The boundless and free grass— the universally changing illusory scenery did not have any of the owner of the demon market’s power left and completely relied on the powers of Dong Fang Qing Cang to hold up. After a long period of time, the flames lit the illusory scenery entirely with vivid redness, but in contrary with the heated illusory, the cold energies would get heavier on Dong Fang Qing Cang’s body.
His exhalations would turn into white mist in the atmosphere and drew a figure that would disappear and then appear. Each step of his would leave behind a footprint that turned into thin frost. Step by step, drew out snow streaks in the illusory scenery with the vast spring grass and flowers.
He walked forward and gaze was gloomy as if [he] has tossed away the hope of finding the bone orchid.
Suddenly, the illusory scenery shifted and the flames that supported the illusory scenery would suddenly extinguish one flame. The universally changing illusory scenery behind Dong Fang Qing Cang immediately collapsed and transformed into a dark void. Dong Fang Qing Cang did not turn head around as it’s definite that he has searched the collapsed place already. He continued to move forward. The frozen energies exuded out from the mouth would get heavier. There were ice crystals that have already climbed up to his neck and connected with the blood veins on the shape of his neck, but he did not halt his incessant steps.
In only several steps, the illusory scenery have trembled and the flames in the sky have extinguished one more flame.
The illusory scenery on the left of Dong Fang Qing Cang disappeared. He peered at the left. Like the previous, this scene was extremely authentic as it was like a piece of fabric being torn piece by piece that sunk into the darkness.
If [he] did not go out before the flames completely extinguished, he will be buried into this collapsing illusory scenery….
Previously, Dong Fang Qing Cang was never scared as there was no place that he couldn’t get out, but right now…
He peered at his hand and the palm of the hand was dyed black. It was the appearance of the frozen poison in the body becoming too heavy. He tightened the five fingers and peered at the layer of condensed ice crystal sheets on the hand falling. He then lifted head up and continued to walk toward the front.
The flames in the sky have extinguished one flame and the illusory scenery withered and fell. Dong Fang Qing Cang gritted teeth and lighted that flame again. The reason was different, over there…he still has not search. If that little flower demon was there, at that spot…
Hugging knees and weeping…
His chest suddenly carried the feeling of pain as bad as being ripped apart. He was short of breath and the flame pillar suddenly extinguished and the illusory scenery on the right loudly collapsed.
Dong Fang Qing Cang peered at the right side’s debris fluttering like the snowflakes that disappeared in the darkness. His heart suddenly surfaced a feeling of helplessness that was never felt before. It carried a strange fear as if needles have crawled into the depths of the bones, drifted around the body and then pieced across his internal five viscera organs and six bowels.
Even if it was the ancient times battle, it has never caused him to feel extremely helpless like this. Seeing the illusory scenery collapsing, and facing the truth that Little Orchid has vanished in this illusory scenery, he unexpectedly cannot do anything, he…
Cannot do anything.
In front there was only a patch of grass that he has not search. The final flame pillar in the sky was trembling and was almost extinguished. Dong Fang Qing Cang stepped to advance. Suddenly, it seemed that his feet has tripped over some object and staggeringly almost fell, but in the moment of delay, the flame pillar on the sky suddenly extinguished. The path in the front immediately dispersed into clouds of smoke.
Dong Fang Qing Cang did not get to become dazed as he peered at the sudden darkness that pressed before one’s eyes.
The red pupils lost their light.
With four directions being in darkness, Dong Fang Qing Cang temporarily cannot describe the feeling inside the heart. He has journeyed in the same darkness like so for ten million years. If speaking, in this world what he hates the most was darkness like this.
But at this time, he felt being in this darkness was unexpectedly no big deal.
Anyway…
Going outside did not have anything worthy for him to pursue.
For him to soak into this darkness…Dong Fang Qing Cang lowered his eyes. There was suddenly a weak light that illuminates his pair of eyes. His feet were still stepping on a meadow. The object that tripped his feet before was the bone orchid that he has miserably searched, but did not see.
The white, soft light on the bone orchid was merely eye-catching due to the dark surroundings.
Dong Fang Qing Cang peered at the bone orchid and temporarily did not dare reach out hand to grab it. He was scared that with such movement the final light would disappear.
It seemed that the object he wanted to find could easily be obtained like this.
