Qiqi was covered in black lines—the hot-tempered King of Hell was not someone to mess with either!
"What about the demon realm?"
Rong Yi raised an eyebrow. "The demon realm is even more off-limits! A single obsessive thought turns one into a demon—anyone who becomes a demon has some kind of fixation, what you humans call a twisted mentality! Their space and time are chaotic, without order, purpose, or desire, yet they desire everything; the Demon King is especially capricious, with a fickle temper, often unleashing tyranny on his people; his mood is like a storm at sea, arising from nowhere and ending without cause... So the demons who survive in the demon realm are all incredibly formidable beings!"
"How terrifying!" Qiqi exclaimed.
Rong Yi smiled, a hint of mischief flickering in his eyes. "Actually, it's not that bad! Your human mental hospitals are pretty much like the demon realm! Take Lu Wei's hospital, for example—a normal person goes in, and before long, they come out a raving lunatic!"
This guy never misses a chance to attack Senior Brother Lu!
Qiqi pouted. "But what does all this have to do with Senior Brother Lu?"
Rong Yi replied, "He's a fallen angel—we wolves have keen senses and instincts, far sharper than you humans; Lu Wei carries a strange aura. If I'm not mistaken, he should be the reincarnation of a fallen angel."
"A fallen angel?"
"Yes, meaning someone from the underworld."
"You mean Senior Brother Lu is a ghost reborn?"
Qiqi's eyes widened, her mouth forming an "O" shape.
"No, it's not that simple."
Rong Yi narrowed his eyes, a flash of emerald light passing through his dark phoenix-like pupils. "I saw a dark red mark on his chest today—that's the mark of a fallen angel, indicating he was someone abandoned by the celestial realm... The celestial realm is a collective term for the territories of gods and immortals. Since the higher gods have long vanished without a trace, the celestial realm is now mainly ruled by immortals... He should come from one of these two races."
"You mean Senior Brother is a reincarnated deity?"
One moment a god, the next a ghost—the difference was too huge!
"Yes. He was likely from one of these two races, committed an unforgivable sin, suffered a terrible punishment, and endured the torment of a hundred ghosts gnawing at his heart in the abyss of hell... But someone like him is usually condemned to eternal damnation, never to be reborn. Why would he be reincarnated here..."
Rong Yi fell into deep thought.
Rong Yi was lost in thought, while Qiqi was indignant. "No way! A good person like Senior Brother Lu—how could he have committed a heinous crime? Punishing him like this is too much!"
She felt that someone as gentle and refined as her senior brother, who besides saving lives and healing the injured, probably wouldn't even harm an ant, how could he have committed an unforgivable sin? And a hundred ghosts gnawing at his heart? Was that the cause of his heart condition?
Seeing Qiqi defend Lu Wei, Rong Yi felt a bit annoyed, but this time he didn't argue. "Though, it's hard to say. The gods and immortals have always been arrogant. With the higher gods now gone, the remaining immortals are just hypocrites. The celestial realm isn't much these days—your senior brother might have been framed..."
Finally, a comforting word, and Qiqi heartily agreed.
"So, is that why you showed up in Senior Brother Lu's garden that night—because you suspected his identity?"
Rong Yi nodded. "I've always felt there was something off about Lu Wei. He carries the scent of a devil—anyone who's spent too long in hell picks up that smell, and it can never be washed away."