NCCnovel #158 - The sad demon
#158 - The sad demon
Chapter 157: The Woeful Heavenly Demon
It happened in the blink of an eye. With a thought from Zhang Chen, he directly marked the Great自在 Heavenly Demon, an invisible chain linking the two.
At this moment, the steel needle had already reached Zhang Chen, but he didn't panic. A stream of water appeared out of nowhere, turning into ice and freezing the steel needle in the air.
Since Zhang Chen was going to take action, how could he be unprepared?
He had long stored at least a ton of water under the floor of the room. It was just that the water was hidden under the floor, and 'Xie Lingyun' hadn't noticed it at all when she came in.
"Huh? What?"
'Xie Lingyun' was stunned when she saw the sudden appearance of water freezing her steel needle. But in that moment of stunned silence, Zhang Chen had already struck again. His consciousness directly entered the black and white world, and then he grabbed the chain and pulled it. It was unbelievably light, and then a black lotus flower was pulled out of Xie Lingyun's body.
"What?" Zhang Chen's consciousness returned to his body, his eyes looking at the lotus flower, his pupils filled with astonishment. He was clearly pulling on the Great自在 Heavenly Demon, so why did he pull out a lotus flower?
While Zhang Chen was stunned, the Great自在 Heavenly Demon was even more bewildered. His eyes stared blankly at the chain locked onto him, then looked at Zhang Chen holding the other end of the chain, and then at Xie Lingyun's body behind him. His eyes were full of confusion.
Then, in the next moment, the Great自在 Heavenly Demon turned around without saying a word and was about to drill back into Xie Lingyun's body. But who knew that the next moment Zhang Chen pulled the chain, and the Great自在 Heavenly Demon was directly pulled in front of him.
"What the hell is this? What is this chain?" The Great自在 Heavenly Demon looked at the chain binding him, and his whole being was stunned. What was he? An elusive and intangible Heavenly Demon!
How could he be entangled by a chain?
He finally understood why Zhang Chen's confidence was so strong, and he finally understood why he had a bad feeling in his heart when he first saw Zhang Chen—it was because of this chain.
This chain was the culprit!
The Great自在 Heavenly Demon was originally just a peculiar kind of strangeness. It didn't possess any offensive power. In fact, apart from traversing the void and lodging in the mind, it didn't have any abilities. The exertion of its strength all depended on the host's own power.
But although this thing was weak to the extreme, it had an ability that was powerful to the extreme, and that was to be immortal and undying, lodged in the hearts of all beings.
At this time, being pulled out of Xie Lingyun's body by Zhang Chen, the Great自在 Heavenly Demon's eyes were filled with horror: "Damn it, how is this possible? How can there be such a terrifying ability in the world? This is simply my nemesis!"
He had already overestimated Zhang Chen enough, but who knew he would still fail.
He regretted it! He regretted it so much that his intestines turned green. Clearly, as long as he gave an order, five hundred soldiers could rush in and chop this kid into pieces to feed the dogs. He just couldn't change his old habits and ran over to show off, and this time he really failed.
"I think we can talk." The Great自在 Heavenly Demon looked at Zhang Chen, his tone as gentle as could be.
"Is she still savable?" Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun.
"Savable! Of course, she's savable! Her soul is just sealed by me. As long as I have a thought, I can unlock her seal," the Great自在 Heavenly Demon said.
Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在 Heavenly Demon, and the Great自在 Heavenly Demon immediately understood Zhang Chen's meaning. Then he turned his head and blew a breath at Xie Lingyun. The next moment, Xie Lingyun's eyelids slowly blinked, and she looked blankly at the lights in front of her, saw Zhang Chen, and the black lotus floating in the void.
That was Xie Lingyun's Heavenly Demon, of course, she could see it.
"Wasn't I already possessed by the Heavenly Demon and died? Did you die too?" Xie Lingyun's big eyes looked at Zhang Chen, her pupils full of confusion.
"You're still alive. I just happened to master some means to pull the Heavenly Demon out of your body. You're saved! If there are no accidents, you won't be troubled by the Heavenly Demon in the future," Zhang Chen's eyes looked at Xie Lingyun. He always felt that Xie Lingyun was different at this time, and her temperament was inexplicably different from before, but he couldn't say exactly where it was different.
"You've already seen her difference, right?" The Great自在 Heavenly Demon turned his head to look at Zhang Chen at this time.
Zhang Chen's expression suddenly became ashen when he heard the words: "You left a backup plan?"
