Chapter 636: Something has happened in the capital, return quickly!
By the time the two men returned to the palace in the Valley of Exotic Beasts refreshed, three days had passed since the incident.
Yun Qingqing was riding a sword with Xiao Changheng, and from a distance they saw two people kneeling in front of the palace where they were staying temporarily. They were Ji Yu and the love beast Huan Ying who was still tied up like a dumpling.
Yun Qingqing landed in front of the hall, and Ji Yu and the other person kowtowed immediately.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at the two of them:
"You have been kneeling here for three days?"
"Master Beast Master..." Ji Yu glanced at Yun Qingqing cautiously, "This matter was my idea alone. Huan Ying was just following orders. Please let her go, Master Beast Master. I will leave her to you to decide."
Huanying's face was pale and trembling, but she still said hurriedly: "Master Beast Master, you can see clearly that the king has no ill intentions..."
"No need to say more!" Ji Yu interrupted her and spoke up, "This matter is my responsibility. I should be solely responsible for it."
"Your Majesty..." Huanying bit her lip and looked like she was about to cry.
"Forget it," Yun Qingqing raised her hand and waved it, and the light ropes that bound Huanying's body immediately loosened and dissipated.
"It is your credit that my husband and I were able to resolve the misunderstanding. Please stand up and talk first."
Huanying had been tied up for three days and three nights, and the blood in her body had almost dried up. When she was tied up, her body immediately went limp and she fell down.
Ji Yu held her in his arms, a look of surprise on his face, and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir!"
"Don't be too happy too soon, you still have to be punished." Yun Qingqing said seriously, "Although the result of this accident is good, you shouldn't cross the line like this. The power of the love beast is against the sky. If it is not restrained, it will cause a big incident one day. Otherwise, why do you think the love beast clan disappeared in ancient times?"
Ji Yu and Huan Ying's expressions both changed.
Yun Qingqing looked serious:
"The Love-Saving Beasts are simple-minded. In ancient times, people often sought help from the Love-Saving Beasts, which was originally considered mutually beneficial. But later, some people had evil intentions and captured the Love-Saving Beasts and used them with evil magic to wantonly play with other people's feelings to achieve their own goals. The matter became more and more serious, and the evil cultivator who started the culprit angered a powerful person at the time, and finally he got burned and was killed. The Love-Saving Beasts were therefore regarded as evil beasts and suffered along with them."
“Evil beast…” Huanying’s face turned pale. “Master Beast Master, please spare my life. I… I really have never done anything bad…”
Yun Qingqing looked at her:
"I won't blame you for something you haven't done. I tell you this to let you know that abilities themselves are neither good nor evil. It all depends on how people use them. Your abilities are enough to change the life trajectories of others, but you must be extremely careful and never impose them on others without authorization. Otherwise, something will go wrong sooner or later, and you may not be so lucky next time."
"I...I understand." Huanying bowed her head deeply, "I will follow your instructions."
Yun Qingqing nodded, took out a waist badge and handed it to Ji Yu:
"I have left an entrance and exit for the barrier. You can pass through with this sign. Send someone to the Seven Stars Hall to borrow the books from Section E on the third floor of the library and copy them all. This is the punishment."
"Ah?" Ji Yu was a little confused after taking the badge.
There is so much information in what Master Beast said.
The spiritual beasts in the Valley of Strange Beasts have never been able to enter or leave the barrier on their own. Can this problem be solved by holding this sign?
And the Seven Star Palace... does it also listen to the Lord Beast Master?
However, what puzzled Ji Yu the most was the punishment.
“Copying a book…?”
This is the first time I’ve heard of people being punished by copying books.
"What? Do you think the punishment is too light?" Yun Qingqing glanced at her with a smile in her eyes.
These books were not chosen randomly, she had her own intentions.
"No, no, no, no! I'll send someone to borrow the book right now." Ji Yu was startled and wanted to run away quickly by pulling Huanying.
