On the fifth day of the first month, the rain was rapid.
Central Imperial City, Yuanchu Sacred Temple.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden received a transmission light talisman, squeezing it in her delicate, glistening white jade hands, and after reading the content on it, her eyes became somewhat complicated.
“Wow…”
The holy light on Huang Yicun’s body, layer by layer, dispersed, revealing his true body, and asked, “Who sent the message?”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady did not hide it and said, “Zhang Ruochen.”
The Canglan Martial Saint standing opposite the Sacred Book Talented Girl, a soft humming sound came out of his mouth, “He has pierced the sky, I don’t know how many Heavenly Kings in the court want to get rid of him. He even dared to take the initiative to contact you, your friendship, truly extraordinary.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden only smiled faintly, not arguing with the Canglan Martial Saint, and said frankly, “He begged me for one thing.”
“He would even take the initiative to beg?”
Huang Yichen and Canglan Martial Sage uttered such a sentence almost simultaneously, but, after saying so, they shut their mouths at the same time, and neither of them took the initiative to ask what exactly Zhang Ruochen had begged Sacred Book Talented Lady for.
The atmosphere in the Yuanchu Sacred Hall became somewhat bizarre.
Various different speculations surfaced in the minds of Huang Yichen and Canglan Martial Saint, but in the end, they were all denied one by one.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady said, ”He said that the great world’s struggle will not harm the people. The Kunlun Realm is the Kunlun Realm of hundreds of millions of people, not the Kunlun Realm of the First Central Empire.”
The Canglan Martial Saint smiled coldly, “You and he have similar views and philosophies. No wonder he begged you and not me.”
Huang Yichen’s face remained unchanged as he said, “All the Saints of the Kunlun Realm should have gone to the Peakless Mountain, so let’s get out as well.”
……
The sixth day of the first month.
The Devil Cult’s main altar, Sacred Wood Peak.
Mu Lingshi was imprisoned in an Xuan iron casting temple on the Sacred Wood Peak, she was not allowed to contact the outside world, and no one was allowed to approach the Xuan iron temple.
Accompanied by the Sacred Lord of the Wood Family and Yun Zheng, Huang Yichen arrived outside the Xuan Iron Temple.
“Tomorrow is the seventh day of the first month, and it’s also the day that the Fire Clan will come to welcome the bride, so if it’s an outsider, they definitely won’t be able to visit Lingxi. However, Boundary Son is Lingxi’s senior sister, so naturally, an exception can be made.”Yun Zheng said.
Huang Yichen nodded, looking at the airtight and weird building in front of him, there were actually some indescribable feelings in his heart.
“Squeak.”
Huang Yichen pushed open the thick iron door, on the ground, leaving a long reflection.
With that, walking into into the Xuan Iron Hall, Huang Yichen finally saw Mu Lingshi’s figure, only to see, her face was stagnant as she sat on the ground, her head was messy, and her body was covered in dirt and grime, she was like a different person from the once quirky Duanmu Senior Sister.
“How could it be like this? Your father and the people of the Mu family, how could they treat you like this?”
Huang Yichen was incomparably sad and walked over quickly.
“Don’t come over.”
Mu Lingshi immediately dodged away, pulling away from Huang Yichen.
In Huang Yichen’s eyes, tears flowed out, saying, “Lingxi, it’s me, I’m Sister Dust.”
“I know you are Huang Yichen, you …… why, why did you treat him that way, do people change? And how do you want to treat me?”Mu Lingshi said somewhat guardedly.
Huang Yichen just shook his head, unable to say a word.
Mu Lingshi’s eyes were a bit hollow, saying, “Do you know what I regret the most? That year in the Western Academy, when Zhang Ruochen stepped into the Entering Dragon Martial Hall, I shouldn’t have switched the plaques of the Yellow Character No. 1 and the Earth Character No. 1. If that was the case, I’m afraid that your bond wouldn’t have been so deep, and you wouldn’t have had the chance to hurt him so deeply.”
Mu Lingshi continued, “You know, he would never hurt you. No matter how much I love him, how impulsive I am, how much I want to be with him, however, he always restrains himself.”
