Chapter 126 – Trapped Beast (2)
In a deep voice, Ye Li bellowed, “What do you still keep getting involved with me? You should have seen it today–if you place your trust in me, I will only repay you by using you to the point where not even your bones remain!”
Ye Mu forehead creased to a frown and she said without hesitation, “Even if you were able to betray the world, you didn’t. Why can’t I save you?”
Her childish voice was calm and very natural to the ears, if it had been anyone else. But to Ye Li, it was no less than a thunderbolt!
He suddenly clutched his chest and groaned. Seeing this, Ye Mu hurriedly stood up to inspect her surroundings. Yet, even if she stood up, she would only be able to sit on Ye Li’s shoulder. With her short stature, there was nothing she could do…
The wounds on his chest were badly mutilated. Although Ye Li’s martial arts was high, if he absorbed too much inner energy and was not able to properly digest it, it would break his meridians from inside out. Plus, those who surrounded him before were all experts.
Ye Mu sighed. She wanted to use a cloth strip to give him a clean, simple bandage, but Ye Li refused. She suddenly said in a hoarse voice, “Why did you anxiously decide to storm the palace?”
Ye Mu shook her head. This was a decision of his that she didn’t understand because she felt that if Ye Li had waited a few more days for the situation to become clear before forcing his way through, everything that had happened today would have ceased to exist.
“It should be heaven’s will.” Ye Li sneered. “The only reason I advanced so rashly is because the Emperor died in the early hours of this morning. Although it was kept a secret, I still knew about it.”
Ye Mu frowned, “If he’s dead, then so be it. Why did you have to go put so much risk?”
When Ye Li heard this, his gaze fell on the decapitated head of the person at the side. When the emperor of Yue died, his face looked ghostly, as if it were a corpse dried of blood. He scoffed, “It seems like you don’t know.”
He paused, clutching his heart as said uncomfortably.
“… Two hundred years ago, the Empire was divided into seven countries. At that time, the Empire had left behind a treasure trove, hoping that the later generations would be able to use it to return to their respective countries. In the end, that descendant died, and the treasure map, more known as the city boundary map was taken away by people who want to use it for their selfish gains.”
The three words, city boundary map, caused Ye Mu to be immensely shocked! Her eyes widened, and her fingers subconsciously clenched into a fist. However, Ye Li, who currently had his head weakly lowered, did not notice this abnormality.
“When the Emperor and I were trying to take back our territory, we were able to seize the city boundary map. Unfortunately, before we could search for the treasure, there was an attack from men in black, and more than half of the map was taken away. The Emperor was afraid that the remaining parts of the map would be taken away as well, so he invited the best embroidery master at that time to place the remaining parts of the city boundary map to be engraved on on his back and finally set the map on fire.
Normally, he wouldn’t be able to see the map of the world tattooed on his back. Only by smearing his own blood on it, would the map appear, and once he died… After 24 hours, the map will also completely disappear. ”
At this moment, Ye Mu didn’t know what expression to make when faced with this dilemma. The now headless body of the emperor was still lying on the bed in the ruined inner hall for 24 hours… No wonder Ye Li would take the risk!
Ye Li laughed bitterly, “If the Imperial Guards didn’t join hands with the Prince–if they didn’t capture Prince Zhao and force him to help… The one who should have won today is me!”
Unfortunately, how could there be so many strokes of luck that could happen in one’s life?
Even if Ye Li were to maximize all his cunning calculations, he would never have thought that there was another thing–plot, that dictated the fate of people. Even Mo Linyuan didn’t even know that the Emperor had the map of an elusive treasure on his back. He had only killed him to force the Imperial Army to cooperate with them, but this action had forced Ye Li to take the risk and lose the initiative that he had in his hands.
If Ye Li did not want the treasure that was said to be able to revive the empire–if he were already satisfied with simply conquering the Yue Country, today’s ending might have been different.
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