Chapter 297: The Female Character of the Abuse Story Becomes Self-Strengthening (Part )The next day, in the Palace of Mental Cultivation.
"Jie Tianli?" Chu Lu put down the red brush in his hand, a trace of confusion on his face, "What is that?"
The old eunuch who came to report the situation saw this and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is a great ceremony set when our dynasty was founded. In short, Your Majesty needs to personally go to the Southern Suburbs Xiannongtan, hold the plow in the emperor's field, and symbolically push the plow three times to show that he is personally plowing the field."
Chu Lu raised his eyebrows and asked, "So you want me to work in the fields? Is this necessary?"
The old eunuch heard this and looked solemn. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this ceremony is absolutely not an empty formality. First, it originates from ancient rites. It is a grand ceremony in which the emperor, on behalf of the people, offers sacrifices to the god of agriculture and prays for good weather and a good harvest. Second, your majesty, with a high status, personally holds the hoe and plows the fields. Although it is only three times, this image of personally tilling the fields shows the world that the national policy of taking agriculture as the foundation and emphasizing agriculture and encouraging farming is better than thousands of imperial edicts. It is a model for the world. Third, this is a priority to stabilize the country and consolidate the hearts of the people. When the people see that the emperor cares about farming, they will know that your majesty is benevolent, and the people will be at ease, and the country will be stable. This ceremony is related to the foundation of the country and is indispensable."
Chu Lu heard him talk about the importance of borrowing the land, and knew that he couldn't easily refuse, so he nodded and said, "Since it is so important, let's do it according to the etiquette."
"Your Majesty is wise." The old eunuch breathed a sigh of relief, and then he cautiously advised: "Your Majesty, I have something to say. This land ceremony is about to take place, and it concerns the dignity of the country. I hope Your Majesty will conserve your energy during this period and not worry about trivial matters. The Imperial Guards and various ministries and government offices will do their best to catch the spies. Your Majesty is worth a million dollars, so there is no need to do everything yourself and put yourself in danger."
Chu Lu naturally understood the old eunuch's implication. In order to correct the value, he had been arresting various spies in the palace, which was indeed a bit too much.
But he had no choice, time was running out, and he couldn't slow down. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It would be great if I had a capable helper.
After letting the old eunuch leave, Chu Lu asked Qin Su in his heart: "By the way, didn't you say before that you could ask Luo Qingdie and the others to help? When can you do that?"
Qin Su thought for a moment and replied, "Soon. If I can make it through this instance alive, maybe it will be fine. After all, most of the fragments have been collected."
"Really?" Chu Lu's eyes flashed with a hint of anticipation, "That's good."
Then, he thought of Hua Honglian who had been hesitating in the chat group earlier, as if she had something to hide, and he couldn't help but feel vaguely worried. He decided to wait until he had some free time to go to the chat group and ask carefully to see what was going on with her now.
At the same time, in another distant world, in a remote valley.
The valley is full of jagged rocks and withered grass.
Hua Honglian was wearing a black outfit, with a long sword pointing diagonally at the ground, and the tip of the sword was still dripping with blood. Not far in front of her, a hunchbacked man had a deep sword wound on his throat that could be seen through the bone, and he had already died. He was the traitor of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Blood Hand Yan San.
Poison Hand Shura walked forward slowly, took a look at the corpse on the ground, then looked at the thin book in Hua Honglian's hand - "The Poison Codex of the Netherworld". A trace of amazement that was difficult to conceal flashed across his turbid eyes.
"Young master's swordsmanship is becoming more and more sophisticated." Poison Hand Shura said in a hoarse voice.
As he spoke, he sighed in his heart: The leader has really found a treasure this time. Who would have thought that the woman he rescued from the Xie family would have such an amazing talent. The idiots of the Xie family were really blind to treat such a talented person like a worn-out shoe!
Hua Honglian looked calm as she put the Netherworld Poison Codex into her arms and said calmly, "Let's go back to the mountain."
