After hearing the Fifth Prince’s plan, a chill ran down my spine, and my back was soaked with sweat, making it sticky and uncomfortable.
“Your Highness, isn’t this a bit much? Those are living people, not the cats and dogs at home that you can kill as you please. This is too…”
“A man should not be so indecisive! Besides, the Half-Yin Realm is on you, and I’m clearing obstacles for you to prevent them from bothering you later. Think it over before you decide whether to agree or not?” The Fifth Prince stopped me from saying more, giving me a take-it-or-leave-it attitude, letting me decide for myself.
I really wanted to discuss with Zhang Dabiao what should be done about this matter. But looking at the situation, if I couldn’t make a decision, they wouldn’t let me leave…
After a moment of silence, I said in a deep voice, “Can fewer people die? Can you spare those outside?” I knew that those who had trespassed into the Fifth Prince’s underground palace were surely dead, and even the King of Heaven himself couldn’t intercede for them. But it was too unfair for the people outside to be buried with them, as they hadn’t even entered Qingfeng Mountain.
“You’re begging for them? Do you know they were here to dig up my underground palace? If I let them go, how will I save face?” The Fifth Prince’s face darkened, and he looked at me with a commanding presence that was not angry but awe-inspiring. Su Dan Novel Network
Facing the Fifth Prince’s pressure, I felt a chill all over, my back went numb, and my legs became so weak that I wished I could immediately kneel and beg for mercy. Just as I was about to give in and kneel, Yue’er suddenly called out, “Dad.”
The pressure the Fifth Prince had exerted instantly dissipated, as if it had been an illusion. However, my trembling legs told me that it wasn’t an illusion; the Fifth Prince had indeed made a move against me.
This made me frown. Logically, even if I wasn’t friends with the Fifth Prince, we shouldn’t be enemies. But judging by his attitude towards me just now, it seemed I had overestimated my standing in his heart.
“Since you want to save them, I’ll grant you this favor. If there are no other issues, you may leave.”
I stood up, bowed, and turned to leave. After only two steps, Yue’er caught up and linked her arm through mine, seemingly following me out. I was startled by her action; she had never been like this before, never showing any intimate gestures towards anyone. What was happening to her now?
Instinctively, I tried to pull my arm away. Behind me stood her current terrifying father, the Fifth Prince. If he saw this, wouldn’t he tear me limb from limb? No father would want his prize cabbage to be molested, even if it was a thousand-year-old one.
“Don’t move. If I don’t follow you, you can’t leave here.” After saying that, she pulled my somewhat stiff body and walked forward. After only a few steps, a portal of light appeared before us. Stepping through it, I found myself back in the car.
“Take good care of my daughter. If she loses even a single strand of hair, try to live… Heh heh…”
As the portal was about to close, the Fifth Prince’s voice came from inside, his sinister laughter like the cry of a crow at night, truly terrifying.
“Old geezer, I’ll deal with you sooner or later.” After the portal completely closed, Yue cursed fiercely.
I opened my mouth wide in surprise. What did I just hear? A daughter cursing her father? And calling him an old geezer? This was simply rebellious!
“What are you looking at? Keep looking and I’ll dig your eyeballs out. You actually believe he’s my father? You’re quite stupid. With you like this, you still want to be a hero saving the damsel? I think you should just be a bear…”
Faced with Yue’er’s rapid-fire scolding, I couldn’t help but laugh. This was her true nature, it seemed she had been suppressing herself earlier.
“I’m scolding you, and you’re still laughing there foolishly. What’s so funny?” Yue’er, tired of scolding, grabbed the bottle of water from the car door and gulped down more than half of it. Her eyes were full of laughter as she looked at me and said, “Thank you.” If my hearing wasn’t so good, I would have barely heard her voice.
“Why were you scolding the Fifth Prince just now? Isn’t he your father?”
“Who told you he’s my father?” Yue’er reacted like a startled cat, almost jumping onto my head to scratch me.
“Didn’t you just call him…”
“Just consider it an illusion, like a dream. I can’t explain this to you clearly right now. Zhang Dabiao is coming over, and he looks very anxious. Don’t tell anyone about your recovery for now, including him. I need to rest, you can go out!”
The car door opened, and Yue’er kicked me out, right into Zhang Dabiao.
“Huh… How did you appear out of thin air? I searched inside and outside the car more than ten times, but I didn’t see you. How come?” He reached out to pull the car door, wanting to check how I had materialized.
I quickly stopped him and whispered, “If that person wakes up, are you sure you want to open the door to check?”
Hearing this, Zhang Dabiao flinched as if stung by a scorpion, hastily withdrew his hand, and took two steps back, complaining, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? You almost made me make a mistake. I don’t want to be tormented by her.”
I didn’t want to continue talking about Yue’er, as I didn’t understand many things myself. I quickly changed the subject and asked him why he was looking for me.
Zhang Dabiao, who had been slightly nervous a moment ago, slapped his thigh excitedly. “Hurry up and go take a look! Something’s happened, Gui Jianchou is going to blow up Wu Yun.”
I almost jumped up. I had just discussed with the Fifth Prince how to deal with the mountain spirits and save those old Taoist priests. If Gui Jianchou blew up Wu Yun, what would be the point of saving them?
When Zhang Dabiao and I arrived at the scene, we saw that Gui Jianchou’s subordinates had already surrounded the SUV where Wu Yun was. However, no one dared to approach. The area was littered with various machine guns whose names I couldn’t recall, and there was a guy shouldering a rocket launcher. As soon as Gui Jianchou gave the order, they could blow up the car.
“You inside, listen to me. I don’t care who you are, get out of the car quickly. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite…”
Wu Yun didn’t make a sound. The only response was a dense swarm of insects surrounding the car and wriggling incessantly, looking like disgusting alien monsters.
“Brother Zhang, what’s going on?” I didn’t rush forward to stop them but asked Zhang Dabiao beside me.
“I heard that last night someone was bored and curious about why the car was parked there, so they wanted to see what was going on. As soon as they got close, they were taken down by insects. Seven or eight people fell before Gui Jianchou was alerted…”
I frowned, looking at Gui Jianchou, who was about to make a move, and asked, “Didn’t Wang Defa come out to stop him?”
“How could he stop it? Look, isn’t he hanging over there?”