Desperate Love: Rebirth of the Demon King

Jin Xuan solemnly took Zi Yan's hand and said, "So, are you willing to be my queen? Accompany me to protect Xinyue?"

Jin Xuan was not a complicated emperor, and his confession was not a vow of eternal love, but more like an invitation from a former partner and a friend.

Zi Yan knew in her heart that this emperor was just like Helan Ruofeng, they only liked Zi Yan three years ago, the little girl who carried Xue Er's soul, not herself in front of her.

"Your Majesty, are you really sure of your feelings? Zi Yan and Your Majesty have spent very little time together. If we make an engagement so hastily and Your Majesty regrets it in the future, the one who will be sad is Zi Yan." Thinking of this, Zi Yan immediately pulled away her hand that was being held by Jin Xuan.

"You don't believe me? Well, you are right not to believe me. We will not hold the wedding until you completely believe me. But before that, you must stay by my side as a guard." Jin Xuan looked at Zi Yan in surprise, and then thought of an idea. Since she didn't believe him, he would make her believe him.

"Your Majesty..." Zi Yan was stunned, then changed her mind and thought that it was a good idea to do so. It would be a chance for herself, so she responded: "Okay, as your Majesty said, Zi Yan is willing to be your Majesty's guard."

When Jin Xuan saw that he agreed to her proposal, a smile instantly appeared on his face and he looked at her gently.

"In this case, Your Majesty, please allow Zi Yan to leave the palace first to pack her bags and report to the palace in a few days." Zi Yan said again.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Jin Xuan looked at Zi Yan with hope on his face and replied.

Jin Xuan thought: She has already agreed to enter the palace, what is there to be afraid of? There is a long way to go, one day she will believe in herself.

Only after making the decision with Jin Xuan did Zi Yan walk out of the palace alone.

At the palace gate, Long Xiao had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Zi Yan coming out, he hurriedly went to greet her and said, "Miss Zi Yan, my master would like to invite you to his house for a while." "Okay..." Zi Yan directly agreed to Long Xiao's request and followed him back to the priest's house.

The two entered the priest's house, and Long Xiao led Zi Yan directly to the main hall.

Lan Moqiu had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Zi Yan coming back, he looked at her and nodded slightly.

"Zi Yan pays homage to her adoptive father." Zi Yan immediately knelt down and bowed properly to Lan Moqiu.

"You don't have to be so distant with me." Lan Moqiu looked at her and said gently.

Zi Yan had also been with Lan Moqiu for more than a year, even though she was only Xue'er. But during this year, Lan Moqiu's care for her was real.

"My foster father saved Zi Yan's life, and now he is planning for her lifelong affairs. Zi Yan has no way to repay him." Zi Yan said and kowtowed again.

"Long Xiao, help her up." Seeing this, Lan Moqiu could only order Long Xiao who was standing beside him.

Long Xiao stepped forward and half-pushed and half-forced Zi Yan to stand up.

"Actually, you don't have to thank me so much. You also know that I am the high priest. For the future stability of Xinyue, I will find the most suitable queen for His Majesty. And you happen to be the one, so I facilitated your marriage to His Majesty," Lan Moqiu stood up and looked at Zi Yan and said quietly.

"Maybe someone will suspect that I am using you to monitor him, and maybe you have suspected it too. But in fact, it is not true. Whether you believe it or not, I only arrange it according to fate." Lan Moqiu said before Zi Yan asked.

"Godfather..." Zi Yan was a little shaken for a moment. Could it be that they really misunderstood the high priest?

"You can call me godfather if you want. If not, you can call me high priest. Besides fate, there is another reason why he chose you to be his queen. His Majesty is too kind by nature. He will encounter more conspiracies and plots in the future. He must have someone who is dedicated to protecting him by his side." Lan Moqiu said here, looking at Zi Yan with firm eyes.

"Godfather, do you hope that I will be the one to protect His Majesty?" Only then did Zi Yan understand Lan Moqiu's intentions.

"That's right, he likes you. Not only are you skilled in martial arts, but you also have the basic skills of immortals. Even if there are some unspeakable conspiracies or tricks in the palace, I believe you can solve them." Lan Moqiu looked at Zi Yan and said affirmatively.

"..." It was the first time that Zi Yan was affirmed like this. She didn't know whether to be proud or humble, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.

"Okay, believe in yourself, you will definitely become a competent queen, go back and have a rest!" Lan Moqiu said, then raised his hand and waved, sending Zi Yan away.

"Godfather, Zi Yan is leaving."

After saying goodbye to Lan Moqiu, Zi Yan walked out of the hall in a daze, thinking about what happened today, it felt like a dream.

"Sister Zi Yan, let me take you back to your room. How about we stay here for a few days before returning to Yunji Villa?" Aji came up to her excitedly.

