Chapter 214

Pei Shangling stared at Mu Yuanzhi for a long time, wondering what she was thinking. After a while, he spoke grimly: "Anyway, you're coming back with me. Rebellion isn't a joke—your life, your family's honor, everything is gone."

The named individuals are Pei Shangling and Mu Yuanzhi; family is a generic term.

"Rebellion?" Mu Yuanzhi shook her head. "It's merely overthrowing the foolish emperor."

The named individual is Mu Yuanzhi.

"You dare call the Father Emperor a foolish ruler?!" Pei Shangling was taken aback.

Named: Father Emperor, Pei Shangling.

This is truly utterly treasonous!

No named.

What did I say wrong? Must we wait until he gives away the entire kingdom, leaving the people in misery, before we call him a foolish emperor?

No named.

Pei Shangling felt he could no longer communicate with Mu Yuanzhi; he feared that continuing would lead to an argument, so he decided to temporarily retreat.

Named: Pei Shangling, Mu Yuanzhi.

Then, just as he turned around, he saw Qilin burst through the door: "What boldness—you, an assassin, dare to show up here!"

Named: Qilin.

Mu Yuanzhi: "Qilin, you're too slow this time."

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, Qilin.

"Isn't it because you, senior sister, still have something to say, so I didn't come over to get in the way?" After saying that, Qilin raised an eyebrow at Pei Shangling: "Surrender, Fourth Prince."

Named: senior sister, Qilin, Pei Shangling, Fourth Prince. Senior sister is a generic term.

"Qilin, won't you advise your senior sister? Do you even realize what you're doing?" Pei Shangling said, "If you follow Gu Rongjin in rebellion, Juechen Valley will also suffer collateral damage."

Named: Qilin, senior sister, Gu Rongjin, Juechen Valley.

"Thank you for caring about Juechen Valley, but we're not rebelling—we're overthrowing the foolish emperor, and we will surely succeed. I urge you to turn back now; perhaps then your head will be spared." Qilin said sincerely.

Named: Juechen Valley, Qilin.

"You!" Pei Shangling adjusted his breathing: "You're all crazy! You've been brainwashed by Gu Rongjin! You don't care about your lives!"

Named: Pei Shangling, Gu Rongjin.

"It seems the Fourth Prince has no intention of surrendering, so I'll have to take you down!" Qilin said, then struck with a palm.

Named: Fourth Prince, Qilin.

Pei Shangling is no match for Qilin, but he isn't unprepared either. He knows the day Qilin takes the Hundred Spirit Grass Pill, and he calculated that today is when it wears off; if Qilin forgets to take it, there will be an opening.

Named: Pei Shangling, Qilin. The Hundred Spirit Grass Pill is a named entity.

"I know what you're thinking, Pei Shangling—are you stupid? We've already been infected with the Symbiotic Gu; a person cannot possibly be afflicted with two kinds of gu poison at once."

Named: Pei Shangling, Symbiotic Gu.

Qilin's words made Pei Shangling stop reaching for something, and in that instant, Qilin struck him down with a single blow.

Named: Qilin, Pei Shangling.

Convenient!

No named.

At that moment, the patrolling guards outside also rushed over, surrounding Pei Shangling on all sides.

Named: Pei Shangling. Guards are generic.

Pei Shangling, lying on the ground, gritted his teeth and rose, immediately having several blades pressed to his neck.

Named: Pei Shangling.

Mu Yuanzhi: "I really don't know why the emperor sent two such weak fighters—are they just here to be executed?"

Named: Mu Yuanzhi. Emperor is generic.

Upon hearing that, Pei Shangling's eyes widened, as if he were asking Mu Yuanzhi or muttering to himself: "Could it be that Yang Jianyu did this on purpose?"

Named: Pei Shangling, Mu Yuanzhi, Yang Jianyu.

Mu Yuanzhi hadn't considered what the National Preceptor meant by this.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, National Preceptor.

"So Yang Jianyu is also one of you?! How many people have you won over?!" He had long known that the heretical daoist was no good, and indeed!

Named: Yang Jianyu. Heretical daoist is generic.

Mu Yuanzhi: "Perhaps this is what is meant by the people's will."

Named: Mu Yuanzhi.

Qilin: "Senior sister, stop wasting words on him—should we lock this guy in the woodshed or the dungeon?"

Named: Qilin, senior sister. Woodshed and dungeon are generic.

"Let's lock him in the woodshed first; we'll wait for his companions to come rescue him." Mu Yuanzhi said with a smirk.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi. Good companion is generic.

"A Zhi! Don't be obstinate!" Pei Shangling, being led away, struggled fiercely: "It's not too late to turn back, A Zhi—come back with me!"

Named: A Zhi, Pe

Qilin grabbed Pei Shangling's hair, annoyed: "If we didn't have the symbiotic gu, I'd make you look terrible right now!"

