Chapter 48 The Koi Princess's Blindness Can Be Saved!
All eyes instantly turned to him.
Mu Fang, holding his daughter, suddenly stood up straight, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Zhiwei, what did you say? Say it again!"
"I've found it!" Xie Zhiwei was still panting from running so fast, but he couldn't hide the excitement on his face. "I've found a way that might restore the princess's sight!"
He strode to the bookshelf and pulled out an old, tattered booklet with half of its cover missing from a pile of messy ancient books.
It was a fragment of a book called "Tales of Strange Things in the Southern Frontier," which Mu Fang had seized from the battlefield in the southern frontier in his early years. It recorded various strange and unusual events.
He turned to a page in the booklet, pointed to a passage of ancient text that was almost completely blurred, and read it aloud excitedly:
"When a spirit is injured, and its primordial power backfires, causing its seven orifices to become clouded, it should use water of the same origin as a medium to find a pure spiritual object, extract its essence, and use light to illuminate its eyes, so that it can see the light of day again."
Yan Ziche immediately moved closer.
He was very knowledgeable and had a good understanding of these ancient scripts.
"What does this mean..." he pondered, "that sensory impairment caused by the backlash of one's own power can be 'reactivated' by using the essence of pure spiritual objects of the same attribute?"
“That’s right!” Xie Zhiwei nodded emphatically. “The princess is a koi fish, and her element is water. She went blind because the power of the dragon scales was too domineering and clashed with her own koi fish source power, which damaged her soul and caused her to lose her sight.”
"Therefore, the one who tied the knot must untie it!"
"To heal her eyes, we need to find a water-attribute spirit that is purer and more powerful than her own bloodline!"
"Use the essence of that spiritual object as a catalyst to soothe the surging forces within her and reopen her visual channels!"
Mu Fang's heart began to pound wildly.
"What...what kind of spirit is that? Where can I find it?"
Xie Zhiwei's gaze fell on the last line of small characters on the tattered scroll.
His expression turned somewhat serious.
"The book says that this creature is called 'Azure Wave Spirit Carp'."
"Azure Wave Spirit Carp?" Xiao Beichen frowned. "Is it a kind of fish?"
“It’s not just one kind of fish.” Yan Ziche continued, his expression turning serious. “I’ve seen a record of it in a rare book in the Royal Library.”
"Legend has it that the Azure Wave Spirit Carp is no ordinary creature, but rather the essence formed from the purest water spirit energy of heaven and earth."
"It is entirely emerald green, like jade, and emits a soft halo under the moonlight."
"It has no fixed form; it only briefly condenses and takes shape in the purest waters."
"Moreover, it only appears on the night of a full moon."
Xiao Beichen was completely confused: "So, all you're saying is that it's just a green fish that glows? Where are you supposed to find that?"
Xie Zhiwei took a deep breath and revealed the most crucial information.
According to the Records of Strange Tales, there is only one place in the Great Chu Kingdom where such a spirit carp of the Azure Waves may exist.
"That is... Jiangnan, Mirror Lake."
Jiangnan!
Mirror Lake!
Mu Fang's brows furrowed tightly.
Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from the capital.
More importantly, it was the fiefdom of the Marquis of Suiyuan, the maternal clan of the Second Prince Sikong Ming.
Although the Marquis of Suiyuan's mansion did not openly participate in this palace coup, everyone knew that they were Sikong Ming's biggest supporters.
Sikong Ming's whereabouts are currently unknown.
The Jiangnan region appears calm on the surface, but undercurrents are surging beneath, with countless forces under Sikong Ming lurking within.
Going to Jiangnan, to Mirror Lake in search of those ethereal, emerald-green carp, is tantamount to venturing into a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.
"Wow!"
Xiao Beichen was the first to step forward without the slightest hesitation.
"I will lead a team of elite Xuanjia soldiers, riding at full speed, and we will definitely arrive in Jiangnan within half a month!"
“No, you’re being too reckless,” Yan Ziche immediately objected. “Jiangnan is not like the border. People there are complicated, and you can’t solve problems with force alone. This trip must be accompanied by someone with wisdom.”
He puffed out his little chest: "So, I'm going too."
A sixteen-year-old boy general, and a ten-year-old child prodigy.
We must venture into the tiger's den thousands of miles away.
Looking at them, Mu Fang felt both touched and worried.
He certainly wanted to go there himself.
But he couldn't.
The situation in the capital is inseparable from him.
"Father..."
Mu Yu, who had been quietly held in someone's arms, suddenly spoke.
Her little hand groped and grabbed Xie Zhiwei's sleeve.
"Brother Zhiwei, what does that green fish look like?"
Xie Zhiwei was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to describe it to a child who couldn't see.
Mu Yu seemed to be talking to herself.
"I think... I can smell it."
She closed her eyes (though there was no difference), and sniffed the air with her little nose.
"It tastes...sweet and cool, like a mint."
"Where it lives, there is lots and lots of water, and on the surface of the water, there are white, fragrant flowers."
"There was a huge, huge silver plate hanging in the sky."
She used the simplest words to describe the scene she "felt".
Yan Ziche's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Mirror Lake! Mirror Lake is famous for its white lotuses! Only on the night of a full moon will the lake's surface reflect the complete moon like a mirror! The big silver plate that Little Fisherman mentioned is the moon!"
He excitedly grabbed Xiao Beichen's arm: "She can sense it! Xiao Yu'er can sense the location of the Azure Wave Spirit Carp!"
This is undoubtedly fantastic news!
With Mu Yu as their "human radar," their journey was no longer like searching for a needle in a haystack!
Mu Fang made a decisive decision.
"Alright! Beichen, Ziche, you two go and prepare immediately!"
"I'm giving you three hundred elite Xuanjia warriors. Head straight for Jiangnan without stopping!"
"Remember, your safety is the most important thing! Whether you find him or not, you must return within a month!"
"yes!"
Xiao Beichen and Yan Ziche responded in unison, their eyes burning with fierce flames.
They looked at the little girl in her father's arms, oblivious to the impending danger, simply happy to be able to help.
There was only one thought in my mind.
No matter the cost, we must ensure that these eyes can see the light again.
Just as they had reached an agreement and were preparing to set off immediately.
A palace guard scrambled in, his face contorted with panic.
"General...General! Something terrible has happened!"
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...He's awake!"
"But... he knocked Chief Steward Li unconscious and secretly slipped out of the palace!"
"After Steward Li woke up, he said... His Majesty seems to be heading towards the Princess's residence!"
The emperor has fled the palace!
This news was even more shocking than Sikong Ming's surprise attack.
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