Ninth Princess
Qi Shuyan stood up instantly, asking incredulously, "Sister Li! You want me to go back alone?!"
Mo Zuili glanced at Qi Shuyan as if he were an idiot: "...Do you think that's possible?"
Qi Shuyan was silent for a moment: "That's true. With your personality, Sister Li, how could you possibly let me go alone? If I dared to leave alone, you could immediately attack and kill me."
You cannot leave alone.
As soon as Qi Shuyan finished speaking, the system's voice sounded coldly in his mind, reminding him with a warning.
"I can't possibly walk alone either." After Qi Shuyan finished speaking, he saw Mo Zuili looking over and relayed the system's words to Mo Zuili, saying, "This system is so strange."
Mo Zuili rested her chin on one hand, pondered for a while, and said, "As long as the system can guarantee that we can return safely and intact, the original owner of this body can return safely and intact afterward."
After receiving confirmation from the system, Mo Zuili began to consider ways to break the deadlock in the Dragon Domain and the Phoenix Ruins. The Dragon Domain was located in a peculiar space where the flow of energy was much slower than outside. She could take her time to think things through.
According to Qi Shuyan's information, as an outsider, he could leave the Dragon Domain, but it was impossible to get reinforcements from the Dragon Clan.
The old Dragon Emperor is not dead yet, but the many restrictions of the Dragon Realm prevent descendants with dragon blood from leaving the Dragon Realm.
Are they staying in the Dragon Realm to help Qi Shuyan seize power?
Mo Zuili glanced at Qi Shuyan, who sat upright in his brocade robes, looking every bit the elegant young gentleman. Seeing Mo Zuili's gaze shift, Qi Shuyan immediately turned his head and called out, "Sister Li?"
Mo Zuili withdrew her gaze, placing this plan last in her mind. This move was risky, and very risky at that.
Does she like Qi Shuyan? Mo Zuili thinks she does, otherwise why would she have gone to such great lengths to bring Qi Shuyan back with her when she returned to China?
After returning to China, life was uneventful. The two of them spent money on nothing but money. They had no power to undermine Mo Zuili and still trusted Qi Shuyan.
But things are different now. Now we're in the cultivation world. Although the dragon race has been used as a dungeon by the male protagonist, their overall strength is still quite formidable in the cultivation world.
Mo Zuili recalled a piece of advice her grandfather had given her in the real world: "You can give money, but you can't give power. People's hearts are fickle, so you must never let the person next to you have power."
Mo Zuili always keeps this in mind.
Qi Shuyan's current cultivation level is only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. After he ascends to a higher position, he might not be able to defeat her on his own.
Seeing that Mo Zuili's expression was blank, but she frowned from time to time.
Qi Shuyan stared at her for a long time before finally sighing and saying, "Sister Li, you're not hesitating about vying for the Dragon Emperor's position, are you?"
Mo Zuili raised an eyebrow. As expected of someone who had been by her side for over ten years, she had actually figured it out.
"Sister Li, it's unlikely. According to the way dragons come of age, I'm still a young dragon since I woke up."
After saying that, Qi Shuyan saw that Mo Zuili was still staring at him, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Sister Li, the difficulties you encounter outside can actually be solved by the passage of time in the Dragon Domain. You can cultivate in the Dragon Domain for a period of time first, and then go out after you break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm."
That's certainly a good idea, but...
Mo Zuili narrowed her eyes, keenly catching the key point: "The Dragon Domain has no restrictions?"
If there were no restrictions in the Dragon Realm, and alien races could enter to cultivate at any time, then human sects, disciples, and immortal cultivation families would wear down the threshold of the Dragon Realm.
Qi Shuyan explained, "The longer outsiders stay in the Dragon Realm, the stronger their sense of rejection will be. I only learned this from other dragons, so I don't know any more specifics."
One problem after another.
Mo Zuili accepted the suggestion to stay in the Dragon Domain to improve her cultivation until her sense of rejection intensified before leaving.
