Gu Qing Shan had a total of 10 minutes
He used 8 minutes to calm the young child down.
And during the last half-minute, he used a cultivator’s technique to help the boy enter deep sleep.
Time was up.
Gu Qing Shan and Xuan Ya’s mental connection was cut.
Everything went perfectly well.
There were no openings.
Once he found himself unable to hear Xuan Ya’s voice any longer, he dispelled [Mystery of All Beings Equal]
Seeing Xuan Ya’s worried expression, Gu Qing Shan told her: “Don’t worry, this is only a technique to help him sleep, there aren’t any adverse side effects. Instead, it can help him sleep better and get well soon”
Xuan Ya sighed in relief.
She reached her hand out and gently touched her child’s face.
A few moments later.
Xuan Ya opened her mouth and silently said something.
Ye Fei Li carefully listened and relayed the message: “She said that she’s already dead so she no longer owed the king anything, but now she owes you a favor”
Gu Qing Shan smiled: “No need to be so formal. If it was anyone else in your shoes, I would have helped as well”
“She’s asking the reason we came here from the outside world”
“It’s because we lost a certain item in this place a few ten thousand years ago”
At first, Xuan Ya had a doubtful look on her face, then quickly fell into thought, as if she recalled something.
Everyone else had also settled down in the room.
Boss had laid down on the sofa like a corpse.
After using [Shelter of Infinite Worlds] for so long, Laura was also tired so she was sitting on a rocking chair drinking a can of stamina drink.
Zhang Ying Hao was standing next to a wall that hung a map of Calming Soul Country. He took out a cigarette, but then looked at the sleeping child and put it away in irritation.
Apparently thinking of something, Zhang Ying Hao abruptly asked: “Xuan Ya, if you’re already dead, would anyone come here to search your house?”
Being called so abruptly, Xuan Ya was stunned for a brief moment before she replied.
“She said that she’s only a normal civilian on the outside. Unless the king directly ordered it, she would not act, and no one knows about her true identity, so there shouldn’t be any issues”
Everyone was relieved.
Most likely, the four Pillar Gods would not investigate a nobody under the king.
——-especially one that was already dead.
The current top priority for the four Pillar Gods is to calm that monster down, then come up with a way to gloss this entire matter over with the populace.
“This place still isn’t safe. After a bit of rest, we need to quickly move to another location” Gu Qing Shan said.
Zhang Ying Hao continued to study the map on the wall and replied: “Don’t worry, I’m looking for a suitable place. How about you help me?”
“Sure”
Gu Qing Shan was about to walk over.
But Ye Fei Li stopped him: “Qing Shan, she told you to wait a bit”
Gu Qing Shan stopped.
Xuan Ya walked forward, glanced at him, then silently said something.
Ye Fei Li relayed: “She said that while she was working for the country, she gave it her all, only asking the king for one thing in return: That is if anything happened to her, she asked the king to help care for her child”
“But it has already been several hours since she died, and yet no one had come to care for her child. Only you helped her”
Just as he had said that Zhang Ying Hao abruptly clapped his hands.
“Someone’s coming” he whispered.
Laura curiously asked: “How do you know?”
“They triggered the air that I rigged”
“You can even rig the air?”
“Of course. Gu Qing Shan, hurry up and make a decision, I’ve arranged a few things at the intersection to draw their attention, but it won’t be for very long”
Gu Qing Shan thought over for a split second and said: “That’s very strange, let us see what happens first”
A few minutes later.
The sound of knocking could be heard from the door.
The door was then lightly opened.
Two men in black armor swiftly went into the room without a sound.
“Safe”
“No one here”
The two of them looked around and whispered to each other.
The entire room seemed normal, only a 3-year-old child was sleeping in his bed.
This caused them to lower their guards.
——-however, they didn’t know that Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Ying Hao, Ye Fei Li, Boss, and even Xuan Ya’s soul was standing in a corner, holding Laura’s umbrella.
They were silently watching them.
