The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  He could never stop her from leaving.

  Even from the beginning, he could not stop anything.

  "Go then." Baili Jia Jue's voice was monotonous, it sounded almost calm. His deep beautiful eyes had turned dull, voided and shallow, like a lens that could not focus. All that was left was the emptiness from feeling lost and the hollow from his swelling hatred. "I hope you'll be able to endure my hatred in the future…"

  Helian Wei Wei wanted to say something but she realized that her throat could not make any sound. She watched as the figure of the young man gradually faded before her eyes. Her head went blank, followed by a familiar sense of dizziness which left her unable to tell north from south.

  When she woke up again, she had returned to the place where everything started...

  Chapter 633 - Feelings That Reached The Depths

  A thick fog had completely shrouded the Green Dragon Lake.

  Fire Qilin lowered his gaze to look at her. His large red talons moved two steps forward as he uttered, "Lady Wei Wei…"

  Helian Wei Wei did not entertain him. Instead, the first words she uttered after lifting her head was, "How is he?"

  "His physical body is still here and the Soul Returning Light had not gone out yet, but…" Fire Qilin glanced at the flame beside them and continued, "Master has not come back."

  Helian Wei Wei clenched both of her hands as she lowered her head and started mumbling, "He hasn't come back? How is that possible? The way that he put it clearly meant that he would be coming back." However, the price for him to come back was his hatred for her.

  Fire Qilin also felt dismayed and uttered gravely, "There is still time left until the forty-ninth day. Since the Soul Returning Light has not gone out, it means that Master is still considering it. However…"

  "He will definitely come back!" Helian Wei Wei interjected. Her eyes shone as she rambled on, "He hates me so much. How could he not come back? Someone as grudging as him would never be satisfied until he comes back and destroys me with his own two hands."

  Fire Qilin was stunned and asked, "So, you ordered me to burn the Red Soul Binding Rope? You wanted to make him hate you so much that he will be forced to return?"

  To be honest, after living for so many years, Fire Qilin had seen many languishing youths and desperate maidens, and those who would die for Master were also not unheard of.

  However, there was no one like Helian Wei Wei who would give anything just to keep His Highness alive. Truly, she was the only one in the world.

  However...

  "What if His Highness really hates you after he returns?" Fire Qilin could not help but ask.

  Helian Wei Wei's eyes darkened at first, but shortly after, they lit up brightly with smiles. "Then, I will make him fall in love with me again. Besides, there won't be hate if there isn't love in the first place."

  Fire Qilin wanted to remind her that if everything could be so well-predicted, there would not be so much regret in this world.

  I fear that all he has left for her was pure hatred and none of the love...

  Helian Wei Wei was too smart to not consider this possibility.

  If there was enough time, she could have explained everything to him in detail...

  Unfortunately, the circ.u.mstances did not allow it. Thus, she had to gamble for this one time!

  "Bang!"

  There was barely any time for Helian Wei Wei to think.

  An unusually loud rumble echoed from the bottom of the lake.

  Then, the Earth quaked twice. As Helian Wei Wei controlled her stance, she stared at Fire Qilin and asked, "What's going on?"

  "It's the Green Dragon." Fire Qilin began to feel anxious as he said, "It has been like this for the past few days. Someone has set up a tactical formation with the intention to subdue the Green Dragon. Moreover, the strong aura of resentment has also been affecting it. It could only depend on ramming against the bottom of the lake to maintain its sanity."

  Helian Wei Wei squinted and kept mum. With her fingers braced against the ground, she leaped into the depths of the lake.

  "In the name of thy life, awaken thy name. Yuan Ming, come forth!" Helian Wei Wei suspended herself in the midst of the lake. Her black hair drifted in the gentle waves around her face, while her long robes freely swept around her.

  An amorphous current surrounded her on both sides, like a natural barrier. A faint light radiated from it as it diverged the water around her, exposing an open space around her.

  A figure was standing behind Helian Wei Wei. His silver hair seemed like the rays of moonlight which framed his extraordinarily handsome features. The gaze from his narrow eyes was heavily layered with wicked charm. The aura of resentment dissipated around him, as if all demons could not come near him.

  Somehow, Helian Wei Wei felt that after her return, Yuan Ming was slightly different from before. However, she could not point out what was different about him.

  It was Yuan Ming who laughed first as he asked in a devilish manner, "Why have you summoned me?"

  "Swallow all the aura of resentment in the Green Dragon Lake!" Helian Wei Wei knew nothing about tactical formations. She would give it her all and hold nothing back. There was nothing wrong with being unrefined. After all, she was quite ruthless anyway.

  Yuan Ming raised his brows and looked at her, replying, "I need someone to split open the bottom of the lake so that I can clear the aura of resentment."

  "I know." Helian Wei Wei moved one of her hands and said, "I will split the lake and you only need to do what is needed."

  Yuan Ming laughed again and in a playful tone, he replied, "Okay."

  After he had finished speaking, Helian Wei Wei bit a wound on her finger. As she straightened her right hand, it was greatly strengthened. With a piercingly cold gaze, she summoned, "In the name of thy life, I call upon the gales and nimbus of the world, rise!"

