As the Universe Turns - Chapter 124

Chapter 124 Wuji Palace
“Dong, dong, dong …”

At this moment, a gentle knock came from outside. Perhaps even Yaoji, who was standing outside the door, was curious as to why Xiao Chen had not noticed her approaching the room. This was unlike him.

“Who?”

Xiao Chen regained his senses and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

“Childe, it’s me.”

“What is it?”

“The landlord just forgot to give Childe something. Let me deliver it for Childe.”

“No need.”

“This …”

Yaoji did not expect him to refuse without even asking what it was. After thinking for a moment, she still pushed open the door and walked in. She only saw a brocade box in her hand. She did not know what was inside the box.

“The landlord said that Childe’s Nascent Soul has been destroyed and his cultivation is still unstable. He specifically asked me to send something over so that Childe can stabilize his cultivation as soon as possible.”

As Yaoji spoke, she opened the brocade box. The moment the box was opened, a fragrance immediately filled the entire room.

Inside the box were some heavenly treasures, thousand-year-old ganoderma lucidum, ten thousand-year-old snow ginseng … and a purple medicinal pill.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen didn’t even look at it. He said, “Thank you for my kindness, Lou Zhou. I don’t dare to accept such a valuable item.”

“This …”

Yaoji bit his lips and said with a very embarrassed expression, “Since Childe knows that this is the owner’s intention, please don’t make things difficult for Yaoji. I… I’ll put it here.”

As she spoke, she gently placed the brocade box on the table and walked out of the room.

“Miss, wait.”

Xiao Chen stopped her. Yaoji turned around and looked at him. “What’s up with Childe?”

“Earlier, I met Senior Chu. He asked me to come to Fengman Attic to find the girl and said that she would guide me. Do you know where the person I’m looking for is now?”

“I…”

Yaoji hesitated for a moment before shaking his head, “I don’t know, but the girl Childe is looking for is no longer in the Immortal Origin Five Regions. Senior Chu told me that.”

“Then do you know Senior Chu’s identity?”

Xiao Chen looked at her with an unquestionable look in his eyes. Yaoji seemed to be in a bit of a dilemma. After a long silence, he said, “I’m sorry, Childe … I can’t say.”

“Forget it.”

Xiao Chen knew that she wouldn’t say anything, but who exactly was that Chu Tianyao, and why did he know so much? Moreover, even an expert like Yue Manfeng had to address him as a senior.

Then, he asked, “Senior Chu asked me to come to Fengman Attic to look for a girl, but now the landlord has asked me to go to Wuji Palace to get something. Is this also what Senior Chu wants?”

“No, no, no …”

He didn’t expect that after hearing his words, Yaoji would continue to wave his hand, as if he wanted to explain something to Chu Tianyao, saying, “This matter is definitely not what Senior Sword Immortal wants …”

“Sword Immortal …”

Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed. At this moment, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Yaoji quickly covered his mouth as if he had misspoken. He hurriedly said, “Then … if Young Master has nothing else to do, I’ll leave first.”

“Go.”

Xiao Chen knew that he could no longer ask anything, so he waved his hand and ignored her.

The moonlight outside the window was like water, covering the floor layer by layer. Xiao Chen returned to the windowsill and looked at the moonlight falling on the treetops. A trace of melancholy appeared in the cold wind.

…

On the night of the fourteenth of August, Xiao Chen went to the palace of the Rakshasa Lady. The candles on the palace were bright, much brighter than the last time he came.

Lady Rakshasa had already been waiting in the hall. Seeing him walk in, she smiled gently, “Young Master is here.”

“Tell me your plan.”

Although the hall was much warmer than last time, Xiao Chen was still as cold as ever. The Rakshasa Lady smiled brightly, “Young Master Xiao, don’t be anxious. Please change into this dress first.”

As she spoke, she slowly took out a stack of purple clothes from the beauty’s couch. However, those clothes were clearly worn by women.

Xiao Chen glanced at the clothes and said calmly, “You’ve been thinking about the plan for half a month. Is it to let me put on these fancy things?”

“Pu!”

Lady Rakshasa covered her mouth and smiled, making Yanzi look even more touching. She smiled and said, “I can only grieve Young Master Xiao. If you want to enter Wuji Palace, only those who have changed their appearances and become famous will be able to do so.”

“I won’t wear it.”

Xiao Chen waved his sleeve and spoke seriously.

Two hours later …

“Mm, it looks really good.”

Rakshasa looked up and down at Xiao Chen, who had already disguised herself, and couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s a pity that I’m not a man. Otherwise, I would have fallen in love with Young Master Xiao’s current appearance.”

In the mirror, Xiao Chen’s figure changed. She had actually become a peerless beauty in Fengman Attic. Although Lady Rakshasa’s disguise technique was still slightly inferior to Hua Weiyang’s, it was enough to deal with the people of Limitless Palace.

A simple transformation technique couldn’t escape the eyes of a profound practitioner, so he could only use an exquisite disguise technique.

Xiao Chen glanced into the mirror and frowned even deeper. “Aiai, you can’t frown, you can’t frown. Your makeup will be spent. Look, the brows I just drew for you are knitted together again …” said Lady Rakshasa hurriedly.

