471 Chapter 471
The morning light outside the window was too dazzling, yet at this moment it all gathered inside the room, even the dust motes were tinged with gold. He Xinsi sat on a chair by the window, her thin body wrapped in a heavy gray coat, and no matter who looked at her, she was backlit.
Yu Sui sensed frailty, near death, and endless vitality in He Xinsi.
He Xinsi was unable to detect Yu Sui's five elements energy; she had hidden her energy too deeply, thus making it impossible to discover anything related to her.
Too young.
She is too young in terms of experience, strength, and the rare and precious treasures she has acquired.
He Xinsi could hardly imagine that the girl in front of her had spent the eighteen years before entering Taiyi as a person of Pingshu.
Because of this incident, Nangong Ming has been openly and secretly ridiculed by the Nine Ranks of the martial arts world for three years.
"You're more interesting than the rumors suggest."
He Xinsi tucked her hands into her sleeves, inside which she held a hand warmer.
He looked at Yu Sui with a smile in his eyes and said, "He's more interesting than your brother and father."
"If you want to explore the secrets of the Earth's core with me, I am willing to tell you, but you must exchange something for it."
Yu Sui asked, "What does Your Majesty desire?"
“The Breath of Earth, the Yin-Yang Pisces, and your Divine Strategist,” He Xinsi said, “I’m being fair; you can choose any one of them.”
No matter which one she chooses, she will die.
“There is something I would love to give to Your Majesty, but I’m afraid Your Majesty may not want it,” Yu Sui said with a troubled expression.
He Xinsi: "What is it?"
Yu Sui said, "I will tell His Majesty after we have finished exploring the secrets of the Earth's core power."
He Xinsi seemed to be amused by Yu Sui. He lowered his head, raised his hand to cover his face, and coughed twice.
"If I were to forcibly take it from you, what are your chances of success?"
Yu Sui pondered, "That's hard to say."
“Shen Tianxue should have warned you that even if she and Pei Daiqing used all their strength, they would not be a match for me in this Four Directions Heavenly Array.” He Xinsi stood up, supporting herself on the armrest.
His thin body stood in front of the large window, occupying only a small area, yet it extinguished all the light in the room, making it dim and gloomy.
"It's a pity that Dean Shen didn't warn you."
Before Yu Sui could speak, countless divine soul cores had already silently approached He Xinsi. This was a number capable of instantly killing even a Saint, and its hidden power was probably stronger than several Saints self-destructing at point-blank range.
These all occurred in an instant when He Xinsi was completely unaware, with countless divine soul light cores piercing through his head and heart respectively.
He Xinsi didn't have time to think about the meaning of Yu Sui's words, and she couldn't believe that she hadn't noticed the lurking killing intent at all.
Blood splattered on the snow-capped mountain screen, turning the snow-capped mountain, which had just experienced the sunrise, into a river of blood.
He Xinsi staggered backward and pressed himself against the window wall. He raised his hand tremblingly, but failed to cover his bleeding chest. He always had to maintain his composure and strength, but now he stared in shock at the girl standing in front of the screen.
"Buzz"
The balance of the five elements in the Nanjing Prince's Palace was disrupted, and people heard the howling of ghosts and wolves in the wind. The escaping air waves, centered on the Five Delusion Hall, swept outwards, causing the flowers, plants, and trees outside the building to break and collapse.
"His Majesty!"
Yu Yuan, who was guarding the door, changed his expression drastically. He turned around to investigate, but he was unable to enter the house. An invisible golden light barrier enveloped the small house.
A sliver of golden light flashed from deep underground like lightning, and withered lotus-colored vines bursting from the soil completely entwined the powerless He Xinsi, taking root in front of the window, providing him with a continuous source of life and repairing his damaged body.
Upon seeing this scene, Yu Sui knew that he had made the right bet.
"His Majesty!"
"What happened?"
Li Jinshuang rushed over from outside the palace, but was stopped outside along with Yu Yuan.
After a brief moment of panic, Yu Yuan quickly calmed down and ordered the arriving Xuanhu Army: "Have men block the entrance to the Five Delusions Hall. No one is allowed to enter except the Venerable One!"
Li Jinshuang called out in a deep voice, "Your Majesty? Nangong Sui!"
Yu Sui listened to the calls from outside but did not respond.
This barrier was set up by He Xinsi; it's a kind of life-protecting barrier that only triggers when he suffers fatal damage. It seems to have been set up to conceal the power of the Earth's core from repairing his body.
