Qin Yan looked at it for a moment, and when he heard some noise outside, he hurriedly put the phoenix crown on his head, then walked to the bed, sat down, covered his head with the veil, pretended to be Xie Yuqing, and sat quietly.
After Xie Yuqing jumped out the window, she ascended directly to the rooftop. She glanced around and saw it was guard change time. Shangguan Mingyan, having deliberately courted Xie Shen and earned his trust, and Fu Changling, who also had a good relationship with his subordinates, had orchestrated the shift change location, creating a route with a blind spot. Xie Yuqing hurried along that route, her heavy, ornate wedding dress hindering her normally fluid movements. She had no choice but to take off her coat as she ran.
When Xie Yuqing was running, Shangguan Mingyan had already reached the outside of the tunnel. He was waiting outside the tunnel. After a while, he heard hurried footsteps. He turned around and saw the woman's toes land on the wall, and then one foot stepped on her dress, and the whole person "pounced" towards him.
The girl's wedding dress in the moonlight was as red as blood. The moment she opened her sleeves, it was as if a butterfly fluttered in. Roses bloomed in clusters behind her. Her beauty was glamorous, but also had a sharpness that was difficult to touch.
Shangguan Mingyan widened his eyes slightly, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Xie Yuqing's waist before she landed, and held her steadily in his arms.
After landing on the ground, Xie Yuqing nodded and said, "Thank you."
Then she quickly pulled away from his embrace, as if the embrace had never existed, and walked directly to the tunnel. She lifted the board disguised with grass and trees, jumped directly into the tunnel, and urged Shangguan Mingyan, "Hurry, let's go."
Shangguan Mingyan regained his composure and hurriedly followed Xie Yuqing into the secret passage. Inside, paper talismans, written by Qin Yan and instructed by Fu Changling, were placed to isolate their spiritual energy. As the two of them crawled out of the passage, Shangguan Mingyan, apologetically, said, "Time is tight. We don't have time to dig too wide. I'm sorry, Senior Sister..."
"No problem."
Xie Yuqing's voice was cold, and then he said these two words alone, which seemed too cold, and then said: "It's not a big deal."
Shangguan Mingyan listened to Xie Yuqing's words and responded. After a while, he seemed to feel a little nervous about the atmosphere in this space. He couldn't help but talk a little more, and then said, "After we leave the city, the Ghost King will probably find out."
"Um."
"It takes about a quarter of an hour to get from outside the city to the cliff. I wonder if Yunyu can make it."
"He can."
"Senior Sister." Shangguan Mingyan's voice collapsed. "Do you... not like me?"
Xie Yuqing was silent for a while. After a while, she slowed down her voice and said, "No, you are very good. I like you very much."
After she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Are you scared?"
"I'm not," Shangguan Mingyan laughed, "As long as my senior sister is here, I'm not afraid of anything."
As the two of them climbed out, Yun Yu had already placed paper figures at the four city gates according to Fu Changling's instructions. These paper figures were made in advance by Fu Changling, who borrowed Qin Yan's spiritual power to create them. These paper figures can maintain their form and appear in front of others for about a quarter of an hour.
Yunyu calculated the time. Half an hour after the shift change time they agreed on, Yunyu would release these paper people one by one and leave the city gate in disguise.
Time passed bit by bit, and Qin Yan waited quietly. After waiting for about half an hour, there was a commotion outside, and then the voice of "Shangguan Mingyan" rang out outside. He seemed drunk, and his voice was slightly changed. He mumbled to the maid standing at the door, "Why are you standing here? Where is the princess?"
The maid replied respectfully: "The princess is in the house, let me wait outside."
"Oh, I told you to wait outside." "Shangguan Mingyan" seemed very interested in chatting with the maid, and then said, "Is she feeling unwell?"
"Prince consort," the man who helped him back laughed, "how is the princess? It's pointless to ask here. Why don't you open the door and go in and take a look for yourself?"
"Master Wang is right."
"Shangguan Mingyan" said in a more serious tone, and then someone opened the door. When the door opened, everyone saw the woman sitting on the bed with a veil on her head. Even though she was covered by heavy and gorgeous clothes, she still had a cold and fierce aura like a sword drawn from its sheath.
