Chapter 2

"I forgot how many years of my memory?" Qi Yize asked seriously. "18 years." Zhou Yichen replied. Qi Yize looked at Zhou Yichen before smiling. "Bingyi's descendant. Returned to a demon." Qi Yize said smilingly.

"I didn't expect you two to be able to sit together. What about your parents and your brother?" Qi Yize asked calmly. Zhu Yan cleared his throat. Qi Yize looked at Zhu Yan in confusion. "They're dead." Zhou Yichen said. "Excuse my rudeness." Qi Yize said awkwardly.

"But Uncle Qi, why are you so sure to ask how many years you've forgotten your memory?" Zhu Yan asked. "Feng Yun once stored my memory in a blue bottle. I don't know why either? He came home and told me to store it. I did forget that memory and thanks to Feng Yun, I remembered it again." Qi Yize explained.

"What did you do before you lost your memory?" Zhou Yichen asked curiously. "I don't remember but I heard from Cheng Huang that I killed all the demons that attacked Yue Shan. Cheng Huang also said that before I killed all the demons, Feng Yun died because he helped me." Qi Yize said looking into the distance.

"And you weren't caught by the Baize Goddess?" Zhou Yichen asked in confusion. "Yue Shan belongs to the Feng Huang Clan. It's private property that all demons can't enter without permission. Entering without permission only awaits death. In the Wilderness only Cheng Huang can enter freely." Qi Yize said calmly.

"Yue Shan has many ancient artifacts so all demons with evil intentions are not allowed to enter. Especially uncle Qi is the person those people should never meet." Zhu Yan smiled clearly. "What do you mean?" Zhou Yichen asked in confusion.

"Qilin tears, shed in sorrow for the suffering can form a potion capable of healing all wounds and ailments." Qi Yize explained. "So your true form is Qilin." Zhou Yichen said as Qi Yize nodded in return. Qi Yize reached out his hand towards Zhu Yan. "You who changed my clothes must have found the blue bottle. Give it to me." Qi Yize said flatly.

Zhu Yan gave the blue bottle to Qi Yize. Qi Yize accepted the bottle. "I have a few questions for you after you remember." Zhou Yichen said looking at Qi Yize seriously. "I know." Qi Yize said opening the blue bottle.

Two threads of light flew out and entered his forehead. Qi Yize closed his eyes because of the impact. When he opened his eyes again, tears were flowing down his face. Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen were quite shocked.

Qi Yize controlled his emotions and before wiping his tears. "Do you remember now?" Zhu Yan asked moving beside Zhou Yichen. Qi Yize sat down where Zhu Yan had left off. Qi Yize sat opposite Zhou Yichen.

"You want to ask why I asked for your family's help and caused your family to die? Why didn't I go myself to help Zhu Yan?" Qi Yize asked. Zhou Yichen couldn't answer.

"I'll tell you. The seal weakens the closer it gets to the Blood Moon so I went to Ying Zhao to tell him about the strangeness 18 years ago. I wanted to help Zhu Yan but I couldn't let that woman escape and mess up the Wilderness again. So I needed to strengthen the seal during the Blood Moon. I remembered that the Bingyi Clan could help so I asked for their help. I didn't expect that they couldn't hold Zhu Yan back then." Qi Yize explained.

"Then why did she escape now?" Zhu Yan asked in confusion. "Thanks to the chaos you guys created that almost caused the Wilderness to be on the verge of destruction." Qi Yize said sarcastically. Zhu Yan fell silent. "I want to know, why did you let Zhu Yan be reborn as Feng Huang?" Zhou Yichen asked.

"Why? Do you think I need his karmic fire?" Qi Yize asked flatly. Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen looked at each other before looking back at Qi Yize. "I only have the egg of the Feng Huang Clan and I need the purified power that the Feng Huang Clan has. That woman swallowed too many inner cores." Qi Yize explained.

Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan looked at each other in confusion. "Then Feng Huang power can control the karmic fire is true. Feng Huang has immortal body is also true but also has weaknesses. It is reborn from fire is also true. But when he is reborn, that is when Feng Huang is weakest, at that time he can be killed. You also don't need the ashes of the Ever Burning Wood to be immortal." Qi Yize said flatly.