Huang Yichen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, “He and I, in this life, are heading in two different directions, and we can only let the heavens decide what the future will be like. Yet I know that in his heart, he holds you in the highest regard. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made the identity of the Sacred Brightness Imperial Crown Prince known to the world for your sake, only to ascend the Peakless Mountain and receive you away.”
“Sacred Brightness Imperial Crown Prince? What does that mean?”
Mu Lingshi’s eyes rolled for a moment, revealing a puzzled expression.
Huang Yichen said, “You don’t know that he was the Imperial Crown Prince of the Sacred Ming Central Empire eight hundred years ago?”
Mu Lingshi was a bit wooden and shook her head.
Huang Yichen sighed softly, already understanding that Mu Lingshi was imprisoned here, and I’m afraid she didn’t even know that the outside world had turned upside down.
Immediately, Huang Yichen recounted the matter of Zhang Ruochen’s Prince’s Edict and the capture of the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion to Mu Lingshi, and then added: ”Tomorrow, Zhang Ruochen will definitely come to the Peakless Mountain, but this trip is more than likely to be disastrous. The Peakless Mountain, is not the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, where there are great saints sitting in the centre. Moreover, as far as I know, the Fire Clan also has a Great Saint. On top of that, the imperial court will also surely have a large number of powerful people coming to Peakless Mountain, and once Zhang Ruochen shows up, he’s afraid that he’ll be in a perilous situation where he’ll be attacked from all sides.”
Mu Lingshi let out a laugh and said, “What exactly do you mean by saying these words?”
Huang Smokey said, “Even if Zhang Ruochen has the support of the old Sacred Brightness, it’s impossible for him to fight against the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect, the Fire Race, and the imperial court at the same time, on top of that, there are many other forces that have also befriended Qiu Yu, and all of them might make a move. In today’s world, there is only one person that can persuade him and can save his life.”
Mu Lingshi said, “You want me to step in and persuade him not to come to Peakless Mountain?”
“That’s right.”
Huang Yichen was silent for a moment before he nodded.
“Do you think, is he a fool? If I advise him, he won’t come to Peakless Mountain? No one can change what he has decided.”
Mu Lingshi said, “In fact, I think it would be incomparably happy to die in the Peakless Mountain with Zhang Ruochen, rather than giving in to fate and being a slave to it. Besides, I believe in him, he is inherently a person capable of creating miracles, there is nothing he can’t do. Tomorrow, if he dies on Peakless Mountain, I will die with him. If he picks me up and leaves, in the future, I will follow him for the rest of my life.”
“Foolishness, no one can fight against destiny, everyone from the moment of birth, is doing things that can not be born ……”
Huang Yichen’s voice became lower and lower, and finally, shook his head, no longer continuing to speak, turned around, and somewhat forlornly walked out of the Xuan Tie Palace.
At the bottom of Sacred Wood Peak, Huang Yichen met the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
“Well? Did she promise?”Sacred Book Talented Lady asked.
Huang Yichen shook his head.
Sacred Book Talented Maiden added, “Then did you tell her about your plan? Even if Zhang Ruochen doesn’t come to Peerless Mountain tomorrow, you can still hold the Queen’s oracle and forcefully pick her up?”
“No …… it doesn’t matter anymore. Perhaps …… perhaps, Zhang Ruochen should have such a woman who loves him wholeheartedly by his side, otherwise, how lonely he would have to be.”
When he said these words, it was as if Huang Yichen had summoned up the greatest courage in his life, his eyes were a little misty, and his lips were trembling.
“Are you alright?”Sacred Book Talented Lady asked.
Huang Yichen shook his head and said, “Pass the order down, all courtiers are not allowed to make a move tomorrow, otherwise, they are disobeying the oracle and will suffer the consequences.”
“You’re undoubtedly offending the entire court by doing this, aren’t you afraid that the empress will dispose of you when she returns?”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
“There’s only so much I can do for them, I can only listen to heaven’s will next.”
Huang Yichen didn’t say a word, her gaze dull, walking forward step by step.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady stared at her back, and only sighed softly in a quiet voice, and then only then did she recite, “The public did not cross the river, the public actually crossed the river. Fall into the river and die, what can he do to Gong?”
……
Yunwu County State.
