Chapter 197 Confirming Identity
The Ice Customs is located in a plateau area, and no one has ever seen the underwater scenery, but no one is in the mood to watch it at this moment.
Generals such as Yang Yuelin stood at the foot of the building, looking at Master Cangming above with worried expressions.
Zhou Yuan heaved a sigh of relief only after Master Cangming finished casting the spell and sat down on the balcony.
Yang Yuelin immediately asked: "Yuan, can this block the ice water in the sky?"
“Don’t worry, father-in-law. This is within our expectations. The most powerful thing in Jiuxuan Mountain, besides the Nine Profound Goddess, is this glacier formation. Before we came this time, Pavilion Master Cangming had already asked the owner of Yulan Fairy Island for the Five-Directions Mysterious Water Flag, which can just block this glacier formation.
We have no way to deal with the Ice River Formation, so our only option now is to defend the Ice Customs and wait for the Emperor to come out." Zhou Yuan said.
Yang Yuelin nodded, then sighed helplessly. In this battle, he found that he, the Marshal of Zhenbei, could only be a spectator. In front of such power, thousands of troops could only be a joke.
While the battle was fierce here, in the palace of the Ice and Snow Empire, Queen Zhou Jingrong listened to the news from the front line with a frown on her face.
After the soldier finished speaking, she waved her hand to let him go, and sat on the chair with her eyes closed in thought.
"Fourth Princess." Suddenly, a strange voice came to her ears. She immediately opened her eyes and saw a woman in purple standing in front of her. She was as beautiful as a flower, but she had a heroic air and gave people a heroic feeling.
"From Qianyuan?" Zhou Jingrong looked at this person in surprise. In this world, only the people from Qianyuan called her the fourth princess.
"Imperial Concubine Qianyuan Ziqiong." Ziqiong greeted politely. As an imperial consort, she naturally did not need to perform formalities to the princess. However, since the other party was Zhou An's fourth sister, Ziqiong still treated her with courtesy.
"The Third Empress Zi! Emperor Qianyuan is so lucky. The beauty of an empress is enough to captivate a country, but I didn't expect that Empress Ziqiong, who was born in the Purple Guard, would also have such a beauty." Zhou Jingrong looked at her as if she was her own wife.
But he quickly put away that look and asked, "Did Xiaojiu ask you to come?"
"Yes, the emperor asked me to ask you a question." Ziqiong said.
"There's an assassin, take him down."
At this time, the secret guards discovered Ziqiong, and eight people rushed out. As soon as they approached, a white light flew out from Ziqiong's sleeve and turned into an icy aurora sword that flew around in a circle. All the weapons in the hands of the secret guards were cut off. Because of the cold, they all instinctively let go, and the handles of the swords that fell to the ground were all frozen.
"Back off." Zhou Jingrong waved her hand, looked at Ziqiong and said, "What on earth did Xiaojiu do to allow a Purple Guard like you to have such a high level of cultivation in just a few years, and even have a magic treasure to protect you."
The secret guard was shocked and slowly retreated. At this time, all the guards outside arrived and surrounded the queen's bedroom in three layers.
"Your Majesty is so kind. Could the Fourth Princess please answer your Majesty's question? Are you the Fourth Princess Zhou Jingrong?" Ziqiong asked directly without even glancing at the soldiers outside.
Zhou Jingrong was stunned, looking at Ziqiong's expression, then laughed and said, "It seems that we are all thinking about the same question. After all, Xiaojiu had a strange encounter to become the Emperor Qianyuan today."
Ziqiong heard her tone and knew she had gotten the answer. She took out a letter and handed it to Zhou Jingrong, saying, "This is the letter that the emperor asked me to hand over to the fourth princess personally."
Zhou Jingrong took it and opened the envelope with some excitement. There were five sheets of paper in total. She read them carefully, and her surprise turned into astonishment, and then into anger. After reading them, she sighed and said, "Go back and tell Xiaojiu that I am very happy that he can make it this far. Qianyuan has the second brother, third brother, and sixth brother to assist him, so I don't need to worry about him.
The Battle of the Gods, now that I know about this, I can't leave my master. When I first married into the Ice and Snow Empire, because of the tension between Qianyuan and Ice and Snow, it was very difficult for me to come here. If my master hadn't taken me in, I would have died in the palace.
I must repay this favor. Xiaojiu can go all out in the Conferred Gods Battle and doesn’t need to worry about me.”
Zi Qiong frowned and said, "Fourth Princess, why do you have to do this? There are many ways to repay the kindness of Empress Jiuxuan. If you talk to the emperor in person, it will help Empress Jiuxuan even more. Maybe the war between Qianyuan and the Ice and Snow Empire can be stopped."
