Chapter 066 Chapter 66
Chapter 66
Capital
The once prosperous Liu family disappeared from the capital after Prime Minister Liu and Queen Liu were beheaded.
Families and officials involved with the Liu family also fell one after another, enriching the Ministry of Revenue a lot.
Everyone in the court was shocked by the young emperor's swift and decisive tactics and his shrewd strategies.
They really didn't expect that the King Chungnyeong, who was so dissolute and would only fight and complain when encountering problems, was actually doing a good job in helping the emperor, and his reputation was even better than that of Emperor Yuanxing.
This made many ministers who were not included in the purge list say that they had made a mistake, and that King Chungnyeong was such a deep-minded person.
Even the two uncles of the Bai family who were staying in the capital to help look after their nephew were a little confused.
Especially after learning the news that Queen Liu had been beheaded.
The Queen Mother is still alive thanks to Princess Funing's plea, but she can never leave the Cining Palace again in her lifetime.
Isn't this a decisive and vigorous appearance enough, or is it their naive nephew who always thinks that Emperor Yuanxing is a good person?
Could it be that my nephew's previous dandy appearance was just to protect himself from Emperor Yuanxing?
The two uncles of the Bai family were thinking on their way to the imperial study.
After several days of renovation, the imperial study was finally restored to its original appearance.
However, the palace servants were replaced by a new group, and under the little emperor's tantrum, those palace servants were following the procedures to be released from the palace.
Thinking of this policy, the uncles of the Bai family looked at each other and felt that their previous guess was very likely.
Thinking this way, they finally arrived at the imperial study. However, as soon as they approached, they heard a child's scream coming from the imperial study.
"I am the emperor! I don't want to read this nonsense! What those officials wrote is all nonsense!! Being an emperor is not fun at all. I want to go out and have fun!"
The uncles of the Bai family suddenly stopped at the door of the imperial study, and just in time saw a small bright yellow figure jumping around in the imperial study.
——Behind him was the newly appointed Grand Tutor who was already ready to die.
The uncles of the Bai family who saw their nephew throwing tantrums and acting like a spoiled brat said: Ah, it turns out that it is their nephew after all.
Just when the Bai family's uncles wanted to go in and persuade their nephew and help the tutor calm down, a voice suddenly came from the side, which made the Bai family's uncles subconsciously stop their actions.
"Yuanbao, if you don't want to be the emperor, how about coming to help my mother?"
The voice was familiar yet strange.
The familiarity was that they had definitely heard this female voice before, but the strangeness was that...
The voice sounded like the words squeezed out of the throat of a dying person.
The two uncles of the Bai family looked towards the source of the sound, and were shocked when they saw the person's face clearly.
"Little sister! Weren't you at the border? Why did you come back suddenly? What happened to the Huns? And how did you become like this?"
Bai Fenglin's originally fair face now had two big dark circles under her eyes, as if her essence had been sucked away by some male ghost.
The uncles of the Bai family felt distressed and surprised when they saw their little sister in this state.
When he saw his two mortal brothers coming, Bai Fenglin also revealed a terrifying smile.
"Brother is here. We have dealt with the Xiongnu at the border. Father is at the border to commemorate the deceased soldiers and civilians. We cultivators cannot stay there for long, so we came back first. It just so happens that the sect has an order. Brothers, can you help me?"
Although the uncles of the Bai family were a little confused, they agreed without hesitation when they saw their lost sister was found, and asked about the situation at the border.
Bai Fenglin showed a satisfied smile of a female ghost after eating a human. Although the smile was a little scary, she still told him everything she knew.
The uncles of the Bai family did not feel anything and were planning to turn around and have a good chat with their nephew to prevent the tutor from getting mad. But when they turned around, the nephew who was jumping around was sitting obediently in his seat.
Seeing that they were looking over, the five-headed figure in the bright yellow dragon robe waved at them, with a look of surprise as if he had just discovered them.
"Uncle, you are here. I was just reviewing memorials."
If the Grand Tutor had not been standing right beside them with a shocked look on his face, Uncle Bai would have thought that what had just happened was all an illusion.
The uncles of the Bai family were quite confused as to what had just happened and why their nephew was suddenly willing to handle the memorials. And when they really helped their sister...
"It's just a test of spiritual roots, little sister, what kind of probability does your sect want?"
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"...Little sister, A Niang and Yuan Fu are still in the harem. There are so many things that we two cannot handle alone. Besides, father is fighting outside. A Niang and Yuan Fu must be worried sick. These things can just distract them."
The Bai family's uncles said with pale faces.
They finally understood why their nephew ran so fast. This kind of job was simply not something a human could do.
They also understood why the county magistrate and minor clerks were so resentful when they were carrying out government orders.
His younger sister is the disciple of the sect leader. Although she is suppressed by her status when facing those mortals, the situation of those people still makes the uncles of the Bai family want to go crazy.
Especially the matter of testing spiritual roots, although it seems simple, all you have to do is put your hand on the special spiritual root testing stone.
...but there are so many of them!
There are millions of people in the entire capital city alone, and they are distributed in different urban areas. It is easy to check the people in the imperial palace, and it won’t take much time to check each palace one by one.
After all, all the palace servants have been registered, so it would only take some time at most. But if they are to be transferred to the common people, it would be more than just a waste of time.
You have to know that the common people are not like the palace servants who have learned the rules. It is entirely possible that they will find out that they have no spiritual roots after testing once and will not give up and test a second time. These people will even bring their own children to test the spiritual roots of the fetuses in pregnant women's bellies.
——And for some reason his own nephew also came to get involved, and he insisted that everyone who came to test their spiritual roots bring their household registration. If someone didn't have a household registration, either the on-site clerk would follow him home to get it, or they would be directly arrested and investigated to clear their background before being given a household registration for free.
The interference of their own nephew directly caused the workload of the Bai family's uncles to soar. If it weren't for the fact that some of the personal guards they brought with them could still be used, I'm afraid the Bai family's uncles would have given up now.
They had thought about talking to their nephew nicely and asking him to withdraw the decree, but unfortunately their nephew's immortal master, who was the Moon Goddess incarnate, was always by his side. As soon as they showed any sign of opening their mouth, he would turn his face away.
They were clearly blinded and couldn't even see the other person's eyes clearly, but the oppressive feeling from that person still made them unable to say a word.
Fortunately, the emperor's nephew realized that his uncle was on the verge of collapse, so he asked the princes of Emperor Yuanxing to help them. Uncle Bai's work was transferred from outdoors to indoors.
However, the situation did not get much better. At most, the person who collapsed was replaced by another prince.
However, after so many days of testing, the test results were somewhat strange.
Maybe it was because Emperor Yuanxing had exhausted the capital's dragon energy before, but they didn't find a single person with spiritual roots in the entire capital.
Including their emperor nephew. Fortunately, the nephew's immortal master spoke up and said that he had known in advance that the nephew had no spiritual roots, and he just happened to bring the method of cultivating spiritual consciousness, which made the uncles of the Bai family breathe a sigh of relief.
While Uncle Bai was thinking about this, Bai Fenglin was also thinking about this matter.
Listening to the words of her two brothers, she had no objection. After all, they were her own mother and precious daughter, and she could trust them.
However, the test results during this period made Bai Fenglin always have a bad feeling.
——The probability of spiritual roots is too low.
Even though the spiritual power in this world is weak, it still exists. But judging from the fact that half of the capital's population has been screened and still no one has spiritual roots, the number of people with spiritual roots among the mortals in this world is probably very small.
Bai Fenglin, with a sullen face, engraved the data results in front of him onto a talisman, and then sent the talisman back to the sect.
The sect asked her to continue testing and give more detailed orders, which allowed Bai Fenglin to confirm her hunch.
"Mother!"
Just as Bai Fenglin was thinking silently, a crisp shout woke her up from her thoughts.
Looking at his beautiful and healthy daughter, Bai Fenglin couldn't help but smile.
Seeing that Yuanfu was wearing a pair of embroidered shoes on her healthy big feet that could support her running freely, Bai Fenglin smiled and said, "Yuanfu, are these the shoes your grandma gave you? They are so beautiful."
Old Madam Bai came to report for one day, but because calculating numbers was too boring, she followed the princes to other places to test people's spiritual roots.
Moreover, Madam Bai was old and experienced, and she could spot any little move made by the princes at a glance. Coupled with Madam Bai's skills in dealing with the people at the border, the order of the spiritual root testing improved a lot.
Seeing her mother praising her, Princess Funing blushed and rubbed against her mother. After acting coquettishly for a while, she asked her mother what was the matter.
"…My mother wanted to find some good talents in Dafeng to recruit into the sect. Unfortunately, no one has spiritual roots yet. By the way, Yuanfu must have tested it before."
Bai Fenglin asked casually while touching his daughter's head. When he saw his daughter's pale face, his heart sank immediately.
"...Yuanfu, you didn't detect your spiritual roots either, right?"
Princess Funing felt like she had failed her mother's hopes, so she nodded. Then she realized that something was wrong with her mother's words, and asked again, "Mother, you said..."
Bai Fenglin sighed, nodded and said, "Yuanbao didn't detect any spiritual roots, but the Pavilion Master has given him a method to cultivate his spiritual consciousness. Although he can't go against the will of heaven like a cultivator and live as long as heaven, he can still extend his life."
