
The Other Side of the Empress
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The Nine Fire Fire Dragon was basically a creature created by Cui Heng's spell.
Despite already having a complete spirituality, the Nine Fire Dragon was still an extension of Cui Heng's perception.
Therefore, Cui Heng actually felt the entire process of Huo Si fighting Ye Yun.
Including Ye Yun's self-destruction and his remaining arm.
Through these two points, Cui Heng roughly understood Ye Yun's situation.
It was roughly equivalent to an Intermediate-stage Golden Core realm. His strength was slightly weaker, the so-called Mystical God Taiyi realm.
However, his age was very abnormal.
Judging from that arm, Ye Yun had lived for at least 7,000 years. This had far surpassed the age limit that a Fourth Immortal Realm cultivator could reach.
Cui Heng had obtained a secret manual from the Purple Extreme Palace on the moon. It recorded the secret martial technique of the Purple Extreme Palace and pointed to the path to break through to the Golden Eternity realm.
It also described the characteristics of the Fourth Realm of the Eternal World.
It is the "Mystical Dharma Body Realm".
This realm required one to reach the Third Realm of the Eternal World first. The process of reaching the Dharma Body stage refers to martial artists communicating with the nomological Dao runes of the world and carving them, forming a sign of divine power before finally purifying the Dharma body.
After cultivating the Dharma Body, one can live for a thousand years. Of course, this is just a normal age.
In theory, one could also extend their lifespan by taking life-extending pills or cultivating special longevity martial techniques. But he could only live for at most about 5,000 years.
This was far less than the maximum lifespan of a Gold Core cultivator which was 9,999 years.
Ye Yun's 7,000-year lifespan far exceeded his original limit of 5,000 years.
Moreover, his physical condition was very strange.
Its flesh contained countless blackish purple insects, giving off the feeling that its entire body was made of this blackish purple insect.
"Is it because of the immortal characteristics he acquired 3,000 years ago?" Cui Heng thought to himself. He thought of the so-called Unparalleled Demons he had encountered in Great Jin.
The Great Demon was also filled with this strange purple-black power.
There was also the Purple Extreme Palace on the moon.
"What exactly is this purple-black power?" Cui Heng frowned, filled with confusion.
To this day, he still did not know what strength formed the Sky Ruins Evil Insect, nor did he know what secrets were contained within.
This unknown made him feel uncomfortable. That was also one of the reasons why he had never taken action personally.
"That Taiyi Mystical God didn't rise because Huo Si was guarding there?"
Cui Heng continued to pay attention to Ye Yun's situation and thought, “From the spiritual perception contained in that arm, that person should not die, nor go too far.
“Did he come back to life somewhere nearby? Could he be in that cave? If that's the case, can I let Huo Er uproot the entire mountain.?.?”
For the Late-stage Golden Core Nine Fire Flame Dragon, it was not difficult to uproot a mountain that was hundreds of thousands of feet tall.
If that Mystical God Taiyi was truly revived inside the cave.
This method is well worth it.
As long as it uprooted the entire mountain and brought it back, it would naturally be able to restore that Taiyi Mystic Immortal.
Moreover, as long as they were prepared this time around and allowed Huo Si to use his Dharmic power to protect the entire mountain before disrupting the laws and principles, they could avoid a situation of self-destruction.
With Huo Si's strength, it wouldn't be a problem to stop Mystical God Taiyi from self-destructing.
"Teacher!"
Right now, Pei Qingshu's voice sounded from outside.
"What's that?" Cui Heng stopped thinking and stood up to open the door and asked. “Greetings, Guru.” Pei Qingshu first bowed, then said, "Teacher, Li Mingqiong wants to see you."
Cui Heng was stunned for a moment before chuckling. "Then let's go."
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In the reception hall in the Nourishing Courtyard of the Heart.
Li Mingqiong was wearing a white moon dress and dressed like an ordinary woman. Although she still had a beautiful appearance, she no longer possessed the aura of a dignified Empress.
He sat there with his legs united and his head lowered. His teeth bit his red lips as he crossed his fingers and played his slender fingers.
