125: Chapter 125 A Thousandfold Return, the Imperial Weapon Haotian Tower!

Lin Yi nodded.

"Just started."

Hearing this, Chu Wanqing immediately took advantage of the situation.

"That's perfect then."

"Brother Lin Yi, save me."

"I've been surrounded by those old guys for half the day. If I keep looking at this, my head's going to explode."

Lin Yi flipped open the jade scroll and scanned a few pages.

The jade scroll was densely packed with the Chu Family's old and new accounts from various branches, personnel assignments, and mining profits.

There was also the list of the first batch of resources paid by the Wang Family as compensation.

The numbers were massive.

The matters were very complex.

Lin Yi looked up.

"This is work for an Imperial Daughter."

Chu Wanqing's face immediately fell.

"I only just took the position today."

"Who piles up a mountain of work for someone right from the start?"

Su Yuxi leaned to the side.

"Your father is just afraid you'll be too idle."

"Besides, those people outside knelt quickly today because they fear Lin Yi.

If you don't take charge of these things, they'll dare to use rules to pressure you tomorrow."

Shen Qingyue added a sentence as well.

"Straighten out the accounts first."

"If anyone is hiding something, it'll come out once you look."

After hearing this, Chu Wanqing sighed.

"The three of you are standing on one side while I suffer alone."

Lin Yi handed back the thickest jade scroll.

"Go on."

"If you delay any longer, Uncle Chu will come to catch you himself."

Chu Wanqing ground her teeth.

"Hmph! I've noted this."

"Wait until I finish dealing with this pile of stuff; I'll come to settle the score with you."

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow.

"Settle what score?"

Chu Wanqing snorted.

"You have the Qian Secret, yet you were just watching me make a fool of myself."

Having said that, she stuffed half of the jade scrolls into Shen Qingyue's arms.

"Sister Qingyue, help me a bit more."

Shen Qingyue didn't dodge.

"I'll only help you for half an hour."

"Any more than that, and you're on your own."

Chu Wanqing finally nodded reluctantly and rushed out again.

At the doorway, she turned back and added.

"Brother Lin Yi, don't you dare sneak away."

Once she left.

The hall became much quieter.

Su Yuxi looked at Lin Yi.

"You just got the Qian Secret, and you already used it on Wanqing."

Lin Yi smiled.

"I had to try it out."

Su Yuxi stood up.

"Then keep trying."

"I just finished refining that strand of insight; I still need to stabilize it."

She walked to the inner hall and paused.

"By the way."

"Don't just focus on Wanqing's affairs."

"Qingyue bore a lot for her today."

After saying that, Su Yuxi turned into the inner hall to consolidate her Dao Rhyme.

The hall doors closed softly.

Only Lin Yi and Shen Qingyue remained outside.

Shen Qingyue placed the jade scrolls in her arms onto the long table and pressed her fingers against her temple.

At the other end of the long table, the lamp was still lit.

The teacup was also still warm.

However, there were a dozen more jade scrolls in front of her.

Lin Yi walked over and held down her hand as she was about to turn another page.

"Enough."

"That's it for today."

Shen Qingyue looked up at him.

"Wanqing can't suppress these people."

"Yu Xi is refining her insights."

"You just got the Qian Secret and need to stabilize yourself."

"It's easiest if I do it."

Lin Yi took the jade scroll from her hand and set it aside.

"Just because it's easy doesn't mean you have to keep carrying the burden."

Shen Qingyue didn't argue.

She looked at the jade scroll that had been moved aside, her fingertips curling slightly.

"My old injury hasn't fully healed, but doing a little work is nothing."

"Besides, I should help you with this much at least."

Lin Yi looked at her.

Shen Qingyue's face was still calm.

But there was fatigue under her eyes.

Her aura was also a bit more chaotic than during the day.

Not long after she woke up from the ancient divine source, the Dao wound had been plaguing her Foundation.

Usually, it was protected by the Primordial Beginning Qi and wouldn't show.

But after being busy all day, a little bit would inevitably leak out in the details.

