Chapter 77: Mother and Daughter's Heart-to-Heart Talk

The atmosphere eased slightly; hearing Lu Chen's question, Lin Yunxue pondered whether she knew any news about Thousand Spirit Grass and Lingxi Town.

Just as she was thinking, a general nearby suddenly thought of something and spoke.

"I know where there is Thousand Spirit Grass!"

The general said, taking out a map from his storage bag.

He came before Su Qian, pointing with his finger to a small sect far to the north of the Daxuan Dynasty.

"Cangshan Sect has an elder skilled in alchemy; he has a huge medicinal garden where I previously saw Thousand Spirit Grass."

"Cangshan Sect?" Lu Chen showed considerable interest in that map.

Regardless of whether the general agreed or not, he went to Su Qian's side and naturally took her map, storing it in his own storage bag.

"In that case, I'll go to Cangshan Sect with Chu Lian and Su Qian."

"Qin Yan, Xiangxiang Xiaoxiao, you wait here temporarily for me."

Lu Chen hesitated not, bringing Chu Lian and Su Qian, he rode Wangcai and left Zixuan City.

The territory of the Daxuan Dynasty is not large; aside from Zixuan City, there are only a dozen or so relatively large towns.

After seeing Lu Chen off, Lin Yunxue briefly set the matter aside, looking at the city's ruins she immediately mobilized the remaining soldiers to begin repairing the town.

"Your Majesty, we have received sound transmissions from several towns; within the dynasty's borders, aside from Zixuan City, the other towns have all suffered varying degrees of demonic cultivator invasion."

"The soldiers bravely resisted; aside from a few towns that fell, the casualties in the other towns are not large."

Hearing the general's words, Lin Yunxue's eyes sank slightly; this time the Daxuan Dynasty suffered heavy casualties, and with the strange disappearance of neighboring sects, it's unlikely to regain vitality in the short term.

"Mobilize a few towns to support those fallen areas as much as possible."

"Also transfer some people from there to repair Zixuan City as quickly as possible."

Lin Yunxue's expression was very solemn as she spoke.

She was considering whether to visit the elders and sect leaders of the major sects of Tianzhou.

The reason the Daxuan Dynasty could exist is naturally due to the support of these major sects.

However, there are too many such dynasties; often the major sects only let subordinate sects provide support on their behalf.

The few sects surrounding the Daxuan Dynasty previously were subordinate sects of the Ziyu Palace, one of the Five Great Orthodox Sects of Tianzhou.

The talisman she previously produced was also gifted by an elder of the Ziyu Palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Several generals received the order and withdrew, soon leaving Zixuan City.

After those few people left, she personally arranged Qin Yan and the others to rest in a lightly damaged sleeping palace.

After settling everything, she found her daughter Lin Qingxi, preparing to have a heart-to-heart talk.

Bringing her daughter into a temporarily constructed room, she looked at her daughter, whose face was slightly flushed as if she had something on her mind, and said:

"Qingxi, after things are settled, I'll send you to Ziyu Palace to cultivate, okay?"

"These days are turbulent; you ought to have some self-protection ability. I cannot take care of you for a lifetime......"

Speaking, she seemed to recall that rainy night when she picked up the young Qingxi.

Indeed, she is not Qingxi's biological mother.

But over these many years, the two have become like a true mother and daughter.

While she possesses imperial bloodline, Lin Qingxi does not.

This is also why she then urgently wanted Lu Chen to replace her in place of her daughter.

She feared Lu Chen would discover that Lin Qingxi lacked imperial bloodline and deem her worthless, killing her.

"Empress Mother, I want to go with him to see the outside world."

Lin Qingxi, although listening to Lin Yunxue's words, seemed not to fully take them in; her thoughts remained on her own ideas.

"Who are you with? That demonic cultivator?" Lin Yunxue frowned slightly; seeing her daughter mention Lu Chen, her expression visibly became somewhat displeased.

She couldn't understand how her daughter, after just leaving Zixuan City once, had suddenly become like this.

"Empress Mother, he has a name; he is called Lu Chen."

"Could he have given you medicine? Or have you been affected by some demonic technique? Quick... quick, let Empress Mother take a look."

Lin Yunxue suddenly thought of something.

She anxiously pulled Lin Qingxi into her embrace, immediately using spiritual power and divine sense, employing every means available to examine her.

But no matter how she checked, she felt nothing abnormal.

The girl before her was still the same girl as before.

However, she did not believe her daughter was unaffected; she only felt that her own cultivation level was insufficient to detect the other's methods.

"Empress Mother, I'm fine; I just feel a bit bored staying in the city and want to go out and see."

"He's a good person; he won't harm me." Lin Qingxi's expression was somewhat innocent.

"But Qingxi, what qualifies him to take you? You have no value to him, foolish daughter!" Lin Yunxue, however, saw things very clearly.

It is precisely because she is too clear-headed that she has remained unmarried all her life.

"I......" Lin Qingxi paused.

But soon she thought of a reason.

"Empress Mother, feelings cannot be measured by value; I believe he likes me."

"......" Lin Yunxue fell silent; she looked at the daughter in her arms, said nothing, merely took out a comb and combed her hair.

She did not know how to explain all this to her daughter.

After all, her daughter grew up in the imperial palace from childhood; it's normal she doesn't understand many things.

The two thus remained silent for a period of time.

Each had her own thoughts; Lin Qingxi was thinking about Lu Chen's affairs.

She didn't mind Lu Chen having other women; she only wanted to follow him to see the outside world.

For some unknown reason, Lu Chen gave her an inexplicable sense of security and reliance.

Lin Yunxue was also thinking about Lu Chen, but she was thinking about how to keep Lu Chen from taking her daughter away.

"If he really wants the imperial bloodline......"

Lin Yunxue's expression changed slightly.

If it were any other situation, she could simply rush forward and settle it once and for all.

After all, although she is the empress, in terms of decisiveness in killing, she has never been inferior to any man.

She still bears several wounds on her back from battles with demonic cultivators.

But after all, this is her daughter.

She naturally needs to make other plans.

"This place is too far from the Purple Imperial Palace; we cannot request reinforcements in a short time."

"Is there really nothing else we can do?"

Because she never believed that Lu Chen, who exudes killing intent and has several companions brimming with murderous aura, could be a good person, her thoughts went off track.

If Lu Chen could hear her thoughts, he would surely be bewildered; he hasn't said a thing, yet she imagines all this.

"Empress Mother, just agree to my request."

After a long silence, Lin Qingxi spoke up to break it.

Lin Yunxue sighed.

She also didn't know how to persuade her daughter.

She could only continue combing her hair.

"Just wait a little longer; in a few days the Empress Mother will give you an answer."