Carrying world-ending pressure, it hurtled straight toward Douluo Continent!
"Run! A meteor is falling!"
"Mom! I don't want to die yet!"
Countless people were terrified out of their wits, collapsing to the ground and trembling violently.
Yet the anticipated destruction never came.
The stars gradually blurred and shrank in midair, turning into specks of starlight,
like trickling streams flowing into that ancient well.
Only then
did everyone realize that what they had seen had actually been projected by the Sky Screen.
What Shui Bing'er and the others saw, however, was what was truly happening!
It had merely been concealed by an array before!
Although Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu, and the others could tell it was a Sky Screen projection,
they were still deeply shaken!
Those were stars comparable to Douluo Continent itself!
Yet the array had so easily drawn them in and refined them into streaks of light.
Within that ancient well,
just how many such stars could it contain?
Such a precious treasure was used merely to water flowers and plants for people to admire!
Though Lan Fuzi had said it was nothing precious,
Shui Bing'er still handled it with utmost care, not daring to spill even a single drop.
By the time she had familiarized herself with every matter in the garden, the sun was already setting!
"That will be all for today!"
Lan Fuzi suddenly recalled something and took an embroidered pouch from her sleeve.
"Right, now that you have entered Hibiscus Garden, you are entitled to a stipend. It is issued once every thousand years. This is your share!"
"One high-grade spirit stone and three hundred mid-grade spirit stones!"
"Simply send your divine sense into it to open it!"
"Thank you, Sister Lan!"
Shui Bing'er had already been completely satisfied by the joy of feeling her cultivation improve every moment.
She had never expected to receive a stipend as well.
She felt even more grateful toward this cold-faced but warm-hearted sister, as well as the Dao Venerable she had never met.
Within Daoyuan Hall,
Lin Feng stretched lazily. He had finally sent his wife away.
His divine sense swept across the Four Seas and Eight Desolations. It remained unchanged through the ages, as though nothing would ever change!
Only within the Imperial Garden
was there an unfamiliar aura.
After examining Shui Bing'er's performance today, he found that she did indeed match the resilient and intelligent image he remembered!
"Jin Ling, do you want me to give you a disciple?"
With a thought, Lin Feng appeared within a magnificent hall.
Upon the high platform, a cold and stunning woman in golden robes held a vermilion brush as she reviewed memorials.
"No time. Don't want one!"
Jin Ling refused decisively without even raising her head.
"Time is something you make. Your master is doing this for your own good!"
"Don't spend all your time either working or burying yourself in cultivation. You need to balance work and rest. Teaching a disciple can help you relax!"
Lin Feng said earnestly.
As he spoke, he sat down on his own and picked up a fire date to eat.
"If this disciple were not exhausted, would Master be as leisurely as he is now?"
Jin Ling said irritably.
"Ahem, isn't your master finding you a disciple to share your burdens?"
"Her cultivation is a little low for now, but her temperament is absolutely reliable. Train her a little, and at the very least, she can serve as half a Wen Zhong in matters of administration!"
Upon hearing this,
Jin Ling finally raised her eyes.
Her phoenix eyes silently fixed on Lin Feng for a moment.
After confirming that he was not joking, she gave a slight nod and lowered her gaze back to the memorials.
"When I have time, I'll take a look!"
Her brush tip paused briefly as she changed the subject and continued,
"This disciple has recently sensed a trace of Tribulation aura... What arrangements does Master have?"
Lin Feng's appearance had greatly weakened the Lich-Demon Calamity, allowing the Prehistoric World's primordial essence to be preserved.
The Investiture of the Gods Calamity had also yet to arrive!
With so many karmic ties layered together, this Tribulation would likely be exceptionally brutal!
"This Tribulation is the Heavens Calamity! It is both a calamity and an opportunity. You and I need only wait and watch!"
Lin Feng said calmly,
"If necessary, I will act!"
The living beings of the Prehistoric World were like grass. When they grew too lush, they had to be trimmed.
That was simply the cycle of the Heavenly Dao!
Yet within this Tribulation,
he had also seen an opportunity to advance to a Hunyuan Wuji Saint.
If he successfully broke through,
perhaps he could completely change this cycle.
"This disciple can understand the calamity, but what is this opportunity...?"
Jinling Shengmu asked doubtfully.
Tribulations were already impossible to deduce, much less a great calamity formed from the overlap of two Tribulations and the convergence of countless karmic ties.
The fact that she had sensed it immediately already placed her far above the other Sages!
"Hmm... only one or two Sage positions!"
Lin Feng did not reveal the matter of advancing to a Wuji Saint. After a moment's thought, he answered.
"What do you mean, only... one or two... Sage positions!?"
Jinling Shengmu gritted her silver teeth and glared fiercely at Lin Feng. She had no idea how he could say such a thing.
Did he think Sages grew like cabbages?
"These Sages are different from the Sages of the Prehistoric World..."
Only a few days after Shui Bing'er became familiar with the Imperial Garden's affairs, she received an urgent message.
The Heavenly Emperor was coming to Hibiscus Garden to admire the flowers!
For a time, everyone in Hibiscus Garden was frantically busy.
"Inspect everything carefully! There must not be the slightest mistake, or you will answer for it!"
As one of them, Shui Bing'er was also busy and nervous.
Meanwhile, the viewers in Douluo World grew excited!
"The Heavenly Emperor... the Dao Venerable's first disciple, the Empress of the Prehistoric World. We'll finally get to see her in person!"
"I want to see just how many eyes this mighty figure of the Prehistoric World has!"
"Who knows, she might be some vicious old hag? Didn't that female Immortal say earlier that the Heavenly Emperor is extremely strict?"
Within Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong secretly dressed herself up as well, a competitive urge rising in her heart.
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