Chapter Fifty-One Second Update

  "Cloud solidified..." Zi Ruo Ye looked at the man standing in front of her, his long eyelashes lowered and trembling slightly, a pang of pain rising in her heart. She didn't mean it that way, but she couldn't control Cloud Condensation's overthinking.

  "Clouds condense without hindrance." In her eyes, there was no resentment or regret. Cloud Condensation was just the king's Cloud Condensation, from start to finish, it had always been the king's Cloud Condensation. The king still had two years, these two years would bring many changes and he would also find an antidote, he deeply believed this, and he must make himself believe so.

  She let out a sigh, wrapped her arms around Yun Cong's slender and compact waist, sat down on the chair, and felt the person in her arms stiffen instantly, with an uncertain tremble. Zi Ruo Ye sighed again. She might have been wrong...

  She is not a saint, nor a good person. She's too lazy to care about anything and doesn't want to bear the happiness of anyone else because her own poisonous body has already exhausted her. Yet, she coincidentally met Yun Cong, who seemed weak but had an unyielding heart. With just one glance, she recognized the gentle and soft-hearted Yuanguan Meng. As for Liu Qingyou, although he had someone in his heart, she still saw the fragile heart that was pretending to be strong, more vulnerable than anyone else's.

  The soft and fragrant body in his arms had stiffened, Yun Qing almost didn't dare to breathe, her small face was flushed red. "Your Highness, Your Highness, what's going on?" He didn't dare to guess, didn't dare to guess what the prince was thinking at this moment, only knew that every cell in his body was tense, even his heartstrings were tight, almost reaching a critical point.

  "King... Your Majesty." A soft voice like a mosquito's hum came, and Zi Ruoye leaned her head on his shoulder, making Yun Cong even stiffer.

  "What's wrong?" A faint smile appeared at the bottom of her eyes, and a person's mood was such a wonderful thing. In just a few minutes, her mood had completely changed, and she tightened her arm around Yun Cong, holding him tightly.

  She won't die immediately, nor will she die tomorrow, maybe not even in half a year. Although the free-spirited person's whereabouts are mysterious, it's not like she really disappeared from this world. Can't she find at least one person?!

  In the clear eyes, a faint undercurrent surged, and when she felt the person in her arms becoming increasingly stiff, she suddenly lowered her voice, "Yun Cong, what's wrong?"

  "Your Highness, Your Highness... " Why did you suddenly... He wanted to ask, but didn't know how to ask. One sentence was neither here nor there, and his heart, which was already about to jump out, was now beating even more irregularly.

  "It's nothing." Gently releasing Yun Cong, Zi Ruoye took the wine jug and walked out of the study, leaving Yun Cong alone in the room with a red face, but unable to understand her thoughts.

  The king is not teasing him again? Looking at the empty study, Yun Cong calmed down and looked out of the house, slightly dazed.

  Zi Ruoye was lying on the pavilion in the plum forest, her eyes slightly closed, thinking about Yun Ning's awkward appearance, and gently letting out a breath. Yun Ning had always been gentle and tolerant, never asking her for anything, maybe he was just startled this time.

  Suddenly thought that if Yun Ning refused herself, what to do? Now she really thinks she's unforgivable... and still wants Yun Ning to marry someone else. Her eyes dimmed, hiding a turbulent wave. Beautifully jumped down, since decided, then she absolutely won't regret it.

  For several days after the cloud condensed, I didn't see the figure of Ziyu Ye. When I went to the study room and asked someone, they said that Ziyu Ye had gone to the plum forest. When I arrived at the plum forest, I still couldn't find her. In short, Ziyu Ye has been mysterious these days.

  Yun Cong sat in the house, slightly furrowing his brow. Why hadn't he seen Wang Ye's figure for several days? Pressing his lips together, he had just realized that Wang Ye had been avoiding him these past few days. If not, he wouldn't have gone to where she was, and she wouldn't be there either.

