latelenovela Chapter 479 She's ruthless; do you really think she treats you like a sister?
Chapter 479 She's ruthless; do you really think she treats you like a sister?
He stroked the lines at the base of the feather, then suddenly chuckled:
"Heh, these feathers are the tail feathers of the Netherworld Raven. The Palace Master is quite generous."
The shopkeeper trembled, his lips quivering, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth:
"Lord Chu... this humble one... this humble one only admires the Palace Master..."
"Admiration?"
Chu Feng raised an eyebrow, and a wisp of black energy rose from the black feather at his fingertips.
"To the point of admiration that one is willing to be branded a slave!!"
"To admire someone so much that you hand over your life savings, only to end up as a feeding ground for beasts?"
Each word was like an icicle, piercing the shopkeeper's face until it turned even paler.
Manzhu leaned closer to examine the feathers, her delicate eyebrows furrowing even more.
"These feathers are captivating..."
Chu Feng glanced at Manzhu, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes, then turned to the shopkeeper, his tone suddenly turning stern:
"The shopkeeper..."
Chu Feng crouched down, lifting his chin with his fingertips, the force gentle yet carrying an irresistible pressure:
“From this day forward, you will no longer work for her.”
“All the spirit stones you receive each month will be transferred to me.”
"If you dare to have a divided heart..."
Before he finished speaking, he released a slight burst of energy from his sleeve.
A bloody gash suddenly appeared on the shopkeeper's shoulder blade, causing him to scream in agony.
"This is the consequence."
After saying this, Chu Feng clapped his hands and stood up.
Seeing this, Manzhu frowned slightly and gently placed her jade-like hand on Chu Feng's arm:
"Young Master Chu, the shopkeeper has already been punished, why press him further?"
"The Palace Mistress and I are like sisters."
"When I first took human form, I was struck by lightning, and it was the Palace Master who saved me!"
"Come with me to see her. Have a good talk with her, and she will surely..."
"Let's talk properly?"
Chu Feng suddenly chuckled softly.
He raised his hand to touch his left cheek, his fingertips tracing the dark black demonic rune.
Every heartbeat sends a burning pain through my skin.
"But she branded these magic marks herself, and they can't be removed."
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes!
"She's ruthless. Do you really think she treats you like a sister?"
"She just can't stand that you're doing better than her!"
Manzhu shook her head repeatedly, her fingertips touching the edge of his magic runes, where she felt something burning hot!
"My love, I don't mind!"
"These patterns accentuate your elegance and character."
"The Palace Master may be angry for a moment, but if you come back to the Shadow Palace with me, I'll vouch for it with my life..."
"guarantee?"
Chu Feng interrupted her, his gaze suddenly softening.
"Manzhu, you're too naive."
Chu Feng grabbed her wrist with his other hand, the force slightly heavy, causing the hem of her black robe to move without any wind.
"Manzhu, between the Palace Mistress and me, who do you choose?"
"If you help me reach the summit, I promise to stay with you for eternity."
His eyes surged with malevolence, then suddenly transformed into a deep pool.
"But if you choose her..."
Manzhu fell silent.
I'm torn between two choices.
But then she thought of the tender moments she had spent with Chu Feng these past two days.
His affection for her was passionate and fiery.
She didn't want to lose him.
I choose you!
Manzhu replied loudly.
"The Palace Mistress and I are like sisters, but you are the fire in my heart."
"Hmm~~"
Chu Feng nodded slightly.
He released Manzhu and grabbed the shopkeeper by the neck as if he were a blade of grass.
"Shopkeeper, what about you?"
"Will you die here, or surrender to me?"
"Cough cough cough..."
"I...I am willing to serve Lord Chu!"
Chu Feng condensed a wisp of black energy from his fingertip, which entered the shopkeeper's heart, causing a sudden chill to permeate his body.
Manzhu said urgently:
"Chu Lang! You mustn't harm the Palace Mistress..."
The words have not yet been spoken!
Chu Feng suddenly hoisted the shopkeeper onto his shoulder and strode toward the door.
"Let's go! Take this 'loyal servant' to see the palace master."
"it is good!"
Manzhu nodded in agreement.
The scene changes.
Shadow Palace.
Obsidian walls are entwined with withered vines like giant pythons.
Manzhu used the red spider lily as a token to push open the palace gate. The secluded path was lined with crow nests, their cries mournful and plaintive.
Chu Feng stepped across the bluestone path, and the demonic patterns flickered with each step.
The shopkeeper slumped on his shoulder, trembling like a leaf.
"Lord Chu...there is a Soul-Devouring Array in the inner palace of the Palace Master..."
"Shut up."
Chu Feng coldly rebuked him.
His gaze swept over the altar made of crow feathers by the roadside.
The words "Love Ends" are engraved in the center of the altar, and the deep recesses are tinged with dark red!
That was left behind by the Phantom after being betrayed by a mortal, who sacrificed his thousand years of cultivation with his blood.
Manzhu gently stroked his arm and whispered in his ear:
"She built this formation to sever her ties with the scholar after he betrayed her."
"If you bring up the past..."
"Just about to bring it up."
A cold glint flashed in Chu Feng's eyes as he pushed open the ebony door leading to the inner hall.
