tkworld Chapter 239 Princess Long Yi: I Just Want To Serve My Junior Brother...
Chapter 239 Princess Long Yi: I Just Want To Serve My Junior Brother...
Chapter 239: Princess Long Yi: I just wanted to serve my junior brother...
"...Master, the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed has indeed taken form and is now walking in the Extreme Void Starry Sky as a sentient being. My current means are insufficient to trace its whereabouts, and I am unable to investigate further..."
Among the hundreds of figures prostrating on the ground, the woman at the forefront spoke respectfully. She wore a magnificent and dignified crimson-gold dress, with a cloud-like bun and an elegant and noble appearance.
For the Apex Level Innate divine artifact born in the chaos of the Hongmeng, almost all the divination methods in the Extreme Void Starry Sky were ineffective against it. Even the existence of a Quasi-Saint Emperor Monarch Level could not deduce its whereabouts, which is why the woman felt troubled.
In her opinion, only when the master fully recovered and personally used a great Divine Ability to trace its origin would it be possible to perceive some clues. Apart from that, no other methods would work.
Moreover, if it fell into the hands of a certain lineage or power in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, the situation would become even more difficult to handle.
The ethereal voice fell silent for a moment before saying, "Very well, let's put this matter aside for now. Tell me about the current situation in the Extreme Void Starry Sky!"
The woman respectfully agreed and used her divine sense to inform the voice of everything that had happened in the Extreme Void Starry Sky in recent years. Among them, the most important was the arrival of the calamity caused by the Demon Race. Compared to that, the gathering of the Dao Court immortals and the opening of the Illusory Mist Secret Realm by the Heavenly Human Race were insignificant.
With the imminent completion of the Genesis Star Palace, all that was left was for the master to recover and reopen the Saint Dao Ground, restoring the supreme glory and brilliance of the once unparalleled Sacred Land in the Extreme Void Starry Sky.
"...In that case, let Jade Pearl Star Palace be destroyed!"
The ethereal voice instructed indifferently, "Your current power is limited, and you cannot eliminate all the forces involved in the looting of the Sacred Land. However, you can still establish your authority by dealing with one or two of them. Your several junior sisters will soon return from the Tai Xuan Qing Wei Heaven with the forces they bring back. With their assistance, you won't have to worry so much."
"Yes, I will follow your instructions."
"As for the whereabouts of the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed..."
The voice paused, and a bright cloud of light descended, within which countless threads of light crisscrossed and countless shadows appeared and disappeared. In the midst of this strange and colorful scene, there was an indescribable sense of unfathomable destiny and unpredictable fate.
After a while, the light in the cloud dimmed, revealing a palm-sized, translucent crystal jade ring, which fell into the woman's hand.
"Although it conceals its brilliance as a Divine Artifact, since it has taken form as a sentient being and walks in the world, it will not become mediocre. You just need to find the outstanding talents that have emerged in the Extreme Void Starry Sky in recent years and use this life wheel to investigate their origins. You will be able to see through their roots!" The voice said calmly.
The woman's expression brightened, and she quickly put away the jade ring, then asked, "If we find it, how should we handle it?"
"Of course, you should inform them of their identity and bring them back to the Star Palace to cultivate in secret, waiting for my return."
"But what if they have forgotten everything from their past lives after taking form, or if their temperament changes and they refuse to follow my arrangements? What should I do then?"
"In that case, you should suppress them and imprison them in the Star Palace until I return to deal with them."
"Yes, Master..."
The woman agreed, and the bright moon in the sky gradually faded away, disappearing into nothingness.
...
Palace of Calamitous Fate, main hall.
In the secret hall, the Heavenly Human Race divine envoy Zi Huang, deputy envoy Ling Xi, and the palace lord gathered once again.
"...After days of repeated investigations, we still haven't found any trace of Qin Muling," Zi Huang's voice carried a hint of helplessness. "There is only one possibility: he never entered the Illusory Mist Secret Realm and is still hidden in the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, including those direct disciples of the sect."
The movements and whereabouts of the female cultivators from the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace who used the jade tokens to enter the secret realm have been secretly investigated by the Heavenly Human Race during this period. They were able to pinpoint the exact location of each person, but they couldn't find Qin Muling.
Those female cultivators either wandered around the city or went to low-risk areas to collect resources, completely avoiding dangerous places.
The Heavenly Human Race even sent high-level experts to secretly control the souls of several female cultivators in an attempt to trace Qin Muling's whereabouts, but they gained nothing. Those female cultivators had no knowledge of anything.
No matter how clever and sophisticated the traps were, they were meaningless if the person never showed up.
