Chapter 450: Feng Ling, Don’t You Regret This
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When she heard the voice outside the door, Feng Ling realized that Feng Lan’s expression only changed for a moment before quickly returning to normal.
After Assistant Minister Wu walked in, he first bowed to the two of them. “Your humble subject pays his respects to Your Majesty and the Priestess.”
Feng Ling asked the servant to bring over a stool. “Minister Wu, please sit.”
“Thank you, Priestess.”
Feng Ling nodded and asked, “What did you find out?”
Assistant Minister Wu glanced at Feng Lan, who was sitting at the side with her eyes lowered and an obedient expression, and hesitated about whether to speak.
Feng Lan felt Assistant Minister Wu’s gaze and looked up at him. She asked, “Is it that I can’t listen?”
After saying that, she looked at Feng Ling. “Sister, you have something important to attend to with the king. I’ll go back first.”
“There’s no hurry,” Feng Ling said. “We’re not done talking. After Minister Wu finishes speaking, we’ll continue our discussion.”
“Alright.”
Feng Lan put her hands on her dress and lowered her eyes, looking very obedient.
Assistant Minister Wu said, “My men discovered a demonic aura in the residence of the disgraced ex-Minister Li on the west side of the city. When they entered, they encountered two people from the demonic path guarding there. Luckily, the priestess gave us the talismans. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to catch those two people from the demonic path.”
“Are those youngsters doing well?”
“They’re poisoned by the demonic aura. I’m here to ask the Priestess to help them remove the demonic aura.”
“Sure.”
Feng Ling nodded and asked, “Have you asked why those two people from the demonic path wanted to capture those people?”
“Yes.”
At this point, Assistant Minister Wu thought of what Feng Ling had said. He originally wanted to take a look at Feng Lan, but he suddenly realized that his neck was a little stiff. He didn’t think too much and said,
“They’re just small fry who were instructed by their master to capture those people. Other than these people, I’ve also found some skeletons in that residence that had their blood essence sucked dry.
“According to the situation of those skeletons, these people should be sucked dry by the people above them soon. The people above them are… are…”
Assistant Minister Wu realized that he really couldn’t move his neck anymore and couldn’t make a sound.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked Feng Ling for help.
Feng Ling’s expression froze.
Under such circumstances, she had no choice.
At this moment, the king, who had been silent, suddenly said, “Is it Guardian Feng?”
These words immediately made Feng Ling and Assistant Minister Wu turn to look at Feng Lan.
Feng Lan widened her eyes in confusion.
After the shock, Feng Ling’s heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.
Why could the king call out Feng Lan?
Was the king not bound by the rule?
No matter what Feng Ling thought, Feng Lan seemed to have just come back to her senses. Her face turned pale from fright as she hurriedly explained and clarified, “It wasn’t me. How could it be me?”
After saying that, she looked at Feng Ling, looking so scared she was about to burst into tears. “Sister, don’t you know what kind of person I am? How can I be a person of the demonic path?”
Feng Ling looked at her with a serious expression. After thinking for a while, she asked Assistant Minister Wu, “Were those two talking about Lan’er?”
“Yes.” Assistant Minister Wu realized that he could turn his neck and speak now. He quickly said, “That’s right. Those two people from the demonic path were talking about Guardian Feng.”
“How is that possible!”
Feng Lan suddenly stood up with a furious expression. “How can I be from the demonic path?”
Feng Lan turned to look at the king and Feng Ling. Her tears suddenly fell and she looked like she was at a loss for what to do. “Sister, we grew up together. I’m your guardian. How can I possibly fall into the demonic path? Are the people from the demonic path trying to drive a wedge between us sisters?”
At this point, she nodded affirmatively. “It must be. Previously, the person from the demonic path disguised themselves as you and went to the palace to harm people. Now, they’re pretending to be me to drive a wedge between us sisters.”
Feng Lan’s argument was flawless. If ordinary people thought about it carefully, they would think that it was true.
Assistant Minister Wu immediately revealed a puzzled expression.
Feng Ling clenched her fists by her side. Just as she was about to say that she would go to Feng Lan’s place to search, the king said in a cold voice, “We’ll know if it’s true or not when Little Ling’er goes to Guardian Feng’s place to search.”
Feng Ling and Feng Lan looked at the king at the same time.
The king still had his cold and serious expression, but he stood up at this moment. “Let’s go and search Guardian Feng’s residence. Even if we don’t find anything, it can be considered as clearing up the accusation against her.”
When Feng Lan heard this, her face turned even paler.
She was truly screwed this time.
Feng Ling tightened her grip and suddenly felt a little excited.
