chapter 12

Chen Li looked up at the southeast corner . However, instead of seeing a house, the only thing that was visible was a crowd of glowing red spirits . The residence was covered, as if the bloody baby demon spirits were trying to bite a hole though . Chen Li’s heart shook, and she turned to look at Xing Yun . Originally, she was going to let him just wait here, but the immature demons were already crawling their way towards them . Finally, she just gnashed her teeth and took his hand in a tight grip . “No matter what, don’t wander more than 3 steps from me . ”

Xing Yun just smiled . “With such a grip, how could I?”

His world suddenly went dark . When he opened his eyes again, he was in a blood soaked room . But despite it’s current appearance, if one looked closely, they could see that it used to be a grand and beautiful area . The blood within the room dripped from the demon spirit’s tears, toxic and extremely harmful . In a short moment of carelessness, a drop fell onto him and pain racked his body . It was so intense that it reached and engraved itself within his heart . Xing Yun’s hand was smoldering, smoke blowing up from it . All that remained was a round, but deep hole in his hand .

However, Xing Yun did not let out a sound, leaving Chen Li oblivious as she continued to scout around . Finally, Chen Li managed to find a secret door behind the bookcase . It was open, leading out into a dark room . Chen Li brought her other hand up and unfurled it, revealing a bright flame in the hollow of her palm as she walked ahead, pulling along Xing Yun . Every step she took was careful .

“Ah!!”

A scream! Within the narrow passageway, the cry was even more piercing, making Chen Li’s heart feel ever tighter . If Prince Rui died then… .

Using the fire blazing in her palm to lead the way, Chen Li and Xing Yun finally reached the exit of the escape tunnel, leading into a spacious room . A candle light flickered behind the screen . The two had yet to have even enter, but they could already hear the small lotus miss’s mournful crying . “Zhu Chengjin! Neither you or her can live any further!! You all must die!”

Rushing into the room, Chen Li kicked the screen that was blocking their sight out of the way . The young lotus missus’s long black hair was disordered and messy, young demon spirits floating around her . Prince Rui’s hand was grasping a 3 foot long cyan colored sword as he defended a bed, lips bloody . This bed, he was willing to risk his life to protect, laid a women . Her face was pale as she lied still, eyes closed as if she had slept for many years .

Chapter 12

When Chen Li and Xing Yun suddenly broke into the room, the young lotus missus was suprised, her blood red eyes staring at the two . Her lips moved . “Those who obstruct me, die!” Her magical qi reappeared and converged into the shape of a knife . With the young missus’s shout, it split through the air, aiming to kill Chen Li and Xing Yun .

Chen Li moved to block in front of Xing Yun, her hand waved out . It was as if the magical qi had hit an invisible barrier that it could not pierce through as it diffused back into the air . However, her resentment was still very strong and converged into a mist and trapped Chen Li . The hatred was so strong that Chen Li frowned . “ Rather than how you are now, I really do love your happy, innocent blushing manner much more . If you don’t calm down and change back to normal now, I will no longer give you the chance . ” As soon as she finished her words, a red tasseled, silver long spear suddenly materialized in the palm of her hand . Waving, it reappeared in her grasp as she charged at the young miss, striking at the heart . Before she could finish her action, a hoarse voice suddenly interrupted her . Prince Rui . “Do not hurt her . ”

His voice was extremely rough, but his intention was clear . If there was indeed no hatred, even in such a state, then Chen Li was completely convinced that Rui Wang must have really loved the young lotus miss- Even in such a dire situation, he could still not bear to hurt her one bit .

“Do not hurt me?” When the young lotus miss heard this, the laugh that came out of her throat was similar to crying . “Zhu Chengjin…… Zhu Chengjin! Are you merciful or cruel?” Her voice was raised, her whole body radiating even more hostility . “In that case, all of you can die together!”

The ground trembled . It roared out a loud boom as rock collapsed,blocking off the exit to the outside . Chen Li’s heart sunk- Outside, there were thousands upon hundreds of incomplete demon spirits, all surrounding the house that can destroy everybody outside . Over here, they would’ve normally been safe . However, this is a narrow channel, if the exit is sealed, it is tantamount to burying all the people here alive . Not a small amount, when all the air here is exhausted, everybody here would have suffocated to death!

“Always guarding her, now you can die together . ” The young missus’s figure gradually became faint, “And I, will destroy your whole Rui Palace . ” Chen Li’s body flashed, stepping forward to seize her . Outside, the demon spirits are affected by the young lotus miss . If this time we can kill her, all the other ones outside would lose their hostility . However, this time Chen Li had forgotten that she was still clutching onto Xing Yun’s hand, who was tying her down . Before she could let go and chase her, the young missus had already dissipated .

Chen Li gnashed her teeth and angrily threw off Xing Yun’s hand before turning to glare at him . Xing Yun had an innocent look on his face as she glared at him, waiting for him to speak . Finally, Xing Yun sighed, “You’re stronger, with such a tight grip, how could I break free of your grasp?”

