Reincarnation and Rebirth

After Zi Xingchen left, Su Wan'er began searching her memories. The military power of Ziyun Kingdom was divided into three parts, one of which was indeed in the hands of Su Qing'er's brother, Su Ping. When they were fleeing, Zi Xingchen, as the fallen crown prince, had no troops. It was Su Qing'er who befriended Zi Xingchen, suggesting that her elder brother gather talented individuals. Gradually, using Su Wan'er's resources, they actually built an army. Now, this Iron Blood Army has nearly 500,000 men, the largest force in Ziyun Kingdom. Zi Xingchen had proposed several times to reclaim military power, and Su Ping had cooperated. However, because those men had followed Su Ping through thick and thin, they didn't truly submit to Zi Xingchen. Superficial compliance was frequent, and morale was low. This wasn't good for Ziyun Kingdom. Therefore, Zi Xingchen had no choice but to appoint Su Ping as Grand General to manage the Iron Blood Army. However, he also placed many of his own confidants within the army. Now that he had just reclaimed Ziyun, his foundation was unstable, and he didn't want to create further trouble.

The Purple Cloud Kingdom also has a legendary army, the Thunder Army of General Xiao Yunting, which has a registered strength of 350,000. However, the Xiao family has been loyal generals for generations, and many of the retired soldiers from the Thunder Army can respond to Xiao Yunting's call with great enthusiasm. Therefore, Purple Star is also very wary of them.

The remaining force consisted of the guards who had escorted the Crown Prince and the Imperial Concubine out of the palace. Although their numbers were less than a third of the Iron Blood Army, their control over the capital and the palace made them a force to be reckoned with.

The Imperial Noble Consort, who is now the Empress Dowager, disliked the original owner of this body from the very beginning. This was probably because the original owner had her eye on Zi Xingchen, not her son Zi Xinghe. Therefore, the Empress Dowager made things difficult for Su Wan'er at every turn. It was also because of this that Zi Xingchen ultimately favored Su Qing'er in the matter of choosing an empress, since the Empress Dowager liked her very much.

Su Wan'er felt that there was no one on her side in the entire palace, and it would not be easy for her to escape.

Forget it, now is not the time to think about that. The most urgent thing is to think about how to strengthen myself. Anyway, Zi Xingchen has already given the order that I can rest in the palace during this period and do not have to pay my respects to the emperor morning and evening, which saves me a lot of trouble.

That night, while Cailian was asleep outside, Su Wan'er sneered and entered her spatial dimension.

She immediately ran to check the spirit spring water. Hmm, very good, there was already some water at the bottom of the bowl. Turning around, she went to the bedroom. There was a full-length mirror inside. Su Wan'er took off her clothes and carefully examined herself. Thanks to the medicine, her wounds had mostly healed, all scabbed over. After applying the ointment twice more, the wounds would probably be invisible. Excellent. No wonder Zi Xingchen wanted the spirit medicine so much; it was indeed a valuable item. The original owner was too foolish, preferring death to consuming that royal-grade pill.

Then, Su Wan'er felt a tremor in her soul. Uh, was the original owner unhappy that she had scolded her?

"Okay, you're not stupid, the stupid one is that man."

After comforting him, I went to the study; I hadn't yet looked at the book I found yesterday in detail.

At first, Su Wan'er only watched it with a learning attitude, but she became more and more excited as she watched. In the end, she jumped up from her chair and laughed loudly.

"Hahahaha, I knew it! How could this space be different from others? It turns out it can be upgraded! Sigh, original owner, how could you bear to use such a good thing to prop up table legs?"

The book says that the space can be upgraded, and the more powerful the owner, the faster the space will upgrade.

Su Wan'er spread her thumb and forefinger and gently stroked her chin. Hmm, the original owner was indeed too weak. This strength should not only refer to powerful abilities, but also to mental strength. The original owner's timid and submissive appearance made it impossible for her to upgrade her space.

"Original owner, please don't be angry. I'm just telling the truth." This time, Su Wan'er finally didn't feel the sensation of her soul shaking. The original owner must have agreed with her statement; she had indeed lived a pathetic life.

As she continued reading, Su Wan'er realized that after the space was upgraded, there would be a time difference, and the spiritual spring water would truly be spring water, instead of the pitiful microbial constitution it had now, and it could even gather into a river.

Well, even a small mound can become a mountain range, and the space can even expand several times over. The book doesn't say exactly how much is the limit, but it should be said that the space can be upgraded to the size of the area the owner has.

Not bad, not bad. It seems I need to work harder to strengthen my body and willpower. Hmm, that's settled then.

After reading the thin instruction manual, Su Wan'er understood that this space could be entered with one's mind, but the original owner was too weak and her mental strength was insufficient to support it, so she could only enter mechanically.

