Chapter 208: General Xue Long’s Trial

Lielie knew nothing about what Bai Yue Ling had done with her own black cloth. She only felt that the scent inside was very pleasant, like sweet flower nectar, making her unable to resist taking deep breaths, one after another.

“Sniff, sniff… it really smells nice. Xiao Bai, what exactly did you use it for?” Lielie asked curiously.

Bai Yue Ling said awkwardly, “N-nothing. I just had the Archbishop of Nature ‘bless’ it, that’s all.”

Lielie continued, “Bless? How did they bless it?”

Bai Yue Ling gave a dry laugh, pretending to be casual, but her face grew redder and redder as she lowered her head to explain, “It’s… it’s just kneeling on it and using fingers to bless it…”

“Fingers?” Lielie looked blank. “It sounds so mysterious. Can I see it with my own eyes?”

“N-no!”

“Eh~ Xiao Bai is so stingy.”

Bai Yue Ling was speechless. This was not a matter of stinginess at all, girl.

Lielie put the black cloth back into her backpack and excitedly took Bai Yue Ling’s hand. “Alright, alright, let’s go to the royal capital together!”

“Come to think of it, don’t you like staying in the wilderness? Why go to the royal capital?”

“Staying in the wilderness every day is lonely. The royal capital is crowded and lively. Also, I have an online friend in the royal capital. I want to go find her and hang out.”

“Online friend?” Bai Yue Ling paused slightly.
This girl means…

Unfortunately, Bai Yue Ling’s ring was still with Ming Die right now, so she could not peek at what the group chat friends were saying.

The two girls arrived in front of the teleportation array. The guards originally intended to inspect them, but upon seeing she was a Priest Hero, their attitude immediately became much more respectful, and they waved them through directly.

Standing on the array, dense magical energy surged from the patterns, and a tremendous force pulled them free from their current space—

[You have been teleported to “Royal Capital.”]

Bai Yue Ling opened her eyes. What came into view was still a small courtyard, with more than a dozen teleportation arrays of different designs scattered around, leading to all parts of the world.

“So this is the royal capital?” Lielie stepped out of the courtyard curiously and saw a sea of people everywhere, extremely bustling.

At this moment, several knights in jet-black armor stepped forward and said respectfully, “Priest Hero Miss, you have finally arrived. Her Highness the Third Princess has been waiting for you for a long time.”

Bai Yue Ling remembered these knights. They were Viji’s exclusive Shadow Rose Knights, directly commanded by her.

Originally, after Viji had been judged, the Shadow Rose Knights should have been dispersed and reorganized into the kingdom’s knight order. But because the fallen Viji later reformed herself, this group of knights was gathered again to continue serving her.

“Xiao Bai, are you going alone?” Lielie tilted her head. “I thought you could be my tour guide.”

Bai Yue Ling considered. “Hmm… leaving you alone in the royal capital really isn’t suitable.”

After all, Lielie was a ferocious red dragon. If her identity were exposed, it would be easy to be misunderstood and attacked.

“How about this: I’ll have this knight take you to my home to stay for a bit. I’ll come back to find you after I finish my business.”

“Okay~”

Thus, Lielie followed a Shadow Rose Knight to Bai Yue Ling’s large residence.

Meanwhile, under the escort of the remaining Shadow Rose Knights, Bai Yue Ling arrived inside the royal palace.

“The princesses are waiting for you inside,” a maid standing at the door said respectfully.

“Princesses?” Bai Yue Ling tilted her head. “Is Hui Lian here too?”

“No, Her Highness the First Princess is busy. It is Her Highness the Second Princess,” the maid said with lowered head before leaving.

“Xue Long…”

Bai Yue Ling had little impression of this renowned Second Princess and had never even seen her once in past cycles.

Because according to the original plot, Xue Long had always led her personal guard across the kingdom clearing monsters, only returning to the royal capital after Qing Jin’s death.

