15: It's that female demon again.

"Junior Brother, what's wrong?" Qingluan looked at Cao Meng, puzzled.

"Nothing much~" Cao Meng glanced at the Legacy page in his hand.

Legacy pages are methods used by ancient powerful cultivators. Based on common knowledge, those strong enough to create a Legacy page must be at least Saint Realm existences.

And the Legacy page in his hand was personally concocted by Empress Luo Ying of Southern Chu.

"Senior Sister, is Empress Luo Ying of Southern Chu a Saint Realm expert?" Cao Meng asked curiously.

"Probably not, but I can't be sure. This Luo Ying is a sworn enemy of Revered Master, and I feel like Revered Master seems very wary of her." Qingluan said casually.

"So that's it." Cao Meng nodded. It seemed there was a history between the Empress Revered Master and that Prodigy from Southern Chu.

The two searched the treasury again, but aside from gold, silver, and jewels, they found nothing else special.

After leaving the Western Agency, the Senior Sister and Junior Brother duo went together to the Sacred Imperial Palace and told the Empress Revered Master what had happened at the Eastern Agency.

Unexpectedly, Wu Feiyan did not show any surprise regarding Boundless Sea's rebellion, acting as if she had known all along.

"Revered Master, did you already know that Boundless Sea was colluding with the Female Demon Head from Southern Chu?" Qingluan asked, surprised.

"Of course. Otherwise, did you think your Master was just sitting around doing nothing?" Wu Feiyan smiled and shook her head. Originally, she had planned to keep Boundless Sea around to catch a bigger fish, but she didn't expect that useless fellow to be killed by this Rebellious Disciple.

It was just that, how did this Rebellious Disciple know that Boundless Sea was colluding with that Female Demon Head from Southern Chu?

Also, how did this boy manage to subdue Boundless Sea?

One must know that Boundless Sea was a powerful expert in the Dragon Elephant Realm, while the Rebellious Disciple had only just entered the Golden Core Realm.

This Rebellious Disciple hides his abilities very deeply.

"Cao Meng, even your Senior Sister didn't know about this matter, so how did you know? Also, how did you defeat Boundless Sea?"

"It's a secret. Master, do you really want to know?" Cao Meng looked at the Empress Master mischievously.

Qingluan was also stunned by the Junior Brother's attitude.

This was Master! Where did the usually respectful Junior Brother go? He actually dared to tease Master face-to-face!

"Did Junior Brother just... grow bolder?"

What surprised Qingluan even more was that the Empress Revered Master didn't get angry, merely letting out a light snort.

Then, she flicked her dragon sleeve and said:

"Cao Meng, you killed Boundless Sea, causing the Eastern Agency to be leaderless. You shall take the position of Director of the Eastern Agency."

"What?"

Cao Meng's eyes widened.

Make me the leader of the eunuchs?

"What, you think the position is too minor?" Wu Feiyan said with a look of amusement.

"The Eastern Agency monitors the entire realm, has the authority to execute first and report later, and holds Imperial authorization. I haven't mistreated you, have I?"

"No, I... I won't do it." Cao Meng shook his head repeatedly. Regardless of whether the Director needed to castrate himself, the reputation alone was not good.

Wu Feiyan smiled sweetly, walked forward, and with her delicate hand, gently adjusted Cao Meng's lapel and brushed off some dust.

"Think about it carefully. Your Revered Master feels this position is quite suitable for you. Isn't that right, Commander Cao?"

As she spoke, the Junior Sister Nether Pupil, dressed in a fiery red immortal dress, also arrived.

"It's about time, let's depart," the Empress said, glancing at Cao Meng.

Cao Meng nodded. With a thought, one of the seven absolute spirit swords flew out of his sword box, instantly growing to about ten feet long. Then, under the astonished gazes of the Senior Sisters, he scooped up the delicate waist of the peerless Empress and leaped onto the sword.

The spirit sword soared through the sky, rapidly heading toward the southwest.

"This~ Senior Sister, when did Revered Master's relationship with Junior Brother become so harmonious?" Nether Pupil blinked her eyes twice, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

"I don't know." Qingluan was equally confused.

White Deer Academy is located in White Deer Mountain, at the junction of the three countries: Great Zhou, Great Liang, and Northern Wei, over two thousand miles away from the Sacred Capital of Great Zhou.