Furthermore, once the space is upgraded two levels, the birthmark can be hidden by the owner's will, so outsiders won't be able to see it. As for whether people can be brought into the space, the answer is yes. After level three, the space can support living things, not low-level creatures like fish and shrimp, but high-level creatures like poultry, cattle, and sheep. After level five, people can be brought into the space. Why? Naturally, it requires strong mental power. This is also why Zi Xingchen tried several times but couldn't enter the space. Even if the space was upgraded, he still couldn't enter without Su Wan'er's consent.

Now that she knew she could level up, Su Wan'er decided not to sleep and started searching through the bookshelves. The study looked like it was endless, but no matter how hard Su Wan'er tried, she couldn't walk more than ten meters.

That place seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, shutting her out.

Okay, I'll look on this bookshelf then.

Su Wan'er is 1.63 meters tall, and the bookshelf is twice her height. She was speechless. It was so tall, and she didn't know any light-body skills. How was she going to get up there? Should she move the table over and stand on it? Oh well, everything is difficult at the beginning. She would look for it down here first.

Just as Su Wan'er was trying to look up, she was surprised to find a few small words engraved on the top of the bookshelf: Beginner's Guide.

Uh, she suddenly realized that these books were divided according to the space owner's abilities. She hadn't reached level one yet, so she hadn't opened the later ones. Once she finished practicing, the barrier would probably disappear.

Thinking this, Su Wan'er became excited again. She had glanced at the books on the bookshelf below that day, and the coverage was quite comprehensive. She wasn't interested in those cookbooks or the like, and she knew without looking that her cooking skills were definitely up to level one.

As for agriculture and forestry, Su Wan'er glanced through them casually. They were relatively simple, and anyone who wasn't an idiot could master them. Besides, the original owner had lived in the countryside since childhood and was skilled in farm work, comparable to a man, so there was no need for her to continue learning. Hmm, then it must be martial arts techniques or something like that. The original owner was a complete novice in martial arts and was unwilling to learn. She could be described as stagnant and unambitious. As a learning machine trained under the cramming education system of the 21st century, learning these shouldn't be difficult, right? It should be.

Since a beginner's bookshelf has been set, Su Wan'er will stop being picky and just study them one by one.

First, naturally, came the mental cultivation techniques. She chose a book suitable for a woman to learn and began to study it seriously.

For Su Wan'er, those obscure and difficult sentences wasted a lot of her time when she finally memorized the mental cultivation method. By the time she finally remembered it, it was already past midnight. Su Wan'er sighed, there wasn't enough time.

Back in bed, after only a short while, Cailian knocked on the door. "Is Your Highness awake?"

Su Wan'er was furious. Was this a servant? She was practically a wicked mother-in-law! How could a servant dare to knock on the door like this without the master's permission?

Su Wan'er turned over, ignoring her, and decided to see what kind of trouble she could cause.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty just sent someone to inform you that a banquet will be held in the palace today to entertain General Xiao, and you are invited to attend."

Suddenly, Su Wan'er opened her eyes. Xiao Yunting was back?

However, the next second, she suddenly felt a strange emotion, from the original owner of the body. How to put it, it was that feeling of wanting to see her but being too embarrassed to see her, uh, feeling sorry for her friend.

It turned out that Xiao Yunting was grateful to Su Wan'er for saving them when they were out of ammunition and food, and had always taken good care of Su Wan'er. However, during a chase, Zi Xingchen and Su Wan'er were surrounded by the army of Zi Yan Kingdom. Xiao Yunting led his men to the rescue, but they were careless and did not notice that there was one who had escaped. That person wanted to ambush Zi Xingchen, who was closest to him. However, Zi Xingchen noticed and dodged directly. Thus, Su Wan'er behind him was directly facing the sharp blade.

Without a second thought, Xiao Yunting stepped forward to protect Su Wan'er, and at the same time, the sword tip pierced straight into Xiao Yunting's chest. Xiao Yunting nearly died at that moment, but fortunately Su Wan'er had a royal-grade pill.

However, both she and Zi Xingchen understood that the pill was only taken out for experimentation, so Su Wan'er always felt guilty, while Xiao Yunting was grateful to Su Wan'er for saving his life and protected her in every way. Zi Xingchen even got angry about this, thinking that the two had some kind of relationship.

As a result, Su Wan'er often gave Xiao Yunting the cold shoulder. Xiao Yunting sensed Su Wan'er's estrangement and gradually stopped hanging around her.

After Zi Xingchen ascended the throne, he became even more wary of Xiao Yunting and ordered him to lead a large army to attack Zi Yan, to reclaim the lost territory, and to completely drive the Zi Yan army out of Zi Yun Kingdom.

Zi Xingchen must have some good news to have returned, which is why he threw such a grand banquet. On the one hand, it was to reward the soldiers, and on the other hand, it was also to show Su Ping and the others that he should be wary and not overshadow his superiors or have any unrealistic ambitions.