Desperate Love: Rebirth of the Demon King

After hearing what Helan Ruofeng said, Yu Xiaobai looked at him in a daze.

Seeing her like this, Helan Ruofeng said again: "Have you forgotten the pain you suffered on the altar? You will die. If you die, have you ever thought about how I feel?"

When Helan Ruofeng said this, a barely perceptible hint of anger and blame appeared on his face.

It was the first time that Yu Xiaobai saw him angry. He felt a little scared and didn't dare to say anything in rebuttal for a while.

Helan Ruofeng was right. When she was on the altar, she really felt that she was about to die, or had already died. As for how she survived, she herself didn't know.

"If the high priest had not arrived in time, you would really be finished as you said." Seeing her self-blaming look, Helan Ruofeng couldn't help but soften his tone.

"Lan Moqiu? My master? He saved me? Where is he now?" When Yu Xiaobai heard that it was Lan Moqiu who saved her, she felt guilty thinking about how cruel she had been to him before.

"The high priest has consumed a lot of spiritual energy to save you. He should be resting in the spiritual spring now." Helan Ruofeng was grateful to Lan Moqiu and told the truth.

"Ruofeng, do you think the Great Elder and the others are deliberately trying to harm me?" Yu Xiaobai suddenly had some conspiracy theories. Otherwise, how could the four great elders who had lived in the demon world for tens of thousands of years make such a low-level mistake?

"You may have misunderstood them." Helan Ruofeng said with a barely perceptible strange smile on his lips.

"What do you mean? They almost killed me, and no one cared about me. So what if they doubted me?" Yu Xiaobai pouted a little aggrieved. He respected them like grandfathers.

"Sang Zi, who is under the First Elder, and Gu Chenyang, who is under the Third Elder, were both seriously injured while guarding the magic circle. Do you know what happened to the Second Elder, who awakened the power of the Demon God for you in the formation?" Helan Ruofeng did not directly tell Hu Xiu what happened, but asked with a strange look on his face.

"How is he? Is he in a worse state? Or... is he really dead?" Yu Xiaobai widened his eyes in disbelief.

"He's even more miserable than dead..." Helan Ruofeng couldn't help but pause and burst out laughing.

"Is it so funny? Hu Xiu is worse off than dead, and you can still laugh?" Yu Xiaobai suddenly felt that Helan Ruofeng was quite mean.

"After the Second Elder had all his cultivation absorbed by you, he was reduced to his original form." Helan Ruofeng deliberately slowed down his speech and spoke word by word, while not forgetting to observe Yu Xiaobai's expression from time to time.

What? The arrogant Second Elder Hu Xiu was actually drained of his cultivation and turned back to his original form?

Yu Xiaobai was unable to react for a moment. What would Elder Hu Xiu look like when he returned to his original form?

Oh my god, this is really retribution. He bullied me in the past and now he is finally getting his retribution, right?

"Ruofeng, what is the second elder's original form? Where is he now?" Yu Xiaobai sat up excitedly and asked with anticipation.

"Have you ever heard of the white-crowned sparrow? A kind of flying bird?" Helan Ruofeng asked with a smile.

"White-crowned Bulbul? A flying bird? I've never heard of it. I only know crows and magpies." Yu Xiaobai shook his head and replied.

"The second elder's true form is a white-headed sparrow. Some people also call this kind of bird the white-headed old man." Seeing that he was interested, Helan Ruofeng explained.

"Oh, he is really pitiful now. I really want to see how pitiful he looks." Yu Xiaobai said with some gloating.

"Are you hungry? If you are, get up and eat." Helan Ruofeng stopped joking and asked.

"I'm not hungry, but if there's something delicious I don't mind eating something first." Yu Xiaobai got up and put on her clothes. She wanted to go see Lan Moqiu and check on Elder Hu, the white-headed elder.

"I'll go prepare it!" Helan Ruofeng got up and went to find something to eat.

"Let's go together..." Yu Xiaobai reached out to hold his hand.

Helan Ruofeng could only wait for Yu Xiaobai to go to the kitchen together.

The two went to the kitchen to eat something, and then were led by Dai E to Yuwu City.

Yuan Ze left Sang Zi in Heiyu's room to rest together. When he heard that Yu Xiaobai had arrived, he hurried out to greet him.

"Great Elder..." Yu Xiaobai called out to Yuan Ze when he saw him, but the word "Grandpa" was missing after the end of the word "Great Elder".

This old man almost made her feel miserable. She couldn't call him grandpa affectionately anymore.

"Your Highness... Your Highness, do you feel unwell in any way?" When Yuan Ze heard Yu Xiaobai's address, he immediately realized that something was wrong and forcibly changed the word "little fish girl" to "Your Highness".

"For now, I'm fine." Yu Xiaobai moved his limbs and said casually.

"Then Your Highness should have a good rest. This accident was caused by my carelessness and failure to prepare thoroughly. I hope Your Highness can understand and forgive my mistakes." Yuan Ze suddenly bowed and apologized to Yu Xiaobai.

