Chapter 59 - Chapter 59 Princess of the Yellow Dynasty

Deep in the Torture Abyss, away from the hustle and bustle of the main cave and the lights, In a secret, damp, and forked cave, three men and three women were holding their breath and groping forward in absolute darkness. The only faint light source came from the torch held high in the hands of the leading middle-aged man, and the dim and beating flames barely tore through the thick darkness, illuminating the slippery, mossy rugged paths under his feet and the jagged stalactites above his head. "Your Highness, this way... watch your feet. " The middle-aged man's voice was extremely low, with a hint of imperceptible nervousness. He turned sideways over a sharp rock corner and poked the torch into a narrower gap. He was followed by a young girl with a slender figure and a face covered in hideous scars. She hesitated, her voice full of uneasiness: "Do we really have to escape like this? The one who bought us maybe..." The middle-aged man stopped abruptly, turned to face the girl, and the light of the torch reflected the deep worry in his eyes: "Your Highness, please forgive me, although that person is in the same place as us, he hides too many terrible secrets, those ghost grasses, that black stone, reminds me of the days of Kakosa.... If we stay by his side for a little longer, there is an extra risk of exposing our identities, this is the last chance, and we must not look back. " The ugly girl frowned in pain: "But where can we escape?" My uncle's minions are chasing after him, this Yidi man has an army, and his power is expanding so rapidly, maybe he is our glimmer of hope against my uncle and even returning to Yidi? " "Hope?" The middle-aged man's voice was full of bitterness and despair, as if stung by this naïve thought: "Your Highness, please wake up, the land is now under the rule of the Azure Dynasty Son of Heaven, Kakosa is also cruelly ruled by your uncle, even if we can go back, what awaits us is by no means a throne, but a cold iron cage and guillotine, our only claim exists only in the hearts of those poor people in Kakosa who still have their old masters in their hearts, outside the Hidden Sea, it is worthless." " The ugly girl shook her head stubbornly, trying to grab the last straw: "But this Yidi person is different, he has mastered the ghost grass and the black stone, he must know something, or is exploring their secrets, otherwise how could he..." Before her words fell, a sudden change occurred! "Bell! Clang! Bell ——! " A dense and cold sound of metal and iron colliding suddenly came from the dark depths of the cave. "Not good!" The middle-aged man's face changed drastically, and he instantly pulled out the short blade from his waist, and the other two male guards also quickly protected the ugly girl and the other two women in the middle. However, their reaction was still too late. "Hula ——!" The suffocating darkness of the front and back passages was instantly torn apart by a sudden and large number of torches. In the dazzling light, countless silent figures emerged from the darkness. It was the dragon spirit guard. They nailed the middle-aged man and his party to the ground. Despair instantly drowned the middle-aged man and his party. Torture Abyss, Sea Cave Hall. The light of the whale oil lamp dyed the huge space a dim and murderous hue. Liu Qian sat high on the main seat of the rough stone chisel, and the sisters Jelena and Janice sat on either side, the former had sharp eyes and held the hilt of the sword, and the latter's violet eyes were full of scrutiny and curiosity. In the center of the hall, the atmosphere was almost frozen. The six fugitives were firmly pressed to their knees by the dragon spirit guards. The middle-aged man and the two male guards were professionally tied with coarse hemp rope, and their faces were covered with fresh bruises and bloodstains, obviously marks left by fierce resistance during the capture. The ugly girl and the other two women were simply bound by their wrists. Liu Qian's cold gaze slowly swept over these people, and his voice echoed between the stone walls of the hall: "Now, tell me your true identity, starting from the slave square in Valantis, you mixed into my ranks, what is your goal? Stealing my ghost grass, for what? " Suffocating silence enveloped the hall. Liu Qian waved his hand extremely slightly at a dragon spirit guard closest to the middle-aged man. "Qiang ——!" Amidst the piercing metal friction, the dragon spirit guard suddenly raised the Valyrian steel longsword in his hand, instantly locking the head of a young guard beside the middle-aged man, and the blade tore through the air, slashing mercilessly with inhuman speed and strength. "Stop! I say!!! " At the critical moment, the middle-aged man's eyes were about to crack and he roared. The blade of the sword suddenly stopped only an inch away from the guard's neck, and