Chapter 1283: Chapter 343: The Most Beautiful and Saddest Memories

"Silly Luo Yi... why do this?"

Ye Lingyue’s eyes were a bit wet.

Becoming a spirit puppet, Luo Yi could at least live, but if refined with Xue Zhong, she would essentially be dead.

"If he dies, my heart dies too. Rather than living like a walking corpse, I’d rather be with him forever."

Luo Yi finished speaking and coughed severely, golden blood trickling from her mouth.

Inside her body, waves of intense pain surged; she knew her end had come.

In Luo Yi’s mind, fragmented images began to appear.

Back then, she had just passed the examination and joined the Inner Sect.

Parting with her companions left her feeling lost and anxious.

She only knew to train diligently every day on Hua Feng.

She still remembered that day at the foot of Hua Feng, in the golden afterglow, she practiced her sword skills.

For some reason, no matter how she practiced, it was always wrong.

A clear, teasing voice drifted into her ears from somewhere.

"I’ve seen foolish people before, but never one this foolish."

She bristled immediately back then.

"Who are you calling foolish? Come out, hiding there, what kind of hero are you?"

"Oh, not only foolish, but also with quite a temper. Not learning a single sword move after five days, isn’t that foolish?"

A handsome man emerged from behind a tree.

There was a smile on his lips, yet he wore the attire of a Core Disciple.

Luo Yi only remembered that her face turned beet red, and she weakly called him Senior Brother.

That day, she learned his name was Xue Zhong.

She clumsily practiced swordplay while he watched like it was a show. As long as she practiced, he watched.

Xue Zhong was sharp-tongued. From their first meeting, he called her foolish.

Yet he taught her hand-in-hand while teasing her.

It was also him who advised her not to neglect the cultivation of Reincarnation Thunder Power.

A year later, upon learning he was going to the Ancient Battlefield, Luo Yi felt inexplicably anxious.

At the same mountain foot, he smiled and asked if she would accompany him to the Ancient Battlefield.

She clearly remembered Xue Zhong extending his hand with an unprecedentedly serious expression.

"Little fool, accompany me to the Ancient Battlefield. You’re so foolish, I wouldn’t be at ease leaving you here."

Xue Zhong, with your sharp tongue, who else but me could tolerate you?

It must be very cold below; I wouldn’t be at ease leaving you there alone.

As memories faded away bit by bit, the only clear thing was the promise between the two.

Luo Yi’s face radiated an unprecedentedly happy smile.

She held Ye Lingyue’s hand tightly until the last glimmer in her eyes faded away.

"Luo Yi, rest assured, I will grant your wish."

Ye Lingyue gently closed Luo Yi’s eyes, deciding that once she comprehended the secrets of the two Puppet Books, she would refine Xue Zhong and Luo Yi’s bodies into spirit puppets.

This is probably the only thing she could do for the two of them.

The room was silent.

After a long time, Qin Xiaochuan finally sighed.

"She really was foolish."

"No, that’s because you haven’t truly loved. If you truly loved, you would choose to do the same."

Senior Sister Wan Yun said, choking back tears.

Like Luo Yi, she had once experienced a deeply passionate love, but at that time, she didn’t have Luo Yi’s determination.

If time could rewind, she would rather have died on the Ancient Battlefield with her lover than to live on alone in shame.

Di Shen and Huang Jun said nothing, their eyes pondering deeply, though it was unclear what they were thinking.

Luo Yi died, but before her death, she obtained the Puppet Book and an extremely advantageous yet disadvantageous piece of information, which was that besides Gold City, there were also members of the Demon Clan in Shui City.

Moreover, from Luo Yi’s words, that person’s identity and strength might surpass the Jade Bone Demon.

Unfortunately, after Ye Lingyue read the letter, she couldn’t determine that person’s specific identity, evidently showing the Jade Bone Demon remained wary.

Ye Lingyue and Di Shen decided to interrogate the Jade Bone Demon.

After releasing the Jade Bone Demon’s soul from the Nirvana Heart Lotus, the soul, like a firefly, cursed angrily.

"Falling into your hands is my bad luck. Kill me if you must, but don’t expect to get any information from me."

Situ Nan’s defeat was overwhelming; he knew that further struggle was pointless.

"Killing you would be too easy. You caused the deaths of Luo Yi and Xue Zhong, and I will settle this score with you."

Ye Lingyue glared at the Jade Bone Demon.

"Luo Yi is dead?"

The Jade Bone Demon’s voice lowered.

The hatred towards Luo Yi was deep, but upon hearing of her death, a trace of melancholy emerged in the Jade Bone Demon’s voice.

It had truly developed feelings for her, yet why did she remain devoted to Xue Zhong until the end?

Was it merely because it was a demon?

"Stop pretending to be compassionate. You caused her suffering." Thinking of Luo Yi’s death, Ye Lingyue’s hatred for the Jade Bone Demon deepened.

"It’s good she’s dead, all deserved. She betrayed me first; humans are all faithless and untrustworthy. I erred greatly by falling in love with an alien woman. Demon Ancestor, do you truly believe your former woman would be completely loyal to you? Don’t forget, you are the origin of demons. One day, she will turn against you, clash with you in battle, and then your suffering will be a hundred times worse than mine."

The Jade Bone Demon laughed loudly, but the laughter was more heartrending than crying.

"Stubborn fool, wife, there’s no need to talk to this creature."

Di Shen’s brow furrowed hearing this, not believing the Jade Bone Demon’s words.

However, for some reason, the words left a vague unease in his heart.

The power of the Demon Ancestor is awakening more and more. He didn’t know if, truly one day, when he fully became a demon, how his wife would...

The Jade Bone Demon’s laughter pierced Ye Lingyue’s ears, sounding especially jarring.

Ye Lingyue raised her right hand, the Qian Cauldron spun out from her palm, suspended in mid-air, drawing the Jade Bone Demon’s soul into it.

Once the demon soul entered the cauldron, a cluster of gray flames began to blaze around the Qian Cauldron.

With the sudden appearance of the gray fire, the Jade Bone Demon’s voice changed from rampant to terrified.

He already sensed the power of the mysterious little cauldron and its gray fire.

"You want to refine me? Impossible, how can a mere human alchemist refine me. No—no!" He became smaller and smaller in the gray fire until he was completely submerged.

Ye Lingyue recalled the refining method of the Demon Essence Pill taught by the Shishen Refining Cauldron earlier.

About an hour later, a peculiar elixir fragrance wafted from the Qian Cauldron.

Accompanied by a green luminescence, a Demon Essence Pill with a pearl-like luster emerged from the cauldron.

The first Demon Essence Pill, complete!