Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 943 - 824: Take It Easy, Sir (Part 2)

Although I later helped with capturing ghosts, time dragged on, and with some dead and others missing, I managed to find only eight subordinates in total. At this point, she must still be angry, and since we're here to resolve issues, don't take offense if Senior He says anything inappropriate later."

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Does Fengdu operate so harshly? No matter what, she is still considered one of us. If her Realm advances or she changes her mind, seeking a position in Fengdu City wouldn't be hard; why leave no way back at all?"

Qu Luming shrugged and shook his head, "Who knows what the upper ranks are thinking. Regardless... ah, shouldn't they at least show some respect?

As I see it, those below are executing terribly. The Netherworld is vast, with so many scattered Ghost Cultivators, who would notice if ten or twenty are missing? Why cause such a deadlock?"

After giving a heads-up, he then continued to advance rapidly, and upon reaching the outskirts of Du Gao Mountain, he called out loudly, "Senior He, Mr. Jiang and Daoist Bai are here, are you home?"

"Whew~"

A black whirlwind arose out of nowhere, but the long-awaiting He Miancun did not immediately reveal herself.

She had just received her surviving subordinates, her heart anxious and angry yet helpless. These eight subordinates returned alive, but were either injured or traumatized and currently resting in the abode, which she didn't want disturbed.

Still, needing something, she couldn't afford to be rude to guests, so upon hearing movement, He Miancun hastily arranged a "quiet chamber."

Thus, Jiang Yuan and the others watched as where the black whirlwind passed, raw wood swiftly assembled into a simple pavilion, and stone tables and chairs were soon arranged with a light "ding ding dang," as kettles and teacups were also prepared.

"This must be Mr. Jiang, having come from afar, I apologize for not welcoming you earlier." Once everything was ready, the black whirlwind slowly descended.

A graceful beauty wearing a plain long dress stood beneath the pavilion, her eyes subtly turning, with a faint smile on her face, "Bai Yunqi, we meet again. If it weren't for Qu Leopard Tail's mediation, I promised that upon meeting again I would take your life."

Bai Yunqi could not help but bitterly smile, "Senior, your words have kept me from daring to return to the Netherworld. Now let's clear things up— I am no longer the Yingdi Mountain White Snake Demon Huo Jun's avatar, but a standalone Demon Cultivator Bai Yunqi, and if Senior wishes to find Huo Jun, I can help."

"Please be seated, this matter requires lengthy discussion." He Miancun made no comment, inviting everyone to sit.

Qu Luming cheerfully said, "Senior, speak freely about your thoughts, Mr. Jiang took time from his busy schedule to visit, today we're here to completely resolve this issue!"

Jiang Yuan remained silent, deeply engrossed in examining the lengthy appraisal—[He Miancun: Returning Void Realm Ghost Cultivator, Super Advanced Being. Due to a disaster she should not have encountered in her previous life, her life's account vastly deviates from the Book of Life and Death, and waited devotedly for a lover in vain, forming an obsession, turning into a Heart Demon. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Unable to remove her Heart Demon, her cultivation stagnated, leaving Fengdu City to wander widely seeking solutions. By chance, meeting and connecting with her previous life lover reborn— Yingdi Mountain's White Snake Demon Huo Jun, they renewed their bond.

However, He Miancun remained unchanged while Huo Jun, being a reincarnated self, had long refined his feelings through cultivation over millennia, downplaying past bonds.

Neither the Ghost Cultivator nor Demon Cultivator reached fruition, and after Huo Jun's unceremonious departure, severely injured and asleep, he condensed an avatar attempting to consume it to heal himself. One died in a disaster of the sky collapse; another in earth subsidence; only Bai Yunqi was found wandering the Netherworld by He Miancun...

It seems it wasn't deception in love, and the devoted girl did indeed find her reincarnated lover!

After reading the entangled fate, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sigh internally— One died without reincarnating yet retains all memories and affections, while another reincarnated as a Snake Demon, having cultivated for many years, sure not to be as attached to past bonds as He Miancun.

To love and know, then be abandoned, the Heart Demon, once vanished, returning stronger, this girl's current Heart Demon is even more severe!

"Previously, I thought simply, kill Bai Yunqi in anger, with no harm to Huo Jun's Origin, ridding my obsession," He Miancun opened solemnly, a person evidently well-read with a dignified temperament, even her voice held noble quality, "Now that you've gained opportunity and existing as a unified self, this method naturally fails.

But now I no longer wish to see Huo Jun.

No matter why he left without a word, I understand his intention— For him, the bond in past life, however intense, lies within that past, a pledge under the moon to be together for all lifetimes, is just empty words.

Wasted affection, what good in meeting again?

Just because he doesn't want to share life with me, should I kill him? Then I'd betray my own path; and the mind hardest to mend, since Huo Jun doesn't love me anymore, why force it?

Bai Yunqi is not his avatar; killing won't appease and would just create sin, thus this is indeed a deadlock."

Listening to her words, Qu Luming's lips couldn't help but twitch, inwardly thinking everyone knows a cultivator's Heart Demon is the most feared— many strong have fallen unable to eradicate it. Forced fruit isn't sweet but quenches thirst, shouldn't we at least try? How could one just give up like this?

"In that case..." Bai Yunqi was also troubled, but feelings indeed cannot be forced.

Although she knows taking his life won't solve anything, abandoning the chase, but ultimately originating from himself, without finding a solution might seem like breaking a promise.