Chapter 39: A Mayfly Dream, Finally Becomes Empty

This method was proposed by Lin Qingyue.

She told Yuan Niang: "Only when you have no use value at all can you see the true face of a man."

As a result, what Yuan Niang saw was such an ugly face.

"So ugly, really so ugly!" She murmured softly.

Although her heart was extremely painful, she finally woke up from that fake love: "The demon pill I gave you is fake, and fortunately it is fake."

"Dongfang Yan, block her for me!" After A Heng gave the order, he turned and ran.

Dongfang Yan immediately pointed his sword at Yuan Niang, and the other guards in the manor also swarmed up.

Yuan Niang just looked at all this coldly, and when A Heng was about to run out, she raised her hand and summoned, and a golden thing like a silk thread flew out of A Heng's body.

The golden thread flashed and disappeared into Yuan Niang's body.

The originally aged, hunched woman instantly returned to her youthful appearance—her original appearance.

Losing the life-extending silk, A Heng could no longer control Dongfang Yan and the guards, and he himself began to age rapidly, stumbling and falling to the ground.

Yuan Niang looked at him coldly: "Since the life-extending silk was given to you by me, I can naturally take it back."

When A Heng looked down at his withered hands, he finally knew fear.

He crawled to Yuan Niang's feet with his hands and feet, begging: "Wife, I beg you not to destroy me! It was not easy for me to get to where I am today, and I will soon achieve a great cause. Even the one in the palace is already my pawn. I can't fall short of success!"

"Or... or after I become Emperor, I will make you Empress. I will never leave you again, and I won't look for other women. Really, I swear!"

Yuan Niang looked at him with pity: "Do you really think you can be Emperor? If this country could be easily replaced by a demon, how could it be your turn? I told you long ago, only plain and simple can seek peace! Don't have any more delusions, I have already promised Princess Jin that I will help her remove the parasitism of the Mayfly Silk."

A Heng sat on the ground, finally understanding that Yuan Niang would not help him achieve his great cause, and everything he thought was within reach had become a delusion!

And the aging of his body became more and more serious, and when even breathing became difficult, death would come as scheduled.

Only then did he know that if life is gone, there is really nothing left.

"Wife, I know I was wrong. Forgive me this once, and use the life-extending silk to save me again. I... I don't want to be old... don't want to die..."

He crawled over with difficulty, pulling Yuan Niang's skirt: "Wife, didn't you say you owed... owed me a favor in your previous life, so... so you should return, return to me..."

Previous life... that little boy who was sucked of his lifespan by Yuan Niang and didn't have time to grow up...

Yuan Niang lowered her eyes, infinitely sad: "What I owed you in the previous life, I have already paid off."

"No... wife, I don't want to die..."

The person who didn't want to die finally died. The withered man lay on the ground and took his last breath.

Yuan Niang stepped away, not looking at him again from beginning to end.

It turns out that this is the feeling after a person's heart dies, everything becomes empty, nothing is nostalgic, and nothing wants to be taken away.

Night, outskirts of the city.

The young girl in a water-green dress stood quietly in the moonlight.

She remembered in a trance eighty years ago, on the wedding night, she asked him: "Is your wish just to marry me?"

That night, the red light of the room shone on the boy's face, exceptionally handsome and gentle.

In the boy's pitch-black eyes, there was only her figure.

He said: "My wish is to live by selling wine with Yuan Niang, for a lifetime."

She smiled: "Selling wine all day, isn't it boring?"

He said seriously: "Being with Yuan Niang, no matter how plain life is, it won't be boring."

She put her hand on his head and promised solemnly: "Okay, I promise you!"

She promised, as he wished, accompanied him to live by selling wine for eighty years, never leaving.

Unfortunately, he forgot everything.

—If life could just be like the first time we met, why would the autumn wind make the painting fan sad.

The sound of stepping on withered leaves came from behind, she didn't look back, and already knew the identity of the person coming.

"I lost," she laughed at herself, "I bet with my life, but I lost completely. Princess Jin, I am at your disposal."

This was the agreement between the two before.

If A Heng was willing to let go, Lin Qingyue would let them go.

Otherwise, Yuan Niang would be at Lin Qingyue's disposal.

"If it were me, if I lost, I would definitely run away first. You are quite trustworthy." Lin Qingyue teased.

"Run?" Yuan Niang looked at the moonlight in the sky blankly, only feeling that the moonlight tonight was chilling, "Where can I run? Although the world is big, I have no home..."

She turned her eyes and asked Lin Qingyue: "Are you here to kill me?"

Lin Qingyue said: "Although you are not the mastermind, you are the culprit. So, I have to take you back to the Xuanjing Division to accept the trial. Considering that you have no evil thoughts and destroyed your relatives in time, I can guarantee that you will not die."

Yuan Niang shook her head: "What is the difference between sitting in jail and dying?"

Lin Qingyue said: "But who can guarantee that you won't have similar situations again? After all, as long as you exist, Mayfly Silk will continue to grow. The Xuanjing Division dare not take risks."

"I have a way to make you feel at ease."

Zhuque Lake is located seventy miles outside the capital, with beautiful scenery and surrounded by mountains.

At this moment, the first ray of morning sun fell, casting a layer of shimmering golden light on the lake, quiet and beautiful.

Suddenly a small flying insect flew out from the bottom of the water, breaking the tranquility of the lake.

The flying insect was still flying unsteadily at first, but soon it could skillfully control its wings to fly in the air, its posture as elegant as a dance.

That is the mayfly, living in the morning and dying in the evening, but still trying hard to survive as an elf.

Soon, one after another mayflies flew out from the bottom of the water, in groups under the golden morning sun, with great momentum.

The mayflies flew into the air and immediately went to find partners to complete the continuation of life. They couldn't bear to waste a little bit of time.

Among them, only one mayfly flapped its golden wings and flew, flying as high as possible, trying to take the scenery of the world into its eyes, just like the beginning.

It flew around Zhuque Lake, circled a few times above Lin Qingyue's head, then flapped its wings and flew away into the distance, disappearing.

Along with Lin Qingyue to Zhuque Lake were Xiao Hua, Xie Shouzheng, and Dongfang Yan who had not yet removed the Mayfly Silk parasitism.

Xie Shouzheng said: "That mayfly just now, is it Yuan Niang? How did she change back, and there is no demon energy on her body at all?"

"Because she gave the demon pill to me." As she said, Lin Qingyue opened her palm, revealing a crystal-clear bead like a gemstone.

"This is Yuan Niang's demon pill, condensing her lifelong cultivation, and it is also the antidote to Mayfly Silk."

A Heng knew that Yuan Niang was a demon, and also knew that the hair of a mayfly demon could split into Mayfly Silk. But he didn't know how to solve the parasitism of Mayfly Silk.

He was bent on manipulating everyone and obtaining supreme power, and never thought about the problem of lifting it.

The real method of lifting it is to refine the antidote with the demon pill. And once the demon pill comes out, Yuan Niang... will never come back.

She gave the antidote to Lin Qingyue, and she herself turned back into a mayfly, living in the morning and dying in the evening, welcoming the fate that originally belonged to her.

Perhaps, the initial acquaintance between Yuan Niang and A Heng was a mistake.

Her momentary greed caused her to fall into a heart demon, and the heart demon guided her to meet A Heng of this life, entangled for a lifetime. In the end, it was just returning to the starting point.

Having obtained the antidote, the next step is to treat those who have been parasitized. ===== CHAPTER 40 =====