"I didn't leave a backup plan. I'm just the aggregate of all her evil thoughts such as greed, hatred, and ignorance. You pulled me out of her body, which is equivalent to drawing out all her evil, leaving only the purest and most benevolent her. Now she is a great good person, a true benevolent person, with an overflowing heart of a saint," the Great自在 Heavenly Demon's eyes looked at Zhang Chen.
"So what do you mean?" Zhang Chen asked.
"I and she are two sides of the same coin. If she doesn't die, I won't be destroyed. You can't kill me. Even if you kill me, I will be resurrected from her heart. So I think we can talk. What can't be talked about?" The Great自在 Heavenly Demon said, while turning his head to look at Xie Lingyun: "Girl, I didn't intentionally harm you. You are generous, please forgive me. I really recognize my mistake, please forgive me. I will never dare to harm people again."
Xie Lingyun came back to her senses, her eyes looked at Zhang Chen, then looked at the Heavenly Demon, and suddenly opened her mouth and said: "Do you really know your mistake?"
"I really know my mistake. You always have to give me a chance, give me a chance to turn over a new leaf, right?" The Great自在 Heavenly Demon said immediately when he heard the words.
Then Xie Lingyun's eyes looked at Zhang Chen, and she actually pleaded for him: "Zhang Chen, you see he is quite pitiful. Since he already knows his mistake, why don't we give him another chance?"
Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard the words. He finally knew what the Great自在 Heavenly Demon meant by possessing all of Xie Lingyun's greed, hatred, and ignorance!
The Heavenly Demon in front of him was all the evil thoughts in Xie Lingyun's heart. It could be said that Xie Lingyun at this time did not have any evil thoughts and was a truly great benevolent person.
"He wants your life." Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun, his eyes a little unbelievable. Could it be that losing greed, hatred, and ignorance had such big sequelae?
"But didn't I not die?" Xie Lingyun sighed quietly, her voice full of compassion: "I see that he has sincerely repented, and his appearance doesn't seem fake. No one is perfect, and everyone can make mistakes? It is great to be able to improve after making a mistake. Why don't we give him another chance?"
Zhang Chen was speechless when he heard the words, his eyes full of helplessness. He simply ignored Xie Lingyun and turned to look at the Great自在 Heavenly Demon: "Is there a solution?"
"Yes! You put me back, I am the dark side in her heart. As long as you put me back to balance it, then you can naturally make her personality return to normal," the Great自在 Heavenly Demon said without hesitation.
Zhang Chen's expression turned cold upon hearing this. Of course, he wouldn't release the Heavenly Demon. If he were to let it go, it would devour Xie Lingyun's soul sooner or later.
But if Xie Lingyun was purely good and had no evil thoughts at all, that wouldn't work either, would it?
If she turned into a saint, it would be enough to give him a headache.
"What if I kill you? Will she recover?" Zhang Chen looked at the Great自在Heavenly Demon with icy eyes.
"What good would it do to kill me? I will be reborn in Xie Lingyun's heart. It won't be long before I can revive," said the Great自在Heavenly Demon.
"I don't believe in so-called immortality in this world!" Zhang Chen's face revealed a fierce light. He didn't believe a word of what the demon in front of him was saying.
The next moment, the light of the True God erupted, covering the Great自在Heavenly Demon. Only a scream was heard from the Great自在Heavenly Demon, and then it vanished into thin air, leaving not a trace.
The next moment, Zhang Chen activated his skill, sensing the coordinates of the chains, and he couldn't help but be stunned: "Four chains?"
How could there be four chains?
One of the chains was connected to Xie Lingyun in front of him, which showed that the Heavenly Demon was indeed reborn in Xie Lingyun's heart.
But where were the other three chains connected to?
Zhang Chen's heart stirred, and his spirit entered the black and white world again, following the chains. The other end of the first chain was connected to an unknown void, and boundless divine light burst forth from that void. A figure was sitting cross-legged in the divine light.
With just one glance, Zhang Chen recognized that person as the Great Celestial Master.
Zhang Chen looked along the chain and saw a black flower bud in the Great Celestial Master's body. The flower bud was very small, only the size of a fist.
Zhang Chen looked at the second chain. The second chain was actually connected to the female ghost, who was now possessing a large tree in the Taoist temple.
