Chapter 131

Seeing that it was already dark, Hua Changxi didn't return to the Medical Department and stayed in Lingguang Palace to cultivate.

After throwing herself into cultivation, she soon discovered that her cultivation speed had become faster again. Now, cultivating for one hour could increase her spiritual energy points by 2 million.

In May, she could only increase by 1.1 million spiritual energy points in one hour of cultivation. Now, only a month or so had passed, and her cultivation speed had increased by 1 million points.

【Realm: Nascent Soul Realm 307.5 million/1 billion; Divine Sense: 110,000+】

One night passed, and after cultivating for six hours, her cultivation had increased by 12 million points.

When she woke up from her coma before, her attention was all on Divine Sense, and she didn't notice that her cultivation had increased by such a large margin.

Was it because she opened Lingguang Palace?

Hua Changxi was undoubtedly happy that her cultivation speed had increased again, but looking at the empty Lingguang Palace and thinking about having to recruit a Zhu Que Army of 100,000 people, she couldn't help but have a headache again.

Then there was the fact that after the life-and-death crisis in the Ghost Market, she realized again that she really had to improve her alchemy level quickly. She was now a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and first-grade spirit pills were no longer effective for her.

If she didn't improve her alchemy level, if she was injured in the future, or after her spiritual energy was exhausted, she wouldn't even have corresponding spirit pills.

Recruiting the Zhu Que Army takes time, alchemy takes time, and cultivation takes time. Time is really not enough!

Hua Changxi stood on the top of Lingguang Palace, facing the morning sun, looking down at the earth. A heroic spirit was constantly growing and strengthening in her heart. She only then discovered that she liked standing at a high place.

"Shoo~"

Still having to return to the Medical Department to lecture, Hua Changxi rode the clouds back to the city. Flying several miles out of Lingguang Palace, she saw even more soldiers than yesterday.

No, if yesterday's were just some temporarily gathered patrol soldiers, what she saw today could be called the soldiers of the army.

"Is the imperial court preparing to attack Lingguang Palace?"

The imperial court actually sent out the army, which was something Hua Changxi hadn't expected.

Seeing many commoners watching the excitement on the official road, Hua Changxi quietly flew down and mixed in with the villagers.

"From now on, these few intersections are not allowed to be walked."

"Why?"

"See that immortal palace? The officials would rather seal the immortal palace than let us commoners go and get some immortal energy."

"The immortal palace has appeared for several days. If I had known, I should have gone to worship earlier."

"Worship what? As soon as the immortal palace appeared, it was blocked by the officers and soldiers. We can't get close."

Listening to the villagers' discussion and seeing the army camping by the roadside, Hua Changxi only then knew that the imperial court actually wanted to block all the intersections leading to Lingguang Palace, not letting anyone get close.

Is the imperial court planning to make Lingguang Palace an isolated island?

Hua Changxi snorted coldly in her heart. It might have been possible before the recovery of spiritual energy, but now that spiritual energy has recovered, there are more and more cultivators who can fly to the sky and escape the earth. Even if all the soldiers in the army were cultivators, they couldn't stop everyone.

At this moment, several spiritual lights just streaked across the sky. Hua Changxi looked closely and found that they were several cultivators flying on swords. Seeing that one of them was actually Gu Jinfan, she didn't want to be seen, so she hurriedly left.

Not long after Hua Changxi left, Gu Jinfan and several cultivators from the Duke of Xin's Prefecture landed on the official road where the army was stationed.

Looking at the tall and towering Lingguang Palace in the distance, Gu Jinfan's mood was very unsettled.

In her previous life, Lingguang Palace only appeared in the world several years later, and it was opened by Liu Yiyun, the senior brother of the Grand Purity Palace. But Liu Yiyun was still trapped in the Kunlun Secret Realm now.

Who was it? Who opened Lingguang Palace in advance?

Lingguang Palace appeared in the world in advance, a great chaos occurred at the Jiuyou Kunmen Pass, and the Demon-Suppressing Army captured Kunmen Bridge. It changed; the trajectory of the previous life changed again.

