Third-person POV On their way to Fei
Hong Palace, Weisheng went to the place where he hid Huayun. Shu Zhiruo did a
quick check on her and gave Huayun first aid. Weisheng's shadow extended and
connected to Huayun's shadow. (A/N: Fei Hong
Palace is Hong er's palace.) Then from her own
shadow, an enormous hand like shadow wrapped her body and put her into another
black sphere that Weisheng just created. Without wasting any time, they headed
for Fei Hong Palace by using the shortest route. To enter the Royal
Palace, they have to pass through the back gate of the Royal Palace. As they
approached the back gate, they spotted dozens of Bei Zhou soldiers clashing
with the palace guards. This is one of the
reason, why there was no one, came to rescue even though the servants from Fei
Hong Palace had called for help. The guards and the
Bei Zhou soldiers immediately alerted from the sudden burst of eerie around
coming towards their direction. They direct their eyes to the tall man that was
running towards them with three giant sphere loomed out of the forest. Their blood runs
cold when they saw his appearance. Shining bloody eyes encircled by black
sclera and his skin was covered with tattoos caused his overall appearance to make him looks like a demon king. The Bei Zhou
soldiers changed their target from the guards to Weisheng since his presence
was very suspicious. The guards were also on their guard as they still didn't
know if it is a foe or friend. Weisheng summoned
his deathly scythe and spun them in the air then ended it with a swing. A
moment of silence then black blood suddenly gushed out from every single part
of their body. Slowly, their bodies fell apart into pieces. Everything happened
in a blink of an eye, the guards were dumbstruck and unable to get any word
out. They glanced to the
sliced up bodies and noticed the flesh was burned to ashes by a black flame.
Usually burning corpses or bodies would produce pungent burnt smell, yet, they
didn't smell anything. This caused the guards frightened to death. Nevertheless, they
didn't forget their duty. With their shaking hands, they pointed their swords
at Weisheng. At that moment, a
heavy galloping sound was heard from the forest. They narrowed their eyes to
see what creature it was. A jet black horse galloped like a wind towards their
direction. Although they couldn't recognize their emperor, they still recognize
their emperor's horse and the two ladies that were riding on the horse. They whipped their
heads towards the tall man and immediately kowtowed. "This servant deeply
apologizes for not recognizing Your Majesty Emperor! We beg for your
forgiveness!" the guards shouted with all of their might. "En," Weisheng
hummed. With that, Weisheng
and Xiao Hei passed the gate and entered the Royal Palace. Weisheng didn't want
to kill his own kith, therefore he waited a few seconds for Xiao Hei as he was
aware that Xiao Hei is more recognizable than him right now. They directly headed
to Fei Hong Palace. Weisheng killed the Bei Zhou soldiers as soon as he spotted
one, despite the fact that they were hiding in a concealed place. Shu Zhiruo and Jin
Momo gasped as the bloody scene at Fei Hong Palace came to their sight. The
situation wasn't as bad as this when they left. Shu Zhiruo swiftly dismounted from
Xiao Hei and dashed to Ah Tong's side after handing the baby in her hand to Jin
Momo. "Ah Tong!" Shu
Zhiruo cried out. Shu Zhiruo was going
to take Ah Tong's pulse, but when she tried to grab his hand, she realized that
his arm was gone. With tears pooled on her eyes, Shu Zhiruo checked his pulse
on his neck and bit her lips in frustration. Then she rushed to
Ah Xi and did the same. "Just by stopping the bleeding won't help,"
Shu Zhiruo murmured as she furrowed her brows. If she has light
power just like Hong er's, she would be able to cure them with a snap of
fingers. Then a thought struck her like a lightning, she glanced at Xiao Bai
who was weakly lying on the ground with a deep slash on both of her knees. Her
legs were hanging only by thin strands of flesh. "She will understand," Weisheng spoke with his
eyes looking downwards at Xiao Bai. He gently caressed
her neck and a faint puff of breath blew out from Xiao Bai's nostrils as if she
agrees with Weisheng. "Furthermore, she
won't be able to survive with this injury." Weisheng glanced at Shu Zhiruo. At first, Shu Zhiruo
was hesitant but since Weisheng gave her the permission to use Xiao Bai's blood
to heal Ah Tong and others, she rushed to Xiao Bai's side and placed both of
her palms on Xiao Bai's neck. Weisheng summoned a
dagger and positioned it between Shu Zhiruo's palms. Xiao Bai laid her head on
the cold concrete and closed her eyes. "Forgive me,"
Weisheng whispered under his breath before he lunged his dagger into Xiao Bai's
neck. Shu Zhiruo
immediately used her blood magic to extract every single drop of Xiao Bai's
blood and the blood float in the air like a lump of red strings then slowly, it
flew into the severely injured victims' mouth. Just in a few
seconds, the wounds in their bodies started to close up and their breathing
also became more stable. Weisheng opened the black spheres in a single move of
his finger and gently laid the three of them in a nearby clean room. With his shadow, he
picked up Meiyun who was in other wings of the courtyard and put her beside
Huayun. Shu Zhiruo directed Xiao Bai's remaining blood to the four of them and
plopped down onto the floor after she Xiao Bai's blood completely used up. "Can you wake her
up?" Weisheng asked Shu Zhiruo who was panting heavily on the floor. Shu Zhiruo glanced
at Weisheng and waved her hand, "No." He knitted his brows
in frustration. Although he promised that he would stay beside them so he could
protect them from unpredicted attack, he couldn't stop worrying about Hong er
who was currently in the enemy's hands. Then he thought up
an idea. He concentrated his Qi onto his palms and did a few hand signs. 4
shadows with the same build as he emerged from his shadow. "These shadows can
protect all of you. Even though it is not as powerful as I am, its power is
comparable to Ah Tong's," Weisheng said with a cold expression. Shu Zhiruo
understood his thought and decided to not hinder him. Shu Zhiruo nodded her
head and Weisheng immediately disappeared into thin air. She turned her eyes
to Jin Momo and requested her to help her to do a surgery Meiyun. She had to
cautiously pull out the sword in Meiyun's stomach or else the part that was
healing would re-open. Jin Momo went out to
grab new cloths and clean water after she put the two babies into sleep. Shu
Zhiruo pressed her finger on Meiyun's wrist and sensed that Meiyun's pulse is
slower than normal but not critical. "Thank goodness,
there is nothing," Shu Zhiruo sighed in relief.