"Xiao Jiu said that this is a contest between powerful people. I don't want Xiao Jiu to feel difficult because of me. Don't persuade me anymore. You can go back and say hello to my brothers, sisters and brothers for me. I miss them very much." Zhou Jingrong sat down with a smile and made a gesture of invitation.
Ziqiong sighed, stretched out her hand, a white light flashed, and a box appeared and was placed next to Zhou Jingrong, saying, "The emperor said that if the fourth princess insists on not returning, he will give this to you. Goodbye, take care."
After Ziqiong finished speaking, she turned into purple light and flew away.
Zhou Jingrong suddenly burst into tears while looking at the box on the table. Ji Mufei came in and asked all the guards and soldiers to retreat.
After closing the doors and windows, stand by and wait.
Ten minutes later, Zhou Jingrong stopped crying, took the handkerchief handed over by Ji Mufei, wiped away her tears, and said with a happy face: "Everyone is fine, they are all fine, they all care about me very much."
Ji Mufei stroked her head and said, "You should be happy. Our guesses were all wrong. He is not the Demon Emperor, but the emperor who controls all the demons. The only person in the history of Jiuzhou who can do this is Emperor Kaiyuan."
Zhou Jingrong nodded and couldn't wait to open the box to see what her brother had given her.
After opening it, there was a piece of paper on top and a blue stone token underneath with five monster totems on it.
She picked up the paper, looked at it for a few seconds and then showed a surprised expression. After reading it, she excitedly took the token and touched the patterns on it, as if this was her own brother.
When she got married, her younger brother was not yet born. Although he had seen the portrait of Emperor Qianyuan, he had never seen his real face.
Seeing Zhou Jingrong's expression, Ji Mufei picked up the paper on the table and looked at it.
The Five Rivers Order is a top-grade immortal treasure that can drive the water gods of the five rivers. The water gods have the strength of the innate great perfection realm, which consumes a lot of true energy. It can be stored in the Five Rivers Order in advance, and requires water-based skills to control.
My fourth sister is not around, so I can only use this item to protect her on behalf of my brother. May you be safe.
Ji Mufei was shocked to see that it was a top-grade fairy treasure. There were only a few top-grade fairy treasures in the whole Jiuzhou, and Zhou An actually gave away one.
Zhou Jingrong is a disciple of Jiuxuan Mountain, and naturally practices water-based skills. The Five Rivers Order was chosen for her by Zhou An based on her situation.
Zhou Jingrong's cultivation is only at the second level of the innate realm, which is not enough to control other powerful top-grade fairy treasures. Only this one is suitable for her.
He put away the Five Rivers Order, stood up and said, "Senior Sister, I want to go see Master."
Ji Mufei exclaimed and nodded: "Well, we should go, let's go."
The two of them flew out of the palace together on their swords.
Zhou Jingrong and Ji Mufei stood by the Xuanshui Pond on Jiuxuan Mountain. After Empress Jiuxuan heard what they said, she was a little surprised. She looked at Zhou Jingrong and said, "Emperor Qianyuan is right. If you return to Qianyuan, you will be of greater help to me. But I am very pleased that you chose to stay."
Zhou Jingrong immediately asked: "Master, in the Conferred God Battle, can you join forces with Xiaojiu?"
Ji Mufei looked at Zhou Jingrong in surprise, worried that she would anger her master, and quickly said, "Master, I am also thinking about Jiuxuan Mountain, and I have no intention of offending you."
Lady Jiuxuan smiled and shook her head and said, "Jingrong, what you know about the Conferred Gods Battle is just the surface. Zhou An dare not tell you the real inside story because he is afraid of hurting you, and I am the same.
If you really want to help Emperor Qianyuan, you might as well become the Queen of the Ice and Snow Empire, and then hand over the Ice and Snow Empire's territory to you. This will be of great benefit to him."
Seeing the surprised expressions on the two people's faces, they were full of confusion. From the tone of Master's voice, he knew that he had no hostility towards Emperor Qianyuan, so why did he attack Qianyuan again?
Jiuxuan Niangniang waved her hand and said, "Go down. You will know it later. Now that you know he cares about you, there is a possibility that Jiuxuan Mountain and Qianyuan will cooperate in the future, but not now."
"Yes." The two bowed and left.
Lady Jiuxuan looked towards Qianyuan and whispered, "Zhou An, what is your purpose? Is it for the Yuanshen Golden Pill, or something else?"
(End of this chapter)
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