Chapter 75: The ce of Death, Stay Within 100 Meters
In the small town of July.
Jinli turned around and saw a girl dressed in green.
The girl looked quite young, like she was in her early teens. Her ck hair was coiled on top of her head, forming two high buns on each side, adorned with gold, resembling a fairy''s hairstyle.
She wasn''t very tall, but with her fairy-like buns, she barely reached 1.6 meters in height.
The green-d girl looked at Jinli and spoke slowly, "I am the priestess of the Yuehuang Kingdom, July."
Jinli was somewhat surprised.
She hade here quietly this time, yet she was still noticed.
"Greetings, Priestess of July," Jinli said.
However, the next words from the girl priestess made her heart skip a beat.
"Qingluo is my sister."
A look of disbelief shed through Jinli''s heart.
Because Qingluo was her mother''s name.
Was this young girl really talking about the Qingluo she was thinking of?
"She is your mother, and also the saintess of our Yuehuang Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, Jinli looked at Aunt Qin.
Aunt Qin said nothing, seemingly confirming it.
"I see," Jinli seemed to have little reaction.
"May I invite Your Majesty to visit the ancestralnd of the Yuehuang n?" Priestess July extended an invitation.
"Sorry, I don''t have time," Jinli directly refused. She looked at theke, a strange unease growing in her heart.
She couldn''t contact Qiyuan.
And Qiyuan hadn''te to her.
"Is Your Majesty waiting for someone?" Priestess July''s expression remained calm.
Jinli didn''t speak, tacitly agreeing.
"The person Your Majesty is waiting for hasn''te."
A sh of excitement appeared in Jinli''s eyes, but it quickly disappeared. She said coldly, "You know?"
"I don''t know." Priestess July shook her head. She raised her head, looking at the towering ancient Qichun tree. "There are too many unknowns in this world, too many questions that cannot be answered.
Some are buried by history, washed away by time; others are simply without an audience, a solitary appreciation.
But when the ancient Qichun tree reaches the moon, all mysteries will be revealed."
After she finished speaking, she didn''t lower her head, still looking at Jinli. "It is said that the original wedding dress princess waited for the god here by thiske but never met him; then there was a faceless sword god waiting for someone here, but the lover never came; and there was a guest from heaven who lingered here for a long time before disappearing.
Everything in the world has its cause and effect, predestined, and no one can break it. Why must Your Majesty be so obsessed for a moment?"
Upon hearing this, a look of stubbornness appeared on Jinli''s cold face. "I don''t believe in cause and effect, nor in predestination. Ten years isn''t enough, then a hundred years, a hundred years isn''t enough, then a thousand years, ten thousand years!"
Her eyes were determined.
It''s just that she couldn''t contact him for now; they would meet one day.
"If we meet... sigh." Priestess July sighed, "If Your Majesty still can''t find that person, why not visit the Faceless Sword God''s temple?"
After speaking, Priestess July walked away gracefully.
Jinli''s heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered some content from the second message Qiyuan had asked the red-armored wedding dress to pass to her.
She murmured, "Not meeting... not meeting..."
Suddenly, she looked at Aunt Qin and asked, "Aunt Qin, do you know of a second desperate ce besides Tianjue?"
Aunt Qin shook her head, "I don''t know."
"Is that so?" Jinli suddenly thought of the return of the Qilin Guards she had sent to the Tomb Forbidden Land half a month ago.
The Tomb Forbidden Land, as usual, only had some wedding dress monsters living there.
In the depths, there were no other clothing monsters, nor were there any signs of battle.
She stood by thekeside, looking at the sparkling water, her expression cold as the moon.
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Under the ancient Qichun tree.
Qiyuan looked at the elegant girl in a long dress, his expressionplicated, "Have you found Jinli?"
The girl in the long dress shook her head, "I have not."
Qiyuan looked at the girl in the long dress, hesitated for a moment, moved his lips, and his voice was a bit hoarse, "Do you know about the South Qian Kingdom?"
"Never heard of it." Priestess July shook her head.
Qiyuan paused for a moment, then asked again, "What about the South Feng Kingdom?"
"Then... what about the Tianyun Sacred Sect?"
The Tianyun Sacred Sect, the most powerful sect of the human race.
Qiyuan didn''t originally want to ask about this.
"I do not know." Priestess July still shook her head.
