Celestial Moon Palace Undercover Room 6
“The missions vary slightly from realm to realm. My mission in the Immortal Realm is to sell houses in the Moon Palace, so I can only be involved in that area. Please understand, Your Highness,” Xie Guijin said with a slight bow.
The temple master didn't believe it and bluntly said, "If it were true, why didn't Miss Xie say so just now? You don't seem like the kind of person who uses the name of righteousness to do personal things."
"You flatter me, Lord," Xie Guijin said with shame. "I was afraid that the Moon Palace would be involved in the case, so I couldn't sell houses there. That's why I used the pretext of helping with the case. Please don't take offense, Lord."
Xie Guijin glanced at the Palace Master's expression and, seeing that it still didn't believe her, said, "Otherwise, why would I possess the Jade Rabbit? Please think about it carefully, Palace Master."
The Palace Master looked down at Xie Guijin and saw that even a little rabbit like her couldn't make many expressions, except for her sincere and bright eyes.
"Alright," the Palace Master said after looking at it for a while, "Since you want to help, I will grant your request. But for this house-selling task, once the money is exchanged for the property deed, will the task be considered complete?"
Xie Guijin understood the implied meaning from the zither and immediately said, "Of course, I only know the Palace Master in the Immortal Realm. I will need the Palace Master's help at that time, so please don't trouble yourself."
"I can't be of much help, Miss Xie, you flatter me. However, since Chang'e is imprisoned, if you want to sell your house in the Moon Palace, you'll need to find another way to get permission. I can't let you visit Chang'e," the Palace Master said, seemingly displeased.
Xie Guijin changed her mind and said, "Since the Palace Master is unwilling to make an exception, then I will go and beg the Heavenly Emperor."
"Miss Xie, please feel free to do as you please." The Palace Master's tone was cold, but a smile appeared at the corner of his eyes: "But you cannot escape as the Jade Rabbit."
"What the Palace Master says is true. My magic is not proficient. Please, Palace Master, perform the spell." Xie Guijin said with a light smile.
The temple master raised his hand and cast a spell, transforming Xie Guijin into a strange fairy.
She was taken to the Flying Immortal Terrace, where she was pretended to be a fairy who had just attained enlightenment. Guided by the fairy maidens, she paid homage to the Heavenly Emperor as was customary.
Upon seeing this, the Heavenly Emperor's eyes flashed with a strange light. He waved his hand, ordering the celestial maidens and servants in the palace to withdraw, and then asked gently, "What is the purpose of this visitor from another world who has changed his appearance?"
Xie Guijin looked up and saw a square-faced, large-eared immortal sitting on the platform, surrounded by nine-colored immortal light, with a benevolent yet dignified expression.
She didn't hide a single word and explained the whole story clearly.
The Heavenly Emperor said, "In that case, I hereby appoint you as the Fairy of Home Conservation, in charge of the buying and selling of residences in the celestial realm."
"This," Xie Guijin hesitated, fearing she might be entangled in karma, "If I leave this place at that time, I wonder if it will cause any trouble?"
"Don't worry, I originally wanted to create such a position as well," the Heavenly Emperor said, understanding Xie Guijin's concerns. "The Three Realms are divided into Six Realms, and there are many more cultivators seeking immortality. The number of blessed lands and grotto-heavens is limited, and some newly ascended immortals without a foundation are indeed homeless. Since you have a request, we can develop the Moon Palace residence as a pilot project, send some immortals to serve you, and there will naturally be successors after you leave. It will not hinder your departure, so don't worry."
"Thank you for granting my request, Heavenly Emperor." Xie Guijin thanked the Heavenly Emperor but hesitated to speak further.
The Heavenly Emperor laughed and said, "Speak frankly if you have something to say."
"May I ask the Heavenly Emperor, are you Emperor Jun, the Heavenly Emperor who shot down the suns with Hou Yi?" Xie Guijin seized the opportunity and asked quickly.
