Chapter 127

After being unconscious for seven days and seven nights, Hua Changxi woke up in the underground transmission plaza of Lingguang Palace. At this time, that branch of the Soul-Devouring Tree had already disappeared.

【Realm: Nascent Soul Realm 295.5 million/1 billion; Divine Sense: 110,000+】

Seeing that there was an extra data point for Divine Sense in her cultivation data, Hua Changxi was stunned for a moment, then immediately sensed her body, discovering that her mind was much clearer than before.

The most obvious experience was that her control over her body seemed more precise; a thought would emerge, and her body could immediately make the corresponding reaction.

The brain's command ability, or rather, the command ability of her thinking, had become stronger!

Hua Changxi was a bit confused. Wasn't Divine Sense something that would only be cultivated after advancing to the Spirit Platform Realm? How did she have it now?

Recalling the encounter while leaping over the Underworld River, Hua Changxi still had lingering fears.

Six great demons appeared and attacked simultaneously. Although Great Master Changmei blocked most of the soul attacks, a portion of the attacks still headed toward her.

The reason she was fine wasn't because of good luck; it was because the Shennong Cauldron vibrated, helping her block the soul attacks.

Just as the Shennong Cauldron vibrated, she dazedly saw that in her mind, there was a pitch-black and dim star field waiting to be opened, and the Shennong Cauldron stood within it.

Above the Shennong Cauldron, there was also a firebird crouching and sleeping.

"That must be the Sea of Consciousness, right?"

Hua Changxi thought of the scene she had seen earlier and immediately sat cross-legged, wanting to try to enter the Sea of Consciousness. Unfortunately, she tried many times but did not succeed.

"Could it be because the Shennong Cauldron's vibration loosened the Sea of Consciousness, which is why I was able to cultivate Divine Sense in advance?"

Unable to think of any other reason, Hua Changxi could only believe so.

This trip to the Ghost Market, encountering a life-and-death crisis, made her deeply reflect. She had underestimated the danger of the cultivator world and trusted people too much.

Eunuch Lin entrusted Lin Sheng to her, so she felt Eunuch Lin had no reason to harm her, and she took it for granted that the Ghost Market was just a market where cultivators gathered to buy and sell. Even though she had made preparations in advance, she never thought the Ghost Market would be so dangerous.

Eunuch Lin didn't reveal the danger of the Ghost Market to her at all. Was he doing it on purpose? Did he want her to die in the Ghost Market? But what was his reason for doing so?

If he really wanted to harm her, why would he send Lin Sheng to her side?

Not asking about the danger level of the Ghost Market in advance was her negligence, but this did not prevent her from feeling annoyed at Eunuch Lin at this moment, suspecting that he intended to harm her.

Thinking of this, Hua Changxi stood up, preparing to leave and return to the Medical Department. Soon, she discovered the anomaly in the surrounding environment.

The exit from the underground transmission plaza was gone; at the edge of the plaza, only the stone gate leading to the transmission platform remained.

The previous underground transmission plaza was just a cave dug out to be more spacious, but at this moment, the underground transmission plaza was a hollow deep hole that looked like a skylight.

"How did it change..."

Hua Changxi thought of the Zhu Que jade pendant she had taken down earlier and hurriedly took it out.

At this moment, the jade pendant had not yet recognized a master. Hua Changxi looked at the jade pendant and still didn't really want it. She had a strong feeling that accepting this jade pendant would definitely mean taking on corresponding responsibilities.

After hesitating for a while, she still dripped a drop of blood onto the jade pendant.

She changed her mind because the fire spiritual energy here was rich and very suitable for cultivation. She couldn't find a talisman master for a while, so she would come here to cultivate in the future.

Furthermore, she had taken down the jade pendant in front of the court officials. According to the concept held by the vast majority of people in the Great Jin that "under the whole heaven, there is no land that is not the king's," she was probably already defined as a traitor. Even if she gave up Lingguang Palace, she might still be held a grudge.

After the Zhu Que jade pendant absorbed the blood, it 'whooshed' and merged into her brow.

"Boom~"

The moment the jade pendant entered her brow, Hua Changxi's 'vision' radiated out. In an instant, a 3D stereoscopic map of Lingguang Palace appeared in her mind.

"This is... Divine Sense projection?"

Hua Changxi was shocked that Lingguang Palace could be completely captured by her 'eyes', and also stunned that Lingguang Palace had become so magnificent and imposing.

However, this shock did not last long; there was no other reason, she had received the task transmitted to her by the jade pendant.

"He who obtains the Zhu Que jade pendant is the Master of Lingguang Palace."

"Every Master of Lingguang Palace has the responsibility to build a Zhu Que Army of 100,000 people!"

Build a Zhu Que Army of 100,000 people...

Upon learning of this task, Hua Changxi instantly felt a heavy boulder pressing on her shoulders. She knew this jade pendant wasn't so easy to take.

A Zhu Que Army of 100,000 people—where was she going to find 100,000 cultivators with Fire Spirit Roots? And these cultivators also had to swear to inherit and carry forward the will of the Zhu Que.

Hua Changxi stood in front of the transmission stele in the plaza, staring at the carvings on the stele for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly, stepping heavily onto the spiraling stone steps.

On the stone steps, there was a Zhu Que statue every certain distance. The statues were made of unknown material and were burning with raging flames.

At the end of the stone steps was a stone cliff, and on the stone cliff was a stone gate. Hua Changxi waved her spiritual power, and the stone gate opened. She stepped into a wide and empty hall.

In the center of the hall hung a plaque with the four characters 'Zhu Que Divine Might', and there was nothing else after that.

Hua Changxi looked around the hall and then left. Although she already had a stereoscopic map of Lingguang Palace in her mind, the moment she stepped out of the hall and personally felt the magnificence and height of Lingguang Palace, she was still shocked.

The palace complex of Lingguang Palace had a total of five levels, and the highest palace was already bathed in the clouds. At this moment, the position where Hua Changxi stood was outside the Transmission Hall on the left side of the lowest level.

Hua Changxi was now the Master of Lingguang Palace and could teleport to any position. With a thought, she 'whooshed' and flashed outside the highest palace.

Standing at the highest point and looking down, the heroic feeling of "when you reach the top, you see all the mountains as small" arose spontaneously, which made Hua Changxi straighten her back quite a bit. Building the Zhu Que Army didn't seem so heavy anymore.

"Did something just flash by?"

Some of the officers and soldiers stationed outside the gatehouse discovered the light and shadow of Hua Changxi flashing by, and Hua Changxi, standing at the highest point, also saw them.

There were several hundred soldiers stationed there. Hua Changxi saw that the imperial court had actually sent so many troops to station outside Lingguang Palace, frowned, and waved her spiritual power. A whirlwind immediately blew up where the officers and soldiers were stationed, forcing them to evacuate.

"What's going on? Why is the wind so strong?"

"It must be the cultivator in Lingguang Palace who is angry and is driving us away. Let's go quickly."

"But Prince Fu instructed us to guard here..."

"Do you want to die? Do you really think cultivators won't kill people?"

The officers and soldiers were afraid of cultivators killing people, and also afraid of Prince Fu's punishment. Finally, after retreating several miles, they continued to station themselves, watching Lingguang Palace from afar.

Hua Changxi saw that she couldn't drive the officers and soldiers away, and guessed that the imperial court would probably focus on Lingguang Palace next. She couldn't just kill all the guarding officers and soldiers, so she could only choose to take it one step at a time.

After touring all the palaces, she rode the clouds back to the capital.

On the way back to the capital, she clearly felt that the territory of Nanxiang County had grown much larger.