  Did he do something that displeased the king? He thought back carefully, but he couldn't think of anything he had done to displease Zi Ruoye. Could it be that the king had discovered his true identity?

  Thinking of this, Yun's face, as beautiful as a peach blossom, instantly turned pale. He just didn't want the prince to know that he was actually a dark person, without any family background. Even if he had begged for the little girl's favor, at most he would only be an ordinary man. The royal family's marriage arrangements were very strict, and social status matching was even more so. He didn't have high expectations, just wanting to be with her. Although watching her receive a marriage decree from the imperial court, he could only be a bystander, but he was also content.

  But he didn't want the king to know that he used to be a feared assassin, an assassin whose name alone would make people afraid. Ten years ago, he had no choice, and ten years later, after meeting the king, he intended to accompany her without seeking anything in return. However, he unexpectedly became deeply entangled and couldn't extricate himself. Nevertheless, that was his own heart, and he didn't want to drag the king down with him.

  Yun Cong unknowingly walked out of the palace, her soul lost and her eyes dull without luster. She felt a pang in her heart, now that the prince knew her true identity, he probably wouldn't let her stay. These past few days, she had been avoiding him, afraid to utter the words "leave me". A bitter smile, she didn't want to be his burden, but couldn't bear to say it herself, so she might as well leave on her own accord.

  Zi Ruoye did everything and then knocked on Yun Cong's door with a nervous heart. After taking several deep breaths, she gently knocked on the door.

  "Yun Ning, are you there?" Zi Ruoye waited anxiously outside, but after a long time, she still didn't hear anyone respond.

  What's going on?

  Looked at the sky, it's just afternoon when the sun had just set, not yet time to rest. Frowned slightly and knocked on the door again, "Yun Cong, is that you? Are you inside?"

  The reply was still a quiet purple leaf... Purple Ye pushed open the door in confusion, saw Yun Cong's bedding still neatly stacked, except for an unfinished half cup of tea, only a letter envelope remained.

  Her eyes narrowed slightly, Zi Ruo Ye opened the envelope and read only two sentences before hastily stuffing it into her bosom. "Tell Ben Wang to find Yun Ning, one group goes outside the city, one group stays inside! Don't let any corner go unchecked!"

  She's dead, how could she have forgotten that Yun Cong is tough inside, but only for her is a heart that shatters at the touch. She has been deliberately avoiding him these past few days, he must be thinking wildly in his heart again, and with a flash of his figure, he also disappeared from Yun Cong's room.

  He walked in a daze, and when he came to his senses, he found himself already at the outskirts of town. Looking around, everything was unfamiliar. He furrowed his brow slightly and smiled wryly to himself - it seemed he had indeed ended up outside the city. Now, where should he go? Having left the palace, he would never see that person again. He didn't want to return to the life he had ten years ago. From the age of five, he was trained as a man but forced to learn how to wield swords and knives like a woman, stabbing them into people's chests. Even now, he vividly remembered his first kill - the fear that gripped him when blood splattered onto his face. As an assassin, every day was either about killing or being killed, so for years, he had been sleeping lightly, waking up at even the slightest sound. It wasn't until he met the king that he finally slept peacefully for the first time.

  "Oh no, I won't eat yours anymore."

  "Sleeping so lightly, one can't take it anymore, maybe will collapse mentally and become a nervous wreck!"

  "Why are your feet so cold? Let me rub them for you... Ah... I didn't mean to take advantage of you!"

  "Sleep! No matter what, I'll be here! If something really happens, that person will cut me down first."

  Every word and sentence was like the most comforting pill, being coaxed by her, the heartstrings that had been tense for ten years suddenly relaxed, he really slept soundly for a whole night, and when he woke up, even he thought he had only dozed off for a moment. Who knew that person would smile and say to him, "Good morning. You slept very well yesterday, indeed, it's still the king's embrace that is reassuring!"

