Chapter 336

Hearing Jiang Chen's words,

Zhou Zhou Zhiruo immediately looked nervous: "Zhou Zhou Zhiruo of the Mount Emei Sect greets the Second... Second City Master of Snow Moon City."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen

couldn't help but remind her: "What Second City Master? Call her Sister!"

Zhou Zhou Zhiruo's body stiffened, and a blush flew across her pretty face: "Zhou Zhiruo greets... Sister!"

Li Li Hanyi nodded slightly, then rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen: "Who did you learn that glib tongue from?"

"Master, you have to ask yourself that!"

Jiang Chen looked at Li Li Hanyi with an innocent face: "If you had agreed earlier back then, I wouldn't have been able to practice this skill either!"

"You...!"

Although by now everything that should and shouldn't have been done had been done,

hearing Jiang Chen's words, Li Li Hanyi still couldn't help but feel her heart race.

Coincidentally, at this moment,

Brother Sikong Changfeng also popped out from who knows where.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looked up at Yao Yao Yue who was still undergoing the tribulation, and couldn't help but sigh: "I thought I would be able to break through to the Wandering Profound Realm before Palace Mistress Yao Yao Yue; now it seems I am still a step slow."

"Since you know you're slow, why aren't you seizing the time to cultivate?"

Li Li Hanyi glanced at Brother Sikong Changfeng and said coldly: "And you call yourself the only Spear Immortal of Beili!"

This Brother Sikong Changfeng arrived just in time!

Jiang Chen's face revealed joy, and he mercilessly added: "Eh, Third City Master, you haven't broken through yet?"

What's the situation?

Can you not know whether I've broken through or not? Brother Sikong Changfeng looked at the two of them, completely bewildered.

Chapter 277: The Lord of Beili, Emperor Mingde!

Tianqi City,

Qingyun Hall of the Directorate of Astronomy, Star-Moon Pavilion.

Qi Qi Tianchen, with his white hair and beard, looked at Emperor Mingde, who was sitting in the head seat wearing golden dragon robes, and said with a heavy expression: "Your Majesty, the rise of Snow Moon City is unstoppable. In my opinion, regarding the incident at the execution ground back then, it is time to give Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Li Hanyi an explanation."

However,

hearing Qi Qi Tianchen's words,

before Emperor Mingde could speak, Lanyue Marquis, who was standing beside Qi Qi Tianchen, spoke first.

He frowned and said: "State Preceptor, in just a few short years, has Snow Moon City already become so powerful that even you, State Preceptor, feel fear?"

Qi Qi Tianchen flicked his horsetail whisk: "Just before you and His Majesty came to me, I observed an anomaly in the celestial phenomena in the southwest direction."

"The southwest direction..."

Lanyue Marquis was puzzled: "What does this have to do with Snow Moon City?"

"Just some time ago, this same anomaly appeared."

Qi Qi Tianchen looked at Lanyue Marquis and said slowly: "And that time, Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Li Hanyi broke through to the Wandering Profound Realm."

Lanyue Marquis was stunned: "Does the State Preceptor mean that someone else in Snow Moon City has broken through to the Wandering Profound Realm?"

Qi Qi Tianchen nodded: "Exactly."

Just at this moment,

Emperor Mingde spoke, his voice unhurried: "The State Preceptor has always been unfathomable and clever; surely you already know who has broken through to the Wandering Profound Realm, right?"

"I am only at the Freedom Heaven Realm; how could I pry into the secrets of the Wandering Profound Realm? However..."

Qi Qi Tianchen smiled slightly: "If I am not mistaken, the one who has broken through to the Wandering Profound Realm this time must be the Third City Master of Snow Moon City, Spear Immortal Brother Sikong Changfeng."

Li Li Hanyi, Brother Sikong Changfeng.

Azure Dragon Guardian, Vermilion Bird Guardian.

Emperor Mingde looked outside the pavilion, his expression calm, revealing no emotion: "I never thought that in just over ten years, two of the four Guardians of Tianqi from back then would have stepped into the Wandering Profound Realm."

"Has Baili Baili Dongjun returned to Snow Moon City?"

