The chamber was dimly lit, filled with a rotten and damp atmosphere, giving people the feeling of being in a tomb.

Gu Xu's heart moved.

A warm yellow flame appeared on his fingertips, and then rose like an oil lamp, hanging on the ceiling, dispelling the darkness of the room.

also illuminated Zhao Changying's figure.

This true monarch who once raised the rebel flag in Luojing City and entered the palace was now sitting on an old futon like a statue, his eyes closed and motionless, and his body was covered with thick dust.

"Father!"

Zhao Yan snorted lightly and immediately hurried forward.

However, at this moment, the dust in the room seemed to be attracted by an invisible attraction, gathered together like a tornado, and then transformed into a sharp spear, which stabbed at the two intruders with lightning speed.

"Be careful!" Gu Xu shouted.

But his movements are faster than his voice.

Before his words fell, he had already flashed to Zhao Yan's side and pushed her away.

The spear brushed past him, then slammed into the wooden cabinet by the wall.

With a loud bang, the wooden cabinet cracked into countless pieces, and the contents fell to the ground with a clatter.

"This is ......" Zhao Yan looked at the mess on the wall and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"This should be a ban set by your father," Gu Xu said, "He doesn't want outsiders to enter this secret room and find out the true state of his body."

"This spear is just a temptation. There is an even more dangerous killing array hidden behind it. ”

"And how are we supposed to get there?" Zhao Yan asked without thinking about it.

For her, walking with Gu Xu was an extremely relaxing thing - because she could leave him with all the troubles of "thinking about countermeasures" and "making plans", and she could only focus on fighting.

"Your father's prohibition is extremely dangerous, but it is impossible for him to kill his own daughter. The 'key' to crack it is on you. ”

As Gu Xu spoke, he squatted down and gently wiped away the dust on the ground in front of him with his hand.

The intricate patterns under the dust gradually revealed in front of the two of them.

"Your Majesty, please also put your hand on the formation pattern and inject the true yuan into the formation."

Zhao Yan nodded and did so.

Her true element is a fiery bright red.

Like flames, like magma, like blood, flowing between the formations, as if outlining an ancient and obscure picture.

After a few seconds, the light faded.

These flowing true elements, along with the complex formations, seeped into the floor one after another, and ceased to exist.

"The ban is broken, let's go over."

Hearing Gu Xu's words, Zhao Yan immediately came to her father's side, her palm pressed against his chest, trying to find his breath and heartbeat.

"Gu Xu, we're late," after a while, she lowered her head and said with a somewhat gloomy expression, "He has passed away completely." ”

Gu Xu clearly saw that the flame of hope that had just ignited in her eyes seemed to be quietly gradually extinguishing.

"No, maybe not."

He shook his head and walked straight to her.

Zhao Changying really has no vital signs.

But with the help of the ability to perceive all things given to him by the astrolabe, he could faintly see that there was still a trace of remnant soul in Zhao Changying's body - it was under the influence of Zhao Changying's obsession, stubbornly staying in the world, and refused to disperse easily with the wind.

"You still can't let go of your daughter, can you?"

Gu Xu looked at Zhao Changying's closed eyes, and said silently in his heart.

Then he began to recite the incantation.

Because he no longer needed to deceive the remnant soul of Emperor Ziwei, today he didn't bother to arrange those formations that seemed to be bells and whistles but were actually useless, but simply and directly cast the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique".

This time, the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" did not seem to have an immediate effect.

After reciting the incantation, Zhao Changying did not attack Gu Xu under the instinctive drive like the former Khan Altan of the grassland.

Except for becoming paler and colder, nothing has changed on Zhao Changying's body.

Still like a lifeless corpse, motionless.

Zhao Yan's brows tightened, and her mood became more and more nervous.

She could naturally perceive that her father had been transformed into a ghost by Gu Xu using a spell.

But out of trust in Gu Xu, she didn't open her mouth to affect him to cast spells, but just quietly watched her father's state.

"Don't worry," Gu Xu comforted her, "He's just too weak and needs some special methods to recover." ”

As he spoke, he took out the Amazing Pen and rune paper from the "Xianyunju", and drew a few strokes on the paper at random.

The rune paper soon turned into a small porcelain bowl.

Gu Xu used Zhenyuan to cut through the palm of his hand, allowing the blood to slowly flow into the porcelain bowl.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"What's wrong?"

"He's my father. Use my blood if you can. ”

Gu Xu shook his head slightly: "This matter has to be done by me." In the eyes of the goblins, your blood is just a thirst-quenching drink, but my blood is a panacea. ”

"Is there no other way? Like using pills or something? ”

"It's the most convenient and effective way to do it. Ghosts and spirits are one, and their self-recovery ability is much stronger than that of human monks. If he waits for him to return to human before healing, he won't have such a good chance of repairing his soul. ”

Zhao Yan let go of her hand with an "um" sound.

It's just that when Gu Xu's hand was bleeding, she felt that her heart was also cut, and blood was gurgling.

Then, Zhao Yan held Zhao Changying's head and made him tilt his head slightly.

Gu Xu brought the porcelain bowl to his mouth and poured blood into his mouth.

The two of them clearly felt that Zhao Changying's aura of strength was gradually rising.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Changying opened her dark and empty eyes.

His gaze fell on Gu Xu, revealing two fangs, like a fierce beast that had found its prey.

Then, like lightning, he "swished" up from the futon.

"Father, it's us," Zhao Yan immediately stopped in front of Gu Xu, "I'm Yan'er, he's Gu Xu, the husband you proposed to me to choose before, do you remember?" ”

Zhao Changying's movements suddenly stopped.

His hole-like eyes reflected Zhao Yan's figure, and there was a faint trace of emotional fluctuations.

Gu Xu seized his momentary hesitation and quickly recited the spell of the "Forbidden Technique".

Zhao Changying's body froze in place, and blood gradually appeared on her pale face.

In this silent secret room, Zhao Yan finally heard his faint breathing.

Her eyes were suddenly moist, and her eyelashes fluttered.

"Thank you......"

She grabbed Gu Xu's arm and muttered.

"Between you and me, why say thank you?" Gu Xu smiled.

However, in the next moment, Zhao Changying's body suddenly shook twice, and then fell to the ground with a "bang".

Zhao Yan exclaimed in surprise and immediately rushed to her father's side to check his physical condition.

"Don't worry," Gu Xu said, "He's still too weak, let him sleep more." ”

(End of chapter)