Chapter 787 - 227: Yin Yang Tribulation, Epic Prologue (Extended - )

Chapter 787: Chapter 227: Yin Yang Tribulation, Epic Prologue (Extended Chapter)

As they got closer, their expressions became peculiar.

Various sounds floated from afar.

"A few days ago, King Chu specifically came to visit Lady Yama and then left his little daughter here, saying she wants to serve at Lady Yama’s knee."

"Even if she is King Chu’s daughter, wanting to serve Lady Yama, she’s simply not qualified.

Moreover, this so-called King Chu is just the Commander of Fujiang Path.

He is far away in Yingling Prefecture; he never cared about our territory before. Now he comes running, isn’t it just because he covets Lady Yama’s power and hopes for her support?"

"This little daughter of King Chu is quite tenacious, she has been kneeling for seven days and nights, unmoving like a statue, not caring about eating or drinking."

At this time, someone else in the crowd shouted: "Young girl, go back, you won’t be accepted here."

Xie Yu and Li Yuan squeezed through the crowd and took a look inside.

They saw a young girl dressed in a noble dark phoenix robe, her hands touching the ground, maintaining a bowing posture toward the great gate of Lady Yama’s temple.

In the light snow, her dignified and elegant hairstyle had turned white.

Li Yuan immediately saw the data above her head: 8~9.

In other words, she was an ordinary person.

An ordinary person, kneeling in winter for seven days and nights without eating or drinking, wouldn’t be far from death.

Xie Yu was very angry and murmured in Li Yuan’s ear: "Traitorous ministers."

Li Yuan said nothing, played with Xie Yu for a while, and then returned home.

...

...

A cold night falls.

The snow is still coming down.

In the early hours, few people are around.

The temple gradually quiets down.

The little daughter left by King Chu is still kneeling before the temple; her whole body has lost feeling, eyes deadlocked on the cold, stiff stone before her.

Suddenly, she feels something land on her shoulder.

She still doesn’t move.

Yet she hears a cawing, not like a human voice.

"Dead now?"

"No."

"What’s your name?"

"Xiang Yan."

Xiao Wu Ya perched on Xiang Yan the Princess’s shoulder, cawed: "Get up."

Seeing her unmoving, it continued: "Your death will only anger Lady Yama, and her wrath will be upon King Chu—is that what you want to see?"

Crack...

Crack crack...

Mechanical, stiff sounds came.

Xiang Yan tried to move, but she realized her body was completely unresponsive, like an old clock making sounds of disrepair as its gears tightened.

"So willing to die for your father?" Xiao Wu Ya chirped.

Xiang Yan was silent.

"Apparently not," Xiao Wu Ya cunningly said.

Xiang Yan still did not argue.

"If you really want to meet Lady Yama, get healthy, and I’ll take you to see her.

But... the moment you see Lady Yama, all your past and all purposes can no longer be concealed."

Xiao Wu Ya paused, then said, "So, do you still want to meet her?

Plus, even if you get through, serve here, Lady Yama will not get involved in your disputes.

At most, she’ll keep you away from the war, and if one day the Chu Kingdom falls, you won’t be implicated."

Xiang Yan: ...

Xiao Wu Ya cawed and asked: "Have you made a decision?"

"I want to see Lady Yama," Xiang Yan rasped, maintaining a bowing posture, her body stiff.

Xiao Wu Ya suddenly grabbed a leaf from the wind with its sharp beak and placed it gently on the Princess.

The leaf seemed like an old locust tree leaf, but to the Princess, it was a warm flame.

Her body quickly thawed, rapidly recovering.

She collapsed to the ground and only then lifted her head, glancing aside, discovering her conversant was a small crow.

She bowed respectfully: "Thank you, Divine Crow Lady."

Lady?

Xiao Wu Ya was momentarily shocked, then flapped its black wings and flew up into the sky, disappearing.

...

Days later.

In a serene valley near the Ghost Prison.

Four quiet girls stood in the snow, tilting their heads to look around. As a man entered the gorge’s entrance, the girls ran over, surrounded the man, chirping "Dad, dad, dad, dad."

Li Yuan looked at his four identical daughters, who each had "15920~102908" floating above their heads.

A hundred thousand in combat power, meaning these daughters could now sweep away the once powerful Five Elements Forces, which also implied the four elite forces of the Empress Dowager—"Flying Bear Army."

Li Yuan fondly touched his daughters’ hair.

But...

His expression was a bit peculiar.

Little Cotton Pajamas was very astute; Li Yuan’s one look was enough for them to understand their father’s thoughts.

So, they all transformed back into four "Tree Grannies," lined up behind Li Yuan.

Don’t be fooled by their shapeshifting; their transformations are limited to three forms: human, tree, and crow.

The "Tree Grannies" started speaking one after another.

"Dad, that girl you had me watch, she’s actually quite pitiful."

"She was forced to come; if she didn’t come, her mother would die."

"That’s why she had to kneel here, desperately join the Divine Temple, so her mother could have status and survive in the Prince Chu’s Mansion."

"But I told her, once she’s in the Divine Temple, outside matters have nothing to do with her, and Lady Yama won’t intervene outside affairs."

The tree grannies were all very lovable.

Li Yuan sat under the tree.

One Tree Granny extended a branch and offered him a cup of tea; seeing the tea was cold, it wound its branch around the teacup, soon steam was rising from the tea and the branch handed the cup anew, sweetly saying: "Dad, drink tea."

Another Tree Granny somehow produced a peeled apple, saying: "Dad, eat apple."