Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess-Chapter 253: Crown Prince Rasheed
Chapter 253: 253: Crown Prince Rasheed
As Yue Xuexia’s adventure in the buried palace continues, those who are above ground gathered to find and rescue her. Shen Jueyang’s mood had been the lowest at this moment. Ever since Yue Xuexia had disappeared, he became extremely unapproachable that even Tan Bingyu who is supposed to have stayed with him over a few hours was about to faint in stress.
Taiyang arrived at their camp followed by Crown Prince Rasheed, Lord Junna and a small group of mercenaries with them. These mercenaries are royal guards in disguise. Seeing the ugly mood of Shen Jueyang, Taiyang sighed in distress. This is the original aura of this Immortal Emperor. Unapproachable, a powerful presence and an aura that can suffocate a person if one isn’t careful around him.
Crown Prince Rasheed and Lord Junna can both converse in English and there is no need for translators. The two wanted to introduce themselves to Shen Jueyang and Tan Bingyu, unfortunately the former ignored them while Tan Bingyu was a lady of few words towards strangers.
"Nice to meet you. I am Rasheed and this is Junna as well as our mercenary group. Will help you find the person you lost in the desert."
"We didn’t lose her!" said Shen Jueyang.
Taiyang had to block this short tempered immortal and said to the crown prince and his group, "Do ignore him. Yue Xuexia disappeared on the spot and he was the closest to her before she disappeared. That’s why his temper is this bad."
"It’s already evening. How about we search for her as soon as the sun rise tomorrow---"
"No! Find her now!" said Shen Jueyang.
Lord Junna’s words were cut off by the unreasonable Shen Jueyang, Crown Prince Rasheed didn’t mind his rudeness as he had guessed his identity after seeing Taiyang. But Lord Junna was unused to such a barbaric tone and frowned, the royal guards behind them were about to pull out their weapons to attack the other person anytime and just waiting for orders.
Crown Prince Rasheed gestured to his subordinate to stop and calm down. Then observed the two men and the lady informing them. Clearly, Taiyang and Tan Bingyu agree with the words of Shen Jueyang.
"Sirs, and my lady, are you sure about this? Looking for someone in the desert is much more dangerous at night," asked Crown prince Rasheed.
Tan Bingyu said, "It is better to find my mistress as soon as possible."
"Taiyang, the one you brought is useless. I will just flip this dessert to find Xue’er!" said Shen Jueyang.
Taiyang said, "Are you crazy? Isn’t Xue’er under the sand? What if you flip it the wrong way and directly bury her!?"
"Can these men even find her? What’s so dangerous in this desert? Nothing at all!" retorted Shen Jueyang.
Taiyang couldn’t retort back as he also believes that this dessert didn’t have anything dangerous in it. However, it is also a fact they couldn’t find her in this desert without the help of these humans. After all, their divine consciousness in this place was blocked by something preventing them from spreading their qi to find Yue Xuexia.
The conversation between Taiyang and Shen Jueyang was heard by the crown prince and his people. They were stunned by their words, especially Prince Rasheed and Lord Junna who can speak the language of Huaxia.
Lord Junna’s thoughts: ’Are these people jokers? What does he mean by flipping the desert? Is that a literal meaning or just a metaphor?’
’These two men are definitely not simple. How can changing the terrain be easier said than done? However, based on the Tan Princess’s reaction, she firmly believes that the man who said something about flipping the desert seems to be possible and undeniable.’ Thoughts of Crown Prince Rasheed.
Thud!
Seeing that these three don’t seem to be looking, Crown Prince Rasheed decided to help them find the empress. He kneels down one knee on the sand and places both his palms to the ground touching the desert sand directly and closes his eyes. His soul merges with the desert trying to find the traces of Yue Xuexia.
Everyone, including Taiyang, Tan Bingyu and Shen Jueyang, looked at him. Even though they do not know what Prince Rasheed was doing, the fact that the whole desert jolted the moment he touched the desert didn’t escape them. They realized that maybe this man indeed had a way to find Yue Xuexia’s traces.
