Chapter 24 Don"t You Think I Dare?“Don"t you think I dare?” The expressions in Weilian"s eyes suddenly became dangerous. This woman did be a wild card.
Ronghua snorted, “Your Highness, I don"t know if you dare or not, nor do I want to guess the answer. But why do you get angry here?”
Ronghua had a comparatively good temper, but she always felt it hard to control herself every time she faced Weilian, so she never said too much to him. Now, if she talked more with him, she would likely lose control of her temper, and then they would begin to fight again. Moreover, it was not the time to have a chat.
“This person is useful to me somehow. There"s no need to trouble you.” She didn"t believe that Weilian couldn"t feel the thing in Xia Pumo"s body.
Seeing Ronghua standing in front of Xia Pumo to protect him, the King of Death was inexplicably angry. He rushed over with a menacing look in his eyes, and after several strokes with his sword, Ronghua"s clothes were almost broken. She didn"t resist or wasn"t irritated, “Your Highness, what are you doing?”
Her clothes broke so severely that she was nearly undressed. Fortunately, Ronghua was not so concerned about her appearance.
“She disappeared.”
Suddenly, he spoke out a baffling sentence.
Ronghua was confused, “What?”
The King of Death looked up, and Ronghua saw tears in his eyes. It should be a rare event in a hundred years!
“I cannot think of her appearance again after her death. Why?”
Ronghua partly understood what he was talking about. She also heard about it when she first arrived at the Realm of Demons. For some reason, all the portraits of Lingran were not there anymore. Even if they were still there, no one could see her face in the painting. More strangely, anyone who had seen Lingran couldn"t remember her appearance now, including Weilian, the King of Death.
It seemed like a wish to make everyone forget her appearance.
“This is her wish.” Ronghua said calmly, “I have no right to interfere.”
Weilian looked at her, “No right to interfere? I have been searching for her for so long but found no trace. There should be a trace, even if she died! But you can always let me see her easily. Why? Can you give me a reason?” Looking at Weilian, who was increasingly angry, Ronghua started to feel a bit worried.
“Your Highness, calm down. This place cannot bear your anger.”
Ronghua backed up slowly and wanted to find any clothing to put on. Her back was half-naked now! And she didn"t want him to see the trace.
But as soon as she took out the clothing, Weilian immediately cut it into pieces with his sword.
“What are you doing?”
With a pair of dark eyes, Weilian stretched out his hand to pull Ronghua. But she seemed unwilling to be touched by him, so she took a step back.
“Your Highness, please conduct yourself with dignity!”
All of a sudden, her back started to hurt a little. That was coming again. Ronghua didn"t want to have any entanglement with him now.
“What"s going on with your back?” He seemed to think of something.
“Nothing,” explained Ronghua.
“Uh…” Weilian just wanted to see what was on her back, but coincidentally, Xia Pumo woke up at this time. It seemed that the coma stage had pa.s.sed.
Ronghua turned her head to see Xia Pumo, but at the same time, she didn"t want to expose her back to Weilian. It made her very embarra.s.sed. After frowning, Weilian took off his robe and draped it around Ronghua. Before Ronghua could say anything, she was covered by his clothes, as well as by his smell.
Ronghua glanced at him and tidied the robe, thinking, “Wasn"t it you that broke my clothes? Then why did you give me your clothes now? It"s so strange and had never happened before.”
Fortunately, she did not let Weilian see the scar on her back. She was afraid that he would know that she had entered that place after he saw it. At that time, it would be hard for her to explain.
Ronghua calmed herself down, smiled again, and said to Xia Pumo, “Are you awake?” According to his expression, he should have absorbed it.
As soon as Xia Pumo opened his eyes and saw Ronghua, he asked directly, “What the h.e.l.l do you want to do? What do you want to do to him?”
Listening to his words, Ronghua guessed that Murong Zhe might have temporarily occupied Xia Pumo"s body. If it were Murong Zhe, some things would be difficult to explain.
If she wanted to gain his trust, it was necessary for her to articulate the reason. Otherwise, it would be likely that neither Xia Pumo nor him would believe her anymore.
“I just wanted to stimulate you. There was someone near me at the time. If I didn"t say that, you wouldn"t have that emotion at all, and I would be unable to beat you into Xia Pumo"s body.”
But he didn"t seem to believe and just sneered, “Huh, do you think I will believe it?”
Ronghua realized that she should let others know what she was doing. Otherwise, it would be tough to explain, so she said, “I do things for my reasons, and you need not understand. Besides, I believe you can feel that though the thing you ate is not a bodhi fruit, it is overwhelmingly better than the bodhi fruit!”
It was true. The elixir that Xia Pumo ate was potent but not harmful. It appeared to be okay after he rode that period out. But for the time being, Murong Zhe would not drop his guard against Ronghua. Now beside her showed up another unfathomable man, who vaguely gave him a feeling of the demon. This woman seemed to be highly mysterious!
“Leave it at that! But if I find that you dare to hurt Mo, I will make you regret doing this.” He continued to threaten her, and then he fell into a deep sleep because the prolonged occupation of Mo"s body would also hurt him.
But Xia Pumo fainted and toppled backward as soon as he regained the charge of his body. Fortunately, Ronghua caught him. She made a check and found that he was fine. He fainted just because the elixir was so potent that it cost him too much energy. Besides, Murong Zhe occupied his body just now. He finally fell under these loads.
Ronghua took him and let Xia Pumo fall into her arms. Looking at his sleeping face, she also felt relieved in her heart, “Fortunately, you held on.”
But Weilian didn"t think so. Staring at Xia Pumo in Ronghua"s arms, he felt very uncomfortable, “How long do you want to hold him like this?”
Hearing his words, Ronghua couldn"t help but squint at him and explained, “He fainted. What"s the matter?”
