Chapter 281: Chapter 281 Minister under the Skirt (3)
“Don’t kill me, don’t kill me.”
The pleas echoed in the empty corridor, the voice like a broken bellows, scratchy and unpleasant.
“Your Excellency, don’t kill me. I was just too hungry, I didn’t mean to offend you.”
Too hungry!
Does this thing want to eat me?
Frightened, Chuzheng hit the thing a few more times with something until it stopped moving, and only then did she cease.
What was originally planned as ‘lure the enemy before striking’ died abruptly.
Chuzheng took down a candlestick from the wall… How do you light it again?
Chuzheng recalled for a moment, trying to call upon the so-called Xuan Qi within her body.
In this world, cultivators start by cultivating Xuan Qi, and newcomers are uniformly called Xuan Masters.
After Xuan Master comes Xuan King, Xuan Imperial, Xuan Zong, Xuan Emperor, Xuan Venerable, and Xuan Saint.
Each major rank is further divided into nine minor ranks.
For example, for Xuan Masters, there are First Grade Xuan Masters up to Ninth Grade Xuan Masters.
It’s only after one becomes a Ninth Grade Xuan Master that one can become a First Grade Xuan King, and so on.
The ranks are easy to distinguish, one can simply tell by the color.
The Grand Imperial Princess is an Eighth Grade Xuan King, which among the younger generation is considered top-notch.
But the original owner… her Xuan Qi color is colorless.
Although I don’t know what rank that is, it’s still pretty impressive.
Chuzheng, following her memories, used her Xuan Qi to light the candlestick, and the light illuminated a small area.
Chuzheng first glanced at the shadow she had just attacked.
It’s like a tree root…
Yes, a tree root.
Chuzheng turned to look at Xie Shu, who was more than ten meters away. There were drag marks on the ground, and his ankles and wrists were still entangled with tree roots.
Chuzheng went back, placing the candlestick to the side.
She had just squatted down when Xie Shu abruptly opened his eyes.
With tree roots twisted around his wrists and feet, Xie Shu’s expression first showed rage, then he scornfully hissed, “What, Your Highness is so impatient that even in such a place you’re still thinking about that sort of thing?”
Chuzheng: “…”
What sort of thing do I still have the mood to do?
I just want to untie you…
Has the Good Person Card gone crazy?!
Chuzheng’s face remained cold and impassive as she broke the tree roots off his wrists and feet before standing up and walking away.
Xie Shu: “…”
The moment he opened his eyes and found himself bound, his first instinct was that she wanted to do something to him, after all, that had always been her purpose.
But now, Xie Shu noticed that something about their surroundings was amiss.
He lifted his hand, the thick liquid on his wrist was revolting.
Not far away lay something that resembled tree roots, and the thing that had bound him had extended from there…
Xie Shu’s delicate and bewitching face flickered in the candlelight, his expression unclear, as he propped himself up to stand.
“Your Highness can still deal with a Shadow Tree Beast even when injured, impressive,” Xie Shu said, leaning against the wall with a chilling tone.
Chuzheng gave him a look: “Shut up.”
Xie Shu: “…”
Xie Shu looked at Chuzheng oddly.
His eyes latched onto the dark bloodstain on her shoulder; the bloodstain seemed to still be bleeding.
Her wound was still bleeding…
So that’s why she was putting on this act, to prevent him from finding an opportunity to kill her?
“Your Highness, perhaps I could look at your wound for you?”
Xie Shu offered helpfully, but whatever malice he was harboring, only he was clear of it.
“I am not Chu Yingyu.” The Grand Imperial Princess is called Chu Yingyu, and if he keeps thinking I am her, how can I be a good person?
Xie Shu chuckled lowly: “Your Highness, there’s no need to deny your own identity. Even if I wanted to do something to you, considering how you are now, I wouldn’t be able to lay a hand on you.”
She looked somewhat weak.