Lin Mian was still angry with the system, but she had already walked to the place where she sensed the Jade Bone Lotus.
Hongze Great Wilderness was a forbidden zone, where even immortals would stop. It was precisely because the Jade Bone Lotus grew here that it had not been taken by anyone for so many years.
She sighed and took a step forward, throwing herself into the secret realm.
...
Several days later. The young man moved his fingers. The pain all over his body seemed to have subsided a lot. He stood up but felt very strange.
Every time his bones shattered and his veins broke in the past, it was worse than death. And Hongze Great Wilderness was so dangerous. He thought he might have been devoured by fierce beasts and his soul scattered, but now—he seemed to be alive?
He looked up at the surroundings. The ferocious and strange land, with all sorts of chaotic demonic energy flowing, but his consciousness was clear. This was indeed the Hongze Great Wilderness before his illness struck.
He wasn't dead?
He had endured this bout of pain and survived?
He lowered his head and looked at his palm. Although it was bloody and fleshy, it at least proved that he had not completely become a spirit body—he still had a slight headache, and he reached out and gently pressed his temples.
In his mind, some memories surged, the pain of his broken veins, worse than death.
But someone pounced on him.
She seemed to have done something.
His pain suddenly lessened!
Otherwise, he really suspected that he would have been tortured to death.
But he couldn't remember what that girl did at all. Ling Qianhe pursed his lips, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his extremely handsome face.
In this world, who would truly pity him?
It was obvious.
This girl was doing it on purpose!
This girl deliberately tricked him into trusting her.
Did he have any other unknown value that this girl wanted to squeeze dry?
Ling Qianhe's spiritual meridians were completely gone, so he naturally couldn't circulate his energy. He stood up with difficulty.
He looked around, wanting to find a direction.
But suddenly, a gust of demonic wind blew. His brows furrowed again, and he sensed a ferocious beast pouncing at him. His breathing instantly became rapid.
This fierce beast clearly had no intention of letting him go.
It pounced at him fiercely, and was about to bite off his arm. In the next moment, a figure like a startled swan flashed before his eyes.
The girl stood in front of him, wrestling with the demonic beast!
It was Si Muci.
She repelled the demonic beast, hesitated, and turned her face to look at him, her eyes tinged with a faint smile. Ling Qianhe heard the girl say.
"You're awake?"
"I've found a way to save you."
He didn't know what this girl was plotting. He remained silent, his eyes filled with cold indifference. However, he was so handsome that even with a cold face, he still gave off an extraordinary handsome aura.
Si Muci stared quietly at his face. She knew that the young man opposite her had a strange temper, and it wasn't the first time she had seen him. Ling Qianhe had been so stubborn and extreme back then. For a villain, it would be even more terrifying if he started calling her "Sister" from the beginning.
She ignored his cold demeanor.
She took out a jade-colored lotus from her sleeve.
The lotus was truly beautiful, its color like glazed glass.
She had risked her life for this piece of glaze. Although her identity was quite extraordinary in the past, she was now just a mortal in the lower realm.
With a drop of her heart's blood, she made this lotus bloom.
In the illusion, she was tormented to the point of death and rebirth. If this wasn't a required plot item, she would have long since given up.
But Ling Qianhe coldly pushed away her hand and said in an extremely cold tone.
"What is this?"
He snorted and sneered.
"Don't think I'll be grateful to you. I'm a cripple anyway—is there anything in this world that can save me."
"What is your purpose in staying by my side?"
His eyes were fierce.
This disabled prince was only in his teens. He was originally a favored son of heaven, but now he had become a cripple. Immersed in pain day and night, it must have been very difficult.
Lin Mian could only patiently comfort him.
"I can only stay by your side. You are my prince, and I am your maid."
"If I go out, others will think I'm your accomplice and consider me your remnant. They will kill me sooner or later. I might as well stay by your side and find a way to cure you."
"No one else will save you except me."
Ling Qianhe still looked at Lin Mian coldly, because in his heart, even Si Muci would absolutely not save him.
He knew this in his heart, and he would never have any hopes. He frowned, his entire face covered by a layer of cold mist.
The lotus held in Lin Mian's palm became even more vibrant, emitting a radiant glow.
Ling Qianhe's heart stirred slightly, and he suddenly looked at the Jade Bone Lotus.
"This thing—is it the legendary extinct Jade Bone Lotus? How do you have it?"
Lin Mian breathed a sigh of relief. Da Feng Novel Network.
Since this brat recognized the Jade Bone Lotus, then it was good.
What she feared most was that Ling Qianhe didn't recognize the Jade Bone Lotus at all. Since he recognized it—she felt as if her breath had suddenly become smooth.
"Yes. This is the Jade Bone Lotus."
"Since you recognize the Jade Bone Lotus, you should know that in this world, it is the only thing that can save you."
Lin Mian's gaze fell on him.
