Chapter 44

"Let me check for Your Highness, so that I can bring you good news when I return."

"Your Highness, surely this won't put His Majesty in a difficult position?"

With just a few words, Chen Zun brought up the emperor, and Li Ziqing frowned slightly, knowing that she couldn't refuse.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master Chen."

Li Yuan observed Chen Zun from the side, thinking to himself that Chen Zun was too calculating.

Li Ziqing turned around and went back to the courtyard.

Having achieved his goal, Chen Zun was naturally eager to find a path to immortality and immediately followed after them.

Seeing this, Li Yuan followed the two inside.

The courtyard, though not large, was quiet and serene, with the shadows of pine trees casting a graceful glow, possessing a certain elegance.

"Sixth Prince, this theater is quite unique."

"You flatter me, Celestial Master."

With a calm expression, Li Ziqing invited Li Yuan and Chen Zun to sit in a small pavilion in the courtyard.

"Master, you may examine it at will." His tone was quite frank.

"Then I will offend Your Highness."

Although Chen Zun's techniques were all unorthodox and heretical, he could still be considered a half-disciple of Daoist arts.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to gain the emperor's deep trust.

He took out a talisman from his pocket, chanted some unknown incantations, and the talisman seemed to come alive, slowly rising into the air.

The talisman circled around Li Ziqing once before returning to its original spot and falling down.

Chen Zun was suddenly puzzled and looked at the talisman.

[Is the destiny of immortality not with Li Ziqing?]

Just now, after Chen Zun saw the location of the immortal destiny, he thought that this destiny to become an immortal would be with the owner of this courtyard - Li Ziqing.

It's not?!

Chen Zun lowered his eyes, still unwilling to give up.

With a swift movement, he pulled out his precious jade bead!

Ever since they approached Li Ziqing's residence, Yuzhu had been trembling violently in Chen Zun's arms.

Now, there are even signs of fever.

A predestined fate!

It's nearby!

As soon as this jade bead appeared, it was surrounded by a shimmering green light.

When Li Ziqing saw the bead, she felt a sudden tightness in her chest, as if she had a premonition that something bad was about to happen.

"Search!"

Chen Zun made a hand seal and shouted, and the jade bead immediately flew away!

It stopped in front of a side room in the courtyard.

Chen Zun immediately got up and ran over quickly.

Li Ziqing tried to reach out and stop him, but how could he, with his slender build, possibly stop Chen Zun?

"It seems there's something different about the Sixth Prince's residence."

Chen Zun waved his hand and pushed open the door to the side room.

Then they saw a woman in scarlet robes brewing tea inside the house. Her graceful figure was wrapped in a satin robe, and she slightly raised her phoenix eyes, as if to glance at the person in front of the door.

A smiling face, radiant and dazzling.

Chen Zun was almost bewitched by such beauty, but the unusual movement of the jade bead reminded him that the woman in front of him was the immortal destiny he had found!

Compared to becoming an immortal, what desire could possibly exist before my eyes?!

Chen Zun immediately realized what was happening and looked at Ying Ning greedily.

No, it's about witnessing a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.

"It seems we've found the demon." Chen Zun's voice trembled slightly; he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Master Chen, there must be a misunderstanding."

"This woman is my betrothed."

Li Ziqing had a few beads of sweat on his forehead from rushing to stop Chen Zun.

He walked to Yingning's side, took her hand in his own, and shielded her behind his back.

Yingning could feel him trembling slightly. She looked at Li Ziqing's upright back, which was as straight as a pine tree.

Thinking of what she had heard from Wen Chaosheng about Chen Zun, and how Li Ziqing had been staying by her side even when she wasn't leaving the courtyard these past few days.

I roughly guessed it.

It seems...

Chen Zun is here for me.

Born into the Phoenix Clan, Feng Yingning possessed an immortal body from birth.

Her phoenix soul, phoenix heart, even a piece of phoenix bone and a drop of phoenix blood are all rare treasures.

It was precisely because of this that it was constantly hunted down by a large number of demons in the Demon Cave.

They wanted to drink a mouthful of blood from her...

Take a bite of the meat...

Gnawing off a piece of bone...

It even wanted to devour her phoenix soul.

He managed to escape from the demon's lair, only at the cost of damage to his mental center.

It was truly Feng Yingning's good fortune.

Yingning glanced at Chen Zun and saw a layer of gray aura surrounding him.

I just don't know...

What does this sorcerer want from me...?

Upon hearing Li Ziqing's words, Chen Zun did not conceal the greed in his eyes, but instead spoke arrogantly:

"The Sixth Prince must have mistaken her for someone else. This woman is clearly a demon!"

"Could it be... that the Sixth Prince intends to protect a demon that plagues all living beings?!"

His words were full of conviction.

Li Yuan, who was standing to the side, also frowned and began to explain:

“Master Chen, this Miss A Ning is not the demon you are talking about.”

He had known Yingning for some time, and although he didn't understand why Li Ziqing said that Yingning was his betrothed wife, he spoke up directly.

Chen Zun did not apply the same attitude he had towards Li Ziqing to Li Yuan.

Li Ziqing was, after all, just a discarded prince, while Li Yuan was different; his birth mother was the Empress.

"Your Highness, I am not mistaken. This so-called Miss A-Ning you speak of is a demon!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll make this demon reveal itself!"

After saying that, he reached out and took out a talisman, wrapping the jade bead inside.

With a hand seal, the talisman containing the jade bead immediately flew to the top of Ying Ning's head.

Ying Ning's eyes darkened; she had been pondering how to return to the Immortal Realm for the past few days.

It's true, when you're sleepy, someone brings you a pillow.

Yingning seized the opportunity and, when no one was paying attention, conjured up the fox necklace in her palm.

Chen Zun finished his incantation.

Beneath the jade bead, a wisp of smoke rose.

The woman, who was once stunningly beautiful, has vanished without a trace.

But then a very beautiful little red fox appeared on the spot!

Li Yuan was greatly alarmed.

"Miss Aning...how is this possible?!"

"Your Highness, this demoness was originally a little fox, and she has probably cultivated for many years. Now that she has transformed into human form, she is causing chaos in the world." Chen Zun stroked his beard and said smugly.

"The severe drought in Wenzhou was caused by her. Now that she has fallen into my hands, the world will be at peace and the people will be safe."

After saying that, he made a devout expression.

It seems that they truly consider the well-being of the people their responsibility.

"Sixth Prince, you've already seen it, get out of the way."

Chen Zun was now bursting with excitement, wishing he could seize the opportunity to become an immortal right now!

“Ah Ning, she belongs to this prince.”

After seeing Ying Ning transform, Li Ziqing, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

Chen Zun glanced at him and thought that the sixth prince was really overestimating himself.

Does Li Ziqing, with his status, really think he's a prince?

Nobody in the government or the public remembers him anymore.

He's working against himself; he doesn't even know his own limitations!

Chen Zun sarcastically remarked:

"Sixth Prince, are you trying to defy the Emperor with these actions?!"

"Does it mean you want to be at odds with the people of the world?"