Chapter 187 - 177: Cave of Ten Thousand Gods; Faces of Ten Thousand Gods Revealed 3
Xie Lian was carried in Hua Cheng's arms as they moved deeper into the darkness of the cave's innermost dens.
The only source of light around them was the softly fluttering silver wraith butterflies. Xie Lian couldn't see the expression on Hua Cheng's face clearly, but, he could feel Hua Cheng's arms and his entire body were stiff.
It wasn't like Hua Cheng had never held him before in the past, but it was very obvious that now, something had changed, and Hua Cheng wouldn't touch even his neck or hands directly. Xie Lian kept eyeing Hua Cheng's face, blinking with force, but Hua Cheng kept avoiding his eyes, refusing to meet them, and entered a cavern chamber as he willed. There was a stone bed within the cavern chamber and he immediately brought Xie Lian over to set him down. Just as he was laying Xie Lian down, he suddenly noticed something, checked Xie Lian's back and spoke up, "They cast a spell on you?"
Xie Lian was overjoyed. He's finally discovered it!
However, that it took Hua Cheng this long to notice something off about Xie Lian only came to show just how caught off guard Hua Cheng had been earlier. Xie Lian was waiting for Hua Cheng to remove the Command Talisman from his back, yet unexpectedly, even though Hua Cheng had already reached out, his hand paused halfway, and in the end, withdrew said hand and laid Xie Lian flat on the bed.
Maybe it was so Xie Lian wouldn't worry, he said quietly, "Your Highness, don't worry. I won't kill those two useless trash for now. Even though I really want to murder them."
Also laid upon that stone bed was a layer of thick but soft fresh hay, and Xie Lian was lying on top of it limply, not a bit worried but so anxious his innards were smoking, and he just couldn't understand why Hua Cheng wouldn't release him from the spell. Just as he was trying desperately to struggle, he saw Hua Cheng reach out towards the sash belt around his waist, and untied that belt.
Right then, in that inopportune coincidence, Xie Lian could feel the Command Talisman on his back starting to fade, and his leg jerked hard while an "ah!" escaped his lips.
Although it looked like nothing more than a dead fish that twitched for a second in its last attempt at life, expressing its objection without any real power, but Hua Cheng still froze immediately, and instantly withdrew his hand, "I won't!"
As if Hua Cheng felt his own tone was too harsh and was afraid he might have scared Xie Lian, making him feel repulsed, Hua Cheng backed away for a few steps and softened his voice, his expression unreadable, cautious and resigned as he said quietly, "Your Highness, I won't do anything to you. Don't... be scared."
Xie Lian finally understood.