After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Chapter 107 The Morning-Born Mother Tree

Wang Qingyan, who no longer dreams of Baili Ce, is furious in the capital's royal palace.

I was so angry that I thought the birth date and hair information that Seventeen gave me were fake, and I almost went to drag him back and torture him again.

If Zhou Tianli hadn't thought that Seventeen was still somewhat useful and hadn't guaranteed the authenticity of the information, Wang Qingyan would have really gone straight to Baili Prefecture.

"Since it's true, then forget it." Although he didn't think keeping Seventeen would be of much value.

But since they are her people, if you're going to kill them, you have to kill them in front of her.

By the way, after this guy has been by her side for so long, does she even know what he's thinking?

"Master Wang..."

"Huh?" Wang Qingyan turned around and found that Zhou Tianli was still there.

Zhou Tianli took a deep breath, feeling extremely terrified, but she would do anything for her brother.

"You should keep your promise to me."

Wang Qingyan looked at Zhou Tianli with great interest, his face full of undisguised mockery.

However, "Come with me."

"Okay," Zhou Tianli said without further ado, rubbing her stiff hands and feet before following Wang Qingyan.

Along the way, they went further and further astray. She wanted to ask, but dared not. Finally, she gritted her teeth and followed him to an abandoned house in the Prince's mansion.

“This, this…” She shrank back, looking at the dilapidated furnishings inside the room.

The cobwebs were everywhere, and the dust was so thick it made you want to scratch yourself. Zhou Tianli almost ran away immediately.

Fortunately, Wang Qingyan didn't mean what she thought. "Don't worry, Patriarch Zhou, it won't be that complicated if I want to kill you."

"Wait here for a moment, I'm going to get something."

Zhou Tianli's throat bobbed a few times as she tried to calm herself down. "Okay..."

After Wang Qingyan left, the surroundings became even more terrifying.

Watching the spider, almost the size of a palm, wandering around its web as if it were about to pounce and bite her at any moment, Zhou Tianli got goosebumps all over her body.

"Whoosh..." In the blink of an eye, something darted past my feet.

Zhou Tianli looked down and exclaimed, "Ah!"

It turned out to be a green gecko, which darted into the doorway next to it.

A moment later, a hissing sound came from inside the door.

Faintly, you can see some scales wriggling through the crack in the door below.

Zhou Tianli, feeling chilled to the bone in her vest, involuntarily took a half-inch back, then steadied herself and clenched her furry cuffs.

We can't leave! We absolutely can't leave!

Wang Qingyan must be testing her, he must be...

"Warm your hands."

Zhou Tianli slowly turned around and found that Wang Qingyan had returned sometime earlier.

Perhaps it was when she kept her eyes tightly shut, listening to the snake in the hole in the wall being defeated and eaten by the gecko with a crunching sound.

Perhaps it was as if she were possessed that she moved her feet, wanting to see what was behind that door.

Maybe......

He never left.

She took the hand warmer from Wang Qingyan and immediately noticed the earring pattern embroidered on the cotton bag covering it.

Seeing that Zhou Tianli had noticed the pattern on the cotton bag, Wang Qingyan kindly reminded her, "Patriarch Zhou, be careful, something is crawling over here."

"..." Zhou Tianli was so frightened that she retreated abruptly.

But the spider underfoot immediately changed course, leaving a faint trace where it had crawled.

Wang Qingyan smiled slyly, and the spider bared its claws.

"..." The more Zhou Tianli tried to hide, the more the spider chased her.

Just as the spider pounced, Zhou Tianli suddenly stomped on it, killing it instantly.

Crush!

His eyes suddenly became unusually calm and fearless. "Patriarch Wang, have you had enough fun?!"

“…Heh,” Wang Qingyan looked at her and suddenly burst out laughing.

"follow me."

"Squeak..."

The moment the door was pushed open, the dampness and chill that rushed in made Zhou Tianli shiver.

She wrapped the hand warmer tightly, even afraid of accidentally dropping it, and tied the ribbon on the cotton bag around her fingers.

"..." He stepped down, but didn't step on any moss, nor did he make the strange noise he had imagined.

only--

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." The candlelight that lit up automatically startled her, making her heart skip a beat.

Then, the further she went in, the more her scalp tingled.

