The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

"Ying Li, are you alright?!" Fu Cheng pulled Ying Li over with concern, looking at the scars on her face with great worry. What would happen to a woman if she had scars on her face?! Even if Ying Li didn't care about her appearance, seeing the shocking scars every time she did her makeup didn't exactly put her in a good mood.

Seeing that Jiang Huai had fainted but was not seriously injured, Ying Li gasped, touched the wound on her face with her right hand, and said, "It's nothing, it can be healed. Brother, come out."

Yin Lie emerged from the bone ring with a dark expression, looking at Ying Li with a desire to slap her. What was so great about Jiang Huai that Ying Li would protect him so fiercely!

"Brother, I know what you're thinking. Jiang Huai saved me in the Blood Sacrifice Array, have you forgotten?! He was poisoned, but he didn't really intend to kill me. You see, he didn't intervene in the end, did he?! You're my own brother, you can't just watch me become an ugly monster, can you?!"

"I can't cure him. He had the heart to do it. You were both willing to hit and be hit. What right do I, an outsider, have to interfere?! You went through all that trouble and in the end you blocked the door so I couldn't leave?! Now you remember me? How can there be such a wonderful thing in the world?!" Yin Lie said, his face full of anger.

"Back in the Ying family's western stables in Ye Lingcheng, I was beaten up so badly, and you were the one who saved me in the end. If you hadn't helped me, I would have been all alone with no family protection. Who would I have turned to for help?! Brother..."

After hearing this, Yin Lie recalled how Ying Li had been bullied and disfigured to death by Ying Luo when she was fifteen. The pitiful sight of her always pained him. Hearing Ying Li's words, Yin Lie's heart softened, but he still couldn't bring himself to back down. He casually slashed Ying Li's face with his right hand, muttering something, and used the power of the Bone Ring. After a while, the wound on Ying Li's face indeed healed!

"She really is a witch! Don't think you're safe just because His Highness the Third Prince hasn't made a move. Let me tell you, if I don't go back in half an hour, my men will raze this place to the ground, and none of you will escape!" Hou Ning's expression changed slightly as he looked at Jiang Huai lying unconscious on the ground. Then, seeing Ying Li using the Bone Ring to restore her appearance, he became furious.

All these actions confirm Ying Li's reputation as a witch! She is indeed a witch who wreaks havoc in the Spirit Realm, and she must be killed!

"You're the one with malicious intentions! Do you think you can manipulate the high and mighty Third Prince just because you have Mu Zhen's name?! Let me tell you, the first thing your Third Prince will do when he wakes up is kill you! He doesn't believe in your nonsense! No, having him kill you would just fulfill your wishes! You're probably thinking you'd rather die at the hands of the Spirit Realm people than at our hands. I won't let your dream come true. I might as well kill you right now!" Yin Lie became increasingly disgusted with Hou Ning, wishing he could kill him as soon as possible!

Ying Li waved his hand and said, "He's probably thinking how convenient it would be to die, it would be a loyal death, but I'm not going to let you die! I heard you were engaged to Chu Jue's granddaughter, Chu Lianyi. I'm very curious, what kind of person are you!"

"You know Lianyi?! What have you done to Lianyi, you vixen?! Did you plot against her mother to bully her?! Let me tell you, no matter how you treat me, don't touch Lianyi!" Hou Ning was clearly terrified when he heard Chu Lianyi's name. A person who wasn't even afraid of death was actually afraid of a name.

Ying Li's expression changed slightly. She had just said it casually, wanting to embarrass Hou Ning about being jilted in the past, but she didn't expect Hou Ning to place Lianyi on such a serious note!

"Boom!" A tremor ran outside the cave. The Winter Prince's spirit beast seemed to have heard the sound and was struggling to break in! Ying Li's expression changed slightly. He pulled up Jiang Huai, who had fallen to the ground, and said to Fu Cheng, "We can't stay here any longer. Let's go to Yunshan and find the Great Sage Jue Ling!"

Fu Cheng nodded, and was about to leave when he looked at Hou Ning, who was slumped on the ground, and asked, "What about this person?!"

"Take them all with us!" Ying Li said, and ran towards the cave entrance! Fu Cheng followed closely behind, and the four of them quickly left Ghost Spirit Mountain.

After the four left, the cave was quickly breached by the spirit beasts raised by the Winter Prince. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the cave collapsed, and the entire Ghost Spirit Mountain was in turmoil!

Yu Qingdai collapsed against a large tree halfway up the mountain. The mountain shook, and the tree creaked and swayed, eventually falling to one side. In the nick of time, Yu Qingdai finally woke up. She grabbed the mountain wall and clung to it tightly. The pain from her wounds made her gasp. Looking at the conspicuous scars on the back of her hand, Yu Qingdai felt a wave of fear.

After a long time, the shaking sensation of the mountain disappeared, and Yu Qingdai was safe. She climbed to the cave where Ying Li and the others had been, and collapsed in the cave that had been ravaged by the spirit beast. She lay there for an hour before she realized that she had been spared! What a close call!

Even if she survived, what would she do?! She secretly followed Yi Bicheng to the Ghost Realm, but not only did she fail to find him, she nearly lost her life here. This is Ghost Spirit Mountain; if she goes out, she'll be killed by the patrolling spirit beasts. She probably won't be able to get out!