He's obviously very nervous.
Yu Wei stood to the side. He's already stunned.
He was already the one closest to the Empress in the palace.
However, she had never seen the Empress so agitated, nervous, and even slightly feminine.
Anyone who saw the Empress' current expression would think that they were hallucinating.
For a moment, Yu Wei even suspected he would be silenced when he returned.
After all, he had seen the Empress's unknown side.
Could it be that he was still alive in this world after this?
However, the Empress came to see master Pei Qingshu. Why is he so nervous and nervous?
This doesn't make any sense.
Could the Empress also know master Pei Qingshu?
At that moment, footsteps came from outside.
Li Mingqiong seemed to suffer from conditioned reflexes. He immediately stood up and subconsciously tidied up his appearance. He whispered to Yu Wei beside him, "Are my hair and clothes in a mess?"
"No-no. Your Majesty, you look perfect, ” said Yu Wei honestly.
At this moment, he was even more shocked in his heart. The Empress actually had a lot of respect for the person she was going to meet. Even his appearance is professional.
After a while, Cui Heng arrived. Pei Qingshu followed beside him in a very respectful manner.
“Your Majesty, this is Mr. Deva Pei..” Yu Wei tried to introduce Cui Heng to Li Mingqiong.
However, as soon as he spoke, he saw Li Mingqiong kneeling on the ground respectfully and kowtowing to Cui Heng. “Murid Li Mingqiong greets His Eternal Majesty!”
“???” Yu Wei was instantly stunned upon seeing this. He was completely stunned, and he could not even react in time to what had happened.
However, his face quickly revealed extreme disbelief and shock.
Immediately after, he hurriedly knelt down as well.
As a subject, how could he not kneel when the Empress had already kneeled?
Cui Heng stopped his steps and looked at the young lady kneeling before him. He could only sigh.
In fact, Li Mingqiong's appearance was relatively foreign to him.
After all, when he was in the Beginner Room, Li Mingqiong was only nine years old and was truly a little girl.
He's grown so big.
There is a saying that a woman will change when she grows up. Not to mention Li Mingqiong had experienced many things over the years and had even ruled over the Great Zhou Dynasty for over 70 years as an Empress.
Therefore, when he first saw Li Mingqiong, Cui Heng only had one feeling.
The ignorance.
He could barely see the trace of the little girl on this woman.
However, as Li Mingqiong knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Cui Heng suddenly felt that this figure overlapped with the figure of the little girl back then.
"Have your brother returned?" Cui Heng suddenly asked.
Li Mingqiong's body trembled slightly. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said, “Not yet. I haven't found any leads.”
“Then you must continue to work hard and live long until the day he returns.” Cui Heng looked at Li Mingqiong and smiled. "Get up, my disciple must not kneel."
A student?!
Pei Qingshu, who was standing at the side, showed a hint of excitement in his eyes. He was happy for Li Mingqiong. Li Mingqiong almost cried in excitement upon hearing this.
However, after so many years, he had long been able to control his emotions perfectly. Her tears aren't really flowing.
However, the impact of Cui Heng's appearance was too great. When he spoke, his voice still shook. "T-Master !!"
Then, Li Mingqiong slowly stood up and lowered his head to stand to the side. His fingers were still crossed as he played it. She really looked like a shy girl who was facing a teacher.
"Sit down." Cui Heng pointed to a chair beside him and said to Pei Qingshu, “Qingshu, get out first. I will speak with Mingqiong.”
"Yes sir!" Pei Qingshu bowed and left.
"Your Majesty, I'll go too ..." Yu Wei was still very intelligent.
"Go." Li Mingqiong nodded.
Currently, only Cui Heng and Li Mingqiong were left in the guest hall.
“Master, I...” Li Mingqiong seems to want to say something.
However, when he said this, he did not know what to say.
He's stopped.
There were so many things he wanted to say over the years.
However, he did not know where to start.
"Don't talk about anything else first." Cui Heng shook his head gently and frowned as he said in a low voice, “There is something wrong with your cultivation. Your body is not right. I'll help you check first.