Chapter 49

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Maybe this was the punishment, right?

“Farewell.” He gently lifted his finger and tapped it lightly on her forehead with a smear of blood, wanting to erase this part of her memory, her time in the Star Ocean Cloud Pavilion this day.

Since Zhi Yuan was not dead, as long as this episode was erased, then they would be able to return to what they were before, right? Such fierce confrontations, heartbreaking proclamations of war, would all cease to exist; and the deepest trace of loss in the depths of his heart, let it remain silent all together, forever unnoticed.

If he could turn back time even more, he would love to erase all his memories. That way, he would have never been in her life and she would have never been there for him either, and it might have turned out to be a better life for each other.

However, as his finger rested on the young girl’s forehead, looking at the anger lingering on her face, Shi Ying’s eyebrows frowned slightly, unsure of what had crossed his mind again and he paused.

“I don’t want to forget you!”

The child’s face came back to his memory, terrified and full of tears, squirming desperately to try to avoid his fingers.

Eventually, he dropped his hand and sighed.

Or is this for the better? Let her hate himself for the rest of his days.

By the time Zhu Yan woke up, she had no idea how much time had passed.

The light above her head was blinding and countless silver dots of light swirled before her eyes. She subconsciously closed them again, let out a groan and rolled over under the covers, only to feel her whole body burning as if she had a high fever, very uncomfortable, and could not help but subconsciously murmur randomly.

“Wake up,” a small hand rested on her forehead in a trance, cold and soft, “wake up!”

She replied in a blur, her eyelids feeling a thousand pounds heavy, her mind clearing only for a moment, only to drift back into a deep sleep in a hurry.

“Don’t fall asleep!” The voice was a little anxious, the tiny hand shaking her hard, “Open your eyes! Open your eyes now!”

Who is it? Who is talking?

“Be quiet…” she muttered, subconsciously raising her hand to shove the small hand away. The hand dodged however, and suddenly struck her hard before she was about to fall back into a deep sleep again!

“Who?!” Because of the severe pain, Zhu Yan bounced up in an instant, without even opening her eyes, and grabbed the person’s hand in a split second, “How dare you hit me?!”

The person was dragged over by her, almost falling into her arms, his body light and surprisingly thin.

“It’s you?” She froze and let go of his hand, “Sumo?”

The shark child was full of indignation and stared at her fiercely, like a little panther in a rage. Zhu Yan was stunned and subconsciously looked around again, discovering that she had returned to the Red King’s Palace. Outside, the moon was sinking in the West, it must have been the middle of the night, and the surroundings were quiet.

The child stood in front of her bed, as thin and frail as ever, except that his azure eyes were red, bloodshot and exhausted – even the attendants had fallen asleep in the outer room this late in the night, and only the shark child remained at her bedside.

Her heart warmed with a flutter of panic releasing his tiny wrist, “Little one, you… why don’t you go to bed?”

She was almost startled by her own voice when the words came out – her voice was broken, as if burned in flames, so low and hoarse that it was almost completely inaudible.

“Who dares to sleep?” The child gave her a glance and muttered, “You were never able to wake up and I… I was worried you were going to die at any moment…”

Zhu Yan felt the child’s wrist tremble a little and couldn’t help but feel a little guilty as she said softly, “I’m not going to die… I just overslept.”

“Nonsense! You… have been in a coma for half a month!” Sumo shout out, his voice shaking a little, “The whole Palace is in chaos! The steward… steward has already sent someone to get the Red King back, just in case you have any shortcomings that can’t be explained… those Kongsang people are already preparing for your afterlife, do you know that?”

“What?” Zhu Yan was startled, “I passed out for half a month?”

Sumo nodded a little, biting his lips to keep quiet, his eyes bloodshot.

“Oh, that’s right,” she recalled, and was not so much surprised suddenly, “I took a Heavenly Punishment and I’m really lucky to have survived, being out for half a month is nothing.”

“What happened at Star Ocean Cloud? Why did you become like this?” The child asked in disbelief, and after a pause, suddenly said with some guilt, “That day… that day if only I had come with you…”

What happened on that day? Hearing this question, Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, her heart suddenly ached, and tears rolled down like broken pearls, tearing her heart out – everything in the Star Ocean Cloud Pavilion suddenly came back to her mind: in the darkness, the two most important people in her life met each other as enemies and drew their swords to fight.

The Heavenly Punishment blasted down upon her head and Yuan held her back, leaving her body and bones intact!

In that moment, memories revived. Everything suddenly flooded into her mind, like an explosion. She closed her eyes, her shoulders shook violently, she raised her hands to cover her face, her whole body was like a dry leaf caught in the wind, and after trying to resist it, she couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

“You…” Sumo looked at her and appeared stunned.

In all their time together, this noble girl from Kongsang had always been so cheerful and energetic, never seeming to know what sorrow was – now her sudden outburst of crying was heartbreaking to see. The shark child stood there, unsure of what to do, his tiny arms raised and dropped back several times.

