92: What did you just say, photo beads?

Chapter 92: What did you just say, memory orb?

Hearing Li Yunshu's answer, Pei Xuanji nodded with slight satisfaction.

"The Human and Demon Realms were separated by the Supreme God of the Human Realm using a great Divine Ability, so no one from the Demon Realm can come here, and I have been trapped here, unable to return."

Hearing this news, Li Yunshu turned his head in shock.

Only when he saw her smooth, fragrant shoulder did he realize his oversight.

Pei Xuanji's Phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

"Who gave you permission to turn around?"

"Uh..." Li Yunshu immediately turned back. "I was just curious, since the Human and Demon Realms are separated, how did Your Majesty come here?"

He hadn't expected that the Empress, while bathing, had been staring at his back the whole time.

How distrustful was she that he might peek? Was he really that kind of person?

"I was summoned by Shangguan Shuangyue using a Demon Summoning Array Disk."

"Demon Summoning Array Disk?"

Li Yunshu frowned slightly; it was the first time he had heard of such a thing.

After all, demons had not appeared in this world for many years.

Therefore, people his age knew very little about demons.

Pei Xuanji slowly explained.

"The Demon Summoning Array Disk is a type of Formation Plate deliberately spread by the Demon Realm; you can understand it as a simplified version of a sacrificial altar.

Through blood sacrifice, a demon from the Demon Realm can be summoned here."

Li Yunshu nodded.

"Actually, it's like a long-distance teleportation array, right?"

"That's one way to understand it, but after arriving here, I couldn't go back."

"Is this Formation Plate a one-way teleportation array?"

"No, it's because that Formation Plate was already somewhat damaged, and after I entered this world, the Formation Plate collapsed."

Hearing this, Li Yunshu became even more confused.

"Your Majesty just said the Human and Demon Realms are separated, so this Demon Summoning Array Disk shouldn't have been usable in the first place, right?"

If the premise that the two realms were separated held true, then the Empress should not have appeared here at all.

Looking at the clean surface of the water, Pei Xuanji's mind couldn't help but recall the scene in the Western Zhou imperial palace where Li Yunshu sprinkled petals into her bath.

The Empress let out a long breath, suppressing that strange feeling.

"Indeed, when I appeared here, I also had this doubt in my heart.

For all these years, I've never understood why I was able to appear here."

Li Yunshu noticed that the Empress had stopped referring to herself as ' I' (zhen - imperial 'I') at some point.

True, in the Demon Realm, she might not have been an emperor.

"Then Your Maj—you never thought about going back?"

"I didn't bring a Demon Summoning Array Disk with me, so I can't open the passage between the Human and Demon Realms. That kind of Formation Plate is made from Heavenly Demon Stone, and Heavenly Demon Stone only exists in the Demon Realm."

"..."

Hearing this, Li Yunshu finally understood the significance of that altar to the Empress.

The Empress was like a child who couldn't find her way home, and that altar was now her only way back.

However, Li Yunshu didn't know what the Empress would do after returning to the Demon Realm.

The Empress's appearance here indicated a loophole in the barrier between the Human and Demon Realms.

"So, if you just find another Demon Summoning Array Disk, you can go back, right?"

"Yes, and a Demon Summoning Array Disk isn't like that altar; it doesn't require sacrificing too many people."

Hearing this, Li Yunshu suddenly understood why the Empress was telling him all this—she wanted him to search for a Demon Summoning Array Disk.

"You haven't found this thing in all these years; I'm afraid I'll have even less luck."

Pei Xuanji waved her jade hand, and a Formation Plate formed by spiritual Qi appeared in mid-air in the great hall.

"The Demon Summoning Array Disk looks like this. If you can find it in the future, I will grant you one condition."

Hearing this, Li Yunshu immediately became spirited.

He swallowed, and tentatively asked.

"Any condition?"

Pei Xuanji's tone was slightly cold.

"As long as you dare to ask."

Li Yunshu took a deep breath. My courage has always been great.

Since it's related to the Demon Realm, perhaps the people of the Heavenly Demon Sect would know more.

Hmm, I'll find an opportunity to ask Prefect Gao.

"I want to see the 'Sun's Notes'. Do you have it with you?"

"What did you say?"

Li Yunshu thought the Empress hadn't heard clearly, so he repeated himself.

"I said, I want to see the 'Sun's Notes', you—"

"Who gave you the audacity not to address me as Your Majesty?"

"..."

You just referred to yourself as 'I'; why should I still address you as Your Majesty?

Of course, Li Yunshu knew well the principle that poverty cannot sway one's integrity, but power can make one yield.

"Your Majesty, your subject requests to peruse the 'Sun's Notes'."

"Granted."

No sooner had the words fallen than the 'Sun's Notes' flew to Li Yunshu's front.

After receiving the notes, he immediately turned to the last page.

[Azure Illusion Pill]

When the three words 'Azure Illusion Pill' appeared before his eyes, he couldn't help but wonder if he was hallucinating.

To confirm this, he asked.

"Has Your Majesty read this book?"

"I have. What, do you want to learn Alchemy?"

"Then does Your Majesty remember what Pill Formula is recorded on the last page of this book?"

Pei Xuanji didn't think much of it and answered with certainty.

"The Pill Formula on the last page is the Chengyun Pill; I certainly remember."

Slap!

Hearing the Empress's answer, Li Yunshu closed the 'Sun's Notes' in his hand.

At this moment, his heart was filled with terror.

Because he had encountered something inexplicable.

It was like a staunch atheist suddenly encountering a ghost.

Although he knew that Yin spirits and demons existed in this world.

But it couldn't explain why something that clearly wasn't there would suddenly appear.

Not only had the record in the 'Sun's Notes' changed, but the record in the memory orb had also changed.

If only he alone had experienced a memory error, it might be possible, but even the Empress clearly remembered that the last page was the Chengyun Pill.

Then... something was amiss.

He couldn't help but open the last page again, then carefully examined every detail on it.

That page of paper was exactly the same as the preceding pages, and the handwriting on it was also identical, not like it had been added later by someone.

Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Pei Xuanji frowned slightly.

"What's wrong? Did I remember incorrectly?"

Li Yunshu's eyes shifted.

"Yes, Your Majesty remembered incorrectly."

"Impossible, I clearly remember that the last page is the Pill Formula for the Chengyun Pill, and I also remember the Medicinal Pills required in the Pill Formula: Lingyun Grass, Xian Bu Liuxing, Huanglong Dan..."

Li Yunshu's gaze swept over the names of the medicinal ingredients in the Chengyun Pill Pill Formula one by one. The Empress's memory was beyond his imagination, not a single word was off.

However, this only made him more curious.

As if guessing something, Pei Xuanji's Phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

"You're not trying to test me, are you, hoping to steal the Pill Formula for the Chengyun Pill?"

"My memory orb—" Realizing he had let slip a word, Li Yunshu immediately stopped speaking, then changed the subject, "Your Majesty, the Pill Formula on the last page is the Azure Illusion Pill."

However, Pei Xuanji was always good at grasping the key points.

"What did you just say, memory orb?"