It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Lid sat down cross-legged and said:

"I have reconnected your meridians for you, but this is only to make you sober. Next, I will ask you some questions. If you are willing to answer, I will continue to use my power to help you warm up your meridians. You will be back to normal in three or four days. I advise you not to have any other ideas, otherwise I don't mind doing something when you can't resist... After all, you can trust me when it comes to shamelessness."

7. Your name

Lid remembered that in his previous life, many people around him liked movies about troubled times or the end of the world. Because in the chaos, the system had completely collapsed, and the woman who was once high and mighty only needed a little food to be picked by the king, and the power of life and death was concentrated in her hands. That kind of excitement was enough to stir up anyone's nerves.

Now Lid also has an absolute advantage and is facing a similar scene. Sitting in front of him is the most beautiful woman in the world and the third most beautiful lord in the world. Anyone would be moved.

The Lingwu Lord's beautiful phoenix eyes were slightly unwilling, her eyebrows raised, looking up at Lid from bottom to top; but if Lid really took action, she would be unable to do anything and could only be at his mercy.

However, under such circumstances, Lord Lingwu quickly regained his normal demeanor and said to Lid:

"Is this level of threat necessary? You saved me just to get information about this secret realm from me."

"This is Kungu's residence. There are countless traps inside that can kill people. Without me, you will never be able to get out of here."

"In this case... do you think I would answer your question?"

Even though she had just woken up, Lingwu Lord still immediately understood the current situation. Because she was still very weak, she didn't speak fast, but her tone was very cold. She didn't plan to answer Lid's question, because she would be safe only if the answer remained in her heart.

Reed stared into her eyes. Under the firelight, the two of them stared at each other quietly.

It was just like the scene when the two of them looked at each other when they were heading north. Only this time it was Lid who stood on a higher ground, looking down at the Lingwu Lord. Facing her threat, Lid also smiled, moved in front of her, helped her smooth out the wrinkles on her veil, and stroked her lips with his thumb through the veil.

This obviously overly intimate action immediately caused great disgust in the Lingwu Lord. She tilted her head, shook off Lid's hand, and glared at him. Lid, however, smiled and stretched out his hand to the Lingwu Lord's cheek, as if he was ready to flirt with her, and said in a low voice:

"I want to know where your bottom line is."

Lingwu Lord looked at him and said:

"This is my bottom line. You can put your hands down, and then neither of us will go out."

"I will die here, and take you with me."

Her tone was extremely cold, and her aura almost overwhelmed Reed in an instant. The majesty formed by being in a high position for a long time could not be broken easily. Even if she was in a miserable state, she was still an absolute queen.

But just after she finished speaking, Lid calmly put his hand down and caressed her delicate cheek. He leaned close to the ear of the Lingwu Lord and said gently:

"now what?"

A hint of something strange finally emerged in Lingwu Lord's expression. She concealed it well, but her body trembled slightly, and Lid could still clearly feel it. Before she could say anything, Lid took the initiative to move her hand away, pulled a little distance away, and said with a smile:

"I don't have to go out, because I don't have any obsessions. I've been in Yuxi City for two years, and I've established a complete system, with most of the power given to the people around me. Even if I'm not here, Yuxi City can continue to develop, and I, as a hands-off manager, can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. What about you? Can you be as free and easy as I am?"

The Lingwu Lord fell into a brief silence, and Lid continued:

"After spending so much effort and planning, and losing so many people, you just give up? I heard from He Yue that you know almost everything, so Lingwu's internal affairs, army, and supervision are almost all decided by you alone. Yuxi City can do without me, but Lingwu Territory can't do without you."

The Lingwu Lord replied contemptuously:

"Is it so? I don't think so. You went alone to investigate the crystal in the heart of the giants, and you had to tell me in advance to protect your maids. If you really died here, what would happen to them?"

"There's no need to blackmail me. You won't be able to let go either."

