Chapter 1376 Dragon Qi Stolen

"Are you afraid that Xie will pester you?"

Although Xie Zheng was amiable, he was more composed and solemn than before. He looked into the distance with a serious and profound gaze. "Actually, there is something else I would like to ask Master Akita for help with."

"..." Song Chunxue suspected this was an excuse, but couldn't find a single fault with it.

Moreover, Master Han meant for her to secretly help Xie Zheng.

Suddenly, a figure appeared beside her.

"What can I do to trouble Master Akita? She's been very busy lately. Let me hear what she has to say."

Qi Yun squeezed Song Chunxue and said with great enthusiasm, "I was cured of the curse last night. Congratulations to me! I had a frank and open conversation with Qingge for three hours and finally decided to postpone the wedding until next spring."

As he said this, he kept looking at Xie Zheng, with a rather provocative tone.

"I do want to congratulate you, but you're still young. Don't be impulsive about marriage," Xie Zheng said. "But I must clarify that the Gu worm was sold by someone from one of my shops. It had nothing to do with me. Don't assume that I instructed it based on just a guess. I'm not that free."

Qi Yun grew anxious and stepped forward, placing her hand on Xie Zheng's shoulder. "That's not what you said before, Lord Xie, you clearly..."

Xie Zheng glanced at him, and Qi Yun froze for a moment, then put on a smile.

"Hehehe, that's true. I was judging you by my own petty standards. Please forgive me, Lord Xie." Qi Yun lowered his voice. "This isn't the place to talk. Let's go to the teahouse. It's just ahead."

Xie Zheng turned at another intersection. "The house you often go to has a rabbit demon that belongs to the evil cultivators. You're so used to teasing it, didn't you notice?"

"You..." Qi Yun's face flushed red. How dare you expose his shortcomings in front of your master! "Lord Xie, don't spread rumors. Who is used to flirting? I just have good interpersonal relationships, not that I have close relationships with women."

He looked at Song Chunxue and explained earnestly, "Master, Lord Xie is putting me down."

Song Chunxue said expressionlessly, "You two seem to enjoy bickering quite a bit. Perhaps you're in love but unaware of it?"

"..."

"..."

The two people in front of her stopped at the same time, glancing at her with disbelief and disgust.

"snort!"

"Ha!" Qi Yun pushed Song Chunxue forward from behind. "Master, you really know how to humiliate people."

But when they went up to the third floor of a tavern and looked down from there, the capital city was bathed in the glow of the sunset, with gold and orange colors reflecting each other, and the tender green willow branches were so bright, swaying leisurely in the breeze.

Sparrows frolicked on the eaves, chirping and chattering noisily, as if they were discussing something important.

Song Chunxue noticed that the two of them fell silent at the same time, as if they were different people.

How come she never noticed before that men could be so fickle?

“It’s such a good time of year, why did he have to die at this time?” Xie Zheng suddenly said.

Song Chunxue laughed, "If the late emperor heard this, he would probably be so angry he'd come back to life."

“He can’t hear anymore. He left such a mess behind. People would have gone back to report long ago.” Xie Zheng took a sip of tea. “He died at the wrong time.”

“That’s right, the new emperor he chose is no good either. The one we all thought was right, he didn’t choose. Instead, because of his own selfishness, he chose the one who was least like an emperor.” Qi Yun also spoke up, “He clearly doesn’t have the aura of a dragon. He’s not the emperor.”

Song Chunxue listened intently, "So, how do we make the person who truly possesses the aura of a dragon become emperor?"

"There is no such person." Xie Zheng tapped the table and waved to the person at the door.

"How is that possible?"

"Why don't you become the emperor, Lord Xie?" Qi Yun said irritably. "Anyway, if you put the dragon energy that was divided up into your body, you will be the true Son of Heaven."

"You can do that?" Song Chunxue couldn't tell if it was true or not. "Where is the dragon energy? Let's go and snatch it back."

Xie Zheng was speechless. He shook his head and chuckled, "It was stolen. We've been interrogating people in shifts lately, using every method imaginable, but we still don't know where the 70% of the dragon energy went."

Suddenly, Song Chunxue remembered the wisp of energy she had seen in the Imperial Garden. Could it be...?