177|The Cave of Ten Thousand Gods 3

Xie Ren was held in Hua Cheng’s arms, walking towards the dark depths of the grotto’s interior.

The only source of light around the two of them was the silver-colored Necromantic Butterfly that was fluttering ghostly. Xie Ren could not see the expression on Hua Cheng’s face, but he could feel that Hua Cheng’s arms and body were stiff.

From time to time, Hua Cheng has not not hugged him, but it is obvious, now there is something different, Hua Cheng did not even touch his neck and hands directly. Xie Ren had been looking at Hua Cheng’s face, blinking with all his might, but Hua Cheng had been avoiding his eyes, not meeting his gaze, and had gone to a grotto, where there was a stone bed, which he immediately held Xie Ren and put on. He was about to let Xie Ren lie down, when he suddenly realized something and checked Xie Ren’s back, saying, “Did they put a spell on you?”

Xie Ren was overjoyed: he had finally been discovered!

However, it was not until now that Xie Ren realized that something was wrong with him, and it could also be seen that Hua Cheng had been caught off guard. Xie Ren was waiting for Hua Cheng to help him erase the talisman of life, but who knows, Hua Cheng’s hand had already been stretched out, but it froze halfway, and finally, it was withdrawn, and laid Xie Ren flat on the stone bed.

Probably to make sure that Xie Ren didn’t have to worry, he said in a deep voice, “Don’t worry, Your Highness. I won’t kill those two losers for now. Although I really want to kill them.”

That stone bed was still covered with a thick layer of soft new grass, Xie Ren softly lay flat on it, not choking at all, just burnt to the point that his internal organs were smoking, extremely puzzled as to why he wasn’t given the spell to undo it, and was struggling barely, when he saw Huacheng reaching his hand to the sash around his waist, and undoing the lacing.

Coincidentally, at this exact moment, Xie Ren felt that the effectiveness of the life-subordinating talisman on her back began to subside, and moved her legs with force, “Ah!” Let out a cry.

Although, it looked like a dead fish suddenly bouncing around in its death struggle and letting out a protest, and it wasn’t much of a deterrent, Hwaseong still immediately stiffened and instantly withdrew his hand, saying, “I won’t!”

As if he felt that his tone was too much and was afraid of scaring Xie Ren and causing him to resist, Hua Cheng took a few more steps back and slowed down his tone, his face was cloudy, cautious and withdrawn, and he said in a hushed voice, “Your Highness, I won’t do anything. You …… don t be afraid.”

Xie Ren understood.

Hua Cheng was still unsure about what kind of response he would receive from Xie Ren after he undid the spell, so he simply didn’t listen to the response.

Hua Cheng seemed to be restraining some impulse, and once again, in an oath-like tone, he said in a low voice, “Your Highness, believe me.”

Although, this sentence “believe me”, compared to what he has said in the past, is not too strong. Xie Ren still wanted to answer him, but could not answer, struggling and afraid of his misunderstanding more powerful, only to lie flat, motionless, honestly waiting from the power of the talisman past. Seeing that he no longer “resistance”, Hua Cheng came up again, stretched out his hand, and unraveled Xie Ren’s belt.

Xie Renxin said, “Sanlang???”

Of course, he fully believed that Hua Cheng would not take advantage of people’s danger, but this development was not at all what he expected, so he could not help but slightly widen his eyes. Although Hua Cheng undressed Xie Ren, he tried his best not to touch his body, so his speed was not fast, and it took a long time to remove his outer clothes, and then his middle clothes. Until a dead spirit butterfly flew to Xie Ren’s shoulder, perched down, warm itchy feeling crawled on the skin, he used the corner of his eye to sweep, only then realized, his shoulder is a little purplish red and slightly swollen, some places are slightly chapped, after the silver butterfly perched, the situation is only slightly better.

It was actually frostbite after crawling and rolling around in the freezing cold.

Xie Ren himself didn’t even notice it, because he wasn’t too sensitive to pain anymore, freezing was freezing, and even if he found out that there was this injury, he probably just let it go and waited for it to heal on its own. However, Hua Cheng was more aware of where he was injured than he was himself, and remembered this, making sure to treat his wounds.