"If you want to regain your spiritual meridians, this is the only sacred object."
As if touching Ling Qianhe's sore spot, a deep pain flashed in his eyes, and his breathing quickened.
"Reshape spiritual meridians—reshape spiritual meridians..."
He seemed to be repeating it, and then he sneered.
"Reshape spiritual meridians? I originally possessed the best spiritual meridians in the world, and I will regain them sooner or later!"
As if it involved his innermost wound, his words were full of sinister and violent intent.
Lin Mian looked at his pale face, as if he were so frail that he would fall with a push of her finger, yet he still spoke harshly.
She sighed, touched her chin, and then spoke her true feelings.
"How will you get it back?"
"You now..."
is a cripple.
The young man opposite had a pale face, his eyes filled with ferocity, and his stunningly beautiful face was filled with immense hatred. Yet he still stubbornly stared into Lin Mian's eyes. Lin Mian heard him say.
"I will get it back eventually!"
Lin Mian was silent for a moment, and reached out to pat his head to comfort him. This action was natural. The violent and tragic young man in front of her reminded her of Ling Qianhe's stubbornness like a wounded fierce beast when he was a child.
The young man directly pushed her hand away.
"What do you want to do?"
She sighed helplessly.
"I'm not doing anything."
She was silent for a moment, pursed her lips, and looked at the fierce eyes of the young man. Through the black pupils of the young man, she seemed to see the deep sadness in his heart.
A rather pitiful little boy.
She was silent for a moment and said.
"After the Jade Bone Lotus is picked, it will turn into pure energy in a month. In this Hongze Great Wilderness, it will eventually turn into a piece of chaos. If you don't use it now, there will never be a second Jade Bone Lotus in this world."
"If you don't use it, you'll remain a cripple forever."
The young man's face turned ashen. He sat there motionless, his fingers tightly intertwined. His every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"This is a conspiracy. Do you think I will fall into your trap? Do you think I will believe your words?"
Lin Mian was very familiar with his appearance, and she snorted.
She would leave him alone.
Let him be proud to death.
She communicated with the system in her mind and said.
"You said the Demon God Panshi is with Helian Lanyan..."
This name still felt strange to her, but she suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, and then Si Muci continued.
"The Demon God Panshi is in Helian Lanyan's hands, how can I find him?"
"Ling Qianhe and I are still trapped in Hongze Great Wilderness, right?"
"There's no way to get out."
The little system hesitated and quietly told her.
"There will be an opportunity—well, if you don't look for Helian Lanyan, he will come to find you."
"Do you remember I told you that his Qing Que was injured by you?"
Lin Mian said "oh".
"He wants to settle accounts with me? Why not find me earlier or later, but only when I've become a mortal, he comes to find me?"
"What, do you want to avenge his Qing Que?"
She said it with a half-smile, but there was no smile in her eyes, only a cold, sharp look.
Seeing Ling Qianhe's pathetic state, and because his face was exactly the same as Ling Qianhe's, she could tolerate him a bit more.
She was always patient with Ling Qianhe.
As for the other scumbags in the plot.
Who were they?
She wouldn't show them any good face.
The little system hesitated and said.
"His Qing Que... has almost recovered now. After all, as the current Demon God of the demon race, with immeasurable power, he can nourish her soul day and night, so he can naturally save her, but there are some sequelae."
"He's looking for you for the Jade Bone Lotus."
"Only you can get the Jade Bone Lotus."
"If he wants to cure Qing Que's sequelae, he'll have to beg you."
Lin Mian said "oh". Her expression remained cold, and she sneered, her eyes chillingly frozen.
"Beg me?"
"Unfortunately, it's very coincidental. I want to give this Jade Bone Lotus to Ling Qianhe, this demon."
"What is Qing Que worth?"
"And what is Helian Lanyan?"
She glanced at the Jade Bone Lotus in her palm. This lotus could be preserved for a month, and Ling Qianhe was not willing to use it yet. Well, it could be used as a bait to lure Helian Lanyan, and incidentally, to get him to hand over the Demon God Panshi in his possession.
And it would rely on him to get out of Hongze Great Wilderness.
She glanced indifferently at the half-dead Ling Qianhe.
This guy, he was really useless now.
If it weren't for that face... she would have abandoned him long ago.
The little system could only chuckle foolishly.
"Host, don't dislike him. He's really useful... and after he becomes a demon, he's very powerful. In the great wilderness of heaven and earth, he's the strongest. Even the demon and immortal races are no match for him. Even the divine realm cannot resist him, this demon."
"He doesn't care about all the gods and Buddhas, or all the demons and ghosts in the world."
Lin Mian still sneered.
"After becoming a demon?"
"My mission is to prevent him from becoming a demon."
"If he doesn't become a demon, what use is he?"
"Isn't he still reliant on me!"
"The burden of saving the world will eventually fall on my shoulders."
She sighed, this was really... troublesome!