Chapter 61 It's hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Regardless of its monetary value, once it's given to her, it's hers.
Huali went to bed satisfied, but for some reason, she felt drowsy all day.
After she fell into a deep sleep, Wen Jin, who had been taking a nap, opened his eyes.
He quietly got off the bed and came to Huali's side. Just as he was about to get closer, he met Aobai's gaze as Aobai stretched.
Ao Bai, still half-asleep, instantly snapped awake. Under Wen Jin's icy gaze, he stiffly curled his body into a ball, not forgetting to cover his eyes with his two front paws.
Don't be fooled by it, it's just a little kitten that doesn't understand anything.
Wen Jin withdrew his gaze, tore off the gauze in his hand, pressed his fingers hard into the wound, and then drew talismans in the air with his blood-stained fingertips.
The blood talisman instantly burrowed into Huali's brow the moment it was completed.
Ao Bai's tail bristled as he was about to bark, but he relaxed his body after sensing the talisman.
Wen Jin wiped the blood from his fingertips, his eyes filled with a terrifying obsession, "No matter where I am, I will find you."
A tall and a short figure were reflected in the window outside. "My lord, it's time to set off."
Wen Jin didn't speak. After a long silence, he suddenly reached out to grab Hua Li's veil.
Just as he was about to grasp it, the sleeping girl on the bed seemed to sense something, scratched her cheek, mumbled something, and then turned over to continue snoring away.
The light gauze slipped from his fingertips, leaving a ticklish sensation, and Wen Jin's fingers curled uncontrollably.
"Let's go."
*
After the scent of the outside air disappeared, Huali suddenly opened her eyes.
Luckily, she had a backup plan, otherwise she would have really fallen for this little black-hearted lotus's trick.
Her heart pounded like a drum, and she turned to Ao Bai, urging, "What was that just now?"
Ao Bai stood up and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, it's not a big problem."
"This spell is called Nine Luminaries of Destiny, and it is a kind of contract. This spell is complicated but powerful. It requires the blood of the person casting the spell as a contract, but it will not affect the person under the spell."
Huali breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but then immediately realized, "Wait a minute, aren't we tied together?"
The evil kitten smiled slightly: "I haven't finished yet. The Nine Luminaries Destiny Star relies on the Destiny Star to find people, but you happen to be missing one, host."
Karin: "Oh~ Yoshi."
With the new moon approaching, Wen Jin, given his nature, would certainly not sit idly by and wait for his doom.
Huali was initially worried that he might get hurt if he acted rashly while still in the process of returning to his original state, but after spending some time with him, she realized she was just worrying unnecessarily.
After confirming that everyone had left, Huali quickly slipped out of the courtyard and skillfully blended into the barrier with the magic stone token in hand.
Almost as soon as I entered, the pungent smell of blood hit me.
The entire barrier was soaked in a sea of blood, carrying a bone-chilling cold.
Huali couldn't quite understand it.
Given Suoli's grand display, did Wen Tingyun really know nothing about it?
Why did he allow Soli to form such a large formation?
And then there's Wen Jin; his memories are clearly returning, otherwise he wouldn't be able to contact the secret agents in the royal city.
Neither of them seemed to be in a hurry, which made Solly look like a clown.
In high-level battles, it is only ordinary people who ultimately suffer.
Footsteps approached from not far away, and Huali quickly hid behind a pillar.
The maids, carrying palace lanterns, filed into the corridor. From the end of the corridor, the faint sound of string and wind instruments playing music could be heard. Soli, like a dog that can't change its nature, was once again summoning beauties.
The gold-type card in Karin's hand glowed. "Tracking talisman, go!"
The talisman transformed into a butterfly, circled around the money pouch that Huali had given her, and flew forward.
*
In the dark dungeon, one could occasionally hear a frightened sob or two, but most of the time there was only deathly silence.
The girls who were once showered with favor, wore splendid dresses and jewels when they first entered the palace have now become blood-soaked walls of the imperial prison.
