manynovel Chapter 114: Aging (3)
Chapter 114: Aging (3)
"Return to the King of Li."
Heulia, who had just appeared here, was also surprised. She did not expect that the Human King would notice her presence in an instant, which made her nervous.
Zhu Yuncheng let go of Ganyu and stared at Heulia for a long time before he slowly spoke: "I wonder what the Lord Salt God wants to do in Guili?"
He actually wanted to ask the Salt God where he had been for the past thirty years and why he hadn't come to Yancheng!
Heuliah looked at the King Guili in front of him and felt dazed. He still remembered that sixty years ago, when he was still young, he was so high-spirited and could easily solve the predicament of Yancheng with just his conversation.
But now, although his appearance has not changed, his jet-black hair has turned dry and white, and he exudes the air of old age.
"I came here because I hope you can persuade Morax not to fight with other demons and keep the original situation." Heulia explained his purpose.
Zhu Yuncheng just found it funny: "Lord Salt God, it seems that in the past 30 years, you were not in Salt City. You were outside persuading other demon gods to give up fighting and return to the same life as before."
"Yes, that's right." Heulia nodded repeatedly. "The war between the demons is too cruel. Over the years, I have traveled all over Guili and the nearby demon territories and seen the tragic scenes after the demons fought each other. If the war is really allowed to continue like this, then in the end, the entire continent of Teyvat will be destroyed. What do you think?"
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhu Yuncheng cursed unceremoniously, "Heuliah, do you think it's realistic to say such things? The war between demons is an order from heaven. Any demon who dares to disobey and escape the war will be sentenced to death. You seem to be doing this for the good of all demons, but in fact, you are making all demons disobey the order of heaven and kill them all!"
Heulia was shocked. She quickly shook her head: "No, it's not like that, King Guiliren, you must believe me."
Zhu Yuncheng looked at Heulia in front of him and said indifferently: "You shouldn't say this to me, but go and talk to the Emperor and Guizhong. Marcosius said that although I landed on Sky Island with them, I am only a human being. As you can see, I am already in my twilight years and may die in a few years."
Heuliah shook his head: "I dare not, I am afraid."
Zhu Yuncheng was annoyed: "You are afraid, you are afraid to find other demon gods to make them stop fighting and return to a peaceful life. You are afraid and you come here to tell me. Let me ask you, why are you afraid of the emperor? He did not take the initiative to attack you."
"Because Morax is very powerful, he is the most powerful demon I have ever seen." Heuliah explained with grievance, "If other demons, dream demons, and Chi attack me, I am confident that I can escape. But if Morax wants to kill me, I will have no way to escape."
Zhu Yuncheng adjusted his mood after hearing this and said, "Hewulia, go back to Yancheng. Your idea is too naive. It is absolutely impossible to achieve."
"Why?" Heulia bit her lip, her eyes full of reluctance, "Why did you and the other demons reject me? I did this for the good of the demons."
"Don't use your ignorant cognition to deal with this matter!" Zhu Yuncheng scolded, "Hewulia, don't you know that before my Qianyan Army liberated Yancheng, it was you who caused the miserable life of Yancheng civilians? You think that humans just need to survive, but you don't know that it was you who made those civilians live a hellish life of extreme hunger and no future. Now you want to use your ideas to put it among the demon gods!
Let me tell you, the Demon War is not fought between the demons, but by the law of nature. The demons are forced to fight. There is no way for the demons to fight. If you really want to return to your original life, then go and gather all the demons in the entire Teyvat continent, and then defeat the law of nature together, understand!"
Heuliah's body shrank, tears flashed in her eyes, and she was scolded and cried by Zhu Yuncheng. Looking at the tears in her eyes, Zhu Yuncheng felt sick in his heart. How could such a weak, incompetent and ignorant life become a demon god?
He waved his hand and said, "Go back to Yancheng. At least, you won't be in any danger there."
Heuliah sobbed softly, lowered his head, stood up and left.
After Heuliah left, Ganyu walked over to him from the corner and said, "Brother, you really scared me to death. Heuliah is a demon god. How dare you insult him like this?"
"This is what he deserves!" Zhu Yuncheng snorted unceremoniously, "Ganyu, go and order all the Guili people in Yancheng to leave Yancheng and return to Guili. Also, if there are any Yancheng people who want to join the Guili Group, bring them back."
Gan Yu didn't know why Zhu Yuncheng did that, but she just did as he said.
Before the news reached Yancheng, the salt god Heuliah had returned to Yancheng after an absence of 30 years.
Ever since the establishment of the new king and the start of the Demon War, Heulia handed over Yancheng to Ningxia with confidence. But now Ningxia has died of old age, and the new king of Yancheng has become someone else.
"The walls of Yancheng are much higher than before." Heulia used elemental power to cover her face, making it impossible to see her true appearance.
"The outer city also became like the inner city, with slabs of stone paving the roads and small buildings made of stone."
Walking on the streets in the city, Heuliah looked at the prosperous scenes around him and remembered that more than 60 years ago, the outer city was not like this. At that time, the roads were muddy and the houses were built of wood and were very low.
"careful!"
"puff."
Heuliah saw a child in a colorful robe playing with his friends, and one of the children accidentally bumped into him.
"Are you okay?" Heuliah squatted down and helped the little boy up.
"It's okay, sorry sister." The little boy smiled sweetly at Heuliah, then continued to play with his friends and left laughing.
"In the past, people from outside the city would not laugh." Heuliah looked dazed, and the roar of King Guili rang in his ears again: You thought you were being nice to those people, but you didn't know that they have been living in a hell of hunger and no future.
"Is all this really my fault?" Heuliah muttered to himself and walked straight back to the Temple of Salt.
The next second, the Salt Temple burst into a burst of light that shot straight into the sky.
Everyone in Yancheng stopped what they were doing and looked up at the light.
As the light faded, Heuliah's true form appeared, causing the people of Yancheng to exclaim: "It's the Lord Salt God, He's back!"
"Salt God!"
"Salt God!"
Looking at the people of Yancheng kneeling before him, looking at their plump bodies, looking at their hopeful mental state.
Heuliah finally realized the reality: "I was wrong."