After leaving her bedchamber, Si Li headed in a particular direction, toward the bedchamber of the Zhou Kingdom's king.
Determining whether someone's soul was the reincarnation she sought was no simple matter.
Only an Ascension Realm cultivator who was proficient in soul arts and had countless threads of connection to the person's previous life could recognize them at first sight.
Otherwise, other methods were needed.
There were many such methods.
Si Li used a traditional blood art from the Western Regions—collecting Xiao Mo's blood in a magical treasure for seven consecutive days.
The magical treasure already contained blood from Xiao Mo's previous life.
After seven days, if the Zhou Kingdom's king was her master's reincarnation, the treasure would react.
How to obtain Xiao Mo's blood, however, was something she would have to think through.
Ever since the ancient era of Great Qin, the emperors of successive dynasties had been unable to advance beyond the Foundation Establishment Realm.
But under the rules established by that sovereign of Great Qin, the minds of those emperors could not be controlled as long as they were inside their palaces.
Thus, Si Li could not use an illusion technique. Otherwise, she was confident that a single glance would make the Zhou Kingdom's king willingly kneel and polish her shoes.
Soon, Si Li reached the bedchamber where Xiao Mo lived.
She knew the way because, when they entered the palace that day, a female official had specifically explained to them where the Zhou Kingdom's king, the Empress Dowager, and the two future consorts lived.
The official had even walked them through the route, afraid they might go to the wrong place and offend His Majesty or barge in on the consorts.
"Whatever else you might say, a mortal emperor certainly enjoys a comfortable life."
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