"Why do you know that?" Zhu Yan asked smiling. "It's none of your business how I know. At least you managed to defeat that fake demon. Dirty creature, who does he think he is, want to kill all the demons." Qi Yize said disgustedly. Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan held back laughter.

"But he said he was immortal with the ashes of the ever burning wood." Zhu Yan explained. "He looks down on demons too much. After you destroy his dwelling place, the ashes of the ever burning wood will also be destroyed. Wasn't he defeated by his former disciple?" Qi Yize said.

Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan fell silent. 'Bai Jiu' both thought sadly. Qi Yize looked at the two of them. "Sorry. I forgot that person is your friend." Qi Yize said. "It's okay." Zhou Yichen said smiling sadly.

"Because my power is fire, you are automatically fire too. You can practice your purified technique. If Feng Yan was still around, maybe you would have the power of wind." Qi Yize said flatly. Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan looked at each other. "Don't you feel anything now? You were still crying earlier." Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen asked in unison.

Both of them looked at Qi Yize questioningly. "I lost my emotions 5000 years ago. That was an outburst of my old emotions." Qi Yize answered flatly. '5000 years ago was when that woman was sealed.' Zhu Yan thought. "Is she your girlfriend?" Zhu Yan asked suddenly. Zhou Yichen stared at Zhu Yan in disbelief.

"No, that woman is my best friend's brother's girlfriend. Why do you ask that?" Qi Yize asked flatly. "In the human realm there is a term love turning into hate will make someone lose their own emotions." Zhu Yan explained.

Qi Yize stared at Zhu Yan calmly. "How long did I sleep?" Qi Yize asked. "A week." Zhou Yichen answered. "I need to go now. Before that I will send you guys to Yue Shan." Qi Yize said standing up.

"We want to help you." Zhu Yan said seriously. Qi Yize stared at Zhu Yan calmly. "No need. I can do it myself." Qi Yize said flatly. "You will destroy yourself along with her. That's what you mean by doing it yourself, right?" Zhu Yan said angrily.

"We are indeed not strong enough but you can teach us." Zhou Yichen said agreeing with Zhu Yan. Qi Yize stared at the two of them in silence. 'These two people are very stubborn. I who have lost my emotions for so long can still be annoyed. People who feel emotions will explode with them.' Qi Yize thought annoyedly.

"Practicing with the memories I gave you is enough. Your one word spell should still be useful. There is an uninvited guest in front of your barrier." Qi Yize said flatly.

Zhu Yan went to meet the person. "Do you remember Feng Yun's death now?" Zhou Yichen asked. Qi Yize smiled faintly. "Cheng Huang inserted his memories of the incident. Maybe he knew that he would be gone forever so he left the memory with me." Qi Yize explained.

"If we didn't know that you lost your emotions then we would think that you are still the same as other demons." Zhou Yichen said sadly. "Zhu Yan once told you that emotions are not that important to demons. But there are still many demons who seek it. Like Zhu Yan's feelings for you and Baize Goddess." Qi Yize said looking into the distance.

"As for me, after I lost all my emotions. I see things more in black and white. My way of expressing myself was taught by Ying Zhou. He told me, I must be able to express expressions so that someone knows what I mean. So he teaches me every time I meet him." Qi Yize explained.

"That's exactly what Ying Zhao would do." Zhu Yan said again with someone beside him. Long black hair, white clothes with red eyes.

Zhou Yichen's face was confused. The person stopped not far from their seats. "Who?" Zhou Yichen asked. "He said his name was Lu Ming. Uncle Qi's acquaintance." Zhu Yan said sitting beside Zhou Yichen.

"Where did you hide Ju Hua? Or did you kill her, you heartless demon?!" Lu Ming shouted angrily. Lu Ming's body was lifted from the ground and his neck was tightly gripped. Lu Ming struggled but lost to Qi Yize. Qi Yize's eyes turned blood red.

"You still ask me if I killed her? She should have been killed 5000 years ago?! If it weren't for you who was blind to love then Lu Yu wouldn't have died. If you could have kept your mouth shut and not told her about my tears as well as the ancestral artifact of the Feng Huang Clan and invited her to meet me then all those tragedies wouldn't have happened. You are the most useless demon in the Wilderness. Why didn't you die? Why did it have to be Lu Yu?!" Qi Yize said angrily.

