The Anarchic Consort c1-1376
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It was an absolute breath of relief for those who were scared to death of him…
"Your Highness." The palace maids serving in the Jiuchong Hall hurriedly went up to serve Baili Jia Jue once they saw him walking into the hall.
Baili Jia Jue reached up to loosen the collar of his outerwear, his handsome face tilted slightly in all its structured glory, "Where is the Princess Consort?"
"The Princess Consort is taking a bath." The maid replied respectfully as she reached out to take Baili Jia Jue's outerwear.
Baili Jia Jue smirked, "Taking a bath?" Heh, was someone volunteering to deliver herself into his mouth?
"Go warm a flask of wine and bring it over here," Baili Jia Jue instructed with a deep voice as his whole body was reclining on the carved wooden chair and he picked up an ancient scroll randomly.
The palace maid answered affirmatively and left.
Usually, when the Princess Consort was here, His Highness would never let them stay in the royal chamber and this time was no exception either.
The other eunuchs who were capable of assessing the situation well lowered their heads and retreated.
There was only Baili Jia Jue left in the Great Hall, and as he looked over the ancient scroll in his hand casually with his body clad in an ancient nightgown that covered him down to his ankle, the aura of asceticism enveloped him entirely. His handsome face, like the elegance of moonlight, was different compared to the indifference he showed in front of others, he now had more touching and attractive laziness on him.
When Yun Biluo who was disguised as Helian Wei Wei walked in, she felt her heart skip a beat at the sight of him, making her struggle to breathe normally.
Out of all the men in the world, only this man was so handsome that every woman would be unable to resist him.
Yun Biluo calmed her breath and softened her voice, "Your Highness."
Baili Jia Jue looked up at her, his eyes were deep like ancient pools that could exude a sense of frostiness.
Yun Biluo saw it clearly and because it was so distinct, envy gushed out of her heart.
How dare she!
How dare that woman who came out of nowhere get his special treatment!
She was the one who had been by his side since he was a child.
No one understood what he needed more than her!
Yun Biluo clenched her fists hidden underneath the long sleeves. It was all because of this face.
If that soul had not possessed Helian Wei Wei's body, she would not have attracted the interest of His Highness.
Now that she had Helian Wei Wei's face too, she believed that His Highness would soon enough give her his love!
Yun Biluo smiled at the thought. She was not dumb and she knew roughly of that woman's temperament that was usually so arrogant and thought that she would probably not be close to His Highness on a normal basis anyway. Therefore, Yun Biluo copied Helian Wei Wei's posture and walked slowly toward Baili Jia Jue, "Has Your Highness finished handling official business?"
Chapter 569 - His One And Only
Hearing this, Baili Jia Jue casually placed the ancient scroll in his hand down, his black locks trailed down his shoulders in a careless manner, complementing his chiseled and refined features. He looked in her direction as he let out a dull sound of acknowledgment. His slender legs raised and his inky black hair was not as formal as it looked like when he was in public. Then, he commanded leisurely like he normally did, "Come here."
Yun Biluo was filled with joy on the inside but her expression did not show it at all as she pretended to be distant while she inched closer. Just as her body was about to lean into Baili Jia Jue's embrace…
The mood was ruined by a palace servant that entered.
"Your Highness." The servant held out a wooden tray with both hands, on top of which sat a pot of warmed Green Bamboo Leaf Wine and two white porcelain drinking cups, "This is the wine Your Highness requested."
Baili Jia Jue took a cup and toyed with it for a while. As he did so, his fingertips seemed to glow and his face that was bewitchingly handsome and prideful looked particularly captivating at this moment as he casually supported his head with one hand and swirled a cup with the other. He looked just like a wanton god from ancient times as he sat there with his narrowed eyes containing something resembling a smile gazed upon the person in front of him.
Yun Biluo was very tactful and had figured out the situation when she saw the two cups. Immediately, she reached out to take the remaining cup.
