The Ghost Sect disciples had only gained the upper hand by relying on their evil arts.
These things were useless to the officers and soldiers, and they quickly lost their composure.
Mo Shaoze led his team straight to the heart of the enemy's lair.
Mo Yunhan was about to look around when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a sneaky figure disappearing into a corner of the corridor.
He immediately followed.
They didn't pursue too closely, following the other party all the way to the forbidden area behind the Ghost Sect's mountain.
The enormous, blood-red skull exudes an eerie and sinister aura.
The man crossed the suspension bridge and entered a cave.
As soon as Mo Yunhan approached, he heard voices coming from inside.
“Master Bai Shuo, I heard from my master that you are highly valued by the royal family. If I rescue you, what can you give me?”
Bai Shuo's voice was very weak.
It was hoarse, like a knife being sharpened on a stone.
"Wealth, power, and beauty—whatever you desire, I will give you. Come closer, and I will tell you how to break this seal."
The next moment, a shrill scream came from inside, then silence returned shortly afterward.
Bai Shuo's rough, loud laughter rang out.
"Bai Shu, you really don't mind anything. You even accept someone with such meager spiritual power as a disciple. It's not even enough to fill my teeth. The one outside, since you're here, why don't we talk about terms? As long as you..."
Mo Yunhan stepped inside.
Upon seeing him, Bai Shuo's eyes widened instantly.
"Mo Yunhan!"
His spiritual energy was scattered, and he was no longer as sharp as before.
They could only sense someone was there, but they couldn't detect Mo Yunhan's presence.
"Are you the mage Bai Shuo?"
Looking at his half-human, half-ghost face, Mo Yunhan found it hard to compare him to Bai Shuo, whom he had seen before.
Bai Shuo was so excited that he was almost manic.
"Heaven hasn't forsaken me, it really is heaven that hasn't forsaken me. Mo Yunhan, as long as you rescue me, I can tell you anything you want to know."
Mo Yunhan looked down at him.
"Alright, let's start with the story of the Sui Dynasty's mission to the Zhou Dynasty."
Bai Shuo was stunned.
A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.
“I am indeed an illusionist from the Great Sui delegation. I know what you want to ask, but I don’t have the strength to say much right now. The taboo talisman on my body is absorbing my life force. If you help me break it, I will tell you everything.”
Mo Yunhan looked at the black talismans wrapped around him. Although he could see them clearly, he didn't know how to untangle them.
“I don’t understand mystical arts, so I can’t unravel this mystery, but I can take you away and find someone to unravel it for you.”
Bai Shuo chuckled.
Why did you take me away?
He shifted his battered body slightly.
Only then did Mo Yunhan realize that his buttocks had become one with the rocks.
Clearly, this taboo of the talisman also includes the rock he was sitting on.
He can't just dig up the entire cave.
Bai Shuo waved to him.
"Actually, there is another way. Let me absorb some of your vital energy. Once I have the strength, I can break through the taboo on my own."
Mo Yunhan glanced coldly at the dried corpse beside him.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Bai Shuo also glanced at the mummified corpse.
“Your Highness, you are no ordinary person. Otherwise, how could you have survived the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's years of painstaking efforts to absorb your fortune and forge the Emperor's true dragon aura? They've been absorbing it for over twenty years and you're still alive. I don't have the ability to turn you into a dried-up corpse, and besides…”
He looked at Mo Yunhan's wrist with a sinister gaze.
“You can use the Ghost Sect’s magic weapon, the Immortal Binding Rope, to bind me. If I do anything wrong, you can tighten the Immortal Binding Rope and strangle me to death.”
A flicker of hesitation crossed Mo Yunhan's eyes.
Bai Shuo added fuel to the fire.
"Don't you want to know how your mother died?"
After many years of long-cherished wish, I have finally seen the truth.
Mo Yunhan suddenly released the Immortal Binding Rope and bound Bai Shuo.
"Okay, I promise you."
He sat cross-legged opposite Bai Shuo as instructed.
Place both hands on Bai Shuo's palms.
Suddenly, something was forcibly peeled off my body, my limbs and bones felt numb and painful, and my entire meridian system felt like it was being pulled, causing me extreme pain.
Bai Shuo absorbed it greedily.
A red light flashed on his chest.
He truly is a person destined by heaven; his fortune is so abundant and powerful.
Once he has drained Mo Yunhan dry, what can mere taboos do to him?
The dark clouds sneered in the cold.
"explain."
Bai Shuo was in a great mood and treated him as if he were dead, so he no longer hid anything from him.
"Consort Yu's name is Murong Yanyan. She is a master of the Xuanmen sect. She not only helped the Emperor Emeritus stabilize the Great Zhou dynasty, but also built the Nine Dragons Formation to prolong the fate of the Great Zhou. The Emperor Emeritus dotes on and trusts her greatly, and has promised that their child will inherit the throne in the future."
"It's a pity that the Empress at that time, who is now the Empress Dowager, had an extremely powerful family and had given birth to her own son. She was deeply supported by the court officials. How could she be willing to be a stepping stone for someone else?"
"My senior brother and I were unlucky. We were ordered to come to the Great Zhou to find a way to break the dragon's fate, but we ran into Murong Yanyan. We fought her together and were both badly injured. We were preparing to return to the Great Sui before we could complete our mission. But the Empress Dowager killed Murong Yanyan and framed us. That's how the war between the Great Sui and the Great Zhou started."
"The Empress Dowager helped the current emperor ascend the throne, but she was worried that you would threaten the throne. She wanted to kill you as soon as possible. Who would have thought that Murong Yanyan would place a very strange taboo on your body, which is linked to the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In other words, if you die, the dragon aura protecting the Great Zhou Dynasty will disappear, and the Great Zhou Dynasty will also perish."
"That woman is quite shrewd. Even if the Emperor Emeritus is heartless and ruthless, she will still protect your wealth and status for life. It's a pity that no matter how good the scheme is, it will be in vain after the person dies. Aren't you just a living furnace for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to absorb their fortune?"
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