sentient beings
The huge hall suddenly became quiet.
Many people in this hall are old ministers who followed Ji Sheng eight hundred years ago. They have all witnessed that prosperous era.
They also missed that prosperous era - so much so that they had high expectations for the new queen.
Chang Xia of the northern border has defeated the former sword master and become the new number one of Cang Xuan. The master of the southern border is still there, and the Buddhist disciple has returned. Even Pei Xilai of the western border, who was supposed to be the master of Mingyue Palace, proved himself with a sword from Wen Chang Xia.
What about the East?
His eyes, filled with expectation, fell on the Queen.
Beneath the twelve tassels is a woman's calm face.
"Everyone—"
She said.
The Queen didn't even stand up.
She seemed to laugh, very softly, and even the cultivators with sharp ears and eyes could not hear the chuckle clearly.
"Eight hundred years ago, I went to Yunting to learn swordsmanship, but I wasn't very good at it. My senior sister is a natural genius. Master said she only appears once in a million years. I'm afraid I'll never be able to catch up in this lifetime."
"Then my master said to me, 'So what?' My master and I climbed to the highest point of the Cloud Tower. He pointed into the distance and said to me, 'Beneath the clouds and mist are all living beings.'"
"I asked Master, is this what it means to look down upon all the mountains?"
"Master told me, standing here, I see all living beings as ants."
The Queen laughed again, and this time it was much more genuine.
Xi Du stood at the bottom of the stairs with his head down, thinking to himself, if others said this, it would be conceited, but if the sword immortal said this, it would be true.
The Queen continued, "I thought Master was teaching me to look far and wide, but he then said—"
"In this position, all living beings are just ants when they see me."
Her voice rose a little, as if she was venting.
"So what if I'm the best in the world, so what if I'm the emperor? I'm too far away, and no one can see me!"
Tinglan was not the disciple Bie Jingchun wanted. It took a lot of maneuvering from all sides, and even someone secretly manipulating fate, before he accepted her.
But in Bie Jingchun's opinion, since he accepted it, he had to bear some responsibility for her.
He was away from home all year round, so he had less time to spend with his disciples. He didn't spend much time with his three disciples, but from the few heart-to-heart talks they had, he understood the difficulties they faced.
The third disciple wants to be the emperor. Unlike others, Changxia can be the best in the world and can be the high moon in Cangfeng Mountain, but the third disciple cannot.
She has to go to the earth, to the human world.
"As for swordsmanship, I can't compare to my senior sister, nor can I compare to... my Mingyue Palace. I like the low-brow tricks and even neglected my cultivation for them, but so what?
"Mortals are good at using wisdom and external forces. This is natural. My Ji ancestors braved wind and rain and built the city with their own hands."
"The Ji family has always practiced human arts."
As she spoke, the lights in the hall suddenly lit up. Members of the Gongshu clan, dressed in white disciple uniforms, filed in, carrying in their mechanical creations one by one.
There were water wheels, plows, lamps, kitchen utensils, armor, knives, forks, swords, halberds and some novel weapons.
It seems to exhaust all that a mortal needs in his life.
Everyone in the hall sensed that these mechanical crops had no spiritual power fluctuations.
Everything.
Xidu's gaze wandered over these creations before returning to them. Mortal objects couldn't compare to spiritual objects, but these were things mortals could create and use.
People cultivate to become immortals, either for power, immortality, or the truth. While cultivators are supposed to take the common people as their responsibility, it's been a long time since anyone has done something purely to improve the lives of ordinary people.
After all, these are trivial matters.
"Gentlemen—"
The Queen's voice rose a little.
"My mechanical skills have only reached the point where I can barely create puppets at the Out-of-Body Stage. I guess that's all I can do for the next few decades. Cang Xuan is in turmoil, annihilating foreign enemies. I probably can't do what King Qiu Wu did..."
She paused.
"But, for me, it's enough."
"My Ji clan came from the human world and will return to it."
She looked at the mechanical creations that Gongshujia had brought up, and it seemed as if she saw her own path.
"I, Ji Tinglan, only practice the arts of the mortal world."
