Chapter 1116

The Shaoji Palace in the night was brightly lit.

Walking within it, Xu Qing's thoughts couldn't help but drift to his journey with the Aurora Immortal Lord.

On the way there, Aurora's identity was the Master of the Xiangong.

Before the Nine Shores Cave Heaven, Aurora's identity was that of a father.

In the space-time desert, Aurora's identity was a lonely man who had lost his beloved.

Until the moment the night turned black, upon returning to the Xiangong, he seemed to have become the Immortal Lord once more.

Yet before this, for Xu Qing, the Aurora Immortal Lord was merely a symbol.

Although that little person who emerged from the second-layer world claimed to be the remnant thought of the Aurora Immortal Lord, whether it was true or not remained to be verified.

From beginning to end, Xu Qing had never fully believed it.

Therefore, the four words "Aurora Immortal Lord" were just four words.

But after the different scenes along this journey and the different identities that appeared were woven together, the Aurora Immortal Lord reflected in Xu Qing's mind had, unknowingly, gained flesh and blood, gained color.

"He clearly had a premonition about what would happen a month later..."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain the entrusting of his child before the Nine Shores Cave Heaven, nor the instructions in the space-time desert.

It was just that as this realization rose in Xu Qing's heart, a greater doubt spread along with it.

"The Aurora Immortal Lord himself possesses the Space-Time Constitution and has walked very deep into it, so it is not surprising that he knows about future events."

"However, what exactly happened a month later that caused the Immortal Venerable to take action?"

"Is it really the 'Betrayal of the Dao' recorded in history?"

"And why couldn't Black Night go to see him? Is it related to the ferocious black-clad figure under the ice lake?"

Xu Qing pondered.

"Furthermore, since he had already made preparations and entrusted his child, why did this Young Master whose body I am inhabiting still die a month later?"

"And those who died with him were everyone in this entire Xiangong."

"Why did the Immortal Venerable want to wipe out every existence in this Xiangong..."

"And after wiping them out, why did he keep this place preserved throughout the long years..."

Too many doubts flowed through Xu Qing's mind.

In the end, there was no answer.

"A month later, all will be revealed!"

Xu Qing looked up at the moon in the night sky, walked into the Shaoji Main Hall, and sat down cross-legged.

He stopped thinking about the Aurora Immortal Lord and instead began to deduce in his heart the method of how to ripple space-time in this fourth-layer world.

In the eyes of others, this space-time was just people and scenery.

But to Xu Qing, who possessed the Space-Time Constitution, it was completely different.

In his perception, this space-time was as if solidified, like a pool of stagnant water, or frozen.

Calm, without waves, and very difficult to stir up ripples, let alone ripples of space-time.

To shake it directly was impossible with Xu Qing's Space-Time Constitution.

"Therefore, I need more leads, to form one pebble after another, to strike into this stagnant water together..."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart.

Time passed.

In the dark night, the sound of music and the laughter of women drifted out from the Hundred Flowers Palace.

The melodious sounds within merged into the night, drifting away.

Even Xu Qing, sitting cross-legged in the Shaoji Main Hall, could faintly hear them.

Especially the laughter of the Fox Beauty inside.

Clearly, whether Xu Qing was there or not, the Fox Beauty was very happy.

Until dawn.

The sun rose, and the sunlight spilled down.

The melodious sounds had just dissipated when new sounds came from outside the hall.

"Respectfully welcoming the Young Master back to the palace!"

Following the voice was the figure of the study companion, Zhong Chi.

He took a few quick steps, entered the hall, and bowed to Xu Qing. Many guesses rose in his heart; it was just that he hadn't seen this Young Master's figure for the entire day yesterday.

He had searched the entire Shaoji Palace.

This made some curiosity rise in his heart; he didn't know where the person before him had gone yesterday.

And although he knew the history of this period, he only knew the general outline and couldn't understand it in detail; naturally, it was impossible for him to know every event that happened each day in minute detail.

"You bowed too late; I returned last night."

Xu Qing looked up, glanced at Zhong Chi, and spoke indifferently.

Hearing this, Zhong Chi asked cautiously.

"Young Master, you were... yesterday?"

Xu Qing's expression remained as usual; he didn't clear up Zhong Chi's confusion but stood up and spoke casually.

"Accompany me to the Dharma Transmission Pavilion."

Saying this, Xu Qing walked out of the main hall.

