55.2

All the way to New Year.

The Grand Master's house was located in the capital. It was a quiet establishment sitting in the middle of the most prosperous part of the city. The scent of the New Year celebration could easily float into the prison.

In the previous years, even being at war with the Northlands, the New Year celebration never slacked. Red lanterns would light up the streets every night for a whole month, and fireworks would flash up in the sky. Ji Yunhe had been able to see the colors flashing even from inside her cell.

But this year, there was nothing. Ji Yunhe estimated that the New Year should be within a few days. She waited, and what she finally saw was Princess Shunde storming in through the prison door.

She came barefoot, carrying a whip, and seemed to be wounded, walking with a limp even in the rush. A huge group of demon masters followed behind her. Ji Yunhe had not seen so many people for a long time. She looked at Princess Shunde and teased,

"Princess, it's only been five and a half years since I last saw you, how come you look so sad?"

Princess Shunde did not say a word. She gave a look and a demon master opened the cell door. Ji Chengyu then finally managed to squeeze in through the large crowd.

"Princess! Princess! Master is still busy with the jade phoenix in the north!" Jade phoenix, Qing Ji?Ji Yunhe's eyes lit up. She finally showed up?

"... Maybe it won't be long before the master returns, why don't we wait until he's back..."

"This war is all because of this lowly slave! The good men of my country who died in battle were all killed because of her!" Princess Shunde's eyes were red with anger.

"I can't rest until she's dead!" Ji Yunhe had a pretty good guess of what had happened.

Qing Ji had come out in aid of the Bitter Cold Ones and the imperial court suffered a huge defeat. Even the princess injured her leg. This pulled the Grand Master out of his house and tied him up in the north. The demon masters stepped into the cell with Princess Shunde.

Seeing that he could not stop her, Ji Chengyu gave Ji Yunhe a look, then turned and left. He wanted to find a way to contact the Grand Master. Ji Yunhe stood up in tattered clothing and looked arrogantly at Princess Shunde.

"Princess, do you still not know what really caused this war?" A whip fiercely landed on Ji Yunhe's face.

"Know what? I only need to know how you will die!" Ji Yunhe touched the blood on her face with a finger, then looked at the princess again.

"This is why the battlefields are littered with bones."

"I don't need to listen to you!" Princess Shunde whipped down again. Ji Yunhe caught the whip with her hand wrapped in a layer of black gas.

"No one was born to be your slave." Princess Shunde shouted, "Kill her for me!"

The demon masters loaded their weapons with spiritual energy and charged at Ji Yunhe. Ji Yunhe's hand turned into a fist and the black gas around her body grew outward at an astonishing speed.

It deflected each and every attack thrown at her. Some demon masters were even struck by their own weapons. Nine demonic tails once again floated out behind Ji Yunhe, waving back and forth inside the cell like an angry beast.

"You want to kill me, just so happens, I want to kill you too." A black tail reached out and curled over a sword on the ground then delivered it into Ji Yunhe's hand. She pointed it at Princess Shunde.

"Come."

Princess Shunde glared at her with a twisted, hideous face. All of her air of charm and superiority was now consumed by hatred.