Transmigrated into a Heartthrob Novel and Went OOC Chapter 74

Chapter 74: But He Is Alive

No one ever expected that the Underground Demon Realm would collapse. Countless demons within, released from the seal, went on a frenzy, and the surviving cultivators who managed to escape were left disheveled.

Song Lianyi cast a purification spell on himself and looked around. Most of the escaped cultivators had gathered in one place. His gaze swept through the crowd until it landed on a group of cultivators wearing the attire of the Tian Shui Sect. His eyes lit up for a moment, but soon, his expression turned perplexed.

“Young Master, we should leave this place quickly. The world is in chaos,” said the maid next to Song Lianyi, but it seemed like he didn’t hear her.

He strode over to the group of Tian Shui Sect cultivators, his gaze sweeping over their faces one by one until it settled on one person.

He saw Xue Danrong lying on the back of the eldest senior brother from the Tian Shui Sect, clearly unconscious, his hands stained with blood.

The eldest senior brother was taken aback when a young girl suddenly blocked his path. He paused for a moment before speaking in a low voice, “Excuse me, miss. My junior brother is injured and needs to return to our sect as soon as possible.”

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“Ebyv?!” Pw Zwdmk oyp pvwddle.

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Du Yunxi had yet to fully comprehend the situation. He grabbed the arm of the sixth junior brother and asked, “What do you mean by not having time to save the second senior brother? Is he still inside?”

The sixth junior brother turned his face away. “Fifth senior brother, please don’t ask.”

“Quiet! Take count of the people and prepare to return,” the eldest senior brother said, his words squeezed out as if from his throat.

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On Mount Hua of the Tian Shui Sect, a white-robed man who had been in meditation quietly opened his eyes. He looked at the sunlight shining through the window for a moment, then got up and walked out.

The white cat guarding the door was surprised when it saw the man go out. It meowed at him twice.

The man didn’t pay attention to it and simply looked outside. After a while, several people arrived on golden-winged birds. They were the elders from the five peaks of the Tian Shui Sect.

Leading them was the elder from the Yizhi Peak, Fang Chaozhou’s master, Cheng Hongyi.

Cheng Hongyi saw the man standing under the eaves and quickened his steps, bowing respectfully, “I didn’t want to disturb Master’s peaceful cultivation, but this matter is of great importance and must be reported to Master.”

Zhongli Yueshui glanced at Cheng Hongyi and asked casually, “What is it?”

“It’s about the Underground Demon Realm. For some reason, it collapsed, and the demons inside escaped. Most of them have fled to the mortal realm, including many fierce beasts. According to reports from our disciples, traces of the Tawu have been found in the mortal realm,” Cheng Hongyi paused for a moment, “Two hundred years ago, the Tawu caused havoc in the mortal realm. It was Master who personally sealed the Tawu in the Underground Demon Realm. Now that it has escaped, I’m afraid only the Master can subdue it.”

The Tawu was an extremely vicious demon beast that could travel thousands of miles in a day and enjoyed devouring humans. Two hundred years ago, it appeared in the mortal realm and swallowed anyone it encountered. In the end, Zhonglo Yueshui took action, sealed the Tawu, suppressed its cultivation and spiritual power, and threw it into the Underground Demon Realm as a tool for cultivators to gain experience.

As long as it remained in the Underground Demon Realm, its cultivation would be suppressed. But now that the Underground Demon Realm had been destroyed, its power might be even stronger than two hundred years ago.

After listening to Cheng Hongyi’s words, Zhongli Yueshui furrowed his brows slightly. With thousands of demons escaping from the Underground Demon Realm, any one of them causing trouble in the mortal realm would be disastrous, let alone the Tawu, a fierce beast.

“In that case, I will go to the mortal realm,” he said.

Cheng Hongyi replied, “I will also send all our Golden Core stage and above cultivators to subdue the demons. However, a large number of them have gone to the Underground Demon Realm this time, so it may take some time for them to return to the sect.”

“Injured cultivators can come back, those who are uninjured don’t need to return. Go directly to the mortal realm,” Zhongli Yueshui ordered coldly. Then, in a slightly softer tone, he continued, “Send a message to Fang Chaozhou later and ask him to accompany me. He lacks experience, and this is a good opportunity for him to gain some.”

But as soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Hongyi, who was standing in front of him, directly knelt down. The other four elders saw their eldest senior brother kneel and quickly followed suit.

Zhongli Yueshui looked at Cheng Hongyi, who had suddenly knelt down, his eyes showing a slight change. Before he could say anything, Cheng Hongyi spoke, “Master, Chaozhou… Chaozhou, that child, didn’t make it out.”

“He didn’t make it out? What do you mean?” Zhongli Yueshui stared intently at his disciple in front of him.

The white tiger immediately transformed from the side, roaring at Cheng Hongyi and baring its teeth.

Cheng Hongyi closed his eyes and said, “When the Underground Demon Realm collapsed, Fang Chaozhou was caught by the demons inside and dragged underground, so he couldn’t make it out of the Underground Demon Realm.”

Upon hearing this, Zhongli Yueshui walked outside, and a golden-winged bird hovered and landed in front of him. He stopped in front of the bird and turned to look at the disciples still kneeling on the ground. “All the disciples who have joined the sect have a life token. Where is his life token?”

