Chapter 216 Mysterious Return to the Palace
"Huh? This is...is it really Lord Xuanfeng who has rebelled?"
"Oh dear! Why does Mother Yi look like this?"
"Lord Xuanfeng actually fought with Lord Zeyuan? Is this to reclaim the Wuji Dao Sect?"
"This is truly unacceptable! How can the Heavenly Emperor be so rebellious!"
Rumors and whispers fell among the crowd, quickly spreading into a web that accused everyone of "Xuan Feng kidnapping Yi's mother and colluding with Su Yuyao to rebel."
Xuanfeng didn't care whether others said he was a rebel. He only cared about one thing: if Sa Yuchen wasn't the son of Sa Han and his wife... then judging from the timeline, he wouldn't be mine... Could it be...?
"Please excuse my poor performance!" Mother Yi said slowly with a smile. "As you can see, my children have all grown up and each has their own unique abilities. I've been thinking that it's time for them to take on their respective responsibilities."
"Your Majesty!" Hongzhu interrupted Yi Mu without any politeness, puffed out her chest and walked into the hall. She glanced at the outside of the hall with a smirk, then looked at Yi Mu with a cold gaze and said loudly, "If it were before, you would have had some weight to say these words! But now, look at this hall, inside and outside, do you still have the right to speak?"
As soon as he finished speaking, an uproar erupted outside the hall. Everyone was even more surprised than if they had known that Xuanfeng had rebelled.
With a smile on her face, Yi Mu stared at Hongzhu and said slowly, "Hongzhu, you are just a maid. Do you have any right to speak in this Tianyi Palace?"
Another uproar erupted outside the hall!
Hongzhu smiled smugly and said, "Although she is a maiden, she is a maiden of the virtuous Heavenly Lord! And she is the maiden who gave birth to a son for the virtuous Heavenly Lord!"
A huge uproar erupted outside the hall!
Yi's mother raised her eyelids contemptuously, "So what? You think you can sow discord between those two brothers? You think you can incite Zeyuan to rebel against his own mother? You think you can lead a rebellion?"
Her mother's voice was soft, but it carried very clearly outside the palace.
The area outside the hall gradually quieted down.
“Mother!” Ze Yuan cried out, “My elder brother has been secretly training his own army on the Immortal Mountain all along, plotting something sinister! Father was already aware of this, and he and Rui Xinjun worked together to eliminate the threat, but they were framed by Su Yuyao and their fate remains unknown! Now, you are blaming your children without distinguishing right from wrong? How can you expect all living beings in this world to regard the majesty of the Heavenly Palace!”
Inside and outside the hall, all was silent.
Yi Mu's smile had faded. She looked coldly at the eloquent Ze Yuan and said slowly, "Ze Yuan, do you have any evidence that Xuan Feng is secretly training troops?"
"Yes!" Ze Yuan said with a silly grin, "Lei Ming and Lu Chang are the two military generals he trained!"
Where are they?
"On the Immortal Mountain! The two men Father and Ruixin went to besiege were the ones!"
Mother Yi continued, "If these two are truly reactionary forces, then why has Xuanfeng been protecting my safety all this time?"
"Mother! My elder brother has bewitched you! He wants to control you so he can seize the entire Heavenly Palace!"
It was slightly noisy outside the hall.
"Empress Yi!" Hongzhu stepped forward and said, "You have been missing for so long, you might have been cursed by Lord Xuanfeng, who has long harbored ambitions to usurp the throne! We cannot let the Heavenly Palace fall into the hands of others! Now, the Heavenly Lord Youdao has an heir, who is fully qualified to inherit the Heavenly Palace! I urge Empress Yi to enjoy a long and peaceful life!"
There was a commotion outside the hall!
...
The gatekeeper of the Heavenly Gate wiped away the cold water droplets seeping from the Heart-Protecting Mirror, then looked at the Heavenly Palace shrouded in black mist. This was no longer the Heavenly Palace; it was almost an underwater world!
"Alas!" the door god sighed.
"Hey!" A clear and childlike voice rang out.
The door god hesitated for a moment, then turned around, looked at the misty road outside the Heavenly Gate, and shouted, "Who's there!"
"Hey!" A childish voice came from below.
The door god lowered his head and saw a round little head with two pigtails covered by a tridacna bead necklace, a pair of round blue eyes, a flat nose, and a small pout below the tip of the nose.