“The Princess has woken up!” The sound of her crying was so loud that it immediately alerted the people outside. Grandma Sheng woke up first and shouted in surprise, followed by countless people running outside the door, many footsteps coming from beyond and everyone swarming around her.

“The Princess’s pulse has turned smooth!” The doctor said in surprise, “She should be safe and sound!”

“How do you feel, Princess?” The voice of Grandma Sheng came from the crowd and squeezed in front of her, grabbing her into her arms and rubbing her hard, “Ayia, my little treasure… you have scared the soul out of Grandma!”

She was being rubbed to the point where her bones were falling apart, barely stopping her weeping, she raised her head to look at the people gathered around her in the room, and subconsciously wiped her face full of tears – yet when she put it down, there was blood between her fingers!

What happened? Startled, she turned her head and looked in the mirror opposite the bed in shock: she looked like a ghost in the mirror. With disheveled hair, pale lips, not a trace of blood on her face and deep sunken eyes, it was almost as if she had just returned from a haunting journey – and to add insult to injury, a large flowery face had been painted on, with a cross symbol in thick red blood connecting the eyebrows, temples, atrium and center of the human head. At first glance, she was almost startled.

“What… is going on here?” Zhu Yan exclaimed in shock and grabbed a handkerchief to wipe away her face, “Sumo, you little brat must have done this, right?”

“Not me!” A thin voice came from the crowd in protest. The tiny shark was then instantly and silently pushed behind the crowd as they came in.

“Who else would it be if it wasn’t you?” She beckoned him over and looked around at the crowd, “None of them would do such a boring thing.”

“It’s Master Shi Ying.” Suddenly, someone interjected.

What? Hearing this name, Zhu Yan shuddered violently, like a knife stabbing into her heart, and her face turned completely white.

The one who spoke was the housekeeper, who was standing at the head of the bed and bowing respectfully, reporting to her, “When my subordinates brought people to find the Princess that day, she was already unconscious, and the High Priest carried her out of the underground, saying that she had been badly wounded and her three souls and seven spirits had been shaken, and that unless she woke up on her own, this charm that he painted with his own hands must not be wiped away, in order to avoid damaging her spirit.”

“A spell?” She froze for a moment, retaking the mirror and scrutinizing the vermilion pattern on her face, and suddenly realized: yes, this was indeed a mind-regenerating spell! And it wasn’t vermilion that was used on it, but… she frowned, dabbed a bit of that red trace with her fingertips, tasted it on her lips, and suddenly exclaimed in disbelief – blood?

She sat there dumbfounded for a moment, unable to return to her senses.

Master said that between heaven and earth, all things are mutually exclusive. The Six Powers of the Six Harmonies: gold, wood, water, fire, earth and wind, can all be borrowed, but the blood spell is a forbidden spell, not to be used easily – because the power of the blood spell does not come from the Six Harmonies, but from people, and is released by extracting human life, which is forbidden by Jiuyi Temple.

She has been following her Master since she was a child and has only seen him cast a blood spell once when she plunged into the Abyss of Cangwu a few years ago – whereas at this moment, Master… has actually used his own blood to subdue her soul?

Zhu Yan couldn’t help but shudder and said out loud, “Where is he… the other person?”

The steward sighed and said regretfully, “After the Great Priest sent the Princess back, he didn’t even enter the gate of the Red King’s Palace, he turned his head and left, I don’t know what was so urgent.”

She didn’t utter a word as a complicated tumbling in her heart felt vaguely painful.

“It looked as if the Great Priest was badly injured.” The steward said with no small amount of concern, “After only a few short words, he coughed up blood several times.”

“What? He’s injured?” Zhu Yan was taken aback and could not help but blurt out. However, after a pause, she bit the corner of her mouth again, and asked only after a long time, “What did he… say?”

“The Great Priest said very strange things.” The steward frowned and seemed a little hesitant to repeat them to her, “He told me to wait until the Princess woke up before telling them to you.”

“To tell me what?” Zhu Yan looked at him as he stammered and got a little impatient.

“The Great Priest said…” the steward hesitated for a moment, finally lowering his voice and repeating truthfully, “that you should get well and learn some of his skills – he said he was waiting for you to kill him!”

“Waiting for me to kill him?!” She shuddered violently, only to feel a sharp sword thrust so hard into her heart that her whole body trembled with pain – yes! Yuan was dead, dead at the hands of her Master! This man, with his hands stained with blood, had the audacity to let out the word that he was waiting for her to take revenge! Was this a provocation?

She just felt a confusion inside her head, her heart was stone cold and she couldn’t breathe.

“Princess, Princes! What is wrong with you?” Seeing that her face had turned white again, Grandma Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and pushed the housekeeper away asking eagerly, “Are you feeling unwell again? Should we call the doctor in to see you?”

“I’m fine.” She just shook her head and whispered, “Get out, all of you.”

“Princess…” Grandma Sheng was a little uneasy, “Do you want something to drink? It’s ready in the kitchen…”

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