The mistress is reborn, no one who bullies me can escape

The next morning, before the sun had fully risen, Ling Yan had already woken up from his sleep.

After he quickly washed up, everyone hurriedly ate breakfast and started heading towards Yushan.

Although the sky had cleared up at this time, there was still a thin layer of fog in the air, making the entire Jade Mountain look as if it was shrouded in a veil, like a dream.

The slender Jade Mountain with its towering peaks looming in the mist looks like a beautiful landscape painting.

If an ordinary person came here, he would be intoxicated by the charming scenery and regard it as a beautiful scenery gifted by nature.

However, for Ling Yan and his companions, they knew that the seemingly peaceful and beautiful forest before them actually concealed countless crises and dangers.

If they are not careful, they may die here and end up with no remains left.

Ling Yan turned to look at Boss Xue beside him and asked solemnly, "Where is the entrance to Worry-Free Valley?"

Boss Xue quickly stood up, looked around, and blew a few whistles.

The whistle sounded crisp and sharp, but its rhythm and melody were very strange.

After just a moment, a shocking scene happened - the door that was originally closed slowly opened.

What’s even more surprising is that as the door moved, the entire mountain moved with it!

Seeing this scene, Ling Yan couldn't help but be shocked.

He finally understood why people could never find the location of Worry-Free Valley. It turned out that this mysterious valley was hidden in such a deep and secluded place. If there was no one who knew the way to it to lead the way, others would probably be in vain even if they searched for it their whole life.

"Go ahead and explore the way."

Ling Yan stared at the moving mountain and spoke to Boss Xue in a firm tone.

For safety reasons, he naturally could not easily let his companions venture into unknown places.

I saw Boss Xue walking with his head held high and stepping in first without hesitation.

Everyone thought that doing so would ensure safety, but something unexpected happened...

Just then, a breeze blew by, bringing with it a strange and eerie fragrance.

Ling Yan's face, which had been relatively calm, suddenly changed color, and alarm bells rang in his heart. He quickly turned around and shouted to the people behind him: "Be careful! This fragrance is highly poisonous!"

Unfortunately, before his warning had even finished, the soldiers around him fainted and fell to the ground like rice grains blown down by the wind.

Ling Yan became extremely anxious upon seeing this and was about to open his mouth to remind him again, but who knew that the Imperial Master had already turned around quietly.

He just said coldly: "Your Highness, now that things have come to this, you'd better surrender."

After he finished speaking, Ling Yan was shocked to find that the ropes binding Boss Xue's body had broken at some point, and he was now standing in front of him in broad daylight.

Apparently, he had already broken free from his restraints before anyone noticed.

Ling Yan's eyes widened, his face filled with astonishment, and he asked in disbelief: "You...you have been pretending all this time?"

Facing Ling Yan's question, Boss Xue raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile, and slowly replied: "If it weren't for this disguise, how could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince be willing to follow me into this valley?"

When Ling Yan heard this, his brows furrowed tightly, and he secretly thought of a countermeasure in his heart.

However, before he could come up with a way to deal with the situation, he suddenly felt dizzy and then he lost consciousness and fainted.

Boss Xue looked down at the unconscious people on the ground with a smug look on his face, and then shouted loudly: "Come here! Bring all these royal family members into the valley!"

Following his order, a group of well-trained men quickly took action, lifting the unconscious royal members one by one and walking towards the depths of the valley.

At this moment, many people in snow-white robes walked out one after another from the huge mountain gate that had been opened.

These people stood tall and walked in unison, but what was strange was that each of them wore a pair of glittering silver masks on their faces, hiding their true features completely, making it difficult to get a glimpse of their facial expressions.

Not long after, Young Master Jin was seen walking out from the forbidden area of ​​the mountain gate. He walked all the way to the front of the door, then knelt on both knees, welcoming the arrival of the national teacher with an extremely respectful and humble attitude.

Boss Xue, who was standing in front of the crowd, naturally noticed this scene. When he saw Young Master Jin kneeling in front of him, his eyes, which were originally as deep as a pool of water, could not help but sink slightly. Then, he asked expressionlessly: "Young Master Jin, have you forgotten what our national teacher said to you in the past?"

