"What time is it?"
A Li covered her head and got up, feeling extremely weak all over, as if she had slept for ages.
"Your Majesty, it is already noon."
"Noon?" A Li immediately sat up. She remembered that it was almost noon before she went to sleep. She had been sleeping so soundly, it couldn't have been only an hour or two, right?
How long did I sleep?
"His Majesty must be exhausted; he slept for a full thirteen hours."
"So long?" A Li rubbed her head and got up, getting off the bed and walking to the window, ignoring her disheveled clothes.
The Hei Yun followed behind, seemingly tirelessly guarding her. Gazing at A Li's exquisite body, it showed no desire whatsoever, like a loyal servant devoid of ambition.
"Where is Chen Ying?" A Li sat by the window, looking at the entire Liuzhou of Liuzhou and feeling its fortune. She felt a little relieved. The Liuzhou was still under control, its fortune was stable, and there were no major problems.
This is also why Ziyue could leave with peace of mind. With the gate gods, the Mountain God, and Chen Ying under her control, Liuzhou was completely under her control. If anything happened to any of these three, Liuzhou's fortune would be unstable, and she would be able to detect it immediately. Furthermore, the gate gods could monitor the city gates from all angles, which was equivalent to giving herself another layer of insurance.
"Dean Chen Ying is very busy. After you rested, she went to attend to her studies, which is said to be about the assignment of newly enrolled students."
"Okay," A Li nodded.
Chen Qing laid an excellent foundation. The fortune contained in this Yin-Yang Academy actually accounts for half of Liuzhou's, which is even stronger than the Yin-Yang Academy in the capital. Therefore, she attaches great importance to it. When she swallows up Jiangnan in the future, she will follow Chen Qing's strategy and will not change it in the slightest. She will let Liuzhou Academy maintain its current atmosphere, stabilize the fortune of Jiangnan, and steadily produce excellent sorcerers.
The stronger the force, the greater the chance of resisting those monsters in the future.
How is Wei Gongcheng doing?
"His seven senses are all shut down, and he can only wake up at a fixed time; no one is exempt." Hei Yun respectfully said, "Rest assured, my lord, we have already ascertained the date of his awakening through investigation, and it will not be off by the slightest."
"That's good." A Li got up, feeling like she wanted to go for a walk, but her whole body was too sore to move. She looked at Hei Yun and said, "I'm hungry, get me something to eat."
"A fresh, living person?" Hei Yun asked respectfully.
"No need," A Li shook her head. "Normal food is fine."
"Normal food?" Hei Yun was taken aback, feeling that it was a bit incongruous for a demon to say such a thing.
"What's the problem?" A Li's voice turned a little cold.
Hei Yun trembled slightly, then bowed and said, "It was my rudeness. I will go and make preparations immediately."
A Li nodded without replying, and quietly looked at the lights outside the window.
After arriving in Liuzhou, she became somewhat fascinated by the feeling, as if it were very familiar—the feeling of viewing thousands of lights from a high vantage point.
In less than fifteen minutes, Hei Yun brought the food. The first and second floors of the Stargazing Tower were all restaurants. Although it was positioned as a high-end place, it attracted a lot of people, which made the restaurants on the ground floor extremely popular. Several shrewd merchants had already set up shop early on, spending a lot of money to buy locations on the first and second floors to open restaurants. They were making a fortune every day, and they could also build good relationships with the young tutors who were studying. It was a win-win situation.
The students, who were busy with their studies, often worked on projects until late at night and inevitably felt hungry when they returned. Therefore, the restaurants Stargazing Tower were open all night, with cooks on duty even in the middle of the night.
When Hei Yun returned with the food, he saw that A Li had fallen asleep by the window once again, and Hei Yun frowned.
Is the Lord exhausted?
This is their sleep frequency. But it's not good to keep asking. In the end, I can only silently put the food aside, keep it warm with magic, and wait for them to eat it the moment they wake up.
But at that moment, Hei Yun didn't notice that the eye in the room inexplicably twitched.
" Seventh Master, why don't you just take action?"
In Liuzhou, at Shen Qi's residence, Wei Gongzhan and the others, who had successfully hidden themselves under Shen Qi's cover, looked at the Thousand-Faced Fox, who was already unconscious in the video, and asked anxiously.
According to Seventh Master's intelligence, the troublesome individuals in Great Azure Mountain have all left, leaving only the Thousand-Faced Fox. Once she is dealt with, the crisis in Liuzhou will be resolved!
"Because we can't beat them," Shen Qi said calmly.
"Huh? How could that be?" Shen Yuan was taken aback. "You managed to put that Thousand-Faced Fox to sleep from this distance?"