Yun Qingqing curled her lips slightly and said behind her:
"I have completed my business on this trip, and it is time for me to leave."
Ji Yu suddenly stopped and looked back at her, his eyes full of reluctance:
"Are you leaving now? We just welcomed you back..."
Yun Qingqing nodded and smiled calmly:
"The barrier is now accessible. If you have any problems in the future, you can always come to Tianming Pavilion in the Imperial Capital to find me."
Ji Yu bit his lips lightly and walked back to her:
"Then... I'll take you there."
"Okay, I still have to go to Changliu Mountain to say goodbye to Feng Yin, you just need to take me to the exit of the barrier." Yun Qingqing said.
Ji Yu brought a group of spirit beasts to see them off reluctantly.
The two men came out of the barrier and watched as the entrance to the barrier behind them closed. The scene inside was completely blocked off, and only a forest could be seen from the outside world.
As she stepped out of the barrier, Yun Qingqing had already noticed the concentration of spiritual energy plummeting, and she couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing her sigh, Xiao Changheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke:
"Has the air from the outside world always been so turbid?"
Yun Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at him:
"Can you feel the spiritual energy?"
If he had not been able to sense the difference in spiritual energy concentration between inside and outside the barrier, he would never have said that the air outside was turbid.
Xiao Changheng paused, thinking:
"So... the spiritual energy inside the barrier is there... So it's because the spiritual energy outside is much thinner than that inside the barrier that it appears turbid?"
Yun Qingqing's spiritual eyes immediately lit up, and she looked him up and down, then she held his pulse and checked it.
"...What's wrong?" Xiao Changheng was confused.
The joy on Yun Qingqing's face turned into confusion.
"That's strange... your bones haven't recovered, so why can you feel the spiritual energy?"
“……” Xiao Changheng knew nothing about this and could only remain silent.
Yun Qingqing suddenly remembered the seed that entered his body. Her eyes flashed with a clear light, and she looked at Xiao Changheng again from head to toe.
Still nothing was found. The seed seemed to have disappeared completely, without any trace.
The only thing that changed was Xiao Changheng's luck, which became increasingly purer and richer.
"Is there a problem?"
Seeing that she had been silent and her expression was unpredictable, Xiao Changheng felt uneasy and asked in a low voice.
"No."
Yun Qingqing let go of his wrist, exhaled slowly, and spoke carefully:
"It's always a good thing that you can sense spiritual energy. Observe for a while. If there is anything unusual, you must tell me in time."
Xiao Changheng nodded.
Yun Qingqing hadn't said another word yet. If there was nothing unusual after observing for a while, she could use the Phoenix Feather to help Xiao Changheng rebuild his spiritual roots.
However, he objected extremely strongly last time, so there was no need to bring it up again and cause an argument.
On the other hand, Yun Qingqing gained a huge amount of willpower during this trip to the Valley of Exotic Beasts. If nothing unexpected happens, she will soon have another breakthrough. When her realm leaps forward again, she will be able to find a way to reduce the backlash of severing the Phoenix Feathers Contract. It will not be too late to bring up this matter then.
The two came to the main hall of Changliu Mountain to say goodbye. Master Songhe and several elders wanted to keep her for a few more days:
"Master, why are you in such a hurry to return to the Imperial Capital? Why don't you stay here for a few more days and teach us how to entertain you to thank you for your great kindness?"
Yun Qingqing shook her head:
"I do have some things to deal with soon. I will leave after sending my husband back to the capital. I won't bother you any more."
After hearing what she said, the people in Changliu Mountain had no choice but to give up.
Xiao Changheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly pulled Yun Qingqing's sleeve:
"Where are you going? Without me?"
"Uh... this..."
Yun Qingqing was thinking about how to convince him to go back to Dijing and wait when she suddenly noticed that the small mirror in the space of the Lingyu ring that was used for communication with the underworld had moved.
She took out the mirror and looked at it, her expression suddenly changed.
There were only a few words written on it:
"Something has happened in the Imperial Capital, return quickly!"
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