Chapter 679: How are you?

When Yun Qingqing carried Si Ling out of the forbidden palace, Lin Xiuzhu and a group of disciples were guarding outside the door.

Seeing that there was an unconscious little girl in the Grandmaster's arms, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Lin Xiuzhu took a step forward and said hesitantly: "Grandmaster, this is..."

"Your current sect leader is Si Ling."

Yun Qingqing lowered her eyes and glanced at the person in her arms, her voice calm.

These words were like a stone thrown into the water, and the disciples were immediately in an uproar.

"What? The leader is actually a child?"

"Impossible! How could the sect master look like this after being in seclusion for many years?"

Lin Xiuzhu's expression changed again and again, and suddenly he knelt on one knee:

"Disciple greets the Sect Master!"

This kneeling made the scene suddenly quiet, and everyone then noticed that the pattern on the sky blue robe of the little girl was exactly the cloud pattern embroidery unique to the successive leaders of the Tianyi Sect.

After a strange silence, all the disciples suddenly knelt down in a large group and spoke one after another:

"Disciple greets the Sect Master."

Normally, it would not be easy for them to accept the sudden appearance of a little girl of seven or eight years old as their clan leader.

However, in just one or two hours, too many outrageous things happened.

There is actually a ghost cultivator infiltrating the sect.

Traitors appeared in droves.

The second generation ancestor was a little girl.

The headmaster's ruler awakens...

Thinking about what happened before, it doesn’t seem so strange that the current sect leader is a child.

It's numb anyway.

Yun Qingqing ignored everyone's shock and walked straight towards the master's bedroom:

"Prepare the clean room."

Lin Xiuzhu hurriedly followed:

"Ancestor, the Sect Master..."

"She will be fine in the short term." Yun Qingqing interrupted him, "but she will have to sleep for a while. You have to take good care of her."

"Yes!" Lin Xiuzhu agreed immediately and went to arrange the room.

After settling Si Ling on the spiritual jade couch, Yun Qingqing touched her forehead with her fingertips, and a ray of golden light shone into her.

She turned around and looked around: "Everyone, please leave."

Lin Xiuzhu seemed to want to say something but stopped himself. Finally, he led all his disciples out of the hall and gently closed the door.

The hall suddenly became quiet, with only the soft light of the evening illuminating Yun Qingqing's calm profile.

She took out a red-gold feather from her sleeve. The phoenix feather trembled slightly in her palm, emitting a warm glow.

Fortunately, she had the Phoenix Feather, otherwise her now exhausted spiritual power would not be able to withstand asking the question from the sky.

"It's up to you..."

She murmured softly, sitting cross-legged, dangling the Phoenix Feather in front of her, and slowly closed her eyes.

In the interior scene, starlight spread out from under her feet and turned into a vast galaxy in an instant. The sky plate, the earth plate, and the human plate unfolded in turn. The three plates rotated in an interlaced manner, casting intricate golden patterns in the void.

The light of the Phoenix Feather in her hand suddenly surged and merged into the three plates.

The speed of the sky disk suddenly increased, and countless golden light spots overflowed from the array pattern, gathering into a huge ball of light in front of her. Fine cracks appeared on the surface of the ball of light, and silver liquid could be vaguely seen flowing inside.

“Grand Void Spiritual Essence…”

Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes and murmured.

She knew that it would not be easy to repair Si Ling's Taoist body, and it would indeed require such top-grade natural treasures.

Yun Qingqing stared at the ball of light, carefully searching for the answer she wanted.

The ball of light suddenly shattered with a "pop", and the silver liquid outlined the contours of a towering palace in the air.

Yun Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and the image in front of her suddenly flashed four big words in her mind.

Langhuan Secret Palace.

The shadow of the temple was clearly visible. Just as the image was about to disappear, the divine disk suddenly shook, and a tiny crack appeared on the edge.

Yun Qingqing suddenly opened her eyes wide, but before she could investigate, the entire scene began to shake violently.

She immediately left the interior scene, and when she opened her eyes, sweat was already beading on her forehead.

The light of the Phoenix Feather dimmed a little, and it fell quietly into the palm of my hand.

“Sure enough, it’s in Langhuan Palace…” Yun Qingqing put away the Phoenix Feather and made plans in her mind.

It's time to visit the Langhuan Secret Palace.

Yuwen Ye had agreed to give her the Langhuan Golden Order, but first Qi Mo returned and then the Emperor of Beicang was possessed by another body. Not long after, Xilan started to attack Beicang, and all kinds of troubles never stopped, so the Golden Order has not been delivered to her yet.

