Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 387: You Are Destined to Stay in This Hell With Me

Chapter 387: Chapter 387: You Are Destined to Stay in This Hell With Me

As soon as she finished speaking, the ground began to tremble faintly.

Qi Yu swayed a bit and instinctively grabbed Li Mingjue’s hand.

Li Mingjue wrapped his arm around her waist, preventing her from falling as the ground shook unexpectedly.

The Ghost Envoy glanced at their actions, and the color in his eyes faded slightly.

With a wave of her hand, a crack about two meters long suddenly appeared in front of her.

Qi Yu’s eyes widened in surprise as she curiously watched the Ghost Envoy’s movements.

The crack continued to widen until it was wide enough to accommodate a person and then stopped.

Peering down into the fissure, Qi Yu could only see layers of steps and nothing else.

"Whether you enter or not is up to you, I can only help you this far," the Ghost Envoy said before leaving.

Qi Yu and Li Mingjue exchanged glances, and she asked hesitantly, "There’s no danger inside, is there?"

Li Mingjue shook his head, reassuring her, "No, there won’t be. If there were any dangers, she wouldn’t have brought us here."

"Do you trust her?" Qi Yu raised an eyebrow, curiously watching him.

Li Mingjue smiled and replied, "What does it matter whether I trust her or not? We only have this one path in front of us."

Qi Yu shrugged, "Okay then."

She stood in front of the crack, hesitated, and then stretched out her foot, tentatively stepping on the step below to test it. Finding no issue, she continued downward with more confidence.

"You... you stay close to me. If anything goes wrong, I’ll take you into the space immediately," Qi Yu advised the person behind her as they walked.

Li Mingjue responded, "Okay."

The two descended the stairs, step by step.

It wasn’t until they reached the last step that Qi Yu finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.

Looking up at the ceiling, she realized they were already tens of meters below the surface and exclaimed, "They dug quite deep."

Li Mingjue scanned their surroundings and said to Qi Yu, "This place seems to be a palace."

Qi Yu followed his gaze and saw that the area, though underground, was quite spacious, as if it were a palace built underground.

The two of them moved slowly forward, as there was not a sliver of light to be seen, and the faint glimmers on the ground were barely enough to see by.

Qi Yu took a candle out of her space and lit it with a match.

These were her backup supplies for when she used to dig for herbs in the forest. It had been a long time since she needed to use them.

With the candle lit, the two were finally able to see a bit more clearly.

But the candle’s glow was limited, so they had to slow down and look over things bit by bit.

"Why would there be a palace underground?" Qi Yu couldn’t comprehend the reason behind it.

Li Mingjue, using the candlelight to observe their surroundings, had a speculation in mind, "Perhaps, this palace was built for someone."

Qi Yu still found this hard to understand. "But why build it underground?

It’s pitch dark here, you can hardly see a thing. Building a palace underground seems rather extravagant."

However, Li Mingjue shook his head, "It might not have been built for people to live in."

"What is that?" Qi Yu turned her head to look at him, full of curiosity.

Li Mingjue, seeing her bursting curiosity, chuckled lightly and decided not to keep her in suspense any longer. He said, "It’s possible that the purpose of building this palace was merely to imprison someone, don’t you think?"

Qi Yu shivered at his words, her pupils quivering, a chill running through her body as she stammered, "No...it can’t be, right?"

Li Mingjue saw how frightened she was, to the point of being inarticulate, and shook his head silently, "It’s just a guess, the truth may not be so."

This statement did nothing to comfort Qi Yu; she felt that what they had encountered here was beyond her imagination.

The two continued to walk forward and soon reached the end of the palace.

Qi Yu reached out to touch the wall in front of her and suddenly frowned, "There seems to be something on the wall."

After speaking, she lifted the candle to shine on the section of wall she had touched, and sure enough, there were several scratch marks.

"What is this? It doesn’t quite look like writing," she murmured softly.

Li Mingjue took the candle from her hand and illuminated other parts of the wall, discovering many more similar scratches.

"Could it be that these were made by the nails of the person who was imprisoned here?" Qi Yu blinked, the mere thought of that possibility made her feel extremely uncomfortable. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Being locked up in such a place without seeing sunlight, how miserable that would be.

Li Mingjue looked at the chaotic scratches and shook his head, "These marks are too deep to look like they were made with fingernails."

Qi Yu also leaned in for a closer look and agreed that these scratches looked too deep for fingernails; they were more like what might have been made with some sharp instrument.

"What secret is hidden here, after all?" Qi Yu felt like her head was about to explode. She tapped her forehead with her fingers and sighed, "Is the Ghost Envoy deceiving us?"

Li Mingjue caught her hand, stopping her self-harm, and glanced again at the scratches on the wall. His voice was calm, "She has no reason to lie to us, but that doesn’t mean everything she says is true."

Qi Yu felt like her brain had been inadequate ever since they had entered this place.

At this moment, she had given up on thinking and pulled Li Mingjue to find a spot against the wall to sit down, "You mean, her purpose in leading us here isn’t pure?"

Li Mingjue nodded slightly, his gaze darkening, "She has no reason to let us out, yet she led us here. I guess, she doesn’t know what secret is hidden here either, so she wants us to solve this riddle."

Qi Yu tugged at the corner of her mouth, her tone devoid of fluctuations, "She’s quite shrewd."

Li Mingjue glanced side-eyed at her and said, "This was her own decision, I think the City Lord won’t let her off."

It was only then that Qi Yu remembered such a person existed.

She nodded in agreement, her tone carrying some schadenfreude, "Maybe they are in a standoff in the Imperial City right now."

At the same time, in the Imperial City.

The Ghost Envoy knelt inside the palace, saying in a calm tone to the person standing before her, "This matter was indeed my own doing. You may kill me."

On hearing this, the City Lord laughed lightly, slowly returning to his senses, his frosty eyes tightly fixed on her. His tone was casual yet intensely mocking as he addressed the kneeling person, "Why would I kill you? You need to stay alive to atone for your sins."

Hearing the words "atone for your sins," a pained expression suddenly appeared on the Ghost Envoy’s blank face. She slowly closed her eyes and said with a desolate tone, "It’s been so many years; haven’t I atoned enough for my sins?"

After she spoke, the hall was silent for a long while.

After a significant amount of time, the Ghost Envoy felt an utterly cold hand lift her chin, forcing her to raise her face.

Her eyelashes trembled as she opened her bloodshot eyes, looking directly at the person before her.

A smile spread across that person’s face, and in a gentle tone, he told her, "How could it ever be enough? Ning Yue, you are destined to accompany me in this Hell forever, never to find peace."

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