Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor

Chapter 594 - 86: Royal Family Marriage Alliance

"Why?" Yun Sheng was startled.

"My identity..." Donghuang Lingling said somberly.

"Lingling, you don’t share their prejudices, do you?" Yun Sheng was somewhat annoyed.

She was a modern person and had a low opinion of these conventional marital views. She had always believed that Donghuang Lingling was not like that.

"No, you misunderstood me. I’m not despising Gu Feng, it’s just that we are not suitable. You know what my status is. Although it appears grand on the surface, being a princess of the Donghuang Dynasty, it’s really just a nominal title. I am more like a puppet; neither my marriage nor my future are truly up to me to decide," Donghuang Lingling said with a face full of sorrow.

"If that’s the case, you can still fight for it, like how you came to the Mainland Magic Elite Camp this time, didn’t you..." Yun Sheng was still trying to persuade her.

Donghuang Lingling gave a bitter smile: "Actually, I lied to you and the Dark Gold Master. This time I came to the Mainland Magic Elite Camp, it was because I secretly ran away to escape a marriage."

Escape a marriage?

Yun Sheng obviously didn’t expect that Donghuang Lingling had fled to escape a marriage.

Upon further reflection and thinking of Donghuang Lingling’s age, she understood.

Donghuang Lingling was half a year older than Yun Sheng, and in just a few months she would turn fourteen.

In Wuji Continent, fourteen was already an age at which one could be a mother.

In ancient times, with no entertainment, as night fell, the only activity was rolling in the sheets, and it was not uncommon to see mothers who were fourteen years old on the continent.

For royal women like Donghuang Lingling, being fourteen was already considered old enough to have been married off.

But due to Donghuang Lingling’s special status, she had never been married.

Until about a year and a half ago, the Left Minister of the Eastern Capital suddenly presented a proposal stating that the Prince of Hou Qin wanted to marry Donghuang Lingling.

The Dark Crown Prince?

Yun Sheng’s mouth twitched at hearing the name of Dugu Xiu.

"Dugu Xiu proposing? That man is no good match," Yun Sheng imagined Dugu Xiu’s fiery temper clashing with Donghuang Lingling’s stubbornness, picturing the daily battles that would ensue.

Moreover, with the Dark Crown Prince being so flirty and Donghuang Lingling’s temperament, it would absolutely be intolerable.

"You know him too! Prince of Hou Qin, Dugu Xiu. His name is known throughout the continent as a cold-blooded devil. It’s said he did not even blink an eye when he beheaded several of Emperor of Hou Qin’s concubines merely because they were noisy," Donghuang Lingling spoke of this marriage arrangement with great reluctance. "Not just that, I’ve also heard that Dugu Xiu is very ugly, with a face like a mixed breed of bull and horse and triangular eyes, and his temperament is even weirder. How could I marry such a person?"

"Ahem, he’s not that terrible. After all, he is one of the Five Extremes and Five Treasures. Within the Wuji Five Treasures, each is a handsome man of outstanding appearance, and his looks could barely be considered passable," Yun Sheng, though not fond of Dugu Xiu, did not demonize him outright.

Although that guy was a bit brash and sinister, in terms of looks, he was indeed a robustly handsome man, only slightly less appealing than Ye Beiming.

Yun Sheng did not realize that, subconsciously, her heart had already leaned towards Ye Beiming.

"Regardless of whether he is handsome or ugly, I cannot possibly marry the Crown Prince of Hou Qin. But the national power of Hou Qin is strong, and they have bought off the Left Minister. The Left Minister and the civil and military officials together pressured the Empress Dowager and my brother into agreeing to this marriage," Donghuang Lingling, a descendant of the Donghuang Dynasty, had no great fondness for the current Five Great Countries. When the Donghuang Dynasty split, the first to rebel and establish a nation was Hou Qin.

There were even rumors in the Imperial Palace that the death of Emperor Donghuang was connected to Hou Qin.

Under such circumstances, Donghuang Lingling was even more unwilling to marry the murderer of her father.

"So, you fled, but escaping from marriage relates to the diplomatic relations between the Eastern Capital and the nation. Lingling, you’ve been too reckless," Yun Sheng worried.

The power of Great Zhou City is declining, in contrast, Hou Qin has been growing stronger over the years, and its national power is thriving more and more each day.

"So you ran away from the marriage, but this can only delay the inevitable for a while, not forever. People in the Eastern Capital will eventually find out. Dugu Xiu is not someone who will just stop at nothing," Yun Sheng said with a headache.

"The people of the Eastern Capital, including the Left Minister, still don’t know that I have already escaped to the Mainland Magic Elite Camp. It was with the help of my mother and brother that I managed to get away. The ’Donghuang Lingling’ in the Eastern Capital now is one of my close maids posing as me. She pretends that I’ve fallen ill, and that I need to rest quietly for a couple of years, therefore delaying the marriage," Donghuang Lingling is actually in the Elite Camp, but her mind is also at the Eastern Capital.

She often feels anxious, fearing that her deception might accidentally be unveiled.

This is also why Donghuang Lingling has been hesitant to accept Gu Feng.

Although Gu Feng is a Light Mage, he is clearly no match for Dugu Xiu of Hou Qin.

Donghuang Lingling’s special identity, her Empress Dowager mother has always hoped to find a Martial Artist as her son-in-law to protect Donghuang Lingling.

Gu Feng, however, is a Light Mage, and Light Magic’s primary functions are defense and healing; its offensive capability is relatively average.

This is also one of Donghuang Lingling’s concerns.

Only now does Yun Sheng understand that beneath Donghuang Lingling’s carefree appearance, she hides so many concerns.

For a moment, the two of them were silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

In the following days, Yun Sheng continued to meditate in the cabin during the day, and at night when it was quiet, he would go out to search for flying magical beasts to test the power of the Magic Wind Blade.

Over these days, Yun Sheng’s first self-comprehended Dark Magic, the Magic Wind Blade, had gradually matured, its power now comparable to high-level magic.

While Yun Sheng was secretly mastering magic, inside Chen Lianlian’s cabin.

Chen Lianlian sat cross-legged, alone in her own cabin.

Chen Lianlian carefully set up a magic array around the cabin to prevent any interference, and then took something out of her storage ring.

It was an old bracelet, it was hard to tell whether it was made of wood or bone, engraved with difficult to understand characters, unfortunately, you can’t tell what it really is just by its appearance.

If it had been before, Chen Lianlian would never have wanted such a piece of junk.

But this bracelet possessed a mysterious power.

"What exactly is this thing?" Chen Lianlian did not know that she possessed an item that would shock the entire continent.

About half a month ago, Chen Lianlian and a fellow senior from the Magic Elite Camp entered the Dutian Beast Blood Realm together.

This was not her first time entering the Beast Blood Realm, but unlike her previous visits, it was the first time Chen Lianlian entered the middle area of the Dutian Beast Blood Realm.

The presence of Yun Sheng had always been like a fishbone stuck in Chen Lianlian’s throat, very uncomfortable.

She had been constantly devising plans to get rid of Yun Sheng.