摘星宫, the atmosphere on the platform was frozen, as if a huge stone was pressing on everyone, making it hard for them to breathe.
Wang Mingfu felt that this Wang had a serious illness.
Even if you want my wife, it’s fine!
I definitely won’t refuse, but my heart…
Everyone only has one heart, if I give it to you, how can I live?
“It’s this kind of deadly rule contamination again!”
Guo Zheng’s head was throbbing because this divine taboo game was extremely dangerous. If one was careless, they would die immediately.
“…”
Lu Yingxi didn’t know how to respond. If she offered her heart, she would die. If it was her limbs, she would definitely be ruthless and cut them off to give to the Wang.
She felt that as long as she was alive, there was hope. So she had already prepared herself to be disabled. But she didn’t expect that the other party wanted more than she could give.
The Wang sitting on the high platform of the attic was hot-tempered and impatient. It no longer waited for Lu Yingxi’s reply and directly made a ferocious expression and roared.
“I am ill, you must prove your loyalty by cutting open your heart and offering it, this is the greatest honor!”
After the Wang finished shouting, the soldiers standing around the platform immediately held bronze halberds and struck the ground while shouting.
“Great disrespect!” “Great disrespect!” “Great disrespect!”
“Death!” “Death!” “Death!”
The murderous intent filled the air on the platform.
“Lin Shen, lend me your Wang Sword, I will go kill the Wang!”
Lu Yingxi had given up. Since they were all going to die, it was better to kill the Wang.
“Sorry!”
Lin Baici shook his head.
The Wang Sword was his trump card. He wouldn’t easily use it himself, let alone give it to Lu Yingxi. Otherwise, if she died, the Wang would definitely take the Wang Sword.
“Lin Shen, I beg you!”
Lu Yingxi pleaded, “Otherwise, a torch will do. I will pretend to agree to the Wang’s request and then take the opportunity to get close and assassinate it!”
[Too naive, this little sweet cake doesn’t even have a chance to contact the Wang. Once she agrees, she will be at the mercy of others.]
In order to prove her determination, Lu Yingxi shouted towards the Wang, “Please allow me to take out my heart and offer it to the Wang!”
“Hmph, you know your place!”
The Wang’s expression slightly improved.
“Lin Shen, I…”
Just as Lu Yingxi was about to plead with Lin Baici again, her heart suddenly jumped violently.
Thump!
The pain in that instant made Lu Yingxi’s entire face distort. She convulsed and lost her balance, and with a bang, her head hit the table.
Thump! Thump!
Lu Yingxi’s heart was beating violently, like a white carp struggling desperately after being hooked, or like a wild dog that had broken free from its restraints, wanting to bite anyone it could catch!
“Ah!”
Lu Yingxi grabbed her left chest with her right hand, writhing in pain on the ground, twisting and turning.
A large lump suddenly swelled up in her chest, and then quickly shrank. After a few times, it burst open with a bang.
Bang!
Lu Yingxi fell to the ground, and a pool of blood quickly spread out from under her, evaporating rapidly.
Everyone fell silent.
Lu Yingxi’s body twitched, and a few seconds later, her mouth was forced open, and a heart with four legs crawled out from inside. After pausing for a moment to identify the direction, it quickly crawled towards the north side of the attic.
“Oh!”
Gu Rongjie was stunned and cursed.
The others also had expressions of shock and fear.
The limbs of this heart were similar to scorpion legs. Although they were not long, they crawled very fast. It rushed up the steps, jumped onto the Wang’s table, leaving behind a trail of bloodstains that gradually faded.
Dazzling! Bloody!
Snap!
The Wang grabbed the heart and stuffed it into his mouth, starting to chew.
Crunch! Crunch!
Some dark red pieces of meat leaked out from between his teeth, slid down the corners of his mouth, and fell on his chest, the table, and the ground.
“Ugh!”
Hua Yueyu covered her mouth, feeling nauseous.
Many people looked away, unable to bear to watch!
Scared to the point of weak legs!
Tang Zhiqian held a tribute wine and glanced at Lu Yingxi’s body, then closed his eyes in pain.
This kind of helplessness made him feel frustrated and uncomfortable.
“Throw it down to feed the dogs!”
The Wang, with blood stains all over his mouth, casually ordered.
Two soldiers nearby quickly approached, one grabbed the head and the other grabbed the feet, lifted Lu Yingxi’s body, and threw her down from the edge of the platform.
Gudong!
Du Xin swallowed her saliva and looked around.
