The Vengeful Demoness in Red, a Hatred Even the Deepest Nether Cannot Erase
The Vengeful Demoness in Red, a Hatred Even the Deepest Nether Cannot Erase
After Ye Langtian and Ye Liuli finished explaining the matter, they rose and took their leave.
After all, their only purpose had been to inform Gu Changge of this. The matter of the Successor of Demonic Arts was of grave importance, and even telling Gu Changge left them deeply unsettled.
Strong as Gu Changge was, facing two Successors of Demonic Arts, even he might not have a way to deal with them.
These truly were troubled times.
The Eternal Overcast Battlefield had drawn countless Cultivators, a mixed bag of fish and dragons.
Among them was not only the most suspicious Prince Ying, Ying Shuang, but now there might even be another Successor of Demonic Arts slipping into the mix.
Once they entered the Eternal Overcast Battlefield, they would not only have to guard against the Yin Spirits, but also worry about a Successor of Demonic Arts hiding in the shadows.
Truly, their odds were grim.
“Take care, Brother Ye.”
Gu Changge nodded slightly. After watching the two leave, a strange glint flashed through his eyes.
One way or another, this suddenly appearing Successor of Demonic Arts had to be identified first.
He had some guesses in mind, but without seeing the person himself, he couldn’t confirm anything.
Then, with a thought, he wrote a letter, instructing Yan Ji on a few matters and having her investigate first.
“Although the entrance to the Eternal Overcast Battlefield is still uncertain, the location of the Absolute Yin Heaven can be narrowed down. I should also find a tool to scout the path.”
Gu Changge then fell into contemplation.
He was determined to obtain the Absolute Yin Heaven. Even if his Demonic Arts were exposed in the future, as long as he held the Absolute Yin Heaven, he could still make the entire Beyond wary of him.
Not to mention, there was currently no risk of his Demonic Arts being exposed at all.
Seizing the Absolute Yin Heaven was merely a precaution, and it could also become his ultimate trump card.
So very quickly, Gu Changge thought of someone.
Wang Zijin, his fellow Transmigrator.
According to Wang Wushuang’s words, Wang Zijin had also come to the Southern Flourishing Heaven.
Only, for some unknown reason, her whereabouts were currently unknown.
But Gu Changge had a way to make her show herself.
As a Daughter of Fortuity bearing the Celestial Spirit Physique, Wang Zijin’s own Fortuity Points were astonishing enough.
With such Fortuity Points, Wang Zijin’s luck certainly couldn’t be bad.
Judging from her cultivation, which far surpassed her peers, the opportunities she had obtained were definitely not few.
So what Gu Changge was considering now was how to make Wang Zijin serve as his path-scouting tool.
As a Transmigrator, Wang Zijin was crafty as could be, but she had also brought along the laid-back, gossip-loving personality of her past life.
When idle, she loved to grumble and complain, and she enjoyed joining in on the excitement.
Gu Changge had already gained a deep understanding of this from his previous interactions with her.
Others might not understand what Wang Zijin was saying, but he understood perfectly well and knew exactly what her personality was like.
So scheming against her wasn’t actually difficult, especially since Wang Zijin seemed quite interested in him.
“Someone, pass a message to Wang Wushuang. Tell him that once he learns of his sister’s whereabouts, he is to inform me.”
Then, Gu Changge summoned Ye Han and gave the order.
“Yes, Master.” Ye Han accepted the order and withdrew.
Not long after, Gu Changge heard a notification from the System.
Ying Shuang’s Fortuity had been damaged.
This was within his expectations.
Although this bit of Fortuity Points wasn’t much and Gu Changge didn’t care for it at all, it was enough to show that Ying Shuang’s Fortuity Points were declining.
Everything was proceeding according to his plan.
“System, were the scenes I saw in Peach Village a few days ago an omen of the next Son of Fortuity?”
At this moment, Gu Changge remembered an important matter and asked the System.
