"Your Majesty..."
"Yun'er..."
"Grab my hand, hold on!" King Raymond Lan clung tightly to her hand, shouting loudly. Right now, he was struggling atop the rocky ledge above the flower sea.
"Your Majesty, let go, please let go..." Yvonne Yun's hands were tightly gripped in his, but her body hung below, dangling over the abyss. Everyone knew the royal couple had gone into secluded spiritual practice together, but nobody knew their exact location.
At this moment, what blocked them was not massive stone pillars or terrifying falling tiles, but something even scarier—Hell Valley.
Actually, the valley floor wasn’t very far below; from up here, you could clearly see the flowers blooming below. The black flowers looked like sinister hands luring people in—stunning, mesmerizing, and so strange that if anyone else saw them, they’d definitely want to fall down, to sink into this bizarre sea of blossoms. It must be so beautiful!
But this wasn’t just any ordinary flower sea—this was the toxic blossom sea of Hell Valley, blooming only once every fifty years. Here, it’s the Endless Indulgence Kingdom’s biggest source of toxic primer for making palace poisons. Every single poison brewed here contains these blossoms; they’ve always been the kingdom’s greatest treasure!
These flowers only bloom every fifty years, but once they do, if you don’t harvest them, these weird black blossoms never wilt. That’s the strange charm of Hell Valley—these are treasures, but also deadly poison!
Why did they pick this spot for their secluded practice? Because the poisonous fumes from the flowers below just happened to counteract the toxins in her body. Using poison to fight poison during their joint cultivation helped ease her pain.
"Yun'er, hold on! Don’t let go!" King Raymond Lan knew how toxic these flowers were—deadly poison. If you fell in, not even the gods could save you.
"It's fine, you can let go. These flowers can't hurt me." As an innate Menstrual Maiden, she could resist most poisons—even the toxins from this blossom sea barely affected her.
"No way, I can’t take that risk!" King Raymond Lan knew she was from the Miao Frontier, and a rare Menstrual Maiden, but he didn’t realize how her powers let her suppress poison better than any antidote.
Yvonne Yun looked up at the man gripping her hands, her heart pounding with anxiety, but she had no idea how to explain.
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"Where’s the queen?" Grabbing a servant who was running out, Ivy Shen shouted urgently.
"I don’t know, I don’t know! The queen is in seclusion—we have no idea where!" The servant, dragging a snake tail, cried out.
Seeing this, Ivy quickly let go and kept searching. She couldn’t let the queen die—if she did, then Eli Crane would be...
"No!" Ivy dashed toward the palace halls, but collapsing pillars kept blocking her way, making her more and more anxious.
"Watch out!" Suddenly, a massive stone block crashed down. Butterfly Rogue swept Ivy into his arms and dove aside in a dramatic leap.
Seeing this, Ivy turned her head to Butterfly Rogue. "Why didn’t you leave?"
“Without you, where would I go?” Butterfly Rogue’s tone was unusually serious.
Hearing this, Ivy Shen was stunned, a warm feeling spreading through her heart.
“Beijing, Beijing...” Stumbling, Caleb Miles rushed over. Seeing this, Ivy Shen and Butterfly Rogue both frowned—Butterfly Rogue already knew Caleb Miles had lost his memory, but why was this guy, who couldn’t fight, running here?!
“What are you doing here? Go!” Seeing Caleb Miles arrive, face scrunched up in distress, Ivy Shen was deeply shaken.
“Don’t! Beijing, don’t leave me, I’m scared, wuuu...” Looking at the corpses everywhere, Caleb Miles started crying, terrified and pitiful.
Seeing this, Ivy Shen frowned, asking, “Do you know where your mother is?”
“Mother?”
“Yes, do you know where your mother is cultivating in seclusion?” Clearly, asking the servants was hopeless—now Ivy Shen’s only hope was that Caleb Miles might know.
“Mm, I know!” Though he didn’t understand why Beijing was asking, seeing her anxious face made it seem important.
Seeing this, Ivy Shen was overjoyed and quickly said, “Hurry, take me there!”
“Oh, oh, oh!” Caleb Miles saw her sudden happiness and smiled, then nodded awkwardly and ran toward the side door.
Ivy Shen and Butterfly Rogue exchanged a glance, then followed him.
“Crown Prince... Crown Prince, wuuu...” Charlie Qiao sobbed loudly, barely able to stand. He watched the Crown Prince run ahead and wanted to follow, but a stone pillar blocked his way. He tried to leap, only for a falling beam to pin his snake tail, leaving him unable to transform or use his powers. All he could do was cry in frustration.
“Where are they?” As Eli Crane and Ethan Chu rescued Aiden Chen, the shaking outside suddenly stopped. They rushed over, but couldn’t see the people they wanted—only Charlie Qiao sobbing.
“Wuuu, the Crown Prince chased after them,” Charlie Qiao sobbed, pointing ahead.
Seeing this, Ethan Chu pushed his palm against Charlie Qiao’s tail, knocking the beam aside.
Aiden Chen, take him out first,” Ethan Chu said, not allowing Aiden to protest. He nodded to Ethan, and the two men dashed off together, hearts in sync.
“Young master, don’t go!” Aiden Chen, who couldn’t fight, stamped his feet anxiously. “Young master, come back, come back!”