Chapter 417

Qilin was a bit confused: "You mean eating people is what I understand?!"

The monk squatting on the ground observing curled his lip and retorted: "What else?"

Qilin found it hard to digest this fact: "Are you sure? Eating people?"

"Is eating people really that strange? In war and famine, or simply a love of eating people."

"But Xiao Yichen is from an aristocratic family; even if he's perverse, he wouldn't eat people, would he?" Qilin looked again at the mess on the ground, his mindset completely different, feeling nauseous and wanting to vomit.

The monk stood up, patted the dust off his robe, and said: "He might have done something he himself didn't know in an unconscious state; as a vessel for poisonous gas, when it erupted he couldn't bear it, losing control is normal; it's not strange for him to do anything without his brain's control."

"That makes sense..." Qilin, upon thinking of cannibalism, that inhuman act, felt terrible all over.

This happened in his Juechen Valley!

If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have agreed to let Xiao Yichen and Ruohua be locked together, even if Ruohua deserved her punishment…

"Don't worry about it; it's not your fault."

Qilin had been comforted by the monk, but who knew his next sentence would be: "Really a little devil, I can't stand this."

"I don't have time to argue with you; my senior sister's whereabouts are unknown, we need to hurry!"

"Did you notice Xiao Yichen's appearance just now? It's clearly different from his usual self; if I'm not mistaken, he likely mutated after absorbing Ruohua." The monk used the word "mutated."

Although he thought Xiao Yichen might have already been somewhat mutated, after all, as a vessel for poisonous gas.

Qilin nodded, "His appearance is very strange, creepy like a monster."

After saying that, he waved his hand: "Never mind, let's quickly go find my senior sister!"

Monk: "Searching without clues is like a headless fly—no way."

"You must have a way!"

"I'm not all-powerful." The monk again lowered his gaze to the ground and said: "Assuming Xiao Yichen absorbed the mutated Ruohua, who now dominates his spirit? Is it him or something else? That affects our judgment of where he is now."

"Anyway, he can't get out of Juechen Valley, right? Such a small place, how could we not find him? Send everyone out to search; we'll find him before dark!" Qilin said firmly.

"Don't you know how big your Juechen Valley is? Just the Back Mountain is hard to search."

"Back Mountain... could they be there?!" Qilin thought more and more it made sense: "The Front Mountain is too easily discovered; your maze makes it hard for them to get out, hiding in the Back Mountain is perfect! We've been into the Back Mountain before; let's grab a few sets of protective armor and go in now!"

"Don't act rashly; the Back Mountain is so vast, by the time we find them we won't know when that'll be." The monk said.

"Cao Cixiu can communicate with plants and animals; let him lead the way to scout!" Qilin couldn't sit still; he was about to go rescue his senior sister.

"Qilin!" The monk tried to pull him back but couldn't.

"You think on your own first; I'm taking action!"

The later it gets, the more danger my senior sister faces; I must save her!

At this moment, Mu Yuanzhi slowly regained consciousness, her mind hazy, not fully clear, half-opening her eyes; she, who had been bowing her head, slowly lifted it, leaning against the wall, gazing blankly ahead.

What happened to her?

She remembered Anderlo leading people to attack the valley, then…

Then she met A Zi, entered an illusion, came out… later… later she was abducted by Xiao Yichen!

Yes!

Thinking of this, Mu Yuanzhi instantly became fully awake, sitting upright; as she moved, she heard the sound of chains dragging, and only then realized she was bound!

The chains on her wrists and ankles were linked together and locked to a bed.

Her gaze fell on the bed, and she inexplicably felt familiar, so much so that she didn't react at once.

This is clearly the bed she used to sleep on in Changle Palace!

Before Pei Yunxi seized Changle Palace, she had slept on this bed for sixteen years; there's no way she could mistake it!

Mu Yuanzhi suddenly lifted her head and looked around the room; this is obviously also her former bedchamber in Changle Palace!

How could she be in Changle Palace?

Perhaps it was because she had just seen the environment of her past life; for a moment, Mu Yuanzhi couldn't distinguish past from present, couldn't tell whether this was the future or the past.

But she quickly regained her composure; this is reality—she was kidnapped by Xiao Yichen!

Did Xiao Yichen bring her to Changle Palace?

Never mind how Xiao Yichen crossed mountains and rivers to bring her back to the palace gates; Changle Palace is now the residence of the Third Prince, Pei Si—how could Xiao Yichen possibly get in?

What on earth is going on?

Could this be a room built imitating Changle Palace? Did Xiao Yichen bring her here?

So where exactly is this? How far is it from Juechen Valley?

And where is Xiao Yichen now?

Mu Yuanzhi scanned the room; she saw no one, unless Xiao Yichen was hiding under the bed or in a cabinet.

"Xiao Yichen!"

Mu Yuanzhi shouted loudly, but no one answered.

The room's door was shut tight.

If this is truly Changle Palace, have the palace guards and attendants on duty outside also been dealt with by Xiao Yichen?

Xiao Yichen freely coming and going through the palace gates—no way that's possible.

Mu Yuanzhi increasingly suspected this place was merely an imitation of Changle Palace.

She felt fine all over; even the dizziness from the poison gas earlier was gone.

I suppose Xiao Yichen didn't give her any drugs, right?

She raised her voice again and shouted a few times, but still no one responded.

Xiao Yichen brought her here and then vanished—what on earth is he planning?!

Mu Yuanzhi couldn't figure it out.

Rong Jin and the others must already be thinking of ways to rescue her, but she has no way to get a message out.

Mu Yuanzhi lifted her head to look at the beam, her wrists struggled again, the locks were very tight, don't even think of escaping just like that.

Her gaze fell on the window, strangely she couldn't tell whether it was day or night outside—no sunlight's warmth, yet not the deep darkness of night, perhaps it was overcast?

An unknown unease enveloped Mu Yuanzhi; besides the sounds she herself made, she heard nothing else, not even a birdcall, overly silent, as if this space didn't exist.

The kids should be alright, right?

At least before she was captured, the two children were safe and sound.

Andluo and Azi suffered a crushing defeat; the crisis in Juechen Valley should also have been resolved.

At that moment, a noise suddenly came from outside the door!

Listening closely, it sounded like the lock was opening; Mu Yuanzhi tensed up and instinctively held her breath, her eyes fixed on the door, cold sweat beading on her palms.