Chapter 296
Prince Yong stared at the lantern-sized vertical pupils outside the window. He thought for a long time before speaking under the gaze of the giant python.
“When I was six years old, I happened to see a small snake in the Imperial Garden. It was only as thick as my thumb at the time. It was trapped under a stone and covered in blood. I picked it up and brought it back to the palace.”
"My brother treats me well on the surface, but none of the servants in the palace treat me as their master. If I dare to openly keep it, it will be cut into seven pieces and presented to me the next day..." He said, a smirk playing on his lips.
"After returning to the palace, I secretly hid it and fed it with my own blood every day, but it left when it recovered."
Prince Yong shook his head, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "Then, on the day my brother passed away, it found me again. Even though it had become a huge creature covered in charred brown as if struck by lightning, I don't know why I still recognized it."
"I don't know why I can always understand what it's trying to say. It says it wants to repay a debt of gratitude, to repay the life it saved back then."
As Prince Yong spoke, the pair of golden vertical pupils outside the window continued to stare at him, cold and devoid of any warmth.
Prince Yong's lips were very dry, and a trickle of blood flowed from them as he spoke, adding a touch of color to his pale face.
Despite the pain, he continued, "At first, I just wanted to stand up and become a normal person."
"But later, as I spent more and more time with it and saw its capabilities, I became more and more interested in that position!"
His expression became excited. "It! It possesses magical powers! It can stir up the wind and clouds and summon rain with a single movement! I am its benefactor, what's wrong with me just wanting the throne of an emperor on earth!"
He raised his jade flute high and laughed heartily, as if he could become the supreme being in the next moment.
"So you used this jade flute to control it, wanting it to be used by you," Ling Wu said indifferently.
Prince Yong paused for a moment, then shifted his gaze from those golden vertical pupils to Ling Wu's face. He then seemed to deflate, slumping back in his chair in dejection.
He pursed his lips and tasted the blood on them, but his lips were too dry, and the blood kept flowing.
Finally, he gave up the movement, letting the blood rush to his head. His voice grew increasingly hoarse, and after a long while, he managed to utter a single word:
"……yes."
He seemed to have lost all his strength, and remained silent for a long time. His hand holding the jade flute hung limply in mid-air, and he looked dazed.
"No one can resist this temptation," he murmured.
Unbeknownst to him, a cloud of black mist was gathering behind him, and the figure of a black cat appeared from mid-air!
Under the oppressive gaze of the giant python outside the window, Yingyi swiftly snatched the jade flute from Prince Yong's hand!
The next moment, the giant python flicked its scarlet tongue and hissed menacingly!
Yingyi shut off his hearing and handed the jade flute to Lingwu.
And in the next instant, the giant python burst through the courtyard!
The timber that had supported the mansion's majestic stand instantly shattered into pieces, pressing down on everyone from above!
"Your Majesty!" Ying Yi's dark green eyes narrowed.
At the same time, the black mist in Ling Wu's hand instantly grew larger, rising above Ling Wu's head.
The scattered sawdust was pressed to the ground by the torrential rain, leaving it no chance to retaliate.
"Your Majesty—" Linlang, Yuehui, and Lingluo exclaimed in surprise.
“My benefactor—” the rabbit cried out in terror.
The various colored orbs in their hands surged toward the location of Ling Wu's aura!
The colorful orbs of light made Ling Wu's figure appear very bright.
As the dust settled, Prince Yong, though unharmed, sat in a wheelchair covered in debris, his gentle demeanor completely gone, the continuous downpour making it difficult for him to even open his eyes.
He forced his eyes open to look at Lingwu.
Ling Wu appeared like a fairy from a storybook, with colorful clouds gathering in front of her and radiating light all around her. Her blue dress was spotless, and she didn't even blink.
She remained stunningly aloof, as if none of these things mattered to her.
Ling Wu was indeed not afraid. Not to mention the group of powerful demons she had saved gathered around her, the reason why the heavenly lightning was delayed was because she was afraid it would hurt her.
She turned to look at the giant python, which seemed to be very afraid of Tian Lei. Upon realizing that Tian Lei was approaching her, it seemed to be retreating and was trying to get closer to her.
"Your Majesty, waaaah, Your Majesty..." Lingluo took off her mask and rushed over, her beautiful face showing both joy and sorrow.
She just traded her life of never being able to eat chicken thighs for the Empress's safety!
Linlang clenched her fists until she was sure Lingwu was safe, then stepped back and stood beside Lingwu. Her clenched fists slowly loosened, and she looked coldly at the giant python.
Yuehui conjured an oil-paper umbrella from who-knows-where and stood on the other side carefully holding it up for Lingwu. If the situation weren't urgent, she could also conjure a cushioned chair.
The rabbit, its head covered in dust, longed to speak, but remembering Ling Wu's aversion to humanoids, it lowered its head silently after confirming its safety, minimizing its presence.
A wisp of black mist coiled back around Ling Wu's fingertips in everyone's sight, while the rest transformed into a masked man in black.
Everything happened quickly, and the next moment Ling Wu spoke, interrupting the group's deathly gazes directed at Ying Yi.
Thunder roared in, emanating a powerful pressure that even Ling Wu, with her mortal body, could sense with its fury.
Thinking of this, Ling Wu said, "You fed it with human flesh."
Although it is against the will of heaven for demons to take human form, demons also have their own way of survival, so the heavenly lightning will never be angry, but will only perform its routine duties.
But the thunderbolt seemed intent on reducing the giant python to ashes.
Then it must have eaten those who were protected by Heaven, and it ate quite a lot of them.
Thinking of this, Ling Wu raised her fingertips without changing her expression, "Ying Yi, quickly go and report to His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to evacuate the nearby people."
Ying Yi remained silent, but a clone of him appeared a hundred meters away and quickly left the area.
“You fed him with human flesh.” Although Ling Wu said this, she did not look at Prince Yong, but stared at the two huge pythons.
Upon hearing this, a look of pain flashed across the giant python's vertical pupils. It nodded in a human-like manner, but its gaze remained fixed on the jade flute in Ling Wu's hand.
"Hiss," give it to me.
It conveyed this message to Lingwu.
Lingwu ignored it.
Asking her to give it to him would be like asking him to swallow her whole.
Upon seeing this, Prince Yong smiled broadly.
As early as when he noticed that a group of people with magical abilities had gathered around Ling Wu in the blink of an eye, he had vaguely guessed everything.
Having lost all his support, he naturally became fearless. "I fed it. That piece of trash who was dragged down was fed to it. But..." He was soaking wet, looking like a demon, "but I didn't force it. It did it willingly!"
As he spoke, the giant python flicked its scarlet tongue again, as if it were aggrieved.
"Stop pretending. Do you think Miss Su will believe you?" Prince Yong pointed at it, his bloodshot eyes filled with sarcasm.
Ling Wu didn't speak, but the giant python opened its blood-red mouth as if to seal him away and swallow him whole.
"Stop it," Ling Wu ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes!" the group responded in unison.
Yingyi turned his head and glanced at the group of people, then took the lead and headed towards the giant python, with the others following behind.
Yuehui followed behind Lingwu, holding an umbrella to protect her from the wind and rain.
With a flick of her finger, a soft chair appeared on the spot, and she helped Lingwu sit down.
"Speak," Ling Wu said, looking at Prince Yong after sitting down.
This will also buy us some time.
But the Prince of Yong asked a question that Ling Wu hadn't expected: "How did you... manage to win their hearts and minds and make them treat you well?"
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