Wei Gongzhan in agreement. He had just witnessed Seventh Master Shen using the eye in the Thousand-Faced Fox's room to perform some kind of magic. The effect was excellent; the Thousand-Faced Fox immediately became weak and slept for a whole day, unable to even sit awake for a full quarter of an hour.
"Because that old man is guarding that place." Shen Qi pointed to the Hei Yun in Thousand Eyes.
Shen Yuan frowned. "Is that guy that powerful?"
Wei Gongzhan was also puzzled, because he was very familiar with Hei Yun and had heard him say that Jiangnan was very dangerous, and that all the heads of the Shen Family in Jiangnan were extremely dangerous sorcerers. He was no match for any of the eight or more heads of the Shen Family.
Why is Shen Qi so wary of Hei Yun now? He bluntly says he can't beat him, so why doesn't he come at him? Was Hei Yun just being modest back then?
"That guy is a bit troublesome, but not too bad. If I were still alive, it shouldn't be a big problem."
"When you were alive?" The two men froze, looking at Shen Qi.
"Oh right, you guys don't know yet," Shen Qi laughed, "I'm already a dead man!"
"How could this be?" Both of them were startled and took a step back.
"Look how scared you are," Shen Qi said with a smile. "You've been in Liuzhou for so long, haven't you seen enough dead people? The Night Wandering God gather a lot of ghosts every day, didn't you see that?"
"But... Seventh Master, you..." Shen Yuan looked at the other person with doubt, as there was clearly nothing wrong with his body.
Shen Qi smiled bitterly as he tore open his clothes. Only then did the two of them see that the other person's skin was pale under his clothes, and a wound that had pierced through his heart was extremely conspicuous. On his neck, there was an even more horrifying stitched wound.
"They stitched it up after I died," Shen Qi said, touching his neck. "They forcibly locked my soul inside my body. The Ziyue Society certainly knows a lot of evil magic; even Wei Gongcheng couldn't see through it back then."
The two. "."
"My current condition is very unstable," Shen Qi sighed. "My body could shatter at any moment, and my spirit could be thrown out. In this state, I can't defeat Hei Yun, and even if I could, I don't plan to make a move."
"Huh?" Both of them were taken aback. "Why?"
It's understandable not to fight when you can't win, but why not fight even when you can win?
"Before, inside the Great Azure Mountain barrier, I was the one who used the Thousand-Eye Technique to monitor those people. I could tell that Ziyue valued this fox demon very much." Shen Qi said while putting on his clothes, "Although I don't know why a woman would be so obsessed with that fox demon, I'm certain that she has a backup plan with the fox demon. If I act rashly, it might provoke her to abandon the Dragon Palace and come here directly."
"With Wei Gongcheng under control in Liuzhou now, if Ziyue were to return, we would have absolutely no chance."
"Then what should we do?" Wei Gongzhan anxiously.
"Drag it out!"
"Drag it out?" The two men were taken aback, then asked in unison, "What do you mean?"
"Let's just drag this out," Shen Qi said, squinting. "The enemy is far superior to us, and our intelligence is unclear. Dragging it out like this is the best course of action. I'll use hypnosis to control Thousand-Faced Fox, and we can make our move at any time when Master returns."
"Are we waiting for Lord Chen?"
"Yes," Shen Qi nodded, "I have already informed the master of the situation using the Thousand-Eye Technique. If he can return safely, this crisis will be resolved!"
Shen Yuan wanted to ask something, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to ask.
Are you asking what will happen if the Lord doesn't return?
Shen Yuan gave an awkward laugh, "I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but the most capable ones have all gone to the Lord's side. Is the Lord able to handle them all?"
"Whether he can handle it or not, we can't help him anymore." Shen Qi shook his head. "Just like he entrusted Liuzhou to us with peace of mind, we can only trust our lord. If our lord falls this time, it will prove that this so-called Divine Kingdom of the Heavenly Dao is ultimately just a dream."
"A fleeting dream?" Shen Yuan was stunned upon hearing this.
These past two years have felt like a dream, but if it really is a dream, he'd rather never wake up.
"The result, hmm." Chen Qing stood on the deck, looking at the message conveyed by the eye in his palm, and shook his head with a wry smile.
It's alright, considering the situation, this result is already quite good.
Chen Qing looked towards the Dragon Palace, ultimately deciding whether he could obtain the most crucial item Dragon Palace. If not, the Divine Kingdom would be unable to continue its growth and expansion, just as Shen Qi had said—ultimately nothing but a fleeting dream!
Just then, the Ghost Child next to me suddenly stood up and looked into the distance.
Now, the Ghost Child is most wary of is Princess White Jade, who has been following them closely.
"What is it?" As the ship drew near, Chen Qing looked at Baiyu, who rarely dared to approach.
"Someone's coming," Baiyu said solemnly. "A very distinctive aura—it's a government ship!"
"Oh?"