For people of Chen Qing's and Shen Qi's caliber, infiltrating the palace is not difficult. However, to avoid being noticed, they try to avoid using their own spiritual power. Although theoretically, as long as they do not use power above the Transcendent, they will not be marked or targeted, Transcendent people will always be different from ordinary sorcerers when they make a move, and will always be noticed.
The best solution would be to enter the palace with the Dowager Consort Beiyu.
Men couldn't easily enter the palace; if they wanted to, they could only disguise themselves as personal maids. This wasn't a big problem for Shen Qi, as he was already incredibly handsome with fair skin. With a little makeup to soften his features, he would be a refined and beautiful woman.
But Chen Qing was different. Chen Qing wasn't bad-looking, but she wasn't pretty enough to be as pretty as a young girl. In particular, her eyebrows and cheekbones were a bit too thick. No matter how much the Empress Dowager helped with her makeup, she still had a masculine appearance. But it didn't matter. As long as the makeup was roughly right, the guards at the door wouldn't stare at her for too long.
"My lord is truly unconcerned with trivial matters."
On the way, Shen Qi approached Chen Qing.
Looking at the smug Shen Qi, Chen Qing was speechless. So what if he's a pretty boy who looks young? What's so arrogant about him? He's over two hundred years old and still hasn't married a wife. All he knows is to covet his sister-in-law, and he doesn't even dare to say it out loud. Unlike herself, she already has a concubine.
Thinking of the two people at home, a fleeting look of daze suddenly crossed Chen Qing's eyes.
There have been so many things happening lately, one after another. I've barely seen the princess since we got married, and she's been so well-behaved that she hasn't bothered me at all.
But eventually, the true test will come.
What should we do next?
Upon arriving at the Data City, Chen Qing learned the truth: transmigrators cannot have offspring with people in the game.
How will this be explained in the future?
Moreover, this is a fantasy world with Samsara of life and death. In this life, the princess is his wife, but what happens when she grows old and enters the Underworld for Samsara?
As the supreme deity, he could actually control her to be his wife for all eternity, but is that a good thing?
It feels a bit complicated.
"My lord, we have arrived."
Just then, Shen Qi's voice came. Chen Qing looked up and realized that they had unknowingly followed the Empress Dowager into the palace. From a distance, they could see the black palace of the Empress Dowager, which was clearly different in style.
"That's Black Lantern," Shen Qi said, glancing into the distance, his expression turning serious.
He cultivated the Thousand-Eye Technique, and his eyesight was already excellent. Even without using the technique, he could see several miles away in the dark. However, the eerie darkness of the Empress Dowager's bedroom made him feel as if his vision was blocked, and he could not see through it no matter what.
"It's also called the Nether Lantern," Chen Qing said in a low voice. " The Yin-Yang Road is teeming with evil spirits. If you expose yourself, you'll easily attract a swarm of them. But if you have this lamp, you can hide your presence in the darkness, and even in some very dangerous places."
The Nether Lamp is an item from the third version, used to save players' lives after the resurgence of the 72 Earthly Fiends on the Yin-Yang Road.
Players need to complete the quest on the Yin-Yang Road while avoiding the endless stream of evil spirits. The Nether Lantern is like a pass, and it seems that this thing is monopolized by the Divine Martial Guild.
Chen Qing didn't intend to delve into how the other party managed it. After all, it was a guild that could monopolize two cycles of Samsara, so it wasn't surprising that they possessed any kind of item. However, it had to be said that this thing was a good one. Using Transcendent power inside would give the Spirit Ghost a sense of being blind to what was happening under their own noses, thus allowing them to safely overcome the current difficulties.
However, there were two points that puzzled Chen Qing.
The Nether Lantern is movable; otherwise, players wouldn't have been able to use it to infiltrate the depths of the Yin-Yang Road. Since it can be moved, there's a chance to use the Nether Lantern to leave Northern Wolf City directly.
Why not do it that way?
Are you afraid of the giant snake at the door?
It is indeed a troublesome situation, but there is a chance. If the Nether Lantern is located near the exit, and can break out of the city in an instant and escape the giant snake's encirclement, then it can escape alive. Although this is risky, it is one of the few methods that can be tried now. However, the person holding the Black Lantern chose to hide in the deep palace.
Could it be that the Divine Martial Guild is the mastermind behind this whole affair?
