35: Chapter 33: After Borrowing…
Will It Be Returned?
35: Chapter 33: After Borrowing…
Will It Be Returned?
“So you chose to drag under with you?” Wang Ye, who had hurried into the palace, looked at Chen Qing with a face full of black lines after hearing the details.
Chen Qing didn’t reply, but curiously poked Wang Ye’s face instead.
“You…
what are you doing?” Wang Ye stepped back.
“Oh…” Chen Qing smiled awkwardly, “I just felt…
your angry expression just now was quite realistic…”
Wang Ye: “…”
“Hey, don’t be so petty…” Chen Qing chuckled as he poured a cup of tea for the other, “This is an excellent opportunity.
Do you know why that Fei guy, who is about the sa age as you and not as handso, can still step on you, ranking higher even than your superiors?”
“Why?” Wang Ye touched his own face, feeling quite handso himself, after all he was also a top scholar when he graduated.
“Because that person is the Crown Prince’s relative, ah!” Chen Qing said seriously, “Being close to the Crown Prince naturally sets you off at a higher starting point.
Although His Majesty is in the pri of his life, connections to the Crown Prince must be good as well, and this is a perfect opportunity.
Saving the Crown Prince, that’s a ritorious deed worthy of the dragon!”
“What kind of nonsense is that?” Wang Ye rolled his eyes, “Is that how you use the phrase ‘worthy of the dragon’?
How did you pass the Imperial Scholar exam?”
“That’s not important…” Chen Qing waved his hand, “Anyway, you can’t run away now.
Better to think positively, there will be many benefits if this works out!”
“And if it doesn’t work out?” Wang Ye scoffed.
“Doesn’t work out?” Chen Qing curled his lips, “If it doesn’t work out, I’m probably dead, and then what happens to you?”
Wang Ye: “…”
How could he not have realized before, that this guy was so shaless?
“What do you want to do?”
“I want to make sure of one thing first!” Chen Qing looked at him, “Regarding the Ghost Doll, you haven’t told anyone besides Weichi Peng, right?
What about your master?
Does he know?”
Wang Ye gave Chen Qing a aningful look, then finally shook his head, “I haven’t told him…”
“Really not?” Chen Qing asked curiously.
“If I had told him, you would have been arrested by now,” Wang Ye said gloomily while sipping his tea, “What do you think would happen to a person of unknown origin who can control a Ghost General?
Would my master just let it be?”
“That’s true…” Chen Qing nodded.
“You want to use the Ghost Doll?”
“Yes…” Chen Qing nodded, “Only a Ghost General can command and communicate with the Ghost Horse.
Now that the Mountain Ghost is dead, the Ghost Horse is the only one that knows the whereabouts of the Crown Prince.
Apart from the Ghost Doll, is there any other way?”
“I understand now…” Wang Ye nodded, “You dare not cooperate with others because you’re afraid of exposing the existence of the Ghost Doll.
I have the Fei Xing Technique, which can take you directly to where the Ghost Doll is without being tracked.
You planned this out well.”
“I had no choice…” Chen Qing shrugged, “After all, Lord Wang was the one who insisted on dragging into this, right?”
“I don’t regret it!” Wang Ye looked at Chen Qing, “I think the most correct decision I’ve made in my life was to drag you under before going to Lyuzhou!”
Chen Qing: “…”
“So…
your choice to work with , you won’t regret it either!” Wang Ye smiled and with one-handed seal, a bright light appeared behind him.
Just like Liu Yu, a dazzling, crystal elephant roared towards the sky.
The light, carrying a twisting force, wrapped around Chen Qing and the Ghost Horse, and in the next instant, they disappeared on the spot!
About half a quarter of an hour after the three disappeared,
the Emperor and Liu Yu slowly made their way into the room where the two had been.
“Your disciple has improved rapidly after being transford…” The Emperor spoke pensively.
Liu Yu nodded slightly, well aware of his student Wang Ye’s level before he went to Lyuzhou.