In the scene he had seen back then, a woman with dark, silky hair was hugging her knees, her expression deeply lonely, waiting for something beneath a withered peach tree.
Gu Changge felt that scene was connected to Tao Yao.
But since it was shown to him, that meant it was most likely related to him.
Still, Gu Changge couldn’t be certain of such things.
Because even he didn’t know what might surface from his memories one day.
Just like the Immortal-Devouring Demonic Art back then—one thing after another, suddenly awakening in his mind one day.
Who could say for sure about things like past lives?
Who wasn’t a maniac with countless hidden identities?
Hearing Gu Changge’s question, the System replied, <This matter is temporarily beyond the System’s scope of deduction. Master, please ask a different question.>
Gu Changge hadn’t expected it to answer so bluntly.
But this answer was truly hard to put into words.
What did it mean, temporarily beyond the scope of deduction? Did that mean it could only be deduced later?
This damn System really was useless at critical moments.
“Then what about the memories that surfaced when I took Yao Yao as my disciple in the Heavenly Star Realm?”
“That should be the next Daughter of Fortuity, right?” Gu Changge asked again.
Every time something like this happened, he had to first notice the Child of Fortuity himself before the System would give him a prompt.
Or he had to be very close to that Child of Fortuity to trigger a System mission.
So Gu Changge figured he might as well probe directly.
That feeling back then, both familiar and strange, was truly etched in his memory.
And now, hearing Gu Changge’s question, the System directly prompted,
<*Ding!* Daughter of Fortuity triggered: the demoness in red.>
“She once died within the flow of time, her body sinking into the endless abyss.”
“Yet even in the most terrifying Nether, her hatred for you could not be erased.”
“Her consciousness has returned from the darkness, and at any moment she may bathe the entire world in blood out of hatred, all to take revenge on you.”
“......”
Hearing the System’s notification, Gu Changge couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
What kind of Child of Fortuity was this? Why was it different from the tropes he knew so well?
Just how much did she have to hate him to return from boundless darkness, all for revenge?
Could it be hatred born of love?
Having one Yue Mingkong seeking revenge on him was already more than enough for Gu Changge.
And now there was a demoness in red coming for revenge too?
As expected, every Child of Fortuity represented the heavens’ deep malice toward him.
“System, where’s the hint for this one?” Gu Changge then asked again.
After all, a newly appearing Child of Fortuity always came with new hints.
To him, they were nothing more than leeks waiting to be harvested.
Weng!!
The next moment, as Gu Changge’s words fell.
A flash of light passed before his eyes, and then some scenes appeared—but they felt more like distant memories reviving from the depths of his mind.
At the foot of a mountain, a little girl who loved wearing red tugged at his sleeve, timid and silent.
Before them knelt a group of bandits, their faces filled with terror and despair.
“These are all your enemies. Your family was killed by them, and your village was burned down by them...”
“Now I’ve captured them all for you. You can deal with them however you like... kill them or spare them, it’s up to you...”
He stroked her head and said softly.
And so, the little girl swung her sword one by one, lopping off all their heads.
“Shifu, when I grow up, I want to marry you...”
He smiled. “We’ll talk about it when you’re grown.”
Twenty years later, the grown girl ran to him, her face full of anguish. “Shifu, those bandits back then were all arranged by you, weren’t they?”
His expression didn’t change in the slightest. “Yes. So you know all of it now?”
The girl thrust her sword at him, but in the end, it never fell.
Her tears fell like rain. “I can’t do it. Shifu, can you tell me why...”
His expression remained unchanged. “No.”
And there the scene ended.
Gu Changge was silent for a long while. He had only one word for this: melodrama.
Why was it always this kind of bitter, deep-seated grudge drama?
Right now, he didn’t even know who that demoness in red was.
The only thing he knew was that he was her shifu, and that she hated him deeply.
Out of nowhere, he had gained a disciple who wanted revenge on him.