The fastest and most effective way to find out if He Xinsi possesses the power of the Earth's core is to kill him.
The Legalist sage Wei Xizhen once envisioned that if the power of Taiyi's core could withstand the strange fire, then he would try to spread the range of the core's power to the entire Xuan Gu Continent.
It now appears that the idea of expanding the range of the Earth's core's power was not unfounded.
The commotion at the Five Delusions Hall attracted the attention of many. Zou Yuan had just brought the person back to the palace when, due to the shockwave emanating from the Five Delusions Hall, he rushed over without hesitation.
Zhong Lique was left standing there, staring blankly in the direction Zou Yuan had left.
She stood on the Star-Chasing Platform of the Tianxuan Palace, gazing into the distance towards the Wuwang Palace. Zhongli Que's heart pounded like a drum, and her fingers gripped the railing in front of her tightly.
Sui Sui arrived just in time tonight.
She appeared just as she was casting the divination array, leading everyone to believe that it was the Heavenly Wolf Killing Array set up by Sui Sui.
She acted rashly because Sheng Fei couldn't die yet.
Just as Zhongli Que was about to turn around and go downstairs, she sensed another aura and turned to look outside the palace.
At this moment, several figures rushed towards the Five Delusions Palace.
"His Majesty!"
"No one except the Venerable One is allowed to take another step forward," the Xuanhu Army shouted sternly.
Zou Yuan bypassed the Xuanhu Army and used his Wind Control Technique to rush in, followed closely by two other figures.
"Your Majesty! What happened?!" A sharp voice rang out. A man dressed in colorful robes arrived at the front of the house before Zou Yuan, his voice anxious. "What happened to Your Majesty? Why was this protective barrier activated?"
Zou Yuan glanced at the blind man, Qiu Hua, a renowned scholar, who chirped like a colorful sparrow.
Another figure in black landed beside Zou Yuan, reached out and touched the barrier, asking Zou Yuan, "Open it?"
“It can’t be opened.” Zou Yuan then looked at the Taoist sage, Guo Zhengqi.
They were three sages who remained in the capital of Nanjing. They rarely gathered in the palace, but they appeared at the scene immediately because He Xinsi was in trouble.
"Are there other people inside?" Guo Zhengqi asked Yu Yuan again, glancing at Li Jinshuang out of the corner of his eye.
“A wanted criminal from Qingyang, Nangong Sui,” Yu Yuan replied. “She triggered the barrier some time after she went in, but I didn’t hear any fighting sounds.”
"That name sounds familiar." Qiu Hua frowned, trying to recall. "What did this person do?"
"Nangong Ming's daughter killed her mother and stole the Farmer's Treasure, the Breath Soil." Guo Zhengqi helped him awaken his memories.
Qiu Hua suddenly realized: "Now I remember, no wonder the city has been so lively lately."
"Did you see anyone come out?" Zou Yuan asked Yu Yuan.
Yu Yuan shook his head: "Nothing was found."
They were unable to discern the situation inside the barrier, not even knowing how many people were inside, and they could not sense the five elements within the barrier at all.
But since the barrier was set up by He Xinsi, they didn't rush to go in.
Argumentation was heard outside the palace, and soon someone came to report: "Several princesses and two princes have come to see His Majesty."
"Stop them," Zou Yuan said without turning his head.
Yu Yuan followed his instructions and gave the order.
Princess Yu, who was outside the palace, was so angry when she learned that she was being kept out that she was not allowed to enter that she raised her hand and slapped the guard. The guard did not utter a sound, nor did he take a single step back.
"Calm down." Prince Rui stopped Princess Yu and advised her patiently, "Since you won't let us in, then the problem isn't too serious. Why don't you go back and check on the Holy Maiden first?"
Princess Yu turned around and slapped him back, glaring at him angrily.
"Oh, elder sister, I knew you'd have such a fiery temper." Prince Rui raised his hand to cover his face with his folding fan, blocking Princess Yu's hand, and said to the woman with a playful smile, "If His Majesty refuses to see us, then..."
"This is not His Majesty's intention at all!" Princess Yu said angrily. "It was either Yu Yuan or Zou Yuan, those two vile scoundrels, who gave the order!"
"Shh," Prince Rui waved his fan at her, "The Venerable Ones are inside; they can hear us."
Inside the hall, Guo Zhengqi and Qiu Hua, who had heard the cursing, both looked towards Zou Yuan.