The Flying Star was one of the top secrets of the Fi Xiang sorcery, and although his disciple was exceptionally talented, he had been exposed to the Technique for such a short ti that he had barely mastered it earlier.
This was why, when he was set up in Lyuzhou City, he could only hastily transport Chen Qing alone.
But now, in just a few short days, he was able to form the Flying Star Sorcery instantly, transporting not just himself but three beings, including the Ghost Horse – that wasn’t just rapid progress.
He must be nearing the level of a Super First Rank Magician!
“Your Majesty…” Liu Yu, in a rare gesture, perford a grand bow to the Emperor, “I am very clear about my disciple, there are absolutely no issues.
After I leave, I hope Your Majesty will trust my judgnt and not waste such a supre talent!”
The Emperor looked at Liu Yu, his gaze complex and finally turning icy, he nodded and said, “Good, I promise you!”
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“Dad!!”
Just as they had teleported over, before Chen Qing could wake from the dizziness that rivaled a giant pendulum ride, he was tightly bear-hugged by a burly man!
It was also fortunate that this bear child wasn’t as unaware of his own strength as Nezha from so cold joke, otherwise he would have turned into a pancake.
Chen Qing struggled hard to free himself from the bear hug, held back the churning in his stomach, and asked dazedly, “Nezha, why do you sll like body odor now?”
He rembered the Ghost Doll, though looking robust, had an immaculate body with no body odor, and even carried a hint of lotus fragrance, which was his personal touch when he created it.
How co in a few days’ ti, he had developed body odor?
“Body odor?” The Ghost Doll was stunned for a mont, then vigorously sniffed himself and then smiled with a wide grin, “Oh, that was what Weichi Peng, that big silly guy, said – he claid it’s a manly scent, that you need to have this sll to be a real man, so Nezha grew at like his…”
Chen Qing’s face twitched uncontrollably, goddamn ‘manly scent’, that damn Weichi was really good at self-promotion.
Wang Ye also twitched the corners of his mouth.
He was good friends with Weichi Peng and knew very well about the indescribable sll on him, having frequently advised him to bathe more often, and now it was apparently about manliness.
“Huh?” The Ghost Doll suddenly lit up, looking toward the huge horse following them, “Dad, how did you find this thing?”
“Hehe, borrowed it!” Chen Qing said with a smile, “Can you control it?”
The Ghost Doll nodded and strode forward.
The Ghost Horse, which had been behaving only because of the Technique’s control, imdiately beca excited and looked at the Ghost Doll.
There were plenty of sturdy Ghost Horses in the netherworld, but rarely did they have the chance to be valued by a Ghost General.
The horse thought it would never have such an honor after its master, the Mountain Ghost, died!
Neigh!
Neigh!
The Ghost Horse let out a long neigh and then surprisingly lay down on the ground in an extrely submissive manner.
It had never been so compliant, not even in the face of the Emperor’s powerful Golden Crow Bloodline.
Ghost Doll walked in with a giggling smile, stroking the other’s fur: “Good quality.
Daddy has fed you well, making you strong.”
Upon hearing the praise, the Ghost Horse beca even more excited!
Seeing this, Chen Qing’s heart eased slightly.
Among the four great Ghost Generals, Ghost Doll ranked second, with a status above the Mountain Ghost, but after being imprisoned for many years, it was uncertain whether the newly born Ghost Horse would acknowledge her.
Now it seed he had been overly concerned.
“Nezha, ask it, can it find the Crown Prince?”
“The Crown Prince?”
Chen Qing was prepared and took out a portrait.
Ghost Doll received the portrait, placed it before the Ghost Horse, and patted its head.
The utterly compliant Ghost Horse hesitated on seeing the portrait and only uttered two cries after Ghost Doll could no longer resist patting it a second ti.
Ghost Doll frowned and turned to Chen Qing: “Daddy, the person you ntioned is in a very dangerous place!”
“Where?” Chen Qing’s eyelid twitched as he imdiately asked.
“King Xiang Tomb!”
Chen Qing: “…”
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“Crown Prince, pull yourself together!”
