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In the gloomy dungeon, only the light from the cracks in the wall illuminated the small areas.

Princess Jing said that she had been sick for a long time, and that she had called upon the hermit doctors or martial artists from all over the world to help her recover. However, only Su Yu Wan knew that the hermit doctors were sent over to help her live, and most of the injuries that Gu Yan had inflicted on her were new.

But wherever she could see, it was always dark. The damp air made her forget about the existence of sunlight.

Today, Duan Chengxuan's steady footsteps sounded from outside the door and stopped before her cage.

"Big Brother Xuan …" Su Yu Wan called out in a low voice. She wanted to lean over and touch the man outside the prison, but her fingers could not grab onto anything. It was so empty that she even thought she was hallucinating.

However, the man's voice rang in his ears, "Mu Qing has escaped without a trace. The truth of that year still cannot be verified. In two years time, the ancestral hall in the manor will be completed and you will live the rest of your life there."

As for him, he would follow Gu Danyan to the four seas.

Su Yu Wan was stunned. She then sneered and gripped the bars of the cell tightly as tears flowed down uncontrollably: "Brother Xuan, do you really believe that we …"

"Back then, everyone viewed me as a monster and I took your words and actions as my standard. I was always ruthless and unyielding. At least, at that time, I thought that what you said was correct." "But if you think about it carefully, you borrowed my hand to rope in the ministers of the court and private soldiers just so that I could ascend to the throne. All in all, at that time, I was completely sincere and it was you who carried me."

"If you don't become the emperor, there will never be an outcome between us in the future. I only did it for us …"

"There should be another option." Duan Chengxuan sneered coldly, then raised his hand to grab her throat. "We can become cloth-clothed commoners and live a peaceful lives. Master and Mistress even prepared a manor for us. Do you remember that?"

He should have rushed to the border without stopping, but he didn't bring any news from Mu Qing.

What replaced it was a land deed sent over by a person from Blackwater Town. It seemed like Gu Tinyan had privately requested that they search for the truth for Duan Chengxuan that year. Unfortunately, she was still unable to completely understand what had happened that year.

Duan Chengxuan's strength wasn't great, but Su Yu Wan felt suffocated as if she had thought of something. She smiled and said, "Gu Qing Yan found that land deed?"

"Yes, this land deed is named after Mistress. It seems that it was meant for us to live in the future." Duan Chengxuan gnashed his teeth as he let go of his hand. "The person who hid this land deed that year was you."

In the past, his master had given him his word. In the past, Mistress had used up all her savings to buy them a small house in the town.

"Master and Mistress never wanted me to return to Sky Flame City." Duan Chengxuan tightly clenched his teeth.

"Yes, so long as they are here, you will always be my senior brother and not the current King Jing. I didn't think that you would give up everything I've done for you for a woman like Gu Meiyan. How dare you!" Su Yu Wan said with a hoarse voice, "You should be an eagle soaring in the sky. You should be sitting on the throne of the top ten thousand people, but why did you give up all hope for a woman and live a mediocre life!"

She should also have stood shoulder to shoulder with Duan Chengxuan at a supreme place.

But now, all of this had been destroyed by Gu Mingyan.

How could Duan Chengxuan not know? That year, he was only a step away from becoming the Emperor. As long as he killed Duan Cong, he would become the Emperor and rule over the world.

At this moment, the man in the darkness stood up with an indifferent expression. "You didn't destroy this land deed."

Su Yu Wan cried and did not speak. She only tightened her white fingertip in the darkness.

"You're still quite considerate." "Since you're interested, then you should know that no matter how capable and talented I am, first of all, I ought to be a good person and not a puppet that you obtain glory and wealth from."

"You were born to be a member of the royal family, and Gu Pingyan was born to be someone with great authority. What about me?" Su Yuwan sneered. Her legs were hurting from the rough floor. "You're just better than me, that's all …"

"Even Qing Yi knows about this, but you don't." Duan Chengxuan shook his head helplessly and waved his hand. "But you have a lifetime of peace to reflect on the things you've done before, as well as how to become a person."

The sound of footsteps faded in the darkness. It was as if Su Yu Wan had been drained of all her energy. "Where are you going …?"

"I want to go to my lover's side, little junior sister." Duan Chengxuan's words were covered up by the stone door. The three words' junior apprentice sister 'drifted into Su Yu Wan's heart, causing a thousand ripples.

She breathed in deeply and laughed softly in the darkness, "Your lover will definitely die without a burial ground."

Mu Qing once said that there was no cure for that poison in this lifetime.

Duan Cheng Xuan, you should properly enjoy the emptiness for the rest of your life.

At this moment, Duan Chengxuan had already left the dungeon, and his gaze was cold as he asked, "Is it possible that Duan Feng has two thousand people waiting in ambush in the bamboo forest?"

"Yes." Cheng Shan tremblingly replied as he passed Duan Chengxuan's long saber over.

"Bring a thousand people with us. First, kill them all and then we can leave." With a cold expression, Duan Cheng Xuan received the long saber and walked out the door in large strides.

Unforgivable.

It was unforgivable, whether it was Su Yu Wan or himself.

The bamboo forest was located outside the city, and it was also the only path Duan Chengxuan could cross.

Duan Chengxuan sat on the horse's back, wearing black clothes without any defensive gear, and the long saber in his hand emitted a cold light under the moonlight. When he stopped, all the horses and footsteps had disappeared without a trace, as if time had stopped at this moment.

The leaves rustled beside his ears.

In front of his eyes, the bamboo shadows lightly swayed.

However, the people hiding in the darkness opened their eyes, the atmosphere around them had long changed. Before they had even met face to face, the faint scent of blood and killing intent had already landed on their shoulders like a giant, golden boulder.

Duan Cheng Xuan, on the other hand, calmly twined a white cloth around the hilt of her saber as she concentrated.

Only until an arrow pierced through the air and sliced open Duan Cheng Xuan's arm.

The little soldier squatted in the bamboo forest while panting heavily with fear in his eyes — he couldn't continue waiting. As long as Duan Cheng Xuan was here, his heart would jump out.

"Leave none alive." Duan Chengxuan spoke in a low voice, and when he raised his eyes again, only a patch of blood remained in his eyes.

The voice sounded once more as Duan Cheng Xuan spurred her horse to charge into the enemy camp. Before him, there was only the shadow of a bamboo, and not even a shadow of a person could be seen.

When the sky turned white, the villagers in the city could only see the blood-stained bamboo forest. Corpses were strewn across the fields, and from afar, the rumbling of horses' hooves could be heard as they galloped towards Sky Flame.