Chapter 232 In a dungeon where no one can find you (two in one)

"Sir, you are back!"

In the Holy Spirit Church's altar, looking at the white-haired figure pushing in the door, a look of surprise suddenly flashed in the eyes of the holy servant responsible for guarding the door.

"Um."

Huo Yuhao nodded slightly, raised his finger and pointed at the figure behind him who was shrouded in red robes, and took the initiative to explain.

"This is Senior Ye who has recently joined our branch. She will probably live in the branch for a long time in the future. Please arrange a room for her."

"Ah, okay."

As if he sensed something unusual about Ye Xishui from Huo Yuhao's name, the holy servant guided him deeper into the building with a smile on his face.

"Senior Ye, please go this way."

It seemed that the sincere smile on the holy servant's face was beyond her expectation. Ye Xishui was silent for a while. After a long time, she took a step forward with some hesitation.

Soon, she was led by the holy servant through the cellar door to the underground space of the altar.

Compared with when Huo Yuhao first came here, the entire space seemed to have expanded a lot, and even the areas had been re-divided, no longer as dark and depressing as before.

What came into view was an open space with several soul guidance experimental tables similar to those in Mingdetang. More than a dozen saints were gathering there, seemingly discussing something.

Because holy servants often go to the headquarters to ascend to their souls, Ye Xishui knows a little about these holy servants who are not even official members. Although the few in front of them are not smiling, they are not as smiling as she is at the headquarters. He looked like the holy servant, with a numb and listless look on his face.

Noticing Ye Xishui's gaze, a look of pride appeared on the face of the holy servant leading the way.

"That is the soul guidance experimental area of ​​our branch. It is an area specially set up for us by Elder Ling Bing. Even those experimental tables were built by Elder Ling Bing himself."

".good."

Ye Xishui nodded slightly and glanced around pretending to be unintentional. Finally, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and began to ask questions.

"You seem to have a lot of members in your branch?"

"Yes, the number of saints in the sub-altar is close to fifty, and most of them have joined during the six months since Elder Lingbing took office."

Because it was Huo Yuhao who brought him personally, the saint did not hide anything and reported truthfully.

"Senior Ye, the holy servants you see now who are making soul guides are all able to stay in the base for a long time because they have no other jobs. They are responsible for making some soul guides for sale and maintaining the branch. Thanks to the batch of ores provided by Elder Lingbing as start-up capital, the branch has now become self-sufficient.”

"Except for the people in front of me, the remaining people are basically divided into two parts. Some of them have their own jobs in the outside world and only come back here occasionally. The other part is because they are not very talented in the field of soul guidance tools. , so we usually go out to search for those soul masters who have been targeted because of their martial arts, and persuade them to join us. "

"It is precisely thanks to the latter's efforts that our branch has developed so rapidly. Now that the selection of soul masters in Mingdu has been completed, they recently plan to expand the search scope and search in places around Mingdu."

Ye Xishui raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "What if someone doesn't want to join?"

"Then give up."

The holy servant pursed his lips and said calmly: "Elder Lingbing said that what we want to be is never the savior of the common people, but to give those who don't want to do evil a way to live without doing evil. Choice, as for how they choose, we will not interfere too much.”

".Is this all what Ling Bing asked you to do?"

"No, Elder Lingbing said he didn't know how to manage forces, so he just gave a general direction. These are all things we discuss, perfect and implement ourselves. From the beginning to the end, Elder Lingbing has only one request for us."

"He wanted us to live our own lives."

silence.

Come quietly.

Ye Xishui opened her lips several times, but then closed them slowly. She slowly lowered her eyes and stood on the stairs, overlooking everything from a high position, taking in everyone's expressions.

Recalling Huo Yuhao's joking yet serious words after finishing off the intercepted members two days ago, she finally let out a chuckle with unknown meaning.

"Looks mature, but turns out to be an arrogant brat."

"Ah~"

In Xuan Ziwen's laboratory, Ke Ke closed the book in her hands with a snap, raised her hands high, and stretched her somewhat stiff body.

"Didn't Ling Bing say he would come back within a month? Yesterday was probably the last day, right? The hall master has asked me several times."

As she spoke, Keke unconsciously glanced at the seat next to her. When she saw that Orange's eyes were on the book from beginning to end, without any reaction to her words, she felt a little angry for a moment.

"Hey, hey, why don't you give me some reaction? Aren't you worried about Ling Bing at all?"

"Worried."

