Seeing the Crown Prince walking towards them, Zu An felt a chill run down his spine.
However, he remained calm in dangerous situations and did not immediately rush out to escape.
Because he knew that even if his cultivation level improved greatly, even if he had the ability to teleport, he still would not be able to escape.
He caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of his eye, and his heart leaped with joy. He quickly used the jade cong to communicate with it.
As the prince drew closer, a dark figure suddenly leaped out of the bushes and ran to the side.
The prince casually grabbed the dark figure, which then squeaked in his hand.
The prince relaxed: "So it was just a white-haired rat."
No sooner had he finished speaking than he casually twisted the neck of the white-haired rat.
Anger from the Golden-haired Rat: +1 +1 +1...
Knock on your mother, are you being polite?
The prince scanned the surroundings with his aura, then returned to Pu Duandiao and Jiao Sigun. He placed his hand on the tops of their heads, then stopped, muttering to himself, "No, we have to leave two alive to be witnesses."
Once he was certain that the two had indeed fainted, he picked one up in each hand, soared into the sky, and disappeared into the air.
Zuan, hiding in the bushes, was afraid that his opponent might launch a surprise attack, so he dared not move an inch.
After a long pause, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily, I remained calm, otherwise I would be meeting the King of Hell by now."
"Heh," Mi Li sneered, "If I hadn't just covered your aura, do you think you could have fooled his senses?"
Zuan was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh, "Empress, you still love me after all."
Mi Li's expression changed drastically: "What did you say?"
Zuan explained, "It's just a local saying from my hometown. It means that even though you keep saying you won't help me, you still won't abandon me when it really matters."
Mi Li snorted: "I'm not helping you, I'm saving myself. Even if you perform exceptionally well against this enemy, you're still doomed."
Zu An smiled slightly; this woman was indeed stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside.
However, his attention quickly returned to the emperor, and he couldn't help but sigh, "I should have realized something was wrong. No wonder the emperor didn't seem to care much about the Phoenix Nirvana Sutra back then. It turns out he already had his own method of immortality. He even lied to me, saying that he could achieve an alternative kind of immortality by leaving a name in history. I was so stupid and naive to believe his nonsense. How could such an emperor be content with just leaving a name in history?"
Mi Li nodded in agreement: "Zhao Hao's political skills and shrewdness are already at the pinnacle of emperors, comparable to Ying Zheng back then."
While feeling a sense of relief, Zu An was also secretly glad that the emperor's fragmented soul was usually in a deep slumber; otherwise, the emperor would probably have known when he used the jade cong to control the crown prince in the Eastern Palace.
Wait a minute...
Zu'an suddenly remembered Consort Bai's warning, "The Emperor is more powerful than you think. He knows everything, he just doesn't say it." These words echoed in his ears, and he hurriedly asked Mi Li, "Do you think the Emperor already knew about these things?"
Mi Li shook her head: "His method of possession comes at a high price to awaken once. At that time, the Crown Prince was not in any danger. You controlled him briefly with the jade cong, so it shouldn't have any impact."
Zuan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."
Mi Li sneered, "Aren't you being too happy too soon? Even if the emperor doesn't know about that matter, he most likely knows about what happened in the secret realm. You've displayed an incredibly powerful fighting ability along the way, and your strength has increased too quickly. As a qualified emperor, he would never allow such an exception to exist. Moreover, he will probably doubt why your cultivation has progressed so rapidly, and further suspect that the 'Phoenix Nirvana Scripture' you gave him is fake."
Zuan wanted to curse. What was he risking his life for? It was to save that stupid prince, and in the end, he was exposed because of this. What kind of mess is this?
"Also, he saw everything that happened along the way, from how you and that Crown Princess seemed inseparable," Mi Li said with a hint of schadenfreude.
Zuan was stunned. He remembered how he had saved Bi Linglong's life in the Eastern Palace, but the emperor was not pleased but angry because he had hugged Bi Linglong once, and wanted to cut off his hand.
At the time, he thought the emperor was too capricious, but now he understands that the reason the man was so angry was because Bi Linglong was not only his daughter-in-law, but also his future wife.
No wonder he didn't care that Bi Linglong was a virgin even though she was the Crown Princess. It seems he planned to take her body himself after he possessed her.
The thought of Zu'an sleeping with the emperor's current wife and having an ambiguous relationship with his future wife was like dancing on a grave.
Zuan asked with a mournful face, "Then what do we do now?"
Mi Li said, "The Crown Prince's body contains a fragment of the Emperor's soul. Normally, their thoughts are interconnected. However, we are now in this secret realm, which is a world of its own. Even Zhao Hao cannot communicate with his fragmented soul across this world. So there is a way: destroy this fragmented soul of his in this secret realm. After we leave, the Emperor will not know what happened in the secret realm. With your intelligence, I'm sure you can fool him."
To this suggestion, Zaun could only chuckle. Destroy the Emperor's split soul in this secret realm?
Lu Xiao, who was just at the mid-stage of Grandmaster, couldn't even last two moves against him!
"Sigh, I should think about how to escape after leaving the secret realm." Zu'an even started thinking about where to run to. Bright Moon City was obviously not suitable, and would only bring disaster to the Chu family.
It seems I have no choice but to go to the demon race's territory. Hmm, I might as well go find Qiao Xueying while I'm at it.
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