Chapter 148 The Last Three Days

  The night wind blew into the great hall, and the lanterns hanging from the top swayed gently, while Yin Sheng's shadow also wandered uncertainly, hovering over Fei Dian's body, which had fainted at his own feet.

  "Is this really just a monster?" Yin Chen asked.

  "Yes, Your Majesty," replied Shadowless. "However, it is a spirit creature and not an evil being that must feed on the vital energy of mortals to survive, so Your Majesty does not have to kill him."

  "Is it useful to keep? Are you going to use it to refine elixirs?"

  "How could that be, Your Majesty?" Shadowless shook his head. "Firstly, didn't I help you find the little yellow chicken today? Secondly, didn't I just inform you of the message that Consort Wan didn't pass on before she died?" Shadowless said, "Also, I calculated my fortune last night and found that my destined person has appeared in the western country of Shu, so I need to go find him."

  "What? You're leaving?" Yin Sheng couldn't believe it, staring straight at Ying Wuzong. "What am I supposed to do if you leave?"

  "Your Majesty, inside the palace there is Huan'er accompanying you and Jing protecting you. Outside the palace, there are Fu Bo and Feng Bo."

  "But I don't have a trusted imperial physician anymore, how do I know who are the emperor's people? If I get poisoned again, no one will be able to save me," Yin Sheng said pitifully, looking at Ying Wuzong and tugging on his sleeve. "Wuzong, don't go, if you leave I'll be scared..."

  Shadowless felt a bit helpless, "Your Majesty, Shadowless not only regards you as the monarch he respects, but also as a friend. And Your Majesty has always referred to yourself as 'I' when speaking to Shadowless, so Shadowless believes that in your heart, he is also an existence like a friend. So please don't stop me from pursuing happiness!"

  "But you've vanished... You can't forget righteousness for the sake of beauty, abandoning me without a care!" Yin Sheng looked at him with a wronged expression, as if she was about to burst into tears.

  "Your Majesty..." Ying Wutong took a step back, "Don't look at me like that, I know playing the pitiful one is your and Huang'er's usual trick. Although most people can't resist it, who am I? This move won't work on me!"

  "Alright, I won't pretend anymore," Yin Sheng changed his pitiful expression, "If you dare to leave, I'll break your legs!"

  "Alright, alright, if you have the ability, then fight," said Ying Wuzong. "You can't just pretend to be pitiful and then make threats. Huang Er learned from you and is exactly the same as you. I'm thinking whether or not I should take Huang Er away too, so she won't become overbearing and cunning like you in the future."

  "...You heartless thing, are you really going to leave me all alone in this deep palace?"

  "Your Majesty, can't you stop talking like a palace lady?" Yǐn Wú Zōng said, "Don't worry, it's just that I'm worried that after I leave, there won't be a trustworthy imperial physician to treat your injuries and detoxify for you. Before I go, I will cultivate a good successor."

  "Huh? Who?" Yin Cheng asked.

  Ying Wuzong didn't respond, and instead looked down at Fei Dian who was lying on the ground.

  "Are you talking about him?" Yin Sheng seemed incredulous, "You believe in him, I don't!"

  "There's no better candidate than him," said Shadowless. "He has a clear origin and a clean background, with no connection to anything in the world. Although we don't know why he wants to come to the palace yet, from how he just came over to save you, it can be known that first, he has no relation to King Rui, and second, at least he doesn't want to harm you."

  "...... disappeared without a trace......"

  "Alright, Your Majesty, it's settled then," said Shadowless in a gentle tone that brooked no argument. "I'll teach him to be a divine doctor just like me, and also absolute loyalty to you."

  Yin Sheng couldn't say anything more. He looked at Fei Dian, this person... no, this fox, was arrogant and rude, with nothing good about him except for his looks. Could he really?

  ……

  After waking up from the electric flight, I found myself in a room without knowing whose it was. The room was surrounded by books on all sides, and there were also books beside the bed, under the pillow, and on the floor. There was only an incense burner at the head of the bed, with a wisp of blue smoke drifting out from it.

  What a soothing scent. Flying Electric lazily lies on the bed, and even at this moment, no longer thinking about his mission.

  "Oh, little fox is awake."

  The room echoed with the sound of Shadowless, Flying Electric opened his eyes to look at him, and suddenly found that the places on his back that had been patted by him still hurt a bit, and he couldn't help but be a little guarded against Shadowless. With a flip of his body, he got out of bed, looked at him coldly, and asked, "What kind of person are you? Not ordinary people can see ghosts, why can you see Wanfeng?"

  "When did I ever say I was human?" Shadowless laughed, "As for Consort Wan, you don't have to worry about her, His Majesty has already sent someone to help her ascend. She knew she had been made a consort and died very happily, the only regret is that she couldn't remember who killed her."

  "If she said she was killed because of witnessing the conspiracy between Gu Yu Gong Zhu and Rui Wang, then the murderer must be either Rui Wang or Gu Yu Gong Zhu. What's there to remember?" Fei Dian analyzed with a expressionless face.

  "Your Majesty is right," said Shadowless with a sigh. "Your self-righteousness is indeed very annoying."

  "Hmph," Fei Yan sneered, "I'm alive not for your liking."

  "Hey, originally such a lovely little fox, fortunately I still have a good impression of you," Yīn Wú Zōng stroked his chin and sized up Fēi Diàn. "People with the surname Yīn really like foxes, but you need to change your temper, otherwise His Majesty will definitely behead you within three or four days."

