The Princess And The Lord

Lory felt the wall behind her looking for its weakest point, then she felt the wall in the lower corner feel a bit weak, Lory then took a small bottle from her ring then poured a little of its contents onto the wall, and then heard a hissing sound from the wall, Lory then took a piece of broken broom on the floor then she carefully hit the part of the wall as result the part of that wall crumble and create a small hole.

Bai Zi looked at Lory in shock "Mistress, that..."

Lory smirked while showing the bottle proudly "Stone softener" Lory chuckled "The little thing I asked Wu San Bo to make for me, I also have for iron and stone, in case anything happens" Lory then store the bottle back to her ring.

Lory had foreseen every situation she might face while she was being held hostage by Wei Zu Tian therefore she had prepared a lot for the worst situation.

Bai Zi has seen many humans who claim to be smart and clever but he has never seen humans who are more calm and resourceful while under duress like Lory.

She really is a worthy master for Shin Jiu.

"When you got out, go to the kitchen to find information. All maids and guards eventually gather in the kitchen and they must prepare some food for the prisoner so there must be someone who knows something, be careful not let anyone sees you I don't think there's a lot a cat could enter this place so they might get suspicious if they see you" Lory remind Shin Jiu carefully.

"I understand Mistress" Bai Zi then turns herself into a small white kitten, then he passed the small hole easily and disappears.

Lory then covers the hole with everything she could find in the room whether is an old tattered sheet, or broken wood, she stuffed everything in front of the holes, after she's sure the holes have covered completely Lory crouch and lean on the wall then she looks at the ring on her finger and smiles bloom on her face, from all the item Zhao Li Xin had made for her nothing can beat the ring.

Lory then removed the ring from his finger, she kissed the ring then hid it in her shoes again, she had to be careful that the enemy didn't find the ring. Lory then leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes, she needed to conserve her energy until she got out of this place. even though the groan and whimper of people besides her room were still clearly heard but Lory had gotten used to it and it stop bothering her, Lory's consciousness gradually faded not long after she fell asleep. 

One can only say that Lory's mental fortitude is no joke.

When Wei Zu Tian visited Lory, he had expected a girl crouched in a corner, frightened and crying miserly, but what he found was a girl who was sleeping soundly with her mouth partially open. In Lory's defense, he would say that he had finished eating that's why he sleep like a log.

Zi Quan Mei also saw this and her face turn from blue to red she subconsciously gritted her teeth in frustration, she didn't understand why Lory didn't look scared at all and from her behavior, she didn't seem to be faking it.

"Ehm..." Wei Zu Tian cleared his throat to wake Lory up but unfortunately, Lory didn't budge, Wei Zu Tian's face turned bright red as anger welled up inside him.

'This girl dares to ignore me!' Wei Zu Tian who never received this kind of reaction from his captives felt embarrassed then he cleared his throat again and this time louder "EHM!"

Lory woke up from the loud noise, seeing Wei Zu Tian's obnoxious face and Zi Quan Mei's sour face was something Lory didn't want to see when she woke up, having a bad mood by their face, Lory subconsciously glared at Wei Zu Tian "What?"

Wei Zu Tian's anger sparks after receiver her defiant looks "Looks like I treated you too well, maybe I should put you with another patient huh" 

Zi Quan Mei smiled evilly "That's right, even though the patient might tear her pretty mouth out the second she comes but that's fine right, as long as she lives" she deliberately scare Lory.

"That's true" Wei Zu Tian snickers.

However, Lory didn't care about their conversation and she was too tired to chat with them longer so Lory replied curtly "Do whatever you like" Lory leaned her head against the wall and sigh tiredly.

"You know I can kill you right here - right now, right?" Wei Zu Tian hated Lory's calmness it feels like he punching a cotton wall it make him feel like losing control.

Lory looks back at him with bored and retorts indifferently "But you won't.... at least not now" Lory knew Wei Zu Tian will not kill her like he will not kill Shin Jiu because they are still useful so at least for now she and Shin Jiu still save.

Wei Zu Tian snort in disdain, he flicked his robes and left with Zi Quan Mei in anger but along the way, Wei Zu Tian suddenly turned his head to Zi Quan Mei "Keep an eye on that girl, there's something about her that doesn't seem right" 

The more he talk with that woman the more he felt uneasy as if something slip into his finger, his guts feel there was something wrong here, but he didn't know what!

"She? She's just a waste girl, why should we worry about her" Zi Quan Mei frowned as she always had a condescending opinion of Lory

"This is my order!" Wei Zu Tian sternly said for he doesn't like other people questioning his decision, knowing she make a mistake Zi Quan Mei immediately shut her mouth.

As their footsteps faded Lory looked up at the ceiling, then she turned her gaze to the small holes she had covered with the debris of tattered sheets, she know she had to be patient until she found out where Shin Jiu where about and aside from that Lory wanted to know what made the dark miasma in this place so thick that even Girsha the 'first kind' couldn't cross it, what horrendous thing Lao Min Na and Lazarus had done to this place?

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On the top floor of the pagoda, Lao Min Na stared blankly in the distance her eyes were red as blood, her skin completely pales almost like a corpse while her long black hair was slung behind her back, although the white hanfu she wore was too thin she didn't feel cold at all as if she was numbed from the skin to the bones she become less and less to feel anything.

Lao Min Na averted her gaze from the grayish view in front of her then headed down the stairs until she reached the last floor then Lao Min Na walk towards the giant carved wall, she took out the bronze then octagonal seal then stuck it to the wall, she twisted the seal and the wall suddenly split open.

The cold wind immediately hit her alluring face but she remain indifferent. Lao Min Na opened her palm and a red glowing ball appeared from her hand and floated above her palm.

Lao Min Na calmly entered the hidden passage that led to a winding staircase that led him deep underground. Lao Min Na's steps were stopped by a bulging thick vine that ran up to the stairs and it also covered the stone wall around her, from those roots grew reddish-black flower buds.

The flower looks beautiful and mysterious but Lao Min Na stares at the flower with an inexplicable expression, she retrieves her gaze from the flower bud and continued walking down the stairs.

The deeper she descended the louder she heard moans and snapping sounds, her heart instantly turned cold.. Who would have thought that there would be a flower garden underground, yet it did not have leaves like ordinary flowers, only had dark thorns that cover the vines that spread wildly all over the place and under the vines lay hundreds of human corpses, some still alive, their hands raised to the air desperately tried to reach for something but the vines tied up their body tightly just like a rope soon after they all whimper in pain then follow by the choking sounds followed by the sound of something gnawing at flesh and bones shattering faintly filled the air.