Chapter 92: To Become Human
From the back-and-forth between the snake demon and Ji Li, things had become perfectly clear.
It was just the typical story of a naïve sweetheart stepping into society for the first time—tricked by a scumbag who swindled both her heart and her treasures, only to dump her later and turn around to marry some rich and beautiful lady.
Although Ji Li was a demon, she obviously had no experience with the ways of the world. On top of that, she had a doting Demon King father spoiling her, so of course she ended up a bit naïve.
Even after losing her demon core and nearly dying, she still couldn’t stop thinking about going back to release that scumbag from the life-and-death bond they shared, afraid that he would be hurt because of her.
Fortunately, she’d met the snake demon—her childhood friend and steadfast companion—who absolutely refused to let her throw her life away.
Among the demon race, such a bond was equivalent to a marriage contract, one that could not be dissolved lightly. Forcing it to break would cause one’s cultivation to regress at best, or damage one’s soul at worst. The process itself was nothing short of torture.
Yun Jiao couldn’t help remembering the day her ancestor helped her break her own bond. The Demon King had been struck down from the heavens in one blow—but he had regained consciousness almost immediately afterward.
Now that she thought about it, he must have been woken up by the pain.
Originally, Ji Li had a hundred years of cultivation; such pain would’ve been nothing to her. At most, she’d need a few decades to recover.