The palace lord's emotions were calm and undisturbed: "Unfortunately, we have done our best. The head of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace insists on this, and no one can force them."
Ling Xi, who was beside them, asked further: "Can't you think of any other solutions? Your side has been operating in the Extreme Void Starry Sky for so many years, there must be some special means that can be tried, right?"
She instinctively realized that something was wrong. Palace of Calamitous Fate, this seemingly close ally, was actually not reliable and did not want to see the Heavenly Human Race obtain Qin Muling.
The palace lord simply shook their head: "After the failure of the last operation, all our pieces in Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace have been exposed. We currently have no suitable manpower available, so we are truly powerless."
Zi Huang pondered for a moment and softly said, "It seems that we can only increase our investment and entice them with great benefits to capture the attention of the higher-ups in Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace."
The two hundred or so jade token spots have not been activated yet, but Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace has not withdrawn either, indicating that they still have some plans.
If at this time, there were new ancient Cave Mansion ruins or rare treasures appearing in the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, and a few lucky individuals with great opportunities were fabricated, it would definitely attract the envy and interest of various forces, causing them to rush in.
"Your plan is brilliant, my lord. I am sincerely impressed."
The palace lord smiled and said, but in their heart, they were thinking about how to sabotage this matter and make sure that the Heavenly Human Race side remains unaware afterwards.
Ling Xi glanced at the palace lord without showing any emotion, a faint smile forming on her lips. She quietly clenched a bone talisman hidden in her sleeve.
Even though Palace of Calamitous Fate was secretly scheming behind the scenes, Ling Xi still had her final trump card that she had not used. She had seen Qin Muling before, not only did she get along well with the beautiful youth, but she also secretly gave him a bone talisman, even her own mother was unaware of it.
That thing has never been activated, indicating that it is still with Qin Muling. As long as she uses a secret method to trace its origin, she can find out and locate Qin Muling's position. No matter what kind of secret technique, it is difficult to conceal, and she can capture him.
Of course, Ling Xi did not plan to use this trump card until the critical moment.
The reason is simple. If the higher-ups of the Heavenly Human Race capture Qin Muling, no matter how many benefits he has, they will ultimately belong to those important figures and have nothing to do with Ling Xi.
But if Ling Xi herself captures Qin Muling, and no one else knows about it, then it will be her own once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and no one can take it away.
Hmm, if the situation allows, she can consider sharing some benefits with her sister Zi Huang afterwards, but as for others, forget it! Ling Xi pondered this in her heart.
In the Illusory Mist Secret Realm.
Nine floating giant ships, each over three thousand zhang long, silently hovered in the air. They were enveloped in multiple layers of clear radiance, not only concealing their presence, but also obscuring the threads of fate and causality, ensuring that no powerful being would detect their existence.
On the vast land below, majestic mountains stretched to the end of the sky. Tens of thousands of female cultivators, along with ten times as many puppet soldiers, were bustling with activity. They cut off mountain peaks, split open the earth, and transported various rare minerals from the depths of thick rock layers.
Among the towering mountains, the female cultivators had opened up thousands of large-scale resource gathering areas. About thirty percent of the manpower was used to mine spirit crystals, while the rest, along with the puppet soldiers, were mining and refining other types of rare spirit ores.
On the vast tracts of land created by divine abilities, numerous giant furnaces were erected, densely packed like a forest. These were also specially made high-level Law Weapons. Batches of high-melting-point and incredibly hard spirit gold ore were sent into them, burned and melted by the blazing flames of the sun, and after multiple processes to remove impurities, they turned into large blocks of high-purity spirit ore, which were then stored in Law Weapons with large capacities.
Rare spirit ores such as Tian Yan Yun Sha Copper, Xuan Yin Mi Jing, and Miao Yuan Jing Jin could produce millions of pieces through the operation of these workshops in just one day and night.
When Qin Muling first saw this grand scene, she was somewhat shocked, but soon she understood. The Extreme Void Starry Sky was vast and infinite. After long years of development and evolution, the cultivation civilization system had long transitioned from the primitive stage of small family workshops to the advanced stage of large-scale industrial production.
Just thinking about the fact that there were tens of millions of registered disciples on the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace's territory, not to mention the hundreds of times more maidservants and various peripheral personnel, as well as numerous dependent forces, business guilds, dynasties, tribes, and cities, it was clear that the scale was immense.
Furthermore, there were countless trillions of mortals below, who, although seen as ants by high-level cultivators, were the foundation of the Extreme Void Starry Sky cultivation system.
