Chapter 15

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In the golden tent, Zhu Yan watched the Master leave with the divine bird. For a time, she had mixed feelings into her heart, and her back was hot and painful. She wanted to stand up and take a sip of water, but she sat back fast with an “Ouch”.

“Princess, are you alright?” Yu Fei came in and asked hurriedly.

“Quick… help me get some ointment to invigorate circulation and remove blood stasis!” She clutched her butt, groaning and cursing, “It must be all swollen, damn guy… Hey, he really did it!”

Yu Fei asked in surprise, “Who was that person just now?”

“Who else could it be?” Zhu Yan was not angry, “My Master!”

“Ah? He is the Great Priest? Is he the one you used to learn the magic cultivation with when you went to Jiuyi Mountain?” The maid was surprised and looked after the handsome man who was riding the bird in the wind outside. She suddenly uttered a cry, as if she understood, “Is the Princess in his heart?”

“Huh?” Zhu Yan opened her mouth wide, astonished for a while.

However the maid’s face changed color and become pink as she said to herself: “If it is for such a man, it would be worth it! He is indeed much more handsome than Prince Ke Erke… But, why was he hitting you just now and leaving you on your own? Could it be that he fell out of love and doesn’t want you anymore?” While continuing to talking to herself, Yu Fei paused, then sighed: “However, the love between Master and disciple was originally taboo… Alas…”

“…” Zhu Yan who just took a sip of water, almost spitted it out.

These girls, about the same age as her, had incredible imagination. But… wait a minute! It seems reasonable for her to explain the events of the past few days according to this logic? If the father blames her in his furious anger, should she just use this excuse to push the boat along? Anyway, father wouldn’t dare to offend the Master…

Ah, bah! What are you thinking? Weren’t you just been beaten enough? She powerlessly turned over on the white fox mat, groaning for You Fei to give her medicine. Yu Fei brought medicated wine and ointment from outside, carefully lifted up her skirts and couldn’t help exclaiming: The Princess’s skin was as white as jade, and her waist as thin as a bundle, but from her back to her thighs, she was red and swollen, and every trace of stroke was clearly visible.

“That person’s heart is too ruthless!” Yu Fei said bitterly, “Fortunately, the Princess did not elope with him!”

Nonsense. With master’s skill, would have been easy for him to knock her out of her wits. Would he have limited to only give her just a few skin bruises? However, she didn’t want to bother to explain further. She just pushed her feet up and said, “Apply the medicine quickly! Why do you chirp so much? Don’t mention this man any more, do you hear me?”

“Yes, yes.” Fearing that the Princess would be sad, You Fei hurriedly shut up.

After the wound medicine was applied, her back suddenly felt cool, which gave her a sensation of relief. She didn’t dare to put on her clothes immediately, so she had to lie there waiting for the ointment to dry. On her boredom, she suddenly remembered that her father was coming to catch her and bring her back home, and the more she thought about it, the more distressed she became. She couldn’t help but shout helplessly, grabbed the golden cup in front of her and threw it out.

She is already eighteen years old and has long become an adult. Why can’t she choose her own life path according to her own thoughts? Just because she is the Princess of the Red Clan, will her freedom, her marriage, and the happiness of her life be sacrificed in vain? In this way, what’s the difference between her and those Shark slaves?

They must be dreaming! She won’t succumb so easily!

The golden cup flew out of the tent, and suddenly stopped in the air, as if blocked by some invisible net, then bounced back with a “swipe” sound, almost hitting her in the face. Zhu Yan who was laying on the white fox mat with her back naked, was splashed with water all over. She remained stupefied for a while, and could only curse angrily after the surprise vanished.

Yes, the Master was probably afraid that she would use paper cranes to ask help from the soldiers and escape, so he simply set up an enchantment around the tent. Anything related to her would be trapped in it, even if it was just a sutra or the cup in her hand!

“Damn it!” She was so angry that she picked up the golden cup and threw it out again. She used the air-breaking skill for this throw, but the cup still bounced back with a “ding-dong”, spinning around in front of her. She thumped the ground with her hands, grinning her teeth with anger: Damn it, do you think I am a fish trapped in the net with this enchantment? Just watch and see, I will definitely break out from here!

She spent the entire afternoon doing this boring thing, tossing the cup in her hand, throwing and picking, picking and throwing… She exhausted all the means she knew – however, even such a small golden cup could not break through the invisible boundary he had set up for her.

In the end, both Yu Fei and Yun Man looked stunned.

“How pitiful… What is the Princess doing?”

“She must have been too irritated, I’m afraid she’s going crazy because of too much grief!”

“Yeah… the newly married husband committed the crime of treason, and the whole family was punished with death. The man who had made an agreement to elope together abandoned her, and even turned over and beat her like this! Ah, if it were me, I would’t want to live anymore!”

“Poor thing. Why didn’t the Red King come yet? I’m so worried that the Princess will commit suicide…”

The servants huddled out of the tent, whispering sympathetically.

“What are you two whispering there? What are you talking about?! Shut up! Get out of here! Go away!”

She was almost mad, and slammed the golden cup across the tent with a fierce voice, scaring the servants who ran hurriedly to hide. However, when she thought about it, she was stunned for a moment: why can’t she throw out a cup, but Yu Fei and Yun Man can go in and out freely? When Master set up the enchantment, did he allowed these two servants to enter at the same time?

How thoughtful of him! Was he afraid that she would starve to death? She slammed the ground again with her hands angrily; but suddenly her hand fell on something soft. She looked down and saw that it was the book that Master gave to her before he left.

Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, then picked it up and flipped through it. There was nothing written on the cover. When she turned it over, the second page was also empty, with only a few small letters written in the lower right corner, which stated: “Notes for Zhu Yan”. It was densely packed with small letters, written in Kongsang’s ancient writing. Fortunately, she had been with Master at the Jiuyi Temple for four years, copying inscriptions and learning calligraphy, so now she could barely understand what was written.

Shi Ying’s handwriting was elegant and light, the pen was subtle with an easy brushwork, the meaning free, it was very pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Yan was laying on the golden tent with the book in front of her, turning page after page, and discovered that each page contained a different, subtle and profound cultivation method; from the basic introduction to the transformation of the environment, to more advanced and darker techniques, the essence was extracted and explained in simple terms. Some complicated and obscure places were also matched with drawings for an easier understanding. It was obviously written in response to her training level.

“This meditating little person is well drawn… the bun is well combed.” She lifted her cheeks, stared at the picture, and couldn’t help but muttered, “Huh? Is this the Jade Bone painted on it? Does it look like me?”

She poked her finger at the hairpin on the little person’s head and grinned: “It looks like it.”

The experience notes written by the Great Priest of Jiuyi Temple would have changed the life of any cultivator willing to practice the technique, perhaps they would be willing to spend their entire life in exchange for a page of paper from that book. However, since Zhu Yan learned to fly, she hasn’t practiced the magic at home in the past five years. Now she was only feeling dizzy and reluctantly read a few pages, then threw the book aside.

The journey from Heavenly Wind City to Susa Haru is a long way, and it takes about twenty days to speed up; however, if the father was in a hurry and made use of the skill of shrinking the earth, he would arrive there in three or five days. On the land of Yunhuang, with the exception of Emperor Kongsang who inherited the blood of the Royal lineage from the Emperor Garan, the other six Royal Clans also have their own different spiritual powers, but they would hardly use them easily, and only if they have no other choice.

Once her father will arrive, she will be probably badly scolded. Then he would escort her back to the palace and keep her under strict supervision until she’s going to get married for the second time…

When will this kind of life come to an end? She gasped, suddenly stand up, put on her clothes, grabbed the handwritten book earnestly, put it on her lap, and start to read it carefully page after page from the beginning. Yes, if she wants to live a life of her own, what’s the use of just lying here and complaining and cursing? No one will come to save her, even if she screams from the top of her lungs. She must acquire enough strength, become as strong as the Master, in order to break free from these chains that bind her! Only then can she be truly free.

For a whole day, Princess Zhu Yan did not come out of the golden tent. When Yu Fei and Yun Man brought the dinner in, they saw that the princess was still sitting there, motionless, looking intently at the booklet, even sitting in the exact same posture as at noon, and the lunch on the table had not been even touched. The two could not help but exchanging a look at each other, secretly wondering what was going on with her.

Since she was a child, the Princess was the kind of person who could not sit still for a moment. When was the last time she would read a book so quietly? Isn’t it that even her character has changed after being stimulated?

Afraid to speak to not disturb her, the two servants secretly put away the dinner and retired; however, as soon as they went out of the tent, they heard a gust of wind blowing behind their ears, and in the next second a bowl was thrown out, almost hitting the back of Yun Man’s head.

“Princess, what’s wrong?” they asked quickly. However, as soon as they looked back, they saw Zhu Yan jumping up with a smile on her face, looking straight out of the door and shouting, “Look! I threw it out! Threw it out! I made it. I did it! Threw it out! Hahaha…”

While she was talking, she rushed out, so crazy that she was unable to hold back her emotion. However, as soon as she rushed to the door, she suddenly got staggered, as if she was just been punched in the face by something invisible, and fell straight on her back!

“Princess… Princess!” Yu Fei and Yun Man didn’t know what was going on, they both rushed over to help her, and asked with urgency, “What’s the matter with you? You… you are bleeding!”

“…” Zhu Yan did not speak, but wiped off the nosebleed, looked at the door of the golden tent whit her face turning pale, and suddenly stomped her foot, “I don’t believe I really can’t get out! I won’t sleep tonight!”

Sure enough, the lamp in the golden tent didn’t go out the entire night.

The servants watched the princess study hard under the lamp, drawing pictures in front of the booklet, crying and laughing, and sometimes singing aloud, stand up and roar, and could not help but being confused and frightened; how did the princess become like this?! She must be crazy of too much grief!

Oh Gods from Heaven, let the Red King come here quickly! Or someone will die!

On the third night, the Princess still did not drink, nor eat or sleep, and kept flipping through the scroll in her hand; her face turned very bad and her body was so shaky that she could not even hear anyone talking to her.

Yu Fei and Yun Man were already thinking about whether to forcibly feed her something to drink, when they suddenly saw Zhu Yan standing up, took a deep breath, raised her hand and put it on her chest, then held out her finger towards the door and drew a few symbols. With a sound of “brushing”, they saw a flash of brilliance in the dark night, like an electric fire.

Something shattered in the void, and the entire tent shook!

They didn’t understand what was going on, but they saw Zhu Yan lean forward and spit blood on the scroll in front of them!

“Princess! Princess!” Yu Fei and Yun Man exclaimed and rushed towards her.

“Quick… quick! Lift… lift me up, try to see if it breaks?” She laid in the maid’s arms, pointing her finger to outside the door; she said the last sentence in a faint voice, and passed out.

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