Everyone in the hall looked up at the new emperor who had made such a great wish, their expressions complicated, and they were speechless for a while.
——
After Tinglan left court, she saw Qian Xiangyi hiding in the shade of a tree. Next to him was a basket of frozen grapes. He ate one and then spat the skin and seeds into another empty basket.
The empty basket was already filled with his vomit.
I don't know how long he has been waiting here.
Tinglan saluted him and said, "Master."
Qian Xiangyi accepted the gift with openness. According to the degree of nobility, he should have paid half a bow to the Human Emperor, but Huo Tinglan was still his Yunting disciple. It was natural and proper for a disciple to pay respect to the head of the sect.
"Those old guys are giving you a hard time."
If Shen Siyan was there, he would definitely refute it. After all, Qian Xiangyi was shameless. He was obviously older than others, but he called others old things.
But the one here at the moment is Tinglan, the most polite among the disciples of Cangfeng Mountain.
"It's not that difficult." Tinglan said, "They just... have been waiting too long."
She smiled and said, "I'm probably not the emperor they expected."
Qian Xiangyi said, "I told you earlier, I'll go in and take a look around. No one can stop you from doing anything you want."
He paused, thinking of the few old men in the East Territory whom he couldn't defeat and who wouldn't give him face, so he added, "Besides, your senior sister is here."
That girl Wang Changxia, apart from anything else, is quite good with a sword.
Tinglan said, "I want to practice human magic, but relying on the strength of the cultivators to get them to agree is not appropriate."
Qian Xiangyi picked up a grape and put it in his mouth. His eyes, narrowed by the fat on his face, narrowed up and said meaningfully, "Your ministers are all cultivators."
Tinglan said calmly, "So the next thing is to set things right."
Her voice was slightly cold: "Mortal affairs should be decided by mortals themselves."
Qian Xiangyi then raised her head and looked at the new queen seriously.
Tinglan bowed to him.
"I will have to rely on the Sect Master to support me from now on."
To hold back means not to take action unless necessary.
Qian Xiangyi laughed and said, "This palace has beautiful scenery and good chefs. If you don't drive me away, I won't get tired of living here any longer."
He held a grape in his hand and inexplicably felt that it must be sour.
Bie Jingchun's apprentice is just luckier than him.
Unlike that good-for-nothing kid in his family who just runs to Zangfeng Mountain all day long.
——
The disciple who ran to Zangfeng Mountain is not in Zangfeng Mountain now, he is in the Privy Council.
"You can't leave today!"
Shen Siyan said dissatisfiedly: "You, the deputy commander-in-chief, are controlling me, the commander-in-chief!"
Lin Jiang said expressionlessly, "They are the Acting and Former Chief Envoys. Brother Shen, have you forgotten that every Yunting cultivator has to take turns to serve in the Privy Council?"
Shen Siyan: "I'm on vacation."
Lin Jiang: "You are not fake."
Shen Siyan: ...
Now I remember that he had approved all the fake things to himself, and it had been eight hundred years since then.
He thought about it, and seeing Lin Jiang's determined look, he probably wouldn't let him go easily, so he made a gesture, tied Lin Jiang to the chair, and then swaggered away.
"I'll apologize to you again in twelve years."
As for whether Lin Jiang could go to Chi Zhouhai to listen to his apology at that time, he had no control over it.
Then the incompetent apprentice went to Cangfeng Mountain again.
Changxia is not on the mountain today. She has taken Bie Jingchun's place. She has a lot of things to do, the first of which is to stabilize the Four-sided Sword Formation.
She has already started traveling around the world on her Sanli San bus and will probably not be back for a few months.
Shen Siyan was entrusted by her to teach Li Bai.
The little girl was very obedient. She practiced swordplay when asked and learned the five elements technique when asked.
She had a senior brother who was very well-planned and had arranged all her schoolwork for the next few decades, so Shen Siyan didn't have to worry about anything.
In the end, it was him who ordered lunch with Li Bai's kite.
As for why I didn’t use my own kite – because I didn’t have to pay for using Li Bai’s.