With such a large group and the ability to change the world with divine abilities, it was not surprising that these products similar to advanced industrial civilization emerged.
Inside the giant ship, a vast space was created using formations, creating an exquisite and luxurious palace garden. Every detail was arranged beautifully and ingeniously.
At this moment, Qin Muling was sleeping in her chamber, her phoenix-patterned silk quilt covering her head, soundly asleep.
Hmm, just one person, simply sleeping, without any other meaning.
Of course, high-level cultivators didn't need to sleep. Entering a state of cultivation was the norm, but occasionally experiencing it was not a problem. It was just like enjoying those fine wines and delicacies... it was quite enjoyable.
After expanding the internal space within the Azure Lotus leaf's illusion, and with the assistance of Emperor Qin Yu and Emperor Qing Huan, Qin Muling had brought over enough people and resources. Therefore, a dedicated area was opened in the workshop deep within the mountains to distribute and recover a large number of spatial Law Weapons.
The Law Weapons filled by the female cultivators and puppet soldiers are all stored in these areas. When the quantity accumulates enough, Qin Muling will transport them back all at once, ensuring efficient turnover with a round trip every three to five days.
Therefore, Qin Muling is relatively idle now, spending his time indulging in luxury and pleasure in the palace of the giant ship, without anyone to restrain him, but instead adding fuel to the fire.
As long as the junior martial brother wants to do something, there is always a reason for it.
This is the attitude of the senior martial sisters.
In another palace, Princess Long Yi is changing clothes under the service of the court lady Su Yuanzhen.
In the large floor-length mirror, a slender and charming figure is reflected. The silver transparent bellyband is filled with two bulging mounds, causing the embroidered cloud and phoenix on it to be severely deformed and become chubby birds.
"What is the junior martial brother doing?"
Princess Long Yi tilts her head slightly and casually admires her body, asking softly.
"It seems like he's still sleeping. It's already mid-morning."
Court lady Su Yuanzhen says with a gentle demeanor. At this moment, she has also taken off her gorgeous palace dress, leaving only a transparent silk bellyband on her plump and voluptuous body, similar to the style of the princess, except that the chubby bird is black.
"Which senior martial sister is accompanying him?"
Princess Long Yi asks, then shakes her head. Is there a need to ask? That group of coquettish foxes always act together.
As long as one senior martial sister is with the junior martial brother... the rest will definitely rush to join in the fun, and the final result is inevitably sharing the same bed.
At this time, the situation of Princess Long Yi and Su Yuanzhen becomes somewhat awkward. After all, the gap in cultivation between them and Qin Muling is too large. They can't join in the group activities now, they can only watch from the side.
Whenever this happens, Princess Long Yi will find an excuse to leave early, so as not to be embarrassed. It's really uncomfortable to keep watching without participating.
"Your Highness, you guessed wrong this time,"
Su Yuanzhen says with a smile, "The junior martial brother is sleeping alone, and he explicitly stated that he doesn't want to be disturbed by them. He said he was tired these past few days and wants to be alone."
Princess Long Yi's eyes brighten, "Then..."
Rarely without others interfering, if she takes this opportunity to spend some time alone with Qin Muling, it would be a good thing to deepen their relationship.
Su Yuanzhen helplessly says, "Even if you go, what can you do? Embrace each other and talk about local customs? Don't forget that we can't... with the junior martial brother."
Princess Long Yi's expression stiffens, she sighs helplessly and rubs her face.
For the first time, she feels resentful towards her Golden Immortal cultivation level. If she had met Qin Muling earlier, she could have stopped at the Profound Immortal realm, which, although still relatively high, would have allowed her to... with him.
But now, she can only endure and wait patiently until Qin Muling breaks through to the Immortal Ascension realm, preferably the Origin Immortal Realm, before she can fulfill her wish.
Although with the speed of Qin Muling's cultivation level improvement, this day will not be too far away, it is still difficult to endure, especially when there are so many coquettish foxes outside, eyeing him.
Su Yuanzhen advises again, "Actually, it's not a bad idea to wait a little longer. After all, for men, the best is often the one who comes later! What does Your Highness think?"
"That's true, but in the current situation, just waiting is not a good idea!"
Princess Long Yi shakes her head, thinks for a moment, and suddenly says, "How about temporarily changing to a dual cultivation technique? It wouldn't hurt for the junior martial brother to gain some benefits, as long as we can..."
Su Yuanzhen immediately understands her meaning, her eyebrows furrow slightly, and she says with some concern, "This... might not be appropriate, right? The Emperor won't agree."