After she finished speaking, Lid nodded openly and admitted without disguising:

"Yes. I really can't bear to do that. That's why I'm still sitting here negotiating with you instead of killing you before you wake up. I want to go back because someone is waiting for me."

The Lingwu Lord looked at him, then gently closed his eyes after a while and said intermittently:

"You always give in when things get tough... You said you would lead my horse, and now you openly admit your weakness. Do you think I will agree to your terms?"

"Impossible. However, I appreciate your frankness. So I will take a step back and negotiate with you."

"I can answer other questions that are not related to this secret place. In addition, I promise to bring you back to human territory in the future, dead or alive."

After she finished speaking, she opened her eyes again.

Lid nodded:

"Then let's consider this a partnership for now, even though this partnership will eventually break down. I will help you regulate your meridians, and I will also be responsible for your diet during this period."

Lord Lingwu said "hmm" as the final confirmation.

Neither of them mentioned the rude behavior just now.

They all knew that the so-called cooperation was just a forced option. The Lingwu Lord was unable to move, and Lid was not familiar with the place. After the Lingwu Lord recovered, she would still go to find her prey, and Lid, who wanted to get out smoothly, would follow her. The two were like adventurers fighting side by side, jointly conquering the extremely difficult dungeons in the early stage, and then parted ways the moment they saw the treasure.

Reed exhaled and flicked his finger lightly. The flame expanded a little and floated in the air by itself, like a chandelier.

He looked at the Lingwu Lord and said:

"Then I will ask some questions that have nothing to do with the secret realm, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

Lingwu Lord simply said:

"I'll keep my promise, you can ask any questions you want."

Lid thought for a moment and asked:

"So first question...what's your name?"

Lord Lingwu was slightly stunned, as if he did not expect Reed to ask this.

Lid scratched his head and said:

"After all, it's quite strange to keep calling you Lingwu Lord. This is your identity, not your name. Just like you won't call me Yuxi City Lord, it's quite annoying to keep using this title. After all, Lord is older than City Lord. When I talk to you, I always feel like I'm reporting to my female boss."

There is another point. Before coming here, Xiao Hei once told Li De that Ling Wu Lord almost never told his name to others, even to their childhood playmates. So Li De was actually a little curious about this. He doubted whether Ling Wu Lord had a name like Cui Hua under his cold appearance.

Lord Lingwu was only slightly surprised, but soon returned to normal.

She was silent for a moment, then replied:

"...You can call me Zhao Zhao."

8. Feed and ask for directions

Bright...

It sounds more like a maiden name, or an intimate name.

Lid didn't know why she preferred to tell him her maiden name instead of her full name, but for him, having a name was enough. The real name of the Lingwu Lord had nothing to do with him. In comparison, he was more concerned about the next question:

"When I was repairing your meridians just now, I could feel that something seemed to be wrong with your body. Can you tell me the reason?"

Lingwu Lord hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Is this question important?"

Lidd replied:

"I guess so. Next, I will help you warm up your meridians and repair some damaged organs. If I don't know your body well enough, I might make a misjudgment."

The Lingwu Lord narrowed his eyes and said:

"You can think of it as a kind of aging of the soul... It is irrelevant to repairing the meridians. This question is related to the secret realm, so I refuse to answer it. After you help connect the meridians, I can take care of the remaining injuries myself."

Reed shrugged.

"fair enough."

He was just a little curious. If the Lingwu Lord was unwilling to answer, he would not continue to ask. Everyone has secrets that they don't want to tell others, not to mention that Lid instinctively felt that this was a bottomless quagmire. The Lingwu Lord's wisdom and power could not solve it, and he didn't want to wade into this muddy water.

Lingwu Lord half closed her eyes and took the initiative to repair the injuries in her body. However, her meridians were still severely damaged, and the treatment that could be done at this point in time was very limited. Lid thought about it, and it seemed that there were no questions left to ask. Questions such as "What do you want?" and "Where is this place?" all involved the secret realm under the sea, and Lingwu Lord would definitely not answer them.

