novelraw Chapter 734 - 397: Noble in the Palace, Celestial Carp
Chapter 734 - 397: Noble in the Palace, Celestial Carp
The room is filled with eerie corpses, and faint traces of new water stains.
These stains are likely left by those carp that can come ashore, and it’s possible that the carp left Wang Mazi here.
Looking at the corpses piled haphazardly throughout the room, Ziyu felt her scalp tingle. Now they have to fish someone out of there, which is incredibly stressful.
However, as Yu Zhu, the heroine, she quickly adjusted her mindset and began searching through the bodies.
A glance showed corpses densely filling the room, all with eyes that can’t rest in peace.
In Ziyu’s perception, these people’s heads seemed relatively intact, and their bodies were not overly decayed, yet appeared somewhat strange.
Indeed, the more she scrutinized them, the less they resembled humans.
Only after examining about a hundred corpses did Ziyu finally discover what was peculiar about them.
They were all very thin.
Yes, very thin. Their bodies were quite emaciated, as if these people were wrung out, rolled up like paper, very thin.
Thin bodies coupled with ordinary heads, they looked exceedingly bizarre.
At that moment, Duan Yun suddenly spoke: "Found it."
You could see him rummaging through a pile of corpses in the corner of the room, pulling out someone wearing rough hemp clothing.
This person’s body was all emaciated, barely recognizable from their original form, but Ziyu identified him immediately from his face as Wang Mazi.
Wang Mazi, with a face full of pimples, liked wearing coarse hemp clothes adorned with spots.
And this person perfectly matched.
The key was, he was still alive, with the water stains on his hemp clothes not yet dry, apparently having been placed here not long ago.
Duan Yun checked his pulse, his expression serious and puzzled, "Why is he so blood depleted?"
Right after, he pressed a few acupuncture points on Wang Mazi, saying, "Won’t die for now, go get a few prisoners for a blood transfusion."
Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let’s go back."
Having found the person, going back first was the safest option.
To which Duan Yun replied, "Back? Go back for what, the task isn’t finished yet."
"What task?" Ziyu inquired.
"The victim’s found, but the perpetrator’s whole family isn’t dead yet." Duan Yun said seriously.
"Ah?"
At this time, Duan Yun placed Wang Mazi in a relatively flat spot, saying, "Quick battle and decisive victory, kill the entire family and then collect the person."
As he spoke, he had already begun walking out.
"But..."
Though Ziyu still struggled to keep pace with Duan Yun, her steps instinctively followed.
This palace has nine levels, and they should be on the first level now.
The corridors of this palace connected various rooms, resembling a deep mansion complex, and the path wasn’t easy to find, yet Duan Yun’s steps remained unimpeded.
Because he felt he had found a clue.
Finding someone is much more efficient with a pair of buxom sisters, but they weren’t here, so he had to rely on himself.
And his method was particularly simple: follow the water stains.
Previously, he had found Wang Mazi by following the water stains, and now these stains spread upward to the palace levels, so he might find the lair of this ghostly entity.
I am truly a genius!
Duan Yun walked deeper with eyes ablaze, and in Ziyu’s sight, she felt Duan Yun’s eyes were glowing, especially in dim places, appearing somewhat frightening.
Duan Yun climbed several floors.
At this point, looking out from the palace railing, they could gaze down upon the seemingly bottomless lake.
The surrounding architecture was both beautiful and exquisite, yet they were also dilapidated.
The buildings, together with the deep lake, seemed as if they’d be swallowed by the lake at any moment, creating an atmosphere full of melancholy and oppression.
At this moment, Duan Yun had slowed his pace.
Because he caught a whiff of a scent.
An herbal aroma, simultaneously mingled with a bloody smell.
It was like someone had a wound bleeding, and herbal medicine applied to the wound.
Ahead, one side of the corridor displayed some clay pots.
The pots were sealed with wet soil, leaving the contents inside a mystery.
Duan Yun used Sword Qi to poke open the pots and peer inside, seeing only some vines and roots, and at the same time, the medicinal fragrance in the air grew stronger.
Duan Yun tossed the pots aside with one hand, puzzled, "Medicine pots?"
Ahead appeared a hall facing Bi Lake.
Many wooden shelves filled the hall.
The shelves were laden with these clay pots.
If these are medicine pots, then the herbs here are truly abundant.
As Duan Yun and Ziyu stepped over the threshold of the hall, they halted.
They saw a person.
In the center of the hall stood a very beautiful flowering tree.
The flowers were gray, yet they possessed a lively, radiant beauty.
Or, perhaps, neither had ever seen such a shade of gray.
In Duan Yun’s words, it was a colorful array of gray.
But no matter how colorful the gray flowers were, they couldn’t outshine the person above the tree.
That was a woman dressed in a Colorful Phoenix Robe.
The embroidery of the robe was bright and dazzling, yet the woman seemed very cold.
Her skin was white, as though shrouded in a layer of lustrous moonlight.
Likewise, she was stunning, like the tranquility of moonlight.
Duan Yun, having traveled the world for long, had seen plenty of beauties, from busty to flat-chested, young girls to mature women to mothers of several children, but the woman before him still left a breathtaking impression.
Because her beauty was so cold, like the embodiment of a serene moonlit night, from the heavenly icy palace and not of this terrestrial realm.
And at a glance, she also seemed easily breakable.
She closed her eyes, resembling a delicate porcelain piece, on the verge of shattering upon impact.
She leaned against that flower tree, appearing to be asleep.
But when Ziyu almost immersed herself in this beauty, Duan Yun had already stepped forward a few paces, revealing a look of disdain on his face.