This was the unique temperament of Xie Yuqing as a sword cultivator. When everyone saw it, they felt like they were poured with a bucket of cold water. They quickly calmed down and saluted respectfully.
Qin Yan knew that his voice was different from Xie Yuqing's, so he sat there without saying anything. Fu Changling saw this and said quickly, "I am late, princess. Please forgive me."
As he spoke, Fu Changling stood up, turned around, and said to the ministers who had helped him up, "My dear ministers, it's getting late. Please go back."
The ministers were stunned for a moment, but after receiving Fu Changling's gaze, they immediately realized that the princess was probably angry because her husband had been drinking too late. They hurriedly took their leave. Fu Changling saw them off and turned around. Seeing the maids standing in the room, he hesitated for a moment and said to them, "You guys go down first. I want to have a private conversation with the princess."
"Prince consort," the maid whispered, holding the jade ruyi, "choose your veil first."
"I'll pick one myself later," Fu Changling took the jade ruyi and said calmly, "You guys go down first."
"But……"
"But what but?" Fu Changling shouted, "Is it true that the princess is unhappy? Do you really have to stand here and watch me laugh at you?!"
The maid was instantly frightened by the shout. Qin Yan raised his hand and gestured to them to "get out". Seeing they were still hesitating, Fu Changling shouted, "Get out! Otherwise, I'll shatter your souls tomorrow!"
Upon hearing the phrase "broken soul", the servants in the room were so frightened that they knelt down, begging for mercy in a panic, and then hurriedly retreated. After they retreated, Fu Changling walked up to Qin Yan, holding the jade ruyi.
Although Qin Yan knew that the people had left, he was afraid that there were still people hiding. He couldn't see them, and he didn't dare to use his spiritual sense to detect and alarm Xie Shen, so he just waited for Fu Changling.
Fu Changling walked up to him and saw Qin Yan wearing a wedding dress, which was made neatly.
The complicated wedding dress was clearly a problem for Qin Yan. The pattern on the skirt had clearly shifted, with the peony that should have been behind him now in front of him, and the phoenix that should have been in front of him now behind him. Fortunately, there was a loose garment covering it, so it wouldn't be visible unless one paid close attention. However, as Fu Changling scanned Qin Yan from head to toe, he noticed this detail.
He pursed his lips and used the jade ruyi to lift the veil, and then saw Qin Yan raise his head.
The phoenix crown was worn crookedly by him. Under the pearl curtain, a pair of beautiful eyes looked up. Perhaps it was the intoxicating lights, when he raised his eyes to look at him, Fu Changling actually saw some flowing autumn water in his eyes. Combined with the slight red in the corners of his eyes, it was a natural charm that touched people's hearts invisibly.
When one person likes another, it's often mixed with lust. Fu Changling's feelings for Qin Yan were far more than just love; admiration and guilt restrained his desire. Every time he realized his unbearable desire for Qin Yan, he would sink into a deep sense of guilt. But he was surprised to find that, as he repeatedly realized this desire, perhaps it was precisely this restraint that caused his unspeakable thoughts about Qin Yan to become more intense.
He wanted to touch him, hug him, and rub this person into his bones and blood, intertwining them and never letting them separate.
He stared at him quietly, his gaze changing without him noticing. Qin Yan noticed the abnormal heat in his eyes and frowned, "What are you thinking about?"
Fu Changling was startled by this cold reminder. Qin Yan's voice naturally carried a power that could clear one's mind. He quickly came to his senses, smiled, and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."
As he spoke, Fu Changling walked to the table, picked up a piece of plum blossom pastry, turned his head to look at Qin Yan and said, "Are you hungry?"
"Not hungry."
Qin Yan stood up as he spoke. The phoenix crown on his head was crooked. When he moved, the crown tilted to one side. Fu Changling laughed out loud. Qin Yan held the crown and said coldly, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Fu Changling walked to Qin Yan's side, squatted down, and untied Qin Yan's skirt. Qin Yan grabbed the skirt and tightened it, his tone full of vigilance, "What are you going to do?"
"Don't be nervous," Fu Changling laughed. He half-knelt on the ground and looked up at him. "Your skirt is on backwards. I'll put it on for you again."
