Chapter 557 Gift
"Half a year ago, he suddenly fell ill and didn't attend court for a few days. After he recovered, he secretly summoned several capable ministers to the imperial study and made a lot of arrangements."
Qi Mo pondered for a moment before curling his lips:
"Yuwen Ye is the reincarnation of my soul after all. Even though the emperor was extremely cautious, he still managed to find some clues."
"The emperor is currently secretly creating a large number of new Xuan crossbows and Xuan cannons. He has also somehow invited talented people from the Xuan sect to construct some bizarre formations throughout the imperial city."
"Formation?" Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes upon hearing this. "Do you know what formation it is?"
She didn't know how proficient Yuwen Ye was in formations, but she was clear about her disciple's strength. After Qi Mo's soul returned, he naturally possessed Yuwen Ye's memories and could see those formations in his memories.
Qi Mo touched his chin and frowned:
"It's difficult... Those Xuanmen sorcerers are not easy to deal with, and the royal family has always been in fierce competition. The fact that Yuwen Ye is a cultivator has never been revealed to the royal family. Just secretly discovering the sorcerers' formation has taken a lot of effort, and we can't even get close to the formation diagram."
Yun Qingqing thought for a moment:
"Got it. I'll find a chance to investigate this matter further. I just cast a divine divination today, and there shouldn't be any problems in the North Cang area in the short term. Let's deal with the aftermath of the old emperor's death first."
Qi Mo's expression paused:
"Master, it's best for you to refrain from asking for divine hexagrams right now. Not only does it consume your energy... but it could easily backfire!"
"I know my limits."
Yun Qingqing said without any emotion.
Although she is still far from her peak level, she is confident that she can still control the divination like asking the sky, as long as the "weight" of the question does not exceed her current ability.
She didn't believe that Qi Mo didn't understand this principle. She just thought that his disciple was affected by the shadow of his own sacrifice in his previous life and was overly worried.
Qi Mo looked at her and hesitated for a moment, but still said nothing.
Yun Qingqing raised her hand and condensed a white light at her fingertips. She slowly injected a piece of information into it, and finally it condensed into a small white light ball at her fingertips.
She gently pushed the ball of light forward, and the small ball of light flew straight towards Qi Mo, and he reached out to catch it.
Yun Qingqing said:
"This is the message I left for Yuwen Ye. The matter of Emperor Bei Cang will be left to... you guys."
It was also the first time for her to face her apprentice's true body in a half-awake state. Although Yuwen Ye and Qi Mo were the same person in soul, without the apprentice's memory, she always found it difficult to treat them as a single person, and she didn't know whether to call him "him" or "you".
She tried her best to suppress the awkward feeling in her heart, and finally nodded towards Qi Mo:
"I'll leave some soul-strengthening elixirs for you to take good care of first."
Qi Mo smiled calmly and suddenly asked out of nowhere:
"The one that Master brought here today, is he your sweetheart in this life?"
Yun Qingqing's eyelids jumped, and she looked at him suddenly:
"Do you know him?"
Qi Mo was stunned and blinked:
"Eh...should I recognize him?"
Yun Qingqing was also stunned. A strange sense of disharmony surged in her mind. She frowned tightly and narrowed her eyes at her disciple who had always been dishonest.
Qi Mo had set many traps for her in his previous life, but never succeeded. This means that she knows what this guy is thinking better than anyone else.
She would never be wrong about whether he was fooling her or not.
Qi Mo was not lying at the moment.
Yun Qingqing has been collecting information recently, trying to guess what happened after she sacrificed herself in her previous life, but she is always missing a few crucial pieces of the puzzle.
She intuitively felt that the secret of Xiao Changheng must be one of the pieces of the puzzle.
What his disciples were planning was another piece of the puzzle.
Yun Qingqing immediately looked at Qi Mo seriously and was about to mention the encounter with other disciples in the Yuebai Mountain illusion.
But the young man smiled apologetically, and his figure gradually became transparent:
"Master~, I'm afraid the time is up. I'll reminisce with you next time~"
After greeting her, the boy didn't even give her a chance to react, and his figure disappeared completely and cleanly.
Yun Qingqing watched the void in front of her eyes turn back into a bizarre phantom, rubbed her eyebrows speechlessly, and her body turned into a ray of light and retreated from Yuwen Ye's consciousness.
