Chapter 700: Chapter 210: The Emperor Sits on the Bright Terrace, Watching Success and Failure from Across the Shore
Xiao Wu Ya exerted all his strength and flew and flew.
But the stone in the distance continued to fly, "smack" hitting Xiao Wu Ya.
The two birds immediately spun around, falling toward the mountains and forests.
In the distance, the young boy was about to leap down, but was suddenly called by someone, a Judicial Officer Disciple from the Lady Yama’s temple.
"This place is a site of reverence for Lady Yama, how dare you take life here?"
"They’re just two birds, not humans. What’s the problem with killing or not killing? I found them amusing and wanted to catch them and do as I please." The mischievous boy was indifferent, "Besides, this place is far from the temple, why do you care?"
The Judicial Officer Disciple frowned. The mischievous boy was about to retort, but saw a man hastily running over, pulling him aside, apologizing profusely, bowing repeatedly, and then leading the boy away.
The Little Sparrow and Xiao Wu Ya that landed lay flat on the ground.
Xiao Wu Ya laughed, "Even Father has his day."
The Little Sparrow: ...
In the blink of an eye, half a day passed.
Amidst the dense grass, a figure suddenly appeared, it was the mischievous boy returning.
The boy was quite upset, having been severely scolded by his father, and recalling the two birds that caused his scolding. He thought those birds must be injured and unable to fly far, so he quietly doubled back up the mountain.
He searched around and soon spotted the immobile sparrow and crow lying on the ground, his face immediately showing a cruel expression. He approached quickly and mercilessly stomped down, crushing the sparrow and crow, then left, satisfied.
After he left, another sparrow and crow flew over, landing on a branch, looking at the bloody ground silently.
Xiao Wu Ya said, "Father, don’t worry about this, I’ll deal with him."
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In a world undetectable to both Li Yuan and Xiaozhao, a black crow-like silhouette slowly floated away from the coffin.
The crow that lost this silhouette began to rapidly decay.
And the crow silhouette drifting away from the coffin was not hindered by any tangible matter, just drifting and drifting.
After a while, it seemed to be drawn by some force and drifted afar.
That was an aura like red seaweed, except these seaweeds extended from top to bottom, like many red snakes burrowing into the ground from above.
These red snakes were the Yang Qi.
The Yang Qi spread downward, resembling the sun, spreading in strands.
And some natural attraction arose between the crow silhouette and these Yang Qi.
The Yin Qi condensed, and the Yang Qi dissipated.
The Yin Qi quickly "captured" the Yang Qi.
In the process, the Yin Qi itself began some unstable quivering, but not far away... wisps of incense drifted in, seeping into the Yin Qi of the crow silhouette, gradually stabilizing it.
As time went by, the Yin Qi completely adhered to the Yang Qi, merging into a "fetus"-like small sphere.
This small sphere drifted quietly underground, and before long attached randomly to the roots of an old pagoda tree, and settled down completely.
A little sparrow and a little crow flew to the branches of this old tree, looking curiously.
Xiao Wu Ya shared his current feelings with the Little Sparrow beside him, then said, "This tree is so ugly."
The Little Sparrow remained silent.
Xiao Wu Ya added, "I wonder what will happen? Could it be that one of my hairs has reached the Third Grade? That’s just... too mysterious."
The crow spread its wings, facing the sky, as if questioning heaven and earth.
The Little Sparrow couldn’t speak.
In the coffin, Li Yuan was quite speechless.
He had already witnessed the changes in his daughter.
And these changes all indicated that the "Celestial Soul Cultivation Skill" was feasible.
So... did his daughter succeed in this attempt, while he failed?
Li Yuan lay silently, feeling it was impossible not to be a bit upset.
At this moment, his soul was firmly anchored in his body, unable to drift out.
And the fire within him had reached the maximum limit presently attainable.
Suddenly, a realization hit him.
Other souls were drawn out by the Yang Qi.
But his soul was firmly tethered by the fire within him, unable to leave.
Li Yuan understood.
However, he was a very patient person, and even though he guessed the answer, he was still willing to wait and see further changes.
But time waits for no one.
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A little over half a month later, Li Yuan saw from the sparrow spies in Xie Mansion that his elder sister-in-law was hurriedly heading towards the secret chamber he was in.
The dignified and beautiful woman walked gracefully and came to the chamber, gently knocking on the door, calling, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
On usual days, Xie Wei would never disturb him, and her coming this time must mean there’s a matter requiring the Emperor’s attention.
Li Yuan abandoned the "Celestial Soul Cultivation," raised his hand, pulled out the "Nine Temporary Patrol Tokens" from the void "Item Bar," and appeared in the chamber, then put on the clothing already prepared in there, and activated the mechanism to open the door.
Outside the door, Xie Wei softly said, "The armies of the various Commanders have already approached Jade Capital City, we should also set off.
This battle to break the city must have Your Majesty present, otherwise Your Majesty’s prestige won’t be established, and there could be troubles afterwards."
Li Yuan nodded.
He also found it quite remarkable.
The Nine Paths Commanders were essentially a motley crew, but it now seemed... the Lotus Sect was even more chaotic than them.
This was a war of competing mediocrity.
Xie Wei gently sniffed the air and said, "Your Majesty should bathe first."
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