  Although the words seemed light and frivolous, they carried a special concern that belonged to him. So he agreed to act for her for a year, letting her be the dissolute king, creating a false image of a romantic night every night. But who knew that once his heart fell out of control.

  Yun Cong's reverie stopped in the next moment, and her nostalgic eyes instantly turned into a murderous aura and coldness. "You brought so many people here, do you just want to see Yun Cong's back?"

  Yun Cong lightly turned around, and indeed saw the ten black-clothed men standing in front of him, their sword tips gleaming with a chilling light. However, Yun Cong was calmly looking at the ten people in front of him, his tone without any fluctuation, "So many people, you really think highly of me, Yun Cong, a mere man."

  "Hmph! Enough idle chatter, the day you slaughtered the Seven Star Fiend is the same day your death was sealed. As for a lowly being like you, I don't even have the interest to play with you, but my sisters might find your body intriguing."

  Yun Cong's eyes narrowed, his cold gaze carrying a sharp killing intent. "Seven Star Slaughter? Is there still someone alive?" The person in front of him deliberately slandered Yun Cong without any fluctuation, and it didn't matter how others saw him as long as the prince was fine. He only needed the prince to be safe and sound. That day, he indeed hadn't left a single survivor, so how could the person standing in front of him now be someone from Seven Star Slaughter? The calm gaze at the bottom of his eyes flickered lightly, with thoughts turning over a thousand times in his mind.

  "That day, we were just out on a mission and when we came back, we saw that the Seven Stars Inn had been bloodbathed. If it weren't for the peach blossom dart you left behind, we really wouldn't have found you." The person paused, "I just didn't expect that the former leader of Penglai Pavilion would become one of the Peach Demon's followers and now serve as a concubine to Ye Wang."

  Yun Cong's lips curled up lightly, instantly captivating the eyes of the ten people in front of him. It turned out that they had only thought he was one of them, but in the next second, he withdrew his lips, his voice cold as snow in December, "Qī Xīng Shā, you should die."

  "You think you're a member of the Peach Demon's crew just because you're a lowly good-for-nothing who's been oppressed by thousands and bullied by tens of thousands? Don't assume we'll be afraid of you! Now, it's ten against one, and you still think you can win?" The man shouted in a coarse voice.

  "Why waste your breath? If you want my life, just come and take it." Yun Cong drew out the soft sword from his waist and stood calmly in front of the ten men, his expression unreadable.

  "Up!" Ten people instantly rushed towards Yun Cong, amidst the flashing knives and swords, full of murderous intent.

  Yun Ning held his sword and looked at the person rushing towards him, again with such a fierce battle, he was really tired of it, swinging his sword to meet the incoming attack.

  After a fierce battle, they found that Yun Cong's martial arts were not inferior, and she had been entangled with them for a long time. Suddenly, a thought occurred to her, "The wedding of Ye Wang will take place in a few days, and the other party is still the young master of the Liu Chengxiang family. It's really a good match! However, at that time, where will you, Yun Cong, be?"

  Her heart skipped a beat, and her swordsmanship was thrown into disarray. She barely avoided the sword blade of the approaching person. Yun Qing's face was cold as she gazed at the ten people in front of her, but she didn't bother to entangle with them, wanting only to end things quickly.

  Who would have thought that the person was actually seen by Cloud Condensation in an instant of panic, and even more venomously said, "Now that Ye Wang and the young master of the Liu family are a perfect match, what's more, the emperor has also bestowed the title of Minister of Justice on the young master of the Criminal Department, you say, if Ye Wang knew that Cloud Condensation was actually a member of the Peach Demon, what kind of expression would he have! That expression must be very colorful!"

  A painful struggle flashed in Yun Cong's eyes, he was ready to leave, but now that it had been spoken out loud again, it was another kind of pain. The person saw Yun Cong's dazed expression and threw out a handful of white powder, retreating instantly! Yun Cong was shocked, holding his breath, but had already inhaled quite a bit!

