Those hundreds of talismans and piled-up boulders were unable to stop him!

Feng Xin and Mu Qing reacted very quickly. Feng Xin fired a string of arrows, while Mu Qing slashed the air with a knife, attacking, grabbing Xie Lian and running away. Feng Xin used the same trick again, hitting the rocks wildly while saying, "Oh my god! How did he find this place so quickly?"

Mu Qing said: "How should I know?!... Red string! Red string! He still has that red string on his hand!!"

The two of them woke up as if from a dream, and rushed to grab Xie Lian's hand. Xie Lian would never let them get away, and with his other hand he held the hand tied with the red string, saying, "You can't untie it!"

Feng Xin said, "Your Highness, if you tie this red string, he will find you. If you don't want him to catch up with you, you must untie it!"

Xie Lian held his hand and said, “Don’t be afraid if he catches up with you, right? I… want to ask him about it in detail.”

Mu Qing opened his eyes wide: "You still want to ask him? I think you have to be eaten alive by him to know how powerful he is."

Xie Lian said, “He’s already very powerful, right? You guys don’t tell me what the mural is about, and you want me not to get close to him. This is totally unconvincing.”

Mu Qing said: "He is the Ghost King, and his behavior is strange. There is no need for anyone to convince him. Most people would know they shouldn't get close to him just by seeing these two things, right?"

Xie Lian held up two fingers and said, “Two choices: Either I go back and ask him for clarification, or I go back and look at the mural for clarification.”

Feng Xin and Mu Qing seemed to have remembered something terrible. One of them had a twisted mouth and the other had a twitching eyebrow. They blocked in front of him and said in unison: "Neither of them can do it!"

So, Xie Lian rolled up his sleeves and said, “If talking won’t work, then let’s just fight to solve this! Who of you will go first, or two of you?”

Mu Qing said to Feng Xin, "You go first!" and stepped aside. Feng Xin didn't seem to be sure that he could win against Xie Lian, but in order to save the demented young man, he risked his life, clenched his bow, and said, "Okay! Your Highness, I'm sorry!"

Xie Lian also said, “Okay…” Who would have thought that before he could finish the opening pleasantries, he felt a heat on his back and someone behind him shouted, “Hold still, don’t say anything!” He froze as stiff as a piece of iron.

Not only that, I couldn’t even make a sound!

Mu Qing flashed out from behind him and said to Feng Xin, "Take him away. This talisman can temporarily calm him down for a while, but not for long."

Feng Xin was slightly stunned: "Why did you sneak attack him? Didn't we agree to fight one on one?"

Xie Lian had not expected that Mu Qing would go back on his word immediately. If he had not trusted these two former subordinates so much, he would not have been so easily fooled. Mu Qing said, “I don’t have the time to fight you one-on-one now. He did it on purpose. You can tell at a glance that he wants to buy time for Hua Cheng to catch up. Didn’t you see what he looks like? He is completely possessed by a ghost. He doesn’t know what’s good for him no matter what you say to him now. Maybe if Hua Cheng just coaxes him a few words and tells him some nonsense, he will believe it, just like being deceived by a vixen.”

Feng Xin thought about it and felt that what he said made some sense. He sighed and said, "Your Highness, it's not that we intentionally hid it from you, but what he did to you... was really unbearable, and I can't even say it out loud! Come with us."

Mu Qing also said: "Let's go."

Mu Qing's words were not a suggestion or a request, but an order. When he patted Xie Lian on the back just now, he must have stained his palm with a talisman drawn with his blood. The talisman can make the person who is hit do what the caster commands, but in fact, it can only realize a few simple commands, such as: keep silent, follow, stay still, run fast, etc. More complex commands are difficult to execute and cannot confuse people's minds. Only a big ghost like Jin Yixian can do that.

The two of them took Xie Lian and walked quickly again, but suddenly they were blocked by a pile of rocks. Feng Xin saw that there was no way out and asked, "Why are there rocks blocking the way? We can't go on?"

Mu Qing: "Didn't you knock down this stone? Why are you asking me?"

Feng Xin questioned: "But you are leading the way? How did you lead the way? We have been to this place before, why are we going back here?"

Mu Qing did not accept the questioning: "What a joke, I don't know the road here, how can I lead the way? Didn't we just run around all the way?"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Feng Xin waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I don't have time to waste time talking to you. Let's start digging!"

Hua Cheng was chasing after them, so they could only move forward and not retreat, otherwise they would probably run into each other head-on. It was easy to block a road but difficult to clear it. The two of them asked Xie Lian to stand obediently in the corner, Feng Xin punched wildly, and Mu Qing, with veins on his forehead, used his majestic saber to smash the rocks. In a few strokes, they dug through the road, with rocks rolling and mud flying. They were about to call Xie Lian over, but when the smoke and dust cleared, a figure in red stood on the opposite side. Xie Lian's eyes lit up instantly. It was Hua Cheng!

