Chapter 205: Damn it, my disciple is the Demon Lord 24
Chapter 205: Damn it, my disciple is the Demon Lord 24
"Are you really okay? That's a forbidden technique." Jiang Wei observed her expression worriedly.
Shi Qing repeatedly assured her that she was fine. Jiang Wei saw that apart from her pale face and a weak body, he didn't notice anything else unusual about her.
Therefore, the three of them walked towards the mirror where Songyu entered.
Lin Zhou was standing to the right of Shi Qing. He turned around inadvertently and suddenly caught a glimpse of a mirror behind him that was glowing and showing a strange scene:
From left to right, there is a tall man in clothes, a woman and a white bone.
The man was still Jiang Wei, and he was wearing the same dark blue robe he was wearing now.
The most peculiar things were the bones and the woman.
She had a delicate face, slightly round eyes, a clear and sincere smile, and a small canine tooth was exposed when she spoke. Her eyes were clear amber, and her hair was tied up with a green silk ribbon, leaning diagonally against her chest.
She was wearing a white dress that only reached her calves, with a slim waist, revealing her white collarbone and neck. Lin Zhou had never seen such an outfit before, and it was a bit too revealing. He took a quick look and then looked away in panic.
Lin Zhou's mind was turning over and over again, and he suddenly thought of the Floating Life Mirror.
The book says that the Floating Life Mirror is the most spiritual mirror. If it is in a good mood, it will sometimes jump out automatically.
Lin Zhou looked back again, and the white bone was standing there empty, looking abrupt and strange.
If that is really the Floating Life Mirror, then what are the corresponding bones like?
Jiang Wei dripped blood onto an ordinary mirror. Ripples appeared and after a few seconds, an emerald green hole emerged.
Lin Zhou followed closely beside Shi Qing, and the three of them walked in one by one. The last piece of clothing disappeared, and the mirror returned to its original state.
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From time to time in the dim underground prison, hoarse shouts and laughter could be heard. The throats seemed to have been cut by a saw, breaking into pieces without any tune, and the sound was particularly creepy as it echoed in the cold dungeon without sunlight.
The light and pleasant sound of bells came from far away, accompanied by a faint fragrance. In the dirty sight, clean and tidy black boots stopped outside the cell.
"Master Priest, this place is dirty. Why are you here?"
The two guards in the dungeon stood up straight immediately when they saw the woman.
"I am following the king's special order to monitor whether you are passive or lazy."
Yue Xianxian raised her chin slightly from under her black cloak, and even though her words were arrogant, they did not make people angry at all.
The two guards put on a smiling face, and the fatter one said:
"Please rest assured, my king. We two brothers have been keeping a close watch on this prisoner. If you don't believe me, just take a look."
Yue Xianxian's eyes turned slightly, and her gaze fell through the mask on the man bound by chains in the dungeon. He was crazy, uttering meaningless syllables from his throat, with disheveled hair and dirty face, and his features could not be identified.
Frowning slightly, Yue Xianxian covered her nose with one hand and pointed at the man coquettishly, "Although he has committed serious crimes, the king's order has not come down yet, and he must not be allowed to die."
The guard nodded and said, "Yes, yes, we will keep in mind what the priest said. I hope the priest can say a few good words for us in front of the king."
"You have performed well, and the king will naturally remember you two."
After Yue Xianxian supervised the two people feeding the man something to restore his strength, she left with light steps and the sound of the bell gradually faded away.
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After returning to the palace, Yue Xianxian sent the servants away and made sure that there were no maids around before she took off her disguise.
He hurriedly opened the wardrobe and pulled the man out.
"Are you okay?" He asked cautiously, in a low voice.
The man was wearing a light green satin robe with dark golden cloud patterns on the lapels and sleeves. However, it was now stained with blood, and the collar was a dark red that was so deep that it was shocking.
As soon as the cabinet was opened, he fell out, his long hair disheveled, his handsome face covered with small wounds. He opened his eyes with difficulty, "Thank you, Miss Xianxian."
The man turned out to be Song Yu, whom Shi Qing was looking for.
Yue Xianxian took great effort to help him up, "It's already this late, why are you still like this? Aren't you tired of thanking me all the time?"
Dragging him to the middle bed, Yue Xianxian skillfully took out the hemostatic pills and life-promoting pills from the storage bag on his waist.
Song Yu was already somewhat unconscious, so Yue Xianxian simply pried open his mouth and stuffed the pill directly into his mouth.
The pill melted in his mouth, and Song Yu suddenly started coughing violently, which scared Yue Xianxian so much that she pricked up her ears and paid attention to the situation around her.
