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Chapter 507 - 498: The Cost of Rebirth

Chapter 507: Chapter 498: The Cost of Rebirth

Shen Yunqing was about to speak, but saw Wu Jue shake his head almost imperceptibly toward him.

Confessing now would undoubtedly affect Your Majesty’s state of mind, which would play into Wu Hua’s scheme.

Moreover, Wu Jue was convinced that Wu Hua herself wasn’t sure what price Shen Yunqing had paid.

This junior sister of his was inherently an extremely selfish person.

Some sacrifices she would never be able to comprehend in her lifetime.

Thus, any words spoken now would not carry the weight of Shen Yunqing speaking himself.

The impact on Your Majesty would also be limited.

Wu Hua indeed wasn’t very sure in her heart.

Although she knew that to resurrect two souls from a thousand years ago, a huge price had to be paid.

The mage using such a Forbidden Technique would also pay a significant price.

But she would not exhaust herself to do this for others, and naturally wouldn’t know the specifics.

Her earlier words were just to provoke Shen Yunqing into confessing himself.

Unexpectedly, her senior brother noticed in time to stop it.

This senior brother of hers was indeed annoyingly unprecedented!

Since no one spoke, and the conversation was led to this point, she would have to finish it herself.

"Although I don’t know what price they ultimately paid, the cost of using such a Forbidden Technique would not be small. Your Majesty has founded a prosperous era, with an unparalleled mind, surely you can imagine?"

Jiang Lingxi did indeed think of many things in that instant.

Shen Yunqing passed away shortly after her collapse in his previous life, despite being consistently healthy, why then...

And in this life, with a physically weakened body, even with no shortage of money and the ability to hire top-notch health experts, yet...

If her guesses were correct...

The hand Jiang Lingxi held the dagger with couldn’t help but tremble, her face just about to turn towards Shen Yunqing, when the ever-so-slightly cool hand covered hers.

"Your Majesty, I have no regrets!"

Wu Hua squinted as she watched this scene, "It seems Her Majesty the Empress has realized, huh, truly touching." She took a step closer to Jiang Lingxi, "Why do you think I insist on the Taisui, naturally because of its unparalleled effects." Ignoring Wu Jue’s warning glare, she lowered her voice, her tone full of temptation, "In fact, through me, it can also offset part of the rebirth cost!"

Wu Jue couldn’t help but shout: "Wu Hua!

Wu Hua ignored him, extending a hand, "Your Majesty, why not cooperate with me?"

Jiang Lingxi’s expression flickered slightly, "If we’re to cooperate, what do I need to sacrifice?"

The closer one gets, the more the overwhelming luck in front seeps into one’s body and mind.

Ordinary people may not notice, but to a mage, it’s extremely enticing!

Even Wu Hua couldn’t resist taking a deep breath, a flash of greed crossing her eyes.

Ignoring such immense luck when it’s right before you, only her senior brother, such a stubborn old man, could do it.

"Not much, just a sliver of Your Majesty’s luck."

Wu Jue saw Jiang Lingxi indeed wavering, and this time he couldn’t stay calm, "Your Majesty, do not!"

It’s not just a sliver of luck; once cooperation is achieved, that sliver will turn into a continuous flow toward Wu Hua, and by then, even he can’t cut it off.

As he couldn’t bear to take the same unscrupulous measures as Wu Hua to enhance his abilities,

it was instead Shen Yunqing who managed to stay composed.

This demeanor of Her Majesty was not unfamiliar to him; when coaxing a corrupt giant to confess in the past life, Her Majesty also had this expression, the curvature of her lips almost identical.

Jiang Lingxi looked at Wu Hua who had approached her, her face dawning with realization, "So your goal is luck. I remember when Mei Shuiqing plotted against me and got backfired, it was also for luck. It seems that luck plays a significant role for you, to offset the retribution for your heinous deeds?"

By the time Wu Hua realized something was wrong and prepared to retreat quickly, it was too late.

The dazzling blade flashed before her eyes, accompanied by the words ’retribution’ that made her lose focus momentarily, and a long gash was cut into her precious black robe made from handmade Ucana silk, right into the supple skin beneath.

If she hadn’t retracted in time, it wouldn’t just have been a gash on her arm; her right arm nearly got sliced off!

Jiang Lingxi flicked the few drops of blood from the blade of her dagger, feeling slightly regretful.

She had wasted a lot of words with this person, the return hardly proportional to the effort.

Wu Hua clutched her arm, panting angrily, "Such a distinguished Empress, resorting to a sneak attack!"

"All is fair in war."

Wu Hua retreated several steps further.

Jiang Lingxi was able to break her spell with immense luck, and combined with her senior brother and the daring Shen Yunqing who defied destiny itself, no matter how confident she was, she wasn’t sure she could keep all three of them here.

So she thought of dissolving them from within first but underestimated Jiang Lingxi’s mental fortitude, who wasn’t swayed by her proposal and even took the opportunity to injure her!

By the time Wu Jue noticed something was wrong and hurriedly gave chase, Wu Hua had already retreated to the edge of the Black Pond.

Then, without hesitation, she fell backwards.

With a splash, the black robe merged completely with the ink-black water in the pond.

The sound of the water made everyone still battling in the hall pause.

Yin Chong kicked away the person he was fighting with and quickly retreated to the edge of the Black Pond, peeking inside.

Looking again at the members of the Changcang Sect, apart from Chong Shi, who still had the strength to fight, the rest had shifted from offense to desperately holding on.

As long as the Sect Leader didn’t order otherwise, they would fight to the death.

Yet with the Sect Leader jumping into the Black Pond, did that mean abandoning them?

"Your Majesty, Yunqing, I’m leaving this to you, I need to go down and check."

Shen Yunqing only had time to caution "Be careful," before watching him jump in, vanishing in moments.

Yin Chong also wanted to jump but was stopped by a short dagger blocked in his path.

He looked at Jiang Lingxi holding the dagger, then at Shen Yunqing, who had taken up Jiang Lingxi’s hand crossbow, hesitated for a moment but stayed his actions.

"Just now, it seemed I heard Wu Jue call you, Your Majesty?"

Jiang Lingxi adjusted the dagger, positioning it horizontally against Yin Chong’s neck, without even blinking, "You misheard."

"Oh, did I?"

He didn’t believe he misheard.

Moreover, considering the feeling of ease she exuded when she played the role of Empress Yuan Zhao during the shooting, it indeed felt inconceivable, but wasn’t the Changcang Sect also dealing with unbelievable matters?

Tiger steadied himself and glanced at Yin Chong, who had been cornered by Mister and Sister Xi, then decisively turned back to join Changning in taking on Chong Shi.

Chong Shi immediately felt immense pressure, and seeing his subordinates nearly all fallen, he gritted his teeth determinedly, thinking it might as well be a life for a life.

Yun Yi looked up from his position, just in time to see Chong Shi, risking injury, raising a hand to strike Changning’s neck, instinctively swept up a dropped stick from who knows where, and swung it with all his strength.

The sound of the stick and bone breaking echoed simultaneously, even Yun Yi himself was shocked, his palms ripped open and bleeding profusely from the effort.

Jiang Lingxi turned to look at the sound, an involuntary twitch at the corner of her eye.

With Chong Shi falling to the ground, clutching his exposed-bone arm in disbelief and pain, the remaining Changcang Sect members became even more demoralized.

Jiang Lingxi looked back at Yin Chong, "How does it feel to be used by your Sect Leader?"

Directly questioned, Yin Chong let out a mocking laugh, about to respond when the Black Pond beside him began bubbling as if it were about to boil.

The three of them standing by the pond immediately lowered their heads to look.

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