He looked cold, stood with his hands behind his back, and said nothing. Feng Xin blurted out on the spot: "Why are you haunting me?"

This is a real haunting. He was clearly left behind just now, how come he suddenly appeared in front? ? ? I don't know when he was here, but he was waiting for them to dig through the obstacles and come to the door quietly. Isn't this a haunting and weird?

Feng Xin and Mu Qing immediately stepped back to create some distance. Hua Cheng didn't look at them, but moved his eyes to the side and took a step towards Xie Lian. Feng Xin and Mu Qing realized who he was coming for, and they quickly moved in front of Xie Lian, saying in unison: "Don't come over here!"

Hua Cheng's face was extremely gloomy.

If it had been any other day, if someone had dared to ask Xueyu Tanhua not to go over, he would not have taken the words seriously at all. It would have been strange if he had not laughed and gone over to take a look. But this time, he seemed to be really afraid and did not dare to act rashly, and he stopped in his tracks.

After a long while, he slowly said: "What do you two mean?"

The tone sounded calm. Feng Xin said directly: "You don't need to pretend anymore. This is your lair. We have seen what's going on with these statues, and we have also seen all your paintings!"

Hua Cheng stood sideways in front of them. Upon hearing this, the hands behind his back seemed to twitch slightly, as if two fingers were curled up unnaturally.

“…”

He bowed his head slightly and said calmly, "Your Highness, did you see it too?"

This voice was extremely low, and although the tone seemed calm, it was a little hoarse, and clearly different. Xie Lian thought to himself, “No!”

In fact, he didn't see much, but at this moment, Xie Lian couldn't move or make a sound, so he could only lean against the stone wall in the corner, as if hiding behind the two of them, not daring to come out to face Hua Cheng, nor wanting to talk to him. Feng Xin pulled the bow and said, "Yes. We know exactly what you are thinking. We respect you as a ghost king. If you still have some self-respect, please don't get close to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again."

Xie Lian's mood at the moment was like a thatched house on fire, with thick smoke billowing out. Hua Cheng should be able to find out that he was different. Xie Lian just hoped that he would ask him a question and find out that something was wrong. However, Hua Cheng seemed to have no intention of investigating these things. He said coldly: "Don't get close to him? What identities and qualifications do you two have to say this to me?"

Without waiting for their answer, Hua Cheng suddenly raised his eyelids and said, "You have reminded me, so let's continue to settle your accounts!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless silver butterflies screamed and attacked the two of them!

Facing such a storm-like attack, the only option was to activate the magic shield. Feng Xin and Mu Qing shouted, "Open the shield!"

The butterfly rain was blocked by the invisible magic shield, dissipated into glittering silver light in the air, and quickly condensed into new silver butterflies, attacking again, endlessly. They blocked and retreated at the same time, while Huacheng approached steadily step by step. His black hair was blown by the strong wind in the magic field, and his eyes were full of rage and hostility, which were clearly visible under the bright silver butterfly light. It was too passive to block it unilaterally. Feng Xin and Mu Qing looked at each other and decided to take the initiative. They rushed forward with magic shields and each showed their weapons. The three of them fought in this not very wide cave. Feng Xin dealt with the undead butterflies, and Mu Qing faced Huacheng. Huacheng stretched out his hand, and his left hand turned into a scimitar, Erming, and attacked head-on!

This was the first time Xie Lian had seen E Ming in a serious fight. The scimitar was long and slender, cold and murderous, and the silver light was deadly - it was indeed a demon sword that was overflowing with evil spirits!

This battle was really exciting. Hua Cheng was not at a disadvantage when fighting one against two. He watched with bated breath. Not long after, the tip of the Evil Blade lifted up and chopped Mu Qing's saber into the rock. Although Mu Qing still held the hilt of the hilt, he couldn't pull it out. He was startled, and Hua Cheng had already punched him in the jaw, knocking him flying into the sky, and the hilt finally slipped out of his hand. Over there, Feng Xin's feather arrows were also cut by the sharp silver wings of the dead butterflies. After all, there were too many of them and it was difficult to deal with!

The outcome was already decided. Countless white silks rustled out from the corner and wrapped the two men into two large white cocoons. The more they struggled, the tighter they became. Mu Qing frantically pulled at the silk and said, "It was you who threw us into that pit!"

Feng Xin said: "This is not spider silk! This is...!"

Xie Lian also suddenly realized it. It was cocoon silk!

The first step before a butterfly emerges from its cocoon is to transform into a pupa. Those strange white silk threads that look like spider silk were actually made by Hua Cheng. They might even be related to these extremely ferocious undead butterflies!

