Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Chapter 442 Provocation Fails

Traveling during the day and resting at night, it took three days to travel from the border town to the capital. After arriving in the capital, the group took Ling Yi and the others directly to the palace.

After entering the palace, the group went directly to Yongning Palace, where Jingmeng resided.

Upon arriving at Yongning Palace, Ling Yi and his companions discovered the problem.

The palaces we passed along the way, except for Yongning Palace, were not guarded by soldiers. Yongning Palace, on the other hand, was heavily guarded.

However, with heavy guards, the gates of Yongning Palace were tightly closed, and no one outside could know what was happening inside. This shows that there was a barrier inside that isolated everything. Such protection is rare for palaces in the imperial palace.

Just as Ling Yi and his companions were observing their surroundings, the two elders at the head of the group approached the gate. They first took out two black rings and placed them into the grooves, then dripped their own blood into the grooves. After doing all this, a spiritual light appeared in the grooves, and only after the light spread across the gate did the gate slowly open.

The two elders stepped aside and looked at Ling Yi and his group: "Distinguished guests, please."

Upon seeing this, Ling Yi stepped inside, followed closely by the others.

Seeing that they were not afraid at all in the unknown place, the two old men showed admiration in their eyes. After everyone went in, the two old men followed, while the rest of the group stayed outside.

Upon entering Yongning Palace, Ling Yi unleashed his power to carefully sense the surroundings. However, the results were quite normal. Yongning Palace was just like the other palaces he had passed before, nothing out of the ordinary. But if it were just an ordinary palace, would it be protected in such a way?

"Xuanwei, Xuanyang." Just as the two elders were leading Ling Yi and the others into Yongning Palace, a man and a woman walked out of the palace.

The man looked serious, and the woman was pale and looked unwell.

Upon seeing the two, Xuanwei and Xuanyang respectfully bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

The woman didn't react, as if she hadn't heard. The man waved his hand, his gaze falling on Ling Yi and the others behind them: "Are they the people Meng'er asked you to find?"

Upon hearing the name 'Meng'er,' the woman, who had seemed unwell, suddenly regained her spirits as if she were experiencing a final burst of energy before death, and looked at Ling Yi and the others.

Upon seeing the person, the woman took a few steps forward and reached out to grab Ling Yi. Ling Yi took a step back, dodging the woman's touch. Despite being dodged, the woman, as the Empress of the Empire, was not angry at all. Instead, she grabbed Ye Qing Shuang and said excitedly, "Meng'er said you can save people. Please save Meng'er! As long as you can save Meng'er, you can have anything you want!"

The woman's expression was agitated. Ye Qingshuang tried to create some distance, but the moment she moved, her grip tightened even more.

Helpless, Ye Qingshuang could only say, "Your Majesty, can we talk this out properly?"

"A-Ning." Emperor Lingluo stepped forward, took the woman's hand, gently pulled it away, and held her in his arms, comforting her softly: "The person has arrived, Meng'er will be alright."

"Meng'er..." The Empress couldn't hold back her tears: "My Meng'er..."

The Emperor patted the Empress's back gently to comfort her, while looking at Ling Yi and the others: "The Empress is right. As long as you can save Meng'er, whatever you want, I will do my best to satisfy you."

Ye Qingshuang said, "We've never seen them before, how can we be sure we can save them?"

The emperor said, "Since Meng'er says you can save them, then you can save them."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingshuang wanted to say something more, but Ling Yi spoke first: "What if we can't save them?"

Ling Yi said this with the intention of making the emperor dissatisfied. After all, after what happened, it was clear that the couple cared a lot about their daughter. If they couldn't save her, it might make them feel disgusted. As long as there is a malice value, it will be counted as a number of people.

Ling Yi's goal was to increase the number of people, but...

"If we cannot save her, it will only be another disappointment." The emperor remained calm, showing no anger or condescending command to the group to save his daughter.

"Both the Empress and I can accept this." The Emperor said this calmly, but the way he tightened his grip on the Empress revealed his true feelings.

He was not at peace; he was afraid.

The Emperor said, "It's just that you are the people Meng'er said could save her, which is why the Empress was so excited to see you."

The provocation failed.

Ling Yi lowered her eyes, concealing her eyes which had darkened slightly.