Crown Prince Rasheed had done this thing multiple times before. It’s the same feeling as your soul leaving your body extending as far as you could. This is what Prince Rasheed is currently doing. However, looking around the desert, Prince Rasheed knew that Yue Xuexia didn’t slip through the sand at the shallow depths, instead she had gone past his current limit.
’I’ve gone below a hundred meters within the desert, but there are no traces of her. Did she go beyond a hundred meters?’
Rasheed hesitated for a moment and then thought for a while.
’I haven’t gone beyond a hundred meters under. My body would definitely be affected if I am too far from my body, but... should I gamble for another hundred meters?’
’If I do find her, those people above will definitely owe me and... if they promise to help me secure the throne then... the danger is worth it all. After all, these people are capable of defeating the Sea Monsters and preventing their invasion of their land. Their strength is real!’
’Forget about it. Let’s try it first.’
These are the thoughts of Prince Rasheed as he merges himself with the desert. He didn’t feel any hindrance at 150 meters, but as soon as he went beyond that, he felt his mind was getting heavy yet he still persevered to reach the two hundreds meter depths.
’How come I still can feel her presence? Is she... truly under the sand?’
Just Prince Rasheed felt the blackening of his mind due to the far distance between his body and consciousness, his real body bleeding from his seven orifices which shocked everyone above ground. Just as he was about to return to his real body he saw the ancient palace peak and was able to touch it. He finally found the buried ancient palace. freeweɓnøvel.com
’Is this an ancient palace? Urgh~’ The crown prince’s thoughts as his soul was suddenly forcibly pulled back wanting to return to his body. He blacked out on his way back.
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Above ground, while Crown Prince Rasheed’s consciousness blended with the sand thanks to the blessing of the desert he got after he was born. His real body started suffering after going beyond his current limits of distance which is hundred meters to hundred fifty meters.
Tan Bingyu said, "Hey! His nose is bleeding!"
"It’s alright. This is normal when the pri---...the boss had overused his abilities. When it goes beyond his limits, his soul will be summoned back immediately."
At the beginning, Crown Prince Rasheed was only bleeding in his nose which Lord Junna had experienced before. He brought out a handkerchief helping the crown prince wipe his bleeding nose. When suddenly he started bleeding in his seven orifice, everyone was alerted. This is especially true for Lord Junna and his royal guards.
The royal guards couldn’t help but call in worry, "Your Highness!"
"Don’t scream! Shut up, let me try to wake him up first!" said Lord Junna. He tried to pray for the prince’s hands from the desert, but as if it was glued on it he couldn’t move him at all.
Tan Bingyu observed the state of the crown prince and noticed that his life stream was directly connected to the desert. She couldn’t understand why a mortal could do such a thing.
"His soul had merged with the desert?" mumbles Tan Bingyu.
Her work greatly alarmed the royal guards who had finally pulled out their sabers and surrounded the crown prince and Lord Junna. What Tan Bingyu had just said was a secret only the closest confidants of the Crown Prince can know. No outsiders are supposed to know about it. But how come this foreign lady knows such a thing?
A royal guard asked, "Who are you? Why do you know about that!?"
"Are you a spy?" another royal guard had asked.
Taiyang nonchalantly commented, "Oh~ I forgot that this man is a prince."
This time the whole group of the crown prince was on guard towards Taiyang, Tan Bingyu and Shen Jueyang. They actually wanted to capture these three however the state of their crown prince is dire and matters more. That’s why Lord Junna didn’t command them to capture these three.
Lord Junna said, "Stand down. Just protect us! No, you help me... We need to separate the hands of the Crown Prince from the desert so he can be forcibly awakened."
The royal guards looked at each other and sheathed their weapons, they approached the crown prince as a group and reached out to hold his arm and body to pull him out.
At first it was only one royal guard trying to do so, "Please excuse my rudeness, your highness!"
He held the prince’s arm and pulled him up, but like how Lord Junna ended up, he also couldn’t lift up the crown prince even after using all his strength. It was at this scene, everyone noticed something was wrong including Lord Junna and gave up thinking more and ordered the rest of the royal guards to help as well.
Lord Junna said, "What are you still looking up to? Help us pull up the prince!"