At that time, the Holy Light civil war happened to erupt. Xue Long tried to charge into the royal capital but was blocked at the city gates by the Grand General Taima. After a fierce battle, she was killed. In the end, Histaana used a single move, “Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World,” directly blowing up the entire royal capital. The Rose Kingdom then fell into endless division and civil war, and was ultimately carved up by the Iris Theocracy and the Gladiolus Empire.

“Ugh… so this is why I hate tragic plots the most.”

Bai Yue Ling muttered as she pushed open the door. Suddenly, a flash of silvery light rushed toward her—

Boom!

A silver spear almost brushed past Bai Yue Ling’s cheek, piercing straight through the corridor wall behind her and leaving a terrifying hole.

Before Bai Yue Ling could see what had happened, a nimble figure had already tackled her to the ground. Firm, powerful legs pressed hard against her slender waist. A snow-white high ponytail fell over one shoulder like tassels spread across her body, the smooth strands tickling her slightly.

‘What is going on?’

Bai Yue Ling’s mind held only confusion, yet the person on top of her raised a fist and smashed it straight toward her face.

At this critical moment, Bai Yue Ling forcefully turned her head aside to dodge, while raising her right hand and punching toward the other’s lower abdomen—

‘So hard… no, wait… what amazing abs. They feel just as good as Ai Ya’s!’

The other seemed to tremble slightly from Bai Yue Ling’s touch. Her snow-white, tender skin quickly flushed with a faint red.

But she soon calmed down and looked down in approval. “Not bad. Good skills, and your reactions are fast.”

Only then did Bai Yue Ling see her face clearly. “You are… Princess Xue Long?”

“I prefer to be called General Xue Long.”

Xue Long thrust out her round hips beneath her cloak and stood up cleanly. Her phoenix-scaled light armor gleamed in the sunlight as she smiled and extended her right hand to Bai Yue Ling. “A sudden whim. I wanted to test your skills. My apologies.”

“You call that a test…” Bai Yue Ling grasped Xue Long’s hand and stood up. Looking at the terrifying hole behind her, she said with lingering fear, “If I hadn’t dodged just now, you would have blown my head off with that spear.”

Xue Long was unconcerned. “You otherworldly travelers can just revive if you die.”

“You really say anything, don’t you.”

This Second Princess truly did not resemble a “princess” at all. She completely acted like a wandering heroine; dropped into a wuxia novel, she would feel perfectly natural.

“Sorry, Xiao Bai. Second Sister is just that straightforward,” Viji walked out of the room and smiled. “No more chatter. Hurry to Mother. You said before you would come last night to treat her.”

“Uh, last night…”

‘Last night I was getting railed. When would I have had time?’

“You really have a way to cure Mother?” Xue Long’s long, sword-like brows furrowed slightly, sharp eyes full of doubt.

Bai Yue Ling put her hands on her hips. “What, you doubt me?”

“Not just doubt. I doubt you very much,” Xue Long said bluntly. “Even the Archbishop of Life was helpless against this illness. How could an otherworldly traveler like you possibly have a solution?”

She extended her right hand. The silver spear she had thrown earlier was immediately drawn by an invisible force and flew back into her grasp.

Xue Long raised the spear, its sharp tip pointing straight at Bai Yue Ling’s throat, her voice filled with resolve.

“If I discover you have deceived Mother, deceived my sisters, deceived the hope of this kingdom… I will kill you without hesitation.”

‘So straightforward…’ Bai Yue Ling lifted her chin and asked without fear, “Then what if I really can treat her?”

“Then I will apologize for my rudeness at this very moment,” Xue Long said calmly.

“Apologize? I won’t accept an ordinary apology.”

“Then what do you want?”

“Heh heh~”

The corners of Bai Yue Ling’s lips curled into a sly smile as she chuckled wickedly. “I want you to loudly admit you’re trash, then neatly fold your clothes beside you and kneel at my feet in a dogeza apology~”