Chapter 225 There’s something in that well!
"Come on, come on."
Li Mang did not dare to neglect it and immediately commanded most of his men to follow in a hurry, fearing that if he was a step slower, Chu Xuanyi would play some tricks on him.
The moment Chu Xuanyi passed by Ajiu, he quickly said "do it" in a voice that only the two of them could hear. At the same time, the hand holding the whisk swung lightly in the other direction without leaving any trace.
Ajiu immediately understood what he meant, and she bent over in pain, holding her stomach.
"Ouch!" she cried.
"Sir, I... my stomach hurts. It hurts so much. I want to... I want to go to the toilet."
This sudden shout stopped Li Mang, who had just walked a few steps. He turned around and shouted irritably, "Why are you making so much trouble?"
"General," Chu Xuanyi immediately interjected, looking anxious, "It's common for a spirit girl to feel unwell when casting spells, as it consumes spiritual energy. Please send someone to take this spirit girl to the purification room as soon as possible, lest... this holy place be polluted!"
Li Mang's mind was now completely occupied with the "Ghost-Seeing Tower". He just wanted to go over and take a look at it quickly, so he had no time to care about the little girl.
"You," he casually pointed at a palace maid beside him, "take her there, and come back quickly."
The palace maid was exactly the one Xiao Yu had arranged early in the morning.
She quickly lowered her head and replied respectfully, "Yes, General."
As she said that, she walked forward and supported Ajiu.
"Young Master, please come this way. The bathroom is not far ahead."
The palace maid named "Chunliu" supported Ajiu and walked very quickly.
The prince and the imperial preceptor had already explained to her that her mission was to ensure that Miss Jiu could temporarily escape the sight of the imperial guards and buy her precious time.
"Sister, I... I can't walk anymore..."
Jiu frowned, held his stomach, and leaned against a pillar, breathing heavily.
"This...this isn't right."
While rubbing her belly, she quietly closed her eyes and immersed all her mind in the perception of "qi".
Found it!
In that complex and mixed atmosphere filled with various desires, fears, and resentments, she finally caught that one... faint golden thread like a candle in the wind.
That is the dragon energy belonging to the true emperor!
It is too weak, like a golden thread that has been stretched to the extreme and may break at any time.
And this golden thread was pointing to another fork in the road that was completely opposite to the direction they were heading.
"Young Master, you're mistaken. The lavatory is over here." Chun Liu was a little anxious and tried to pull her back. "Let's go over there quickly, so that the Imperial Preceptor and General Li won't get anxious waiting for us."
"No, that's not right!"
Ah Jiu shook his head stubbornly, pointed his little finger at the overgrown path, and said firmly, "I feel... the toilet is over there, and the smell over there... is more right."
Chunliu: “…”
My dear master, do you still need to "feel" when finding a toilet?
She felt both amused and annoyed, but she had no choice but to go along with it.
"But... that's an abandoned palace, no one has lived there for a long time. How could there be a toilet there?"
"oops!"
Ajiu's acting skills were instantly on point.
Her little face wrinkled even tighter, and the hands holding her belly tightened, and her whole body curled up.
"No, no, my stomach hurts. Sister, I can't bear it anymore, I have to go over there."
While screaming, she broke free from Chunliu's hand and ran into the deserted path.
"Hey, young master, slow down!"
Chunliu shouted anxiously from behind, but could only hurry to catch up.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, quickly moved away from the main road and entered an almost forgotten area.
The palace walls here are mottled, the tiles are covered with moss, the roads are lined with half-human-high weeds, and the air is filled with a smell of decay and dampness.
"Young master... there is really no clean room here..." Chun Liu caught up with him breathlessly, feeling a little scared when he saw the desolate scene in front of him.
"It's just ahead. I smell it." Ajiu pointed to a patch of rockery not far away.
She took advantage of the moment when Chunliu was tripped by a bunch of thorns, lowered her body, and whooshed into the rockery with jagged and rugged rocks.
"Young Master!"
Chunliu was horrified and hurriedly chased after him.
But this rockery was like a maze, with twists and turns. When she walked around a huge rock, there was no trace of Ajiu in front of her.
"Young master? Miss Jiu?" She lowered her voice and called out anxiously.
The only sound in response was the rustling of the grass in the wind.
Chunliu looked around and confirmed that Ajiu had successfully "gotten rid of" him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
She pretended to "search" for another incense stick of time, muttering to herself "What should I do?", and then ran back the way she came with a look of panic on her face.
And at this moment, deep in the rockery.
Ajiu was leaning against a cold rock, his small chest rising and falling slightly.
She stuck out half of her head and confirmed that the palace maid had gone far away, and only then did she feel completely relieved.
She didn't dare to delay any longer, so she closed her eyes and tried to sense the golden dragon energy with all her strength again.
This time there was no interference, and the direction of the breath became much clearer.
That's the direction.
The northwest corner of the palace.
She came out from behind the rockery, lifted her skirt and walked forward carefully following the guidance of the breath.
The further you go, the more desolate the surroundings become.
She walked through one deserted courtyard after another, which was covered with cobwebs. The rustling sound of her steps on the thick fallen leaves was particularly clear in this dead silent environment.
If it weren't for the golden light guiding him, Jiu felt that he would have cried out of fear.
Xiong Xiong Brother...Sir...
You'd better come quickly, it's scary here.
Finally, she came to a palace.
The palace gate here was locked tightly, with a faded seal on it. The stone steps in front of the gate were covered with dark green moss, and a biting cold air kept seeping out from the crack in the door.
Cold Palace.
Jiu didn't even need to look at the crooked plaque to feel the bone-chilling coldness and despair in the air.
And the golden dragon energy belonging to the real emperor that she had been tracking all the way came from the depths of this cold palace!
This is it.
Ajiu was delighted and was about to get closer to investigate more carefully.
Suddenly, her heart trembled violently, and she sensed another breath.
A phoenix aura that comes from the same source as the golden dragon aura, but is more graceful and elegant, and is filled with the majesty of a mother of the world...
It was the Queen Mother's aura.
However, this phoenix energy was now filled with pain and struggle. It was like a phoenix trapped in a cage, being suppressed by thick and sticky black air. It was extremely difficult for it to even make a wail.
Ajiu looked towards the source of the painful phoenix energy.
It was a side hall next to the cold palace, all the doors and windows of which were nailed shut from the outside with thick wooden boards and iron bars.
The Queen Mother was imprisoned there.
And the Emperor...
Ajiu turned her gaze back to the cold palace. She stood on tiptoe and looked inside through a broken hole in the wall.
The yard was overgrown with weeds and in a mess.
The most crucial golden dragon energy did not originate from any palace, but from a long-dried well in the center of the courtyard...
Dry well!
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