Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 404 - 277: Master of Fate

Chapter 404: Chapter 277: Master of Fate

"Trial ground?"

Li Qingyan murmured softly, with a trace of mockery flitting across her rosy lips as she glanced at the vast ancient city and chuckled with a sigh-like lightness, "Those people from ten thousand years ago really had some nerve, to actually build a trial ground that corralled millions of humans?"

Xu Yuan looked at her expression and helplessly chuckled:

"This must have been an act of desperation. The remnant soul in the Soul Ring once said that ten thousand years ago, humanity was on the brink of annihilation..."

"Prince Consort, I am not completely ignorant of the great calamity from ten thousand years ago."

Li Qingyan lowered her eyes to glance at her palm encased in red-brown armor, then clenched her fist, "I was just thinking, if placed in the same position, could I make the same correct decision as they did."

The correct decision...

Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly before smiling gently at her:

"Worrying over nothing, if such a calamity were to occur, I believe Qingyan, you would make the most correct decision."

Li Qingyan snorted with laughter:

"You’re that sure?"

Xu Yuan shook his head, staring into her eyes:

"I’m not sure, but I know when a race is facing extinction, compassion and mercy can’t save the world, only iron-blood and authority can."

Li Qingyan fell silent for a moment, her gaze turning interested as she provocatively asked:

"If that’s the case, what is the difference between humans and wild beasts?"

Xu Yuan gave the Princess a blank look, his voice laced with a strange amusement:

"That’s a question you’re asking? It makes me feel like I’m talking to my fourth sister."

He said, curving the corner of his lips:

"Qingyan, you’ve been fighting the Barbarian Tribes for more than a decade; you should know the answer to this question better than I do. Principles of benevolence and righteousness are valid only within the confines of peace."

"Heh..."

Li Qingyan’s laughter rang out clearly, her phoenix eyes curving into crescents, revealing a touch of excitement:

"Changtian, you really do get along with me."

"Not calling me Prince Consort anymore?" Xu Yuan asked softly.

Li Qingyan tilted her head playfully:

"Doesn’t Changtian make it sound more intimate between us, my lord?"

Xu Yuan shivered and complained:

"Cute expressions really do not suit you."

"Hmph."

Li Qingyan snorted coldly and shook her head disinterestedly, her demeanor instantaneously regaining its usual dignified calmness:

"Enough of the nonsense. Changtian, since you know this place is a trial ground for nurturing ghost-like beings, you should also know how to operate the formation of this Underground Palace, right?"

Xu Yuan’s eyes showed a hint of appreciation.

Her words remained simple and clear, straight to the point.

Just like in those movies from his previous life, research bases for viruses always had layers upon layers of security measures.

If this place was a trial ground for researching the transformation of humans into ghost-like beings, then there would surely be a formation for controlling them.

Otherwise, the "humans" here would not have survived for ten thousand years.

But unfortunately...

Xu Yuan directly shook his head:

"I don’t know."

"Hmm?"

Li Qingyan was momentarily startled by Xu Yuan’s response, then asked:

"But you said earlier that the way out was nearby."

"Did I say it was through manipulating the formation?"

"....." Li Qingyan.

Xu Yuan glanced at the interior of the ancient city and whispered:

"Let’s enter the city first and look for that ’Lady Si Ming’. We’ll ask her about the situation here."

"Find..."

Li Qingyan instinctively wanted to object, but after Xu Yuan finished speaking, he simply raised his palm and quietly stared at her.

As their gazes met,

Li Qingyan looked at his lifted palm and after a slight hesitation, swallowed her words, her voice cold:

"Fine... I’ll follow your lead."

Xu Yuan smiled faintly and explained:

"There are countless passages near this cave, and just the two of us trying to find that exit is as hard as climbing to heaven. Talking to ’Lady Si Ming’ and having her mobilize her people to help us search would be much more convenient."

With that said,

The two of them leaped, their figures instantly vanishing from the panic-stricken ramparts.

Despite its large area, the inner parts of this underground city were eerily spacious.

The street blocks near the city wall were utterly silent, walking on the streets felt like wandering a ghost city in the underworld, with darkness enveloping the pair like a ghostly aura.

The layout of the ancient city resembled the mortal cities from Xu Yuan’s past life dramas to some extent, lacking the wide official roads for Demonic Beast carriages found in the inner cities of the Dayan Territory, and the city planning was a chaotic mess.

Main thoroughfares and side streets tangled complexly, with commercial districts full of markets and taverns and residential areas jumbled together, hinting at the prosperity of this place ten thousand years ago.

But now... these dilapidated houses would probably collapse into ruins with just a gentile push.

Not long after setting out, Li Qingyan suddenly grabbed his hand, looking towards the distant sky with a peculiar expression and said:

"Someone is coming, and their aura is surprisingly not that weak."

"Oh?"

Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow, knowing that to receive such a comment from Li Qingyan, the person’s cultivation had to be at least at the Great Grandmaster level: "Is ’Lady Si Ming’ actually a Great Grandmaster?"

Li Qingyan’s phoenix eyes flickered slightly, after sensing for a moment, she uttered two words:

"More than that."

At her words, Xu Yuan’s pupils constricted:

"Primordial?"

"Mm."

Li Qingyan nodded slightly, paused for an instant, and then continued, "She’s noticed you."

No sooner had she spoken,

She nonchalantly drew her personal blade from the Sumeru Ring.

"......"

Xu Yuan watched her unfazed appearance, his eyes twitching.

Hold on, sister, you practice military formations, can you actually handle a normal Primordial without breaking a sweat?

All fell quiet for a moment, Xu Yuan then said with a touch of amusement: