Mountain Ghost? [Third Update]

Yu Ji ultimately did not leave Qin Palace.

Before long, the palace attendants discovered that an unimaginably beautiful woman had somehow appeared in the palace, carrying a little loli around every day as they read in the royal palace.

The attendants all knew the little loli, but no one knew who this fairy-like young lady was, nor how she had entered the palace. Yet she had simply appeared there out of nowhere, while the King of Qin acted as if it were perfectly natural.

As a result, the guards and alchemists responsible for protecting the palace that day were severely reprimanded by their superiors.

According to the King of Qin, this woman was a fairy who would be residing in the palace for the time being. However, both the attendants and ministers believed that this woman, cold to an outrageous degree, had descended to the mortal world because she admired the King of Qin's charm and wished to offer herself to his bed, while helping him achieve great deeds.

Thus, the rumors spread. Based on Yu Ji's attire, some alchemists even consulted ancient texts and declared her to be the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden—the one who had aided Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan in defeating Chiyou. Of course, that so-called Chiyou had probably been some sort of Old One-like entity.

Back then, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden had descended to help the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou and accomplish the great undertaking of becoming the Human King. So why had she descended this time?

At that thought, the people of Qin gained even greater confidence in their king.

And so, for no apparent reason, Ye Ting felt the people's support for him increase considerably, and his power as the King of Qin grew stronger.

Ah, ruling a nation was such an easy thing,