Before they could react, Bai Chen quickly got up and jumped beside Princess Anyao. The small folding fan in his hand stabbed right at the center of her forehead!
With just this one stab, the evil spirit was directly stripped from Princess Anyao's physical body by Bai Chen! Her body fell to the ground unconsciously.
Wan Ruo quickly stepped forward to help when she saw this. She held Princess Anyao in her arms to prevent the evil spirit from possessing her again.
"Ah..." Along with the miserable and painful howl of the evil spirit!
Bai Chen didn't give it any chance to catch its breath. He instantly summoned the Soul - Binding Spirit.
The evil spirit tried to run away when it saw this, but it was already too late. It was tightly locked by the nine - zhang - long Soul - Binding Spirit.
At this moment, Wan Ruo looked at Bai Chen with admiration. She had to admit that he was really amazing!
Si Hongxi finally came to his senses. Although he couldn't see the evil spirit, he saw the blue - glowing rope floating in the air as if it was locking something.
Seeing Wan Ruo looking at Bai Chen affectionately, a sense of inferiority welled up in his heart. He had never felt so... useless!
He didn't expect Bai Chen to be so powerful. Si Hongxi looked at the heroic Bai Chen in front of him, frowning tightly. He had underestimated him. He was indeed a strong rival!
"Tell me, you insignificant evil spirit. Why are you harming people here? What's your purpose? Or are you being instructed by someone?" Bai Chen coldly questioned.
At this time, the evil spirit was trembling. It never expected Bai Chen to be so powerful. It had no chance to fight back at all! Thinking about how it had been blustering just now, it realized that it was the clown after all!
"Please spare my life, my lord! Please spare my life! I am..." Before the evil spirit could finish speaking, it let out a tragic scream: "Ah..."
Wan Ruo quickly stepped in and said, "Hey, don't kill it!"
The evil spirit seemed to be controlled by something. In a short while, it disappeared completely.
"Is it... dead?" Wan Ruo widened her eyes, watching the evil spirit disappear right in front of her.
Bai Chen: "..."
Bai Chen took back the Soul - Binding Silk and frowned tightly.
The room instantly fell into silence. One could even hear the sound of one's own heartbeat.
Si Hongxi quickly stepped forward to check on Princess Anyao's condition. He put his hand under her nose and was relieved to find that she still had breath.
"Don't worry. She's just in a coma," Bai Chen said coldly.
Si Hongxi picked up Princess Anyao and shouted out loud, "Someone! Quickly summon the imperial physician!"
The soldiers outside the room had been frightened out of their wits when they heard the strange sounds coming from inside. They were shivering all over. It was already quite admirable that they could still stand outside the door.
Hearing the call from the Prince of Pingnan, they finally let out a sigh of relief and wanted to go find the imperial physician.
But unfortunately, their legs wouldn't listen to them. Were they so scared that they couldn't even take a step?
It took them a long time to stagger off to find the imperial physician.
"What just happened?" Si Hongxi asked curiously.
Bai Chen thought for a moment and said, "That evil spirit seemed to be controlled by someone... Destroying the evidence! Humph!"
"Do you think this incident is related to the previous murders?" Si Hongxi asked.
Bai Chen shook his head. "For now, we haven't found any similarities."
On the other side, in a dimly - lit room, a mysterious person seemed to be performing some kind of ritual.
The mysterious person was wearing a black robe and a skull mask. He punched the sacrificial altar.
"Damn it! Someone actually broke my spell! Fortunately, I reacted quickly. Otherwise, I might have been caught with evidence. That would have been bad!" the person with the skull mask said angrily.
"What do you mean? Did it fail?" Another mysterious person beside him, dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a golden mask, asked nervously.
"I didn't expect there to be a master in the palace!"
"What master? I've never heard of such a person... But now that the plan has failed, the foreign vassal has already heard about the princess's situation. They will come to visit in a few days. If the princess is safe and sound by then, won't all our efforts be in vain?"
"Don't worry. Our goal is to stir up trouble between the two countries and profit from it. If this plan fails, I have other methods..." the man with the skull mask said confidently.
In a blink of an eye, the imperial physician had examined Princess Anyao's injuries.
"Your Highness, the princess's pulse is steady and her complexion is rosy. There's nothing wrong with her. It's just that her body seems to have suffered a heavy blow. She has a slight internal injury, but it will be fine with a little adjustment," the imperial physician said.
Hearing that her body had suffered a heavy blow, Wan Ruo immediately thought of the scene when they first entered the door and Bai Chen kicked Princess Anyao flying.
Wan Ruo looked at Bai Chen contemptuously, but Bai Chen deliberately coughed twice in embarrassment.
"It's good that she's okay," Si Hongxi said relieved.
Si Hongxi had to stay in the palace to take care of Princess Anyao for the time being, so he told Bai Chen and Wan Ruo to go back first.
The two of them were sitting in the carriage on their way back. Wan Ruo thought for a long time. She was a bit nervous. Looking at Bai Chen with eager eyes, she stammered, "Well, about what I told you before, teaching me magic... When do you think it can be..."
Bai Chen looked at Wan Ruo's sincere expression and felt a bit helpless.
Sometimes he really didn't want her to be so strong. Her strength was so distressing!
"How can I refuse when you ask me with such a cute expression? Of course it's okay..." Bai Chen replied, gently pinching Wan Ruo's chin with his hand.
Wan Ruo asked happily, "Really? That's great!"
Bai Chen hugged Wan Ruo into his arms. Looking at her with pity on his face, he said, "But you have to remember, I'm yours... Please rely on me!"
Wan Ruo was at a loss for a moment. Her heart was pounding. She blushed a little and was touched. She softly murmured, "... Bai Chen..."
Bai Chen slowly let go of Wan Ruo, took a deep breath, and said with a smile, "Well, let's start after we get back, shall we?"
"Okay!" Wan Ruo replied with a happy smile.
After returning to the prince's mansion, Bai Chen told Mu Qing that when the prince came back, he should tell him that they had already returned to Shananfang. If there was any urgent matter, they could go find them later.
Bai Chen and Wan Ruo returned to Shananfang.
Seeing that it was getting late, Wan Ruo said, "I'll go back and rest first. Let's start practicing tomorrow?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to leave. Bai Chen grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't you want to learn magic? Then come with me!"
"But it's so late..." Before Wan Ruo could finish speaking, she was dragged away by Bai Chen.
It was so late. What magic was there to learn?
Wan Ruo was dragged by Bai Chen to his residence. Then she heard a "bang" as the door closed.
It scared Wan Ruo's heart to pound!
Bai Chen sat on the edge of the bed and hooked his two fingers at Wan Ruo. "You, come here!"
Wan Ruo swallowed hard. What was he up to? He didn't seem to be teaching magic.
She tentatively took two steps forward.
"Come closer! Are you afraid that I'll eat you?"