Seeing her daughter's regretful expression, Bai Fenglin patted her head and said, "It's okay. Mother will return to the sect in a few days to help you find a method to cultivate your spiritual consciousness or body. If it doesn't work, Mother will help you talk to the Pavilion Master to see if we can exchange a cultivation method."
Princess Funing looked at Bai Fenglin's worried expression and tears instantly filled her eyes. She still felt like she was dreaming until now.
Although only a month had passed, Princess Funing felt like hundreds of years had passed.
A month ago, she was a princess who was going to marry a foreign prince, and even with her 12-year-old body, it was still a question whether she could survive with the Huns.
Her younger brother quarreled with the emperor's uncle because of her, and knelt in the imperial study for three days and three nights in order to prevent her from marrying. However, she couldn't even pass a sign into the palace to persuade her brother to come back.
Later, my grandfather also entered the palace and knelt outside the imperial study. Princess Funing, who heard the news, cried so hard that she fainted in Madam Bai's arms. She could not help but pray to the statue of the goddess in the palace day and night, hoping that her mother would come down from heaven to save my grandfather and Yuanbao.
But at that time, Princess Funing only felt that this was a psychological comfort, and she didn't even have much hope.
But at that time, this was the only life-saving straw she could grasp.
Perhaps her prayers worked, or perhaps it was Yuanbao's pain from being beaten that day that made his mother aware of it.
In short.
——Aniang finally came down from the sky.
The whole capital city could hear A Niang's voice and see the emperor's uncle being beaten by A Niang, but Princess Funing was not worried or angry. As she was about to enter the palace, she just stared blankly in that direction, as if the dark clouds covering her head were finally dispelled.
After seeing A Niang, Princess Funing could not control her tears and cried with A Niang in her arms.
She didn't know when she felt a sudden chill between her brows. When she woke up again, Princess Funing found that everything was over.
Her feet were healed, her uncle had his feet bound, her brother suddenly became emperor, and she became Princess Funing.
And her reputation was restored.
——Pei Muyuan, this was the name her father carefully selected for her.
Originally, it was a name only for royal men.
Unfortunately, since father and mother passed away, no one calls her by this name anymore.
Life after that was like falling into a dream, and all the unhappiness that had happened before disappeared.
Even if there are some minor setbacks or conflicts, A'niang will come to support him. For example, today she couldn't detect her spiritual roots, but A'niang didn't get angry. Instead, she tried hard to help her find a technique that mortals can practice.
Princess Funing cried silently in her mother's arms for a while before she cheered up and tried hard to help her mother process the data.
After a few days, Bai Fenglin discovered that his daughter was actually a math genius, and her math ability was not inferior to that of Old Madam Bai. He couldn't help but sigh.
"If you had come back to the sect with me, I'm afraid you would have been fighting with several formation masters in the sect until they were bleeding."
Princess Funing stood there and said helplessly to her mother: "Mother, I cannot practice. Even if I follow you into the sect, I am afraid that other disciples will despise me. Yuanfu does not want to embarrass mother. When I reach a certain level of practice and do not embarrass mother, it will not be too late for me to return to the sect to meet the elders."
Princess Funing had been with the Empress Dowager and had received an orthodox education in royal etiquette, so she naturally understood such matters of the world.
Bai Fenglin could only sigh helplessly, touched his daughter's head, and then explained things to his son next to him.
"Listen to your master and stop irritating your master! I don't want to come back and see your master complaining to me. Do you understand? If I come back and find you in trouble, Pei Muchu, you can expect to get your ass spanked!"
Bai Fenglin said this while poking his unfortunate son's head with his index finger.
Looking at her son who was being poked but laughing at her, Bai Fenglin suddenly lost her temper.
"...You are just pretending to be cute. The spirit stones in this purse are for your cultivation. I will give you new ones when your mother comes back. Your mother only has so many now. Your sister can't use them for the time being. But remember to stay by your sister's side when you are cultivating, so that your sister can also receive some benefits. Do you understand?"
Bai Fenglin was talking about this and was about to pinch his son's little face to vent his anger, when he saw a piece of dark purple cloth blocking his son's way.
Looking at the golden embroidery on the purple cloth, Bai Fenglin knew who this person was even without raising his eyes.
"Master, even if my son is your disciple, you can't spoil him. Didn't you see how angry he made the old master? The old master is almost sixty years old and can't stand his torment."
Bai Fenglin covered his forehead and looked at the Pavilion Master who stretched out a sleeve to block his son, and spoke earnestly, but unfortunately, he only got one sentence in return.
"I am over two hundred years old."
Looking at the head of the Astronomy Pavilion, whose eyes were covered by a black veil and whose lips never changed their curves, Bai Fenglin let out a long sigh.
I'm afraid my son's extravagant career will also thrive when he enters the world of immortal cultivation.
