Unconventional Views

Gu Tianxin was very happy to receive Cècè's reply. It had been a month since she last heard from Cècè. The last time, Cècè had said she was going out with her Young Master to handle some matters and had been very quiet since.

Gu Tianxin truly didn't care about status or background. If she clicked with someone, she'd happily make friends. They could talk about anything. If it weren't for the fact that some matters required Uncle Fu's help, and that some things really needed Uncle Fu to know, Gu Tianxin wouldn't have even wanted Uncle Fu to see them.

Upon opening the letter this time, Gu Tianxin quickly called for Uncle Fu.

"Uncle Fu, look, Cècè sister sent me a letter."

Uncle Fu took one look at the contents and blurted out, "Impossible."

He then looked at Gu Tianxin and explained in a deep voice, "In my Great Li, there is a record. At that time, the White Sun Holy Mother of that generation advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. Great Li also had a Nascent Soul stage senior who participated in the encirclement and killing.

In that battle, no one held back. The White Sun Holy Mother of that generation was annihilated on the spot, body and soul.

Among the seniors present at the time, there were as many as three Nascent Soul stage seniors alone.

It's impossible for anyone to have left even a trace of life under the watch of those three seniors.

The White Sun Holy Mother of that generation was utterly and completely annihilated, body and soul."

Uncle Fu fell silent at this point, thinking of the half bottle of Sweet Dew that Cècè had sent earlier.

Since something that had never appeared before had appeared, perhaps there were indeed special abilities they didn't know about.

He really didn't dare to be as certain as before.

After pondering for a moment, Uncle Fu said, "Miss, I need to take this letter with me. I'll return it to you after I'm done with it, is that alright?"

"Okay, just remember to return it to me when you're done."

Three days later, in the Eastern Palace of Great Li.

The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace sat opposite an old man.

She personally poured tea for the old man opposite her, then pushed a stack of documents on the table.

"Grand Master, I apologize for troubling you to come in person. I have some doubts and would like to ask you for clarification."

"Your Highness is too polite. It's rare for something to make you so uncertain."

The old man picked up the documents with a chuckle and began to read, while she explained from the side.

"These documents were obtained by a spy from the Shadow Division who infiltrated Great Zhen. They were just reported today."

"And this letter was sent by another trustworthy person. The writer of the letter should be related to Jinlan Mountain, so we must treat it with utmost seriousness."

The old man's eyes flickered. He glanced at the letter, put down the documents in his hand, and gently waved his hand. The letter floated in front of him.

The old man formed a sword with his fingers and lightly traced the surface of the letter. A barely perceptible trace of yin energy appeared, then vanished without a trace in an instant.

The old man frowned slightly, wanting to say something, but hesitated whether he should.

"This yin energy is indeed related to Jinlan Mountain, but, Your Highness..."

"Grand Master, Great Zhen is plagued by the White Sun Evil Sacrifice, but Great Li is not. I also have a copy of the latest scripture of the White Sun Evil Sacrifice here, also sent by the Shadow Division. Master, you probably haven't seen it."

The old man opened the scripture and read a few lines. Upon seeing the content related to hungry ghosts, he immediately stopped. He looked up at the Crown Prince.

"Grand Master, I once sent someone to deliver a copy to them. My intention was naturally good. And it hasn't been long since then that they sent me such a letter. I suspect that the millions of hungry ghosts in the forbidden area of Jinlan Mountain are probably not very happy."

The old man did not reply and immediately began to examine the documents. He read them at lightning speed, scanning them quickly.

The documents were only first-hand clues and confessions, not yet organized. But after just a glance, the old man's first thought was the conclusion on the letter.

"Master should have finished reading. My doubt is, I would like to ask Master, is this possible?"

The old man frowned slightly. His mindset had also changed recently. If hungry ghosts hadn't appeared, he would have definitely denied it outright. But now...

"We cultivators of Lihuo Academy must keep up with the times and not make hasty conclusions. However, over time, we eventually become the people we once despised."

The old man sighed, his expression somewhat complex.

"If it were in the past, this old man would have definitely denied it outright. But now, I dare not say it's impossible.

The White Sun Evil Sacrifice is inexhaustible, like cockroaches. It's already quite strange.

I recall that decades ago, in Lihuo Academy, a colleague of mine had traveled to various places to research matters related to the White Sun Evil Sacrifice. He had made a prediction at the time, saying that the next appearance of the White Sun Evil Sacrifice might not be far off.

However, at that time, the White Sun Holy Mother of that generation, along with most of the high-ranking officials, were tricked and killed by an Academy Head from Langya Academy. Including the White Sun Holy Mother of that generation, everyone was annihilated, body and soul, so no one paid attention to such words."

The old man paused at this point and apologized.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment."

The old man remained seated. A stream of light flew out from within him. A moment later, it returned, and in his hand was a sealed dossier.

After opening it, the old man quickly found what he was looking for.

"As expected, decades ago, a colleague from our Lihuo Academy had made a similar prediction, but no one paid attention to it at the time."

This statement was quite euphemistic...

To put it bluntly, at the time, everyone thought that this colleague was a quirky individual who didn't follow the mainstream view.

