Lory already finish her preparation, mostly anything to help her survive inside the tomb without her 'Gift' she needs extra careful, she inside the tent with Zhao Li Xin when he takes out something from his spatial ring
"Wear this inside your robes," he said while giving her a thin linen fabric with dark blue color, the fabric is very soft and strong at the same time.
"What is this?" Lory gently touches the fabric with curious eyes.
"It made from the iron blue silkworm, it can protect you from heat and cold also normal weapon couldn't hurt you" he explained casually.
If only Lory knew that silk wort millions gold tail in the market, the iron blue silkworm is not easy to raised and this species is very rare, Zhao Li Xin found this wormed by accident but he finds this thing useless and disgusting.
He tosses the worm carelessly in one of the underground palace gardens, who knew is it because of a good environment after a year the silkworm who supposed to be not easy to raised suddenly multiplied and make a lot of cocoons inside the garden.
At first Zhao Li Xin feel disgusted and wants to burn the whole cocoons along wit the silkworm but Wu San Bo beg on him not to do that he reassured Zhao Li Xin he could make a lot of money with this silkworm, only then Zhao Li Xin relented and let Wu san Bo whatever he wants with it as long the worm out of his sight which Wu san Bo agree immediately.
After that the silkworm becomes the other money source for Hei Shen Sect, a lower grade one-piece robe of Blue iron silkworm can reach fifty million gold tael in the market and now only the Emperor and Empress who wear this fabric, and the one he gives to Lory is one of the highest grades.
Of course, he never told her since he never thought it's important it just a silkworm Afterall and Lory never asked too much when someone gives her cause that would be rude and after all, the thought is important isn't it, and that's why for a very long time she never how much money and treasure Zhao Li Xin spend for her.
"What are you doing" Zhao Li Xin's eyes bulged as it would fall from his socket, he stops breathing when he looks at her.
Lory takes off her robes casually, inside her robes she still wears that dodou underwear so she doesn't feel naked and it was Zhao Li Xin who saw her, she didn't mind. She already lives on the same roof for almost a year and they both love each other although no one said it out loud yet.
If this is Harland she definitely already slept together with Zhao Li Xin but because she knew the custom in this world is different and she still not ready yet and she has other problems that she forgot at this time.
"You said I need to wear this robe inside my outer robes!" Lory turn her back from Zhao Li Xin she takes off her robes layer by layer, Zhao Li Xin froze on the spot who wants to tell her to stop but his mouth can't move, he knew he should close his eyes but he unconsciously keeps his eyes wide open.
[Lory your mark!!] Girsha quickly warned her.
Lory forgot the mark on her back 'OH, SHIT!' she cursed inwardly.
fortunately, her long hair covers her back, she swiftly turns her back from Zhao Li Xin. The poor Lord just got teased by his beloved sexy back and know he is grace by front view too how lucky he is, but now he doesn't know should he feel grateful or not.
Lory immediately put on her robes she afraid he sees her marked, a certain Lord already didn't pay too much attention to her back because it's cover with her hair his attention falls somewhere below her waist.
"Hmm….You see anything strange?" after he fixed her robes she asked nervously.
"I've seen nothing," he said quickly, it's a lie he saw a lot of things but he did not dare to say it, he feels slightly guilty when he looking her eyes he averts his eyes and leaves the tent in a hurry.
[Do you think he saw it?] Lory looks Girsha with worried looks.
Girsha sighs, he feels bad for that young man [Nah, I think you are fine]
'But he won't'
Lory rubbed her fast roughly [What am I thinking, how could I forget!!] she can believe how careless she is [Remind me not to do that again!]
[yeah, sure….] Girsha roll his eyes, he blames Lucas and the others who made her so dense.
Outside Zhao Li Xin calmed himself by meditating alone this strange feeling coming again he doesn't know what it is but he feels her throats dry, racing heartbeat and he feels sudden heat but not the same kinda heat when he cultivated the 'immortal flame' it's different, it's something else...it's weird, oh well he would ask his Master about this later.
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Somewhere in a high mountain, an old man with snowy hair sneezing nonstop
'Hacho, hacho, hachoo....'
he sniffed his nosed "Did I got cold?" he wonders, how could someone with high cultivation like him get cold, his not believe it, someone might talk bad about him, WHO DARE!
