The Emperor imprisoned a group of Tianyan Realm masters in secret, fearing that the news would leak out, so he specially transferred the chief of the guards around him to keep a close watch on them. The whole place was guarded so tightly that not even a fly could fly out.
The only people who can come and go freely here are Fu Yujin and Fu Yuhao.
So when the guard leader suddenly found the imperial concubine at the entrance of the dungeon, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat. Because the emperor had repeatedly issued a gag order, this matter must not be heard by the imperial concubine.
"Please stop, Empress!"
When the head of the guards saw the imperial concubine was about to go in, he quickly stepped forward and raised his hand to stop her, saying nervously: "The prisoners here are all important criminals. How can the imperial concubine, who is as precious as a jade, set foot here? Please return to the palace quickly!"
The imperial concubine was wearing a dark cloak. When she saw the guards stopping her, she slowly raised her hand and took off the brim of her hat. Her hair was like clouds, but a closer look revealed a light frost. "I know who is imprisoned in there. You don't have to hide it from me. It's just those Tianyan realm masters from the Four Realms Immortal Palace."
The guard leader looked embarrassed, wondering where she had heard this: "The inner elixir of Immortal Youyun was dug out, and the murderer is still missing. The emperor is doing this to find out the truth. Once everything is clear, he will naturally let them go."
Sang Feiwan pretended to be an attendant, following behind the emperor and his concubine with a sword in his arms. Upon hearing the words, he glanced at the leader of the guards inconspicuously, then secretly shook his head at the emperor and his concubine, indicating that she should not believe his lies.
We must go in now and find a way to rescue those people. Otherwise, if the Emperor fails to break through to the Heavenly God Realm tonight, he will come to extract the second inner elixir soon.
Fu Yuhao has always hated Baili Duyue, and Sang Feiwan seriously suspected that he would take revenge on Baili Duyue, so he tortured Baili Duyue first.
The imperial concubine obviously knew this, her face darkened, and she said coldly to the guard leader: "Since you are only trying to find out the truth, there is no need to stop me. After all, they are distinguished guests, and now they are imprisoned here by the emperor, so they must have hatred in their hearts. I am only going in to comfort them with words."
The guard leader hesitated and said, "But..."
Seeing that he was still trying to stop her, the imperial concubine feared that if she delayed too long, the emperor would find out, so she slapped him and said coldly, "Asshole, how dare you stop me! If you dare to say anything more, I will report to the emperor and accuse you of insubordination and abolish your cultivation!"
The emperor's mood was unpredictable, but he loved his concubine very much. This was a well-known fact. When the guard leader heard that his cultivation was going to be abolished, he became more and more hesitant. Seeing this, the concubine pushed him away and forced her way in with Sang Feiwan, who was disguised as an attendant, and said coldly:
"Without my order, no one of you is allowed to come in! Anyone who dares to take a step forward will have his cultivation abolished and his entire clan implicated!"
At that time, a group of monks imprisoned in the dungeon happened to wake up slowly. When they saw themselves in the dungeon and their limbs were sore and weak, they were all shocked and didn't understand what was happening.
"It's the Emperor! It must be the Emperor! Why would he lock us up here?!"
"Does he suspect that we dug up Immortal Lord Youyun's inner elixir?"
"It won't be that simple! Fu Yujin is a man with a lot of scheming. When he ascended the throne, he used extremely ruthless means. He must have other intentions in imprisoning us here now!"
"What kind of drug did he give us? My Dantian Qi is running backwards, and I can't gather my spiritual power or strength at all. It's like my cultivation has been wasted!"
"Me too… "
“Fu Yujin really deserves to die! Did he think he could do whatever he wanted just because he was in charge of the Cloud Realm? He clearly didn’t take the people from the Four Realms Immortal Palace seriously!”
