Chapter 21 Blood Bracelet
It only takes one day to travel from Shengle Township to Chang'an. Along the way, since Li Yuanying and Zhang Qingchen were injured, they were taken care of by Qilang and Bingyi respectively.
Li Yuanying was silent all the way. She was a little angry with Qilang. He had too many secrets from her. Although they were bound in marriage, she didn't know why she felt uncomfortable.
She had grown up with her senior brother since she was little. He had always been open and honest with her, extremely careful and attentive to her. Qi Lang couldn't compare. But along the way, she seemed to ignore what Zhang Qingchen said. Perhaps, as she had expected, he was being controlled by these two.
However, this Qilang is not completely useless. When she is with him, the mysterious power he emanates will melt the coldness from her inside out.
The image of Imperial Master Fu Yu emerged in her mind, resplendent in his finery, his white jade mask adorning his face. His haughty, treacherous demeanor was a source of disgust. It was Imperial Master Fu Yu who had come up with her father's plan to capture Qi Lang and prolong her life. Judging by the story of Fairy Sheng Le, Imperial Master Fu Yu wasn't a good person, so the plan he'd suggested to her father must have had some sinister aspects.
But she hasn't noticed what's wrong yet.
Late at night, the four of them arrived at Chang'an City. Yanxing Gate on the east side of Chang'an City was the only accessible point in the Yuanming Realm, so it was heavily guarded and had a small barrier set up.
This was Qilang's first time in Chang'an, his first time witnessing the Yuanming Realm. From afar, he saw a giant plum blossom in the night sky, beneath which sat moon rabbits. Each moon rabbit held a flower basket and swayed downward, sending petals scattering in a riot of color. These falling petals formed a vast barrier that enveloped the sky above Chang'an.
The barrier emits a cool white light, with occasional flashes of green light, like a transparent full moon in the vast night sky, beautiful and dreamy, and everyone yearns for it.
In sharp contrast to the prosperous scenery of Chang'an are the dilapidated ruins and yellow earth and sand outside the city. The wind blows with a bleak wind, and people and spirits are in panic.
Separated by a "wall," thousands of families are rejoicing inside, while families are separated outside. What's the logic behind this? Why can they survive on their own while the rest of us are left to fend for ourselves?
Humans are truly strange creatures, clearly divided into different classes. Qilang sneered.
"Who are you coming?" The guards guarding the city roared, shocking the four people.
Li Yuanying took out the imperial edict brought by Eunuch Li from her bag and held it high: "I have the imperial edict in my hand. I have come to Chang'an to obey the emperor's order. Please open the door quickly!"
When the soldiers saw this, they were all shocked and hurriedly opened the door and let the four people in.
"It seems to be someone from the Li family..."
When Li Yuanying passed by the city gate, she heard a few whispers coming from the soldiers.
"Now I'm afraid they may come here alive but not return alive."
"Be quiet! Don't let them hear you."
Those soldiers were acting sneakily and indecisively, which Li Yuanying just found funny.
Qilang put Li Yuanying on the horse's back, held the reins and led her forward.
The woman hadn't spoken to him the entire way. She was silent, even when eating or drinking. She seemed a little angry. Bingyi, on the other hand, had been chattering in his ear the entire time, annoying him to death.
Bingyi was Qilang's bodyguard, having been by his side since childhood. She had always been this way, possessing an overly passionate personality. Qilang had no way of dealing with her, so he had to endure it every time, a tolerance he had endured for over a decade. She was a few years older than him, well past marriageable age. Was the Emperor hinting to him that Bingyi couldn't stay with him, remaining unaffiliated and without status?
Qilang had said many times that Bingyi was just his bodyguard, and that he and Bingyi had not done anything inappropriate, not even staying in the same room together. Moreover, he only had friendship towards her, so how could there be any formal relationship between them?
Not only the Emperor, but also everyone in the Fuxi Clan of Mount Buzhou, were unwilling to believe this. They had already determined that Bingyi was his wife for sure.
The Fuxi clan has practiced monogamy since ancient times. They have been with one person until old age.
