Chapter 55
Xie Wen never expected that he was still alive.
Before her lay a dark dungeon. Xie Wen was curled up on a pile of damp straw. She struggled to sit up and tried to lift her hand. To her surprise, her hand could still move, and her body was perfectly fine; nothing was missing.
Aside from his messy hair, Xie Wen feels pretty good about himself right now.
"Awen. How are you?" At this moment, a person carrying some food and water walked towards them against the light. Xie Wen recognized the voice immediately; it was Jin Huaran.
The guard opened the iron gate, and Jin Huaran calmly entered the chaotic prison. He squatted down in front of Xie Wen and said, "Awen, have something to eat."
Xie Wen looked at Jin Huaran with unfamiliar eyes, "What have you done?"
Xie Wen knew that Jin Huaran had saved her. If he hadn't controlled everyone in the palace, how could he have protected Xie Wen under such circumstances?
If he hadn't controlled everyone in the palace, how could Xie Wen have so easily stormed into the Crown Prince's palace yesterday?
Yesterday, that hidden weapon was also his!
Xie Wen glared coldly at Jin Huaran, "So, it was you who let Kunlun Ruins and the Dynasty invade the Sword Sect. You killed my sister! You killed Chu Xianyue!"
"It's you who killed so many people!"
Xie Wen knocked over all the bowls and chopsticks Jin Huaran handed him, splashing soup all over him. The servants around him looked terrified, but Jin Huaran maintained his gentle demeanor, his eyes sparkling with laughter. "What's wrong, A-Wen? Is the food not to your liking?"
Xie Wen said, "You know perfectly well what's wrong with me!"
"I didn't want to doubt you, but all this evidence points to you! How long are you going to keep up this act? I used to consider you a true friend! How long are you going to keep using me? Was our meeting a conspiracy from the very beginning? Was it all a lie from start to finish?"
"Your mother, the former empress, suffered a tragic fate, being humiliated and killed by the emperor and the current empress in collusion. This sowed a deep hatred in you when you were young, and you swore to avenge your mother? You lay low in the palace, seemingly subservient to Jin Anxu from childhood, but in reality, you were the one using him. You appeared to be humble and subservient to him, but in fact, Jin Anxu always obeyed you. You instigated his malice towards Xiandu. You led him to attack the dynasty!"
"You took control of the Emperor and Empress on the very night I stormed the palace, didn't you? If I hadn't been here to help you divert most of the guards, how could your plan have gone so smoothly? And then you used me to kill Jin Anxu. So, none of this has anything to do with you. You've successfully cleared your name and completed your revenge. Everyone in the palace who wronged you and your mother in your youth, who hurt you and your mother, has gotten what they deserved!"
"But, but am I just destined to be used by you? Are all the people in the Sword Sect just destined to die?!"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! My sister and Chu Xianyue are both the ones who caused this!" Xie Wen glared, gripping Jin Huaran's sleeve tightly, his eyes blazing with intense hatred, as if he wanted to tear Jin Huaran apart!
A fleeting complexity crossed Jin Huaran's eyes, but it quickly vanished beneath. Despite Xie Wen's blunt revelation of all his crimes, Jin Huaran remained expressionless. "Even so, Wen, what do you intend to do? Kill me?"
Xie Wen was consumed by rage. She had never imagined he felt no remorse whatsoever! She screamed, "I'll kill you! Don't think I wouldn't dare!"
Jin Hua Ran smiled and gently stroked Xie Wen's cheek. "I know you dare. After this is all over, you can kill me however you want. Okay?"
His words were so gentle they seemed to melt your heart. Xie Wen used to pity him because of this gentleness, but now, because of it, he felt disgusted a thousand times over.
A murderous glint flashed in Xie Wen's eyes. She abruptly stood up, a fragrant fan materializing in her hand. With a whoosh, the fan unfurled, about to slash across Jin Huaran's neck. All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
This shows that Xie Wen had been preparing for this all along and had wanted to kill him for a long time.
Jin Huaran simply raised her hand and snapped her fingers, and Xie Wen's hand fell down uncontrollably, unable to exert any strength. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't even lift a fan.
Xie Wen collapsed to the ground, her body going limp. She could only glare angrily at Jin Huaran, "What did you do to me?!"
Jin Huaran simply picked up the fallen fan for Xie Wen and personally handed it to him, saying, "Awen, don't be afraid. I won't do anything to you. Just don't be a good boy."
Xie Wen spat, "Pah! What is it? Untie it for me! Or I'll really kill you!"
Jin Huaran said, "It's just a low-level puppet technique. I can't completely control you. You will always have your own consciousness."
Xie Wen: "Jin Huaran! What exactly do you want to do! Haven't you already completed your revenge? What else do you want to use me for?"
