Not long.

Under the threat of Su Changzhao, Zong Xu took her to a place.

"Is this the place?" Su Chang asked, pointing at the closed door opposite.

Zong Xu was grabbed by her arm and nodded, "Yes."

"You'd better not play any tricks." Su Changzhao warned him.

Zong Xu smiled when he heard this, "You are so skilled in martial arts, how dare I do that?"

Although he is not a good person, what he says is correct.

Su Changzhao's martial arts were unparalleled, and a weak man like him would never be able to get away with anything. However, she still did not dare to be careless and pointed at the door with her chin:

"You open it, and come in with me."

Almost in an imperative tone.

Zong Xu seemed to have guessed what she would say, so he raised his other hand and pushed open the door as she said.

With a squeak.

When Su Changzhao saw the scene inside the door, his eyes widened immediately——

Countless chains were wrapped around two tall stone pillars, and at this moment, a man was being hung high between the two pillars by those chains.

The blood dyed his white clothes red, and his originally handsome face was now completely bloodless and as pale as paper.

It’s Jiuchen!

After seeing clearly, Su Changzhao didn't care about anything else. He threw Zong Xu down, took a few steps on the ground, and jumped up.

He drew the folding fan from his waist and swept it across the iron chains, and the iron chains broke with a few bangs.

Jiuchen was like a leaf that had lost its support and slid down in an instant.

Su Changzhao hugged him around the waist and slowly landed on the ground.

"Jiuchen! Jiuchen, wake up!" She held Jiuchen's face and shouted anxiously.

I was so anxious that tears were about to come out.

"Jiuchen, don't scare me...Jiuchen...Jiuchen..."

She was so worried about the other person's safety that she didn't realize she had fallen into someone's trap.

Suddenly.

Her chest felt hot and her heart was burned by the heat.

She covered her heart and realized that it was the Nine-Eyed Nirvana Pearl that was giving her a warning.

The next second, Jiuchen turned into countless chains in front of her eyes.

Oh no! It's an illusion!

By the time she wanted to take precautions, it was too late.

As soon as she stood up, those people gathered into human-shaped chains, as if alive, and rushed towards her.

It wrapped around her legs, swam like a snake, and kept climbing up, wrapping around her slender waist, shoulders, back, and arms...

Wait until her body is wrapped with iron chains and locked tightly.

The ten elders of the Council of Elders then appeared one after another.

They were all dressed in white and appeared slowly and quietly, like ghosts behind the scenes.

Looking at these people including Zong Xu, Su Changzhao finally understood what was going on. She smiled:

"I never thought that a mere divine servant like me could persuade ten elders to cooperate with prisoners. I, Su Changzhao, am very honored. But I don't know what crime I have committed."

She didn't see Jiuchen in the crowd, which proved that these people probably captured her without telling Jiuchen.

But why? Why did he go to such great lengths to set up an illusion just to catch her? He even spared Zong Xu, who had already been convicted of a serious crime.

She couldn't figure it out.

"What a clever girl."

The leading elder, Wang Xiu, spoke slowly.

Su Changzhao's words just now undoubtedly dragged the entire Council of Elders into the water.

Zong Xu's sentence was issued by Jiuchen himself because he had colluded with a death row prisoner. The Council of Elders has allowed Zong Xu to live without executing him, which is undoubtedly a crime.

Later, he captured Su Changzhao, who was a divine servant. Everyone knew that Su Changzhao was now a big shot in front of Jiuchen and his most favored divine servant.

Catching her would be like touching Jiuchen's reverse scale.

These two crimes combined are not light in severity.

An elder understood the implication of Su Changzhao's words, and was so angry that his face turned red, and he was about to explode on the spot: "You..."

But he was stopped by Wang Xiu.

He stared at Su Changzhao with his vigorous eyes and said slowly, "This matter has nothing to do with them, nor with the Council of Elders. It is just my personal behavior."

Everyone: ! !

Hearing that Wang Xiu seemed to want to take the blame alone, the other elders immediately wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but were stopped by Wang Xiu again.

"All of you go down, I want to talk to this girl alone."

"This... you absolutely cannot do that. This girl has extraordinary martial arts skills and her origins are a mystery. You are the chief elder, and the Holy Son has just ascended the throne. He still needs your assistance, and there must not be any mistakes." An elder advised.

“Yes, yes.”

The others began to agree.

"Let me do it. I can handle it."

"No, I'll do it. I can take a beating."

"No, I'll do it."

"Don't argue with me. I'm old and I don't have many years left to live."

"As I recall, you are only one day older than me?"

"You're still my elder brother by one day, you should queue up behind me!"

Seeing them talking here and there...it's outrageous.

Wang Xiu’s expression became increasingly ugly.

Zong Xu looked like he was enjoying the show. He didn't say a word, just stood aside silently and didn't leave, as if he didn't want to miss this rare sight.

Just when Wang Xiu could no longer bear it and was about to shout to stop him.

A voice suddenly came from the other side: "Stop arguing!"

It’s Su Changzhao!

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw her impatiently saying, "Are you annoying? Stop making it sound like you're going to die. I don't have a hobby of knocking out old men!"

“…………”

For a moment, the whole audience was silent.

Wang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then he was the first to come back to his senses and said with a smile: "Oh, did you hear everything?"

He gave the others a reassuring look and said, "You don't need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind."

Everyone: “…”

Seeing that Wang Xiu was determined, everyone was reluctant to try to persuade him. After all, they had known each other for decades and they knew Wang Xiu's temper well.