As soon as Sang Feiwan entered the dungeon, he heard the indignant curses of the crowd, but he did not stop them. Instead, he hoped that these people would curse as fiercely as possible. The fiercer they cursed, the angrier they were, and the angrier they were, the fiercer they would fight Fu Yujin.
Therefore, he only cast a spell to set up a soundproof barrier to prevent the guards outside from hearing the noise inside, and he did not take any other action.
When the imperial concubine heard the conversation, she was distracted for a moment and said to herself in surprise: "It is indeed Haruhizui..."
Sang Feiwan subconsciously asked, "What is Chunrizui?"
The imperial concubine paused for a moment before saying, "It is an extremely rare incense that makes ordinary people feel weak all over, but cultivators will lose all their spiritual power and feel drowsy as if they were drunk. This incense requires dozens of heavenly treasures to make, so it is extremely rare. Only the emperor has a few left. Those cultivators must have been poisoned by this incense..."
What she didn't say was that Baili Qingdu was poisoned by this incense, which was why he was assassinated by Fu Yujin.
Sang Feiwan frowned: "How do we solve this?"
The imperial concubine took out a thumb-sized white jade incense pot from her sleeve and said in a solemn tone, "I guessed that he would use Chunri Zui, and Chunri would be unable to wake up from his dream. I can use Huangliangxiang to break the medicinal properties..."
After she finished speaking, she took Sang Feiwan and walked quickly into the depths of the dungeon. The monks imprisoned inside were also surprised when they saw her, and they all said:
"Emperor's Concubine?!"
"Emperor's Concubine?! Why are you here?!"
They probably suspected that the Emperor's Concubine and Fu Yujin were in cahoots, so they all looked alert and unfriendly.
The imperial concubine opened the incense pot and explained to everyone, "You have been poisoned by the Spring Drunkenness that the emperor gave you during the banquet. This incense can cure the drug. You will recover in half an hour."
Hua Qinyi was surprised when he heard this, stepped forward, frowned and asked in confusion: "Why would the Emperor do this?!"
Sang Feiwan looked at her and whispered half-truthfully, "The Emperor is practicing an evil skill that requires the inner elixir of a master of the Tianyan Realm. Immortal Youyun died because of it. He imprisoned you so that he could easily extract your inner elixir. Tonight, he will come out of his quiet room and choose another person from you to dig out your inner elixir."
As soon as he said this, everyone's faces changed drastically, especially when they heard the last four words, they subconsciously covered their dantian, as if they could already feel the pain of having their inner elixir dug out.
The emperor's concubine also looked at Sang Feiwan in surprise, as if she couldn't understand why he knew so much.
Hua Qinyi's face turned pale, and he fell to the ground in fear: "But...but the imperial capital is heavily guarded. Even if we recover our cultivation, we can't fight against so many guards..."
Sang Feiwan squatted down, his eyes level with hers. "The soldiers from the four regions are stationed outside the city. City Lord Hua, do you have a token to pass on the message to them? I can help. Half an hour later, when you have recovered your spiritual power and broken the cage, I will immediately find a way to notify the soldiers outside. With the help of both inside and outside forces, we can naturally escape."
Hua Qinyi hesitated, frowned and asked: "Why are you helping me?"
Sang Feiwan: "I am the Taoist companion of Baili City Lord. Now that he is trapped, I will naturally find a way to save him. There is strength in numbers. If Hua City Lord doesn't believe me, I won't force you. But if you accidentally become unlucky at night and the Emperor digs out your inner elixir, don't blame me for not reminding you."
To a cultivator, digging out the inner elixir is tantamount to a catastrophe. After all, Hua Qinyi was a spoiled girl, so how could she withstand such a shock? Hearing this, she gritted her teeth, took out a small long-tube flare made of colored glaze from her sleeve, and handed it to him across the railing: "This is my Tianxiang token. Find an open place, pull the fuse, and set the fireworks into the sky. The soldiers outside will come when they see it."
Anyway, there is no other way now, so let's give it a try.
