abnabooks Chapter 312 Fire Priest
Chapter 312 Fire Priest
"Oh, is this Miss Han?" Zhuang Yihu clearly recognized Han Kexin's identity very quickly and knew her special status in the Blood Witch Clan, but that was in the past. Now she was a thorn in the side of the Golden Priest, and assassinating this woman was a task that the Golden Priest had given him a long time ago.
Moreover, Zhuang Yihu was completely out of control. Even though he knew that Han Kexin was stronger than him, he didn't care about anything else. He coldly said, "Get out of the way!" He raised his right hand and waved it. The Imperial Guards immediately showed their skills. The meaning was clear: if Han Kexin dared to make a move, the Imperial Guards would kill her without mercy.
Zhuang Yihu took two steps closer to Guo Shiyi and drew his greatsword, which glowed with a blood-red light.
"Stop!" A clear yet childish voice suddenly rang out from behind Guo Shiyi. Xiaoying solemnly walked to Guo Shiyi's side, and with a "whoosh," a pair of silver wings unfolded from her back. Unlike other second-generation blood witches, the wings had blood-red runes on their membranes, a symbol of royal blood.
The bat wings fluttered gently, slowly raising her to the height of a person, and the crimson imperial edict flew off her arm, circling around her.
Xiaoying's expression turned haughty and unyielding. In a cold yet childlike voice, she declared, "In the name of Princess Xiaoying of the Blood Witch Clan, I command you all to kneel down immediately! You are not allowed to bully Aunt Shiyi!"
The surrounding Blood Witches stared in astonishment at Xiaoying's transformation. The regal aura emanating from Xiaoying was all too familiar to them. In particular, when Xiaoying uttered those words, their hearts trembled uncontrollably. Although Xiaoying looked only seven or eight years old and her voice was still quite childish, the absolute suppression from the Blood Witch King's bloodline still made them all kneel down on one knee.
In an instant, the crowd in the square all lowered their heads. After seeing this, Zhuang Yihu hesitated for a moment, but finally knelt down on one knee. The other guards naturally did not dare to be negligent.
"Your subordinate pays respects to the princess!" Zhuang Yihu said respectfully. Although he was a confidant of the Golden Priest and knew some of the Golden Priest's purposes, there were still some taboos that he dared not overstep.
"You're not allowed to bully Aunt Shiyi anymore, and you're not allowed to bully Uncle Xiaochuan either," Xiaoying said angrily.
Although Xiaoying's voice was young and childlike, no one dared to disobey her.
Just as Xiaoying successfully protected Guo Shiyi, the situation in the sky changed again.
Stared at by Qin Xiaochuan's unusually calm gaze, the Fire Priest couldn't help but feel a surge of anger. He stretched out his left hand, and a stream of bright red blood seeped from his palm, which was then absorbed by his staff. The red light of the staff intensified, and he quickly waved the staff, drawing a huge scarlet six-pointed star in the air.
The sky suddenly darkened, and the moon was obscured by dark clouds.
The fire priest chanted a low incantation: "With my blood as the fuel, with your sins as the firewood—"
Suddenly a strong wind arose, and a chill seemed to rise from the depths of one's soul; the sky grew even darker.
Qin Xiaochuan frowned as he watched the Fire Priest's movements. The opponent's skills were too strange. They did not belong to illusion magic, but went straight to the depths of the opponent's soul, which made people wary. Moreover, judging from the Fire Priest's posture, the next skill would probably be even more dangerous.
Qin Xiaochuan naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die, so he immediately urged Kaiming to charge towards the Fire Priest again.
"Stop!" Suddenly a hoarse voice came from nowhere. As the voice rang out, a green light shone between Qin Xiaochuan and the Fire Priest. Immediately afterwards, the two felt a great force coming at them and were simultaneously thrown back by this force, their bodies staggering back several steps in the air.
When Qin Xiaochuan stabilized Kaiming's body in mid-air, there was already an extra person between him and the Fire Priest.
It was a middle-aged man wearing a long robe interwoven with dark green and dark red, with embroidered patterns of withered roses and thorns on the hem. He also held a staff in his hand. Qin Xiaochuan quickly guessed that the man was another priest.
"Wood Priest, what are you doing?" The Fire Priest glared angrily at the newcomer, his right hand gripping his staff tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, clearly indicating that he was very agitated.
"Fire Priest, don't be impulsive." Facing the Fire Priest's anger, the Wood Priest remained calm, staring quietly into the other's eyes, and slowly said, "This person is the reincarnation of the Blood Witch King."
"What?" The fire priest was shocked, but after a moment he came to his senses, his expression calming down as he asked, "How can you prove it?"
The wood priest turned to look at Qin Xiaochuan. His face was as pale as ancient tree bark, and his beard hung straight down to his chest. He bowed to Qin Xiaochuan with his hand on his chest and smiled gently, "Your Excellency, please show him."
Qin Xiaochuan raised his right hand and, under the watchful eye of the fire priest, revealed his witch's ring.
The fire priest's gaze fell on the witch's ring, and the expression on his face changed from doubt to conviction. Finally, he placed his right hand on his chest and bowed to Qin Xiaochuan, saying, "This subordinate was unaware of Your Excellency's identity and was very rude just now. Please forgive me."
"Fire Priest, you're overthinking it. It's my fault for not informing you beforehand," Qin Xiaochuan said calmly.
The wood priest said, "In that case, let's return to the royal court first and then discuss the next steps."
Qin Xiaochuan glanced at the Wood Priest, the high priest in charge of cultivation and medical care in Crescent City. He had high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and a gaze that seemed unfathomable. He was calm and capable, wise yet detached. He was clearly a man of great depth. No wonder he was able to secretly contend with the Gold Priest all by himself.
"But shouldn't we release that human down there first?" Qin Xiaochuan didn't directly answer the Wood Priest's question.
The wood priest glanced at Qin Xiaochuan, then looked at the fire priest and said, "Fire priest, you are in charge of the law. According to the precepts set by the previous Blood Witch King, blood witches shouldn't initiate conflicts with humans, right?"
Upon hearing this, the Fire Priest frowned, seemingly wanting to object, but after thinking for a moment, he still spoke up: "Since Your Excellency says to release him, then let him go. However, this person has been in Crescent City for two days and knows too much about the affairs of Crescent City. If we release him, it may cause unnecessary trouble. I suggest that this person be transformed into a Blood Witch."
"No need," Qin Xiaochuan refused without hesitation. "I have a way to erase his memories of Crescent Moon City, so there won't be any future problems."
The fire priest glanced at Qin Xiaochuan, his gaze seemingly becoming somewhat complicated, but he showed no emotion, simply saying, "In that case, everything will be done according to Your Majesty's wishes."