After making sure no one noticed, she brought the food on the table and said, "Hurry up and eat something."
As she was shaken, Song Yu got up with difficulty, ate a few bites, and then lay back down on the bed.
The door was pushed open, Yue Xianxian's ears twitched and she turned her head vigilantly.
The man was wearing a black robe of the Hades, with broad shoulders, narrow waist and a slender figure. He carried a sword wrapped in canvas on his back. Yue Xianxian only saw him draw it once. The hilt was milky white, engraved with beautiful patterns and a ruby.
Cangzhou walked in with his long legs, and when he saw Songyu dying on the bed, his usually gentle and elegant expression couldn't help but frown.
"How come after all this time, he's still like this? Are the pills ineffective?"
Yue Xianxian stood up and said, "I have almost finished all the pills in my storage bag, but I am not feeling any better. The bleeding from the wound won't stop. If this continues, I'm afraid..."
At that time, a rebellion broke out within the underworld, and Song Yu was innocently implicated and injured.
Song Yu was rescued by Cangzhou, but the new king of the underworld kept sending people to hunt him down and imprison him. After explanation, it was discovered that Song Yu had exchanged a sacred object of the underworld with the old king.
Cangzhou is a young man from a noble family. He has been taught the principles of saving the world and helping others since childhood, and has noble character.
When they first met, he rescued Song Yu who was covered in blood without any precaution. Yue Xianxian was not surprised at all, even if he saw a cat or a dog suffering on the roadside, he would step forward to rescue them.
Since her transformation, Yue Xianxian had never seen such a strange person, so nice that he didn't have any temper at all. If she didn't know that he was a monk, she would almost suspect that he was a Buddhist who came to save the world.
"The wounds on his body were caused by the magic of the Hades. If we want to save him, we probably have to start with them."
Yue Xianxian's brows were twisted together in confusion, "Ah, but I don't want to see Ye Xuan at all. He is a lunatic."
The most important point is that she is not a priest of the Hades, and she does not know the so-called Hades sacrificial rituals and magic. Every time she is with the new king, she is walking on thin ice.
Three years ago, after parting with her savior, she was taken to the Underworld Sea by a woman in a black cloak.
The woman was a priestess of the Hades. Three months ago, there was an internal fight among the Hades. She had just transformed and disguised herself as a priestess to survive. But afterwards, the original priestess never appeared again.
Because the priestess wore a black cloak and mask from head to toe, no one except Hades knew what she looked like.
Yue Xianxian naturally became the priest of the underworld.
However, this position was not easy to hold. In addition to going to Wushan to pray every day, Hades would occasionally ask her about the sacrificial ceremony that would be held fifteen days later.
She knew nothing, so she was naturally afraid of being exposed and attacked by the underworld.
So, she had been planning how to escape for the past few months. Later, she accidentally met Cangzhou and now Songyu.
Cangzhou also knew her current situation, "Don't be afraid, you just need to tell me Ye Xuan's schedule, and then I will sneak into Mingyuan Pavilion to find the antidote."
"That's fine." Yue Xianxian smiled. "It just so happened that I ran into the Right Protector when I came out of the Pluto Palace yesterday. I heard from them that they are going to Wuxiang Pond tomorrow."
"Then I'll go in tomorrow when they're off guard. Thank you for taking care of him during this time."
Cangzhou plays the role of a guard of the underworld. His residence is not suitable for hiding a living person, so he can only put the person in the priest's hall.
"No problem. You just have to promise to take me away in the end." Yue Xianxian smiled with her eyes curved.
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The tall young man was wearing a black cloak. He quickly flashed into a narrow alley, lifted the cloak, and revealed his handsome face.
"A large number of guards have been sent to patrol everywhere, especially the palace, which is heavily guarded. The people of the Hades said that it was because an outsider stole the sacred object of the Hades half a month ago, and the Hades is hunting him down."
After arriving here, they discovered that all the people of the underworld, whether they were kings, nobles or common people, wore dark clothes, with black being the most common color.
In order to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, the three men followed the local customs and changed into plain and rough black clothes like the locals.
"Then can you find out the name of the person they want to arrest?" Shi Qing asked in a low voice.
"No. The palace keeps a strict secret. Apart from that, no other information can be obtained."
Jiang Wei thought, "In that case, let's look for it inside the palace."
Although it is a bit risky, this is the only feasible opportunity. If the person they are chasing is really Song Yu, any delay of a few seconds will be dangerous.
After a simple decision, the three people unanimously agreed to climb over the wall in the middle of the night.
