Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

Wu Li's eyes were dim, as if covered by a thick layer of haze. Unlike those injured by the fluorescent stone explosion, her body was like a high-rise building that had been in disrepair for a long time, and it was damaged bit by bit from the inside, and her eyes were the first to bear the brunt.

She and Wei Nishang met on an ordinary rainy day because of a few poems she recited. After they became acquainted, she felt extremely sympathetic towards Wei Nishang's tragic experience. In addition, she was willing to be driven by Wei Nishang because of the various strange qualities she showed and her ambition that she never concealed.

The people of Nanxia Kingdom worshipped the witch as a deity, likening her to a god. They believed that she knew everything about astronomy and geography, and was omnipotent in eliminating disasters and bringing blessings.

She also thought so when she was a child, but after becoming a shrine maiden, she realized that shrine maidens are only one step away from power, but this step has been impossible for generations of shrine maidens to take. Neither can she.

After all, she was just a puppet controlled by the Wu family. Not only could she not live with the person she loved for the rest of her life, but her every word and action was recorded.

The eyes of the world created a cage for her, but the canary in the cage was unwilling to live like this. But who could have thought that after escaping the cage, she would be greeted by the fire of hell?

It would have been fine if Wei Nishang didn't know the dangers of fluorescent stone, but she should never have taken out a useless black robe and told her that the black robe could protect her from disaster.

The dim candlelight cut the scene before her eyes into mottled blocks of color. After the hysteria, Wu Li had regained her usual composure. She reached out and touched the person sobbing softly on the bed, and the satisfaction brought about by revenge filled her chest.

She would not let Wei Nishang die so easily.

After the door was locked, Shen Huaixu and Fu Yin came out from behind the curtain after a while.

"I thought her injury by the explosion was an accident, but now it seems that this witch is a strong suspect." Shen Huaixu crossed his arms and rested his chin with one hand.

Fu Yin had heard a lot of secrets from the young emperor, and he told Shen Huaixu without hesitation: "I heard that the celestial phenomena had changed, and this witch sacrificed her own life to ask for the gods' blessing and put an end to the drought. This news happened to be spread after the witch returned from the southwest."

Shen Huaixu couldn't help but open his eyes wide, "This Wu family is too shameless, they want to get some benefits from Wu Li even though he's almost dead?"

She had a vague impression that when disasters occurred frequently in Dajin, Nanxia also experienced floods, and then there was a small-scale drought, but it did not last long.

It really gives them a chance to take advantage of it.

"If the next priestess had not yet been selected, Wu Li should have stopped being a priestess long ago." Fu Yin said.

The two of them exchanged a few simple words and then prepared to leave the house.

Although the eldest princess had gone mad, the young emperor, remembering their old friendship, ordered the palace maids and eunuchs to serve her well and not to neglect her.

The guests have just left, so no matter how lazy the palace maids and eunuchs are, they should behave themselves and not stay too long.

Before leaving, Shen Huaixu glanced at Qiao Man lying on the bed. She thought to herself, fortunately the original owner of this body was dead, otherwise she would have been locked up in a villa for the first half of her life and in the princess's mansion for the second half of her life, having to watch herself go crazy while awake, which would have been horrible.

There was someone guarding the warehouse door, and Shen Huaixu didn't need to do anything, Fu Yin easily knocked the guard unconscious.

Shen Huaixu skillfully took out a long and thin object from the space and placed it in the keyhole, trying to open the lock. After a while, he heard a fine metal 'click' sound.

Before stepping into the warehouse, Fu Yin paused and whispered, "Shen Huaixu, there is a passage under the warehouse, and there are some traps. Walk beside me."

"Okay." Shen Huaixu glanced around the dark warehouse, "Be careful."

After closing the warehouse door, Shen Huaixu took out the mermaid pearl from the space for lighting. Looking around, he saw that the room was filled with some flashy ornaments.

She carefully selected a few items that she liked and put them into the space. Apart from that, she only paid special attention to see if there were any items that did not belong to this era.

In fact, she was quite curious about how Qiao Man managed to bring so many things without any space. So far, all she had seen were small objects, but no matter how small the objects were, they could not compare to the number of them.

Thinking of this, she asked.

From the moment he entered the warehouse, Fu Yin's body became a little tense. He carefully checked every place that his mental power could reach. There was nothing unusual in the warehouse, and the underground passage also seemed to be normal except for a large amount of gold.

His tense nerves relaxed, and he said, "It's not surprising. These people who followed Zhao Bai Ze can also carry space through the system, but the capacity is very small, not as good as the space I opened up for you."

Shen Huaixu couldn't help but sigh, "Meeting you means I'm really lucky. On the other hand, you're not so lucky to meet me."

Fu Yin couldn't help but frowned, "Some things have nothing to do with you, don't take it upon yourself."

"It has something to do with me." Shen Huaixu couldn't help but look at the wound on Fu Yin's back again. Although it was covered by clothes, she could imagine the hideous state of the wound. "If you want, you can never fight Qiao Man, or just kill her. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be injured so badly."

Fu Yin had been able to regain control of her wings. She had seen once that the feathers covering them were no longer as bright and shiny as before, and were even bald in some places.

Fu Yin was silent for a moment, and only said: "Shen Huaixu, for me, a pair of wings in exchange for your life is worth it. I just want you to stay by my side and don't leave."

"As long as you don't drive me away." Shen Huaixu tilted his head and smiled at him.

Accepting Fu Yin was a very easy thing. But up to this moment, Shen Huaixu still couldn't understand what kind of feelings she had for Fu Yin. She was moved for a moment, but she didn't know whether it was due to the emotion of the current situation, guilt, or love for him.

She thought she had to figure out her own feelings before she could give Fu Yin an answer.

There was nothing interesting to see in the warehouse. Shen Huaixu followed Fu Yin's instructions and came to a huge fan-shaped screen. He turned a Pixiu ornament next to it, and the screen moved away, revealing a dark passage that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

"Is there anything unusual down there?" she asked cautiously.

"Can't tell at the moment?"

"Is there anything worth the trip? If not, then don't go down."

For some reason, she looked at the pitch-black passage and subconsciously felt uncomfortable.

"There's a lot of gold - is it worth it?" Fu Yin asked, and then said, "There are also some weapons from your time, and some potions."

Gold is secondary. Shen Huaixu really wants weapons and potions. Putting these things down there is simply luring the enemy deeper.

At this time, Fu Yin said again: "Otherwise I will go down and get it for you, you wait here."

"No." Shen Huaixu said, "We must go together."