A mysterious fragrance wafted from the immortal tree, and while everyone sensed the scent, not a single person could describe it in words.

Qingqiu Mingli turned around, her gaze curiously falling upon the small white flower in Liang Yi's hand, this object was somewhat beyond her ability to trace its origin.

Yu Wei looked puzzled, not understanding the meaning behind Liang Yi's presentation of the flower.

Old Man Ju had already distanced himself as soon as Liang Yi took out the flower, not wanting to smell that stench again, but until Liang Yi completely revealed the small white flower, he did not smell that scent again.

At this moment, Su Youyi was also surprised to discover that the strange fragrance she had smelled before had now vanished.

Any trace of scent faded, leaving only the concept of "smell" drifting in the air.

A shape resembling a slime slowly separated from the massive body of the Blood Demon and landed in front of everyone's eyes.

Although it still looked tall, about two or three stories high, it was pitifully small compared to its original form.

Liang Yi was familiar with this visage of the Blood Demon, as in his past life, the Blood Demon had appeared before the players in this very posture. When he had just arrived and saw the Blood Demon as large as a mountain range, he almost thought he had come to the wrong place.

"Sister Blood, what's happening to this person?"

Liu Rouxin was somewhat puzzled, not understanding what her kin was up to.

"It must be because of that flower, I guess."

Xue Youyou was also bewildered; the flower should not be related to the Blood Demon, otherwise she wouldn't have had no reaction after seeing it.

After transforming into an apparition, the Blood Demon first glanced at Liu Rouxin, and then continued to focus on the flower in Liang Yi's hand.

"Spirit...Thought..."

The eyes of the Blood Demon intently fixated on the white flower in Liang Yi's hand, the air trembling as it produced a voice as if opening its mouth to speak for the first time in eons.

The voice sounded ethereal and otherworldly, indistinguishable as male or female, but anyone could detect the sorrow in the Blood Demon's words and expression.

"Spirit Thought?"

Liang Yi repeated the Blood Demon's words, somewhat baffled, wondering if this was a person or something else.

However, upon hearing this name, Qingqiu Mingli looked at the Blood Demon in astonishment, as if she could hardly believe it.

"You remember Spirit Thought?"

Qingqiu Mingli stepped forward and looked up at the Blood Demon, her voice filled with urgency.

Although Yu Wei was quite curious about the meaning of Liang Yi's words, the mood of the big shot was clearly off, so he decided to hold off on his questions for now.

Upon hearing Qingqiu Mingli's query, a look of confusion and recollection flashed in the eyes of the Blood Demon, which on its original body were as large as two Big Suns, now diminished countless times to resemble two tiny beans, after a long while it slowly said:

"Qingqiu...Spirit Thought, Luo Shu's...partner..."

"Qingqiu Spirit Thought, Luo Shu?"

Liang Yi pondered the two names mentioned by the Blood Demon, both unrecorded individuals, but it seemed they were likely disciples of Lonely Moon Valley from the previous epoch.

"I never imagined...you would still remember." Qingqiu Mingli's expression was complex; she hadn't expected that even after countless years since Luo Shu's Divine Soul had dissipated, it still held such a sway over the Blood Demon.

"Lady Mingli, what's going on?" Yue Bai, brimming with curiosity, couldn't help but ask.

"Is Qingqiu LingSi one of our Qingqiu ancestors?"

Qingqiu Mingli slowly shook her head, her gaze faintly filled with reminiscence. She organized her thoughts before saying:

"Qingqiu LingSi was my Closed-door Disciple, while Feng Luoshu was an ordinary True Inheritor from Lonely Moon Valley at that time."

"Luo Shu was a disciple we happened to recruit by chance, with an extremely weak presence. He had virtually no friends in the sect, and the first time I noticed him was when he was being promoted to a True Inheritor. Thinking back now, that was also a kind of talent of his."

Qingqiu Mingli remembered that during the True Inheritor promotion ceremony, everyone was joyous and happy, except for one boy who quietly stood in the corner of the great hall, watching everything.

Even she hadn't expected that such an inconspicuous disciple would receive special attention from her cherished apprentice. When she discovered her apprentice would disappear for hours every day to find Feng Luoshu, she knew her apprentice had probably fallen in love.

Qingqiu Mingli herself no longer trusted this emotion, which had once spurred her forward, but she wouldn't interfere with her disciple's romantic pursuits.

"Both were like the most naive children in love. The quiet Luo Shu and my mischievous, playful disciple shouldn't have ended up together by any logic. But when they stood together, even I had to admit how suitable they were for each other."

Qingqiu Mingli spoke quietly, and suddenly understood why she found Liang Yi somewhat pleasing.

Apart from the child's own charm, the way he stood together with his junior sister, their auras intermingling as if they were a match made in heaven, reminded her inadvertently of her own apprentice and the future she had once most yearned for in her heart.

"But I never expected that Luo Shu, this child, would have a Blood Demon slumbering within him..."

The complexity in Qingqiu Mingli's eyes was clear to see, and the sigh in her words touched the hearts of everyone present.

Liang Yi had an epiphany upon hearing this, realizing an unanswered question that had lingered in his heart:

What about the host of this Blood Demon?

Blood Demons are abhorrent to the heavens, and to be reborn, they must find an infant with the purest, most unblemished soul to bond with. Normally, from a young age, a Blood Demon would continually entice its host, gradually drawing the host into the Abyss of bloodlust.

Once the host completely falls, the Blood Demon can share control of the body, existing in a twin state with the host.

Possessing the talent of a Blood Demon, every host of the Blood Demon Realm is unlikely to be weak, thus naturally having an exceptionally long life.

Now, if the Blood Demon is still alive in this space, why isn't the host visible? Moreover, the Blood Demon is appearing in its original form, but there is no trace of the host.

However, Liang Yi also roughly understood why this Blood Demon only stayed in this Secret Realm and dared not enter the Mystical Mechanism big world — entering the Mystical Mechanism big world in its original form would make it a target for the whole world!

Qingqiu Mingli's words had solved one of Liang Yi's puzzles, letting him know that there indeed was a host for this Blood Demon.

"What happened to those two in the end? Did they make it to the end together?" Su Youyi's focus was somewhat different from Liang Yi's; she was more interested in the love story of the two.

Yue Bai, too, watched intently, the love story between the Chief of a Super Force of the current era and the proscribed host of a Blood Demon completely captivating her, a young girl inexperienced in the ways of the world.

"The two indeed made it to the end..." Qingqiu Mingli lowered her eyelids, concealing her expression from everyone, but her body trembled slightly.

"Even in death, they could not be parted."

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