37. The Lingering Gloom
After the bidding, since Murong Yun had endorsed her, even though the other pharmaceutical companies and medical families had some skills, they were still defeated in the pill evaluation.
—There weren’t many pills in this world that could surpass that girl’s. After all, to ensure victory, Yan Chuyue had taken out her trump card, a Heaven-grade pill.
Alchemists of this level were only found in the royal alchemy workshop, the Five Demonic Abysses, and the top few sects of the Hundred Paths Mountain.
As for proving to the Lingxiao Pavilion that this pill was refined by her and not bought or obtained from other channels…
Mmm.
There was no such process.
Since Murong Yun already believed she was the successor of the Divine Physician, refining a few Heaven-grade pills was nothing. There was no need for on-site verification.
And so, she returned to Yuanlin Residence with this satisfactory answer. All she had to do now was wait for news from Chuyue.
Yes, this time they had split up to find Murong Yun and Murong Jing, to probe and make promises.
Although Miss Gong had already decided to help Murong Yun, she couldn’t completely ignore Murong Jing. The best way was to make him think they were helping him, so he would lower his guard.
As for this underground divine palace…
Now, Yan Chuyue hadn’t returned, and Yuanlin Residence, which had announced its closure for the day, was empty except for her.
Looking at the time, Gong Yiling, while cooking, began to think about what preparations she should make for this trip to the underground divine palace.
First, she didn’t know if she could use spiritual energy in the divine palace, but theoretically, she should be able to.
Otherwise, those immortal soldiers would also be sealed by this kind of talisman. At that time, a group of people inside could only play with melee combat. Then the few people would definitely not be able to beat the many people.
If she could use spiritual energy there, she would have to prepare a large number of vision-interfering or high-intensity attack talismans. There should be many useful ones among those “blind flow” items.
The main problem was that she had too little information now, and Chuyue’s script hadn’t gotten to that part yet. Asking her about the divine palace was unreliable.
Emmmm… now, with no information, it was much more troublesome than any previous in-depth exploration.
In the end, it was best to ask Chuyue if she had any reliable news… wait.
The second time she mentioned Chuyue, a strange feeling arose in Gong Yiling’s heart.
Strange.
She looked at the hourglass on the table. Although this thing was difficult to use, she could still tell the approximate time.
If she wasn’t mistaken, it should be… around eight or nine in the evening?
But that wasn’t right. They had both left at the same time in the morning, and she not only had to discuss things with Murong Yun, but also had a series of things to deal with after the bidding.
After all this, a day had almost passed.
But Chuyue’s side was just to meet Murong Jing. No matter how late, it shouldn’t be eight or nine o’clock. And if she really stayed after dinner, Chuyue would definitely send someone to bring her a message.
Why was there no news now?
Thinking of this, Gong Yiling suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Could it be that Murong Jing… was far from as polite as they thought?
No.
Thinking that Chuyue might be in danger, Gong Y-ling immediately extinguished the fire and took out a black robe from her Universe Ring and put it on.
After a moment of thought, she first summoned a few puppet souls.
“You’re fast. Go to the palace first and see what happened to Chuyue. Report any news to me.”
The few puppet souls nodded and disappeared in a flash.
And next, she had to find a way to enter the palace.
This palace looked magnificent, with no resistance to cultivators, but in fact, it was not so.
The material used for the city walls was not just for show. The reason for this material was that this kind of jade had an extremely strong sensing effect on spiritual energy.
You just needed to place some fluorescent paint on the side of this kind of jade, and it would be quite obvious even in broad daylight.
And these fluorescent paints were placed in places where patrol personnel rarely passed. These places were also set with heavy traps. It was almost impossible to pass through here without using any spiritual energy.
“Heh…”
Thinking of this, Gong Y-ling couldn’t help but sneer.
Did they think such a small problem could trouble her? What a joke.
She wanted to see what kind of ability that emperor had to not let her people come back.
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And on Yan Chuyue’s side, things had indeed taken a turn.
Near noon, Yan Chuyue was invited to the palace, and the only one she met was His Majesty.
For Yan Chuyue, she actually didn’t want to deal with this guy. Who let her already have a girl she liked in her heart?
Therefore, after dinner, Yan Chuyue directly pointed out that key thing.
The key to opening the underground palace.
When Murong Jing heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he couldn’t help but suppress the fanaticism in his heart.
Undoubtedly, this was what he wanted most, his true purpose for spreading the influence of the Youcang Court throughout the continent.
However, the original direction of the topic, according to Yan Chuyue’s thoughts, should have been step by step, to get a chance to go with him, and then tell Gong Yiling this information.
But this emperor, after that, actually threw this topic to the back of his mind. It was not until the evening banquet that he started a very strange conversation.
“Miss Yan, your real name should be Yan Chuyue, right?”
“…What!?”
To have her real name exposed here was something Yan Chuyue had not expected.
“Don’t panic, Miss Yan.” Yan Chuyue’s momentary reaction had already confirmed Murong Jing’s thoughts.
“I know that for people with special identities like you, it’s very necessary to hide your name wherever you go.”
“When I investigated you, I couldn’t find anything with the name you gave me. But you really shouldn’t have told me that you were a disciple of the so-called old sect. As long as I followed this line, your identity would naturally be revealed.”
“The daughter of General Yan of the Heartflame Empire, your father’s prestige in life was outstanding. Even here, it is well-known throughout the court and the country.”
Yan Chuyue didn’t know why he suddenly brought this up at this time, so she could only smile and bow. “My father has been dead for many years. I didn’t expect Your Majesty to still remember.”
“A truly brave man, no matter how long he has been dead, I will remember. What I hope most is that there will be a general like your father in the court. In that case, I don’t have to pursue those ethereal things.”
