ah? The palace fighting system can also cultivate immortality

Chapter 246

Chapter 246

"Your aunt's pregnancy is not right."

On the return carriage, after Du Xinghe had set up a barrier to prevent eavesdropping, she told Ji Wuhuo what she had just seen very straightforwardly: "The Imperial Master is lying. She is pregnant with a stillborn baby. There is no such thing as 'being gifted and therefore absorbing the mother's spiritual energy'."

Ji Wuhuo held the spices sent by Concubine Ji and repeated Du Xinghe's words a little hesitantly: "...stillbirth?"

Du Xinghe nodded. "Yes, you know what the Samsara Academy can do. I guess the Imperial Master wants to use your aunt's fetus to do something, most likely to make an elixir."

Ji Wuhuo was still a little dazed. He murmured softly, "But this is your Majesty's biological child..."

Du Xinghe asked in return, "What if he is the one who wants to take the elixir?"

Ji Wuhuo clenched the brocade box containing spices in his arms.

"...How can I save my aunt?"

Du Xinghe was not surprised by Ji Wuhuo's reaction.

She leaned forward slightly, gently held Ji Wuhuo's hand, and whispered, "Then help me get into the headquarters of the Samsara Academy."

Ji Wuhuo lowered his eyelids, stared at Du Xinghe's face, and shook his hand back with force.

"it is good."

To Du Xinghe's surprise, the head of the Ji family sent a letter to her requesting to see her again on the night they returned from the palace.

In the main reception hall, the head of the Ji family straightened his clothes and composed himself, sitting at the head of the table.

Du Xinghe paused after stepping over the threshold. There was no one else in the hall except the head of the Ji family. Even Ji Wuhuo was not in the room.

What does the head of the Ji family want to do?

He should know that his cultivation level is lower than hers, right?

Du Xinghe became alert, but he did not stop and walked straight to the head of the Ji family.

"Xinghe Fairy, please take a seat."

The Ji family's patriarch had a solemn expression. He extended his hand to invite Du Xinghe to take a seat, then asked directly, "Wuhuo said that Fairy Xinghe determined that Suhua was pregnant with a stillborn baby. May I ask how Fairy Xinghe determined this?"

Du Xinghe said: "I have my own secret method. The details of the secret method cannot be disclosed, but I can take responsibility for what I said."

The head of the Ji family stared solemnly into Du Xinghe's eyes. At this moment, Du Xinghe realized that Ji Wuhuo really looked like him, especially when they were silent, their eyes would glow with astonishing brightness.

"I believe in the Galaxy Fairy."

After a moment, the Ji family's patriarch said, "Wuhuo told me when he came back that he noticed Suhua was in poor health. She's actually someone who doesn't like to show her weakness, and she's always been strong. If she wasn't truly in unbearable pain, she wouldn't have asked Your Majesty to send her family to the palace to see her."

The Ji family patriarch slowly clenched his fist on the table, and the spiritual energy around him twisted slightly. "Her entry into the palace was a mistake... I failed to protect her before, but I lied to myself, saying that Su Hua would have a good life in the palace, but she would not be able to see her family often. Now I can't lie to myself anymore. I know what the Samsara Academy and the Imperial Master have done. I can't bear to see my sister become their tonic!"

He took out a palm-sized glass rattle from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Du Xinghe.

"This is the Ji family's most precious treasure, the Cangming Bell."

As soon as the bell rang, Du Xinghe felt the moist water vapor coming towards her, with such powerful and pure force that she thought for a moment that she was back in the palace of the Sea Lord, and was swept into the huge waves by her whale tail.

"If you encounter danger, just ring the bell." The head of the Ji family said, "I'll ask the Fairy Xinghe to save Suhua's life."

Du Xinghe was stunned for a moment. She didn't answer the bell immediately, but asked for confirmation, "If I just enter the Samsara Academy headquarters, I won't be able to save the Imperial Concubine."

"I know."

The Ji family's Patriarch held the Cangming Bell forward a few inches and said, "Fairy Xinghe should understand what I'm saying."

Du Xinghe raised his hand and grasped the Cangming Bell in a cloud of pure water vapor.

"It's a pleasure working with you," she said.

Three days later.

The head of the Ji family acted very quickly. After Du Xinghe received the news and went to the Ji family, she saw a carriage heading to the headquarters of the Samsara Academy parked at the door. Another maid who accompanied her to get the medicine was already sitting in the carriage.

The head of the Ji family personally came to the door to see them off. He helped Du Xinghe onto the carriage and slipped a small box through the gap in the curtains, saying, "This is the tonic I sent to the Imperial Concubine. It's filled with top-grade nourishing pills. Please give it to the Imperial Concubine after you return to the palace."

