Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Nan Hua looked at the key in Long Qian Xing's hand, her black obsidian eyes deepened but there were no words she said.

The two of them entered the door and Long Qian Xing conveniently took a torch for him to use. On the other hand, Nan Hua didn't even bother to take one. She had been living in the darkness for so long that her eyes could learn to naturally adapt at the fastest speed even when there was no source of light.

Click!

Long Qian Xing closed the door again.

The only light within the dark tunnel was the torch that Long Qian Xing was holding. He looked at Nan as his chin pointed forward. "You walk first."

He couldn't sense Nan's presence in the slightest bit, so the safest option for him to protect himself was by letting Nan walked first. Anyway, the key is still in his hand so if Nan wanted to get out, 'he' will need him.

Nan Hua glanced at Long Qian Xing, nodding and then continued walking.

Even though she knew that he was suspicious of her, she didn't try to soothe his suspicion more than necessary. After all, she knew that words were useless when talking with Long Qian Xing.

He would not easily trust someone else's words.

And she had no intention of showing her real identity just yet. It was indeed the beginning of autumn, but she was still thinking about another way to tell him that Nan is actually Nan Hua.

As for why she didn't reveal her identity as Princess Jun?

That would be a bit harder to explain and there were too many complicated background involved.

Nan Hua felt that it would be better for him to know about it slowly in the future.

The two of them were silent.

Nan Hua was looking at the hidden route in front of her and glanced to the side. If she was not wrong, this secret route should be parallel with the secret route that was designed for escape by Wei Da Kingdom's founder.

Every palace had their own escape and secret route. Some were built in the very beginning and some others were added later on.

This place is very old.

It seemed that no one had been here for so many years considering the dampness and the wall that Nan Hua saw.

'There's still ventilation, but it wouldn't be enough to support a lot of people here.'

Nan Hua's eyes narrowed.

It seemed that the founder had already calculated that if a lot of people were to come here, they would eventually die before they could reach the deepest area. That way, the secret would be intact unless the one who came here were only one to three people.

But the problem is…

Nan Hua suddenly stopped. "There's a trap at the front. Bypass the step in front of you if you don't want to trigger it."

Long Qian Xing arched his eyebrows and watched as Nan took a wider step. Looking down, he could faintly see the somewhat different steps below and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The security in this place is not bad at all.

"You're good at identifying traps."

It has become part of her second nature.

But Nan Hua didn't say it and continued walking. She had been staying in the darkest and deepest area for so long where even the slightest bit of mistake will cost her life. In that place, there were many traps, secret mechanism, and even countless other things that would force people to reveal their true nature.

There was never so called kindness.

The moment they showed any weakness, they would be exploited by others.

So Nan Hua never dared to relax.

Even in this world, she almost never let her vigilance off. Around the people whom she was supposed to trust and have comfort, she still didn't allow herself to truly rest.

It was tiring.

"There's another trap at the front."

"What is it this time?" Long Qian Xing raised the torch, his eyes narrowed. There were several holes at the wall, which seemed to be the place for arrows to be shot. However, there had to be the trigger somewhere.

"Arrows. Look below at the thread."

Long Qian Xing could faintly see the threads below and his lips twitched. Whoever designed this tunnel was crazy because they seemed to not want anyone who dared to enter here live.

However, those somewhat sophisticated traps might him wonder whether this world was truly the ancient world at the same development period as his world. Because some of the things that he saw seemed to be something that shouldn't have existed yet at this time.

Or perhaps…

Some did exist at this time but later on forgotten before it was found again later on.

That was not completely impossible.

Long Qian Xing decided not to think too much as the two of them started to walk bypassing the thread carefully. With his martial arts, he could easily avoid them as long as he was focused enough.

After those two traps, they entered a somewhat wider area of the tunnel.

This time, there was only a table that was located at one side of the room. Long Qian Xing put down the torch to the ground and walked to the table, inspecting it before pulling out several old documents that were preserved within the bamboo tube.

It was the thing that Long Qian Xing wanted.

On the other hand, Nan Hua was not interested in the documents. She walked around the room and touched the crudely made wall and felt that it was indeed interesting. The technology in this era was not so bad.

So it seemed that even if she used some other things, it would not look that strange during this time.

"This is what I'll take with me. Is there anything that you want to take?" Long Qian Xing asked.

Nan Hua shook her head and then pointed at the somewhat broken passage beside her. "Is this heading to the secret tunnel of the Imperial Family or still part of this passage?"