Chapter 221: You Didn’t Die? What a Pity
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Su Ying’s brows twitched. Staying here for another fifteen minutes was already a tremendous test of her patience!
After everyone had finished their food slowly, the black-robed man allowed them to go back to their houses to rest.
At this point, the black-robed men also began leaving.
Su Ying followed the black-robed men and arrived at their living quarters. This was located in a larger courtyard house behind the children’s houses.
Su Ying followed them and realized that these people didn’t communicate at all. It wasn’t just words, but even their eyes rarely met. They were like walking corpses, without a trace of human emotion.
The black-robed men also returned to their own rooms to wait quietly. Soon, another black-robed man came in with the food they were supposed to eat.
Compared to the group of children undergoing training, the food for these black-robed men was better. They had a bowl of unrecognizable boiled vegetables with a sprinkling of oil foam on it, and a bowl of meat broth. There were three or two pieces of meat in each bowl, and the staple food was mixed-grain pancakes.
The black-robed men lined up in an orderly manner to get their own portion of the food. Su Ying did not immediately go forward to get the food. Instead, she stood behind the black-robed man distributing the food and watched them take the food back to their own rooms. Even the sound of chewing was barely audible as they began to eat.
As she looked at those black-robed men, Su Ying felt an indescribable sense of disgust and repression in her heart. This sight made her recall those dark childhood memories that were buried deep in her mind.
She did not want to stay here any longer. She turned around and followed the black-robed men who were delivering food out.
As there was no exchange of eye signals or words, no one noticed that anything was wrong with her.
After one whole day, Su Ying realized that these black-robed men were probably the lowest in status among the entire color stratification. This was because they were the ones doing the heavy labor.
Su Ying didn’t linger any longer and began to walk in the direction where the Empress had disappeared today.
The night here was exceptionally quiet. It was so quiet that only her light footsteps could be heard.
Su Ying discovered that there were many stone walls here, and each area was enclosed by a stone wall. Behind these stone walls were living quarters, and people dressed in different colors lived inside.
At this moment, Su Ying had already changed into a red robe. After passing through the twelfth door, she finally saw clearly the palace that stood halfway up the mountain.
On the whole, the architectural style of this palace was different from the surrounding states. It was brimming with influences of Western Old World architecture.
Su Ying ascended the stone steps and finally arrived at the palace’s main entrance.
There were only two lions standing guard outside the palace. When they saw Su Ying walk over, they slowly stood up and looked at her with a pair of chilly eyes that emitted a dim light in the darkness. They walked up to her and sniffed her up and down. After smelling her scent, they returned to their previous positions and sat down.
The big door swung open in the next moment.
Su Ying straightened her back and walked in. The palace was resplendent, and the interior was as bright as day, but she didn’t see any torch fires around her.
She came to the lighting device and saw a pearl the size of a baby’s fist. It looked like a pearl, but it was much bigger than a pearl.
The entire hall was illuminated by these pearls.
Just as Su Ying was contemplating whether she should dig out these pearls, she heard footsteps behind her.
She turned around and saw a man in green walking in her direction.
Su Ying didn’t make eye contact with the man in green but instead looked to the other side. To her surprise, the green-robed man stopped in front of her.
Su Ying’s expression was dull as she slowly raised her eyes to look at him.
The green-robed man’s eyes revealed a hint of mockery. “You didn’t die? What a pity.”
Su Ying looked at him without any change in her expression and she did not utter a single word.
The green-robed man seemed to be used to the other party’s lack of reaction. He gave a scornful snort and left.
Su Ying glanced in the direction he came from and headed to that location.
The palace was very large, and every door inside was at least a few meters tall. Su Ying walked all the way to a brightly lit door. She wanted to enter but was stopped by a green-robed man standing guard outside.
“Red Guardian, better don’t go in now and spoil Her Majesty’s mood.”
Su Ying slowly raised her eyes to glance at him before standing to the side.
Before she could stand still, she heard a scream coming from inside. It was the unique voice of a young man.
It was accompanied by a woman’s wild laughter.
Su Ying took a deep breath and calmed herself down.
After an unknown period of time, the voices inside gradually died down.
At this moment, the bell hanging on the door suddenly rang. Two indigo-robed men pushed the door open and walked in. Not long after that, they carried two people out.
They were the young men that the woman had taken a fancy to today.
The youths were completely naked and covered in wounds. When they passed by Su Ying, she could barely sense their breaths.
Su Ying’s hands were clenched tightly in her sleeves as she walked through the big open door.
The inner hall was very large. As soon as she entered, she could see a large tiger-skin chair. Beside the chair was a large and round bed covered with animal skin. At this moment, Wei Ji was sitting on the big bed naked. When she heard the movement, she only glanced sideways at Su Ying.
“Red Guardian, are they all dead?”
Su Ying replied, “No.” It was the Red Guardian’s voice that replied.
Upon hearing this, Wei Ji immediately sat up from the big bed. Her gaze was like a venomous snake that was ready to strike. “You dare to come back when the matter is not settled?”
“They are not easy to deal with.”
Wei Ji stood up and slowly walked toward Su Ying. Suddenly, she reached out and pulled the mask off Su Ying’s face.
After seeing Su Ying’s face clearly, she suddenly sneered and waved her hand, instantly slamming the hall’s door behind her shut.
“You’re stronger than the others and managed to get to me successfully, but 1 still saw through you.” Wei Ji had a smile on her face, but her eyes grew increasingly sinister. Suddenly, she roared at Su Ying, “Speak! Where is my Red Guardian?”
Su Ying only felt a throbbing pain in her eardrums, and even her head began to hurt.
She frowned slightly and gripped the electric baton in her sleeve tightly. “You can go to the netherworld to look for him.”
“Impudent!” Wei Ji suddenly bellowed in rage and swept her palm toward Su Ying.
Su Ying’s eyes widened when she felt the wind from the ferocious palm strike. She spun around swiftly and dodged it.
Wei Ji let out a furious roar. She crouched on the ground with both hands, her butt sticking up high like a ferocious beast. Like a leopard ready to attack, she reached Su Ying in one pounce.
That powerful leaping ability was shocking.
Su Ying focused her attention and concentrated on intercepting the strikes.
“I will tear you apart! Roar!”
Su Ying swung the electric baton in her hand at Wei Ji’s body.
However, that woman’s movements were simply too fast. She was so fast that she was almost like a phantom. Time and time again, she was able to dodge the charges from Su Ying’s electric baton.
Su Ying only saw her figure flash past and disappear without a trace.
Suddenly, a powerful killing intent burst out from behind her.. Su Ying felt a sharp pain in her back before she was sent flying by a kick!