There are many dual cultivation techniques in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, some are mutually beneficial, some are one-sided plunder, and some accommodate and take care of the lower cultivation level. Of course, there are also some special sects and forces, such as the Divine Maiden Sect, Flower Dew Palace, and Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, where female cultivators form Daoist couples. The sect's collection of scriptures includes such techniques, and there are many female cultivators who form Daoist couples among them.
The meaning of Princess Long Yi is to temporarily switch to a suitable dual-cultivation technique to solve the problem of Qin Muling's low cultivation level. The benefit is that it can immediately deepen their relationship and significantly help improve his cultivation.
The downside is that Princess Long Yi's cultivation will not increase and will even visibly regress. It is uncertain whether she will temporarily fall to the Profound Immortal realm. She can only recover when Qin Muling's cultivation level improves in the future.
"It doesn't matter, right? As long as we can... it's the best result for us, isn't it? His current cultivation is too low, and it's difficult for him to protect himself in danger. If we can help him in this way, it will surely increase our significance in his heart." Princess Long Yi said softly. With Qin Muling's growth speed, it's only a matter of time before he reaches the Golden Immortal realm or even higher. So, it's nothing for her to be a little generous now and contribute more to him.
Su Yuanzhen pondered for a moment and finally softened his attitude. "Alright, why don't I give it a try first? If there are no problems, Your Highness can..."
Even in secular dynasties, there is a tradition of trial marriage for princesses' husbands, where close female officials or maidservants act as trial partners to test their abilities in the bridal chamber before the princess herself formally discusses marriage. Su Yuanzhen is currently the only female official allowed to be close to Qin Muling by Princess Long Yi's side, so naturally, she is the one who must fulfill the role of the trial partner.
Princess Long Yi narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly and said with a smile that was not a smile, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be too cheap for you? Well, since we have already decided... why not do it all at once and let me do it personally!"
Su Yuanzhen originally wanted to persuade her again, but after thinking about it, she changed her words, "Alright, let's go and discuss it with Senior Sister now! As long as she doesn't object, then it's settled."
Whether willing or not, Xue Bingxuan is, after all, the first one to come. She not only represents the attitude of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace but also holds a different position in Qin Muling's heart. So this matter must be informed to her before proceeding.
At this moment, in the study outside.
Xue Bingxuan was busy handling various matters related to manpower and resource allocation, with several senior sisters assisting her.
"In three days, the storage area here will be full again. We need to build a few more."
Yu Binghua, who had a beautiful face, looked through the jade scroll in front of her and sighed slightly, "This place is truly a treasure trove! With the things we've brought back in these few days, I'm afraid we could buy Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace from a hundred years ago. Ah! It would be great if this place could become the exclusive territory of the sect."
"Don't think too much, that's impossible!"
Luo Huan next to her chuckled. The Heavenly Human Race is not an easy target. There are at least three openly recognized Quasi-Saint Emperors, all in their peak state. It is unknown how much hidden strength they still possess.
For millions of years, there have been many powerful figures in the Extreme Void Starry Sky who have had designs on the Illusory Mist Secret Realm, but there has never been any news of anyone taking advantage of it. It can be imagined how terrifying their strength is.
Now, being able to secretly come and obtain resources through Qin Muling's influence is already a delightful thing that makes other sects jealous.
Qi Yalan picked up the jade cup by her side and took a sip of spirit wine. A faint smile appeared on her beautiful face, "There's no need to be so absolute. With Junior Brother's potential, when he becomes a Quasi-Saint Emperor in the future, he might really be able to treat this place as his own backyard and get whatever he wants!"
"Perhaps, that's possible..."
The senior sisters seemed lost in thought, as if Qin Muling had already experienced enough miracles, so this time was nothing special.
Accompanied by the pleasant sound of jingling bells, Princess Long Yi and Su Yuanzhen walked in gracefully.
"Are you two here to help?" Xue Bingxuan greeted with a smile. After spending some time together, their relationship was quite good, so there was no need for too much politeness.
"Helping is not a problem, but there is something we need to discuss with Senior Sister first..." Princess Long Yi's expression was slightly shy as she explained her plan. The senior sisters around them looked at each other and remained silent for a while.
"Is there a problem?"
Seeing Xue Bingxuan's serious expression, Princess Long Yi said in confusion, "I just want to serve Junior Brother!"
Xue Bingxuan sighed and said with a serious tone, "If it's just the two of you, it might be fine. But once this precedent is set, there will be many fox-like women imitating it. What will Junior Brother do then?"
"..."
Sorry, I got stuck in the review process. I had to make a lot of changes before it was approved...
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