The Heavenly Emperor was not surprised. Xie Guijin asked this question, and it replied, "That's not the case. Tens of thousands of years have passed since Hou Yi shot down the sun. Many ancient gods no longer manage worldly affairs. I have only recently become the Heavenly Emperor because of the favor of all the immortals."
"I see, thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty." Xie Guijin thanked him again and took her leave. She was ordered by the Heavenly Emperor to find the Immortal Official Youchao, who was in charge of building houses, and together they went to the Moon Palace to build a house.
Upon arriving at the Moon Palace, five or six immortals were already standing there, waiting to be ordered around by Xie Guijin.
Seeing this, Xie Guijin did not relax just because the buyers had been decided. He first led the immortals to conduct an on-site inspection of the Moon Palace's terrain, and on the way, he asked about the current housing demand in the immortal realm.
The immortals could only say what they knew, and their accounts were not comprehensive.
The immortal official Youchao selected a piece of land and planned to build a house first to test the waters.
But for some reason, not a single brick or tile could be laid.
"How could this be?" The Celestial Official of the Nest could not believe that its magic had failed.
The immortals looked at each other, puzzled.
Xie Guijin had a guess in mind, but she remained calm. She first asked the immortals to do market research and taught them in detail what market research was and how to do it.
Then, he took the still restless Youchao Immortal Official and rode the clouds to Taibai Palace to request an audience with Taibai Jinxing.
Venus, with his kind face, white hair and beard, and holding a whisk, listened quietly to the explanation from the celestial official Youchao about how magic could not be used to build a house in the Moon Palace.
"Immortal, do not be anxious," Venus said slowly, stroking his beard. "It is not that your magic has failed you. It is because Chang'e received the medicine from the Queen Mother of the West and ascended to immortality, residing in the Guanghan Palace for tens of thousands of years. The beings of the Six Realms have long since changed their title for her from the Lord of Guanghan Palace to the Lord of the Moon Palace. This is the recognition of her identity by the beings of the Six Realms."
Seeing that the immortal official Youchao didn't quite understand, Venus simply pointed it out: "Although the Heavenly Emperor is recommended by the immortals and has the support of the Heavenly Dao, if he wants to build a house in the Moon Palace, it is not enough for the Heavenly Emperor to issue an order. Chang'e must also be willing."
"Thank you, Star Lord," the Immortal Official Youchao said repeatedly, suddenly realizing his mistake.
Xie Guijin extracted two key pieces of information and confirmed them with Venus: "May I ask, Star Lord, did Chang'e become an immortal because of the medicine bestowed by the Queen Mother of the West? Although she endured tens of thousands of years of loneliness, deep down she did not wish for any other living beings to accompany her?"
“That’s right,” Venus nodded approvingly, then said, “You still have to go to the Heavenly Prison of the Xuanlu Tianshu Palace to see Chang’e. I won’t keep you any longer. Goodbye.”
Immortal Youchao and Xie Guijin took their leave.
The system couldn't help but complain: "After all this trouble, we still have to go see Chang'e. The host and that palace master have wasted their time."
“It wasn’t all for nothing,” Xie Guijin said as she rode a cloud to the Xuanlu Tianshu Palace. “The play had to be convincing.”
"What on earth are you guys doing? I've been confused ever since you and that temple master started talking nonsense," the system complained.
As their parting was imminent, Xie Guijin was unusually patient with the system. She slowly said, "It's very simple. The Palace Master didn't want Xue Linchuan and me, two unrelated individuals, to get involved in the case, but I insisted on contributing. It couldn't persuade me otherwise and agreed. We reached a consensus that this time, when I sell the house on the moon, the buyers will all be plainclothes law enforcement immortals sent by it."
“Oh, I understand,” the system explained clearly, “So you can’t sell houses as the Jade Rabbit, so it will help you transform into another fairy, and have the Heavenly Emperor order you to sell the houses, thus lowering the guard of the fairy behind the scenes.”