Furthermore, Su Changzhao’s words just now did not sound as cruel and ruthless as imagined, so they said no more and left one after another.

When the nine elders left, they also took away Zong Xu, who wanted to stay and watch the fun.

Zong Xu looked at the two old men in white clothes standing on his left and right, howling, "Can I stay? Wait, I'm not from the Council of Elders. If I stay, I can still protect Elder Wang Xiu... Please let me stay... ah?"

In the end, no matter what he said, he couldn't escape the fate of being taken away.

After everyone has left.

Wang Xiu came up to Su Changzhao. Before he could speak, Su Changzhao couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Wang Xiu stared at her, his eyes containing a captivating light, as if he could see through her soul.

It was the first time that Su Changzhao felt oppression from a person.

This old man doesn't seem to be simple.

As expected, the next second Wang Xiu spoke: "You are not from this world. Who are you? Where are you from?"

"!!" Su Changzhao looked at him in surprise.

Did I hear that correctly?

Who knew that what I was thinking was also known by the other party.

"You heard me right."

Su Changzhao: “…”

"It's okay if you don't want to answer, there is one thing you must know."

If he hadn't said this, Su Changzhao would have almost suspected that the other party had the ability to read minds.

"Jiuchen... won't live long."

Su Changzhao had not yet recovered from the shock of the previous sentence, and Wang Xiu's last sentence made her thoughts suddenly stop.

"What did you say? What happened to Jiuchen? Why didn't he live long?"

Wang Xiu saw her reaction clearly, so he said, "Well, since you seem to have some conscience, I'll tell you."

Su Changzhao held his breath, afraid of missing a word.

Wang Xiu sighed: "That silly kid Jiuchen never managed to remove the contract poison from your body from the beginning to the end."

"How could that be? That day I clearly..."

Wang Xiu knew what she wanted to say: "He replaced the container of the Gu worm in the contract doll with himself!"

"What?"

"Do you know why the contract Gu has to be carried by a puppet? Do you know that the price of using a physical body as a container is that one's life span will be reduced?"

"Then why did he..." Su Changzhao wanted to ask him why he did this, but from Wang Xiu's eyes, she seemed to already know the answer, so she changed the subject, "Then why didn't he...use another puppet as a substitute?"

"Because once the contracted Gu leaves its original container, it can only be nourished by flesh and blood, otherwise it will die when exposed to light."

"Why is he doing this? Is he trying to kill himself?"

"He just doesn't want to live! Don't you know the reason?"

"I..." Su Changzhao was speechless: "Then is there any way to solve it?"

"Yes, you die."

“…”

"Or you can leave and go back to where you came from, just not be in this world anymore."

"How did you know?" Su Changzhao was surprised.

"I won't hide anything from you now. Do you know about the 'Heavenly Book'?"

"Yeah." Su Changzhao nodded.

She also heard about the "Heavenly Book" from Jiuchen.

"I heard from Jiuchen that the Holy Sons of all generations were guided by the Heavenly Book. The Elders' Council is going to search for them."

Wang Xiu snorted and said, "He even told you this."

What this means is that in Jiuchen's mind, Su Changzhao can be said to be an extremely trusted and important person.

"..."Su Changzhao didn't say anything.

Wang Xiu continued, "You are right. The Heavenly Book is indeed magical. Therefore, everything about you has long been recorded in the Heavenly Book."

"I?"

"Yes, before Jiuchen was born, it was revealed in the Heavenly Book that in the future there will be a woman who will control the Holy Heart. This woman is a passer-by from another world, and she will not be able to stay after the red moon appears. If you don't make a decision, you will suffer!"

“…”

This heavenly book is really quite interesting, it even predicted the 'Red Moon'.

Su Changzhao saw that the other party knew almost everything, so he picked up the key point: "So what do you want me to do?"

This time it was Wang Xiu's turn to remain silent.

Seeing him stroking his beard, as if considering something, Su Changzhao also spoke quickly: "This matter has been buried in your heart for so many years, I don't believe that you haven't thought of a way to deal with it."

"Indeed," Wang Xiu finally admitted, "I know you and Jiuchen have feelings for each other, but maybe it's because of your deep love and shallow fate that you are destined not to be together. I had my doubts at first, but seeing your attitude towards Jiuchen in the illusion just now, I believe you don't want to see Jiuchen fall and lose his life."

He looked Su Changzhao up and down at his clothes and said, "Since you are planning to leave, why not sever the fate between you two?"

"Do you think I don't want to? I don't know why, but fate has made me meet him. I want to leave, but unfortunately I will faint if I can't leave."

"That is the restriction Jiuchen has placed on you. Once you leave a certain range, you will lose the autonomy of your body."

"Then what should I do?"

Wang Xiu sighed again, "Girl, you listen to me..."

.

When he returned, Su Changzhao had changed back into his own clothes.

Looking down at the ground, she couldn't remember how she got back to the room.

All the way she was thinking about what Wang Xiu said.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard a plea for mercy coming from inside the house.

"My lord, please calm down, my lord, please calm down..."

It was Qi Lan's voice.

Su Changzhao slowed down and was about to take a look inside the door to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, the sound of footsteps came closer and closer, the door was suddenly opened, a gust of wind brought sandalwood, and a figure rushed out and embraced her in his arms accurately.

"where have you been?"

A trembling warm voice came to my ears...