"Well... okay!" Zi Yan thought that once she entered the palace, she didn't know when she would have the chance to come out. Anyway, Jin Xuan didn't let her enter the palace immediately, so she agreed.

So, Aji took Zi Yan back to the room next to Yu Xiaobai and stayed there.

Where is Yu Xiaobai? She is still living out her planned first love story with Helan Ruofeng in Hanyu City.

Helan Ruofeng is still thinking about changing her mind, and Yu Xiaobai is still thinking about living every day to the fullest.

The two seemed to be in perfect harmony with each other, but in fact they both had their own ulterior motives and plans.

Yu Xiaobai knew that any relationship that was not aimed at marriage was hooliganism.

However, if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. If she gets love-struck and rashly goes to the end with Helan Ruofeng, the ending may turn into a murder case.

How could Yu Xiaobai let this happen? So, she wanted to date someone she liked, and then marry someone who loved her.

"So boring..." On the street, Yu Xiaobai was walking listlessly, his feet dragging on the ground, making a series of rustling sounds.

"Talk to me!" Seeing her like this, Helan Ruofeng immediately stepped forward and said.

"It's been more than a month since the people from Yunji Villa left without me noticing. By now, the willow branches in Xinyue Imperial City should have turned green." Yu Xiaobai murmured with a dying look.

"They went back to provide support, why didn't you go? And you didn't ask about the battle situation in the past month." Helan Ruofeng asked curiously.

He asked several times during this period, but Xiaoyu never gave him a direct answer.

According to Xiaoyu's lively personality, she should have rushed to join in.

Why didn't Yu Xiaobai go back? If she went back, she would definitely have to go to the battlefield, and there might be danger on the battlefield, and if there was danger, she would have to use her spiritual power. Oh, no, to be precise, she used her demonic power. If she was discovered, wouldn't she be living her life to her own death?

Besides, Lan Moqiu certainly didn't want her to get involved. If she stayed in Hanyu City, she could fish in troubled waters without having to force herself to do anything. But it would be different if she went back.

"Hey, you don't understand this, right? There's a saying: A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall. I can't stand seeing those fighting and killing scenes. They're too cruel. And, they're too dangerous." Yu Xiaobai pouted and said, "Yesterday Zi Yan sent me a message that the rebellion has been quelled."

"That's great. This way Jin Xuan can be the emperor safely." Helan Ruofeng said with relief.

"How dare you talk about me? Aren't you his good brother? Didn't you go back to help?" Yu Xiaobai suddenly remembered, aren't Jin Xuan and Helan Ruofeng also good brothers?

"Master said that the emperor's fate is predetermined, and I cannot get involved." Helan Ruofeng was telling the truth. As soon as he learned that Xinyue had a rebellion, he immediately asked Taibu Xingjun to help, but Taibu Xingjun told him very seriously not to go.

"Is it true?" Yu Xiaobai looked at Helan Ruofeng suspiciously.

"I won't lie to you. Besides, I'm not afraid of fighting monsters here every day, so why should I be afraid of mere humans?" Helan Ruofeng couldn't help but ask with a smile when he saw her questioning him.

"That's true. You're not afraid of the red-banded snake demon..." Yu Xiaobai stopped talking halfway when he realized something was wrong.

"The disciples of Yunji Villa should not come back here again, right?" Helan Ruofeng asked.

"I probably won't come out. He may go straight back to Yunji Villa to continue practicing! Cong Li is gone, Zi Yan is gone, and now I don't have any little sisters." Yu Xiaobai pretended to be aggrieved and stretched out his hand.

Helan Ruofeng smiled slightly, stretched out his big hand, and gently held Yu Xiaobai's small hand.

"Xiao Yu, they are not coming out, will you leave?" Helan Ruofeng asked worriedly.

"I will leave, but not now. There are still demons causing trouble here frequently. I have to stay here with you. You don't have to worry that I will leave." Yu Xiaobai was afraid that Helan Ruofeng would suddenly get angry and ignore her, so she told the truth.

She really didn't want to leave here. Lan Moqiu said that they would get married when summer was the most comfortable time.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to, she just doesn’t want to leave here, doesn’t want to leave the guy next to her.

"That's great. My master also likes this place. We can confront the monsters here." Helan Ruofeng put her hand into his arms.

"Ruofeng, don't do that, you're pulling my hand." Yu Xiaobai said with a sweet smile.

"Don't move, I'm afraid you'll get cold." Helan Ruofeng smiled dotingly and put his other hand around Yu Xiaobai's shoulders, asking her to get closer to him.

"Ruofeng, do you think it's okay for us to be like this right now?" Yu Xiaobai asked tentatively, his eyes focused on the expression on his face.

"Okay! Very good, Xiaoyu, believe me, I will make you change your mind." Helan Ruofeng said seriously.

"Ruofeng..." Yu Xiaobai thought to himself: I definitely didn't mean to deceive you, I really like you in my heart.