Si Wujiu was imprisoned in the next cell. He had been playing with poison all year round, but he never expected that one day he would be pecked in the eye by a wild goose. He was poisoned by Fu Yujin's Spring Day Drunk, and his face looked extremely ugly. When he saw Sang Feiwan coming over, he was very straightforward and took out a small tube with white bone carvings from his arms and threw it to him: "This is my ghost realm token."
Although the other immortal cave masters did not bring many private soldiers, they also had countless disciples. In desperation, they could only hand over the flares used for communication and place the bet on Sang Feiwan.
Baili Duyue was locked in the innermost cell, just around the corner. Sang Feiwan didn't know why, but his heart skipped a beat. He slowly approached the cell door, holding his breath and concentrating. The light in the cell was dim, and no one knew what had happened inside. The railings were covered with bloodstains, as if someone had struggled hard to break free, and the black iron railings were slightly deformed.
Baili Duyue just lay on the ground in such a miserable state.
His fingers were covered in blood, his long white hair was messy and scattered, and his face and hair were splattered with scarlet. His dark and empty eyes were fixed on one place, like a demon crawling out of hell, ready to devour anyone at any time.
When he saw Sang Feiwan coming, he didn't react at all.
"… "
Sang Feiwan had never seen Baili Duyue in such a state before, and his heart was immediately trembling. He half-knelt on the ground, and quickly grasped Baili Duyue's cold and bloodstained hand through the railing, frowned and lowered his voice to call out: "City Lord? City Lord?"
Baili Duyue didn't respond.
Seeing this, Sang Feiwan pursed her lips and stuttered: "You... you must not believe Fu Yuhao's words, he lied to you, he silenced me at that time, so I couldn't speak... I... I don't like him at all..."
Baili Duyue still didn't respond. He seemed to be unable to hear the sounds outside. He stared at Sang Feiwan with dark, bloodshot eyes, which made people feel cold.
Sang Feiwan tried to hold his hand tightly, and subconsciously said: "Du Yue, can you please say something? I... I feel bad seeing you like this..."
After these words were spoken, even Sang Feiwan himself was stunned for a moment.
He unconsciously raised his hand to cover his heart, frowned and slowly clenched his fingertips, as if through a layer of flesh, he was also holding his heart that had become uneasy and restless because of Baili Duyue.
It hurts so much that one closes their eyes, but the pain is so real and clear.
Then Sang Feiwan knew that what he said just now was not a lie, and he was really upset. But for whom? For Baili Duyue...
Sang Feiwan was too busy thinking about that. He didn't know what he remembered, so he quickly took out the Snow Soul Pearl from his arms and stuffed it into Baili Duyue's palm. He lowered his voice and coaxed: "Duyue, listen to me, Fu Yujin wants to dissect your inner elixir to break through the bottleneck. There is also the Heavenly God Realm above the Heavenly Evolution Realm..."
"If you take the inner pill and the Snow Soul Pearl together, you can also reach the Heavenly God Realm with a 70% chance. Even if you fail, your cultivation will be greatly improved..."
"Please trust me once. I never meant to hurt you..."
Sang Feiwan tried hard to put the cold bead into Baili Duyue's palm, trying to persuade him. The latter seemed to finally react, his eyes slowly focused, and he finally saw the bead in his hand clearly, and finally saw Sang Feiwan clearly—
Baili Duyue suddenly smiled, with a hint of an arc on his lips, but because his face was covered in blood, it inexplicably made people feel a chill down their spine.
Sang Feiwan was stunned for a moment.
Baili Duyue was so badly injured that he could only crawl on the ground. He moved, approaching the railing little by little with difficulty, then slowly grasped Sang Feiwan's hand and tightened his grip.
His fingertips sank deep into the flesh.
As if to crush his bones.
As if to drag him down to hell.