Lid tore a piece of fish from the fish and asked:

"eat something?"

Lingwu Lord opened her eyes, and it was obvious that she was a little hungry. But when she wanted to raise her hand, her whole arm was painful and numb. Lingwu Lord frowned and wanted to refuse directly.

Seeing her aloof look, Lid couldn't help but want to tease her again, so he sat in front of the Lingwu Lord and asked further:

"How about it, do you need me to feed you?"

The Lingwu Lord replied without any emotion:

"No, wait until I recover."

Lid threw the sashimi in his hand directly into his mouth and said while chewing:

"Really? Then I'll eat it myself. It's not easy to get food here, and judging from your condition, it will take at least a few days for you to recover. You don't plan to stay hungry before then. I understand. If you are physically exhausted, your recovery speed will be greatly slowed down. Do you plan to stay here with me for a while? I don't mind. After a few years of getting along, maybe you will even have an heir."

Lord Lingwu stared at Lid with a look that looked like it could kill.

Lid ignored it completely, tore off another piece of fat meat from the fish, and roasted it quietly over the flame. He actually brought a lot of bottles and jars of seasonings with him when he came to participate in the Northward Journey this time, but they were basically used up on the way, with only a little salt left. But this was enough, Lid took out some salt and rubbed it on the fish, then waved the fragrant roasted fish in front of the Lingwu Lord.

The Lingwu Lord didn't even look at him, which made Lid feel a little disappointed.

If it was Shiloh, who was also from Lingwu, her eyes would have definitely been following the fish. However, the Lingwu Lord was able to remain unmoved despite being hungry. This kind of willpower was truly terrifying. Lid stopped teasing her and said directly:

"Don't worry, I won't take off your veil."

The Lingwu Lord then looked at him, closed his eyes, thought for a while, and nodded.

Lid half-knelt on the ground, one hand supporting the wall behind her, the other hand pinching the fish meat, gently lifted the veil on her face to open a gap, and sent the roasted fish meat to her mouth. The Lingwu Lord's dry lips slightly opened, and his flexible tongue rolled the food Lid brought into his mouth, chewing slowly. The aroma of the roasted fish filled his taste buds, and the fish meat went down the esophagus into the stomach, and his whole body gradually regained some strength.

After eating, Lord Lingwu said nothing, but just looked quietly at Lid who was so close to him.

Lid then realized that he had been staring at her beautiful eyes for a long time. He smiled, scratched his head, stood up, dragged the remaining half of the fish over, dissected it piece by piece, grilled it piece by piece, and fed it to the woman in front of him piece by piece.

Lord Lingwu ate the remaining half of the fish.

Lid didn't feel sorry. He planned to keep going to the barrier to try his luck in the next few days. Whenever he saw a fish that interested him, he would put it in and eat it all. The fish that he couldn't finish would be dried and carried with him. When the two of them started to explore deeper into the maze in a few days, they might not be able to get food as easily as they did now.

Lid took a shell from the fish and converted all the magic in his body into fresh water. Most of the water magic is to draw water from the outside world. It is not efficient to create water out of thin air because it is using magic to generate matter. If a magician is trapped in the desert and uses magic to make water for himself, he will most likely die of thirst because the efficiency of magic to make water is very low and cannot keep up with the speed of magic recovery.

Lid planned to make a simple seawater distillation device and put some seawater in to produce fresh water. However, judging from the condition of Lingwu Lord, she was already seriously dehydrated. When she just woke up, Lid saw beads of sweat on her forehead, which showed that she had sweated a lot because of the pain during this period. So he used up the remaining magic power and replaced it with some fresh water to feed Lingwu Lord.

Lingwu Lord did not refuse and drank it in small sips. Feeding water is a process. You can't just open the veil a little like feeding food. You have to open it to the side at an angle. So when the water in the shell poured into Lingwu Lord's mouth, Lid could also see the slightly trembling red lips under the firelight.