He was slightly out of breath when Hua Cheng lifted his arm again. On top of his hands and feet, there were more frostbite, and because of the strenuous running and pulling, some places were already bleeding. Xie Ren was not afraid of pain, but he was afraid of itching. Moreover, his mind couldn’t help but recall the tiny fragments of many years ago. The dark cave, the teenager’s trembling and hot hands, the panicked and haphazard touch, the disorganized gasping heartbeat ……

These had originally been washed away in his memory to the point where they couldn’t be faded any further, long since he had dusted them off and thrown them into a corner. Now that he recalled it, it actually took on a whole different flavor, forcing one to want to hold one’s head and scream, especially now that Hua Cheng was right in front of him, practically doing the same thing, Xie Ren’s face and brain were burning up, he was really afraid to give him a glimpse. However, Hua Cheng didn’t look at him either, and true to his word, he didn’t cross the line, turning his head slightly sideways to not look at the exposed half of his white shoulder.

Who knows, at this very moment, a voice suddenly appeared behind Flower City, ”Flower City! What is this crazy person like you trying to do to His Highness the Crown Prince? This is so disgusting!”

Hua Cheng turned back violently, and Xie Ren also crossed over to him and looked at the entrance of the grotto. The one who spoke was actually Mu Qing!

Feng Xin was also next to him. The two had been wrapped into a chrysalis by Flower City just now, and they didn’t know how they managed to break free and find their way here. They both turned white when they saw this scene within the grotto. Xie Ren’s face also went white.

That’s a terrible scene!

Feng Xin pointed to Hua Cheng, then pointed to Xie Ren whose clothes were half-faded, and only squeezed out a few words after a long time, “You …… you …… hurry up and let go of him!”

Hua Cheng quickly pulled on Xie Ren’s clothes and said coldly, “You two losers still dare to find your way here, do you think your lives are too long?”

Mu Yi taunted, “Take your dirty hands away. Toad wants to eat swan meat. Don’t say you’ve been thinking about it for eight hundred years, even if you wish for a thousand years or ten thousand years, you won’t be able to touch a single finger of His Highness the Crown Prince!”

At those words, Xie Ren’s heart thumped. While slightly enraged, she also vaguely sensed a hint of something wrong.

What was wrong with these two? Even if Hua Cheng had beaten them up just now, they were not so vicious, especially Mu Qing, as if he was deliberately trying to provoke Hua Cheng. They didn’t have any good fruit to eat if they provoked Hua Cheng, and they couldn’t even fight, so what was the purpose? Moreover, their words were also vaguely leading the spearhead towards Xie Ren, as if they were afraid that the world was in chaos, afraid that Hua Cheng wouldn’t do something to Xie Ren in a fit of rage.

Hua Cheng was indeed enraged, and black aura flashed on his pale face. He softly said, “Since you guys are determined to seek death-“

Xie Ren saw the killing intent in his gaze that he hadn’t concealed in the slightest, and was horrified, “Don’t!!!”

Late. The scimitar was sheathed, and the cold light of doom, flashed!

Feng Xin and Mu Yi were both stunned and subconsciously each lowered their heads. Fortunately, no wounds were seen on their bodies.

Who knows, they did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, or to make a counterattack, the next moment, their upper body, “thud”, from the lower half of the fall.

Blood spurted wildly, soaring all over the ground.

Xie Ren didn’t expect things to go this way no matter what, paralyzed on the stone bed, already frozen in shock.

Flower City, actually, cut Windsong and Muyi at the waist!

Those two were not completely dead, rolling down to the ground, one clenching his teeth, the other roaring in anger, the scene was miserable. Hua Cheng face coldly collected the curved sword, only a small half of his face was stained with a little blood, a wisp of crimson set off the demonic aura between his brows and eyes more and more eye-catching.

He stood amidst the pool of blood for a moment before turning back towards Xie Ren. Watching as Hua Cheng sank his face and walked closer and closer, only then did Xie Ren come back to his senses a little. And at this time, Hua Cheng had already forced himself in front of him, holding one of his hands, pressing him into his embrace with incomparable force, whispering, “…… How can I possibly let go.”

Xie Ren was tightly embraced by him, unable to speak, Hua Cheng whispered in his ear again. His heart thumped wildly, like it was going to jump out of his chest, and he suddenly felt his body loosen up.