"Oh, it's all over. Great Elder, don't worry about it. I came here to see the Second Elder." Yu Xiaobai said this, but his eyes were looking around, as if he was looking for something.

"Visiting the Second Elder?" Yuan Ze didn't understand what Yu Xiaobai meant. Didn't she hate Hu Xiu the most before? Why did the first thing she did after surviving the catastrophe and waking up was to visit Hu Xiu?

"That's right. I heard that the Second Elder was beaten back to his original form because of me. No matter what, I should go visit him." Yu Xiaobai said without blushing, looking like a good leader who cares about his subordinates.

She really wanted to meet Hu Xiu and see how miserable he was now.

"The second elder is in the Qihun Hall, Fu Yue will take you there!" Although Yuan Ze didn't understand what Yu Xiaobai wanted to do, he still let Yu Xiaobai go to see him.

Helan Ruofeng called Fu Yue to lead the way. Along the way, Fu Yue was muttering in his heart, could it be that this Demon King wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on the Second Elder?

I have to say that Fu Yue was really thinking in the wrong direction. Yu Xiaobai just wanted to laugh at the people who had bullied him in the past, and also wanted to see what the white-crowned sparrow that Helan Ruofeng mentioned was.

The Qihun Hall is a hall in Yuwu City that belongs to the demon world for sacrifices. It is located in a relatively open area in the deep forest, a short distance away from Yuwu City.

Led by Fu Yue, they arrived after a short while.

The palace is over a hundred meters high, with green bricks and green tiles complementing each other. The entire palace is wrapped in lush green vines, with only a small corner showing the same color, which complement each other and appear extremely quiet.

"There is actually such a place? Why do I feel like there are vampires living in it?" Yu Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the magnificent and strange palace in front of him.

"What is a zombie?" Helan Ruofeng asked puzzledly.

"It is a kind of creature that feeds on human blood. Rumor has it that it is derived from the resentment that is accumulated when a person dies and cannot be released." Yu Xiaobai explained slowly.

“Your Highness, please rest assured. The Qihun Hall is a place used by our demon clan to celebrate or commemorate some major events. Usually, we have special servants guarding and taking care of this place. The zombies that Your Highness mentioned will definitely not appear here.” When Fu Yue heard Yu Xiaobai talking about zombies, he hurried out to dispel the rumor.

"I just said it looks like it, I didn't say it exists. But it's quite weird that old guy Hu Xiu lives in a place like this. How big is the white-headed bunting?" Yu Xiaobai said, turning his head to look at Helan Ruofeng.

"Probably... just... about this big!" Helan Ruofeng gestured to Hu Xiu's height with his hand.

As the door of the hall creaked open, Hu Xiu's fairly good-looking figure came into Helan Ruofeng's sight.

"Where did this gray bird come from?" Yu Xiaobai's eyes widened, staring straight at the gray bird in the middle of the hall.

It was a small bird with a tuft of white hair on its head, a black beak, a white throat, dark-brown cheekbones, white patches behind its ear feathers, and a body of mixed colors.

"Xiao Yu..." Helan Ruofeng quickly reached out to pull Yu Xiaobai, telling her not to speak.

"Ruofeng, catch it quickly, we'll roast the bird when we get back!" Yu Xiaobai suddenly pounced on it excitedly?

When Hu Xiu heard that Yu Xiaobai was going to roast it and eat it, he was so scared that he quickly flew away.

“My Lord Demon King, this bird cannot be roasted. He is... he is the second elder Hu Xiu…” Fu Yue was afraid that Yu Xiaobai would really roast and eat Hu Xiu, so he shouted while trying to stop him.

The air suddenly became still. Yu Xiaobai stood there in a daze for a moment. He looked at Hu Xiu, then at Helan Ruofeng, and then at Fu Yue who had a worried look on his face.

"You're telling me that this gray bird with strange colors in front of me is the Second Elder Hu Xiu?" Yu Xiaobai seemed to not believe Fu Yue's words and asked again.

"Elder Hu's true form is a white-crowned sparrow, and the one in front of us... is the second elder." Fu Yue said it again very solemnly.

Yu Xiaobai looked at Helan Ruofeng, who nodded at him.

The corner of Yu Xiaobai's mouth twitched, and he was too embarrassed to look at Hu Xiu again.

"Your Highness..." Hu Xiu noticed the awkward atmosphere and had to speak first.

"Hehe, Elder Hu, I didn't mean it. I didn't know it was you!" Yu Xiaobai said embarrassedly.

It’s all Helan Ruofeng’s fault. What kind of white-headed bird is that? It’s clearly a gray bird. How can it be like the crane that she imagined should be at least one meter tall?

Hu Xiu turned his head to look at Yu Xiaobai, with a look of clear resentment in his eyes, but because of his appearance it made him look a little funny.

Yu Xiaobai actually sucked away all his life's cultivation in an instant. How could he not feel resentment? How could he not feel sad?

