Chapter 345 - It Might Be for the Best (1/2)

Outside of the secret realm, Qiu Ling was pacing up and down. ”Why is this taking so long?!” He glared at Qiang Wei who was waiting beside him.

”Your Majesty … Didn't An Bai already say that they needed to research on the array first? They have already decided on the next steps and are working on it. That is the most that can be done for now.”

Qiu Ling stopped walking. ”Ah, there has to be something I can do! My beloved is all alone in there!”

”There's that senior —”

”He's probably scared! And lonely! And misses me very much.”

Qiang Wei shut up. He deeply felt that his king wasn't interested in what he had to say anyway.

Qiu Ling continued pacing up and down. He couldn't help but feel restless. He felt as if … something bad was about to happen. He stopped once again and looked at the array on the ground. ”Damn this! We should just force our way in!”

He wanted to go over but Qiang Wei grabbed his arm.

”Your Majesty, you can't! I don't know much about these things but this is a formation that connects this place to a dimension. If you use force, the array might shatter and the realm it connects to would strand somewhere or even cease to exist. And that would include the people inside. So you can't brute force your way in under any circumstances.”

”But —”

”Your Majesty. Please keep in mind that the person inside is only Zhong Jing Yi, not crown prince Jing He. If that boy dies, his soul will just ascend to the Nine Heavens again and the crown prince will wake up. Isn't that what you want? It would actually be for the best if he can't hold on in there.”

”But …” Qiu Ling frowned. He didn't want him to suffer. He wanted him to be happy. Whether it was Jing Yi or Jing He, this person was his beloved. And his beloved deserved to be happy. ”I want to help him.”

”You can't.”

Qiu Ling sighed and rubbed his brow. ”I feel like … something will happen. Something bad.”

”It's normal that you're worried about him. But as I said there's no reason to. Maybe … Maybe you should do something else for now? Search for some clues yourself or … return to the immortal realms for a while? You could visit His Highness, you know?”

Qiu Ling froze. Right. He could … use this time to go and have a look at Jing He. It wasn't like he could guard Jing Yi right now anyway.

But the last time he went to the immortal realms because he longed to see his beloved something had happened to his beloved's mortal father. Who could assure him that something like that wouldn't happen again? He definitely didn't want to explain to his beloved why he hadn't paid attention once again.