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Chapter 373 Wu Xian: That's right! I am Ling Lingqi of the Great Feng Dynasty! (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking further subscriptions!)

Without a doubt, this small jade mirror is a treasure passed down through the Daoist Earth Sect, a fragment of the Earth Book, and Wu Xian is its current owner.

In the original work, Jinlian, the leader of the Earth Sect, failed to break through to a higher realm due to the special nature of the cultivation method she practiced, and almost fell into the demonic path.

In his final moments, his soul split in two. The evil black lotus within became a wicked and treacherous lewd Taoist priest with no moral compass, influencing most of the Earth Sect disciples and causing them to commit evil deeds throughout the Nine Provinces.

As for the benevolent Golden Lotus, because it was weakened by the cleansing process, it was no match for the Black Lotus. So it had no choice but to take the fragments of the Earth Book and escape with the disciples of the Earth Sect who had not yet been corrupted.

In order to eliminate his evil clone and return to the second rank, he began to travel across the Nine Provinces Continent, and gave the eight fragments of the Earth Book to eight extremely talented and fortunate young people, including the protagonist Xu Qi'an.

Naturally, Wu Xian, who was also a time traveler and showed more talent and ability, was soon targeted by Daoist Jinlian.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, the other party found him and handed him the fragment of the Earth Book codenamed "Seven," inviting him to become a member of the Heaven and Earth Society.

That's right, the Earth Book fragment that Wu Xian obtained was the [Seven] fragment of Tianzong Shenzi from the original storyline, not the [Three] fragment that Xu Qi'an obtained.

Wu Xian didn't quite understand the reason, guessing that it might be the convergence of world lines, or the butterfly effect caused by his existence, which caused that Tianzong Shenzi to miss the opportunity to join the Heaven and Earth Society.

Of course, these are all things to be discussed later, so let's leave them aside for now and return to reality.

Upon seeing the message from the fragment of the Earth Book, Wu Xian was slightly taken aback, but then replied as quickly as possible.

[What's wrong, Your Highness? What's the matter that makes you so anxious?]

Yes, the person transmitting the information at this moment is none other than the current ruler of the Great Feng Dynasty, the eldest daughter of Emperor Yuanjing, Princess Huaiqing, who is also the holder of the No. 1 Earth Book Fragment.

Those who have read the original novel should know that Huaiqing's mother, the Empress of the Great Feng Dynasty, was childhood sweethearts with Wei Yuan, the leader of the night watchmen, and the two shared a deep affection that went beyond friendship.

Therefore, out of affection for Wei Yuan, Huaiqing became the prince and princess who received the most care from him, and many people regarded Huaiqing as Wei Yuan's half-disciple.

Meanwhile, after becoming a night watchman, Wu Xian easily gained Wei Yuan's favor thanks to the original novel as a guide.

Now he has become one of Wei Yuan's most trusted subordinates. Whenever he has nothing to do, he goes to the top floor of Haoqi Tower to drink tea and chat with his leader, which makes countless colleagues envious.

Naturally, since both of them were promising juniors of Wei Yuan, they would eventually have the opportunity to meet.

With this back and forth, and given that Wu Xian didn't try to hide it, Huaiqing, with his intelligence, quickly guessed his identity as a member of the Heaven and Earth Society.

So after a frank private chat, Wu Xian, with his advantage of being a transmigrator and having foresight, successfully fooled Huai Qing and formed an alliance with him. They began to communicate closely through the fragments of the Earth Book, sharing the information they knew and occasionally helping each other with what they could.

Wu Xian initially thought this time would be the same as before, but when he thought of the anxiety hidden in the message he had just received, he knew that things might not be so simple.

"...My cousin, Princess Pingyang, daughter of Prince Yu, has gone missing. I've sent my men to search for her, but it seems other forces are interfering. They've not only erased the clues beforehand but also used some kind of magical artifact to conceal Pingyang's presence. The Imperial Observatory is also helpless, so I've come to you for help to see if we can use Confucian magic to find her."

The magic mentioned here doesn't mean that Wu Xian cultivated the Confucian system. Rather, like Xu Qi'an, he has obtained many magic pages from the great Confucian scholars of Yunlu Academy over the years through poetry. He can use the abilities of other systems simply by activating his Qi, which is very convenient.

As for why Huaiqing didn't go directly to Yunlu Academy to ask those great scholars for help... after all, the one who has gone missing is a princess, and if the news gets out, it will probably damage her reputation and the face of the royal family.

Yunlu Academy is not affiliated with the imperial court, and there is considerable discord between them. Therefore, it is best not to disturb these scholars unless absolutely necessary.

"Princess Pingyang?"

Wu Xian raised an eyebrow and quickly recalled this part of the story.

In the original story, Princess Pingyang suddenly disappeared because she fell in love with a young monk named Heng Hui at Qinglong Temple. At that time, Princess Pingyang's father, Prince Yu, arranged a marriage for her, but she did not want to marry anyone else, so she ran away to Qinglong Temple to plan her elopement with Heng Hui.

Just then, the Earl of Pingyuan and Zhang Feng, the Vice Minister of War, learned of this and wanted to use Princess Pingyang's elopement as a means to strike at their political rival, Prince Yu. So they secretly stepped in to help her.

As a result, the two were persecuted by the eldest son of the Earl of Pingyuan and Zhang Feng's son, among others, during their elopement.

Heng Hui was beaten to death, while Princess Pingyang, unwilling to be humiliated by the villains, chose to commit suicide by swallowing a hairpin.

Well, they were a rather tragic young couple, but also quite clueless.

Princess Pingyang, in particular, clearly read too many folk tales and stories in her daily life. She actually came up with the idea of ​​eloping. Did she really think that the imperial court and the night watchmen were pushovers?

Shaking his head, Wu Xian was too lazy to comment, and simply used the fragment of the Earth Book to send a message:

Don't worry, leave this to me. I will do everything in my power to find the princess and bring her back to the capital.

After saying that, Wu Xian put away the fragments of the Earth Book and pondered in his mind what method he could use to find Princess Pingyang as quickly as possible and prevent this tragedy from happening.

"Have it!"

……

Half an hour later, on the official road hundreds of miles away from the capital, a carriage sped along and finally stopped in a grove of trees.

A young man dressed in fine clothes was the first to jump down from the carriage, his eyes gleaming with eager anticipation. He called out into the carriage:

"Princess, we have already left the capital. I have prepared clothes and travel expenses. Please come down and get them."

As soon as she finished speaking, a beautiful and refined young girl peeked out from behind the carriage curtain. Seeing the somewhat desolate scene around her, she felt both fear and a touch of joy.

Clearly, this beautiful young woman is none other than Princess Pingyang, the daughter of Prince Yu.

"Monk, come out, it's safe here now!"

Princess Pingyang said something and then stepped out of the carriage.

Soon after, a young man dressed in a scholar's robe and wearing a scholar's hat came out. He was none other than Princess Pingyang's eloped lover, the little monk Heng Hui.

Without a doubt, Heng Hui's appearance must be quite remarkable to have captured the heart of a prince or princess.

With rosy lips, white teeth, and handsome features, he was a typical pretty boy.

Like Princess Pingyang, Heng Hui felt both apprehensive and curious at this moment. Looking at the desolate scenery around her, she felt a sense of bewilderment about the unknown future.

Princess Pingyang saw him in a daze and was about to say something.

Just then, the heir of the Marquis of Pingyuan, who had come with them, suddenly struck out, slapping Heng Hui on the back and sending him flying.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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