Chapter 598: Hell's Blood River Twin Flowers, Endless Torment
Chapter 598: Hell's Blood River Twin Flowers, Endless Torment
Xiao Guang and Shao Qiao's encounter happened this year.
At the beginning of the year, Xiao Guang had just arrived in the capital city and coincidentally met Shao Qiao at the Zhenpin Pavilion.
Upon learning about the forces behind the Zhenpin Pavilion, he remained calm on the surface and secretly tried to get Shao Qiao out, even seeking help from his senior martial brother.
Xiao Guang's senior martial brother had some connections with the Nangong family, and he had everything prepared. However, what awaited him was news of Shao Qiao's critical condition.
She had jumped off a building and suffered significant damage to her spleen and liver.
After enduring the darkness in the Zhenpin Pavilion for so many years, her body had already deteriorated.
Even so, Xiao Guang still took her away.
At that time, Shao Qiao didn't know that Xiao Guang was a ghost.
She only knew that he was the person who rescued her from the sea of fire.
In the guise of Lou Hong, he took care of her in every way, and it was only one night that Shao Qiao, who was fooled by luck, discovered that Xiao Guang and Lou Hong were two different people.
She witnessed Xiao Guang leaving Lou Hong's body.
One person and one ghost stood before her, and surprisingly, she showed no panic.
By then, Shao Qiao didn't have much life left.
She needed precious medicines and high-end equipment to sustain her life.
To keep her alive, Xiao Guang did many things.
He dealt with the forces in the gray areas just to earn more money, and in the process, he harmed many people's lives.
He even captured five ghosts and absorbed their ghostly power to extend Shao Qiao's life.
During this time, an intimate relationship developed between them.
The union of a human and a ghost gave birth to offspring that were neither human nor puppet.
Shao Qiao became pregnant.
Her body was weak, and she couldn't hold on until the child was born.
Despite the challenges, they were unwilling to give up on the child and found themselves in a desperate situation.
If they could enter the Underworld and rely on the pure Yin energy, they would be able to protect the child in her womb.
However, their actions couldn't be taken to the Underworld, and after death, it would take hundreds or even thousands of years for them to have a chance to enter the Underworld.
Until a few months ago, Xiao Guang learned from his senior martial brother that there was someone like Qin Ruan in the capital.
She could deal with ghosts and even send them into the Underworld's cycle of reincarnation.
Xiao Guang started paying attention to Qin Ruan and found out that she had a connection with Huang Biao. He also learned from someone close to Huang Biao that he couldn't forget about Qin Ruan.
Qin Ruan knew everything that happened afterward.
From beginning to end, Xiao Guang and Shao Qiao had planned a big game, waiting for Qin Ruan to fall into their trap.
One couldn't deny that Xiao Guang and Shao Qiao were incredibly bold.
If any part of their plan went wrong, they would have nowhere to hide.
After hearing Shao Qiao's story, Qin Ruan felt sorry in her heart but remained composed on the surface, asking, "Who is Xiao Guang's senior martial brother?"
Shao Qiao furrowed her brows and said, "He is Xu Zhenren from the Yin Yang Sect. Xiao Guang is his killing weapon. Xu Zhenren is dead now and has been disowned by the Yin Yang Sect. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had such a peaceful life these past few months."
She had resentment in her heart when mentioning that person.
The Yin Yang Sect refined their disciples into killing weapons, which was the style of their actions within the sect.
Qin Ruan was somewhat familiar with this sect.
Wu Daochang and what Xu Zhenren did, as well as the event where the Yin Yang Sect crushed Xu Zhenren's life token, were enough to show the bottomless nature of this sect.
Qin Ruan released a faint black mist around Shao Qiao.
The mist gradually took shape, revealing the weak figure of Xiao Guang.
Qin Ruan stood up and looked down at the two puppets.
Xiao Guang's weak soul was hugging Shao Qiao, his gaze alert as he looked at Qin Ruan.
Qin Ruan focused her gaze on Shao Qiao's belly, her voice cold and emotionless, "Your sins are too heavy. Even if you go to the Underworld, you won't be able to reincarnate."
Shao Qiao panicked, "You didn't say that before! You said you would send us to reincarnation."
Qin Ruan sneered, "If I were to send you to reincarnation, what about all the innocent people you harmed? You committed suicide, didn't cherish your lives, and yet you still want a chance for reincarnation, that's just wishful thinking!"
Shao Qiao touched her belly that wasn't showing and choked out, "My child is innocent."
"It shouldn't even exist." Qin Ruan's voice was cold-blooded, showing no sympathy.
Xiao Guang, being more rational, asked Qin Ruan in a low voice, "What do you want us to do?"
Without the murderous aura, his soul was weak and harmless.
If Qin Ruan wanted to kill him, it would be effortless.
Qin Ruan looked down, her voice void of emotion, "In the Hell's Blood River of the Underworld, there is a kind of flower called the Twin Flowers. You shall become these Twin Flowers to atone for your sins."
"Twin Flowers?!" Xiao Guang widened his eyes, fear and rejection overflowing in his gaze.
Legend had it that in the Underworld's Hell's Blood River, there was a flower called the Twin Flowers. One plant had two colors, and the two flowers were joined together.
They loved and fought each other endlessly on the same stalk.
They used the deepest harm to express their most profound love and hatred for each other, until death.
In the final struggle, they would be willing to kill each other, and when one of them died, the remaining one would rot quietly.
It was a flower that bloomed in hell, representing atonement, suffering, and endless torment.
Shao Qiao didn't understand all this, but Xiao Guang, who grew up in the Yin Yang Sect, knew something about these rumors.
Xiao Guang embraced Shao Qiao, his expression gradually breaking down.
"I don't want it. I can't fight and love Shao Qiao. I can't do it!"
Qin Ruan coldly questioned, "Did those people you harmed ever get the chance to say they didn't want it? Did you spare them?"
Xiao Guang tightly pressed his lips together, unable to say a word.
He had never given those people a chance to speak.
Qin Ruan hid the dangerous glint in her eyes and said in a low voice, "One hundred years. If you survive for one hundred years, there will be a glimmer of hope for reincarnation. This is your only chance at life."
"Alternatively, would you rather I refine you into a wisp of faint and ethereal waste gas in this world?"
Shao Qiao held Xiao Guang's hand and pleaded anxiously, "No!"
She didn't want to be separated from Xiao Guang.
However, Xiao Guang didn't feel the same way; he was more greedy.
He stared at Qin Ruan with complex light in his eyes, "I've only been with Shao Qiao for a short time. Why can you sympathize with other evil creatures but can't give us a chance?"
Qin Ruan coldly smiled, her obscure eyes fixed on Xiao Guang, "You are wrong. If you've done something wrong, you must pay the price for your actions."
What she didn't tell Xiao Guang was that because of the child in Shao Qiao's belly, she had already given them a chance.
Otherwise, these two ghosts would have already perished.
Whether Xiao Guang and Shao Qiao wanted it or not, they would eventually be taken away by the Underworld's messengers.
But this time, they would go to the Hell's Blood River, where countless souls were buried, and undergo a hundred years of painful torment and atonement.
As the Underworld messengers took them away, Xiao Guang suddenly turned back.
He carefully protected Shao Qiao and looked at Qin Ruan with a complex light.
"Before leaving, let me tell you something: the mortal world is not as peaceful as you think."
Qin Ruan's calm eyes showed no ripples.
She naturally knew that evil creatures hidden in the darkness were becoming restless, trying to surpass the human race.
Otherwise, the King of the Underworld wouldn't have granted her the ability to harvest evil creatures.
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