Lin Yi didn't let her touch those jade scrolls again.

With a turn of his hand, a ball of clear radiance appeared in his palm.

The light ball wasn't large, only the size of a fist.

However, an extremely dense Origin Qi flowed within it.

Strands of black Impurities had long been refined away, leaving only the purest part of the Yin-Extreme Power of Life and Death.

As soon as the light ball appeared.

The temperature in the hall dropped a few degrees.

Shen Qingyue glanced at it, her eyebrows twitching slightly.

"Chu Ningshuang's Origin?"

Lin Yi nodded.

"Refined three times by the immortal burial coffin."

"The evil energy, resentment, and filth are all gone."

"What's left is the most useful essence of her Physique."

Shen Qingyue didn't reach out immediately.

"You're giving it to me?"

Lin Yi moved the light ball closer.

"If not you, then who?"

"Your Primordial Dao Body's Foundation is too powerful, but the old injury is stuck in the deepest part, always lacking a medicinal catalyst."

"This Origin is just what's needed to fill the gap."

"It comes from the Yin-extreme; it can pull out that crack inside you and stitch it up bit by bit."

Shen Qingyue looked at the light.

The lamplight fell on her profile, softening her features.

She remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"This gift is very heavy."

Lin Yi said, "If you can use it, it's not heavy."

Shen Qingyue took a soft breath.

"Lin Yi."

"I owe you more and more."

Lin Yi placed the light ball in her hand.

"Since you said you owe me, then take it for now."

"Once your injury is healed, you can pay me back slowly."

Shen Qingyue caught the light ball.

The moment it touched her hand, the Primordial Dao Markings on her palm lit up.

The Origin within the light ball showed no resistance; instead, it actively burrowed into her Meridians.

Shen Qingyue's breath hitched.

She immediately sat cross-legged.

"It really works."

Lin Yi gave an "En."

"I'll stand guard here."

Shen Qingyue looked up at him.

Her habitually cold face unusually showed a hint of softness.

"Once I've repaired the Dao wound."

"Whenever you want to go in the future, I'll accompany you for a while."

"Whoever you want to settle accounts with, I'll clear the way for you."

She paused, her voice growing even softer.

"All of this, I will repay you!"

Lin Yi smiled.

"Alright."

"I'll remember that."

Shen Qingyue spoke no more.

She closed her eyes and formed hand seals.

The Origin dissolved in her palm, and a dark-gold stream of light sank into her body through her hand.

The next moment.

Primordial Dao Markings spread out from around her body.

Ancient patterns lit up at the edge of her skirt, then climbed upward.

They wound around her arms, over her shoulders, and finally condensed into a simple Dao Ring behind her.

The Spiritual Qi in the hall was instantly drained by more than half.

The jade scrolls on the long table rustled as they flipped.

Even the candlelight flickered downward.

Lin Yi stood by the side, not interfering, only sealing off all the surrounding noise.

The Dao wound inside Shen Qingyue was finally dragged out.

It wasn't an external injury.

It was an old crack hidden deep within her Origin.

Usually protected by the Primordial Beginning Qi, it didn't show.

Now, with the Yin-Extreme Power of Life and Death entering her body, the crack was immediately forced to manifest.

As soon as the crack appeared.

The Primordial Beginning Qi swirled around it.

The two forces pressed and merged, beginning to stitch the gap bit by bit.

Shen Qingyue's aura first became chaotic, then stabilized.

After that, it surged upward significantly.

The teacup by the long table cracked silently, and the array patterns on the ground lit up inch by inch.

Lin Yi watched the Dao Ring behind Shen Qingyue gradually solidify, and the corners of his lips lifted.

This gift was the right choice.

Just then.

A familiar voice rang out in Lin Yi's Sea of Consciousness.

"[Ding!]"

"[Congratulations to the host for gifting the Destined Female Lead Shen Qingyue an Imperial Rank Low Grade—Erosion Yin Imperial Physique Origin!]"

"[Triggering Thousandfold Return!]"

"[Reward obtained: Top-grade Imperial Weapon—haotian pagoda!]"