CHAPTER 585: CHAPTER 585: THE GIRL TURNS INTO AN OLD WOMAN

The Flower Demon’s expression froze, and her eyes gradually became cold and sinister.

The people around were shocked. An eighteen-year-old in the Nascent Soul Realm, throughout history, such a person is exceedingly rare, truly a prodigy among prodigies.

Qin Yi looked at the Flower Demon and said with a smile, "To be honest, I really admire this genius girl. At eighteen, her cultivation has reached this level, truly astonishing. Everyone in the Qi Cultivation knows that this girl is bound to become a dominant figure in the future. Many went to congratulate her, with gifts and friendships. You know, befriending someone destined to stand at the pinnacle has many benefits."

"However, things did not develop as everyone imagined. No matter how talented, how extraordinary, ultimately a young person’s mind is prone to drifting. Consequently, this genius girl became so arrogant that she didn’t even take the Pavilion Master of the Baihua Pavilion seriously. She secretly cultivated Baihua Pavilion’s Forbidden Divine Power, the Residual Flower Technique."

"This Residual Flower Technique, although powerful, is an incomplete secret book; cultivation can result in various uncontrollable issues. For example, losing one’s nature and a drastic change in temperament..."

Qin Yi paused, looking at the Flower Demon and continued, "For example... the body being affected, it does not grow, but instead, it shrank. Like the ephemeral flower, blooming at night and withering by morning, its beauty only a fleeting glimpse, unable to last long and hard for anyone to remember."

The Flower Demon clenched her fists, her nails piercing her palms, blood seeping through her fingers.

"Afterwards, because of secretly cultivating the Residual Flower Technique, although she became powerful, she suffered side effects—like a wilting flower, perpetually in a child’s form, growing smaller and smaller. Coincidentally, this genius girl was also called... the Flower Demon."

Everyone looked at the Flower Demon in shock, full of disbelief.

If Qin Yi’s story took place forty years ago, when the Flower Demon was eighteen, then now she would be nearly sixty years old.

Everyone looked at the Flower Demon in shock, this innocent and childlike little girl, could she truly be a nearly sixty-year-old woman?

Even Qi Refiners from other countries, and even Nan ZaiXu, looked bewildered. He was familiar with the Flower Demon but never knew this, only knowing she was from the Baihua Pavilion.

The Flower Demon stared at Qin Yi fiercely, her once innocent face full of endless venom.

"Flower Demon, could what Qin Yi said be true?" Nan ZaiXu asked.

The Flower Demon suddenly laughed oddly, her voice old and hoarse, the sudden change giving everyone goosebumps.

"How did you come to know about these things?" the Flower Demon stared at Qin Yi and asked.

Everyone was dumbfounded, it indeed seemed true. This seemingly cute little girl was actually an old woman.

Qin Yi chuckled lightly, "Things I want to know, naturally, I can find out. I know more than just these; I also know that because of cultivating the Residual Flower Technique, you have problems not only physically but also mentally."

"Flower Demon, you became a slaughterer, wantonly killing innocents, destroying anything you disliked. The Spiritual Grass Sect was just a small sect under Baihua Pavilion, yet because the Spiritual Grass Sect Leader didn’t give way to you, this small matter led you to massacre the sect, killing all two hundred members, old and young alike, without leaving a single survivor."

"In Bailing City, once a bar caught fire, and someone maliciously locked the front and back doors. Over three hundred people burned alive inside. That was also your doing, just because you were mistaken for a minor and stopped by the bar’s security. Over such a minor issue, you caused the death of over three hundred innocent people."

"Not only that, someone criticized you for your indiscriminate killing, and you killed his entire family, even children in swaddling clothes were not spared. Because your junior sister was to marry, you envied her, as you could never marry, so you killed your junior sister’s fiancé, crippled her cultivation, and sold her into a brothel, forcing her to entertain clients..."

"Enough!" The Flower Demon seemed insane, her voice a sharp howl.

The audience shuddered; those present were not good people, yet they were terrified by the Flower Demon’s cruelty. The transformation from an innocent cute girl into a murderous monster created a grotesque and bizarre feeling of absurdity.

Qin Yi sneered, "What’s wrong? Afraid to face the sins of your past?"

"Flower Demon, look at yourself now, a sixty-year-old woman in a teenager’s body, pretending to be cute and calling others brothers; isn’t it disgusting? Have you almost convinced yourself you’re still a teenager?"

"In fact, your current miserable state is not unrelated to your sect. You cultivated the forbidden divine skill, the Residual Flower Technique, but the Baihua Pavilion indulged you for your talent, turning a blind eye to your wanton killings. After killing you, I’ll find an opportunity to destroy the Baihua Pavilion."

The Flower Demon laughed maniacally, her face hideous, "Destroy my Baihua Pavilion, you must be dreaming. Do you know how strong Baihua Pavilion’s power is? Just to see you, you couldn’t even reach the entrance of Baihua Pavilion alive. As for you wanting to kill me, you underestimate me, the Flower Demon. Don’t assume you can kill a waste like Mo Buwen and run wild in front of me."

Qin Yi chuckled lightly, "I know, your cultivation is much higher than theirs, already reaching the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm. However, at eighteen, you were already in the early Nascent Soul stage. After forty years, you are only at the Great Perfection, which shows that the Residual Flower Technique damaged not only your body and mind but also suppressed your talent."

Nan ZaiXu was shocked, he had sparred with the Flower Demon, and their cultivation was evenly matched. Did the Flower Demon hide her cultivation?

"Even if the Residual Flower Technique has harmed me greatly, with my current cultivation, it’s enough to kill you. Qin Yi, do you know what I hate most? I hate hypocrites like you, always bemoaning the fate of the world, as if you’re the only good person on earth."

"All are self-interested. Can you really claim you’re selfless for the world, without a bit of selfish desire?"

Qin Yi said indifferently, "My selfish desire is to save the world."

The Flower Demon laughed mockingly, "Don’t tell me you didn’t originally want to save the world, but your selfish desires left you no choice?"

Qin Yi was slightly dazed, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Actually, it’s indeed as you said. If I could, I would like to go home, stay with my family, and live a good life, that’s the life I long for. As for saving the world, it’s not my desire, but I have to do it."

"Hmph, I’ll admit you have some skill. But Qin Yi, you want to swallow us all whole, you don’t have the teeth for that."

The Flower Demon slowly ascended into the sky, looking down at Qin Yi, her power surging, twisting and detonating the air for hundreds of meters around.