Therefore, since this position is so important, Qilang would not give it to anyone else casually.
He looked at the woman on horseback. Her eyes were covered with a ribbon, and she held her head high and chest puffed out. Her slender neck, dignified demeanor, and every gesture drew his attention. This wound must be very painful... She hadn't uttered a word the entire way, remaining calm.
Yaoshui Town is a mysterious place. While it lacks the protection of Chang'an's Yuanming Realm, it possesses a divine aura. It seems a hidden matrix beneath Yaoshui Town prevents demons from approaching. This may be the Li family's secret to Yaoshui Town.
The Fuxi clan had already sent three waves of men to assassinate Li Yuanying, but all had failed, with the loss of many generals. Just as Qilang was worrying about this, news arrived from Chang'an that Li Yuanying's fate was nearing its end. To prolong her life, her father wanted to capture a man on Mount Buzhou to marry him and cultivate together, and he needed a soldier from the Fuxi clan to go.
Although the Yuanming Realm can be broken if Li Yuanying dies, if she dies of natural causes, she will merge with the Yuanming Realm and strengthen it. From then on, the Fuxi clan will never be able to attack Chang'an again.
Therefore, someone must risk his life and go there on the wedding night, using the ancient secret technique unique to the demon race to lock up Li Yuanying's soul, causing her body to die and her soul to be destroyed, making it impossible for her to merge with the Yuanming Realm, and thus break the seal of the Yuanming Realm.
What a pity...
Qilang looked at the blood bracelet on his hand. He actually fell into Li Zhongdao's trap. He was so cunning!
That day, the Fuxi clan had prepared their own assassins, ready to be sent to the path that Li Zhongdao and his group would have to pass, and to pretend to be captured. To enter Buzhou Mountain, one must pass through a maze of canyons, where miasma reignites and demons run rampant. Every blade of grass and stone has long since become a spirit, possessed by demons. The journey is fraught with danger and peril.
If Li Zhongdao met a member of the Fuxi tribe who could be captured here, he would definitely take action. After all, after passing the Midie Canyon, they would enter a more dangerous situation.
However, for the past three days, every time they sent death squads here, two had died, one had gone insane, and none had been successfully taken away. Seeing his own people go to their deaths one by one, as Li Zhongdao and his group swaggered through the Midie Gorge and headed for the heart of Mount Buzhou, Qilang was so furious that he decided to become the death squad himself and meet Li Zhongdao, the patriarch of the legendary Jiuzhou demon-catching family.
On the fourth day, despite the ministers' objections, Qilang went to Midie Canyon. As usual, the little monsters hid away from him, some hiding in the dirt, some climbing up the treetops, all trembling with fear.
"Where are the old thief Li and his group?" Qilang looked displeased.
A tiny mushroom spirit pointed towards the banyan tree not far away.
This thousand-year-old banyan tree has become one with the heaven and earth, forming the feeling of an entire forest. It has long since become a spirit and is the oldest monster in this Midie Canyon.
Qilang flew over and ran over quickly, the evil energy in his body stirred up the miasma in the Midie Canyon.
When they arrived under the banyan tree, Qilang started fighting with Li Zhongdao and his group. Even though they used all their strength, Qilang only used a little bit of his anger and beat them back step by step.
"The so-called Li family is nothing but that!" Qilang sneered.
"We have been waiting in your territory and have been absorbing the miasma for three days. Naturally, we cannot defeat you. Even if you win today, it will be an unfair victory." Li Zhongdao said.
"Unfair victory? What do you care how I won?" Qilang hated people who showed off their words the most. They seemed to talk a lot but were useless.
But it would be inconvenient for him to kill Li Zhongdao directly now, because his ultimate goal was not this old man, but his daughter.
"Okay, then, Mr. Li, what do you think is fair?" Qilang pretended to give in.
Unexpectedly, this Master Li was not polite either. He pulled out a pair of red bracelets from his sleeve pocket and said, "Sir, are you willing to wear the blood bracelets that suppress the evil spirit and fight with me?"
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