Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 513 World Nine 23

"Wow," the person who had just helped explain looked at Yin Yin as if she were a warrior, "Qi Tianyuan is such a difficult person, and you actually managed to get him to come to you on his own initiative."

Yinyin deliberately feigned surprise, looked at Qi Tianyuan, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Tianyuan, are you really that hard to deal with?"

Yao Yao's face turned cold, and her gaze towards Yin Yin was somewhat unfriendly. Ling Su Fairy, standing to the side, also had no expression on her face.

Qi Tianyuan said helplessly, "Junior Sister."

"Junior Sister?" Yao Yao murmured, her attitude still wary.

As if suddenly remembering something, Fairy Lingsu examined her carefully for a moment and became much friendlier.

"Are you Fellow Daoist Yinyin, who visited the First Sect back then?"

Yin Yin looked somewhat surprised: "Fairy Ling Su still remembers me?"

“Of course,” Fairy Ling Su said with a smile, “You were young back then and had only recently entered the Foundation Establishment stage, yet you were able to comprehend sword intent and surpass many opponents with higher cultivation levels.”

"After you left, my senior uncle Jianfeng mentioned you several times, regretting that you were not a disciple of our number one sect."

Yin Yin toned down her tone a bit and also complimented the First Sword Peak a few times. The two of them chatted back and forth, looking quite like they were doing business flattery to each other.

Seeing that Fairy Lingsu was talking to her so enthusiastically, and their relationship seemed to have become more harmonious, Yao Yao's eyes lit up, and she also changed her attitude, moving closer to speak.

After a short while, at least on the surface, they appeared to be getting along well.

Only then did Yao Yao ask, "Senior Sister, are you coming out with us this time?"

Since they were about to part ways, Yin Yin didn't hide anything: "I have my own things to do, so I won't be with you."

Yao Yao's smile deepened, and she took her hand in a familiar and affectionate manner: "That's really unfortunate. I hit it off with you right away, Junior Sister, and I'd like to spend more time with you."

Yinyin moved her hand and used a clever trick to free her arm: "That's a bit difficult. I need to go straight back to the sect after I finish my business."

"Oh, I see," Yao Yao said, feigning regret. "That's a real shame."

"It's not a pity, not at all," Yin Yin thought to herself.

Judging from your behavior, if I were to actually join you, I'm afraid I'd shorten my lifespan.

After they talked for a while, Yinyin didn't ask them where they were going. She simply said to Qi Tianyuan, "I'm leaving. Do as you please."

After saying that, Yin Yin tossed the spirit sword in her hand, lightly jumped onto it, and disappeared without Qi Tianyuan even having to say anything.

The others stared in disbelief, and one of them whistled, "That's really something."

Before anyone else could react, Qi Tianyuan turned to him with a dark expression and said, "That's my senior sister."

"I'm sorry," the man quickly said seriously, "I was wrong."

Seeing this, Yao Yao said, "A fair maiden is sought after by a gentleman. Xiao Liu only lost his composure for a moment, why make such a big deal out of it?"

Qi Tianyuan ignored her and said to Xiao Liu and everyone else present, "My junior sister is still young. You are not allowed to have any ideas for her. Otherwise..."

Qi Tianyuan swung his sword, cleaving a boulder in two.

He didn't even need to say the last half of the sentence; everyone present understood the importance of this senior sister in his heart.

Seeing Yao Yao's face darken again, Fairy Ling Su, fearing she might do something, stepped forward and said, "So many years have passed, and you still protect Junior Sister like this."

“I remember back in the first case, no matter where she went, she always had at least one person with her.”

"Either you are one of your two senior brothers, or I have never seen her alone."

Qi Tianyuan said naturally, "Junior Sister is the youngest, and we've watched her grow up. We can't do anything to protect her."

The man next to Xiao Liu laughed: "You're not old at all, but I feel like you're looking at your junior sister like she's your daughter."

Qi Tianyuan clenched his fist, pressed it to his lips, and coughed lightly: "You can't say that. If Junior Sister finds out, it will be terrible."

They couldn't say it aloud, but that was indeed what they meant. Everyone understood the implied meaning and tacitly stopped mentioning it.

Yinyin rode her sword and soon arrived at the palace.

She used her invisibility spell as usual to head towards Fengyi Palace, but before she could even land, she realized something was amiss.

Under her mother's management, Fengyi Palace was quiet and peaceful, unlike now, where it's so quiet it's as if there are hardly any people there.

Yinyin looked around and found that the gates of Fengyi Palace were locked from the outside. There were only a few servants, and her mother was dressed in plain clothes and chanting scriptures inside the room.

Yinyin frowned, then went straight into the house and revealed herself: "Mother."

The Empress paused, opened her eyes, and saw Yin Yin, who had grown into a young woman, before her. For a moment, she could hardly recognize her.

She stood up, hurriedly walked to Yin Yin's side, took her hand, and looked her up and down.

Before she could even express her concern, she asked, "Yinyin, can you make sure others can't detect the magic we're using to talk?"

Yin Yin wondered why she was bringing this up so much, so she made a hand gesture and used a trick to deceive her.

If outsiders were to look inside, they would likely only see the Empress continuing to chant sutras.

"Mother, has something happened?" Yinyin asked worriedly. "Is it related to me?"

The Empress led her to sit on the couch, gave a wry smile, and began to recount the events in detail.

It turned out that as his children grew up, the emperor also grew old. However, he was unwilling to grow old like this and wanted to sit on the throne for a longer time, so he had the same desire for immortality as the previous emperor.

The emperor's favorite concubine knew his thoughts and found a sorcerer.

At the urging of the favored concubine, the sorcerer described the conditions for prolonging life as being exactly the same as Yin Yin's.

The second-best option is similar to what was said about the newborn child in the Eastern Palace.

The empress sensed something was wrong and exposed the matter, but the emperor would only choose to believe what he believed.

Even after dealing with the favored concubine, the emperor still demanded that the empress send a message to Yin Yin, asking her to return, and joined forces with the crown prince to put pressure on her.

If Yinyin doesn't come back, the Crown Prince's child will suffer, and he naturally won't choose his sister whom he's barely met.

The Empress knew that Yin Yin had gone to the north with her master, and that it was a crucial time for her cultivation, so of course she refused to send a message, let alone for such an absurd reason.

Enraged, the emperor threatened to depose the empress, but he only stripped her of her rights, dismissed her attendants, and confined her to the Phoenix Palace, promising to restore her noble status when she "figured things out."

When the Empress recounted this, she found it extremely ironic, yet her eyes unconsciously welled up with tears.

"When he was the crown prince, he strongly opposed the late emperor's use of sorcerers."

"Now that he is the emperor, he knows everything in his heart, yet he insists on doing the same thing as the late emperor for a hollow lie."

"Isn't that ridiculous?"

Before Yin Yin could answer, the Empress herself started laughing, tears streaming down her face as she laughed.

"Yinyin, go back. Treat the sect as your home."