After the Great Dao died

Chapter 47 Senior?

Outside the gate, the old eunuch still stood with his hands at his sides below the steps.

The eyes of everyone in the hall had already turned to the figure slowly walking out of the passageway.

Lin Longyue sat upright in the chair, her expression showing a hint of surprise.

Chu Linzi stopped playing with the short knife; Princess Yunhe put down the osmanthus cake in her hand, her languid expression fading slightly; Yang Zhuri narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly, his gaze lingering between Chen Lingxi and the vermilion gate.

Just as Chejue Evolution observed, everything proceeded in an orderly manner.

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"Where is Prince Chihu?"

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"Put him in jail for questioning."

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Chen Lingxi lowered her eyes, and a wisp of extremely fine and faint spiritual energy quietly emerged between the index and middle fingers of her right hand.

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"Wait a minute."

"Let him enter the East Hall of my palace."

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Everything evolves as clearly as the enlightenment, with almost no difference.

Chen Lingxi stepped into the palace, but this time, it was different.

This time, when Chen Ling entered the East Hall, his back suddenly straightened and his hands were behind his back!

The door to the East Hall slowly closed behind him.

The smoke from the ambergris flowed like a stream across the white jade bricks, while the faint blue flame of the bronze lamp cast a hazy glow over everything in the hall.

The prince stood with his hands behind his back in front of the huge landscape painting, his back to the door, his bright yellow brocade robe gleaming with a deep luster in the candlelight.

This time, Chen Lingxi did not wait for the Crown Prince to speak.

"From your spiritual energy, it is not difficult to see that you are a disciple of the Southern Heaven Domain."

The voice wasn't loud, but the moment the words "Southern Heaven Domain" were uttered, the prince's pupils suddenly contracted, and he abruptly turned around, his gaze falling on the "fighting beast" with its hands behind its back!

"Did this person see through my background?"

Throughout the entire process, he never actively circulated his spiritual energy in front of Chen Lingxi.

Not only that, he also concealed his spiritual energy using the method of concealing his spiritual energy. People of the same realm might be able to see through his possession of spiritual energy, but they would never be able to see through the origin of his spiritual energy.

But the person in front of him revealed his lineage in a single sentence.

"This person... what is his background? What is his cultivation level?"

Upon their first encounter, the Crown Prince felt a growing sense of apprehension.

He remained expressionless, only nodding slightly: "Fellow Daoist...you have good eyesight."

Seeing his reaction, Chen Lingxi felt a weight lifted from her heart.

He said no more, but walked slowly through the East Hall with his hands behind his back.

His steps were unhurried and his demeanor composed, as if he were strolling in his own study.

"Speaking of the Southern Heavenly Domain," he said casually, "I have a connection with one of your senior disciples."

His gaze swept over the landscape painting on the wall, settling between the distant mountains and nearby waters, as if he were recalling something extremely distant.

"I once debated with him, and he used a rebuke technique on me."

At this point, he suddenly covered his mouth with his right fist and coughed lightly.

The cough was extremely soft, but the instant it ended, a faint, thread-like dragon's roar escaped from his throat, mingling with the end of the cough, barely audible yet clearly reaching the prince's ears.

The crown prince's expression changed instantly.

Although the dragon's roar was faint and not particularly powerful, he was extremely familiar with it!

He had been practicing the Dragon's Roar Technique for a long time and was very familiar with it.

This is clearly the method of the Dragon's Roar Technique!

"It's actually the Dragon's Roar Technique?" the prince blurted out.

Chen Lingxi lowered her right fist, which had been covering her mouth, and gently shook her head.

The head-shaking motion was extremely slow, carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

"That's roughly how it's performed." He said casually, "I've only seen it once, so I don't know if the deduction is accurate."

The crown prince took a deep breath, and the usual calm on his face finally changed.

"How can you deduce such a similarity after only seeing it once?"

"Who exactly is this person?"

The Crown Prince watched Chen Lingxi stroll leisurely through the East Hall, and for a moment he was somewhat surprised.

After a few moments, he solemnly bowed to Chen Lingxi, his tone filled with genuine respect: "A senior of your stature has come here to seek the truth."

Chen Lingxi took in the changes in the Crown Prince's expression, showing no sign of it on her face, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He gave a deliberately profound laugh, a very soft laugh.

"Seeking truth?" He repeated the two words, then stopped answering, turning his gaze to the landscape painting on the wall and standing with his hands behind his back.

The crown prince took a deep breath, his expression becoming even more respectful.

To be able to see at a glance that he came from the Southern Heaven Domain, and to easily deduce the Dragon's Roar Technique that he had painstakingly cultivated for many years, this person's cultivation is unfathomable!

His eyes then lit up slightly.

"To meet this mysterious figure is perhaps a stroke of luck!"

"Now that I am here, my memories have not fully returned. If I can ask this person for protection, I will have an extra layer of support and a greater hope of finding the truth and reaching the pinnacle!"

