“Boom!”

“Grandfather…”

Su Xi suddenly grasped Tianxingzi, exclaimed: “That sounded like an explosion, was it Xuan Jizi?”

“Should we go help Xuan Jizi?”

Tianxingzi shook his head and said: “No need, Xuan Jizi has a face destined for great wealth and nobility. Though there may be setbacks, it is a situation of breaking before establishing.”

“What I need to do now is to carefully examine the Feng Shui and dragon veins of the Capital Region.”

“The world’s grand trend, it is predetermined by heaven.”

“Underneath the Spiritual Qi tide, there is tide with ebb.”

“But this time’s Spiritual Qi revival… is too early!”

“There are still over seven thousand years away from the foreseen time for Spiritual Qi revival by our ancestors!”

Tianxingzi spoke with a face full of bitterness.

Dragging his hunched body, he walked towards the distance.

“Grandfather, grandfather, wait for me~”

The figures of an old and a young person gradually moved away, eventually being illuminated by the rising eastern sun, their shadows stretched very long.

The sky lightened.

A carriage raced swiftly towards the Imperial City, speeding so fast that the early rising citizens who intended to attend the morning assembly in the Capital City were knocked over.

They were about to curse but upon seeing the emblem carved on the carriage, they were instantly frightened, not daring to utter anything more, and only mumbled softly.

“Showing off like this! Do you know you almost ran into me?”

“What about the Embroidered Uniform Guard? My aunt’s cousin’s sister’s next-door private school fellow has entered the palace as a eunuch!”

“With the Embroidered Uniform Guard in such a hurry, has something major happened?”

The multitude of citizens speculated, while the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s carriage, upon rushing to the Imperial City, only needed to flash a token to be immediately let through by the Imperial Guard.

The carriage raced forward, ignoring eunuchs, palace maids, and others by the roadside, until finally having to stop after reaching Taihe Sect.

Going further ahead would lead into the core of the Imperial Palace, where no one other than Your Majesty, the Empress, the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince could ride the carriage.

Helplessly, several people exited the carriage and continued onward under the leadership of Chen Li.

At this time, Chen Li was in poor condition, with skin exposed full of scars, as if burned by fire.

Half of his hair and eyebrows were burned off, looking extremely frightening.

His skin wounds had crusted over, and he walked with intense pain.

All his True Qi activated, striving to suppress the Yin Evil Qi that continuously ravaged his meridians and flesh.

Soon, he led the people to a row of rooms beside Taihe Hall.

This place is the office of the Ritual Department, also the Cabinet’s office.

After showing identity and a token, the guarding eunuch did not dare be negligent and hurriedly jogged inside to report.

Soon, Liu Cheng’en promptly stepped out to find Chen Li, his face changed dramatically.

As a colleague, he knew Chen Li’s identity.

Even Liu Cheng’en dared not neglect him.

“Eunuch Chen Li, you are…”

“Greetings Eunuch Liu, I have urgent matters to convey to Your Majesty. The old Clan Leader is in secluded cultivation and had mentioned if urgent matters called for meeting His Majesty, you were to report it.”

Liu Cheng’en was immediately troubled, hesitating: “Before going into secluded cultivation, His Majesty did mention that urgent matters could be reported by me, but I am unsure of your matter, Eunuch Chen. What urgency is it?”

“If it’s ordinary military or minor issues, I daren’t disturb His Majesty.”

Using powerful perception, Chen Li scanned around, found no one eavesdropping, then stepped forward and whispered: “We have… captured a cultivator.”

“What?!”

Liu Cheng’en’s face paled in shock, quickly said: “Hurry, you, you all follow me, I’ll go report to His Majesty at once!”

A group of people quickly departed, but within the rooms, several figures noticed Liu Cheng’en and his group’s movements.

“What’s Eunuch Liu doing?”

“We have matters to discuss, why did he leave abruptly?”

“Nevermind! Let’s discuss first, and once he returns, we’ll deliberate the allocation of the red scroll rights.”

“Regarding transporting provisions to Grand General Xu… there are not many provisions left in the Capital City.”

“The Six Northern States just underwent war disturbances and are in recovery period, gathering a million units of provisions in a short time is simply impossible!”

“Lord Wang, what insights do you have?”

“This official believes, we can adjust grains from Shuzhou and Jinggzhou, relying on General Meng Guang’s North Sea Navy for waterway transport.”

“Waterway transport? A great idea!”

Baiyu City, Underground Palace Quiet Chamber.

Zheng Yi formed hand seals, slowly directing the blood mist inside the quiet chamber towards the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit, full of difficulty.

Though slow in speed, the essence blood mist was absorbed by the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit, Zheng Yi’s effort wasn’t in vain.

For half a month, he nearly daily used essence blood for blood sacrifice to the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit.

He could absorb about a drop each day.

Remaining time spent on continued cultivation.

But until now, the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit still showed no change.

Two hours later, the blood mist in the quiet chamber finally dissipated completely, merging into the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit.

Upon careful inspection, it seemed a very thin blood-colored thread appeared within the Reincarnation Nine-child Fruit.

Zheng Yi exclaimed in joy: “Seems there’s finally a change, slow and steady wins the race, I refuse to believe I can’t refine you!”