Named: Qilin, Pei Shangling, symbiotic gu.

"You ignorant little brat, shut up!" Pei Shangling glared at Qilin fiercely, "If it weren't for A Zhi's sake, I would have already made you look bad!"

Named: Pei Shangling, Qilin, A Zhi.

"Hmph, how do you want me to look good?" Qilin ordered the guards: "Remember to treat the Fourth Prince well; he's a heaven's pride."

Named: Qilin, Fourth Prince.

"Yes!"

No named.

"A Zhi!"

Named: A Zhi.

As Pei Shangling was being dragged away, he kept shouting for Mu Yuanzhi to turn back and find safety.

Named: Pei Shangling, Mu Yuanzhi.

Qilin: "Senior sister, when do you think Xiao Yichen will come for this useless fellow?"

Named: Qilin, Senior sister, Xiao Yichen.

"Never mind, we'll just grab him all at once later for convenience." Mu Yuanzhi said, frowning at Qilin: "Is there really no way to undo the symbiotic gu? I'm really worried that if something happens to Pei Shangling, you'll be affected too."

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, Qilin, symbiotic gu, Pei Shangling.

Qilin gave Mu Yuanzhi a reassuring smile: "It's fine, senior sister, don't worry; now isn't the time to worry about these things."

Named: Qilin, Mu Yuanzhi, Senior sister.

"That's right, Miss Mu should be worrying about something else, like your husband and Miss A Zi's situation." The monk walked in smiling.

Named: Miss Mu (generic term of address, exclude), husband (generic), Miss A Zi, monk (generic).

"What happened to them?" Mu Yuanzhi asked.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi.

Monk: "Miss A Zi is injured; Heir Apparent Jin is taking care of her and called the monk to come find you two."

Named: monk, Miss A Zi, Heir Apparent Jin, poor monk, her.

"Injured, is it serious?" Mu Yuanzhi stood up.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi.

Qilin asked, puzzled: "Shouldn't this woman's martial arts be formidable? How did she get injured?"

Named: Qilin.

"Pretty serious, but she won't die." The monk said, "She was originally going to ambush the court troops, burn their supplies, but unfortunately was discovered."

Named: monk. court troops is generic.

Mu Yuanzhi caught the key information: "What people did the court send, with such high martial arts? Or is it that two fists can't stand against four?"

Named: Mu Yuanzhi. court is generic.

Monk: "I don't know, Miss A Zi can hardly speak; she keeps muttering the two words 'lunatic'."

Named: monk, Miss A Zi.

"Lunatic?"

Named: lunatic.

Mu Yuanzhi and Qilin exchanged a glance.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, Qilin.

"What does that mean? Is there a really crazy person coming?"

No named.

Mu Yuanzhi: "I'll go check on Miss A Zi."

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, Miss A Zi.

"I'll go too!"

No named.

Mu Yuanzhi arrived at the guest room in the West Courtyard; Qi Shi Huai was also there.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, West Courtyard, Qi Shi Huai. guest room is generic.

"Little Yuanzhi, Qilin, you've come! Come see how A Zi is!" Gu Rongjin, holding A Zi and sitting on the bed, said anxiously.

Named: Xiao Yuanzhi, Qilin, A Zi, Gu Rongjin.

Mu Yuanzhi felt a bit uneasy, but she told herself that since everyone was injured, it wasn't the time to quibble.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi.

Not to mention Qilin, his eyes were about to pop out.

Named: Qilin.

"Is it necessary to hold her? Does holding her treat her or what?!"

No named.

"Young Master..." the weak A Zi clung tightly to Gu Rongjin's arm, her face pale, cold sweat on her cheeks.

Named: Young Master, A Zi, Gu Rongjin.

Mu Yuanzhi came over and saw that A Zi's clothes were stained with blood; the injury might indeed be serious.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, A Zi.

"Don't worry, A Zi, Xiao Yuanzhi and Qilin are both skilled in medicine and poison; they've come together to treat your illness and heal your wounds; you'll surely recover soon." Gu Rongjin whispered soothingly.

Named: A Zi, Xiao Yuanzhi, Qilin, Gu Rongjin.

This was the first time Mu Yuanzhi had seen Gu Rongjin so gently coaxing someone other than herself.

Named: Mu Yuanzhi, Gu Rongjin.

A faint sourness welled up from somewhere and spread to her chest.

No named.

Mu Yuanzhi said to Gu Rongjin: "It's very difficult for me to treat her while you're holding her."

"Oh." Not sure if Gu Rongjin only cared about A Zi's injury, he didn't hear the displeasure in Mu Yuanzhi's tone, and slowly put the person down.

However, A Zi refused to leave Gu Rongjin, tightly gripping his arm, causing Gu Rongjin to be in a dilemma—neither able to put her down nor keep holding her.

If it weren't for seeing that the opponent was pretty badly injured, the Qilin would have already moved to break it!