Chapter 1114: Seeking Clarity

The incident of the Hundred Flowers Palace ended when the setting sun fell.

The hundred flowers within were all dismissed, carrying their new dreams, and embarked on a long journey.

Only the Fox Beauty...

Remained.

Possessing the identity of Gongsun Qingmu's disciple, possessing the token of the Punishment Thunder Palace, and also being the future Palace Master of the Hundred Flowers Palace.

This dual identity meant that the Fox Beauty's goal had already been completed seven or eight out of ten.

As for her staying in the Shaoji Palace, this was her personal freedom.

As a cultivator of the Xiangong, unless Xu Qing refused, coming here as a visitor was also a normal matter.

In addition, everyone knew the Young Master was nostalgic, so under such operations, in the end, Fairy Linghuang could only flick her sleeves and leave.

She appeared angry, but in reality, half of this was true and half was false.

The true part was also caused by the Fox Beauty's words.

And the false parts were naturally deliberately put on by her; this was just a deal between her and the Fourth True Monarch.

Just a transaction.

No matter what the result was, according to the agreement, she had to protect the path

As for the fact that the Fourth True Monarch did not achieve his goal in the end, that had nothing to do with her.

And the Fourth True Monarch, after a brief silence, emitted a dangerous aura, then smiled faintly and also left the Hundred Flowers Palace.

It seemed he was putting this matter aside for the time being.

Thus, this segment of rippling space-time also formed the sand of time, appearing before Xu Qing.

"The quantity is not very large."

Gazing at the sand of time before him, Xu Qing raised his hand to put it away, then looked toward the direction where the Fourth True Monarch had left, a cold glint appearing in his eyes.

"This one should also be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, with his intelligence, after being frustrated twice in a row, the third move... will be very difficult to deal with."

"Once it drags on until the final wedding day, the existence of this person might raise some unnecessary twists and turns."

"But dealing with this person is not easy."

Xu Qing pondered while kneading the sand of time.

"How can I drive away the outsider consciousness within him..."

Time passed, and five days went by.

Only ten days remained until the wedding day.

And with the arrival of the end of the month, the sky of the Fifth Star Ring was no longer just having evening glow at dusk, nor was it only dark in the evening.

Sometimes, it was clearly just sunrise, but the next instant it would be sunset.

Sometimes, it was clearly still noon, but the red glow in the sky would cover the sun and sky, giving people a sense of dusk.

Just like now, the firmament actually displayed a strange scene of half black and half white, only there was no moon in the black, and no sun in the white.

The rotation of the sun and moon was no longer regular.

The change in weather was also like this.

Mortals would be shocked, bewildered, and terrified.

But for cultivators, even if it was impossible for everyone to have experienced it, there were introductions to this in many classics.

During the alternation of eras, the Immortal Lords rotate, and the star ring also changes its path, operating anew. During this period, ten days before and seven days after, a total of seventeen days, the celestial bodies are blurred, and the heavenly secrets are chaotic.

The first ten days are like chaos, where all thoughts cannot be checked, and the meaning of the Dao cannot be sought.

The last seven days are the reopening of heaven and earth, where all things and living beings enjoy the blessings of the creation of heaven, cleansing themselves, as if auspicious signs have descended.

This scene of heaven and earth changing formally represents that the rotation is changing, and the handover has reached its end.

The Dao of Immortal Lord Jiuan is being stripped from the Fifth Star Ring, while the Dao of Immortal Lord Aurora is integrating.

Only then would such a strange change in heaven and earth be formed.

And during these seventeen days, all methods of deduction will be weakened, and all perceptions will also be weakened.

Omniscience is also impossible to achieve perfectly.

"This is also the reason why the secrets hidden in this history cannot be known by outsiders."

At this moment, Qianjun and Biyi in the Sword Furnace, the daughter of Jiuan in the Southern Guest Hall, the Fourth True Monarch in the True Monarch Palace, Gongsun Qingmu in the Punishment Thunder Palace, as well as Zhong Chi, and Li Tianjiao, who was forced into confinement.

As well as other outsiders who were hidden and had not been discovered by others, all raised their heads and looked at the sky.

They felt the blurring of heavenly secrets.