"Well... I understand." The irritation on Qiyuan''s face dissipated, and he seemed particrly calm, or rather overly calm.
"The person you are looking for, our Yuehuang n will do our best to find!" Priestess July''s face showed an apologetic expression.
"Okay." Qiyuan didn''t continue that topic but looked up at the ancient Qichun tree, at the sinister corpses hanging from it. "What''s going on here?"
"ording to the Hundred Cities Alliance, the people hanging up there are all those who did not respect filial piety and those who obstructed the implementation of the filial piety decree," Priestess July said coldly, her eyes clearly filled with anger. "The Hundred Cities Alliance wants to include our Yuehuang n as well. Anyone who makes a mistake is hanged on the ancient Qichun tree!"
Qiyuan was silent, "This act is against the way of heaven, like removing the fuel from under the cauldron."
Generally speaking, the next generation is the future of a country, a race.
Doing this, it won''t be long before the human race on the Wangyue Continent withers away.
"The Hundred Cities Alliance issued the filial piety decree, causing dissatisfaction among various countries, who opposed it. Even within the Hundred Cities Alliance, there are many dissidents.
Countless strong people rebelled, rivers of blood flowed."
The seventh priestess of the Yuehuang n said coldly.
"Such a scene, the Hundred Cities Alliance should have been on the verge of copse.
However..."
The seventh priestess''s face darkened.
"ck Robe Guards!"
Mentioning this term, the seventh priestess was obviously very agitated, her body trembling slightly, seemingly terrified.
Qiyuan heard this term again.
Thest time was outside Kunwu City.
"They are very strong?" Qiyuan asked.
"They... are monsters, ghosts!" The seventh priestess seemed to recall something terrifying, her eyes filled with fear.
"There aren''t many of them. Each one wears a ck robe, their facespletely hidden.
They don''t eat or drink, they don''t speak, they seem to have no emotions, only ughter! Their strength... is too strong.
No one can match them, the strongest warriors are as fragile as chickens before them.
They appear and disappear unpredictably, wherever they appear, blood flows like a river! Once, the Great Jing Empire dered it would march against the Hundred Cities Alliance!
The next day, the Great Jing Imperial City... was empty.
Seven hundred thousand people... all hanged here!"
"They care nothing for righteousness, nothing for the future.N?v(el)B\\jnn
With the ck Robe Guards, they act recklessly."
Qiyuan was silent.
He thought of the extraterrestrial demons.
Are the ck Robe Guards the work of the extraterrestrial demons? How strong are the extraterrestrial demons? Why do they wreak havoc in the world?
He did not know.
"However, no matter how strong the ck Robe Guards are, our Yuehuang n will never surrender!
This world cannot be left to these fiendish beings! This is the Wangyue Continent, the origin and foundation of our Yuehuang n!" July''s eyes regained confidence, "This world was originally called the Day Continent, now it''s called the Wangyue Continent!"
"Day?" Qiyuan was taken aback.
This was the first time he had heard of this.
Even in the memories of those divine realm powerhouses in the four forbiddennds, there was no such information.
And the term "Day" gave him some associations.
He thought of the Ascension tform and what the golden-armored god general had said... day and night reversed.
"Are you a supreme emperor?" Priestess July asked, looking at Qiyuan expectantly.
Originally, hearing her disciple say that there was a stranger in the n who might be a supreme emperor, she nned to meet him.
But after hearing the man''s story and seeing the bodies of those from the Hundred Cities Alliance, she changed her mind.
She came out directly to find him.
He was a supreme emperor, and not an ordinary supreme emperor.
She hoped her guess was correct.
Faced with Priestess July''s question, Qiyuan did not answer.
In the mortal world, he could not use powers beyond the heavenly domain, or he would immediately face the extraterrestrial demons.
He still had many things to figure out and did not want to go to the Absolute Land right away.
So now, he could only disy the strength of a supreme emperor.
But... after killing and fighting at the Ascension tform for hundreds of years, even if he only disyed the strength of a supreme emperor, it was terrifying.
"Could you help our Yuehuang n with something?" July looked at Qiyuan, stating her purpose for being here.
Qiyuan stood still, closing his eyes.
He didn''t answer right away.
He was recalling everything that happened after he left the Absolute Land.
All events shed in his mind one by one.