In a murky and dim space, a group of people exuding a strong Yang energy were particularly conspicuous on the Yin road, surrounded by the incessant wails of terrifying Evil Ghosts, sending chills down the spine.
More frightening than the sounds were the sights.
The whole road was swarming with countless Evil Ghosts, with so many glowing green eyes in the darkness it was downright terrifying, all of them eagerly pouncing towards this group of living people.
Corpses were piled high as a mountain on the ground, yet they still surged forward relentlessly, as if there were no end!
The leader, a general, was bare-chested, with a body tall and grand unlike a regular human, at three zhang high.
Dual blades, each a zhang long, swung like at grinders, harvesting whatever lunged at him as if he were a War God incarnate!
But even the brave War God began to falter against the endless swarms.
His breathing beca erratic a while ago, and occasionally a little ghost broke through, biting off a piece of his flesh.
Unknowingly, his abdon had beco a mangled ss, his intestines spilling onto the ground!
Behind the great man were fully ard guards, also struggling desperately to fend off the remaining ghosts.
Their armor was sared with green blood and bodily fluids, the stench so strong it was nauseating!
In their midst, they tightly guarded a young man in white.
He was born pale and noble-looking.
Now, seemingly drained of his Vital Energy, he was as pale as snow and barely breathing.
Yet, a hint of golden fla in his eyes signified his distinguished status.
“Reinforcents will arrive soon!”
The one closest to the Crown Prince was a Magician, identifiable by his official uniform as Fifth Rank, recognized by those familiar with the court as the Eastern Palace official in charge of teaching the Crown Prince about politics and literature, also known as the Imperial Tutor.
“Reinforcents?” A bitter smile appeared on the Crown Prince’s weak face: “There’s no need to deceive .
With the situation as it is, how can there be reinforcents?
I have been unfilial, tricked by a Fox Demon.
My death is of no consequence, but if that demon, disguised as , enters the Imperial Palace and harms my father, my guilt would be unforgivable!”
“Your Highness, rest assured!” The middle-aged Imperial Tutor imdiately comforted: “How wise is Your Majesty!
How could he be deceived by a re Demon?
That presumptuous Fox Demon dared to enter the palace will surely be exposed.
Your Highness just needs to hold on, reinforcents will surely co!”
“There’s no need to comfort …” the Crown Prince looked around: “You all should break through on your own.
Don’t worry about .
You must return to the palace to stop the Fox Demon from causing chaos at the Imperial Palace!”
“Your Highness must not give up so easily!” The Imperial Tutor urged solemnly, but as he looked around at the thick swarms of Evil Ghosts coming in waves like a surging sea, his eyes were filled with utter desperation!
The Crown Prince’s essence was stolen, and he was sneak attacked by a Ghost General.
Now his vital energy was severely damaged, if support did not arrive soon…
“General Hong!”
“Speak!” The mighty man confronting the Evil Ghost forces bellowed from afar, his voice like thunder, commanding respect.
But he knew the other side was at the end of their rope!
Grinding his teeth, he finally made a decision and shouted: “I have a secret technique that can let His Highness break through!”
“Why the hell didn’t you say so earlier?”
“But it requires borrowing your heart for a mont!”
At that, the other party fell silent.
“General!!”
Seeing the other party remained silent, the Imperial Tutor roared: “What are you hesitating for?”
“That…
if borrowed…
will it be returned?”
The voice of the big man was noticeably weaker than before…
Imperial Tutor: “…..”
Pfft!
An odd noise ca from behind the ghost army, and with that sound, sothing bizarre happened.
All the Evil Ghosts, who previously seed fearless of death, suddenly fell to the ground, shaking like leaves.
All the guards looked dumbfounded at their surroundings.
And the great man, who had stood like a mountain barring their path, watched the source of the sound with intense wariness.
Suddenly, a figure appeared there.
Thin and frail, shorter than any of the Evil Ghosts around, yet exuding a sense of imnse danger!
“Are you…
trying to laugh to death?”
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