Time Travel: Pampered by the Aloof Prince-Chapter 437: Then We Are Enemies Now

Until this moment, Qi Yu had finally connected all these clues together.

Unexpectedly, the key to everything indeed lay in the two words "full moon."

If her memory had been a bit worse, she might never have recalled this in her lifetime.

She rubbed her temple, which was faintly aching, but fortunately, her headache had subsided.

"You have finally remembered." Yingruo slowly stood up, her eyes carrying a thinly veiled cool smile as she looked at her.

Qi Yu opened her eyes wide, taking a step back from the chill in Yingruo’s gaze.

She wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but the person standing in front of her seemed to have turned into Ning Yue.

"Who are you, exactly?" Qi Yu furrowed her brows, asking the question once again.

Not long ago, she had thought confidently that she would not mistake these two people.

But now, she really couldn’t tell them apart.

Something seemed to have changed in the darkness.

Yingruo raised her hand and took off her veil, her eyes intently fixed on Qi Yu: "Who do you think I should be?"

Qi Yu’s gaze deepened. Now, she could finally confirm the identity of the person standing before her.

"Is Yingruo another alias of yours?" she scoffed lightly, articulated every word: "Ning Yue, is it fun to make a fool out of everyone?"

Ning Yue slightly lowered her gaze, the corners of her mouth curling into a faint arc, her tone light: "Of course, it’s fun. I enjoy seeing you all terrified out of your wits."

Qi Yu scoffed coldly, "I should have recognized you earlier."

The person before her seemed much more lively and playful now, but still irritatingly enough to make one gnash their teeth, just like the sinister ghost envoy from the illusion.

After having her last layer of disguise torn away, Ning Yue no longer restrained her true nature, instantly shedding her cool and detached false appearance, with her gaze returning to its previous viciousness.

Thinking of how she had been fooled by this person all night, Qi Yu couldn’t help but grind her teeth in anger, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Ning Yue looked at her indifferently: "You ruined my plan, so naturally, I have to take my revenge on you."

This vengeful character was unmatched anywhere else in the world.

Qi Yu took a deep breath, managing to suppress her rage as she asked coldly, "When have I ever spoiled your plans?"

Ning Yue stared at her for a while, snorted upon realizing she really hadn’t caught on: "Ha, that night, I watched the person lying in the coffin breathe their last, just as I was about to employ the Resurrection Technique. Unexpectedly, you came back to life again."

Hearing this, Qi Yu didn’t even know how to react.

Unexpectedly, the original owner was quite popular, to be targeted by two solitary ghosts at the same time.

"That’s not right either, weren’t you dead a hundred years ago?" After internally commenting, she suddenly remembered this and stared wide-eyed and terrified at the person in front of her.

Ning Yue scoffed lightly, "I was able to create the Ghost City, why would this be a big deal?"

Qi Yu thought about it, and indeed, if she, a modern person, could travel through time, there was no strange occurrence that could be deemed impossible.

As she remained silent, Ning Yue began explaining on her own: "Before my death, I had planned everything. After a hundred years, at the time of the full moon, my soul would awaken within the body of someone born under the full moon. I had invested all my luck in this person, only to find that you were not only not dead, but you also took my luck away."

By the end, her tone had turned chillingly cold.

On hearing this, Qi Yu felt somewhat pleased, mocking: "Isn’t this a case of outsmarting oneself?"

She finally understood what the unfamiliar space that appeared since her awakening was.

The so-called space was merely another form of illusion.

And it was originally prepared for Ning Yue herself, but unbeknownst to her, Qi Yu had taken advantage of it.

"Then how did you later find someone who looks exactly like you to possess?" Qi Yu asked.

Ning Yue glanced at her, replying irritably: "I know the Witchcraft Technique, what’s so hard about changing one’s appearance?"

At this point, whatever she said, Qi Yu wouldn’t be surprised.

He nodded, then added, "Is it because I stole your fate that I was able to open the illusion?"

Upon recalling this, Ning Yue still felt some suffocation in her heart; however, what was done was done, and no amount of anger could change that fact.

