Chapter 66: Temple

The Zhengyang Hall is the center of Buzhou Mountain. It appears to be on the top of the mountain, but it is actually suspended in mid-air. This hall is exceptionally majestic, pyramid-shaped, and shimmering with golden light, giving it an imposing presence.

From the outside, Mount Buzhou seems to be a quiet place, but when you really go deep into it, you can experience its ultimate luxury.

The man sitting in the middle of Zhengyang Hall was 70% similar to Qilang. He leaned lazily against the dragon throne with an indifferent expression, looking down at Qilang who was walking down the steps.

"Prince, this trip to Chang'an to break through the Yuan and Ming borders is truly a first-class achievement." His voice was deep and powerful, and extremely majestic.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qilang knelt down and kowtowed.

"Are you satisfied with the reward I gave you yesterday?"

"I am extremely grateful. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your assistance!"

"Next, I have something more important for you to do, which is to recapture Kyushu and occupy Chang'an."

When the Emperor said this, Qilang was slightly startled. He clasped his hands together and said to the Emperor: "Emperor, I have already made my position clear. I will not -"

"Prince." The Emperor interrupted Qilang. He waved his hand and a water mirror appeared in the air. In the water mirror was Li Yuanying.

She was squatting in a small space, almost suffocating, her face flushed and she was extremely anxious.

"Wanwan!" Qilang stood up nervously.

How did she end up in the Fuxi Temple? And even undo her disguise?

There are many traps there, and anyone who goes there unless they are a member of the Fuxi royal family will be in danger of death.

"If you want her to live, you must make a choice." The Emperor was extremely calm when he said this, as if nothing could move him.

Qilang turned around and wanted to leave without saying a word.

"Someone come."

As soon as the Emperor finished speaking, two soldiers blocked Qilang's way.

Qilang smiled coldly. He stretched out his hand to summon the Soul-Slaying Flame Umbrella, held up the umbrella handle, and silently chanted a spell. In an instant, dark clouds covered the hall, and the two soldiers took a few steps back in fear.

"If you don't want to die, get out of here."

The two soldiers did not dare to move forward. Qilang took advantage of the moment they hesitated and flew out of the hall directly towards Li Yuanying.

At this time, a man walked out from behind the emperor's dragon throne. This man looked exactly like the emperor.

He held a white jade mask in his hand.

"Fu Yu, this is the good disciple you taught." The emperor was displeased.

"Your Majesty, please be patient. Li Yuanying is your Highness's weak spot. For her, your Highness will definitely agree to your request." Master Fu Yu lowered his eyes.

"But Chang'an is also that girl's home. I'm afraid she might stop him and make him uneasy."

"Your Majesty, don't worry. As long as she's alive, I'll have a way to hold Your Majesty hostage."

After saying this, Master Fu Yu lifted up his sleeves and showed the Emperor a faint red line on his wrist.

"Lian Ming Mei?" The Emperor frowned and looked at Master Fu Yu in surprise.

"At that time, Your Highness was also reluctant to break through the Yuanming Realm, so I agreed to use this Lian Ming Mei to connect my destiny with Li Yuanying's and reshape her fate. She had broken the seal of the blood bracelet and would have died from the backlash of the blood bracelet. With this Lian Ming Mei, not only did she survive, but her cold symptoms also disappeared. Your Highness then agreed to break through the Yuanming Realm."

"Such a sentimental relationship is ridiculous!"

"This is all because he is the blood of the late emperor."

The Emperor sighed heavily: "If it weren't for my sister trusting the heartless Prince Yongning——"

"Emperor, we have finally achieved our great revenge, slaughtering all of King Yongning's descendants! Zhao Yu was torn to pieces by Huanniang, leaving not even a complete body. This is all retribution for King Yongning's actions!"

"Fuyu, it's all thanks to you. You've been sleeping on straw and treacherous ground, hiding for decades, and only then have we reached this day."

"After the late emperor passed away, I had no desire to live any longer. But later I felt that if I followed the late emperor, it would be a great benefit to those humans. Therefore, I decided to remain in hiding, just for this day. This is the meaning of my life."

"What about the Zhang and Li families?"

"Zhang Qingchen, the only son of the Zhang family, has already degenerated into a demon, and the young master of the Li family probably has no chance of survival. Even if he survives, his life will be worse than death." The voice of National Master Fu Yu was dim and extremely cold.

A satisfied smile appeared on the Emperor's face: "Okay, then the Gu family is left."

"yes."

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When Li Yuanying felt that she was about to be squeezed and deformed in this narrow space, the word "coffin" suddenly began to flicker, as if it was broken.

Then, the cloud began to slowly move away from her, and the oppressive feeling eased.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in front of her, the ceiling in front of her was completely lifted up, and a stream of water rushed towards her.

The familiar sunlight shone from above through the clear water, but was partially blocked by the person in front of him. He stared at the person lying inside with a nervous look on his face, and with his right hand he lifted the ceiling. Blood oozed from the cracks in his fingernails and then mixed with the water.

