The bullet struck the ground and exploded, its burst of energy not only forcing Zhang Xiaohai back but also sending up plumes of smoke.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Baili Xi channeled all her profound energy, transformed into a gust of wind, and leaped onto the courtyard wall, intending to escape far away. Unexpectedly, she suddenly felt a tightness around her body, as she was bound by an invisible force. Then, that invisible force pulled her down hard, and she was dragged off the wall, falling flat on her back.
As she lay down, she saw Chu Nian approaching with a faint smile. Chu Nian waved his hand, dispelling the invisible Xuan Qi that had bound her, and asked, "Where are you going, sister?"
Baili Xi was stunned: The one who pulled her down was... Baili Nian?! How could this be? She had never cultivated Xuan Qi at all?
Baili Xi couldn't believe it was true. It was one thing for the Grand Tutor to be a hidden master of Xuan Qi, but how could Baili Nian, who had grown up under her nose since childhood and whom she and her mother had guarded against so carefully, also be a master of Xuan Qi?
They were all masters whose cultivation levels were so high that they could subdue them with a single move!
How could she, who always boasted of being a master in front of Baili Nian, possibly bear this?
As they spoke, the guards, led by Zhang Xiaohai, had already defeated the remaining Xuan Masters.
"Baili Nian, don't be so smug. The entire palace is now surrounded by our Jixuan Sect." Baili Xi finally calmed down. Knowing that the situation was hopeless, she still shouted angrily, "Do you think any of those guards can be a match for those high-level Xuan Masters of the Jixuan Sect?"
Jiang Bai gave a cold laugh and said, "Is Lady Weiwu talking nonsense? Your Jixuan Sect has already been wiped out."
Baili Xi felt as if she had been struck by lightning upon hearing this, and she simply could not believe Jiang Bai's words.
She was stunned for a long time before bursting into laughter and said, "Jiang Bai, I admit that I didn't see your abilities before, and I didn't expect you to be so powerful, but do you think our Extreme Profound Sect can be destroyed so easily?"
Jiang Bai's face remained cold as he said, "Hmm, your Ji Xuan Sect, I can destroy it just like that! Not only is the Ji Xuan Sect destroyed, but the Tai Xuan Sect, where your husband Zhang Lie is, is also destroyed. From now on, there will be no more Tai Xuan and Ji Xuan Sects on this Xuanwei Continent. Guards, give them the Waste Xuan Pills and take them to the Heavenly Prison to await His Majesty's interrogation and punishment."
"A...a waste pill?" Baili Xi exclaimed in shock. "Isn't this the legendary pill that only the Xuan Yuan Sect possesses?"
Jiang Bai stared coldly at her and said, "The Xuan Yuan Sect is not just a legend."
Zhang Xiaohai quickly led the guards to feed Baili Xi and the group of Xuan Masters the Waste Xuan Pill.
"Jiang Bai, who exactly are you?" Baili Xi asked angrily.
After being fed the Depleted Profound Pill, she did not feel any discomfort in her body. She only felt that the Profound Qi in her dantian was rapidly dissipating. In the end, all the Profound Qi was gone, and her dantian could no longer store Profound Qi, just like Zhang Lie now.
The young emperor had long admired Jiang Bai's extraordinary abilities and understood that Jiang Bai was no ordinary scholar. As for his mother's intervention to subdue Baili Xi, he subjectively believed that Baili Xi had been half-crippled by Zhang Xiaohai before his mother could subdue her: it was impossible for him to be the only one with weak Xuan Qi here!
Hearing Baili Xi ask this, he blinked his starry eyes and looked at Jiang Bai curiously.
Jiang Bai hadn't intended to answer Baili Xi, but seeing the young emperor looking at him eagerly, he casually said, "Sect Master of Xuan Yuan Sect."
Baili Xi blurted out, "That's impossible. My master said that his grandmaster said that since the founding of Xuan Yuan Sect, the sect leader has never changed, and if he were still alive, he would be thousands of years old..."
Jiang Bai coldly interrupted her: "Indeed, I don't look like someone who is thousands of years old, so it's no wonder you don't believe me."
The young emperor exclaimed in shock, "Grand...Grand Tutor, you've...lived for thousands of years?!"
Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow helplessly, his expression darkening slightly. Chu Nian chuckled inwardly: Could age really be a problem for him? He'd already lived for thousands of years before he transmigrated!
He probably noticed that although Chu Nian's eyes held a smile, there was also a hint of doubt, so he wanted to explain, saying, "There was a problem in the middle, and originally I didn't want to..."
The conversation abruptly ended there, as if the speaker didn't know how to continue: "Sigh, it's all Bai Ze's fault. He simply couldn't control the time of the destination he was traveling to."
Chu Nian asked, puzzled, "What don't you want?"
Jiang Bai thought for a moment, then focused on Chu Nian and secretly transmitted his voice, earnestly replying to Chu Nian: "I didn't want to go back thousands of years, but Bai Ze's actions are really unreliable."
Chu Nian seemed to realize something and said, "Was it Bai Ze who brought you through time?"
Jiang Bai: "Yes. But there's a problem with the timing."
Chu Nian: "Do you want to travel directly to this era?"
Could it be that Jiang Bai could actually detect the time and space she traveled to? That's really strange, even she herself has no idea which time and space she will travel to in the future.
Thinking of this, she asked, "Did you know that I was going to travel to this world and appear in this time period?"
Jiang Bai was taken aback and said, "No." He then glanced at the young emperor.
Chu Nian suddenly realized and said, "You came for the young emperor?!"
That's good. Now that the little emperor is around to bother him, he'll have much less time to bother me.
Jiang Bai's face was filled with pain as he asked, "Why did you seem relieved when you learned that I came for him?"
Chu Nian: "No, you're overthinking it."
Jiang Bai smiled sadly and said, "Has my liking for you caused you a lot of trouble?"
Chu Nian said frankly, "I think you and the little emperor are the true love."
Jiang Bai smiled sadly again.
Zhang Xiaohai had already led the guards to bind the group of crippled Xuan Masters and escort them back to the Heavenly Prison. The Emperor noticed that Chu Nian and Jiang Bai were secretly talking to each other. There was no sound, and their mouths didn't even move, but he could keenly sense that they were having a secret conversation.
The emperor frowned at Chu Nian and asked, "Mother, did you already know that Grand Tutor Jiang was the leader of the Xuan Yuan Sect?"
Chu Nian responded calmly, "Mm."
The young emperor said angrily, "So, you and the Grand Tutor only kept this from me?!"
Chu Nian: "How could you be the only one who kept it from me? Wen Wan didn't know either, nor did the court officials. In fact, I'm the only one around you who knows about this."
The young emperor was even angrier and roared, "Why? I am closer to the Grand Tutor than to me. Why did I only find out about this now, even though you knew it all along? Grand Tutor, tell me honestly, in your heart, who is closer to you, me or the Empress Dowager?" The last sentence was a question to Jiang Bai.
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