He saw the human purgatory, and he saw the horrifying scene of countless corpses hanging from the ancient Qichun tree.
His emotions experienced many fluctuations and waves.
After all, he was a normal person too.
Having just fought and killed for hundreds of years.
Suddenly receiving so much information, his mind was a bit confused.
A bit neurotic.
Now closing his eyes, then opening them again, his eyes became clearer.
The confusion diminished a lot.
He adjusted quickly.
He was himself again, the normal him.
"I''m just ying a game, how can I be yed by the game?" The previous emotions on Qiyuan''s face disappeared, muttering to himself. The sinister corpses hanging above didn''t seem so horrifying anymore.
"Speak." Qiyuan looked at the girl in the long dress. Was this storyline NPC going to give him a mission?
"Now, the Hundred Cities Alliance ising aggressively, likely to destroy our Yuehuang n.
We hope you can protect our saintess!" Priestess July stated her purpose.
Hearing this, Qiyuan was amused.
He turned into the strongest bodyguard, protecting a cold and aloof school flower in white stockings?
"How old is your saintess? Is she fair-skinned and beautiful? Does she have long legs, is she an art student?" Qiyuan casually asked.
Priestess July was stunned.
A look of daze shed across her face.
She highly suspected that the person inside the mask had changed.
Where was the previous aura of a peerless swordsman, the shadow under the moon?
But she quickly reacted, struggling to speak, "The saintess is just seven years old this year."
"Ah?" Qiyuan was momentarily dumbfounded, "Protecting a child, no problem.
However..."
"What are your conditions, please feel free to ask.
Our Yuehuang n is willing to open the treasure vault, and you may choose as you wish.
Even if you like, you can choose any unmarried woman from our Yuehuang n."
"No need, having the saintess is enough." Qiyuan said casually.
July''s eyes widened.
Qiyuan quickly added, "Don''t misunderstand, I''m not interested in those external things."
Only then did July calm down, feeling that she had misunderstood.
"I hope..." Qiyuan hesitated for a moment, looking at the starry sky, then at the ancient Qichun tree, "that you establish a country, called the Yuehuang Dynasty.
I hope there will be a town near the July Lake, called July Town, how about it?"
Priestess July was a bit confused.
She didn''t understand Qiyuan''s meaning.
But she sincerely said, "If we survive this cmity, even if only one vige remains, our Yuehuang n will establish the Yuehuang Dynasty as you said!"
Hearing this, Qiyuan smiled.
One vige proiming itself as an empire, why does this seem so familiar?
"I have other requests, but I will mention them when I leave.
By the way, I will only protect your saintess for 26 days."
"Okay." Priestess July agreed. She thought of something, gritting her teeth, "If the ck Robe Guards appear, you may leave directly, do not worry about us or the saintess."
Qi Yuan nced at the July Priestess unexpectedly and said, "Okay."
The next day, by the July Lake, a simple bamboo hut was erected.
Qi Yuan still sat on the green stone by thekeside, as usual.
It was unclear what he was thinking or doing.
The July Priestess came again, this time holding the hand of a little girl.
"Sir, she is the Holy Maiden of our tribe. I entrust her to you."
The July Priestess let go, and the short little girl behind her peeked at Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan also looked at the little girl.
The girl appeared very timid and shy. What caught one''s attention most were her eyes, with long eyshes fluttering like fans, and in her pupils, there seemed to be a crescent moon.
"What is her name?" Qi Yuan asked.
"You may call her Yue Nu, sir."
"Yue Nu?" Qi Yuan pondered.
The July Priestess handed the Holy Maiden to Qi Yuan.
She said, "Sir, I will be traveling far for some time. Please take care of her."
The July Priestess took out a jade round piece from her bosom.
"This is called Linglong Yuxi, naturally paired. Ordinary people canmunicate through this treasure. I give this one to you, and the other is with me. If there''s an emergency, you can contact me through Linglong Yuxi."
Qi Yuan epted the warm Linglong Yuxi.
He found it somewhat simr to themunication jade slips of Cann Realm.
He tried it out, saying, "Are you there?"
The July Priestess saw the message from Linglong Yuxi, nced at Qi Yuan, and said, "Yes, just like that."
Then she squatted down and said to the Holy Maiden, "Yue Nu, remember to stay with this senior during this time. He will protect you. Be obedient."
