Chapter 1143: Long Feiye actually asks for forgiveness (2/2)

Back in the array, Bai Yanqing didn’t reply. He could guess that Gu Qishao was actually guarding the Death Door, but he had no idea about the status of the Life Door. Perhaps there was a trigger hidden there; perhaps this was simply an ordinary Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams array with a real exit.

This was now a psychological problem! How should he choose?

“What now, Bai Yanqing? You won’t even take the exit this crown prince offers you?” Long Feiye laughed coldly. “If that’s the case, don’t blame me for being merciless!”

A complex look flitted past Bai Yanqing’s eyes as he glanced in the direction of the Death Doo.

Rather than let Long Feiye trap me in an unfamiliar array, I’d rather take a gamble!

He would gamble that Long Feiye was only screwing around with him!

To break the array, I definitely have to pick the Death Door, not the Life Door! Gu Qishao’s probably hiding in the Life Door while Gu Beiyue guards the Death Door!

“He picked the Death Door,” Long Feiye intoned.

Gu Beiyue smiled softly, as warm and gentle as a spring breeze. It was hard to tell whether he was being kind or cruel at this moment. Han Yunxi inwardly rejoiced. Although she had no idea what was going on, she knew that Bai Yanqing would run into Gu Qishao if he picked the Death Door! Being trapped in a place like this would leave him with no more options!

Very soon, Gu Qishao’s wild laughter filtered out of the array as he and Bai Yanqing got into a fight.

In the darkness, multiple Gu Qishaos stood around Bai Yanqing while laughing wildly. Bai Yanqing couldn’t tell which one of the figures was the true Gu Qishao, much less fake vines from real ones.

“Hahaha, Bai Yanqing, don’t rush. This old man has plenty of time to play with you! I won’t trap you so soon!” Gu Qishao guffawed.

The pale-faced Bai Yanqing huffed for breath before sprinting away from the Death Door. He had no idea how pathetic he looked right now while fleeing for the Life Door.

Long Feiye didn’t lie to me. He was trying to screw me up! Gu Beiyue really is at the Life Door!

He would have to use poison against Gu Beiyue. No matter how many shadows he saw, he’d poison them all!

But Bai Yanqing had hardly reached the Life Door when he saw Gu Qishao laughing in front of it. “Ol’ Undying, I said I’d play with you today. Why don’t you believe me?”

“No!” Bai Yanqing cried. Why is Gu Qishao here?

It was impossible for a set location and node to shift without notice in the array formation, especially those associated with the Life and Death Doors. Moving them around would affect the overall flow of the array formation.

How did Gu Qishao get here from the Death Door? If he’s at the Life Door, then where’s the Death Door now? Did Gu Beiyue go there instead?

Bai Yanqing refused to believe his eyes. He unsheathed his sword, but Gu Qishao didn’t move. He allowed the man to cut him without putting his life in danger.

Did I...did I make a mistake? Is the Gu Qishao at the Death Door a fake? Did he actually guard the Life Door while Gu Beiyue guarded the Death Door? Does this array exit actually lie with the Death Door?

Once again, Bai Yanqing withdrew and flew towards the Death Door, but Gu Qishao was waiting for him. His laughs were infectiously generous! Bai Yanqing slashed him, but the man simply kept on smiling.

What...what’s going on?

Bai Yanqing refused to believe he could screw this up. He withdrew and hurried to the Life Door again, but Gu Qishao was still waiting for him at the entrance. Completely flummoxed, Bai Yanqing was close to losing his mind. He’d been reduced to a headless chicken running about in the very array he’d professed proficiency in.

Meanwhile, Long Feiye had already explained all the particulars to Han Yunxi. It was similar to Bai Yanqing’s Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams array, but still different. Like the Seven Murders Array, it was a deadlock with no way out. That was because the Life and Death Doors could switch places at all. Running into the Life Door would change it into the Death Door and vice versa. It was only possibly to build it upon the foundations of the Seven Murders Array, so Bai Yanqing had signed his own death warrant!

Besides Long Feiye, there was no one else who could end the array. Bai Yanqing could stay stuck inside forever even if he tried the other six doors, while Gu Qishao remained guarding the exits.

Thus, Bai Yanqing’s only choice was to stay trapped, or get tied up by Gu Qishao.

“Hahaha, that’s so much fun!” Han Yunxi laughed.

“Do you like it?” Long Feiy showed a rare smile.

“I adore it! Teach me someday, I want to learn these skills too,” Han Yunxi was growing restless.

But Long Feiye only said, “Count this as my apology to you and the child. I couldn’t break through it in the past and save you two.”