  Invisible air concentrated in the middle of her palm as powerful torrents stirred the Green Dragon Lake into chaos. Helian Wei Wei simply stood in the center of the whirlpool without concern. Her gaze was blazing as her robes fluttered around her. Then, rays of light emerged from her back and formed a golden lotus.

  The Green Dragon was writhing on the surface of the lake when a golden lotus rose from the bottom of the lake. As though it was weighed down by an enormous mountain, the center of the lake began to cave in.

  As it was being pushed down, the water in the lake separated automatically and condensed into clouds of vapor. The devilish aura that was wafting through the air started melting away like frost and snow, eventually dispersing into nothing.

  The increasingly powerful aura caused the entire Green Dragon Lake to shake uncontrollably.

  The Green Dragon jumped out from the lake surface, stirring huge splashes into the air. After the turbidness in its eyes was cleansed by the Light of Buddha, it dived into the bottom of the lake again. The dragon stared silently at Helian Wei Wei, who was floating in the lake, like a newborn baby that had forgotten everything.

  Helian Wei Wei smiled gently as she stuck her hand out and placed it on the dragon's head. Then, she touched the dragon's face with hers, saying, "Behave well. We will wait for him, together."

  The Green Dragon that was tainted by the aura of resentment had lost its sentience. Even if it was cleansed with the Light of Buddha, it could not recover to its previous indomitable existence, unless its master reappeared.

  However, at this moment, the Green Dragon surprisingly understood Helian Wei Wei's words. It nodded its head as its whiskers twitched.

  It was simply because she said...

  We will wait for him to come back, together.

  ...

  Inside the shrouding fog, a man in a white shirt was standing the middle of a tactical formation as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

  A ghastly little one immediately held him and shouted, "Master, it's the Demon Killing Buddhist Incantation! Someone chanted the incantation! How could it be possible? There shouldn't be anyon
e in this world who knows this kind of spell!"

  "This spell is not m.a.t.u.r.e enough. The real Buddhist Exorcism Incantation shouldn't be like this." Jing Wushuang appeared ashen pale as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

  Although he said that, he felt just as fearful.

  The Buddhist Exorcism Incantation...

  Up till now, it was an incantation that no one from the Exorcising Tribe could master.

  Despite that, the Buddhist Exorcism Incantation had reappeared in the human world.

  Who could it be?

  One with such great fate with Buddhism, yet he signed a contract with the devil.

  Could it be that... Helian Wei Wei has returned?

  Jing Wushuang had a guess in his heart. His perfectly handsome face was momentarily distracted.

  However, he recovered very quickly and calmly gave an order, "Since we couldn't get our hands on the physical body, let's start with the imperial palace. Commence the plan of destroying the seal, we shall force the Emperor to launch a formation now!"

  "Yes." The little one was a ghost baby. There were a lot of people who miscarried in the imperial palace, so he was like a duck to water in the palace and could do everything easily.

  Not to mention, no one knew that the Emperor was now completely different from the Emperor from before...

  Chapter 634 - Little Seven Was In Danger, He Was Framed!

  He still did not feel contented even after he started taking the pills and gaining his power. His overambitious d.e.s.i.r.e to be immortal eventually led him to fall for the plan.

  A young maiden's blood was the best for retaining longevity, but it could also lure one into the demonic path.

  Every pill that the Emperor ate had blood in it.

  Once the master had given his orders, the person would become one of their tools...

  The night grew darker as silhouettes of trees swayed inside the palace's inner court.

  The Emperor was dressed in all gold as he sat in the darkest corner. His expression was not visible and only the bloodstain on his lips could be seen, making him look quite eerie.

  From across the barrier screen, Eunuch Gao did not dare to raise his head to look. Trembling fearfully, he kept his head lowered. Even his fingers were shaking violently.

  The Emperor glanced in his direction, his voice was cold when he spoke, "Did you see it?"

  Eunuch Gao tensed up, his whole body was quivering as he responded loudly, "I did not see anything!"

  The Emperor stared at him gravely and growled, "I like intelligent people the most. Since you didn't see anything, go and get me a few more young palace maids!"

  "But, but recently the.. the situation in the palace, Your Highness should be aware of it…" Eunuch Gao stuttered, pausing to swallow before he continued, "If this goes on, the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs would find out and it would be disastrous."

  Upon hearing this, the Emperor was suddenly enraged. He roared, "It was only a few palace maids that died, but the people at the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs just won't stop looking into this. How dare they even want to launch an investigation!"

  The royal family cannot worship the demon, it was a rule that their ancestors had passed down.

  Although the Retired Emperor was not in the palace, his former subordinates still held partial military power.

  He must not act rashly. If people were to find out that he drank human blood to become immortal...

  Everything he had would all be taken away.

  He could not lose the throne and even more so, the power in his hands.

  He yearned for immortality so badly because he wished to sit on this dragon throne forever.

  Even though he could dismiss the trusted followers of the Retired Emperor, the common people would never accept a person who ingested human blood as their Emperor.

  Therefore, nobody knew about his secret.

