Chapter 130 - Blood Rune

"Li Xin I feel something under the bed, but I'm not sure" Lory tug Zhao Li Xin sleeve "Help me push the bed.."

Zhao Li Xin holds her shoulder "I can do it myself"

"Oh, okay….careful don't make a sound" Lory reminds him.

Zhao Li Xin make a simple kick to the bed, who knows that simple kick can move the bed two meter away from the original position and without too much noise either, Lory give him thumbs up, then she examined the dusty floor just before she feel something on her knee, is like a small hole but she's not sure.

Lory notice a small hole on the floor, she immediately wipes the dust on it, Lory tilted her head she tries to understand what this is when she realizes the shape is familiar.

"Li Xin give me the weird object," she sign with her hand the shape of the half globe object.

Fortunately the object still on Zhao Li Xin's hand, he has no time to put the object back because lory pushes him under the bed and luckily the emperor doesn't realize the object is missing since he also preoccupied with a lot of problems.

"You think it's sort of a key?"

"Don't you think?" Lory raises her head to Zhao Li Xin.

"Let's try…." He put the object on the hole and it match, suddenly the floor beneath her split, she almost fall but Zhao Li Xin swiftly pulls her to his side, Lory was shocked the floor suddenly open, her back lean on Zhao Li Xin chest while he holds Lory tightly when his shocked subside he feel something weird in his hand, why is it so soft?

"Li Xin…..your hand" Lory pursed her lips.

Turns out his hand clenched on her bosom, he immediately released his hand off her "Sory…" he said awkwardly, this the first time he feels so embarrassed.... but slightly happy.

"It…its fine," Lory said nonchalantly but her red face betrayed her calmness, her tainted red cheeks make her more looks more adorable, Zhao Li Xin heart suddenly race faster there's a sudden fire suddenly ignited within him, he needs to circulate his Qi to maintained his calm.

"Oh, it's a secret passage!" Lory shifts their attention to somewhere else "There's no palace without it" she makes dry jokes, thankfully the man didn't understand jokes in the first place, he just finds her behavior is cute.

" so, Dragon Nest is the emperor bed" he rubs his chin with a serious face "It's a little bit lame isn't it" Zhao Li Xin feels disappointed with the lame riddle.

"Yeah…" Lory agrees, she also expects it more than this.

"Let's go" he raises his hand for her to hold "It can be dangerous…" he warned her.

"Okay!" she grab Zhao Li Xin hand with blushing face then both of them climbing down the stairs, they arrived at the small dark tunnel cover with spider web is, and rats, it s a combination smelled of musty with rats feces and dirt, Zhao Li Xin use his Qi to create firebolt float on his hand, both of them walk slowly while maintaining vigilant just in case there's a trap or something.

"I guess no one been here for a long time" Lory wipe her face from the spider web who stuck on her face.

"There's a light at the front" Zhao Li Xin halted his pace then he glanced at her "Don't let go my hand, stay on my back" he reminds her.

Lory nod her head she tighten her grip then she let Zhao Li Xin walk in front of her, he increased his sense for imminent threat, the light in front of them getting brighter after they get closer they see a three meters tall frozen crystal standing tall the crystal imbued with cold air and white light but in the middle there's a red spot.

"Is this…?" Lory gasped.

"I think it is…" Zhao Li Xin amazed, and it's easy to amaze him.

Zhao Li Xin wants to look closer but lory suddenly stops him.

"Wait….look down!" Lory shows there's a strange red circle around the crystal with a weird language he never saw before if this an array Zhao Li Xin never encounters anything like it.

"It's a blood rune," Lory said suddenly, even she more surprised than Zhao Li Xin "It's a protective shield for the crystal, only the descendant of the pureblood could enter the circle of other people tries to get closed their blood would suck to dried by the circle"

"Is it a different type of array? I never seen anything like it" Zhao Li Xin intrigued by new discovery.

