harleyscars Chapter 21 The knife he made himself cut himself.
Chapter 21 The knife he made himself cut himself.
Fu Xuan had just invited the Dragon Lord of the Pill Cauldron Division to assist him in adjusting the Qiong Guan Formation.
Before she could even initiate the deduction, Jing Yuan's emergency communication came through.
"Minister Fu, this concerns the campaign against the Iron Tomb. Come to the Shence Palace immediately."
The military situation was urgent. Fu Xuan glanced at the formation that was already ready, and then looked at the empty main control position to the side.
With Huixing absent, the other diviners within the department either lack the necessary skills or must also go.
She frowned slightly and turned on the automatic mode; she could watch the replay anyway.
She hurriedly left instructions, and her figure transformed into a streak of light as she rushed towards the Shence Mansion.
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The blue kite in the formation was completely unaware of this.
She was happily holding Little White Dew and spinning her around, making Little Dragon Lord's tail wag wildly.
"Put me down right now! Otherwise I'll really get angry!" Bai Lu struggled, her little face puffed up with anger.
"That won't do," Qingyuan said with a grin, hugging him tighter. "The Dragon Lord is of such a precious body; if he were to fall, I couldn't afford to pay for it."
"How could you possibly fall down while standing in the Qiong Guan Formation!"
With a burst of strength, Bai Lu finally broke free, jumped to the ground, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Qing Yuan.
"Why do you always tease me like this!"
Outside the formation, Jing Liu, appearing in a cute chibi style, stood side by side with Bai Heng's Yi Ling, watching the two playfully fighting inside the formation, both with gentle smiles on their faces.
"They're so good," Bai Heng said softly.
Jingliu nodded, his gaze falling on Qingyuan's seemingly carefree smiling face, a faint trace of worry flashing deep in his eyes.
Just then, the light of the Qiong Guan Formation flowed silently, and its autonomous deduction began.
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Deduced Scene: Dan Ding Si Yao Room
Scene change. A dragon maiden, clearly much older and with a composed demeanor—the adult Bai Lu—is handing a jade medicine bottle to the woman before her.
The woman had her back to the camera; she was slender and dressed in plain everyday clothes. She took the medicine bottle, opened it, and tilted her head back to swallow several strangely colored pills that faintly exuded an ominous aura.
When swallowing, the neck muscles tense up, and the throat moves with difficulty.
"Lord Dragon Lord, thank you for bringing medicine every time." A woman's voice rang out; it was Qing Yuan, but she sounded much more tired and hoarse than she did in the battle.
The adult Bai Lu frowned, her blue dragon eyes filled with worry and disapproval: "I've worked in the Pill Refining Department for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever seen such a prescription."
The formula is a mixture of potent poisons, with conflicting medicinal properties, and even contains substances tainted with the power of light... What was the previous head of the cauldron thinking? This formula is practically...
"Are you trying to poison me?"
Qingyuan turned around, her face as pale as paper, but a faint, familiar smile still lingered on her lips. "What is poison to him is honey to me."
People's physical constitutions are always different.
She paused, then changed the subject: "Speaking of which, how is Lady Lingsha doing?"
Bai Lu frowned even more deeply: "His physical condition is temporarily stable."
But as you know, she was already nearing the end of her life, and back then... even if she woke up, she probably wouldn't have many years left.
I truly don't understand what methods you used to forcibly pull her back from the brink of entering the Scaled Abyss Realm.
Qingyuan lowered her eyes and remained silent for a moment.
When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with an overwhelming pain and sorrow. The weight of his emotions made the hearts of all the onlookers, both inside and outside the formation, clench.
"I conducted an experiment on her."
Her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible, "Even if the initial intention was for Luofu, now it seems like... an unforgivable crime."
【Qingyuan】: "I remember what this is! Stop! Turn it off!" Her expression suddenly changed drastically, and she rushed towards the array wall.
However, the automatically operating Qiong Guan Formation flashed, and an invisible barrier bounced her back.
Without hesitation, Qingyuan unleashed the power of her destiny, attempting to forcefully break the formation.
"Qingyuan!" Little Bailu grabbed her wrist, tilting her head back with curiosity and determination in her eyes. "I want to see! That's me in the future, isn't it?"
Qingyuan lowered her head and met Bailu's clear and stubborn gaze.
In the past, she would grant Bai Lu's every request, but at this moment, her eyes were filled with an unusual anxiety and resistance.
"Bai Lu, be good." She bent down, trying to pick up little Bai Lu. "This 'plot'... is really not a good thing. It will make you sad."
