True Heiress Cuts Ties, The Marquis Household Bitterly Regrets-Chapter 275 - 274: The Mirror Spirits’ Bond

"Shut up!"

Emperor Anqing shouted angrily, wishing to charge forward, but was firmly restrained by the guards.

"Xie Jiuxiao, you’re still not coming out, you’re really a coward."

Duke Luu kept mocking.

A gust of sword wind came, catching Duke Luu by surprise. He quickly dodged, shouting, "Hurry and capture him."

A swarm of people rushed forward, but unfortunately, none had the skill of Xie Jiuxiao, missing him completely.

Xie Jiuxiao moved as if in an uninhabited place, pushing the guards aside and shielding Emperor Anqing and the Empress behind him.

"Ziyin, you’ve come."

Seeing Xie Jiuxiao, Emperor Anqing was pleased, but asked worriedly, "Are you hurt?"

"I’m fine."

Xie Jiuxiao’s voice was cold. Emperor Anqing could hear the underlying anger and said, "Ziyin, don’t listen to Duke Luu’s nonsense. You and I are brothers from the same mother, an affection unrivaled by anyone."

"I never doubted your brotherly love, it’s just... did you know the Dongfang Family’s evil was fused into the Taiyin Evil?"

Emperor Anqing hesitated for a moment and sighed, "I only found out later. Initially, no one knew who would bear the Taiyin Evil; it turned out to be you."

Xie Jiuxiao said, "No wonder Dongfang Chenyuan always followed me around."

Indeed, to monitor him.

"Don’t overthink it, the Dongfang Family also wants to find a way to break the Taiyin Evil." Emperor Anqing’s eyes were full of sorrow; he wished more than anyone that Xie Jiuxiao wouldn’t be harmed.

"Xie Jiuxiao, you’re indeed here. Previously, due to the Taiyin Evil, I couldn’t pull you into the world crafted by the mirror demon. Now you’ve come on your own, saving us the trouble of capturing you. You brothers indeed have a strong bond, so why not stay here forever."

Duke Luu smirked strangely, "Liang Ziyu, begin the ritual, make them all stay here."

"Yes!"

Liang Ziyu stopped his chanting, facing Xie Jiuxiao and the others. A mass of ghostly energy burst forth from his body, swallowing many evil spirits rushing to escape him, his demonic power growing. He raised a dense black fog in his hand, ready to hurl it at Xie Jiuxiao.

Seeing this, Huawu’s face changed drastically, "Ziyu has taken a crooked path, he’s a demon now. He’s devoured evil spirits and walked a wild path, becoming a madman who eats humans and ghosts, intolerable by the Heavenly Dao."

As she spoke, tears fell, and she pleaded, "Ziyu shouldn’t turn out like this. Master, even if I must become a beast of burden, I beg you to save him, or he will be doomed."

Yu Nianzhao sighed deeply, "Is there truly mutual love between you and him?"

It seemed to touch Huawu’s hidden feelings, she trembled all over, her youthful and bright demeanor now overshadowed by melancholy and sorrow.

Yu Nianzhao did not press further, instead summoning the Seven Star Brush to quickly draw a talisman, blocking in front of Xie Jiuxiao just in time.

Successfully dispelling the black fog.

Liang Ziyu glared at Yu Nianzhao, furious, "How dare you stop me? I want you dead!"

He quickly dove down, Yu Nianzhao spread open his palm, summoning the Blade of Judgment to face him head-on. Under a golden light, it struck his shoulder.

Blood spurted; Liang Ziyu cried out in pain, a fleeting clarity in his eyes.

"Help me..."

Liang Ziyu’s lips trembled lightly, his voice weak, "Kill me quickly, give me a swift end, I no longer... want to be manipulated."

As he said this, his sorrowful gaze also fell upon Huawu, with a double meaning.

"No, Ziyu, don’t leave me!"

Huawu understood his intentions, crying out in despair.

Liang Ziyu said, "I owe you nothing anymore..."

"You owe me, and you’ll always owe me."

Huawu cried mournfully, "Don’t die, I worked so hard to make you like me, don’t leave me, I don’t want to be lonely anymore."

Liang Ziyu smiled slightly, grasping the Blade of Judgment with one hand, ignoring his mangled flesh, pushing it further toward his heart.

Seeking death.

Yu Nianzhao frowned, "You’re not an evil spirit, so the Blade of Judgment won’t kill your soul, but you are a demon, so the Blade can harm you. Liang Ziyu, what exactly do you want?"

Yu Nianzhao disliked being manipulated, and without hesitation, withdrew the Blade of Judgment.

A gentle breeze brushed by, dropping petals on them.

The scene in front of them changed.

A peach tree appeared in a strange courtyard, where the youthful and bright mirror demon Huawu sat, playfully throwing petals at the scholar below.

"Stop it, Huawu." The young and handsome Liang Ziyu spoke helplessly.

"No, I won’t!"

Huawu played around gleefully, but Liang Ziyu wasn’t displeased at all, a faint smile on his lips, everything seeming so perfect.

Until...

The Liang Family was bustling with celebration, and Liang Ziyu was blankly being pushed to become the groom.

His parents, eyes red, comforted him, "Ziyu, we commoners can’t fight them. Zhizou’s daughter fancies you, they’ve connected with the royal family in the capital to quash your academy exams, just to get what they want."

"That woman is a second marriage, with a violent temperament. We know you dislike her, but our family of more than ten needs to eat, we can only compromise, sorry for your suffering, my child."

Liang Ziyu forced a wry smile, "It’s alright, father, mother, I... I’m fine."

"Why is the groom still not heading to the wedding ceremony?"

Urged by others, by the time he reached the hall, all he saw was blood, stained with countless peach blossom petals.

He saw the nightmare and also the blood-covered Huawu.

"Huawu, what have you done?"

The place was filled with corpses; Zhizou was dead, his daughter too, and Liang Ziyu staggered, overwhelmed with despair.

Huawu’s pale face was flecked with blood, she smiled and said, "Ziyu, I knew you didn’t like them, so I killed them. Now, we can still be together."

But there was no future...

The mirror demon wanted love but didn’t know how to love.

Zhizou died, the Liang Family was convicted, not a single soul survived.

The mirror demon exterminated humans, hunted by the Heavenly Master.

When Huawu returned again, she only saw Liang Ziyu’s soul wandering at the ruined entrance of the Liang Family.

"Ziyu..."

She cautiously called out, and Liang Ziyu’s soul turned, eyes bewildered.

Then, Huawu took Liang Ziyu into the mirror world, having learned a Forbidden Technique from somewhere, altered his ghostly identity, and step-by-step taught him to become the next mirror demon.

The white light faded, Yu Nianzhao came back to his senses, looking at the now inconsolable Huawu with complex emotions.

She finally understood the bond between these two mirror demons.