Chapter 290: Chapter 290 - 290 Minister under the Skirt (12)

Xie Shu washed his face with the pool water, and as he looked down at his wrist, noticed that the cloth she used last night had left no marks.

Chuzheng called him. Xie Shu quickly rolled down his sleeve and stood up to go to her.

Xie Shu asked her where she wanted to go. Chuzheng replied to wander around aimlessly, so he didn’t ask any further.

When Chuzheng said to wander around aimlessly, she truly did just that.

So aimlessly that Xie Shu suspected she might be doing it on purpose.

“You don’t need to go to all this trouble if you want me dead!”

Xie Shu ground his teeth and shouted at the person in front of him.

Chuzheng stood on the iron chain, turned back and looked at him: “Are you scared?”

“Scared of what!” Xie Shu stood at the edge of the cliff, spurred on by Chuzheng’s challenge, and stepped onto the iron chain.

The iron chain was a single strand, as thick as a wrist, and wobbled alarmingly when someone stood on it.

Xie Shu looked down to see the molten lava churning below, and the fierce flames on top of the lava burning intensely, the heat waves hitting him in the face.

Suddenly, Xie Shu dared not move; his vision filled only with those tumbling flames.

He couldn’t help clenching his fists tightly, the light in his eyes swallowed by the flames, his body feeling as though it was sinking.

“Xie Shu.”

The clear and cool voice cut through the heat and dullness, abruptly awakening Xie Shu’s senses.

He lifted his gaze towards Chuzheng, and it seemed as if the afterglow of the fire still lingered in his eyes.

“Too scared to move?”

Chuzheng’s voice floated back eerily.

Xie Shu’s tone couldn’t help but be somewhat sharp, “Scared of what.”

But when he lifted his foot, he didn’t dare to put it down.

The flames below exploded in his eyes, and amongst them, grinning faces slowly took shape, surfacing before him.

“Chu Yingyu!”

Xuan Qi sliced through the air past Xie Shu’s side, and his figure was suddenly thrown downward, an overwhelming sense of weightlessness engulfing him.

Xie Shu felt himself being dragged towards the raging inferno.

Just as Xie Shu thought he was going to fall in, his body abruptly stopped, and flames rose beside him.

Held around the waist, Xie Shu looked up amidst the great fire, only to see that detestable face.

“Don’t be scared.”

Chuzheng pressed his head to her shoulder, leaped several times, and returned to the iron chain.

Chuzheng looked towards the other side.

Guo Zhen and a few people were standing there. Chuzheng’s rescue of Xie Shu was obviously beyond Guo Zhen’s expectations, and he looked somewhat shocked at the moment.

Guo Zhen had escaped death the last time, rolling to the other side as the Tianjin Mouse came crashing down, saving his life.

Seeing Chuzheng today, given such a good opportunity, he acted almost without thinking.

Guo Zhen once again unleashed Xuan Qi; the orange Xuan Qi, similar in color to the flames, swept over from the edge of the cliff.

Chuzheng, carrying Xie Shu, quickly crossed the iron chain to reach the other side.

She settled Xie Shu down then returned to the iron chain.

Xie Shu looked as if he had just been fished out of the water, his gaze fixed on the person walking on the iron chain.

The flames at his feet soared intermittently, leaping over the iron chain, ready to engulf her at any moment.

“Ah…”

“Help!”

Screams came from the opposite cliff.

Xie Shu’s chaotic thoughts were dragged back by the screams; he stared steadily at the other side.

On the opposite cliff, the people who were there just moments ago were now falling one by one to the bottom.

The woman stood quietly on the iron chain, the flames lifting behind her like wings unfurled; silver light danced in the air, now seen, now hidden.

A phrase involuntarily flashed across Xie Shu’s mind—Rising from the ashes, the King returns.

–

Xie Shu felt very uncomfortable being tied up. In the end, Chuzheng tied his hands in front of him.

–

Xie Shu was awakened by something fuzzy scratching at him.

As he opened his eyes, he saw the golden Mouse perched on his chest, scratching at him with its paw.

“You’re awake.”

Sunlight filtered through the lush canopy of trees, and Xie Shu raised his hand to block it.

“You can talk?”

“Hmm, of course, I am a Divine Beast,” the Tianjin Mouse declared proudly, puffing its little chest out.

A Divine Beast?

Xie Shu sat up, and the Tianjin Mouse slid down from his body, squatting beside him. Xie Shu surveyed it with interest for a few moments, “I couldn’t tell.”

He looked down at his hands, still bound…

The Tianjin Mouse puffed up its cheeks angrily.

Xie Shu looked around, “Where’s your owner?”