She wondered if she could expose Feng Lan’s true colors with the king around.
Would this change what happened five months later?
At this moment, the king suddenly walked to her side and grabbed her hand under their wide sleeves.
Feng Ling widened her eyes.
The king’s voice was still cold and serious. “Even if she’s your biological sister, you can’t shield her.”
With that, he let go of her hand.
Feng Ling nodded and tilted her head to look at Feng Lan, who had been lowering her eyes as if she couldn’t accept this. She said, “Let’s go.”
The few of them walked towards Feng Lan’s residence.
Feng Lan walked beside Feng Ling and clenched her fists, feeling uneasy.
She couldn’t defeat Feng Ling at this time. If the dark room in her bedchamber was discovered, she would be finished.
‘No, I can’t accept this!’
At this point, Feng Lan suddenly thought of a way to contact the Demon King. She suddenly became fearless.
The few of them quickly walked to Feng Lan’s residence. Assistant Minister Wu said to the group of guards he had brought, “Surround the entire residence immediately.”
“Yes.”
After a group of guards surrounded the entire residence, the king and Feng Ling walked in together.
All the maidservants in Feng Lan’s courtyard knelt there and didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.
The few of them walked to Feng Lan’s room. The king said to Feng Ling, “Ling’er, go in and search.”
Feng Ling nodded at him and walked towards the door.
Feng Lan was about to follow when the king said in a low voice, “Guardian Feng, wait here.”
Feng Lan’s expression turned ugly.
However, she couldn’t do anything at this time, so she could only stop.
After Feng Ling entered, a few talismans were quickly stuck to the surroundings. The entire room was covered by a barrier.
Then, she summoned the paper effigies.
The little paper effigies all came to her feet.
Feng Ling asked, “Did anyone come over just now?”
The paper effigies scrambled to reply,
“No.”
“No.”
“No.”
Relieved, Feng Ling walked into the room and stood in front of the mirror.
At this moment, she wasn’t worried that Feng Lan would notice her. She directly activated the barrier on the mirror.
Entering the barrier, the scene in the dark room made Feng Ling’s face darken.
“There’s actually nothing left, even after all that I’ve done. Is fate really on your side?”
Feng Ling clenched her fists and sneered.
Her hand quickly moved in the air a few times. After using the magic that didn’t belong to this time and space, all the scenes she had seen previously appeared again.
Feng Ling’s smile widened. “So I brought with me the magic I learned.”
After everything had turned into what she had seen before, Feng Ling didn’t go out. She directly sent a voice transmission to the king and asked him to come in.
The king quickly brought Assistant Minister Wu and Feng Lan in.
When the three of them saw the scene in front of them, the king quickly exuded a sharp murderous aura.
“Capture her.”
Assistant Minister Wu was about to come over and catch Feng Lan.
Feng Lan retreated and quibbled as she did so, “Your Majesty, Sister, I didn’t do this. Someone is framing me.”
“The evidence is conclusive. Do you still want to deny it?” Feng Ling looked at her with coldness in her eyes.
Feng Lan looked into Feng Ling’s eyes and her expression changed several times. In the next moment, she quickly flipped Assistant Minister Wu over and roared at Feng Ling sadly, “I’m your biological sister. Why won’t you believe me?”
“My biological sister? My younger sister should be that Feng Lan who will forever stand by my side and walk the righteous path with me. Since you’ve already entered the demonic path, are you still my younger sister?”
“Fengling, don’t you regret this.”
After saying that, Feng Lan quickly exuded a demonic aura and was about to rush towards Feng Ling.
Feng Ling quickly blocked it, but she realized that her body was actually controlled by an invisible force and she couldn’t move at all.
Feng Lan’s demonic aura was about to attack her body.
At this moment, a large hand grabbed her hand. At the same time, a golden light flashed quickly.
Feng Ling felt her vision blur.
The entire scene quickly disappeared.
Then, another scene quickly appeared.
“Priestess, please enter the divine pool and bathe and change your clothes.”
A cool voice sounded by her ear, and Feng Ling abruptly came back to her senses.
She looked around. This wasn’t Feng Lan’s room anymore, but the divine pool place she had to enter before she became the High Priestess.
Feng Ling turned around.
The divine pool was on the mountain behind the priest hall, and it was enveloped by a faint mist. The entire mountain was covered in fresh flowers.
Feng Ling was standing on the steps to the divine pool.
Perhaps it was because she had been standing for a while, but the person her master had specially sent over reminded her, “Priestess Feng, you should go to the divine pool to take a shower and change your clothes to prepare for the succession ceremony.”