The door god unconsciously took two steps back, afraid of stepping on the chubby baby with the nose like a frog's. "Who are you?"
The chubby baby took two steps back, tilted his head back, and shouted loudly, "Mysterious!"
"Xuan...who?!" The door god snapped out of his daze, kneeling down on one knee with a thud. He carefully examined the chubby baby in front of him. Although it looked like a baby, it was dressed in clothes with tight sleeves and legs, a bone hanging from its waist, and a dried fish on its back. This attire was quite different from the style of the Heavenly Palace, but those blue eyes really matched!
The door god cleared his throat, bent down, and asked incredulously in a high-pitched voice, "You are... Xuanmiao?"
"Yes!" Xuanmiao nodded and answered decisively, "I've come to find my father!"
"Ah. Ah?! Ah..." The door god stared blankly at the empty space behind Xuanmiao. "Um... where's your mother?"
"My mother sent me!" Xuanmiao said as she rushed into the door.
The door god, watching Xuanmiao pop like a bean, was filled with worry. He held up a finger to stop Xuanmiao and hesitated before saying, "Um... Lord Xuanfeng... might be... a little troublesome..."
"Oh..." Xuanmiao lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head, blinked, and asked, "What is trouble?"
"Uh... this... um... where is your mother?" The door god looked into the misty distance again, his heart filled with anxiety. Could it be that something had happened to Miss Yao'er?
"What trouble?" Xuanmiao ignored the door god's worry and continued to ask.
"Uh... let's put it this way, your uncle, who is your father's brother, wanted to take your grandmother's place, so your father protected her..." The door god struggled to organize his thoughts, "and the result was... your uncle trapped your father and grandmother..."
"Oh! How many times have I gotten there!" Xuanmiao said with a serious expression, turning back to face the misty distance, her cheeks puffed out, "Woo-woo! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!"
"Buzz!" A chilling buzzing sound exploded in the air.
Xuanmiao frowned slightly, climbed up the door god's finger, and commanded, "Lead the way!"
"Oh, huh?" The door god looked down at the mysterious object on his fingertips. "Lead the way? Which way?"
Xuanmiao frowned, raised his eyelids, glared at the door god, and said, word by word, "Looking for Father!"
"Buzzing!" A buzzing sound suddenly arose!
The door god looked up in astonishment at the misty fog in the distance, which grew thicker and closer... My God! The door god was almost paralyzed by the sight before him.
This isn't just a misty fog! It's an insect fog formed by countless flying insects gathering together!
"Wow! Yo!" The mysterious voice was clear and melodious.
Not far away, black waves surged up from the ground, mingling with the insect mist, making it impossible to distinguish whether they were insects or insects!
Waves of various reptiles crashed towards Tianmen like waves!
We can't refuse to show you the way! These things are so annoying!
The door god gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, held Xuanmiao to his chest, stood up and strode towards the Tianyi Hall!
Xuanmiao stood in the palm of the door god, holding a bone in one hand and a breastplate in the other, calmly looking at the dilapidated heavenly palace.
"Ah!" Xuanmiao suddenly exclaimed.
The door god stopped and looked down at the doll in his hand. "What's wrong?"
Xuanmiao stared straight ahead, but slowly raised the bone and pointed it to the side. The door god looked in the direction the bone was pointing and saw several puddles of bubbling corpse mud.
"Oh, that's... mud!" The door god turned slightly to the side, afraid of startling the mysterious object in his hand.
Xuanmiao, unconvinced, slowly turned his head, staring at the mud bubbles gushing from the corpse mud, and suddenly puffed out his mouth, letting out a sharp sound, "Yo yo yo yo!"
"Oh!" The mysterious action startled the door god, who followed the mysterious gaze back to the corpse mud.
"Oh!" the door god exclaimed again.
What emerged from the churning corpse mud was not mud bubbles, but countless tiny four-legged fish, rushing towards his feet!
Suddenly, a wave of insects surged up from behind and crashed into the mud. All sorts of reptiles and four-legged fish instantly clashed together, making squeaking and tearing sounds!
"Yo yo yo yo!" the door god exclaimed in surprise.
Xuanmiao was unaffected by the door god's surprise. Instead, it occasionally emitted "yo-yo," "woo," and "oh-oh" sounds, directing the insects to devour a pile of newly hatched four-legged fish. Only after the last four-legged fish was completely eaten did Xuanmiao put down the bone and continue to survey what lay ahead.