After explaining everything and handing over the spiritual root testing to Yuanfu, Bai Fenglin reluctantly flew on his sword towards the place where the two worlds merged.
When Bai Fenglin flew to the intersection of the two worlds on her sword, the scene in front of her finally made her understand why the five realms did not dare to rush in from this intersection.
Pressure.
There is a huge and terrifying pressure everywhere.
It was as if an ancient ferocious beast was staring at this place with its eyes open.
This pressure almost made Bai Fenglin fall off her natal sword, but fortunately she managed to keep her balance and began to fly towards the intersection.
However, the closer you get to the intersection, the thicker the clouds in the sky become, and the weather above the intersection becomes even more gloomy, with not a single ray of sunlight coming through the sky.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but what made Bai Fenglin feel a little uneasy was that there were bursts of thunder coming from the dark clouds in the sky, and flashes of lightning from time to time in the clouds, which made Bai Fenglin subconsciously speed up his pace and was about to leave from the intersection.
But before reaching the charging intersection, I saw a figure suddenly rushing into the small area of the intersection.
Next second.
"boom--!"
Before the fierce thunder appeared, a bolt of lightning thicker than a bowl struck the figure directly.
Then came the fierce thunder.
However, the figure that was charred by lightning did not stay there for long. The ropes tied to his body pulled him back to his original world after the first lightning strike. The second lightning strike only hit the grass where he had just appeared.
Bai Fenglin subconsciously moved away from there and rushed directly into the intersection.
She was still wondering in her heart which family this stupid disciple belonged to, until she returned to her original world and landed from the sword, then she discovered something.
——Why do these two pieces of black charcoal lying on the ground look more and more familiar?
"Miss Bai."
"Junior Sister!"
As soon as these two voices came out, Bai Fengli's expression suddenly froze.
No way, that idiot is my partner?
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"...So you two worked hard on the experiment for the sake of the entire sect. Unfortunately, no matter if you disguised yourself as me or the head of Tianwen Pavilion, even if your aura was disguised to the extreme, you still couldn't fool Tianlei?"
Bai Fenglin sat on a chair, watching the two friends bandaging each other after taking the pills, and said speechlessly.
The place where she is now is the accommodation provided by the two conferences. It is less than a hundred meters away from the camps of the two conferences and is the entrance to the mortal world.
This was also the address they specially selected more than a month ago.
It is convenient for them to observe changes in entrances and exits, and also convenient for them to enter at the first time.
However, this entrance and exit has been guarded now. Just now, Long Feng and Lin Zhu were struck by thunder and turned into charcoal under the gaze of so many people.
Bai Fenglin did not report the situation for the time being. He first wanted to understand what had happened during this period of time before going in to report to the masters of several realms and causing trouble.
"Who knew that the Heavenly Dao was actually observing this place? We can put mortals without spiritual roots in there, but once they have spiritual roots, even if they don't draw Qi into their bodies, the Heavenly Dao will send down thunderbolts."
Long Feng was also a little speechless and said: "During this period of time, we have tried almost every method, whether it is with your aura or the aura of the Pavilion Master of Tianwen Pavilion, whether it is a cultivator or a mortal, whether it is the same or different from your cultivation, in the end, the Heavenly Dao is like having eyes, and it hits everyone accurately."
Bai Fenglin heard their words and saw Lin Zhu nodding along. He rolled his eyes and said, "You guys really treat Heaven as a fool. It's true that my cultivators go against Heaven, but that doesn't mean Heaven won't punish you for treating Heaven as a fool!"
Especially since this was someone else's way of heaven, Bai Fenglin looked at his two friends in complete speechlessness.
Unexpectedly, the two friends also agreed with her in unison.
"Yes, that's what I told the elders at the beginning, but unfortunately they didn't agree and thought we were just being lazy."
Long Feng and Lin Zhu said speechlessly.
Bai Fenglin looked at the two unlucky friends and suddenly felt a sense of sympathy.
"...I am also in the mortal world. I have not yet detected any seedlings with spiritual roots, let alone picking out good seedlings to send back to the sect. However, after I gave this news to the sect, the sect still asked me to test the spiritual roots of mortals."
Bai Fenglin said speechlessly, "There are millions of mortals in the capital alone! My mother is still running around outside with my nephews to measure their spiritual roots. I even asked my daughter to come and calculate the data."
Speaking of this, Bai Fenglin became excited. He first showed off how good his daughter was, and then showed them the purse his daughter had embroidered for him.
The smug look made the two people, who originally thought they were still young and didn't need children, feel jealous.
After Lin Zhu had rested well and went back tactfully, Bai Fenglin told Long Feng everything about the situation in the mortal world.
"The mortal world has entrances and exits to other worlds?"
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