The talisman of subordination that Muoi had drawn on his back had finally been erased.

Although he said that he wouldn’t let go, after helping him to undo the life-subordination talisman, Hua Cheng still slightly loosened his hand and let go of Xie Ren. Xie Ren took a deep breath and leapt up, pouncing into the pool of blood on the ground, saying, ”Feng Xin? Mu Xin? How are you two doing?!”

Mu Qing was even more seriously injured, already spilling blood from the corners of his mouth, and his gaze was lax. Feng Xin still has a breath in, and tightly grasped his hand, saying, “Crown Prince …… Your Highness ……”

Xie Ren also tightly grasped his hand and said, “What? What do you want to say?”

Feng Xin swallowed a mouthful of blood and gritted his teeth, “Be careful …… Flower City …… don’t go near him …… he… …is a monster!”

It was as if he had put his life on the line to be able to utter this warning before he died, but who knows, the look on Xie Ren’s face gradually calmed down and said, “Monster?”

He let go of Windsong’s hand, stood up, and said, “I’m curious, are any of you weird?”

At those words, Feng Xin was stunned. And as soon as the words fell, Xie Ren pulled out Fang Xin with the speed of lightning, piercing through Feng Xin’s heart and nailing him to the ground alive!

Feng Xin had an unbelievable face and said, “Your Highness, you! ……” before he could finish, he broke his voice. And Xie Ren pulled | from his heart | out | of the Fangxin, fell off the blood, retreated to the side of the flower city, the tip of the sword pointing to the ground two people’s corpses, said: “Already seen the blood, don’t talk on top of these two skins, right?”

“Hahaha ……”

On the ground, there was suddenly a cold laugh, it was actually a laugh from the corpse of Muyi, which had been cut in two by the waist, twisting its head.

The upper half of his body was lying on the ground, even if he wanted to turn his head, at most he could only have half of his face on the ground, but this head of his was completely turned around, facing upwards as he smiled at Xie Ren!

Sure enough. These two, were not the real Feng Xin and Mu Yi at all, but two imposters that came out of nowhere.

The real Feng Xin and Mu Yi were still trapped in the large white cocoon, trying to find a way to tear themselves out. When Hua Cheng came over to help Xie Ren unlock the Slave Talisman just now, he whispered in his ear about this very thing.

Their whitened faces were not from surprise or fear, but because, well, they weren’t human in the first place!

Xie Ren had already shown his sword, and both “Feng Xin” and “Mu Yi” smiled in a grim manner and said in unison, “As you wish.”

After that, they turned into two puddles of pus and blood. When Hua Cheng stopped in front of Xie Ren, the two puddles of pus and blood flowed and merged on the ground, gurgling and boiling with bubbles, and gradually congealed into a human form. Watching this mass of stuff twisting and shaping bit by bit, growing bigger and bigger, a chill leapt from Xie Ren’s waist to his undershirt.

In a short while, the “wind letter” and “Mu love” in front of them disappeared, replaced by a long picked white boy.

Looking at the figure, the teenager was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a mask on his face, half crying and half laughing. Although his face could not be seen, a clear teenage voice came out from behind the mask.

He said in a warm voice, “Hello, Xerian.”

Xie Ren’s lips moved unconsciously as his entire scalp went numb. Hua Cheng blocked in front of him and chopped away with his sword!

Facing the demonic blade of the curved sword of doom, that white clothed man was completely unafraid, staggering away by a hair’s breadth, instantly flashing behind Hua Cheng, his hand reaching out to Xie Ren, seemingly wanting to touch his face. Silver light swept by, Hua Cheng once again stopped in front of him, coldly said, “Take your dirty hands away.”

It was actually the original sentence that was returned. That white man’s right hand was chopped off by Doom and fell to the ground. But this did not have any effect on him at all, that wide sleeve shook, covering the broken arm, and then with one hand, a brand new hand grew out of the broken arm, and the finger formed a claw posture, and actually probed directly towards Hua Cheng’s right eye!

The entire process was only between a sound. Hua Cheng also dodged extremely fast, however, it still left him with two bloody marks on one cheek.