One of the men sighed: “How regretful, such a loyal and useful person fell into the enemy’s hand and was directly killed just like that”
“It is regretful. Her clan was already a ruined one, but now we need to remove all traces of her as well to prevent any trouble for his majesty”
“Right, this unwanted child can’t be allowed to live”
“How do we do this?”
“Like always, you off him, I’ll set the fire”
“Got it”
They were about to get to it as they finished talking.
But out of nowhere, they felt someone touching their shoulders.
Then they found themselves unable to move!
A split second later, they felt a sharp pain before they fell unconscious.
Laura put her umbrella away.
Everyone reappeared.
Gu Qing Shan put his sword away and spoke to Xuan Ya apologetically: “I couldn’t kill them just now——- because that monster is very sensitive to death and souls, if someone died here, it would immediately notice”
Xuan Ya nodded.
She appeared completely drained, almost as if she lost her reason to live, but at the same time, she seemed like a burden had been lifted off her chest.
It seems the final bit of trust she had towards the king was now gone as well.
Xuan Ya waved her hand towards Gu Qing Shan.
“She told you to come with her” Ye Fei Li said.
Gu Qing Shan followed Xuan Ya in front of a bookshelf.
Xuan Ya pointed at a certain book.
Gu Qing Shan picked it off the shelf.
Xuan Ya said something.
“Page 653, the 9th line from the top, second sentence. Say it out loud” Ye Fei Li relayed her words.
Gu Qing Shan opened the book, turned to that page, and saw the sentence she wanted him to read.
Although he didn’t understand what it was about, Gu Qing Shan knew that Xuan Ya wouldn’t try to hurt them at this point in time.
He cleared his throat and whispered the line on the book: “Contract inspection”
A scroll glowing in golden light suddenly manifested in the air.
The scroll hovered silently and gave off a light that illuminated Xuan Ya.
A few moments later.
A voice filled with divine dignity resounded:
「 The royal family had betrayed the ancient oath and tried to act against a descendant of the guardian clan 」
「 The oath has been broken 」
「 From now on, the royal family’s guardian clan shall no longer need to fulfill their oath 」
Two faint golden shackles appeared on Xuan Ya’s soul and shattered.
Following that, the golden scroll also shattered into sparks of light that slowly dissipated.
Xuan Ya showed an expression of relief and quickly explained.
“She said that she was part of the royal family’s guardian clan, one with many protective Divine Skills. During her generation, she fell in love with the prince”
“After she was pregnant with the prince’s child, the prince heartlessly abandoned her”
“However, according to the ancient contract, this was not part of the oath, so she had to continue to work for the sake of the royal family”
“Up until just now, when the royal family intended to kill this child”
“It was because of that that the ancient oath had been broken”
“From now on, even if she’s only a soul, both her and her child are free”
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan sighed emotionally.
He closed the book and spoke seriously: “That’s a good outcome”
Xuan Ya nodded, walked to a corner of the room, and pointed at a damaged doll.
This seemed to be a doll for children up until the age of 2, as her child had grown older, he no longer played with it.
Gu Qing Shan understood, walked towards the doll, and picked it up.
Xuan Ya put both hands up to make a ripping gesture.
Gu Qing Shan ripped the doll in half.
Clank clang!
A silver ring dropped out from the doll, fell to the ground, and made an expected metallic noise.
Gu Qing Shan waved his hand, summoning the silver ring from the ground.
Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[You’ve obtained the Ring of the Inner Plane Guardians]
[This was a ring specifically forged to pass on a secret at the moment of the Inner Plane’s destruction]
[As the restraining oath on this ring has been broken, you may activate its secret without performing any duties]
[The only prerequisite is that you must know the corresponding incantation]
[Utter the incantation and activate it]
Looking at this silver ring, Xuan Ya had a complicated expression on her face.
She softly muttered something.
Ye Fei Li relayed her words: “She told you to repeat after her: Now, I am not afraid”
Gu Qing Shan held the ring and whispered: “Now, I am not afraid”
As soon as he said so, a glorious holy light suddenly appeared from the ring and enveloped Gu Qing Shan’s body.
It had been activated!