Almost all the people in Tang Zhiqian’s circle were about to die.
She was scared and afraid, but suddenly she felt a little balanced in her heart.
You should know that these people all came from well-off families and had no worries about food and clothing. Especially Tang Zhiqian, Xue Zhao, and Lu Yingxi, even if they spent money recklessly, buying and buying, they couldn’t spend all the inheritance they received in three lifetimes. But now, they were still going to die.
Oh, Tang Ge didn’t die, but became a eunuch.
Du Xin suddenly calmed down. She would try her best to survive. If she really couldn’t, it didn’t matter anymore. After all, they were losing more than she was.
After dealing with Lu Yingxi, the Wang drank a few mouthfuls of wine and looked towards Wang Mingfu’s side.
“I am ill, are you willing to offer your heart as a medicine to alleviate my pain?”
Swish!
Wang Mingfu and his group were scared, their hair standing on end. Goosebumps covered their bodies.
Soon, they realized that the person the Wang was asking was Zhao Tong.
They breathed a sigh of relief.
“Is… is it me… me?”Zhao Tong’s one-step skirt uniform was in disarray, her high heels were long gone, her feet were covered in dirt, her stockings were completely torn with many holes, and her sweat stuck her hair to her cheeks, making her look haggard and disheveled.
Just now, when everyone arrived here, Wang said that those dirty and messy people would be executed. Zhao Tong thought she was done for, but unexpectedly, those soldiers didn’t touch her.
Zhao Tong was still grateful, thinking that she was lucky today, but now she had encountered trouble.
After seeing the terrifying death of Lu Yingxi, Zhao Tong felt that it would be better to be beheaded by those soldiers. At least the way of death wouldn’t be so painful.
“In response, this king asks you, are you willing to offer your heart to alleviate this king’s headache?”
Wang asked sternly.
Zhao Tong lowered her head and muttered, “No… I’m not willing!”
She had an ostrich mentality, not daring to refuse Wang loudly, but also not wanting to offer her heart, so she muttered quietly. However, Wang still heard her.
“You are disloyal!”
Wang stared coldly at Zhao Tong. “Death!”
Tang Zhiqian trembled when he heard these two words. The young man with earrings walked up to the eunuch in charge, holding a tray.
On the tray, there was an exquisitely crafted bronze wine pot.
The eunuch picked up the wine pot and walked towards Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong’s face turned pale. She suddenly stood up and rushed towards the steps, wanting to escape. But before she could run ten meters, she was held down by the soldiers.
“Is this poisoned wine?”
Gu Rongjie gasped.
“Lin Shen, think of a solution quickly, otherwise we will all die like this!”
Guo Zheng urged in a low voice.
“How about we kill the king while we still have more people?”
Xia Hongyao suggested.
While everyone was talking, the eunuch pinched Zhao Tong’s cheeks and poured the poisoned wine into her mouth, then let her go.
Vomit! Vomit!
Zhao Tong forcefully scratched her throat, trying to vomit out what she had swallowed, but it was useless. After a few seconds, she started convulsing, her skin turned green, ulcerated, and her consciousness gradually dissipated.
“If I had known it would be like this, why did I go to Palm Port? Standing in the elevator for eight hours a day, smiling at all kinds of people? Couldn’t I go shopping, travel, and enjoy life?”
Zhao Tong stopped moving, looking at the bright moon in the sky. Before closing her eyes, she really wanted to live a peaceful life for a while.
“My ministers, don’t just stand there, raise your cups and drink!”
Wang laughed loudly.
“I’ll drink to your mother!”
Guo Zheng cursed in his heart. This was truly a dead end. Offering the heart would result in death, but not offering it would also lead to death. How could they continue like this?
There was no way out.
Wang continued to call names.
One unfortunate person refused, knowing that he couldn’t escape from the steps, so he jumped directly off the high platform and ended up as a pile of mud.
The smell of death became stronger.
The corpse dancers in the middle of the platform continued to dance in an orderly manner, unaffected.
Ten minutes passed.
Three more people were chosen, and without exception, they all refused because the scene of the heart crawling out of Lu Yingxi’s mouth was too terrifying.
Even if they were to die, they didn’t want to die in this way.
Among these three people, one had a mental breakdown and waited for death, while the other two didn’t give up and tried to escape, but failed.
“Shi Shen, don’t you have anything to say?”
Lin Baici reviewed everything that had happened to everyone since they entered the Star-Picking Palace in his mind, carefully analyzing it three times, but found no clue.
