“Even lowly creatures like us have this, but a high-level creature like Your Majesty doesn’t. What does that mean? That Your Majesty is even lower than us?” Liu Lanyan covered her mouth and chuckled, blinking as if feigning confusion.
"Oh dear, what have I said? How could Your Majesty be lower than a lowly being? Please don't insult lowly creatures, Your Majesty, you are not worthy!"
Liu Lanyan's blatant sarcasm infuriated the Venerable One, turning his face pale.
"A sharp-tongued, ignorant girl." The Venerable One snorted coldly, clearly looking down on Liu Lanyan.
“Yes, ignorance is better than shamelessness,” Liu Lanyan said with a smile, not angry at all.
Mo Yun reached out and gently ruffled Liu Lanyan's long hair, saying affectionately, "Naughty."
Liu Lanyan returned a happy smile to the Demon God, a big, radiant smile that stung the Venerable One's eyes.
"What, you want to make a move?" The Venerable looked at the Demon God and asked coldly.
"That depends on whether you want to come here to die?" Mo Yun smiled with unusual gentleness, like a spring breeze, but the meaning behind his words was colder than the winter day outside.
The Venerable One narrowed his eyes, glared at the Demon God with hostility, then turned to Yu Lijin and said, "Yu Lijin, do you dare to fight for your demon realm?"
No one expected that His Excellency would directly challenge Yu Lijing.
Even Yu Lijing was stunned. However, she was not someone who was afraid of trouble. She had fought against the Venerable in the Immortal Realm before, and after a few days of rest, she had a clearer understanding of the Venerable's strength.
"You..." The Demon Lord looked at Yu Lijing with some unease. To be honest, he still didn't want Yu Lijing to take action.
"Don't worry, I can still handle her," Yu Lijing said confidently. Ignoring the Demon Lord's subsequent actions, she walked over and stared fearlessly at the Venerable One.
"Your Excellency, shall I go?" the Confucian Master asked from the side.
"No need, I want to deal with her myself." Due to some special reasons, Her Majesty did not want to rely on others.
Since His Excellency had said so, the Confucian Master had no choice but to helplessly watch His Excellency walk away.
Yu Lijing stood face to face with the Venerable One, and a strange thought suddenly came to her mind, as if she saw hatred in his eyes.
Does His Majesty hate her?
Why?
The Lord did not give Yu Lijing any more time to think, and launched a direct attack.
As expected of a venerable being from the Immortal Realm, the power he unleashed was on a completely different level from all the previous battles, far surpassing them.
"Your Excellency is formidable, and Yu Lijing is no pushover either," she immediately launched a powerful counterattack.
The two unleashed their full power, engaging in a rapid and intense battle. The flashes of power grew ever stronger, with one wave barely dissipating before the next appeared.
More and more light enveloped the two of them.
The people around them also retreated a distance, because the power unleashed by the Venerable One and Yu Lijing's entanglement gave them a great sense of pressure.
No one has the time to waste their strength right now. After the Venerable One finishes his fight with Yu Lijin, who knows how many more fierce battles will follow?
Therefore, no one will easily waste their strength.
Although the battle between the Venerable One and Yu Lijing could not be seen, the intensity of the contest of power could be felt, and the area enveloped in that power light must have been a scene of carnage.
Amidst the radiant power, Yu Lijing was engaged in combat with the Venerable One while lost in thought. With each strike she made, it felt as if something was heavily impacting her hazy, confused state.
It was as if they were trying to shatter the fog that obscured her memories.
Yu Lijing had no other thoughts; she was just desperately attacking the Venerable One. She wasn't trying to defeat him, but rather to clear her mind.
Yu Lijing took the Demon Emperor's words to heart. She felt that she had to remember what happened a thousand years ago, as there seemed to be some key issue there.
Yu Lijing's almost frenzied attacks made the Venerable One frown and mutter to himself, "Crazy."
