"Wait, whose illegitimate daughter am I?" Mu Run was holding a rag and was about to wipe her feet when she heard his words, so she stopped wiping her feet.
Seeing that she seemed completely unaware, Shi Xuan realized it didn't seem fake; she must have genuinely lost her memory.
"That night, I had a stomachache and ran to the outhouse. Halfway there, I felt so uncomfortable that I squatted down in a corner to rest. I overheard people talking outside the wall. One of the voices was yours, and the other was a man who sounded like he was in his twenties. He addressed you as Your Highness and mentioned that your identity needed to be kept hidden for a while longer."
"A man?" Mu Run frowned. "I can't remember. Can you tell me the characteristics of his voice, or can you imitate it and see if I can remember?"
Shi Xuan thought for a moment, then spoke in a completely unfamiliar voice, somewhat hoarse and high-pitched, yet highly recognizable, "His Majesty said that Your Highness's identity cannot be announced to the world for the time being; it will be revealed on the day of the spiritual root test. Also, who knows that Your Highness possesses a spiritual root?"
"Spiritual roots!" Mu Run was shocked. "You mean spiritual roots?"
Shi Xuan: "Hmm. Later, when the night watchman came, you stopped talking. You probably left the outer wall."
"Spiritual root test..." In Mu Run's memory, someone he hadn't thought of for a long time appeared—Feng Que.
His voice tightened involuntarily, "Is this... the Zhen Continent?!"
Shi Xuan looked at Mu Run, not answering immediately, until he saw her eyes were hazy and her thoughts wandering, before saying, "This isn't the Zhen Continent. This is a mortal continent affiliated with the Zhen Continent. The Zhen Continent has many such continents; we call this Yingyue Continent. Every three or five years, people from the Zhen Continent come to select disciples with exceptional spiritual roots or talent and potential through spiritual root tests. Speaking of which, the cultivators from the Zhen Continent will be arriving in two months. In fact, cultivators are gradually appearing in the capital."
Mu Run was certain: she had been reborn in the same place, back in the world of the Zhen Continent. And she had even arrived via the Bridge of Fate… Was Fu Yunchen here too?!
The chaotic spiritual land at the bottom of the South China Sea still contains the bodies of Feng Que and Yun Chen. If Fu Yunchen were to arrive, would he be reborn within Yun Chen's body?
"Where is the South China Sea?" Mu Run asked Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan's eyes flashed, and he denied it, saying, "I don't know."
"How can I go to the Zhen Continent?"
"Pass the spiritual root test and leave with those cultivators. Or, sneak across the border."
"Smuggling!" Mu Run's eyes lit up. "How do we smuggle ourselves in?"
"Well... I've only heard about it, I'll need to find out more details."
"Okay, thank you for your help." Mu Run said excitedly.
Shi Xuan picked up her foot-washing water and poured it into the yard. "Don't you have spiritual roots? Why don't you wait for the test and go with the cultivators?"
Mu Run glanced at her back, where she had been cleaved open. She hadn't known before why Xiao Su had suffered such a cruel death, but now she understood.
It was Xiao Su's spiritual root that was stolen!
Spiritual roots can be possessed, although the conditions for possession are quite strict. However, based on the spiritual root clue, she will definitely be able to find the real culprit.
"I'm not really sure if I have it or not. If I don't have spiritual roots, wouldn't I need to smuggle myself in?"
"But you are a princess. Even if you were an ordinary person, it shouldn't be difficult for you to go to the Zhen Continent."
"Do you think that if I didn't have spiritual roots, that high and mighty one would still acknowledge me as an illegitimate daughter?"
"..."
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