Hearing this, Gongzi Jin lowered his head hastily, not daring to look at Boss Xue, and responded in fear and trepidation: "Master Imperial Master, please calm down! How dare I forget your teachings? The Crown Princess has been waiting inside for a long time."

"And now, the Imperial Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the Emperor have all arrived here. All the items needed for the ceremony that you ordered have been prepared. Today is the night of the full moon, which can be said to be the right time, right place, and right people. Please ask the Imperial Master to move to the interior of the forbidden area to preside over the situation."

After hearing this, Boss Xue frowned tightly, as if he wanted to say a thousand words, but in the end he swallowed them back into his stomach.

After a moment of silence, he uttered three words coldly: "Go in."

Following the order, the followers behind him filed in, and Boss Xue himself also took a step and followed them into the mountain gate.

Xue Jinhua woke up slowly, her head still a little dizzy. When her consciousness gradually became clear, she was surprised to find that her body was placed in an object shaped like a coffin.

This strange situation made her heart tighten. She subconsciously wanted to move her body, but then she felt her limbs unable to move.

She looked carefully and was shocked to find that her hands and feet were tightly tied.

Just then, she looked up and saw an extremely huge statue standing in front of her.

The statue is solemn and dignified, exuding an awe-inspiring aura.

Xue Jinhua's eyes widened, her heart filled with fear and confusion.

She used all her strength to desperately pull at the ropes that bound her hands and feet, trying to break free.

However, just as she was struggling hard, she suddenly heard a clear bell ringing.

She was suddenly startled, and before she could react, a silver mask appeared in front of her like a ghost.

"Mr. Jin."

Seeing the familiar yet unfamiliar mask, Xue Jinhua couldn't help but gasp and called out the other person's name in a trembling voice.

At this moment, she only felt that her lips were extremely dry, as if they were about to crack, and her face was as pale as paper.

It felt like there was a fire burning in my throat, the pain was unbearable, and even speaking became extremely difficult.

Facing Xue Jinhua's frightened look, Gongzi Jin raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing an imperceptible smile: "Crown Princess, you have worked so hard, you should drink some water first." As he said that, he handed a glass of water to Xue Jinhua.

Xue Jinhua glared at Gongzi Jin. Although she was extremely angry, she did not lose her mind. "Do you think I will be fooled? There must be something wrong with this water!" She gritted her teeth, endured the discomfort of her body, and said fiercely.

Gongzi Jin smiled and said, "The Crown Princess has become smarter."

"It's not that I've become smarter, but it's hard to be stupid after spending so much time with someone like you," Xue Jinhua said.

However, it is regrettable that even though the Crown Princess has come to her senses this time, the ending... is still difficult to change.

After saying that, Gongzi Jin reached out his hand without hesitation to pry open Xue Jinhua's cherry-like mouth, and then poured the clear water in the cup in his hand into her.

Instantly, Xue Jinhua felt her face tense and panic in her heart. She quickly shouted, "Young Master Jin, what do you want to do? Don't act so recklessly!"

Gongzi Jin raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a mysterious smile, and replied softly: "Doesn't the Crown Princess miss His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Don't worry, you will soon be able to meet him as you wish."

As he finished speaking, several burning torches suddenly lit up in the originally pitch-black cave, illuminating the entire cave.

With the bright firelight, Xue Jinhua turned her head and looked around. It would have been fine if she hadn't looked, but when she did, she was immediately shocked - it turned out that there were several coffins exactly like the one she was lying in lined up on the wall of the cave next to her! Although these coffins were some distance apart, with the light of the torch, she could still clearly see the faces of the people lying in the coffins.

"These...are all members of the royal family?"

She opened her eyes wide, staring at the scene in shock, her body shaking uncontrollably.

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something. She looked at Gong Zijin in disbelief, her lips trembling slightly as she asked, "You...what on earth do you want to do?"

At this time, Gongzi Jin was holding a torch, and under the light of the fire, he looked a little eerie and weird.

He looked around at the crowd, then slowly fixed his gaze on Xue Jinhua, and said softly, "Hasn't the Crown Princess always been curious about whether exchanging fates really exists in this world?"

