kingnovel Chapter 62 The Origin of the Witch
Chapter 62 The Origin of the Witch
"Back to the Inner World!" Chen Jiangqiao's heart suddenly raced, and an ominous premonition loomed over him like dark clouds.
Chen Jiangqiao knew that the witch's power must be affecting him again, but the harder he tried to suppress his inner unease, the more his eyelids twitched.
"Hey, don't leave me behind!" Zhao Ruoxi grabbed Chen Jiangqiao's arm in fright when she saw that he looked like he was about to leave.
Despite Zhao Ruoxi's delicate appearance, her strength was terrifying. Chen Jiangqiao felt as if his arm was about to break in an instant, but it also pulled him out of his abnormal emotions.
"How can the witch's power be so strong!" Chen Jiangqiao was terrified, sweating profusely. "We have to find 'The Sleeping Girl' right away!"
"What is a witch? What are you talking about?" Zhao Ruoxi heard Chen Jiangqiao's mutterings and looked confused.
Chen Jiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his gaze toward Zhao Ruoxi became more inquisitive.
The three main characters in this instance, Mo Xizheng, Xu Enxi and Zhao Ruoxi, regardless of which one is the protagonist, should all have some kind of cheat code, right?
"Why are you looking at me like that!" Chen Jiangqiao's gaze was so blatant that Zhao Ruoxi's voice froze in fright.
"I'm wondering if you two are connected to the witch? Did she send Zheng Lu back to the other world to protect you?" Chen Jiangqiao said as he cornered Zhao Ruoxi against the wall.
"It wasn't me!" Zhao Ruoxi quickly pleaded, "It has nothing to do with me!"
Chen Jiangqiao turned to look at Xu Enxi, who was still unconscious: "It wasn't you, it was her!"
Zhao Ruoxi: "!"
Chen Jiangqiao released Zhao Ruoxi, raised the kitchen knife to Xu Enxi's side, and gently patted the woman's fair cheek with the back of the knife: "Pretending to be asleep? You'll know once you try!"
As soon as Chen Jiangqiao finished speaking, he immediately raised his knife and stabbed it towards Xu Enxi's eyeball.
"Ah!" Zhao Ruoxi screamed and covered her eyes with her hands. After a few seconds, when she found no movement, she cautiously peeked through her fingers.
The silver-gleaming knife stopped a centimeter above Xu Enxi's open right eye, and sweat trickled down her temples.
"It really is you! Are you controlled by the witch, or are you... the witch?" Chen Jiangqiao stared intently at Xu Enxi, ready to catch the slightest flaw in her expression.
"I am not a witch." Xu Enxi had only said one sentence when she coughed up a mouthful of black blood.
Zhao Ruoxi gritted her teeth and pushed Chen Jiangqiao away, supporting Xu Enxi and gently patting the woman's back: "She's already like this, and you're still talking about witches!"
Xu Enxi coughed for a while before she recovered, but then black blood started flowing continuously from her nose again.
Xu Enxi wiped her face with the back of her hand, her lifeless eyes looking at Chen Jiangqiao and Zhao Ruoxi: "Have you ever heard of a spiritual medium?"
In a broad sense, a medium is a psychic. If it weren't for Dead Soul Island, Chen Jiangqiao's first reaction to this term would be that of a charlatan who has only learned a little psychology. But in this mysterious castle with a witch as its backdrop, Chen Jiangqiao has to re-examine the woman in front of him.
Chen Jiangqiao: "Are you a spiritual medium? Can you communicate with spirits?"
“No, my grandmother was,” Xu Enxi sighed. “I just have a more acute sense of perception than the average person. I felt very uncomfortable as soon as I entered this castle.”
There seemed to be invisible turbulence in the entire space, crashing against the lone boat that Xu Enxi was riding in, which is why she fainted as soon as she entered the castle.
"What happened in the second round of recording? How did you enter the inner world and how did you get out?" Chen Jiangqiao hadn't yet seen through Xu Enxi's lies and judged that the woman was most likely telling the truth.
Xu Enxi: "Powerful spiritual mediums, like my maternal grandmother, possess five senses and a sixth sense that far exceed the normal range of humans."
"Perhaps the spirit here resonates with my soul, enhancing my perception and allowing me to touch another dimension, which is what you call the inner world."
