with a roar, as brilliant Sacred Power poured out like a silver river.

"We are all people living a second life. For you to protect him so maniacally, it seems that Chu Yuehua Chu Yuehua has also been reborn!"

"A bunch of foul women, each one approaching him with no good intentions!"

Her tone suddenly shifted, the sarcasm in her voice almost overflowing.

"It certainly worked out for the two of you, allowing you to take advantage of your position!"

"Di Qingli!"

Su Feixue roared in anger, her Devilish Qi surging abruptly, faintly suppressing the light of the Sacred Power.

"Qin Wushang is mine! Even if I am willing to share the rest of his life with Chu Yuehua Chu Yuehua, it is not the turn of a treacherous outsider like you to lay a finger on him!"

"Lay a finger?"

Di Qingli arched an eyebrow, a faint curve touching the corner of her lips.

"Even if this Chu Yuehua does lay a finger on him, what can you do to me?"

The Sacred Power around her grew even more radiant, and the sounds of dragons and phoenixes echoed from within her Cave-Heavens.

"In terms of our true bodies, your strength is inferior to mine. In terms of these Clones, you are definitely no match for me either!"

"What right do you have to compete?"

Her tone suddenly became fierce, a flash of madness appearing in her eyes. "If not for the Great Dao Suppression of an ancient powerhouse in the Desolate Heaven Domain, my Taihuang Heaven Soldiers would have already leveled your Nine Nether Sacred Cult and that Great Chu Empire."

"I would have refined all you eyesore women into slaves to serve Wushang and me day and night!"

She had thought about this many, many times.

She thought about it day and night.

But that damned Great Dao Suppression was reinforced with Immortal Power; even with an Imperial Weapon in hand, she couldn't break through it.

The two figures faced each other from a distance. The moment their gazes collided, an invisible Killing Intent soared into the sky.

"You are welcome to try!"

Su Feixue sneered, her fingertips condensing demonic flames into a ten-foot-long demonic sword.

"If not for the Laws of Taihuang Heaven protecting you, I alone could have ground your bones to dust and scattered your ashes back then!"

"Who do you think you are! You're nothing more than someone relying on the Laws of Taihuang Heaven to augment yourself!"

As she spoke, she approached step by step. With every step she took, black lotuses bloomed in the Void Realm.

"What right do you have to stand here and say you love him?"

"Are you worthy?"

Each word was meant to pierce the heart, carrying deep-seated hatred.

"During the Emperor War back then, who was it that lost their nerve at the last moment? Who was it that, for the sake of the so-called Taihuang Heaven, watched with their own eyes as he was besieged by the Extinction Beings? It was you!"

"You agreed to act! But you lost your nerve! A person like you has no right to say they love him!"

She suddenly raised her hand, pointing directly at Di Qingli's brow, her voice bone-chillingly cold.

"A person like you should have disappeared forever from this world, along with those Extinction Beings and those eternal Restrictions!"

"I had no choice at the time!"

Di Qingli suddenly shrieked, her Sacred Power fluctuating violently, a flash of pain and madness in her eyes.

" I carried the burden of billions of citizens of Taihuang Heaven; I couldn't ignore the big picture!"

She clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turning white, but a burning obsession ignited in her eyes.

"But living a second life, I already know how everything ends!"

"This time, even if I have to carry the burden of the entire Taihuang Heaven and hold up the Empyrean Palace with one hand to face the whole world, I will protect him! No one will ever take him from my side again!"

"All the mistakes of the previous life must be corrected! This Chu Yuehua is going to choose again!"

Di Qingli's expression was incredibly determined!

She regretted the things she had missed, but since the heavens had given her a chance to start over, she had to seize it.

"Impossible!"

"Neither Chu Yuehua Chu Yuehua nor I will allow it! Nor will Lin Ziyao! Even if the three of us have to join forces, we will knock you, you damned creature, out of the game in this life!"

Su Feixue said coldly as pitch-black lotuses bloomed, filling the entire sky and earth.

This left Di Qingli somewhat shocked!

That a mere Clone could reach this level!

It seemed that after Rebirth, she wasn't the only one making rapid progress; those other damned women were the same.

However, she felt wary of those words.

To her, Chu Yuehua Chu Yuehua, who possessed the national destiny of the Great Chu, was already extremely difficult to deal with, let alone Su Qingjue and a Lin Ziyao.

If they all joined forces, she truly wouldn't be their match.

But she quickly thought of something and immediately spoke up to argue back loudly.

"Hehehe... don't forget, I merely didn't act, but he entered the demonic path because of you... perhaps our restart..."

"Was all caused by you making him fall into the demonic path!"

"You are the one who created the Lord of Myriad Demons; you are the one who turned him into a monster, into the nightmare of all living beings!"

"What right do you have to judge this Chu Yuehua? What right do you have to make me leave the game first?"

"The one with the least right to say they love him is you!"

Su Feixue fell silent, her gaze flickering as if she lacked the courage to continue looking Di Qingli in the eye.