After turning a few corners, she was no longer walking.

Instead, driven by his determination to save his younger brother, he slowly moved forward using the friction between the soles of his shoes and the ground!

I can't even lift my feet!

The passageway was about two meters wide, and every paving stone was impeccably clean, as if the snakes and geckos she had seen outside had never existed.

But......

On either side of the passageway were not walls, but lifeless "dead people".

They formed a long passageway, so neat and orderly that it seemed to stretch on forever, without a trace of stench.

Their eyes, however, were all grayish-white.

One layer, another, and yet another!

They reached their destination around the eighth floor below.

A palace ten times larger than the hidden kiln that the He family had initially raided in the outskirts of Beijing.

In the center of the palace is a dark pool with seven trees that seem to grow out of the abyss, their roots spreading straight through the ceiling and covering the entire floor.

Wang Qingyan pointed to the thinnest and weakest tree in the pond, "This is the mother tree. With just one leaf from it, your younger brother can marry, have children, and live a long and healthy life, just like a normal person."

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Tianli's fear immediately lessened considerably.

Instead, an indescribable joy filled my heart.

I couldn't help but go down a few steps, wanting to get closer and see it clearly.

A mocking smile appeared on Wang Qingyan's face behind her.

The roots, as still as a dead object, slowly crawled past Zhou Tianli from behind.

"Ah..." Until she felt a stinging pain in her calf, she realized what was happening and frantically tried to shake off the root!

But in his panicked attempt to dodge, he tripped on the steps.

The slender roots clinging to the pool wall immediately reached up, grabbed her feet, and dragged her into the pool.

Zhou Tianli instinctively swung the hand warmer wildly, screaming "Ahhh..."

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." The root that was hit immediately retreated at an even faster speed.

In an instant, most of the root systems in the underground palace fell silent again, as if they were dead.

Only the few blood-stained roots trembled with joy, like children who had just eaten candy.

"Ahhh... Wang Qingyan!! You...you!" Zhou Tianli, terrified and furious, scrambled to her feet and charged at Wang Qingyan with a hand warmer in hand.

Wang Qingyan stood with his hands behind his back, a smile playing on his lips. "What about me?"

"..." The person suddenly stopped in front of him, and hesitated to smash the hand warmer.

Finally, the knee of a member of a prominent family fell heavily to the ground along with the hand warmer.

"Please...please, Patriarch Wang, have mercy and save my brother's life."

Looking at Zhou Tianli, who was in tears, Wang Qingyan reached out his hand, and the mother tree in the pond obediently stretched out its stems and vines.

"Tap," she casually plucked a dark leaf and handed it to Zhou Tianli.

Zhou Tianli was so excited that she straightened her back and reached out to cup it with both hands.

"You want to just take it like this?" Wang Qingyan took it away again.

Zhou Tianli looked at Wang Qingyan, thinking he was toying with her...

After a moment of stunned silence, he hurriedly picked up the hand warmer, untied the cotton bag, and unscrewed the lid.

Wang Qingyan then put the leaf into the hand warmer.

"Keep it at a high temperature until the leaves become completely transparent, then administer Zhou Tianben."

Zhou Tianli held the hand warmer as if it were a rare treasure, "Yes, thank you, Patriarch Wang."

"Patriarch Wang?" Wang Qingyan looked down at her, his smile undiminished, but his murderous intent and sinister aura were unmistakable.

"Thank you..."

Zhou Tianli gripped the hand warmer tightly, trying to speak, but finding it incredibly difficult to utter a word...

But in the end, he uttered, with a hint of submission, "Master."

Wang Qingyan scoffed coldly, straightened up and looked down, his eyes full of disgust. "So this is what the noble family's spirit is all about."

"I am deeply grateful for the medicine bestowed upon me by Your Majesty, but my younger brother..."

"Once the leaves recover, your brother will go back on his own."

After listening, Zhou Tianli pondered for a while...

He bowed and kowtowed again, saying, "After I return, I will immediately compile a book of all the business dealings between the Zhou family and the Baili family, as well as all the people and events related to Baili Ce, and send it over as soon as possible."

The earrings on the cotton bag are the same pair that Baili Ce used to wear.

She wore it on the day she went to the He family banquet.

"Smart," Wang Qingyan said with satisfaction, turning and leaving.