In the previous life, Kunmen Pass had never had a great chaos, and Kunmen Pass had always been controlled by demon beasts, which led to the demon race later passing through Kunmen Pass and launching a large-scale attack on one of the four major array eyes suppressing the Demon Prison, the Talisman Saint Pavilion. If it weren't for Hua Shiniang, Yan Xiaoyang, and Chu Junyi fighting to the death to block them, the Talisman Saint Pavilion would have almost disappeared from the Central Continent.

Now, the Demon-Suppressing Army has captured Kunmen Bridge. With the Demon-Suppressing Army's methods, they will definitely capture the territory occupied by other demon beasts at Kunmen Pass step by step.

In this way, the crisis of the Talisman Saint Pavilion in the previous life would be gone.

The five holy lands of the Central Continent each have two supreme treasures: one is the Demon-Slaying Sword that suppresses the Demon Prison, and the other is the holy land artifact.

The artifact of the Talisman Saint Pavilion is a talisman brush. Unfortunately, the talisman brush was lost, and the people of the Talisman Saint Pavilion have never found the talisman brush.

In this life, the crisis of the Talisman Saint Pavilion will most likely not appear, and the talisman brush probably won't be lost either.

At this moment, a cultivator from the Duke of Xin's Prefecture walked to Gu Jinfan's side and whispered to her: "I've inquired clearly. The day Lingguang Palace appeared in the world was the day the great chaos occurred at Kunmen Pass."

"A black-robed person rushed into Lingguang Palace, drove away Prince Fu's party, and then Lingguang Palace appeared."

"That black-robed person hasn't made a move for the past few days. Just yesterday, the black-robed person took action to drive the soldiers stationed outside Lingguang Palace several miles away, and then left."

"Now that black-robed person shouldn't be there. Should we take the opportunity to go in and explore?"

Gu Jinfan heard this, her expression shifted, and then her eyes flickered constantly.

No need to guess. The black-robed person who opened Lingguang Palace is the female cultivator who could summon the Zhu Que Flame to severely injure the Underworld Dragon.

Zhu Que Flame, Fire Lotus, and the various things she had investigated about Hua Changxi—she already had a guess in her heart.

"Is it her?"

"Could it be her?"

Thinking that a person who died early in the previous life had changed the trajectory of many things in the previous life, Gu Jinfan's mood was a bit complicated, but there was some self-satisfaction in the complexity.

In her view, if it weren't for her appearing on the underground transmission platform of Lingguang Palace, Hua Changxi would definitely have died early at the hands of the father of the Jingzhao Prefecture Governor, just like in the previous life.

The change in the direction of the Four Spirit Realms in this life was ultimately pushed by her.

"Let's go, back to the Medical Department."

"Just going back like this, not going to see that palace?"

"No, I want to return to the Medical Department to confirm some things."

Gu Jinfan summoned her flying sword and left without looking back.

Watching her leave, the cultivator from the Duke of Xin's Prefecture sighed: "Just returned from Kunmen Pass, and Seventh Sister doesn't even say to return to the mansion to rest."

On the way back to the Medical Department, Hua Changxi thought for the whole way. She felt that her time arrangement should be changed a bit.

Before, she wanted to improve her cultivation quickly, so she urgently wanted to improve her cultivation speed.

Now, she is already a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and her cultivation speed has reached 2 million points in one hour, which is not slow. She felt she should make up for the things she had fallen behind on before.

The first thing is to improve her alchemy level!

Also, her Buddhist beads were lost in the Ghost Market's Niutou Mountain, and the wooden plaques were not in her hands. She didn't know if she could improve her cultivation speed by lecturing in the Qihuang Hall again.

Therefore, she wanted to stop all the lectures in the Qihuang Hall and focus on alchemy.

Although recruiting the Zhu Que Army is not an urgent matter, she still needs to pay more attention to suitable candidates on weekdays.

