The Destiny of Love in Ancient Times
The Ruins of the Former Battle

GU YIHAO was slightly stunned as the girl asked. Tumben once the girl became a little considerate of him. Although Gu Yihao did not know the reason, he simply nodded.

Before long, the waiter brought breakfast to the guest room and placed it on the table. Qing Mao had already sat down earlier and picked up the rice bowl. He did not want to see the man because he always felt that Gu Yihao was paying attention to him.

"Eat first and continue your work later" he said.

Gu Yihao's hand movements holding the writing brush were stiff. He glanced at the girl who started eating her own breakfast. His smile immediately expanded.

"Why is that so attentive? Do you not hate this king?" Although he was happy, but did not forget that Qing Mao hated him. He had hurt the girl four years ago so it was hard to get along like in the past.

"What's wrong if I ask you for breakfast?!" The girl sneered and would not admit it. "Just ... thanks for last night," he murmured.

Gu Yihao heard it though quietly. He put down a brush and got up from sitting, approaching the guest room table. After sitting across from the girl, Gu Yihao also picked up his own rice bowl and chopsticks.

"Not a big deal. It is the King's duty. Do you remember what you dreamed last night?"

The girl shook her head. "I just know if it's creepy. By the way, do you know about someone named Gu Wei?"

Suddenly Gu Yihao was slightly choked. Wei Gu? Thinking of this name, the man was a bit stiff for a while until Qing Mao managed to catch his strangeness. It seemed that Gu Yihao knew something about Gu Wei? After all, the price is the same.

After adjusting the mood, Gu Yihao let out a long sigh and continued eating. "Why are you asking about this? Does this have anything to do with your dreams?"

"No ... But ..." He wasn't sure whether to tell it or not. Isn't that ridiculous? "It's okay. Not something that matters. Suddenly I want to know."

Gu Yihao smiled a little ironically. "He is a figure depicted in the history of the Quentian State as an evil spirit that preys on good, "he explained.

"Bad spirits?" qing Mao muttered even more strangely. "Did it appear?"

"This king never saw him. However the ruins that were believed to be evidence of the late grandfather's fight with Gu Wei still existed."

"Can I go see him?" Suddenly Qing Mao asked quickly.

"..." - ".Gu Yihao was not sure what made Qing Mao so curious about Gu Wei. But he nodded. It doesn't matter if you want to take the girl to the ruins, but ...

"Didn't Hyou ask you not to wander far away? Maybe we can wait for that guy to come."

Qing Mao smiled flatly. "It's okay. Hyou just said that as long as you are close, everything is still fine. However ... You just finish your job. I'm in no hurry."

"My work will be done before noon. We can go after lunch and come back before afternoon."

"Yes, no problem." The girl nodded and compromised.

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When noon arrived, Gu Yihao took Qing Mao to the place where the ruins were. Ruins of the former battle between retired emperors and the evil Gu Wei—roh that is said to be dangerous. The place was a bit remote but not too far from the existence of the Imperial Palace. At least from the ruins courtyard, Qing Mao could see a bit of the Imperial Palace building.

"It never seems to be visited?" guess Qing Mao upon seeing if Gu Yihao had already walked in front of her.

"Yes. There are special guards guarding this place. They hide in the shadows. This place is indeed a little dangerous even though it is only a ruin. Be careful. All the items here might be fragile," Gu Yihao explained.

"Yes." Yeah." Qing Mao nodded.

The building in front of Qing Mao might have been five meters tall. Gu Yihao told me if the original building of this place reached ten meters. Everything was large and spacious, like a gigantic hall that could accommodate many people.

Formerly these ruins were used for the people of the Imperial Palace to make an important event, auction and others. But ever since the evil spirit Gu Wei had appeared, the retired emperor was fighting him. Not knowing what the reason was, but the retired emperor had also once told Gu Yihao to live well and protect him. 'The 'He' in question here was probably the owner of the green jade ring, Qing Mao.

If that year he had known that Qing Mao was the owner of the green jade ring, it would probably have been different again.

There was a reason why Qing Mao wanted to go to these ruins now. He wanted to know who Gu Wei was and what it had to do with that memory frament. He never experienced it at all, did he? Unknowingly, they had already arrived in the middle of the ruins hall.

"This is the central point of the ruins. The aura is negative, we can't stay here for long" Gu Yihao said.

"I .... I just wanted to make sure of something. But ... What'sthis?" Qing Mao looked down and saw a gigantic pattern drawn on the floor of the ruins that were already broken.

Gu Yihao frowned and checked on her as well. He had never noticed this before so he checked what patterns were drawn below. After all, the floor of the ruins was filled with dust, vines even some collapsed walls. So I don't know what it looks like.

However Qing Mao was sure if it was definitely a circle with some special patterns. Qing Mao and Gu Yihao put away some vines and examined the patterns. Regardless of what happened, Qing Mao accidentally stepped on the floor that had a mechanism inside. The girl was shocked and stunned but unconcerned.

He thought that the floor had been so long that the foundation was not good.

"It looks like it's a totem symbol" Gu Yihao said after turning off if he saw any of the legendary animal images on mainland China.

"Totemes? Is such a thing still believed?"

"Maybe. It used to be possible not for any ritual, but just decoration. Grandfather had never told this before," obviously the man also immediately thought hard. But he was sure that the retired emperor had never told him about the totem circle on the rubble floor.

"Does the emperor know too?"

"Eitherway. This king will ask him later."

As Qing Mao and Gu Yihao chatted around this place, there was suddenly an earthquake. More precisely, the ruins swayed slightly and the totem-patterned rant beneath them gave off a faint glow. Not knowing what had happened, Gu Yihao already had a bad premonition and was about to bring Qing Mao away from the place.

"Quick, get away from there!!"

Unfortunately, as he walked towards Qing Mao, some vines suddenly came alive and rushed towards Qing Mao, wrapped around his body. The girl gurgled and immediately used her martial arts ability to release the vines, but still did not succeed completely.

"What's this?" The girl half-screamed as she took out a dagger from the space of the green jade ring. He instantly widened his eyes when he saw that the totem circle below them gave off a powerful light.

"Mao!!" Gu Yihao directly rushed towards her and hugged her before the creeping planting drowned her.