Li Yuanying immediately held her breath, and the pool water gently enveloped her.

Qilang reached out, freed her from the small space, and held her in his arms.

"You can breathe." Qilang said slowly.

The voice was unreal, as if it was coming from behind something.

Li Yuanying opened her mouth and tried to take a breath. It seemed that there was indeed no water entering her lungs, causing her to feel suffocated.

She reached out her hand and touched the water. It indeed felt like water, but it wouldn't drown anyone.

Li Yuanying looked around. They were now behind the God Fuxi and directly above the temple.

It seems that it was the magic of the Fuxi statue that trapped her in that strange box.

"Where is my brother? Have you seen him?" Li Yuanying asked.

Qilang shook his head. When he came, he only saw the room where Li Yuanying was trapped, and did not see anyone else.

"I want to look for my brother." Li Yuanying pointed to the temple, "Let's go in and take a look."

"Did he bring you here?" Qilang asked.

Li Yuanying hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

Qilang frowned. How could an outsider sneak into the Fuxi clan's palace so easily, unless someone from the inside brought him in?

But he is from the Li family, who would let him in...

Qilang was puzzled, so he had no choice but to follow Li Yuanying to find Li Yuanxi first.

This temple is different from the ones Li Yuanying has seen on land. There are no statues in the entire temple, only murals.

Li Yuanying carefully examined the mural, which seemed to depict a story from ancient times.

The painting closest to her depicted five enormous gods receiving worship from the lower realms, both humans and demons, all of them extremely pious. Then, a battle ensued between humans and demons, and above the battle was a transparent lotus flower, resembling the polar snow lotus.

In the third picture, a goddess and a god among the five gods came down to the mortal world to quell the war. The god sealed the polar cold lotus in the goddess' heart, thus ending the war in the world.

In the fourth image, when the priestess returned to heaven, she was attacked by three other priests, the mastermind of which had golden eyes. The three priests were so ruthless that they dug the Arctic Lotus out of the priestess's heart.

In the fifth picture, the male priest saw the female priest dying, and suddenly turned evil. He took back the Polar Cold Lotus and sealed it in the human world.

In the sixth picture, the priestess is reincarnated as a human, while the male priest descends to the mortal world to become a demon for the priestess. When the priestess reincarnates, the polar cold lotus also sprouts in the human world.

In the seventh picture, three priests who had betrayed their friends degenerated into the ugliest monsters. The female priests and the male priests met in the human world.

The eighth picture was a little incomplete, with only half left. The male priest was standing on thousands of corpses, staring straight ahead with blood all over his body.

Li Yuanying carefully examined the pictures, feeling that these stories seemed to be related to them. She paused in front of the eighth picture, reaching out to touch the male priest. She glanced at Qilang beside her, feeling a little worried.

"Are you planning to attack Chang'an?"

Qilang shook his head: "No, at least I won't."

Li Yuanying lowered her eyebrows: "Really? I also thought you wouldn't be able to break through the Yuanming realm, but I was wrong."

"The time in Yuanming Realm was different."

"What's the difference?"

"I..." Qilang wanted to explain that he just wanted to save her from the backlash of the blood bracelet and at the same time cure her of the cold poison. But if she knew that her life was now tied to someone like Fu Yu, she would probably be more painful.

"Don't you have anything to explain?" Li Yuanying actually had always felt resentful about this matter in her heart. Now that they were talking about this, she hoped Qilang would give her an explanation.

"Let me explain. Your original purpose in approaching me was to break through the Yuanming Realm. You wanted your mother's demon core, because only by breaking through the Yuanming Realm could the restriction that sealed your mother's demon core be released. In fact, you don't care about the so-called hatred at all, because King Yongning is long dead, and you have no way to seek revenge. Is that right?"

Qilang had nothing to say because everything Li Yuanying said was right.

"But have you ever thought about how many people will die in Chang'an just because you want to take back the demon pill? Your murderous demon emperor and the Fu Yu Imperial Preceptor who has been lurking in Chang'an for a long time will not let them go." Li Yuanying became more and more excited. "Not only will they not let go of those innocent people in Chang'an, they won't let go of the Li family, the Zhang family, and the Gu family either. I have a father and a brother who are still alive. I have family to protect. You..."

"I also have a family to protect." At this point, Qilang interrupted Li Yuanying.

The two looked at each other in silence, the tiny dots of light sprinkled between them, and the whole world was eerily quiet.

"My mother died a hundred years ago and could not be reincarnated because this evil pill was sealed in Chang'an by King Yongning." Qilang's voice seemed calm, but extremely cold.

"You should be thankful that I didn't massacre Chang'an City."

These words were like a sharp knife stabbing into Li Yuanying's heart.

She looked at the man in front of her as if he was a stranger.

Although Li Yuanying had long known that humans and demons had different paths, she had never felt it so deeply.