When Hua Changxi was thinking about these things, she arrived at the Medical Department. After returning to the Menial Hall, she originally thought that since she hadn't taught for seven days, the enthusiasm for attending classes in the Menial Hall shouldn't be so high, but when she arrived at the Qihuang Hall, she found that many people were already waiting with books.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi sighed. Her energy alone was really too limited, and she really couldn't cope with the enthusiasm for learning of so many people.

"Manager Hua."

Zhou Qiuyu walked over and greeted Hua Changxi with a smile.

Hua Changxi saw her and slapped her head suddenly: "I've been too busy lately and forgot about you and Fifth Sister. How is Fifth Sister's body?"

Zhou Qiuyu smiled: "Concubine Hua's body has been adjusted, and the little young master's body is also very healthy."

Hua Changxi nodded: "The He family didn't make things difficult for Fifth Sister, right?"

Zhou Qiuyu shook her head: "No. For the past month or so, Third Master He has gone to see Concubine Hua and the child almost every day, and the Marchioness and the Heir's wife also often send things to Concubine Hua."

Hua Changxi heard that Hua Fifth Sister was living well and felt relieved: "You've worked hard during this time. Go home and rest for two days. After you've rested, come back and help me organize the 'Complete Book of Ordinary Plants' and the 'Canon of Medicinal Material Preparation'. I won't be lecturing often in the future. Let those who want to learn medical skills buy books and read them directly."

When Zhou Qiuyu heard this, her expression shifted. She could be said to be the biggest beneficiary of Hua Changxi's lectures, so naturally, she hoped to listen to more lectures. Learning that Hua Changxi would no longer lecture in the future, her heart was full of loss.

Hua Changxi looked at her: "I have other things to be busy with, and I really can't take care of lecturing. However, I will find time to guide you and Wang Yunchu and the others in alchemy."

"Of course, I teach you alchemy, and you also have to do things for me. I have ten pharmacies in my hand. After you learn alchemy, you have to go to the pharmacy to work."

"Ask Zhou Qiuyu and the others about this, and see if they are willing."

Zhou Qiuyu hurriedly said: "Everyone will definitely be willing. Since we started learning medical skills and cultivation with Manager Hua, we have all regarded ourselves as your people. If you have instructions, we will naturally obey."

Hua Changxi smiled: "You trust me so much, I will definitely not let you gain nothing."

Seeing more and more menials outside the Qihuang Hall, Hua Changxi didn't talk to Zhou Qiuyu anymore and walked directly into the No. 6 Qihuang Hall. The menials saw this and followed her in one after another.

"Everyone, I have something to announce."

"In the future, I will not lecture every day. However, I will guide everyone in alchemy in the No. 6 Qihuang Hall from time to time."

"Today is the last time I will lecture to everyone uniformly. I will demonstrate the steps of alchemy completely for everyone to see."

Hearing that Hua Changxi would no longer lecture in the future, the menials were full of disappointment, but Hua Changxi had always lectured to them for free, so no matter how unwilling they were, they had no position or reason to keep her.

"Alright, don't be sad. I will let Zhou Qiuyu organize the courses I lectured on before, and you can buy books and learn according to your own situation."

"I will demonstrate the alchemy steps today several times. Even if there is anything you don't understand, it's best to write it down and take it back to study slowly."

"Besides refining ordinary pills today, I will also demonstrate the process of refining spirit pills for you. Everyone, watch carefully."

Just after Hua Changxi started the lecture, Gu Jinfan also returned to the Medical Department.

Although she was anxious to confirm whether Hua Changxi was the person who severely injured the Underworld Dragon and opened Lingguang Palace, she still held back and first summoned the person she had planted in the Apprentice Hall.

"Greetings, Seventh Sister."

Lu Qingling was a bit nervous. This was the first time she had been summoned after defecting to Gu Jinfan.

Gu Jinfan looked at Lu Qingling: "I told you to keep an eye on Hua Changxi. Has she had any unusual movements during this time?"