He peered at the bone orchid for a long time and in the end suppressed the trembling inside the heart. He lifted the bone orchid off the ground and placed in the palm of the hand.
It seemed there was something that [one] has to expend a lot of efforts and even after despairing, can [one] find it.
Dong Fang Qing Cang peered at the bone orchid in the hand and laughed. In the sounds of laughter flowed several parts of signs, somewhat sorrows, and mostly the interweaving of complex feelings. Aside from him, perhaps there is no one that can clearly taste such taste.
When the sounds of laughter ended, Dong Fang Qing Cang closed eyes and breathe in one breath for a while. When [he] has opened eyes, the redness of the pair of eyes was still like before. He wore the bone orchid on the hand and arbitrarily waved hand. The fiery sword instantaneously returned from the darkness and landed into his hand.
He lifted the sword and pieced it into meadow that remained under the feet. The mouth chanted a spell. After the trembling, the remaining meadow immediately turned into debris. The shadow of Dong Fang Qing Cang completely disappeared in the dark atmosphere.
At the demon market on the surface, the sounds of hawking one’s wares still have not left the ears. The illusory scenery of the owner of the demon market has collapsed and did not influence the matter of buying and selling of the demon market on the surface.
In the demon market, the elderly man who sells medicine and carries wares was hawking one’s wares. Then suddenly the surrounding energies became hot and then cold in a split second. In that moment, everyone was still bewildered. Dong Fang Qing Cang who was sharply holding a sword has appeared in the middle of the road. He was staggering and fortunately, has the sword to pierce onto the ground; thus stood steadily with difficulty.
The bustling sounds of the demon market halted. The gazes of everyone landed on Dong Fang Qing Cang’s body. His chest was covered in ice crystals and his gaze carried hostile energies from turning around. The elderly man that sold medicine was being terrified by his fresh red pair of eyes and collapsed straight to the ground while the wares fell.
The gaze of Dong Fang Qing Cang fell on the wares. The tip of the nose slightly moved and he walked toward the front. He rummaged through the wares stall and pulled out a jade medicine bottle. The elderly man selling the medicine was terrifying shocked, “This this this…this is my…”
The elderly man did not get to finish speaking as Dong Fang Qing Cang has opened the cap of the bottle and poured the entire medicine into mouth. He conveniently pulled off the ice crystals on the chest and tossed into the wares stall of that elderly man.
The elderly man selling medicine peered at the large lumps of ice crystals and several* words of “my medicine passed down from ancestors” were swallowed into the stomach.
*Text used four words, but in English it’s lengthier to describe items passed down from one generation to another – Chocolatecosmosexplaination
Dong Fang Qing Cang did not bother paying attention of another’s gaze. He peered at the sky and Da Yu was hanging around the clouds.
Before coming to the demon market, Dong Fang Qing Cang came to the demon realm to find Little Orchid and conveniently released Da Yu that Kong Que and the people of the demon realm have captured. After that, brought it up to the heavenly realm and found the heavenly mirror to see the scene of the owner of the demon market capturing Little Orchid. After that, then rode Da Yu to here.
Currently, Dong Fang Qing Cang was truly appreciative of releasing Da Yu at that time “by excessive action”.
He spoke up to call, “Da Yu.” The demonic snake that was flying happily in the sky hissed and lowered itself to fly down besides him. Dong Fang Qing Cang jumped onto the back of Da Yu and lied down its back while indifferently said, “Go to Ye city.”
Da Yu heard such and flew up to the clouds. Its figure passed through the clouds like moving back and fro.
Dong Fang Qing Cang peered at the sunlight at the overhead and the clouds that flowed by on the side. He rubbed the bone orchid on the wrist and closed eyes, disregarding the hotness due to drinking overdosed medicine that raged in the abdomen.
Like so, can caused his body to feel a bit of warmth and can also restore the strength faster. These were the matters that he needed more than anything now.
The speed of Da Yu was not slow and only at the dragon hour (7-9 am), has already arrived at Ye city. Previously, seeing the gate into the underworld at Ye City was when Little Orchid has occupied half of his body.
Dong Fang Qing Cang stood at the small courtyard with heavy energies. The cold facial expression peered at the spirits and demons that yearly occupied here.
Currently, his strength was very weak. According to reason, originally should not suppressed very yellow spring Yin energy*, but every method that he has thought to make Little Orchid live again, there was only this method.