She turned to look at the chibi versions of Jingliu and Baiheng Yiling outside the formation, and spoke faster: "Jingliu, Baiheng, can you find a way to interrupt this formation?"
The following content... cannot be shown to Bailu!
Bai Hengyi shook her head gently, her expression tender yet firm: "If it concerns her own memories, then she has the right to know."
Little kite, one cannot live forever in the beautiful world woven by others.
Some truths, even painful ones, are part of growing up.
As she spoke, she gently pulled back Jingliu, who was about to make a move.
The derivation of the formation continued unabated.
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Deduced Image: Deep within the Scaled Abyss
"What are you doing?!"
The roar of the adult Bai Lu echoed throughout the silent Lin Yuan Realm. Her massive dragon tail whistled through the air as she forcefully pinned Qing Yuan to the ground, her dragon eyes burning with raging fury.
"You actually secretly studied the forbidden techniques of the Immortal Ship! And you even dared to personally come into contact with the power of the 'Longevity Plague'! Do you even know what that thing is?!"
The subdued Qingyuan did not struggle, but turned her face to the side, her voice muffled: "I'm sorry... but I can't help it."
I do not possess the wisdom and martial arts of General Shence, nor the divination abilities of General Butian.
Only by using the traces of the plague to set up a grand formation has Luofu been able to survive until now... I."
Her voice gradually turned choked with despair: "Without this method, the current Immortal Ship simply cannot hold on..."
White Dew, please, don't tell anyone else.
If this news leaks, the blow to morale... will be devastating.
Bai Lu's dragon tail twitched slightly, her anger replaced by complex heartache. She remained silent for a long time, and finally the dragon tail moved away.
"...This time, I'll pretend I didn't see it." She turned her head away, her voice hard. "But you have to give me an explanation about Ling Sha. What did you do to her?"
Qingyuan slowly sat up, not brushing the dust off her body, but staring blankly at the dark sea in the distance: "I'm thinking... Obolos and Taiziyuros devour each other, neither can do anything to the other."
"The passing of light" seems to be a restraint on reproduction and immortality.
But if... if I were to use the power to propagate the remains, and add immortality and abundance... perhaps, I could secure a glimmer of hope for Luofu.
"So you used the spirit sand for experiments?!" Bai Lu whirled around, her eyes blazing with even more fury. "Do you even know what she's going through?!"
"She did it willingly." Qingyuan closed her eyes, tears finally falling. "For Luofu, she had no regrets."
She only asked...that if I succeed, I could use this wondrous method to add a few more new members to the Vidyadhara clan.
"Voluntary?" Bai Lu was so angry that her dragon whiskers trembled. "So, whenever she was awake, you would try to get me away from you?"
Qingyuan, look at me! She was almost safely reborn!
You used the power of the plague to forcibly keep her alive, and then used her body as a testing ground?
Don't you really know that she's enduring the pain of cellular breakdown and reconstruction every single moment?!
"I know!" Qingyuan suddenly growled, clutching her hair tightly with both hands. "I know that pain better than anyone! But what else can I do?! I have no other way!"
After the roar, there was a deathly silence.
After a long silence, Bai Lu's hoarse voice rang out: "Let Lady Ling Sha... be reborn in peace."
Bai Lu stared directly at her, her dragon eyes reflecting a resolute light: "I'll be your experimental subject."
Otherwise, I will expose all of this to the public.
Qingyuan abruptly turned her head away, her shoulders trembling violently, unable to meet her gaze any longer.
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Inside the formation - now
"What did you do to Lady Lingsha?" Xiaobailu's hand trembled as she gripped Qingyuan's, her voice trembling with tears. "Why was my future self... so angry, so sad?"
Qingyuan squatted down and hugged her tightly in her arms, her voice low and hoarse: "Be good, Bailu, these are all fake, just wild guesses from Qiong Guanzhen."
"We don't want to watch anymore. I'll take you out right now, okay?"
"No!" Little White Dew was unusually stubborn, tears welling up in her eyes. "If you dare to turn it off by force, I... I'll tell the Marshal!"
"Have her bring you back, and have her re-examine the whole story from beginning to end!"
Qingyuan's body stiffened, and finally, as if all her strength had been drained, she slowly released her grip.
She stopped trying to escape or stop it, and simply walked silently to a corner of the formation, turned her back to the screen, closed her eyes, and even covered her ears with her hands.
However, the deductions made by Qiong Guanzhen are based on memories and cause and effect. Those images and sounds seeped directly into her consciousness, inescapable.
Deductive Scenes & Fast Flashbacks
In a corner of the Lin Yuan Realm, a radiant and luminous egg of wisdom rests quietly.