Chen Li choked and forced her feelings down, turning to stare at Prince Rui . His expression was very sullen, and his complexion was pale . Chen Li did not bother to ask him why and just got straight to the point, “I’ll send you two out first, and then you two return back with the guards to carry this girl out . ”

“Out of question . ”

“Cannot . ”

The two men both open their mouths and denied Chen Li’s order . Prince Rui turned to look at Xing Yun inquiringly, a somber look on his face . Finally, Xing Yun sighed . ”I can make a soul condensing array here . ” He turned to look at the woman on the bed . “If we leave her now, she may not survive . ”

Hearing this remark, Chen Li glared angrily at Prince Rui, “Speak! What’s wrong with her?”

At this time, Prince Rui had long collapsed by the bedside and had no energy to rebuke Chen Li for her “disrespectful” attitude . He kept silent and only looked at the woman on the bed before his hoarse voice rang out,

“This is my wife, the Rui Princess . Three years ago, we were out on a walk when we got attacked by an assassination squad . My face had gotten damaged, but she had protected me, all the knives entering her body . She saved me from the assassination, but she had fallen off of a cliff . I found her body at the bottom of the cliff, so I brought her back and kept her here, waiting for the day she opens her eyes again . ”

Chen Li frowned, “If you were just waiting for her, than why would you house a demon spirit? Now, it even holds so much resentment towards you, how come?”

Prince Rui kept silent for a while before finally speaking hoarsely, “When I brought her back here, the only thing I could think of was her dead body . It gave me indescribable sorrow, because I know, I know that Ye Shi, such a woman, couldn’t have died so easily . I studied the path of immortals and finally found 2 ways to awaken her……”

Before he could even finish, Chen Li already knew of the 2 ways he had found . To either continue to extend her life with a Fate Changing array, and to raise a complete demon spirit to feed to her . One life for another life .

Chen Li sneered, ruthlessly exposing him . “You did not protect your wife properly, and had let her die for your sake 3 years ago . Now, you can’t accept the reality, and delusionally wishes for her to live again . Therefore, you sought for an immoral method and went against the flow of heaven to raise a demon spirit hand by hand, only to trade hers for your wife’s . Really such a cheap guy, huh?”

The prince kept silent . “That is what I’ll do, if it wakes Ye Shi up . ”

Chen Li’s eyes narrowed, if it wasn’t for the fact that Xing Yun would have nowhere else to go, then she really would’ve preferred to just go, leaving this selfish prince to just deal with it all himself . “Now why did the young lotus miss turn out to be like this?”

Prince Rui shook his head, “I come here every night to visit my wife, but somehow, Small Lotus had actually broken in here for some reason . She didn’t understand these matters, so her heart gave birth to resentment .

Of course she’ll resent you! Chen Li spoke, “A demon spirits temper is very stubborn . She regards you as someone very dear to her, but you would actually kill her for another life… . If she didn’t hate you, then something would’ve been wrong with her brain! Not to mention…” Chen Li turned her gaze to the woman on the bed . She felt that no more words were needed . The little lotus miss had always loved Prince Rui, but it turned out that all along, the only one the Prince cared for was his princess .

Just then, the ground shook once more . Chen Li still did not know how well the outer pavilions were faring . Chen Li pondered before speaking to Prince Rui . “I don’t care about what happens before, but right now, we are in this mess because of you . Since you can’t make up your mind, I’ll just do this how I want to . When I find the lotus miss, if I cannot get rid of her power, I will kill her . ”

Prince Rui’s expression was cold as he observed Chen Li, listen to her clear voice . “Keep in mind, that if the young lotus miss dies, and people connect it with your dead wife, that it was I, Chen Li, who killed her and no one else was involved . ”

Xing Yun suddenly turned to observe Chen Li, their eyes meeting . Chen Li quickly turned her head, her vision leaving Xing Yun .

Chen Li involuntarily grabbed Xing Yun’s wrist and spoke, “Right now the tunnel is blocked . The baby blood demon spirits cannot come in, but air is limited and can’t sustain us for long . Around this time outside, it should be a mass of panic . I can bring Xing Yun and myself to go back in the throne room to avoid the baby demon spirits . Let the common people leave the palace, then we can search for the young lotus miss . ”

Xing Yun didn’t know what to say, and just nodded and agreed .

Where, in this moment, Chen Li was still mindful of Xing Yun, her mouth constantly muttering incantations as their landscape changed . The horizon had already become translucent and the sun was about to rise, bringing light and weakening the bloody demon spirits severely . But even so, the Rui Palace was in a disastrous state from the raging last night . The bodies of the slaves, maidservants, and guards, were all crumpled up under the baby demon spirits, clothes and flesh burned off by the acidic tears . A very gruesome and nauseous sight .