The servant placed the tray down respectfully and left the room.
Seeing as there were no more obstacles in her way, Yun Biluo's legs went weak as she prepared to use her old tactics.
However, she did not expect the man to suddenly stand up without any notice. Hence, she fell unceremoniously to the floor.
"Your Highness?" Yun Biluo lifted her gaze in confusion, a rush of anxiety pumping through her system. Has he recognized me?
Baili Jia Jue looked at her from above for a while before he slowly extended his hand, his long and narrow eyes as beautiful as the stars, "How are you so dense?"
He has not recognized me! Yun Biluo let out a sigh of relief subconsciously and prepared to place her hand in his palm.
However, he moved out of her reach, the stray hair on his forehead swaying slightly while the smile that he previously hung on his lips turned elegant yet bloodthirsty, like the Devil's Snare that bloomed along the banks of the River Lethe. It radiated a sense of indescribable evil, innately cold and imperceptibly wicked.
"It makes me sick when I see someone using this face to do something so st*pid."
Yun Biluo's eyes darted around as she took a step back instinctively, "Your Highness…"
"Where is she?" He looked at her coldly, baring his teeth in a manner that was still handsome and godly as his black robe encased his slender silhouette and he emitted an icy cold murderous aura!
The surrounding air suddenly whipped into a violent gale that could hurt the skin as it blew all around.
Yun Biluo had always known His Highness was a powerful man, forever elegant and refined, never easily provoked.
With a simple raise of his brow, he could even make mythological beasts quake in fear.
Yun Biluo felt a sense of dread rush through her veins, even her voice was hoarse and unsteady, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I don't understand." She moved backward as she continued in denial, thinking weakly that perhaps he was just testing her!
"You don't understand?" Baili Jia Jue took off the white gloves he wore and bent down maliciously. The dark was as bright as day to him with his eyes that could see in the dark. Now, it seemed as though they glinted with tinges of red. "Will you start to understand my question if I break one of your ribs?"
Yun Biluo looked at those eyes that were full of wickedness and her mind recalled the fire that had occurred once upon a time where he had gleefully murdered people with a smile on his face. In a flash, her scalp numbed with fear!
"I don't understand! Where did I go wrong?" I have been so careful! I have even imitated Helian Wei Wei's mannerisms down to her speech and even her gait.
Baili Jia Jue grasped her neck and laughed coldly, "You don't need to understand. Now tell me, where is she?"
"Y-Your Highness, cough, both of us know that you're just treating h-her, cough, as a replacement for Helian Wei Wei. She's not even the real Helian Wei Wei. If she doesn't leave then Helian Wei Wei can never return. Did you prevent the Soul Drawing Incantation of the eminent monks because the original Helian Wei Wei does not have feelings for you?" Yun Biluo's pallor became paler as she spoke, spending all her energy to squeeze out those few sentences, but she was still mad. She was infuriated at that woman's good fortune!
However, Baili Jia Jue did not even bother to give her a reply, instead, he put even more pressure into his fingers as if he wanted to choke her to death, "I will ask you one more time, where is she?"
Yun Biluo could no longer breat
he, the tips of her toes barely touched the ground. She fixed her pointed gaze at him, "Your Highness, she is but a shadow of a person. If you really want Helian Wei Wei, you can let the real one return!"
"Do you not understand my words?" Baili Jia Jue lifted her with just one hand.
Compared to the violent waves of rage he felt, his mind ran wild with an unspeakable terror and panic.
He really did not like the picture he was painting in his mind.
Thinking of the fact that the person who would always laboriously pick out snacks for him; throw her towel at him after a bath only to lie on his l.a.p and let him dry her hair for her; leave quietly to the Hidden Spirit Temple herself and kowtow 9,999 times in order to reduce the burden of sins he carried would never return, he was so furious until he wanted to kill someone!
How dare she ask him what went wrong?