They also clearly felt that the wheel of history was crushing over with a momentum that was almost impossible to change.

Thus, the Fourth True Monarch smiled.

He was waiting for this day.

The power of order will rise in response to the situation.

In front of the Shaoji Palace hall, Xu Qing stood there, looking up at the black and white of the sky.

He could feel that with the chaos of heavenly secrets and the inevitability of history, the lake of this space-time was deeper and heavier than ever before.

Wanting to stir up ripples within it was no longer something a stone could do; a great wind was needed to blow.

Because what was stopping the ripples was no longer an external force, but the lake water itself.

"Through the sensing and probing during this time after arriving here, I have already gained a certain cognition of this space-time."

Xu Qing muttered in his heart.

"Some history is not difficult to change and can be rewritten..."

"But some history cannot be shaken in the slightest; once touched, one will inevitably suffer a backlash!"

"Among these, the most important... is the matter on the wedding day!"

Xu Qing withdrew his gaze, spread his palms, and gazed at the sand of time accumulated in his palms. Then he turned around, about to ask the Fox Beauty to see him, but just at this moment, a majestic voice suddenly echoed in his heart.

"Come to the Extreme Palace to see me!"

Xu Qing's footsteps paused, and he lowered his head respectfully.

"Yes."

The one who sent the voice was Immortal Lord Aurora!

As for the Extreme Palace, it is located in the center of the Xiangong, under the Aurora Main Hall; it is the bedroom and place of confinement for Immortal Lord Aurora. On ordinary days, outsiders cannot step in half a step without permission.

Whether it is the four disciples of the Immortal Lord or his son, it is no exception.

So at this moment, hearing the Immortal Lord ask him to go to the Extreme Palace, Xu Qing's heart also tightened.

But knowing he could not delay, his body flickered, he left the Shaoji Palace, and headed straight for the Aurora Main Hall.

Before long, a complex of buildings appeared in front of Xu Qing.

The first thing he saw was a huge square, the ground paved with neat bluestone slabs, smooth as a mirror.

On both sides of the square, there were jade buildings, arranged in a staggered manner, like an exquisite painting.

Moving forward along the central axis, magnificent buildings appeared one after another; they were layered and magnificent.

The most vast one was located in the center.

Its style was unique, its momentum was majestic, and it was towering and magnificent. The towering red walls and golden tiles shone brightly under the sunlight.

It was precisely the Aurora Main Hall.

Terrifying auras rose in all directions. Xu Qing took a deep breath and approached rapidly.

Those auras just swept over him and dispersed, not blocking him.

But one could imagine that if the visitor was not Xu Qing, it would be difficult to move an inch.

Just like this, Xu Qing walked in all the way until he was in front of the gate of the Aurora Main Hall, bowing.

The next instant, a mysterious force descended, Xu Qing's vision blurred, and when it became clear, he was no longer in front of the hall, but in a long passage.

On both sides of the passage were rows of flickering candlelights, burning silently.

Under the reflection of the firelight, one could see a path of blue-black stairs, spreading to the depths below.

By his ears, there was also the sound of gold and stone being struck and beaten, echoing with a bang.

This place was the Extreme Palace.

Through the host's memory, Xu Qing was not particularly unfamiliar with this place. In the host's memory, he often came here when he was a child, but he came less often after growing up.

So Xu Qing took a deep breath, his body flickered, and he walked down along the stairs.

The knocking sound in his ears became clearer and louder.

Until after a stick of incense, the knocking sound was like heavenly thunder, and the heat wave also rushed toward him. Xu Qing finally reached the end.

That was an underground palace.

In the center, earth fire was erupting.

And the figure of Immortal Lord Aurora was forging iron above the earth fire!

A huge hammer, shining with silver light, fell repeatedly on a piece of iron as wide as a palm.

Every time it fell, there was a roar echoing, and heat waves dispersed.

And Immortal Lord Aurora did not use any cultivation, just relying on the power of his physical body, forging it again and again with an extremely serious expression.

Xu Qing watched this, walked to the front, did not speak, and while watching silently, he was also hesitant in his heart.

He didn't know the reason why Immortal Lord Aurora called him, nor did he know what the other party was doing at this moment. In his perception, this iron piece didn't have anything too strange.

