Chapter 235 - 221: Meet the Ghost King; Hiding in the Palace of Crown Prince
This time, Hua Cheng's smile wasn't fake. On the contrary, it was even brighter. Guoshi was stunned, and he raised his hand, pointing at him, "...You you you, it's you? That child? You are that child???"
His finger and voice were practically shaking. Hua Cheng was cheerful and didn't speak, but his face was clearly written full of: That's right, I'm the Star of Solitude himself that almost burnt down the entire Mount TaiCang!
"..."
Guoshi turned over to demand, "Your Highness, what's going on? Explain a little?" Xie Lian opened his hands and shrugged, smiling shyly, "...It's... just as you see." Guoshi was completely shocked. He slapped the back of his right hand into his left palm a few dozen times, and it was a moment before he could finally speak, "You see, you see you see you see, I told you so! I told you Supreme Ghost Kings shouldn't be so easily provoked. He's been coming onto you from such a young age, such ghastly persistence! It's been what, eight hundred years? EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS! He's been stalking you for eight hundred years! Scary, too scary! My fortunes really are too accurate!"
"Please master, please drop it, let's not talk about this anymore..." Xie Lian pleaded. He thought inwardly, 'You haven't even seen the divine statues that filled the entirety of the Cave of Ten Thousand Gods.' If he saw it, he'd probably take Hua Cheng for a savage beast of the floods, some mad, insane ghost, and he'd stuff Xie Lian under his arm and run away. Guoshi still hadn't recovered from his shock, "No, he's too scary like this, this is such deep obsession and calculation! Your Highness, you must be absolutely careful, you'd be easily taken advantage of like this, be cautious of him deceiving you!"
"San Lang wouldn't do that." Xie Lian said.
Hua Cheng also said drily, "My lord* thinks too much. I'd deceive anyone but His Highness." Guoshi leaned over to argue, "You cunning young man, don't think I can't tell. Aren't you exactly using the fact that His Highness isn't too learned in this aspect? Why don't you tell me right now to my face how spiritual power is lent? How many ways can it be lent, and how do you lend it? What did you tell His Highness?"
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Xie Lian started yelping and cried random noises, "HAHAHAHA, ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! LET IT GO, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW AS LONG AS IT'S LENT, RIGHT? HAHAHA, IT'S ALL THE
SAME, ALL THE SAME!" If they continued the subject he was going to start flapping like a duck drowning and boiled. Xie Lian suddenly turned serious, "So, let's talk about serious business. Right now he's locked us up here and hadn't made a move, what is he planning?"
"Probably thinking of setting another riddle up for you." Hua Cheng said.