Chapter 255: Was That Novel Written by Lao Bai?

“Miss,” Rong Yimeng came running over.

“Did you find the holy water?”

Rong Yimeng shook his head. “Sigh, the little prince hid the holy water so well. I don’t know if Rongjing found it or not.”

Ah Bao patted him. “Let’s go back to the room and wait for Ninth Brother.”

“Hey, Miss, there’s something here. What is it?” Rong Yimeng looked down and saw a large-bellied bottle.

The bottle looked somewhat familiar.

“Chamber pot,” Ah Bao said without even looking.

Upon hearing it was a chamber pot, Rong Yimeng jumped three steps away, afraid the smell would get on him.

After a while, Hu Zuo came out with the little prince.

The little prince pointed to the middle of the yard. “Uncle Hu, look, I put the holy water there. The Yue is shining on it perfectly.”

Hu Zuo gave the little prince a thumbs up. “Your Highness, you’re very clever.”

The little prince, flattered by the praise, happily went over to pick up the holy water bottle.

“Ugh—” The little prince felt a wave of nausea, not knowing why.

“Uncle Hu, why does this holy water have a strange smell?”

“Really?” Hu Zuo hadn’t noticed before. After all, holy water was a treasured item of the Earth Kingdom’s royal family. If it weren’t for this mission to the Tiansheng Dynasty to win over Leng Qingliu, he wouldn’t have had the chance to handle holy water.

He normally wouldn’t be allowed to touch it.

Hu Zuo sniffed and frowned. “It does seem so.”

“Is it… a urine smell?”

Hu Zuo quickly shushed the little Di Ziand gently advised, “Your Highness, you mustn’t speak like that. This is the holy water of our Earth Kingdom. Such comments are disrespectful.”

Ordinary people would beg for a drop of holy water, and the Earth Kingdom’s royal family wouldn’t even spare them a glance.

This holy water had been kept for over a hundred years, and not a single drop had ever been spilled.

The little prince, realizing he had made a mistake, said weakly, “Alright, I didn’t mean to disrespect the holy water. I hold it in high regard.”

The status of holy water was even higher than his father’s.

Hu Zuo casually said, “Perhaps the absorption of Yue has caused the holy water to transform, resulting in this unusual smell. This is proof that our holy water is a unique treasure in the world.”

“Uncle Hu is right!” The little prince hugged the holy water bottle tighter, as if it were a precious treasure.

“Your Highness, shall I hold it for you?”

It was late at night, and after being beaten, the little prince was in a bad mood. He feared he might fall while entering the room. It wouldn’t matter if he fell, but if the holy water was damaged, even if he were a prince, ten lives wouldn’t be enough to make up for it.

“You must hold it well.”

Hu Zuo nodded with delight, excited inside. This was holy water that had just absorbed Yue essence.

Could absorbing the essence of holy water also cleanse his soul?

Although the smell was indeed unpleasant, Hu Zuo endured it, truly putting effort into absorbing the essence of the holy water.

Originally, Hu Zuo and the little prince were supposed to sleep in separate rooms. However, after the little prince had been beaten, Hu Zuo decided to stay in the same room to better protect him.

Hu Zuo slept on the floor while the little prince was on the bed.

After tonight, they would set off. To ensure the safety of the holy water, Hu Zuo suggested sleeping with the holy water bottle.

Hu Zuo sat by the bed, holding the holy water bottle, drifting off to sleep, and then waking up.

To be honest, the smell was really sharp, unpleasant, and nauseating.

“Uncle Hu, I see you can’t sleep either. How about I hold it for a while?” The little prince, quick-witted, thought, who wouldn’t want to smell the essence of the holy water?

Hu Zuo handed the holy water bottle to the little prince, who was contentedly holding it while dozing off.

After a while, just as Hu Zuo had fallen asleep, the little prince shook him awake.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong?”

The little prince, with a sullen face and on the verge of tears, said, “Uncle Hu, the smell of this holy water is so… I can’t sleep.”

Hu Zuo: “…”

To be honest, Hu Zuo couldn’t sleep either while holding the holy water bottle.

“Maybe you should absorb it yourself. I might be too young to handle it.” The father never mentioned that the holy water, having absorbed Yue essence, would smell so bad.

“I’ll smell it, I’ll smell it. Every breath I take makes the smell less pungent. The essence of the holy water seems to have a milder odor now.”

The little prince: “…”

That does seem to make sense.

On the other side, the three little ones were sitting face to face, staring at each other.

Prince Rongjing couldn’t speak, but upon his return, he had already gestured to the others that he hadn’t found the holy water bottle.

Ah Bao was carefree. Seeing that it was quite late and having already eaten roast duck, she was feeling sleepy. “Why don’t we… go to sleep and stop searching?”

Rong Yimeng and Prince Rongjing obediently agreed, “Alright.”

The two of them lay down on the floor while Ah Bao slept on the bed.

After an unknown amount of time, a shadow passed outside.

Ah Bao suddenly opened her eyes, and Feng Zhuo had already dashed out to apprehend the person.

Feng Zhuo saw the visitor: ???

“Taoist Baiyun?”

Taoist Baiyun smiled and said, “Guard Feng, it’s been a while since we last sparred. Your skills have improved quite a bit.”

Feng Zhuo immediately let Taoist Baiyun go and moved aside. “The little princess is sleeping. Taoist Baiyun, please don’t disturb her rest.”

To Feng Zhuo, nothing was more important than Ah Bao.

She could do whatever she wanted; she was his everything, his heaven and earth.

“Old Bai, Little Madman, I’m awake,” Ah Bao called from the window, revealing her round little head.

The two outside: …

The little princess had been so quiet that they hadn’t noticed her.

Feng Zhuo discreetly hid.

Taoist Baiyun approached, “Boss.”

Ah Bao smiled with her eyes curving. During their time in the underworld, Old Bai had taken great care of her and had even brought her novels to read, alleviating her boredom.

It turned out that the plot in the original novel was also one that Old Bai had found.

Uh… Could it be that Old Bai deliberately made her read that novel? To let her understand the fate of ‘Di Jiaoyang’ and the ‘Di Clan’ and then personally arranged for her to become Di Jiaoyang?

Was that novel perhaps written by Old Bai himself?

If she hadn’t reincarnated and come to the Tiansheng Dynasty, everything would have ended…

Old Bai had gone through so much effort to guide her reincarnation; his intentions were truly sincere.

Seeing Old Bai made Ah Bao feel even more affectionate.

Looking at the little black lying beside her, Ah Bao cleared her throat.

“Boss, are you feeling cold? Go inside and lie down. If we have anything to discuss, we can do it inside.” The little princess was young, and catching a cold could be troublesome. Children suffer quite a bit when they fall ill.

【Old Bai is still as considerate as ever】

Ever since learning that wearing the protective amulet allowed him to hear the boss’s thoughts, he hadn’t taken it off.

It was quite interesting.

But he couldn’t let the boss find out.

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