The [Emperor-Seeking Ceremony] was about to begin.
Yet Feng Changsi did not immediately report the matter to his father.
There's no rush. It'll have more impact if I wait until the ceremony begins!
Before that, he wanted to see someone and savor her reaction.
Whoosh!
The wind howled as Feng Changsi veered away from the route to the main peak, heading straight for a secluded palace.
Layers upon layers of formations sealed the place tight, completely isolating everything within from the outside world.
Never mind an ordinary Dao Lord.
Even a living Dao Master skilled in divining karma could not hope to deduce the slightest trace of its presence.
Creak!
Feng Changsi pushed open the courtyard gate.
A slender, somewhat frail figure came into view amid the cold, desolate courtyard.
The woman wore a pale blue robe, her features lovely and delicate.
Yet an unyielding coldness lay between her brows.
And a closer look revealed countless horrifying, bloody tooth marks densely covering her fair, slender neck!
She was the wife Feng Changsi had forcibly taken from Cangyuan all those years ago and imprisoned here.
Li Yao!
Hearing the gate open, Li Yao quickly stopped what she was doing and straightened. Her lively, gemlike eyes settled on Feng Changsi, and her voice was surprisingly gentle, like a flowing spring:
"You're here."
The intimacy and warmth in her voice made her sound like a woman deeply in love, waiting for her beloved to return home. Not a trace of resentment could be heard.
And yet.
Looking into those lively eyes, unchanged over tens of thousands of years, Feng Changsi felt an uncontrollable irritation rise within him!
How could someone like this exist?!
*Even after being imprisoned and humiliated by me for tens of thousands of years, she still couldn't forget that insignificant