Chapter 40 You appeared from the Spirit Treasure Pool, and he heard of you at the Ten-Mile Pavilion.
"He actually tried to kill me! I almost fell for his trick. That man is still not giving up even though he's been holed up in the dark cell every day," Bai Ji's forehead veins were bulging, and his face showed a fear and madness that Mu Jianjian had never seen before. "There are even people who betrayed me and joined that good-for-nothing. It turns out they were all blind!"
"The Buddha Lotus Fire clan has always passed down the torch to only one person. When he brought the Buddha Lotus Fire to the palace, do you know what they were saying? They were all saying that I am a good-for-nothing, and that the Holy Fire would rather choose a bastard than me."
"However, Mother said that during the spirit test on his sixteenth birthday, as long as a secret technique is activated, his soul can dissipate and the sacred fire can be transferred... Including his cultivation and his talent, they should all belong to me!"
"He almost left, but you came back... Although he couldn't escape anyway, he was so stupid to walk right into the trap, hahaha! He actually thought he could defeat me... Do you know how funny his expression was when he saw the Empress Dowager appear and send him flying..."
Mu Jianjian's left hand was clenched so tightly that she could barely feel it. She sniffed, her nose stinging, and slowly closed her eyes.
The young prince anticipated Bai Ji's intervention, but he didn't foresee that his own mother was the mastermind.
Which child would truly believe that their birth mother could be so heartless?
"Yaoling—no matter who you are, I should thank you properly. Your naivety has done me a great favor. Do you think you're saving him? Every step you take to be kind to him is actually harming him! Your kindness is worthless!"
"That poor wretch who has never seen the light in his life thinks he has grasped the light, but he is actually rushing into the fire, hahahaha."
"Once the ritual is successful and his soul departs, you will be next."
"You're scared." Mu Jianjian forced herself to calm down, and two tear tracks ran down her usually calm face, dripping onto the ground. "You're scared of him."
"Fear? What makes him worthy of my fear?"
In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he will become a complete waste, a mindless shell.
And all of you who support him will die here.
Following Bai Ji's gaze, Mu Jianjian saw a small figure lying by the Lingzhen Pool.
The little shadow's face, which used to be covered by a black cloth, has been lifted, revealing scars. The left sleeve is missing, and half of her arm has been cut off.
Mu Jianjian's tears fell even harder.
She abruptly turned to Bai Ji and said, word by word, "Bai Ji, even if you are the crown prince of the upper realm, your temperament, demeanor, and mindset are destined to make you nothing more than a stupid dog who gets beaten up! A piece of trash that can't be helped! A worthless wretch who lives in fear forever!"
"Slap—" Bai Ji released Mu Jianjian's wrist and slapped her hard across the face.
Mu Jianjian finally broke free of the control. Ignoring the pain on her face, she plunged into the pool and swam towards the boy in the center.
A sharp pain pierced her soul, as if she were being torn apart. Mu Jianjian's face turned pale in an instant, but she gritted her teeth and did not stop.
"Your Highness." The black-clad youth who had been following Bai Ji stepped forward.
"Qu You, don't worry about her. If she's so eager to die with us, then so be it." As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ji saw the woman help the boy up from the water, and something blackish-brown appeared out of thin air in her hand, which she then stuffed into the boy's mouth!
A sense of foreboding rose within Bai Ji, and he quickly said, "Stop her!"
The moment Qu You heard the command, he appeared above the pool and met the gaze of the woman who looked up. He noticed the faint golden light shimmering in her right eye.
That was... his beautiful master's secret technique.
The moment Qu You hesitated to draw his sword, Mu Jianjian subconsciously endured the increasingly intense pain and turned around to shield the young prince. She saw his eyelashes begin to tremble after he swallowed the pine root.
I'm about to wake up.
After a long period of tension, Mu Jianjian's vision blurred, her legs gave way, and she slid into the pool. She vaguely felt herself being picked up.
The knot on the cloth bag at her waist came undone, and the white and black pieces scattered into the pool, creating ripples.
The ten old men beside the Lingzhen Pond stared wide-eyed in disbelief, a deep fear surfacing in Bai Ji's eyes.
The white-clad, blood-stained youth who had just fainted stood in the pool, one arm around the pink-clad woman who was already in a daze, the other blocking Qu You's downward-attacking blade. His eyes were contemptuous, and his thin lips uttered, "Get lost."
The next second, Qu You crashed into a jade pillar like a kite with a broken string, his flesh mangled and motionless.
The young man curled his lips into a smile, his gaze sweeping over the ten old men by the pool before finally settling on Bai Ji, who was slowly retreating. "Clang, clang, clang—"
The moment his fingertips flicked, a black-blue flame bloomed in his palm, like a black lotus, constantly spinning and expanding. The boy's smile was like that of a demon in the eyes of others. "This broken formation has long since exhausted your true energy, so I won't be polite."
The black lotus split into countless petals, enveloping the entire central palace. One by one, the old men fell down, and the last petal of the lotus pinned Bai Ji to the wall.
In an instant, the entire palace became lifeless.
The young man paid little attention to the unconscious Bai Ji and looked down at the woman in his arms.
Mu Jianjian felt her soul finally stop hurting, and the surroundings became quiet. She struggled to lift her head, "Your Highness... are you alright?"
"It's okay... I'm fine..." The boy's voice trembled slightly.
"That's good... So, Your Highness, what's your name?" Mu Jianjian's breath was faintly visible.
"Chi Wenqing, my name is Chi Wenqing."
You appeared from Lingzhen Pond, and he heard of you at Shili Pavilion.
The emperor and empress said he was unworthy of the surname Bai, but he disdained the surname Bai either. Since he was allowed to choose his own name, he would name him after her.
The moment the boy's urgent voice fell, as if she had let go of her obsession, the woman closed her eyes.
"Yaoling, Yaoling, I'm sorry, I woke up too late. Please wake up, okay?" The boy trembled all over, his eyes filled with the fear and helplessness of losing everything.
"I... I can smile now..." The boy turned his head to use the pool as a mirror, but found that the entire Spirit Treasure Pool was filled with blood and he couldn't see his reflection at all. He raised his hand with a stiff smile, "I've started practicing how to smile every day. Didn't you praise me before? Why can't you open your eyes and look again..."
"...and you still haven't given me the birthday gift you sent me..." The young man raised his hand, and the jade plate and chess pieces in and around the pond were all in his hands.
"Master, we are late." When the three men in black landed in the central palace, they looked at their usually cruel and cold-blooded master with disbelief as he was holding a woman and trembling.
"Master, the Emperor and Empress are already on their way. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."
The boy seemed oblivious to his surroundings. Seeing the woman's trembling eyelashes in his arms, his lifeless eyes finally brightened. "Yaoling, you're awake—"
Yao Ling opened her eyes and saw the repulsive little prince of the palace holding her. She immediately screamed, "What disgusting thing! Get out of here! Who do you think you are to dare touch me!"
The light in the boy's eyes gradually dimmed, until finally there was no ripple.
Has her soul already departed...?
Something seemed to be falling apart in my heart.
The boy pointed his finger, and the squealing Yao Ling instantly fell silent, as if she had become a lifeless puppet. "Take her with you."
He thought that if he kept this person locked up and kept waiting, one day that person would definitely come back.
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