The Princess And The Lord

From far away they heard the sound of footsteps approaching in a hurry.

"It's the guards!" Shin Jiu warned them anxiously.

"Mistress, please take care of Master, I will handle them," Bai Zi said as he quickly headed to where the voice came from.

Lory didn't stop Bai Zi, she agreed that she should fix the boy first because Shin Jiu was covered in wounds, Lory also noticed how pale and weak Shin Jiu's body was, it seemed that the wound wasn't just on his body only.

Instantly the anger that had subsided slightly rose once again, Lory didn't understand why they would hurt a young boy this far, even Zhao Li Xin who everyone said was cruel never hurt children before.

Lory closed her eyes while summoning her healing power then she placed her hand on top of Shin Jiu's head while her other hand was placed on the boy's chest, immediately a soft purple light shone from both of her hands.

Shin Jiu, warm energy seeped into him and spread through his body, like soaking in a hot spring during winter, he felt nothing but happiness, then gradually whatever pain, aches, and pains he felt before slowly disappeared.

As Lory pulled her hand away, Shin Jiu opened his eyes and was greeted by Lory's beautiful purple gem-like eyes, "Are you feeling better?" Lory smiled gently.

At first, Shin Jiu also thought Lory's real appearance was a bit strange, but now that she saw Lory again with her true appearance, he realized that Lory was so beautiful that she practically glowing in this dark cell. Lory's beautiful big purple eyes look like amethyst gemstones, her nose is high, and her soft pink lips are so delicate but her features don't make her look soft or weak like any other delicate woman, adding to her wavy bluish hair that looks like flower petals blooming Lory looks exceptionally mesmerizing and graceful just like a swan.

"Thank you, master..." Shin Jiu shyly lowered his head, he thought it was a waste for Lory to hide her real appearance with ordinary features like 'Luo Ri Yi' but at the same time, Shin Jiu knew Lory made a good decision just imagine If others saw Lory's real appearance, some people might despised or discriminate her but many might wanted to covet her unique beauty.

Suddenly Shin Jiu's stomach growled and they both looked at each other awkwardly at least on Shin Jiu's side, Lory suppressed a smile "I think you should eat before we leave this place, but you have to eat quickly" Lory took out a bento box from her ring.

That familiar box made Shin Jiu's eyes sparkle and his saliva almost dripped after days of starvation he couldn't wait to gobble the whole food in front of him.

"You eat first, I'll check some other place" Lory hit her knee as she rose from the floor.

Suddenly Shin Jiu remembered something, "Master, can you check the kid in the cell next to me, it seems he is also being held here for some reason, maybe he can be of use for us?" although it sounds a bit cruel but in the cultivation world, people don't save each other because their good heart, they always have some benefit to gain behind their action, even though Shin Jiu knew Lory wasn't that type of person but he said it anyway out of habit.

Hearing this Lory turned her gaze to the side and her face contorted as she said with suppressed anger, "How many little children have they captured? Damn it, I will make sure I eradicate the entire Heaven's Gate sect from now on!" Lory snorted in annoyance.

Lory looks at the side of the wall, the boy that Shin Jiu said must be behind the wall "Do You know that Boy name?" Lory asks while she strides outside the cell.

Shin Jiu opened the Bento box and a nice smell wafted up to his nose he was almost drooling but the good boy still answered Lory even though in a hurried manner "He said his name, Bao Bao!" Shin Jiu said.

Lory tilted her head, 'Does that mean a bun or treasure?' Lory's unnecessary thought wandered for a second before she shrugged her shoulders and put the thought behind her back,  anyways he had to check the boy's safety first but why didn't she hear a sound from the other cell after she made so much fuss. Realizing something bad might have happened to the boy Lory quickened her pace to another cell, once she arrived she face another dark cell.

"Hello, is anybody there?" Lory shouted from outside the bar but she didn't hear any movement or answer from the inside thus making her worried for the boy's wellbeing, without further a do Lory cast a spell to freeze the door then she kicked the door open just like she did with Shin Jiu's cell door only this time she didn't rush in because Lory didn't know what to expect inside the cell.

