The mortal queen burned with anger as she stood in the pool of her own destruction. All her maids had fallen to the ground out of fear of their mistress's temper. She was indeed a demon but she was not just any demon. She was a high ranking demon princess yet a mere cultivating mortal had been so rude to her.
Closing her eyes, she chanted the dark king's instructions. The only thing than was more than her anger for Su Ying was her fear for the dark king. Her mission was to make sure the demons still possessed control over the mortal realm. Killing humans were very essential for easy cultivation.
"My lady." Her servant said greeting her.
She was a demon and she made no efforts in hiding it. It had been so long since she married to the mortal realm. So long since she felt a man's hands across her body. Demons liked having a lot of intimacy with their partners. She had dreamed of it before she married the mortal king.
"Where is the mortal king?" She asked looking at the rings on her fingers.
Just as her maid was about to reply, someone else answered.
"What do you need the mortal king for when I am here?" She heard someone answer.
"I shall take my leave" Her maid said leaving.
Finally the two of them were alone. Lord Sly smiled at her making her heart melt. Fifty thousand years had passed and yet it was as if they had never lost each other. They had been engaged ready to marry. The red decorations and lanterns had been put up. They had been so excited to get married.
But on the day of the wedding, a royal decree had come from his sworn brother, the dark king asking the woman he loved to marry the mortal king at once. If only he could turn back the hands of time, if only he was stronger than the dark king, he would repay him one by one in his own blood. Well, very soon that would happen.
The mortal queen smiled as Lord Sly went to her. Lord Sly. The most resourceful and intelligent man in the three realms. He was still so handsome and sexy despite the fact that he had obviously aged.
"How is our daughter?" The mortal queen asked remembering when she had given their daughter to Lord Sly.
Many people had thought the child had come from one of Lord Sly's many flings. They would surely be surprised if they knew that she was the girl's mother.
"Yingtai is fine. She has grown up to be as beautiful as her mother. So beautiful. Nothing can separate us. Not even death" Lord Sly said kissing her neck.
"I beg you Lord Sly. Save me. I cannot stand staying here any longer. I feel repulsed every time the mortal king touches me. He isn't like you. You have to save me" The mortal queen said holding Lord Sly's face while he closed his eyes to feel her hands.
"Don't worry. I am already figuring out a way. Very soon, I will become much stronger than the dark king. I will take you back home where you belong. With me and our daughter. It has also been hard for me. Having to pretend to such a little brat. Listening to her is such a bother" Lord Sly said kissing her shoulders.
"What if the mortal king comes in?" The mortal queen asked.
"Then I will finally have the pleasure of killing him. I have not been fond of him lately." Lord Sly said making the mortal queen laugh as he lowered down to bed.
Tingzhe stood putting on a courageous face as he stood in front of his father's palace. The feared pain hall of Lord Pain. While he waited for his mother and father to discuss about his training, his mind couldn't help but wonder far to Jiu Bao. The last time he had seen her, he refused to confess his feelings nor give her an explanation. Seems like in this life, they had no choice but to suffer from the feeling of unrequited love.
"Tingzhe! Tingzhe!" He heard his mother call out.
"Yes, mother" Tingzhe said.
"You will be staying with me at the pain hall. I assure you that when you come back out, you will free from all worldly desires that hold you down" Lord Pain said smiling which scared Tingzhe.
Tingzhe stood taking his time to mentally say goodbye to everything he loved. Maybe when he comes back, he wouldn't be able to love again. Taking his time walking up, he silently wished for a miracle. Just as he was about to reach up, he got distracted upon hearing someone shouting as he was about to enter.
"The dark king's decree!"
Tingzhe knelt down with his parents as the eunuch read the decree. The dark king was summoning him to his palace and asked his father, Lord Pain to stop with his training for now. Tingzhe smiled even when seeing his father's obvious displeasure at the dark king's decree but there was nothing he could do right now.
"I accept His Highness's decree" Lord Pain said eyeing his son.
The dark king scratched his head with his hand as he looked at Fengge. He was still as adorable as ever. And he still had the charms.
"Thank you god father" Fengge said.
