Eternal Love of Dream: The Aftermath

The Canyon, Part 1 🔥

Author's Note: this takes place closer to the end of Donghua's period of annual seclusion. Fengjiu finally gets to use the protective gifts Donghua has given her. Warning: a bit of dirty talk towards the end. 🤭

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"Xiaobai!" Donghua woke up from his sleeping spell.  He had enchanted her ring to alert him whenever it was activated to protect her.  He apparated to her, noticing that he was at the edge of a cliff and she was nowhere to be found.  There were arrows on the ground and he looked around to see thousands of soldiers with bows lifted. 

His eyes flashed a murderous purple.  "Where is she?" The soldiers all stared in shock as the appearance of the infamous Donghua Dijun. 

He summoned his Canghe sword, which multiplied into the thousands, ready to attack.

"Dijun, we didn't do anything.  Fengjiu...jumped on her own." A demon who sat on a horse stammered.

Donghua glanced at Xue Liyong, the lord of the Black demon clan.  "You shall refer to her as Dihou." He waved his hand, and the Canghe sword flew to every demon's throat, holding them paralyzed. One soldier fell to his knees in fear. 

"You, come here."

The soldier crawled to Donghua, crying as the Canghe sword poked his back.  He was too slow and Donghua pulled him with magic, his hand wrapping around the demon's throat.

"Dijun, please, I didn't want to...I..." Donghua touched the soldier's head and penetrated his mind.  There was no time to waste.  He searched for the last memory the soldier had of Fengjiu.   He saw that the soldiers had surrounded her, and Xue Liyong had ordered her to stop as the drop below was 10 li down into the Canyon of Lost Souls, known for banished demons and pure lawlessness. 

"Fengjiu, that is the Canyon of Lost Souls.  A high immortal would die upon impact, let alone someone with such low cultivation as you.  Even if you somehow survived the fall, you would meet with a far worse fate with all the demons down there.  Just bring back our magic or we will be forced to shoot. " Xue Liyong threatened.

Fengjiu's response was just to lift her chin. "I am Bai Fengjiu of Qingqiu.  I'm not afraid of Donghua Dijun, do you think I would be afraid of you?"

Donghua almost smiled at Fengjiu's bravado. It appeared she had used the Mulan necklace he had given her to stifle the magic of every immortal within a 5 li radius so that they could not use magic against her.

"You have three seconds." Xue Liyong started to count. 

Fengjiu looked down the cliff, touched her Mulan necklace and then took a leap below.  Xue Liyong gave the signal and the soldier rushed forward, shooting arrows at her.  However, her ring glowed purple and created a shield around her, deflecting the arrows as she plummeted.  Donghua realized she had deactivated the Mulan necklace before her fall so that his ring could protect her fall.  His Xiaobai was so smart. 

Donghua looked for any other memories of Fengjiu and then crushed the soldier's mind.  He turn his terrifyingly cold stare at Xue Liyong. 

"Dijun, please, we didn't do anything.  She jumped and you'll start a war between the gods and demons if you hurt me—" Xue Liyong's neck slashed by the Canghe sword, but only enough to bleed before the sword sliced and stabbed him again.  Thousands of cries filled the air as the multiples of the Canghe sword also mutilated the other demons. The Canghe swords would not stop until he commanded and he would not do so until he found her.  Donghua jumped into the Canyon, following his blood essence that was in her ring.

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Fengjiu opened eyes.  Her body felt sore all over but she was alive.  She lifted her ring finger and kissed his ring with gratitude. Donghua had protected her again.