Chapter 518

Hit your chest with my little fists?

This was the first time the palace-dressed woman had heard such a strange threat.

But she couldn't afford to be surprised, so she smiled bitterly and said, "Young master is right, it was my fault for being nosy. Please forgive me, young master."

"Alright, alright, stop with this. Where is Jiang Hongyan?" Xu Que waved his hand, having no intention of joking anymore.

He subconsciously felt that the Empress might have encountered some trouble; otherwise, a waitress at the Bright Moon Pavilion couldn't possibly have such an attitude of repeated questioning.

"Young master may not know, but Jiang Hongyan left the Bright Moon Pavilion a few days ago!" the palace-dressed woman replied.

"What?" Xu Que widened his eyes instantly. He had missed her again?

But this wasn't right. He had agreed with the Empress to set off in a month, and now he had arrived here a few days early, so why had she left already?

"Young master, let me be nosy one more time. It's best not to publicize the fact that you know Jiang Hongyan in the Bright Moon Pavilion, otherwise it might..."

The palace-dressed woman reminded him solemnly, but before she could finish, her eyes seemed to see something, and her expression froze, so she didn't continue. Instead, she turned into the polite smile from before and said, "Young master, I have to get back to work. Please feel free!"

After speaking, she walked away.

Xu Que frowned and turned to look, just in time to see a group of young men and women arriving together outside the door.

All of them were at the Infant Transformation Stage, and their strength was extraordinary.

Among them, two women were at the ninth level of the Infant Transformation Stage, and there was also a handsome man who had already reached the tenth level of the Infant Transformation Stage, only one step away from the Void Refinement Stage!

This powerful combination was definitely the best among geniuses, the strong among geniuses. If they were placed in the Five Elements Mountain, they would definitely be shocking and powerful, even more shocking than the many Exploding Heaven Gang clones Xu Que had tinkered with!

They were chatting and laughing all the way, heading straight for the Bright Moon Pavilion.

Xu Que frowned tightly. He could be sure that the palace-dressed woman had just seen these people, which was why her expression was strange and she hadn't continued what she was about to say.

But who was Xu Que? How could he allow others to keep him in suspense?

Immediately, he ignored the geniuses walking in from the door, turned, and walked toward the lobby of the Bright Moon Pavilion, quickly catching up to the palace-dressed woman, and said, "Young lady, what exactly did you mean by what you just said?"

"Young master, I didn't say anything just now." The palace-dressed woman stopped and replied politely, her smile still on her face.

"Yo, if you don't say it, don't blame me for dragging you into the water? I'll go ask those people myself, and by the way, mention what you just said to me, and see if they know what it means!" Xu Que smiled, turned around, and walked directly toward the geniuses outside the door.

Only then did the palace-dressed woman's expression change, and she hurriedly said, "Young master, please stay!"

"Hmm, speak!" Xu Que stopped at the same time, turned around, and looked at her with a smile, as if he had expected her to give in.

The palace-dressed woman bit her crimson lips, looked carefully at the geniuses outside the door, and whispered, "Young master, Jiang Hongyan is a person of ill omen. Her name is like her person: a beauty who brings disaster. She originally left for decades, but now that she has returned during this sensitive period, not only the Jiang family, but also the Gong family and the Bai family, and even major sects, are eyeing her covetously. The Bright Moon Pavilion simply cannot protect her, so she left!"

"..." Xu Que frowned into a "chuan" shape after hearing this.

When he heard the palace-dressed woman say Jiang Hongyan was a beauty who brings disaster, Xu Que almost got angry and rebuked her. But listening further, it seemed that this palace-dressed woman wasn't slandering Jiang Hongyan, but that Jiang Hongyan really had the fate of a "beauty who brings disaster" here.

But Xu Que didn't know what this specifically meant. "Beauty who brings disaster" originally meant that a beautiful woman was the root of disaster. Jiang Hongyan was indeed beautiful, but was it a mistake to be beautiful? This was obviously not right!

And from the palace-dressed woman's words, Xu Que also heard a "Gong family," mentioned in the same breath as the Jiang family and the Bai family.

Xu Que didn't know what the Bai family was like. But the Jiang family he had learned about from Liu Jingning earlier seemed very powerful in the Eastern Wasteland. Now that the "Gong family" could be mentioned in the same breath, it was clearly not simple.

"What do you mean by the sensitive period?" Xu Que asked in a deep voice. He felt it was necessary to quickly figure out what was going on; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to help the Empress at all. After all, the opponents were too strong; the Empress was almost in a situation of being an enemy of the whole world. The Jiang family, the Bai family, the Gong family, and major sects—just hearing this, he knew it wasn't simple.

"Doesn't the young master know?" The palace-dressed woman looked stunned and whispered, "Aside from Jiang Hongyan's ill-omened fate, she herself is a genius of unparalleled beauty. If it weren't for the incomplete cultivation technique she practices, she would have long been the best among her generation, or even the invincible one among her generation. Now that the secret realm trial of the Southern Continent is about to open, her sudden appearance makes it hard not to be targeted."

"Why, can't she participate in the secret realm trial?" Xu Que frowned again.

He had heard of the secret realm trial of the Southern Continent several times. The first time was from the Empress, because she mentioned that Duan Jiude seemed to have gone to the Southern Continent for this trial.

But Xu Que didn't know what was so amazing about this secret realm trial, so he hadn't asked much about it.

The palace-dressed woman responded cautiously, "With Jiang Hongyan's aptitude, how could anyone let her enter the secret realm trial to find opportunities? If she completes the cultivation technique and defies heaven to change her fate, she will be invincible and will definitely break the balance between major forces."

Defy heaven to change fate? One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones?

Xu Que was stunned. He had known before that the cultivation technique the Empress practiced was "One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones," but she had only obtained the first two parts, so her cultivation was always stagnant.

And this "One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones" was completely different from what he understood; it wasn't a technique that could manifest clones, but rather a way to change fate through one's own essence!

Xu Que had good luck and accidentally obtained the third part, so he gave it to the Empress when he was in the Water Origin Kingdom, but it still hadn't been completed.

Hearing the palace-dressed woman's words now, Xu Que finally realized.

It turned out that the Empress's aptitude was so strong that the whole world was wary of her, but because her fate was bad, she had to change it. But the technique to change fate was incomplete and extremely difficult to find, so she had to participate in the secret realm trial of the Southern Continent, trying to find opportunities within it to complete the technique!

And now, the people of the world were afraid of her rising, so they were eyeing her covetously. Even the Bright Moon Pavilion couldn't protect her, so she left.

"Other family forces are wary of her, I can understand that. But if she can rise, isn't it a good thing for the Jiang family? Why don't the Jiang family protect her?"

Xu Que asked in confusion.

Logically speaking, if the Empress really had such aptitude, the Jiang family should hurry to protect her, so why were they also eyeing her covetously?

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