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The underworld has no sunlight all year round, and it is dark all day long. The only thing that distinguishes day from night is a lonely moon in the sky.
Taking advantage of the darkness of night, the three well-disguised people quietly avoided the patrolling guards and got close to a black wall about 20 meters high.
After observation, they found that this trail was the weakest one in terms of military strength, so they had to climb up before the guards changed shifts.
The royal palace has defensive formations, and no one is allowed to fly high in the sky without permission.
Jiang Wei took out a thin golden rope from his storage bag, inserted a spell, and the rope flew up quickly and coiled around a lion head on the high wall.
He pulled it, made sure it was tied, and went up first, followed by Shi Qing, and Lin Zhou at the end.
However, just as Shi Qing climbed up the rope, a pair of neat and powerful footsteps approached.
Lin Zhou below turned his head and saw a dark figure coming diagonally down the path: wearing a cloak and holding a curved sickle.
Shi Qing and Lin Zhou, who were standing on the wall, also noticed this. Shi Qing became anxious and urged in a low voice: "Come up quickly!"
Lin Zhou had only climbed less than one-third of the way up and had no time to get up before them, so he simply jumped down.
Hearing the noise, the guards came over quickly, "Who!"
However, looking around, there was nothing unusual except for the slightly swaying branches.
One of the guards scratched his head and urged, "Let's go, there is no one here. If you ask me, the king is too vigilant. Outsiders can't come in to our Mingshanhai at will."
Another guard shouted in a low voice:
"What do you know? Didn't someone sneak in last time? Now is the time when Wuyue River is flooding. It's always better to be careful."
"I know, I know. It's not as serious as you say. I've been patrolling for the past few months without a break. I'm dying of exhaustion. Anyway, I heard that the king is going out tomorrow, so it won't hurt to slack off for a while."
"By the way, I heard that you were chosen to guard the king when he travels?"
"Of course not. I said that the king would see me sooner or later. Look, brother, my chance has come."
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The sound of the group's conversation gradually faded away, and Lin Zhou, who was hiding in the corner, breathed a sigh of relief.
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After the guards arrived, Jiang Wei and Shi Qing jumped off the wall and were now clinging to the back of a pillar.
The patrols inside the palace were even more intense. Every few seconds you could see a group of people, all wearing cloaks and walking silently.
Hiding outside like this was not a solution, so Shi Qing and Jiang Wei finally randomly picked a room to hide in.
The house was very prosperous, with various gold and silver porcelain and pillars, and the candles on them were flickering, half burning and half extinguished.
The two slowed down their pace, concealed their breath, hid behind the curtain and dared not make a sound.
"Now that you're here, come out."
The hoarse and gorgeous tone was neither hurried nor slow, and every word seemed to be filled with honey, sweet yet with an inexplicable weirdness.
Jiang Wei and Shi Qing's bodies were tense.
"Your Majesty."
A delicate and charming voice was heard, accompanied by the sound of tinkling bells.
Through the candlelight and curtains, a man in a dark purple cloak walked out from behind the pillar. He wore a silver-patterned mask on his face, and his body outline was blurred.
"It's so late, why did the priest come to my place?"
The man leaning against the throne was playing with an intricately carved seal in his hand, and his silver eyes glanced at the visitor nonchalantly.
Under the mask, Yue Xianxian's eyes fell on Ye Xuan's hand, and quickly moved away, "My lord, can I not go to Wuxiang Pond tomorrow?"
It was only just now that Yue Xianxian was told by someone around Ye Xuan that she would go with him tomorrow.
She instinctively felt that something bad was going to happen. Her demonic power was not strong, and Cangzhou could not follow her. If she was exposed, she would not be able to handle it.
"Why?"
Ye Xuan's voice suddenly became deeper, a cold arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes narrowed dangerously, "Wu Xian Pool was originally prepared for priests, you don't want to go?"
The last sentence is a blatant threat.
The power released from him was powerful and dangerous. Every cell in her body was trembling wildly. Yue Xianxian hurriedly leaned on a table filled with ornaments beside her to avoid kneeling down.
Yue Xianxian was sweating profusely, her lips trembling, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I will go. I will definitely go."
Seeing that she didn't dare to resist, Ye Xuan withdrew his strength with satisfaction, "Since everything is fine, then get out."
Yue Xianxian lowered her head and walked out.
The hall returned to silence, with only the faint sound of candles lighting in the night.
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【Note】
[1] Li Yu, Lin Jiang Xian: “The new moon is over the small building, looking back I see it is so slender.”
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