After becoming a female devil, I cultivated immortality in prison

Chapter 23 The Purpose of the Palace

"Very hungry..." Baili Xuanjing murmured in a low voice.

Everyone's face was ashen, and they could hardly lift their spirits.

"Eat food every day, why are you so hungry?" Baili Xuanjing said to himself, he couldn't understand.

Since the last time he witnessed the palace cannibalism, he has stayed in this side hall for three days.

The food served every day is still the same as the previous ten days, without any difference.

But Baili Xuanjing couldn't barely eat six to seven percent full like the previous few days.No matter how much he ate, he still felt that it wasn't enough, and he was so hungry that his stomach was convulsing, and there seemed to be a black hole in his stomach that could never be filled.

Baili Xuanjing firmly pressed her abdomen with her hands, which could slightly relieve the burning pain in her stomach.

And Baili Jingyu had already fainted aside, seemingly unconscious.

But he didn't even have the strength to care about her. For a while, he felt very frustrated.

Usually, he was always dignified and elegant, and it was the first time that such a distressed look appeared on him.

It turns out that people are so hungry that they really can't think about anything, and they can't maintain the sense of extravagance that they don't care about the world.

Those gentle and jade-like, detached and free and easy temperament are just the embellishment of his rich life with enough food and clothing.

Pulling himself together, he helped Baili Jingyu sit up and let her rest on his lap.

"Jingyu, are you okay?" Baili Xuanjing lightly pushed her shoulder with his hand.

Baili Jingyu seemed to notice something in her sleep, and frowned slightly.

Seeing that she seemed to be fine, Baili Xuanjing felt relieved.

The radiance from the palace's luminous sphere was pale, illuminating the room like a mass grave in daylight, with a sense of horror and weirdness.

This aroused some fear in the already restless people, and it seemed that everyone was almost tormented by this hunger to the breaking point.

There seems to be a tight string in the air, and a slight break has already occurred in the thin part in the middle.

Suddenly, Baili Xuanjing thought of the woman in the gray cloak again.

Although her figure is so thin and thin, she has an unchanging and stable temperament in the face of danger.

Baili Xuanjing thought, if she was here, what would she do at this moment?

Baili Xuanjing only found out about Qin Manjing's departure later.But they just met by chance, and Baili Xuanjing is not qualified to care about the fate of irrelevant people.

It's just that it's a pity to some extent, he originally planned to have one more person and more power.

Hungry and resentful, Baili Xuanjing couldn't concentrate, and many memories flashed in her mind.

He raised his eyes and looked at Baili Xuanmin, and saw that he was frowning, and he seemed to be not having a good time, and he was resting with his eyes closed.

"Eighth Brother, what's wrong with us?" He asked weakly, as if sitting still would consume all his strength.

He couldn't support himself, and his body was a little shaky, but he still dragged his strength and raised his head to look at him.

Hearing Baili Xuanjing's voice, Baili Xuanmin didn't intend to open his eyes, but moved his lips slightly.

He explained with a very pale face: "This is the rule of this palace."

"People who lose their minds will be eaten by the palace, and then the palace will feed back what they eat into our stomachs."

"And once you've been force-fed by the palace...then you won't be able to eat any other food."

He pursed his lips.While speaking, the torment of hunger made the veins on his forehead pulsate.

"The food in the side hall can only sustain our lives, but the sense of hunger that makes people lose their minds will always exist until..."

"...the next person who loses his mind and is swallowed by the palace will appear." He paused, and opened his eyes. His eyes were like a quiet pool of water, making it hard to see the depth.

Baili Xuanjing's face instantly turned paler.

Allow others to become nutrients to relieve their momentary hunger.

He can't do it...

Baili Xuanmin also noticed that this time the hunger was fierce, far better than the previous one, and he almost lost his mind.

"Ah... what are you doing?" Suddenly there was a panicked voice from a corner of the palace.

The ups and downs of the voice line were huge, with a sharp rise in the end.

"Qin Zhen...he's crazy." Someone screamed.

At this moment, Feng Ping was lying in a pool of blood, with a dagger stuck in his chest, and the handle of the dagger was in Qin Zhen's hand.

"What are you doing, why did you kill Feng Ping?" Sitting beside him, Lin Ban asked sharply with horror in his eyes.

Qin Zhen, Lin Ban, and Feng Ping sneaked in just the day before Qin Manjing entered the secret realm.

At that time, they only heard about the elixir of life in the secret realm, so they wanted to come in out of curiosity, but they didn't want it to be easy to come in, but difficult to get out.

And now, Feng Ping is dead, still at the hands of their own people.

Qin Zhen didn't pay attention to other people's questioning at this time. He stared at Feng Ping motionlessly, his eyes showing longing.

Seeing Qin Zhen's appearance, Lin Fan understood his intentions.

He dragged his body forward and kicked Qin Zhen away, "You are crazy, Feng Ping is our brother, and you treat him like this."

Only then did Qin Zhen's motionless eyeballs lift up, revealing a large area of ​​white, with a terrifying expression.

"Feng Ping is just the son of a merchant, and his status is low. As long as we kill him and eat his meat, we can live. Don't you want to live?"

It's true that Feng Ping's family doesn't have much background, but they hang out and mess around together, and they can be regarded as friends after so long.How could Qin Zhen do such a cruel thing.

Lin Fan became impatient, and stopped in front of Qin Zhen, "Feng Ping was so kind to you, how could you kill him casually regardless of your brotherhood. What about me? I'm also the son of a petty official, why are you Don't kill me?"

Qin Zhen gave him a cold look, "Don't worry, you will be next."

Lin Fan was frightened by his terrifying eyes and took half a step back.But he calmed down and stood in front of Qin Zhen, protecting Feng Ping's body.He did not allow his brother to die without dignity like this.

"Giggle..." The weird laugh sounded again.

Not long after, Feng Ping's body disappeared in a puff of white smoke in front of everyone, and Qin Zhen's lower abdomen swelled immediately after.

At that moment, he stroked his stomach with a sense of satisfaction.

The palace seemed to have discovered Qin Zhen's intentions, and chose to side with Qin Zhen.

Why did Qin Zhen lose his mind but not be swallowed by the palace?Why was the dead Feng Ping swallowed instead?Baili Xuanjing asked these two questions in her heart.

"Help the tyrant to abuse the tyrant." There was a burst of high-pitched cursing from the side hall.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Baili Xuanjing's mind.

It turned out to be like this, it turned out that the palace was playing such tricks, and he finally understood.

It knows that normal people would not eat their own kind, so it maliciously intimidates, tortures, and seduces everyone.

It never wants to eat anyone, nor does it want to kill anyone with its own hands.

Its interest is watching humans kill each other.

Therefore, it only needs to play the role of a guide and a witness.

As long as it lures human beings into the abyss and stimulates the most primitive instincts of human beings...

Human beings will be unable to control their desires, killing and cannibalizing each other.

I see……

Thinking of this, Baili Xuanjing almost shuddered.

Thinking of them being played by an unknown thing, his heart would still beat violently, showing the master's sense of fear at an unreasonable speed.

If this continues, even if they don't die in the hands of the palace, they must die in the hands of the same kind.

"Everyone, don't be fooled by it. Its purpose is to make us kill each other. If we really do what Qin Zhen did, we will die faster." Baili Xuanjing shouted to everyone.

(End of this chapter)