The group then set off to return to the headquarters of the Demonic Cult.
The atmosphere in the main hall was solemn.
Poison Hand Shura bowed and reported: "Master, the young master has successfully killed the traitor Blood Hand Yan San and recovered the treasure of our sect, the Netherworld Poison Codex."
The middle-aged man sitting high on the leader's throne showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Well, Honglian, you did a good job. If you want any reward, just ask."
Hua Honglian bowed her head slightly: "Master, you are too kind to praise me. This is my responsibility, and I dare not take credit for it."
The leader was even more impressed when he heard this, and nodded, saying, "Well, you can leave and have a good rest. Shura, you stay, I have something to discuss with you."
"Yes." Hua Honglian bowed, turned around and left the hall, returning to her own courtyard in a secluded place in the back mountain.
Returning to her room alone, Hua Honglian put aside her cold and indifferent attitude in front of outsiders, and her brows were filled with sorrow. She opened the chat group interface and looked at the people chatting inside, her face full of hesitation, her fingers stretched and retracted in the air, retracted and stretched again, like chicken claws, very funny.
It has been quite some time since she was persuaded by Shen Miaomiao. Although she decided to ask her friends for help at that time, she always backed down when it came time to ask, thinking about finishing the things at hand first. She kept putting it off until today, when all the urgent matters had been settled and she no longer had any excuses.
But looking at everyone chatting in the chat group in a relaxed manner, it was still difficult to bring myself to ask for help.
She unconsciously flipped through the calendar on the table, her eyes fell on a circled date, and her pupils shrank suddenly. She suddenly realized that there were only a few days left before the next key plot node!Panic and fear made her sober up instantly. She couldn't hesitate any longer!Hua Honglian gritted her teeth and sent a message: "Everyone, listen to me, I have something to tell you."
Luo Qingdie: "Huh? What's going on?"
Zhu Shanlin: "Go ahead, I'm just bored."
Xu Li Niang: "Me too. These days the country is peaceful and the people are safe, there are no problems at all, and all I have left is to pamper my harem day after day. It's so boring."
Liu Ruyue: "Inexplicably looking forward to it."
Hua Honglian looked at everyone's enthusiastic responses, calmed down a little, and continued typing: "It's like this. My story line is about to develop into a very dangerous plot, so I want to discuss it with you all."
Luo Qingdie: "Storyline? Oh, that's the question."
Xu Li Niang: "Then I will help you tag Chulu."
Seeing this, Hua Honglian quickly stopped him: "Don't! Don't tag him! I don't want Chu Lu to know."
Zhu Shanlin: "Ah? Why?"
Liu Ruyue: "You are so weird."
Hua Honglian: "Because... it's too embarrassing. Chu Lu will definitely dislike me."
As soon as these words were spoken, a bunch of question marks instantly appeared in the chat group.
Luo Qingdie: "If you dislike it, just dislike it. There's nothing shameful about it, right? Hasn't everyone been disliked before?"
Yi Xiaowan: "Yes, yes, and although Chu Lu looks disgusted, his attitude is still very responsible and he won't curse anyone casually."
Xu Li Niang: "That's right, wasn't I also disliked by him at first, but it's nothing."
Hua Honglian looked at their comfort, smiled bitterly in her heart, and explained: "It's different. The problem is not with Chu Lu, but with me. I didn't think there was anything wrong with my story line before, but since I knew that this story line was actually tampered with by Zhang Lan, when I think about it again, I feel so stupid. How could I be so stupid? I am so stupid that I want to slap myself. I just think about it and that's it, let alone tell Chu Lu. Even if he doesn't curse, but just sighs, I will be so ashamed that I want to find a hole to crawl into."
Luo Qingdie: "Not really? You just think too much, it's okay!"
Zhu Shanlin: "Yes, why don't I have this feeling?"
Liu Ruyue: "Excessive consciousness."
