Chapter 845

Shangguan Wan'er was indeed one of the witnesses to this matter.

Hearing Wu Zetian bring this up, Shangguan Wan'er immediately reacted, pointing at the jade pendant and said in disbelief,

"Th-this-this... Meiniang, you mean to say this jade pendant is also a Dao-Rhyme Jade Pendant?"

If this were a Dao-Rhyme Jade Pendant, wouldn't it mean the Grand Longshou had given the Great Tang an unmatched trump card?

"How could that be possible!"

Wu Zetian sighed, then said,

"Although this is not a Dao-Rhyme Jade Pendant, the principle behind it is the same.

Not only was this jade pendant made by his hand, it also carries a message he left behind.

Inside it is contained how to go to Qinglong Summit, as well as the corresponding timing.

And even..."

At this point, Wu Zetian paused.

"And what else?"

Shangguan Wan'er asked curiously.

"And a wisp of his figure!"

This was what truly made Wu Zetian incredibly excited.

Although it was merely a side silhouette, vanishing in a flash and impossible to see clearly.

But Wu Zetian knew that was none other than the Grand Longshou Ximen Wudi!

"..."

Shangguan Wan'er once again found herself too drained to retort.

Although she too was curious about what kind of person the Grand Longshou Ximen Wudi actually was.

But a mere wisp of a figure—how could it possibly make Shangguan Wan'er this excited?

"Alright, alright! Since you've already had a look, then give this jade pendant back to me!"

Shangguan Wan'er didn't want to keep entangling with Wu Zetian any longer; she truly could not stand the Empress in her lovestruck state.

"Can you let me, on behalf of the Great Tang, go to..."

Wu Zetian did not hand over the jade pendant, but instead looked at Shangguan Wan'er with an imploring face.

Before Wu Zetian could finish, Shangguan Wan'er cut her off flatly,

"Don't even think about it!"

"Why?"

"Think about it—since Ying Gou went to Qinglong Summit earlier to cure herself, how much time has passed until now?"

"Uh..."

Wu Zetian was stunned upon hearing this, only then remembering her other close lady friend.

Since the last time she went to Qinglong Summit to restore her figure, until now not even half a piece of news has come back!.

"Perhaps it's that Qinglong Society is simply too captivating, making Ying Gou forget to send word back?"

Turning her head, Wu Zetian suddenly uttered a rather absurd remark.

Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but roll her eyes several more times.

"Fine, fine! Regardless of why Ying Gou hasn't sent word back, you cannot go to Qinglong Summit."

"Why? Just because I'm the Empress of the Great Tang?"

Wu Zetian pouted aggrievedly and questioned.

Qinglong Summit was extremely alluring to ordinary people; if given the chance, most would probably be willing to abandon everything in the mortal world just for a glimpse of Qinglong Summit.

After all, just take that one time Qinglong Summit manifested in Youzhou—the whole world saw it clearly.

The so-called Qinglong Summit was like the legendary immortal realm itself.

The people of Qinglong Society truly were like celestial immortals.

For Wu Zetian, the attraction was even greater by several degrees.

"You know it well enough!"

Shangguan Wan'er gave a wry smile, then explained,

"Oh you! You've been Empress for so many years now, can't you be a little more dignified.

The information exposed this time by the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking truly made me realize that I'm afraid Qinglong Society will no longer monopolize the world from now on."

"Information? What information?"

When the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking was announced earlier, Wu Zetian's mind was entirely on how to obtain the jade pendant.

Shangguan Wan'er had indeed read through the introduction, but had not watched the image displays that followed.

Hearing Shangguan Wan'er say now that even Qinglong Society could not monopolize the world, Wu Zetian grew quite curious.

After all, Qinglong Society had a wealth of experts, and above those many experts stood the foremost taboo of the Nine Provinces—the Grand Longshou Ximen Wudi, who with a single sword slayed an army of a hundred thousand.

Although the major powers did not want to admit this.

In reality, the sovereigns and commanders of all the major powers knew that Qinglong Society was not to be provoked.

Now that Shangguan Wan'er suddenly said this, it did pique Wu Zetian's curiosity.

"This time the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking exposed that within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, not only are there demon beasts, but more crucially, the existence of descendants of Nüwa!"

Shangguan Wan'er had long wanted to find an opportunity to properly discuss the matter of Nüwa's descendants with Wu Zetian.

Now that she had finally piqued her curiosity, how could she not speak?

"Descendants of Nüwa? You mean the legendary primordial great deity Nüwa who refined stones to mend the heavens and kneaded clay to create humans?"

All people knew the legends of Nüwa, let alone Wu Zetian who had read through the classics.

In a sense, Wu Zetian's becoming the sole empress of the Nine Provinces was also because she knew the legend of Nüwa, which inspired her fighting spirit.

After all, among all the ancient legends, Nüwa was the only female deity!

Wu Zetian also felt that since Nüwa could mold clay to create humans and rank among the ancient great gods, why couldn't she herself become empress?

"Exactly!"

Seeing the look of astonishment in Wu Zetian's eyes, Shangguan Wan immediately began to speak at length about Lin Qing'er.

The introduction of Lin Qing'er was rather brief.

But when Shangguan Wan introduced her, she mixed in the affairs of Lin Family Fortress, Lin Tiannan, Lin Ruer, and the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

Dongfang Bai had no real connection with Lin Ruer or Lin Qing'er, so Shangguan Wan could only skip over it.

After the time it took to finish a cup of tea, once Shangguan Wan finished speaking, Wu Zetian finally reacted.

Why everyone in the Bright Hall, all the high officials, including Di Renjie, had been so astonished.

So the information revealed by this Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking was actually this shocking!

"Does this mean Nüwa truly exists?"

An inexplicable tightness gripped Wu Zetian's heart; she didn't know whether it was worry for the Great Tang or worry for something else.

"Logically speaking, it should be."

Shangguan Wan thought for a moment, then confirmed,

"After all, we've already accepted the existence of something as miraculous as the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking.

And now it's this very Hundred Flowers Ranking, representing the Heavenly Dao, that has personally broken this news.

Since the descendants of Nüwa exist, it clearly shows that Nüwa, as one of the ancient great gods, very likely exists in some corner of the world!"

This line of reasoning was, in fact, quite logical and reasonable.

Actually, the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking and the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking was already quite extraordinary.

Therefore, although Nüwa was shocking, in the end she was not as shocking as the Heavenly Dao itself.

"Then in your opinion, is Nüwa more powerful, or…"

Wu Zetian paused mid-sentence.

Shangguan Wan was once again speechless.

Although Wu Zetian hadn't finished speaking, Shangguan Wan actually knew what she meant, and immediately replied,

"Nüwa molded clay to create humans and refined stones to mend the heavens—these two legendary feats, do you think he could accomplish them?"

Refining stones to mend the heavens could be set aside for the moment, but a miracle like molding clay to create humans was indeed not something an ordinary person could do.

After all, that was creating life!