EBE Chapter 995 Cold Moon
Chapter 995 Cold Moon
"You've got it wrong. I've never seen the Leng Yue you're talking about, and it certainly can't be her."
Gray Chestnut struggled fiercely, and Mo Qiu realized that his actions had been a bit too rough, so he quickly released Gray Chestnut.
"Leng Yue is my lover. Her consciousness is sealed inside your body. No wonder I haven't been able to find her all these years. It's my fault."
"I'm really lucky today."
Mo Qiu was somewhat incoherent.
"What? There are other people's consciousnesses sealed inside me, and I have absolutely no recollection of them."
The bewilderment on Gray Chestnut's face did not lessen but rather intensified.
"Listen to me slowly. After I finish telling you my story with Leng Yue, you will understand why."
After a moment, Mo Qiu calmed down and quietly recounted his encounter with Leng Yue.
Mo Qiu was physically weak from childhood. In a chance encounter, he fell in love with Leng Yue, a well-known demon slayer.
In Mo Qiu's eyes, freedom is far more important than money and power. If there is anything more important than freedom, it is Ling Yue.
As an exorcist, Lingyue is often busy handling all sorts of requests, and Moqiu will do his best to help, though he is a little clumsy, he is full of enthusiasm and confidence.
However, Lingyue constantly reminded Moqiu not to get involved in anything related to demon-slaying, since demon-slaying itself was not safe. After hearing this, Moqiu would always nod with a silly smile, and Lingyue would realize that he hadn't taken it to heart again.
But Mo Qiu did not give up. He began to secretly study books on demon-slaying and practice the sword technique of controlling water, hoping to protect her in his own way.
But an unexpected event still occurred. Mo Qiu, after all, did not possess the bloodline to subdue demons, and a very dangerous demon took the opportunity to entangle him…
Mo Qiu's lover, Leng Yue, immediately performed an exorcism ritual on him, but the demon's power exceeded expectations.
It will require a long period of isolation to eradicate the disease, and Mo Qiu has promised not to act rashly again.
The space devoid of light, the whispers of evil monsters—everything was more agonizing than imagined. Three days… five days… a week… a month… Mo Qiu endured this torment until the day he saw the light of day again…
The exorcism ritual was finally completed, but Mo Qiu was not greeted by the person who should have been there... Mo Qiu's lover has disappeared... What accident happened to her?
Mo Qiu was completely baffled. After several attempts, he still had no clue.
Even as terrifying darkness descended, Mo Qiu did not stop his steps. He studied water divination, visited fellow demon hunters, and after many twists and turns, he returned to Maple Leaf Town. He always felt that the truth was very close, but difficult to reach.
As it turned out, Mo Qiu's intuition was correct. When he saw Hui Li transform into the Gray Feathered Beast under the influence of the Water Divination, he finally had the answer to the truth behind his lover Leng Yue's disappearance.
The reason is that the demon that entangled Mo Qiu was the Gray Feathered Beast that Gray Chestnut transformed into when it was in danger.
"So the Gray Feather Beast is a demon. That means I was indeed kidnapped by it, but I was safe when I woke up."
Gray Chestnut finally remembered.
The final piece of the truth has finally been pieced together. It turns out that Leng Yue didn't leave because she was angry with him, as Mo Qiu thought, but was sealed inside Hui Li's body.
Although Mo Qiu did not become a real exorcist, he was extremely familiar with exorcisms, and based on Hui Li's condition, he could guess the general situation.
The power of the demonic Gray Feather Beast was too great. Leng Yue used all her strength to barely remove the Gray Feather Beast from Mo Qiu, but she was unable to capture it.
The Grayfeathered Beast successfully escaped and arrived at a small village in the Linge Galaxy, where it kidnapped Gray Chestnut, who was then just an ordinary Grayling.
Unwilling to see the demons wreak havoc, Leng Yue chased after the Gray Feather Beast without having a chance to say goodbye to her lover, Mo Qiu.
However, the power of the Gray Feather Beast was beyond imagination. Leng Yue was no match for it and ultimately had to sacrifice herself. Jiang Hui, along with the Gray Feather Beast, was sealed inside the kidnapped Gray Child.
At this point, the gray cub possessed both the Gray Feather Beast and Cold Moon genes, transforming into the current Gray Chestnut.
Because of the Gray Feather Beast's genes within him, Gray Chestnut was forced to transform into a Gray Feather Beast under the pressure of the crisis, thus gaining its powerful strength.
However, the consciousness and soul of the Gray Feather Beast were completely obliterated, while Leng Yue's consciousness remained trapped inside Gray Chestnut's body.
“In that case, Mo Qiu, you should have a way to get the energy out of my body, so that you can reunite.”
Sai Xiaoxi and Hui Li were deeply moved after hearing this. Hui Li, without considering any risks, decisively offered to let Mo Qiu release Leng Yue from his body.
"But……"
What are you still hesitating about?
To their surprise, Mo Qiu hesitated, leaving the two of them puzzled.
"Although I am extremely familiar with the art of exorcism, I can only understand some of the basics. Leng Yue's consciousness is very weak, and I am afraid that I will make another mistake, at which point Leng Yue will no longer exist."
Mo Qiu answered hesitantly, his slightly trembling hands reflecting his nervousness.
The initial cause that led to Leng Yue becoming the way he is now was his desire to become an exorcist. That incident ultimately left him with a shadow of exorcism, making him unable to be as unrestrained as before.
He didn't think he could succeed, and he dared not gamble with Leng Yue's life.
"That's really a problem."
Sai Xiaoxi remained silent, while Hui Li looked on with a mixture of disappointment and frustration.
"Are you going to give up just because you're afraid? Didn't you feel it just now? Even after all this time, Leng Yue's consciousness hasn't dissipated and has never given up trying to break free from my body."
"Even the cold moon, shrouded in darkness, hasn't given up. How can you give up first?"
Gray Chestnut's words were a piercing, incisive question.
"I…"
Mo Qiu's expression showed even more sadness.
Just now, when Mo Qiu was examining Hui Li, due to the connection of the Water Divination and their close proximity, his mind resonated with Leng Yue for a moment, allowing him to empathize with Leng Yue's emotions and the environment she was in.
Leng Yue was trapped in a small patch of darkness, constantly enveloped by loneliness and despair, and could only barely keep herself from going insane by relying on warm memories of the past.
In her memory, Mo Qiu was so sincere, so warm, so lovely, so why did she make that decision?
There might have been other ways, there might have been ways to avoid it in advance, there might have been ways... At that moment, Lingyue did not feel that losing her life was such a terrible thing, perhaps because of the duty of a demon slayer.
But she forgot that she had lost something more important: she often couldn't treat her loved ones with tenderness, but prioritized the feelings of strangers.
Thinking of this, Lingyue began to blame herself and even felt regret. She was experiencing the pain of unrequited love, and her sudden departure must have been a torment for the other person as well, since she had already made a promise.
Lingyue was on the verge of collapse inside this cramped body... Moqiu, she wanted to see Moqiu again immediately, and then never leave him again.