Qi Qi Tianchen shook his head: "He has not."

"Mm."

Emperor Mingde nodded.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly looked at Qi Qi Tianchen with a smile: "Since you, State Preceptor, have served as the Head of the Directorate of Astronomy, you have divined many major national affairs for me. My Beili's stability is largely due to your contributions."

Qi Qi Tianchen bowed: "Your Majesty is too kind. It is mainly due to your wise governance; my meager skills are merely icing on the cake."

"I speak the truth."

Emperor Mingde said with a smile: "It is precisely because of this that even when you made three requests to me back then, I accepted them without hesitation. I wonder if you still remember what those three requests were?"

"Naturally, I remember."

Qi Qi Tianchen looked at Emperor Mingde and said slowly:

"I once told Your Majesty that although I serve as the Head of the Directorate of Astronomy, there are three things I will not manage: first, I will not calculate wars, because so-called wars are all great omens of disaster; second, I will not seek immortality, because immortality is the way of demons; as for the third point... it is that I will not discuss court politics."

"I didn't expect you to remember all of them."

Emperor Mingde said calmly: "Since that is the case, why have you been frequently bringing up the matter of Snow Moon City recently?"

Qi Qi Tianchen sighed: "I do it for Your Majesty."

"Then does the State Preceptor mean that I should apologize to Li Li Hanyi and Brother Sikong Changfeng? If that were truly the case, should I also apologize to the Eight Pillars of the Kingdom from back then, and even the Lei family and the other two Guardians?"

Qi Qi Tianchen bowed slightly: "I would not dare."

"State Preceptor, this matter really cannot be blamed on His Majesty; regarding the events of that year, His Majesty was also forced by circumstances."

Seeing this, Lanyue Marquis quickly spoke up: "Moreover, to make up for the debt owed to Li Li Hanyi and the others back then, over these years, His Majesty has always turned a blind eye to everything Snow Moon City has done, and has never even mentioned Snow Moon City's taxes. Because of this, His Majesty has been under great pressure in the court..."

However,

Qi Qi Tianchen directly interrupted him: "It is not enough."

As soon as the words fell,

Emperor Mingde looked at Qi Qi Tianchen and said slowly: "Then how does the State Preceptor think I should act?"

Qi Qi Tianchen said with a heavy expression: "In my opinion, at the very least, the mastermind from back then should be handed over to Snow Moon City for disposal."

"The mastermind from back then?"

Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes slightly: "I wonder if, in your heart, State Preceptor, I count as the mastermind?"

Qi Qi Tianchen bowed again: "It is not that I wish to offend Your Majesty, but back then, Your Majesty... was also a victim."

"Oh?"

"Since you believe I was also a victim, why do you still want me to bow my head to Snow Moon City?"

"Because of Li Li Hanyi's disciple."

"Li Li Hanyi's disciple? Is it that Jiang Chen you mentioned to me before?"

"Exactly."

"I have had the honor of meeting Jiang Chen a few times. Based on my observations, this Jiang Chen is no less capable than the former Dao Sword Immortal Zhao Zhao Yuzhen, and his current strength is unfathomable. I assume Your Majesty has already heard this from Xie Zhi."

"However, these are not important. What is important is that this Jiang Chen has an extraordinary relationship with Li Li Hanyi, and moreover..."

Qi Qi Tianchen looked at Emperor Mingde and said slowly: "In the Prince Langya Prince treason case back then, Li Li Hanyi's disciple was not involved. This means that in the eyes of this Jiang Chen, he does not care about the specific details of what happened back then; what he cares about is merely his master, Li Li Hanyi."

"Then does Your Majesty think that Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Li Hanyi has already let go of the events of that year?"

Chapter 278: Demon City

Qi Qi Tianchen stood on the top of the pavilion holding his horsetail whisk, quietly watching the stars flow across the sky, his white Daoist robes dancing in the wind.

Just as Emperor Mingde said,

in the years since he took charge of the Directorate of Astronomy,

he had indeed divined many major national affairs for the Beili Dynasty.

And it was precisely because of this,

that when he made those three requests back then, although Emperor Mingde was somewhat unwilling, he ultimately accepted them.