Seeing everyone trying to persuade her, Hua Honglian was a little shaken. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll tell you my story first. If you don't think it's a big deal, I'll ask Chu Lu for help. If you think it's stupid, then help me keep it a secret from him. How do you think?"
Xu Li Niang: "No problem! Go ahead!"
Luo Qingdie: "Yes, yes! Let's listen!"
Zhu Shanlin: "I want to see what's different."
Liu Ruyue: "I'm all ears!"
Hua Honglian took a deep breath and said, "Then I will start talking."
"First, let me introduce my world. Although my world is not like Luo Qingdie's, where there are all kinds of immortals and immortal cultivators, it is not like Xu Liniang's world where there are all ordinary people. Here, there are many warriors who practice inner strength. When they reach a deep level, they can easily fly flowers and pluck leaves, and use their energy through the air."
After listening to this, Lin Xiao said, "I see. This is the world of martial arts novels."
Hua Honglian continued, "I was originally an orphan. Later, the Xie family discovered that I was gifted, so they took me away, adopted me as their adopted daughter, and carefully trained me to become a talent, saying that I would inherit the family business in the future. But later I found out that their real purpose was to make me practice a miraculous skill called Yaochi Fengsuiyin, and then let me sacrifice my life to pass on the skill and save their own son, Xie Mingxuan, who was born with a serious disease and was destined to not live past the age of 20."
"After I learned about this matter, I didn't feel any anger or resentment. I also studied it myself and created a new technique. I found a way to have the best of both worlds, which could save him without seriously hurting my vitality. But the Xie family didn't believe in my ability at all. Although I was already the best in the world at that time, they were no match for me even if they attacked me together."
Zhu Shanlin: “?”
Hua Honglian: "I had no choice but to think about whether I could find external help. I worked very hard and passed the civil and military examinations. I thought about entering the palace through the selection, marrying the emperor, and seeking the protection of the royal family. But it was useless."
Luo Qingdie: “???”
Hua Honglian: "In the end, I had no choice but to agree to the teachings because of the years of love they gave me. After the teachings, I lost half my life and lost 70% to 80% of my cultivation. Afterwards, my adoptive parents probably thought I was no longer useful, so they threw me out in the wilderness and left me to die. At that moment, the leader of the Demon Sect who was passing by happened to see me, rescued me, and brought me back to the Demon Sect."
Lin Xiao: "???"
"When my adoptive parents saw that I was rescued by the demon sect, they panicked and were afraid that I would come back to avenge them after being rescued, so they chased me out at all costs, but they were killed by the sect leader instead."
Liu Ruyue: “????”
"After I arrived at the Demon Sect, because of my talent and the leader's appreciation, plus I had indeed made many contributions, I gradually became the young master of the Demon Sect, and later took over the position of the leader."
"But the Xie family still holds a grudge against me because of the death of my adoptive parents. They united all the major righteous sects and mobilized various forces to launch a massive demon-suppressing war to wipe out our Heavenly Demon Sect. I felt guilty, so I deliberately did not resist during the demon-suppressing war."
"I didn't expect that I was so lucky that I didn't die. When I woke up, I found myself lying in a mass grave, covered in wounds and barely alive. Later, a little girl who passed by picked me up and took me home."
"After that, naturally, those forces that knew I was not dead, such as the Xie family, came to hunt me down. I was seriously injured at the time, trapped both internally and externally, and I actually wouldn't live for half a year. But I didn't try to find a way to cure my illness. Instead, I took the little girl around everywhere, hoping to find a good place for her before I died."
"A lot of things happened during the time I was looking for a friend to take care of my child. For example, Xie Mingxuan was very angry at first. He thought I had defected to the evil sect and killed his parents, and he hated me to the core. Later, when he learned the whole truth, the details of the transmission of the power, and what his parents had done, he burst into tears and regretted it deeply."
"And the current emperor, he has always been upset about not being able to rescue me. After learning about my experience, he also felt very regretful and blamed himself."