Perhaps it was hard to believe that the always frightening Lady Rakshasa would actually have such a natural side. However, Xiao Chen didn’t have the mood to joke with her at this moment. He still had a stern face and looked like an “iceberg beauty”.

The next morning, Lady Rakshasa brought eighteen people to the Limitless Palace in the Western City. The so-called “Calming Wind Gathering” was a meeting of the three major powers every twelve years. This time, it was held in Limitless Palace, and the next time was Poison Dragon Fort, followed by Fengman Attic.

It had been thirty-six years since he went to Limitless Palace last time, and it must have been thirty-six years since Lady Rakshasa read the first volume of the Heavenly Sect Scroll.

Six of the eighteen people followed Lady Rakshasa into the main hall of Limitless Hall, while the other twelve stayed outside the walls of Limitless Hall. Naturally, Xiao Chen was one of the twelve.

At noon, the group finally crossed the mountain range in the middle of Dingfeng City and arrived at the western city where Limitless Palace was located.

Looking around, one could see that there were buildings scattered all over the place. However, there were very few pedestrians on the streets. Compared to the eastern city where Fengman Attic was located, it was much colder. Perhaps it was because today was the Static Wind Gathering.

After a short while, one could already see a dense hall pavilion from afar. That was Limitless Palace. However, the sky was clear today, and only the sky above Limitless Palace was covered with dark clouds. It was like a huge black hole in the sky. It made Limitless Palace look even more serious and terrifying.

The wind blew up the withered leaves on the ground and rustled. A group of people arrived outside the walls of Limitless Hall. This place was already heavily guarded. There were restrictive formations and patrol guards everywhere. It was almost impossible for Xiao Chen to sneak in alone. However, there was no doubt that the people who had disguised themselves as winds came with Lady Rakshasa.

“You guys stay here and guard.”

Lady Rakshasa turned around and looked at the twelve people where Xiao Chen was. Then, he brought six other people into the fence. Inside was the square of Wuji Palace, the main hall of Yi Wuji, and the place where the Wind Setting Conference was held.

Last night, Lady Rakshasa had drawn up a detailed map of Xiao Chen for Wuji Palace, based on his understanding of the terrain of Wuji Palace.

There were five halls in Wuji Palace. Apart from the main hall of Yi Wuji, the other four halls were the Yin Yang Hall, the Impermanence Hall, the Red Lotus Hall, and the Dark Asura Hall.

The Yin Yang Palace was located in the east, guarded by the Yin Yang Dharma King. This person’s strength was the most unfathomable among the four Palace Masters.

In the west, the Impermanence Palace was guarded by Black Impermanence and White Impermanence. The strength of these two people was similarly unfathomable.

The Red Lotus Palace was located in the south, guarded by the “Red Lotus Owner”, and the rest was the Dark Asura Palace in the north, guarded by the “Dark Asura King”.

King Senluo was the person that Yi Wuji trusted the most, so many of Wuji Palace’s scrolls were sealed in Dark Asura Palace and guarded by Yi Wuji’s corpse puppet. This was the most strict place in Wuji Palace.

At this moment, Xiao Chen was quietly guarding the perimeter wall of Wuji Palace. Last night, he and Lady Rakshasa had naturally discussed a plan. Now, he only waited for Lady Rakshasa to create some chaos inside. Then, he took advantage of the chaos to avoid the guards here and sneak into the Dark Asura Palace in the north.

However, as dusk approached, there was no sound from within Wuji Palace, and it was unknown what the heads of the three clans were meeting inside.

As they moved westward, the shadows of the trees in the plaza gradually grew longer. At this moment, a deep and angry shout came from Wuji Palace, “You mean my child should die?”

This furious shout shocked many people outside the hall. Clearly, it was from the Poisonous Dragon Fort Master Sect, Xiao Tian.

The atmosphere in the main hall became tense. At the head of the hall sat a white-haired man. He looked handsome and had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. However, his face was slightly gloomy. This person was the Lord of Wuji Palace, Yi Wuji.

Meanwhile, the people from Poison Dragon Fort were sitting on the left hall, while the Lady Rakshasa was in the right hall.

“Heh …”

Lady Rakshasa smiled faintly and gently blew on the tea cup in her hand. She said carelessly, “Your skill is inferior to others. If you die, you die. Do you still want someone to pay for his life? How much is a useless life worth?”

“You!”

Zong Xiaotian was even angrier. He stood up from his chair and pointed at her. “Then you want to break the rules!”

Originally, today was the Calming Wind Gathering. Zong Xiaotian didn’t want to bring up the matter of Zong Qin’s death at this moment, but Lady Rakshasa was so aggressive that she seemed to intentionally provoke him.

At this moment, Lady Rakshasa’s face was still calm as she smiled faintly, “Rules are rules, but I’m still saying that. I can’t give you people. Your precious child is something that everyone in Dingfeng City doesn’t know.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the entire hall froze. Zong Xiaotian’s expression was gloomy and he smiled angrily, “Good, good, then let me see how capable Fengman Attic Lady Rakshasa is!”