"More or less," Xie Guijin added, "but it's not certain whether the mastermind is a deity or not. Also, it should have already imprisoned the Jade Rabbit in the Heavenly Prison after it escorted Hou Yi and Chang'e there. Presumably, without its orders, no other deity could interrogate them."
"Is this newly appointed Heavenly Emperor a good person? Could he be the mastermind behind it all?" the system pressed.
"I don't know, it has little to do with us. The reason I insist on helping is because the Palace Master saved Xue Linchuan, and we're helping him with the case to repay that favor. This is a world with six realms, and I don't want Xue Linchuan to incur any karma, so as not to hinder our return to the real world. After all, I'm bound to Xue Linchuan, and if he can't leave because of this, neither of us will be able to leave, which would be a huge loss."
Xie Guijin continued, "Secondly, since I have possessed the Jade Rabbit, and it says it is innocent, if we can find out the truth, then our chance will not have been in vain."
"But how do you know if what the Jade Rabbit said is true or false?" The system asked, puzzled and aggrieved. "You don't seem like the kind of person who would easily believe things. Just because it's a rabbit, you believe it? I'm not either. You didn't believe me back then either."
Xie Guijin rolled her eyes: "What are you thinking? I don't completely trust the Jade Rabbit. I trust the Xuanlu Tianshu Palace Master; he will find out the truth. If the Jade Rabbit is wrong, it should be punished; if it is innocent, it should be exonerated."
"Are you going to ask me again why I trust the Palace Master?" Xie Guijin interrupted, "I'm not telling you. If you want to know, guess for yourself, hahaha."
Upon hearing this, the system angrily shouted, "Host, you've gone too far! You're bullying the system!"
"Did you only realize today that I was bullying you?" Xie Guijin laughed loudly. "Don't worry about those things. In short, we've secured our clients for the Moon Palace house sale, so we can say the mission is basically complete. As the house-selling system, isn't it enough for you to just focus on the mission?"
“Host, I think you’re getting ahead of yourself,” the system said pessimistically. “Can you guarantee that Chang’e will agree to us selling houses in the Moon Palace?”
"Don't worry, I'm here, there won't be any problems," Xie Guijin said confidently.
As they spoke, she and the Immortal Official Youchao met the Lord of the Xuanlu Tianshu Palace. The Immortal Official Youchao explained the situation and made his request to the Lord.
Xie Guijin obediently followed beside him without saying a word, pretending not to know the Palace Master.
After listening, the Palace Master said, "Since it is important business, then let the Enforcement Immortal accompany you two to see Chang'e."
Next, two law enforcement immortals were ordered to take Chao Xianguan and Xie Guijin to the Heavenly Prison.
As Xie Guijin approached the cell, she was taken aback.
Chang'e, the undisputed most beautiful woman in the six realms, has become emaciated and extremely haggard in just over a day since we last met.
The system exclaimed in astonishment, "Host, have you come to the wrong place? How did it become so ugly?"
Xie Guijin sighed inwardly, "I've met the wrong person; love really hurts."
The immortal official called out softly, "Fairy, Fairy Chang'e."
Despite calling out several times, Chang'e remained motionless.
If it weren't for the fact that the Celestial Official Youchao had some knowledge of the Xuanlu Tianshu Palace, they would have almost subjected Chang'e to severe torture.
The law enforcement immortals were also somewhat embarrassed. One of them coughed and said, "It has been completely oblivious since it was brought in. The immortal physician examined it and found it to be neither sick nor injured. There's nothing we can do. We haven't even had a chance to interrogate it yet. Sigh."
"This," the Immortal Official Youchao, who was not quick-witted to begin with, said at a loss, "what should we do?"
"Host, look what happened." The system said sarcastically, "I knew it wouldn't be that smooth sailing. What do you call this? Oh, right, opening the champagne halfway through, right? Oh dear, what are you going to do now? How about we sell the house somewhere else? Don't worry, I won't laugh at you. I just wonder what the Palace Master thinks of your half-hearted approach."
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