  Soft Muscle Scatter!

  With a cold face, Yun Cong quickly retreated, despicable! He was already heartbroken today, but he didn't expect to encounter uncleaned garbage, and even more so, he shouldn't have lost his composure due to the trash's few words. Now that he had taken Soft Tendon Dispersion, he felt his internal energy slowly draining away, and his eyes were filled with an icy color.

  "Don't worry! I won't kill you! Aren't you a little servant girl? This body of yours is probably also a soul-sold, let you serve my sister well, and then use your blood to make an offering to the spirits of those sisters who died. Come on!"

  His strength was slowly draining away, his pink lips had long been bitten by Yun Cong and were covered in bloodstains, the soft tendon dispersing medicine was taking effect bit by bit, he even felt his consciousness slowly dissipating, biting hard on his lip to keep himself awake, even if he ultimately couldn't defeat them, he wouldn't let these disgusting people sully his body!

  Zi Ruoye was anxiously searching for Yun Cong's figure in the city, blaming herself all the while. She had always thought that Yun Cong needed to be pampered, so even though she knew he practiced martial arts, she still didn't want him to get hurt. But where could Yun Cong have gone in this short span of time? When asking the little servant boy about Yun Cong's whereabouts, he said that half a moment ago he was still inside the house, but now, where had Yun Cong gone?

  In the capital, she had already searched all the big and small streets. At this moment, Yun Cong couldn't check into an inn either. Zi Ruoye's anxiety was burning like a fire, and at this moment, she was even more worried that if anything happened to Yun Cong, she would never forgive herself.

  "Your Highness, the Shadow found someone in the outskirts who seems to have seen Yun Cong Young Master." A voice came through the air, Zi Ruoye's face stiffened, and she set off towards the outskirts immediately. In the outskirts, she had a bad premonition.

  Yun Cong was already drenched in sweat, with beads of perspiration overflowing from his forehead. His clothes were torn in several places, and he struggled to maintain his consciousness as he desperately fought against the newcomer.

  "I didn't think I'd be poisoned by Soft Tendon Scatter, yet you can still resist it! You're indeed a Peach Demon!" The man's words were filled with admiration, but upon seeing his three dead companions, he said, "You probably won't last much longer now!"

  "Less... less... nonsense." The scene in front of him was getting blurrier and blurrier, if it wasn't for his willpower holding on tight, he would have fainted by now. His legs softened, and he knelt down to the ground, supporting himself with his sword, Yun Cong taking shallow breaths.

  "Look how long you can hold on!" Seeing Yun Qing obviously couldn't hold on any longer, that person spoke with a tone of triumph, while the others had a hint of lust in their eyes.

  At this moment, Yun Cong's clothes were tattered and worn out by the sword, revealing her white skin like jade, her hair was disheveled, and her cherry lips stained with blood, adding a few more tempting colors.

  "You... think again." Think again about sullying his body, although his heart had once been dark, at least his body was still untainted, except for the king, no one else could touch him!

  Her eyes were resolute, and with a raise of her sword, she was ready to end it all!

  "Yún Níng!" Zi Ruò Yè's panicked voice echoed through the outskirts! In an instant, a stone shot out, carrying the power of breaking through the air, and cut Yun Níng's sword into two halves.

  "King... King Ye?" His eyes had been blurry for a while, but he still heard the voice of King Ye. Was King Ye looking for him?

  Zi Ruoye instantly sealed the acupoints of those people, trembling as she hugged Yun Cong. They had only been apart for a few hours, so why did Yun Cong become like this? He looked like a broken rag doll, covered in bloodstains all over his body.

  Yun Cong was lifted up, and in an instant, a murderous aura spread throughout the outskirts. The remaining seven people had not yet reacted when they found that the cave entrance was sealed, unable to move. Their eyes widened in horror as they stared at Zi Ruoye in front of them.