In terms of strength, she was definitely not something the likes of Ye Ling, Long Teng, or the Reincarnation of the Mortal One could compare to.
However, combining this with his memories from the Overworld—a red-clothed figure he had struck down into the abyss with the Demon Halberd in hand—
Gu Changge more or less guessed something.
Judging from the various clues, he might also carry the hidden identity of the Demon Lord.
So perhaps that red-clothed figure was connected to that identity of his back then.
He could only take it one step at a time.
Too many debts, no worries.
Oh wait—too many leeks, no rush.
“Based on the current clues, I probably won’t run into the demoness in red anytime soon...”
Thinking this, Gu Changge set the matter aside for now.
......
Meanwhile, inside a grand and towering palace, runes flickered.
Within, a young man in magnificent robes was cultivating—none other than Ying Shuang.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, wisps of the world’s spiritual energy converging here with each of his breaths.
A faint Sovereign Dao Phantom, incomparably majestic, stood proudly over the Nine Heavens and Ten Realms, exuding a peerless, vast divine might.
It emerged behind him, appearing utterly miraculous.
“I’ve now more or less figured out all the Transcendent techniques Ying Shuang knew. Even if others grow suspicious, they won’t be able to discover I’m an impostor.”
Ying Shuang sighed in relief inwardly, murmuring softly, finally at ease.
Then he opened his eyes, his gaze extremely steady and calm, carrying an indescribable air of nobility.
During this time, he had become thoroughly adept at impersonating Prince Ying; even his demeanor and tone had gradually become indistinguishable from the old Ying Shuang.
Of course, his explanation to his sister Ying Yu was that he had recovered part of his memories, and that the flaws from his cultivation back then were nearly resolved.
Ying Yu herself didn’t doubt this explanation much, and as for the others in Sky Emperor Mountain who had noticed something off about Ying Shuang, there were almost none.
After all, during this period, Ying Shuang had obediently stayed within the Sky Emperor Palace, not daring to go out casually.
As for the outside Cultivators believing he was the Successor of Demonic Arts, Ying Shuang had grown used to it. In any case, that suspicion couldn’t be cleared for now.
He also didn’t believe that once they reached the Southern Flourishing Heaven, anyone would dare to casually make a move against him.
After all, no one had personally witnessed him using Taboo Demonic Arts to kill anyone.
It was all speculation.
Before that, as long as there was no solid proof that he was the Successor of Demonic Arts, nothing would happen to him.
Moreover, Ying Shuang knew clearly.
Right now, in the Southern Flourishing Heaven, whether Cultivators or other beings, everyone had actually come for the slots at the True Immortal Academy.
Their attention was all on finding the Eternal Overcast Battlefield; they wouldn’t bother with him or waste time on him.
Besides him, quite a few ancient freaks had also come—those were the ones he needed to watch out for.
“And then there’s that Gu Changge. I wonder if he ever noticed anything unusual about that servant boy back then...”
At the thought of Gu Changge, Ying Shuang’s expression darkened, filled with wariness.
Even now, he wasn’t sure whether the servant boy Prince Ying had possessed—the person he himself used to be—had fallen into Gu Changge’s hands.
If so, then Gu Changge very likely already had leverage over him.
This made Ying Shuang deeply uneasy.
If it were anyone else, that would be fine, but it just had to be Gu Changge.
The man’s power far exceeded his own.
With his current means, how could he possibly deal with him?
“Ying Yu has been out for so long. She said she was going to gather information, so why hasn’t she come back yet? Did something happen to her?”
At this moment, Ying Shuang suddenly thought of Ying Yu and grew somewhat worried.
Over this period of time together,
he had grown quite fond of this sister. Although Ying Yu’s personality was somewhat blunt and she even liked to doubt him, it didn’t affect his affection for her.
By now, he had completely come to regard Ying Yu as his own sister.
Before this, he had been nothing but a horse-feeding servant, alone and without family. Aside from Xiaojie Yin Mei, who treated him well, everyone else looked down on him.
