The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 1201 - 644: Servant Tuoba Weizhi, Pays Respects to Master...
Zhao Douan carefully reached out his hand, flipping the white bone mask to reveal the face of a girl with slightly dark skin, around twenty years old, with delicate features.
The priestess’s eyebrows were thin and light, and her eye sockets were pitch black, but the blackness gradually faded, revealing clear pupils.
However, her eyes were peculiar, filled with excitement yet cautious, innocent yet carrying a sense of having endured countless hardships.
"Tuoba Weizhi?"
Zhao Douan muttered this unfamiliar name, his astonishment no less than the two priests behind him.
Just now, he was indeed prepared for a bloody fight, but after the Dragon Essence awakened, he was astonished to discover that he had established a strange connection with the Tuoba Weizhi before him.
It’s hard to describe; if I had to say, it’s as if he held the other person’s life and death in his hands, with just a thought, he could erase her.
He had felt something similar when facing Xu Jianwen.
However, the feeling at that time was far less intense than it was now.
In the Great Yu Royal Family inheritance, there is a Secret Technique that allows the royal descendants to suppress the Tributor who follows the "Martial God" path across realms.
Reducing their cultivation to that of an ordinary person.
And Zhao Douan, who possesses the Dragon Essence, undoubtedly stands at the pinnacle of this "suppression" rule.
And now, facing this Tuoba Weizhi, he again gained the perfect insight to suppress her.
Could it be that this Liao priestess is also following the Martial God path? That’s too ridiculous...
And... Master?
Me?
Shouldn’t your master be the Great La Ba?
Zhao Douan’s heart was pounding, but he pretended to be calm, frowning:
"Do you recognize me?"
Tuoba Weizhi shook her head, her voice devout: "I don’t recognize you."
Pausing, a faint light flickered in her eyes:
"But I recognize the thing here with the Master."
She stared fixedly at Zhao Douan’s lower abdomen, feeling the familiar pressure, her body trembling.
Yu Xiu, Jin Jian, Pei Niannu: ??
Their gazes became odd!
The two priests were astonished, skeptical.
Pei Niannu looked at Zhao Douan with a hint of admiration...
Not that people can be killed mindlessly, but words shouldn’t be spoken carelessly... Zhao Douan’s face darkened, turning to the three onlookers behind, explaining:
"It’s the Dragon Essence! My Dragon Essence can suppress her."
Oh... Yu Xiu and Jin Jian sighed in relief.
Oh... Pei Niannu shook her head in disappointment.
Zhao Douan turned back, staring at the kneeling priestess, frowning:
"What do you mean by that?"
Tuoba Weizhi responded submissively:
"Many years ago, a person told me to wait in the La Garden until someone carrying this item arrived again, and that person would be my master."
Zhao Douan was stunned, a spark of realization flickered in his mind, he quickly asked:
"What was that person’s name?"
"He never mentioned, only said his surname was Xu."
Surname Xu... Zhao Douan took a deep breath, probing further:
"You said many years ago? How many years?"
Tuoba Weizhi hesitated a bit, uncertainly said:
"In the mountain, there are no years, only remembering approximately five to six hundred years."
"You’ve lived five to six hundred years? How is that possible?! No one in the world can live that long!" Yu Xiu instinctively refuted!
Then, suddenly sensing the faint gaze of Pei Niannu beside her, she felt a shiver, quickly adding:
"Of course... nothing is absolute..."
But Zhao Douan wasn’t concerned with how long she had lived, after all, there are too many absurd things in this world, didn’t Pei Niannu also "live" for several hundred years?
He was concerned with...
"Six hundred years ago, surname Xu, carrying Dragon Essence..."
Zhao Douan’s expression fluctuated.
It was clear that the "person" Tuoba Weizhi spoke of must have been none other than the Great Yu Grand Ancestor Emperor!
And Xu surely came here then, leaving the key here... that fits.
"I need to know everything."
Zhao Douan looked down at the young priestess:
"Who are you, and what do you mean by your waiting?"
Tuoba Weizhi, kneeling on the ground, showed no surprise, as if she had prepared for this moment for countless years, calmly explained:
"I don’t know who I am, only knowing, upon opening my eyes, that I was one with the Laba God. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
At that time, a lot of people in La Garden had died, and the person with the surname Xu appeared, looking at me, and said ’creation of heaven and earth,’ saying my existence was thanks to a dead old Magician."
"At that time, I didn’t have a physical body, yet I could persist. He first calmed the chaos and then stayed in La Garden for quite some time, studying many books and notes in the temple, teaching me some basic knowledge and how to control my own power.
He would often go out, sometimes leaving for months before returning once, and so many years passed, possibly decades, it’s hard to recall clearly.
Later, one day, he brought me a body that had not long died, asking me to possess it and serve as a priestess in La Garden. He said that every ten years, the Liao Clan would hold a ritual to offer a dead girl, allowing me to switch bodies...
And my only mission was to remain here, waiting for the arrival of the Master."
Zhao Douan was dumbfounded.
He exchanged glances with the three women behind him, understanding each other’s thoughts.
If what Tuoba Weizhi said is true, referring back to the scenes recorded in the Jade Ball, it can be deduced:
Back then, the last emperor of Qi Country forcefully drove the Great La Ba unsuccessfully, turning all the Imperial Guards into offerings instead.
The chief court Magician exhausted his entire cultivation to suppress the Great La Ba, simultaneously birthing Tuoba Weizhi’s consciousness.
And the Grand Ancestor Emperor perhaps sensed the large commotion, came here, dealt with the situation, and received the entire legacy of Qi Country’s 400-year experiment, observing and nurturing Tuoba Weizhi for a long time.
Hmm... almost equivalent to playing a "fatherly" role.
And decades later, the Grand Ancestor Emperor left the final arrangement, and that should have been his time of death.
Tuoba Weizhi continued:
"My name was given by him. He said I have a deep connection with Qi Country, Weizhi being the courtesy name of Qi Country’s Crown Prince. And I was born in the Liao people, tracing back to the Tuoba Clan."
Zhao Douan and his companions exchanged glances again, simultaneously forming a shocking speculation in their hearts.
The onlooking female Taoist swallowed, whispering through Voice Transmission:
"Do you think, could it be possible, that she is the last emperor, Qi Country’s Crown Prince?"
Jin Jian exclaimed exaggeratedly, eyes wide:
"Wouldn’t that mean, a male turned female..."
Pei Niannu sighed softly:
"It’s something he would do."
No... Xu seemed quite proper by appearance too, not necessarily with such a twisted taste... right?
Well, alright, the Xu who drew Martial Arts Secret Manual into abstract art akin to stick figures might indeed not be too proper.
Zhao Douan, Pei Niannu, Yu Xiu, and Jin Jian whispered for a while, then simultaneously turned to look at Tuoba Weizhi kneeling on the ground.
"Stand up and talk." Zhao Douan commanded sternly.
