"Where is Duke Qi?"Swish~
Zuo Qiyu immediately headed out.
"Qi Yuanzi greets the special envoy."
"The King has ordered Duke Qi and three guests at the mansion to enter the palace for an audience."
"Hmm?" Zuo Qiyu felt something strange.
It’s not odd for the Tianyou Country Lord to give orders, but knowing he had three guests at the mansion was quite peculiar.
Amongst the three, only Zuo Qiyu had a Six Pillar Jade Scroll, while the other three only possessed Five Pillar Jade Scrolls.
It stands to reason that the other three wouldn’t be easily summoned.
Jing Yue quickly speculated, and then transmitted a message: "Senior, Brother Fan, perhaps during my earlier divination search, someone in the Imperial Palace noticed us."
Jing Yue’s divination targeted the palace, which could likely be noticed by other Fate Masters.
"Could this summons be related to Zhao Xing?" the Five Poison Emperor suddenly asked.
"I’m not certain." Jing Yue shook his head.
"Whether it is or not, we will know once we enter the palace." Fan Ye stated.
"Senior Zuo’s status as a Duke is already very high; for small matters, they can find any reason as an excuse, and it shouldn’t trigger insignificant historical events."
"Then let’s go and see."
The four quickly decided and immediately followed the Palace Gate Envoy.
...
Meanwhile, deep in the Imperial Palace.
In the Imperial Garden, flowers were in full bloom, competing for beauty. Under a verdant elm tree, a young man lay on a chair, leisurely tapping to a rhythm.
A hundred meters from the elm tree flowed a clear river, from which celestial sounds emerged, sung by a group of enchanting female demons in the river.
Above the elm tree, clouds gathered thickly, but as the singing began, they parted, revealing moonlit beauties dancing gracefully.
"The heavenly sound of female demons, coupled with the scent of over thirty thousand flowers in the Ten Thousand Flower Garden, has cleared half of my True Spirit Heavenly Poison over the past thousand years."
At the end of a melody, Zhao Xing sat upright in his chair, savoring the lingering resonance, and couldn’t help but stretch lazily.
"How comfortable! This method of treatment is far more pleasant than receiving care at Academic City, healing without pain."
Looking inwardly at his sea of consciousness, Zhao Xing could see that his True Spirit Heavenly Poison was much weaker than before.
Originally pitch-black, it now appeared lighter, and he could even see the Life Soul’s shadow within.
"My master and the others should be arriving soon." Zhao Xing calculated the time, gazed at the horizon, and before long, a Heavenly Horse pulled forward as the Palace Gate Envoy opened the way, landing in the Ten Thousand Flower Garden.
"Hmm? Wasn’t it said that Tianyou Country Lord summoned us? Why are you here?" Zuo Qiyu stepped out of the carriage and was stunned to see Zhao Xing under the tree.
"You may leave now." Zhao Xing waved to the Golden Armor Palace Gate General.
"Understood."
After the people had departed, Zhao Xing opened the door of a wooden house under the tree and invited Zuo Qiyu inside: "Senior Zuo, Master, please come in for a discussion."
Not long after, Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor entered the wooden house, while Jing Yue and Fan Ye waited in the carriage.
"Zhao Xing, what’s the situation?" The Five Poison Emperor scrutinized him, "How are you in the Imperial Garden with those female demons? And what about your True Spirit Heavenly Poison...?"
"Master, Senior Zuo, I have waited for you in this timeline for four thousand years." Zhao Xing said with emotion, "Once you entered, Jing Yue used the Cause and Effect Technique to locate me, and I immediately became aware, so I sent to have you brought here."
"Four thousand years? But you can only live for three thousand..."
"I have cleared a part of the True Spirit Heavenly Poison." Zhao Xing explained, "The reason is what you just saw—the rare female demons and the fragrance from the Ten Thousand Flower Garden."
"I understand." The Five Poison Emperor realized, "Among the Demon Race, there are those with extraordinary innate talents. Their voices seem kissed by the Tao, making them natural musicians and dancers."
"For this reason, they have always been targets for capture and hunting by various clans. Among the nobles of the Human Clan, it is an honor to raise high-grade female demons, which became extinct in the Desolate Domain before the tenth epoch."
"I never knew that female demons could have the effect of countering the True Spirit Heavenly Poison."
"The Academic City provided a list mentioning that one item was to find an Emperor Level female demon or multiple Lord-levels to treat Zhao Xing with Dance and Music Path." Zuo Qiyu knew a bit more, as he was the one who escorted Zhao Xing initially.
"This does not consume World Spirit Value, as there is no material exchange, but even so, achieving this is quite difficult."
Zhao Xing nodded, "Exactly, the female demon clan is near extinction, and the base number keeps dwindling, so the chance of producing strong ones naturally decreases."
"You’ll probably find Emperor Level female demons during the Five Emperors Era; after that, even Lord-levels become rare."
"I used the dance music of a group of female demon Lords, spending two thousand years to shatter half of the True Spirit Heavenly Poison."
"Hold on." The Five Poison Emperor frowned, "How did you get into the Imperial Palace and have the Tianyou Country Lord personally order our summons?"
He couldn’t understand how Zhao Xing had so much influence.
Even with good stature, four thousand years wouldn’t be enough to reach such a level, right?
In history, Zhao Feiyang is a name scarcely known; achieving this is equivalent to altering history.
Moreover, Zhao Xing’s power hadn’t visibly changed; he still remained at the Tao Domain Realm without breaking through.
"Master, Senior Zuo, I cannot disclose this matter." Zhao Xing pointed to the sky and pondered, "I can only say that the rules of the Transmission Building’s Array operation went awry, not by chance."
Zuo Qiyu and the Five Poison Emperor exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other’s eyes.
Assuming the Transmission Building’s Array operation was not by chance means interference was involved.
No, not by humans, but by divine interference from the God Realm!
Chapter 1953: 15: Qing Yu Zi in History, Completing the Loop!_2
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