Chapter 974: Gu Qishao gets yelled a (1/2)

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Long Feiye and Han Yunxi held each other tightly. It would be a lie to say they weren’t frightened by the fire illusions just then. Han Yunxi told Long Feiye about her experiences and vice versa. Both of them had experienced the same illusion! It was a cruel hallucination. Few could stand to watch their loved ones burn to death before their eyes.

“Was the illusion testing us?” Han Yunxi asked doubtfully.

“But what was it testing?” Long Feiye pondered.

It did feel like a test. They weren’t sure what would have happened if they really went to save the fakes. Would they die? Or be penalized in some way?

“I don’t understand…” Han Yunxi didn’t want to recall the miserable scenes, so she asked, “What about Gu Qishao and the rest? Did they follow us in?”

The fake Long Feiye had told her no, but she wanted to confirm with the real one.

“I’m not sure about the rest, but Gu Qishao should have made it. He grabbed onto my foot. Then he somehow disappeared after that,” Long Feiye said. The wind had been too strong while they were falling, so he couldn’t recall when Gu Qishao had let go of his foot.

“Strange…” Han Yunxi was full of doubts. “Long Feiye, when did you let go of me?”

“I never did!” Long Feiye shook his head.

Gu Qishao he could ignore, but Han Yunxi he’d definitely protect well. He had been grasping her hand tightly the entire time!

“Weird, I didn’t let go of you either!” Han Yunxi couldn’t figure it out.

But they had no time to ponder the question. Both of them were well and safe, so it was more important to figure out what was going on in this place. Where was Gu Qishao? And how were they supposed to get out of here?!

“Let’s hurry up and find Gu Qishao!” Han Yunxi proposed. Behind her laid only one room, so there wasn’t much worth searching that again. Thus, Long Feiye brought her back the way he came, going through multiple stone rooms until they reached a palace hall with doors on four sides. Long Feiye had headed for the east gate before.

“Let’s try the west gate,” Han Yunxi suggested. Of course, it’d be faster to split up and search, but she didn’t dare to let go of his hand again. Neither did Long Feiye. Yet they’d hardly reached the west gate when the north and south ones opened up. Gu Beiyue walked in from the south, while Xu Donglin and Baili Mingxiang erged from the north.

This… Both Han Yunxi and Long Feiye grew guarded. Gu Beiyue and the rest came in too? Are they reals or fakes?

But Gu Beiyue and the others were only thrilled to see them.

“Princess, Your Highness, are you alright?” Gu Beiyue asked as he strode towards them. Baili Mingxiang and Xu Donglin hurried over as well. She didn’t speak, but her joy was evident in her eyes.

Xu Donglin was overjoyed. “Your Highness, princess, we’ve finally found you!”

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi remained silent until the trio sensed something amiss. They exchanged glances, a little lost.

“Princess, Your Highness….are you guys alright?” Gu Beiyue probed.

Han Yunxi and Long Feiye were still trying to figure out how to distinguish the trios from imposters. It seemed a little difficult! Yet it wasn’t long before a miserable cry reached their ears.

“Poison lass…!”

“Gu Qishao!” Han Yunxi grew alarmed as she recognized the voice.

“It’s Gu Qishao all right!” Gu Beiyue turned anxious. “It seems to have come from the west…”

“Let’s go!” Long Feiye pulled Han Yunxi with him to the door. There was no time to determine the others anymore. Once past the western gate, they discovered themselves in a tall palace hall. There was nothing inside except for Gu Qishao sitting on the floor, crying his heart out. He seemed to be doing something with his arms, his movements strange and abnormal. Seeing this, everyone felt their hairs stand on end. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi exchanged glances. They couldn’t tell if the scene before them now was real or another illusion.