Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 535 - 428: Should I overpower her?_1

Chapter 535: Chapter 428: Should I overpower her?_1

Atop a high platform on the east side of Jinque Palace, a woman in palace attire stared grimly at the beastskin parchment in front of her. Behind her, the expression of a young man wielding a sword was equally grim.

The statements, ’In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 12th day of the first month, Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji was grievously injured at the second moment of the Hour of Wu and died suddenly’, and ’In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 13th day of the first month, Immortal Master Shuide, Ao Shuying was sealed and suppressed within Poyang Lake’, were still beautifully written on the paper. However, they were in stark contrast to what the two knew to be the truth.

The one who died was simply Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji’s substitute, and Ao Shuying was only sealed at the bottom of Poyang Lake for a month.

In the meantime, they also knew that Crown Prince Yu Jianji might still be alive, albeit in a state of living death.

At this moment, a woman dressed in a splendid green and blue gown arrived at the top of the platform. She was about twenty years old, with a full-figured appearance. She walked with a graceful gait, her movements enchanting. Lightly sneering, she said, "Well? Has the future you traded for Master Zhuang’s life come true?"

The woman in the palace attire, Gong Nianci, furrowed her eyebrows slightly and looked resentfully at the newcomer. "Yuan Taiwei, it’s not yet time to hand over the Qianqiu Brush. What are you doing here?"

Jinque Palace had seven major Star Palaces under Dasiming and Shaosiming. They are divided into Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, Taiwei, Zhongyuan and Tianshi, also known as the Four Symbols and Sayuan.

According to the old divine rule, the divine treasure, Qianqiu Brush, apart from being held by Dasiming and Shaosiming for five months each year, is controlled by the seven major Star Palaces in turn for the rest of the time.

The young woman standing before Gong Nianci was the Palace Master of Taiwei Palace.

Her real name had been lost to history. Gong Nianci knew that she renamed herself ’Yuan Taiwei’ after joining Jinque Palace two thousand years ago.

As for Gong Nianci, she was the Palace Master of Tianshi Palace.

"I just came to see the joke because I don’t like your attitude." Yuan Taiwei did not care about Gong Nianci’s gloomy face, she laughed lightly, "Seven hundred years ago, Master Zhuang sealed the Source Crocodile of the savage southern lands, sacrificing eighty percent of his life and was seriously injured. He should have been revered and cared for by our Jinque Palace, but now he is forced by the so-called righteousness in your mouth to use his remaining two hundred years of life on this meaningless matter. Now what?"

Gong Nianci’s eyes were filled with anger: "How can you say it’s pointless? Li Xuan has tampered with the heavenly mechanism, interfered with the future, confused the sequence of events and is the source of all future chaos. If he is not eliminated now, should we wait for him to bring disaster to the world until it is on the brink of ruin?"

"A future that has not happened is not a future, just like the sentence you made Master Zhuang write."

With a wave of Yu Taiwei’s sleeve, the Qianqiu Brush automatically flew up and began to write on the paper.

"You!"

Gong Nianci, the Palace Master of Tianshi Palace, was furious. Her body was burning with a powerful mana energy, shaking the stars. A tremendous amount of star power poured down from the sky, forming a huge seal stamp in front of her, pressing down towards the Qianqiu Brush.

Although the speed of the Qianqiu Brush slowed down, it was still writing on the paper, one stroke at a time, imprinting dozens of characters.

The three sentences on the beastskin parchment also changed.

"In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 7th day of the first month, at the third moment of the Hour of Chen, the second son of Emperor Jingtai, Yu Jianji, died. Cause of death unknown. (At the third moment of the Hour of Si, Earl Jingan, Li Xuan, and Jiang Yunqi entered the palace together to save him, removed Yu Jianji’s brain tumor, reconstituted his soul and brought him back to life.)"

"In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 12th day of the first month, Earl Chengyi, Li Chengji (or rather his death substitute), died suddenly from severe injuries at the second moment of the Hour of Wu!"

"In the 13th year of Jingtai, on the 13th day of the first month, Immortal Master Shuide, Ao Shuying was sealed and suppressed within Poyang Lake (for one month)."

The extra words were written in small characters, sandwiched between the larger characters. They appeared rather comical, but gave off a sense of impending divine fate.

"The Qianqiu Brush is an instrument of cause and effect. It writes with certainty and what it writes must happen. But how it happens, and in what form, is beyond our control."

Yuan Taiwei laughed: "It can only determine the cause and effect of mortals and mundane objects. How could an alleged divine object, made from fragments of the Heaven, Earth and Human, write the real future?

There are countless powerful heavenly entities in this world. Those transcenders, from their lofty positions, can change the flow of time with a single thought or action.

So don’t think too highly of yourself, Gong Nianci! Our Jinque Palace simply maintains the balance between Heavenly Dao and Human Dao. We are not above all, deciding how history should be written."

Gong Nianci stared coldly at her: "Are you teaching me how to do things? Yuan Taiwei, as a fellow Master of the Seven Palaces, you don’t have the right."

"You can take it that way if you want." Yuan Taiwei flicked her sleeve nonchalantly: "I just want to seize this opportunity to warn you that those who attempt to manipulate heaven’s will, will also be devoured by heaven’s will. You should reflect on this incident, and what happened with your female disciple.