Xuanmiao raised his hand and pointed to the moss-covered Heavenly Lake not far away, "Wow!"
Whoosh—buzz—!
The doorman felt a tingling, numbing sensation all over his body, and an electric-like itching in his calves. Looking down, he saw a reddish-brown centipede coiled around his leg, directing a swarm of dark insects towards the Heavenly Lake. He looked up, a piercing buzzing sound assaulting his ears, and a cloud of insect mist swept over him, rushing towards the Heavenly Lake…
A layer of cold sweat seeped from the protective mirror of the door god.
Xuanmiao watched the insect rush past and exclaimed with great satisfaction, "Oh my!"
The centipede on the door god's leg wiggled its tentacles and slid down...
Xuanmiao looked up at the door god whose face had turned green, and said in a childish voice, "Let's go!"
"Yes!" the doorman replied mechanically, taking a difficult step forward without daring to look to either side.
Xuanmiao kept observing its surroundings, methodically directing the swarm of insects to clean up the damp, musty smell and rotting carcasses.
Walking and stopping, stopping and walking, just as they were about to reach the Tianyi Hall, a dark figure suddenly darted out and blocked the door god's path.
"What are you doing?" the shadowy figure asked in a low voice.
"Yo! Lord Golden Moss Rat!" The door god raised his hand to cover Xuanmiao and said with a smile, "This humble servant is the Heavenly Gate Door God!"
The golden moss rat looked up at the door god, then at the thick fog behind him, and asked warily, "What are you doing?"
"This humble servant..." The door god rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "This humble servant is getting old and wants to retire and return to his hometown, but he doesn't know who to tell, so he came to ask."
The golden moss rat stared intently at the thick fog, its gaze growing increasingly sinister. It slightly opened its palm, revealing a dagger, which it gripped in its hand.
"Let's go!" the golden moss rat said coldly.
"Leave?" The gatekeeper glanced at Xuanmiao, who was clutching his chest protectively. Xuanmiao frowned and glared at the gatekeeper with displeasure. The gatekeeper swallowed hard. "Ah... I'm not leaving!"
Something's wrong! The golden moss rat frowned and flung its dagger toward the door god's chest!
Whoosh! A cloud of insect mist suddenly rushed towards the face of the golden moss mouse!
The golden moss rat couldn't see what it was. It only felt a sudden darkness before its eyes, so it quickly stopped and used its energy to blast outwards from its palm!
The insect fog suddenly dissipated, and the golden moss mouse could finally see that the gauze hat was covered with all kinds of flying insects of various sizes!
He was startled! Although he wasn't afraid, the sudden appearance of so many insects and ants made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Whoosh! The insect mist, which had dodged the Qi attack, regrouped and rushed towards the Golden Moss Rat.
The Golden Moss Rat tiptoed back a few steps, simultaneously channeling its Qi into the dagger. It opened its palm, aimed at the insect mist, and the dagger slowly spun in its palm before suddenly accelerating! The air was abruptly swirled into a vortex, and the insect mist was suddenly sucked into the vortex, turning into mud and being flung out!
"Chirp—!" A piercing, sharp sound assaulted the eardrums of the golden moss rat.
Amidst the insect mist, faint golden starlight gradually appeared, slowly gathering to form a graceful snake that coiled towards the door god.
"Chirp! Yo-yo-yo! Awooo—!" Xuanmiao, with its little belly sticking out and its little mouth pouting, chirped sharply towards the sky.
The door god stared wide-eyed at the mystery in his palm. Golden energy flowed from the sparse pigtails, and with a "poof," it transformed into a small golden spider, which clung to the top of the mystery's head.
What is this thing? Why does it look so familiar? The door god was pondering this when he saw Xuanmiao frown and insert the bone between the door god's fingers. Hmm? What is he doing?
Before the door god could even open his mouth to ask, he saw Xuanmiao suddenly press his body down onto the bones.
A soft crackling sound came from the fingertips of the door god.
"Huh?" The door god stared at the finger that Xuanmiao had pried out of shape with his bone. "Ouch! You little rascal..."