Lu Qingling: "Reporting to Seventh Sister, Hua Changxi hasn't been to the Medical Department for the past few days."

Gu Jinfan's expression lifted: "From which day did she not come?"

Lu Qingling: "From the 7th of the sixth lunar month, until yesterday, the 15th of the sixth lunar month, Hua Changxi hasn't appeared in the Menial Hall in between."

Gu Jinfan stood up suddenly: "Are you sure?"

Lu Qingling nodded: "Since I received Seventh Sister's instructions, I go to the Menial Hall every day to find my sister. My sister loves listening to Hua Changxi's lectures, and I can guarantee that Hua Changxi hasn't been in the Menial Hall these past few days."

Gu Jinfan took a deep breath. If Hua Changxi really hadn't been in the Menial Hall these past few days, then she could almost be 100% sure that the person who opened Lingguang Palace was her.

"You go down, continue to keep an eye on Hua Changxi."

"By the way, since your sister once lived in the same room as Hua Changxi, you must urge her to get closer to Hua Changxi. I want to know every single thing about Hua Changxi."

Lu Qingling's expression shifted. Although she didn't want to involve her sister Lu Qingluo, to avenge her mother's death at the hands of the Lu family, they could only rely on Seventh Sister: "Yes."

After Lu Qingling left, Gu Jinfan headed straight for the Menial Hall.

Since Hua Changxi is the Master of Lingguang Palace, she could arrange many things. The Zhu Que Divine Art is the most powerful fire-type cultivation technique in the Four Spirit Realms. She could arrange for cultivators with Fire Spirit Roots from the Gu family and cultivators with Fire Spirit Roots who defected to the Duke of Xin to cultivate the Zhu Que Divine Art.

In time, she would build a Zhu Que Army with extraordinary strength.

Zhu Que Army...

Thinking that she could build a Zhu Que Army, Gu Jinfan was so excited that she couldn't wait to see Hua Changxi immediately. She directly summoned her flying sword and stepped on it to go to the Menial Hall.

"Hua Changxi."

When Gu Jinfan rushed into the No. 6 Qihuang Hall, Hua Changxi was demonstrating the process of refining spirit pills to the menials. Gu Jinfan's sudden appearance almost caused Hua Changxi to explode the furnace.

Hua Changxi extinguished the alchemy fire before saying aggressively: "Gu Seventh Sister, do you have a problem with your eyes? Don't you see I'm refining pills?"

Gu Jinfan knew she was reckless, but she had no intention of apologizing. She looked around at the menials attending the class in the hall: "Hua Changxi, let them go out. I have something to tell you."

Hua Changxi heard this and laughed out of anger: "Gu Jinfan, do you not even understand the most basic respect for people? I am lecturing, please go out."

Gu Jinfan didn't expect Hua Changxi to have this attitude. In her view, she was Hua Changxi's life-saving benefactor. Even if Hua Changxi wasn't grateful to her, the most basic gratitude should still be there: "Hua Changxi, I really have something very important to tell you."

Hua Changxi's face turned cold completely: "Are you unable to understand human language? Who do you think you are? You have something to tell me, and I must listen?"

Gu Jinfan was also angry: "Hua Changxi, I really didn't expect it. You are actually an ungrateful person."

Hua Changxi felt inexplicable. Yes, on the Zhu Que transmission platform, it was Gu Jinfan who untied the rope on her hands, but to say she was her life-saving benefactor because of this—sorry, she didn't recognize it.

She was able to survive in the hands of the evil Daoist because of herself.

Hua Changxi didn't want to talk nonsense with her: "Please go out."

Gu Jinfan's face turned cold, and she sneered: "I just returned from Nanxiang County and saw that the imperial court's army had blocked Lingguang Palace. I know who the Master of Lingguang Palace is. Tell me, should I tell the imperial court?"

Hua Changxi stood up with a 'swoosh', hearing the threat in Gu Jinfan's words, and murderous intent surged in her heart. Suddenly, the back of her hand hurt, and looking down, she saw a black fish pattern emerge.