The battle was decided. Hua Cheng put away his scimitar and taunted, "I threw you in here to take refuge. After all, if you hadn't screamed loudly on the snowy mountain and caused an avalanche, you wouldn't have had the chance to enter this Pantheon Cave. Don't you thank me for saving your lives?"

Hua Cheng's original plan was to wait until the avalanche was over and the snowy mountain was calm before taking Xie Lian out and leaving Feng Xin and Mu Qing here. But the two of them quarreled and Xie Lian went to find them, which triggered the following series of events. Otherwise, Xie Lian might have really gone out with him without even looking at the statue.

But now, it has become the worst situation. All the secrets have been torn out and exposed to the sun.

Xie Lian was anxious in his heart, but his body remained sitting there obediently. Hua Cheng's eyes were getting colder and colder, and he looked down at Mu Qing and said softly, "It seems that I am the one who has a talent for using a knife, not you."

Mu Qing's throat was entangled by several white silk threads, and his face turned blue and red, and blood foamed from the corners of his mouth. He said reluctantly: "You!... You...? So that's it, I understand..."

Feng Xin also gritted his teeth and said: "...you...know what!"

Mu Qing said: "I understand... why this guy hates me so much... maybe you have the same reason!"

Feng Xin said: "What... ahem, why?"

Mu Qing said hatefully, "Because he's crazy! Have you forgotten what was painted on the mural? He is the soldier that... the Crown Prince wanted to recruit after he came back from Beizipo. The Crown Prince said that he has good swordsmanship and is suitable for using a sword... ahem..."

Feng Xin said: "What does this have to do with his hatred for you?!"

Mu Qing was silent. With a "bang", Hua Cheng punched him in the face and said with a grim smile, "Because he kicked me out of the barracks."

I didn't expect Mu Qing had done this!

Feng Xin was shocked: "...Fuck it! Why did you kick him out of the barracks?! Did he offend you?!"

Mu Qing said with blood all over his face: "I just asked him to go back. Fighting is not a good thing! How could I know that he would be so crazy and hold a grudge until now!..."

Before he finished speaking, he threw another fierce punch, and with a "bang", he almost broke his face. Hua Cheng smiled and said, "Why did you chase me away in the first place? Do you think I can't guess it? Huh?"

Mu Qing's eyes flashed. Hua Cheng said with a grin, "At this point, it's clear who is the loser, isn't it?"

“…”

Mu Qing seemed to have been stabbed in the foot, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and said word by word: "Fortunately, I chased you away. Otherwise, if I kept you in the army, I would have let you slowly get close to the prince and stare at him all day long. I don't know what dirty things you were thinking about? That would be too disgusting!"

Xie Lian’s heart suddenly tightened. When Mu Qing said the first sentence, Hua Cheng had already raised his fist, and when he said the second sentence “disgusting”, Hua Cheng’s hand froze in mid-air, veins on the pale back of his hand emerged, and his five fingers clenched and unclenched, unclenched and clenched again.

After a while, he said in a grim voice: "I won't bother with you about this matter for now. Tell me the truth, were the words you shouted before the avalanche true?"

Mu Qing suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Feng Xin. Feng Xin also looked at them with his eyes wide open.

Neither of them knew how to answer. Hua Cheng said sternly, "My patience is limited. You have three answers to give. One! Two!"

He was so resolute. At this moment, Mu Qing was quick-witted and shouted, "Your Highness, run!!!"

As soon as these words came out, Xie Lian, who had a bloody talisman on his back, ran away. Hua Cheng turned his head immediately, and two white threads whizzed out from the corner and suddenly entangled Xie Lian. He fell down after running only two steps.

It looked as if he had been frightened and either couldn't accept it or didn't want to get involved in the battle. He stood there for a long time and finally decided to run away, but he hadn't succeeded yet. But in fact, he had never thought about running away!

Xie Lian's hands and feet were tied tightly with heavy white silk, and he lay on the ground, his black hair and white sleeves scattered all over the ground, and his bamboo hat rolled to the side. Hua Cheng slowly turned around, paused for a long time, and walked towards him. He had only taken a few steps when Feng Xin couldn't help but said, "Hua Cheng!"

Hua Cheng paused and turned his head slightly.

Feng Xin said stubbornly, "You...please let His Royal Highness go! He is already in a miserable state. You, don't do that to him..."

Hua Cheng said nothing, walked over to Xie Lian, grabbed his knees and back, and picked him up.

Xie Lian leaned on his arm, just able to see the expressions of the two big white cocoons behind him. Feng Xin looked as if he saw a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, about to be torn apart and eaten, and shouted. Mu Qing began to try to tear the white silk with his teeth, but because of the tricky angle, it was in vain. Hua Cheng knew this cave of gods very well. After turning around, he could no longer see their figures or hear their voices.