This was the unprecedented first time that Flower City actually couldn’t completely crush the other party in terms of speed, his eyes flinched and he immediately changed his strategy, summoning thousands of Necrotic Spirit Butterflies and frantically pouncing on the other party. The countless silver butterflies wrapped that white clothed person into a silver glittering humanoid chrysalis, but I am afraid that it would not last for too long. Hua Cheng was about to pull Xie Ren, when he heard those silver butterflies let out a shrill whistle and exploded into thousands of sparkling silver powder!

Seeing Hua Cheng’s face change slightly, Xie Ren knew that after destroying so many dead spirit butterflies at once, he was afraid that the situation was not good. The white-robed man who blew up the dead spirit butterflies hid behind the silver powder that was sprinkled all over the sky, and swiftly poked out his newborn hand, once again digging towards Hua Cheng’s right eye!

This time, it was Xie Ren’s turn to pull out his fang and chop down! With this sword, he not only chopped off an arm of that white-robed man, but almost cut off half of his body. Taking this opportunity, Hua Cheng said, “Your Highness, go!”

Xie Ren also knows that can not be entangled in the fight, see the good, the two together rushed out of the grotto, in the dark cave all the way running, unimpeded. Xie Ren said while running, “It’s him! He …… really didn t die!”

Hua Cheng was the one who ran with the road, faster but more calmly, setting up heavy obstacles with butterfly formations and cocoon silk along the road on one side, while saying, “It doesn’t necessarily have to be the original one.”

Xie Ren braked his footsteps and slightly held his head, saying, “No …… I can feel it, it must be the original one! Not only is he not dead, he is even stronger, something has reborn him …… Otherwise, how could he directly transform into the appearance of Feng Xin and Mu Yi? Ascended Magi are very difficult to impersonate, it’s almost impossible to make their fake skins!”

Hearing that there was something wrong with his tone, Hua Cheng also set his stance and turned around to pull him, saying, ”Your Highness! Don’t be afraid. It’s not necessarily that he’s stronger, there’s also a possibility that he’s very familiar with Feng Xin and Mu Yi! That’s why he was able to make their fake skins. This person you must all ……”

Before the words fell, Xie Ren’s gaze landed on his hand that was grasping his own. Seeing this, Hua Cheng’s words and complexion were condensed, and he restrained his colors, withdrew his hand, put it behind his back, and turned around to continue walking forward. Xie Ren, however, did not follow, saying, “Sanlang.”

Hua Cheng’s figure stiffened and stopped in his tracks, but he did not turn around, only answering, “Your Highness.”

His voice sounded fairly calm. Xie Ren stood behind him and said, “Fang, a lot of things have happened, and everyone is a bit frazzled.”

Flower City said, “Uh-huh.”

Xie Ren continued, “Although it’s still very much a handful right now, I would like to ask you a question first while I’m at it, so please be sure to answer me truthfully and seriously.”

“……”

Flower City said, “Good.”

Xie Ren said solemnly, “‘Nobleman of the Golden Bough’, who exactly is that?”

The finger that was tying the red thread rimmed knot in Hua Cheng twitched unnoticeably twice.

After a long period of silence, he slowly said, “Since Your Highness has already been informed, why do you need to ask again.”

Xie Ren nodded and said, ”So it is. Didn’t wrong you. It really is.”

Flower City didn’t say a word.

After a pause, Xie Ren added in a flat tone, “Don’t you, want to know, what I think about this?”

“……”

Hua Cheng slightly sidestepped his head, seemingly wanting to turn back, but also as if he still didn’t dare to look directly at Xie Ren, only revealing the two bright red bloodstains on his face, and said, “Your Highness can, don’t tell me.”

His voice was muffled. Xie Ren said, “I’m sorry. This is something that can’t be done without making it clear.”

Hanagi didn’t need to breathe, but he took a deep breath after hearing that.

Though his face was extremely white, he smiled a little and said with some poise, “That’s right, too. Also good.”

He closed his eyes as if he were a death row inmate awaiting sentencing. Who knows, without closing them for a while, those eyes suddenly opened again.

A pair of hands actually came up behind him and hugged him hard all at once.

Xie Ren buried her face behind his back and also did not say a word. Nothing was said, but, it was enough.

After a long time, Xie Ren felt the person he was hugging turn around and turn against him, wrapping his arms tightly around him.

He heard Hua Cheng’s nebulous voice coming from above, “Your …… Highness. You’re really …… killing me.”