As he spoke, Fu Changling brushed his hand away. He untied his skirt and then wrapped it around his waist again. His hand brushed Qin Yan's waist vaguely. Qin Yan felt the room suddenly get hot. He felt something was wrong, but he didn't know where it came from. He turned his head and looked at the roses in full bloom outside. He felt Fu Changling approaching him, his breath coming and going on him. He took a step back in shock. Fu Changling just tied a knot and noticed his movement. Fu Changling looked up at him and asked with some confusion, "What's wrong, brother?"
Qin Yan didn't say anything. He noticed that his voice seemed to have changed, which made him angry and annoyed, but he didn't know who to blame for this anger.
Fu Changling looked at Qin Yan, who seemed to know something but was confused and distressed. His Adam's apple moved unconsciously and he felt a little uncomfortable.
He stopped playing around, stood up, took a step back, put some distance between them, and sat down at a nearby table. He covered half of his body with the tablecloth, propped up his head, and said, "Wait a little longer. Senior Sister and Shangguan Mingyan are about to leave the city, so we have to get ready."
"Um."
Qin Yan nodded, as if remembering something, but he didn't say anything. Fu Changling glanced at him, and he felt his anger subside a little, so he started talking about other things. "I've recently checked the seal that Senior Brother mentioned. Usually, the spiritual energy fluctuations where a seal is located will be completely different from the surrounding locations. It will be a point with extremely dense spiritual energy, or a place with no spiritual energy at all. Wangu Cliff is a bit special. There are three such places in total, and the most likely one is at the altar."
"altar?"
"Yes." Fu Changling nodded. He pulled a small fan from his sleeve, opened and closed it, and said thoughtfully, "I didn't notice it at first. The two locations I found before were similar, but the abnormality of the spiritual energy was too small for a qi channel seal. So I couldn't be sure. But today, when I was performing the ceremony for Senior Sister Xie's wedding, I clearly noticed a change in the spiritual energy at the altar. If there is indeed a qi channel seal at Wangu Cliff, it must be there."
Qin Yan pondered without saying anything. Fu Changling poured himself a cup of tea and sighed, "If it's there, it will be troublesome. Sealing the Karma Prison there will definitely alert Xie Shen."
"I'll consider this after Senior Sister goes out."
Hearing this, Fu Changling paused in pouring the tea. He looked up at Qin Yan, who was a little puzzled. Fu Changling stared at Qin Yan for a moment, then chuckled, "You don't seem to be in a hurry about the Rebirth Flower and the seal."
Qin Yan didn't say anything. Fu Changling put down the teapot and raised the cup to his lips: "What makes you so confident?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside. Qin Yan suddenly stood up with his sword in hand and immediately said, "Let's go!"
After saying that, Qin Yan jumped out of the window sill. Fu Changling put down the teacup and said with some regret: "He ran away again."
Fu Changling shook his head and followed him.
Chaos reigned around them as Fu Changling and Qin Yan raced across the rooftops. As Fu Changling moved, the skin that once belonged to Shangguan Mingyan began to crack, his figure suddenly stretching and elongating, revealing his once handsome features. They hadn't been running for a moment when they heard a guard shout, "Someone's here! Enemy attack!"
"The princess is missing! The prince consort is missing too!"
However, just as the panicked screams of the crowd rang out, fireworks shot up into the sky as promised, exploding instantly in the air. As the fireworks exploded, the talisman paper shattered into powder, and the talisman paper, which was a deterrent to ghosts, flew all over the city, causing chaos throughout Baiyu City.
All the ghostly cries faded in and out amidst the loud explosions of fireworks. Fu Changling turned his head and saw Qin Yan running side by side with him. Their clothes fluttered and intertwined in the whistling wind, and brilliant fireworks burst into life behind Qin Yan. Fu Changling couldn't help but call him, "Brother."
Qin Yan turned to look at him. At that moment, Fu Changling suddenly leaned forward. They were very close, their hair intertwined. Qin Yan opened his eyes in surprise, but the man immediately retreated and ran away in the distance, laughing: "Senior Brother, you can't be slower than me."
"Nonsense."
Qin Yan only said this and surpassed Fu Changling.
However, at that moment, from the direction of Xie Shen's bedroom, a powerful spiritual energy of the Tribulation Stage rushed towards the surroundings, accompanied by Xie Shen's loud shout: "Don't run!"