Hearing this, Xue Jinhua's heart was shocked. Indeed, she had been suspicious about this matter for a long time and had secretly investigated it for a long time, but she had never been able to find conclusive evidence and answers.

And at this moment, Gongzi Jin actually said that he wanted her to witness the so-called truth with her own eyes, which really made her feel shocked and terrified.

Young Master Jin gently placed the torch in his hand aside, then took out a sharp blade from his arms, which flashed coldly under the faint firelight.

He stared at the blade and said slowly, "The legendary absorbing good luck and exchanging fate is not completely impossible to achieve, but it requires specific conditions."

Xue Jinhua took a deep breath when she heard this, and stared at the blade in Gongzi Jin's hand. Suddenly, some fragmented images flashed through her mind, as if she was about to grasp some key points. At this moment, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she blurted out: "Could it be..."

Before she could finish, Gongzi Jin nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, the first necessary condition is the blood of a royal family member."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the blade without hesitation and slashed the wrist of the person sleeping in the coffin.

In an instant, a scarlet cut appeared on the man's pale skin, and blood gushed out like a spring, staining the edge of the coffin red.

In an instant, scarlet blood flowed down the white and slender wrist, falling drop by drop into the container below, splashing bloody ripples.

"These pills must have been made by the Imperial Master, right?" She thought to herself, her eyes fixed on the pills that were emitting strange light.

Thinking back to his last experience in the palace, he let them go so easily only because the necessary things had not yet been prepared.

It was precisely because of this that a series of subsequent events at Huangshan Temple were triggered.

Gongzi Jin nodded slightly, with a hint of admiration on his face: "The Crown Princess is really smart, no wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cherishes you so much."

At this point, he paused and continued, "So, in addition to the royal blood and these precious elixirs, we also need......"

He slowly raised his head, his eyes scanning the cold and hard stone walls around him, and then stopped at a certain spot.

"The Crown Princess may not know yet, but this place was specially built by Wuyou Valley for exchanging lives."

"All you need to do is place the two people whose fates you want to exchange on this boulder, and then use the dragon blood as a medicine... wait until the full moon night, when the moonlight falls like water... and you will be able to successfully achieve the mutual exchange of the two people's fates."

Hearing this, Xue Jinhua's expression became more serious. She took a deep breath and asked coldly, "Since you are determined to steal my fate, then at this moment, you should let me know who is so eager to get my good luck, right?"

Xue Jinhua's eyes widened, and she asked loudly in disbelief, "It's actually the Imperial Master?"

However, in response to her questioning, Gongzi Jin kept his lips tightly closed and said nothing.

Xue Jinhua couldn't help but sneer when she saw this, and said sarcastically: "This is really ridiculous! He is now a high-ranking and powerful state teacher, second only to the emperor, and enjoys wealth and supreme power, but why does he want to snatch my fate?"

Just as Xue Jinhua was full of doubts, a deep and familiar voice suddenly came from behind the wall next to her: "Sister, do you really want to know the reason?"

Before he finished speaking, the national teacher slowly walked out from the shadows and appeared in front of everyone.

Xue Jinhua looked over when she heard the voice, staring straight at Boss Xue, and nodded without hesitation, "Of course!"

As she spoke, her eyes inadvertently swept across the stone wall beside her, and she was immediately shocked by the scene in front of her and gasped.

I saw blood flowing down the stone wall continuously, one after another, tightly wrapped around it like winding red vines.

And whenever the blood was almost gone, Gongzi Jin would mercilessly cut the wrists of those royal family members again, allowing more blood to flow out.

The air was filled with a strong, pungent smell of blood, which was nauseating.

Xue Jinhua felt her stomach churning and her heart was filled with disgust.

At this time, the Imperial Master took a step forward and explained to Xue Jinhua with a serious face: "Sister, everything I did was for the sake of our Xue family, and more importantly, to protect the glory of the Xue family."

Hearing this, Xue Jinhua was stunned at first, then he raised his head and laughed, his laughter was full of grief and disdain: "Absurd! It's simply nonsense! I am a member of the Xue family. Am I not enough to defend the honor of the Xue family?"