  Fei Yan furrowed his brow, what's with this stinky temper of his? Obviously the Little Emperor is the one with a stinky temper, not only that but also so good at pretending, overturning my impression of "youth". And he's always chopping people down, now that his concubine is dead and he doesn't even go to avenge her, simply an unfeeling and unjustified rotten person.

  "Don't mutter to yourself about the Emperor," Yīn Wú Zōng patted his head, as if comforting a sulking child. "You're not happy because of the Wan Guifei matter, are you? I'll tell you, the Rui Wang's eyes and ears in the palace aren't just the ancient fish princess. If he wanted to kill Wan Guifei, why would he need to do it himself? Do you still remember the Da Guoshi who was severely injured by you on the day you arrived? Wan Guifei's death is absolutely related to him. But what does this matter? Even if you find out the real culprit, you can't shake Rui Wang's position. The net he has cast is already deeply entrenched; without finding its roots, don't even think about moving against him."

  Fei Yan opened his mouth in surprise, "Why did that Rui Wang want to do so many complicated things? What is his mission?"

  "Haha," Shadowless couldn't control his urge to mess with Flying Electric's hair, "You're really too cute. Do you think everyone is doing so many cruel and unjust things just because of a boring mission? The pursuit of interest and power makes ambitious men capable of anything. What the King of Sui wants is a world that doesn't belong to him."

  Fei Yan's silence was suddenly broken as he thought of Yin Sheng - just a young boy, did he understand these things?

  "Your Majesty not only has to protect his throne, but also his loved ones. Do you know how much suffering Your Majesty endured at a young age? You, an excellent fox spirit, should have been pampered since birth," said Shadowless. "So, after I sneak out of the palace tonight, you will take my place and continue to protect His Majesty."

  "What for?" Fei Dian asked, he was only in charge of seduction, not protection.

  "Guess." Ying Wuzong replied.

  "I..."

  Fei Yan just opened his mouth and was about to say something when Ying Wuzong suddenly stretched out his hand and stuffed something into it.

  "Cough...cough..." Something solid slid down his throat, causing him to cough twice. He was slightly annoyed and asked, "What did you give me to eat?"

  "It's nothing, just a bundle of moth eggs wrapped up."

  Fei Yan didn't know what that was, but it sounded disgusting. He coldly stared at the shadowy figure and said, "What do you want to do?"

  "Let me tell you what the Bone-Eroding Insect is first." Yǐn Wú Zōng turned around and took out a sandalwood box from the shelf behind him, opening it for Fēi Diàn to see. Inside, there were countless white insects crawling densely. He picked up the inkstone on his desk and put it in the box. The insects immediately crawled onto the inkstone as soon as they saw the foreign object...

  No, it's not crawling, Flying Electric stared with wide eyes, this thing was clearly eating the inkstone, and in the blink of an eye the entire inkstone had vanished into thin air.

  "So that's how it is," said Shadowless, "When the wax on the insect egg in your body melts, the insect egg will hatch and corrode this... perfect body of yours from the inside out."

  "You......" Flying Electric suddenly wanted to use his magical powers to kill this man.

  "Don't worry," said Shadowless with a smile, "it's not completely hopeless."

  "What do you want?"

  "My request is simple," said Shadowless, pointing to the books in the room. "To kill the Bone-Eating Worm, a medicine needs to be concocted. Once you've read all these books, you'll be able to save yourself."

  Fei Dian glanced at the books in the room, although he was a diligent student when he was in Yun You, but there were so many books that it far exceeded what he had read in twenty years. He hesitated, "What if I get eaten by that thing before I finish reading?"

  "So you only have three months," Yīn Wú Zōng patted his shoulder, "Hey, I'm good to you, gave you enough wax to use for three months."

  Fei Dian felt his entire face twitching because he no longer knew what expression to use when facing Ying Wuzong. Looking back at all the people and ghosts he had met since coming to the mortal world, Ying Wuzong was still the most terrifying! Even Yin Huan, that vicious little ghost, couldn't compare to him!

  "And besides, after I leave, if I hear that Your Majesty has made any mistakes outside, I will immediately return to the palace and use my gourd to capture you," said Shadowless. "I'm afraid you don't know what my gourd is, do you? My gourd was given to me by my mother, who is also the Ninth Princess of the Underworld. It can exorcise demons and subdue monsters. Once captured by it, one's soul will scatter in three days."

  "You...are actually so venomous..."

  "I thought you'd be impressed that I'm the son of the Ninth Princess of the Underworld," said Shadowless, "Not to mention vicious, but I was just thinking of all the people in the State of Li. Your Majesty is much kinder than King Rui."

  "Is he kind? He's just being hypocritical! Isn't he always bringing up the fact that he killed me?"

  "Come to think of it," said Shadowless, "what if His Majesty kills you after I leave?"

  "Since you know, what's the point of me protecting it anymore!"

  "Don't worry, little fox." Ying Wutong took out a token with a dragon pattern from his waist. It wasn't one piece, but rather looked like it had been split into two or three pieces.

  "This token is one of only three in the world, one is with me, one is with Jing, and one is with Yin Huan. Now I'm giving mine to you, as long as you show this token to His Majesty, he absolutely won't kill you, and none of the palace guards will give you any trouble."

  He handed over the token and took another look at the books in this room.

  "Don't worry, you'll be fine," Yīn Wú Zōng said, "I'll sneak away now, and after one incense stick's time has passed, I'll escape from the palace. Then you can go find His Majesty, okay?"

  Ying Wuzong patted Fei Dian's head and then carried the prepared gifts on his back and walked out.