Although the original owner's appearance was indeed attractive to men, Jiang Bai's current appearance is even more attractive! Jiang Bai would never develop any feelings for her just because of the original owner's looks.
Chu Nian was puzzled, but she felt that Jiang Bai didn't mean any harm. Since he didn't say anything, she was too lazy to ask. What if she asked too much, knew too much, and became too worried?
Perhaps because she had truly experienced life and death, in her view, it was good enough that everyone lived in peace and quiet; nothing else mattered.
Jiang Bai suggested, "Let me show you around the Xuan Yuan Sect before we go back!"
Chu Nian sensed a hint of hope in his eyes when he said this, like a child who had just finished an invention and wanted to present it to his parents, hoping for their praise.
She nodded and said, "Okay."
Jiang Bai waved and summoned Bai Ze.
Chu Nian was furious when she saw it, and pointed at its nose angrily, "Did you deliberately fart to stink me up and force me to open the barrier?"
Bai Ze hurriedly said, "It wasn't me, it was Jiang Bai who forced me through telepathy..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Jiang Bai was startled and quickly rushed over to cover its mouth tightly with his hand.
Bai Ze was suffocated by Jiang Bai's suffocation and struggled desperately for a long time before finally breaking free.
Jiang Bai looked at Chu Nian, coughed lightly, and then gave two dry laughs, his face turning red to the roots of his ears again.
Chu Nian thought the human and the beast were a pair of clowns, and said with a bit of helplessness, "Let's go!"
This time, Jiang Bai altered Chu Nian's token settings, making it visible to others, but invisible to them. The two rode on Bai Ze's back and wandered around the vast Xuan Yuan Sect.
The Xuan Yuan Sect occupies a vast expanse of lush, verdant mountains, with pavilions and terraces visible intermittently amidst the endless mountain ranges. Chu Nian also saw more than one sea of flowers, which she felt somewhat resembled the divine flower sea she had seen before.
With Bai Ze, a mythical beast with incredible speed, Xuan Yuan Gate, despite its vast area and numerous attractions, didn't take too long to explore.
Three days later, after receiving Chu Nian's heartfelt praise for the many sights of Xuan Yuan Sect, Jiang Bai ordered Bai Ze to carry them back to Xuan Wei Kingdom with satisfaction.
Chu Nian returned to the palace late at night.
Wen Wan and the young emperor were both by her "sickbed," drowsy and half asleep.
Chu Nian reached out and gently woke Wen Wan.
Wen Wan's face lit up with surprise when she saw her. Chu Nian gestured for her to be quiet, and the two women left the bedchamber and went outside.
"Your Majesty, you're finally back," Wenwan said. "Do you know how worried the Emperor was when he learned of your illness? He stayed by your bedside day and night, and I was terrified that one day he'd find out the person lying in bed was a dummy." It seemed she was unaware of the young Emperor's secret nighttime intrusion into the Cining Palace to feed the Empress Dowager water. Jiang Bai is truly a reliable man!
Chu Nian said, "The Grand Tutor and I have been out of the capital these past few days. There haven't been any major changes in the Emperor's administration or the court, have there?"
Wen Wan said in surprise, "Grand Tutor? The Grand Tutor has always been here and has never left the capital. Your Majesty, you can rest assured that with him here, the court and His Majesty are both safe and sound."
Chu Nian stared at her for a while, and felt that she didn't seem to be lying. If the Grand Tutor hadn't left the capital, then who was the Jiang Bai she met at Xuan Yuan Sect?
It's impossible that Jiang Bai also made a paper puppet just like his and placed it in the capital.
Because the paper puppets created through magic become stiff in movement and expression when the real person is far away, and can only be programmed with a few simple actions, they cannot move freely like a real person. That's why Chu Nian kept the Empress Dowager in bed for several days, refusing to see any outside guests.
Since Jiang Bai was attending court normally in the capital, he definitely wasn't using paper puppet magic.
"I'm leaving for a while, but I'll be back before dawn. You go and continue to watch over the dummy by the bedside," Chu Nian instructed.
Wen Wan asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, you've just returned, why are you leaving the palace again?"
Chu Nian gave a faint "Mmm" and said, "Don't worry, I'll be back before dawn." Then she left.
She went to the Grand Tutor's residence and sneaked into Jiang Bai's bedroom, where she found him fast asleep in bed. She was even a little unsure if the Jiang Bai who had just parted ways with her at the palace gate was the same person.
There can't possibly be two identical Jiang Bais on the Xuanwei Continent. Could it be that Jiang Bai has a clone? Or is it that one of the two Jiang Bais in the capital and the Xuanyuan Sect is a fake?
Furthermore, why are there several places within the Xuan Yuan Sect that resemble the Sea of Divine Flowers so much? Even more concerning, according to Bai Ze, Jiang Bai possesses a Void within his body. If Jiang Bai and Chen Zhao share the same core, then this Void is very likely the kind of Soul Void that can follow a soul through reincarnation and time travel.
Having witnessed both the Ruins of Souls and the Sea of Divine Flowers... there aren't many people who meet these criteria!
Chu Nian thought of someone. But after staring at Jiang Bai for a long time, she felt it was impossible; their personalities were too different, they didn't seem like the same person at all.
Perhaps she was overthinking it. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that the Xuan Yuan Sect planted so many flowers similar to those in the Sea of Divine Flowers; and since there are methods to cultivate the Soul Ruins, this characteristic cannot be used to identify a person.
Thinking of this, she suppressed her doubts and turned to return to the palace. Suddenly, she heard Jiang Bai's voice from the bed behind her: "Empress Dowager, why did you sneak into my bedroom so late? Did you just want to see my handsome face?"
That's so irritating! But when Chu Nian turned to look at Jiang Bai, who had changed from lying flat to lying on his side on the bed and was looking at her leisurely and somewhat languidly, she raised a gentle smile and asked, "I came here to ask you, I heard that you have been in the capital these past few days since I returned to the palace and have not left. What's going on?"
Jiang Bai said, "Is this so hard to understand? I left a clone in the capital."
Chu Nian: "Your Xuan Qi can already condense into an avatar? What level of Xuan Qi are you?" As Jiang Bai said, Xuan Qi is an energy between internal force and spiritual force. It is not easy for it to condense into an avatar like high-level spiritual force.
In any case, even Saint-level profound energy cannot condense a clone.
Jiang Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Uh, I don't know either."
Chu Nian unleashed her full mental power, scanning Jiang Bai several times, but she couldn't gauge his true strength. Due to the limitations of her physical body, the mental power she could currently utilize was also very limited, which was truly a headache.
Jiang Bai suddenly got out of bed and strode over to Chu Nian. Because he was much taller than Chu Nian, he looked down at her and said, "Nian Nian, do you want to find out my strength?"
Chu Nian: "You know perfectly well why you ask?"
Jiang Bai: "To be honest, I really don't know how strong I really am."
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