Orange turned another page of the book in his hand expressionlessly, his tone calm.

"But we don't even know where to look for him, so there's no point in rushing. And with his strength, he shouldn't even be able to escape when he's in danger, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Ke Ke snorted and said sadly.

"Remember the evil soul master we met in the Jingyang Mountains last time? Judging from the performance of those guys, I think there is probably a very mysterious evil soul master organization behind them. There may even be a title fight in this organization. Luo level evil soul master!"

"You also know that evil soul masters always seek revenge. If they find out that Ling Bing killed three of their Soul Douluo, they will definitely take revenge. Although Ling Bing's strength is not weak, last time he relied on the hundred thousand year soul beast. We have successfully solved the trouble. If we face the titled Douluo alone, we may be in trouble."

"Plus Ling Bing is so good-looking, once caught by those unscrupulous guys, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Speaking of this, Keke paused for a moment, her throat rolling, and a worried and lustful expression appeared on her face.

"Perhaps Ling Bing is being hung in a dungeon where no one can find him right now, and his clothes are roughly torn to pieces by those evil soul masters who look ugly and make weird smiles, and do this or that. This kind of thing, even if the white body becomes filthy, even if the throat becomes hoarse due to helpless shouts and lamentations, the torture will not stop."

I saw Ke Ke shaking her head and sighing: "That picture makes people's blood boil and heartache just thinking about it!"

".?"

Looking at Keke, whose nosebleeds and saliva were about to flow out, Orange's face darkened. She wanted to say something, but for some reason, she actually felt that this kind of thing was not impossible.

Thinking of her unreasonable panic during this period, she couldn't help but frown slightly.

Did something really happen to Yuhao?

At this moment, a crisp sound of unlocking the door suddenly sounded from the laboratory.

The two subconsciously looked up, and as the laboratory door slowly opened, a man sitting upright in a wheelchair broke into their field of vision.

"Thank you, Director Lin. I can just go in by myself."

After declining Lin Jiayi's help in pushing the wheelchair, Xu Tianran smiled gently. Then, as if he didn't care about other people's eyes, he pushed the wheels on both sides of the wheelchair little by little with both hands.

Lin Jiayi naturally understood that Xu Tianran had something to talk to alone. He raised his head and glanced at Ke Ke, who was a little confused, and Orange, whose face was expressionless but whose body was obviously stiff. After a brief hesitation, he finally nodded. In response, he said in a loud voice.

"I'm standing at the door. If Your Highness needs anything, you can call me directly."

On the surface, he said this to Xu Tianran, but in fact he meant it to the two girls in the laboratory. Without knowing the purpose of His Royal Highness, he could only hint at it in this way.

Orange obviously understood what Lin Jiayi meant and realized that Xu Tianran was coming for her. She took a deep breath and spoke softly.

"Keke, it's going to be dinner time soon. I'm afraid that the delicious food will be gone later. You can go to the cafeteria and help me get a meal. Just the same as yesterday."

Ke Ke was stunned for a moment and looked at Xu Tianran, whose eyes were always on Orange. She subconsciously turned her head and looked at Orange, who looked obviously solemn.

Thinking of what Lin Jiayi called this man just now, Keke seemed to finally understand something and nodded slightly.

"I see."

Without saying anything, she walked straight past Xu Tianran and walked out of the laboratory. But unexpectedly, she did not go to the cafeteria. Instead, she looked at Lin Jiayi and walked straight towards Mingde Hall.

She knew very well that neither Lin Jiayi nor herself could do anything at the moment. The only person in the entire Sun Moon Academy who had the weight to compete with the prince was Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall.

In the laboratory.

As if he didn't notice Orange's nervousness, Xu Tianran pushed the wheelchair to the opposite side of her with a gentle smile on his face and glanced at the soul guide parts on the table.

"Have you started to come into contact with level six soul guides?"

Although it has not been completely completed, Xu Tianran saw the grade of its core formation at a glance and couldn't help but admire it.

"When I heard that you joined Mingde Hall, I was shocked. It seems that you have made rapid progress recently..."

Putting the core formation in his hand back on the table, Xu Tianran raised his eyes, met Orange's obviously gloomy eyes, and asked with a slight smile.

"Did that Ling Bing teach you?"

Hearing the word "Ling Bing", Orange finally confirmed Xu Tianran's purpose of coming here, and his heart sank to the bottom.

She did not answer Xu Tianran's question, but took a deep breath and tried to make her voice as calm as possible.

"What did you do to him?"

