Chapter 542: Is His Majesty the Pope in good health

"Your Majesty, why is this dress a bit small?" Consort Yi lightly furrowed her moth-like brows, tugging somewhat awkwardly at the pale purple gauze dress on her body.

The fabric was stretched tight over her voluptuous frame, outlining astonishing curves, and the material over her chest was stretched so thin it was almost transparent, faintly revealing the snow-white skin beneath.

She always felt this dress looked familiar, yet she couldn't recall where she had seen it.

That was correct; this was precisely the palace gown Li Sining had worn yesterday, only now, worn by the mature and beautiful Consort Yi, it appeared exceptionally ill-fitting.

Li Chen appreciated the fully ripened woman before him.

Consort Yi was even more voluptuous and full than her daughter; wearing Li Sining's dress, she was a living, breathing "large-sized version" of Li Sining. This marvelous sense of déjà vu left him extremely satisfied and felt pleasing to the eye.

"Consort Yi looks very beautiful wearing this." Li Chen's deep voice carried an air that brooked no refusal.

A rosy flush immediately flew onto Consort Yi's fair cheeks.

Her nature was inherently gentle, and at this moment, she was so shy she lowered her head, her slender fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her skirt: "B-but this dress..."

"It's fine, I truly think it looks good." Li Chen rose and said.

The next morning, Li Chen stepped out of the palace feeling refreshed. After walking for a while, he bumped into Li Sining, who had come to pay her respects.

Seeing Li Chen, the young girl trotted over in pleasant surprise, her pale purple skirt hem fluttering in the morning light like a dancing butterfly. "What a coincidence! Why are you here so early in the morning? Are you going with me to pay respects to Consort Yi?"

Because this was a corridor in the imperial palace, Li Sining did not think much of it.

Li Chen straightened his collar without changing his expression: "I have official business to attend to. Sining, go on your own."

Li Sining thought that was true; her brother was busy with ten thousand tasks a day, so there was no need to trouble him with such trivial matters.

Watching his younger sister's cheerful departing back, the corners of Li Chen's mouth lifted slightly.

Li Sining arrived at her mother's palace, only to be told by a palace maid that Consort Yi was still resting.

She was puzzled; her mother had always been one to sleep early and rise early, so why was she so sleepy?

However, she didn't say anything, preparing instead to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager and her aunt, Li Xueying. This was a daily routine for surviving in the palace.

Li Chen had already returned to his own sleeping quarters.

He dismissed his attendants and summoned the system interface.

Following a flash of light, a new task slowly emerged:

【Task Name: First Acquaintance with a Sect】

【Task Location: Southern Sea Area, Eight Gates Tilting Heaven Hall】

【Task Requirement: Enter the Library Pavilion to learn a cultivation technique】

【Task Reward: Heavenly-Grade Shattering Void Pill x1, Space Illusion Bell x1】

"Eight Gates Tilting Heaven Hall?"

Li Chen understood the system's intent; it was to have him make contact with a hidden sect.

If this world followed the original plot, now that he possessed a certain level of strength and foundation, he needed to obtain the support of hidden sects to slowly ascend to the throne.

Everyone in the world knew how high and unreachable hidden sects were in the past; let alone entering their library pavilions, even entering the sect itself was something many cultivators could never attain in a lifetime.

But now, Li Chen was already the Emperor, and he even knew the Sect Master of the Eight Gates Tilting Heaven Hall.

It was quite a coincidence.

He had been planning to go and return the Immortal Token, never expecting the system task to point directly there.

"I might as well stop by the Eternal Day Empire on the way." He muttered to himself, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.

He had long wanted to get to the bottom of that mysterious religious organization.

And there was also that silver-haired, ascetic-looking nun, Lina; it was time to go and meet her. ===== CHAPTER 543 =====