“Mother, Fourth Brother, Ninth Sister, since you want to stay in the Yunwu County Kingdom, I won’t force you, and I hope that there will be a chance to see you again in the future.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the three relatives in front of him and spoke meaningfully.
“Ninth Brother, are you worried that this trip to the Peakless Mountain will meet with misfortune and you will never be able to return?”Zhang Yuxi asked with concern.
Zhang Shaochu said, “Ninth Brother, Fourth Brother isn’t someone who is afraid of anything, even if I can’t help much, at least I still have a lousy life, I’ll go to Peakless Mountain with you.”
With the promise made by the Moon God, Zhang Ruochen wasn’t worried at all about the dangers he would encounter if he travelled to the Peakless Mountain.
Rather, he had promised the Moon God that after this matter was over, he was going to accompany her to the Heavenly Court Realm to help her with a matter.
Where the Heavenly Court Realm was, how far the Heavenly Court Realm was from the Kunlun Realm, what dangers he would encounter if he helped a god, and whether or not he would be able to survive, Zhang Ruochen knew nothing about all of them.
Exactly like this, Zhang Ruochen didn’t know if he could still return to the Kunlun Realm.
Right at this moment, in Zhang Ruochen’s mind, the Moon God’s voice rang out, “Bring the two old men who brewed wine and alchemy.”
This was the first time that the Moon God had taken the initiative to communicate with Zhang Ruochen, which was incomparably surprising to Zhang Ruochen. What virtues and abilities did Ancient Songzi and Wine Crazy Man have to be able to make a God think so highly of them?
Zhang Ruochen asked the question in his heart.
The Moon God’s voice, once again, rang out, saying, “Do you want to know what kind of place the Heavenly Court Realm is?”
“Of course.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“The Heavenly Court Realm is known as the Sacred Realm, which was established to fight against the Hell Realm, and one would need to be at least at the Half-Saint realm in order to go there to cultivate. However, the strength that a Half-Saint can wield when he enters the Heavenly Court Realm is only that much stronger than an ordinary person. Once there, the Six Saints Ascension Wine and the Sacred Transformation Pill can wield a great deal of power.”The Moon God said.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes stared as he asked once again, “When you reach the Half-Saint realm, you can head to the Heavenly Court Realm to cultivate? However, there are so many Half-Saints in the Kunlun Realm, why can’t they travel to the Heavenly Court Realm to cultivate?”
The Moon God said, “The universe is vast and boundless, and there are eight thousand worlds that are as powerful as the Kunlun Realm, if not ten thousand, and anyway, even gods don’t know the boundaries of the universe. Only a world that gives birth to a god is qualified to negotiate a deal with the gods of the Heavenly Court Realm to become a subordinate mortal realm of the Heavenly Court Realm, and only then can they open up the Holy Road that connects the Heavenly Court and the mortal realm, and only then are the half-saints, saints, holy kings, and great saints of this world qualified to enter the Heavenly Court Realm to cultivate.”
“Only by becoming a subordinate Mortal Realm of the Heavenly Court Realm, this world, once it suffers from the erosion of the Hell Realm, will the Heavenly Court Realm step in to fend it off together. Of course, relying on the Heavenly Court Realm is an unreliable thing, the key is still to be strong yourself, otherwise, it’s the same death.”
The vibration in Zhang Ruochen’s heart was immense as he said, “A hundred thousand years ago, when the Kunlun Realm’s gods stood side by side, wasn’t it still considered a subordinate Mortal Realm of the Heavenly Court Realm?”
“At that time, the Kunlun Realm was indeed quite powerful, it was definitely a subordinate mortal realm of the Heavenly Court Realm, moreover, the Kunlun Realm was still ranked high on the Heavenly Court Realm’s Ten Thousand Realms Merit List. It s a pity that back then …… Forget it, there are some things that you are better off not knowing. Anyway, after the Kunlun Realm’s gods fell, it was abandoned by the Heavenly Court Realm and turned into an outcast.”
“That empress of yours, this time, she travelled to the Heavenly Court Realm to negotiate terms with the gods, and I don’t know if she will be able to come back alive. If she is able to return, the sacred path between the Kunlun Realm and the Heavenly Court Realm will reopen. The Kunlun Realm, which was bound to be destroyed, might have that glimmer of life!”
