Longevity through Upgrading Buildings-Chapter 539 - 250: Severing the Divine Arts
Causality, causality, it should be severed when necessary.
Ji Yuan understood her meaning when Ye Zhiqiu changed the address from Young Master Li to just "Young Master".
The identity of Ji Yuan as a "Nascent Soul Family" member was actually fake, even if it wasn’t... he wouldn’t be able to take Ye Zhiqiu on the journey.
Everyone had dignity, and Ji Yuan had already said as much as he could.
Ye Zhiqiu naturally understood Ji Yuan’s intention. She sighed in her heart and had no choice but to respond softly, "Alright."
"Hmm, stay by my side for the next few days. We’ll make plans once we leave this place."
After speaking, Ji Yuan thought about his words and felt they were a bit too heartless. He then took out a golden communication talisman and handed it to Ye Zhiqiu.
"If you meet me again in the future, you can use this to contact me. Having shared life and death together, you are considered a fellow cultivator."
"Alright, thank you, Young Master Li."
Ye Zhiqiu received the talisman with both hands and quickly bowed in salute.
Ji Yuan responded with a nod and said nothing more.
In the following two days, Ji Yuan remained in the room, contemplating the "Sword Manual". Being in Ice and Fire Elder’s domain and with Ye Zhiqiu nearby, he dared not activate even the basic effects of the building’s protections.
After two days, Ji Yuan felt his spirit and form were full, and he was ready to condense the flying sword embryo.
However, Ice and Fire Elder did not summon him, and moreover, he wasn’t even present in the thatched hut courtyard. No one knew where he had gone.
... Could something have gone wrong here?
Can’t be that unlucky.
Ji Yuan couldn’t sit still anymore. He decided that if Ice and Fire Elder did not come by tomorrow morning, he would go look for him!
After waiting for about an hour, as dusk fell, a hearty laugh suddenly came from outside the door, a voice shouted: "Nephew, Nephew!"
"Hmm?"
Ji Yuan, who was feigning sleep with closed eyes, abruptly opened them, and he and Ye Zhiqiu subconsciously exchanged glances.
Both saw the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Because the voice belonged to none other than the Ice and Fire Elder, whose whereabouts had been unknown.
Furthermore, there seemed to be a series of footsteps outside the door, indicating that more than just Ice and Fire Elder had arrived.
Even so, Ji Yuan still opened the door. What he saw was a man who looked exactly like Ice and Fire Elder, middle-aged with graying temples.
But unlike Ice and Fire Elder, this man was dressed in a fiery red robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, crowned with gold and jade jewels, and stood with a straight back, not hunched as Ice and Fire Elder.
Behind him followed ten maids, each holding a lamp and carrying flowers, trailing behind the man in the dragon robe like attendants.
Ji Yuan was somewhat dumbfounded by this sight.
Ye Zhiqiu, who arrived with him, felt the same.
However, Ji Yuan’s astonishment lasted only a moment. He quickly responded, moving from the doorway to the courtyard, and saluted the man before him.
"Junior Li Changshou... greets Senior."
At the same time, Ji Yuan was already contemplating internally whether this person was actually Ice and Fire Elder, or if he was the Elder’s sibling from the same mother?
Though their appearances were identical, their manners and actions were entirely opposite.
They didn’t seem to be the same person.
Perhaps sensing Ji Yuan’s confusion, the man in the dragon robe straightforwardly explained: "Don’t doubt it, it’s me."
"Come with me, Nephew."
After speaking, Ice and Fire Elder flicked his sleeve and turned to walk towards the door.
The maids of various shapes and sizes followed in unison.
Ji Yuan hesitated for a moment, then turned to instruct Ye Zhiqiu behind him: "You wait here, I’ll go with Senior to have a look."
"Yes."
Ye Zhiqiu bowed and stopped.
After leaving the courtyard, Ji Yuan quickly caught up with Ice and Fire Elder, and soon the large group of them marched grandly towards the palatial complex within the valley.
A while later.
Ji Yuan arrived at the front of the palace and discovered that there were actually guards at the entrance!
Women in refreshed armor, led by a general-like female cultivator of mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. Seeing the approach of Ice and Fire Elder, she led the women behind her to kneel on one knee, exclaiming:
"Greetings, Emperor."
"Rise."
Ice and Fire Elder waved off the salute and led the stunned Ji Yuan through the palace gates, entering... the imperial palace.
Ji Yuan glanced around as he pondered... so, hiding in this mountain was actually a massive live-action role-playing game for Ice and Fire Elder?
Yet, in this vast palace, he was the only man while all others were women...
How could he manage?
As for whether Ice and Fire Elder could be an emperor, Ji Yuan never doubted. A late-stage Golden Core cultivator, not to mention being an emperor on Ice and Fire Island, even returning to Cangluo Continent, he could rule large territories as emperor.
After wandering in the palace for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they finally reached a great hall.
Ice and Fire Elder naturally took his seat on the dragon throne and waved his sleeve.
"Someone, bring a chair!"
Soon, two beautiful maids emerged from behind the screen, each carrying a chair to place behind Ji Yuan for him to sit.
Ji Yuan sat down but felt somewhat uneasy.
The scene, the experience, was just too bizarre.
If not for trusting the Li Family, Ji Yuan might have already fled long ago, not daring to stay this long.
"I know, Nephew, you must have many questions in your heart. Fine, I will tell you a few things and you will understand."
Sitting upright on the throne, Ice and Fire Elder first sighed before saying, "Actually, before entering the path of cultivation, I was a king in the Mortal Realm."