[A top-notch predator must endure and observe carefully. There will always be a moment when the prey reveals its weakness, and then you strike with a fatal blow!]
Lin Baici sneered. What difference did it make whether he said that or not?
But he should indeed start from the monster’s weakness.
Lin Baici looked at the king and then glanced at the beautiful corpse. Was that its weakness?
Bang!
Wang slammed the golden goblet on the steps.
“You all refuse to share my worries?”
Wang shouted angrily. “Then what use are you all? Guards, guards, drag them all down and execute them!”
The soldiers moved, wielding long spears, rushing over.
“Lin Shen!”
Gu Rongjie urgently called out.
Everyone’s faces turned pale, cold sweat dripping.
“Lin Shen, let’s fight our way out!”
Guo Zheng stood up, about to kick over the table.
“Don’t move! Nobody move!”
Lin Baici shouted loudly, first calming everyone down, then reporting to the king on the high platform. “Your Majesty, I have a plan that can cure your headache!”
“Stop!”
Wang stopped the soldiers, staring at Lin Baici intently. “What good plan do you have, my minister?”
Everyone in Gu Rongjie’s group also looked at Lin Baici, their expressions anxious.
“Hmph, if you dare to deceive me, I will tear you apart limb by limb!”
Wang stared at Lin Baici, licking his lips.
Of course, the heart must be kept,
To accompany the wine!
Lin Baici didn’t reply, but activated the Sanskrit Chanting, starting to recite the Heart Sutra.
You have a headache, right?
Then I’ll recite the sutra for you.
Lin Baici remembered the eunuch who had asked everyone for money before, and how he sang a Buddhist scripture, temporarily making it lose its greed.
So it should work on Wang as well, right?
The Bodhisattva who practices prajna-paramita,
Perceives that all five skandhas are empty,
…
The melodious chanting resounded on the platform, then soared up and floated in the sky above the Star-Picking Palace.
Du Xin and the others, who had been afraid and nervous, calmed down.
In this palace, it seemed that there were accomplished monks burning incense, singing Sanskrit, and performing water and land rituals.”Seems to be useful?”
Hua Yueyu exclaimed with joy.
Wang Mingfu looked at Lin Baici, his face showing astonishment. Is this the power of a divine hunter?
After Lin Baici finished singing the first time and saw that Wang had no reaction, he continued to sing, but his expression became somewhat serious.
Because he had been observing the king, although he appeared calm, his brows were furrowed, showing displeasure.
Suddenly!
The king raised an eyebrow, lifted his hand, and overturned the small table in front of him.
Clang! Clang!
The small table and the bronze plates, fruits, and pastries rolled down the steps.
“Why are you making noise?”
The king shouted angrily, “It’s unpleasant!”
In fact, the chanting had already relieved the severe headache of the king and made him feel much better. However, the king still wanted to eat the heart of this man to permanently solve his headache.
“It’s over!”
Tang Zhiqian and Xiao Li were shocked.
Lin Baici was going to die, what should they do?
They couldn’t possibly be eunuchs in this God’s Ruins for the rest of their lives, right?
“No, it’s not possible?”
Wang Mingfu gritted his teeth, preparing to fight desperately.
“Fight our way out!”
Guo Zheng was ready to take action.
“Kill the king!”
Xia Hongyao already had a short knife in her hand, standing on the small table with one foot, like a beautiful and powerful female leopard about to pounce on its prey.
“Everyone, sit down!”
Lin Baici shouted loudly, then changed the scripture.
It was the scripture he had heard and sung in the grand hall of the Dragon Zen Temple.
Originally, the king was about to erupt in anger and order the execution of these people, but now he sat down again and listened quietly.
The eunuchs, soldiers, and even the dancing songstresses all stopped in their tracks, staring at Lin Baici in astonishment.
The original sound of the bells and musical instruments also abruptly stopped.
This scripture was the complete version, sung by the monks on a mural in the grand hall of the Dragon Zen Temple. Lin Baici had memorized it clearly by listening. Although he hadn’t sung it much later, the effect was surprisingly good.
The entire platform fell silent.
The Buddha’s teachings are boundless, saving all sentient beings.
After Lin Baici finished reciting, he clasped his hands together.
“Amitabha!”
“Well done!”
King Zheng looked at Lin Baici in astonishment, realizing that his headache was gone.
This chanting was so effective!
But…
I still want to eat your heart.
“Bring out the food and drinks, let the feast continue!”
