northernbook Chapter 83 Danger
Chapter 83 Danger
Yun'an Kingdom.
"Your Excellency! You go in first, I'll hold off these evil shadows!"
Gui Luo's voice came with difficulty from the corner ahead. Before them was a vast expanse of dark mist, which was also known as the shape-changing evil shadows. A rough look revealed that there were dozens of times more of them than in the Silent Forest.
Shadow Evils are a higher-level race of evil beings than Evil Humans. For an Evil Human to become a Shadow Evil, they must devour hundreds of their own kind. Shadow Evils also have a higher level of thinking ability than Evil Humans and are extremely cunning.
Ji Cang guessed that Yun'an Kingdom would be in danger, but he did not expect that Yun'an had become the territory of the evil race. He also did not know the situation of Yun'an's main city.
If Yun'an's main city also falls, then the news that a part of his body appeared in Yun'an is a trap, a trap to lure them away from Fengyang Kingdom.
The evil shadows roared as they charged toward them. Their eyes were fierce, and their deathly pale faces still bore traces of dried, cracked blood.
Ji Cang and Gui Luo stumbled through the ruins of the border town's houses.
"Your Majesty, should we retreat?" Gui Luo shouted, panting heavily.
There are already so many evil figures here, even before we've gotten close to Yun'an's main city. If we go any further in, we might encounter even more powerful evil people, or even... the Lord of the Evil Clan!
It's not worth taking such a big risk for information that may or may not be true!
"Go!" Ji Cang said without hesitation. "And we need to speed things up."
Since the mastermind's goal was to lure him out, they certainly wouldn't let them go back so easily. He also needed to go in and see why the once most prosperous Yun'an Kingdom had become like this.
But if this is a conspiracy by the evil race, it means that the evil race is going to take action against Fengyang Kingdom. The most suitable time now is the palace banquet in a little over a month.
They needed to get back before the palace banquet.
"Alright." Gui Luo clenched his fist and then relaxed it, flipping his hand to grasp a large club covered in barbs. "Then Your Excellency, just charge forward, I'll cover your retreat!"
Ji Cang glanced at him, gathered ghostly power in his hands, and felt the wails of the souls that could not leave this land.
Ji Cang narrowed his eyes, and when he opened one of them again, it had turned into a cold blue eye. A pair of huge phantom arms appeared above his hands, and as his hands changed their movements, the phantoms above also began to move.
"Your Majesty, your body hasn't been recovered yet. Using such powerful ghostly energy will tear your body apart!"
Ji Cang blocked with his large hand, and the dense array of evil images seemed to be locked in place by a barrier, unable to move forward no matter how hard they tried.
"Walk."
The two moved with incredible speed, kicking open the dilapidated city gate!
Just as they were about to rush into the city gate, darkness enveloped them in an instant!
A pair of red pupils suddenly opened, a hundred miles away.
The next second, the two felt an attack lock onto them.
Ji Cang raised his arm to block, gathering his ghostly power in his other hand. He was about to retaliate against the person who had foolishly attacked him when he heard a question from the other party.
"Is it you? Why are you here?"
Ji Cang's hand was already out of control, and he struck the stone pillar beside him with a palm strike.
He squinted at her, her long, fiery red hair dazzling, her upturned eyebrows exuding arrogance. He hadn't recognized her before, but now that she was in Yun'an, he remembered that she was Yun'an's heir—Xi Yishuang.
"How dare you! Who gave you permission to touch our Lord! Waaah!"
As soon as Gui Luo pouted, Ji Cang knew what he was going to say, and immediately covered his mouth to interrupt the spellcasting.
His gaze swept around and found no trace of evil spirits here.
He stared coldly at Xi Yishuang, who remained calm, and said, "The outskirts of Yun'an Kingdom have become the territory of the evil race."
Xi Yishuang yawned. "That's right, we don't have the ability to protect so many cities, so we can only give them half. Don't worry, where you are now is safe, for now."
Ji Cang's expression wasn't as relaxed as her words suggested. "Even so, you shouldn't have kept this a secret!"
Xi Yishuang remained calm. "I'm letting you off the hook because you saved me, but that doesn't mean you can point fingers at my Yun Anguo."
"Judging from your ghostly aura, you must be here to retrieve something left behind by the ghost clan in Yun'an, right?"
Xi Yishuang's words made their eyes light up at the same time; they hadn't expected it to actually exist!
Ji Cang asked, "How can we get it?"
Xi Yishuang sneered, "You don't actually think that the little favor you did me with your thumbprint will make me repay such a big gift, do you? If it were Xiao Yangyang, it wouldn't matter. You... go find her yourself!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Xi Yishuang's figure vanished in a flash.
Gui Luo looked at Ji Cang, "Your Excellency, shall we proceed now?"
"Find."
……
Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Fengyang...
It was already dark when they came out of the main hall. Li Yang was led by Rou Sheng with a numb expression. Lian'er didn't say anything when she saw this and followed behind them.
God knows how she managed to maintain her well-behaved image just now; she almost went berserk!
Almost half of the ministers in the room were discussing the sacrificial ceremony before the palace banquet. Not only were they trying to capture demons, but they also wanted to extract the whereabouts of the new demon king from the demons.
They actually wanted to capture the Demon King in order to control the entire demon race!
Li Yang: May I ask you this? Is this a setup, a scheme to kill me, directed at me?
As they approached Li Yang's courtyard, Rou Sheng, who had been silent the whole way, finally spoke, "Yang Yang, tell me honestly, have you been secretly leaving the palace every night?"
Li Yang's smile froze. "Mother... since you already know, why ask any more questions?"
Rou Sheng sighed, "I'm not blaming you. My Yangyang, you've worked hard. Go back and get some rest. Tonight, your father has arranged for even more capable people to accompany the Imperial Guards, so you don't need to worry."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
With Lian'er's help, Li Yang returned to the courtyard. As soon as she entered the house, she smelled a scent that did not belong to their courtyard.
Their hands tightened simultaneously, they glanced at each other, and then quickly looked away.
"Princess, someone came this afternoon to report that your cat has woken up. Would you like to go and see it?"
Li Yang feigned shock, "Oh dear, the colorful cat is finally awake. I'll go check on it."
After they finished speaking, they walked towards Lian'er's room at the same time. Lian'er's room was separated from her room by only a small path. The two of them took the path and went around to the window of Li Yang's room.
Lian'er flicked her sleeve and tossed out a small black insect. The insect scurried into the room and, after a short while, Lian'er said, "It's by your bedside. It's not very strong, so you can fight it."
Li Yang nodded, and the two of them grabbed the window and flipped inside. The Peach Moon Fan flew out from the sleeve and flew to the side of the bed. Soon they saw a dark figure moving quickly.
The two men flanked the man from the left and right. When the handle of Peach Moon's fan was pressed against the man's neck, the man's voice trembled as he said, "Princess, I am from Tianwai Tower. The Prince said that if anything happens, you can come to me."
Ji Cang?
Li Yang was skeptical, but still didn't trust him. Lian'er went to turn on the lamp, and the room instantly became bright.
The man in black knelt on the ground. "Princess, something terrible has happened! Someone has poisoned the food intended for the palace banquet!"