Chu Xinxin felt something was wrong as soon as she stepped into the Crystal Palace.
The palace was frozen solid, and she, wearing only a gauze dress, soon found her fingertips turning red from the cold.
"Shenyao, where are you?"
No one answered.
"I'll go out if you're not there..."
Chu Xinxin turned around, and Shen Yao stood behind her with a fierce look on his face: "Where are you going?"
"Go back to my own room."
Shen Yao, his face dark and breathing heavily, approached Chu Xinxin step by step.
"Are you going to see that black shark again? How many times have I told you not to see him again? Why don't you ever understand! What's so good about that black shark? He's ugly and of lowly blood. If you dare to go again, I'll turn him into tar and burn him in your palace every day!"
Chu Xinxin was cornered and her back slammed against the jagged coral wall.
No, where did you get that conclusion?
Shenyao: "Every time I get even a little close to another woman, you go looking for that black shark. Do you think I'm blind?"
"What are you talking about? I don't know anything about black sharks!"
Her back ached from the pressure, and Chu Xinxin took a small step forward. Shen Yao's eyes darkened, and he grabbed her hand. The next second, Chu Xinxin was led out of the hall.
The divine radiance swam faster and faster, and the royal palace gradually transformed into the size of a bead in Chu Xinxin's eyes.
Then, the bead disappeared, and everything around was pitch black.
It was as if time and space had stood still.
If Shenyao hadn't been holding her hand, she would have almost thought she was the only one left in the world.
It's unclear how much time passed, but Shenyao seemed to stop.
Chu Xinxin couldn't help but ask, "Shenyao, where exactly are you taking me?"
Suddenly, flames lit up the surroundings, and Chu Xinxin instinctively closed her eyes.
Then, Shenyao's indifferent voice rang out: "Xingyuan, open your eyes and take a good look..."
Their eyes slowly opened, and before them lay an active volcano.
Thick magma continuously spewed out from it.
In the place where the fire was fiercest and most intense, there was a human figure.
He was shirtless, and his black fishtail was suspended high by a huge iron chain.
His handsome face was deathly pale, as if he were on his deathbed.
"Shang Li, someone has come to see you."
Shen Yao gathered an ice pillar in his palm, flicked it with his fingertip, and the ice pillar instantly pierced Shang Li's shoulder.
Shang Li coughed up a mouthful of blood and finally raised his head.
His eyes were glazed over, as if he were blind.
Shen Yao whispered in Chu Xinxin's ear, "He's blind... Do you like this big gift he gave you?"
Chu Xinxin felt a chill run through her body, but she still forced herself to remain calm: "I told you I don't know him."
Shen Yao straightened up, his scrutinizing gaze falling on Chu Xinxin.
"I can't tell what you're thinking; you're feeling guilty."
"Damn it!" Chu Xinxin shoved him away. "I've had enough of you! Go get treatment if you're sick. Stop being so paranoid. Aren't you worried that a bolt of lightning will strike you down later?"
As if he hadn't been treated like this in a long time, Shen Yao was stunned, raising his hand to cover the spot where Chu Xinxin had just pushed him, remaining motionless.
Shang Li, who seemed to have just recovered, moved his lips and slowly said, "Shen Yao, what are you planning to do now?"
"I've found Xingyuan. I'm bringing her to see you."
Shang Li struggled to her feet: "You're lying! Her voice is completely different from Xing Yuan's."
“But they look exactly alike.” Shen Yao’s lips curled up, as if he had remembered something happy: “What she just said to me was exactly the same as before.”
Wait, wasn't she just cursing at him?
What's with that blissful expression?
Does this person have masochistic tendencies?
Shen Yao turned his head to look at her, his voice gentle: "Xing Yuan, you're thinking of me all the time. I'm not angry anymore. Let's go back."
Chu Xinxin: ......
What?
Shen Yao took her hand, turned to Shang Li and said, "You can stay in this volcano for the rest of your life and repent properly. You can never touch my Star Source."
......
I encountered a crazy fish that can read minds.
Chu Xinxin complained to the system if it could open a backdoor for her and send her directly back to the ground.
"I'm going to find your brother-in-law."
[Sister, have you seen all the male merfolk in the ocean? How can you be so sure there isn't one here?]
“They’re always walking around in front of me shirtless. I’m almost done seeing them. Hurry up and get your sister out of here.”
The system only displayed two cold, indifferent words: 【Energy】.
Chu Xinxin thought about it and decided to give up; she could try to hold on a little longer.
That day, after returning from the volcano, Chu Xinxin secretly asked Nvwei to inquire about the situation.
What kind of grudge could possibly lead someone to blind that young man named Shang Li and hang him there to be tortured?
"He has a close relationship with Xingyuan himself. It seems that Xingyuan originally liked Shang Li, but later he came to like Wang."
I see.
Chu Xinxin pointed to her head: "Did your king suffer some kind of trauma when he was a child?"
"Never heard of it."
Suddenly, the woman remembered: "However, the king's temper has always been very unpredictable; sometimes he's frighteningly kind, and other times he's extremely tyrannical..."
I've already experienced that.
Chu Xinxin turned to another matter: "Aren't the first to fifth palaces arranged according to their degree of similarity? I don't feel that the Chu Zheng in the third palace has any similarities to me?"
The woman commented, "Her voice sounds like it."
Therefore, even though Chu Zheng doesn't look like her, she is still very much loved.
Before Chu Xinxin came to him, Shen Yao summoned her the most times.
No wonder.
"She is a kind person; you can go and learn from her when you have time."
The female micro-suggestion.
Chu Xinxin's instructor, Biyu, has never told her anything about Star Origin; she only heard about it from Shenyao or Nvwei.
Shenyao's personal feelings are too strong, so his opinions are not very reliable.
The female microblogger had no prior experience with Xingyuan and mostly relied on hearsay.
Chu Xinxin really wanted to play this role well, and she also needed to find a way to obtain first-hand resources.
Before they could rest, Chu Xinxin took Nvwei to the third palace to find Chu Zheng.
"Lord Xingyuan." Chu Zheng stood up and bowed when she saw them coming.
Her voice was melodious, like that of a nightingale, beautiful and pleasant.
Chu Xinxin roughly pieced together the complete image of that Xingyuan in her mind.
"Miss Chuzheng, I was just bored in my room, so I came to chat with you."
Chu Xinxin took her hand warmly.
Chu Zheng knelt down: "Lord Xingyuan, please, please let the king release Shang Li."
Chu Xinxin was taken aback and was about to ask her what was going on when the woman beside her covered her mouth: "Are you crazy! Mentioning that name in the palace!"
The woman's hands were trembling, her whole body was tense, and her eyes were fixed on the doorway.
[Shenyao has set up a spell in the palace; anyone who mentions Shang Li's name will trigger a taboo, and he will find out.]
After finishing her sentence, the system added: "[I've censored that last sentence. Next time, sister, you'd better watch out...]"
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