129: Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Mysterious Woman Body
“Greetings... Your Highness, the Imperial Son.”
The Senior Sister in the 13th Realm was the first to snap out of it. Her pretty face flushed crimson, and she quickly put away her weapon.
She bowed deeply to Jiang Yuan, her voice tinged with shyness and nervousness.
The remaining Disciples also woke up from their daze and followed suit, offering their respects.
“It is the honor of our Jade Pool that Your Highness, the Imperial Son, has personally arrived. However... our Venerable Master has been in secluded cultivation and rarely meets outsiders. We ask that Your Highness...”
She wanted to say, 'Please wait here, Your Highness, the Imperial Son, while we send a notification.'
But Jiang Yuan simply waved his hand, interrupting her.
“No matter.”
He stepped forward and walked straight into the mountain gate, acting as if he were strolling through his own backyard.
The Nine Nether Lion and the hundred-strong honor guard from the Heavenly Demon Palace,
tactfully remained outside the mountain gate, not daring to take a single step further.
The Disciples of the Jade Pool exchanged glances, wanting to stop him but not daring to.
They could only watch helplessly as Jiang Yuan's figure
vanished into the cloud-shrouded immortal mountains.
The area in front of the mountain gate remained silent until the figure in white was completely out of sight.
Only the heavy breathing of a few young female Disciples remained.
“Senior Sister Lu, he's gone far away. Why hasn't your soul returned yet?”
A bolder Junior Sister leaned close to the Senior Sister in the 13th Realm, covering her mouth as she chuckled softly.
“Exactly! It's the first time I've seen Senior Sister Lu look like this. Your face is flushed all the way to your ears.”
“W-what nonsense are you talking about!”
She tried to scold them with a stern face, but her voice was soft and lacked any deterrent power.
“Why don't you go talk to Imperial Son Jiang, Senior Sister? You possess the Qing Shui Treasure Body. Maybe His Highness the Imperial Son will take a liking to you.”
“Yes, yes. His Highness the Imperial Son possesses the Great Dao of Creation, which is naturally compatible with the Jade Pool Heart Sutra we Cultivate. Just being near him makes one feel peaceful, and the Dao Heart becomes much more active.”
“More than just an active Dao Heart,” another Junior Sister giggled, “I think Senior Sister Lu's heart has been stirred by romance!”
“You... if you dare to talk nonsense again, all of you go face the wall at the Cliff of Reflection!”
Senior Sister Lu stomped her foot in anger.
“I... I was just afraid of neglecting an honored guest and wanted to ask the Imperial Son to stay a few more days to honor the friendship of our Holy Land.”
“Ah, yes, yes, yes. We'll pretend that's the reason.”
Amidst the playful chatter of the young women, which Jiang Yuan could no longer hear,
he had already arrived at the Jade Pool Main Peak, the Luoshen Jinghong Palace.
This place was the core of the entire Yaochi Holy Land,
and the location of the Empress's secluded cultivation.
The palace was built from Ten-Thousand Year Cold Jade, perpetually shrouded in cold Qi.
Ordinary Saints approaching it would have their Divine Souls frozen.
At this moment, deep inside the Jinghong Palace.
A woman of unparalleled grace, dressed in a plain white palace gown,
sat cross-legged in the center of a lotus pond, which was wreathed in Immortal Qi.
Her eyes were tightly closed, Dao charm flowed around her, making her seem integrated with the entire world.
She was precisely the mistress of the Yaochi Holy Land, the Yaochi Empress.
Suddenly,
her long eyelashes trembled slightly,
and she slowly opened her eyes.
What cold and aloof eyes they were,
seeming to contain the ice and snow of countless ages,
devoid of even a trace of emotion.
Her gaze pierced through the layers of the palace,
landing on the figure in white who was ascending the steps neither quickly nor slowly.
“Jiang Yuan...”
Her red lips parted slightly, uttering the two words. Her voice remained cold,
but deep within those eyes, usually as still as an ancient well, a trace of curiosity flashed—difficult to detect.
This man had grown stronger again.
The last time she sensed him through the heavenly dao golden ranking list, he was only in the Law Realm.
How much time had passed since then?
The aura emanating from him was actually so profound that even she, a Great Emperor, felt a hint of pressure.
