Three Ascensions
"Congratulations, Your Highness."
Xie Lian came back to his senses from the dizziness he had felt after the thunder tribulation. Upon hearing this, he smiled before he spoke.
"Thank you, but may I ask what you want to congratulate me for?"
Ling Wen stood with his hands behind his back. "Congratulations on taking first place on this Jiazi year's list of 'Priests Most Hoped to be Demoted to the Mortal World.'"
Xie Lian smiled when he heard that the number one on the list would earn him 100 merits. “Next time there’s a list like this, be sure to include me.”
Then he heard that he would have to pay a little more than ninety thousand times the one hundred merits.
It broke a person's hand and destroyed a house.
He also smashed a big hole in the entrance of the One Person Hall.
Xie Lian: “…”
Ling Wen said: "Of course, I know you can't even afford one tenth."
Xie Lian said frankly, “In fact, even if it’s one in a hundred thousand, I still can’t come up with it.”
Okay, I can take out one hundred thousandth.
After all, I just earned some merit.
After Lingwen left, Xie Lian squatted alone on the street of Xianjing with a headache for a long time. Then he remembered that he had not yet entered the spiritual communication array of the Heavenly Palace.
Unfortunately, he forgot to ask Lingwen for the password.
After searching randomly with his spiritual sense, Xie Lian was startled out by a group chat full of people engaged in a gambling frenzy.
This group of people must have blocked Jun Wu.
Xie Lian searched around a bit more and finally joined a relatively quiet and serious group chat.
Although he was ridiculed openly and secretly by a certain Mu Qing as soon as he entered.
Xie Lian had developed a thick skin over the past eight hundred years. Even Ling Wen felt embarrassed for him, but he himself actually thought it was okay.
But before Xie Lian could even utter the words "not bad", he was drowned out by a roaring voice.
"Who the hell demolished my Golden Palace?! Get out!!!"
The perpetrator Xie Lian: smile jpg.
How could that person be so confident?
Before Xie Lian could say anything, Mu Qing said, "Hehe."
Then he exchanged a few words with Feng Xin.
Xie Lian felt embarrassed to just run away like that. He coughed dryly and said, "It's me. I'm sorry."
As soon as he spoke, Feng Xin fell silent.
The spiritual formation was filled with an atmosphere of unilateral embarrassment that the other priests felt.
“…”
Finally, Feng Xin disappeared, and Mu Qing left after blowing a gust of cool breeze.
Xie Lian was still worried about the more than 90,000 merits, so he went to Lingwen Hall to accept the mission.
Xie Lian soon got a job - From the Emperor's Care: With Junshan.
The two returned to the spirit communication array and tried to borrow (or trick) a junior priest from among the other priests. Ling Wen then entered the spirit communication array and said loudly, "Everyone, the Emperor has an important matter in the north and urgently needs men. Which Martial God could send two military officers from the palace?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Qing's voice floated out: "I heard that the Emperor is not in the north now. I'm afraid he borrowed it for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Xie Lian thought to himself, “Are you staying inside the spirit communication array all day and night?”
Lingwen thought the same thing as him, and he wanted to kick Mu Qing out of the group chat. He said with a smile, "Xuanzhen, why do I keep seeing you in the formation these past few days? It seems like you've been able to take a break recently. Congratulations."
Ling Wenqian's meaning: You have nothing to do, are you bored? You are everywhere. If you don't make trouble for a day, you will feel itchy, right?
Mu Qing said calmly: "My hand is injured and I'm recovering."
“…”
The priests thought to themselves, "Your hand could split mountains and seas in the past, so what can you do to a stupid bell?"
At this moment, a voice said softly in the spiritual communication array: "I am free here and can help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The voice was as gentle as Mu Qing's, but there was no thorn in the words. It sounded pleasant and made people want to listen unconsciously.
Xie Lian sent a private message to Ling Wen, wondering, "Who is this immortal friend? He's actually willing to help me?"
Ling Wen replied, "Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know this, but this is General Susheng, Lan Yunqing, the only female Martial God in the Upper Heaven."
Xie Lian was even more curious after hearing this and said, "Valkyrie? I've never heard of that."
Indeed, the era of Tianguan was undoubtedly a society that favored men over women. Even the exceptionally talented Lingwen had to transform into a man because of his gender. Lan Yunqing initially had very few followers because of this.
Until she came down to earth to carry out a mission and shocked a group of mortals with her strength.
Anyway, the only important people who are not belittled because they are women are Su Sheng and Ling Yun.
Lingwen: Silently envious
Xie Lian clasped his hands together and said, “Thank you very much, General Susheng, for your assistance.”
After exiting the spiritual communication formation, he counted the compensation and found that the priest with a big hole in the doorway of the temple was Lan Yunqing.
Xie Lian: “…”
I’ll have to thank General Susheng someday for not making a fuss about it. Xie Lian smiled wryly inwardly.
......
As soon as Xie Lian ascended to heaven, He Xuan, who was undercover in the Heavenly Palace, quickly gave Hua Cheng the news.
Mo Qiuyan had actually received Lan Yunqing's spiritual communication a long time ago, but she still entered the spiritual communication array to take a look.
Mo Qiuyan could feel the excitement of a certain Huacheng even through the spiritual formation.