Another maid quietly agreed, "I understand."

After lowering the curtain, the carriage rumbled forward. Du Xinghe turned to look at the maid sitting opposite her. After sizing her up and down, he teased, "You have a unique charm even in women's clothing, Master Wuhuo."

Ji Wuhuo, who had already transformed into a maid, accepted Du Xinghe's teasing calmly. He raised his hand to adjust his hair bun and winked at her: "Does Xinghe like me like this?"

Du Xinghe answered honestly: "It's okay, you look better the way you are."

Ji Wuhuo smiled, pulling out a photo stone from his bosom and motioning for Du Xinghe to read it. "This is the information of the maid you are going to transform into. I don't know much about the situation in the Samsara Courtyard, so be careful when you go in."

Du Xinghe activated the photo stone and handed the box of elixirs to Ji Wuhuo: "This is for your aunt, take it."

Unexpectedly, Ji Wuhuo pushed the pill back and said, "This is what our father gave us for self-defense."

Du Xinghe did not refuse anymore. She opened the lid of the box, took a look, and counted the types of pills. Immediately, the whole carriage was filled with the fragrance of medicine.

The head of the Ji family had obviously spent a huge amount of money to rescue his sister. Even if it was just a reconnaissance operation, he had made full preparations, giving medicine and precious spiritual weapons. It was obvious that he had been accumulating dissatisfaction with Emperor Xuan for a long time, and it broke out directly at the critical moment when his sister was about to get into trouble.

The carriage traveled for about half an hour, and when it left Xuandu and arrived at the foot of the mountain in the northern suburbs, it stopped at the edge of a cliff.

There is already a monk waiting here.

Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo had both transformed and were wearing talismans to maintain their disguise and cultivation. They got off the carriage and came in front of the cultivator.

This Jindan cultivator had an ordinary appearance. When he saw the maids around the imperial concubine, he did not show any extra expression and did not even question their identities.

After Ji Wuhuo expressed his intention to go to the headquarters of the Samsara Academy to get medicine, the cultivator took out a golden seal without saying a word and motioned Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo to touch it.

Du Xinghe asked, "Is the headquarters of the Samsara Academy located here?"

The monk shook his head, still pointing the golden seal at them, and insisted that they stretch out their hands.

Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo looked into each other's eyes. Without saying much, she placed her fingertips lightly on the edge of the golden seal, and Ji Wuhuo followed suit.

After both of them touched the golden seal, the guiding monk opened his mouth and let out a short, hoarse "ah".

Only then did Du Xinghe see clearly that the tongue of this Jie Yin monk was severed at the root in his mouth, and he was actually a mute who could not speak at all!

Following this hoarse start-up command, the spiritual energy around the three people twisted and squeezed, quickly sending them to another space.

When Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo blinked again, the scenery around them had completely changed.

This is a black stone palace that never sees the light of day.

The floors and walls of the entire palace are carved from pitch-black, complete black stone. There are no windows in the palace. At first glance, it looks like the underground palace that Emperor Ying Cang built for himself. Only the torches on both sides of the walls provide light and heat to this place.

Du Xinghe felt like he was locked in an airtight black coffin.

The headquarters of the Samsara Academy is in such a terrible place, so it’s no wonder that everything they do is so inhumane.

The guiding monk gestured for the two to follow him. Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo stepped forward. In the empty lobby, the sound of their footsteps echoed particularly clearly, so clearly that Du Xinghe couldn't help but wonder: Are there so few people at the headquarters of the Samsara Academy?

After passing through a dark corridor, the three of them arrived at the main entrance of the Black Stone Palace. The monk Jieying grabbed the still dark door knocker and knocked twice. Within an incense stick of time, the heavy door was pushed open a crack.

An old monk with prominent cheekbones and a particularly harsh look leaned halfway out of his body. Upon seeing the monk who was guiding him, he spread out his hands impatiently and said, "Sign!"

The guiding monk silently handed a jade token to the old monk. The old monk took the jade token, glanced at it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked carefully at Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo behind the guiding monk.

"I know they're from the palace," he said. "Go ahead, I'll take them in."

The guide monk turned and left. The old monk pushed the door open a little wider and stepped aside to let Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo in. "Follow me closely. We have a lot of strange and bizarre things here. If you look at them or touch them without permission, the consequences will be worse than death."

The path inside the Black Stone Palace was narrower, with other buildings gradually appearing on both sides. Du Xinghe noticed that strange-colored smoke was emanating from the roofs of almost every building. This smoke accumulated on the dome of the Black Stone Palace and lingered for a long time, transforming into a strange, thick cloud that almost obscured the sky and sun, making people feel uneasy.

Du Xinghe looked up at the dark clouds that were gathering on the dome, his heart trembling, and a strange sense of familiarity arose spontaneously.