Lory smile mysteriously "This is not array, this is magic"

"You should never see anything like this, ever" Lory eyebrows creased, this is should not exist in this world, what is going on?

"You know this?" Zhao Li Xin stunned for a second before he realizes it probably something to do with her past and then his curiosity increasing when she said 'magic' is that mean she' s not a human? Is she a witch? or.....meh, who cares.

"Let me check first…." Lory kneel in front of the circle, both of her hand touch the red circle then she closes her eyes, she takes a deep breath slowly, the air around her change she can feel a surged of power creeping from her fingers.

[Show me….]

Just like a glass break in front of her face she see reflection inside the glass fragments, one fragments show a man in front of the crystal, another fragments show the man look behind him, then another fragments she see a woman with white dress, then she see grey eyes, the fragments break to another pieces this time Lory see silver hair before the small fragments break again.

She pushes away from the circle, Zhao Li Xin immediately catch her "Ri Yi!" he screams anxiously.

As if someone hit her head with a baseball bat she feels so dizzy her sight become foggy she blinks her eyes a few times until her sight becomes clearer

"I'm fine…." she said weakly "It takes too much than I thought"

"Are you hurt somewhere? Can you see me?" he becomes more stressful when she looks pale.

"I'm fine….you such a worrywart" Lory stifles.

"We are done here!" he becomes impatience, he carry her out of the tunnel ignoring her complain, he makes sure he closes the tunnel and his subordinated return the emperor chamber while cover any trace of him and Lory, because she looks unwell Zhao Li Xin didn't take her to maid courtyard, they already found the crystal anyway there's no point to stay there any longer let his subordinated handle the rest, his priority is always her first.

Zhao Li Xin put her on his bedroom, Lory too tired to awaked she smiles at Zhao Li Xin.

"I need to sleep for a while…" she said faintly "Don't worry..."

Zhao Li Xin holds his hand, he presses her hand on his cheek "Don't sleep too long" he force smile on his face.

"I wont….worrywart…" she smiles softly before her eyes become heavy then gradually her conscious disappear, Zhao Li Xin clenched her hand tightly his breathing become heavy but his more calm this time, he not bother to call Jin Hao because he knew Jin Hao can't help her, no one can't….he can only wait for her to awake so he sit on the side of her bed holding her hand and watching her, for as long as it took.

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"Where is this place" Lory pondering, when she looked down he sees a blue sky and white cloud beneath her feet, she unconsciously raise her feet then she heart the sound of water splash but her feet not wet, is she floating above the water or above the sky? Lory looks up, the same blue sky and white cloud hovering above her head, she didn't know which one is top or bottom anymore.

"You should not be here…" Lory stunned, is that voice coming from her? But why she talking like that.

"But here I am" a low baritone voice answers.

Lory turn her back around, she was shocked with the man who walks slowly towards her, the man has pale skin like snow make his long dark hair seem more conspicuous, he has a strong jawline, sharp chin a little bit thin but handsome nonetheless but what attracts her the most is his deep yellow eyes.

"Why you keep persistence?" another word coming from her mouth, Lory confuses why she keeps saying something she doesn't understand, and this is not her voice, and why she wears dresses?

The man stand so close to her now, he caress her cheeks gently "You miss me, I can feel it, so why you try to hide it"

Lory wants to kick the man for touching her but instead, he turned her cheeks avoiding the man touch "We're not meant to be, can't you see it? there's no future for both of us!" her words trembling, it was mixed with sadness and anger.

"I will make the future, nothing can't stop us" he touches her chin gently "Nothing can't stop me" his gentle expression disappear, his yellow eyes glowing his smiles turn cold and creepy the darkness immerged from his body it's spread slowly until it covers the blue sky into nothingness.

"I'll eat the world for you!" he slowly opens his jaw and his mouth become bigger and bigger it's enough to swallow her whole, she wants to run but she was frozen is like she was nail to the floor she can't move, she can't fight it, she can't even breath the only she can do is let the darkness engulf her, then she hears screaming a heart wrenching screaming.