the cold sword energy even cut off several of his flying hairs. The guard was paralyzed on the ground, soaked in cold sweat, and the shadow of death made him almost suffocate. Liu Qian's gaze turned to the middle-aged man, and his eyes did not fluctuate in the slightest. The middle-aged man gasped sharply, trying to organize the language: "My lord, we are indeed from Yidi, just like you, but... we just suffered a military disaster, unfortunately became slaves, and wandered in a foreign land..." Liu Qian's brows tightened in disgust. He didn't even bother to respond with a word, and his eyes glanced at the dragon spirit guard with the sword again. "Please don't hurt them, I'll tell you the truth, I'll tell you the whole truth....." A crisp voice sounded, it was the ugly girl. Liu Qian raised his hand, and the dragon spirit guard's sword froze in mid-air again. The ugly girl took a deep breath, her voice trembling but clear: "We are not from the mainland of Yidi, nor are we from Lei Island, our hometown is Kakosa. " "Kakosa?" Liu Qian's eyes instantly became sharp as needles. The name touched a fragment of memory in the depths of his mind. It was a lonely city outside the realm located deep in the Dawn Mountains of the Far East, on the southern shore of the Hidden Sea. It was not within the territory of the current nominal ruler of Yidi, the Azure Dynasty, but was entrenched by a powerful wizard who claimed to be "the direct descendant of the sixty-ninth generation of the Yellow Dynasty". The Yellow Dynasty, that was an ancient dynasty that ruled Yidi for hundreds of years before the Azure Dynasty. The ugly girl's voice was heavy: "We mixed into your ranks to avoid being pursued, from my own uncle, the current usurper wizard of Kakosa." " Her words were like unveiling a bloody picture: "My father was the last legitimate lord of Kakosa, but just a few years ago, one night, the demon corrupted by power and dark magic, my uncle, killed my father in the most cruel way and usurped the lord's authority, and then he put me under house arrest in a dark tower, and when he saw the right time, he would take my life, and it was his greed and cruelty that forced us to flee. " "With the help of several loyal guards and maids, I managed to escape from that cursed city, all the way west, disguised as a slave in Valantis, and then met you." The ugly girl's gaze looked at Liu Qian in a complicated way. Liu Qian stared at her: "Your surname is Chai?" " The royal surname of the Yellow Dynasty is Chai. The ugly girl nodded vigorously: "Yes, my name is Chai Yi." " The middle-aged man on the side straightened his back and added loudly: "Standing in front of you is the legitimate heir of Kakosa, the only orthodox ruler of Yidi, the princess of the Yellow Dynasty..." "Stop." Liu Qian coldly interrupted his impassioned statement, and a trace of disdain welled up in his heart. In the face of absolute power, these vain titles were ridiculously pale. He looked at the middle-aged man's face flushed with excitement and humiliation, and his voice was flat: "I remember you, your name is Luo Wen, right?" " Rowan gritted his teeth and nodded with difficulty: "It's me, Your Excellency, please raise your hand high and let our princess go, what happened last night is our ghost trick, we are willing to apologize, and do everything to compensate you for the loss of the ghost grass, I just ask you to let the princess live." " His posture was low, with a pleading. "Apologize? Indemnify? Liu Qian let out a cold sneer, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. "If apologies and compensation can erase betrayal and theft, then what else do you need swords and laws to do in this world? You infiltrated my forbidden land, stole my secret treasure, and were captured by me, this is an ironclad fact, now you are not a princess, nor a guard, but just a prisoner under my steps, let you go? " He shook his head slowly, his eyes like a cold pool abyss: "Absolutely impossible." " Chai Yi plopped down on the cold and hard ground, and his voice was decisive: "My lord, if you can show mercy and help me kill my uncle who killed my relatives and usurped the throne, and avenge my father who died tragically, I am willing to do anything for you." " Liu Qian looked down at the "princess" who was kneeling on the ground and humble as dust, without the slightest pity in his eyes: "For your vague and unguaranteed promise, I am going to go thousands of miles away to make a mortal feud with a wizard whose strength is unknown? Princess Chai Yi, your promise is worthless in my eyes, can it give me the crown of Yidi? " When Chai Yi heard this, his body trembled violently. After a moment of dead silence, she spoke: "My lord, I know you have been trying to grow ghost grass, but I can tell you a secret, a secret about how ghost grass really grows on a large scale." " When Liu Qian heard this, his eyes finally fluctuated.