Chapter 222: Illusion

"Then let's try, whether you eat me, or I destroy you!"

At this point, Dongfang Qi no longer hid his skills, throwing out a handful of fire talismans in quick succession, surrounding them in a small fire array.

He shouted: "Die!"

Blazing fires ignited all around instantly.

The wind whistled, and the fire blazed, but the false god who had been faking things just now stood in the firelight, completely unaffected.

"With just these little tricks, you dare to come and show off before this seat?"

She scolded, and with a wave of her hand, the talisman fire array in the hall disappeared without a trace.

Only Dongfang Qi was left standing there blankly, a look of panic appearing on his face.

This array was the most powerful move he had learned from Lin Qingyue before this.

But he didn't expect it to be resolved so easily.

At the same time, the eerie woman smiled lightly: "That must be the person you treasure in your heart, right? Since that's the case, I will let you watch her die with your own eyes!"

After saying this, her wide sleeves rolled out violently, and a massive force suddenly struck. Dongfang Qi could not dodge in time and was swept up and thrown toward the rafters.

He wanted to struggle, wanted to resist, but his whole body was locked tight by an invisible force, unable to move or speak. Only his eyes could still see, taking in everything below.

Just at this moment, the door of the great hall creaked open, and a flash of red skirt gracefully entered.

As Lin Qingyue walked into the hall, the door behind her slammed shut with a "Bang!"

She saw at a glance that all the furnishings in this hall were exactly the same as the halls of the Yun Gong back then.

Lin Qingyue looked around, wanting to find Dongfang Qi's tracks.

But there was no one here, only bursts of mist slowly filling the surroundings, making her vision gradually blur.

Where is Dongfang Qi?

Has he fought with the false god? Could it be...

She tried to sense Dongfang Qi's safety through the Twin Resonance Talisman, but could sense nothing.

The Twin Resonance Talisman had failed!

The red oil-paper umbrella slid out from her wide sleeve, and with a "swish," it spun open like a blooming flower.

Lin Qingyue held the red umbrella, and with a turn of her wrist, she stirred up a clear breeze, sweeping away the heavy mist before her eyes.

"Yueyue." A familiar, soft call unexpectedly entered her ears.

Lin Qingyue saw the man in white fluttering, looking at her with eyes full of smiles: "Yueyue."

This is... Master!

"Yueyue, long time no see, you have become much thinner." The smile in Master's eyes faded, leaving only worry.

"What happened? Why do you look like you are not as happy as before?"

Scene after scene from the past was instantly evoked.

The man before her, every move, every smile, was exactly as in her memory. Still so young, still so otherworldly. It seemed that even time could not bear to leave any traces on him.

"Master, is it really you?" The crimson oil-paper umbrella fell from her hand, and her tears rolled down instantly.

The man engraved deep in her soul from past and present lives, the person she thought she would never see again, was now standing vividly before her, calling her "Yueyue" just like before.

"Master, I missed you so much."

Many times, Lin Qingyue thought.

If Master hadn't died back then. If she and Master had discovered the secrets of the Immortal Cultivation World together, could they have turned the tide by working together? Would they not have headed toward that doomed ending?

Her heart ached beyond measure.

Tears blurred her vision, and also blurred the face of the person before her.

She hurriedly wiped away her tears, afraid that if she blinked, she would never see him again.

"Yueyue, Master missed you too. It's good now, we master and disciple are reunited."

Then the next instant, flames soared into the sky, and the scene before her changed to Master being trapped on the execution platform, with Red Lotus Karmic Fire raging beneath him.

"Master!"

Lin Qingyue was shocked and threw herself forward, wanting to save Master from the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

But there seemed to be a powerful wall of air before her, blocking her path.

"Master, Master!" She was now completely trapped in her own heart demon illusion, forgetting that she was in the temple of the Guifang Kingdom, and forgetting the purpose of this trip.

Everything seemed to have returned to that most unbearable and tragic scene from a thousand years ago, where she watched helplessly as Master was roasted by the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, his flesh charred black, his face twisted in pain.

Master's eyes were filled with tears, still looking at Lin Qingyue with lingering attachment: "Yueyue, Master is in so much pain, save Master, save Master!"

Lin Qingyue was streaming with tears, pounding on the invisible wall in front of her over and over again, crying and asking: "Master, I will save you, I will definitely save you! But, but how should I save you, Master..."

A sinister gaze hidden in the darkness was spying on everything in the hall with monstrous resentment: So it was you, Demon Monarch Qingyue, you actually resurrected!

Pity, you can't save anyone!

The Master in the illusion said with temptation: "Just lead the Red Lotus Karmic Fire over. As long as you lead the fire over, Master can be saved. Ah—Master is really in so much pain, so much pain! Save Master quickly, save Master quickly!"

Lin Qingyue raised her hand and pointed two fingers, murmuring: "Is it enough to just lead the Red Lotus Karmic Fire over? Lead it over, lead it over!"

At the same time, Dongfang Qi on the beam looked down, seeing Lin Qingyue lose her composure and call for Master repeatedly, and seeing her condensing spiritual power at her fingertips, seemingly about to do something.

Dongfang Qi could not see the illusions in her eyes, only hearing things like "Red Lotus Karmic Fire, lead it over..."

Although he didn't know what Red Lotus Karmic Fire was, he knew it was extraordinary just by hearing the name.

Lead it over for what?

A cluster of dark red firelight slowly condensed at Lin Qingyue's fingertips—

Dongfang Qi's heart was even more astonished: Could that be the Red Lotus Karmic Fire?

No, I cannot watch Yueyue be harmed!

Yueyue! Don't be deceived, don't!

At that very instant, the worry for Lin Qingyue triggered a certain power deep in Dongfang Qi's soul, and a spiritual power more powerful than ever before suddenly erupted from deep within his dantian, forcibly breaking through the shackles on his body!

"Yueyue!" Dongfang Qi leaped down gracefully, landing in front of Lin Qingyue, and raised his hand to inject a stream of the purest spiritual power into her forehead, instantly clearing the mist before her eyes.

Lin Qingyue suddenly came to her senses, and the next moment, the Red Lotus Karmic Fire in her palm expanded violently, striking at the black-robed person.

The black-robed person, however, dissipated like a reflection in water, with only a voice drifting into her ears from afar:

"Demon Monarch Qingyue, you traitor of the Immortal Cultivation World, you should have died with your short-lived Master long ago!" ===== CHAPTER 223 =====