Behind the two of them, Hei Duo couldn't help but shudder when he heard these words. He felt like his ears were about to be destroyed.

In a corner not far away, Ji Wu looked at Yu Xiaobai with a triumphant look on his face. Through the observations of the past few days, he not only saw the two-tailed evil spirit clearly, but also saw his master, a fairy gate woman, and her identity.

"Hehe... This time, I can finally go back and report to my master." Ji Wu was very happy and hurried back to the demon world.

Not long after he left, two figures appeared. They were Cheng Feng and Qing Yu who were beside Ming Changyi.

"I never thought that the Demon King's spirit beast would recognize the Immortal Sect as its master." Cheng Feng looked at the two people and one dog on the street from afar.

"Ji Wu is the most useless person in life. I didn't expect that he could find these things. If we hadn't followed him, we wouldn't have gained such a lot." Qingyu chuckled and said with contempt.

"Don't be disgusted. Although Ji Wu is careless, he is not as useless as you say. Let's go and take the news back to the third elder first." Cheng Feng said coldly.

"Well, I don't know what the second elder wants to do." Qingyu said, and followed Cheng Feng to disappear into the corner.

Demon Realm, Maple Ridge...

"Immortal Gate, Yunji Villa, the only disciple of the high priest? The only disciple? What's missing? The high priest exchanges for the Pi Lingzhu, the Pi Lingzhu..." After listening to the news brought back by Ji Wu, Hu Xiu walked back and forth in the main hall, muttering with his beard, and half an hour had passed.

"Master, elder...your subordinate..." Ji Wu knelt on the ground with a frown on his face, waiting expectantly for the elder to let him stand up.

The elder was quite satisfied with the news. He didn't scold him or beat him. He just kept mumbling and thinking about something. He didn't even tell him to get up first. His knees and waist hurt! He wanted to lie flat on the ground at this moment.

"Elder..." Just when Ji Wu was about to remind Hu Xiu to get up again, Ji Zhang suddenly came back.

"I greet the Second Elder." Ji Zhang glanced at his younger brother on the ground, then bowed to Hu Xiuxing.

"Ji Zhang is back? Any news? About the high priest." As soon as Hu Xiu saw Ji Zhang, he didn't bother to say anything else. He immediately went forward to help him up and asked.

"My subordinates have gathered information from various sources, and learned that this high priest appeared in the Xinyue Kingdom more than three hundred years ago. At that time, Xinyue had not yet been established, and the place was still in a state of division among warlords and the people were living in misery. It is rumored that the high priest and two immortal cultivators launched an ambition to unify Xinyue in order to save the common people." Ji Zhang stood up and told Hu Xiu the rumors he had heard about Lan Moqiu.

"In that case, he should also be a member of the Immortal Sect. Are there others?" Hu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked again.

"After the establishment of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, the descendants of the Jin family cultivator became rulers, and the high priest stayed in the court to assist emperors of all dynasties. Another cultivator named Xu independently founded the current Yunji Villa of the Protectorate God Cult." Ji Zhang immediately added.

"Have you ever seen this high priest?" Hu Xiu turned around and asked Ji Zhang.

"It is rumored that the high priest has unfathomable power, and I have never dared to approach him rashly before. Recently, there happened to be the New Moon War, and I was mixed in the chaos of the army, but I saw him from afar." Ji Zhang thought for a while and said.

"Have you seen him before? What I want to ask is, have you seen him somewhere else before?" Hu Xiu looked at Ji Zhang expectantly. He always felt that there was something strange about the identity of this high priest.

"I have never seen it. However, I am a demon of limited age, so it is normal that I have not seen it. Maybe the elder has seen it?" Ji Zhang asked tentatively. No matter how powerful he was, he was only a thousand years old. This great elder was older than the Demon King Fen Ji.

"Hmm? Ji Zhang? You are right. Now, you should go to the human world and find a portrait of the high priest." Hu Xiu ordered excitedly.

"Yes, Elder..." Ji Zhang's mouth twitched. The elder was keeping him busy for a minute! But what could he do? Ji Zhang took the order, glanced at his brother who was grinning on the ground, and turned to leave the main hall.

"I think I'm getting close to the truth." Hu Xiu said, then he looked down at Ji Wu who was kneeling motionlessly, and asked, "Why are you still kneeling here? Go back to the human world, continue to guard that immortal disciple, and monitor her every move."

"Yes, Elder." After receiving the pardon order, Ji Wu immediately stood up and ran outside, thinking that after kneeling for so long for no reason, he could finally slip away.

Not long after he ran out of the yard, someone grabbed his clothes. Startled, he clenched his fists and attacked the other person.

"It's me..." Ji Zhang looked at him with a dark face and caught his fist with one hand.

"Brother? Oh, we haven't talked to each other for a long time, and I thought you were ignoring me." Ji Wu immediately acted like a child and said coquettishly.