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"What time is it?"

As Ali got up, she looked outside at the darkening sky and felt a bit dazed. She wasn’t pregnant, so why did she feel so sleepy?

"You really sleep soundly, don’t you..." Zi Yue sat nearby, looking at a confused Ali, somewhat speechless.

But a sense of vigilance also rose in her heart.

Ali had strong talents, but her weaknesses were very clear as well.

Her combat abilities were too weak, making her very vulnerable to sneak attacks.

In the previous dynasty, before Ali’s spirit had possessed the body, the fox had already reached the level of an Imperial Palace noble consort.

She was just one step away from devouring the national fortune and stepping into transcendence, where nothing under heaven could confuse her, but she died at the hands of a consort filled with jealousy and hatred, taken down by a single cup of poisoned wine.

It was clear how fragile she was if someone knew of Ali’s whereabouts and sent a skilled assassin. Given the big fox’s lack of alertness, she would likely die every time an assassin came!

"But what happened?" Ali rubbed her eyes and asked out of curiosity.

Zi Yue glanced outside the door: "Someone came by just now. They must have used something to knock you out."

"Huh?" Ali was stunned. "This Murong Family is that dangerous?"

"Who told you this place was safe?" Zi Yue was practically at a loss for words. Although this was the Murong Family, the situation here was incredibly complicated!

The brothers of the Murong Family each had their own schemes.

The eldest had long aligned himself with a certain power.

His few brothers seemed to want to side with Jiangnan, yet the cultivation techniques they possessed came from other factions, making it difficult to say whose side they were really on.

Although Murong Yunji was now reined in by Chen Qing, she still harbored some resentment towards herself and especially towards Ali!

In such circumstances, it was amazing that the dead fox could sleep so soundly...

"Then... that person didn’t do anything to me, did they?" Ali asked, hugging herself.

Zi Yue curled her lip: "Do you care that much?"

"Of course, I am a respectable person now..."

Zi Yue: "..."

"Alright then..." Ali came over and pulled on Zi Yue: "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Do you remember the King of Qin?"

Ali’s body stiffened suddenly. Even though she had died and been reincarnated, losing many memories, she still retained a lot of them about the King of Qin. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have agreed to infiltrate the Imperial City the moment Mr. Paper found her!

"He came?"

"Mhm..."

"What did he come for?"

"He probably wants our help to capture some passes in the north.

" Zi Yue looked out solemnly. "The Arctic is about to thaw, and the second version is coming in full swing.

The demons frozen in the north are the best resources.

No one who wants to secure their footing would give up on this place, including the King of Qin! "

"Is that so?" Ali fell silent for a while. "Did you agree to help him?"

Zi Yue shook her head.

"Then he just left like that?" Ali was stunned.

"What do you think of Chen Qing?"

"For now... he seems alright..." Ali hung her head, recalling the words Chen Qing had said to her back in the Capital City.

If one has already made a mistake, why not face it? If there’s still a chance to see Cui Yan again, why not try to face him directly?

"If... I’m just saying if..." Zi Yue looked seriously at Ali. "If Chen Qing is not Pu YunChuan, will you continue to help him?"

Ali was taken aback: "Not him? Do you have some new information?"

"Answer my question first..."

Ali fell silent for a while, but eventually shook her head. "I don’t know..."

"You don’t know?"

"I feel..." Ali recalled Chen Qing’s words that day once more. "He is Pu YunChuan!"

Zi Yue stared at Ali in a daze.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It’s nothing..." Zi Yue shook her head. "I understand what you mean. Now, there is something I need you to do."

"What is it?"

"Infiltrate the Imperial Palace, and wait for the opportunity to act!"

"Uh..." Ali was startled, "That shouldn’t be necessary... Didn’t you say that those player forces have already infiltrated the Imperial Palace?"

"Tianji has sent a letter." Zi Yue looked at the other person, "Cui Yan... has been found!"

Ali: "!!!"

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"What brings us here in the dead of night, Your Majesty?"

Upon entering the academy, Shen Qi looked askance at Wei Gongcheng, who had been waiting already.