They all had blank expressions, wore identical black robes, and had round bellies like small drums.
A sharp voice pierced the long night: "Let me out! I want to see Steward Gao. He promised he wouldn't let me become a seed too!"
The guards had seen this all too often. Every time a lady entered, she would cry and complain, but after drinking a bowl of talisman water, she would be completely subdued.
Yang Liu looked on in terror as the demon soldier brought her a bowl of black soup with talisman dust floating on it, shaking her head frantically. "What is this? I won't drink it! Someone's trying to poison me!"
Snap—
A crisp slap echoed in the dungeon.
Yang Liu instinctively shrank back, only to find that her slap had landed on the demon soldier's face.
She opened her eyes shakily, and the fat man standing in front of her was none other than Chief Steward Tian, whom they had met when they first entered the royal city.
He slowly wiped the blood from his fingertips with a handkerchief, his venomous eyes scanning Yang Liu up and down. "You agreed? You think you can live after failing so badly?"
Yang Liu was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and stammered, "I have already followed your instructions and deliberately leaked the news about Qi Zhi and the others to Cui Hua."
Yang Liu had already reported Hua Li to Gao Li after the Xuan Tie incident.
But instead of receiving news of Huali's arrest, they received news of Steward Tian.
The Gu worms Gao Li gave her had extremely severe side effects. If they were not drawn out of her body at a specific time, they would continue to multiply inside her body and eventually become a breeding ground for Gu worms.
Just as she was worrying about how to solve the problem, she heard Steward Tian tell her to find a way to get close to Cuihua.
As long as you can lure Cuihua to the main hall's underground palace, you'll not only get the Gu worms, but also endless wealth and glory.
Conversely, she would become a seed like Qizhi.
But then something strange happened.
For several days, she couldn't remember Cuihua at all, and even when she briefly recalled her, she was nowhere to be seen.
It wasn't until Gao Li came to her in the morning that she learned that Cuihua would show up and ask her for information.
Yang Liu didn't believe it at first, until she saw the pale yellow skirt walking towards her.
Thinking of the other person's bright eyes, Yang Liu's eyes flashed with resentment. "Cuihua is just an ugly freak with a disfigured face," she tried to find a way out. "You might as well leave the matter to me. What she can do, I can do too."
"You?" Chief Steward Tian scoffed. "Do you know the Second Prince, Wen Tingyun?"
Seeing the confusion in Yang Liu's eyes, Chief Steward Tian gave the guards a look, "Don't give her the medicine yet. Make a cut on her cheekbone and sew it up. Keep her here and watch over her."
Yang Liu's eyes widened, but before she could even utter a cry, she was dragged back to the dungeon.
Following behind him, Gao Li kept his eyes, nose, and mind focused. "I also investigated as you instructed, and Cuihua indeed has no spiritual power. Could it be that Your Majesty has guessed wrong?"
"Wen Tingyun's movements have been under scrutiny ever since he came to the capital. Have you ever seen him speak to other women?"
Gao Li shook his head, "So it really is only Cuihua. The two times the Hundred Herbs Garden and Xuan Tie were stolen."
"Who is Wen Tingyun? Very few women have ever won his favor in the past hundred years. Do you think he would be so protective of her if it were really their first meeting?"
A ruthless glint flashed in Steward Tian's eyes. "Cuihua is clearly protected by someone. Every time I send men to make a move, I can't find an opportunity."
"Who else in this royal city do you think has this kind of strength besides Wen Tingyun?"
*
Amidst the clinking of glasses, the Demon King Soli drank the wine that the woman in his arms had poured over him, his decadent eyes like bottomless whirlpools.
His attendants on either side exchanged glances and then simultaneously lowered their eyes.
The Second Prince seems to have forgotten that the King of Lust was able to secure his position as one of the Seven Kings through hundreds and thousands of battles.
Even one mistake, and this position would have already changed hands.
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