Zou Yuan remained calm and showed no reaction.
"Anyway, with the Venerable Ones guarding him, His Majesty will definitely be alright," Prince Rui said with a smile.
Princess Yu glared at him and left with the other princesses who dared not utter a sound.
Sheng Fei was now insisting on going to the Five Delusions Palace. He didn't care about He Xinsi's life or death; he only wanted to capture Yu Sui. Gu Gan stopped him: "Even if you see Sui Sui now, you can't do anything to her."
Sheng Fei gave him a fierce look and stood at the door with a gloomy face.
“Something serious must have happened at the Five Delusions Palace, otherwise the sages wouldn’t have rushed over so suddenly. This is actually to our advantage.” Gu Gan waved to call over the physician, then lowered his voice and said, “You should recover first. The prince and the others have arrived. You must guard the fragments and make sure Nan Jing doesn’t take them.”
"What?" Sheng Fei looked up abruptly. "He came in person?"
Gu Gan nodded, telling Sheng Fei to pay close attention to the situation and not to keep staring at Yu Sui, before leaving.
Sheng Fei allowed the doctor to bandage his wound, and his right hand would be immobile for a short time. Only after the doctors left did Zhong Lique come downstairs.
"Don't run around." Sheng Fei had always known she was upstairs, and when she saw her come down, he just coldly tossed out a nonchalant remark.
Zhong Lique glanced at his injuries and stepped forward, saying, "My master has arrived."
Qin Shan?
Sheng Fei's thoughts stirred slightly, but he didn't show it on his face. He asked sarcastically, "How did you know?"
Zhong Lique reached out and handed over a dark brown astrological compass, the compass needle pointing towards the direction outside the palace.
Two groups of people stood in front of the gate of the Nanjing Prince's Palace.
People from Qingyang stood under the high wall on the left, about seven or eight people in total. Standing at the forefront were Nangong Ming and Qin Shan, the sage of magic arts.
The man, clad in a long, dark gold robe, had an exceptionally cold expression. His spirit words transformed into a black bird that hovered high in the sky, observing the situation inside the palace from afar.
"This four-directional heaven-reaching formation has kept us all outside. If His Majesty is unwilling to open the formation and let us in, what other options do you have?" Qin Shan asked gently, turning to look at Shui Zhou and the others standing under the high wall on the right.
His gaze fell casually yet precisely on the woman in purple opposite him.
Changsun Zi's face was veiled, revealing her beautiful features. She gazed straight ahead, seemingly oblivious to everyone around her. Beside her, the woman in the yellow dress looked down at the Wind-Listening Ruler in her hand, her brows slightly furrowed, appearing somewhat anxious.
Shui Zhou and Qing Yang arrived in Nanjing at almost the same time, but for different reasons.
Sun Heng, the master of the Water Boat and a renowned scholar, stood with his hands behind his back, gazing calmly at the palace wall in front of him.
"Something's not right inside," said Shan Chen, a sage of the Legalist school, with a worried expression. Due to the subtle fluctuations in the five elements' energy around him, his emotions trembled and rose and fell, making him somewhat irritable and frustrated.
"It's strange, there's an annoying flow of the five elements inside." Shan Chen raised his hand to his forehead, his fingertips turning white, and couldn't help but scratch in his hair.
"Are you having another episode? Go to the back and wait, so you don't rush over and get yourself killed." A tall figure stepped forward and pushed Shan Chen to the back with his elbow.
Dan Chen was mentally unstable and was knocked back several steps. The others quickly reached out to help him.
Kuang Chu held the Listening Wind Ruler to his ear with one hand and said casually, "We've arrived, but we can't get in. Elder Sun and the others are all here, as is Nangong Sui's father, but none of them can get in."
"I've already done you a favor by running this errand for you. You, a member of the Yin-Yang School, still expect me, a member of the Military School, to snatch back your treasures. Aren't you ashamed?"
Kuang Chu cursed Zou Qian on the other side of Tingfengchi in a rough voice.
"Alright, just wait, I'll definitely bring Nangong Sui back to you."
Kuang Chu hung up the telepathic message and turned to Sun Heng, saying, "Old Sun, can you think of a way to get in?"
"There are so many people here, including seven or eight Saints alone. Can't we all attack together?"
“Don’t act recklessly,” Sun Heng said. “This is the Nan Jing Prince’s Palace. You haven’t left Taiyi for many years.”