Xuanmiao slipped through the gaps between the door gods' fingers and landed right on the golden snake's head. The golden snake carried Xuanmiao as it spiraled into the air, slowly transforming into a giant ghost-faced spider, which appeared before the golden moss rat.
"Ouch!" The door god, ignoring the pain, rushed forward to protect Xuanmiao. "You child..."
Xuanmiao, riding the Ghost-Faced Spider, leaped and pounced on the Golden Moss Rat!
The little demon-faced spider stood on Xuanmiao's head, waving its chelicerae. Xuanmiao stood on the head of the big demon-faced spider, waving its bones. The big demon-faced spider pounced on the golden moss rat, slamming its chelicerae against the gauze hat again and again.
The golden moss rat neither retaliated nor resisted, but stared blankly at the tridacna shell bead necklace on Xuanmiao's head. This is an artifact from the South Sea... could this child be...?
"Yo—!" Seeing the Golden Moss Rat in a daze, Xuanmiao suddenly leaped up and smashed the bone down on the Golden Moss Rat's head!
"Yo yo yo yo yo!" The door god strode forward in a panic, stretching out his arms to catch the mysterious creature leaping into the air.
"Miss Yao'er is here?" the Golden Moss Rat asked in a low voice.
"I didn't see Miss Yao'er, only this child." The door god protectively held Xuanmiao to his chest again, took a few steps back, and said in a low voice, "But Lord Xuanfeng is still here, we can't touch this child!"
The golden moss rat frowned, then looked at the tridacna bead necklace on Xuanmiao's head, and thought for a moment before saying, "Tianyi Palace is too dangerous. You should take her with you."
The door god was taken aback, glancing towards the direction of the Heavenly Palace, where a chilling aura and murderous intent emanated! He instinctively tightened his protective grip on Xuanmiao, "Uh... then this humble servant will take the child away!"
"I'm not leaving!" Xuanmiao said in a childish voice, tapping on the door god's fingers. "Mother said, I'm looking for Father! She also said..."
Xuanmiao fluttered free from the door god's grasp, jumped to the ground, and solemnly pointed the bone at the golden moss rat, saying with a serious expression, "Whoever blocks the way, I'll blind them!"
The golden moss rat glanced at Xuanmiao, its heart filled with indescribable feelings. Was it guilt towards Su Yuyao? Or regret for the failed assassination mission? If it weren't for that mistake back then, perhaps this child wouldn't exist, or perhaps that mission was destined to fail!
Xuanmiao stared at the unmoved Golden Moss Rat, tried to analyze the current situation, then put away the bone, lifted his leg and darted out, heading towards Tianyi Palace.
"Huh?" The golden moss rat was quite surprised by Xuanmiao's actions. "You're not going to kill me?"
“You’re not blind anymore,” Xuanmiao shouted without turning his head, “because you’re not blocking my way now!”
"Huh?" The golden moss rat was both amused and exasperated. Just as it was about to give chase, it saw the dried fish behind Xuanmiao. Renshen?!
"Hahaha..." A girl's hearty laughter came from behind me.
The golden moss rat felt a chill run through his body, as if his fur had stood on end. He gripped his dagger tightly, turned around, and stabbed!
"Thud!" The dagger pierced into a soft, fluffy thing.
Su Yuyao?!
Golden Moss Rat's eyes widened instantly. His dagger was stuck in Su Yuyao's chest, and blood had soaked through her fur coat, flowing down the dagger and dripping onto Golden Moss Rat's toes!
"Why did you kill me?" Su Yuyao asked.
The golden moss rat's heart began to pound.
Su Yuyao stepped forward, pressed her face against the black veil of the golden moss rat, and whispered, "You... failed!"
The golden moss rat felt as if its throat was blocked. It knew it was an illusion, but looking at the illusory Su Yuyao before it, it still couldn't let go of the feeling...
The door gods, ignoring the golden moss rat bewitched by the illusion, scooped up Xuanmiao and ran towards the Heavenly Hall...
May Your Majesty enjoy a long and peaceful old age!
"May the Empress enjoy a long and peaceful life!"
May you enjoy a long and peaceful old age!
As Hongzhu listened to the growing commotion outside Tianyi Palace, a smug smile curled her lips. She glanced at Yi Mu and said in a chilling voice, "Yi Mu, did you hear that? These are the voices of everyone!"
