Meng Qingluan urged him frantically in her heart.
[Useless system, if you don't come out soon, we're both doomed.]
[...]
The emperor licked the blood that had dripped to the corner of his mouth, and his body began to glow a strange red light.
A powerful suction force seemed to be emanating from her and Shen Yan, spreading towards their bodies and bringing with it an aura of unwavering determination.
Shen Yan leaped to Meng Qingluan's side, wrapped his arms around her waist, and prepared to take her away.
The two had just leaped to the doorway when it closed by itself.
Seeing this, Chen Yan stopped insisting on escaping through the main gate and used his lightness skill to fly to the corner of the wall.
The withered tree in the courtyard came back to life, enveloping the entire sky. The two were trapped in the courtyard with no chance of escape.
The emperor approached the two step by step, grinning broadly. His teeth, which were once passable, had turned black, as if he had eaten a mouthful of charcoal.
He stared at the two of them menacingly.
“Originally, this brat’s luck was enough to sustain me to continue living, and I was even planning to let you go so as not to disturb anything outside.”
"I never expected you, you brat, to be so ungrateful. I was even planning to let you go, but you just had to come and court death!"
After the emperor finished speaking, his whole body trembled, and he spoke anxiously with bloodshot eyes.
"What nonsense? Since they've both delivered themselves to my doorstep, I'll devour them both."
"In that case, my lifespan will surely be extended! I will be young again, and return to my prime. Then the whole world will be under my rule."
The emperor spoke to himself, like a schizophrenic.
Shen Yan's expression was cold and stern as he held Meng Qingluan tightly in his arms, ready to fight to the death.
Seeing the old emperor's frenzied state, Meng Qingluan felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she was panicking, the system, which had been feigning death for a long time, finally returned.
[Please provoke the opponent. The system will track its energy level, and capture it when it reaches a certain threshold.]
Meng Qingluan cursed inwardly but did as it commanded.
"Your Majesty, what are you muttering to yourself? Could it be that you have contracted some kind of venereal disease?"
The emperor looked at her with the expression of someone looking at a country bumpkin, and mercifully answered her question.
“I wasn’t talking to myself. Fine, seeing how pitiful you are, I’ll tell you, you wild girl.”
"My time is coming to an end. No one wants to die, and I am no exception! There is a living deity on me. He saw that I have dragon energy protecting me, so he chose to attach himself to me."
"I was originally supposed to die peacefully on New Year's Eve, but because a living deity possessed me, my body became healthier and more energetic every day."
"As long as I drain your life force completely, my body will be able to rejuvenate and I can live for another hundred years!"
The emperor's tone was full of boastfulness.
Meng Qingluan was speechless, but suddenly asked the most crucial question.
"Your Majesty, how many years exactly will you be rejuvenated?"
The emperor frowned and answered without hesitation.
"Of course, the younger the better. Is that even a question?"
Meng Qingluan then raised another question.
"Your Majesty, we both have plenty of vital energy, enough for you to live for another hundred years. But what if you drain us completely, or what if the medicine is too strong and you end up going back to your mother's womb?"
"Although there's nothing wrong with returning to one's mother's womb, I've heard that the Empress Dowager has already passed away."
"If you were to return to your mother's womb, wouldn't that, rounded up, mean... wouldn't that be all for naught?"
"laugh."
Upon hearing Meng Qingluan's words, Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"why are you laughing?"
The emperor glared at him fiercely and said threateningly.
"nothing."
Shen Yan waved his hand casually, "It's just that when I think about how some people scheme and plot, spend so much effort and thought, only to end up dying, I find their mediocre stupidity laughable."
Shen Yan didn't mention the emperor in a single sentence, but every word he said was a curse against the emperor.
The emperor wasn't a complete fool; he could naturally hear the sarcasm in his voice.
His face darkened, but he began to seriously consider what Meng Qingluan had said.
yes.
The thing inside my body only said it would help me live forever and regain my youth, but it didn't specify how much.
What if, as that wild girl said, the medicine was too strong and I ended up back in my mother's womb?
My mother has been gone for many years…
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