Chapter 237: Prince Li’s Chip
As if seeing her doubt, Yuwen Ye chuckled:
"Pavilion Master, there is no need to be so alert. First, I sincerely want to make friends with you. Second, I have a good job for you. I just wanted to confirm that you are the one I am looking for. I believe you can understand, right?"
Yun Qingqing automatically ignored the first half of his sentence, frowned slightly and said:
"My Tianming Pavilion is running smoothly and I don't need any other errands."
Yuwen Ye raised his lips confidently:
"Pavilion Master, you are wrong. You run the Tianming Pavilion in the bustling city of the Imperial Capital. On the one hand, you hide the pavilion, and on the other hand, you do not restrict outsiders from spreading the stories about the Tianming Pavilion. I think with your ability, it is not that you cannot restrict the people who have seen you from spreading these stories by word of mouth, but you need your reputation to be widely known, right?"
Yun Qingqing looked at him calmly without saying anything.
Yuwen Ye took it as her consent, smiled, and continued:
"In that case, as long as the Pavilion Master comes to my Beicang to serve as the National Master, the Beicang court is willing to fully support and announce the name of True Man Qingyun to the world. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
Yun Qingqing finally understood what this person was planning, and stood up calmly and said:
"I am from Liang, and I am not interested in being the Imperial Master of Northern Cang. Your Highness Prince Li should look for someone else."
Yuwen Ye obviously didn't expect that she didn't even talk about the conditions and just directly refused without giving any room for negotiation. The smile that had always been on her face froze.
"Master, please stay!" Seeing that she was about to leave, Yuwen Ye quickly stood up.
"Don't you want to know how sincere I, Bei Cang, am in inviting you?"
Yun Qingqing stood still and told the truth:
"I really have no interest in knowing."
Are you kidding? If she really agrees to be the Imperial Master of Beicang, her mother will probably slap her. And how can she explain to her grandfather, grandfather-in-law, the Yun family, and the Yan family?
And that person, if she went to work for the Northern Cang court...
Yun Qingqing closed her eyes. Why did she suddenly think of him? This matter really had nothing to do with him. Anyway, it was impossible for her to become the Imperial Master of Beicang.
She collected her thoughts and said calmly to Yuwen Ye:
"If your Highness Prince Li has nothing else to say, I will take my leave now."
After saying that, she turned around and was about to leave.
Yu Wenye's unwilling voice came from behind:
"What if I exchange it for the right to use the Royal Ring Gold Token?"
Yun Qingqing paused.
"You have the Langhuan Gold Token?"
Yuwen Ye finally felt that he had regained control of the conversation and smiled slightly:
"With your knowledge, Pavilion Master, you naturally know the value of the Langhuan Golden Token to practitioners. Can you consider my proposal now?"
Yun Qingqing understood the meaning of his words.
Those who hold the Langhuan Golden Token can enter the Langhuan Secret Hall at a specific time every year.
The Langhuan Secret Palace is a place that is completely independent of any country.
No one in the outside world knows its true location, and those who have been there have all followed a strict set of procedures to enter, and no one has ever successfully marked the location of the Langhuan Palace.
The Langhuan Order is the pass for outsiders to enter the Langhuan Palace.
The tokens are divided into wooden tokens and golden tokens. Wooden tokens can only be used once, while golden tokens can be used five times. No matter which kind of Langhuan token it is, once it appears in the world, it will often attract countless covetousness, and even cause bloodshed.
Countless people in the world flock to it, just because of one thing——
The Langhuan Secret Hall contains all the books in the world.
In other words, anything you want to know, as long as it has been recorded, can be found in the Langhuan Palace, provided that you have enough time and patience to read through the sea of books.
Although this rumor sounds a bit exaggerated, from ancient times to the present, there has indeed been news of people returning from Langhuan Palace every once in a while. Among them, there are many who quickly come to the fore, and a few even become powerful people in a certain field.
It is rumored that when the great scholar Xu Ci was young, he got the Langhuan Wooden Order by chance and stayed in the Langhuan Palace for three days and three nights. After he came back, he felt that he had been enlightened and finally became a master.
Seeing Yun Qingqing lost in thought, Yuwen Ye felt more confident and added another chip:
"This gold token in my hand has not been used yet. If Master Qingyun is willing to serve Beicang wholeheartedly, it is not a bad idea to give this gold token to you as a gift."
Yun Qingqing knew in her heart that Yuwen Ye used the Langhuan Golden Order as a bargaining chip because the Langhuan Palace had all the books in the world, which naturally included many high-level and even lost methods of cultivation.
He believed that as a practitioner, he could not refuse this condition.
However, Yun Qingqing just remembered that when they talked about ancient legends before, Xiao Changheng mentioned that he had read all the ancient books in the royal Wenyuan Pavilion. If she wanted to find more detailed and secretive information about ancient legends, she might have to go to the legendary Langhuan Palace.
Thinking of this, Yun Qingqing smiled at Yuwen Ye:
"So, I do have some interest in this Langhuan Palace, but I will not leave my home and country to become the Imperial Master of your Northern Cang just for a gold token. I am afraid that I will disappoint Your Highness. Goodbye."
Yuwen Ye: “…”
A mere golden ring? Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
He watched Yun Qingqing leave without saying anything. After a long while, he suddenly chuckled:
"Interesting! This is the first time I've seen someone who is indifferent to the Golden Ring Order. However... you can refuse, but others may not be able to do so!"
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The next day was the last day of Xiao Changheng's treatment, and also the most critical day.
Yun Qingqing did it herself throughout the day, watching him finish the day's medicinal bath, and in the evening, she began the last acupuncture.
Before giving the acupuncture this time, she first placed eight talismans around her, pinched her fingers to deploy the talisman formation, and then started giving the acupuncture.
She lightly picked up the silver needle with her fingertips, and a faint golden light transferred from her fingertips to the silver needle, and then gradually sank into the muscles. As the silver needles pierced into the acupoints, she could see in her spiritual pupils that thin golden threads were moving and spreading in his legs, connecting the meridians, bones and blood.
Xiao Changheng, as always, lowered his eyes and looked at her quietly, his deep black eyes reflecting the girl's focused face.
He had never doubted her words. After today, he would be able to stand up again. So this moment should be the last time they could be together like this.
Xiao Changheng's eyes dimmed slightly, and then he thought of something and raised the corners of his lips slightly.
Suddenly, his face froze, his body tensed, he groaned unexpectedly from his throat, and clenched his fists.
Yun Qingqing grabbed his ankle in time and held it firmly in place, looking up into his eyes:
"Hold on and don't move. It's the last quarter of an hour. It will be fine soon!"
Beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Xiao Changheng's forehead, and he nodded with his lips slightly pale.
Yun Qingqing knew that the meridians in his legs had been reconnected. This process was like having thousands of needles running through his blood vessels. There couldn't be any mistakes at this moment, otherwise all the previous efforts would be wasted.
She held on to his ankles tightly, not letting up at all.
Xiao Changheng looked at the girl in front of him who was half-kneeling at his feet, her forehead and nose covered with fine beads of sweat, and her lips were much paler than before the acupuncture. He suddenly felt that the stabbing pain that penetrated into his bone marrow was nothing.
For the first time, he felt something other than pain below his calves: the warmth of her hands, which burned his heart.
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