novelapdf Chapter 46, Thorough Awakening Ends
Chapter 46, Thorough Awakening Ends
Inside the main hall, Lin Longyue waited with a frown.
The vermilion gate had been closed for a long time. Inside the hall, some people were talking in hushed tones, while others were drinking tea with their eyes down. Only she sat upright in her chair, her gaze fixed on the door on the side of the hall, never looking away.
Chu Linzi leaned against the chair opposite her, toying with a short, unsheathed knife in her hand, which twirled between her fingers like a butterfly. She occasionally glanced at Lin Longyue for a moment, but remained silent.
Yunhe County and Yang Zhuri also glanced at that vermilion gate from time to time.
Just then, footsteps were heard in the passageway beside the hall.
The footsteps were neither fast nor slow, one heavy and one light.
Before long, the old eunuch came out of the passageway, followed by a person.
Chen Lingxi.
His clothes were slightly dusty, but he didn't look disheveled. He followed behind the old eunuch with his hands at his sides, his steps steady and his expression normal.
The hall fell silent.
Everyone was watching him.
Lin Longyue's brows relaxed, but a hint of confusion remained in her eyes.
The old eunuch walked into the hall, but did not explain anything. He simply bowed slightly in Lin Longyue's direction and said, "Miss Lin, the Crown Prince has ordered that this servant return with you."
After saying that, without waiting for Lin Longyue's reply, he retreated to the side of the curtain, stood with his head down and hands hanging down.
Return?
Lin Longyue's pupils contracted slightly.
She was about to ask something when she saw that the old eunuch had already closed his eyelids, like a clay or wooden sculpture, clearly indicating that he would not utter another word.
She took a deep breath, swallowed the words that were rising in her throat, stood up, and bowed towards the East Hall: "Longyue takes her leave."
As she turned around, her gaze swept over Chen Lingxi.
Chen Lingxi lowered his head and followed behind her.
Yunhe County, Chu Linzi, and Yang Zhuri all had different expressions, but all of them showed surprise.
"This beast fight... actually received the Crown Prince's pardon?" Yang Zhuri was puzzled, but his curiosity grew stronger.
Chen Lingxi walked with her head down, meeting all these gazes without showing any emotion.
After leaving the main hall and passing through several courtyards, you arrive at the gate of the imperial palace.
Lin Longyue walked without stopping, heading straight for the waiting blue-curtained carriage.
Liu Que had already lifted the carriage curtain and was waiting. When he saw her coming, he was about to speak, but she silenced him with a look.
"Chen Lingxi." Lin Longyue suddenly stopped and glanced at him. "You will ride with me."
His tone was calm, yet his words left no room for argument.
Chen Lingxi agreed and followed her into the carriage.
The carriage curtain was lowered, blocking out the sunlight.
The carriage was filled with the fragrance of agarwood, and wisps of smoke curled upwards.
The carriage moved slowly, its wheels making a soft rustling sound as they rolled over the gravel road.
Lin Longyue spoke up: "Is what was said in the palace true? Was Qiu Chihu really engulfed by some strange purple light from the treasure bottle?"
Chen Lingxi bowed her head and replied.
Lin Longyue frowned in thought.
The carriage remained quiet for a long time.
Only the rustling sound of wheels rolling over gravel and the occasional snorting of horses could be heard from outside the carriage curtain.
The smoke from the agarwood swirled slowly between the two of them, lingering without dissipating.
After a long while, Lin Longyue suddenly smiled: "You have a secret. For someone like the Crown Prince to summon you and then easily let you return home... this is definitely not normal."
Chen Lingxi lowered her head and remained silent.
"It's alright if there are secrets." Lin Longyue's expression returned to calm: "As long as you serve me, even if there are some secrets, I will just turn a blind eye."
"Furthermore... you have rendered meritorious service in the beast-fighting, and I will reward you accordingly. From now on, you will no longer be a slave in my West Courtyard!"
Chen Lingxi feigned excitement and thanked her, though she was somewhat surprised.
Lin Longyue seemed to realize something; was she... trying to make amends?
The carriage wound its way down the mountain road, and by the time it reached the foot of Mangyang Mountain, dusk had already fallen.
Lin Longyue rested with her eyes closed along the way.
Chen Lingxi was trying her best to digest the Dragon's Roar Technique in her mind.
As the glow of the setting sun was swallowed by the night, the outlines of the mountains gradually blurred in the twilight.
