As soon as he made this request, the soldiers behind Fu Yueli all thought Helian Yizhuo was shameless and simply dreaming. This was simply impossible. First of all, exchanging a city for a person has never happened since ancient times. Even more so, asking the emperor to declare that he would never attack Wutan again was absurd!
Shi Mingyue actually wanted to speak, but Helian Yizhuo deliberately blocked her throat with his hand, preventing her from speaking.
Fu Yueli was silent for a while. He absolutely could not do what Helian Yizhuo asked.
Helian Yizhuo knew that no matter how much Fu Yueli loved Shi Mingyue, she was still just a woman. As the saying goes, women are like clothes, so he didn't expect Fu Yueli to agree to his unreasonable demands. He said, "Let's go now. Don't follow me, or I'll kill her. But don't worry, once we're safe and I'm sure you're not following me, I'll let her go."
Lu Lingyan, who had been silent for a long time, could no longer hold back and shouted in mockery, "The renowned Third Prince of Wutan, Helian Yizhuo, actually took a weak woman as his hostage. You're talking a lot of bullshit, and you let her go just after you confirmed we weren't following you. I'm telling you, I'm definitely after you today. If you dare to touch her, I'll tear you into pieces!"
Helian Yizhuo's expression was very ugly. He looked at Fu Yueli and asked, "Don't you want her to live?"
Fu Yueli did not stop Lu Lingyan, because he knew very well that if he did as Helian Yizhuo said, Helian Yizhuo would not let Shi Mingyue go, and would most likely take her back to Wutan. It would be extremely difficult for him to save her then.
And if anything happens to Shi Mingyue, he will not live alone. He will stay with her and not let her be afraid alone.
"If you dare to hurt her in the slightest, you will die miserably. Helian Yizhuo, you only have two choices today. One is that we continue to waste time here, and the other is that you let her go and I will let you go." Fu Yueli said coldly.
Helian Yizhuo forced himself to remain calm: "Do you think I dare not touch her?" He then released his hand that was holding her neck, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and pressed it against Shi Mingyue's face. He looked at Fu Yueli coldly: "If I leave a few scars on her face, are you still going to continue to fight with me?"
"Yueli, we can't let him go!" Shi Mingyue was finally able to speak and shouted loudly at Fu Yueli.
Helian Yizhuo was furious. Did he really think he wouldn't dare? He immediately scratched Shi Mingyue's left cheek.
About two seconds later, blood began to flow from the wound.
Fu Yueli's pupils trembled. He couldn't help but move forward, but was stopped by Helian Yizhuo's loud shout: "Don't move! Otherwise, I won't cut her face, but her throat!"
Shi Mingyue was about to speak again, but Helian Yizhuo suddenly grabbed her chin, forced her to turn her head, and warned her, "It's better if you don't say too much."
Shi Mingyue didn't react. Helian Yizhuo stuck out his tongue and licked the blood from the wound on her face, while looking at Fu Yueli provocatively.
Not only Fu Yueli, but also Lu Lingyan and the soldiers of Zhao State were furious. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Helian Yizhuo should be cut into pieces.
"Look how considerate I am." Helian Yizhuo licked his bloody lips and smiled.
Shi Mingyue's whole body froze, and she felt so sick.
Fu Yueli only hated himself for being incompetent. Helian Yizhuo said proudly, "Aren't you going to the ancient city? Let's keep going."
Then he turned around and left without saying a word to Shi Mingyue, and Fu Yueli and others immediately followed him.
In the darkness of the night, they hadn't walked far when the leader arrived at a sand dune and ordered his men to shovel away the sand. After a while, a huge stone slab was revealed.
The gate to the underground ancient city is here. The team leader pressed the mechanism, and the stone slab made a rumbling sound and moved away automatically. There was a pitch-black cave underground.
Helian Yizhuo grabbed Shi Mingyue and pulled her to jump down, and the Wutan soldiers also quickly jumped down.
Fu Yueli and others who were following behind immediately chased after him. Fu Yueli did not hesitate and jumped in. The water below was not deep.
But when he jumped down, Helian Yizhuo and the others had disappeared with Shi Mingyue.
There were two passages below. Lu Lingyan jumped down and lit a tinderbox. He shone it on the ground and found a mess of footprints in both passages. It seemed that Wu Tan's men had split into two groups, hoping to keep them in the dark about which path Helian Yizhuo and Shi Mingyue had taken.
"How about we go our separate ways and you choose one," Lu Lingyan suggested.
For some reason, Fu Yueli felt that Shi Mingyue must have taken the left path, so he said, "The left one."
So Fu Yueli and Lu Lingyan each led their men into the passage.
Shi Mingyue was initially dragged along by Helian Yizhuo, but after a while, Helian Yizhuo felt that she was too slow, so he carried her on his shoulders and ran forward.
It was unknown how far they ran before Helian Yizhuo and the others stopped and put her down.
Shi Mingyue was a little dizzy after being thrown around, and Helian Yizhuo joked, "You're relieved."
Shi Mingyue was too lazy to pay attention to him. Helian Yizhuo grabbed her again and pushed her forward. Shi Mingyue almost couldn't stand still, and her feet were almost hanging in the air. This was a cliff.
Helian Yizhuo seemed to be doing it on purpose: "How are you? Are you a little more awake?"
Shi Mingyue said nothing, and Helian Yizhuo pulled her to the side. They were walking on a very narrow road, a goat path carved out on the edge of a cliff.
Shi Mingyue was not afraid. She was wondering why Helian Yizhuo came to the ancient city. Was he looking for Xu Ziling?
We walked down the narrow path. It was pitch black, and several people lit torches to illuminate the path to prevent anyone from falling into the dark.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally reached the ground. By the light of the torch, Shi Mingyue could clearly see the intact houses nearby.
The architecture of the ancient city is different from that of Wutan and Zhaoguo, and is more bold. For example, the houses on one side are not square, but round, without corners.
They were walking on the streets of the ancient city. This was an ancient city that had been covered in dust for a long time. Apart from them, there was naturally no one else, and it was unusually quiet.
After walking for a long time, Shi Mingyue saw a high wall under the light of torches. They walked along the wall for a while and came to a very spectacular and gorgeous gate.
"This is the imperial palace of the ancient city." Helian Yizhuo explained.
Shi Mingyue still ignored him, and someone pushed open the door.
They entered the palace gate and two Wutan soldiers locked it.
Shi Mingyue saw the decorative statues on both sides of the Imperial Palace Avenue. There were tall lions, tigers, and elephants unique to Yunzhou. These animal statues were all carved in a one-to-one ratio and looked lifelike.
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