"I didn't do it, how would I know? I came here just to see your progress."

Xu Tianran waved his hand nonchalantly and looked at Tangerine's delicate face at leisure, the smile on his face becoming gentler.

"If you don't come to see me, I will have to come and see you."

"As for the student Ling Bing you mentioned, I have some news. As early as a few months ago, my people discovered that the third prince was investigating Ling Bing's information. Now I heard that he did not come to the academy after his leave. I also I’m very worried about his safety!”

Although I don’t know why the person sent to assassinate him hasn’t come back to deliver the mission, Lingbing hasn’t appeared until now, so I guess the mission must have been a success.

Of course, it doesn't matter even if he fails, because no one will know that it was Xu Tianran who intercepted Huo Yuhao. Instead, all the blame will be pointed at the third prince.

Even if caught, his men would kill themselves before being interrogated.

After all, if he commits suicide, only one of them will die.

But if they dare to reveal that it was Xu Tianran who instigated them, not only will they die, but their families will also be buried with them. Any fool knows what choice to make.

This was the strategy he had thought up when he learned about the incident in the Jingyang Mountains from Jing Hongchen in the emperor's palace.

Four months ago, he took the initiative to express condolences to several Mingde Hall disciples, including Ling Bing. Wasn't he prepared for this moment?

The students of the master of Mingde Hall were attacked by an evil spirit master in the Jingyang Mountains. His Royal Highness sent someone to pay compensation to express condolences.

So as a strong contender for the throne, what will the third prince do after getting the news?

First of all, he would definitely subconsciously divide Jing Hongchen into the enemy camp, and then investigate Ling Bing immediately.

And as long as that guy does this, no matter what the outcome of this interception is, everyone's first suspect will only be the third prince.

No matter how much the Third Prince denies it, this shit basin will still be pinned on his head.

As for Xu Tianran, because he had just gained a favorable impression from Jing Hongchen not long ago, he naturally had no motive to do this.

It can be said that from the moment his father agreed to his condolences, he was already in an invincible position.

It seemed that he was doing this recklessly for a woman, but only he knew that what really motivated him to make up his mind were the benefits that could be brought about by this matter.

Orange was obviously aware of this, and his face seemed to be so gloomy that it was about to drip.

She had previously tried to restrain her behavior as much as possible because she was worried that Huo Yuhao would be exposed to Xu Tianran's view.

Now it seems that even without her, Xu Tianran has no intention of letting Huo Yuhao go.

When she thought about Huo Yuhao's life and death, a hint of madness flashed through her eyes. At this moment, Xu Tianran spoke again.

"Orange, this time is just a warning. I know that girls of your age will develop attractions after long-term contact with the opposite sex with strong talents. But because you are capable, I can tolerate your wanton behavior once, and then Give you a chance..."

As the smile on his face gradually faded, Xu Tianran's indifferent voice echoed from the laboratory.

"The rebellious period is over, and it's time for you to come back."

What seemed like a sincere invitation sounded like an almost humiliating mockery when it reached Orange's ears.

After destroying the only thing worth caring about in her life, he still shamelessly wanted her to go back?

There was some silence in the room for a while. As if he noticed the undisguised hostility in Orange's eyes, Xu Tianran frowned slightly and his expression looked a little gloomy.

"So, is this your decision? To turn against me for someone you have known for less than half a year?"

"It's such a pity. It's me who thinks highly of you, Orange. I thought you were very smart."

A long sigh sounded from the room, and Xu Tianran's eyes were filled with undisguised regret: "I thought we were the same person."

"I used to think so too, so Your Highness, when you were considering this plan, have you ever thought about the consequences of angering a female lunatic similar to you?"

Orange raised the corners of his lips, showed a cold smile, and asked coldly: "Can you afford this consequence?"

"It's just a homeless wild dog that was adopted by luck. How dare you show its fangs to its owner?"

Xu Tianran chuckled and shook his head, as if he didn't want to waste any more time here. He pushed the wheel little by little with both hands, turned and walked towards the door.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded from the door, interrupting his movements.

"Eh? Director Lin, why are you here? Long time no see!"

"Ling Bing? When did you come back? Hey, hey, wait—"

drop--

As the access control indicator lit up green, the heavy door opened again along the slide rails, revealing the white-haired figure behind the door that surprised both of them.

And behind Huo Yuhao, Lin Jiayi had his arms awkwardly raised in the air and had no time to stop him.