Ah, even when he was drenched in blood, that woman was the only one who was unafraid to approach him, she did not cower nor hide, and would even incessantly ask him if he was hurt!
Why, why did these people want to take the one thing that belonged to him!
Unforgivable!
It had only been a short while but it seemed like something had been completely ruined!
His fair and slender fingers grew out nails as sharp as knives. Then, Baili Jia Jue forcefully plunged his hands into Yun Biluo's heart!
Yun Biluo's eyes widened in disbelief as she gazed into the pair of eyes in front of her that no longer carried any sense of humanity, "You..you…"
The emotions brewing in his c.h.e.s.t had exhausted his patience a long time ago. Baili Jia Jue reached out to push aside the dying Yun Biluo as he placed his index finger on his lips to make a shushing action. From his brilliantly red lips to his pale white skin, everything radiated a murderous aura full of despair and wickedness.
Following this, he stood up with his back perfectly straight and proud with an aura of nobility and arrogance filled the air as his long black robe drifted in the strong wind. He wiped away the fresh blood staining his fingers with disgust. In a flash, he ventured into the gloomy night like the black fog that loomed in the background. With every step he took, he left behind the sanguine scent of blood!
Chapter 570 - His Highness
By the riverside, under the alignment of the seven stars, Helian Wei Wei slumbered in her wooden coffin, dressed in an ancient long scarlet robe. Her oval face was elegant and refined, unaware of the world around her.
A white-robed man who had been looking upon her suddenly curled his fingers. The corners of his mouth lifted and his tone was tinged with indifference, "Pathetic, she could not even handle Baili Jia Jue."
"Master, do you need me to deal with it?" The little one with a bottle gourd growing from his head approached, carrying a large skeleton on his back yet seemingly unaffected by the weight of the huge burden he carried.
The white-robed man's side profile was a picture of calmness as he let out a few gentle coughs. "There is no need, stay here and tend to the Fire of Resentment instead, make sure it doesn't go out. There are two wraiths outside and with the collective forces of the most powerful wraiths in the magical realm, Baili Jia Jue's only fate is to step foot into the underworld. After all, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a human."
Outside the barrier, a black silhouette swiftly leaped over a wall, his figure appearing randomly like a mist along the corridors of the palace.
At the sight of this, many eunuchs on their nightly rounds thought their vision had gone blurry and rubbed their eyes continuously, but once they took another good look, they actually saw a man dressed in a long black robe with sable hair past his shoulders. His dark pupils glowed faintly as they gazed toward the Cold Palace while his entire being emitting a chilling aura.
However, he was gone in the blink of an eye and only the gloomy nightscape remained.
The eunuchs could not help but mutter that they had seen a ghost. This made their hair stand on end.
At this point, Baili Jia Jue could not care less about the disturbances he was causing in the palace, his dark pupils contracted as he fixed his gaze on the barrier in front of him and took a step toward the river…
Clank!
The clear, crisp sound of a metal bell rang out, cutting through the air like raindrops that broke the tranquil surface of the water, causing ripples to spread in inexplicable creepiness.
"Hehe…" A young yet unspeakably ominous voice came from the darkness, "I did not expect to find someone so fast."
Two boys emerged from the murky darkness of the night. Clad in green shirts and red pants, they had a vacant expression on their faces and faint voices like a pool of stagnant water, "This is a pretty good soul, it's a shame that master commanded us not to eat humans, otherwise, you'd make a tasty meal."
"Yuan, don't worry, we can savor him slowly once we have killed him! Although I prefer a woman's blood over a man's, this man here looks delicious." The child turned his head to reveal his hollow-like mouth which was black as pitch. It seemed as though the words spoken did not originate from their mouths. The sight of it was so ghastly that it made someone hard to breathe…
Baili Jia Jue angled his handsome face, his eyes were frosty, "Move away."
Following this, with a flick of his wrist, a bronze bell rang with a clear sound, echoing long into the night like the pleading souls from hell itself.