Xu Enxi's situation is similar to sound wave resonance in physics; her soul and the witch's power unexpectedly resonated at the same frequency, resulting in a resonance phenomenon.
"After I entered the Otherworld, I was chased by monsters..."
"That goes without saying, I want to know if you've seen the witch?" Chen Jiangqiao interrupted Xu Enxi and went straight to the point.
“I didn’t see her.” Xu Enxi lowered her eyes. “But I became her.”
Chen Jiangqiao: "!"
“To be precise, I shared some of her memories and became her in my dreams.” Black blood also began to flow from Xu Enxi’s ears.
She was not a medium after all; her body could not bear the power of a witch, and the black blood represented severe injuries to her internal organs.
Chen Jiangqiao's pupils dilated in shock. The biggest clue in the entire instance was hidden on Xu Enxi! Overjoyed at triggering this new plot, he couldn't help but lick his dry lips: "Tell me quickly!"
“She was born from a spirit in the forest.” Xu Enxi wanted to say “human,” but felt it was inappropriate. However, Xu Enxi didn’t know what species a witch belonged to, so she temporarily used “spirit” instead.
The empire was on the verge of collapse. In order to save the kingdom from the siege, the prince, guided by a sorcerer, entered the Misty Forest, a place where the gods were said to dwell.
The prince had never seen a god, but he had read a fairy tale when he was young. In the story, the protagonist, in order to save his mother who had suddenly fallen ill, sought out a fairy under the guidance of a wizard.
The prince thought to himself how wonderful it would be if he were as lucky as the protagonist in the fairy tale.
As the prince ventured deeper into the misty forest, he was stunned. Before him lay a sea of blue roses, exactly as described in the fairy tale.
The prince's heart pounded as he ran toward the center of the blue flower field. In a moment of inspiration, he saw his own god.
The girl had long, golden hair that reached the ground, skin as white as snow, and eyes so clear they could reflect the entire world. The prince, like a devoted believer, begged the girl to save his kingdom, and she agreed.
The prince asked the god's name.
The girl answered softly, "Green Xia Li."
It is the name of the fairy in the fairy tale.
The entire restaurant fell silent. Chen Jiangqiao opened his mouth and nose slightly and exhaled a breath of stale air: "Continue."
Xu Enxi: "The arrival of Green Xia Li reversed the empire's defeat. After the prince led the army to drive away the enemy, he won the princess of the neighboring country and became the new king."
"He's a scumbag!" Zhao Ruoxi exclaimed.
"Why do you think that in all stories, fairies must love princes?" Xu Enxi shook her head: "Green Xia Li is not human, she doesn't have human emotions at all."
Although the prince loved the beautiful Green Xia Li, he remained true to his duty throughout.
As time passed, the prince grew into middle age, while Green Xia Li's appearance remained unchanged. So the prince made a decision: he bestowed the identity of the young princess who had died young upon Green Xia Li. From then on, there was only a beautiful little princess named Theresa in the world.
Zhao Ruoxi: "It's a good ending to end here."
"No," Xu Enxi said with a wry smile.
After the prince became king, he had two children: a girl named Princess Theresa, who died young, and a boy named Fabian.
When Green Xia Li became Teresa, the young Fabian, like his father, fell in love with her at first sight. After the prince's death, Fabian became the new king and decided to take Green Xia Li into his harem.
Unlike his father, Fabian believed that loving someone meant possessing them completely and making no attempt to conceal one's desires.
At that time, Green Xia Li had already confirmed her identity as Princess Teresa, so Fabian could not marry her legitimately. But this did not diminish Fabian's determination to win Green Xia Li's heart, so Fabian took out an opaque black veil.
The beautiful blonde girl was covered from head to toe.
The moment the black veil fell, the world ceased to have the beautiful and elegant Princess Teresa, and only the witch favored by Fabian day and night remained.
"Isn't she a deity? Why doesn't she run away?" Zhao Ruoxi felt heartbroken; she felt so sorry for Lü Xiali.
“She’s not human, she has no feelings.” Xu Enxi recalled the witch in her dream and sighed, “She can’t feel the prince’s love and care for her, just as she can’t feel Fabian’s desire and possessiveness for her.”
"She wouldn't feel hurt or insulted."
"She doesn't feel anything..."