In the silence, Huo Yuhao blinked his eyes and looked down at Xu Tianran, who was sitting in a wheelchair with a playful look on his face. He asked with concern and disbelief.

"His Royal Highness is leaving now? It's hard to come here, why don't you sit there for a while?"

Xu Tianran trembled all over.

How could he come back! ?

Did the mission fail? ?

Judging from his tone, does he know that I did this?

No, it's impossible.

".No."

Constantly comforting himself in his heart, Xu Tianran suppressed his restless emotions, stiffly squeezed out a gentle smile, and said goodbye politely.

"I'm very happy to see you back, Ling Bing, but I have important things to do next, so I won't stay any longer."

"Really? That's such a pity. I fell in love with His Highness the Crown Prince at first sight, and I wanted to have a chat, by the way!"

Huo Yuhao shook his head regretfully, but the next second he seemed to have thought of something. He raised his right hand and popped out his index finger, as if he had a sudden inspiration.

Just when Xu Tianran thought that this guy was going to give him a bowl of iron cow beef noodles filled with green onion, Huo Yuhao suddenly and mysteriously took out a very simple-looking storage ring.

"I have received the compensation sent by His Highness the Crown Prince before. I finally met His Highness this time. I also want to give His Highness a gift."

With that said, Huo Yuhao handed the storage ring in his hand to Xu Tianran, with an honest smile on his face.

"It's a little thought. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince will like it."

Seeing that the attentiveness on Huo Yuhao's face did not seem to be fake, Xu Tianran's tense body gradually relaxed. He first saw a hint of surprise and surprise on his face, and he took it with a smile.

"Classmate Lingbing is very considerate, thank you very much."

While he was talking, he subconsciously separated a ray of his mind to look into it. After seeing the twelve corpses neatly placed in the storage space, his body suddenly stiffened and he stopped talking in the middle of his words. Stop.

The sudden change made Lin Jiayi confused for a while, but he was too embarrassed to ask more questions at this time. Orange, as if he had realized something, glanced at Huo Yuhao worriedly.

After a brief silence, Xu Tianran took a deep breath, raised his head with a cold expression, and after meeting Huo Yuhao's blue eyes that did not hide their teasing and amusement, he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the armrests of his wheelchair.

He hadn't seen such a look in his eyes for many years. The last time he saw it was when his legs were just disabled.

At that time, everyone felt that his position as prince existed in name only, and looked at him as if he were a joke. But not long after, he used frightening methods to frighten everyone, making those people look at him with more eyes than before. More awe than before.

But now, he was actually being looked at by a young man with such mocking eyes, as if he was looking at a...

A dead cripple who prances around in front of him like a clown.

"Thank you, classmate Lingbing, for the gift. I'm very satisfied."

Suppressing the panic and violence in his heart, he pushed the wheelchair indifferently and passed Huo Yuhao.

"Farewell."

Seeing this scene, Lin Jiayi went back and forth between Xu Tianran and Huo Yuhao in confusion, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

After struggling for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and quickly explained the current situation.

"Ling Bing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs someone to accompany you when he comes to inspect the academy this time, so I won't talk to you anymore. The hall master has been worried about you these days. Since you are back, remember to go to Mingde Hall to report to the hall master later. Peace."

After leaving the last words towards Huo Yuhao, he stopped staying and hurriedly chased Xu Tianran.

After watching Xu Tianran's figure completely disappear at the corner of the corridor, Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze.

As the door of the laboratory slowly closed, Huo Yuhao turned around and saw Orange rushing towards him.

The next second, a gust of fragrant wind hit his face, and his soft body slammed into Huo Yuhao's arms.

"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay"

A choked voice reached his ears. Huo Yuhao pursed his lips and gently smelled the fragrance in the girl's hair. He took the initiative to hug Orange's slender waist, tightened it tightly, and spoke softly.

"I'm back."

The two hugged each other tightly, and after an unknown amount of time, Orange's trembling body finally subsided, but his head began to move strangely.

Along with the slight rustling sound, a warm touch fell on Huo Yuhao's cheek. With unimaginable tenderness, it moved closer to his lips until they were completely connected.

Everything seemed so natural.

There were no words, only the sound of a slightly rapid breathing, and the affection that had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly bursting out at this moment.

Just as the two were engaged in a verbal spat, the laboratory door was opened again.

Seeing this scene in front of him, a look of astonishment appeared on Keke's face, who had arrived late.

After a brief pause, she spoke.

"It seems I came at the wrong time."

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