Chapter 84: It’s better for the prince to keep it for himself
At this moment, Bu Ruo was sitting in a chair in a daze in the eyes of outsiders, but only she knew that she was in an illusion...
"Hmm... snow mountain? Bu Ruo looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky and suddenly became playful and started building a snowman."
After an unknown amount of time, she looked at the snowmen of all sizes on the mountaintop and sighed, "It should be about time... break them for me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a white, almost transparent flower appeared in the air. As the flower slowly rotated, cracks suddenly appeared in the originally gloomy sky, and finally shattered like a broken mirror.
In the study, Bu Ruo looked at the pale-faced Phantom and smiled, "You are quite good. Your abilities are beyond my expectations. It is extremely difficult to cultivate to this level from the righteous path. The reason you haven't made further progress is because your mentality is unstable."
"Also... the snow isn't falling very well. If there were needles mixed in with the snowflakes, anyone trapped in the illusion would surely die. After all, needles kill faster than freezing to death, and it also saves you time."
"Also, if we can bring them back to a scene they've experienced before, that would be a sure win, like this..."
As Bu Ruo finished speaking, Meiying felt the scene around him change...
A bamboo house in the woods, various unknown medicinal herbs planted in the yard, a swing hanging under a nearby tree, smoke curling from the small kitchen. Looking down at myself, I seem to be only five or six years old...
This is...her childhood home, the place she dreams of returning to.
Although she knew it was an illusion, she still ran over in surprise: "Dad... Mom..."
A beautiful woman poked her head out from the small kitchen: "Xiaoying is back. You look so dirty. Go wash up quickly. It's time to eat."
"I don't know where your father went. He hasn't come back yet so late..."
Phantom looked at the woman who was still busy in the kitchen. He couldn't help but rush over and hugged her, his voice choked with sobs: "Mom... I finally see you again."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then smiled and hugged him back: "What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't mother always here? Look, mother even made your favorite spare ribs today."
"Ah, why are you crying? Who messed with my daughter? Tell Dad, and Dad will avenge you!"
Phantom turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who put the backpack aside, and finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Tell Daddy quickly, is it the little rabbit at the door bullying you, or is it that Dahuang won't let you ride it again? If they dare to make our Ying'er cry, Daddy will definitely teach them a lesson!"
Just as the man picked up the little Phantom and coaxed her, the scene changed again. This time she was not the one experiencing it, but a bystander.
In an ancient tribe, she saw her mother being held on a high platform by a group of people holding torches, while her father covered her mouth tightly to prevent her from making any sound.
A few breaths later, she saw with her own eyes that her father quickly knocked her out, carried her home, packed her bags, and then put her on the big yellow dog.
"Darling, remember the road I took you on countless times before? Take Xiaoying with you and walk as far as possible. Never come back."
The man watched Da Huang walk away with his child, looking back every three steps, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes.
"Child, live well and never come back."
"Mei'er, wait for me!"
Phantom watched in the void as his father lifted up the bed board, took out a sword from underneath and rushed back to the tribe.
At this time, the fire rack under the woman had been lit. She desperately shook her head at the man, asking him not to come over, but the man continued to fight, just to get one step closer to her.
Finally, after being stabbed countless times, the man finally reached the beautiful woman and untied her, but the fire at that time made it impossible for them to get out.
"Don't worry, I've sent Xiaoying away. She won't be like us anymore. She will definitely live a good life."
"The beautiful woman cried and shook her head. I have already been fed poison, why did you come to save me? I have implicated you. If it weren't for me..."
The man shook his head and took the beautiful woman in his arms: "I have never regretted it. If it weren't for you, I would still be just a swordsman working for others in the martial arts world. How could I live a life with a wife and daughter?"
"Mei'er, I'm content to die with you. My only regret is that I can't see my daughter grow up. I hope she won't be found by those people and just be an ordinary person in this life..."
Phantom watched the fire engulf the two men, crying inconsolably, wishing he could go down and tear those people into pieces.
Just when she was about to go crazy, she felt a sharp pain on her face and she returned to the study.
"Princess...Princess..."
Bu Ruo shook his hands: "Don't mind it, if I don't push harder, you're going to die in there."
Phantom came to his senses, wiped the tears from his face, and knelt at Bu Ruo's feet: "Phantom is willing to stay by the princess' side, willingly, and... thank you for helping me resolve the knot in my heart that has been there for many years."
Bu Ruo sat back in his chair and sighed, "You are very smart. You should know that what happened just now was not an illusion, but something that really happened after you were sent away."
"I can only help you see this far now. When I break through the bottleneck in the future, I will definitely send you back again. After I understand the whole story, I will take you to seek revenge and kill all the people in that tribe. Don't spare a single one."
Meiying looked at Buruo in shock, tears streaming down his face again as he kowtowed three times to her: "Meiying...Thank you, Princess. From now on, my life belongs to you."
Bu Ruo helped the man up and said, "Go ahead. I'll give you one night to calm down. Come to my yard early tomorrow morning. I have something to give you."
After Phantom left, Bu Ruo couldn't help but sneer at Cen Nan's expression: "Shut up quickly. Look how calm your prince is. Learn from him."
Cen Nan recovered and swallowed, "Princess, could you please tell me what happened just now?"
"You don't know, that Phantom was picked up by the prince from a mountain village on the border of Beining during the war. In all these years, I have never seen her with any other expression on her face, let alone crying and laughing."
"She's a different person. She's not close to anyone and keeps to herself. In short... she's very difficult to approach."
Bu Ruo smiled and said, "It's nothing. She just took me to a fantasy world for a tour, so naturally I have to return the favor, right?"
"Your Highness, let's make a deal. This Phantom is mine from now on. Even if she becomes more powerful in the future, you can't take her back."
Xiao Yulan: ...
"Everything I have belongs to Ruo'er. If Ruo'er likes it, Cen Nan can also give it to you."
Bu Ruo shook his head frantically when he heard this: "No, no, it's better for the prince to keep it for himself..."
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