95: Chapter 95 Fusang Xiding

The core cabin.

Ling Hao sat upright behind the desk. Yu Lingshuang stepped into the cabin, her gaze sweeping across the desk before immediately retracting.

She lifted her fair hand slightly, and a small, ancient tripod appeared out of thin air, landing steadily on the desk.

Ling Hao's gaze was drawn to it. The small tripod was roughly the size of an ordinary kettle. Its entire body was a dark gold color, neither gold nor jade, and felt warm to the touch.

The body of the tripod was engraved with intricate patterns, faintly revealing the intertwining branches of a Divine Tree and a miniature totem of a scorching sun. The entire tripod emitted an ancient and restrained scorching aura, as if it contained a trace of the essence of the sun.

"What is this?" Ling Hao's eyes held a look of inquiry.

A flash of understanding crossed Yu Lingshuang's beautiful eyes; it seemed Ling Hao's reaction confirmed a certain guess of hers.

"The Nine Provinces have nine major master tripods, each named after its corresponding province. Each master tripod is accompanied by eight secondary tripods, which are uniformly named after the Eight Trigrams."

"This is the secondary tripod of the Fusang Province master tripod, the Xi Tripod—the Xi Li Tripod."

Fusang Xi Tripod?

"In ancient times, powerful enemies from another Realm invaded. The Fengling Sect commanded the ten thousand Sects of the Shi Continent, exhausting all resources to forge the nine master tripods. They suppressed the Earth veins of the Nine Provinces and borrowed the great power of the Shi Continent's Origin, only then managing to repel the powerful enemies and ensure the peace of the Three Provinces Realm."

"Cultivators from another Realm? The True Demon Realm?"

Ling Hao immediately associated this with the Xuanxin Demon Venerable, who had performed Possession on Ancestor Diyan during the battle at Mieyan Mountain.

Yu Lingshuang nodded: "Indeed, they are the great enemies of the Three Provinces Realm."

"So, why are you giving this Xi Li Tripod to me?" Ling Hao asked directly.

Yu Lingshuang did not answer directly. Instead, she gazed at Ling Hao and asked a question that seemed to have been suppressed for a long time:

"Sect Master, having been together until now, have you… never been curious about my background?"

When she first took on the role of Deputy Sect Master, she only stated that her Realm had fallen, while remaining tight-lipped about her past. Ling Hao hadn't paid much attention to her background; after all, her loyalty was clear, and if she didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't force her.

And since Yu Lingshuang had a cold and aloof temperament, she wouldn't bring it up proactively if Ling Hao didn't ask. This delay lasted until today.

"Your background?" Ling Hao leaned forward slightly, his deep gaze locking onto Yu Lingshuang's stunningly beautiful face, a playful arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

"I truly don't know your past. But I do know something more important…"

"What is it?"

Seeing Ling Hao's slightly aggressive gaze, Yu Lingshuang's heart inexplicably tightened, and she asked subconsciously.

Ling Hao's gaze was burning, "I only know that I like you!"

Yu Lingshuang's cold and aloof expression instantly shattered! A flush of red spread rapidly from her snow-white neck to her earlobes, and ripples appeared in her ice-cold eyes. She forced herself to remain calm, but couldn't help feeling annoyed in her heart.

This Sect Master! They were talking about serious business, and he… how did he drag it onto this topic again!

Yu Lingshuang took a deep breath, suppressing her emotions.

"I… I am actually the Sect Master of Linglong Blessed Land in the Linglong Kingdom of Fusang Province."

Sect Master? Ling Hao realized suddenly. No wonder she handled Sect affairs so skillfully and adeptly; she deserved the credit for the Moonshadow Sect getting on the right track so quickly.

"So, you want to leave the Moonshadow Sect and return to Linglong Blessed Land?"

Ling Hao's brows instantly furrowed. Yu Lingshuang had now recovered to the fifth level of the Nascent Soul, so as long as she was cautious, crossing two provinces would not be difficult.

But—the Moonshadow Sect absolutely cannot lose Yu Lingshuang, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem!

If Yu Lingshuang weren't there to sit in the center, coordinate, and handle the mountain of Sect affairs and relations with various parties, his Sect—with him as a hands-off manager—would probably have been a chaotic mess long ago!

No! Absolutely not! Ling Hao's mind raced, thinking about how to tactfully yet firmly retain this indispensable "head housekeeper."

Yu Lingshuang slowly shook her head, a trace of sorrow flashing deep within her cold eyes.

"Linglong Blessed Land… has long been reduced to ashes, so where could I return to?"

?! Reduced to ashes?

With Yu Lingshuang's former Body Integration Stage cultivation, Linglong Blessed Land must have been at least a Rank 6 Sect. It was actually destroyed?

"Who did it?" Ling Hao's voice deepened.

"The Golden Crow Holy Land." Yu Lingshuang's gaze fell back onto the Fusang secondary tripod on the desk.