It was not until a long time after she left that Qi Mo's figure suddenly reappeared slowly. Looking at the direction where Yun Qingqing disappeared, he pulled the corners of his lips and sighed softly.
…
Yun Qingqing's consciousness withdrew and she opened her eyes. She turned around and saw Xiao Changheng. She suppressed all the speculations in her mind and walked back to his side.
"Let's go back to the top floor first."
The two returned to the top floor where Ji Wujiang was. Yun Qingqing raised her hand and put the body of the Northern Emperor in the space on the ground.
Ji Wujiang's eyelids twitched and he took a breath:
"Master, why did you leave me a dead person?"
Yun Qingqing said in a deep voice:
"This man is the Emperor of Bei Cang, Yuwen Ye's father. I left him a letter. Please keep this body well and give it to him when he wakes up."
Ji Wujiang was shocked again:
"Emperor Bei Cang!"
He immediately realized that this matter was of great importance. The emperor of a great country in the world had passed away. Since the lord had taken action, it showed that there was something else behind this matter. If it was not handled properly, the situation in the world would change.
He nodded quickly:
"Master, rest assured, I will do my best to complete the task you have assigned me."
Yun Qingqing gave him a few more instructions, and after things here were basically dealt with, she took Xiao Changheng back to the palace.
The two walked out of the teleportation array in the courtyard, just in time to hear firecrackers blasting all around, and fireworks were set off in many places near and far.
Although Yun Qingqing had memories of the New Year's celebrations of this era, this was her first time experiencing it in person, and she paused slightly.
Xiao Changheng stopped and turned to look at her, his eyes slightly darker:
"Happy New Year."
Only then did Yun Qingqing notice the time. It turned out that the old year had passed and the new year had arrived.
Faint sounds of laughter could be heard. It seemed that Nan Zheng was celebrating the New Year with all the servants in the mansion and distributing the red envelopes allocated by the prince. Although the whole mansion was missing two masters, there was still a joyous atmosphere.
In the colorful night, Yun Qingqing met the man's deep eyes, pursed her lips, and was thinking about what auspicious words people of this era would say during the New Year.
Suddenly, a huge noise erupted behind them, and brilliant light and shadows were cast from above, casting the shadows of the two people on the ground.
Yun Qingqing paused slightly, turned around and looked up to see huge fireworks blooming in the sky above her head.
Those were the fireworks set off in the main courtyard of the palace. More fireworks were rising into the sky one after another. Some of them cascaded down like waterfalls, while others bloomed like layers of flowers, competing with each other in beauty and decorating the night sky with dazzling splendor.
Yun Qingqing stared at the beautiful scenery in front of her, and suddenly felt a little dazed, as if her heart was being gently touched by a small hand.
In her previous life, two thousand years ago, she was at the top of the Xuanmen, far away from the worldly affairs.
But she always felt that earlier, before she entered the master's school to learn skills... when she was still very young, she seemed to have seen such a gorgeous and dazzling night sky.
When...and with whom?
A big hand suddenly and gently wrapped around her waist.
Yun Qingqing's heart skipped a beat. Before she could turn around and speak, Xiao Changheng jumped up and brought her to the roof.
“…It’s clearer here.”
Xiao Changheng let her go, looked at the fireworks in the sky, and spoke softly.
Yun Qingqing pursed her lips, looked up at the brilliant night sky again, and nodded gently:
"……Um."
The two were speechless for a moment. Xiao Changheng suddenly let out a light breath and sat down on the roof.
Yun Qingqing noticed his movements and looked down at him. She saw the man with his hands behind his back, looking up at the fireworks with a casual and lazy posture.
It was still the same face carved by God, but something seemed different.
Xiao Changheng noticed her gaze, but did not look back. He curled his lips slightly:
"If you don't take a few more glances it will be over."
Yun Qingqing was silent for a moment, then sat down beside him, looking up and quietly watching the fireworks until the night sky above her head was finally silent, with occasional fireworks still blooming in the distance.
She suddenly spoke softly:
"Xiao Changheng."
The man suddenly heard her calling his name and paused slightly:
"Um?"
Yun Qingqing clenched her palms, and when she opened them again, a cold white hairpin appeared in her palms and was handed to him.
Xiao Changheng was slightly startled, his dark eyes flickering in the night sky:
"This is……"
Yun Qingqing coughed lightly:
"A New Year's gift."
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