Missed Chance

As soon as Helian Mo heard the footsteps behind him, he knew that Sang Ying had arrived.

He had imagined many times what it would be like to see Sang Ying again, but when he turned around and met Sang Ying's unfamiliar eyes, Helian Mo suddenly didn't know what to say.

He could only give Sang Ying an awkward smile, "You're here. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Sang Ying looked at Helian Mo's unfamiliar face, seeing absolutely no trace of familiarity.

Perhaps too much time had passed, because even though she knew that the person in front of her was the little Demon Beast she had saved back then, Sang Ying could no longer find any trace of that little Demon Beast on Helian Mo's face.

Helian Mo was serious about managing the Demon Race branch in the Beastmen World, so the Demon Race had established a city here early on.

Sang Ying met Helian Mo in this newly built City of Ten Thousand Demons. Helian Mo carefully welcomed her into the house, where the exquisite decorations displayed the powerful wealth of the Demon Race.

Before the two could exchange more than a few words, Demon Race kept coming in to offer them spiritual fruits and tea.

Only after the room had quieted down again did Helian Mo finally speak again, "How have you been these past years?"

"Did you call me here just to ask these meaningless questions?" Sang Ying hadn't been idle these days; she was waiting to settle down and focus on her cultivation after dealing with the matters concerning the merging of the two realms.

Helian Mo tightened his grip on the teacup. He remained silent for a moment before speaking as if he had made up his mind, "If I were willing to offer the title of Empress to marry you, would you...?"

"I don't want to." Before Helian Mo could finish speaking, Sang Ying directly rejected him.

Helian Mo's hand throbbed with veins. He abruptly looked up at Sang Ying, his eyes reddening. "Why? Is there something wrong with me? Tell me, I can change. Just tell me, I can change anything. I'll change into the person you like!"

He was extremely anxious and even tried to reach out and grab Sang Ying's hand.

But Sang Ying deftly dodged the question, "I don't like you because there's anything wrong with you. I just don't understand why you like me. We've only met a few times."

"No, we've met more than a few times. Don't you remember? You saved me. You led me out of that crevice. You bought me with Spirit Stone the first time we met. I was originally yours..." He excitedly rushed to Sang Ying, looking at her pleadingly.

But Sang Ying's eyes remained indifferent.

"You're mistaken. It was Su Fuyun who bought you from the Demon Beast dealers, and it was also Su Fuyun who formed a bond with you and depended on you for survival." Sang Ying had already learned Helian Mo's identity from Jiang Zhuoxue, but she had no other thoughts.

In Sang Ying's view, Helian Mo had nothing to do with her. Even when Helian Mo went against her for Su Fuyun, Sang Ying felt nothing when she thought back on it now.

Hearing this, Helian Mo was so excited he almost jumped up. "No, no, that's not how it is! You were the one who bought me with the Spirit Stone. Later, when I was thrown into the underground river, you were the one who found me and helped me escape. You were the one who found the spirit medicine and healed my wounds. I am who I am today because of you!"

Seeing Helian Mo's almost frenzied state, Sang Ying coldly asked, "Even so, so what? Even if I offered the Spirit Stone, it was Su Fuyun who took a liking to you and bought you, and it was Su Fuyun ultimately formed a contract with you. Even if I saved you in the underground river later, after we left the secret realm, the first person you ran to was still Su Fuyun. You had already made some choices, hadn't you?"

Helian Mo's words caught in his throat at that moment, and memories of the past flooded his mind.

He suddenly realized that he no longer seemed to have the right to say these things to her.

"Do you know that I once sneaked into the bottom of the cliff behind the Flowing Light Sword Sect to look for you?" For some unknown reason, Helian Mo still asked.

Sang Ying nodded. "I know, I recognized you back then." After all, he still looked somewhat similar to her when she was a child and when she grew up.

"I thought that since you knew I had come to see you, you might have some feelings for me." Helian Mo gave a bitter smile; he would never meet someone he liked so much again in his life.

After a long silence inside, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Helian Mo kept his head down and remained silent. After a while, the Demon Race outside cautiously spoke up, "Lord, there is a man City of Ten Thousand Demons carrying a child. He says he is coming to our city to find the mother of his child."

Helian Mo immediately retorted angrily, "What child's mother is he looking for? Get him out of here! Doesn't he know where he is before daring to barge in like this!"

The Demon Race outside didn't leave and continued, "That person refuses to leave. He's quite strong and has injured many of our people guarding the city. He says his surname is Jiang."

Helian Mo's eyes immediately flashed with a fierce light. As soon as he heard the name "Jiang," he knew who had come to cause trouble.

Sang Ying had already rejected him, and he just wanted to spend a little more time with Sang Ying. Was that not allowed? This guy surnamed Jiang was being far too domineering!

Helian Mo was furious and was about to get up to say something when Sang Ying spoke first, "It's my dao companion who has come to find me. Please, Demon Emperor, let me leave."

Helian Mo paused, his eyes immediately turning red.

Her single dao companion, utterly defeated Helian Mo. Never before had he been so clear that there was no future for him and Sang Ying.

"Fine." Helian Mo's throat tightened, "I'll let you leave."

Sang Ying pretended not to notice the tremor in Helian Mo's voice and turned to leave the room.

Behind her stood Helian Mo's solemn vow. "From this day forward, our Demon Race and the Human Race will be allies, and this oath will never be broken!"

Sang Ying nodded slightly to Helian Mo with her back to him, then strode away from the City of Ten Thousand Demons.

In front of the towering city gate, Jiang Zhuoxue was holding Little Heavenly Dao Tiandao and looking at Sang Ying with a beaming smile, as if she had been waiting here for a long time.

"So, did you make things clear?" Jiang Zhuoxue wasn't worried about Sang Ying, after all, he knew very well that she would never fall in love with anyone else in her life but him.

But you still have to be a little jealous; you can't just let him stay home waiting for his dao companion to meet with some other man, can you?

Sang Ying took the Little Heavenly Dao from Jiang Zhuoxue and smiled gently at her, "Yes, it's clear now. He won't bother us anymore."

Jiang Zhuoxue smiled, completely satisfied with the answer, and at the same time, he didn't forget to give Helian Mo behind Sang Ying a smug look.

Helian Mo pursed his lips and watched them leave.

Some people are destined to walk two different paths from the very beginning, just as some choices are made from the outset.

Helian Mo turned and walked into the City of Ten Thousand Demons. They were like two intersecting lines, never to meet again.