But even if Chen Li saw a corpse that looked disturbingly similar to a butchered pig, she would just summon her silver longspear and brandish it . Sending out waves of killing intent, she simply swept it out of her way as she spoke to Xing Yun . “Take advantage of the sun to deal with the little bloody demon spirits with your array . If they are contained first, the people of Rui Palace can escape safely . ”

Xing Yun froze up for a moment before forcing out a bitter smile . “Do you really think arrays are so easy to make? I don’t even know Rui Palace’s layout, how could I make one?”

Chen Li felt surprised for a moment . “If that’s the case, then why didn’t you say so in the cavern? If deal with the young lotus miss right now, you would have no use . ”

Xing Yun coughed twice, “I didn’t hear you say anything earlier . ”

You didn’t hear at all, what’s wrong with your head, ah! Chen Li struggled to suppress her anger, in such a busy time, he added more chaos . If this was in her military barracks, then she would’ve had people to pull and whip this stupid soldier .

She had originally planned to have just dropped Xing Yun off at the Rui Palace then go her separate ways, but in the end, how long has this “simple” situation been?!? She only stays here for a moment, yet so much danger has occurred! If her pursuers come and add to the mix as well, this situation would not be solved with a few mere houses collapsing .

As Chen Li continued to think about how to end this situation, the tip of her nose caught a whiff of more magical qi, a familiar one causing her heart to tighten . She looked towards the horizon, but the smell as closer now . However, she was relieved . It was only one person, and what’s more, is that she is very familiar with this pers–

“Mo Fang!”

“Mo Fang!” She shouted towards the sky, a black ball of magical qi suddenly falling near her . Chen Li rushed to it, the thick, black qi dispersing to reveal Mo Fang, dressed in thin, black robes . He fell onto one knee, bowing his hand respectfully into a salute .

“King!”

Ever since Mo Fang had devised a method for her to escape to marriage, Chen Li had always felt grateful to him in her heart, even though she had been forced through inhumane treatments afterwards…… . However, Mo Fang’s loyalty wasn’t weak willed . She patted his back and helped him up, but Mo Fang refused . Rather, he bent his other knee and sank into a deep kowtow . “The other day had injured the King . Mo Fang had committed a crime worth a thousand deaths . ”

Chen Li grew angry, “Get up! I hate those who bow as the first thing they do!”

Xing Yun had backed up a step and was just quietly sizing up the newly arrived man kneeling on the ground . Chen Li realised that although Mo Fang was still kneeling, he was very guarded against Xing Yun . Turning to Mo Fang, she said, “Anyways, he is my subordinate . ” Chen Li pondered, what to say . For Mo Fang to come and find her, a big event must have surely happened up in heaven . However, if she can’t tell Mo Fang everything- A mortal knowing of all the little demon spirits and such strong knowledge of arrays is not something that is right . His body as a mortal, yet knowing so much bears a great burden for him . If it is known that Xing Yun understands some of the Truths of heaven, then who knows which near day lightning will strike down and kill him .

Chen Li looked around, the bloody demon spirits were left helpless by the sun, lying on the ground, unable to move . But just in case, Chen Li gave Xing Yun the red tasseled silver long spear in her hands . “Take it and go somewhere else for now . He and I have some matters to discuss . My spear contains my spirtual aura, so no bloody baby spirits should try and attack you . ”

Before Xing Yun could reply, the silver longspear was already in his arms . Glancing at the floor, he could see that the demon spirits were left helpless and couldn’t move due to the sun . Xing Yun was about to deny, but suddenly Mo Fang had lifted his head and his stare pierced into Xing Yun’s . His expression was vivid, as if almost yelling, “You dare to take the King’s spear! Damn!” Xing Yun was silent for a moment before clutching the silver spear tightly to his bosom, and leisurely walked to the outside . He didn’t forget to give Mo Fang a smug smile before he left .

Mo Fang clenched his fist, but Chen Li actually smiled and helped him up . She patted his shoulder, “Young fellow, I really must thank you for injuring me that time . Otherwise, there would’ve been no way for me to escape!” Mo Fang was a whole head higher than Chen Li, so she had to look up to see his face . A glimpse of a scar was at Mo Fang’s neck, the result of his sacrifice to the red tasseled longspear . Her silver longspear contained demonic aura, preventing the scar from healing . No matter how good Mo Fang’s healing abilities were, it could never get rid of it .

Chen Li sighed . “Later, when this foolish marriage has been abolished, I will go in front of the Demon Emperor myself and make sure that you receive compensation . ”

Mo Fang lowers his head . “Your subordinate doesn’t dare . ” He stopped his formal speech this time and went straight to the point . “Had King used her magical powers last night? Those up in heaven had felt the waves of power, I’m afraid that if you don’t flee quickly now, it will be difficult to later . ”

This, Chen Li had already known . However, there is still the current situation, if the little lotus miss kills the prince, then there is no one else whose powers rival the Crown Prince’s . Then, who can shield Xing Yun?