Despite cursing in his heart, he dared not slack off in his actions.
She was afraid that Yu Lijing might seize the initiative if she wasn't careful, and she couldn't afford to lose at this moment.
The more she hit, the more excited Yu Lijing became, and the clearer her mind became. It seemed like many things were about to emerge, and she was just one final blow away.
Yu Lijing suddenly threw out a fireball, but the Venerable One pushed it back with all his might. The fireball was pushed back without moving and struck Yu Lijing in the chest. The shock made her blood surge and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
In that instant, Yu Lijing's mind seemed to be doused with cold water, and suddenly became clear.
Seeing that the Venerable One was about to attack, Yu Lijing suddenly leaped backward to dodge, shouting, "Wait a minute!"
Just as the Venerable One was about to give chase, he heard Yu Lijing's words, frowned slightly, stared at Yu Lijing, and his imposing aura remained undiminished, and he actually stopped.
Yu Lijing stared at the Venerable One with a cold smile, her face full of sarcasm: "Venerable One, do you still care so much about what happened back then? A thousand years have passed and you still haven't forgotten? How laughable. To stir up conflict in the Three Realms over that matter, truly... tsk tsk tsk..."
Yu Lijing's mocking, head-shaking manner made the Venerable One grit his teeth and coldly snort, "Yu Lijing, are you going to fight or admit defeat?"
"I won't fight, but I won't admit defeat either. I haven't lost." Yu Lijing recalled the past and suddenly felt relaxed. She stared at the Venerable with a half-smile, a smile that contained too many hidden meanings, making the Venerable extremely displeased.
"What are you looking at? If you want to fight, then fight. If not, then get out of the way." The Venerable One was truly angry. She utterly loathed Yu Lijing's gaze, as if she could see right through her.
"Your Excellency, do you want me to step aside, or do you want me to die?" Yu Lijing's mind was exceptionally clear now, and she remembered what had happened before.
Now that she remembered, she naturally understood why the Venerable One was so determined to attack the Demon Realm. Besides the abundant spiritual energy of the Demon Realm, the Venerable One's most important goal was to kill her.
"Hmph. You're blocking my way, so of course I'll kill you," the Venerable One said coldly.
Upon hearing the Venerable One's words, Yu Lijing suddenly laughed: "Venerable One, you don't just want to kill me, do you? The Demon Emperor is also among them, isn't he?"
Before Yu Lijing could finish speaking, she saw the Venerable One's lips twitch slightly, clearly indicating that he had struck a chord with her.
"How interesting! Your Excellency is so concerned about things from the past." Yu Lijing laughed heartily, as if she had discovered something extremely interesting.
His Excellency's hands were clenched into fists so tightly that his arms trembled slightly. His eyes were wide open as he stared intently at Yu Lijing.
A thought flashed through my mind and I realized what had happened: "Your mind is still clear."
Yu Lijing was also quite surprised by this matter, but more than her surprise, seeing the Venerable One so embarrassed made her feel great.
"It was a coincidence. But maybe God just doesn't like you and made me think of you on purpose."
Hearing Yu Lijin say this, apart from Liu Lanyan being a little surprised, the others looked at her with anticipation.
The Demon Lord, in particular, hoped that Yu Lijin would speak up as soon as possible.
"Actually, the great chaos in the Three Realms a thousand years ago was simply because someone was unwilling to accept it." Yu Lijing glanced coldly at the Venerable One and spoke to herself.
Seeing the Venerable One's expression change drastically, Yu Lijing felt extremely pleased and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, I wonder how your junior sister is?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the color drain from the Venerable One's face, which then turned ashen with extreme anger, and all the muscles in his body tensed up, clearly indicating that he was ready to take action and kill to silence him at any moment.
The muscles on the Venerable One's face twitched a few times, but she managed to hold back from speaking, letting Yu Lijing talk to herself.