The carriage drove onto a dirt road, flanked by dense pine forests. The night wind rustled through the trees.
Just then—someone emerged from the mountains!
The man's footsteps were extremely heavy, each step on the rocks causing the ground to tremble slightly.
The night birds in the pine forest were startled and took flight in a flurry, circling and crying mournfully in the darkness.
A powerful aura emanated from the footsteps, indescribable and elusive, making one feel that what emerged from the mountains was not a person, but a wild beast that had broken free of its shackles!
someone!
While inside the Pure Realm, Chen Lingxi felt no fear.
He lifted the curtain and looked closely.
The moonlight was thin, and the first thing he saw was two hands!
Two hands emerged from the shadows of the pine forest, their skin a strange jade color, gleaming like jade in the moonlight, as if they were not flesh and blood, but creations of jade!
Another wondrous jade-like energy flowed and swirled, faintly and indistinctly, as it drifted away!
"What level of cultivation is this?" Chen Lingxi was immediately astonished.
But all that was seen was that these two hands pushed through the air!
It was as if it could topple mountains; an incomparably violent surge of blood energy erupted from its palm, transforming into a whirlwind!
That gale was no ordinary wind, but a jade-colored storm woven from countless fine threads of blood and qi, visible to the naked eye!
Where the storm passed, pine trees snapped in half, rocks shattered into powder, and the road was plowed with a deep rut!
The storm swept towards the carriage, and the violent power of blood energy overwhelmed everything!
too fast.
That's too strong.
Chen Lingxi only had time to activate the green qi in her dantian to its maximum to protect her internal organs.
However, the moment the storm of qi and blood arrived, the green qi shattered into pieces as if it were made of paper.
An overwhelming force slammed into his chest, causing his blood to surge, a sweet taste in his throat, and a mouthful of blood to gush out.
This power was too great; Chen Lingxi had no way to resist it.
He was swept away by that force and flew out of the carriage, his back slamming against the trunk of an old pine tree before he slid to the ground.
Lin Longyue was also impacted by this terrifying force, and her whole body flew out like a kite with a broken string.
She landed not far from Chen Lingxi, rolled twice, and then fainted.
She struck her forehead on a rock, creating a gash about an inch long. Blood gushed out, trickling down her pale cheek and dripping into the soil.
The blood... actually smelled good.
It wasn't the usual bloody, sweet scent, but rather a very faint, delicate floral fragrance, almost imperceptible yet clearly discernible.
It is like a plum blossom blooming in the snowy night, its cold fragrance refreshing.
The fragrance drifted in the night breeze, mingling with the scent of earth and pine needles, filling Chen Lingxi's nostrils and creating an indescribable, mouthwatering feeling.
At that moment, voices came from the mountain not far away.
"Don't damage that powerful medicine."
The sound wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
His tone was as calm as still water, as if he were simply instructing someone on something trivial.
But the moment the voice fell, the qi and blood surrounding Lin Longyue suddenly withdrew!
The jade-colored storm seemed to have been choked by an invisible hand, abruptly stopping three feet around Lin Longyue's body, and then receding like a tide, dissipating into the night.
Major medicine.
These two words reached Chen Lingxi's ears.
Before he could think it through, the storm of qi and blood surged toward him, and the jade-colored qi and blood crashed into him like a flood bursting its banks.
He heard the sound of his bones cracking, the hissing sound of his blood being burned by the high temperature, and the sound of his heart stopping beating under immense pressure.
All perception ceased at that moment.
Chen Ling died after washing his body!
boom!
Above the sky, the two precious mirrors suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!
Two beams of light fell simultaneously, illuminating Chen Lingxi's shattered body.
As the light flowed, the void began to twist, crack, and disintegrate—mountains and rivers reversed, pine forests turned to dust, and all things in heaven and earth turned into dust and vanished into nothingness.
Thorough understanding—the end.
"Stealing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, and drawing inspiration from the past and present."
Chen Lingxi stood in the shrine, tadpole-shaped characters flashing before his eyes.
His consciousness coalesced into a human form, hovering above the churning mist.
In the void, the two bright mirrors still hung high, their golden and silver light intertwining and scattering, illuminating his consciousness clearly. Several items flashed past his eyes, rotating endlessly like a revolving lantern.
Those five silver-white pills were perfectly round like pearls, with faint silver patterns flowing on their surface.
That spiritual jade bead was pure white, with a wisp of extremely faint green energy moving like a snake inside;
And there was that musk scabbard, its surface gleaming with a faint bluish light, as smooth and warm as jade.
