CROWN PRINCE'S CONCUBINE

585 The Worst

Chai Ni widened her eyes. That loud noise, where did that sound come from? The girl tried to release the tightly wrapped twigs around her hands and feet.

“Let me go! I am your leader, you are bound by an oath to Female Priestess to become the protector of all Female Priestess generations, without exception!” cried the little girl.

There was a loud laugh from the shaking ground.

“Hahaha, the tribe have been extinct since I was buried here, and the last one died not long before this, do you think I don’t know that? Little girl, I should have eaten you, so long I haven’t tasted any fresh human flesh, but you brought a very valuable item, and for that, I forgive you, although you disturbed my long sleep”

“I released you from the shackles of the King of Nature, you must obey my orders! With this enchantment plaque, I bind you in oaths!”

“What a fool, with this little power you dare to order me, who do you think you are?” Laughter rang out again, and in no time the land under Chai Ni’s feet shook down, and all the ground on her feet collapse.

Chai Ni tried to run away but the branch prevented her from even hanging her body upside down with her head down.

“Oh no! Fo Wang!”

The land that had been flat and filled with various significant to small plants collapsed to the bottom. Make a hole that is getting bigger and bigger.

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“Princess!” Lu er tried to get closer but the clan members pulled her hand to keep them away, they would have to get eroded by the sinking ground if they did not run from there.

“Princess!”

The tremors at Fo Wang’s mountain were felt far away, even reaching where the Crown Prince and Bai Ying who were just back on their journey headed to the other village at the foot of the mountain.

“Your Majesty, what happened?” Bai Ying asked, for a moment his eyes flashing red. There was such a great power right in front of them that Fo Wang’s huge mountain stretched out wide.

Luo Xiang pulled his horse to a stop and watched from a distance the birds flying from the mountain peak that emitted dust. The tremors grew stronger even making their horses panic.

“It’s begun, we must prepare for the worst”

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The tremors of Fo Wang’s mountain which were very close to the palace complex made the sturdy Dai Yang palace building fall.

“Earthquake!”

The servants ran around while trying to help the palace dwellers out of the palace area as soon as possible. The huge tall pillars swayed violently, the ruins of which fell on the maids and guards who were trying to save themselves, Emperor Dai Yang, Emperor Lo Fang’s special guards, protecting the Emperor and the Empress headed for the secret hideout. But they couldn’t run anywhere further, from beneath the floor appeared roots that rose up and attack everyone within their reach. The living roots of various shapes and sizes violently stabbed at the guards and servants who stood in their way.

“Protect His Majesty!” cried the head of the guards who were standing around the Emperor and Queen who were in the centre of the room. The tall bodyguards pulled out their weapons ready to attack anything that attacked them. Although they could have predicted an attack would occur in the near future, they just didn’t expect it would be like that.

The Emperor’s advisors and ministers had already been evacuated from the palace building which was inevitable to fall.

“Oh His Majesty the Emperor still inside”

The situation within the palace compound was out of control. The soldiers fought all the strange creatures that appeared from all directions as if the palace was their main target. The ministers took cover behind walls before the guards protecting them led them to run towards the gates to get out of the palace compound.

“Let’s go.”

From the wide open gate, came Crown Prince Lo Yi’s entourage and his troops, they had arrived at the palace after a quick trip from the foot of the mountain.

“His Highness the Crown Prince!” shouted several ministers, without slowing their horses, Lo Yi and his guards barged into the main palace building.

“Father!” he exclaimed.

Lo Yi and his chosen soldiers entered the palace building straight into the hall where the centre of the resistance was.

“Father!” he is ready with his sword to cut any roots that come his way.

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Night comes. The sky above Fo Wang Mountain became very dark without any stars there.

Bai Ying and Luo Xiang ride towards the mountain, stop and take a rest in the rather wide field at the foot of the mountain after Bu Mo. The earthquake had stopped long ago, and since then nothing else had happened, everything seemed to have gone just like that. The attack or whatever that had appeared uncontrollably seemed to have stopped completely.

Bei Yau approached the Crown Prince who was cleaning his face with the clean water the little soldier had provided for him to rinse.

“Your Majesty, is it any possibility that Fo Wang has put his mind down? Why hasn’t anything happened since?” he asked.

Luo Xiang looked around. The atmosphere is indeed very calm, there is not even the sound of nocturnal animals as there should be, even so, they still have to keep their eyes wide open, anyone and anything can attack when they are off guard. Luo Xiang looked at Bai Ying who was sitting by the fireplace with Chen Ming and Xiao Hong.

“Keep your eyes wide Bei, I don’t have a very good feeling about this. This kind of calm usually occurs before a major storm hits. You guys should stay alert.”

Bei Yau nodded. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ꜰire

“Yes, Your Majesty”

While Bai Ying sat with Chen Ming and Xiao Hong enjoying their roasted sweet potatoes with cheerful faces.

“Em, Brother, this is delicious.”

Chen Ming just pulled his lips. It’s just plain sweet potato that’s a little sweet, what’s so good about that?

“You’re exaggerating”

Bai Ying looked far up at the dark black sky so that not a single star could be seen adorning it, only a slight breeze gently brushed his front hair. Thinking while looking far above it.

“Hemh, I wonder if Xiao Jing and the others already arrived by now?”

Bai Ying managed to lift the spell of the Mountain King against the Yellow Ape troupe, from then onwards there was no power in this world other than Bai Ying that could command the wild apes to attack anyone. Since yesterday Xiao Jing and the herd had returned to their original path. And with their speed, within a few days of travelling, they would probably have arrived at the Cloud Forest near the border of Sui Lian city.

“That ape is still small Ying, when he grows up his strength will be the same as the others, his level of consciousness is getting bigger, and he will be more difficult to control, you know that he wouldn’t be the same Xiao Jing as you know all this time,” Chen Ming said.

Bai Ying folded his knees, looking at something that was now in his palm. Xiao Jing’s yellow ape didn’t have many valuables on its body, that innocent ape lived in the depths of the forest barely touched by human hands, how could he give her a valuable item or something? But, the gemstone in his hand, the bright blue shining rock not bigger than the size of his coin, was an extremely beautiful item that he couldn’t possibly find anywhere else. According to Chen Ming, who during his time in Xin Hua diligently read all the books in the palace library, it might be a spirit stone, the stone is believed to be able to revive all beings who almost lost their lives. As long as the light is still bright they can use it, after that the gemstone will turn into a worthless ordinary stone.

Maybe Bai Ying would need it one day, but, he didn’t feel the need for it after he had regained his strength and was able to heal himself in a short time, and also the Crown Prince who had the Survival coin, didn’t feel they needed it.

“Here”

Bai Ying thrust the shining stone in front of Chen Ming.

Chen Ming who was chewing his hot sweet potato looked at the shining stone for a moment and saw Bai Ying’s face.

“What is this, what do you mean?” Chen Ming asked.

Bai Ying smiled.

“Here, Brother, Ying doesn’t need it.”

Chen Ming looked at Bai Ying sharply.

“Rotten child, how come you don’t need it, it can save lives...” After thinking, it might be true that his brother didn’t need it then, or later.

Chen Ming slowly raised his hand to take the small stone from Bai Ying’s palm.

“That’s right, with your abilities, and that rotten Crown Prince who already has your saviour coin, you won’t be able to die very easily.”

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