Demon Emperor

Chapter 45 Reunion with the White Maiden

And the other side.

One by one, heads with disheveled hair flew in the sky, hovering over the wilderness, rising and falling, darting around like mosquitoes, as if searching for something.

"Have you found it?"

"Are you there?"

"Is it here?"

The leader, with his large, bell-like eyes, kept asking questions.

"No."

"No."

"Not here..."

The other heads flying around answered incessantly, their voices ringing out one after another.

At this moment, the flying head with its large, bulging eyes grew impatient and shouted loudly.

"Forget it."

"Go find something else."

They seemed to have received some news, and immediately rushed from one place to another.
Although these flying heads don't fly very fast, they are still flying, and they don't need to consider the terrain; they can float freely in the sky.

Before long, they flew to a certain place.

The terrain below unfolds like a lotus flower, with a road built from afar, and pine and cypress trees planted on both sides.

At the end of the road was a hill made of five-colored soil.

The ground was covered with square stones, and there were also huge stone beasts.

"found it."

"This is it, this is it."

As these heads drew near, the stone beast seemed to come alive, with one shadow after another breaking free and roaring towards the sky.

"It's a tomb guardian beast."

"What kind of tomb guardian beast is this? It's a piece of trash."

"Where is the God? Where is the guardian deity?"

"What gods are these? The Ruan family has long since lost its destiny."

"Hehehe, that's perfect...perfect..."

They swarmed around the tomb guardian beast and pounced on it, biting it indiscriminately.

After a mournful cry, the roars of beasts ceased to be heard, replaced only by eerie smacking sounds and the clanging of teeth.

Once everything has calmed down, look into the distance.

A white sliver has already appeared on the horizon.

"It's about to dawn!"

One after another, these heads poured into the five-colored mound.
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Lotus Temple was the final destination of this trip.

The long procession slowly made its way for another day before finally arriving at this place.

The emperor, Ruan Hu, was seen from afar, surrounded by his ceremonial guard, officials, and imperial soldiers.

What first caught his attention was not the temple at the foot of the mountain, but the pavilion behind the temple.

The pavilion is built against the mountain, with towering stone pillars below, making it look like a fairyland palace standing on the cliff.

Ruan Hu stepped down from the Ngoc Carriage. The stone steps leading to the temple gate were adorned with lotus patterns, symbolizing the wish for lotus blossoms with every step.

Passing through the temple gate.

There are murals on the left and right, the Eight Vajra Guardians at the entrance, and the Buddha can be seen upon ascending the steps.

When you're inside the main hall, you can only see the lower half of the Buddha's body.

Only when you climb to the top of the stairs can you see its entire body.

The Buddha sits in the center of the hall, tall and majestic, with compassionate eyes lowered, as if showing mercy to all beings.

The worshippers stood below.

They appeared incredibly small.

Ruan Hu glanced at it only once before turning and leaving.

"Go check the back."

Ruan Hu arrived at the pavilion that had first caught his eye, intending to rest there.

The pavilion is simple and ancient, with thin gauze covering the windows.

Looking at each other through the window screen, the outside appears hazy and ethereal from the inside, while the inside seems deep and unfathomable from the outside.

As Ruan Hu walked inside, the sky gradually darkened, and he looked at the location of the late emperor's mausoleum not far away.

"If there really is something inside this imperial tomb, what should I do next?" Ruan Hu was worried about what might be inside the imperial tomb, and whether these things could expose his identity and reveal that he was not the original Ruan Hu.

But this matter must be resolved. Regardless of whether someone is plotting against him, it is more important to resolve it outside the capital, as it is much better to do so in the capital.

At least.

No matter what happens at this imperial mausoleum, he has the power to turn against anyone.

"Zheng!"

The sun sets in the west, and the moon shines brightly in the sky.

As night fell, the Mirror of Illusion and Reality, placed on the table, emitted a faint light on its own, and the deity in the mirror crossed the realm of illusion and arrived in the human world.

The deity on duty in the mirror today is a face that Ruan Hu is familiar with.

"Bai Gu?"

A green lamp flickered before the stone wall, and behind the gauze window, a figure bowed gracefully.

"This servant is here to serve Your Majesty."

Ruan Hu: "Are you on duty today?"

Bai Gu: "It was the Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang who sent me."

Ruan Hu kept calling her "servant" and "servant," wondering what method the Fairy Maiden Miaoxiang had used to tame this deity so completely.

Perhaps, the rigid order within the Shinto is inherently like this.

Ruan Hu scrutinized the deity.

Tall and graceful, with a full figure like a beautiful jade.

She was still wearing that white Han-style straight-hemmed robe, but today a red ribbon was tied around her waist, perfectly dividing her body.

Seeing the beautiful figure directly allows one to feel its beauty more directly.

But at this moment.

Ruan Hu was thinking about what the view would be like from outside the window screen.

Instantly, a scene appeared before Ruan Hu's eyes.

The dim light pierced through the graceful curves, casting a bewitching silhouette on the thin, yellowish window curtain, just like a lantern on the Lantern Festival.

blinked.

The scene returned to what I was seeing.

The red ribbon was so dazzling against the white straight skirt that it was impossible not to look at it.

Bai Gu Shen noticed Ruan Hu staring at her waist: "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like that?"

Ruan Hu readily replied, "Perfect timing, I have something to ask you."

Ruan Hu asked her if there were any monsters like flying heads in this area.

She said, "The land of Xicheng has never had such a thing since ancient times. If it does, it must have come from outside."

Or perhaps it's because such things have been gone from the human world for so long that she doesn't know.

Ruan Hu thought to himself, "From outside?"

In an instant, Ruan Hu thought of Pei Yuanxiao, who had brought the large influx of people into Xicheng recently.

Ruan Hu then asked, "Does the Heavenly Maiden Miaoxiang have any message for me?"

Since it wasn't her turn to be on duty today, the Heavenly Maiden Miaoxiang had arranged for her to come over, so there must be something she wanted to tell her.

She replied, "The Celestial Maiden Miaoxiang said that if anything happens at the late Emperor's mausoleum tomorrow, she will lend a helping hand so that Your Majesty can rest assured."

Bai Gu couldn't understand the meaning behind those words, but Ruan Hu did.

Therefore, he raised his head.

"Ok?"

This was a message to Ruan Hu that if any of the Ruan clan's spirits or deities who were worshipping at the late emperor's tomb recognized his identity, she would intervene.

This also means that she realized Ruan Hu was not the same Ruan Hu from before.

But after figuring out the problem, Ruan Hu's furrowed brows slowly relaxed.

She definitely noticed it.

However, she still chose Ruan Hu.

It wasn't Emperor Ruan Hu, nor was it the one who carried the bloodline of the imperial lineage of the Dasheng Dynasty for hundreds of years.

But he was Ruan Hu.

"Ok!"

Ruan Hu nodded again.

(End of this chapter)