Chapter 457 - 398: Regicide

Under the ancient tree, Chu Huaixu listened to the sounds coming from outside the Mountain Protection Array and couldn’t help but be slightly startled.

"Why has the Female State Preceptor come?"

Wen Shiyu, who was serving by the side, secretly observed her master’s expression.

Her intuition, no, her years of experience told her: "There’s something fishy between these two!"

This made this old handmaiden, who was eager to climb into her master’s bed and sought shortcuts within her own body when there were none, incredibly frustrated.

Why are there so many people vying for a piece of the action!

But thinking it over carefully, with Chu Huaixu’s handsome and elegant looks, coupled with his youthful heroism, it was indeed normal for him to be popular.

The Daoist Sect’s Mountain Protection Array thus opened.

No matter what, Lin Qingci was, after all, the State Preceptor of Moon Country, with a noble status, making her a distinguished guest.

Soon, a figure clad in the State Preceptor’s robe, exuding a dignified and sacred aura yet barefoot, slowly descended in front of Chu Huaixu.

Because she descended from the sky, the first thing Chu Huaixu saw when he looked straight ahead was those pair of perfect jade feet.

This reminded him of the scenes that happened inside the Emperor’s Pool.

That day, her legs wrapped around him, and those jade feet constantly rubbed against his legs.

For some reason, he felt a slight itch even at this moment.

Besides that, there was also some awkwardness.

Lin Qingci looked at Chu Huaixu lying on the recliner, still like a celestial goddess from the heavens.

She seemed to be a temple statue, forever untarnished.

However, no matter how she hid it, no matter how normal her demeanor, her appearance after taking a large amount of aphro---disiac had been seen by the young man in front of her.

To be precise, occasionally in the dead of night, she would recall that moment in the Emperor’s Pool.

Lin Qingci’s life was disciplined, with many constraints and many rules.

The taboo of that moment and the intense release after being stimulated by that aphro---disiac was a joy of body and soul she had never experienced before.

It was like a demon claw grasping the jade feet of this celestial goddess statue, pulling her down with force.

Yet another demon claw scratched her jade feet, making her itch.

She wanted to break free, yet would become limp and powerless.

Moreover, Chu Huaixu truly was very handsome...

At this time, Chu Huaixu, not wanting to appear disrespectful of the Daoist Sect, got up from the recliner and greeted her:

"State Preceptor, it’s been a long time."

His tone was distant, carrying an immense sense of separation.

He even stood under the tree the whole time and did not take a few steps forward.

Wen Shiyu, the old woman from Kunlun, watched with interest, finding it amusing.

Lin Qingci looked at him, nodding slightly, then glanced him up and down, saying:

"Direct Disciple Chu has finally awakened."

"I just woke up not long ago, how did the State Preceptor know?" Chu Huaixu immediately asked.

Lin Qingci calmly replied, "The matter of Direct Disciple Chu’s coma is tied to the great calamity of the world. Even my Moon Country expended considerable manpower and resources tracing the cat demon."

"Now that you’ve awakened, wouldn’t you think Sect Leader Xiang should have notified us as well?" said the Female State Preceptor.

Her words also carried a strong sense of distance.

Wen Shiyu was listening and watching from the side, becoming more convinced of her earlier suspicion.

She even thought that these two had definitely been intimate!

But perhaps due to their positions, or maybe because of other reasons, they had a falling out.

Lin Qingci’s looks and temperament naturally displease Wen Shiyu.

She even mused, "I wonder what expression she would have, what kind of sounds she would make if she cried out?"

Definitely quite a contrast, ha!

At this moment, Chu Huaixu stood at a distance looking at Lin Qingci and asked:

"Given the circumstances, I wonder why the State Preceptor comes in person? Could it be you’ve come all this way just to see if I’ve awakened?"

Lin Qingci listened but did not immediately reply.

Because what Chu Huaixu said was right; she wanted to come and see him with her own eyes, only then would she feel at ease.

Of course, this wasn’t because of the amorous incidents that day in the Emperor’s Pool.

She had more important reasons, more pressing matters.

"I came to seek Direct Disciple Chu for a matter to recount and a favor to ask."

Chu Huaixu blandly said, "Oh? The State Preceptor asks for my help, I wonder what you have to tell me and what favor you seek?"

Her next words left Chu Huaixu somewhat startled and a bit surprised.