The person involved pretended to be calm.
Blood Rain Loan: [Oh, I see.]
A few seconds later, Hua Cheng's excited humming could be heard from the spiritual formation.
Blood Rain Loan: [Finally I waited for you~ Glad I didn't give up~~]
Yunfan Gu Lingyun: [...Huahua, you forgot to turn off the psychic.]
Don’t learn the song I hum!!!
......
Three days later, in the human world, in the north.
After three days of traveling, Xie Lian finally arrived near the mission point. He breathed a sigh of relief and spotted a roadside shop called "Xiangfeng Shop." He adjusted his bamboo hat and smiled, "That's an interesting name."
Xie Lian entered the shop and took a table by the window. He ordered some tea and snacks, and finally sat down when he suddenly heard the sounds of crying and the beating of gongs and drums coming from outside.
He looked toward the street and saw a group of men, women, old and young, surrounding a big red sedan chair, walking down the road.
The sedan looked joyous from a distance, but everyone's expressions were lifeless, making the scene particularly eerie.
Xie Lian watched the strange group go away, then pondered for a moment. Just as he was about to take out the scroll Ling Wen had given him to look at it again, he suddenly noticed a dazzling object flash by.
When he looked up, a silver butterfly flew past him.
The silver butterfly was crystal clear and flew through the air, leaving behind a dazzling trail.
Xie Lian couldn't help but reach out his hand towards it.
The silver butterfly was very smart. Instead of being startled, it stayed on his fingertips, its wings gleaming. It was extremely beautiful and mysterious. In the sunlight, it looked like a dream bubble that would shatter at the touch. After a while, it flew away.
Xie Lian waved goodbye, and when he looked back, there were three more people sitting at his table.
The table was square, and the three people occupied each side. The one in the middle looked like a girl who had just come of age, while the ones on both sides were boys around seventeen or eighteen years old.
The one on the left was taller, with deep, bright features and a rebellious gaze. The one on the right was extremely fair, handsome and refined, though his expression was a little too cold and indifferent, as if he wasn't feeling very happy.
The girl wore a headband and had a gentle look on her face, with calm eyebrows and a relaxed expression, seeming to be very happy.
It is in stark contrast to the two people next to him with sour faces.
Xie Lian blinked and asked, "Who are you?"
The left side said: "South wind."
The one on the right said, "Fuyao."
After thinking for a while, he decided to follow the formation: "Lan Yunqing."
Xie Lian thought to himself, “I’m not asking for your names…”
At this moment, Lingwen suddenly called over. She said, "Your Highness, there are two junior military officers from the Central Heaven Court who are willing to come and assist you. They have already gone down to look for you and should be here by now."
Xie Lian looked at the two young military officers on either side. Their expressions were uglier than the other, and they didn’t look like they were willing to help at all.
Lan Yunqing seemed the happiest.
He couldn't help but ask, "Lingwen, it seems to me that the other two don't seem to be here to help me. They seem more like they're here to take my head. Don't tell them to come here by tricking them."
Unfortunately, his words didn't seem to get through, and he couldn't hear Ling Wen's voice anymore. He probably had been away from Xianjing for too long, and his mana had been drained.
Xie Lian was helpless, so he smiled at the three of them and said, "General Susheng, Nanfeng and Fuyao, are you? I thank you for coming to our aid."
Lan Yunqing nodded, and the two people beside him just nodded, with quite an air of prestige, it seemed that they must be from the seat of the famous God of War.
Xie Lian asked the tea master to add two more cups, picked up the tea, scraped the leaves, and asked casually, "Which prince are you two serving?"
Nan Feng said, "Nanyang Palace."
Fuyao said, "Xuanzhen Palace."
“…”
This is truly horrifying.
Susheng Hall came to help, but why did Nanyang Hall and Xuanzhen Hall come?
Xie Lian swallowed a mouthful of tea, nearly choking, and asked, "Did your general ask you to come over?"
They both said, "Our general doesn't know I'm coming."
Xie Lian thought for a moment, then asked, "Then, do you know who I am?"
If these two young military officers were deceived by Lingwen and helped him, they would be scolded by their own general when they returned. It would not be worth it.
Nan Feng said, "You are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Fuyao said: "You are the righteous path in the world, you are the center of the world."
Xie Lian choked and asked Nan Feng uncertainly, "Did he just roll his eyes?"
Nan Feng said, "Yes. Let him go."
Fuyao sneered, "Master Lingwen said anyone who wants to can come, so why should he ask me to go back?"
The word "voluntary" wasn't convincing enough when he said it with that expression. Xie Lian said, "Let me confirm. Are you truly doing this voluntarily? Don't force yourself if you don't want to."
Both of them said, "I volunteer."
Looking at those two dejected faces, Xie Lian thought to himself, what you really want to say is "I'm committing suicide."
"all in all--"
Xie Lian said, “Let’s get down to business first. You all know why I came to the north this time, so I won’t start from the beginning…”
Both of them said, "I don't know."
“…”
Lan Yunqing held his forehead and said, "Could you two do your homework next time? Even if you're just being perfunctory, you should be more serious, right?"
"......" Seriously perfunctory? ?
Xie Lian had no choice but to take out the scroll and said, "Then I'll tell you from the beginning."
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