The Living Path and the Dead Path (2)

"You're not in a hurry, but your subordinates are. Li Yue and I don't care; we have plenty of time," Ye Lang said nonchalantly.

Zhao Yarou said nonchalantly, "What does it matter if they wait?"

"That's right!" Ye Lang found a few more pieces of firewood and threw them into the fire.

After a while...

"Hmm? How can it smell so good, swoosh..." Zhao Yarou raised her head and smelled the fragrance in the air.

"It smells good, doesn't it! This is a root vegetable called yam," Ye Lang said with a smile.

"Let me have a taste!" Zhao Yarou reached out her hand and asked Ye Lang for some.

"It's not ready yet! Even if it is, I won't give it to you!" Ye Lang ignored him.

"..." Zhao Yarou remained silent.

"Ford Fox, stop bullying our Empress. She has no guards now, how is she supposed to find something to eat?" Li Yue rolled her eyes at Ye Lang.

Ye Lang replied directly, "I don't care about her. It's best to let her go hungry so she can experience the hardships of ordinary people. This is a necessary condition for being an emperor."

"..."

"Excuses, you keep making excuses. I want to eat, and if you don't give it to me, I'll..." Zhao Yarou looked a little angry.

"What?" Ye Lang looked disdainful. Hitting me, cursing me, none of that matters to me.

Seeing Ye Lang's expression, Ye Lang Zhao Yarou could tell what he was thinking, so she dropped a bombshell and said—

"I'll marry you!!"

"Hey, here you go!!" Without saying a word, Ye Lang picked up the yam and handed it to Zhao Yarou.

"..."

Li Yue and Zhao Yarou were both stunned, thinking, "You don't need to react so strongly, do you think she (I) am that bad?"

Zhao Yarou finished her meal in a depressed mood, and the rain still hadn't stopped. She continued to stare blankly in her depression, and after a while, she suddenly realized that Ye Lang was gone.

"Li Yue, where's the fox?" Zhao Yarou asked, seeing that Li Yue was still standing there.

"He just went inside, but didn't say anything. Maybe he's going to explore." Li Yue pointed to the cave, which was so dark that the bottom couldn't be seen.

"What's he up to now? Let's go in and see," Zhao Yarou said, and then walked inside.

"Your Majesty! It's too dangerous for you to go in like this. Let's wait for him to come out first," Li Yue stood up and stopped her. At this point, she could walk again and no longer needed to be carried like before; she only needed someone to support her.

"It's alright, what danger could there be..." Zhao Yarou said calmly, then started walking inside.

"Emperor!"

Seeing that she couldn't dissuade Zhao Yarou, Li Yue immediately followed, somewhat reluctantly. Upon seeing this, Zhao Yarou helped Li Yue forward.

This made Li Yue feel a little flattered. She didn't expect Zhao Yarou to help her. She felt grateful, but at the same time, she began to doubt whether Zhao Yarou was really that kind of cold-hearted person.

The cave looked dark, but it wasn't deep. After walking for two minutes, Zhao Yarou and Li Yue saw Ye Lang. At that moment, Ye Lang was staring blankly at a wall.

Facing the wall?

The two women, Zhao Yarou, had the same thought at the same time, but quickly dismissed it from their minds. How could that be? How could he be facing the wall, and in this very place?

Speaking of which, if you look closely at this wall, it seems different from ordinary mountain walls. Not only is this wall neat and flat, but it also has a lot of carved patterns.

"What is this?" Zhao Yarou asked in surprise.

"This is a door. There seems to be a building here, inside this mountain..." Ye Lang replied, touching and knocking on it.

"A gate? A building? Who built this place? What was their purpose?!" Zhao Yarou continued to ask. As the ruler of this land, how could she not care about this strange place?

"I don't know their purpose, but I can guess a little bit about who they are. This kind of engraving is a kind of script, Ancient Era script, belonging to the Ancient Era Tiangong Yue Clan."

"In Ancient Era, the Tiangong Yue Clan was a race with an extremely prosperous alchemical civilization. Their alchemy was even more advanced than it is now. However, the Tiangong Yue Clan disappeared during the Ancient War. I never expected to find their buildings here!" Ye Lang looked at the gate with great excitement, even forgetting that he was supposed to hide.

"Does it say how to open this door?" Zhao Yarou asked.

"Yes, it does, but it seems to be more of a warning, telling us not to open the door, or we'll go to hell," Ye Lang said.

"Open it first, then we'll talk about it. Going to hell is just a matter of time!" Zhao Yarou didn't care about that; she only wanted to open the door.

"You said it yourself, don't blame me when you go to hell!" Ye Lang was certainly interested in this. If it weren't for Zhao Yarou and the other person, he would have opened this door long ago.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't we wait for the others?" Li Yue asked. She felt that the three of them were far too few, and if anything happened, they wouldn't be able to help each other.

"It's not like we're going deep inside, it's just opening a door. I can take a look at what's inside first," Zhao Yarou said nonchalantly.

That's true. If it's just opening a door, there really isn't a problem. Li Yue felt relieved, thinking that opening a door shouldn't be dangerous, at least not if she walked a little further away.

At this moment, Zhao Yarou and Li Yue were both a bit far from the gate, obviously to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring, so that they could prepare accordingly.

"There are three paths here. The meanings marked on them are: one is a path of life and death with a slim chance of survival, one is a smooth path to survival, and the other is a difficult path full of thorns. Of course, we should choose the path to survival!" Ye Lang said, and at the same time, he wanted to click on the path to survival, but at this moment, he was stopped by Zhao Yarou.

"No! It can't be that simple. This must be a lie. If we choose the dead end, it will be troublesome. Let's choose the difficult path!" Zhao Yarou didn't believe what was written on it. She was afraid that it might be the other way around, so it was better to choose a difficult path.

"No way! Why should I listen to you? I'll choose this path!" Ye Lang ignored Zhao Yarou's opinion and prepared to choose the path that led to his survival.

"No!" Zhao Yarou shouted.

"What are you doing? I said choose the way to live, so I mean choose the way to live!" Ye Lang said.

"Just listen to me this once!" Zhao Yarou said, her voice sounding somewhat pleading, but no one cared at that moment. Ye Lang and Li Yue were both looking at the gate.

"I won't listen! If you want to choose the difficult one, wait until I go in, then you can choose!" Ye Lang shook his head and then pointed to the path of survival.

After Ye Lang pointed out the way out, that point emitted light, and the light flowed through the patterns like water, slowly spreading throughout the entire gate.

Then, the light grew brighter and brighter, and the engravings on them began to rotate, like gears in a machine, turning rhythmically.