Above the source of Tao

Looking inward, Yun Changan saw that the broken Qi Palace was slowly disappearing, and now part of it was entering the Yuan Palace along with the Yuan Qi. This also marked that he had officially entered the early stage of the Chongtian realm.

What is Chongtian Realm? The Yuanfu itself is like a rock, standing in it. What Yun Changan has to do now is to guide the Yuan Qi in his body to transform into Yuanye, which can continuously impact his Yuanfu.

However, his Yuanfu was like a huge rock, or to be more precise, it was like a mountain sitting in the Yuanfu, preventing his Yuan Qi from directly impacting the Yuanfu.

Once this mountain is completely shattered, he will be able to enter the next stage, the Solidification Realm.

What he had to do now was to transform the external Yuan Qi into Yuan Liquid to break open the mountain of Yuan Mansion.

Slowly, without knowing how much time had passed, all the Yuan Crystals under his feet turned into powder and piled up into a small hill. At this time, Yun Chang'an was still sitting there in pain, his face calm and without any fluctuations.

Thump thump thump...

There was a knock on the door of his room, and Yun Chang'an woke up from his cultivation. At this moment, his breath was strong, and he had stabilized his essence fluid and was no longer agitated.

And there was a trace of Yuan Liquid in the Yuan Palace.

Looking at the door, I didn't know what time it was, but it was already dark.

"Enter!"

A hoarse sound came out of his mouth. Perhaps he was a little thirsty after practicing for too long.

The person who came stretched out her slender hand and pushed open the door. It was Ying'er, who walked in with a smile on her face.

"Master Ping'an, His Highness and your sister have returned and are in the front hall."

Yun Chang'an immediately tidied his clothes and followed Ying'er to the front hall.

"Miss Hanlan, you are back."

After seeing Chu Xiaoxiao, Yun Changan finally put his mind at ease. He even needed to find a place where no one was around and ask Chu Xiaoxiao carefully what had happened.

There are many questions in my mind that have not been answered.

When Chu Hanlan saw Yun Chang'an coming, she did not greet him enthusiastically as before. Instead, she sat there with a listless look on her face, trying to force out a smile and greeted him.

"Ying'er, take His Highness back to the house." Ying'er nodded in response and sent Chu Hanlan back to the house.

"Senior Sister Chu..."

Without waiting for Yun Chang'an to ask, she immediately made a gesture of silence and interrupted him.

He whispered in Yun Changan's ear, "We'll talk later."

Yun Chang'an didn't say anything either, and the two of them returned to the house one after another.

Chu Xiaoxiao sat down, took a breath and said, "Father is seriously ill."

When Chu Xiaoxiao met Chu Hanlan in Zuixianlou that day, she had not received the bad news yet. Later, someone hurriedly came to tell Chu Hanlan that his father was seriously ill, so he wanted to go to the palace to see the king immediately.

Chu Xiaoxiao suggested that she accompany Chu Hanlan, so she pretended to be Chu Hanlan's maid and entered the palace with her.

Two days ago, in King Jing’s palace.

The Jingwang Palace is where the king lives. It is extremely luxurious and majestic, with a double-eaved roof made of glazed tiles and a red-painted gate. There are sixteen doors in the middle, of which only two with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes can be opened, and the others are used for lighting.

Outside the door was a pure white marble railing with lions carved on the top, glaring at the front, and at the foot were steps made of finely carved Qing jade, with yellow handrails on both sides, only three feet high, extending all the way to the bottom of the steps, which were a full 108 steps.

At the top of the stairs is the King Jing's Palace. When I pushed open the door, I saw several people standing in the lobby, including several princes, their mothers, and some of the king's concubines.

There were several ministers standing in the innermost part, all of them were powerful people, including the Minister of State Cai Qiheng, the father of the current Queen Cai Sihui.

Chu Hanlan's fifth brother Chu Handong and second brother Chu Liming were kneeling in front of the hospital bed, with tears on their faces, and no one knew what they were saying.

At this time, after receiving the news that King Chu Jingheng was seriously ill, Chu Hanlan brought Chu Xiaoxiao to the door of King Jing's Palace.

Chu Hanlan pushed open the door and ran in. Regardless of the people in the room who tried to stop her, she ran to the bedside and looked at the emaciated king. Tears couldn't stop flowing down her face.

At this moment, Chu Xiaoxiao was standing behind her, looking at the person on the hospital bed. A complex emotion surged in her heart, and she herself didn't even know what kind of emotion it was.

Just looking at the skinny man, after all, he is her father. Even though she hasn't seen him since she was six years old, he is still her father.

He did not fulfill his responsibilities as a father and even banished his mother to the cold palace. If I were to say that I hated the person in front of me, I did hate him in my heart, but now that I see him in person, the hatred is not that strong in my heart.

Maybe it was because she had become more determined in the path of Taoism since she embarked on it, and the family ties had long since faded. Or maybe it was because she was too young at the time and could not understand the feeling of being abandoned. Or maybe it was because the people around her treated her very well. Uncle Gao Qingyue and her master had always protected her very well and had never let her suffer any injustice.

In short, looking at the person in front of me, I don’t have the same hatred in my heart as other people do when their loved ones abandon them.

Listening to the noisy sounds in the hall, Chu Jiangruan, who was lying on the sickbed, slowly opened his eyes, slowly turned his head to look around, and weakly spoke to Guo Fu. "Drive them all away, I have something to tell you."

He raised his hand and pointed tremblingly at the people in the lobby.

Only a few ministers and a few princes were left.

Just as Guo Fu stood up to drive everyone in the hall away, Chu Jiangruan happened to meet Chu Xiaoxiao's eyes.

He trembled and asked, "Who is this? I have never seen her before."

Everyone looked in the direction Chu Jiangruan pointed and found a beautiful woman standing behind Chu Hanlan.

"Who are you?" a man next to the minister immediately asked.

Before Chu Xiaoxiao could speak, Chu Hanlan in front of her hurriedly replied, "This is my daughter's servant. I brought her into the palace in a hurry. I hope my father will forgive me."

Zhang Wei, the cabinet minister, wanted to drive Chu Xiaoxiao out as well, but he only heard Chu Jiangruan say, "Let her stay here."

Chu Xiaoxiao was also a little surprised and thought to herself, could it be that he recognized me?

Chu Jiangruan stared at Chu Xiaoxiao for a long time, until Zhang Weigan cleared all the outsiders in the room, then he turned around.

"Prince, you haven't come back yet?"

"Your Majesty, I rode a horse at full speed to Sanshui City a few days ago to inform the eldest prince. He should still be on his way back now and will be back in a few days." Minister Cai Qiheng replied with a bow.

Chu Jiangruan nodded and said nothing.