Demon King's Repayment - chapter 247

Tao Feng did not dodge, letting the flame instantly burn him to ashes, the gray ashes fell on the grass, and the shape of the divine bird gradually disappeared in space.

The next moment, the ashes were gone, and the blazing flames on the grass were gone.

The boundless grassland and the unharmed green grassland were restored. There were no buildings, no humans, and even no birds that occasionally flew in the sky, and there was no breath of life. That time, even the wind hovering in the air never appeared.

But his voice came from nowhere, “Human beings are very fragile, and their spirits are extremely fragile. If they are too happy, they collapse. If they are too sad, they collapse. Even being alone for a long time, they can’t bear loneliness. Such a fragile race, but occasionally a little clever, thinking that they can become the eternal ruler of the world, which is really ridiculous.”

Yuan Xiang shouted into the air, “You come out! Where are you hiding?”

“Don’t worry. We have unlimited time. Believe me, a long time in this world will drive you into madness, despair, and ultimately destroy yourself. If you are too bored, I can send you to your past to make up for the regret that you once felt in your heart,” the voice came from nothingness.

The scene around her began to change, and the lawn and forest were retreating rapidly.

The glimpses of light passed through scenes, including the places that Yuan Xiang had visited in her previous world; the bustling Jingdu, the vast outside the Great Wall, and the cozy courtyard, and even the barren and dilapidated home before Yuan Xiang was seen.

Soon the changing images stopped, and she found herself in a modern-style living room.

White walls, white floor tiles, black leather sofas. That was a place that Yuan Xiang was so familiar with. It was her home in her previous life. At the moment, she was walking down the stairs, looking at her mother sitting on the sofa.

“I have another meeting during the day, let’s have dinner together at night,” Her mother said with a frown looking at her watch.

Everything in front of her was so real, the skin of the palm of her hand felt the coldness of the marble railing, the chandelier hanging high in the dome, the orange cat slipping through the kitchen, and even the unnatural touch of the corner of the mother’s mouth because of tension. The wrinkles made her feel like she was on the scene.

On that occasion, Yuan Xiang refused a rare invitation from her mother and was killed in a car accident that night. Even before reconciliation with her mother, she left the world. Maybe, as long as she nodded at that moment, her destiny would change, she could stay in this world and live the same life again.

Yuan Xiang looked at her mother with delicate makeup and sighed softly, “Sorry, Mom, I have an appointment with someone.”

The mother stood up unhappily as she did last time and walked out.

“Wait a minute,” Yuan Xiang stopped her, “Mom, I have someone I like, his name is Nan He. I think I could take him to you someday.”

The mother turned her face and nodded slightly, “Well, let me see him.”

The surrounding scene changed again and came to Yuanjia Village when Yuan Xiang was seven years old. She carried a dilapidated package in her hand, the eldest sister was wiping tears, the second sister was crying endlessly, the mother and father looked guilty, and the family stood at the door and sent her away.

Yuan Xiang opened the baggage, took out the half-tipped piece of dough, and divided it among the eldest sister and the second sister.

“Xiang, what are you doing?” The father stretched out his thick palm to block it.

“Thank you, but I don’t need this anymore.” 

Yuan Xiang took the hand of the person next to her, and that person smiled at her. That was the most reassuring existence in that world. She followed Yu Yao back to the courtyard.

On that day, at the stone table under the phoenix tree, Yu Yao squatted down and said to her, “Xiang, life and death in the world are natural, and you should not be overly attached to it.”

At that moment, Yuan Xiang grabbed his sleeves, “Master, where are you going? Why don’t you tell Xiang?!”

Yu Yao lowered his head and looked at her. His eyes were clear and deep, as if there was an abyss and a sea inside, carrying the world in the deep sea.

That time, Yuan Xiang did not fall asleep. She clearly saw that from the deep sea that shook her eyes, two small fishes slowly swam out, one black and the other red, shaking their heads and swam through the infinite space, and entered her own eyes.

“Don’t be afraid, Xiang. This is our own home, Master will guard you.”

Her master did not say that sentence back then. What did it mean? Yuan Xiang, who had traveled through time and space, only felt confused, as if countless huge noises were constantly ringing in her mind. 

She woke up remembering when and where she was.

Tan Feng, who was still bound in the magic circle by the Supreme Jingming spell, was taken aback. The human girl in front of him had clearly fallen into his array and plunged into endless time and space. According to experience, he only needed to wait for a while, the human being would lose herself in the long and infinite time, and finally dissipate and collapse.

She suddenly opened her eyes, panting heavily, but before seeing him, she quickly drew a silk scarf and blindfolded her eyes.

“It’s useless, although I don’t know how you woke up, but you have been in my illusion, and I will be able to let you fall back countless times.” Xiao Feng said helplessly, “Otherwise, you should give up. Dushuo is a demon. What does he have to do with you, humans? Why work hard for him like this?”

Yuan Xiang was silent, and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Sure enough, even if she closed her eyes, Tan Feng still appeared in her mind, and the eyes that covered the body and arms were all opened. In Yuan Xiang’s unavoidable mind, they met her sight.

The surrounding scenes became very fast, and what appeared this time was probably the future scene. Yan Nu sitting on the dark sycamore tree, holding on to the trunk with low eyebrows. She was standing on a heavy tombstone. There were no words on the tombstone, only a picture of a pair of girls playing with an exquisite golden ball. 

Han Youzhi rode a tall horse on the street to marry his wife, while the dandy, who kicked him out of the house, was lying in Yuan Xiang’s courtyard drinking.

And Yuan Xiang began to change little by little, her smooth skin was covered with wrinkles. She was dying old, only Nan He was still young. Nan He stretched out his hands, took Yuan Xiang’s old face, and wanted to lower his head to kiss her.

“What would happen in the future did not happen yet, probably you forced me to compile it, which is not true at all,” Yuan Xiang said with closed eyes.