"What the Golden Crow Holy Land covets is precisely this tripod."

She paused and continued:

"This tripod is a High Grade Dao Artifact (corresponding to the Void Tempering and Tribulation Transcendence Stages), and it is also… one of the secondary symbols of the Luck of Fusang Province. Although it is not as capable as the master tripod, the Xi Tripod, in gathering and suppressing the core Luck of a whole province, it can still gather and stabilize the Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence and fortune of a region."

Yu Lingshuang raised her eyes, looking at Ling Hao with a burning gaze:

"Sect Master, you have great ambitions. The Moonshadow Sect has already unified the Qing State, and in the future, it will surely ascend to a broader stage in the Three Provinces. This tripod is my offering to you, Sect Master, as a symbol to assist you on your… path to claiming supremacy."

The Golden Crow Holy Land, bearing the name of a Holy Land, meant that there must be a Mahayana Supreme sitting within its Sect. It was a true Rank 9 giant standing at the pinnacle of the Three Provinces Realm!

"You want me to help you take revenge?" Ling Hao pointed it out directly.

Yu Lingshuang gazed at him, "Sect Master, if you truly have the ambition to claim supremacy over the world, clashing with a behemoth like the Golden Crow Holy Land is only a matter of time."

She changed the subject, "Of course, if you, Sect Master, only wish to live in peace in a corner…"

She had initially guessed that the Moonshadow Sect might be a secret Legacy left by the ancient Fengling Sect, but as time passed, this guess had been shaken.

And if it really were a Fengling Legacy, how could the Sect Master not know about the Xi Li Tripod that symbolized the Nine Provinces?

But this was no longer important to her.

Over these past three years, she had witnessed the Moonshadow Sect grow step by step from just two people into a ten-thousand-person Sect that dominated the Qing State, its potential unfathomable.

She no longer had Linglong Blessed Land; now, she was Yu Lingshuang, the Deputy Sect Master of the Moonshadow Sect! If the Sect Master had lofty aspirations, she would assist with all her might; if he were content with comfort…

Ling Hao reached out and took the small tripod from the desk, holding it steadily in his palm.

"Good!"

The heart to claim supremacy, he indeed had!

The corners of Yu Lingshuang's frozen lips lifted slightly, outlining a stunning arc:

"Sect Master, that is a Rank 9 Sect… are you not afraid?"

"Afraid?" Ling Hao sneered, rising to his full height, a sense of disdainful arrogance surging forth, "Whatever Golden Crow Holy Land, Golden Chicken Holy Land! If they dare to extend their claws, I'll chop off their chicken claws! If they dare to poke their heads out, I'll chop off their chicken heads!"

"Sect Master, your strength—"

Before Yu Lingshuang could finish her sentence, Ling Hao's figure had already approached like a ghost.

He gripped Yu Lingshuang's slender waist with one hand and lifted her chin with the other without a word, and the moment her mouth opened in astonishment, he kissed her fiercely!

"Mmph—!"

Her cold cherry lips were suddenly covered and pried open by a scorching heat!

A buzz sounded in Yu Lingshuang's brain; her clear consciousness was instantly shattered by this sudden aggression. She subconsciously wanted to push him away, her hands pressed against Ling Hao's solid chest, but they were weak and powerless.

Ling Hao greedily seized the clear, cold fragrance that belonged solely to her, arrogantly entangling with her fragrant tongue that had nowhere to hide.

Their lips and teeth intertwined, emitting a faint, face-reddening slurping sound. Yu Lingshuang's breathing became rapid and scorching, her body trembling uncontrollably. Her cold shell seemed to be melted inch by inch by this scorching kiss, from tense to soft, almost melting into Ling Hao's embrace.

A thread of crystalline saliva stretched and broke between their separating lips.

Ling Hao looked at the person in his arms. At this moment, Yu Lingshuang's stunningly beautiful face was flushed with crimson, her usually clear and cold eyes covered with a layer of hazy mist, her red lips slightly swollen, and she was breathing rapidly. Her cold aura had vanished completely, leaving only a charming and delicate appearance after being conquered.

Ling Hao's lips curled into a smug, wicked smile, his thumb caressing her slightly swollen lower lip:

"Dare to underestimate me? This is your punishment!"

"For you, what does opposing a Rank 9 Sect even matter?!"

Yu Lingshuang leaned in his arms, feeling that strong heartbeat, her heart filled with immense warmth and emotion, almost drowning in it.

Ling Hao looked at Yu Lingshuang's unbearably shy appearance, his heart heating up, and just as he wanted to lower his head again—

His movements suddenly paused!

A sharp gaze suddenly pierced through the thick cabin walls, crossing the entire massive cloud whale ship, locking onto an old man and a youth in white clothes in the distant Void Realm!

"Damn it…" Ling Hao's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, a nameless fire rushing straight to his crown, and he roared in his heart, gritting his teeth,

"Is it impossible to just take a break today, huh?!"