357: Chapter 355: Mistakenly Involved in the Way of Heaven, the Secret of the Nine Mysteries

Nangong Zhiyan smiled and walked to Nangong Jinglan's side. "My dear sister, it's time to set off!"

Two guards in heavy armor stepped forward, holding heavy shackles in their hands.

Nangong Jinglan was already humiliated, and seeing the shackles brought forward, she was beyond furious.

"Imperial Sister, Father's decree didn't say anything about wearing shackles, did it?"

Nangong Zhiyan's heart-shaped face was full of meanness. "Father also let me oversee the execution, right? You are a criminal, so naturally you must return to the capital looking like one."

"When did I ever do such a thing? Wasn't it you who let the Yao Beast run into pedestrians in the market?"

A faint smile appeared on Nangong Zhiyan's face. "Isn't it stated clearly in Father's decree? If Father says it's you, then it's you!"

Gu Shengge stood in the air, using the power of space to hide his aura, following right beside Nangong Jinglan.

Seeing her being framed like this, Gu Shengge couldn't help but frown. This was too pathetic. In his opinion, someone like this wasn't worthy of cooperating with him.

However, under the power of fate, she happened to have an intersection with him.

Gu Shengge's eyes flickered. He could see through fate, but he couldn't interfere with it too much.

He pondered for a long time and finally chose to leave. He guessed it might be because he had glimpsed a corner of fate and then followed Nangong Jinglan.

Now that he had left, things should change, right?

Before Gu Shengge left, he left a mark on Nangong Jinglan that could help her block three fatal attacks. It was his compensation to her, a way to settle the Karma.

After several guards sealed Nangong Jinglan's cultivation, they put heavy shackles on her. Amidst the pointing and whispering of the commoners, she walked out of Anxi City.

To humiliate Nangong Jinglan, Nangong Zhiyan did not choose to fly back to the capital. Instead, the carriage followed grandly behind her.

Gu Shengge left Anxi City and found a Cultivator in the wilderness to exchange for information about this world.

The Nine Profound Kingdom was the most powerful nation, ruling eighty percent of the territory on the Nine Profound Continent. Additionally, there were the Barbarians and the Yao Race, who had been squeezed into the southern and northern parts of the continent.

However, all of this began three hundred years ago. The strongest expert of the Nine Profound Kingdom, the Imperial Consort Li Anlan, was rumored to have reached the Mahayana Realm, suppressing all the experts of both the human and Yao Races!

Three hundred years ago, the Nine Profound Kingdom basically completed the unification of the continent. Li Anlan's husband, the current Emperor Nangong Yuntian, ascended to the throne because of this!

Since then, the Nine Profound Kingdom entered a period of peaceful development. Over the past three hundred years, the kingdom became increasingly powerful, and Li Anlan's prestige grew. She had often wanted to lead troops to conquer the remaining Barbarians and Yao Race, but was always stopped by the court officials.

Ten years ago, Li Anlan entered a Secret Realm. Upon her return, she was heavily injured and eventually died of depression.

Nangong Jinglan was Li Anlan's daughter.

Gu Shengge frowned as he read this. Given Li Anlan's achievements as the Imperial Consort, her daughter should have been pampered in every way, not reduced to her current state.

Gu Shengge shook his head and stopped thinking about it. These matters had nothing to do with him.

Just as Gu Shengge didn't know where to go, thunder roared in the sky.

"Rumble..."

The violent sound of thunder vibrated. Gu Shengge's expression froze. In the crashing thunder, he sensed a trace of Lord Seven Mysteries' aura. This sound seemed to have been caused by Lord Seven Mysteries!

While Gu Shengge was wondering, a golden light fell from the sky, crashing straight toward his head.

Gu Shengge's expression changed slightly. He dodged to the side and gathered a light wave in his palm to catch the falling object.

In the golden ball of light, dao patterns flowed. After Gu Shengge caught it, a woman's voice came through:

"Benefactor, I beg you to help my daughter, Nangong Jinglan. Once she avoids her death tribulation, I can tell you the way to leave this place."

Gu Shengge was confused. "Your daughter? Who? And what are you?"

"I am Li Anlan... or more accurately, a part of Li Anlan's will. I have merged with this world and exist in a state of symbiosis."

Gu Shengge frowned. He had just learned about Li Anlan, and now he had encountered her so quickly. It was quite a coincidence.

"You have seen my daughter before. Since I merged with the Heavenly Dao, I have been in a suppressed state. I can see her situation but am powerless to intervene. So, I would like to ask you for help, Benefactor, to lend her a hand."

Hearing it was Li Anlan, Gu Shengge didn't want to get involved, but he had something to ask her right now. "What was that vibration just now?"

"Benefactor, it was that System that appeared with you. It intruded into the Heavenly Dao, wanting to take control of this Realm, and suffered a backlash. That's what caused the vibration. The Heavenly Dao was impacted and its power weakened, which gave me the chance to seek your help."

Gu Shengge nodded. "So that's how it is."

He looked at the increasingly faint consciousness and asked, "How should I help Nangong Jinglan? What counts as helping her pass her death tribulation?"

"Benefactor, just stay by her side... The method to leave this world is ti... time..."

Whether the consciousness's power had run out or it was interfered with by some mysterious rule, Li Anlan dissipated before Gu Shengge could finish her sentence.

Gu Shengge was thoughtful. He used Zhu Jiuyin to sense the Great Dao of Time outside. After ten days of sensing, he discovered to his astonishment that this world was surrounded by a chaos of time. Everything inside was indeed real, but it was constantly repeating!

It was somewhat similar to a time Reincarnation!

Gu Shengge's brow furrowed. That would be a bit troublesome. How could he help Nangong Jinglan? After all, this was a world of time Reincarnation, and he couldn't stay in the cycle forever. He would leave once his business was done.

No wonder Li Anlan didn't say how to help Nangong Jinglan pass her death tribulation. She probably didn't know how to help her daughter herself.

Gu Shengge sighed helplessly. Using the jade disc of creation to hide all his aura, he kept an eye out for Lord Seven Mysteries and prepared to check on Nangong Jinglan's situation.

In Peng City, thousands of miles away, Nangong Jinglan struggled forward on a muddy road with heavy shackles. There were many scars on her body, and she was in a wretched state.

Nangong Zhiyan sat in the carriage, following slowly.

Nangong Zhiyan looked at the System panel in front of her and asked in confusion, "System, aren't there any challenging tasks? Why are they all about tormenting Nangong Jinglan?"

[host, simply complete the tasks of this System as required.]

Nangong Zhiyan felt it was boring. Bullying Nangong Jinglan was no challenge for her. It was just that the System's rewards were indeed good. During this time, she had obtained many Spirit Treasures, and even her cultivation had increased by several levels, reaching the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm!

[Ding! System task issued: Sever one of Nangong Jinglan's legs. Reward: One top-grade Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure!]

Nangong Zhiyan happily accepted the task, but she was also startled when she saw the task requirements.