"Why are there so many rules?" Kuang Chu interrupted impatiently. "There's only one principle in this world: whoever is stronger is the rule."
After saying that, he rolled his eyes and said to Sun Heng, "Old Sun, you are the most capable here now, so of course we should follow your orders."
After hearing this, Sun Heng shook his head and smiled helplessly.
Changsun Zi glanced at Kuang Chu. This sage of military strategy, who was usually so clueless, had started to grow a brain after following Zou Qian for a few years.
“This Four Directions Heaven-Reaching Formation has been guarding this place for hundreds of years. It is the result of the hard work of many Legalist sages. Now it is locked, and those inside cannot get out, nor can we get in.” Sun Heng spoke slowly but steadily, his deep and calm voice reaching everyone’s ears.
"He Xinsi knew we were coming to cause him trouble, so she locked herself in her formation and didn't come out." Kuang Chu raised his thick black eyebrows and said arrogantly, "She's just as timid as Zou Qian said."
Zou Qian hadn't expected that Kuang Chu would go around trying to cover up his tracks.
"I heard that before dawn, Zou Yuan arrested several wanted criminals and brought them into the palace." A deep female voice came from behind.
The military strategist Zhuge Ling, with one hand on the hilt of his sword, stepped out from behind and stopped between the two groups of people: "There are two people, your son and your daughter."
As soon as Zhuge Ling finished speaking, everyone on Shui Zhou's side looked at the man in the dark gold robe opposite them.
Nangong Ming's family affairs were so fascinating that everyone present knew about them.
Before Nangong Ming could respond, Kuang Chu raised his voice and said, "That's right, your youngest daughter is quite something. Since she can do something as earth-shattering as murdering her mother, she might be able to assassinate the emperor of Nan Jing right now."
"Nangong Ming, what will you do then!"
“The people of Nanjing will eat you alive. In my opinion, you should stay outside and not go in. I will take care of the matter of capturing your daughter for you, so don’t try to take it from me.”
Kuang Chu wasn't afraid of the Nangong family, but he was worried that Nangong Ming would get in the way and insist on competing with him for Yu Sui, so it was best to persuade him to leave right outside the door.
Nangong Ming didn't want to pay attention to this brainless brute.
Seeing that Nangong Ming was ignoring him, Kuang Chu pointed at Qin Shan and said, "Old Qin, you should stop him when the time comes. Don't be impulsive. This is Nanjing, not your Qingyang."
"That's Prince Nangong's family matter," Qin Shan said with a smile.
"What family matter? Just because Nangong Sui is his daughter doesn't mean it's a family matter. She has the Yin-Yang Pisces inside her, which is a treasure of our Taiyi Yin-Yang Clan. It's a matter for Taiyi. What's that saying? If a child has problems, it's because the parents didn't raise them well. What a son is, what a father is."
Kuang Chu turned to look at Changsun Zi: "Dean Changsun, what was it again?"
"It is the father's fault if he raises a son but does not teach him properly," Changsun Zi said coldly.
"Oh, right!" Kuang Chu pretended to suddenly realize something, but in reality he didn't understand at all. But that didn't stop him from continuing, "If you hadn't recklessly stolen the Breath Soil, none of this would have happened. The little girl wouldn't have been forced into a corner and had to do such a rebellious thing."
This statement is somewhat like saying, "Even if we take a step back and say the worst, are you really without any problems?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Ming laughed in anger. Just as he turned to make a move, Qin Shan stepped forward and blocked Nangong Ming's path, acting as a peacemaker: "Nangong Sui is now a wanted criminal of the six kingdoms, and has committed numerous crimes, but the main ones occurred in Qingyang, so he should be tried by Qingyang."
"Her master is a Ghost Dao Saint of Taiyi. If the capture is successful, he will inform Elder Chang."
Kuang Chu snorted coldly: "Elder Chang is very busy, he may not have time to discipline his disciple."
"Let's wait and see." Qin Shan looked towards the palace. "If something urgent really happens in the palace, someone will come out to inform us."
Zhuge Ling walked to Sun Heng's side and whispered something. After a moment, Sun Heng asked thoughtfully, "Where did Dean Wei go?"
“They went to find the farmer couple,” Zhuge Ling said.
"How's the detection of those sacred stones going?"
"It can be used."
Sun Heng nodded, a flash of joy crossing his eyes.
“We are not far from success,” Sun Heng said softly, gazing ahead. “Therefore, nothing and no one can stop us.”
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