  "Take them back to the palace, first... lock them in the dungeon." After saying this coldly, he hugged Yun Cong and headed directly back to the palace.

  After Zi Ruoye returned to the Wang Fu, Yun Ning's blood-covered appearance frightened several small servants. After ordering the small servants to boil water, Zi Ruoye looked at the person who had fainted in her arms with a pained expression.

  Lip petals were bitten, bloodstains shocked the heart, although they avoided the vital point, but still couldn't avoid being injured. After taking her pulse, Zi Ruo Ye's eyes were dark and sunken...

  Traumatic Injury Powder

  Waiting until the servant had prepared hot water, Zǐ Ruò Yè gently put down Yún Níng, carefully removing his tattered clothes, avoiding his wounds. In an instant, his clothes were all removed, and Yún Níng's white jade-like body was revealed before Zǐ Ruò Yè, only the sword scars on his body ruining the beauty of it.

  He picked him up, put him in a wooden bucket with just the right temperature, and washed away the bloodstains until he was clean. Only then did he pick him up again, gently wiping off the water droplets with a cloth. He brought over some ointment, carefully applying it to each wound, making sure every injury was treated. After administering the medicine, he covered Yun with a quilt and quietly walked out.

  "What about those people?" Zi Ruoye's voice was very calm, as if asking after a friend she hadn't seen in a long time, but it made Anying's whole body tense up.

  "Already locked in prison. Fed with Soft Tendon Powder."

  "En. Let's go take a look." Slowly walking to the dungeon, she heard the people inside shouting. Zi Ruoye lightly laughed and said, "Dark Shadow, they say that trash is actually hard to kill, today let's try which method can make them neither live nor die."

  "The imperial court has always been afraid of meddling in Jianghu affairs, you have broken this rule."

  Zi Ruoye slowly walked up to the person, who had been poisoned by Soft Tendon Dissolver and could only weakly sit on the ground. Zi Ruoye stretched out a foot and kicked the person's ribcage, instantly breaking all five ribs!

  "The imperial court? The jianghu? Once you enter this king's dungeon, there is no more jianghu or imperial court." Zi Ruoye said lazily, slowly pouring wine and drinking it quietly.

  "Shadow, you said that since I, the king, have been quiet for a few years, people have forgotten what I used to be like?" He chuckled softly, as if discussing trivial matters.

  "You..." Seeing Ziyu Ye kick his own accomplice, the man instantly fainted. At this moment, was Ziyu Ye really the king that everyone talked about? What was his previous appearance like? The remaining people couldn't help but look at Ziyu Ye with fear, yet someone still secretly plucked up their courage and said, "Don't try to intimidate us here, it's just a life, take it if you want!"

  Clap! Clap! Clap! The applause suddenly reminded me, Zi Ruoye's gentle clapping had a hint of elegance, and she immediately tilted her head, "Why does this king want your lives?"

  The remaining people were stunned, why would they take their lives, and why did they bring them over?

  "Who told you to kill Yun Ning?" Zi Ruoye continued drinking, propping up her second leg, and tapping the wooden table with her fingers in a rhythmic motion.

  "We are the Seven Star Killers! You still don't know, do you? The Yun Cong you dote on is actually a killer. He destroyed the Seven Star Killers, and now we're going to kill him. It's only natural." But the man was shouting at the top of his lungs, and the rhythmic pounding sounded like the beat of a death knell, making her heart inexplicably tremble.

  "There are always some people in this world who like to think they're smart." Zi Ruoye shook her head lightly, silently lamenting that these people were not cooperative.

  "Their soft tendons have been solved, and sometimes people's struggles are also a play that makes people feel happy." Zi Ruoye said with a smile, but there was no hint of a smile in her eyes. The dark shadows tightened their bodies even more, they knew that the king of darkness had returned again.

  Digression

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