Fu Changling dragged Qin Yan behind him and resisted the oncoming spiritual power.
The spiritual power came from afar and had weakened a bit when it reached Fu Changling, but when it collided with him, it still knocked the two people away!
Fu Changling spat out a mouthful of blood. Qin Yan grabbed his waist with one hand, spun around, found a buffer point in the air, and landed steadily on the ground.
As soon as they landed, guards rushed over from all directions. Fu Changling and Qin Yan stood back to back, taking out their swords. Fu Changling wiped the blood from his mouth and said calmly, "Xie Shen came too quickly. It seems there is only one way."
"What method?"
“Run!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Changling rushed straight outside. He had no intention of fighting at all. Escape was the most important thing.
Qin Yan paused for only a moment before chasing after him. At that moment, Xie Shen appeared from nowhere and shouted, "Where are you going, Immortal Dog?"
Meanwhile, outside the city, Xie Yuqing and Shangguan Mingyan had just reconnected with Yun Yu. Xie Shen sensed Xie Yuqing's departure the moment she left Baiyu City. However, he didn't know the exact direction she'd left from. Yun Yu's release of the paper figures from all four city gates further complicated the ghost soldiers' search. The talisman paper, scattered amidst the fireworks, inflicted immense pain on the ghosts within the city. Countless souls streamed out of the city gates, and Yun Yu, caught in the mix, followed suit.
After the three of them met at the outskirts of the city, Xie Yuqing led them to the cliff where they had agreed to leave. However, before they were halfway there, they heard Xie Shen's earth-shaking roar from within Baiyu City. The three of them paused as they watched the blazing light of the battle unfold across the sky. Yun Yu, looking anxiously at Xie Yuqing, asked, "Senior Sister, what should we do?"
Xie Yuqing frowned. Yun Yu looked towards Baiyu City and said anxiously, "I'm afraid that Senior Brother has come face to face with Xie Shen. With Xie Shen's cultivation level, Senior Brother won't be able to hold on."
"Senior Sister..." Shangguan Mingyan looked at Xie Yuqing and said carefully, "With Xie Shen's cultivation level, it would be useless even if we all went back. Senior Brother Yunyu is still injured..."
"What do you mean?" Yun Yu turned his head and looked at Shangguan Mingyan, a little shocked. "Are you saying that we don't care?"
"I'll take you back first."
Xie Yuqing turned around, grabbed a man by the collar with one hand, and rushed towards the cliff on his sword. He said calmly, "After we get up there, you go ask the sect for help first, and I'll come back to save them later."
Hearing this, Yun Yu calmed down a little. He knew that this was the best option now, but he still felt a little uneasy.
Inside the palace, Xie Shen raised his hand and slashed down at Qin Yan and Fu Changling. Qin Yan and Fu Changling struggled to dodge Xie Shen's fierce and urgent sword, and heard Xie Shen shout angrily: "Give me back my daughter! Give me back my daughter!"
"Your Majesty," Qin Yan said calmly, "It's not that there are no other ways to get what you want."
"I don't want any other way!" Xie Shen's sword clashed with Qin Yan's sword, and Qin Yan vomited blood. Fu Changling stood behind him, driving away the evil spirits that rushed over from the side with his sword, and then shouted: "Tan Xin!"
The light of the Tanxin Sword in his hand suddenly increased. He turned around and collided with Xie Shen's sword. Then he supported Qin Yan and retreated dozens of feet with Qin Yan. Xie Shen was panting, and he suddenly shouted to the sky.
At that moment, countless white ghosts slowly stood up from the ground. Fu Changling's eyes narrowed and he shouted angrily: "You let all the snow corpses out, don't you want Xie Yuqing's life?"
"If she's not loyal to Le Country," Xie Shen's voice trembled, and he suddenly raised his voice, "then she will die in Le Country!"
As soon as the words fell, Xie Yuqing and the others felt the ground buzzing, and then snow-white hands broke out of the ground and suddenly grabbed the hilt of Xie Yuqing's sword. Xie Yuqing's sword flashed brightly, and the sword that was originally flying suddenly returned to her hand, cutting those snow-white hands with one sword. At the same time, snow-white souls broke out from the soil. Unlike ordinary evil spirits, they had sharp teeth, like some kind of transformed monsters, and pounced towards Xie Yuqing and the other two, as if they wanted to eat them alive.
