Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 431: Stubborn

This is such a magical girl, I can't help but want to get close to her and protect her.

If it weren't for her, I would have followed Baoer to death. It was she who saved me and allowed me to live again.

Since then, life seems to have a different meaning. Although I have to face many dangers and crises every day...

But I am always in a very calm mood, no longer as depressed and painful as before.

Maybe she is a master who has achieved a higher level of cultivation than myself, so she knows so many spells that can make people happy.

"Yun Zhen, why don't you say anything? What are your plans?" Seeing Yun Zhen's sudden silence, Ji Anni couldn't help shaking his arm, "You must have already thought about what to do next, right?"

Even a fool like me had an action plan like "going out to see the situation", how could Yun Zhen not have thought of anything?

Sure enough, Yun Zhen said, "My queen, I will help you return to your original form, so that you can leave the palace easily."

After all, the guards were searching for people, not foxes. If Ji Anni escaped in the form of a fox, it would be much easier.

"What about you?" Ji Anni can turn into a fox, but Yun Zhen can't.

"Don't worry about me, let's meet outside the palace."

Ji Anni suddenly had a bad feeling, "Are you trying to get out through the tunnel?"

This place is called the "Road of Life and Death". Although there are two roads, the road of life and the road of death, they were not successfully built due to an earthquake. Perhaps the so-called road of life does not exist at all, and those who rush forward will only be buried underground.

"But this is the only way..." Yun Zhen knew that it was dangerous, but apart from that, what other way was there to leave the heavily guarded palace? "Don't worry, I still have the Tao to protect me. If there is a way out in the way of life and death, I will find it."

"But what if not?" Ji Anni could no longer be optimistic and said decisively, "Then I will go with you."

"No, it's too dangerous." Yun Zhen refused without thinking, "Besides, you can obviously turn into a fox and escape from the palace easily. There is no need to take risks with me."

"Since you also know the danger, why do you still insist on going your own way? Aren't you afraid that I will worry?" Why Yun Zhen always fails to understand how important he is in her heart? Ji Anni has lost count of how many times she has been angry about this.

"Annie, I will definitely get out safely..." Yun Zhen said in a low voice, trying to use this solemn tone to convince Ji Annie to turn into a fox and escape.

However, Ji Anni was a stubborn person. She refused to nod her head no matter what was said. She insisted, "No, no matter which road we take, whether it is life or death, if we can't walk together, it will be meaningless. Life or death, we must go on together and face it together. Only then can...only then can...only then can we prove that I love you!"

I still don’t have the courage to say “I love you”, so I can only choose to say that it is a one-sided relationship.

"But I love you, not asking you to die with me..." Yun Zhen's sigh came after Ji Anni's angry roar just now, and it sounded very soft and almost inaudible.

Ji Anni's heart was beating wildly. Even though it was so soft that it was barely audible, the faint word "love" still fell into her ears.

"I, I..." I opened my mouth to say something, but I stuttered because of excitement and nervousness.

After taking a few deep breaths and adjusting his breathing, he shouted, "I, I, I am willing. Anyway, I am willing! I will be with you no matter which way I go - you are not allowed to disagree!"

After roaring, he kept breathing in, his heart still beating wildly and he was a little out of breath.

"Well then..." After a long silence, Yun Zhen finally compromised, "But you have to promise me that if we encounter danger, we must retreat and we must not force ourselves to go on."

"As long as I can be with you, you can go when I say go and stop when I say stop." Anyway, she has already died once, so Ji Anni is not afraid of death anymore. She is only afraid of not being able to be with Yun Zhen.

Yun Zhen stood up and faced the depths of the Road of Life and Death.

It was pitch black in the tunnel and nothing could be seen, but the gentle breeze blowing on their faces brought them hope of life.

Since there is wind and the breath of the wind is so fresh, it proves that at the end of the road of life and death there must be a way to survive to the outside world!

"Come with me." Yun Zhen gently held Ji Anni's hand and led her forward.

Yun Zhen, who had discovered the entrance to the tunnel a few years ago, had visited here several times, but did not go too deep. He only walked half a hundred meters at most, and turned back after finding nothing special.

Within half a hundred meters, the road of life and death is safe, but what is beyond half a hundred meters? No one knows.

Yun Zhen felt that Ji Anni was clinging to him from behind, and seemed to be frightened. He kindly advised: "Anni, it's not too late for you to regret now, because we are still on a straight road. If we go through a few forks in the road later, I'm afraid it will be too late for you to regret..."

"Who said I regretted it? I don't regret it!" Ji Anni said stubbornly. But in fact, she was not stubborn in words, but in her heart. She was determined to follow Yun Zhen, and no difficulties or obstacles could defeat her determination.

Seeing how determined she was, Yun Zhen said no more. He took her hand and walked slowly forward step by step.

The deeper they went, the colder the air became. Ji Annie's teeth were chattering from the cold, but she had no choice but to hold on.

She could no longer remember how many forks in the road she and Yun Zhen had taken, and she could no longer return along the original route.

"Annie, why don't you turn into a fox so that I can hold you in my arms." Yun Zhen was worried that if they continued walking, Ji Annie would collapse because she couldn't bear the cold.