After she faces the lesser Demon Lory didn't dare to be presumptuous as she was before. Lory summoned the light on her palm to illuminate the cell then she cautiously swept her gaze across the room. Although it was the same cell as Shin Jiu had but this place had more old, shabby, and half-broken furniture that in her opinion should not be used anymore, but still, it showed someone must live here for quite a while. 

Lory then notice a small candle on the floor that had been overused it cannot be used anymore and there was also a wooden bench pushed on the corner against the wall while above the bench there was a small lump trembling under an old, thin and dirty blanket.

Lory picked up the quilt hastily and was surprised by the very skinny boy curled up in the fetal position cover in sweat and dirt. The little boy had long messy hair that scattered all over the bench it was obvious he hadn't cut his hair in years, the smell coming from his body odor was overpowering but that was to be expected from how dirty the cloth he was wearing was.

Lory wondered who this pitiful boy was, and how crazy Wei Zu tian could do this to such a harmless little boy.

"Hey, are you okay?" Lory touched the boy's head and was surprised how cold his body was, almost the temperature of a corpse but the boy must still be alive. The boy's body shook violently, his hands tightly holding his arms while gritting his teeth. 

"Could it be....cold poison?" Lory heard the symptoms of cold poison from Jin Hao, since the poison was a big part of Zhao Li Xin life she wanted to know how badly this poison caused to one body and the result was appalling, Lory didn't even know how Zhao Li Xin stayed alive while under the pressure of the royal family at the same time torture by the excruciating pain of the poison.

She was even more confused why Zhao Li Xin didn't exterminate the entire Zhao clan for what they did when he had the chance, judging by Zhao Li Xin's character Lory thought he should have killed the Zhao clan like the Sanguan clan, but he didn't.

Unbeknownst to Lory that what Zhao Li Xin really wanted to ruin the whole kingdom and after he revealed his identity as Long Ming he will burn down the entire kingdom turn everything to ash. However, Zhao Li Xin found out Lory lives in that city, Lory may not be from this world but the Jiang Wei kingdom has been Lory's home at least for a few years, and there are also their memories of their first meeting, the back forest behind the Lao Manor, the mysterious bluebell flower and the friends Lory made as a maid in the Lao Manor, Zhao Li Xin also knows that Lory will be very sad if the whole Jiang Wei kingdom destroys and after Zhao Li Xin knows about how Lory kingdom was also burned away he was glad he didn't make Lory relive that painful experience again.

Therefore, Jiang Wei's kingdom becomes the only enemy that escaped from Zhao Li Xin's vengeance.

"Oh my God, what have they done to you?" Lory recalled Zhao Li Xin's condition when she first met and wondered if this was what Zhao Li Xin looked like when he was a child, hurt and suffering alone in a dark corner without no one helping him? Tears welled up in her eyes, Lory can't let another child suffer from this damn poison again, NO MORE!

Lory gathered all his strength, then placed one hand on the boy's head and the other on the boy's shoulder and summoned her healing power. A gust of wind came from nowhere encircled her and flip all the old furniture in the cells. Lory knew it would take up a lot of mana, but she didn't care, she couldn't save Zhao Li Xin when he was a child but she could help this boy to lift his pain sooner.

"May the light guide your path even on the darkest path..."

The whisper was soft and gentle like water seeping into a rock crevice, the boy who knew only pain and cold felt his body suffused with warmth, and the darkness that used to surround him suddenly illuminated with a brilliant light he was sure he entered the gate of the underworld.

When the boy slowly opened his eyes what that he thought was a beutiful dream was dumbfounded by a small scattering of light around him.

As his eyes had not seen light for many years, it took a while before he could adjust his vision then gradually the scene before him became clearer and a woman with a pair of glittering purple eyes stared at him anxiously.

the woman has weird bluish hair that reminds him of the rare blue carnation flower, her skin was pale and unblemished like snow, nevertheless, there is overwhelming gentleness exuded in her worried eyes that he hadn't seen for a very long time.

The woman's appearance was quite strange yet she looked mesmerizing at least in his eyes, the boy thought he was dead and this woman was the deity who would take him to the underworld if that was true, he didn't mind.

The woman's head leaned forward as she studied him carefully, "Are you feeling better?" she squint her eyes worriedly.