Chapter 11 (2/2)

“Tsk tsk, the little girl is not bad either. Give her to me.”

“Get lost. You will die for nothing soon or later.”

“Hahaha. We, the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends, must not fight amongst ourselves.”

As he heard Madam Seven Night and the others squabble, he shuddered.

This woman is so ruthless!

Zhou Xuanji could not help but feel terrified as he was carried in her arms.

He cursed in his heart, “Sword Spirit, why did you not warn me that there was someone behind me?”

“If you resist, you would have died on the spot. It is better for you to become unconscious then fight back,” the Sword Spirit answered, still without any trace of emotion in its voice.

Zhou Xuanji remained silent.

Little Jiang Xue moved toward him and comforted him, saying, “Don’t be afraid Xuanji, I, your older sister, is with you…” Her eyes were red with tears, shakingly speaking as she sobbed. She was terrified.

Madam Night Seven smiled as she covered her mouth with her hand, saying, “Little girl, you are a good sister.”

Zhou Xuanji struggled and cried out, “Release me now, you are pressing down on me so hard that I’m dying.”

Madam Seven Night heard him and immediately released him. He got up quickly and pulled Little Jiang Xue aside.

They did not flee, because all paths were blocked, except if they wished to jump off the cliff.

Even if they did not fall to their death, they had no chance to escape.

Zhou Xuanji had heard about the infamous Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends.

Qiu Baili had often told Little Jiang Xue horrifying legends to scare her and keep her from wandering around.

One of them was about the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends.

They were fierce evildoers who committed all sorts of evil in the area on the edge of the Southern Snow Kingdom.

Qiu Baili said that even he could not stand up to the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends.

Meaning that the Yellow Gust Seventeen Fiends consists of at least seventeen powerful Inner Pellet cultivators.

Madam Seven Night squinted her eyes as she looked at him and licked her lips, as though she was already imagining cooking him in a soup.

Zhou Xuanji saw her expression and felt goosebumps all over his body.

“Right, have you heard of the marriage that Emperor Yan of Zhou arranged?” A thin man said, his comrades turning to look at him.

He cleared his throat and continued, “Two years ago, Lady Zhao Xuan left the Imperial Palace with her son. It is said that the Empress sent a powerhouse to chase them and that both of them perished. Supposedly, Emperor Yan of Zhou just came back and learned about it, and he was so angry that he directly ordered the five-year-old Princess Ling Ling to marry the little prince once he comes of age.”

“He is dead though, this is not a marriage. What is going on?”

Zhou Xuanji could hear them.

He remembered Princess Ling Ling, who was a year older than him. They had met a few times when she was brought by her concubine mother. Whenever the little girl saw him, she would cry ceaselessly, which made Zhou Xuanji feel very frustrated with her.

He was not moved.

He felt suspicious instead.

Princess Ling Ling was given the title of Princess and became a goddaughter of Lady Chen, who was a good friend of Lady Zhao Xuan.

Lady Chen was very fond of Princess Ling Ling, why would she want to marry her to him?

Could it be that Emperor Yan of Zhou despised Lady Zhao Xuan, so he framed Lady Chen and her daughter, who were innocent?

Zhou Xuanji had many thoughts, but he felt that the most likely scenario was that the Empress was behind all of this.

Madam Night Seven shook her head and said, “Lady Zhao Xuan used to enjoy such favor, but it could not compare to the Empress who grew up with Emperor Yan of Zhou.”

Rumors spread across the entire Great Zhou Empire, and all the kingdoms under its banner knew that the Empress was involved in the death of Lady Zhao Xuan and her son.

However, Emperor Yan of Zhou did not blame the Empress.

The rough man grinned, saying, “Their relationship is much more than just growing up together. The second son of the Empress of Great Zhou has achieved the Spirit Refinement stage. Such talent, how could Emperor Yan of Zhou bear to harm the Empress?”