Chapter 388 Tearing Off the Face
Yu Zhiyi walked quite a distance before she could regain her usual composure.
She turned to look in the direction of the palace, her brows furrowing slightly.
When she arrived at the palace gates, she sensed an extremely strong sense of danger.
It seems there is something in the palace that she cannot deal with.
No wonder.
Although the Empress Dowager was angry that she refused to cure Prince Xiaoyao, she did not dare to offend her to death.
Now, however, they've completely torn off the mask of civility.
It seems they have found an even more powerful being.
Perhaps that person already has a way to cure the carefree king.
Yu Zhiyi never doubted that there were other capable people in the world, and she respected those who were stronger than her.
But if the other party is hostile towards her, then that's a different story.
Hopefully, this is just the Empress Dowager's one-sided "retaliation".
If another powerful being is involved...
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Back at Peach Garden, Yu Zhiyi was surprised to find Xiao Qingxuan and Jiang Liuyun still sitting in the living room.
"We're waiting for you to come back for dinner."
Xiao Qingxuan's brows furrowed with worry, but she said nothing, instead smiling and saying, "Are you hungry? I've been keeping the food warm in the kitchen. Eat and get some rest."
He added, "Miss Han has already eaten, so you don't need to worry."
Han Lianqiao was a doctor that Yu Zhiyi specially found for Yi Luan Charity. She had previously agreed to go to the capital with Yu Zhiyi, so she naturally came along this time.
However, since she was a guest, Xiao Qingxuan could let her silly boy go hungry, but she couldn't let Miss Han, a guest, wait until the middle of the night as well.
Even though Han Lianqiao repeatedly reiterated that she didn't mind, Xiao Qingxuan still sent her off to rest.
Yu Zhiyi pursed her lips.
She brought her mother over thinking that her mother could relax and enjoy a few days of peace and quiet with her.
I didn't expect to go hungry on my first day in Beijing.
Jiang Liuyun yawned. Unlike Xiao Qingxuan, he didn't have as many concerns and asked directly, "Sister, is the Emperor making things difficult for you?"
Yu Zhiyi corrected him: "Even in private, you should not speak ill of the emperor."
She could guarantee that those around her wouldn't betray Jiang Liuyun, but that wasn't necessarily true for those outside.
Jiang Liuyun quickly made an "X" sign over his mouth.
Seeing that he seemed frightened, Yu Zhiyi smiled and said, "There's no need to be so nervous in the manor. What I mean is that after leaving the manor, you must be careful with your words and actions, otherwise you may easily cause trouble."
He immediately explained, "Moreover, I did not see His Majesty today."
Xiao Qingxuan and Jiang Liuyun exchanged a glance, and the prefect saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Since you didn't see the Emperor, why are you back so late? Did you run into some trouble?"
Yu Zhiyi said, "I offended the Empress Dowager before, and today she wants to give me a hard time. She must have found someone in the Xuanmen who is more powerful than me, so you should take all the defensive magic items and talismans I gave you with you when you go out in the future."
She felt a little guilty.
Noticing her daughter's unusual expression, Xiao Qingxuan immediately guessed what she was thinking and took her daughter's hand, saying, "Silly girl, I'm so happy to be with you."
"As parents, our duty is to provide for our children today and protect them from the wind and rain. I was absent from seventeen years of your life and couldn't protect you properly during those seventeen years. In the decades to come, no matter how much wind and rain there is, I want to face it with you."
She sighed, "I'm just worried that I'll become your weakness in the future."
Holding your own hand is warm and comforting.
Yu Zhiyi suddenly remembered the time when she was in the Yu family. At that time, Yu Chunyue had not yet been promoted to Minister. The Minister of Revenue was her superior.
On one occasion, when the old minister celebrated his birthday, Yu Zhiyi was taken along to attend the celebration.
The old minister's nephew tried to bully her, but she fought back.
Afterwards, Yu Chunyue made her apologize without even asking what happened.
She argued her case forcefully, but Yu Chunyue flattered her to the extreme, twisting all her explanations into mere sophistry, calling her brainless and impulsive, and forcing her to kneel down and apologize to the old minister and his nephew.
When she returned to the Yu residence, Yu Chunyue was still not satisfied and confined her for three days.
For the next three days, he refused to let anyone bring her food or drink.
When her confinement ended, she fainted from hunger.
When facing a formidable enemy, there is indeed a difference between those who truly care about you and those who are merely superficial relatives.
"Don't worry, Jin'er, I'll take good care of your brother. We won't go out for a while. We'll go out again when the trouble is resolved."
Yu Zhiyi snapped out of her daze: "No need."
She has studied and practiced diligently for so many years. If she can't even protect the freedom of her family, she might as well give up her cultivation and join the martial arts alliance to become a pampered young lady who can only be protected by others.
"Take your talismans and magical artifacts with you and travel normally. As long as you don't bully others or cause trouble, even if the sky falls, I can hold it back."
The three of them had a late-night snack and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Yu Zhiyi did not live in the mansion bestowed by the emperor; she preferred the courtyard she had purchased without spending any money.
The scenery here is beautiful and the environment is serene. Moreover, she had set up a spirit-gathering array before setting off.
Even if the people living here cannot cultivate themselves, they can still cultivate their character and live out their natural lifespan in peace.
That night.
Yu Zhiyi sat cross-legged in meditation.
After her sudden enlightenment a few days ago, she transformed her merit into golden light even faster.
Originally, after breaking through to the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, she could refine four strands of golden merit light in one night. After her enlightenment, she could now refine eight strands.
After refining the last wisp of golden light of merit, Yu Zhiyi opened her eyes.
Late stage of Foundation Establishment!
The sky was still dark.
There wasn't enough time to refine even a trace of it, and she wasn't sleepy either, so she simply took out a book on formations.
This was something she found on a malevolent cultivator when she killed him.
The formation is called the Hundred Flowers Killing, a name that sounds beautiful, but the formation itself is extremely insidious.
This is a series of illusions. After breaking one illusion, another will appear immediately, and each illusion is more realistic than the last.
Many people can't even get past the second illusion array because most people think that there's only one way to pass through an illusion array, and once you've passed it, that's it.
No one could have imagined that the real world they thought they were in after leaving the illusion array was actually another, even more real illusion array.
But the true insidious nature of this illusion array goes beyond that.
Those who die in the illusion array will have their souls unable to transcend for a long time, forming a very dense yin energy.
Previously, Yu Zhiyi had performed a ritual to release dozens of female ghosts who were locked within the formation.
Although they were reincarnated, the resentment that had been sealed within them for thousands of years could not be cleared away.
All the Yin energy gathered in the core of the array used to set up the Hundred Flowers Killing Technique.
As long as the same array eye is used to activate the array, the yin energy will automatically spread out.
"I never thought that this murderous thing could be turned into a good thing for tempering strength."
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