"A person from the Immortal Realm has fallen in love with someone from outside the Immortal Realm. This is a huge disgrace to the Immortal Realm. Moreover, that person from the Immortal Realm is the Great Venerable's junior sister. It's really..." Yu Lijing thought of this, and a mocking expression immediately appeared on her face, making the Venerable so angry that he wanted to slap her.
The tsk-tsk sound that Yu Lijing was making made her even angrier.
"So what if you fall in love with someone else?" Liu Lanyan asked curiously. "Are there any rules against inter-realm marriage?"
Liu Xinya married Qin Ming, and she didn't suffer any divine retribution.
“You don’t understand.” Yu Lijing hadn’t remembered things from the past so clearly in a long time, so she was very excited to be able to recall them this time, and she kept talking non-stop.
"The Immortal Realm has always considered itself superior, and the Venerable One especially so. How could she allow her junior sister to be with someone who isn't from the Immortal Realm? Wouldn't that be slapping her in the face?"
Yu Lijing felt increasingly pleased as she watched the Venerable One's expression grow more and more unpleasant.
"So what if we kill them? What does it have to do with the chaos in the Three Realms?" Liu Lanyan didn't understand what the connection was; the two things were completely unrelated.
"That's simple, because my junior sister has taken a liking to my man." Yu Lijin really knows how to make a shocking statement.
One sentence startled everyone present, causing their gazes to immediately turn towards one target—the Demon Lord.
Of course, these gazes are directed at people outside the circle of knowledge.
Despite being stared at by so many people, the Demon Lord seemed completely oblivious, remaining calmly standing there.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Xinyi's gaze became somewhat complicated.
He always felt that his mother and father didn't have much affection for each other, otherwise, their relationship wouldn't be the way it was.
Therefore, the man that his mother herself acknowledged was definitely not his father.
If that's the case, why did Mother say it in this situation?
Isn't this a public slap in the face to his father?
Yu Lijing's mind was no longer muddled. Just now, in order to spite the esteemed one, she had said something she would later regret.
Yu Lijing changed the subject somewhat awkwardly: "His Majesty was naturally unhappy, which is why he launched the war in the Three Realms after a hundred years of silence."
Everyone suddenly realized, but there was one thing they didn't quite understand: this matter involved the Immortal Realm and the Demon Realm, but what did it have to do with the Demon Realm?
The Demon Emperor, who had become the focus of everyone's attention, casually said, "Such a good opportunity, and with the invitation from the Immortal Realm, our Demon Realm certainly won't miss it."
This statement subtly suggests that what happened back then was an alliance between the celestial realm and the demon realm.
It's another alliance.
Not only did they unite, but it seems they even gave the demon realm some benefits.
The demon realm is always driven by profit; they won't do anything without benefit.
Considering the usual practices of the Demon Realm, this was to be expected.
"I'm unhappy?" The Venerable One stared at Yu Lijin with a mocking gaze. "Back then, it was the one who chased after that man and begged him, only to be met with nothing but disdain."
The three people here know each other's backgrounds perfectly well, and they are very clear about that matter.
If Yu Lijing wanted to gloss over her embarrassing incident, she would have to ask His Majesty for his permission.
There was no reason for Yu Lijing to be sarcastic towards her, yet she let Yu Lijing off the hook, didn't she?
Liu Lanyan watched quietly from the side. It seemed that things were getting more and more complicated. Fortunately, Yu Lijing seemed to have cleared her mind, and things were finally about to be revealed.
Even if we're trying to resolve the troubles in the Three Realms, we should at least make her understand what's really going on.
Especially...
Liu Lanyan glanced at the Demon God; he had sacrificed so much, there had to be some explanation.
What's going on if it's all so unclear?
From what Zun Shang and Yu Lijing said, it was clear that they both knew about what happened in the past.
It's just that they both felt awkward about that incident, so they probably wouldn't have said it directly, but things seem different now.
The two got into a contest.
They were undermining each other.