"There's nothing to talk about, I don't know anything." Yaochi examined her fingernails again by the lamplight, her serious attitude making her seem like an examiner testing ancient nail-trimming techniques.
"What information is useful to me?" Li Changzhou turned and asked her.
A gust of cold wind blew in, causing Li Changzhou's long hair and wide robes to flutter, making him appear even more otherworldly against the backdrop of the window and heavy snow.
"Close the window!" The beautiful woman under the lamp glared at him.
Li Changzhou closed the window. The instant he closed it, he knew he had fallen into a trap. She told him to do one thing, and he did another. If this continued, he would get used to it.
But opening it now would seem too deliberate.
You can only blame yourself for having no dating experience. You fell for her seductive trap without even realizing it, huh? Does Yaochi have any dating experience? Even though I know she's a virgin, it doesn't mean she has no dating experience.
Yaochi, unaware of the young virgin's thoughts, said, "Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor has been blessed with the dragon vein, making him immune to all magic, including elixirs and cultivation methods."
"Even blood beads and jade pills are useless?" Li Changzhou frowned.
"The Jade Pill is definitely useless, but the Blood Bead might work."
"It seems we can only rely on these." Li Changzhou's gaze fell on the pills on the soft couch table. Aphrodisiac, aphrodisiac, aphrodisiac—these were just medicinal herbs, not pills.
"I'll go with you tomorrow."
"Um?"
“We are different from cultivators. Skills are skills, not magic.”
Li Changzhou was stunned for a moment.
Yaochi Meiyu's flawless face smiled meaningfully: "Tomorrow, let him ride on the auspicious cloud that only immortals have."
"I see! Good!" Li Changzhou smiled and clasped his hands together. "I'll use teleportation again, and I guarantee he'll be completely submissive."
"With the two of us working together, how could we possibly fail to handle this feudal emperor?" Yaochi said with a smile. "As long as we gain Jiajing's trust, no matter how the dragon vein is used, we will have the upper hand. This is probably why the Heavenly Emperor and Empress changed their identities and infiltrated the palace."
The sound of the night watchman's drum came from outside, and the room fell silent for a moment.
Yaochi's laughter became somewhat heart-pounding: "It's late, shall we rest?"
On this snowy night, her voice had a special tranquility.
"Okay, you rest, I'll go find Qinglan and my sister."
Two bottles of aphrodisiacs were tossed over.
"Get out! You pervert!"
......Um?
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Li Changzhou left Chaotian Palace and quietly departed the Forbidden City, drifting into the capital city of 1539 amidst the wind and snow.
Lights are on everywhere; I wonder how many people will be sleepless tonight.
After the snowfall, Li Changzhou called Li Qianxia over, and she and Yang Qinglan hid together in an uninhabited courtyard in the south of the city.
The southern part of the city was mostly occupied by the residences of officials, and the security environment was the best; generally, no one would suddenly come knocking on the door.
The three met and talked all night, sharing their identities, missions, and speculations about the mission.
Yang Qinglan is a descendant of the Gushe Mountain lineage; indeed, she is known in the martial arts world as the Goddess of Gushe.
Li Qianxia is Peng Nu, one of the Five Heavenly Lords of the Divine Cult. Rumor has it that she is in love with the Heavenly Emperor and is jealous of the Heavenly Empress. There are also rumors that Peng Nu is the Heavenly Emperor's younger sister.
The status of the Divine Sect was similar to that of the White Lotus Sect, the Fire Dwelling Sect, and the Lingbao Sect. They were all wanted criminals by the imperial court and were even worse off than the monks of this era. Therefore, the Heavenly Emperors, Empresses, and Rulers of each generation were all elusive and rarely appeared, and few people knew their true faces.
This is also why Li Changzhou and Yaochi were able to infiltrate the Forbidden City, and why there are rumors about Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia.
The three of them had the same mission, as did Yaochi: to transcend tribulation and become an immortal.
"Yaochi said that this is the Heavenly Tribulation." Li Changzhou relayed, "In ancient times, cultivators who wanted to become immortals had to overcome the 'Human Tribulation.' The tribulations were of various kinds, but in general, they were people of the same realm competing with each other. A group of outstanding individuals would fight each other, and only those who survived could become human immortals."
"Sister Yaochi is here too?" Li Qianxia exclaimed happily.
This mission is different from the past; it's not just about black cards and white cards. The four of them can work together.
With the four of them working together, Li Qianxia couldn't think of anyone who could be their match. If there was, there was nothing she could do; they really couldn't win. They had already gone all in.
"Based on her 'instinct'... is she a concubine?" Yang Qinglan asked.
"I guess so." Li Changzhou didn't dare to delve deeper into the topic, even though the allocation of identities had nothing to do with him.
"Where is the dragon vein? And how can one use the dragon vein to become an immortal?" Li Qianxia asked them while muttering to herself.
“The Jiajing Emperor is definitely the key,” Li Changzhou was also thinking about this. “I’ll stay in the palace, and you all will stay outside and try to gather intelligence. Recently, many cultivators have come to the capital, so you must be careful.”
"There are many experts in the palace, so you must be careful." Yang Qinglan's voice was gentle and pleasant as she looked at him.
Li Changzhou couldn't help but smile and nodded.
“The Heavenly Queen of the Divine Cult, along with the other four Heavenly Lords, have also arrived. If we can find them and get their help, our chances of success should be very high,” Li Qianxia pondered.
"The Empress?" Yang Qinglan's clear eyes flickered.
She had a good memory and remembered that Li Changzhou's answer was "I guess so." Was the Empress considered a concubine?
Li Changzhou was already considering whether he should be buried in Tianshou Mountain or thrown into the moat.
Drumbeats echoed from various city towers, and the once desolate and quiet capital city suddenly became noisy with shouts, the sound of sedan chairs being pulled aside, the sound of horses' hooves, and the sounds of greetings.
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