Chapter 515

Tang Dynasty, Great Ming Palace.

"Where is Yinggou?"

As one of the Four Corpse Ancestors and also Tang's national guardian, Wu Zetian's greatest concern was clearly her.

"Your Majesty, I've already sent people to fetch her; she should arrive soon."

Shangguan Wan'er had already sent someone to bring Yinggou the moment she appeared on the Heavenly Scroll.

Indeed, barely had the two finished speaking when Yinggou's childlike form appeared outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, you called for me?"

At this moment, Yinggou's personality was clearly still "Big Sister."

"Yes! I want to see 'Blood Heavens'!"

Across the Nine Provinces, only Ximen Wudi can cultivate the divine art "Blood Heavens."

Everyone under heaven is surely curious.

But only Wu Zetian can make Yinggou produce it.

"Oh! Are you referring to this?"

Big Sister showed no hesitation, pulling a cloth-wrapped object from the basket on her back.

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward immediately and presented it to Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian slowly unwrapped it and found the cloth-wrapped thing was an object she had never seen before.

It was neither gold nor jade, neither amber nor emerald.

Only occasionally did a flash of crimson light pass through it, revealing its extraordinary nature.

"Is this 'Blood Heavens'?"

Wu Zetian held it and felt warmth in her palm, nothing more.

"If Your Majesty means the reward from the Heavenly Scroll, then it's this!"

Somehow, Yinggou's true personality had surfaced, and her tone had changed completely.

"How exactly do you use this thing?"

It contained a unique divine art, yet Wu Zetian couldn't even glimpse it—wasn't that absurd?

"Uh, I just now studied it with Elder Brother, but we still couldn't figure it out."

"Even Lord Tianmo couldn't discern its mystery."

Yinggou gave a bitter smile.

Rewards from the Heavenly Scroll are either power upgrades, heavenly treasures,

or solutions to the recipient's hidden troubles.

The "Soul-Annihilating Pill" seemed meant to resolve Big Sister's personality, letting Yinggou train the "Nine Yōu Chapter" without hesitation.

But in truth, this pill was not the true reward, nor was it the method the Heavenly Scroll intended to grant.

After all, this divine pill would "kill" Big Sister's personality.

And it was precisely because Yinggou didn't want Big Sister's personality to vanish that she had never continued training the "Nine Yōu Chapter."

So she always believed "Blood Heavens" was the key to solving her own problem.

As soon as she obtained it, she eagerly studied it with the other national guardians.

Unfortunately, not one of them—not even Cang Qu—could decipher the mystery of this strange object.

Clearly, as the Heavenly Scroll said, only Ximen Wudi might be able to crack it.

"If even Lord Tianmo can't break it, then we really must find Ximen Wudi."

Wu Zetian pondered for a moment, then carefully rewrapped "Blood Heavens," gesturing to Shangguan Wan'er to return it.

"In that case, Yinggou, Corpse Ancestor, what are your plans?"

"Your servant hasn't decided yet…"

Yinggou was truly troubled.

The Qinglong Society is currently Tang's greatest rival, yet she herself is Tang's national guardian.

But the only one who might solve her problem seems to be Longshouxi Ximen Wudi alone…

"Then let me decide for you!"

"Starting today, you are no longer Tang's national guardian!"

Wu Zetian suddenly smiled, winking at Yinggou.

"Huh? Your Majesty, what are you—"

Yinggou grew alarmed and knelt instantly.

"If I've done something wrong, Your Majesty may punish me as you wish!"

"You, you!"

Wu Zetian's eyes held rare tenderness,

"Yinggou, you and Wan'er are both my dearest friends."

"When you first stood by me without hesitation, you helped the other three Corpse Ancestors found the Xuanming Sect."

"Then, for my sake, you deliberately created the 'Nine Yōu Xuantian Divine Art.'"

"And you even risked your body to test the 'Nine Yōu Chapter,' causing a second personality to emerge."

"All these years, your gloom—do you think I didn't notice?"

"How many nights have I wished you could return to your former self?"

"Now, the chance has come: if you leave Tang and go to the Qinglong Society,"

"then you can become yourself again."

The more Wu Zetian spoke, the more agitated she became; by the end, she no longer referred to herself as Zhen.

"Your Majesty…"

Ying Gou was also deeply moved; all the bitterness of these years poured out of her in an instant.

"Don't call me Your Majesty anymore! You are no longer a Protector of the Realm of the Great Tang."

"From today on, you are Ying Gou. You may call me Wu Zetian directly, or… Meiniang!"

Meiniang was Wu Zetian's name within her boudoir, known only to Shangguan Wan and Ying Gou.

"But if the Great Tang and the Qinglong Society meet on the battlefield in the future…"

Ying Gou was still extremely hesitant.

"Don't worry! When the time comes, you simply need to side with neither."

"I only hope that the Ying Gou I know can return soon."

Wu Zetian said affectionately.

"Alright! Your Majesty! This is the last time I will call you Your Majesty."

Ying Gou dropped to her knees, performed a grand salute, then stood up and beamed at Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan,

"Meiniang, Wan'er, I'm off…"

After Ying Gou departed, Shangguan Wan only then gathered her composure and asked Wu Zetian,

"Your Majesty, then should we send people to seize this 'Thunder Fire Bomb' and the 'Long Zhu'?"

"One can pose a threat even to a Shattered Realm expert."

"The other can grant wishes!"

"What do you think? Which power or expert under heaven would not want them?"

Wu Zetian smiled faintly and instructed Shangguan Wan,

"Let 'Tianmo' and the Descending Dust Corpse Ancestor make a trip together!"

"If we can obtain them, best! If not, that 'Thunder Fire Bomb' must be destroyed!"

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan deeply agreed.

……

Great Song, beneath Xihu.

"That Xiao Jingtian — what do you think of him compared to this god?"

After listening calmly to Old Fahai's description, the Immortal God of Eternal Life asked, unruffled.