Volume 3: A drop in the ocean Chapter 29: Right and Wrong Are Hard to Determine
When Ping Lili was getting excited, he heard a hissing sound. Then he found that the snake's body began to twist violently and the sticky inner wall was undulating. Ping Lili hurriedly climbed up a bulge on the sticky inner wall, but felt that the inner wall began to squeeze him. He almost crawled forward for a long time before he finally found a slightly flat place to land.
Then, the female voice came: "Your snake is quite powerful. Not only can it easily break through that person's barrier, but it can also change in size. It's really a treasure."
"Of course. My one-horned jade snake is a thousand-year-old snake spirit." As if to cooperate with its master's praise, the giant snake hissed again and twisted its body proudly. However, it was a pity for the baby in its stomach, Gonglili, who was almost suffocated by the sticky inner wall.
When Ping Lili was about to curse in her heart, she heard the hoarse voice change the subject and the tone became a little stern: "This is the last time, you have to be careful next time. If you show any flaws again, I will not clean up the mess for you!"
"That was purely an accident. Who would have thought that so many experts could break into the palace of the Ruoye tribe? We let our guard down and were ambushed. Fortunately , you broke through the barrier of the Hanyuan Palace and got rid of that girl. Otherwise, if His Highness knew my true identity, our plan would have been ruined."
Hearing this, Ping Lili suddenly understood clearly, yes, it was her! No wonder she felt that the voice sounded so familiar, this was the maid called C in front of the Crown Princess, the spy of the Kongming tribe who was knocked unconscious by Yan Zheng and stripped naked!
It turned out to be her! No wonder they wanted to kill me because I knew her secret and wanted to silence her!
But who was the other old man? Was her accomplice also from the Ruoye tribe? Thinking of this, Ying Lili did not intend to act rashly. Since they believed that she had died in the belly of the giant snake, she might as well pretend to be dead. She could hear more unknown secrets, which might be helpful to Long Yu.
As the saying goes, if someone does you a favor, you must repay them with a spring. Ping Lili felt that she owed Long Yu too much. If she could do something for him, she would be willing to go through fire and water. Therefore, she immediately decided to listen to the conversation between the two people first and then wait for an opportunity to act!
However, what he heard next almost made him want to rush out immediately to defend his best friend.
That hoarse voice mocked arrogantly, "The prince of your Ruoye tribe is just a mediocre person. I thought he was such a powerful figure, but he was still fooled by my 'telekinesis'! That old fellow Yan Zhu even went to the trouble of mobilizing a large number of troops to invite me here in person. Now it seems that he was just making a fuss out of nothing, hahahaha! I think the legendary 'Blue Sea Dragon Lotus' of your Ruoye tribe is really a false reputation! I don't know how those idiots under Yan Zhu fought in the battle of Hengyue River that year. They were defeated by him!"
After hearing these words, Ping Lili seemed to have understood the other party's identity. It turned out that he was indeed a member of the Kongming tribe. But when she heard the next few sentences, Ping Lili almost got angry with him. She thought to herself, you despicable villains who do some shameful things behind the scenes are not even worthy of carrying Long Yu's shoes. Why do you have the audacity to mock others here?
Ping Lili was furious at the moment. The maid named Di unexpectedly said something sensible. It was unknown whether she had some self-awareness as a Ruoye person: "Master Yan, please don't underestimate this prince. He is extremely cunning, intelligent, and ruthless. You probably don't know about the internal strife in our Ruoye tribe five hundred years ago. At that time, he was still a young prince with no great power. But this seemingly innocent and naive little prince pretended to be a pig and ate the tiger. He turned the tables and buried the former crown prince and several other princes in the 'South China Sea Rebellion'. His methods should not be underestimated."
Gong Lili, who was concentrating on eavesdropping in the snake's belly , was shocked. She didn't expect to hear such a secret. She was curious about Long Yu's past, but she didn't expect that this close friend who was so sincere to her also had such a dark and bloody past.
However, on second thought, he felt relieved. Born in such a ruthless imperial family, it was not uncommon for brothers to kill each other in order to fight for the throne. Just like the Tang Taizong Li Shimin, whom Ping Lili admired most when reading history books, didn't he achieve the reputation of a wise ruler by stepping on the corpses of his own brothers? On second thought, as the youngest and least powerful prince of the Ruoye clan, Long Yu would not have survived at all if he did not have some extraordinary means.