Having made up his mind, he bowed to Chen Lingxi again and said respectfully, "Junior Ying Chi! I dare not presume to know what Senior is doing, but I humbly invite you to come to the capital as a guest if you are willing. I would like to extend my hospitality to you."

These words were spoken with utmost sincerity, and the intention to recruit was made no attempt to conceal.

Chen Lingxi remained expressionless.

To the Crown Prince's residence?

He never forgot that he was an imposter. If he really stayed in the Crown Prince's residence all day, there would be too many flaws. His words and actions, the depth of his cultivation, and the breadth of his knowledge would all give him away.

Once exposed, certain death is inevitable.

He shook his head slightly, his tone still calm: "After a while, I may come to the capital to take a look."

Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed across the Crown Prince's eyes, but he dared not offer any further advice. Then, his gaze shifted slightly, as if he wanted to ask something.

Just then, Chen Lingxi suddenly pinched his fingers, his thumb rapidly tapping between the knuckles of his index and middle fingers, as if he were calculating something.

His brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of seriousness flashed in his eyes.

Seeing him like this, the Crown Prince felt a chill run down his spine, but dared not utter a sound to disturb him.

A few breaths later, Chen Lingxi put down her hand, shook her head slightly, as if she had pulled herself out of some profound calculation.

He turned around, looked at the Crown Prince, and said in a calm tone, "In that case, we shall meet again."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince quickly replied, "This junior will see you off, senior."

Chen Lingxi shook her head: "Let's keep it the same, so as not to let others find any clues."

The prince stopped and stood before the landscape painting with his hands at his sides.

Chen Lingxi turned and walked towards the palace gate.

After taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and looked at the Crown Prince. His gaze was not sharp, but it made the Crown Prince's heart skip a beat.

"The Lin family's key medicinal ingredient is of decent quality," Chen Lingxi said casually, as if mentioning it offhand. "You can continue to develop it; I won't interfere."

He paused, his gaze darkening slightly.

"But I don't want to be spied on."

The prince was startled and bowed his head in agreement, thinking to himself, "It seems that none of my schemes in Yuanjiang Prefecture have escaped the eyes of this senior, yet I was unaware of his existence."

He dared not ask any more questions, and lowered his head even further until he heard the sound of the palace doors opening and closing, at which point he slowly straightened up.

Silence returned to the East Hall.

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Chen Lingxi walked out of the East Hall and through the passageway.

The eyes of everyone in the main hall turned to him again. He looked straight ahead and walked directly to Lin Longyue's side, standing with his hands at his sides.

Lin Longyue glanced at him but didn't ask any further questions.

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The old eunuch stepped out from the side of the curtain, bowed slightly to Lin Longyue, and said something that was almost identical to what Chejue had said in his evolution.

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The horse-drawn carriage wound its way down the mountain road.

Inside the carriage, Lin Longyue sat opposite him, resting with her eyes closed and her breathing steady.

Chen Lingxi leaned against the carriage wall, lifted a corner of the curtain, and looked out at the gradually darkening mountain scenery.

He was still uneasy, wondering if he had fooled the crown prince.

Those words and those actions were all things he had carefully considered in his mind.

He had only studied the Dragon's Roar technique for half an hour, barely managing to produce a faint resemblance to a dragon's roar, but he could not be considered to have truly mastered it.

He also managed to extract the name Nantianyu from the Crown Prince.

As for the finger-calculation and the "Lin family's one-herb remedy," those were impromptu improvisations.

Every step is a gamble; the slightest misstep could lead to utter ruin.

The carriage passed the checkpoint at the foot of Mangyang Mountain and entered the official road leading to Yuanjiang Prefecture.

On both sides of the official road were vast farmlands, their dark outlines visible only in the night.

The lights of the distant city gradually lit up in the night, like a string of stars scattered on the ground.

The carriage entered the city gate, passed through the long street, and drove into the side gate of the west courtyard of the Marquis of Baosu's residence.

Lin Longyue opened her eyes, glanced at him, and said only, "Rest now," before leading Liu Que towards the main courtyard.

Chen Ling exhaled a long breath of stale air from the shadows of the corner gate.

A night breeze blew in from the garden, carrying the lingering fragrance of gardenias that were about to fade.

He stood there for a moment, until the rumble of the carriage completely disappeared into the darkness of the night, before turning around and walking toward his own courtyard.

In the end, they escaped disaster.

He pushed open the courtyard gate, and the moonlight was falling on the old locust tree in the courtyard, its branches and leaves lush and verdant, rustling in the night wind.

He walked to the locust tree, leaned against the trunk, and slowly sat down.

The azure energy in his dantian flowed slowly, gradually soothing his tense mind.

He was struck by a sudden calamity, but he survived.

"Moreover, the harvest was quite plentiful!"

Chen Ling's consciousness sank into the divine chamber, where a musk-skin pouch was suspended in the thick fog.