Meanwhile, Zu'an, who was rushing with Bi Linglong, was also forced to stop by this sudden change in the world.
Let alone Bi Linglong's current extreme weakness, even at her peak, she might not be able to stand steadily on this undulating ground.
She gasped and then fell into a warm embrace.
"Are you alright?" Zu'an carried her into the air. He didn't dare to fly too high, only a few meters off the ground, so as not to be discovered by the emperor from afar.
"It's nothing." Holding the man in her arms, Bi Linglong blushed, her girlish reserve making her instinctively want to push him away.
However, the two were currently in mid-air, and if they pushed her away, they would fall down, where the undulating ley lines below looked extremely terrifying.
To ease her embarrassment, she quickly asked, "What happened?"
Zuan shook his head: "I don't know. I feel that there must be a change in the world of this secret realm. The spatial elements are extremely unstable now. Perhaps a major change will happen in this world soon."
When Bi Linglong was the Crown Princess, she always acted aloof and dignified, but now that I'm holding her, she's so soft and cute. It's true that even the toughest woman is soft when you hold her.
Smelling the sweet fragrance of precious palace perfume emanating from her clothes, Zu An sighed inwardly, "They say dying under a peony is a romantic death, but I never thought it would actually happen to me."
Give him a few more years, and he's confident he can fight the emperor, but the gap is just too big now...
"Heh, you're using what I told you to pick up girls? How can you be so shameless?" Mi Li's displeased voice interrupted his thoughts.
“We’re both on the same side, why distinguish between you and me? What’s mine is yours, and what’s yours is mine.” Zu’an immediately put on a fawning smile.
"Who says we're family?" Mi Li snorted. "You're too cunning, and you're not very respectful to me. This can't go on. From now on, you're not allowed to call me 'sister' anymore. We'll address each other as master and disciple."
"Master and disciple?" Zu An's expression was strange.
"What, you're unwilling?" Mi Li's voice suddenly rose. "If it weren't for my guidance, could you have grown to this level in such a short time? You should know that back then, countless people begged me to take them as disciples, but I didn't even give them a second glance. Today, I'm offering to take you as a disciple, and you're still making excuses."
“Of course I’m willing.” Zu An smiled. Over the past few days, the two of them had gone from being wary of each other to trusting one another. What the other had taught him during this time had indeed benefited him greatly, especially those insights that were ahead of their time. “But we’re doing just fine as siblings, why do we suddenly have to address each other as master and disciple?”
"You don't need to worry about it," Mi Li said, looking somewhat preoccupied. "Are you willing or not?"
“Alright,” Zu’an noticed her unusual behavior but didn’t ask any further questions. “However, given the current situation, there’s no way to give you any apprenticeship ceremony.”
“You don’t need all that, just call me Master,” Mi Li said.
"Master...Father..." At first, I felt a little ashamed, but once I said it, it didn't seem like a big deal.
"My good disciple." A gentle smile appeared on Mi Li's usually beautiful and dignified face.
Zuan: "..."
At first, I thought she had something on her mind or some unavoidable hardship, but now it seems like she's just trying to take advantage of him.
It doesn't matter, whether I have a master or not doesn't matter. In any case, in those novels from my previous life, jockeys and bastards were just basic stuff.
At this moment, Bi Linglong's voice came: "The world has changed. Alas, we are already in such a miserable state. It's truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly."
Hearing the despair in her voice, Zuan comforted her, "On the contrary, it is precisely because of this sudden change that we may have a glimmer of hope."
Bi Linglong was taken aback. Being a smart person, she immediately understood the reasoning and couldn't help but sigh, "Although you are usually a bit frivolous, you are calmer than anyone else when it matters."
"There's no other way; it's all honed through life-or-death experiences," Zu An chuckled.
Bi Linglong realized some issues she had never considered before. Indeed, based on the information she had received, this guy had been walking on the edge of life and death ever since he arrived in Mingyue City.
Thinking of this, she felt both heartache and admiration.
Zu'an then felt somewhat apologetic: "I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this. You could have continued to be the Crown Princess peacefully."
Bi Linglong shook her head: "Ever since that incident at the Hundred Flowers Palace, he has never been able to tolerate my survival. Alas, I never expected that Ruizhi would be possessed by the Emperor."
Although there was no love between her and the Crown Prince over the years, they had been husband and wife for so many years, and even raising a cat or a dog together would have created a bond. It was inevitable that she would feel sad when she learned that he had been possessed by his father.
“Indeed, no one could have imagined this,” Zuan said. “It’s just that he’s been an emperor for too long and his obsession with immortality has become too strong. In order to achieve his goal, he’s willing to try all sorts of crooked and evil methods.”
"What should we do next?" Bi Linglong had lost her usual shrewdness and decisiveness. After all, she was still a young girl, and anyone would be bewildered after experiencing so many setbacks in one day.
The thought that her husband was actually her father-in-law sent chills down her spine and made her feel nauseous.
Considering the emperor's unparalleled cultivation, in all the vast world, where could she possibly find refuge?
“Let’s get out of the secret realm first,” Zuan said. “At worst, I’ll take you to the northern demon tribe. No matter how powerful the emperor is, he can’t control that place.”
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