Her long and thick eyelashes trembled, and she quietly raised her head to look at Pei Hongdu. All she saw was that he was holding her knee with one hand and slowly and carefully applying ointment on it with the other.
It was obvious that he had a lot of injuries on his body, but Pei Hongdu seemed to not feel it and whispered to her: "Does it still hurt? If it does, I'll find a way to get something to relieve pain."
Gu Qingling shook her head slightly and looked around, "Where are we?"
Pei Hongdu put away the ointment and pursed his thin lips slightly, "Demon Realm, the Nine Demon Palace. But now that the Demon Lord has awakened, I don't know what changes will happen here."
The Demon Lord has awakened?!
Gu Qingling suddenly woke up, and her messy memories quickly came together. She also understood the current situation and couldn't help but frown: "It sounds so dangerous! We have to find a way to get out of here——
"By the way, Pei Hongdu, you just promised me that you would never deceive me again, right?"
Pei Hongdu nodded.
"Okay, then let me ask you. Why didn't you enter the crack just now and insist on staying in the devil world?"
Lu Qingling tried her best to sit up straight, trying to look more imposing. But now she was gray and gray, her elbows and knees were still injured. At first glance, she looked like a cub, with her little milk teeth exposed fiercely.
The fabric on Pei Hongdu's knees tightened slightly. He lowered his fine eyelashes and said softly: "Do you know the Emperor Demon Mark?"
"I know! Master told me that it was the mark left by the Ancestral Demon. People with this mark will become the vessel for the Ancestral Demon's resurrection. You have this mark, don't you?" She tilted her head and said.
The words came out, but Pei Hongdu's eyes widened slightly.
"You, you know?!"
"I've always known it." She pouted and waved a finger in front of Pei Hongdu like a little adult: "I know a lot, so don't try to hide it from me, no,
Yes, useful, da!"
As if he was relieved, Pei Hongdu's eyes flashed slightly, and he stared at Gu Qingling, with a hint of probing in his tone: "Then... you also think that I am a born bad guy, and deserve to... deserve to lose everything.
?"
Gu Qingling's eyes widened slightly, and she was stuck in disbelief for a moment, then murmured: "Born a bad person? Deserve to lose everything? How could it be possible? Did someone say such a thing to you? It's too much, who is it, tell me
!"
Her delicate eyebrows knitted together, she bit the corners of her lips, clenched her hands into fists and hammered the ground: "Tell me, I want him to apologize to you in person!"
Pei Hongdu seemed to be stunned in place, his dark and narrow eyes staring at her closely, as if he wanted to engrave her every frown and smile into his memory.
Suddenly, he curled up the corners of his lips, and let out a very light laugh, like the ice melting away and the mist dispersing, clear water gurgling.
Gu Qingling felt that he might have really been scolded for being stupid. How could he still laugh at such a time?
"Don't laugh. This is a very serious and excessive thing. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine, but from today on, I won't let anyone say that to you again." She looked at her with a straight face.
There is no threat, but the voice is fierce.
Pei Hongdu nodded slightly: "Okay. If someone talks about me like that again in the future, Ling'er will help me and beat that person away, okay?"
Gu Qingling stretched out her little finger towards him: "Well, it's agreed."
In the cold and gloomy ruins of the Demon Palace, Pei Hongdu's cold fingers wrapped around hers, hooked tightly, and shook her up and down a few times.
Pei Hongdu continued: "The reason why I stay in the demon world is because there may be a way to remove the emperor demon mark from my body."
Gu Qingling's eyes lit up slightly. Although she was young, she also knew that Pei Hongdu seemed to have suffered a lot because of this mark. Otherwise, he would not have appeared in front of her in such a mess.
But there is a way to get rid of the curse in the devil world? For him, it is like giving help in the nick of time!
"So that's it. No wonder you always want to come to the devil world. Really, if you had said no earlier? I could have come to help you earlier."
Pei Hongdu said solemnly: "It's just a rumor. I don't know whether it's true or not, and the devil world is very dangerous. Even if you knew it at the time, I wouldn't take you with me."
Lu Qingling pursed her lips, but after thinking about it, she realized that she was actually quite weak. It's no wonder that he didn't want to take her with him.
"We can't leave now anyway, so why don't we get rid of the mark on you first. And I'm much more powerful than before! My sword - hmm?"
She subconsciously looked to her side, only to find that the surroundings were empty, and she suddenly froze on the spot.
"Where's my Sky-Splitting Sword? Where did my Sky-Splitting Sword go?"
Pei Hongdu was also stunned for a moment. The situation was urgent at that time. He was only focused on picking up Gu Qingling and didn't even notice the whereabouts of the sword.
He could only comfort him first: "Don't panic. I'm here."
The Sky-Splitting Sword is not extraordinary iron, and it also has its own sword spirit. As long as it wants, it can establish contact with Gu Qingling at any time. Now that Lu Qingling cannot find it, it is most likely because it has exhausted its strength and is sleeping in the Demon Palace.
somewhere.
After listening to Pei Hongdu's explanation, Gu Qingling nodded in despair. She opened her white palms and looked at them, and suddenly sighed: "Hey, senior brother said that a sword cultivator without weapons is like a fish without water..."<
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Pei Hongdu raised his hand and put it on her palm, holding it gently: "I will help you find it. Let's get out of here first, it's very dangerous."
Gu Qingling nodded. It happened that she had almost rested. The wound was mostly healed under the action of the ointment. Although there was still a slight pain, she still had no problem walking.
The two held hands and walked forward, and saw that the outside of the Demon Palace was no longer dark. She raised her head slightly and found a pale thing hanging in the sky, like the moon, but the surroundings were surrounded by black air, and the light flickered.
Dark.
Pei Hongdu: "I know a way to leave the Demon Palace. But it's very dark. Ling'er, hold my hand the whole time and don't let go. Do you understand?"
Gu Qingling nodded and pinched Pei Hongdu's fingers: "Okay!"
They passed through the devil's palaces one after another, moving quickly on the torn floors, and finally came to a dead giant tree. There was a hole as high as a person at the root of the tree. It was pitch black inside and there was nothing there.
Invisible.
Pei Hongdu squeezed Gu Qingling's fingers to comfort him, and then led her forward.
At this time, the dry vines hanging down from the tree trunk swayed slightly, then tightened and rushed towards Gu Qingling and Pei Hongdu.
"Tsk!"
Pei Hongdu reacted very quickly and nimbly dodged while holding Gu Qingling. However, just as he landed, countless vines hidden in the dry grass formed a dragnet, wrapping them tightly!