"Crystal pork elbow, drunken spareribs, lychee meat, stuffed tofu, and a emerald white jade soup!"
Shen Siyan leaned over and asked Li Bai who was practicing sword, "How many people are having dinner today?"
Li Bai kept working as she said, "Senior Sister Lianhua and Ayang have gone to the city to provide free medical services. Now it's just Senior Brother Four, Senior Brother Five, Senior Sister Six, and Brother Xiaosu."
Chen Siyan counted on his fingers and ordered two more dishes before putting down the kite.
Jiang Bailu has been staying in Cangfeng Mountain since he came back from Xiaoling Mountain. His feathers are almost moldy. Only after Changxia returned to the mountain did we have time to pull him out for a walk.
Later, when everyone was having dinner together, it was not appropriate to give Chu Xian and Zhu Lingyao special treatment, so she dragged them out as well.
Her strategy was quite effective. Chu Xian and Zhu Lingyao ate facing each other every day, and now they were not so shy anymore.
After Li Bai finished practicing swordplay, Zhou Xiaosu also arrived at Cangfeng Mountain, carrying a large food box. Shen Siyan placed his chopsticks without batting an eyelid.
On his left were Chu Xian and Zhu Lingyao, and on his right were Li Bai and Zhou Xiaosu.
Jiang Bailu sat opposite him, digging at the rice in the bowl with chopsticks, not daring to take more dishes.
Shen Siyan's identity was already known to Chi Zhouhai. When Changxia was not around, he was somewhat afraid of this new Demon King.
Shen Siyan ignored him and sneered, "Virtue."
After the meal, Jiang Bailu began to help Shen Siyan clean up the dishes in an orderly manner.
This was originally Shen Siyan's job alone, because Changxia said that Cangfeng Mountain does not support people who eat for free. Since he came to eat for free, he had to help clean up.
Shen Siyan naturally didn't respond, but Jiang Bailu didn't dare let the Demon King serve him, so he stayed to help. This had become a habit.
While washing dishes, Ana Shen looked at the quail-like Jiang Bailu and felt uncomfortable, so she moved closer and asked, "You've never been so afraid of me before."
Jiang Bailu was frightened by him. He wanted to curse, but he didn't dare to say it out loud - his father would probably beat him to death if he knew.
So he said with a strange look: "Your bloodline suppression was not this strong before."
The Chi Zhou sea monsters cultivate their bodies and bloodlines, and higher-level monsters naturally suppress lower-level monsters.
Chen Siyan got the answer as soon as he thought about it. It was probably because his bloodline ability was sealed when he was born. Now, besides the Human Emperor, he, the Demon Emperor, is about to return to Zhongtian Ziwei.
The closer it gets to returning to its original position, the more the seal, which was placed by someone unknown, becomes unbearable.
The loose seal revealed his aura.
Humans may not be able to feel it, but the demons who practice this are naturally sensitive.
Reinforce the seal?
Forget it, it’s so troublesome.
It's just that he is no longer a human being. There is nothing to regret.
He wiped the bowl clean, then wiped his hands clean and said to Jiang Bailu, "What are you afraid of? I won't do anything to you."
Then he looked through the knowledge that he rarely touched and that was retained in his blood, and found a way to control the suppression of his blood and restrain his own pressure.
Jiang Bailu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the new Demon King was quite humane, and became bolder.
Originally, his senior sister was Changxia, and no one could do anything to him.
"Since you know how to collect it, why didn't you do it earlier..."
He looked at Shen Siyan, but saw that the latter had his head lowered and brows furrowed, wondering what he was thinking about.
Jiang Bailu has always been good at dealing with people, and his intuition told him not to disturb him again.
However, curiosity made him unable to help but take another look at the Demon King. The Privy Council's uniform was white, and even after leaving office, Shen Siyan still loved to wear white clothes.
The sharpness of his eyebrows was diluted a lot by the white color. At this moment, he lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and actually looked a little lonely.
Jiang Bailu immediately pinched her thigh and said, "Stop, stop, I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it."
Shen Siyan didn’t know about Jiang Bailu’s little thoughts, and he repeated it in his heart - it’s just not a human being.
That's it.
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