Chapter 232 Resentful Soul Lake
Ji Hua waved his hand with a smile, "No need. Once I take action, the Heavenly Dao Oath will dissipate. I won't attack you again."
"You better be telling the truth this time."
Ji Hua didn't mind her impetuous tone and seemed to like it quite a bit. "I can swear a Heavenly Dao Oath. There's absolutely no falsehood in my words!"
"Alright, then swear another Heavenly Dao Oath. This time, the oath must have supplementary agreement content. You and your clan must not attack me, nor harbor any intention to harm me or the Southern Sea."
"The territorial disputes between the various seas aren't something I can decide alone. However, I, Ji Hua, am a person of clear gratitude and grudges. I repay kindness with kindness. I can swear a Heavenly Dao Oath that the entire Northern Sea will treat you as an honored guest and harbor no intention to harm you. Otherwise, may we be reduced to ashes. How about it?"
Sang Luo was stunned for a moment, not expecting such a severe oath. Then she smiled and said, "Okay."
The Heavenly Dao Oath dissipated into the void.
Ji Hua said, "Alright, little girl, don't be angry. I can give you another gift."
"Hopefully, it's not a gift to take my life."
"Haha, little girl, you're really amusing. I'm not joking. What do you want? As long as I have it here, I can give it to you."
Sang Luo thought seriously for a moment. "The demon you traded with is the First Demon Envoy, right? Tell me everything you know about him."
That person wants her life. If they attacked once, they'll definitely attack a second time.
What in this world could be more important than her life?
She wants to eliminate the threat completely.
Ji Hua threw her a memory stone. "This contains the entire content of my discussion with those two demons last time. You can take a look."
"Two?" Sang Luo took the memory stone but didn't check it immediately. She handed it to Lou Xian Yue. "When I faced the First Demon Envoy last time, his appearance was disguised."
Ji Hua said, "To swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, one must use their true face. Otherwise, it doesn't count."
Lou Xian Yue checked the memory stone and found no problems. "Luo'er, it's real. There are no runes or spells on it either."
"Alright, consider this compensation."
"Little girl, come visit the Northern Sea more often in the future."
"…"
Ji Hua left.
Sang Luo injected a trace of power into the memory stone. The surrounding scenery instantly changed. The Southern Sea Imperial Palace turned into the Northern Sea Imperial Palace. The figures in the image appeared vividly before her, as if time had reversed.
The memory stone can truthfully record a spatial image and cannot be faked.
She saw the true faces of the First Demon Envoy and another Demon Envoy.
After a long time, the illusion disappeared.
Sang Luo said to Lou Xian Yue, "I have to go back."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on the Northern Sea for you. I'll tell you any news as soon as possible."
Phoenix Imperial Palace, dungeon.
Le Xia woke up from her unconsciousness. She rubbed her head in a daze and realized that the poison in her body had been completely removed.
The sound of unlocking the door came from outside. She looked up and saw Sang Luo entering. A trace of unease flashed across her face. "Did you remove my poison?"
Sang Luo nodded and smiled. "Saving a life is a big deal. Have you thought about how to repay me?"
"Thank you, thank you. I really shouldn't have treated you that way before. You are a very good female, no wonder His Majesty likes you. It was my short-sightedness, judging a noble person's intentions with a petty mind. Please accept my apology, I don't expect your forgiveness…"
"There's no need to say more about apologies and thanks. I prefer to hear something more sincere." Sang Luo took out a memory stone and placed it on the table. "I came here to ask you a few questions."
"…Please ask."
"What do you think of the current Qingluan Clan leader, Yan Jie?"
"I hate him!" Her face twisted.
"Oh? Why?"
"Hundreds of years ago, after my father mysteriously disappeared, Yan Jie took over. He never got along with my father before. I suspect he was the real murderer who killed my father!"
"He publicly said he adopted me as his foster daughter, but he actually had his eyes on me. He wanted to force me to mate with him before I even came of age…" Le Xia covered her chest and felt like vomiting. She slowly shrank into the corner, her body trembling, tears streaming down her pale face. "I originally had a child, but, that child didn't deserve to be born! I took medicine to get rid of that child, but I completely lost the ability to bear children!"
"All of this was caused by Yan Jie!"
"Yan Jie harbored deep ambitions. He wanted to take over the Central Region, so he wanted to cripple Fei Yuan, who hadn't yet ascended the throne, and make sure the Phoenix Clan had no descendants!"
"I loved Fei Yuan too much back then. I didn't want any other females to conceive his offspring, so I was bewitched and agreed to Yan Jie poisoning him, but I didn't know that the poison would damage his body. I only thought that the poison would make him infertile."
Le Xia grabbed Sang Luo's hand. "Please, help me kill Yan Jie!"
"As long as you can kill him, I'll tell you a secret."
Sang Luo said, "Fei Yuan won't let Yan Jie go. What's the secret?"
A look of fear appeared on Le Xia's face. "I once accidentally saw him. His body was rotting and emitting a corpse odor. Later, I secretly investigated and found that every year, his body would slowly rot. He would go to Resentful Soul Lake for a few days, and his body would recover after returning."
She said, "Three days later will be the day he sets off for Resentful Soul Lake again. You can set up a trap in advance and capture him!"
Sang Luo nodded and asked a few more questions before leaving with the memory stone and returning to the palace.
Fei Yuan hadn't returned yet.
She took out a few spirit fruits from her space. After eating them, she felt sleepy and slowly fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, while she was sleeping soundly, a thief kissed her face fiercely. One kiss wasn't enough, and he kissed her several more times!
Sang Luo angrily pulled the blanket over her head, but he pulled it open again. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his arms. Sang Luo couldn't pretend to be asleep anymore. Looking at the magnified, gorgeous face in front of her, she muttered, "Your Majesty always likes to disturb people's good dreams."
"What good dreams? Were you dreaming about me?" Fei Yuan pinched her face. "This Emperor is taking good care of you. Your face is a little rounder."
"How are things being handled?" Sang Luo saw that he was a little thinner, so she thought he must have been working hard these days.
"The old Qingluan Clan leader stepped down, and a new clan leader was supported." He said briefly.
"It's Your Majesty's person."
"Yes."
"What about the old clan leader?"
"Long dead."
"Wasn't he here to see the palace earlier…" Her eyes widened.
"Each clan's ancestral hall has the life lamps of the clan members. The key to the ancestral hall is in the hands of the clan leader, so no one else knows. The new clan leader I supported sent me a message saying that Yan Jie's soul lamp had already gone out."
Sang Luo gave Fei Yuan the two memory stones and a statement she had compiled.
After Fei Yuan finished reading it, he smiled and said, "There are too many flaws in this statement, half-true and half-false, extremely misleading."
Sang Luo didn't understand the major forces in the Central Region, but Fei Yuan knew them like the back of his hand and could see the problems at a glance.
"Le Xia is still lying. What she said is very different from the memories I searched with my mental power." The lies that Le Xia lowered her posture to weave were miserable and pitiful, making it easy for people to lower their guard and believe them.
Sang Luo said again, "What she said about Resentful Soul Lake is true. Do you want to go take a look?"
"She deliberately released the news to lure you over. If you really go, wouldn't you fall for her trick?" Fei Yuan pinched her nose, his voice low and pleasant.
"To lure the snake out of its hole, you need bait."
Second update~
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