"For example, a good friend of mine in the Righteous Path could not get over the fact that I joined the Demon Cult, and he was one of the main forces that attacked the Heavenly Demon Cult. Later, when he learned about all the causes and consequences, he regretted it and said he was sorry to me." "There are even some former subordinates of the Heavenly Demon Cult. At first, they also thought that I was a spy sent by the Righteous Path and that I was deliberately helping the Righteous Path to eliminate the Demon Cult. After understanding the situation, they knew my difficulties at the time, and they also regretted it, saying that they had never truly understood my pain."
"Of course it was too late. After I entrusted the little girl to my friend, I found a place to wait for death. On the day of my death, the people mentioned above came to see me off, and I died under their gaze."
Hua Honglian finished speaking in one breath, took a long breath, and then asked nervously: "I'm done. How do you feel?"
The chat group fell into an eerie silence.
After a long while, Xu Li Niang trembled and sent out a line of words: "Let me ask a question first. Since you are so powerful and have created a method that has the best of both worlds, why don't you just use it forcefully? The Xie family can't stop you."
Hua Honglian: "There's nothing I can do. My adoptive parents won't agree to it."
Xu Li Niang: “???”
Luo Qingdie: "Also, why didn't you deliberately resist during the Demon Suppression War? If you do this, won't the other members of the Heavenly Demon Cult suffer with you?"
Hua Honglian: "Because I feel guilty about the death of my adoptive parents..."
Luo Qingdie: "?? You are a victim, why do you feel guilty? Moreover, you feel guilty towards your adoptive parents, so don't you feel guilty towards the followers of the Demonic Cult who trust you?!"
Hua Honglian: "I don't know either, I just feel very guilty..."
Luo Qingdie took a deep breath.
Zhu Shanlin: "One last question. Since you were seriously injured, why didn't you try to find a way to treat your illness?"
Hua Honglian was silent for a moment, then replied: "I didn't quite understand it before, but recently I seem to have figured it out a little. It seems that whenever I see others crying and regretting in front of me, I feel very happy. So it can't be cured. If it is cured, they won't be so regretful."
Zhu Shanlin looked dazed.
The chat group fell into silence again.
After a few seconds, the group exploded.
Xu Li Niang: "Ahhh! Why do I have the urge to smash everything in front of me!?"
Luo Qingdie: "My chest feels stuffy and uncomfortable. I really want to kill something!"
Zhu Shanlin: "Blood pressure! My blood pressure! My blood pressure is rising!"
Xu Li Niang: "I suddenly seem to understand why Chu Lu likes to kill people at every turn. It is true that he cannot feel happy unless he kills people!"
Liu Ruyue: "I want to be the King of the Great West!"
Seeing this, Hua Honglian quickly typed: "It really won't work! I knew you guys couldn't stand it! Right!"
Xu Li Niang: "Well, okay, I admit that your previous concerns are indeed reasonable. It's really not easy to tell Chu Lu directly about this."
Luo Qingdie: "Yeah, it's a bit embarrassing."
Zhu Shanlin: "However, although it is indeed a bit embarrassing to say it out loud, it is better to be embarrassed than to fail, right? Why don't you just grit your teeth and tell Chu Lu?"
Hua Honglian: "I've thought about it, too. But I think we should at least give it a try first. What if you guys are the only ones who can make it work? If that doesn't work, I'll go find Chu Lu."
Luo Qingdie: "That's fine too... Then what's your specific situation now? At what point in time have you been reborn?"
Hua Honglian: "I have now become the young master of the Demon Cult. The closest plot point of abuse is that Xie Mingxuan. He asked around and finally found out my whereabouts. He wants to come and kill me to avenge his parents."
Hua Honglian: "In the original plot, I didn't want to hurt him, so he chased me all the way and beat me up, and I was barely able to escape in the end."