Jin Huaran suddenly leaned down, gently lifting Xie Wen's chin with her hand, but the pressure suddenly increased. "What if I told you that I love you and want you to marry me? What do you say?"
Xie Wen: "Don't even think about humiliating me like this! If you dare to do this, my, my, my master will not let you off!"
The light in Jin Huaran's eyes completely dimmed, his gaze suddenly turned cold, and all the pretense he had put on vanished. "Is that so? Let him come and kill me. Don't let me go."
As he spoke, he gently patted Xie Wen's face, "Ah Wen, Ah Wen." Jin Huaran shook his head again and said, "Stay here and behave yourself. I'm leaving now."
The cell door slammed shut, and Xie Wen glared angrily as Jin Huaran's figure disappeared into the light, his nails digging deeply into his palms.
I can only blame myself for realizing so late that it was all his fault! It's all his doing.
Xie Wen slumped against the dark wall and slowly slid down.
The cell was closed, damp all around, with water droplets on the walls and floor, and a chill emanated from it. The night guards were all asleep, but Xie Wen was still awake.
Her eyes were vacant, staring at the ground and the wall. Xie Wen touched the bloodstains on her neck, and suddenly felt a pang of discomfort. This discomfort wasn't from the outside world; rather, it emanated from the depths of her heart. Although the dungeon was cold, she felt incredibly hot, her heart itching with unbearable heat.
Xie Wen tore open her collar and saw a cursed seal faintly glowing on her chest. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. It was the Lover's Curse seal, beginning to take effect.
Yesterday, the Blood Bead artifact poured all its spiritual power into Xie Wen. Its spiritual power exhausted, it could no longer contend with the power of the Lover's Curse. The Lover's Curse was slowly taking effect.
Xie Wen gritted his teeth, especially at this crucial moment!
Her body grew increasingly hot, and Xie Wen had no choice but to lean against the damp, cold wall to find some relief. She tried to circulate her spiritual energy to suppress the heat, but its effect was limited.
Xie Wen observed the cell during the day. It seemed to hold only her, and it was impossible to tell what kind of place it was from the inside. She had no idea where she was.
At this moment, only Chu Xianyue could know her location through the blood beads.
Xie Wen sighed softly.
She pressed herself against the damp, cold wall in the corner, no longer caring about whether it was dirty or not.
Suddenly noticing his hands getting increasingly wet, Xie Wen looked down and saw many tiny holes in the corner of the wall, from which water was seeping in. Xie Wen's eyes widened. Where there's water, there might be a way out.
She stood up, and with her Yao Fang sword, slashed forward. In an instant, half of the entire corner of the wall collapsed.
Sure enough, a deep cave was revealed, with water constantly flowing up from the entrance. Xie Wen drew his sword again and slashed. Suddenly, a hole about half the size of a person appeared.
More water flowed into the cell through the opening. Xie Wen bent down and crawled into the hole. It was a small cave, not too big or too small. It was pitch black all around, and the ground was covered in water.
Xie Wen raised her hand and tapped on the mountain wall, listening intently for a while. There was nothing unusual.
But where did this water on the ground come from?
The cave was too dark, and Xie Wen groped her way in. She cast a fire spell, raising her hand and flicking a flame between her fingers, instantly illuminating the small area. By the light of the fire, Xie Wen glanced down at her feet again, but what she saw sent chills down her spine and made her shudder with fear.
A pair of eyes floated on the water's surface, their gaze rising silently and fixing on Xie Wen.
Xie Wen slashed his sword underwater, breaking the surface, but there was nothing there. There was nothing beneath the water. And when the water closed again, the eyes and the person sank to the bottom once more.
It was a vacant, blank stare. Definitely not a normal person. More like a mentally challenged person. After calming down, Xie Wen realized it was just a wisp of a ghost clinging to the surface of the water.
Some people die unjustly in life and are then thrown into the water. Their resentment is hard to dispel, and they will turn into a ghost-like spirit, staying in the waters that hold all their resentment.
Xie Wen encountered this kind of evil spirit, which is called a Yin spirit. This kind of evil spirit is not very harmful and can usually only scare people. There is no need to worry about it.
However, Xie Wen always felt that some sound was coming from the depths of the water.
Xie Wen closed his eyes, picked up his sword, and plunged into the water without thinking twice.
There's a sound, where is it? It's coming from all directions.
Xie Wen heard not just one person's voice, but many others, chattering, sobbing, confused, and distressed sounds from underwater.
There's something wrong with the water here.
When Xie Wen first entered, the water was only knee-deep, but once she plunged in, it completely submerged her. When Xie Wen tried to surface, she couldn't find the end of the water; only boundless cold and darkness remained.
Suddenly another voice asked her, "Who are you? You're not a member of the Feathered Clan, so why are you here?"