"The Ancestor Emperor’s Divine Thought is about to awaken," Lin Qingci said, staring into his eyes.

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Moon Country, Imperial Capital.

Moon Emperor Qin Tianyang sat in his personal Imperial Study, somewhat absent-minded.

He was just having a normal conversation with National Guardian Xiahou Yue, when suddenly he fell silent and stopped responding.

The scene before him was very familiar to Xiahou Yue, yet carried a trace of unfamiliarity.

Because the previous Moon Emperor would often suddenly act like this.

But since that young man in the black and gold robe came to the Imperial Capital, such scenes had not appeared again.

It was only when Qin Tianyang regained his senses that Xiahou Yue tentatively asked:

"Your Majesty, has Ancestor Emperor... awakened?"

In the past, if Emperor’s Divine Thought spoke with Qin Tianyang, he would become distracted.

After all, nothing else was as crucial or as weighty as the Ancestor Emperor’s words.

The Moon Emperor listened to Xiahou Yue’s words and couldn’t help but clench his fist.

On his aging and dignified face, a complex expression emerged.

His eyes showed fear, a touch of lingering dread, and despite his utmost restraint, an overwhelming sense of unwillingness!

After a few moments, this elderly emperor finally relaxed his fist and let out a long breath, becoming completely calm.

Qin Tianyang looked up at Xiahou Yue, his eyes as calm as stagnant water, yet carrying a tinge of indifference.

After a while, he slowly nodded.

Upon seeing this, Xiahou Yue immediately knelt down respectfully and proclaimed loudly: "Your servant... welcomes Ancestor Emperor!"

Qin Tianyang slowly stood up, walked to the National Guardian’s side, and lightly nudged him with his foot.

"Get up now, stop the acting. He has fallen asleep again."

With the one he trusts most, the Moon Emperor wouldn’t conceal anything.

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Yue immediately rose, his face shedding all traces of fear and instead showing a hint of joy.

"Your Majesty, Ancestor Emperor still hasn’t fully recovered?"

Qin Tianyang nodded.

"After all, the ten strands of Emperor’s Divine Thought have been greatly damaged."

"Even his main soul was slashed by Chu Huaixu with one sword."

"Under such circumstances, how could he recover quickly?"

Xiahou Yue immediately asked: "Then this time, in the midst of awakening, for what purpose?"

"Naturally, for the restoration of Primordial Energy." Qin Tianyang’s eyes focused.

"This old ancestor of mine wants me to obtain the National Guardian Sword." said the Moon Emperor.

"National Guardian Sword?" Xiahou Yue paused for a moment and promptly said: "But Your Majesty! Once the National Guardian Sword leaves the eye of the Array, the Grand Array of the Imperial Capital will be weakened by at least half, which is not good for the safety of the Imperial Capital."

"Do you think the old ancestor would consider these things?" Qin Tianyang scoffed.

He understood well that in the mind of the Ancestor Emperor, nothing else matters.

His revival is paramount.

"The National Guardian Sword has been nourished in the Imperial Capital for a thousand years, carrying substantial national fortune."

"The old ancestor wants to rely on this fortune to replenish himself, allowing his strand of divine thought to grow stronger."

"To be precise, he intends to use a secret technique to transform his divine thought into Sword Spirit, ’possessing’ the sword!"

"Then, he will choose a descendant again to engage in Dual Cultivation with Lin Qingci, obtain the ’Wedding Dress’, and allow her to carry out the possession inside."

"In the future, only Human and Sword Unity is needed."

"But in doing so, the sword cannot leave one’s side."

"Moreover, these two steps must occur simultaneously." Qin Tianyang said.

His eyes darkened: "By then, I expect I will have to perform a show of ’abdication to a descendant’ on the surface."

As Xiahou Yue listened, he was stunned and couldn’t help but say: "Is there really such a method?"

"Can a person actually become a Sword Spirit?" He felt he had never heard of such a thing.

"This is the first time I have heard this as well, and the Library Pavilion does not record such secret techniques." Qin Tianyang felt the old ancestor had left him several cards.

The National Guardian looked at the Moon Emperor and tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, you mean..."

"Humph!" Qin Tianyang couldn’t help but snort coldly.

"Go and invite Chu Huaixu." He made his decision.

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Yue felt his heart tremble.

Finally... finally, this day has come?

His Majesty has made a decision contrary to the ancestors.

The Emperor wants to kill the Emperor.

——Monarch seeks to kill monarch.

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