Ji Anni thought that after she turned into a fox, she would be covered with fur and could help Yun Zhen keep warm. She couldn't help but feel tempted.

"But how do I turn into a fox?" Every time Ji Anni transformed, she did not rely on her own consciousness, but was influenced by the surrounding evil spirits and emotional fluctuations.

Yun Zhen smiled, stopped, put his fingers to his lips, and chanted a few spells softly.

Ji Anni stared at him without blinking, and saw a ball of white light slowly light up at his fingertips.

Before Ji Anni could take a closer look, the white light disappeared from Yun Zhen's fingertips.

Then, Ji Annie's body gradually shrank, getting smaller and smaller, and finally became a ball that was only as high as Yun Zhen's knees.

Could it be that she has transformed just like that? Ji Anni couldn't believe it, and subconsciously raised her hands to look. But who knew that she didn't raise her hands, but her two front feet. When she raised her front feet, the limbs supporting her body suddenly decreased by half. Ji Anni's center of gravity was unstable, her body swayed, and she almost fell. Fortunately, Yun Zhen bent down and hugged her in time, so she didn't fall so badly.

"Yun Zhen..." Ji Anni can speak, but not through her mouth, but through her thoughts that are transmitted directly into Yun Zhen's brain.

"This is much more convenient." Yun Zhen held Ji Anni in his arms and hid her in the front of his clothes.

Wow, it’s so warm... After feeling Yun Zhen’s body temperature, Ji Anni’s eyes became moist with happiness.

The body that was almost frozen finally returned to normal and the teeth stopped chattering.

Yun Zhen stroked the long hair on Ji Anni's head and back, which made Ji Anni feel more comfortable and she couldn't help but close her eyes.

I am so envious of the pets that Yun Zhen had raised in the past. I am jealous that they can enjoy this kind of soothing touch!

Ji Anni was actually a little jealous and asked sternly, "Yun Zhen, have you ever had a dog?"

The sudden question made Yun Zhen stunned for a moment, and he answered subconsciously: "No, what's wrong?"

"What about the cat?"

“Neither do I.”

"Where's the rabbit?"

"Not even that."

"What pets have you had?"

"Nothing."

"Well, that's great." Ji Anni wagged her tail happily.

Her tail was big and long, and it swept across Yun Zhen's face as she waved it.

Yun Zhen had no choice but to brush aside her long tail and asked, "What does it matter if you have a pet or not?"

"It doesn't matter. I won't tell you anyway, hehe." Ji Anni turned her head and changed to a more comfortable posture. She curled up comfortably in Yun Zhen's arms, enjoying the comfort of this human heating stove.

Yun Zhen, confused, smiled bitterly.

Princess Tianning has exchanged identities with Yanniang and returned to the palace, but Liuguang doesn't know.

Liuguang found that Tianning was inseparable from Kang Xiaorong after returning to the palace, and could not help feeling very strange. He vaguely guessed that Yanniang had left the palace and the identities of the real and fake princesses had been swapped back.

He did not go directly to Kang Xiaorong to find out the situation and resolve his doubts, but left the palace directly and came to the place where he first met Yan Niang.

Maybe it was a coincidence, maybe it was a telepathic connection.

When Liuguang came out of the White Tiger Gate and arrived at the grove outside the palace, he saw a fiery red fox lying in the grass.

When she first met Yan Niang in fox form, she was injured and her demonic power was damaged. She wanted to enter the palace by any means, but the palace was protected by Yuan Rong with many magical instruments, so she couldn't get in. As a last resort, Yan Niang had to find Liu Guang, who was the captain of the palace and was responsible for guarding the four side gates of Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque and Xuanwu.

Before Tian Ning's wedding, she witnessed Liu Guang setting up an ambush in the woods outside the palace and knew Liu Guang's identity in the Anti-Imperial Society. She used this as a threat and asked Liu Guang to help her enter the palace, and told Liu Guang that Tian Ning was not the daughter of the previous emperor. On the one hand, she wanted to exchange for the opportunity to return to the palace, and on the other hand, she wanted to save Tian Ning's life, otherwise the descendants of the dragon clan would not escape the fate of being executed.

"Why didn't you tell me before you exchanged identities with Tianning?" Liuguang walked towards Honghu, standing two or three steps away from her, with a reproachful tone in his voice.

Yan Niang said very selfishly: "Because we didn't keep our original promise, I don't want to pretend to be a princess anymore."

"Who said I didn't keep my promise? Didn't I let you return to the palace as a princess? Otherwise, you would still be blocked outside the palace by Yuan Rong's magic weapon. But after you became a princess, you didn't convince the empress dowager to move the palace." Liuguang pointed the finger at Yan Niang.

Yan Niang was not willing to be outdone, and responded, "You didn't help me kill Yuan Rong either, and you caused him to abandon righteousness and turn to evil, falling into the path of demons, making him even more difficult to deal with. Since Yuan Rong has become a demon, he is far beyond your power to deal with, so there is no need for me to rely on you anymore. The only thing to blame is that you didn't execute Yuan Rong immediately after capturing him, which gave him time to become a demon."