The Third Palace.
When Chu Xinxin entered, she happened to encounter the female instructor of the Third Palace.
When the female official saw her, a hint of fear flashed across her face, and she bowed her head deeply in a salute.
"Biyu's matter has not been spread. Everyone is guessing that she was targeted by the King's soul-searching technique because she offended you."
The woman whispered in Chu Xinxin's ear.
The Soul Searching Technique is extremely harmful to the person who suffers from it. Although Bi Yu is still alive, she has become mentally impaired.
"Being betrayed by one's own female official would be bad for Shenyao's reputation if word got out..."
Chu Xinxin thought for a moment and realized: "Moreover, now all the tribes want to send people in. If they find out about the Forget-Me-Not Pill, the whole palace might be full of spies from all the tribes in the future."
"Well, but that's not good for you."
"I'm going to leave sooner or later anyway, so whatever."
A dark glint flashed in Chu Xinxin's eyes.
Shenyao calls her Xingyuan, and it seems like he really does treat her as Xingyuan, but in reality, everyone in the palace knows that she is just a low-end version of Xingyuan.
Shenyao knew perfectly well that even the First Palace was not qualified to be inhabited.
Chu Zheng was doing needlework when she saw them come in. She pulled over a few threads and spelled out the name "Shang Li" on the table.
Chu Xinxin instinctively retorted, "I saw him that day, and he didn't have..."
"You've seen him?" Chu Zheng asked softly.
"Yes, I've met him once."
How is he now?
Chu Xinxin was afraid that she would get too emotional, so she only replied, "The situation is not good."
Chu Zheng closed her eyes briefly, a tear sliding down her cheek: "That pattern only appears when he's happy."
......
Did I guess wrong?
Chu Xinxin originally thought it was Shen Yao, but unexpectedly, the one with the six-pointed star on his body... was Shang Li.
But when she first saw Shang Li that day, she didn't feel anything special.
Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility that Chu Zheng wants to increase her stakes and get Chu Xinxin to rescue Shang Li as soon as possible.
"System, I'm giving you one more chance. Tell me honestly, who is it?"
Why don't you rescue them and see?
The system was unresponsive, so Chu Xinxin had no choice but to go back with Nvwei to come up with a solution.
Shenyao has been quiet these past few days, not chatting with the lower-ranking members to pass the time, probably because he has freed up his hands to deal with the Bei Clan's affairs.
However, Chu Xinxin realized that the two of them couldn't come up with a solution on their own; they didn't even know how to get to the crater.
"Who in the entire palace do you think could possibly know?"
Chu Xinxin looked at the woman with hope.
"I'll go back and check..."
The woman walked away with a slight frown.
Chu Xinxin also reached out with her hands behind her back to tease the sea turtle in the garden whose shell was as big as ten people sitting on it.
"Brother Turtle, are you still not going to speak to me today?"
Chu Xinxin jumped a few times on his tortoise shell. It was indeed wide and thick, capable of supporting at least five people at once...
"So you're that lowly member of the Bewitching King's clan?"
A haughty yet charming voice rang out. Chu Xinxin turned around and saw a woman in a white gauze dress leading a group of people.
Their hair and dresses were adorned with beautiful seashells.
Chu Xinxin glanced at him twice, then turned back without any expression, her ignoring attitude infuriating the other person.
"Grab her!" the woman ordered the people around her, hands on her hips.
A dozen servants surrounded Chu Xinxin. Just as Chu Xinxin, all alone, was about to call for help, the sea turtle under her feet suddenly stood up, spun around, and its heavy shell knocked all of them away.
"Slow down, slow down, Brother Turtle, you're going to leave me behind too."
Chu Xinxin patted the thick shell of the sea turtle, and the turtle stopped moving.
"You've bullied me! I'm going to tell the King!" The woman stomped her foot and headed towards the Crystal Palace.
Chu Xinxin: "This is so strange, who is this guy, Brother Turtle?"
After the woman left, the sea turtle lay down again and closed its eyes.
"Don't be so cold, Brother Turtle. Let me tell you some gossip. That black shark trapped in the volcano's crater has absorbed the most essential part of the volcanic rock after all these years..."
The sea turtle's eyelids twitched, but it still didn't open its eyes.
Chu Xinxin moved a little closer and lowered her voice: "Guess what? He mastered the Samadhi True Fire!"
"This Samadhi Fire can burn everything..."
"It can also help people with cold and damp poison to remove toxins... It's very useful."
Just as Chu Xinxin finished speaking, a white light flashed before her eyes, and a man dressed in black clothes appeared in front of her.
The man's right cheek was covered with several crooked, black, tree-like patterns, which ruined his originally handsome face and made him look quite terrifying.
"Are you telling the truth?" The man's true form was that of the giant sea turtle.
"Of course it's true." Chu Xinxin nodded her head vigorously, like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Words are no proof."
"He's still trapped in the crater. I'll go there to get you some proof..."
The man pondered for a moment: "Then where did you get this information from?"
“Wang took me to see him last time. There was a flower made of three flames that could be faintly seen between his eyebrows.”
"I'll believe you for now..." the man said, changing the subject, "What do you want from me?"
Chu Xinxin subconsciously looked around...
"Speak freely. If I don't want anyone to hear it, no one will."
As soon as the man finished speaking, a barrier faintly lit up around them.
“I originally wanted you to carry me to the coast…” Chu Xinxin glanced at him cautiously, “But now, I hope you will send me and another girl to the crater together.”
How did you know I was suffering from the Yin-cold poison?
"Just a guess." Chu Xinxin blinked at her, completely at ease. "If I guess wrong, I'll guess something else. I'll figure out what you're looking for eventually..."
man:......
Why does he feel like he's been tricked?
"You know the location of the crater, but that's just a guess?"
Chu Xinxin: "That makes some sense. I think you're quite old. If you don't even know about the entire palace, then no one else does."
The man's face darkened: "I'm old?!"
"Isn't it big?" Chu Xinxin retorted. "I counted the growth lines on your tortoise shell three times before I could count them correctly. There are 931 of them. For a girl like me who is only in her early twenties, that's quite big!"
The man was speechless.
"Hey, men are all spendthrifts no matter how old they are, it's not important." Chu Xinxin waved her hand, changing the subject: "By the way, what's your name? I can't keep calling you Brother Turtle, can I?"
"My name is Yunhai."
Yunhai told Chu Xinxin to come find him again in ten days, at which time he would take them to the crater.
With the tour guide issue resolved, Chu Xinxin breathed a sigh of relief.
The other half is, if Shang Li really is the person she's looking for, then how can she rescue him?
Those iron chains looked like they wouldn't be easy to open.
Frustrated, Chu Xinxin walked and pondered, and before she knew it, she had arrived around the Crystal Palace.
From where she was standing, she could see that the woman who had just caused her trouble was now pestering Shen Yao, talking about something.
She heard Shen Yao's voice clearly: "If she weren't Xingyuan, I would have killed her first."
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