Taking a rest and preparing to resume cultivation, Zheng Yi noticed a lamp in the corner of the quiet chamber suddenly ignited.

This was a special mechanism, connecting his seclusion chamber to outside Baiyu City.

If someone urgently sought him, they could light the lamp in Baiyu City, and the coinciding lamp in the quiet chamber would automatically ignite.

“Hmm? Strange…”

Zheng Yi murmured, “When I am in secluded meditation, I strictly forbid anyone from interrupting, unless there is an urgent matter.”

“The only ones aware of this are Noble Consort Cui, Consort Yu, Consort Chan, Consort Qing, Chen Liancang, and Liu Zhongyi. Could it be…”

He calculated the time and said with surprise, “Is Noble Consort Cui about to give birth?”

Calculating again, it should be within these few days.

Strolling out of the Underground Palace, he quickly discovered Liu Cheng’en and others.

“Cheng’en, could it be that Noble Consort Cui and the others are about to give birth?”

Liu Cheng’en quickly walked over and said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, the time for Noble Consort Cui and the others to give birth is indeed in these few days, but I have another urgent matter to report to Your Majesty today.”

“Oh, what is it?”

“Eunuch Chen Li… Please, you tell him.”

Eunuch Chen Li quickly came over and knelt down, “Your Majesty, Eunuch Chen Li greets Your Majesty.”

“You are… Chen Li!”

Zheng Yi said with surprise, “How did you get injured? Who did this?”

“In reply to Your Majesty, my injury is of no concern, but I have an urgent matter to report to Your Majesty.”

“What is it?”

“While guarding the Ghost Spirit Grass, we encountered a Cultivator trying to steal. After a battle… we captured that Cultivator!”

“What? You captured a Cultivator!”

Zheng Yi couldn’t believe his ears; he was aware of the guarding of the Ghost Spirit Grass.

But… capturing a Cultivator with just one Innate and three Grandmasters seems too easy.

Or perhaps… the Cultivator was just a novice?

Or maybe only at Qi Cultivation level one or two?

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Chen Li said, “I used a grenade to ambush him, and he had never seen a grenade before. Unprepared, it broke through his Protective Magical Shield, allowing us to succeed in ambushing him.”

“I see…”

“Where is this person now?”

“In a carriage outside Baiyu City, we brought them into the Imperial Palace.”

“Hmm?”

Zheng Yi frowned, “Bringing them into the Imperial Palace, how can you be sure that this person isn’t pretending to be captured to approach me?”

Chen Li hesitated, “Your Majesty, this person would never use such a strategy to approach Your Majesty.”

“Oh? How do you know?”

“Because she… has been frozen into an ice sculpture.”

“Hmm? An ice sculpture?”

Soon, the carriage brought by Chen Li entered Baiyu City, and Zheng Yi saw the Cultivator they captured.

A large ice sculpture, taller than a person, appeared before Zheng Yi’s eyes.

The ice sculpture was thick and frost-white, mixed with numerous black threads.

Inside the ice sculpture, there was a Female Cultivator wearing a Profound Robe, looking angry and in a sorry state.

Her face showed anger, with blood seeping from her seven apertures, and she had some clearly visible injuries.

Most importantly, although this woman glared furiously, her eyebrows exuded a certain charm.

Zheng Yi’s expression was odd, “This is the Cultivator you captured?”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Chen Li had someone take out a wooden box, handing it to Zheng Yi.

“Inside this wooden box is the Flying Sword used by this Female Cultivator, with its control broken by Zhao Sufeng from Taihe Sect using Seven-star Swordsmanship, allowing it to fall to the ground and enabling us to successfully capture her.”

Zhao Sufeng, a disciple of Zhao Suling from Taihe Sect, is also one of the Grandmaster Realm Martial Artists of Taihe Sect.

With these words, he opened the wooden box in his hand, revealing a strangely-shaped Flying Sword resembling willow leaves. The entire sword was grayish-white and transparent, more like a piece of ice.

As soon as it opened, Zheng Yi felt a chill, and the temperature in the entire hall dropped by several degrees.

“This Flying Sword… looks somewhat familiar.”

“Your Majesty.”

Chen Li continued, “When we were about to approach this woman, unexpectedly, she suddenly emitted a large amount of cold air, directly freezing herself into an ice sculpture.”

“We tried many methods but couldn’t break it, so could only bring it for Your Majesty to see.”

“Moreover… the Ghost Spirit Grass was taken by this woman, likely in her storage bag.”

“I see, a kind of triggered self-protection method?”

Amidst the odd tone, a palace maid suddenly rushed in from outside.

“Your Majesty~! Your Majesty…”

“Xiao’er?”

Zheng Yi saw the performance; this was Cui Xiabing’s personal palace maid and gestured her to come over.

“What happened?”

“In reply to Your Majesty, Noble Consort is about to give birth!”

“Hmm? Is Xiabing about to give birth?”

Zheng Yi immediately headed toward the door, stopping after a few steps.

“Lock this Cultivator in the Dungeon, and post a heavy guard.”

“Moreover… gather a batch of grenades; if she makes any move, blow her up directly!”

“Understood!”

“Also… Chen Li, come with me.”

Zheng Yi instructed, “Noble Consort Cui should have healing elixirs left by her master. I will request some for you.”

Chen Li immediately knelt, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting the elixir!”

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