Inside the palace, crow feathers covered the floor, and a phantom sat on the throne, his black hair cascading down to his waist like a waterfall.
She caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper being carried on Chu Feng's shoulder, and her fingertips suddenly dug into the armrest:
"Chu Feng! How dare you come back!"
"Palace Master, this is my home, of course I have to come back!"
boom! !
Chu Feng simply left the shopkeeper in front of the jade steps.
The shopkeeper hurriedly crawled to the phantom's feet, grabbed her skirt, and pleaded desperately:
"Palace Master, save me!"
Phantom suddenly stood up, kicked the shopkeeper away, and her face was full of disgust:
"Useless things!"
The phantom's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she lightly waved her raven feather fan.
"Manzhu, why aren't you killing him right now!"
Manzhu clung tightly to Chu Feng's arm, her eyes filled with panic!
"Palace Master!"
"If Chu Lang dies, I will spill my blood in this palace!"
"Back then, you were deceived by a scholar, losing your heart and soul. When you turned around and saw that he had married an ordinary woman, you said that all men in the world are fickle."
"But do you know how good Chu Lang has been to me?"
Why do you always have to break us up?
The phantom staggered backward!
"sincere?"
"When that scholar was with me, he also said 'to stay together for eternity'!"
She suddenly touched her old wound in her heart, her voice choked with emotion.
"On the day he got married, I wrote a letter of divorce with my own blood... From then on, love was nothing more than fish on a chopping board to me."
Chu Feng touched the demonic mark on his left cheek, a sinister smile on his face:
"He's just an ordinary person, but I'm not!"
"I will spoil those who treat me well!"
He took a step forward, and the demonic runes shone brightly!
"I'll just ask you one question: will you allow Manzhu to come with me?"
"dream!"
The phantom laughed menacingly, and the entire hall of crows suddenly swooped down.
A talisman suddenly appeared at his fingertips.
The Heart-Eating Gu Talisman suddenly lit up, its eerie green light piercing Chu Feng's heart like a venomous snake's tongue.
Chu Feng's sleeve surged with black energy, transforming into a giant hand that forcefully cleaved through the crow feather.
Whoosh!
The aftershocks of the Gu talisman struck Chu Feng's shoulder blade, causing a sudden burning pain at the demonic markings, as if thousands of insects and ants were gnawing at his skin.
"Hmm~"
He groaned and staggered back half a step, but still held Manzhu tightly behind him.
Seeing this, Manzhu raised her jade hand, and the petals of the other shore flower flew like blood rain, the red light intertwined into a net, barely blocking the fatal blow of the Gu talisman.
The petals collided with the green light, bursting into a sweet and pungent mist.
Yu Jin tore a bloody gash in her shoulder!
Her crimson dress was soaked through, yet she still stubbornly stood in front of Chu Feng.
"Palace Master! If you insist on taking his life, then I have no choice but to apologize!"
The phantom's fingertips trembled slightly, and the light of the Gu talisman gradually dimmed.
Her gaze swept over the bloodstains on Manzhu's shoulder, then fell on the shopkeeper who was slumped like a limp rag in front of the jade steps.
The shopkeeper was trembling, his eyes filled with fear and despair at the thought of betrayal.
In an instant!
She seemed to see that rainy night a thousand years ago:
He knelt in the mud, holding a letter of divorce inscribed with "We're done!"
A thousand years of cultivation vanished like a bubble, but the boisterous sounds of the scholar's grand wedding sedan chair welcoming the mortal woman still echoed in his ears.
At that time, she was as naive as Manzhu, believing that affection could withstand the test of time.
At this moment!
Manzhu's blood-stained fingertips gently caressed Chu Feng's demonic runes, her eyes filled with a tender light like spring water melting ice, so similar to the way she looked at the unfaithful man back then!
The old wound in Phantom's heart suddenly reopened, and a metallic taste rose in her throat!
She staggered and steadied herself on the throne, her black hair falling in disarray, unable to conceal the surging pain and realization in her eyes.
"That's all..."
She suddenly chuckled softly, her voice hoarse like crushed dry leaves.
The raven feather fan fell to the ground, and the flock of crows that had been swarming and attacking the palace instantly froze, their ink-black wings slowly folding together.
"Manju..."
She raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her lips.
"Back then, I used a blood sacrifice to sever the roots of love, but I forgot that the word 'love' should not be severed by others."
Her gaze swept over Chu Feng, all her hostility vanished, leaving only desolation.
"Since you are willing to die for her, then protect her."
"Don't betray her, if you dare to betray Manzhu..."
Chu Feng's icy gaze suddenly melted into spring water, and he gave a wicked smile.
He suddenly pulled Manzhu into his arms, and as his black robes fluttered, his lips covered her slightly cool lips.
The kiss was like a raging fire, passionate yet domineering!
Manzhu's gasp was drowned out by his hot breath, her fingertips unconsciously clutching his clothes, the fragrance of the red spider lily and the stench of blood mingling and rising.
After a while.
He stepped back slightly, and Manzhu's eyes sparkled, her cheeks flushed as if she were drunk.
Chu Feng turned his head to look at the throne, his voice low and chuckled:
"Palace Master, look..."
He lightly touched the corner of Manzhu's lips with his fingertips and smiled smugly.
"The happiness I can give her is something you can't."