However, just as Yu Qingdai was giving up on herself, she heard rustling sounds coming from the cave. Yu Qingdai was terrified and quickly scurried into the cave. She was covered in wounds and dust, and with each step she took, the burning pain intensified, but she was still discovered.

Those people stared at Yu Qingdai's retreating figure for a long time before the leader exclaimed incredulously, "You're from the Spirit Realm?! How come you're here?!"

Yu Qingdai's face darkened, and she looked up timidly. Those people were dressed in the robes of elders, and were indeed people from the Spirit Realm, just like her. "I am! I am from the Spirit Realm! Please save me, please save me!"

"Is the young master here?! The young master clearly told us to come here to find him, to take advantage of that important figure from the Ghost Realm's absence so we could ambush him. But I've searched everywhere, and there's no sign of the young master anywhere nearby. I wonder if the elder has found anything here?!" someone asked from behind. The leader shook his head and said, "The young master is missing, and His Highness the Third Prince is also missing. Perhaps he was taken away by the demoness. But look, we found this person from the Spirit Realm here!"

"Hey! Where are you from?! What are you doing in this ghost realm? Don't you want to live?!" the elder asked.

Yu Qingdai stood up tremblingly and said, "Elders, my name is Yu Qingdai. I am from Zizhu Gorge in Nan'an Kingdom. I followed Yi Bicheng, the young master of Tianfu, to the Ghost Realm, but we got separated and ended up here. Please, please save me! I will be eternally grateful!!!"

The elder's expression changed slightly, and he asked in confusion, "Since you claim to be close to Yi Bicheng, the young master of Tianfu, why didn't he take good care of you?!"

"This...this...how did I find out?!" Dai Dai stammered at the question. She had come secretly and had nothing to do with Yi Bicheng. But if she didn't say this, these people wouldn't save her, and she would have no chance of survival.

"I heard that the young master of Tianfu, Yi Bicheng, is nearby. Maybe this girl just wandered off on her own. The lord of Tianfu has a good relationship with our king. Taking this girl back with us might even get us some reward. There's no harm in it." Someone peeked out from behind the elder and whispered a few words. The elder pondered for a while, then nodded at Yu Qingdai's panicked expression.

"Perfect timing! Young Master Yi Bicheng of Tianfu is nearby. Follow us, and you'll see him soon!" the elder said, then instructed those behind him, "Continue searching for the young master. Since he left clues, he must be nearby. Don't miss any places. If you encounter any spirit beasts or evil beasts, kill them on the spot!!!"

"Yes!!!" A chorus of responses followed, and then a large group of people dispersed.

Yu Qingdai looked at the elder with trepidation. Hearing that Yi Bicheng was nearby, tears streamed down her face. She felt incredibly wronged. If she hadn't encountered them, she would have died here today! It was all because of Ying Li. If it weren't for her, no one would have encountered such misfortune! The otherworldly demon woman... she must die!

"Thank you, Elder! Thank you, Elder! If we hadn't met you today, I'm afraid I would have lost my life here!" Yu Qingdai said gratefully.

The elder glanced at Yu Qingdai and said, "No need to be polite. Since you are the young master of Tianfu's person, come with me now, or the young master of Tianfu will leave!"

Yu Qingdai responded and quickly followed behind the man. Sure enough, she soon saw Yi Bicheng. Yi Bicheng was dressed in purple, holding a folding fan in his right hand. He was deep in thought when he looked up and saw Yu Qingdai's tear-streaked face. He was shocked.

"What are you doing here?! Didn't you already go home?! How did you sneak back here?!"

"You provoked me first, and I'm going to stick with you. You can't shake me off unless I die!" Yu Qingdai muttered. "I've been beaten up like this, and you still have the heart to scold me?! Yi Bicheng, how can you be so cruel!"

"Since the young master of Tianfu knows this young lady, I will take my leave. I still need to go and find my young master!"

"Thank you very much, Elder Li! If there is anything my Heavenly Mansion can do to help, please don't hesitate to ask." Yi Bicheng returned the greeting with a cupped hand. After Elder Li left, he stared at Yu Qingdai's face and said, "I won't argue with you. I just want to ask you, have you seen Ying Li during your time in the Ghost Realm?!"

Yu Qingdai's face was deathly pale. When she heard Ying Li's name, it was as if she were hearing some kind of spell, catching her completely off guard.

"Ying Li! Ying Li! Ying Li! It's Ying Li again! She's a treasure in the Ghost Realm, she's completely forgotten about you! Why would she need your concern?! Yi Bicheng, I really don't understand why all of you are only focused on Ying Li?! Why is everyone here looking for Ying Li!!!"

"Yu Qingdai, can't you be reasonable?! The people here are looking for Ying Li because they want to take her back to report! I'm looking for Ying Li because I did something wrong to her, and I want to make amends! You keep saying that everyone loves Ying Li, yes, they do! But is romantic love the only thing in your life?! Is it just petty affection?! You're so narrow-minded!"

Yi Bicheng roared, "I'll ask you one last time, during the time you were in the Ghost Realm, did you see Ying Li?!"

Yu Qingdai bit her lip hard, staring defiantly at Yi Bicheng, her eyes widening. She gritted her teeth and said, word by word, "No, never!"