Li Ji summoned a servant and handed her a whip, instructing her to watch over Lian Ji and prevent her from climbing up. If she disobeyed, she was to be whipped mercilessly.
These words were spoken without any attempt to hide them from Lian Ji, who was trembling with anger but dared not utter a single word in rebuttal.
The servant obediently took the whip and stood by the lotus pond watching her. His dutiful appearance made Lian Ji so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys ached.
After relinquishing her duties, Li Ji headed towards her palace. Thinking of what Lian Ji had just said, a slight smile appeared on her lips.
She could tell that Ming Qiancheng's attitude towards Mo Shisheng was unusual, but she trusted Mo Shisheng, not for any other reason than that she liked Mo Shisheng's personality.
Besides, Mo Shisheng is already in a relationship; she has someone she likes.
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The underground royal city was a place that Ming Qiancheng had searched for a long time before finally finding. The terrain was treacherous, and many of the hidden weapons and the food flowers were brought from the Demon Realm.
Shangguan Xuan and the others were just ordinary people, and it was already very difficult for them to reach the swamp. The swamp was very soft, and there was nowhere to put their feet down. Their feet would sink into it.
"Ah! Help me! Help me!"
Suddenly, a soldier slipped into the swamp. Someone reached out to pull him out, but was pulled in as well, scaring the others into not daring to try to rescue him.
They could only watch helplessly as the two people were slowly swallowed by the swamp, down to their legs, then their waists, and finally their heads...
The two disappeared in the blink of an eye, without leaving a trace. Looking at the calm swamp, who could believe that it had taken two lives in an instant!
The faces of everyone present turned extremely ugly. This swamp was the size of a pond, and the other side was obscured by thick fog, which probably led to a cliff.
Even if they used their cultivation to fly there, they would have nowhere to land, not to mention they couldn't see the situation on the other side, and there might be even more dangers waiting for them if they went there.
But this is the only way!
Shangguan Xuan gripped the map in his hand, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
"Let's go back first; we can't stay here any longer."
Qi Yufeng frowned slightly, glancing at the swamp and noticing mud bubbles rising to the surface.
It's obvious there are dangerous creatures lurking beneath the swamp!
"retreat!"
Qi Yufeng dared not delay any longer. With a command, everyone returned the way they came. Seeing that Shangguan Xuan was still staring intently at the opposite side of the swamp, Qi Yufeng reached out and grabbed his shoulder, pulling him backward.
"boom!"
The ground beneath their feet began to tremble, the ground itself rose up, the swamp surged violently, and creatures emerged from it with eyes as big as copper bells, bodies covered in thorns, and gleaming with a cold green light!
"Green! These are all green-level spirit beasts!" someone shouted. With his scream, more and more spirit beasts crawled out of the swamp. Although they moved slowly, once they locked onto their target, they rushed forward like arrows and bit their prey's neck.
"Run! Ah!"
No sooner had one person finished than a spirit beast bit off his throat and dragged his prey back to the swamp.
Several spirit beasts suddenly appeared and tore the soldier's corpse to shreds in an instant. With a "crunch crunch" sound, blood stained the swamp ground, making people nauseous.
Upon seeing this, the soldiers turned pale and panicked. The green spirit beasts were no less powerful than them, and they were also carrying deadly poison!
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