The third chain was connected to Gu Mingyue, and the fourth was to Wu Changming.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Chen was secretly horrified. He wanted to pull out the chains, but he was afraid of alarming the Great Celestial Master and the others. At this time, the Heavenly Demon had already settled in everyone's hearts and merged with their essence, energy, and spirit. If he activated the chains to pull out the Heavenly Demon, it would be equivalent to shaking the essence, energy, and spirit of several people. How could those people spare him then?
He didn't want to be a busybody. What did it have to do with him that these people were infected with the Heavenly Demon?
Then Zhang Chen directly grabbed the chain connected to Xie Lingyun and pulled the Great自在Heavenly Demon out again. However, at this time, the Great自在Heavenly Demon was extremely illusory, and the lotus flower was almost transparent, completely without any color.
"I told you, you can't kill me!" The Great自在Heavenly Demon was quite straightforward at this time. He had been killed once, and his strength had returned to zero. What was there to be afraid of?
"You have four other incarnations?" Zhang Chen asked.
"How do you know?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon was stunned upon hearing this. A look of horror appeared again in his originally calm eyes: "Kid, you know this too?"
Seeing that Zhang Chen's gaze was becoming more and more strange, the Great自在Heavenly Demon quickly said, "The people in those bodies are the devil seeds I planted. What does it have to do with you? It has nothing to do with you. I advise you not to interfere."
Zhang Chen was silent upon hearing this. Of course, he didn't want to interfere.
Zhang Chen's eyes looked at the Great自在Heavenly Demon in front of him, and he secretly pondered in his heart: "Now that this Heavenly Demon can't be killed, then I can only seal it. I wonder if my town character can seal it."
He would seal it first, and then find a solution.
Zhang Chen looked at a jar in the room, directly pulled the chain, and dragged the Great自在Heavenly Demon into the jar.
"Kid, what are you going to do?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly shouted.
"I'm going to seal you." Zhang Chen took the kraft paper to cover the jar. The next moment, the 'town' character he had drawn before was directly pasted on the jar. Then, the entire jar was shrouded in a silver-white light. This silver-white light was invisible to the naked eye, and only those who had opened their Dharma eyes or mastered the power of mystery could see it.
"Ah! Impossible! I am the Great自在Heavenly Demon, formless, imageless, and without self. How can there be a power in this world that can seal me?" The Great自在Heavenly Demon in the jar was immediately panicked and kept bumping around in the jar, but at this time, the jar was suppressed by the 'town' character, like a copper wall and iron wall, no matter how it collided, it could not escape.
"Zhang Chen, aren't we being too cruel by doing this? He has already admitted his mistake. Shouldn't we give him a chance?" At this time, Xie Lingyun came up, her eyes looking at the Great自在Heavenly Demon sealed in the jar, her voice full of unbearable.
"I'm already giving him a chance. Look, I didn't kill him. I just sealed him. It's good to keep him by my side and persuade him to change his ways, isn't it?" Zhang Chen's mouth twitched when he heard Xie Lingyun's words, and then he forcibly defended himself.
Xie Lingyun was silent upon hearing this. She always felt that Zhang Chen's words were not right, but she was now purely good and did not suspect Zhang Chen.
"Sit down." Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun and pointed to the table next to him.
Xie Lingyun sat down, her eyes looking at Zhang Chen: "I want to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been planted."
"Hey, what's the point of saying so much? You've been kind to me. I can't just watch you suffer disaster," Zhang Chen looked at Xie Lingyun, his head aching. What should he do with this kind of silly white sweet in this state in the future? How can she survive in this world?
He has now established a friendship with Xie Lingyun, and he will rely on Xie Lingyun to 'gnaw on his legs' in the future. How can he let Xie Lingyun be in this state?
"No matter what, I want to thank you." Xie Lingyun's eyes were very honest, and it made people know at a glance that this was definitely her true heart.
At this time, the Heavenly Demon in the jar was shaking uneasily. Zhang Chen took out another talisman and directly pasted it on. Under the two talismans, the Great自在Heavenly Demon completely lost its sound.
"Are we being too cruel by doing this?" Xie Lingyun's heart was full of unbearable after seeing Zhang Chen's actions.
"That's also something that can't be helped. Even if we believe that he sincerely repents, we still have to teach him well before we can let him go, right? Don't worry, when I have taught him well, I will let him go," Zhang Chen said, perfunctorily, while looking at Xie Lingyun.
Xie Lingyun rolled her eyes when she heard this, stood up, and said angrily, "I just lost my evil thoughts, I'm not stupid. Can I believe these words?"