But now he had gained a family member.
Naturally, Ying Shuang would cherish her.
Then, he rose and walked out of the palace, intending to ask about Ying Yu’s whereabouts.
However, just as Ying Shuang stepped out, he ran into Ah Gu and the others returning from outside the residence.
A thoroughly drunk Ying Yu was being supported by two maids as they brought her back.
“Greetings, Young Master.”
Seeing Ying Shuang standing there with an expressionless face,
everyone’s expressions changed, and they hurriedly paid their respects.
Although Ying Shuang usually kept to himself, his might was still quite fearsome in the hearts of the people of Sky Emperor Mountain.
“What happened? How did Xiao Yu get this drunk?”
His gaze fell on Ying Yu, and Ying Shuang couldn’t help but frown as he asked.
Even from a distance, he could smell a strong reek of alcohol.
Ying Yu, who normally never touched a drop—why would she break her habit and drink today? And get this drunk?
“Reporting to Young Master, here’s what happened. Not long after Xiaojie went out, she happened to run into Young Master Changge at a pavilion, and some things occurred. Then Young Master Changge extended an invitation, and Xiaojie couldn’t very well refuse...”
“So...”
One of the maids immediately explained with a changed expression, laying out the whole sequence of events, terrified that Ying Shuang would blame them.
“What happened...”
“Gu Changge...”
After hearing all this, Ying Shuang’s expression changed, shock and wariness flashing in his eyes.
Then it quickly darkened.
He never imagined that Ying Yu would run into Gu Changge so soon after going out.
And that she had even been kept behind by Gu Changge and forced to accompany him at a drinking banquet.
No wonder Ying Yu, who normally never touched alcohol, was drunk to this state today.
“Gu Changge...”
“You’ve gone too far!”
In an instant, Ying Shuang’s expression turned incomparably ugly and gloomy. His fists clenched tight, trembling with rage.
The others were scared silent as cicadas in winter.
Only Ah Gu, an ancient freak from the same era as Ying Shuang, didn’t fear him as much as the others did.
He took the initiative to speak, his expression shifting slightly. “Young Master, the situation at the time was special. Xiaojie’s words and actions inadvertently provoked public anger, and it was thanks to Young Master Changge stepping in to defuse the situation and disperse the crowd. Otherwise, we would have had difficulty returning safely to report.”
At this point, he glanced at Ying Shuang’s increasingly ugly expression and shook his head inwardly.
He didn’t know what had happened to Ying Shuang during this time—he had lost that sharp-edged confidence and pride he once had.
That such a matter could make him lose his temper.
The current Ying Shuang had become just like the outside rumors said—like a rat crossing the street, utterly wretched.
He no longer had the bearing of Prince Ying.
He didn’t even dare go out to confront Gu Changge, only daring to curse a few words in the dark.
“You actually believe Gu Changge’s words? If it weren’t for his doing, why would Xiao Yu have provoked public anger...”
Hearing even Ah Gu speaking up for Gu Changge,
Ying Shuang’s expression grew even uglier, and he couldn’t help but snap in a low voice, “You’re all simply fools. Would Gu Changge have good intentions? Xiao Yu is naive, but are you all going to be stupid along with her?”
Seeing Ying Shuang’s fury, everyone fell even more silent, and even Ah Gu gave a bitter smile and chose to shut up.
In the end, he was just a follower. His words couldn’t influence Ying Shuang’s judgment of Gu Changge.
“Forget it. Let today’s matter end here. I don’t want to see it happen again.”
Ying Shuang waved his hand. He knew blaming them was useless. The reason he had been so angry just now was purely because he worried Gu Changge might have said something to Ying Yu.
But at this moment, even Ying Shuang himself didn’t realize that, without his noticing, the attitude of his followers toward him had already changed greatly.
Ah Gu’s expression shifted several times, and in the end, he seemed to have secretly made some kind of decision.