Fortunately, now that Cao Meng had advanced to the Golden Core Realm and possessed the seven absolute spirit swords, traveling by sword was quite fast.

The group of four—Revered Master and Disciples—arrived at the Academy before sunset.

Above the clouds, a hundred miles away, under the evening glow, immortal mist wreathed the peaks.

Looking from afar, thousands of halls, temples, and towers were scattered orderly throughout a grand canyon hundreds of miles long. At the deepest part of the canyon stood a nine-story black pagoda soaring into the clouds.

This was White Deer Academy, one of the Four Great Academies of the Eastern Domain, gathering talents from the three nations.

Although the former Cao Meng was a Disciple of White Deer Academy, he was mostly treated by Empress Wu Feiyan as a tool for nurturing her sword, kept constantly by her side. Thus, the title of Academy Disciple was merely nominal and held no great significance for him.

But now, everything was different.

Nether Pupil and Qingluan were both Core Disciples of White Deer Academy. Especially Senior Sister Qingluan, she was one of the four greatest Disciples, a top figure among the second generation of Disciples, and the leader of the Great Zhou lineage Disciples within the Academy.

Both of them had their own palaces and training grounds, so they did not need to wait upon the Empress.

White Deer Academy, Ganquan Palace, Wu Feiyan's residence.

As the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she also concurrently served as the Vice Headmaster of White Deer Academy.

However, this Vice Headmaster position did not actually hold much real power; the true authority had always been held by the Dean, Void Sword Walker.

This man was also the only known Saint Realm expert in the Academy, known as the Void Realm Sword Saint, whose mastery of the Sword Dao was superb.

What Wu Feiyan was most wary of was that this person had a very close relationship with the Li Imperial Clan, so much so that White Deer Academy had virtually become a sanctuary for the remnants of the Li Clan.

"What exactly happened? How did Uncle Bai's identity suddenly get exposed?"

On the fragrant couch, Her Majesty the Empress wore a purple gilded long dress, her beautiful eyes filled with worry.

As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours.

She was already weak during her Cultivation Technique's Reincarnation cycle, and now her only Saint Realm expert companion was forced back to his original form and driven into peril...

"But fortunately, this Rebellious Disciple's pure Yang body can shorten the duration of my Cultivation Technique's Reincarnation cycle..."

Thinking of this, Wu Feiyan couldn't help but glance at the Rebellious Disciple who was sitting on the stone steps outside the hall.

At this moment, Cao Meng was holding the half piece of Yin and Yang fish jade pendant given to him by the Empress Revered Master.

Appraisal:

Legacy Jade [Incomplete]: Sealed in the Demon Locking Pagoda in Central State during ancient times. Twenty-five years ago, it was obtained by Wu Feiyan and Luo Ying. The two fought, splitting the jade into two halves. It contains an ancient Supreme Cultivation Technique: the Chaos Profound Yang Supreme Art.

Note: The requirements for Cultivating this technique are extremely strict. It cannot be Cultivated without a pure Yang Spirit Body or Saint Body; otherwise, one will surely be burned to death by fierce flames.

"It's Luo Ying again. It seems the second half of this Cultivation Technique is with her."

After confirming that the Cultivation Technique was fine, Cao Meng began to Cultivate.

Cao Meng immersed his mind into the half Yin and Yang fish jade pendant, and instantly, a vast ocean of information poured into his mind.

It took a full two hours for Cao Meng to carefully sort through the entire Cultivation Technique from beginning to end, and secretly deduce it several times in his heart.

Then, sitting cross-legged with his five centers facing the sky, he began to Cultivate.

As the Cultivation Technique circulated, wisps of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi poured into his body. Inside his Purple Mansion Dantian, the nascent Golden Core began to rotate slowly, its speed increasing rapidly. While absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, it was also frantically drawing the essence of the dragon tiger golden elixir stored in the Purple Mansion.

Time passed bit by bit.

Cao Meng had entered a state of profound self-oblivion.

Unbeknownst to him, Cao Meng was draped in a faint red glow, and his entire body seemed to be consumed by raging flames.

The moon was bright and the stars sparse when a fiery red figure darted into the main hall of Ganquan Palace.

"Master, a message came from the Yanbei Royal Residence! Junior Brother Xiaotian's dragon tiger golden elixir was mysteriously stolen!" Nether Pupil said with a look of anxiety.