298 The Ritual

Although Marlene suddenly felt frightened after seeing Li FuJin's sword, she pretended to be calm until they started to make their pledge.  Zhiyuan can only sigh while watching the two performing the ritual to make an oath, but he keeps on ignoring Ilumina's murderous gaze.  After the bond was done, Marlene looked at Li FuJin with a warning gaze while she speaks with seriousness on her voice. "Don't forget.. You are bound to do any of my request.."  "As long as you won't ask me to sleep with you" Li FuJin claimed with a disdainful voice and without changes on his expressionless face, but he glance at Zhiyuan with a meaningful eye.  Zhiyuan: "..."  Despite his words that seemed like a joke, Marlene's face turned dark. "Are you insulting me? I'm not that kind of woman..." She said with annoyance. "You think too highly of yourself!" Although Marlene can't deny that Li FuJin's appearance is unparalleled and will make any woman do anything to have him fall on their hands, she only admired him for loving his woman more than anything. "Follow me.. We need to start the ritual before you can use the potion to change your appearance.." Marlene turned around without waiting for Li FuJin to respond.  As for Ilumina, she did not dare to speak after seeing her sisters seriousness, while she only watches the two gorgeous men silently following her sister.  When the three entered into one of the rooms, Marlene opened a stone portal, where all of them entered and came into sight of an unknown mountain.  The moonlight shines through the place, where there was a circle dais with six black monoliths and engravings of unknown writings while it has a floating black flame on the top. With the help of the moon's brightness, it revealed the floor that has a pattern that formed a six pointed star where the edge is connected to each pillar.  "Go sit into the middle of the Dais.. I will need your blood.. This will hurt, and the ritual will last for two days.." Marlene said. "You need to bear the pain if you want for it to be successful.."  Without a question, Li FuJin stepped into the middle of the dais, where Marlene followed, while Zhiyuan stayed watching the ritual.  Marlene followed and took out a knife with black blade. She holds Li FuJin's hand and cut it to take his blood that drips into a black bowl.  After taking enough blood, she carefully brushes it to follow the pattern of the six pointed star, while she made a circle around Li FuJin.  When the circle for the ritual has been created, Marlene began chanting, she seemed like dancing around Li FuJin while making some gestures using her hands and arms.  The black flame on the top of the monolith began to dance with Marlene's motion. It slowly spread to connect with the other flames.  With Marlene's movements, the black flame started to form into the six pointed star with a circle around it, but there was a unknown energy that surrounded the place.  As for the floor with Li FuJin's blood that was brushed into the pattern, it started gleaming red while a black smoke suddenly appeared and surrounded Li FuJin's body.  Not long after, the back smoke started to enter Li FuJin's mouth, while the rest remained to cover his body, but it didn't stop just like that.  Li FuJin began to feel his flesh and bones being ripped apart, while his skin felt like its slowly being remove from his body and his blood was like boiling from fire.  ....  After two days...  When ritual was successful, Li FuJin and Marlene went to Jinzhi territory while Zhiyuan took Xi'an with him at the Silver City to meet someone who knew where YuYan can possibly be.  His heart felt uneasy after he heard from his sister that YuYan is not in the Jinzhi mansion, but she has no idea where she has been taken.