Cheng Hongyi hesitated for a moment before taking out a jade life token from his sleeve. The front of the life token had Fang Chaozhou’s name, and the back had his birthdate. Zhongli Yueshui saw the life token and directly absorbed it into his hand.

If the life token was intact, it meant the person was still alive. If the person had died, the life token would break in half.

However, the light on the life token was growing dimmer, indicating that Fang Chaozhou was currently weak.

But he was alive.

At that moment, the transmission talisman on the four elders lit up. Without changing his expression, Zhongli Yueshui glanced at the elders, who were looking at the life token, and opened the transmission talisman.

“Master, someone has discovered the traces of the Tawu. It appeared in a small town in the north.”

The Underground Demon Realm was located in the southwest. It would take at least a day for Zhongli Yueshui to travel there on the golden-winged bird. Within a day, who knew where the Tawu would escape to?

Everyone present heard the words from the transmission talisman, including Zhongli Yueshui.

Someone spoke up, “Master, the longer the Tawu stays in the mortal realm, the more people will die. It gains power by devouring humans, and over time, it will become even more difficult to deal with.”

Zhongli Yueshui tightened his grip on the life token, stepped onto the back of the golden-winged bird, and after a moment, he turned to look at Cheng Hongyi, who was still kneeling on the ground. “The five of you, leave one person to guard the sect, and the other three take the disciples to the mortal realm.” The hand holding the life token became pale from exertion, with blue veins popping out on the back like twisted roots of a tree. “Cheng Hongyi, you will go to the Underground Demon Realm and bring Fang Chaozhou back at all costs.”

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Dark Soul Gate.

The man sitting in the seat lazily flipped through the jade scroll. When he heard someone enter, he didn’t even look up, casually saying, “You all did quite a number this time, destroying the Underground Demon Realm.”

“Father, how did you know?” The person who entered exclaimed in fear.

The unusual reaction caught Li Yiyue’s attention, and he looked at the black-clad young man standing in the hall. He had just casually mentioned it, but his foolish son’s expression was as if he had lost his own mother.

“How did I know? I’m afraid everyone in the world knows. What’s so special about it?” He placed the jade scroll on the desk. “What’s surprising is that you managed to make it out alive. It’s rare for your father to be surprised. You came back early, which is good. I’m about to face a calamity and need to seclude myself. I don’t have time to clean up your mess.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard his own son wailing, and before he could reprimand him, he heard Li Zhu crying, “Father, I caused his death, he’s dead!”

Li Yiyue’s heart sank, and he sat up straight, “Who died?”

Li Zhu cried even louder, “Fang… Chaozhou… He was trapped… trapped in the Underground Demon Realm… I…”

His crying was so loud that it almost drowned out his words.

Li Yiyue narrowed his eyes slightly, and the next moment Li Zhu received a slap across his face, leaving him dumbfounded and his face flushed.

“No crying. Speak clearly. Who died?” Li Yiyue said sternly.

Even though Li Zhu was mischievous, he had never been slapped by Li Yiyue before. This slap not only stunned him, but also frightened him. He looked at Li Yiyue in fear for a while before finally calming his voice and speaking.

“It’s… Fang Chaozhou. I met him in the Underground Demon Realm. He was there, fooling around with that girl from Fengyue Temple and together with Xue Danrong. I was angry and wanted to tie him up, but he refused. The disciples of Tian Shui Sect killed several of our people, so Ding Xiujian and the others got angry and chased after them. We chased them all the way to a strange place. There was a monster there, I don’t know what it was, it trapped us and killed many people. Ding Xiujian and the others destroyed the wall of the cave… and then the Underground Demon Realm… collapsed. Before it collapsed, Fang Chaozhou was… caught by that ghostly thing, dragged underground, and he didn’t make it out… didn’t make it out…”

At this point, Li Zhu started crying again, tears streaming down his face and dropping to the ground.

For a while, there was only Li Zhu’s crying in the hall.

After some time, Li Yiyue’s voice rang out, “He won’t die. How could Zhongli Yueshui let him die?”

Upon hearing these words, Li Zhu hastily wiped away the tears on his face. “Father, is it true? Fang Chaozhou is really alive? If he’s alive, I… I won’t bite or scold him anymore.”

Li Yiyue stood up and looked outside the hall. “He definitely won’t die. Even if he does, there are ways to bring him back from the underworld. How can the future Mrs. Li Yiyue die so easily?” He then called out a name.

As the words fell, someone appeared in the hall.

The person wore a black robe and a black mask covered their face. They appeared in the hall and knelt down on one knee.

Li Zhu looked at the person who suddenly appeared and his face lit up. This person was called Guiyi, the most formidable among the puppets made by his father. Puppets were not living beings, so they wouldn’t feel pain even if they were injured.

“Guiyi, I want you to go to the Underground Demon Realm. Make sure to bring back evidence whether Fang Chaozhou is alive or dead.” Li Yiyue paused for a moment and continued, “That little guy likes pastries and fruits. Remember to buy some and bring them along. He must have been frightened of being trapped underground.”

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