As I suspected, Liu Lieyu channeled his magical power to activate the small cauldron, and I turned to look inside the cell.
Feng Su's severed phoenix claws and broken wings were restored to their original state, and even the bloodstains on the silver-white iron chains disappeared completely. Feng Su floated in the air, and the silver-white iron chains hung down to the ground from the sky.
Feng Su's enormous aura twitched slightly, and then her tightly closed phoenix eyes opened. "Liu Lieyu, you son of a bitch, you..." Before Feng Su could finish her curse, she saw me sprawled on the ground. "Master!"
"Feng Su!" Tears welled up in my eyes and fell uncontrollably.
"Master, Master, don't cry." Feng Su hurriedly flapped her wings, trying to get closer to me, but she couldn't move.
"Master, I'm sorry, it's all because Feng Su is useless." Feng Su flapped his wings desperately, his huge phoenix eyes filled with anxiety.
"Feng Su, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
"Xin'er, am I asking you this one last time?"
"What are you going to do?" I turned to look at Liu Lieyu nervously.
Liu Lieyu chuckled, "You'll find out soon enough what I'm going to do!" A ruthless glint flashed in Liu Lieyu's narrow eyes.
I quickly turned to look at Feng Su, only to see a side of her that I would never forget.
The silver-white chain hanging on the ground suddenly moved, first quickly wrapping around Feng Su's phoenix claws, and then with a sudden force, Feng Su's two pairs of sharp phoenix claws fell directly to the ground, and hot blood even splashed onto my face.
I stared in disbelief and shock at Feng Su, who was struggling and crying out incessantly. Feng Su's wings snapped off, and then a silver chain swiftly pierced through them, suspending Feng Su in the air. The scene before me was exactly the same as when I first arrived.
The phoenix blood that was just warm on my face is now ice cold. My mind is blank, and the screams of Feng Su from her struggle keep echoing in my ears.
"Bang!" My brain felt like it exploded. I collapsed to the ground with a thud, unable to hold on any longer, and passed out.
When I woke up again, I was still in the dark prison. Before me was Feng Su's body, which had hardened, and the dark red bloodstains on the white iron chains had also congealed.
"Awake?" Liu Lieyu's soft voice came from above.
I looked up and saw that Liu Lieyu's posture was not much different from when I had lost consciousness.
"Have you thought it through?" Liu Lieyu asked with a smile.
"I've thought it through." I looked deeply at Feng Su, took a deep breath, and inhaled only the scent of his blood. "What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to stay with me forever and love me, just like before."
I slowed my breathing, took two deep, even breaths, and slowly said, "Okay."
I can't watch Feng Su suffer like this anymore. It's my own business if I suffer alone, but I have no right to make Feng Su bear all of this for nothing.
"I also have a request," I said calmly.
"Go ahead," Liu Lieyu said, his mood instantly brightening.
"Release Feng Su; he shouldn't be involved in this."
Liu Lieyu held up one finger, shook his head, and said, "No."
I looked up at Liu Lieyu calmly, "Why?"
“If you still don’t listen to me, I also have someone to threaten you.” Liu Lieyu withdrew his finger.
I glanced at Feng Su, stood up, and walked upstairs. "Heal Feng Su and stop abusing him."
“Okay.” Liu Lieyu readily agreed from behind me.
I fled the scene as if I were escaping. I simply couldn't bear to see Feng Su's gaze again. I felt I had let Feng Su down.
Liu Lieyu quickly caught up with me, put an arm around my waist, and walked beside me with a relaxed expression.
My resentment towards Liu Lieyu intensified, and I wished I could kill him at any moment.
"Xin'er, if you behave well, I will give your heart back to you."
I stared coldly at Liu Lieyu without saying a word.
Liu Lieyu suddenly stopped, grabbed my arm, and looked at me with a cold gaze. "I want you to smile."
I looked up and forced a smile that looked worse than crying.
Liu Lieyu frowned, looked at me for a while, then gave up and pulled me along.
When I came down, I didn't feel tired, but when I came back up, my calves started cramping.
As soon as we left the palace, Liu Lieyu wanted to drag me around.
"I'm not getting up." I stopped and refused.
"Why? Have you forgotten what you promised me in jail?" Liu Lieyu frowned in displeasure.
"I haven't forgotten!" Although I had just agreed to Liu Lieyu's excessive conditions, I couldn't immediately greet him with a smile. "It's just that I was tormented by you all night last night, and I had only just fallen asleep when you dragged me to the jail to torment me again. I really haven't experienced this before."
My reminder finally made Liu Lieyu's pitiful conscience awaken.
Liu Lieyu finally remembered his ruthless methods and touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly, "Let me take you back to rest."
"Okay." I nodded without refusing.
After Liu Lieyu escorted me back to the palace, he gave me a few words of advice and then disappeared again.
I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, tears streaming down my face.
Feng Su also fell into Liu Lieyu's hands, Fei Yan died, and I was trapped in the palace.
This plan has been a complete failure.
Am I really going to have to spend the rest of my life with Liu Lieyu? I really don't want to! But after this incident, I'm afraid Liu Lieyu will have a hard time trusting me anymore. Can I still escape Guixu?
Before I fell asleep, all I could think about was escaping.
When I woke up, it was already pitch black outside. My alarm bells went off instantly; Liu Lieyu was probably coming again.
I lay on the bed in despair, waiting for Liu Lieyu to appear. I thought that even if I committed suicide, it would be useless. Liu Lieyu had Xiao Ding. Even if I committed suicide and died, he could save me and torture me for trying to kill myself.
Looking back now, Fei Yan was much better off than me. She died cleanly and neatly, unlike me, who was tormented every day and couldn't even die.
I lay there for a while, and the moon was already hanging in the branches, but Liu Lieyu still hadn't returned.
I sat up quietly, my eyes darting around. Was Liu Lieyu not coming back?
I listened intently to the sounds outside the palace, but Liu Lieyu's palace was always strictly disciplined, and I listened for a long time without making a sound. However, there must be many people watching me from the shadows.
"Is anyone there?" I tried calling out.
Sure enough, a familiar-looking woman emerged from the shadows.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"Liu Lieyu, where did you go?"
"Your Majesty, Lord Donghuang has gone out."
"They went out? Where did they go?" I immediately perked up.
The woman frowned and thought for a moment, then finally decided to tell me, "The Eastern Emperor has gone to the West."
"The West?" Could Liu Lieyu be going to the West to settle scores with Luo and the others? I was frantic with worry when I heard that, but I was in Liu Lieyu's palace and there was nothing I could do.
What is Liu Lieyu doing in the West?
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