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Bei Li Yan wonder why he suddenly meditating, at this hour normally Zhao Li Xin would lazily sit somewhere while drinking his wine with half daze expression but why now he looks so stern after he got out from the tent.
"What happened with our Lord, is the fight with Ri Yi?" Bei Li Yan nudged Mong Yi.
Mong Yi shakes his head "When it come between them is better nos asking too much question" he said wisely, he had enough witnessed his Lord weird behavior around Miss Luo.
"Oh!" this answer only makes Bei Li Yan more curious, it's so interesting he considers to find a way to stay awhile at Xinjing Manor and watch them interact, his brained already created all different scenario to coaxed the 'Demond Lord'
In the meantime, Ming Ru Yi stubbornly still wears a beautiful dress although it is not as frilly as the dress before but still not appropriated for entering the tomb but would she care, of course not especially when her crush is on her face how could she dress poorly.
Lory watch the tomb entrance through the hole from the floor, she gonna need a long rope to get down there just when she thinks where to tie the rope Zhao Li Xin already carry him "Hold tight!" he said, without warning he jump to the hole with one hand holding the rope and another hand carry her like toddler, Lory reflex wrapping her hand on his neck tightly.
He only needs to bounce two times on the wall cave before he lands on the ground smoothly.
"You okay?" he asked Lory who look bewildered from the sudden jump.
"Next time, give me a heads up" she patted his shoulder while still look shocked.
"Sure…." he said lightly who knew if he listened to her or not.
He put her down on the ground then he lights up the torch, the faint light illuminated the dark cave and immediately the shrieking sounds from bats and rats echoed between the cold cave wall.
The cave is wide and deep cover with dark moist grey stone and from above the long and thick root tree hanging like chandelier while the half-broken spiral stairs go all the way to the bottom. on the center, there's a big giant pitch-black hole no one can see where is the end.
Bei Li Yan, Jin Hao jump down in the same manner as Zhao Li Xin while the Mong Brother need a few times to bounce on the wall before the Managed to land safely on the ground.
"Let's go!" Zhao Li Xin didn't wait for General Fu and the princess to get down, because he knew that stupid princess would make a ruckus when she got down and just as he thought just after a few steps he heard loud sounds.
"How dare you touch me like that! I m a Princess, do you want to beheaded!"
"Your highness, if you don't want to get down alone then you must hold on to this servant, if not why not asking these three young master" the soldier looks perplexed, what a troublesome princess she only makes his jobs harder.
"I don't think I can get down while carrying you Princess" the young muster smiles awkwardly, the hole is too long it's hard enough to get down by himself how could he manage with carrying someone else, he doesn't wanna hurt her or himself.
"You!!" Ming Ru Yi feels this man is useless, at this time she hopes Zhao Li Xin would help her but too bad he already left without waiting for her even for a second.
Lory didn't hate the young Princess too much for her she just a silly teenager, haughty and unruly but most teenagers are like that isn't it, and after she heard her stupid shouted, Lory, found her hilarious she can't stop giggles.
"Careful the stairs are slippery" Zhao Li Xin help her descend from the stairs, she accepts his hands because if she slips from the stairs she would fall on the hole and die without leaving corpses.
"Do you smell that?" Lory sniffed her nose.
"Corpses" Jin Hao replied.
They follow the pungent smelled, they move carefully without making any sounds and the closer they got the smelly it gets.
Suddenly she touches something wet on the stones, she rubes her fingers when she looks closer it's deep red color blood, Lory wiped her hands immediately then she sees a puddle of blood mixed with dirt on the ground, she sifts her feet to the side.
Zhao Li Xin holds her hands tightly he keeps her close to him, then they hear something tearing and bitting a flesh, sounds of teeth chewing and grinding something hard clearly heard.
Zhao Li Xin and the other look each other, Mong Yi stick on the wall he peeks from behind the wall he held his breath he saw a beast who is more looks like a monster who has a body of a pig with small feet without any fur only pink wrinkled skin like an old man.
The beast has small two eyes and sharp teeth sticking out of their mouth with green saliva droll on their side of their mouth, overall it's a very ugly creature.