Xu Li Niang: "What should we do this time? We definitely can't follow the original plot."
Zhu Shanlin: "Well, we have to think of a way to deal with it. By the way, can we avoid him in advance?"
Hua Honglian: "That won't work. Even if we avoid it this time, there will be another time. He won't give up easily."
Luo Qingdie: "How about we try playing the victim? If he hits you, you cry like a pear blossom in the rain, looking pitiful and delicate."
Hua Honglian: "...Then maybe he will hit me even harder."
Xu Li Niang: "How about seduction? Lift up the hem of the skirt to reveal your white calves. His eyes will pop out when he sees them, and all his anger will surely disappear."
Hua Honglian: "...Isn't this too despicable?"
Zhu Shanlin: "Then set a trap! Set a trap for him! For example, prepare a snake, wait for an opportunity to let it bite you, then jump out, pretend to be very anxious, take the risk to suck out the snake venom for him and save his life. In this way, he will naturally be embarrassed to shout at you to kill him! Of course, the snake may look poisonous, but it is not, so there is no risk for you."
Hua Honglian: "...What a troublesome plan. The success rate of its implementation is not high, right?"
Everyone discussed it for a while, but their thoughts were still on various female-oriented methods, and the answers they gave were simply unacceptable to Hua Honglian.
Zhu Shanlin: "Alas, this doesn't work, and that doesn't work either. What should I do then?"
Xu Li Niang: "What do you think Chu Lu would say if it was him? He would definitely say it without thinking..."
Luo Qingdie: "Kill him?"
Hua Honglian hurriedly said, "Don't! Don't kill him! That Xie Mingxuan is not a bad person, he just doesn't know the truth. Those who really deserved to die have already died. Most of the remaining ones are good people with misunderstandings."
Everyone chattered and thought about it for a long time, and everyone felt that it was a bit tricky.
At this moment, Lin Xiao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Well, since he just misunderstood, why don't you just explain everything to him exactly as it happened?"
The chat group fell silent again.
A few seconds later.
Everyone: “Yes!”
There was also a trace of trance on Hua Honglian's face.
——Yeah, wouldn’t it be better to just explain it clearly?
After making up her mind, Hua Honglian breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! Let's do it! When he comes to me, I will tell him everything! Thank you everyone!"
Hua Honglian: "But before that, I would like to trouble everyone for a favor. I hope everyone can post more irrelevant information and push the content we just discussed to the top, so that Chu Lu won't find it."
Luo Qingdie: "No problem! Leave it to us!"
Xu Li Niang: "It's just a small matter!"
Zhu Shanlin: "Start swiping the screen!"
As a result, the chat group was instantly flooded with all kinds of emoticons and small talk.
Late at night, the palace.
Chu Lu returned to the palace with a tired look on his face. He had been busy all day today and dealt with several minor characters lurking in the palace. As a result, because the experience was diluted too much, the correction value did not increase at all.
He sighed helplessly, then lay on his back on the dragon bed. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly remembered Hua Honglian.
He immediately opened the chat group and said, "Hua Honglian, how is the situation over there? What was it that you kept hesitating about wanting to tell me but didn't say the other time? I'm free now, so I can listen to you."
Hua Honglian replied immediately: "Ah? Chu Lu? I'm fine! Everything is fine, there's no need for you to worry!"
Soon after, other people in the group also started to bubble up.
Luo Qingdie: "Yes, yes, Chu Lu, don't worry, she is fine!"
Xu Li Niang: "That's right, we were just chatting with her, what's wrong with her?"
Zhu Shanlin: "Chu Lu, you're not trying to take this opportunity to strike up a conversation, are you?"
Liu Ruyue: "No good intention!"
Chu Lu frowned as he looked at their urgent replies, feeling something was wrong.
But he was too tired and under too much pressure to delve into it.
Chu Lu: "Okay. Remember to let me know if anything happens."
After saying that, he closed the chat group interface, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
(End of this chapter)