Yu Xiaobai didn't think so in his heart. If he wasn't the second elder, he would really want to crush this stinky thing in front of him.

Of course, both of them were just thinking about it in their minds and would definitely not say it out loud.

"What are you doing here, Your Highness?" Hu Xiu opened his mouth to speak, looking a little pitiful.

"Well, I heard that you were turned back to your original form because of me, and you destroyed all your life's cultivation. I felt guilty, so I came to see you specially." Yu Xiaobai shed a few tears pretending to be guilty, and said very self-reproachfully.

Behind her, Helan Ruofeng and Fu Yue both looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"No matter how guilty your Highness is, you can't change this fact. Your Highness should go back. If you were here, I would feel even worse." Hu Xiu said this with gritted teeth, but he was a bird after all. Birds have no teeth, just like him who had no cultivation at all.

"Then I'll go back and ask my master if I can return your cultivation to you." Although Yu Xiaobai hated Hu Xiu, he always felt bad when he thought about taking away someone else's tens of thousands of years of cultivation in one day.

Besides, Hu Xiu hated him so much that she didn't want his cultivation. After all, she had already stolen from his home once, which offset the fact that Hu Xiu had gone against her before.

"Your Highness, how can there be any room for reversal in this situation? Your Highness should leave as soon as possible!" Wuxin said angrily as he flew towards the top of the hall with his wings spread out.

Yu Xiaobai stood there, looking at Hu Xiu heartlessly, thinking about going back and asking Lan Moqiu for help. She really didn't want Hu Xiu's cultivation.

"Since we're here, why don't we take a walk around? This palace looks so grand and majestic, it would be a shame if we don't take a look." Helan Ruofeng reminded at this time.

"Okay, let's go for a stroll." Yu Xiaobai said, and looked at Fu Yue.

Fu Yue wisely took them around and introduced the time structure of the temple's construction, as well as the types of sacrifices and prayers it could be used for.

After touring the palace, the two returned to wandering around the streets of Yuwu City.

"This rainy and foggy city looks really peaceful and tranquil." Yu Xiaobai walked slowly, eating exquisite pastries in his hands.

"What you said is all right." Helan Ruofeng walked behind Yu Xiaobai, carrying large and small bags of snacks and gadgets in his hands.

Fu Yue at the side also had a lot of things in his hands, because there were so many snacks in Yuwu City.

"Think about all the ups and downs we've been through, and I almost died this time. Ruofeng, we must eat and drink as needed in the future, and we can't worry about things that haven't happened yet." Yu Xiaobai preached to Helan Ruofeng while eating.

"Xiao Yu, you should say this to yourself. I have never been entangled in things that have not happened in the future. It is you who has been hesitating." Helan Ruofeng had to remind Yu Xiaobai.

"That's right, I'm just enlightening myself. Ruofeng, come and have a piece too." Yu Xiaobai said as he handed a piece of cake to Helan Ruofeng's mouth.

Helan Ruofeng opened her mouth very obediently and took a bite of the pastry that Yu Xiaobai handed to her. Her eyes were as sweet as if they were dipped in honey.

"If you two continue to look at me like that, Fu Yue's teeth will probably fall out from the sweetness." Fu Yue couldn't help but teasing Yu Xiaobai.

"Come on, I'll just feed you a piece and see if the sweetness will make your teeth fall out!" Yu Xiaobai turned around and handed a piece of cake to Fu Yue's mouth.

"you dare……"

"Your Highness..."

Helan Ruofeng threatened with a smile, and Fu Yue was so scared that he dropped everything in his hands to the ground.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaobai could only pout, stuff the pastry into his mouth, turn around and walk away with a smile in his eyes.

"Xiao Yu can only be nice to me!" Helan Ruofeng looked at Fu Yue, and then went to chase Yu Xiaobai awkwardly.

"Only women and jealous men are difficult to raise..." Fu Yue said suddenly and had to squat down to pick up the pile of fallen items.

They strolled around the streets for a long time before returning to Fengling City. When they returned to Fengxuan Palace, Dai E had already prepared dinner.

At the dining table, Lan Moqiu sat motionless like a wooden sculpture. When he saw them coming back, he lazily looked up at the two of them and spoke in a gentle voice, "You're back? Let's have dinner together!"

Yu Xiaobai stood there in a daze, wondering if Lan Moqiu was going to cause trouble again?

"The high priest is calling us to eat!" Helan Ruofeng took the initiative to hold Yu Xiaobai's hand and sit at the dining table.

Helan Ruofeng thought, no matter what the high priest thought of Xiaoyu, he would not harm her anyway. He had saved Xiaoyu so many times, and he should be grateful to him both publicly and privately, and should not bear any grudge against him.

Yu Xiaobai also said to himself in his heart: "Yu Xiaobai, you should be a man of conscience. He has given so much for you. He just wants you to have a meal together. Just treat it as having a meal with your family. Besides, he has already become your family."