Yi Mu rolled her eyes, raised her hand and gently scratched her earlobe with her little finger, then looked up at Jin Yu and asked calmly, "Jin Yu, if I were to hand over the Heavenly Palace to you, what would you do?"
Jin Yu paused, glanced at the haughty Hong Zhu, and lowered her head to say, "Mother, Ze Yuan has already assumed the responsibilities of the Heavenly Lord of the Righteous Way, and there is a successor, so it is only right that..."
"What should be the position of the Mother of Limitless?" Mother Yi interrupted Jin Yu and pressed for an answer.
"The position of Mother of Limitless is not something an ordinary person can hold, so..." Jin Yu glanced fearfully at Hong Zhu and lowered her voice, "If no one can take it on, then perhaps..."
"Why not just abandon it?" Mother Yi asked casually, picking up where Jin Yu left off.
Jin Yu's eyes flickered, and she lowered her head without saying a word.
"If the Mother of Limitless is abolished, the Path of Limitless will cease to exist. What will become of the World Origin? What will happen to your clansmen who remain in the Path of Limitless?" Mother Yi asked calmly.
"Just hand over the Heavenly Palace! You don't need to worry about anything else!" Hongzhu couldn't hold back any longer and hurriedly interrupted the conversation between Yi Mu and Jinyu.
Yi Mu paused slightly, then turned to Ze Yuan and asked, "Ze Yuan, the Wuji Dao is yours, and the people inside are also from the South Sea. Even if you can disregard Shi Yuan, do you not care about the lives of the South Sea people?"
Ze Yuan's heart stirred, and a hint of hesitation appeared in his eyes.
“Zeyuan, don’t forget, the South China Sea is your root!” Mother Yi said emotionally.
Ze Yuan's heart began to waver, but suddenly a black mist flashed across his eyes, and his soft heart hardened again. "Hmph! How can a person who is destined for great things be concerned with personal gains and losses!"
Seeing the sudden change in Ze Yuan's expression and attitude, Yi's mother's suspicions were confirmed. She slowly turned to Xuan Feng, hoping to get confirmation from him, but to her surprise, Xuan Feng was still frowning and struggling with his thoughts!
"Xuanfeng, what do you think we should do?" Mother Yi asked loudly.
Xuanfeng's eyes widened. He looked at Yi's mother, thought for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Hongzhu is the culprit. Hongzhu should be killed!"
Yi's mother's nostrils twitched slightly, "Xuanfeng..."
"Lord Xuanfeng!" Hongzhu interrupted loudly, "You are the son of a sinner! You also bear the grave crime of coercing Lady Yimu. Your reckless and nonsensical words here only add to your sins!"
As she spoke, she turned and shouted towards the outside of the hall, "Everyone! Have you seen this?! Lord Xuanfeng has been constantly bewitching Lady Yimu, causing her to lose her mind! The Heavenly Palace can no longer be controlled by Lord Xuanfeng; it must change hands to ensure the peace of the world!"
Xuanfeng slightly extended his palm, about to circulate his Qi, when he heard Yi Mu say, "Even if there is to be a change of ruler, it must be after I give the order that you can rightfully claim it! If you use radical methods, Heaven and Earth will not accept it, and all things will not believe in it. How can you then rule the world?!"
Xuanfeng looked at Yi's mother, and Yi's mother also glanced at Xuanfeng and shook her head slightly.
Bi Fang, watching the subtle interaction between Yi Mu and Xuan Feng, suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "Oh no! They're stalling for time!"
As he spoke, he spread his palm and released a ball of flame, instantly turning the Tianyi Hall into a scorching furnace!
Xuanfeng then spread his palm and unleashed a ball of Qi, which he then pushed fiercely towards Bifang. Bifang tried to block it with his hand, but he could not withstand the enormous Qi force and was knocked to the ground.
Upon seeing this, Ze Yuan leaped up and spewed out water vapor, which mingled with Bi Fang's hot vapor.
Sizzle—! Steam instantly billowed from Tianyi Hall!
Xuanfeng shuddered, released his Qi to protect himself, and charged into the steam with the Cicada Feather Sword in hand.
"Ah—!" Caught completely off guard, Jin Yu struggled in the scalding steam.
Unable to bear it, Yi's mother had Guiyue pull Jinyu inside the shield.
"Mother..." Jin Yu, her skin reddened by the steam, sobbed as she knelt on her mother's lap, "Thank you, Mother..."
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