Chapter 124 Pureland (usually refers to Amitabha Buddhaâs Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss)
The night was like water.
The slender fingertips touched the center of his eyebrows.
But it seemed to pinch his neck and press against the tip of his heart.
He couldnât even think.
âI hopeâŠSenior Immortal can enlighten me,â the Demon Lord said hoarsely.
He raised his head slightly and piously stamped a kiss on the otherâs fingertips.
The other party didnât speak, but he unhurriedly stroked the back of his head with his other shackled hand and gently pressed him into his arms.
He smelled a cold fragrance.
It floated on the end of his nose like moonlight, resembling ice and snow, akin to the snow flower he held in his palm many years ago.
The fragrance formed an invisible net, completely cocooning him. It taught him to fall into an inescapable whirlpool.
The Demon Lord couldnât understand.
Obviously, he wasnât the one incarcerated, nor the one clinking the chains with his limbsâ movements. But in those sounds, a silk thread seemed to entangle over every inch of his flesh and blood. His blood was rushing, and his ferocious bestial nature taught him he couldnât help desiring to turn over, seize that preyâs neck, and bite it. But, the ups and downs of warmth he recalled fondly allowed his lingering shred of humanity to survive.
He was greedy for this warmth and craved more.
The moonlight shone down.
Ye Yunlanâs pure white hair poured down like snow on the Demon Lordâs chest.
He bowed his head to kiss the Demon Lordâs handsome face.
However, such a move seemed somewhat strenuous for him.
His eyebrows gently frowned as if implicating something. Water condensed in the golden eyes as if the liquid was about to drip onto the Demon Lordâs cheeks.
He asked the Demon Lord: âHow is it?â
The Demon Lord looked at his face piously and obsessively: âVeryâŠvery good.â
Ye Yunlan: âYou forgot to operate the exercises.â
The Demon Lord: âIâŠforgot?â
Ye Yunlan: âYou forgot.â
Ye Yunlan looked a smidge tired when he spoke. He was already exhausted.
So the movements temporarily stopped.
The water-like moonlight outside the window immersed his thin back, and the wind blew his shoulders and white hair, some of which brushed the Demon Lordâs cheek.
The Demon Lord murmured: âSenior ImmortalâŠitâs so quiet.â
The noise of wailing and crying in his ears had ceased. The undulating shadows around him have stopped dancing, dormant on the side. He seldom heard the bugs chirp outside the window.
The Demon Lordâs red eyes brimmed with obsession.
He said: âIt seems like I can gradually see some colors. Only the colors on Masterâs body.â
Ye Yunlan breathed a sigh of relief and repeated: â⊠Really?â
The Demon Lordâs face expressed marginal confusion.
âWhy is Masterâs hair allâŠwhite? And Masterâs eyesâŠâ
Ye Yunlan didnât answer.
Itâs just that the chain on his body produced a delicate sound again, and the exercises injected the warm spiritual power into the Demon Lordâs body.
His movements were slow and difficult. Tears hung in the golden pupils looking down at the Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord couldnât see or distinguish some things.
He was shaken to the core.
The warm current flushed away the abounding hostility entwined in his chest and his broken, blood-red world. The land full of blood and corpses unexpectedly gave birth to a pure white flower.
He had a pure land that belonged to him alone.
And he felt a rare warmth and tranquility in the pure land.
Finally, the inextricable madness and obsession accumulated for 30+ years seemingly found its source. The disorganized brain scarcely regained the ability to think soberly in the warm currentâs turmoil.
So he obsessively rolled around in this pure land, reluctant to leave for a long time and even wanting to encroach on more land to absorb additional warmth.
But suddenly, he felt hot tears dripping onto his cheeks.
When he opened his eyes, he saw white hair like frost and flowing moonlight.
His master lay down on his chest, fatigued, like soft spring snow spreading out.
The heavy chains were handcuffed to his limbs, and a dazzling red was worn on his wrist bones.
The Demon Lord was momentarily stunned.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and hugged this handful of snow heedfully into his arms as if embracing his most cherished treasure on the verge of breaking.
He unfastened the chains on the otherâs limbs and kissed the otherâs pale cheek again, whispering:
âMaster, Iâm sorryâŠâ