"I feel malicious energy surrounding him." Zhu Yan said. Zhou Yichen took out his sword. Both of them nodded at each other. Zhu Yan attacked Qi Yize. Qi Yize threw Lu Ming's body into the stone table. Stone table shattered. Lu Ming vomited blood.

The Yunguang sword aimed at Lu Ming's neck while Zhu Yan fought against Qi Yize. A fierce fight ensued before Zhu Yan could knocked unconscious Qi Yize. Qi Yize passed out.

Lu Ming was tied up with Qi Yize's spiritual rope. "Why do you have Qi Yize's artifact?!" Lu Ming said angrily. "Of course I borrowed it from him to lock up a useless demon like you." Zhu Yan said flatly. "I'm innocent. I only saved my loved one who was being bullied by Qi Yize." Lu Ming said stubbornly.

"Can I kill him now?" Zhou Yichen asked emotionally. "But this useless demon, his friend's younger brother? We can't kill him." Zhu Yan said soothingly. "He's the one who should die, not my older brother." Lu Ming grumbled.

Zhou Yichen pulled out the Yunguang sword from its sheath. Zhu Yan immediately pulled Zhou Yichen away from Lu Ming. "Leave him alone." Zhu Yan said calmly. "You're still so calm. If it wasn't for him, none of those tragedies would have happened. He's the cause of all those tragedies." Zhou Yichen said angrily.

"It's all done. We can't change anything. He didn't want it to happen either." Zhu Yan said. "What about him?" Zhou Yichen asked. "We need to take him to Kunlun Mountain. Let Mountain God Lu Wu examine him." Zhu Yan said. Zhou Yichen nodded in understanding.

---Kunlun Mountain---

@stone bed

Mountain God Lu Wu looked at the two and shook his head. The three of them walked away from the place.

"Half of his spiritual energy is gone. He's now full of hatred that's the opposite of what a Qilin should have. The virtues of benevolence, wisdom and purity. Purity has turned into hatred and resentment. His spiritual energy is attacking himself." Mountain God Lu Wu explained.

"Is there no way to save him?" Zhou Yichen asked. "Only he can save himself. But he has no intention of doing so." Mountain God Lu Wu said sadly. "He has lost more than he can bear." Mountain God Lu Wu added before leaving.

"If I can master the purified technique then I can help him." Zhu Yan said suddenly. Zhou Yichen looked at Zhu Yan sadly. "What's wrong?" Zhu Yan asked confusedly. "Seeing him reminds me of you and me. The same hatred and grudge as me. Seeking death is the same as you." Zhou Yichen said with a heavy sigh.

"All that is in the past. I will take you around to pick fresh fruits." Zhu Yan said pulling Zhou Yichen away with him.

Qi Yize woke up not long after Mountain God Lu Wu returned there. "Do you know that using the Feng Huang Clan's forbidden technique to save Zhu Yan can make your spiritual energy chaotic? One wrong move and you could be reduced to ashes." Mountain God Lu Wu said angrily.

"You started scolding me just like Ying Zhao." Qi Yize said smilingly. "You don't have to smile if you don't mean to." Mountain God Lu Wu said angrily. "I won't die so quickly. The ancestral egg has already turned into a descendant of the Feng Huang Clan so Jiu Weihu won't be able to get it anymore. I don't lose anything and Zhu Yan is a good boy." Qi Yize said.

"How about yourself? That egg was given to you by Feng Yun so you can live." Mountain God Lu Wu said. "Lu Wu, I have lived for more than 100,000 years. I have no intention of living beyond that. If I die, a new Qilin will be born. Before that, the Bingyi's descendant and Zhu Yan will guard the Wilderness well. You also know that my heart is already tainted with hatred and revenge. My life will only tarnish the Qilin's reputation." Qi Yize said flatly.

"I can't talk logic to you." Mountain God Lu Wu said angrily as he left. Qi Yize smiled. "You two can come out of hiding now. Eavesdropping is not a good thing." Qi Yize said. Zhou Yichen and Zhu Yan finally came out.

"You must not die either. We will find a way to save you." Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen said in unison. Zhu Yan and Zhou Yichen looked at each other. Qi Yize laughed happily.

...Qilin...

...Feng Huang ...

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