"I can choose one of the three items to bring back to the real world."
Without thinking twice, Chen Lingxi reached out and grasped the Qiankun bag.
The surface was warm and smooth to the touch, and a bluish light emanated from the bag, spreading upwards along his fingertips and enveloping his consciousness in a soft bluish glow.
Above the divine chamber in the void, countless fine cracks appeared on the surfaces of the two sun and moon mirrors, spreading from the center to the edges, like a spider web layer upon layer.
Immediately afterwards, a crisp cracking sound was heard.
The two bright mirrors shattered, turning into countless tiny fragments of light that scattered and fell into the void of the divine chamber before vanishing without a trace.
The Qiankun Bag actually detached from the body and floated in the void of the divine chamber, its azure light flowing around it, turning the surrounding mist a deep turquoise.
The bag trembled slightly for a moment, then returned to calm, like a blue star, quietly hanging there.
The sacred chamber has also vanished!
Chen Lingxi suddenly opened her eyes!
He was panting heavily, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and his chest was heaving violently.
He sat on the yellow mud floor of the Beast Fighting Palace, with the white jade bottle above his head, its purple light cascading down like a waterfall.
The two bright mirrors were no longer visible in the sky; only the light from the jade bottle illuminated the entire palace.
He is back.
They returned to the Beast Fighting Palace once again.
"Where will the opportunity for this precious artifact lie?"
Before him, the face of the cauldron was staring at him.
Chen Lingxi calmed her mind.
He touched his waist, but the musk scabbard was nowhere to be found.
It wasn't at his waist, but rather suspended quietly in the void of his divine chamber, waiting for him to summon it with a single thought, at which point it would appear in his hand.
He took a deep breath and turned to look at his side.
Qiu Chihu's body had long since vanished, leaving only his magnificent robes limply piled on the ground.
The precious metal-slaying sword was stuck in the yellow mud, its hilt still trembling slightly.
The silver patterns on the blade have faded, but the blade itself remains sharp and menacing.
Chen Lingxi stepped forward, pulled out the gold-slaying sword, held it with both hands, and raised it above his head.
"Please, Venerable Ding, for the opportunity lies with this precious sword."
As soon as he finished speaking, the spiritual energy surging between heaven and earth suddenly intensified, and an ancient aura surged forth, pouring into the gold-slaying treasure sword like water bursting its banks!
The aura was so intense, almost solidified, that it flowed endlessly across the blade.
The precious sword began to vibrate violently, emitting a buzzing sound!
Chen Lingxi gripped the knife with both hands, feeling the blade grow heavier and heavier, as if a tremendous force was surging into it from all directions.
After a few breaths, the tremors subsided.
Chen Lingxi picked up the precious sword and examined it closely. He noticed that the silver patterns on the blade had changed drastically.
—The originally dull silver patterns now gleamed with a faint golden light.
"This precious sword is much sharper, and the ancient aura seems to have endowed it with some unique abilities."
However… now is not the time to examine the precious sword.
Chen Lingxi sheathed the precious sword and raised his head.
The face of the bronze vessel hung in mid-air, but was blown away by the mountain wind and disappeared without a trace.
Where that face vanished, a doorway silently appeared in the void.
The cauldron-shaped gate reappeared, standing majestically.
The door was tightly shut, the copper nails like stars, and the ancient aura above the door swirled endlessly, as if beckoning him to step inside and return to the present world.
With a slight thought, Chen Lingxi's Qiankun bag suddenly appeared in his palm in the void of the divine chamber.
He picked up the precious sword, and with another thought, the sword transformed into a stream of light, disappeared into his Qiankun bag, and vanished.
He then put the Spirit Qi Jade Bead, five silver pills, and a thick stack of silver notes that he had taken from Qiu Chihu's clothes on the ground into the container.
The stack of silver notes, worth about a thousand taels, was crisp and stamped with an official seal. It sank into the bag's space in the blue light, alongside the precious sword and elixirs.
After doing all this, Chen Lingxi put the Qiankun Bag back into the void of the divine chamber, then sat down cross-legged on the spot and continued to cultivate the Dragon's Roar Technique with his eyes closed.
He slowly opened his eyes half an hour later.
"Ha!" he said softly, his voice like the roar of a dragon.
"I seem to have grasped something; that should be enough."
He stood up and stepped out of the cauldron gate!