Xie Wen seemed to gradually regain her balance underwater and was able to breathe! She turned around and saw many people with extremely white hair and long waists, whose faces were exceptionally beautiful. They asked her, "Who are you? Why are you here?"
Shewen asked, "Who are you?"
"Feathered people."
The Feathered Clan, the Lock of Fate, the Netherworld, the Destruction of the World. These words instantly flooded Xie Wen's mind.
She said, "Didn't you cease to exist?"
"Who said that? We are in the Sea of No Delusion. We suffer endless torment from the waters of the Sea of No Delusion. Isn't it all your fault?"
"Isn't it all your fault?"
"However, I believe we will soon regain our freedom."
Xie Wen: "What do you mean?"
“A member of our people has left this Boundless Sea. He will surely find a way to bring us back!”
Xie Wen turned around again and saw the winged people in the water. His eyes seemed to light up as he spoke. But in no time, they were all tormented by the waters of the Boundless Sea.
Legend has it that the waters of the Boundless Sea are the most poisonous and malevolent waters in the world. Many years ago, the Boundless Sea was a gathering place for all sorts of evil spirits and malevolent energy from the underworld. The malevolent energy lingers year-round.
Later, by a twist of fate, the waters of the Boundless Sea flowed from the underworld to the human world.
For ordinary people, such a place is hell. Just touching it will result in being devoured by countless evil spirits and vengeful ghosts, making you unable to live or die, suffering inhuman pain every moment.
Chu Xianyue said the Feathered Clan no longer exists in this world? But the Feathered Clan is imprisoned in the Sea of Nothingness, suffering endless torment every day, never to be reborn. Does this mean that existing in the Sea of Nothingness is equivalent to not existing in the human world?
They were forced to be bound by the chains of destiny, and burdened with the title of a world-ending catastrophe. Therefore, these winged people had to suffer these consequences.
In a daze, Xie Wen emerged from a small puddle in the cave, breaking the surface of the water. Belatedly, Xie Wen realized that this puddle was not ordinary water, but rather purified, pure seawater.
The waters of the Boundless Sea possess a miraculous ability: though the waters are separated by thousands of miles, they can still connect. However, the waters of the Boundless Sea beneath Xie Wen's feet have been purified by profound spiritual energy. People here can no longer freely swim across this body of water to the distant Boundless Sea.
But because they share the same origin, they can still see the scenes in the Boundless Sea thousands of miles away, and hear the sounds. But they cannot touch it.
That's why I suddenly encountered this situation.
Xie Wen just met the so-called Feather Clan! They are in the Boundless Sea.
But why is there such a purified pool of water from the Boundless Sea within this palace? Is it for some kind of convenience? Or is there a deeper meaning?
Before leaving, Xie Wen glanced back at the ghost floating on the puddle, its eyes glazed over, grinning foolishly. For some reason, this fear of the unknown was even more chilling and lingering.
As Xie Wen stepped out of the cave, he suddenly heard a loud commotion outside.
She stopped in her tracks. The aftereffects of the Lover's Curse kicked in, causing Xie Wen to take a deep breath, her forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.
Xie Wen had to press his face against the damp, cold wall to feel a little better, just like before, but it became less and less effective, and the wall was as hot as a furnace.
A piercing, bone-deep pain drilled straight into Xie Wen's marrow. It felt as if a million insects were crawling all over Xie Wen's chest. Xie Wen clenched his heart, his breathing became heavy, and large beads of sweat fell down.
Just as she was losing consciousness and about to drown completely, she was suddenly pulled out by a hand. From then on, Xie Wen was like a lifeline, and she clung to him tightly. In her blurred vision, a familiar face vaguely appeared, and Xie Wen's body temperature became even hotter.
Chu embracing Yue?
Xie Wen thought he was going crazy. How could he possibly be here at this time?
Chu Xianyue looked at Xie Wen's appearance, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down. The moment he touched Xie Wen, he was startled; her body seemed to be on fire, and Chu Xianyue's body followed suit.
Upon learning that Xie Wen had single-handedly stormed the dynasty and was still missing, he charged over like a madman.
But now, this is the Xie Wen we see.
How could he not know that the Lover's Curse had struck again?
Chu Xianyue was still struggling internally, but the person in front of him had already clung to him, hooking his neck and kissing his lips, his eyes, his cheeks again and again. The soft red tongue plunged in, prying open his lips and teeth, stirring up his stagnant heart into chaos.
Chu Xianyue's fingers curled involuntarily. The strange sensation in a certain part of his body became increasingly aberrant with the friction between their bodies, and Chu Xianyue's breathing became heavier involuntarily. He didn't know why, but he also began to succumb, slowly being pulled into the water by Xie Wen.
Once you're immersed in it, you can't struggle.
Do not struggle.
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