“Pah, she’s not my owner,” the Tianjin Mouse retorted angrily, “What nonsense are you spouting!”

“Not your owner?” He had thought it was her contract beast, was it not…

“Of course not, I don’t have such an owner!” the Tianjin Mouse snapped, visibly upset, “I have no owner!”

It was now a Divine Beast and would certainly not have an owner—how embarrassing!

The man’s eyebrows lifted slightly, dappled sunlight falling on his eyelashes, a faint light gleaming from the depths of his dark, profound eyes, making him impossibly handsome, beyond what words could describe.

“Then where is she?”

“Who knows.” The Tianjin Mouse squatted to the side, drawing circles, “You better run now, while she’s still not back.”

It couldn’t run away.

Seeing that she had a Fire Crystal in her hand… it could reluctantly stay.

“Run?” The man laughed, “What if she catches me? Are you trying to get me killed?”

“She probably won’t be back so soon. Run east from here, there’s a big fellow that way, she won’t be able to catch up with you,” the Tianjin Mouse genuinely sympathized with the good-looking Human, offering him strategies for escape.

Xie Shu guessed that the “big fellow” the Little Mouse was talking about must be a Divine Beast.

After all, if it called itself a Divine Beast and mentioned a “big fellow,” it had to be even mightier than itself.

“You say it’s a ‘big fellow,’ yet you suggest I run that way? Are you sending me to my death?”

Xie Shu wasn’t sure if this little creature was doing it on purpose or not, but he didn’t dare to agree carelessly.

What if it was that woman’s way of testing him?

It wasn’t that Xie Shu had a persecution complex, but he couldn’t afford to be less vigilant, or else he wouldn’t know how he’d die.

“True.”

The Tianjin Mouse had forgotten the fact that this good-looking Human was, in reality, useless.

“Sigh.”

It sighed like an old man.

Xie Shu: “…”

Chuzheng came back after a while, holding clothes and food in her hands.

She handed the clothes to Xie Shu, who clearly didn’t like them, his face virtually spelling out, “You expect me to wear this?”

“Make do for now,” Chuzheng said, “I’ll go out and buy you some.”

People came to the Secret Realm to look for treasures and to train; nobody would bring fancy clothes for no reason.

“I’ll just wear this,” Xie Shu handed the clothes back to Chuzheng.

The clothes on his body were a bit torn but still wearable.

Chuzheng’s expression was unfazed, “I’ll help you change, or you can change by yourself.”

Xie Shu showed her his hands, “How can I change with you tying me up?”

Chuzheng understood, “I’ll help you.”

Xie Shu felt wronged, “You let me go, I’ll change myself.” Who needs your help!

“… If you try to run, I’ll break your legs,” Chuzheng threatened before finally freeing him.

Xie Shu, holding back his anger, took the clothes to change behind a tree.

The purple clothes were less flamboyant than red, yet they lent the man an added air of nobility, like that of a young master from a wealthy family.

“Eat something.”

“What’s this?” Xie Shu eyed the fruit in Chuzheng’s hand with suspicion.

“I don’t know,” Chuzheng admitted candidly; she didn’t recognize it, but it should be edible—she had seen people from Jingyuan Country with similar fruit before.

“You don’t know and you still want me to eat it?” Xie Shu’s lips curled with a hint of amusement, “Aren’t you afraid it might poison me to death?”

“It’s fine, don’t be afraid.” There would still be chances anyway.

“…” She was trying to poison him to death, wasn’t she!

Xie Shu didn’t know how to express what he was feeling inside.

Chuzheng leaned against a tree trunk, feeling too heavy-hearted to move.

The Tianjin Mouse curiously surveyed its surroundings. So this was the outside world?

The air even seemed different!

So fresh.

But what was this Human doing?

[Main Quest: Spend a Black Xuan Stone within two hours.]

Chuzheng: “…”

You Bastard, you dog thing, how can I feel like squandering now! The Good Person Card has run off!

[It’s not the first time it’s run off. Just catch it… ahem! Just find it again.] Almost got carried away by the young lady.

Chuzheng with a cold face: I worked so hard to catch it! Wasn’t it difficult for me?!

[…] Didn’t seem like you put in much effort.

[Miss, it’s precisely because you’re in a bad mood that you should splurge. Spending money brings joy, you know~] The King’s Account persuaded gently.

Chuzheng: “…”

No, I won’t!

Chuzheng moved her head away from the tree trunk, facing the Tianjin Mouse’s curious look. Her expression became serious and she began to roughly ruffle it.

Feeling much better now.

The Tianjin Mouse that was being manhandled: “…” Damn this immortal’s thick skin!!

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