" Beiyu Yan requests an audience with the Empress Dowager!"
With reinforcements now in the Empress Dowager's palace, the Consort Dowager felt much more confident.
"Why is Your Highness here again?" The old woman in front of the palace was extremely pale, clearly in very poor spirits. When she saw the Dowager Consort Beiyu, she no longer concealed her impatience.
"Please have the matron inform her," the Dowager said calmly.
"Your Highness, didn't you see what happened during the day?" The old woman said with a wry smile, "This old servant doesn't know what happened inside, but Your Highness, why should an ordinary person like you get involved in this mess?"
The old woman had lived to be seventy years old and had spent many years in the palace. She had long understood that there were two worlds between mortals and cultivators. Even if the other party was a noble concubine, she should not interfere in such matters. The cultivators and non-cultivators of the Beiyu Family were also completely different kinds of people.
As a member of a large family, do I really need to remind myself of this basic principle?
Upon hearing this Beiyu Yan bit her lip. She was unwilling to be a mortal for the rest of her life, which was why she had come to get involved in this mess.
"Please inform the matron, sir."
"Alright," the other party sighed helplessly, then went to the palace gate and knocked on the bronze bell that had been placed at the entrance of the main hall at some unknown time.
Soon a sinister voice came from inside. "What is it?"
" The Dowager Consort Beiyu requests an audience with the Empress Dowager."
" The Beiyu Family's child?" The voice inside paused, then sneered, "She's the one who killed Qi Long during the day?"
Beiyu Yan's eyes widened; she seemed to recognize the voice inside, but it wasn't there.
"It was Her Majesty the Empress who tried to force her way in during the day," Beiyu Yan quickly explained, then cautiously added, "But... Uncle Murong?"
Chen Qing, standing behind him, immediately looked at Shen Qi.
There are many Murong in the Northern Wasteland, but there is one noble family among them!
Shen Qi looked at Chen Qing, nodded slightly, and transmitted his voice, "It's the voice of the Murong Family!"
Chen Qing, the head of the Murong Family, narrowed his eyes. He remembered that Yuchi Feihong and Murong Yunji had always started by targeting the Murong Family. This was normal; if they wanted to make a breakthrough, they would naturally start with familiar forces. The Murong Family should have been the first target to be won over.
But why would the Murong Family be involved with the Nether Moon Sect?
"Is that so?" The voice inside was hoarse. "If there's nothing else, you may leave."
Beiyu Yan's face immediately turned grim. As the current imperial concubine, she was not entitled to be spoken to in such a manner by the other party.
But, just like the old woman said, cultivators and ordinary people are two different kinds of people.
No matter how high one's position or how noble one's status in the secular world, in the eyes of these sorcerers or bloodline warriors, it means nothing.
Just like her own mother, who was outwardly the respected mistress of the Beiyu Family, but everyone knew that she had no say in anything that really came up in public.
She's basically just a more sophisticated housekeeper.
"I have come here for a reason."
What do you want?
"My Beiyu Family patriarch and all the elders have disappeared. As a daughter of the Beiyu Family, I naturally cannot sit idly by. If Uncle Murong knows the whereabouts of my father and the elders, please let me know."
"I don't know," the other person said calmly.
"Then I'll have to find it myself."
"You are not qualified to come in!" The Murong Family head's voice was icy from inside!
Beiyu Yan glanced at Chen Qing behind her. Chen Qing nodded. Beiyu Yan took a deep breath and said coldly, "I am a Dowager Consort, one of the Four Noble Consorts, appointed by the late Emperor. There is no place in this harem that I am not qualified to go!"
"How impressive!" A sinister female voice came from inside. "Since you want to come in, then come in."
"Senior," Beiyu Yan bit her lip, "I entrust my life to you."
Chen Qing looked at the other person and nodded slightly. Actually, once they got here, he and Shen Qi could have forced their way in, but if it caused any backlash or conflict, it would have been very unwise without knowing the situation inside.
Even in the Black Lantern, a violent conflict could still lead to being captured by Spirit Ghost.
After all, the Black Lantern is merely concealment, not a barrier that prevents Spirit Ghost from approaching.
And so, Beiyu Yan, accompanied by two men dressed as women, stepped into that world shrouded in darkness.
But once inside, the situation was completely different from what Chen Qing had expected!
None of the three expected that this was what was inside.
"My lord, what is this?"
"I see."