Baili Duyue lowered his head, his long frosty hair covering his expression, and a low, sick laugh escaped from his throat. He tightly pinched Sang Feiwan's hand, his eyes were red, but he whispered, "You lied to me..."
He said: "Sang Feiwan, you lied to me..."
There was hot liquid falling to the ground.
Baili Duyue’s dry and pale lips moved closer to Sang Feiwan’s wrist, and then he opened his mouth and bit down, very deeply and fiercely, drawing blood, his eyes filled with gloomy and deep hatred.
Sang Feiwan closed his eyes and couldn't help frowning. He suddenly felt pain, but he couldn't tell where it hurt. It wasn't just his hands, his heart was in pain. He tried to breathe evenly, reached out his hand across the railing to touch Baili Duyue's cheek, and then brushed away the broken hair on her face. His movements were as gentle as ever, and his tone was serious: "City Lord..."
His palms were pressed tightly against Baili Duyue's pale and thin face. He didn't understand why a person could suddenly lose so much weight overnight. He suddenly wanted to kiss and hug him, but he could do nothing because of the cage between them.
Sang Feiwan: "How can you believe Fu Yuhao's words? He hates you, he is jealous of you..."
Sang Feiwan curled his lips and smiled, just like he used to pretend in front of Baili Duyue, smiling like a fox, as if everything was under control: "Do you know why he is jealous of you?"
He always seemed to understand many things that Baili Duyue didn't, such as kissing, hugging, and...
This heart...
Sang Feiwan was like coaxing a child: "Because I am only good to the City Lord, I have only hugged the City Lord, I have only kissed the City Lord, and I only like the City Lord, so Fu Yuhao is jealous of you."
After Sang Feiwan finished speaking, he took Baili Duyue's other bloodstained hand, then gently pulled it out from the railing, and regardless of the dirt, slowly pressed it against his face.
The touch under my palm is warm and alive.
The touch of his face was cold and dead, with numerous mottled and crisscrossed scars.
Sang Feiwan tightly held Baili Duyue's hand, as if he wanted to say something, but he said nothing. He closed his eyes, lowered his head deeply, the curve of his lips suddenly faded slowly, and veins on his forehead appeared, as if he was suppressing something, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Sang Feiwan felt really uncomfortable at this moment. It was probably like this: a liar should swallow a thousand needles.
He used to think sincerity was cheap, but that was because he had never received it. Now someone opened his heart and treated him with warm blood, why didn't he hold it well, causing it to fall into the dust and be covered with bruises.
Sang Feiwan had never seen Baili Duyue in such a miserable state, not even the words on white paper in the original novel had described it, so when one day he appeared before him, he seemed to have become an even more despicable existence than Duan Yang.
He originally wanted to save him from the water and fire, but why did he end up trapping him in the mud, making him crazy and insane, neither a human nor a demon.
In a trance, it seemed as if some hot liquid fell into Sang Feiwan's eyes, but it was not visible in the dim dungeon. Only the hand pressed against his cheek, the fingertips suddenly felt a little salty warmth, and then slowly turned cold.
"… "
Baili Duyue paused, not knowing what he had noticed, and suddenly slowly loosened Sang Feiwan's wrist, leaving behind only a scarlet bloodstain and a bite mark that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. He looked up at the other person, with blood on his lips and a pale face. He fell into the dust and looked like a ghost, but there was a moment of blankness in his eyes, like a blank sheet of paper.
He seemed to not understand why Sang Feiwan was crying.
Sang Feiwan lowered his head, disregarding the dirt, and kissed Baili Duyue's fingertips bit by bit, carefully and gently, and uttered a sentence in a hoarse voice: "In the future, the city lord and I will die together."
This is what Baili Duyue often said. He didn't know how to express his love. He just heard that ordinary people often said that life and death are together, so he felt that dying together was a good thing. Even if Sang Feiwan's life span was not as long as his, he was willing to die with him.