The lip shape is almost perfect, so perfect that people can't help but want to try its touch.

After finishing his meal, Lord Lingwu nodded slightly to Reed, then closed his eyes and continued to repair his body.

She did not thank Reed because providing food was part of the transaction between the two and it was Reed's job.

After the Lingwu Lord began to rest, Lid also extinguished the flame floating in the air, stretched his body, and then lay down not far from her. After the flame was extinguished, the secret realm returned to darkness, and the sound of the ocean currents came and went, reminding Lid that this was in the deep sea ten thousand meters below.

How to survive, how to go back, he has no answers to these questions now.

However, the situation is improving little by little.

The only regret is that according to the current progress, he still won't be able to return to Yuxi City on the Spring Festival this year, and won't be able to spend a quiet and peaceful time with those around him.

9. Return of the Queen

Reed found that he had underestimated the recovery speed of the Lingwu Lord.

Or maybe this woman couldn't be judged by normal people's standards. Lid originally estimated that she would need at least three to four days to recover, but in fact, she had basically recovered after two days. I don't know if Lid's repeated teasing intensified her determination to overcome the disease. When Lid was connecting her meridians, he found that her meridians were very active, as if he had forcibly stimulated the potential in her body, and the whole repair process was unusually smooth.

As more and more meridians began to function normally, the Spiritual Martial Lord was able to deal with other injuries more easily. That day, she was able to stand up with the help of the wall. Although she still looked a little weak and embarrassed, she no longer needed Lid to help feed her. After that, Lid watched her gradually transform back into the queen who looked down on the world at a speed visible to the naked eye. The whole process was a medical miracle.

As for whether she would recall what happened between them when she was seriously injured in the future, Reid didn't know.

In the past two days, Lid's attention has shifted to the storage of supplies.

He first caught four deep-sea sharks by the old method of opening the gates to release water. This kind of fish is not suitable for food because the meat has a strange taste. But if the shark skin is properly processed, it can be made into the luggage that is urgently needed now. Whether it is fresh water or dried fish, it is impossible to carry it directly on the body. If you want to explore the depths of the maze, the first thing you need is a bag for carrying supplies.

After the bag was basically ready, Lid made 200 kilograms of dried fish and put it in. Fresh fish cannot be preserved for too long, so making dried fish is a good choice. The two of them ate most of the huge anglerfish they caught earlier because they were hungry for a long time, but under normal circumstances, 200 kilograms of dried fish can still last for about a week.

Then there is fresh water. The efficiency of distillation is not very high, but Lid has no choice now. He can't expect to find other water sources here. Although everything is possible in this secret realm, the possibility of fresh water under the sea is a low probability event.

Grab all the supplies you can get, this is Reed's preparation when conquering an unfamiliar environment.

The Lingwu Lord was still in the recovery period, and his main energy was spent on self-healing, so he didn't help much. But she was always watching beside Lid, watching him turn the barrier upside down and put in the sea water and the strange fish, and his black hair wet by the sea water kept dripping with water; watching him constantly separate the impurities and fresh water by roasting, and getting up several times every night to collect the fresh water into the bag; watching him shaking his head and complaining about the fishy smell of the fish meat, while trying every way to make the food more delicious with limited materials...

Perhaps because he was too focused, Reed did not test her bottom line through words or actions during this period.

Of course, it is also possible that she is gradually recovering her strength, and Reed might get a beating for doing this.

On the last night of the treatment, the two men lay on the ground to rest in the dim light of the fire.

Based on Lord Lingwu's recovery speed, we should be able to set off tomorrow.

Under the firelight, Lingwu Lord suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the deep darkness above, and said:

"You'll know more than I thought."

It seemed like a compliment, but the tone was just a normal statement. After her strength gradually recovered, her aura became even stronger, and now when you talk to her, you can feel an invisible pressure.