Darkness then fell from above as the surrounding temperature dropped continuously. The cold wind swirled to form imaginary snakes that rushed toward Baili Jia Jue to take a bite!
Baili Jia Jue swiftly shot up, his long black robe fluttered in the wind so fast that it was hard to follow his movements.
However, his movements were still considered clumsy and slow to this demonic Yuan child. "Hmmph, st*pid human, stop overestimating yourself! Wake up, we're out of your league!"
Whoosh!
An increasing number of snakes shot out from their nests, their scarlet tongues were hissing as they vehemently bit at Baili Jia Jue's hands. He raised his thick eyebrows as his movements became a little stiffer, however, he did not halt his footsteps, instead, he continued to pace toward the barrier. His long black robe rattled around and fresh blood dripped onto the ground continuously in splashes of red that was as heart-wrenching as it was bright-colored.
The wraith let out a cold laugh, "You can still move? Sadly… this is the end for you, now devour him!"
Whoosh!
Another wave of black snakes shot out, but this time from the surrounding ground where Baili Jia Jue stood, they wrapped around his body with speed and precision that was tinged with a haughty arrogance. As they coiled around him and squeezed tightly to bite and rip at his flesh, they injected extreme cold-like venom into his veins and began suffocating his heart. This caused blood to spurt out from his mouth.
"Ah, what a beautiful sight." The wraith laughed, "Even the blood is fresh, what do you think, Yuan?"
There was a coarse laugh in response that was even more disturbing than the last, "I just want to taste it myself…"
"Now is the time to end it all!" The picture of the wraith's bloodshot eyes as it opened its hollow-like mouth was unspeakably horrifying.
However, what was even more terrifying was the black snakes that were wrapped around Baili Jia Jue. It appeared as though they had been driven into a frenzy and coiled tightly around his body, entangling him until he fell to the ground. Even as his original features were no longer recognizable, the mass of black snakes did not stop.
"That's enough, be a bit more gentle, don't eat all of him, save some for Yuan and I…" Before the boy could finish his sentence, there came a swooping sound!
Huge clumps of black feathers suddenly appeared from nowhere as a gigantic bird suddenly soared in the air. At the same time, a dark fog began to spread as if something was about to be awakened.
"Yuan, listen, what is that sound?" The wraith with a larger head turned around to ask his younger brother.
Thump…
Thump…
As if influenced by an unknown magnetic force, a powerful tremor wracked through his c.h.e.s.t.
He raised his pale head as his irises glowed faintly blue, his entire body felt uncomfortable by this force. "Elder brother, w-who...is there?"
The wraith reached out and embraced him as his expression turned more serious. "Besides a human with a death wish, there is no one."
"B-but…w-why…" Yuan could taste the sweetness of the blood at the back of his throat as it spilled continuously from the corners of his mouth. However, both his eyes seemed to be obscured by magic where he could not see anything unusual. "I can detect that man's scent."
"That man?" The elder brother's magic was weaker than his younger sibling, so he was naturally unaware of anything aside from the uncomfortable feeling in his c.h.e.s.t. He did not detect anything amiss, "Who is that man?"
Yuan slowly closed his eyes and rested his weary self on the gravel, his thin lips paled and his eyes fluttered in disbelief. "It is our most…most distinguished…king."
Chapter 571 - His Highness’ True Form
Swiftly after the boy finished speaking, a loud boom resonated across the atmosphere.
The black snakes that were entwined around Baili Jia Jue exploded into smithereens by some force that came out of nowhere!
As a bloody mist fell into the air, the sound of footsteps slowly approached…
The two wraiths froze mid-action, slowly turning their heads to look back.
A pair of black boots thumped rhythmically against the ground, and the wind seemed to blow in every direction to puff up Baili Jia Jue's black robe. There, he stood still with a cold, dignified look on his face, an evil aura blanketing him, spreading through the black fog.