Xie Jinhuan might have seemed like a lunatic, but his consummate acting skills had not disappeared.
As soon as he finished speaking, a touch of simple honesty appeared on his face. He gazed fixedly at the Empress Dowager before him, his eyes filled with admiration for someone he could only gaze at but never reach-exactly as he had looked three years ago in Three-Fork Forest, watching Empress Dowager Guo leave with his father.
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Little Jinhuan's courage and daring really had touched Empress Dowager Guo's heart that day. Seeing those same guileless eyes from before he had risen in the world, she briefly froze.
Unfortunately, the honest young man before her failed to keep up the act for even three seconds before leaning in. Smack, smack, smack...
"Sigh..."
Empress Dowager Guo had nothing to say. Fortunately, being clung to by this sticky lump of taffy did not last too long.
They had only been speeding along like this for a short while when Empress Dowager Guo sensed something, stopped abruptly, and looked toward the distant lake...
Splash...
Rain poured down in torrents, yet the lake's surface was silent.
Dressed in golden robes, with two curved sabers hanging behind his waist, Chaochitai sat cross-legged on the lake, carefully sensing the spiritual charm of heaven and earth.
Ever since he had resonated with the origin of heaven and earth, Chaochitai had clearly felt changes in his body. It seemed that both his spirit and flesh were being nibbled away by heaven and earth, gradually erased from the five elements and three realms.
However, the process was extremely slow. During this transitional period before he was completely consumed, he could use the partially assimilated portions of his body to sense that mighty power of heaven and earth, something mortals could scarcely imagine.