Having finalized everything, Mo Zuili put away her magical artifact.
They bumped right into Zhu Zhu, who was peeking around from ten steps away.
Qi Shuyan reacted faster than Mo Zuili, rushing to Zhu Zhu's side and asking in a low voice, "When did you get here?"
Mo Zuili straightened her clothes, which were somewhat tattered from the fighting over the past few days, and slowly walked to the two of them. She patted Qi Shuyan's shoulder and said, "It can block spiritual energy detection and sound as well, so she can't hear it."
Upon seeing Mo Zuili, Zhu Zhu's eyes instantly filled with terror. He darted behind Qi Shuyan and said, "I just arrived! I didn't hear anything!"
Upon learning that she could return at any time, Mo Zuili was in a fairly good mood. Hearing Zhu Zhu's words, she nodded in agreement and said, "I know. Of course, I trust the magical artifacts I brought out to use."
After saying that, he left the two of them behind and treated the palace as his own home, going to choose a room to rest.
After comforting Zhu Zhu, Qi Shuyan found Mo Zuili, who had already changed her clothes, and hesitated for a while before explaining, "Zhu Zhu is from the Dragon Clan's priest lineage, so she's my half-sister. Back then, in order to make the Azure Dragon Bracelet, I had to seek the power of their lineage. In exchange, I shared a portion of my primordial energy with Zhu Zhu. Therefore, before I went into seclusion, we had a pretty good relationship."
Mo Zuili pondered for a long time about the status, influence, and strength of the Dragon Clan priests before finally realizing that Qi Shuyan was afraid she would misunderstand him.
The most difficult time for Miss Mo from childhood to adulthood was when she transmigrated into a book and was inexplicably hunted down.
Misunderstandings about others almost never happen. If there's something I don't like, I'll say it on the spot and ask others to provide evidence to prove it. If they can't prove it, then I'll tell them to get lost.
Those who always curry favor with Mo Zuili do things meticulously, leaving no room for misunderstanding.
Qi Shuyan is the best among them, and she is meticulous in everything she does.
Mo Zuili called out to Qi Shuyan, who was nervously packing his things, and said, "I didn't misunderstand, you don't need to explain. I'm going into seclusion right away. If it exceeds sixty days, you can come in and forcefully interrupt me. If it goes smoothly, after I break through, you can take me on a tour of the Dragon Domain so I can see the contenders for the next Dragon Emperor."
...
Mo Zuili's breakthrough went very smoothly. Since she changed the Nirvana Fire from being blocked to being released, and with the help of Chu Qing's pills, Mo Zuili leveled up as easily as drinking water.
Sixty days is the limit; even if the Dragon Realm doesn't reject Mo Zuili, she still has to go out.
Once you enter through the Dragon Realm entrance for the Demon Race Trials, you cannot exit through any other exit. Even after leaving the Dragon Realm, you are still confined to the Small World.
If they stayed in the Dragon Domain for too long, exceeding sixty days, according to Mo Zuili's estimation, unless there was an earth-shattering reversal outside, demonic energy would have filled every corner of the ruins, leaving corpses everywhere, and she wouldn't be able to find anyone to help her break the deadlock.
Originally, Mo Zuili wanted to use the spatial power of the Dragon Clan to allow Chu Qing or the Mo family's reinforcements to directly enter the ruins and break the deadlock.
As a result, they encountered the dying Dragon Emperor, and a power struggle ensued within the Dragon Realm. Qi Shuyan alone could not possibly accomplish this.
After leaving the pass, Mo Zuili, along with Zhu Zhu and Qi Shuyan, wandered around the Dragon Realm.
“The palaces of each prince of your dragon clan are very large.” Mo Zuili pondered the palaces they had just passed, the two closest palaces being a hundred and eight thousand miles apart.
After spending a few days together, Zhu Zhu still couldn't quite accept that Qi Shuyan had given the power and cultivation of the Dragon Clan to someone as fierce and evil as Mo Zuili.
