Chapter 133: The Battle Between Heaven and Man [Seeking Monthly Tickets]
Li Li, however, thought that Shen Tang was saying that she was overestimating herself, so she shook out her wrung-out clothes and put them back on: "What you say is true, my lord."
After saying that, he got up and made a move to leave.
Shen Tang interrupted, "Li Li, wait a minute—"
"Does my lord have any other instructions?" Li Li asked humbly and respectfully, but his expression betrayed his true feelings.
"You really want martial arts courage?"
Tanuki found it all quite amusing.
"My lord, I remember my wife saying that problems that cannot be fulfilled are meaningless. My answer is very important, isn't it?"
How could he not want his own martial arts courage?
Who wouldn't want to seize the opportunity to change their destiny?
But he doesn't deserve it, that's all.
Shen Tang seemed oblivious to the sarcasm in his words, and said solemnly and seriously, "Very important, extremely important."
Seeing her like this, Lili was both angry and annoyed, and when her temper flared up, she started to take it seriously: "If you want it, you can pay any price."
"Any price?" Shen Tang asked with a hint of amusement.
Tanuki hesitated for a moment, then added with a pursed lip.
"Any price is acceptable except for the lady."
Having said all that, Li Li no longer wanted to stay here. But then Shen Tang surprised everyone with her words. In a tone as casual as if she were discussing the weather, she said, "What do I need your wife for? The price isn't that high. You just need to offer your loyalty, to be loyal from the bottom of your heart, and I might—truly make your wish come true."
Li Li's gaze sharpened slightly, his aura becoming unpredictable, a half-smile playing on his lips: "Loyalty? You? My lord, have you forgotten that I am now the servant you bought, and it is only right that I be loyal to you?"
"It's late and I'm tired, my lord, you should go to sleep early."
He deliberately emphasized the word "loyalty," seemingly expressing his loyalty, but actually speaking in a sarcastic tone. In fact, he didn't have a bad impression of Shen Tang; he was young, promising, and strong. But what Shen Tang had just said really hit a nerve, so it would be strange if Li Li gave him a pleasant look.
Shen Tang, however, did not care about his rudeness.
How will you know it won't work if you don't try?
Lili paused for a moment, then strode forward again, passing Shen Tang and disappearing into the woods. After a rustling sound, only Shen Tang remained by the stream.
She stood there for a while, bored and lost in thought—tsk, these days nobody believes the truth.
"It won't hurt to try it..."
Shen Tang's fingers traced the seal script characters "Nine Ranks, Lowest" on the side of Wenxin's monogram. Her surface appeared calm, but beneath lay a deep, turbulent undercurrent. She always remembered one thing—
Her monogram has no words on the side.
No, to be precise, there are no grades.
For months, one question had been troubling her.
Was it a bug caused by her being a time traveler that resulted in the absence of words in the Wenxin Huaya, or is the absence of words a certain grade?
Qi Shan is no ordinary person; he harbors a deep grudge and has a very clear purpose. So why would he slow down his pace and let her take advantage of him for free? It's truly baffling.
However, she wasn't completely clueless.
Shen Tang lowered her eyelids and looked at her reflection in the stream.
When she first met Qi Shan, she tentatively asked if she could disguise the literary monogram as "the highest rank of the first class." Qi Shan's answer was ambiguous and vague. He neither answered yes nor no, but instead stated that "the highest rank of the first class" was a noble title, a nominal one, which only feudal lords could possess.
She had some doubts then, but considering her own safety and her complete ignorance of the world, she decided it was better to wait for the truth than to act rashly and alert the enemy. So she pretended not to know anything and didn't bother to investigate further.
Whether it's the lowest of the ninth rank or the highest of the first rank.
It didn't make much difference to her.
She wasn't just a passive, lazy bum. Qi Shan and Chu Yao were observing her, but she was also secretly observing them.
Details reveal a person's character; a glimpse of a spot reveals the whole leopard.
Over time, Shen Tang gradually realized that they had no ill intentions towards her, and even "needed something from her".
Because she has a secret—a secret that even Shen Tang herself doesn't know, but they do!
Ironically, this actually made Shen Tang secretly relieved. Compared to unfounded goodwill, having ulterior motives made her feel more at ease; shared interests made them allies.
Even now, she has some doubts about the so-called "secret".
In the afternoon, they were chatting about how literary and martial talents could help people cultivate both literary and martial spirit. In the evening, Lin Feng told her that she could store "spiritual energy of heaven and earth" in her female body and had the potential to cultivate literary spirit... Although the two things had no causal relationship, they shared the same key condition.
National Seal!
There is a necessary condition for obtaining the highest-ranking literary talent: the Imperial Seal!
Following this conjecture, Qi Shan's puzzling, evasive, and seemingly cover-up remarks all seem to have been explained.
Holding the crystal-clear monogram in his palm, Shen Tang gazed at it for a long time, then clenched his fist. His knuckles turned white from the force, and his palm was marked by the sharp edges of the monogram, yet the monogram remained unchanged.
"If what I guessed is true..."
Although there were speculations, the evidence was insufficient, so they tested Tanuki's strength.
If Li Li could also come into contact with the "Qi of Heaven and Earth" with the blessing of martial luck and successfully cross that threshold, then her possession of the "Imperial Seal" would be a sure thing.
only--
Can anyone tell her where the Imperial Seal is?
Why does she have the national seal?
What secrets does this body hold?
"What a hassle!"
Shen Tang bent down, picked up a pebble, and casually tossed it into the water. Watching it splash and disappear, she plopped down, wanting to jump in like Li Li and vent her frustration. But considering there were no hair dryers in this world, and her hair would take forever to dry, she abandoned the idea.
"Drawing a sword to cut water... Damn it, can't I even recite a poem to indulge in some refined taste?" She'd only managed four words when her literary energy in her dantian rapidly depleted, forcing Shen Tang to shut up. This world was just too unfriendly to talkative people. She spent half an hour skipping stones on the water, frustrated, before finally calming herself down.
Before she truly controlled Wenxin, she could lose half her life just by reciting a poem expressing her feelings of spring and autumn. It was truly infuriating!
Shen Tang cursed under his breath.
Just as she was about to get up and go back to sleep, she caught a glimpse of the stream rushing downstream, and a strong thought uncontrollably crept into her mind—should she run away tonight? Qi Bushan's two schemes clearly exceeded the expectations of a typical homebody.
She had just lifted her foot but before it even touched the ground, she pulled it back.
No, no—
If they run away now, what will happen to the others?
She's a homebody, not a lazy bum, so what trouble is there to be afraid of?
She still had the Imperial Seal on her, a bound orange-tier artifact that only drops upon death. Having such an orange-tier weapon was useless anywhere. Thinking of Chu Wuhui, Qi Bushan, Xiao Linfeng, and the dozens of people she bought that afternoon…
Shen Tang's feet seemed to have taken root, and she could no longer move. At this moment, she suddenly understood what Qi Bushan meant by "carrying".
After a while, she decided to go back to sleep.
Turning around, he saw a familiar young man standing not far ahead. His long hair, which had been tied up in a crown during the day, was now loosely draped over his shoulders, and he wore a dark cloak. He stood there quietly.
Who else could it be but Qi Shan?
Shen Tang felt a chill run down her spine.
"Yuan Liang?"
Are you trying to scare a ghost in the middle of the night?
Qi Shan smiled kindly and gently: "Why isn't Youli asleep?"
Upon hearing the words "young pear," Shen Tang instinctively straightened her back.
(End of this chapter)
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