pertwk Chapter 2325 The Heart Lock Remains Intact
Chapter 2325 The Heart Lock Remains Intact
Chapter 2325 The Heart Lock Remains Intact
It was also calculating. The favor and promise of the Nine Nether Emperor were priceless, beyond the reach of any treasure in the world. But if it let this spy go, the Nine Nether Emperor would owe it a favor.
This deal is such a great deal.
However, the great secrets of the Heavenly Palace will also fall into the hands of the Nine Netherworlds.
Once Cang Yan knows the location of the demon puppet experimental field and the whereabouts of the immortal skin, hmm...
"You know what to do," the Demon Emperor said slowly. "Remember, we have never captured Tong Yiyi."
"Yes." Nie Xiaolou hesitated for a moment, which was noticed by the Demon Emperor.
"What? Is there another problem?"
"I always felt that Tong Yiyi hadn't revealed all her secrets, but she had already used her inner demons."
Since the Demon Emperor has already agreed to Jiuyou's request, he can no longer subject Tong Yiyi to severe torture.
"No matter how much she investigates, it's still a secret of the Heavenly Palace and the gods. We should just observe and not touch it." The Demon Emperor thought it through very clearly. "If we get it, we get it. If we can't get it, Cang Yan will."
This was no longer a hint; Nie Xiaolou understood immediately: "I get it."
He suddenly remembered something else: "Oh right, Tong Yiyi said that when the old mastermind was confessing the secret to Lu Yongyan, a guard outside was infected with eye mites and was discovered by the gods at the last minute. Tong Yiyi thought it was our doing, however..."
But no.
If it wasn't Cang Yan, and it wasn't the Demon Emperor, then which force could it be?
Nie Xiaolou said, "Could it be the Mu Kingdom?"
"Eye mites?" The Demon Emperor snorted. "It might not be from the Mu Kingdom."
It says "not necessarily," meaning there might be a fourth force trying to uncover the Heavenly Palace's major secrets.
"You mean?"
"I've seen eye mites in another file before," the Demon Emperor said slowly. "You don't know because you weren't the ruler of the Azure Palace back then."
……
When Nie Xiaolou returned to his room, Mei Wuniang was also awakened.
Hearing his reply, she breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing that she was finally out of danger.
A king's word is his bond. With the protection of the Nine Nether Emperor, her life was spared.
After a long and exhausting day, being injured and captured, and even having to face off against the Lord of the Green Palace, her body was feeling weak and shaky. In particular, she was experiencing a sharp pain in her head, as if she had been cleaved open with an axe.
Besides feeling stiff all over, my head also felt extremely heavy, as if my neck was about to give way.
Although she is awake now, she feels absent-minded, seeing everything as if through a veil and hearing everything as if through a wall, feeling very unreal.
This is a soul wound, a classic soul wound.
Before she fainted, she was only physically tortured, so why did she wake up with such severe soul injuries?
Mei Wuniang pressed one hand to her head. Although her reactions were several beats slower than usual, she could still understand:
Just now, Nie Xiaolou probably used a soul-searching technique on her.
The Lord of Qing Palace is really not easy to fool. Even though she tried her best, he still didn't believe her and insisted on finding something else out of her.
Mei Wuniang felt her mind was completely blank, as if a large chunk had been ripped out. But she was very confident:
That most important secret is still there; it hasn't been stolen!
Because the calming bead still works, and the "heart lock" is still intact.
Before infiltrating the Mu Kingdom, the Nine Nether Emperor had given her a divine relic, the Mind-Stabilizing Pearl, which she had refined into her mind. As the saying goes, those who play with fire will be burned by fire, and the fate of spies is generally not good. However, even if she encountered the enemy's mind-searching magic, this Mind-Stabilizing Pearl could preserve a part of her consciousness.
After her arrest at the inn, whether she was maneuvering and fighting with the enemy or enduring torture, she was secretly doing one thing:
In exchange for shattering the Mind-Stabilizing Pearl, the information about "the hiding place of the Hidden God Lord" was forcibly and completely bound to her main divine consciousness, forming a strong "heart lock".
In this way, no matter how the enemy searches, even if they turn her mind and heart upside down, they will never find this information.
As long as she remains conscious, she will cover up this information;
If she has already perished, this information will naturally also disappear.
This is the one-time use of the Mind-Stabilizing Pearl, "rather be shattered than break," and Mei Wuniang chose to protect this secret with her life.
Because she could fully understand the profound significance of this secret to the Nine Nether Emperor, to Cang Yan, and even to the entire human world!
Her only mission right now is to deliver it safely into the hands of Jiuyou!
The lock on her heart is still there; she has won.
Even with all his kaleidoscope-like skills, the mighty Imperial Preceptor of the Azure Palace could not possibly pry out the ultimate secret from her.
Mei Wu Niang let out a soft breath, unable to hide the exhaustion on her face:
"You gave the wax pill to the Emperor?"
Nie Xiaolou smiled at her and said:
"How do you know that this wax pill will save you?"
Tong Yiyi must have obtained this wax pill a long time ago. At that time, the Nine Nether Emperor had no idea what kind of trouble she would cause or what kind of earth-shattering secret she would uncover.
Therefore, he wanted her to return safely, and the conditions he offered in his handwritten letter had to be high enough to make any potential rival's heart flutter.
This is not generosity in the ordinary sense.
“If he says he can, he definitely can. I believe everything he says.” Mei Wuniang leaned back, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. “Otherwise, why would I risk my life for him?”
"With your background, how can you trust anyone?" He had seen the memories Tong Yiyi hid in her heart. Such a past of being bullied, humiliated, and harmed usually makes people harbor the greatest malice towards the world, because that's how the world treated her. Even the inner demons praised the negative energy within her.
“He is none other than the Nine Nether Emperor! If there is anyone in this world who can be trusted, it is him.” Mei Wuniang pressed her forehead and couldn’t help but murmur, “Your Emperor has already agreed to the conditions offered by the Nine Nether Emperor, right?”
Otherwise, Nie Xiaolou wouldn't have been so kind and gentle to her, completely devoid of any murderous intent.
"It seems you hold considerable influence in Jiuyou," Nie Xiaolou said with a smile. "Get some rest tonight, and we'll send you off first thing tomorrow morning."
"The Heavenly Palace...?"
She was assigned to go down the mountain, but she was intercepted halfway. Aunt Zeng's body was not able to return to her hometown, and she herself disappeared.
Will the Heavenly Palace be furious after it discovers this?
"Then you don't need to worry about it."
Mei Wu Niang didn't ask any more questions about what happened to the Mou people; it was none of her business.
Seeing Nie Xiaolou stand up to leave, she immediately said, "Wait."
Nie Xiaolou stopped, but after waiting for a while without hearing a sound, she could only say:
Is there anything else you need?
Since he was going to send her back, out of respect for the Nine Nether Emperor, Nie Xiaolou had to be polite to her.
"Yes." Mei Wu Niang gets a headache whenever she thinks about things, and her mind is not as sharp as usual, so when she called him, he forgot what he was going to say and it took him a long time to remember what he was going to say.
(End of this chapter)