All she could do was purse her lips, a look of reluctance on her face as she said, "Yes."

Qi Yu didn’t feel the slightest embarrassment about having taken advantage.

But she still had many doubts that were not yet resolved.

Thinking that this would be a lengthy conversation, she walked directly to a cushion nearby and sat down, rubbing her knees. She lifted her head and looked at Ning Yue, "Since you possess the Resurrection Technique, why didn’t you save your princess?"

Upon hearing this question, Ning Yue remained silent for a long time.

Qi Yu waited for quite a while, but didn’t hear her voice; her eyelids were already becoming heavy, and her breathing slowed.

But just as she was about to close her eyes, she suddenly heard Ning Yue say, "I did save her once, but I harmed her."

Qi Yu quickly opened her eyes, staring intently at her, fearing she might miss any detail.

Ning Yue’s face displayed a hint of weariness. She found a cushion and sat down, hugging her knees, a self-mocking smile on her lips as she said in a desolate tone, "After Luoyue Country was annihilated by Cang Ming, she jumped down from the city gate and died on the spot. Cang Ming brought her body back to the Imperial Palace but refused to bury her for a long time. By then, I had already stolen the secret technique from the Tulan people during the chaos and learned some methods to resurrect the dead. I went to the palace and told Cang Ming about this. He agreed, so I followed the instructions in the secret technique and brought the princess back to life."

Qi Yu propped her chin, unsure whether to be happy or to sigh upon hearing this.

There’s no such thing as a Resurrection Technique in this world. It’s all deviant paths and means of self-deception.

If there were such an effective method, the ancestors of Tulan would have used it on themselves long ago.

As expected, Ning Yue said, "I later realized that it wasn’t any Resurrection Technique at all, but rather the effect of Poisonous Insect Poison which hollowed out a person’s internal organs, using one poison to nourish another. Although she came back to life, she had no vitality, neither able to laugh nor cry, just like a piece of wood."

Qi Yu gasped just imagining that scene.

Ning Yue was silent for a while, then continued, "I couldn’t bear to see the princess live like that, so I went to Cang Ming asking him to let her go, but he refused. Instead, he declared me a Saintess, ordering me to suppress the aggrieved spirits in the city with witchcraft, but he forbade me from entering the harem to see the princess."

The brutal truth she had longed for was starkly revealed before her, yet Qi Yu wasn’t too happy.

She had guessed part of the outcome but hadn’t expected Cang Ming to still have a bit of sincerity.

Yet, any sincerity he had was insignificant compared to his actions of conquering and slaughtering cities.

However, upon hearing her words, Ning Yue scoffed, "What sincerity? Until his death, he never felt he was wrong."

Qi Yu was silent.

It wasn’t that she was making excuses for Cang Ming, but she understood too well Cang Ming’s psyche. A man so high above others, even his sparing affections were less generous than others.

No wonder Yin Wanning never cared for him from beginning to end.

The two sat in silence for a while. Qi Yu glanced at the sky, which was beginning to show the first light of dawn.

She pinched the bridge of her nose, her eyes bloodshot as she looked at Ning Yue and asked, "Have you still not given up the idea of revenge?"

Ning Yue lowered her eyes and didn’t answer her.

Instead, she stood up, turned her back to her, and said indifferently, "At this hour, you should leave the palace."

Qi Yu pressed her lips together, said nothing, and walked with her to the palace gate.

Ning Yue stopped, looked at her with an indifferent gaze, and said, "If you don’t want to die, leave this place as soon as possible."

Qi Yu knew Ning Yue wouldn’t easily give up on revenge, and knew that, for whatever reason, Ning Yue felt some compassion towards her.

But she still shook her head, "I won’t leave, and I will definitely stop you."

Ning Yue gave her a look, her face expressionless as she said, "Then we are enemies."

Having said that, she put on her veil, transformed back into Yingruo, and turned to walk step by step back into the Imperial Palace.

Behind her, the palace gates slowly closed.

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