Chapter 37: Song Praise

Changyi's clear and the icy voice did not speak loudly, but it reached everyone's ears.

Princess Shunde's gaze finally moved away from Ji Yunhe and looked at the jiaoren inside the cell. Ji Yunhe also heard Changyi. She kept her head low and did not turn around to look at him. She showed no weakness when receiving the lashes, but now her shoulders tremble uncontrollably. Others did not see, but Lin Haoqing, who remained standing behind Ji Yunhe, saw it very clearly.

After all these years, only now did Lin Haoqing notice that Ji Yunhe's shoulders were actually very thin and no different from any other woman. Slender and delicate, like a pair of butterfly wings...

But this butterfly had always held her head up high to tell him how she wanted to fly over the world. So he saw her as a roc, and forgot that she, too, could be weak and helpless.

(The roc is a mythological bird of prey originating from the Middle East. It is enormous in size and has been described as a mountain hovering in the air.)

And the vulnerabilities hidden by Ji Yunhe so deeply over the years surfaced now, because of the jiaoren. Only out of pity for that demon's worthless dignity?

Thinking about her actions lately, Lin Haoqing turned his head and looked at Changyi.

She and this demon...

"Let her go. What do you wish to hear from me?"

Changyi looked at Princess Shunde and spoke again.

"I will say it."

"The voice is pleasing to the ear." Princess Shunde narrowed her eyes and looked at Changyi with content.

"It is said that jiaoren's singing is the best in the world, then sing a song for me."

Kneeling on the ground, Ji Yunhe tensed up. Plaything. Princess Shunde's attitude pretty much said it all. Changyi was her plaything, while others were her slaves. She could beat them, kill them, cut their tongue, or pluck out their eyes.

The mountains and rivers were hers, and the world was hers. After a brief pause, Changyi's song filled the dungeon. It was melodic and intoxicating. Ji Yunhe suspended her breath. This song... she had heard it before.

Only once but it was impossible to forget. Such a song did not belong to the mortal world. The tune pulled Ji Yunhe back in time and into the broken Ten Square Formation.

She had pretended to be Ning Ruochu and gave closure to the demonic attachment abandoned by the jade phoenix. When the attachment danced toward the ninth heaven, Changyi sang this song to send her off.

After jumping into the sinking pool, she asked him what the song was about, and he told her it was praising freedom. At that time, Ji Yunhe was optimistic and thought her freedom was close at hand, and she only felt joy.

But now, with the same tune echoing inside her ears, Ji Yunhe only felt sadness. He had lost his tail and was back in prison, but he still praised freedom.

At that time, Ji Yunhe was optimistic and thought her freedom was close at hand, and she only felt joy.

But now, with the same tune echoing inside her ears, Ji Yunhe only felt sadness. He had lost his tail and was back in prison, but he still praised freedom. Princess Shunde asked him to sing for her, but Ji Yunhe knew he was not singing for the princess.

He was singing for Ji Yunhe. She closed her eyes to the room full of animosity, ignored the despair and frustration she felt, and silently listened to his song. When the song finished, the room became quiet and serene.

People's breathing disappeared, all signs of filth and violence were washed away, and time seemed to stand still. Even Princess Shunde did not break the tranquility. Until Changyi stepped forward and said,

"Let her go."