Since he had arrived in this historical space-time, Xu Qing naturally had to go to the Xiangong's Dharma Transmission Pavilion to see the techniques of this era.

Hearing this, Zhong Chi hurriedly followed behind.

Just like that, stepping on the early sun, in this early morning, Xu Qing's figure walked through the Xiangong.

Along the way, any cultivator who encountered him, although they didn't hold this Young Master in high regard in their hearts, still had to bow in greeting because his status was noble after all.

And along the way, Zhong Chi, who followed behind, hesitated to speak several times.

Thus, when the Dharma Transmission Pavilion was visible in the distance, Xu Qing spoke calmly.

"Zhong Chi, your words and actions recently are a bit different from the past."

This sentence fell into Zhong Chi's ears, making him instantly alert, but on the surface, he put on a silly smile.

"Young Master is wise; indeed, whenever I have something on my mind, I can't hide it. Once I hide it, my words and actions are seen through by the Young Master at a glance."

"What is it?" Xu Qing asked indifferently.

Zhong Chi hurriedly spoke.

"It's that Li Tianjiao!"

"Young Master, it's not that I'm snitching, it's just that this Li Tianjiao is truly shameful."

"Didn't you tell him to go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden the day before yesterday? Not only did he not go, but he even hid himself completely; the school couldn't find him."

Hearing this, Xu Qing's expression didn't change at all; he just turned his head to glance at Zhong Chi.

"Give me the conclusion."

This glance of his made Zhong Chi's heart tremble. He had actually finished investigating; the reason he didn't say it immediately was that he couldn't grasp the Young Master's attitude toward this matter, and he also had the idea of seeing how the Young Master would react.

At this moment, being swept by Xu Qing's gaze, a sense of palpitation suddenly rose in him, so he didn't dare to hide it.

"I heard people say that after he returned to the school that day, he had a conflict with one of the teachers."

"Afterward, he was punished by the teacher to go into seclusion for three months."

Zhong Chi said in a low voice.

The reason he had to tell Xu Qing these things was due to his own selfish motives.

He saw that Li Tianjiao was nine times out of ten an outsider like himself. Although he didn't know the specific identity, the other party's goal was to try to change history.

This had similarities with his own goal.

So fundamentally, he hoped the other party would succeed; only in this way could he learn from and observe it.

And this Li Tianjiao had indeed achieved a part of it; his history was originally to go into seclusion after being defeated, but before, it had changed to being the caretaker of the Young Master's Ten Thousand Beasts Garden.

But clearly, someone had taken action to correct all of this in another way.

The Li Tianjiao in history went into seclusion during this period, and the Li Tianjiao in this space-time was the same.

Different causes, same result.

As for who the person who took action was, the first person Zhong Chi thought of was the Fourth True Monarch!

It was just that the other party's status was too high, and the advantage they occupied was too great.

This time they could make Li Tianjiao fail, and next time they could make him fail as well.

Therefore, he wanted to borrow the power of this Aurora Young Master to try to shake things up.

If this were the real Aurora Young Master, due to a lack of important cognition, it would be impossible to understand the truth, but for Xu Qing, his comprehensive cognition made him see this clearly.

"Li Mengtu is trying to borrow my power."

"And regarding Li Tianjiao's matter, although it hasn't completely returned to history, at least in this period of history, it can be considered to have been steered back to the right track."

"That person inhabiting the Fourth Senior Brother really does have some methods."

Xu Qing was thoughtful.

In fact, he and the other party had already had a secret game of chess regarding Li Tianjiao's matter.

Each had their own wins and losses.

"However, I cannot interfere in this matter anymore. I have already placed my piece regarding Li Tianjiao, so there is no need to start trouble immediately."

"After all, relatively speaking, hiding my identity well is the key to this stroke of fortune."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes and walked toward the Dharma Transmission Pavilion.

He soon stepped inside, flipping through the techniques inside while pondering in his heart.

"My identity is very important, and under my observation, whether it is Zhong Chi, Li Tianjiao, the daughter of the Nine Shores, or the Fourth Senior Brother, they seem to have no doubts about this identity."

"It is as if, in their cognition, this identity of mine is impossible to be inhabited."

"Besides that, those who can come to this fourth-layer world, apart from quasi-immortals, are only those who possess a Constitution or a Constitutional Treasure."

