NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 228: The Mysterious
Chapter 228: The Mysterious
A soft glowing light appeared in the palace of the Goddess of Nine Heavens.
The scenery around Xu Lian shifted, and he found himself in the ancestral land of the Divine Clan.
He made his way deep into the mist and sat down next to the Goddess of Time, enjoying the faint fragrance that surrounded her. “O, has the capital of the Yin Dynasty appeared yet?”
The Goddess of Time replied, “No.”
Xu Lian knew that the capital of the Yin Dynasty only appeared at certain intervals, sometimes once every year or so, and sometimes as often as every six months or a month. Its location was never fixed, but it always appeared somewhere within the territory of the Yin Dynasty.
With nothing else to do, he stared blankly at the lake. “When the capital of the Yin Dynasty appears, send me there.”
The Goddess of Time said, “I don’t recommend going to the capital of the Yin Dynasty. If the Sovereign of the Yin Dynasty royal family decides to detain you, even I might not be able to save you. Don’t think that I’m invincible. The world is complex, and there’s always someone stronger.”
What should he do then?
Xu Lian frowned. Tantai Youxuan and Yang Xiaochan were still “empty”, and they represented precious progression points.
After some thought, he said, “O, why don’t you come with me? That way, there won’t be any danger. Even if the Sovereign of the Yin Dynasty Royal Family wants to capture me, they’ll have to think twice, right?”
The Goddess of Time replied, “I don’t have time to accompany you.”
Xu Lian glanced at her stunning face. “You just sit here by the lake every day. It doesn’t seem like you have much to do.”
The Goddess of Time said, “I am cultivating and understanding the Dao.”
“Such long periods of seclusion are not good for you. Cultivation should be balanced with rest. Why not come to the capital with me and relax for a while?”
Although Xu Lian didn’t deeply understand cultivation, he knew this basic principle.
The Goddess of Time once again refused. “I’m not going.”
Xu Lian gently nudged her with his elbow. “O, come with me.”
“No.”
“O!”
“No.”
“O, please? Please?”
“?”…
Finally, the Goddess of Time couldn’t withstand his pestering and agreed to accompany him to the capital of the Yin Dynasty.
Xu Lian smiled triumphantly. He felt that his relationship with the Goddess of Time had taken a step forward. He even wondered if he could suddenly hug her and give her a kiss… and nothing major would happen?
Of course, it was just a thought. He didn’t dare to act on it yet.
A few days later.
Xu Lian suddenly felt the world spin around him, and he found himself above the capital of the Yin Dynasty, standing in mid-air with the Goddess of Time.
“To what do we owe the honor of the Goddess of Time’s visit?”
A deep, ancient voice echoed from the 3,655th layer of the capital, the Imperial Palace.
The entire capital was in an uproar as everyone looked up to the sky. What was the Goddess of Time, who had recently shaken the world with her fame, doing here?
The Goddess of Time said, “This is nothing important. I’m just accompanying Xu Lian, the son-in-law of the Yin Dynasty royal family, to visit his companions.”
The officials and commoners in the capital exchanged strange looks. It was rumored that Xu Lian was her lover… and it seemed that there was some truth to it.
In Pingyang County, she had killed many powerful experts in order to protect Xu Lian.
At the Heavenly Mystic Sacred Land, she had even clashed with the old Sovereign of the Sacred Land and left with Xu Lian.
Now, she was accompanying Xu Lian to the capital to visit the princess. Was she worried that something might happen to him?
The aged voice from the palace fell silent for a moment before replying, “In that case, the Yin Dynasty royal family welcomes you. Why not come in for a chat?”
The Goddess of Time took a light step and entered the fog-shrouded imperial palace, while Xu Lian descended from the sky and appeared at the princess’ residence where the imperial princess Tantai Youxuan lived.
“Husband.”
Tantai Youxuan greeted him with a smile.
Back when Xu Lian had won the competition to become her husband, he was just a young genius with some background.
Now, Xu Lian was not only imbued with the laws of the Divine Kingdom, but also protected by the Goddess of Time. He was truly a rising dragon with limitless potential.
As his officially wedded wife, Tantai Youxuan was naturally delighted, feeling that Xu Lian would become a powerful ally for the Yin Dynasty royal family in the future.
“Youxuan, it’s been two years. I’ve missed you.”
Xu Lian looked at the flawless beauty of the Imperial Princess, her noble aura made his heart burn with desire. Amidst the gasps of the eunuchs and maids, he swept her off her feet in a princess carry. After all, a princess deserved to be carried like a princess.
Their reunion was even sweeter than their wedding night.
However, the bloodline of the Yin Dynasty’s royal family was incredibly powerful, making it difficult to conceive. Despite trying for almost a month, Xu Lian and Tantai Youxuan were unsuccessful, which made him feel somewhat disappointed.
Sensing his thoughts, Tantai Youxuan comforted him, “Husband, just visit the capital more often. I’ll get pregnant eventually.”
Xu Lian was confused. “The bloodline of the Yin Dynasty royal family is powerful, and it’s difficult to have children. How come your father has so many princes and princesses?”
Tantai Youxuan gave him a reproachful look. “My father is thousands of years old. We’ve only been married for a short time, and we’re not together every day.”
Xu Lian understood immediately. It was only a matter of time. The Emperor had worked hard for thousands of years to have dozens of children, which wasn’t really that many.
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the training session for the Heavenly Mystic Sacred Land’s first sequence geniuses was about to begin. Xu Lian had to leave.
However, his trip wasn’t in vain. Although he spent most of his time at the princess’s residence, he occasionally visited Yang Chan’er and successfully got her pregnant.
The Goddess of Time took Xu Lian away from the capital of the Yin Dynasty, and with a single step, they returned to the ancestral land of the Divine Clan.
Xu Lian asked curiously, “What were you doing in the Imperial Palace for almost a month?”
The Goddess of Time replied, “I sparred with the Sovereign of the Yin Dynasty Royal Family a few times.”
Xu Lian asked, “Who won?”
The Goddess of Time looked at him. “It wasn’t a life and death battle, so it’s not easy to determine a winner. Besides, it was just a friendly exchange. At our cultivation level, we rarely engage in real combat because injuries can have serious consequences.”
“If the Sovereign of the Yin Dynasty Royal Family were injured, hostile forces might take advantage of the situation, causing instability in the Yin Dynasty.”
“If I were to be injured, those who covet the laws of the Divine Kingdom within you would make moves.”
Xu Lian didn’t understand this level of power dynamics and smiled. “Then you mustn’t get hurt. Wait for me for five hundred years. By then, I’ll be able to fight at your side. With the laws of time and the laws of the Divine Kingdom combined, we may not be invincible, but we’ll be close.”
The Goddess of Time waved her sleeve, and Xu Lian found himself at the entrance of the Heavenly Mystic Sacred Land. Clearly, she didn’t want to listen to his boasting and wanted him to prove himself through action.
Xu Lian activated his movement technique, turning into a blur as he entered the first layer of the small world within the Heavenly Mystic Sacred Land. He returned to his residence and began allocating his points, checking what resources he needed to advance to the Void Realm.
“Add points to rank!”
He chanted silently in his heart.
[Rank points allocated successfully. Add one Nine-Aperture Pill to advance to the first stage of the Void Realm.]
What was a Nine-Aperture Pill? He didn’t know, but someone else would…
He immediately left his residence and headed straight for the “Great Warehouse”.
Just like last time, the disciples who were standing in line to buy cultivation materials voluntarily gave way to him. When he reached the front, he looked at the mountain-like figure of the Warehouse Elder. “Five hundred and eleven Nine-Aperture Pills.”