However, because the pills that Mo Zuili casually took out were so delicious, Zhu Zhu's fear of Mo Zuili lessened considerably, and he intentionally or unintentionally became closer to Mo Zuili, wanting to eat two more pills.
Mo Zuili suddenly stopped, and Qi Shuyan, who was following behind her and leading the way in front of her, also stopped.
"Why is that palace over there so small?" Mo Zuili pointed south, where the palace was hidden by layers of trees and treasures.
Qi Shuyan leaned closer to Mo Zuili and said, "The Ninth Princess, Qing Shanyue. She didn't come out much before I went into seclusion. I heard that this palace was originally very large, but for some reason, she demolished it and this was rebuilt."
Mo Zuili had a hunch that the breakthrough point in the Dragon Domain's chaotic battle was Qing Shanyue.
Seeing that Mo Zuili did not leave immediately, but pondered for a moment.
Qi Shuyan almost instinctively said, "Shall we go take a look?"
Mo Zuili nodded.
...
"Um...didn't you say she wasn't going out anymore?" The three of them stood in a row, and Mo Zuili nudged Qi Shuyan with her elbow.
Mo Zuili originally planned to walk around the small palace, but before she had even finished one loop, she was halfway around when she met Qing Shanyue, who was watering the vegetable garden behind the palace.
After that, Mo Zuili followed Qing Shanyue, Zhu Zhu and Qi Shuyan into the small palace in a daze.
With an impeccable smile, Qing Shanyue said to Mo Zuili, "Please sit down."
She slowly sorted and put away the kettle, water ladle, and bamboo basket. Qing Shanyue took out a porcelain cup, brewed tea, and handed it to the three of them on a wooden tray.
Mo Zuili withdrew her gaze from the palace. Compared to Qi Shuyan's magnificent palace, with its haphazardly piled pearls, corals, and crystals, it was a stark contrast.
The small palace of Qing Shanyue is extremely simple in appearance, even plain, with almost no luxurious decorations typical of the dragon race.
The bamboo door was half-closed inside, several strings of dried calamus hung from the eaves, talismans were pasted under the eaves, bamboo fish baskets hung on the wall, and neat piles of dead wood were stacked next to the stove.
The bamboo grove dwelling, a veritable hermit's abode in the mortal world, is completely out of place with the magnificent palaces of the dragon clan.
No one spoke, and Qing Shanyue didn't mind. She sat down and slowly took a sip of tea, then asked, "Are you the Holy Maiden of the Phoenix Clan?"
Mo Zuili paused in her tea-serving hand, then nodded and said, "Yes and no. The situation outside is very complicated right now. One person can have two people with the title of Saintess."
Qing Shanyue nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
The four fell silent again.
Mo Zuili pondered frantically. Since she transmigrated, apart from the male lead Shen Ling, she had only seen Chu Qing and Zhu Hehong among the key supporting characters. The dragon clan was completely wiped out in the novel, so Mo Zuili didn't know much about the dragon clan.
What kind of platitudes should we chat about?
Mo Zuili put down the porcelain cup and said with a smile, "Your Highness's palace is so unique. You can tell from the outside that it is ingeniously designed. The whole is elegant and refined, and the interior and exterior are perfectly integrated."
Qing Shanyue remained composed and said, "Holy Maiden is too kind. My place isn't very nice; I just have a small hut where I can grow vegetables and harvest fruit, and that's enough for me. As for the magnificent palace, Holy Maiden should go to Fifth Sister and Eldest Brother's place."
Mo Zuili looked up at Qing Shanyue, who was dressed in a moon-white outfit with patterns embroidered on dark blue cotton thread. A twig belt was loosely tied around her waist, with two dried lotus pods hanging from the end. She looked like a person who was indifferent to the world and as serene as a chrysanthemum.
Mo Zuili admitted that Qi Shuyan's judgment of people was correct, and she also felt that Qing Shanyue was not simple.
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