The king laughed heartily, “Continue the music, continue the dance!”
The soldiers returned to their positions, the weapons sheathed, the sound of music and dance resumed, and the songstresses began to dance gracefully, creating a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere in the Zhaixing Palace.
“Lin God, amazing!”
Du Xinhuan cheered.
Everyone else was also excited.
They were alive! They were alive!
With Lin God here, they would definitely be able to leave this God’s Ruins.
“Well done!”
Xia Hongyao patted Lin Baici on the shoulder.
“Lin God, what should we do next?”
Wang Mingfu took the initiative to speak, thinking about how to get more help from Lin Baici.
“Kill the king!”
Xia Hongyao stared at the king, “He must have a divine relic on him with such a strong self-awareness!”
“Are you sure?”
Guo Zheng originally wanted to run away, but now that he heard about the divine relic, he immediately changed his mind.
This thing was worth fighting for.
Lin Baici touched his stomach and looked at the leading songstress. This mummified monster made him feel hungry.
[A beautiful woman buried with it, deserving of the four words “national beauty and heavenly fragrance” in their era.]
[It has a meteorite stone on it!]
Food God’s comment.
“Haha, with delicious food, fine wine, and beautiful dances, how can there be no songs?”
The king laughed, “Come, let the war song begin!”
A powerful song came from the right side of the platform.
No skills, no melody, just shouting at the top of their lungs, but everyone seemed to see an invincible general on the battlefield challenging the enemy commander.
When it finished singing, it roared.
“Who dares to wrestle with me?”
Along with these words, a giant general over two meters tall appeared at the edge of the pavilion. Its upper body was bare, with a dragon and a tiger tattooed on it.
The flames in the brazier cast an orange-red light on it, and the lifelike dragon and tiger tattoos actually moved.
“Who dares to wrestle with me?”
The giant general shouted again.
Its voice was so loud that everyone’s ears were buzzing.
“I knew it wouldn’t end so easily!”
Guo Zheng felt frustrated.
With such a formidable giant general, it would be difficult to kill the king.
“Who dares to step onto the stage and fight against my ten thousand enemies?”
The king no longer knelt, but sat on the cushion with a majestic posture, his right leg on the cushion, his right hand on his knee, showing the demeanor of a powerful ruler.
The gaze of the ten thousand enemies swept across and fell on Fang Wen, because this combat instructor looked the most robust and capable of fighting!
“You, step onto the stage quickly and wrestle with me!”
The ten thousand enemies challenged.
“Lin God, what should we do?”
Fang Wen didn’t want to go up, it was obvious that he couldn’t win.
“Chill!”
Guo Zheng urged, “You can’t avoid it, go up!”
It was a good opportunity to collect information about the ten thousand enemies while Fang Wen fought against him.
“How about we all go up together?”
Fang Wen suggested.
“Whoever can kill my ten thousand enemies, I will fulfill one request for them. Beautiful women, luxury cars, golden BMWs, as long as you can afford it, I will give it to you!”
The king promised a great reward.Fang Wen stood up, hesitating, trying to persuade Lin Baici and the others to ascend the Deer Platform together to challenge the formidable enemy.
The formidable enemy, growing impatient, took a spear from the weapon rack. Without a running start, he twisted his waist and swung his arm, shooting the spear directly below.
“Watch out!”
Lin Baici shouted, but as soon as his words fell, the spear, accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, pierced Fang Wen’s head in an instant. The massive inertia then dragged his body, throwing it more than ten meters away and off the platform.
Splash!
A trail of bright red blood was splattered.
“Coward!”
After cursing, the formidable enemy turned his gaze to a man in his thirties.
Although Lin Baici also looked strong, he was younger, and the formidable enemy didn’t want to be accused of bullying the young, so he started by challenging the older ones.
“Boss Wang?”
The chosen man looked panic-stricken.
“Quickly get on that Deer Platform, or you’ll be shot dead!”
Guo Zheng urged, he was furious. Fang Wen looked strong, but his death was so worthless.
What a waste.
“But I’ll die if I go up there too!”
The man cried out in fear.
That monster could throw a spear from such a distance and kill a person, who could possibly defeat it?
“You’ll die immediately if you don’t go up!”
Just as Guo Zheng finished speaking, another spear was shot.
Puff!
The man was shot dead, and once again, his body was dragged by the spear and thrown off the high platform.
“Haha! Haha!”
The king laughed heartily, took a sip of fine wine, and looked at Lin Baici and the others.
“Is my mighty general brave?”