It seems I should ask the old beggar for details on how to cultivate. If I can guide spiritual energy into my body, it will indeed save me a lot of trouble.
You need to go to college to establish yourself in this world and protect those around you.
However, the organization that Green Snake was sent to establish has not returned yet. Could something have gone wrong?
Li Xiaoxiao became more and more worried. She thought she should go and look for Green Snake. Green Snake wasn't someone who didn't know his place, and he would definitely come back and tell her the specific progress.
Why don't we go and find out why so many children have gone missing from the Duke of Kaiguo's fiefdom, yet these officials haven't taken any action? And why is the Rongguo Mansion, which is adjacent to the Duke of Kaiguo's fiefdom, so arrogant?
It's not that simple.
Infiltrating the Rongguo Mansion is not so simple. If she could obtain evidence to eliminate the Rongguo Mansion, her status as a founding duke might rise accordingly. Since the Rongguo Mansion dares to do these things openly, there must be powerful forces supporting them.
So far, everything has gone smoothly for her since she transmigrated into the book, almost frighteningly so. But often, the smoother things go, the more likely problems are to arise, requiring timely prevention.
That day, Li Xiaoxiao was carefully organizing her thoughts on how she got here; she seemed to be overwhelmed by all the success.
Qi Yu set off for the school. Li Xiaoxiao sat by the window and pondered for a while. The more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong. She hurriedly opened the door, and as soon as she stepped out of the courtyard, Wu Xinyue was waiting for her outside.
"Xiaoxiao, Mother has something to talk to you about alone."
Li Xiaoxiao quickly led her mother to the dark room. Wu Xinyue looked around at the dim environment, with only a door and a vent. Everything in the room was decorated very neatly, as if someone had lived there.
Without even glancing at him twice, he spoke directly, "The Empress Dowager did come to me before, saying that she wanted to get rid of the General, who is your father. He has already gotten on the same side as the Imperial Advisor, and now he is completely infatuated with a few concubines. I want to kill this bastard."
Li Xiaoxiao was somewhat surprised that her husband was to be killed. In novels, the mothers of all the female protagonists and supporting characters are the submissive type. Even if their husbands are as scum as cow dung, they would never mention divorce, let alone harm their husbands.
“My power was drained by that bastard. I have eighteen kinds of poison in my body. It’s a miracle that I can live for two or three years. I must kill him. Now he still wants to overthrow the Duke’s Mansion and take his place. Keep dreaming.”
"But now I see hope here with you. I can live a few more years. Xiaoxiao, promise your mother that you must kill that man for me. The Duke of Kaiguo's mansion still has tens of thousands of troops, which are now in my hands. I have half of the Tiger Tally. Take it."
Wu Xinyue truly treated her like her own daughter. This half of the tiger tally was originally meant for Wu Shiyao, who had concocted the antidote for the eighteen poisons, allowing Wu Xinyue to live. That's why the tiger tally was given to Wu Shiyao.
Now that Wu Xinyue has drunk the spiritual spring in her space, she can only neutralize one or two kinds of poisons. Her body will develop immunity, and drinking it multiple times will slowly restore her depleted body. That's all. Yet she directly handed over the Tiger Seal, which shows her status in Wu Xinyue's heart.
Li Xiaoxiao took the tiger tally and put it into her pocket. Wu Xinyue continued, "Li Zhenchuan probably thinks I should be dead from my illness. I'll recuperate here for a while and help you train a new batch of guards."
Wu Xinyue has regained a lot of strength, and even her gradually dissipating spiritual power is recovering. The day of her revenge is not far away.
She knew a little about the Empress Dowager's affairs, but she felt sorry for Xiaoxiao, who grew up in the village and was able to climb to her current position step by step through her own efforts. It was simply fate that the Empress Dowager came here when she was sick.
“Mother, I will not fail in my mission and will fulfill your wish.”
If she accepts the Tiger Tally, she will inevitably have to stand on Wu Xinyue's side. Moreover, Wu Shiyao is also on this side. If the outcome is always a win, perhaps from the moment the Empress Dowager and she coincidentally met, she had already stood on this side.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm entrusting the task of eradicating the poison of the Northern Wei Kingdom to you. Your mother is getting old and can no longer do many things." Wu Xinyue sighed, but couldn't help but smile as she looked at her graceful daughter.
This is what a daughter should be like. What kind of future do the other children in the General's Mansion have? They only know how to be arrogant and dissolute all day long. Only Li Suzhu went to the Heavenly Stem Sect and has some status. She is difficult to deal with. The rest are all useless.
"Yes, Mother, but there is something I don't understand. Mother, do you know that this Ascension Technique was given to me by an old man? I don't even know how to guide the spirit into the body in the first level, so I really don't know how to cultivate it."
The Ascension Technique? Upon hearing this, Wu Xinyue was completely shocked. This technique belonged to that master, and even his personal disciples were not qualified to cultivate it. Back then, Li Suzhu tried every means to find a way and offered gifts, but that person refused to meet her no matter what, and his whereabouts became unknown afterward. It was impossible; how could this thing be in her daughter's hands?
The moment the Ascension Technique was taken out, Wu Xinyue was completely stunned. It was indeed the Ascension Technique. She had once begged Elder Qi to teach her even a move or two, but Elder Qi had looked at her dismissively and walked away, saying, "You are not qualified."
What kind of person is qualified? This insult has been etched in Wu Xinyue's mind. She is familiar with some of the moves in the book. When she opened it, she found that it really was the Ascension Technique. Her eyes were filled with fervor.
"Little one, guiding the spirit into your body is very simple. Before dawn tomorrow, just come with me to the top of the back mountain. I can still give you some pointers."
After saying that, he returned the Ascension Manual to Li Xiaoxiao. After watching a few more moves, she finally understood why she couldn't cultivate it. The moves required speed, and some of them even conflicted with the moves she was cultivating. If she forced herself to cultivate it, she would definitely suffer a qi deviation.
No wonder I can't cultivate.
"Mother, you may take it if you wish." She still has an original copy of the Ascension Manual in her space; this one is a replica, so it doesn't matter which way she takes it.
Wu Xinyue shook her head, "How could your mother covet your cultivation technique? Remember, never tell anyone that you have the Tiger Seal. That would be a catastrophe. Besides, your power is not yet mature and your strength is insufficient."
Li Xiaoxiao took back the tiger tally, and Wu Xinyue then handed her a box. Opening the wooden box, she found more than twenty indentures and a token inside.
"This token belongs to my mother's dozen or so personal guards. Now it's yours to use. Go ahead and do what you need to do. Wu Xinyue's daughter is not some weakling to be bullied."
Wu Xinyue has handed over almost all of her cards to Li Xiaoxiao, which seems like a terrible omen.
"Mother?"
Li Xiaoxiao's left eyelid twitched more and more violently. Wu Xinyue smiled but her tone was very sad. "The Empress Dowager personally told me to support you. You were not my daughter originally. As long as you cure my illness, this tiger tally should be yours."
"Her judgment is never wrong; my little one might really be a reincarnation of a deity."
"Mother is overthinking it."
Wu Xinyue sounded increasingly tired. After talking for a while, Li Xiaoxiao pulled her to sit on a chair in the small pavilion in the courtyard, where they ate some snacks and watched some children practice martial arts.
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