253: Chapter 251: The Lady’s Young Mountain Lord 253: Chapter 251: The Lady’s Young Mountain Lord “Enough, enough.” Baili An couldn’t help but laugh and cry as he watched the bewildering fight between a man and a rabbit, feeling quite troubled.
“Let’s not discuss last night’s affair for now, Fang Geyu.
I plan to go to the Yun Family today to make preparations.”
Fang Geyu’s pale face bore a fresh red scratch mark, and she had a rabbit’s tail in her mouth, pulling at the rabbit’s ears as hard as she could, tornting it.
That childish insistence made Lin Yuan look away unable to bear watching.
“Alright, it’s good that you go.
It will also save the Yun Family from crying incessantly all day.
Let’s et at the decrepit mansion in the Inner City in three days.”
As he was leaving, Baili An still felt uneasy.
He gave Fang Geyu a deep look and took out a clump of snow-white velvet, handing it to her: “Keep this safe.
After all, our enemy is Ghost, and one more layer of protection is always good.”
Fang Geyu froze, looking at the white filant wrapped around her fingertips, her eyes gradually widening: “This is…”
“Silk of Endings!”
Fang Geyu showed no joy of obtaining a rare treasure on her face, furrowed her eyebrows, and thought for a mont before realizing, “Isn’t this the item bestowed to you by the Empress when you entered the Inner City?”
Other than that, she couldn’t imagine how such a rare spiritual object could end up in the hands of a minor corpse demon like him.
But…
why Silk of Endings?
Isn’t that one of the prizes for the top ten competitors before the great exam of Xianling City?
To just casually award it like this?
But after a closer look, it really fits the capricious character of that Empress.
Having seen so many precious and spiritual objects, Fang Geyu suddenly felt the clump of Silk of Endings in her hand exceptionally heavy.
Baili An said, “Yes, this was an item bestowed by the Empress when we captured Zhou Ruyan last ti.”
Fang Geyu looked steadily at him: “Then you should clearly know what this item does, even if you are a corpse demon, this thing could save your life at a critical mont.”
Before Baili An could respond, Fang Geyu laughed sarcastically: “Or do you think that I, Fang Geyu, am so weak that I need to rely on these external things to protect my heart and life.”
“It’s neither.” Baili An said, “Last ti you went to Chaotic Netherworld Valley seeking , the gemstone on your sword was damaged.
I’ve been thinking if I got the chance, I would find a new gemstone for you.
Since I haven’t found the gemstone yet, let this item replace it for now.”
Fang Geyu smiled dryly: “A prize from the grand exam of Xianling City, not to be discarded, not to be transferred to others.
Do you know that you are breaking the rules?”
Baili An coughed lightly, intentionally looked around, then leaned close to Fang Geyu and softly said: “The chief examiner who organized the grand exam isn’t one to abide by the rules, why should we stick to them so rigidly?
Besides, this was a benefit gained from capturing Zhou Ruyan, what does it have to do with the grand exam?”
He didn’t believe that the god from Kunlun Ruins would be angered over such a trivial matter.
No one knew he had obtained Silk of Endings, and even if he gave it to soone else, it wasn’t breaking the grand exam’s rules.
Fang Geyu shook her head: “You are still too naive, do you really think the Empress would be so benevolent to simply gift you such a divine object like Silk of Endings?”
She looked deeply at Baili An, a hint of sothing strange flashing through her beautiful eyes.
“The Empress personally bestowing a divine object to you signifies her interest in you, but don’t get too excited too soon.
Being noticed by the Empress might not necessarily be a good fortune.
It’s nothing more than her not wanting to see her little daughter lonely and miserable, probably looking to take on a nominal disciple to accompany her little mountain lord and entertain the boredom.”
“Little mountain lord?” Baili An was puzzled.
“Exactly, her little mountain lord.
Speaking of which, it’s odd, born of the Emperor and the Empress, by all ans, he should be a born god, with pure lineage, destined to be a ruler of all directions.
But on the day of the little mountain lord’s birth, he showed signs of early death.
The Empress spent a great deal of effort to save his life, but unfortunately, despite his strong lineage, he ended up with an incurable illness and a lonely fate.”
Baili An asked, “What does receiving Silk of Endings have to do with this?”
“It’s heavily related.
You see, those born extraordinary yet plagued with illness, relying on a breath to hang onto life, typically have a difficult and reclusive temperant.
The Empress’s little daughter dislikes excessive contact with others, has always lived alone for years, and even tries to avoid the Empress whenever possible.
But such a frail divinity, without anyone to care for her, is liable to accidents.
Like her mother, the little mountain lord is proud; if you were to simply arrange an Immortal Servant to care for her, she would feel like a burden, a waste.
Hence, the Empress might have the pretext of taking on a disciple to arrange for soone to look after her from the side.”
Fang Geyu twirled the Silk of Endings around her fingertips, laughing: “This reward seems significant, but in reality, it’s nothing more than the Empress not wanting her newly acquired disciple to die too swiftly, a protective asure.
Now that you’ve accepted this reward, it signifies that the Empress indeed has the intention to take you as a disciple.”
Baili An’s lip twitched: “From what you say, Fang Geyu, becoming a disciple of the Empress not only has no connection to the Immortal Path but also poses a risk to my life?”
“Not entirely,” Fang Geyu said, “Being a disciple of the Empress certainly has advantages beyond ordinary people’s imagination.
In fact, several cultivators of Chengling Realm taken as disciples by the Empress have ascended to immortality in just a few decades.”
Baili An felt his scalp tingle.
For ordinary people, just cultivating to the Chengling Realm takes a century, and the realm of Deities is even more unattainable.
And yet, becoming a disciple at Kunlun, rely a few decades to successfully transcend…
Does this not an that throwing a Li Xuan up to Kunlun, a few decades later, would produce a Wen Hanwei?
That’s just absurd.
Seeming to understand Baili An’s expression, Fang Geyu added: “It’s just unfortunate, though, the position of the Empress’s disciple isn’t so easy to hold.
In my mory, those Mortal World cultivators who beco her disciples indeed smoothly transcend the major life and death barrier, but within a few years, it’s rare to find a healthy one bouncing around.”
Lin Yuan listened with horror and couldn’t help but pull at Baili An: “This proves there are no shortcuts in life.
Si Chen, you must not be blinded by the na of Kunlun.”
Baili An laughed wryly: “You two are really worrying too much.
I’m just a minor corpse demon, how dare I dream of that sacred place of Heavenly Capital?
I never thought of becoming a disciple of the Empress.
Even if that great person harbors the intention, if I am unwilling, she couldn’t possibly coerce , could she?”
Fang Geyu pursed her lips: “Then you might really be thinking too highly of the righteousness of the Empress.
In such matters, she really could pull it off.”
Seeing the change in Fang Geyu’s deanor, Bai Li An curiously asked: “Why are you so certain?”
Fang Geyu sighed: “When I was eleven, I accompanied my grandfather to Kunlun Snow Mountain to pay respects.
The Empress also took an interest in taking as her disciple then.
As the Miss of Shifang City, I had everything I desired in the Mortal World and naturally did not wish to enter this sacred place and serve like an old maid beside the little mountain lord.
The Empress was rather amusing, a godly being of such age, and yet she took it seriously with a little girl, locking up for a whole three months, scaring every day with a huge tiger.”
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