At most... it was very sturdy.

And with the forging, golden light slowly appeared.

But as time passed, the light of the iron piece became more intense, until it became completely golden, and its appearance gradually changed from the previous irregularity.

What appeared in Xu Qing's eyes was like a golden plate.

And Immortal Lord Aurora also stopped forging at this moment. He picked up this golden iron piece, placed it in front of him, examined it carefully, and his expression gradually revealed satisfaction.

Then he thought for a while, raised his finger, and actually started writing on the golden iron piece.

"Two surnames united in marriage, a contract signed in the hall, from now on a good marriage is concluded, a beautiful couple is made, white-headed forever, will be forever until the sea dries and the rocks rot, pointing to the mandarin duck couple and first alliance, divining the future generations of melon vines, you prosper and you flourish.

Respectfully write this white-headed contract to the wild goose note, and record the red leaf alliance in the mandarin duck spectrum.

Respectfully set this contract, this is the proof."

These words, under the waving of Immortal Lord Aurora's fingers, were like dragons flying and phoenixes dancing. Every word in this instant seemed to possess life, cheering and jumping.

And they would also be stripped from the mundane world from now on, and the sentences they formed became laws, became constitutions.

Became the proof that belonged only to his son and daughter-in-law!

This was the marriage contract!

Xu Qing realized.

And it was precisely at this moment that Immortal Lord Aurora raised his head and looked at Xu Qing.

"To sign the name on the marriage contract, your name, will you write it yourself, or shall father write it for you?"

This simple sentence, falling into Xu Qing's ears, made him have some trance in an instant, because he suddenly realized an incredible thing!

He didn't know and didn't remember the name of the Aurora Young Master he was inhabiting!

In his memory, there actually wasn't one!

And what made Xu Qing's heart shake even more was that before this, he hadn't noticed it at all, and he had never heard anyone mention it.

This couldn't help but make Xu Qing silent.

And Immortal Lord Aurora looked at Xu Qing with deep meaning, then spoke indifferently.

"Let father help you."

As he said, he raised his hand and wrote two words on the golden iron piece.

Mi Ming

The moment he saw these two words, Xu Qing's mind churned, and a strange feeling surged into his heart, because he perceived the host's memory, at this moment, had a name.

And this name gave him a very heavy feeling.

So heavy that in an instant, the ground under his feet cracked, as if it couldn't support it.

Even his physical body trembled.

The mystery of this matter made Xu Qing couldn't help but speak.

"Father, this..."

"The marriage contract involves a lifetime, so it is naturally like this."

Immortal Lord Aurora spoke calmly, then took out a jade box, put this marriage contract into it, and hung it above the earth fire.

Then he seemed to want to say something more, but the firelight here suddenly dimmed a bit.

Immortal Lord Aurora frowned and waved his hand.

"Leave, calling you here is because I know about your Hundred Flowers Palace matter, so witness the oath of this marriage contract."

"This book hangs here, except for you and me, no one can move it."

"When you get married in ten days, father will take it out."

As he spoke, Xu Qing's vision blurred, his body also dissipated, and he was sent out of the underground palace.

And almost the moment he left, the firelight of this underground palace dimmed instantly, and bursts of black energy actually grew from Immortal Lord Aurora's body.

More and more, finally gathering in front of him, actually forming a pitch-black figure.

If Xu Qing were here, he would definitely be able to recognize at a glance that this black figure was precisely the reflected body of Immortal Lord Aurora under the ice lake that day!

"Taking advantage of the period of rotation alternation, when the heavenly secrets of the Fifth Star Ring are chaotic, take down the names of the sun and moon, so that the world has no awareness that they have forgotten the original names of the sun and moon."

"Even if it is an Immortal Lord, or an Immortal Venerable, with your ability combined with this chaotic heavenly secret, you can also cover it up for a short time."

"The most ingenious thing is that you hid and replaced the names of the sun and moon in the name of your offspring."

"This is to give your Immortal Venerable father a huge surprise."

That extremely dark body looked at the place where Xu Qing was before and spoke hoarsely.

Aurora was expressionless, looking coldly at the extreme darkness.

"You used the wrong address, you are me, I am also you, that is our father."