  He was about to complete the tactical formation to become immortal. All he needed was the blood of three more young and untainted palace maids.

  The Emperor closed his eyes and was deep in thought when...

  Suddenly, a noise sounded from the side of the barrier screen.

  The Emperor immediately opened his eyes and looked towards the direction of the noise, yelling, "Who is it?"

  The little one's impatient body froze as he looked at the candlestick beneath his feet and closed his bright eyes. A menacing chill emerged from his head and swept across him.

  He only paused for a split second before he came running in cheerful footsteps, still holding a pastry that he had gotten from outside. He took a bite and said in a frisky manner, "Father, it's me! I was hungry and I couldn't find anything to eat, so I came to find you."

  The Emperor gazed down at the little one standing near him. He shut his eyes for a moment as if he was confirming something and uttered "Come, come closer to me."

  The little one clenched his left hand, hidden underneath his long robes, while maintaining a bubbly facade.

  Third Brother said it before.

  No matter what kind of situation you encounter.

  As long as you don't show your true emotions to the other person...

  The odds would be in your favor!

  As he thought about it, the little one took another bite of the pastry and approached the Emperor in his usual manner.

  One step, two steps, three steps later...

  "That's enough, you don't have to come any closer." The Emperor gave a warm smile and said, "Just stand there, I can see you clearly. Did you hear anything just now while you were standing outside?"

  The little one knew that he was testing him. Third Brother had told him before that a great person should only fake 30 percent of his words, while maintaining 70 percent of truthfulness to convince other people.

  It was a matter of how to put that 70 percent of truthfulness into words in order to dispel their suspicion.

  "I did hear something." Little Seven said while chewing a mouthful of pastry, both of his cheeks were puffy from being filled. He then continued in a coolly, "I'm not deaf, of course I can hear sounds. Were you talking to Eunuch Gao? What were you two discussing? Was it about tomorrow's breakfast?"

  Eunuch Gao let out a sigh of relief after he heard him.

  He was worried that Little Seven would hear something at this critical moment and tell everybody.

  Given the Emperor's current position, Little Seven would be in mortal danger if he has really heard everything...

  How fortunate! How fortunate!

  Eunuch Gao calmed himself down.

  On the other side, the Emperor laughed and replied, "Do you think that everyone only cared about eating, like you? Just go to the imperial kitchen if you are hungry, get them to cook you something delicious. I'm feeling tired, you should greet me good night and leave."

  "Yes! Can I take all the pastries outside?" The little one acted as greedy as usual.

  The more he behaved like this, the happier the Emperor was. "Of course!" Everything was fine as long as he did not hear anything.

  "Thank you, father." The little one walked out energetically. When he extended his hand from his sleeve, it was itchy so he gave it a scratch.

  The Emperor stared fixedly on Little Seven's action as his gaze fell onto the back of his hand.

  Little Seven had practiced martial arts since he was little, so he knew that the Emperor was staring at him like a snake staring at its prey. If the prey revealed its weak point, the snake would devour it whole!

  The little one stood with his back facing the light and squinched his eyes as he gathered all the pastries on the table into his arms. He carried them and walked out of the royal chamber slowly and leisurely.

  Seeing that the little one was gone, the Emperor's expression darkened once more. "Send more people to guard the outside. From now on, no matter who, no one can come into my royal chamber as they please!"

  "Yes." Eunuch Gao shuddered
, he clearly knew that the Emperor had a murderous intention.

  The Emperor appeared as if he was thinking about other matters, before asking, "Did you see Little Seven's hand?"

  "Yes, I did." Eunuch Gao answered respectfully, "Little Seven was still the same as the time when he was born. When there is too much aura of resentment and the weather is gloomy, his skin would become irritated. Apart from the time he had skin lesions at one year old, it's been a long time since he has scratched from the itch. However, do not worry, I believe that he would recover in a few days."

  After hearing this, the Emperor slowly narrowed his eyes. Crimson red coursed through the veins in the corners of his eyes as he snarled, "Do you think that he heard what I said?"

  The Emperor's spoke slowly and every word was laced with an eerie sense of dreadfulness.

  Eunuch Gao's heart tightened as he stammered, "Prob… probably not."

  "Probably?" The Emperor turned his head over and looked at his reflection in the mirror. He could see his blood-stained lips under the bridge of his nose…

  In that very second, the Emperor narrowed his eyes and growled sinisterly, "No, he heard all of it. He only pretended that he didn't."

  Chapter 635 - Palace Rumors, Little Seven Was Becoming A Demon?

  "I have severely underestimated him. After all, he is brought up by the Third Prince. It's impossible that all he thinks of is food." As the Emperor touched the blood stain on his lip, his gaze darkened while he gave an order, "Inform the others, the murderer of the palace maids has been identified."

  Eunuch Gao was stunned as he repeated, "The murderer of the palace maids?"

  "That's right." The Emperor smirked as he said, "The Seventh Prince has revealed his demonic nature and he killed them to suppress his gluttony. He escaped just now after being exposed by me. Draft out the edict and publish it to the public at once. Get the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs to investigate immediately!"