Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 501 World Nine 11

When Qi Tianyuan descended the mountain, Yin Yin and the others came to see him off.

Xuan Guang gave him a weapon he had made himself, and Jing Yue gave him a protective magic artifact.

Yin Yin's array formation skills have become quite proficient, and she even had a series of array formations engraved on the weapon that Xuan Guang gave her.

As for Ruoshui, she gave him a talisman carved on a wooden plaque. In times of crisis, it could help him block a full-force attack from someone below the Nascent Soul stage, and also allow Ruoshui to sense his location and rush to his rescue in time.

Qi Tianyuan kowtowed to Ruoshui, bid farewell to his senior brothers and sisters, and then reluctantly descended the mountain.

As Yin Yin watched Qi Tianyuan's departing figure, she belatedly realized that something seemed amiss.

In the fan-made works I've seen before, when did Qi Tianyuan fall in love with his master?

Anyway, it's after I become an adult.

Now... no matter how Yin Yin looked at it, she couldn't see that Qi Tianyuan had such a bold idea.

Ruoshui gently ruffled Yinyin's hair.

Yinyin looked up and said, "Master, if I go down the mountain, could you give me a few more of these talismans?"

“Yes,” Ruoshui said, “but you can indeed go down the mountain now.”

"Hmm?" Yin Yin's eyes lit up, but she quickly regained her composure and asked, "Master, didn't you say I was still young? Why did you suddenly allow me to go down the mountain?"

Ruoshui smiled and replied, "The once-in-a-century martial arts tournament for immortal disciples is coming soon. Your senior brothers and I will all be going. Aren't you going?"

"Go, go, how can I not go!" Yin Yin was very enthusiastic. It was fine if everyone stayed home, but it wouldn't do to leave her alone in the sect.

Yin Yin remembered the martial arts tournament for disciples of the immortal sects. Qi Tianyuan, as the male protagonist, won first place in the tournament, defeating the chosen ones carefully cultivated by the immortals.

Following his triumph was the infatuation of a female supporting character, the most beautiful woman in the immortal sect, and the jealousy and hostility of the sect's pride.

From this point on, Qi Tianyuan's mundane life should be completely gone.

Three months after Qi Tianyuan left, Ruoshui told him about it through a communication mirror, reminding him not to forget to go to the first sect for the martial arts competition, before taking Yinyin and the others out.

Because they left early, Yinyin secretly went to the palace after descending the mountain.

Yin Yin said that her master and senior brothers should go first, and she would catch up soon. However, her two senior brothers were not at ease, so they simply followed Yin Yin from a distance, watching her ride the flying rocking horse and use an invisibility spell to enter the palace. Only then did they find a tavern outside and sit down with their master to wait.

Yinyin deliberately avoided alerting anyone and found the Empress's Phoenix Palace with practiced ease.

Before landing, Yin Yin discovered that there was more than one empress in Fengyi Palace, so she took out a wooden hummingbird and sent it to deliver a message to the empress.

Over the years, the emperor has held absolute power, and the number of beauties in the harem has increased.

The Empress's position was secure, and as long as these people didn't offend her, she didn't pay much attention to them. Using the excuse of poor health, she even changed the time for the harem's greetings to once every half month.

The beauties in the palace were quite shrewd. They knew that apart from the Crown Prince, the Empress could also live comfortably simply by having her daughters enter the immortal sect. So they all acted cautiously and followed her rules.

"Where did this bird come from?" A concubine noticed the wooden bird that Yin Yin had released. She frowned and was about to order someone to drive it away when she saw the bird fly straight towards the Empress.

The Empress smiled and took the bird into her hands. Only then did the concubines notice that the bird's eyes were as clear as jewels, and its feathers were different from those of ordinary birds, with exceptionally vibrant colors.

Before they could even take a closer look, the Empress clasped her hands together and began to chase them away.

After all the concubines had left, the Empress opened her hand and examined it carefully.

The lady-in-waiting standing nearby said, "When this bird flew over earlier, I thought it was real. I never imagined it was made of wood. It's so lifelike."

The Queen gently stroked the little bird and examined it for a long time, but found nothing on the bird that could hide the letter. She assumed the letter had been lost on the road and began to feel anxious.

As soon as she stood up, Yinyin manipulated the rocking horse to land, dispelled the spell, and shouted in a strong voice, "Mother!"

Although the Empress had not seen Yin Yin for several years, Yin Yin would occasionally draw a picture of herself with charcoal and send it back to her. At this moment, she recognized her daughter at a glance.

The Empress became excited and quickly walked up to Yin Yin to examine her closely, but she did not forget to first order someone to guard the gate: "No one is allowed to enter the Phoenix Palace."

After the lady-in-waiting went to give instructions, the Empress touched Yin Yin's little face and said, "Why did you suddenly come back? Did you tell your master?"

Then she said reproachfully, "Didn't I tell you it was best not to come to the palace?"

“But I miss my mother,” Yin Yin rubbed against the Empress’s hand. “Master took us down the mountain on business, so I came back to see you.”

"You," the Empress said, half pleased and half worried, "since your sect has matters to attend to, how could you leave halfway through?"

"Mother, don't worry," Yinyin comforted her, knowing what she was thinking. "Master has already agreed, and besides, I'm only back for a short while. I'll just talk to you and then go to meet up with Master and my senior brother."

When the Empress heard that she was leaving soon, she stopped saying anything discouraging and summoned a lady-in-waiting, instructing her to quickly pack some food and supplies for Yin Yin to take with her.

Yinyin also tied the bracelet she had made to her wrist: "Mother, if you wear this, ordinary evil spirits won't be able to get close to you. I made this myself!"

"These two are for Dad and my brother. I don't know if they can come right now, so please keep them for them, Mother."

"Alright," the Empress accepted the bracelet and then asked how Yin Yin was doing in the sect.

After saying "okay," Yin Yin deliberately complained about Jing Yue in front of the Empress.

"My second senior brother always bullies me, but my eldest senior brother always helps me. He can't beat my eldest senior brother, so he can only get angry and jump up and down."

After finishing her complaint, Yin Yin seemed to realize that she had misspoke and added, "Actually, my second senior brother just likes to tease me, and he's very good to me too."

"My rocking horse, and the wooden hummingbird I just released to look for my mother, were both made for me by my second senior brother."

"Besides these two, there are many more in my sect's house!"

Yinyin kept talking, and the Empress listened attentively.

The Empress felt more at ease precisely because Yin Yin hadn't said only kind words.

When the two had finished talking and Yin Yin was about to leave, the Empress seemed to suddenly remember something and gave an order to the female official.

"Send someone to tell His Majesty and the Crown Prince that if they are busy, there is no need to go in and disturb them."

Yin Yin could tell that the Empress was deliberately trying to prevent her from having too much contact with the Emperor, but she didn't point it out and simply accepted her mother's kind intentions.

Before Yin Yin left, the Empress personally retrieved a jade box.

“Yinyin, now that you have become a true cultivator, ordinary things are probably no longer suitable.”

"Some people say this stuff comes from the far north glaciers. Take it back and see if you can use it."

The jade box should have felt warm to the touch, but Yinyin only felt a chill.