"Stubborn young man, stop struggling innocently. Let me merge into your soul, so that you and I can become one! This way, we can become stronger beings!"
It was as if a voice from within the soul rang in the blood coffin's ears, causing a flash of red light to flash in the blood coffin's eyes.
"No! I don't agree! Get off my body."
The blood coffin let out a low growl from its throat, strongly rejecting the changes happening to itself.
"No! Young man, you and I are one. Why wouldn't you want our souls to merge and become a more powerful being?"
The low roaring sound came out from the blood coffin's mouth again, and the blood coffin's expression began to become painful. If someone was here, they would find that both sounds came from the blood coffin's mouth, which was extremely weird and even a little creepy.
"Young man, stop struggling, stop struggling! Let me merge your soul with yours, and we'll become one powerful being. No one will dare to mess with us anymore!"
"roll!"
Xue Guan roared loudly, and as he struggled, the hideous blue veins on his face gradually appeared, and he looked quite painful.
hiss--
A strange sound was heard in the secret room, and a huge shadow slowly emerged from behind the blood coffin. It was actually the shadow of a snake!
"Young man, what are you resisting? What's wrong with letting my soul merge with yours? I can quickly improve your strength and make you a spiritual master, saving you many years of training. Why don't you want to do it?"
The huge snake shadow seemed to be very disappointed with the blood coffin and said while staring at it from behind.
"hehe!"
The bloody coffin sneered twice and cursed, "Get out of my body! I have nothing to do with you at all, and I don't want to merge with you! I am me, and you are you. Stop dreaming about these things!"
"But I can bring you endless benefits, I can't possibly harm you!"
"You filthy, shameless thing! I don't know how you managed to inhabit my body. Get out of my body right now, or I'll tear you into pieces one day!"
Xue Guan's chest was gasping violently, his hands were on the ground, and his face was full of pain.
"Boy, since you're so stubborn, I won't waste any more time talking to you. Your spiritual energy is starting to surge. You'd better suppress it. If you choose one side, I don't believe you can withstand my attack!"
After saying that, the giant snake shadow let out a long roar and launched a soul attack directly at the blood coffin.
"Ah—damn it!"
Xue Guan only felt a sharp pain in his head, and then his face turned extremely pale. Then he groaned and mobilized his spiritual energy to move towards his head.
In the small secret room, the blood coffin and the giant snake phantom were constantly fighting. The two used the blood coffin's body as a battlefield, fighting back and forth, but outside the secret room, there was no unusual movement.
Outside the secret room, it was unusually quiet.
City Lord's Mansion.
Shui Ningye stood in front of Shui Yaoyao, his thin face was slightly yellow, and he was indeed much thinner than before.
"Your Highness, what should we do about the princess?"
Jin Yi stood behind Shui Ningye and asked in a low voice.
"Uncle Jin, let's take our time with this matter. Although we don't have much time left, we don't have any other options. We can only leave it to fate!"
Shui Ningye rubbed his eyebrows and said.
"Your Highness, have you ever considered that if you've been here all this time, the people in the imperial capital will be suspicious?"
Jin Yi frowned and asked.
"You can doubt it, what can I do? If my father knew that Yaoyao had become like this, I would definitely lose my position as the crown prince. The only way is to let the imperial doctors in the imperial capital and those who came here keep it a secret from my father in the imperial capital. Fortunately, my power has developed well over the years, and I have many people in the imperial capital, so I can keep it a secret. Otherwise, I really might not be able to keep it a secret for that long!"
Shui Ningye frowned. Although he was in a very embarrassing situation in this matter, at least the situation seemed to be relatively stable now. Several people came from the imperial capital, and they were all resolved one by one by Shui Ningye. He also bought over many people, so Shui Ningye's heart was slowly settling down.
There are sometimes problems on the border of the Shuihan Empire, and there are even some small countries around it that harass it from time to time. There are also often rampant bandits in the territory, so the imperial capital's attention is basically not here.
This is also one of the reasons why Shui Ningye feels more at ease.
"By the way, Your Highness, why don't you let Ming Xing stay with you?" Jin Yi suddenly asked.
"Ming Xing is a bit cunning. I don't know whether he is loyal to me, to my father, or to the second brother. I don't understand, and I can't see through it. When you were not around, Uncle Jin, I would let Ming Xing stay by my side to protect me, but now that you are here, let's forget about Ming Xing. I don't want him to be with me anymore." Shui Ningye said lightly.
"Your Highness, it's fine to say this in front of me, but you still have to be careful about your words and actions in front of others. The four guards are the emperor's men. They are loyal to the emperor and only the emperor." Jin Yi said in a low voice.
Shui Ningye's face froze for a moment, then he smiled faintly and said, "Uncle Jin, there's no one else here, so it's okay to talk about it. I understand this. As the ruler of the empire, my father naturally needs his own people. The four great guards are my father's second life and his Achilles' heel. No one is allowed to touch them. I understand this very well, so I never contacted Uncle Jin in the imperial capital."
"Well, you did very well on that point."
"Father, you have never had any suspicions, right?" Shui Ningye asked.
Jin Yi shook his head and laughed, saying, "If I really had doubts, do you think I would still be standing here talking to you?"
Shui Ningye nodded and said, "Indeed, it shows that our relationship is well hidden!"
"That's right. This relationship must be hidden, whether now or in the future," said Jin Yi.
"Don't worry, Uncle Jin. After this incident, I will work hard to win the favor of my father. I will definitely take the throne of the emperor into my own hands. When the time comes, Uncle Jin will be the imperial preceptor!"
Jin Yi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Your Highness! Don't worry, I will definitely help you accomplish your great cause!"
"Hahaha! Okay, okay! Thank you very much, Uncle Jin!"
Shui Ningye patted Jin Yi's shoulder, and the joy on his face was obvious.
"By the way, Your Highness, we still have to take care of Ming Xing. We can't just leave it alone, otherwise it may cause his dissatisfaction." Jin Yi reminded.
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