Weilian suddenly backed to himself. As he realized what he had just asked, he tried to conceal his thought immediately, “Will you even do this kind of thing?”
Ronghua was stunned and asked, “Why can"t I do this kind of thing?” She wondered, “Is there anything weird when I do this?”
When Ronghua was still thinking of Weilian"s abnormal behavior, the ground began to shake.
Ronghua stabilized her feet, “What happens?”
When she looked at Weilian, she found he looked calm. Well, it was true that almost nothing could make him change his expression! No, maybe Lingxi could make it. But now they had to leave the place first.
Ronghua carried Xia Pumo on her back and looked at Weilian, “Your Highness, I think you can go out yourself!”
Weilian glanced at her, “Mind yourself!”
Then, he turned into a ray of smoke and left. Ronghua was speechless. How fast he went away!
Ronghua took out the fan with her right hand and made a door in front of her. She glimpsed behind and then went into the door without hesitation. Ronghua put Xia Pumo down in the pa.s.sage and looked at him. She thought that since the self-destruction system of the mysterious territory began to work before she reached the main palace, someone should have already got there before her. Although she didn"t get that thing, it was pretty satisfying to get this bodhi fruit.
In her opinion, Murong Zhe was much more funny. He always called Xia Pumo sweetheart, but according to Xia Pumo"s att.i.tude, he seemed to have still a long path to go!
Suddenly, someone took her hand. Ronghua looked down. It turned out that Xia Pumo had already woken up and was looking at her. He was frail now, with a pale face and a pair of eyes full of fatigue. But the pain in her hand reminded her that there was still something that made him uneasy. Ronghua raised her hand and pressed a finger on his forehead, giving him a stream of spiritual power slowly.
“Are you better?” Ronghua asked lightly.
After feeling a little better, Xia Pumo struggled to sit up and became panting for breath, but he still did not let go of Ronghua, “He… how is he? Is he alright?”
Ronghua pulled his hand away, “He"s fine. He"s in your body now, fine indeed!”
Hearing her words, Xia Pumo let go of her hand and sighed of a relief, “Good. That"s good.”
Ronghua glanced at him and sighed. She didn"t want to say anything but thought in mind, “I rescued you, and shouldn"t you thank me first?”
The mysterious territory had more than one entrance. At the other end of the forest, there was a small door, and a woman stood outside of it. She was dressed in white silk organdy and had her face blocked by a veil, but it could not hide her charm and the deep worry in her eyes. The woman was Shu Ruomi. Just several days ago, Lingxi heard the news of this mysterious territory and insisted on getting into it.
Initially, Shu Ruomi did not agree and had already returned to the Realm of Demons with Lingxi. But Lingxi lied to her and sneaked in here herself. Shu Ruomi had been waiting for Lingxi here for a long time. But she failed. Without any other methods, she finally told Weilian. Otherwise, if Lingxi encountered any accident, the King of Death would surely demolish the land of humans.
This place was secluded, but it didn"t mean that only she could find it. It was on the land of humans, and she was not the only one who wanted to find this place. Shu Ruomi already felt a lot of breaths of different intensity around her. It seemed that other people found and arrived here.
“It seems to have been found.” Shu Ruomi turned around and found that the restlessness in the forest was a bit strange. But no matter what happened, she would block them. She wondered how powerful humans had become after so long.
A sword turned into being in her right hand, and she looked straight ahead. No matter what was in front of her, she would try her best to protect Lingxi to return safely. Even if she couldn"t make it, she would never give in before Weilian came here.
Shu Ruomi backed up a few steps slowly, with her left hand making gestures secretly to place boundaries around. The energy on the opposite side was getting more robust, and it seemed that something evil was approaching.
Then, the next second, the showing up of a whiff of dark smoke confirmed her guess. Shu Ruomi was shocked. Ghost!
A black shadow appeared there, and then in the blink of an eye, other ghosts appeared around him. Judging from their form, she thought their cultivation should be high. How could ghosts appear here? Shouldn"t they have been destroyed with the development of G.o.ds? How could there be so many high-level ghosts? Was there still someone secretly cultivating ghosts for so many years? It seemed that the situation of humans was very complicated!
With ghosts coming out, souls of the dead appeared! This saying was never wrong. Speculating from the black smoke around these ghosts, she reckoned that they should have killed a whole city.
Seeing that they didn"t take attack after a long time, Shu Ruomi thought, “It seems my guess is right that someone is controlling them. Who is it?”
When Shu Ruomi was thinking of a method, a man"s voice came, “Miss, are you here waiting for me?”
Shu Ruomi looked up at the man who was approaching, and she felt he was dangerous at first glance. The man who walked over was absolutely handsome, and his pretty and angular face was like a sculpture. His appearance was pretty in a raffish kind of way, but the lights in his eyes made Shu Ruomi feel that no one should underestimate him. He had dark, lush hair, straight eyebrows, and charming eyes, which resembled two pieces of peach blossom and attracted people unknowingly. He had a prominent nose and moderately thick red lips. There was a dazzling smile on his face. “Well, this man was indeed a playboy!” thought Shu Ruomi.
“It is not the place where people like you can come. Leave here quickly!” Shu Ruomi said straightly.
But the man just opened his fan, waving it slowly, and said, “Miss, your words are so strange. Is this place yours? Why can"t I come? Do you want to take the thing inside alone?”
Shu Ruomi looked up at the man, “It"s better for you to know less.” After all, it would be safer.
He closed the fan, “Miss, it seems that you choose the stick rather than the carrot!” With a pair of grim eyes, he waved down one hand, and the ghosts rushed towards Shu Ruomi together.
Shu Ruomi took up her spiritual weapon and prepared to fight.