Yue Nu peeked at Qi Yuan and nodded.
"Thank you, sir," the July Priestess bowed.
At this moment, Qi Yuan suddenly asked, "Why do you trust me so much?"
The July Priestess showed a devout expression, "Everything is guided by fate."
"Mystical nonsense," Qi Yuan muttered.
He didn''t like talking to spiritual people; they always spoke in riddles.
The July Priestess bid farewell to Qi Yuan and left the July Lake.
By the greenke, only Qi Yuan and the Holy Maiden of the Moon Royal Tribe remained.
He nced at Yue Nu and said, "Go y with the mud over there, just stay within my sight."
The little girl didn''t react; she just sat beside Qi Yuan, staring at theke with him.
The scene, one big and one small, was quite picturesque.
After some time, a cold wind blew.
Qi Yuan looked up at the sky and saw tiny specks falling.
"It''s snowing."
"Looks like I''ll be fishing alone in the cold river snow."
He nced at the Holy Maiden clinging tightly to his sleeve, "If you''re cold, go back to the house."
The little girl''s hands were red from the cold. She looked at Qi Yuan and obediently left.
"My enthusiasm isn''t warm enough, even freezing the little girl," Qi Yuan thought.
He sat alone by theke, feeling vast and solitary.
After some time, Qi Yuan''s shoulders were covered with snow.
Snow piled up on the branches by theke, and when the wind blew, it scattered down.
Theke surface seemed to have a thinyer of ice.
He sighed, "It''s good to feel the cold wind; it clears my head."
The murderous intent in his heart had lessened with the umting snow after constant killing before.
At this moment, a creaking sound was heard. The little Yue Nu opened the wooden door, holding arge bowl, and carefully walked toward Qi Yuan.
Therge bowl was steaming, filled to the brim with fragrant fish soup.
The little girl ced the fish soup in front of Qi Yuan, her star-like eyes looking at him.
"For me?" Qi Yuan sniffed the fish soup, "I didn''t expect thating here, I wouldn''t get to eat crispy sweet duck, but I did get a bowl of fish soup. Worth it."
The little girl stood silently by, seemingly memorizing Qi Yuan''s words.
Qi Yuan picked up the fish soup, ready to drink it all in one go.
Suddenly, he frowned and looked ahead, "These game NPCs are so rude, don''t they know not to disturb yers when they''re eating?"
In the distance, seven figures slowly approached Qi Yuan.
They wore cloaks and stepped on the snow without leaving any traces.
From a distant pavilion, the girl Leng Yue saw this scene, her pupils contracted.
"Seven emperors!"
Seven emperors hade simultaneously, and judging by their aura, they were no ordinary emperors.
At this moment, she was anxious and worried for the faceless man.
Now, all the experts of the Yuehuang n were out and not in the n.
Could the faceless man stop these seven emperors?
At this moment, the seven emperors were less than a hundred meters away from Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan spoke again, "The spread of the smell of blood in the air is 50 centimeters per second. I need 200 seconds to finish this bowl of soup. You are now 100 meters away from me, dying here is most appropriate."
Qi Yuan spouted nonsense.
The seven of them, upon hearing this, showed a murderous look in their eyes.
"Sir, you''re too arrogant!"
"I am Zhou Ao of the Hundred Cities Alliance. Sir, being a supreme emperor, you must be over fifty years old. Joining our Hundred Cities Alliance would be perfect for enjoying your old age. It would be unwise to oppose our Hundred Cities Alliance."
Zhou Ao said, exuding vigorous and surging energy.
The snowkes falling on him melted instantly.
They took steps forward simultaneously, heading towards Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan nced at them sideways, "You''ve crossed the line."
If they were within 99 meters, dying there, the smell of blood would ruin his fish soup.
"Let''s see what you can do if I step forward!" someone shouted.
Seeing the NPCs dare to defy him, a cold gleam shed in Qi Yuan''s eyes.
"Why are you all so useless, can''t even give me some experience points after dying?"
As he finished speaking, the sword in Qi Yuan''s hand suddenly flew out, straight towards the seven people.
Under the moonlight, in the snowy night, a sword light shed.
The seven stood still, eyes wide open, motionless.
Snowkes fell on their shoulders, and as if the snow was too heavy, the seven fell to the ground simultaneously.