Chapter 37.1
The reason why Zong Luo did not rebel was simple.
He couldn’t do such a thing as not accepting the imperial decree, returning to the border to lie dormant, and then leading an army to fight after the situation stabilized.
One was a rule he set for himself. Taking up arms was to complete the first great unification in the history of the Great Wilderness. Even if he was not specialized in liberal arts, he was clear what historical significance this had. Supposing if he simply fought back for the throne, it would only be purely out of selfish desires and would violate his original intention.
Second, Yu Beizhou was indeed right, Zong Luo was unwilling to go to such an ugly situation with Emperor Yuan from the bottom of his heart, such as leading an army to surround the Imperial City, and then rushing to his father emperor’s sick bed to ask for clarification.
Not willing and dared not.
If he had dared to, the time when Emperor Yuan suddenly sent him to the border, Zong Luo should have rushed directly into the Zhang Palace holding the imperial decree, instead of enduring the pain of kneeling for a day and a night, that after he slowly stood up from the ground, he didn’t let anyone help him, in this way, step by step, walked out of the palace without looking back while shivering.
He was indeed rebellious in spirit, and was more proud than anyone else.
But he didn’t expect that even his longing for family affection could be seen by this person.
Zong Luo became angry out of embarrassment for a moment, stretched out his hand and pulled hard, pulling Yu Beizhou and his cloak into the medicinal pool.
The sound outside the door was accompanied by the splash of something falling into the water.
Yuan Jia knocked on the door. “Your Highness, His Excellency the Great Witch has arrived.”
Yu Beizhou who was just so smug about his successful provocation just now, carelessly fell headfirst into the water, and just as he was about to float up, he was kicked back into the water by Zong Luo in haste.
It was really coincidental that the Great Witch came at this moment, since there were no windows in the wing room, otherwise Yu Beizhou wouldn’t need to walk in through the main entrance. Although he didn’t know what method this guy used to hide himself from Yuan Jia, Yuan Jia obviously didn’t know it when he came in, not even a notification, thus it’s obviously unrealistic to ask the person to climb out of the medicinal pool again and to roll out from here.
Zong Luo felt quite vexed.
As long as Yu Beizhou had the intention to float up, his kick would greet him in the next second.
Yu Beizhou who was kicked back into the water continuously: “…?”
Even though he was usually rebellious, he remained silent for a long time.
Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
Zong Luo said in a lowered voice, “I had told you to get out, but you didn’t, now the Great Witch is here. Yu Beizhou, next you’d better behave, if something goes wrong, I’ll strangle you to death afterwards.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Beizhou narrowed his eyes, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curled up, but he honestly didn’t move anymore.
Although the pool was deep, since it was built in the wing room, it was not that big either.
Even if the medicinal liquid was dark green, that shadows would became vague and indistinct, but this person, who couldn’t help but like to wear red, although there was a breastplate tied to it, if floated up to the surface, it was still red with green, which was extremely abrupt.
Zong Luo couldn’t see it, however he could still imagine the scene.
So while making threats as he spoke, he pulled the fluffy white fur cloak that the other party wore most often, spread it out on the water in front of him, with a look of trying to cover up something.
Besides, with internal strength protecting the body, there was no problem staying underwater for dozens of minutes.
Of course, if Yu Beizhou were to drown like this, Zong Luo would only applaud and be happy, glad that the world had lost one of its biggest scourges.
After finishing all this, the prince in white cleared his throat, “Please enter.”
The door creaked.
The sound of footsteps coming in was so soft that it was almost negligible, like a feather falling on a damp wooden floor.
After about a few seconds, the door closed again.
“Third Highness, this subject has come here by order, please raise your right hand.”
Zong Luo heard a hoarse voice that was neutral and indistinguishable.
The sound was not only extremely old, but also extremely unpleasant, as if someone was scraping their nails on sandpaper, making a ripping sound.
“Troubling Your Excellency the Great Witch.”
Zong Luo responded, directly complying as told, and lifted his wet hands out of the water.
In the next second, he felt something cold suddenly break through the air and wrapped around his wrist like a snake, quickly tightening up.
In the dark, it seemed that the witch music of beating drums and bells dancing was played.
Medicine balls made of silver rise and fall in the air, making ethereal sounds.
Xuansi Pulse Diagnosis!
Zong Luo had only heard of this miraculous medical technique long ago, but he did not expect to experience it here today.
Since ancient times, witches and medicine were inseparable. Witches could not only communicate with ghosts and gods, but also practiced medicine to save lives.
At present, powerful witches who tread in the Great Wilderness were basically powerful witch doctors. That’s to say, over the past few hundred years, medical skills had gradually been separated as a skill, and only then did physicians who were independent from witches were born.
“Your Highness, please relax.”
The Great Witch said softly.
Immediately afterwards, the cold threads on Zong Luo’s wrist seemed to come alive, and a pulse-like sound came from the end.
Through the dark medicinal bath, Yu Beizhou boredly looked outside from the open water surface.
The Great Witch shrouded themselves tightly in a large black robe, with a hideous and terrifying bronze ghost mask hanging on their face, with two holes dug for the eyes. Deep eye sockets could be seen when looking inside as well as pupils that had faded to a pale white.
When Yu Beizhou looked over, their extremely terrifying pupils slowly wandered, glancing at him who was hidden under the water without any emotion, and then withdrew their gaze to continue the diagnosis and treatment.
When bored, just know how to play tricks behind others’ backs.
Yu Beizhou had dealt with the Great Witch a lot in his previous life, and the final implementation of the time reversal immortal method was also arranged by the hands of the Great Witch.
He didn’t believe in fate, but he had to admit that the Great Witch could indeed calculate fate.
But if one desired something, one had to also pay up something, especially in the case of the mysterious existence of witches who knew the world and understood ghosts and gods. Great Yuan’s Great Witch divined the climate and calculated natural disasters every year, in severe cases, they would also make hexagrams at the Witch Sacrificial Ceremony to calculate the fortune of the country.
The delusion of involving oneself in the realm of immortals with a human body, and spying on the cycle of the divine order of things, naturally required a corresponding price to be paid. In comparison, lifespan was already considered the lightest punishment.
Yu Beizhou snorted lightly, and as soon as it reached his mouth, it spat out a bubble slowly.
Sensing the sound coming from under the water, Zong Luo didn’t even raise his eyes, and slapped him again.
“……”