"It’s probably not good news..." Wei Gongcheng poured tea for the other and said.

He remembered the last time; Chen Qing had met with them both before leaving.

Now that he himself was preoccupied with a busy schedule and had specifically arranged to meet with both him and Shen Qi, it was very likely that he was going to entrust Lyuzhou to them again.

The key issue was, at this time, was His Majesty planning to go out again?

Moreover, he was aware that His Majesty possessed the Divine Presence Technique and could normally return on his own, unless he had to travel beyond the reach of his power.

With the Southeast just recently stabilized, where was His Majesty intending to go this time? Perhaps the North?

Wei Gongcheng couldn’t make sense of it, and Shen Qi was also somewhat puzzled at this time.

A gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall, yet their lord seemed to be the exception, always taking the lead in every critical matter.

Where was it heard that a general would charge to the frontlines?

"I heard that some newcomers have arrived at the Lyuzhou Hell Ruler’s domain?" Shen Qi asked curiously.

Wei Gongcheng nodded slightly, "Hmm... Some newcomers, even I don’t know where they came from..."

He was unsure how to explain it. That night, he distinctly felt the entire underworld sending him some kind of warning, a sense of impending doom that made him rush to the scene immediately.

His Majesty arrived there a step ahead of him, as if he had been waiting for something, and then a strange scene unfolded.

All of a sudden, the whole world split open before him, and the next instant, there were so many new spirits...

These spirits were definitely not from Great Jin...

No... It would be more accurate to say that they might not even be from this world.

When that world split open before him, he seemed to have seen something, yet it seemed as if he had seen nothing; for some reason, he felt an unprecedented level of panic surge within him!

That terrifying image vanished as quickly as it had appeared, so naturally that he even began to wonder if he had been mistaken.

But the real existence of those spirits made it clear to him that he hadn’t been mistaken—they had been forced in from the outside. As for what lay outside, he didn’t even dare to ponder!

What made him feel even colder was the fact that His Majesty recognized those spirits; upon seeing His Majesty, they all invariably stood by his side. In that moment, he suddenly understood...

Those beings came from another place, and His Majesty... he too came from another place!!

"How very strange..." Old Qi looked at Wei Gongcheng in surprise, "You don’t know where they came from? Aren’t you supposed to know everything that happens in the underworld domain?"

"In this vast world, there’s no shortage of mysteries. What absolute truths are there?" Wei Gongcheng did his best to retain composure as he lifted the teacup to his lips.

Old Qi watched him for a bit, his eyes gaining an inexplicable expression, "Your hand is shaking."

Wei Gongcheng was taken aback and looked at the tea cup in his hand, then promptly set the cup down.

"Are you scared?"

Wei Gongcheng fell silent, knowing at that point he couldn’t deceive the person before him. The Shen Family were all sharp-minded, but Seventh Master Shen in particular was exceptional at reading others’ expressions and subtleties.

"A little bit..."

"What are you scared of?" Seventh Master frowned, "Scared of that group of new spirits? Did His Majesty say anything?"

Wei Gongcheng looked up, "His Majesty said not to worry about them, to let them enter the cycle of reincarnation as usual."

Seventh Master’s brows furrowed, "Then what are you scared of? You think there’s something wrong with those spirits..."

He paused there. Wei Gongcheng was no coward; on the contrary, he was one of the most composed people Shen Qi had ever met.

His manner of handling affairs was even more stable than Old Ba’s at home.

Even when Zi Yue had rebelled, in the midst of such chaos, Wei Gongcheng had not lost his composure.

Could it really be that a group of problematic spirits were enough to throw him off so greatly?

He had never seen Wei Gongcheng look like this; he couldn’t even imagine what could scare the man before him to this extent...

Wait a minute!

Suddenly, Seventh Master realized what was happening, his body went rigid as he stared intensely at the other!

It wasn’t that the spirits were problematic... no... those spirits were problematic, but Wei Gongcheng was definitely not frightened because of that.

The problem lied with...

"What are you two discussing?"

Just as suddenly, the very person they were thinking about appeared right behind them...