The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Let’s go back to the day when Lu Weiyuan and others were still in the underground cave in Tongzhou Water City.

The huge explosion sounded like a thunder in the clear sky, and the entire cave shook violently.

"What's going on?!" Mi Nian couldn't help but blurt out his doubts.

The already cold underground cave suddenly became even colder, and the ominous roar of water flow rang in everyone's ears.

Xiang Zhenzhi, who was originally running towards another exit, felt a damp breath blowing towards him, and despair filled his heart - these crazy people actually had a plan to die together here!

She couldn't help but look back in the direction of the crowd, and saw those thugs who were beaten to pieces by Hu Ziyi and others were grabbing two maids as if they were questioning them, but the two still looked very calm.

The roar of water in his ears became louder and louder. Xiang Zhenzhi couldn't hear clearly what they were saying. He could only see many people desperately running away in the opposite direction of the explosion.

However, the young women from outside remained where they were.

Yeah.

In the moment before being hit by the water flowing with rocks, Xiang Zhenzhi thought maliciously: At least I am not dying alone, there is still a group of people like me - especially the princess and the royal blood who will be buried with me.

In an instant, the erupting muddy current swallowed up her body and took away her life.

"Your Highness!"

On the other side, Hu Ziyi finally managed to stand steady in the swaying. She glanced at Lu Weiyuan anxiously, who was looking in the direction where the explosion came from with a slightly serious expression. Her five senses were much more sensitive than those of ordinary people. She could smell more than just the fishy smell of the lake water, and she could hear more than just the rushing of the lake water.

The flowing wind carries the smell of blood and gunpowder.

What rushed into my ears was not only the running water, but also countless wails.

"I'm afraid there was a collapse inside. Let's quickly leave the same way we came!" Mi Nian said, and his feet subconsciously stepped back.

Lu Weiyuan glanced at her, exhaled heavily, and said, "When I went out this time, my mother told me to see, hear, experience, and make my own choices... I understand what she meant."

These words made the doubts in Mi Nian's heart even stronger, but the fatal danger that was approaching made it impossible for her to think more.

Just when she made up her mind to take the little princess and run away.

Lu Weiyuan made a sword with his right hand and held a flower with his left hand. One hand was on top, gently splitting the wind forward, and the other hand was on the bottom, slowly pushing out, as if freezing time.

The sound of the wind gradually died down.

The water no longer roars.

Instead, there was a faint long roar, a roar of some kind of beast that no mortal had ever heard, eternal, long, and mighty.

Mi Nian saw the shadow of a lotus faintly emerging from Lu Weiyuan's feet.

She took a step forward, and the shaking cave suddenly returned to calm.

When everyone looked forward, they saw that the turbid water that was gushing towards them in the darkness did not disappear, but instead condensed in mid-air in a very strange way. A pale female corpse was floating gently in the water, as if the Hu water had turned into a man-eating monster, which stopped hunting after capturing a corpse as food and instead looked at everyone with its eyes that seemed to have come from nowhere.

When the fleeing crowd saw this strange sight, their legs went limp and they fell to the ground, shouting the names of all kinds of gods and Buddhas, thanking God and being grateful for the miracle.

This was not the first time that Lu Weiyuan used magic to control the flow of water. When they just entered the cave, the female official who was leading the way wanted to escape, so she followed her instinct to control the lake water and bring her back.

But now, to prevent the underground cave from being flooded, what needs to be controlled is not just the water flow that has already poured in, but an entire huge lake is involved.

Lu Weiyuan felt that the spiritual energy she had accumulated with great difficulty and used for her own purposes was almost drained away, but she still looked relaxed. After making sure that the water flow was temporarily stabilized, she slowly withdrew her hands, put one hand behind her back, and raised two fingers with the other hand and gently shook them twice in front of her, and said to the pale-faced Mi Nian: "Don't be afraid, Sister Xiaochuan, you are mine, and I will naturally protect you."

But Mi Nian's heart was full of galloping horses.

Growing up in the hands of a cult leader, she couldn't understand better than that gods, demons and Buddhas in this world do not exist at all. They are just a sustenance in people's hearts and can even be easily used by people with evil intentions as tools to control and exploit others.

Precisely because she had seen too much since childhood, Mi Nian did not believe that there was a God in this world. She could only work harder to gain the approval of her adoptive father so that she could pick up the remnants of power that fell from his hands.

However, the scene he saw before his eyes had a huge impact on Mi Nian's mind.

Is there really a God in this world?

Mi Nian stared at Lu Weiyuan blankly, thinking this in her heart, and she couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness...are there gods in the world?"

Lu Weiyuan looked at her with a calm expression: "No."

The light in the eyes of the young man opposite, who was named after the goddess of Luoshui, swayed and slowly fell as Lu Weiyuan affirmed: "There are no gods in this world. The reason why I can do these seemingly inhuman things is just because... I am temporarily standing a little higher than ordinary people."

Mi Nian's lips moved.

She wanted to say something, but her shocked brain prevented her from expressing her thoughts properly.

However, Lu Weiyuan seemed to have heard the voice in her soul and nodded gently: "Yes, starting with me, after me, all the subjects under my rule can follow this path and follow me freely - this is my real confidence. If I say I can protect you, I will definitely be able to protect you."

The survivors in the cave seemed to have realized that this was the safest place, and hurried and chaotic footsteps came from all directions.

Face the great terror between life and death.

No matter whether they were the pimps, madams, thugs, prostitutes, or rabbit masters, their faces all showed the same relief at having survived the calamity, mixed with countless joys and sorrows, as well as fear of the unforeseen future.

They moved towards Lu Weiyuan, but did not dare to step into the lotus pure land under her feet. Instead, they stopped early and looked at the young girl standing proudly in the middle of the crowd with awe.

Lu Weiyuan's eyes were still on Mi Nian: "Sister Xiaochuan, are you relieved now? Can you tell me where your adoptive father went?"