The adult Bailu and Qingyuan stood silently side by side, gazing at the egg, speechless for a long time.
The air was filled with both sorrow and relief.
Inside the General's mansion, Bai Lu once again subdued Qing Yuan, her dragon tail coiling around her waist, her voice trembling with sobs and anger: "You actually continued to experiment on yourself?!"
Qingyuan smiled and gently stroked Bailu's cheek: "Because only I can provide the most accurate and timely feedback data."
Bai Lu held the jade medicine bottle, tears dripping onto its surface: "Even so, please don't use this medicine anymore!"
What kind of 'treatment' is this? It's just repeatedly poisoning you to the brink of death with deadly toxins, then forcibly pulling you back to life! Your body is already riddled with holes!
Qingyuan leaned against the window, looking at the patrolling Cloud Riders outside, and said softly, "Unfortunately, this 'treatment' is about to lose its effectiveness."
Yanqing... is probably about to realize it.
Perhaps they have already realized it, but are simply holding back due to the current situation.
But there is one thing I am always certain of: no matter what, I do not want to become a monster.
I hope that, at least in the end, I can face death...
Then, she turned around, picked up the cup of Fairy Happiness Tea that Bailu had brought, and drank it.
"But before that, I want to enjoy life to the fullest, as sweet as this cup of fairy happiness tea."
Bai Lu cried even harder: "This is the medicine I brought, and it tastes bitter all the time!"
Bailu: Wow!
Qingyuan: Don't cry, don't cry, shall we go?
Bailu: I'm not leaving!
The scene shifts again:
At this moment, Qingyuan had six insect wings, while Bailu put her hands on her hips and said, "I know what you're thinking under that reproductive power. I don't mind. Just watch me."
"I... Ever since I took office as the Chief Physician, you've been by my side as my personal physician. Now, desire is mixed with emotion, and I can't tell what my feelings for you really are..."
"Then there's no need to distinguish between them. Anyway, I'll be taking care of you for the rest of my life."
Listen to me, stop touching anything related to nothingness! Can't you at least consider the morale of the Immortal Ship?
Qingyuan looked at Bailu, patted her head as usual, and then said, "They don't know, and besides..."
She pointed to the Dharma Eye between her eyebrows: "That way, the Dharma Eye won't hurt anymore."
Sorrow flashed in Bai Lu's eyes, followed by determination.
"I will heal you, promise me, okay?"
Seeing Bai Lu's determined gaze, Qing Yuan nodded.
A flash of light, and tears streamed down Bai Lu's face: "Why? This secret technique can even cure the congenital defects of the Immortal Ship people, so why is it useless against you?"
Qingyuan waved her hand and said, "Perhaps it's because this is a divine artifact left behind by the Venerable Boshi."
"Then can you separate the Dharma Eye?"
"I tried it, it hurts a lot, but because of my own abundant power and its connection, it automatically returns to its place."
Even when it was outside my body, its connection with me did not weaken in the slightest.
Moreover, I am also plagued by reproductive influences and demonic illusions.
[Bai Lu]: Miss Qing Yuan, my Miss Qing Yuan, are you still in pain?
[Qingyuan]: It's okay, I'm fine now.
[White Dew]: That erosion of nothingness must be very unpleasant!
[Qingyuan]: It's okay, I don't feel anything right now.
[Bai Lu]: Isn't that excessive erosion? Miss Qing Yuan, I will definitely find a way to cure you!
The scene then shifted again, with Qingyuan facing Yanqing and Sushang.
"Let's do it, just like you sent your master away. I believe you will lead Luofu out of the encirclement."
Upon hearing this, the boy recalled the words of his master.
"I believe you will definitely lead Luofu out of the encirclement."
Afterwards, all that remained for the boy was a cold resolve and deep-seated pain.
"General..." Yanqing's voice was hoarse, "May you have a safe journey."
The sword light illuminated Qingyuan's relieved smile.
[Bai Lu]: Wow! Miss Qing Yuan, I don't want you to die!
However, the scene did not end there.
When Qingyuan saw this scene, despair filled her eyes.
Just now, Qiong Guanzhen had infused her with many extra details about her time with Bailu, but there was too much content, so it was omitted from the display.
Originally, she only felt sad about the final result, but now that she has the memories in her mind, the scene that follows is truly going to tear her heart apart.
"Please don't hurt me! I was wrong, I promise I won't post anything hurtful anymore. From now on, I'll only post sunny, cheerful, and positive stories!"
However, her prayers had no effect; the image still appeared...