CH 104

Chapter 104: There Used To Be A Lot Of Stories About Lord Bian.

A-Lian felt that she was dreaming.

A long, long dream.

She dreamed of her younger self, who was always reprimanded by the older women in the Residence: “Pay attention to the Master’s expression. Talk less and do more, or else you will be beaten and kicked out of the Residence!”

Then, a girl of her own age took her hand. The girl smiled like the warm sun softly caressing the petals of the flowers and said: “Don’t be afraid. You can say whatever you want, it doesn’t matter. I won’t let you be wronged.”

Right after, A-Lian woke up.

What greeted her was the cold, unforgiving reality.

When a maid came to tell Qi Ci that A-Lian had woken up, it was the morning after the day Qi Ci brought her to the Residence.

Qi Ci went to visit her in her wing room, but as soon as they met, A-Lian struggled to get out of bed. Then, she knelt in front of Qi Ci.

Startled, Qi Ci hurriedly called out to the maids waiting outside the room to help A-Lian up.

But A-Lian didn’t want to get up. Instead, she cried: “Your Highness, please save the Princess of Bei’an County! She must still be alive!”

Qi Ci was shocked: “The County Princess?!”

At that, A-Lian told Qi Ci about what happened that day.

The event was much more tragic than Qi Ci originally thought. After being stunned, Qi Ci tried to appease A-Lian, promising to go find Yu Muyao. He told her not to think too much and to rest well in his Residence.

Thus, A-Lian stayed in the Prince’s Residence, and Qi Ci didn’t break his promise. On that same day, he went to the outskirts of the Capital to look for Yu Muyao.

But the world was so big, where could Yu Muyao be?

…

Yu Muyao remembered that she had passed out in the heavy rain.

However, when she woke up and opened her eyes, Yu Muyao found that she wasn’t feeling as uncomfortable as before. Her clothes were dry and she no longer felt wet.

As Yu Muyao looked around, she realized she was on a cliff.

Although she was a bit confused, the sadness of losing her loved ones soon overflowed her heart. The dull pain in her chest made it impossible for her to breathe properly.

“Yao’er.”

All of a sudden, someone called out to Yu Muyao.

As soon as Yu Muyao raised her head, her eyes opened wide.

Because she had seen the King and Madam of Bei’an County standing right in front of her. Smiling at her, as gently as they always did.

Yu Muyao didn’t care about anything as she staggered forward, rushed towards them, and hugged them tightly.

“Yao’er, you have suffered a lot.” The County King rubbed her hair.

Suddenly, an uncontrollable grievance surged within Yu Muyao’s chest. As she buried her face on her parents’s bodies, she wept bitterly.

The County King and the Madam were in no hurry. They quietly waited for Yu Muyao to cry enough and gently wiped away her tears. Yu Muyao choked out: “Why are you….?”

“Yao’er, we couldn’t stop thinking about you being alone on earth, so we begged an Immortal Master to not let us enter reincarnation so we can come to earth to accompany you. But we need to help him with something first,” the County King said softly.

“What is it?” Yu Muyao asked urgently.

Yu Muyao wanted nothing more than to have her father and mother with her, in whatever way possible.

“Come,” the Madam took Yu Muyao’s hand and pointed ahead.

Yu Muyao looked at the direction her mother was pointing at and saw a sealing formation pointing straight up to the sky. It looked like a huge umbrella made of iron, with a rather bizarre yellow talisman hanging from it.

“Yao’er, pull this out,” the County King said.

Yu Muyao stepped forward without hesitation, but when she came close, she saw that the yellow talisman was covered with blood. When she saw the inscription: ‘those who touch it will perish’, she flinched and turned back to ask her father and mother what this was.

However, as soon as she turned around, the County King and the Madam had disappeared. Just as abrupt as they had appeared.

“Father, mother?!” Yu Muyao panicked and ran a few steps forward. But as she did, she tripped over a stone, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

The gravel and sand scraped the skin on her wrists and knees, causing some blood to come out.

