Chapter 19：We're Here For You

Zhao Ling's carriage was at the front and didn't have guards surrounding it like the others. When everyone was starting to relax, a group of people came over and blocked the traffic. They had a black mask covering their face so, you couldn't see their face. They all wore the same matching set of outfit that had ripped short sleeves. On their skin you could see a tattoo. It had a black rose.

Zhao Ling's carriage had been attacked, but in order to protect Hao'er, Zhao Ling teleported to the prince and told him about what had happened at the front. The prince forbid her from going and said he could take care of it, but Zhao Ling, was persistent to go back.

The prince was worried, but when he saw the look on eyes, he couldn't say much anymore. When they went back to the front, Shu Xienghao was already fighting against the group.

"Ling'er leave me to deal with them. Xienghao and I can fight them off."

"No, you can't."

"Ling'er, I'm strong and I promised to protect you, don't worry."

"Wu Lim! They are here for me! That is why you can't fight them. Wait for me."

Zhao Ling stepped to the front and blocked the incoming attacks from the group and dragged Shu Xienghao to where the prince was. Then she asked, "What does he want?"

"Lady Zhao, please follow us back to your home."

Zhao Ling then smirked and blatantly spoke, "I don't have a home back there. This is my home. Tell him he can go die, I'm never returning."

"Lady Zhao, please don't make this hard for us."

"Sigh, and please don't make this hard for me, too. He has so many wives who can be his shield and sword and tool, he doesn't need me. If he truly wants me back, tell him to personally come, then I'll give him my answer."

"Lady Zhao, we can't do that."

"Well, I can't do what you request of me either."

"Lady Zhao, you've left us with no choice."

Left you with no choice? Not like I had a choice in the first place. I already knew a fight was unavoidable.

The group then attacked Zhao Ling all at once. But was defeated by Zhao Ling and killed by her. She had used an instrument to kill them. Not any though, it was the magical flute called 'Soul Binding'. From its name, it was used for soul binding, but the owner could kill any living being with the flute. The higher your skills were in playing the flute and your own spiritual powers, it could become so powerful, it could endanger a whole entire world. Fortunately, Zhao Ling knew how to control the powers of the flute, so she played it at ease.

"You really spared no one. Never seen a woman so unsparing that she would kill everyone and not even leave a trace of their blood."

"You have a problem?"

"No, but why are you mad?"

I was mad because of that man. How did he already find out that I'm not in that world? Don't tell me that someone from this world sensed my presence and told him! But that shouldn't, he has nobody from this world, but those people were definitely from his place.

Zhao Ling, let's not think too hard on this matter. You need to speed up the time of removing the curse. I need to talk to Liuxian again. Thank goodness he was going to visit me as soon as I arrived at the courtyard.

"Your Highness, I need to leave to the estate ahead of time, please take care of Hao'er for me."

"Why?"

"Oh right, is it okay if I used your court instead of mine? This emergency is something that needs to stay under closed doors. Your courtyard has more privacy than mine no matter how many people are there."

"Sure, but why?"

"Thank you! See you at home."

Zhao Ling teleported to the estate and into the prince's room. Nobody knew about her coming back except for the prince and Shu Xienghao. Also, another person, Liuxian.

"Luxian, can you speed up the process?"

"Why?"

"He's already hunting me down. I don't know how he found out that I'm here already."

"Maybe he finally remember that you were missing from his harem after 10 years."

"What do you mean?"

"Did you forget? You said it yourself back then. The curse lets the caster know where the cursed person is at."

"Huh! Unbelievable! I actually forgot such a thing like that."

"Well, I can speed it up, but the pain you'll be feeling is even two times more powerful than when it was for two months. Well, actually, it depends on the time itself. The shortest is a week. But you'll go through a pain that feels like death."

"Then, let's get started."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Then a bit of advice. No matter how much pain you are in, you must always have a clear mind and do what you are asked to do. If you fail, you definitely die without even knowing when."

"Thanks."

"I'll get the bath prepared for you."

After 30 minutes, Zhao Ling went in and sank her body in the water. The bath that Liuxian had prepared for her had lots of medicinal herbs to remove any unclear toxins in her body. Throughout her life, she had been poisoned so many times yet, she didn't die. It was a miracle she even lived, but if she wanted to remove the curse, they to make sure that nothing would be biting her back.

Zhao Ling soaked in the bath for the whole entire night. All she felt was pain. Lots and lots of pain. It was the same type of pain that she had felt when Wei Qiang had dissected her body for his experiments. Zhao Ling never died because of her body's regenerative speed. This pain that she felt right now didn't equal to the pain of that night that her limbs were continuously cut off though by Wei Qiang.

She would never forget what the Demon King, Wei Qiang, had done to her. She would do anything do get out of his grasps.

When it was time for breakfast, Zhao Ling finally got out of the bath. The water was a murky black color. All the smell of poisons being mixed in because of the many hundreds of poison that she had undertaken.

When Prince Wu saw the color of the bath, he had a murderous look. He wanted to kill those people that poisoned her. Those people that had hurt her.

Zhao Ling who saw Prince Wu's eyes could only look towards him and comfort him. "It's fine, they already died."

"Hm?"

Liuxian then walked in and repeated what Zhao Ling had told the prince. "Yep, their all dead. Every single one of them except Wei Qiang. Lu Ming killed them. As somebody who loves her too, you should understand his feelings."

"Who is Wei Qiang?"

"The Demon King."

"Why can't you kill him?"

"If we did, then I would die. The curse is connected to the caster. If the caster died, then the cursed would die with the castor. This curse was called 'Emotional Love' for a reason."

"Zhao Ling, drink this. This is to nourish your destroyed core. With it, it can heal any parts of your body, once we've waited for 2 hours, the medicine already have taken place and you would feel fresh like any other human."

"Okay." Zhao Ling drank the bitter medicine. It was bitter, but not as bitter when I was forced to drink the water from Wei Qiang. The water of which was made from dirt, unpurified ocean water, and the essence of milk from poisonous flowers.

Prince Wu was able to smell the strong scent of bitterness from the cup of medicine, but all he could do was let her drink it. He had no say in her decisions because he was not there to help her in her time of need. He couldn't help her at all when she was struggling. If he had been there before she was thrown into the forest, how different would their story be.

Two hours had officially passed, but those were two long hours of torture for Zhao Ling. Every second she spent her time trying to not groan in pain and Prince Wu spent his time trying to stay calm because right now she needed his support, not his opinion. The two first phases of recovering was done. She only needed two more phases left before she can finally be free. Free from the grasps of that demon. That demon who had been torturing her for a decade at least.

"Okay. Zhao Ling get into your meditative state and do what I tell you. During this portion, your body will be going through lots of pain, but the pain is to open your ocean that stores your spiritual powers. This is very important so you have to be clear minded at all times. If you lose focus even one bit, you could die."

"I understand."