And Luo Wanqing’s purpose for wanting the Jade Seal was simple, she wanted to absorb the true dragon aura and the national fortune within the Jade Seal to repair the withered nine lotus flowers within her and enhance her cultivation.
Upon hearing the Emperor’s words, Luo Wanqing’s frigid features softened slightly, and she left with the flick of her sleeve.
The luxurious gown adorned with golden feathers under the faintly glowing sky resembled a divine phoenix that had descended to the mortal realm, embodying the world’s ultimate solitude and pride in its coldness and aloofness.
The old supervising official showed a face full of regret.
Although this Jade Seal could not compare to that of the First Emperor’s, it still contained the national fortune of Dazhou Country and the royal family’s true dragon aura; losing even a little bit was a loss to Dazhou.
At the mont, he could only hope that the woman would absorb less.
As the sky began to lighten, the old supervising official looked up to see the green buds that had been hidden all winter slowly breaking through their shells on the branches, like the first touch of erald on plain white rice paper at the outset of spring.
And the Emperor was standing under the tree, bursting with vitality akin to early spring in the aura of the rising morning sun.
Those about-to-burst tender leaves appeared unusually green.
From afar, it looked as though the Emperor’s head was crowned with lush greenery.
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After returning to her sleeping quarters, Luo Wanqing imdiately had her maids prepare hot water to wash away the filth from her body.
Once the hot water was ready, Luo Wanqing sent the maids away and removed her clothes.
Gazing in the mirror at the shallow and deep scratches and the imprints of strawberries on her delicate skin, Luo Wanqing clenched her fists tightly, her phoenix eyes bloodshot and filled with intense hatred, as if the untouchable immortal body of the past had now beco the dirty flesh of a brothel.
Had over thirty years of purity been lost just like that?
Even at this mont, Luo Wanqing felt an unreal sensation.
"I will kill you!"
"Bastard!"
The woman’s teeth were clenched, her fragrant shoulders trembling slightly, her body exuding sharp, condensed killing intent.
However, the problem was, she still wasn’t sure who had taken her purity.
On her way here, she carefully recalled the events and could only rember an encounter with Yelv Shenye amidst the ruins and a rather handso young man.
Could it be him?
Who was that guy? Another master from Yanrong?
But no matter who it was, if she could find that person, she would certainly crush them to ashes!
After washing her body countless tis, her delicate skin turned a flushed red from scrubbing, Luo Wanqing still felt uncomfortable.
Having changed into a brand new golden gown, Luo Wanqing regained the dignified and graceful deanor of the Empress. She took the Jade Seal from Dazhou, which was delivered by the inner servants, and entered her private Martial Chamber to comnce closed-door cultivation.
Inside the Martial Chamber, the incense burner wafted smoke, its fragrance pervading the air, and bronze mirrors were hung on all four walls.
Luo Wanqing sat on a ditation cushion, placed the Jade Seal from Dazhou in front of her knees, and slowly ford hand seals with her fingers touching gently, like a blooming lotus, reflecting an unspeakable mystical profundity between the seals.
As Luo Wanqing breathed in and out, the Yuan Qi tugged around her began to swirl into a vortex; a faint mist rose around her body, like clouds and rosy dawn, ethereal and translucent.
At this mont, her face emanated an otherworldly cold beauty as though a fairy had descended from the heavens, untouched by the mundane world.
As a disciple of the South Sea Holy Sect, before Jiang Wan and Li Guanshi, she was the most gifted disciple in the Sect, obtaining "Nine Lotus Saint Skill", one of the Sect’s top cultivation techniques, and qualified to cultivate the Sect’s paramount skill, "Three Lives Longevity Skill".
However, the ergence of Jiang Wan destroyed everything for her!
The halo and expectations that were once hers seed to shift overnight onto Jiang Wan.
During a confrontation with Jiang Wan, her Dao Heart collapsed, leading to the withering of six out of her nine lotus flowers and a significant drop in her cultivation. Over the years, she toiled day and night, sparing no effort, using countless treasured materials, and only managed to bloom two more lotus flowers.
She still had four lotus flowers yet to bloom.
Once all nine lotuses were blooming, not only could her cultivation return to its peak, but she could also break through to the Feathered Transformation Realm and ascend to divinity.
This was also why she was willing to cooperate with the Emperor.
Even if the Jade Seal was only lent to her for twenty days, she could use the absorbed national fortune and true dragon aura to make two more lotuses bloom, equivalent to ten years of seclusion and hard cultivation.
Yet, shortly after she began her ditation, Luo Wanqing abruptly opened her eyes in shock. Her normally calm heart of cultivation now surged like tumultuous waves.
What had happened?
Why had another lotus blood!?
Luo Wanqing thought she was mistaken and quickly reined in her spirit to investigate closely. To her delight, she discovered that the five blooming golden lotuses within her had unexpectedly increased to six.
What shocked her more was that not only did the new lotus bloom without diminishing the luster of the other five, but it also seed to guide them, making the other five lotuses shine even more brilliantly.
With six lotuses shining together, their splendor was spectacular, illuminating her ridians and orifices as if the morning sun had risen, with warmth flowing through her entire body.
Luo Wanqing was unable to co back to her senses for a long ti.
Why was this happening?
Could it be—
The woman’s expression suddenly turned unsightly, her initial ecstatic rapture extinguished by ice water, leaving her full of emptiness.
Dual Cultivation!?
How could this be possible!
At this mont, the Empress of Dazhou felt particularly complicated emotions.
There was disgust, joy, resentnt, and regret all intermingling, and in her turmoil, she even absurdly wondered: why hadn’t that guy slept with her a few more tis?
Since she had already lost her purity, would it have killed her to do it a few more tis?
A useless man at the crucial mont!
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"Achoo!"
Freshly bathed and dressed in new clothes arranged by Er Liang, Jiang Shouzhong sneezed for no reason, wondering if he had caught a cold from his outdoor wedding night.
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