Chapter 25: Side Stories
The farce in the prison finally alarmed Qiu Yin.
He saw his men in such a mess because of a fox demon.
Qiu Yin flew into a rage and severely whipped the leading generals, ordering them to reflect on their mistakes behind closed doors.
It’s not that he didn’t want to directly dissolve the remaining charm of the fox demon.
There were simply too many heavenly soldiers and generals who were charmed, and the charm effect was not strong. It would dissipate on its own after three or two days, so there was no need for him to waste his energy.
When Li Anran came out of the cell, the stone chamber outside had been cleaned and the people on duty were replaced by another group of heavenly soldiers and generals.
This saved him some trouble.
After returning to his residence, Li Anran continued to practice until the moon was zenith, then he stood up and walked out.
The Tianlao Palace was empty, without a single person in sight.
There was only a huge full moon hanging overhead, casting silver light, making the palace, which was magnificent and majestic in the daytime, seem a bit cold and lonely .
Those heavenly soldiers and generals were not on guard even in the Heavenly Prison, let alone patrolling the Heavenly Prison Palace.
However, out of caution, Li Anran still cast an invisibility spell and walked all the way to the outside of Wang Yi's residence.
Inside the house, there were bursts of snoring like thunder.
The strong smell of alcohol could be smelled through the door.
Obviously, Wang Yi spent all his time reflecting on his mistakes in seclusion on drinking.
Li Anran did not go in rashly. Instead, he walked to the window near the courtyard wall, chanted some magic spells, and circulated his magic power to stimulate the remaining charm in Wang Yi's body.
Wang Yi suddenly opened his eyes in his sleep. His eyes were dull and lifeless. The pink streak in the bottom of his eyes quickly expanded and flashed with a bright light.
"He has a weak will, a violent and extreme personality, and the injuries inflicted by King Yuxiong's spirit-binding and general-dispatching have not yet healed... No wonder he was so easily lost in the fox demon's mind!"
Li Anran understood, and immediately used the power of charm to infuse bits of information into Wang Yi's mind.
Wang Yi murmured to himself, "I can't just watch the fox fairy being killed by them! I have to take advantage of the general ... the general..."
When he read the three words "great general", Wang Yi's body trembled violently.
Li Anran suddenly felt a struggle to resist the emotion of awe.
Thousands of years have engraved Wang Yi's awe of Qiu Yin deep in his soul.
Even in a dream, even when his mind was about to lose, he did not dare to have the slightest offensive thought towards Qiu Yin!
Li Anran chanted some incantations , nourishing and strengthening the enchanting power left by the fox demon, while trying his best to soothe Wang Yi's soul.
After a while, Wang Yi gradually calmed down, and continued to recite unconsciously: "... the day after tomorrow, when I go to court, I will rescue the fox fairy!"
After repeating this dozens of times, Wang Yi's tone became more and more determined. The pink light in his eyes suddenly lit up, illuminating half of the room, and then instantly disappeared.
Finally it worked!
A smile appeared on Li Anran's lips.
He didn't stay long and went straight back to his residence.
Practice overnight.
The next morning, Li Anran reported for duty, practiced, and fed the prisoners molten copper and iron as usual.
This work should have been done by the heavenly soldiers.
But at the instruction of the heavenly generals, the heavenly soldiers deliberately isolated and ignored Li Anran and did not approach the heavenly prison, leaving this task on Li Anran.
This is exactly what Li Anran wants!
"Kill me! Kill me!"
"I don't want to eat! Get out of here! Get out of here!"
"Ah! It hurts so much!!!"
…
Copper balls and iron juice entered his stomach, and screams rang out one after another in the prison.
Whether it was curses or pleas for death, they all turned into screams and wails. In the end, he didn't even have the strength to scream and wails, and only faint moans and whimpers were left.
The fox demon's scalp tingled and its hair stood on end when he heard this. He subconsciously curled up into a ball, his eyes filled with undisguised fear and anxiety.
She had suffered a lot in her life, but she had never really endured much hardship, let alone such a cruel and inhumane method.
Hearing the footsteps approaching, the fox demon's teeth chattered, and he could no longer suppress the urge to sacrifice and advance his plan.
But what she didn't expect was that Li Anran actually walked straight past her cell door without stopping.
"Don't new prisoners have to eat these things?"
The fox demon was in doubt and confusion, but she didn't know that Li Anran was afraid that she couldn't bear the pain and would sacrifice her life to cause trouble in advance, which would put her in danger.
The prisoners in the nearby cell shouted, "This is unfair! Why doesn't that vixen have to eat copper balls and iron juice?"
The fox demon was startled and couldn't help but prick up his ears.
However, all that could be heard were screams and the sound of flesh being burned.
Li Anran had no intention of explaining to the prisoner at all.