In this case, she would have to go get it first.

The door of the purification room was gently pushed open, and Lin Xiuzhu and Feng Yin turned their heads at the same time.

Yun Qingqing strode out: "I will be away for a few days, please take good care of your leader."

Feng Yin immediately stepped forward: "Then Senior, I..."

"You stay."

Yun Qingqing raised her hand to interrupt: She looked at Lin Xiuzhu, "Pass the order, the mountain will be closed from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Fengyin will help you look after the sect."

"Eh...?" Feng Yin was stunned. "No, Senior, you just left me here like this..."

What's the point of making him wait in this godforsaken place?

Yun Qingqing glanced at him:

"When I come back, I'll find time to repair the Mingling Mirror for you."

"Leave it to me! Don't worry, senior. With my chief disciple from Changliu Mountain here, no one can touch you and your disciples!" Feng Yin immediately patted his chest, his eyes shining.

"You have the highest level of cultivation here, so I'll leave it to you to take care of it." Yun Qingqing smiled slightly, took out a few scrolls and stuffed them into his arms.

Feng Yin looked down at the large bunch of scrolls, his eyes a little confused.

"You are free anyway, why don't you help this sect build a few spirit gathering arrays according to this array diagram? All these array diagrams and secret techniques will be yours. How do you think?"

Feng Yin stared at her for a moment with wide eyes, then hurriedly opened a scroll and looked at it for a few seconds, his eyes almost glowing green.

“Okay… okay, okay!”

He nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, and was so happy that he didn't know what to say.

Yun Qingqing took out another communication talisman, sent a signal, and after completing the arrangements, she left Tianyi Sect.

Feng Yin happily returned to the purification room with the formation diagrams and secret techniques, intending to study these formation diagrams and secret techniques while looking after Si Ling.

But when he walked to the table and put down the scroll in his hand, his eyes swept over the little girl lying on the bed, and his expression paused slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, walked slowly to the bed, and looked down at Si Ling's face.

He hadn’t seen it clearly before, but now he looked at it carefully... He should have never seen this mysterious young leader of Tianyi Sect before, but why did he feel familiar with him?

Feng Yin pondered for a while but still had no clue. He rubbed his forehead to shake off the thoughts and turned to fiddle with the scrolls.

…

…

In the imperial study of the Liang Palace.

Xiao Changheng stood beside the desk, looking at the profile of the new empress as she reviewed memorials.

Xiao Yuejun frowned slightly, drew a few strokes on the memorial with a red pen, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Uncle, this memorial from the Minister of Revenue..." She looked up at Xiao Changheng with some hesitation in her eyes.

Xiao Changheng took the memorial and glanced at it. Looking at the circled parts on it, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.

"Your Majesty has been decisive and perceptive since he ascended the throne. I don't think you need to ask about everything. If you have any doubts, just do what you think."

Xiao Yuejun's eyes lit up slightly, and he became serious again:

"The number of disaster victims reported here is 30% less than in previous years, but the amount of relief money requested is 50% more. We should investigate."

The empress wrote decisively:

"First, allocate 30% of the silver for emergency response, and then send an imperial envoy to investigate the truth and make corresponding arrangements according to the situation... As for the selection of this imperial envoy..."

She paused with her pen, wrote a name on it, and looked up at Xiao Changheng inquiringly.

Xiao Changheng nodded slightly, looking pleased:

"Your Majesty is now able to handle things on his own, and I can leave with peace of mind."

Xiao Yuejun was stunned.

"...Uncle, you...are leaving?"

Xiao Changheng nodded, and stroked the black jade pendant on his waist with his fingertips. When he raised his hand again, there was an extra booklet and half a tiger talisman in his hand.

Xiao Yuejun looked at the two things with a complicated expression. Just as she was about to speak again, she heard a guard's announcement from outside the palace:

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Nanyu has arrived and is waiting outside the palace."

They both turned their heads and looked at each other again.

Xiao Changheng straightened his cuffs and nodded slightly.

Xiao Yuejun stood up, straightened his dragon robe, and said seriously:

"Then go and meet him."

Inside the main hall, a young man in an indigo brocade robe was standing with his hands behind his back.

Hearing the footsteps, he turned around and saluted with graceful movements:

"Nanyu Lu Fan, I pay my respects to His Majesty Emperor Liang."

He looked at Xiao Changheng again and smiled slightly:

"Your Highness, are you all right?"