The Anarchic Consort

By the riverside, under the alignment of the seven stars, Helian Wei Wei slumbered in her wooden coffin, dressed in an ancient long scarlet robe. Her oval face was elegant and refined, unaware of the world around her.

A white-robed man who had been looking upon her suddenly curled his fingers. The corners of his mouth lifted and his tone was tinged with indifference, “Pathetic, she could not even handle Baili Jia Jue.”

“Master, do you need me to deal with it?” The little one with a bottle gourd growing from his head approached, carrying a large skeleton on his back yet seemingly unaffected by the weight of the huge burden he carried.

The white-robed man’s side profile was a picture of calmness as he let out a few gentle coughs. “There is no need, stay here and tend to the Fire of Resentment instead, make sure it doesn’t go out. There are two wraiths outside and with the collective forces of the most powerful wraiths in the magical realm, Baili Jia Jue’s only fate is to step foot into the underworld. After all, no matter how powerful he is, he is just a human.”

Outside the barrier, a black silhouette swiftly leaped over a wall, his figure appearing randomly like a mist along the corridors of the palace.

At the sight of this, many eunuchs on their nightly rounds thought their vision had gone blurry and rubbed their eyes continuously, but once they took another good look, they actually saw a man dressed in a long black robe with sable hair past his shoulders. His dark pupils glowed faintly as they gazed toward the Cold Palace while his entire being emitting a chilling aura.

However, he was gone in the blink of an eye and only the gloomy nightscape remained.

The eunuchs could not help but mutter that they had seen a ghost. This made their hair stand on end.

At this point, Baili Jia Jue could not care less about the disturbances he was causing in the palace, his dark pupils contracted as he fixed his gaze on the barrier in front of him and took a step toward the river…

Clank!

The clear, crisp sound of a metal bell rang out, cutting through the air like raindrops that broke the tranquil surface of the water, causing ripples to spread in inexplicable creepiness.

“Hehe…” A young yet unspeakably ominous voice came from the darkness, “I did not expect to find someone so fast.”

Two boys emerged from the murky darkness of the night. Clad in green shirts and red pants, they had a vacant expression on their faces and faint voices like a pool of stagnant water, “This is a pretty good soul, it’s a shame that master commanded us not to eat humans, otherwise, you’d make a tasty meal.”

“Yuan, don’t worry, we can savor him slowly once we have killed him! Although I prefer a woman’s blood over a man’s, this man here looks delicious.” The child turned his head to reveal his hollow-like mouth which was black as pitch. It seemed as though the words spoken did not originate from their mouths. The sight of it was so ghastly that it made someone hard to breathe…

Baili Jia Jue angled his handsome face, his eyes were frosty, “Move away.”

The boy named Yuan turned his bloodshot eyes toward him when he heard those two words.

Following this, with a flick of his wrist, a bronze bell rang with a clear sound, echoing long into the night like the pleading souls from hell itself.

Darkness then fell from above as the surrounding temperature dropped continuously. The cold wind swirled to form imaginary snakes that rushed toward Baili Jia Jue to take a bite!

Baili Jia Jue swiftly shot up, his long black robe fluttered in the wind so fast that it was hard to follow his movements.

However, his movements were still considered clumsy and slow to this demonic Yuan child. “Hmmph, st*pid human, stop overestimating yourself! Wake up, we’re out of your league!”

Whoosh!

An increasing number of snakes shot out from their nests, their scarlet tongues were hissing as they vehemently bit at Baili Jia Jue’s hands. He raised his thick eyebrows as his movements became a little stiffer, however, he did not halt his footsteps, instead, he continued to pace toward the barrier. His long black robe rattled around and fresh blood dripped onto the ground continuously in splashes of red that was as heart-wrenching as it was bright-colored.

The wraith let out a cold laugh, “You can still move? Sadly… this is the end for you, now devour him!”

Whoosh!

Another wave of black snakes shot out, but this time from the surrounding ground where Baili Jia Jue stood, they wrapped around his body with speed and precision that was tinged with a haughty arrogance. As they coiled around him and squeezed tightly to bite and rip at his flesh, they injected extreme cold-like venom into his veins and began suffocating his heart. This caused blood to spurt out from his mouth.

“Ah, what a beautiful sight.” The wraith laughed, “Even the blood is fresh, what do you think, Yuan?”

There was a coarse laugh in response that was even more disturbing than the last, “I just want to taste it myself…”

“Now is the time to end it all!” The picture of the wraith’s bloodshot eyes as it opened its hollow-like mouth was unspeakably horrifying.

However, what was even more terrifying was the black snakes that were wrapped around Baili Jia Jue. It appeared as though they had been driven into a frenzy and coiled tightly around his body, entangling him until he fell to the ground. Even as his original features were no longer recognizable, the mass of black snakes did not stop.

“That’s enough, be a bit more gentle, don’t eat all of him, save some for Yuan and I…” Before the boy could finish his sentence, there came a swooping sound!

Huge clumps of black feathers suddenly appeared from nowhere as a gigantic bird suddenly soared in the air. At the same time, a dark fog began to spread as if something was about to be awakened.

“Yuan, listen, what is that sound?” The wraith with a larger head turned around to ask his younger brother.

Yuan did not have time to listen because when the sound echoed, he felt as though something was pulsing in his veins, desperate to get out. This affected his entire body.

Thump…

Thump…

Thump!

As if influenced by an unknown magnetic force, a powerful tremor wracked through his chest.

He raised his pale head as his irises glowed faintly blue, his entire body felt uncomfortable by this force. “Elder brother, w-who…is there?”

The wraith reached out and embraced him as his expression turned more serious. “Besides a human with a death wish, there is no one.”

“B-but…w-why…” Yuan could taste the sweetness of the blood at the back of his throat as it spilled continuously from the corners of his mouth. However, both his eyes seemed to be obscured by magic where he could not see anything unusual. “I can detect that man’s scent.”

“That man?” The elder brother’s magic was weaker than his younger sibling, so he was naturally unaware of anything aside from the uncomfortable feeling in his chest. He did not detect anything amiss, “Who is that man?”

Yuan slowly closed his eyes and rested his weary self on the gravel, his thin lips paled and his eyes fluttered in disbelief. “It is our most…most distinguished…king.”