With their recent worldview completely overturned, everyone could only offer a bit of self-consolation, trying to save face, as they looked at this tweet from decades ago.

"Our Lihuo Academy is actually still amazing; we were just blind back then."

The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace understood the old man's attitude upon seeing these words.

"Grand Master, who do you think would be a suitable candidate to send in the current situation?"

"Your Highness already has a suitable candidate in mind, haven't you?" The old man smiled, understanding perfectly that his presence was merely to lend his endorsement. This Crown Prince, always decisive, had already made up his mind.

"Thank you, Grand Master." The Crown Prince rose and bowed gratefully. Then, he took out a jade bottle and a jade slip from his sleeve, placing them on the table and pushing them towards the old man.

"Grand Master, this item is called Sweet Dew. It contains twenty drops. As for the detailed usage, please refer to this jade slip."

"Is there really such a thing?" After examining the jade slip, the old man was startled and quickly pushed the jade bottle back. "This... this is too precious. I am unworthy to accept it."

"Grand Master," the Crown Prince smiled and pushed it back again. "You've been teaching me since I was small. This is simply my filial piety to you. Are you going to make me take it back?"

"This..." The old man shook his head and gave a wry smile. "Very well, very well. I truly need this item. I shall accept it shamelessly."

After the old man left, the Crown Prince took out another jade bottle, which contained at most a little over a hundred drops of Sweet Dew.

She had also secretly tested it once. For cultivators, it was a true divine item. For Spirit Refining cultivators and those who practiced the Way, it was priceless and an irresistible treasure.

And those hungry ghosts, because of this item, were no longer like ordinary ghostly beings.

Those hungry ghosts who did not eat people or harm people might, in the future, be included in the scriptures and protected by them.

And Jinlan Mountain, which controlled such resources and had the King of Hungry Ghosts slumbering within it, was truly hard to consider an enemy...

She even wondered if the King of Hungry Ghosts was truly slumbering in Jinlan Mountain.

Upon thinking of this, the Crown Prince's expression changed slightly. She immediately extended a finger and tapped her brow, pulling out that fleeting thought and directly extinguishing it.

She stood up and instructed the female official beside her.

"Send a message, tell Ah Fu to go to Great Zhen. At the same time, relay an order to the Great General of the Western Desolation: if there is any unusual activity on the southern border of Great Zhen, have him immediately bring his men to reinforce upon receiving the secret code transmission, without regard for Great Zhen's reaction."

As for the Shadow Division...

"Forget it, let's not interfere with the Shadow Division. Otherwise, Imperial Father might be displeased."

"It's really great to have money. The pastries Miss Gu sent are truly delicious.

They were crumbly and tender, with a soft, sandy filling, sweet with a rich fruity aroma, yet not greasy at all.

Even the pastry layers, which must have been fifty or sixty, were thin enough not to affect the texture. I really don't know how they were made..."

Yu Ziqing praised the pastries as he ate them. He could honestly say that, among the things he had eaten since arriving, these were second only to the beef jerky.

Speaking of beef jerky, Yu Ziqing felt like eating it again. Even though Cècè had purchased a lot of beef and ready-made beef jerky, no matter how he prepared it, it was different from the beef jerky he had eaten.

If he hadn't seen the uncut large pieces of beef with his own eyes, he would have suspected that the beef was fake.

Coupled with the fact that he had eaten a lot of beef since arriving in Great Zhen, a place that allowed the slaughter of cattle, Yu Ziqing had to start considering.

Was it possible that the beef jerky he had in his hand was actually made from fake beef?

The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. After all, whether it was Great Li, Da Gan, or the former Wasteland, cattle were extremely important assets to ordinary people, possibly holding a higher status than family members...

This was a bit awkward. He didn't even know what the beef jerky was made from. The only thing he could rule out was white meat; those hungry ghosts wouldn't have sent him white meat.

He had originally planned to get some more of the same beef jerky, either to eat himself or to see if it could be transformed into a job transfer token.

Now, he didn't even know what the ingredients were...

Cècè, seeing that Yu Ziqing seemed to really like the box of pastries Gu Tianxin had sent, praised the pastries as delicious in her reply. She also mentioned that the rice cakes from last time were delicious. "I don't have anything good to offer, so I can only send you a little local specialty as a token of my gratitude."

Then, she took a small jade bottle and carefully poured out twenty drops of Sweet Dew from her own provisions.

She wasn't as generous as her young master, giving away half a bottle at once.

Although this item was not valuable to her young master, and her young master knew its external value, he still greatly underestimated its preciousness.

In the northern Wasteland, the White Sun Holy Mother, dressed in white, stood with the Grand Priest Liu Xin within a transparent halo shield, gazing at Jinlan Mountain in the distance and the locust tree forest surrounding it.

The locust tree forest, as a result of Yu Ziqing's planting at the time and her own expansion, now had a minimum width of several dozen li.

Jinlan Mountain, the forbidden land of the Wasteland, had truly lived up to its name. Even cultivators who were unaware of the situation would detour around it when passing by.

After watching for a long time, the White Sun Holy Mother nodded.

"Let's go. The scriptures you've revised are very good; you can continue."

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