"Walk!"
Xie Yuqing protected the two men behind them, fighting and retreating. The two men ran all the way. These ghosts were omnipresent in the sky and on the ground. The three of them rushed to the bottom of the cliff at a desperate time. Xie Yuqing protected them at the back, letting Yunyu and Shangguan Mingyan climb up first.
Yunyu was injured and his movements were a little slow. Shangguan Mingyan led the way in front and told them the situation above while climbing.
Every step they took was met with immense pressure, and the white ghosts chased them, climbing all the way up. Fortunately, the pressure exerted on them seemed to be equal: the slower they were, the slower the white ghosts were, so the two sides maintained a relatively even distance.
Both sides climbed up the cliff step by step, while Fu Changling and Qin Yan were chased by Xie Shen and had to hide everywhere.
The sky was covered with evil spirits, and every step they took was extremely difficult. Fu Changling's mortal body had to bear the sword intent of Xie Shen, and he felt pain in his internal organs. He was gasping for breath, and at that moment, he suddenly fell into a silent despair.
Can't survive.
He wondered how he could survive.
However, when sweat fell into his eyes, he turned his head to look at Qin Yan. Qin Yan seemed to be afraid of being separated from him in the group of ghosts. He held his hand with one hand and used the other hand to block the attacks of Xie Shen and others.
His whole body was stained with blood, but his eyes remained strong and he did not give up for a moment.
How did he survive in his previous life?
This idea suddenly came to Fu Changling's mind.
In his previous life, Qin Yan was at most at the Nascent Soul stage, and he came to Wangu Cliff after being tortured in Jinguang Temple. How did he survive?
His mind was a little confused, and he just swung his sword aimlessly.
Xie Shen obviously didn't intend to kill them. He just wanted to capture them and make them confess the whereabouts of Xie Yuqing. Therefore, he looked at them calmly and said calmly, "Tell me, where is she?"
Qin Yan and Fu Changling gritted their teeth and remained silent. Xie Shen clasped his hands in his sleeves and looked at them coldly. He suddenly raised his voice so that the entire Wangu Cliff could echo with his voice.
"Xie Yuqing, I know you can hear me. Have you forgotten what I told you?"
"You are the princess of Le Country. Our country suffered a tragic death, and we have no way to avenge our great hatred. As a princess of Le Country, you pretend to be a disciple of Hongmeng Heavenly Palace. Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Senior Sister?" Yun Yu turned around and looked at Xie Yuqing in shock. "What did he mean?"
"Don't worry about it!" Shangguan Mingyan shouted, "Hurry and leave!"
Xie Yuqing said nothing. She stood behind the two of them, sword in hand, and said calmly, "Climb up. Leave him alone."
"You can leave." Xie Shen looked at Qin Yan and Fu Changling who were struggling in front of him and said calmly, "The moment you walk out of the Ten Thousand Bone Cliff, the two people who saved you will die for you."
Xie Yuqing paused. Shangguan Mingyan looked back at her, stunned. He turned around and shouted, "Don't listen! Go up immediately!"
Xie Yuqing raised his eyes to look at Shangguan Mingyan who was high up. The boy's usually gentle eyes now had a bit of sharpness that he didn't usually have.
It was at that moment that Qin Yan raised his hand and touched his earrings.
"Senior Sister," he said in a cold voice, which also spread throughout the entire Wangu Cliff, "You are here, and that is a hindrance to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yebai's sword intent suddenly exploded throughout the entire Baiyu City. Qin Yan grabbed Fu Changling and suddenly turned into a brilliant light and rushed out in the intense white light.
"Don't run away, fairy dog!"
Xie Shen chased after Qin Yan. Qin Yan was holding the injured Fu Changling and said hurriedly, "The plan has changed. I can't protect you. Go to the cliff and wait for me first. I'll come later."
Fu Changling, a mortal, couldn't control a sword. When he heard Qin Yan's words, before he could react, he was thrown straight down by Qin Yan. Fu Changling desperately tried to catch Qin Yan, but he only touched the edge of his sleeve and fell down.
Qin Yan flew away on his sword. He did not look back, but headed towards the rising moon, leaving behind a slender and thin figure.
"Qin Yan!!"
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