Drink two spoonfuls of copper juice and iron pills, and that's the standard answer.
…
On the other side, Wang Yi was drinking wine in his residence, one bowl after another, and the ground was littered with wine jars.
His eyes were bloodshot, with a faint pink gleam deep inside, and his expression was slightly crazy.
If you get closer, you can hear him repeating, "I want to rescue her! I want to rescue her!"
It was getting completely dark outside the window, and then a little white light gradually appeared.
A night passed.
Wang Yi threw the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, stood up, put on a golden helmet and armor, picked up his spear and short sword, and walked towards the sky prison.
Because Qiu Yin got angry twice in succession, the atmosphere in the entire prison became tense.
At the entrance of the heavenly prison, there was a rare heavenly general and a team of heavenly soldiers guarding it.
"Brother Wang."
When the general saw Wang Yi coming that day, he hurried to greet him.
However, Wang Yi was completely immersed in his own world and just walked into the prison.
The general was a little confused at first, but soon he smelled the strong smell of alcohol on Wang Yi and suddenly realized: "How much did he drink? Why is he like this?"
He didn't step forward to stop it.
Or rather, they dare not stop it.
There are many heavenly generals in the heavenly prison, but the status of different heavenly generals varies greatly.
Generally speaking, the more seniority you have, the higher your status.
During the Battle of the Gods between Shang and Zhou, Wang Yi was already a trusted general under Qiu Yin, and his seniority was among the most senior generals.
Even though Wang Yi violated Qiu Yin's punishment of reflecting behind closed doors and appeared here, he did not dare to say much.
However, the soldier next to him couldn't help but mutter, "How much do you hate that Li guy? He came earlier than usual!"
Wang Yi walked all the way into the Heavenly Prison, and the other Heavenly Generals guarding the checkpoints all had similar attitudes.
They just thought that Wang Yi had drunk too much and didn't think much about it, let alone dare to stop him.
Qiu Yin was furious yesterday because his generals were drinking and fighting.
If they stepped forward to stop Wang Yi at this time, what if he got drunk again and started fighting with them, that would be the end!
"It's about time."
In the prison's torture chamber, Li Anran was calculating the time.
Before he could finish his words, Wang Yi rushed in with a dagger in his hand.
Li Anran smiled lightly, used an invisibility trick and hid aside.
Wang Yi walked around the prison with murderous intent, but still couldn't find any trace of Li Anran. So he gave up and hurriedly ran to the cell where the fox demon was.
"Fairy, I'm here to save you!"
Wang Yi looked at the fox demon enthusiastically, took out the token, opened the cell door, and then made a spell and pointed at the fox demon: "Release!"
Before the fox demon could react to what was happening, a white light had already fallen on her body and the demon-binding rope fell off.
"Fairy, please follow me and leave!"
Wang Yi grabbed the fox demon and walked out.
"Wait!"
The fox demon came back to her senses and noticed the pink and fanaticism in Wang Yi's eyes. She did not feel too excited, but instead felt a strong sense of absurdity.
When she first came to the Heavenly Prison, she deliberately seduced these heavenly soldiers and generals. It was just a casual move, the purpose of which was to reduce some of the pressure after she escaped from the cell.
Unexpectedly, Xianqi suddenly rushed in and untied the demon-binding rope on her body.
"Fairy, I can't wait!"
Wang Yi said anxiously, "Today is the day of the Heavenly Court meeting, and my general is not here. If you don't leave with me quickly, everything will be over when he comes back."
"What about Li Anran?"
The fox demon asked, "He just let you in like that?"
"That country bumpkin loves to show off in front of the general. How could he be so kind?"
Wang Yi gnashed his teeth and said, "He is lucky that he is not on duty today and is not in prison! Otherwise, I would have killed him with a single blow!"
The fox demon naturally didn't believe that such a fool who was easily led astray by himself could kill Li Anran.
But, as long as Li Anran is not here, that's enough!
The fox demon breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "What time is it now?"
"Two quarters past the hour of Mao."
Wang Yi explained: "The Heavenly Court meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will last at least an hour, and most of the gods will attend. We can use this time to escape to the mortal world and hide."
"It's already two quarters past midnight?"
The fox demon was stunned, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Fairy, what time is it now? Don't worry about these trivial matters, let's get out of here first!"
Wang Yi made a lot of noise, and many monsters in the prison heard their conversation. They started clamoring for Wang Yi to take them away.
"Shut up!"
Wang Yi's roar was completely useless.
Instead, I was upset by the noise and became even more anxious and restless.
Did I really remember it wrong?
The fox demon looked at Wang Yi carefully for a few times, and confirmed that he had lost his mind because of her. In addition to anxiety, he was more obsessed with her. Then she nodded and said, "Then I will entrust myself to the general."