Although he tried his best to restrain it,
the occasional wisp of Supreme might that leaked out was keenly captured by her.
The Supreme Realm!
A Supreme Realm expert at twenty years old!
This discovery
caused the Yaochi Empress's state of mind to involuntarily ripple.
The supreme curse,
had been broken by him so easily?
How exactly did he manage it?
Something that even Hengyu couldn't achieve back then?
This child... is unusual.
While she was contemplating,
Jiang Yuan's figure had already arrived outside the Empress's Palace.
He paid no attention to the Quasi-Emperor Elders guarding the palace entrance.
He simply looked up at the tightly shut palace gate,
a playful smile appearing on his face.
“Senior Empress, an old friend has come to visit. Please open the door.”
His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly entered every corner of the Jinghong Palace, and the ears of the Yaochi Empress.
Inside the palace, the Empress furrowed her delicate brows.
An old friend?
This fellow certainly knows how to flatter himself.
However, she soon understood what he meant by 'old friend.'
She saw a golden ranking list Imperial Decree appear above Jiang Yuan's head.
Threads of Dao charm circulated.
Furthermore, the Imperial Decree contained a trace of Great Emperor's coercion!
An Imperial Decree of the Current Era Great Emperor.
As the direct son of a Great Emperor, he possessed a stack of such Imperial Decrees.
Therefore, even without Fourth Ancestor guarding him, and without a half-immortal artifact secretly assisting him,
if he threw out all the Imperial Decrees when facing an Emperor Realm expert, it would buy enough time for the Jiang Family Great Emperor to arrive.
“This kid... is using his father to pressure me?”
The Yaochi Empress frowned, feeling a bit helpless.
But she wasn't angry.
Having reached her Realm, her heart had long been as still as water.
Ordinary verbal provocation could not move her at all.
More importantly,
the Yaochi Empress was indeed acquainted with Jiang Yuan's father.
Her ability to recover,
aside from the wisp of Creation Origin derived from Qin Mengyao's Innate Dao Embryo Saint Body,
was also due to the fact that after Hengyu proved the Dao years ago,
he had given her a considerable amount of Life Origin in return.
This allowed her to live for another hundred thousand years.
Therefore, strictly speaking,
both the father and son had shown her kindness.
However, she was more curious about the purpose of Jiang Yuan's visit.
Could it be that he was here to deliver Medicinal Pills again?
Just delivering a Medicinal Pill,
shouldn't require the Jiang Family Imperial Son to come in person, right?
Could it be that she refused to meet the person who came last time?
Possibly!
But she was asleep at that time!
That couldn't be helped.
Her current recovery was incomplete,
and she was trying to live out a new lifetime.
Thus, she was in a state of sometimes sleeping and sometimes waking.
“Forget it. I'll know everything once I meet him.”
She lightly raised her jade finger, and the heavy cold jade palace gate silently opened to both sides.
“Come in.”
The cold voice drifted from the depths of the palace.
Jiang Yuan smiled and stepped inside.
When he passed through the long corridor and arrived before the lotus pond,
and saw the stunning figure
sitting cross-legged in the center of the lotus pond, a trace of amazement flashed in his eyes.
She truly deserved to be the woman whom even the First Ancestor couldn't forget,
and who ranked highest on the Ranking List of Beautiful Matrons of All Heavens that the First Ancestor gave him.
Judging by appearance alone, she might be comparable to Bai Qingxue and Qin Yuebai,
but the air of superiority she carried,
the coldness that kept people thousands of miles away, and the occasional hint of laziness in her demeanor,
was even more stimulating.
It was just a little strange,
that the Yaochi Empress looked rather petite,
lacking the feeling a 'Great Empress' ought to have.
[Name: Ye Lingxian]
[Rating: 98]
[Identity: Yaochi Empress]
[Physique: Nine Heavens Ten Earths Mysterious Maiden Body (Saint Body)]
[Data: 130cm~~183cm, 58/53/63~~~119/63/113]
[A~~G+]
[Times: 0]
[Weakness: 1. Suffering from the inability to live out a new lifetime, her Lifespan is limited, and she is very curious about new Daos that can increase Lifespan and Realm. 2. Worried about the future of the Yaochi Holy Land and whether it can survive in this Golden Great Era... Other weaknesses require viewing after capture.]