"God father? If your father hears this, he will surely spit out blood in anger." The dark king said.
"Why shouldn't I? You have always helped me whenever I needed it. Thank you so much for helping me with this favor. I sincerely appreciate it" Fengge said smiling making the dark king's heart melt.
"You are trying to sugarcoat me." The dark king said removing Fengge's hand from his arm as they both laughed.
Fengge stood up when he saw Tingzhe arrive. He had finally been able to save his friend from becoming like his father. Cold, selfish and ruthless. Thank heavens he had been able to arrive here in time to ask the dark king for help. Strangely enough, he felt even more comfortable staying here in the dark realm than in the heavenly realm.
True there was evil demons here in the dark realm but they were not ashamed of it because it was their nature. To possess all the bad emotions in the world. It was their fate and they had no choice but to live by it. And the heavenly realm. Well, it was the same. The heavenly realm was very strict with their teachings. But who could actually tell which side was right?
"Tingzhe! You are here!" Fengge said running to hug Tingzhe.
"Are you the one responsible for me coning back?" Tingzhe asked.
"Of course. There is no way I would allow you to go and train with that psycho of a father. Sorry. I said that out loud" Fengge said covering his mouth.
Tingzhe laughed as he hugged Fengge. Finally. He had someone who was willing to help him and just the same way, he would be nothing but loyal to Fengge. Meanwhile Fengge hugged Tingzhe smiling at the dark king who did nothing but to shake his head.
"Good! Good!" Tingzhe said.
"Lord Pain arrives!"
Tingzhe separated from Fengge immediately as Lord Pain entered the room. Fengge managed to try and keep his head up as Lord Pain went forward to greet the dark king as Lord Chaos followed.
"Greetings Dark king" Lord Pain said asking the question with his eyes.
"Greetings Lord Pain and Lord Chaos" Fengge said.
"The world is vast and the earth is big. There will be plenty of time to train Tingzhe." The dark king said.
"The heavenly realm can be full of surprises. We shouldn't let our guard down just because of their cute crown prince who came to beg you" Lord Pain said.
"If you think you can outdo his cuteness, why don't you put your foot down and talk to him. Go ahead. Explain things to him." The dark king said urging Lord Pain.
"Lord Pain, please don't worry. I assure on my honor that the heavenly realm wants nothing but peace with the dark realm. Should we ever want war, we will tell you ahead of time" Fengge said blinking his eyes cutely.
"Give up. He's adorable. Just give in to him" Lord Chaos said.
"Thank you Lord Chaos. I am very happy you agree with me." Fengge said hugging her making her smile.
Tingzhe stood shocked as he watched the reaction between his parents and Fengge. It was natural for them to have that reaction. Fengge was cute, naive and very pure. It was very hard for people not to like him but his parents who hardly showed any emotions towards each other not to talk of him, it was indeed an alien scene to him.
Lord Pain groaned as he realized he was being forced to agree to this madness. He had wanted to use this opportunity to spend some time with his son and for them to bond but unfortunately, the cute crown prince just had to show up and spoil everything.
"Fine. It can wait" Lord Pain said grudgingly.
"Thank you god father" Fengge said.
"God father?" Lord Pain asked looking at the dark king.
"He's sugarcoating you." The dark king said.
"Ah! Fine. Now, please take your sworn brother away. I might just change my mind" Lord Pain threatened.
Disappearing from Lord Pain's side, Fengge appeared in front of Tingzhe grabbing his hand before disappearing once and for all making them laugh. Not paying attention to where he was landing, Fengge found himself in back in the lotus sect's main hall where the students had just been cultivating.
"Greetings....." Master Bai Lian said but was stopped by Fengge.
"He's a demon!" One of the disciples said pointing at Tingzhe.
"If you had just focused on your magic, maybe we would have landed in the heart of the lotus sect" Tingzhe said to Fengge.
"Sorry. I apologize." Fengge said making them disappear.
The next time they landed, Fengge found himself alone in an unknown room. He had been distracted once again and this time, he lost Tingzhe too. Standing up as he held his head, his eyes trailed up someone who was tying nothing but a towel. Fengge turned immediately closing his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Su Ying asked in stock.