“Yes, although I don’t want to die yet, and I haven’t dealt with Yu Qingyi yet, you’re my sister. Even though I’m at a disadvantage, I won’t hold it against you.” Nan Fenghuang said with regret.
Xie Lingqin looked at them, and it seemed as if, suddenly, the previously desolate and barren world had begun to see a glimmer of sunlight.
“It’s alright. Although I used up all the spiritual power of the Yun Clan to help your mother pass on back then, after so many years, my spiritual power has recovered somewhat. There must be a way out behind the wall blocking this path. Since it’s not in the study of the General’s Mansion, it must be here. This is the skill and ability of our Yun Clan.”
The man in black robes glanced at everyone, then walked towards the blocked path.
Xie Lingqin understood what the black-robed man meant. In the tunnel of the General's Mansion, there was a room similar to this one. It was only when she touched the stone wall that it opened, and that's how Zong Zhengshao's remains were found.
Zongzheng Shao died a few years after her mother.
So, if she wasn't mistaken, the night Yun Yishang gave birth to her and left the palace, she must have gone to the General's Mansion, where she left a way out for Zongzheng Shao.
So, during those years, the so-called original owner of this body, the so-called mother she saw, was so sickly and frail, a far cry from her former beauty. It was all just a cover-up, to reassure the Emperor so she could escape. But...
Later, she still died, still tricked by the emperor. As for her path to survival, perhaps she destroyed it herself in order to protect Prince Yong.
"ah--"
At that moment, the man in black robes suddenly withdrew his hand in pain, his fingers trembling. The wall, however, remained motionless, appearing lifeless.
However, the man in black robes did not give up. He reached out to touch the wall again, and even though he seemed to be turning blue from the cold, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
Everyone was watching him intently.
Xie Lingqin also coughed incessantly in the cold air.
Finally, the wall actually began to move little by little under the black-robed figure's palm, and cracks appeared bit by bit.
"Is there a way out?"
Nan Fenghuang was pleasantly surprised.
"ah……"
Finally, unable to hold on any longer, the man in black robes withdrew his hand, sighed, and shook his head. "No, this is an escape route personally sealed off by Yun Yishang. She probably didn't want the Emperor to find out, and she even tightened the spiritual energy seal. My spiritual energy isn't strong, and after so many years in Beirong, my inner foundation has been damaged..."
The man in black robes tried it out, but then withdrew his hand, looking quite frustrated. "Moreover, there are arrays set up around this imperial mausoleum that are extremely effective against our Yun Clan's techniques."
The man in the black robe looked somewhat dejected, his brows furrowed tightly, and the scar along his chin to the corner of his eye had faded.
"What should we do, Your Majesty? Otherwise, a few of us will go out and distract them, and we will fight to the death."
One of the Southern Emperor's guards spoke up at this moment.
The Southern Emperor shook his head. "Going out is just suicide."
"But there really is no other way out here."
Nan Fenghuang looked at the guard, biting her lip, and remained silent.
Silence fell over the area.
"I'll go out."
Xu Yiran spoke, looking at Xie Lingqin, "I can use the Heavenly Mystery Hall to negotiate with the Emperor."
"No, who is the Northern Emperor? Would he fall for that?"
Tridacna cactus prevents this.
"Sigh..." Nan Fenghuang sighed, "Is there really no way out?"
No, there is a road.
Xie Lingqin, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke softly.
Her breath was weak, her face as white as a corpse, but her eyes were extremely bright. Then, she looked at Xu Yiran, and finally at the black-robed man beside her. "Didn't you once tell me about an incredibly beautiful paradise? But with the death of one person, it was gone forever, wasn't it?"
The man in the black robe looked at her, and in that instant, a thousand emotions flickered in his long, narrow eyes. It was as if he was looking at Xie Lingqin, yet also as if he had missed her, looking at someone else. "You..."
“She is the patriarch of the Cloud Clan, and you know how powerful her spiritual arts are. I am her daughter, so of course I can do it too.”
"You, you..."
Xie Lingqin suddenly let out a desolate laugh, then walked step by step toward the wall that the black-robed man had tried to open earlier, her voice soft and gentle, "That little book, the one you left in the Heavenly Mystery Hall and then handed to me through him, everything in it, every word, every stroke, I can understand. The first time I opened it, I was simply overwhelmed by the overwhelming sense of familiarity..."
Xie Lingqin smiled bitterly, "That feeling stimulated me. I always felt that if I continued to look, it would be like I would lose something, so I stopped looking. However, in the past few days, every word in it has gradually surfaced in my mind, connecting into a line, allowing the lightness in my body to finally unfold when the memory surged out just now."
Xie Lingqin said, then finally stopped in front of the stone wall, raised her hand, gently placed it on it, and closed her eyes, "There must be a way out here. If not, I will create one. We will definitely not die here."
Almost instantly, a powerful yet light force spread around Xie Lingqin, light and pale purple, almost transparent.
"Rustling sound".
I think I heard the sound of the surrounding walls breaking apart.
Little by little, a sliver of light shone in.
Everyone stared at Xie Lingqin, utterly shocked.
Her face was very pale, so pale that you could almost see the veins on her face.
"Okay, stop. Things will turn into their opposite when they reach an extreme. Stop now."
Seeing Xie Lingqin's expression, the man in black robes sensed something was wrong and immediately stepped forward to stop her.
...
At this moment, seeing that the time was almost up, the emperor, who was about to walk into the imperial mausoleum, looked at the person who suddenly appeared and his expression turned solemn. "Crown Prince?"
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