Occasionally, monks passed by them on the roadside, but these monks almost ignored them, and the old monk had no intention of greeting them at all, just walking straight ahead.

"Are you from Concubine Ji's palace?" asked the old monk.

Ji Wuhuo agreed: "Yes, we are here to get medicine for the queen today."

"Noble Concubine Ji, oh, Noble Concubine Ji."

The old monk repeated it and smiled, "No wonder. Concubine Ji is so lucky. No concubine in this palace has been pregnant for hundreds of years, and few concubines are qualified to come to the Samsara Court to ask for medicine."

Du Xinghe took advantage of the situation and continued, following the old monk's words, "We in the palace are all happy for the Empress. The Imperial Master sent her a box of medicine from the Samsara Institute a while ago. After taking it, the Empress felt much better. All her previous supplements were ineffective. It seems that the medicine produced by the Samsara Institute is better than the heavenly elixir."

The old cultivator glanced at Du Xinghe with pride and said, "What do you mean by 'heavenly quality'? Ha, how can the elixirs from our Samsara Academy compare to ordinary elixirs? The elixirs we produce here are truly divine elixirs that can touch the heavens! Apart from Your Majesty, few in the entire Xuan Dynasty are qualified to use them. Even the Crown Prince has to beg Your Majesty for the medicine!"

Heaven?

Du Xinghe wanted to ask more questions, but the old monk turned and led them to a fork in the road.

This fork in the road leads to a small palace with a slightly mottled exterior wall. The exterior wall of the palace is made of stone mixed with gray and white patterns. It looks like psoriasis on a person's body, or like a bug crawling on a robe, which makes people feel quite uncomfortable.

But Du Xinghe felt that the purple scorpion on the back of his neck was getting restless and couldn't help but want to show up.

She reached out and touched the back of her neck, then asked calmly, "Is the Imperial Concubine's medicine in this palace?"

The old monk said casually, "The medicine for the imperial concubine is produced in the palace. As for whether it is still available, I can't guarantee it."

As I crossed the threshold and entered the palace, a cold air hit me in the face.

There were faded patterns painted on the four walls of the hall. Du Xinghe glanced at them and was slightly shocked: This is the pattern of the Five Poisons of the Witch Clan!

Ji Wuhuo also looked up at the murals in the hall. Seeing their curiosity, the old cultivator couldn't help but feel proud. "This is the legacy of the Wu Clan, which has been wiped out. The alchemists in this hall are all researching the elixirs of the Wu Clan's Gu Cultivators. The Wu Clan's Gu Cultivators delved into evil practices, harming lives and alienating themselves from the world. Our academy has found their remaining Gu worms and cultivation heritage from their ruins, and we have made some small progress in researching them."

Du Xinghe felt a rage that did not belong to him rising from his chest—

What does it mean to kill lives and cut oneself off from the world?

The Wu clan was clearly destroyed by the Xuan Dynasty and their inheritance was taken away!

Leaving the antechamber with the Five Poisons mural, they entered a storage room filled with heavy wooden cabinets.

Each cabinet was densely packed with large and small glass jars, each containing poisonous insects soaked in a yellowish liquid. There was one poisonous insect in each jar, and there were at least tens of thousands of stolen poisonous insects in this hall.

Gu worms and Gu cultivators coexist in a life-and-death relationship. Since the Gu worms are here, then the Gu cultivators they originally correspond to...

[There are Immortal Gu here, more than one! ]

The Purple Scorpion was agitated, and even the Thousand Treasures Ice Toad became excited, jumping around in Du Xinghe's clavicle: "Take me to see it! Take me to see it!"

Du Xinghe secretly comforted the two spirit beasts on her body who had smelled the scent of their own kind: "Wait a moment, wait a moment, now is not the time."

The old monk did not notice her distraction, walked past the storage hall and entered the alchemy room in the deepest part.

"Is the one for the imperial concubine ready?"

The temperature in the alchemy room was much higher than that in the storage room outside. As soon as they entered, Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo felt a burst of hot air blowing towards them.

The alchemist who was guarding the furnace, controlling the fire, replied distractedly, "It's almost done. We only need to complete the last step before it can be finished."

The old monk raised the corner of his mouth to Du Xinghe and Ji Wuhuo with a forced smile: "Then I'll trouble you two to wait here for a while."

After saying that, he turned his back and left, actually leaving them in the alchemy room with confidence.

There were only three people left in the alchemy room, and the alchemist had no intention of paying any attention to them.

Du Xinghe glanced at Ji Wuhuo. After exchanging glances, the two men gently retreated at the same time, leaving behind a substitute that could respond to simple actions.

Go to the storage room and get the Immortal Gu!