Yu Muyao pursed her lips tightly, filled with the fear of losing her parents again. Slowly, Yu Muyao hugged herself and remained silent for a long time. Then, she suddenly stood up and walked towards the iron umbrella without any fear. She took the handle of the umbrella in her hands and shook it with all the strength she could muster, until she was exhausted.

Finally, the iron umbrella was slightly pulled out. When the hidden black cloud saw an opening, it suddenly wrapped itself around the iron umbrella.

The yellow talisman on the iron umbrella suddenly emitted a red light, and Yu Muyao was instantly catapulted several meters away.

Immediately after, the demon-sealing formation collapsed, and dust spread all over. Yu Muyao covered her mouth and coughed lightly, stretching out a hand to fan the dust away.

After fanning twice, Yu Muyao froze.

The County King and the Madam were standing right in front of her, stretching out their hands to her with soft smiles.

Despite the pain on her knees, Yu Muyao rushed over and hugged them as tight as she could.

But right the next second, the King and Madam of Bei’an County turned into a black cloud that entered Yu Muyao’s body!

At the same time, in the Capital, inside the Secret Servant Residence, State Master Li, who was maintaining the formation, spat out a mouthful of blood.

Qin Yicang and Lin Baihu both froze and hurriedly asked: “What happened?!”

State Master Li rarely looked panicked, but as he raised his head, fear was present on his face: “Oh, no. The demon-sealing formation at the outskirts of the Capital has been broken! Quick! Bring Lord Bian back!”

As soon as State Master Li said those words, an eerie laugh was heard in the air. It sounded intermittent, as if a person was laughing hysterically, almost to the point of being out of breath.

Outside the Residence, the sky was still light blue and the sun shone as warmly as ever. However, out of nowhere, powerful gusts of wind began to hit the Capital, and dark clouds covered the sky, as if night had suddenly arrived.

State Master Li gritted his teeth tightly and recited a spell. At that moment, the formation emitted a dazzling red light, while the red rope right in the center of the formation was straining, pulling so hard that it might break.

A black cloud rushed towards the Residence at full speed, knocking down the wooden door. Once inside, the black cloud flew towards the red rope.

Reacting with speed, Lin Baihu rushed forward to protect the tight red rope in the middle of the formation. However, it was already too late. The black cloud was one step ahead and ruthlessly knocked Lin Baihu away.

Qin Yicang’s eyes narrowed as he stepped forward to protect Lin Baihu. Qin Yicang managed to take Lin Baihu in his arms, but the power of the push was such that both of them rolled several times until they hit the wall.

As soon as the black cloud touched the red rope, it disappeared inside the formation. The three men hurriedly looked at the formation, only to notice that the red rope had broken into several pieces.

State Master Li’s face turned pale. With trembling hands, he murmured: “This is bad….”

…

On Bian Zhonghua’s side, since his eyes had been blinded by the light from the formation, he had to close them tightly. When he reopened his eyes, he discovered that he was no longer in the room.

He found himself standing on a Temple of Heaven.

The wind blew gently over the mountain, and on the Temple of Heaven, there was a bronze tripod. A man wearing yellow robes was fortune-telling the sky.

Next to the bronze tripod stood a stone tablet with the words ‘Emperor Hong’s1 Clan’ engraved on it.

Beneath the Temple of Heaven, there were dozens of people dressed in yellow robes, standing respectfully. Each person had a solemn expression, as if they were offering sacrifices.

Bian Zhonghua walked back and forth until he noticed that no one was paying attention to him. Thus, he tried to move the things around him, only to find that he was like an illusory shadow who couldn’t touch a thing. He could simply quietly look at the scene in front of him.

The man in yellow robes making a divination on the Temple of Heaven suddenly stopped and violently coughed a mouthful of blood. Then, he fell to the ground, his eyes rolled back, and convulsed. Even so, the man wrote a few characters on the ground with his hand stained with the blood he had just coughed up.

Among the men dressed in yellow robes who were still waiting respectfully below, one quickly approached.

Bian Zhonghua curiously followed him to the Temple of Heaven, to see what the man who kept convulsing had written.

The floor was stained with blood, and three big characters had been carefully written, without missing a single stroke.

Bian Zhonghua.

Damn! Things are getting complicated.