"Then, setting aside those few known ones, there should be no fewer than four or five or even more outsiders hidden among the people of this Xiangong."

"And among them, there should be some who are similar to Li Tianjiao, using ripples in space-time to achieve their own goals."

"They are my pebbles!"

Xu Qing put down the jade slip in his hand, walked toward the other end, picked up a new jade slip, and while continuing to check, his thoughts were constant.

"So, this can actually be seen as a game."

"The Fourth Senior Brother wants to suppress the violators, and I... want to secretly catalyze and protect these violators. At the same time, these pebbles themselves must also protect themselves well."

"And Li Tianjiao's failure is precisely because he was a bit impatient. Of course, this is also determined by his identity. If he hadn't done that that day, he wouldn't have had a chance."

"However, these people are all hidden too deeply, so it is very difficult for me to find them, and I cannot catalyze and protect them."

"Then, how did the Fourth Senior Brother find them?"

Xu Qing pondered.

And time passed quickly with his reading and pondering.

When the sunset was evaporating its remaining light on the horizon, Xu Qing left the Dharma Transmission Pavilion. After returning to the Shaoji Palace, a method had formed in his heart.

"I don't need to find all the pebbles; I just need to make them more cautious, even become vigilant, and raise a sense of crisis."

"As for the Fourth Senior Brother..."

"I am in the dark, he is in the light, but this light is not thorough. If so, let his light become more thorough. If I can make him fall into self-proof, it would be even more perfect!"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, closed his eyes in the Shaoji Main Hall, and in his heart, sent a divine thought to the one in the Hundred Flowers Palace.

In the Hundred Flowers Palace, the Fox Beauty, who was lazily lying there chatting with the women around her, raised her beautiful eyebrows and let out a coquettish sound in her heart.

"Bad man, now that your wings are hardened, you actually order me to do things... But, why does this domineering look make people like you even more?"

The Fox Beauty licked her lips and chuckled.

A few days later, in the originally peaceful Aurora Xiangong, two rumors became a storm in a short period of time.

The first rumor said that there were outsiders who had seized the bodies of the Xiangong's cultivators, hidden in the Xiangong, plotting mischief, and there were quite a few of them!

The second rumor pointed its spearhead at the Fourth True Monarch.

Its content was...

"The Fourth True Monarch is the leader of the outsiders who have seized bodies!" ===== CHAPTER 1109 =====

All of this was incomparably obvious.

He was an outsider!

Young Master Jiguang was actually an outsider!

In a daze, a feeling of unreality flooded his whole body like a tide.

This overturned her knowledge, exceeded her thoughts, and even exceeded the category of thunder, but the fact was right before her eyes.

"You..."

Linghuang's face turned pale instantly, and her thoughts fell into incomparable chaos at this moment. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something more, but didn't know how to say it.

Looking at Linghuang with such an expression, Xu Qing was as calm as ever.

"I think you are more hoping that the wedding ceremony will be successful, so that your goal can be better completed."

"So, cooperate with me, and I will let your wedding ceremony be successful."

"If you don't cooperate with me, I will refuse this wedding in public. This is also changing history and can form ripples!"

"Before I walk out of this hall, tell me your answer."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, he turned and walked toward the hall door.

Step by step, getting closer and closer.

And behind him, Linghuang's breathing had not calmed down since it became rapid. She looked at Xu Qing's back, and the shock in her heart was still strong.

Until Xu Qing was about to walk out of the hall, Linghuang let out a long breath, her expression complex.

"Cooperate!"

She could not and could not refuse.

Because fundamentally, all her goals were entrusted to the Young Master.

The Young Master was the source.

So, from beginning to end, she could not be the Fourth True Monarch's ally.

As long as the Young Master said a word, she had to and could only obey!

Hearing Linghuang's reply, Xu Qing, standing by the hall door, had no ripples in his heart.

He was clear that after he revealed his identity, the other party had no room to choose at all.

Her goal determined her stance.

So he spoke indifferently.

"Very good. Tonight, no matter what you do, keep the Fox Beauty safe."

After speaking, Xu Qing walked out of the main hall, and in the wind, looked in the direction of the Fox Beauty, murmuring in his heart.

"Fourth Senior Brother, since you want a decisive battle, then tonight, I will give you a decisive battle!"

A great wind, at this moment, whistled and rose, blocking the sky and the sun.

It became a storm!