Sang Feiwan used to think this was too stupid, but now he thinks it is a good one. He finally looked up at Baili Duyue, his eyes slightly red. Although there was a cage between them, he didn't know who had fallen into this web of dust: "If the city lord hates me, come out quickly..."
"To kill, to punish, to imprison, to jail,"
Sang Feiwan paused, and said these two words almost willingly:
"all good… "
all good…
Because Sang Feiwan suddenly realized that he couldn't leave Baili Duyue either...
The author has something to say: Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated nutrient solution during 2022-05-23 20:54:08~2022-05-24 20:39:53~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the rocket launcher: resist the urge to attack others 2;
Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: 2 for resisting the urge to attack others; 1 for Luo Mu Luo Luo;
Thanks to the little angels who cast mines: So Because 2; Tone-deaf Xia Xia, Yanghua Falls into the Arms of Stars, Utopia, Hengyang, Beishan Youlai, Love&Peace, Weiyurenjian, Sanchen Guining, Blockhouse No Leave Today, 49871965, Nancheng Xia Mo, Luoluo Luo, Charcoal Fire Orange Xiaolongbao, I Hug the Author's Wife and, Hey, Yaoyao Lingma, Fallen Leaves Xiaoqiao, Qin Yanxiu, auo, huihuirun, daybreak 1;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Yangyang loves to eat 80 bottles; Origami for Crane 60 bottles; Qingxi Xiaoyu 49 bottles; AD calcium milk 40 bottles; Pillowman 31 bottles; Kangmu 30 bottles; SHR 26 bottles; Time Boils Rain 24 bottles; Chenchen is here, Yi Zi Zhong Jun, Lingxi, Xipi Haojia, Shan Wu Er Ren Xing, Mumu, Di Ting, Orange Soft Candy, Graffiti 20 bottles; 4399 17 bottles; g, toooooo 15 bottles; I don't know which mountain it is 13 bottles; Gongting Wanwu 11 bottles; I want a portable space. , No, Lingge, Come to Ferry You, Say Chen, Sweet Porridge,. , Jingjiang Bird, Taotao is a little tired, take a bite and run, Susu, Bu Yu, a rain cape and a rain cape, Yijiu, 46700286, ière, a smile (_) rose, dye seven, roses are only for Xie Yu, ice Chen Aiga 10 bottles; Yan Zhengming 9 bottles; Sanchen Guining 8 bottles; Jiuqi, a salted fish_, Tangtang Tanghulu, horse mackerel fried shrimp tail, just astringent, Lin Shen Jianlu, A Ke, are there any good novels, carrots, hibiscus loves Jinnian, no sugar in the pocket 5 bottles; Xiao·peaceful and happy·war, looking at the moon and watching the stars 4 bottles; Amen Amu, Ben Liangliang, Lingshang~dieer, a light boat over ten thousand weights, big big cat, Qiangu, pri 3 bottles; Favorite Sweet Article, Zhebei Yu, Everything is as I wish, Big-headed Whale and Little Peach Blossom, echo, Qi Jiansheng, 50166111, Crazy Maggots in the Sea of Dung, Wanning is the cutest in the world, 58063384, Hu Songf, Goldfish, Tan Yu, Fireworks, Go Duck!!! 2 bottles; Zhao Zhao, Anzhi Tinglan, Yuyuqingqing, Fengjianbei, Yiqian, Chichichi Eat Eat Eat, Suichen, Junan, Don't Eat Pineapple, Zero Two, It's Called Qiu Ke, Jiangnian, Purple Depression, Qinzhu Listening to the Rain, Changli, Dream, Mild Pollution, Afeng Xiaochu, Shanyou Fusu, Say It Again, Want to Become a Cat Head, Time Slightly Yang, Wang Zichuan, 53584836, Baoerjie 001, Qixi Lai Liao, Little Deer in the Forest, Linlinlinlin, Qing $, Yunmo, Jiangzi, Tona 1 bottle;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!