However, for some reason, some strange images suddenly flashed through Pinglili's mind for no reason.
In the heavy snow, Long Yu fell in front of him, trembling and covered in blood, and was saved by him with his spiritual power; the scene changed, and it seemed that a man who looked very similar to Long Yu stabbed Long Yu's throat with a cold sword, but Long Yu lowered his eyes in pain, just dodging, and was reluctant to fight back. In the end, a ball of green flame suddenly , burying the man's life...
Was Yao Ji also involved in the internal strife among the Ruoye tribe back then?
Could it be that those previous scenes were Yao Ji’s memories?
Suddenly, it dawned on her that this could explain why Yao Ji and Long Yu had such a close relationship. Ping Lili had always felt that Yao Ji and Long Yu must have experienced something extraordinary, which was life and death, to have such a deep friendship. Thinking of this, she understood.
Ping Lili subconsciously clenched her fists, thinking, if it were me, I would probably make the same decision. If someone endangered the life of my best friend, I would kill someone to save him, and I would do it! Yao Ji and I were indeed similar in some ways.
With this thought, the spiritual power in the body seemed to be ready to go, and had already gathered at the slender fingertips. In just a moment, a red color suddenly appeared in his eyes, and the dark green fire suddenly jumped out from the fingertips of Peng Lili! It seemed that he was just waiting for a sudden attack from Peng Lili to burn a hole in the belly of the giant snake! Peng Lili was pleasantly surprised to find that he seemed to be able to control the fire with his mind!
But the Netherworld Fire that was ready to erupt was immediately suppressed because she heard a more important conversation next.
"Alright, hurry back to your master. Don't act rashly before the time is right! Follow my instructions!"
Ping Lili pondered over this sentence in her heart. What did the timing mean? What exactly were they planning? Was it Yonghui City or Long Yu's idea?
She didn't know, but no matter which one it was, it was something that Pinglili didn't want to see.
Ping Lili squinted her eyes, looking at the flickering flames on the fingertips of her right hand, wondering when she should make her move. Ping Lili was not a fool. Even though she felt that her Vermillion Bird Mark seemed to have absorbed some treasure, which greatly enhanced her cultivation, no matter how confident she was, she would not be so arrogant as to exaggerate and think that she had the strength to fight two people alone at this moment, and that at least one of the two was a peerless master who could be compared with Long Yu.
What made her even more nervous was that she knew nothing about the situation outside. First of all, she didn't know whether she was still in the palace of the Ruoye tribe. Secondly, she didn't know whether there were any traps outside. If she went out rashly, she might run into the enemy's gun hole and seek death.
Ping Lili is still very young. She feels that her life has just begun, and she is not willing to fight to the death with a powerful enemy. It is better to be safe than sorry. The right thing to do is to think of a comprehensive way to escape.
Therefore, Pinglili was waiting patiently, waiting for the maid named C to leave. One less opponent would naturally increase the chances of winning. At this time, Pinglili had actually given up her previous stupid idea of wanting to stand up for Long Yu. Since this old man from the Kongming tribe had been lurking in for so long and was carrying such a heavy responsibility, his strength could be imagined. Pinglili thought that if she could escape unscathed, she would be lucky.
Just as Ying Lili expected, the woman's footsteps gradually faded away, but suddenly stopped. As if she remembered something, her voice suddenly became a little sharp: "After this is done, I don't care what you Kongming people want to do, but! Don't forget our agreement!"
"That was the agreement between you and Yan Zhu. It has nothing to do with me. But since he has promised you, you don't have to worry. Resurrecting a living dead is just a piece of cake for him."
As if she believed the old man's words, the woman said nothing more, and gradually, the footsteps became farther and farther away.
At this moment, Ping Lili was even more curious. This woman named C was supposed to be from the Ruoye tribe. What agreement made her betray her own race, sell out her own people, and join the Kongming tribe? And what about the resurrection of the living dead? Who was Yan Zhu, whom the old man kept mentioning?
But before she could think about it, she suddenly discovered that the giant snake's body began to twist violently, squeezing her even more uncomfortably, as if it wanted to break all the bones in her body.
Could it be that the old man discovered that he was not dead in the giant snake's belly? His golden brown pupils suddenly widened, and the netherworld fire jumped onto his fingertips again.