There’s also Meng Qingfan, who hasn’t returned despite being sent out months ago. If she does not return by the six-month deadline, I will request a ruling from Zhiling at the Nine Palaces Conference. As the Palace Master of Tianshi, you should take responsibility."

The young man wielding the sword couldn’t help but tighten his heart at the mention of the Nine Palaces Conference. It was a meeting held every three months by Dasiming and Shaosiming, along with the Three Sayuan and Four Symbols, the ’Nine Palaces’ to discuss many important matters of Jinque Palace.

The so-called ’Zhiling’ is the holder of the ’Book of Jinque’ and there are five, who are responsible for adjudicating various disputes within the palace and maintaining the heavenly laws of the ’Book of Jinque’.

It is worth mentioning that both Dasiming and Shaosiming are also among the five ’Zhiling’.

As the words were spoken, the figure of Yuan Taiwei dissipated into fragments of aura.

This body of hers was but an illusory incarnation.

"Master." The young man controlling the sword could not help but look at Gong Nianci with great concern: "We must consider the matter of your junior sister. After all, this Taiwei Palace Master is very likely the current Shaosiming."

The identities of Jinque Palace’s Dasiming and Shaosiming are mysterious, they are usually hidden deep within the palace and never seen. They only appear in the Nine Palaces Grand Conference.

But at that time, they were covered in heavy armor and masked, so no one knew their faces and identities till now.

Many people in Heaven Palace speculate that this so-called Dasiming and Shaosiming are likely one of them.

Gong Nianci then looked at the beast skin paper in front of her, as well as the text on it, her eyes containing an exotic color: "This mana is truly worthy of Yuan Taiwei!"

The characters written by Yuan Taiwei with the Qianqiu Brush, all have already happened and do not involve the future. It’s imaginable that her Divine Skills must be vast to complete these characters under her mana with an incarnation.

Gong Nianci guessed that this Taiwei Palace Master’s cultivation might have reached the stage of the Great Heavenly Position.

However, Gong Nianci then raised her eyes and coldly looked to the west: "Even if she is Shaosiming, how can she control Jinque Heaven Palace now? Furthermore —"

Afterward, she looked at the beast skin paper: "So long as this Qianqiu Brush is still in your master’s hands, the matter of the future will still be in the control of this palace."

There was one last line left on the paper — on the 29th day of the first month of the 13th year of Jingtai, Meng Wu invades north Zhili, Zhang Guanlan aids in the attack on Dushikou with floating battleships, breaks through the city in one day, and tens of thousands are dead.

Gong Nianci then picked up the brush and wrote a line on the paper. At this time, her brush strokes were met with a great resistance, as if a force in the dark was resisting the tip of the Qianqiu Brush. But now, Gong Nianci’s body is aflame with golden flames, writing the characters on the beast skin paper stroke by stroke.

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After Ao Shuying left, Li Xuan began to gaze at the girls with eyes full of desire and beastliness.

Xue Yunrou was originally very serious about discussing matters with the girls.

Because at this time, they have formed a community of interests to some extent with Li Xuan as the bond.

The former Shu treasures and the real culprits behind the flood pose a great threat to them and Li Xuan, so they must prepare in advance.

However, after Ao Shuying fled because of the ’Immortal Master Shuide’ matter, Yu Hongchang, Luo Yan, Jiang Hanyun, etc. were made upset by Li Xuan’s gaze and couldn’t discuss matters seriously.

Xue Yunrou herself couldn’t stand it either, her mind felt knotted

ccb, and her thoughts were more than ten times slower than usual.

In the past, if Li Xuan dared to do this, Xue Yunrou would definitely make him pay. Yu Hongchang and the other girls were not to be messed with either.

But after all, Li Xuan’s current state is their doing and the girls feel guilty.

Moreover, this guy is indeed troublesome when he lets loose. His cheeky attitude with his mind only on lust has left them at their wit’s end.

In the end, Xue Yunrou had to briefly explain the situation and hastily end the discussion. Then, the girls all left the temple of Immortal Master Shuide like they were pardoned.

Leng Yurou was the exception, she collected various tools at her own pace and led Fumo Vajra out.

"I will take your Vajra and modify it. I will return it to you in half a month."

Facing Li Xuan’s aggressive gaze, Leng Yurou said unhurriedly: "The modification will cost 1.3 million taels and is estimated to reach the Twelfth Layer Stage, with a defense capacity close to the False Heavenly Position. However, the main point is the Style of Evasion, which will allow it to have Thunder Style, and fly at high speeds like my puppet, keeping up with the speed of your Kylin."

She noticed that this Fumo Vajra has become a burden to Li Xuan because of its Style Speed.

Seeing Li Xuan’s hesitation, Leng Yurou shook her head gently: "Don’t think it’s expensive. This time I will ask for skilled artisans from the Shenqi Union to make parts. Their forging techniques and precision are higher than mine, so the costs are also higher.

Moreover, I will install two Fourth Stage Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Miejue Needles on it. And this 1.3 million taels, I only need you to pay for half of it, the other half I will cover for you.

At this moment, Li Xuan was not pitying his money, he was hesitating whether he should pounce on Leng Yurou.