Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 131 Encountering a Talented Woman in the Tomb of the Fallen God (Part 3)
Deep within the cemetery, a person and a cat escaped a thousand miles away. The surrounding yin energy became extremely dense, and the figures of dead and ferocious spirits could be seen everywhere.

Zhang Ruochen broke free from Xiao Hei's cat paws and landed under a tombstone.

"No, Xiao Hei, we can't just run away like this. Qi Hong is a spy of the Moon Worshiping Demon Sect, and Di Yi is the young master of the Black Market First-Class Hall. If the Holy Book Talented Girl falls into their hands, she will probably suffer a fate worse than death."

“Zhang Ruochen, going back now is a dead end. Di Yi’s strength is many times greater than Qi Hong’s. It’s impossible for you to save the Holy Book Talent from him. You are a wanted criminal of the court, and the Holy Book Talent is a member of the court and your enemy. Why risk your life to save an enemy?” Xiao Hei shook its head and said. It was Xiao Hei that pulled Zhang Ruochen away the moment Di Yi appeared.

Zhang Ruochen fell silent upon hearing this. He had only met the talented woman of the Sacred Book once, and she was also Chi Yao's confidante. No matter how you looked at it, she was on the opposite side of him.

But seeing such an extraordinary woman fall into the mud and about to suffer endless torment, Zhang Ruochen simply could not turn a blind eye.

“Xiao Hei, if we escape like this today, my conscience will never be at peace. Do you have a way to rescue the Holy Book Talent from Di Yi’s hands? Perhaps we can learn the secret of the Two Elements Sect’s Heaven and Earth Altar from him.”

Xiao Hei was somewhat helpless towards him, shaking its head like a rattle: "Di Yi's cultivation has reached the level of a half-saint. Just by looking at his aura, he is almost comparable to a high-level half-saint. Although my cultivation is astonishing, it is sealed within the Heavenly Divine Wood Diagram. Only when your cultivation improves can my strength be stronger. If you want to contend with Di Yi, you must at least wait until you break through to the level of a half-saint."

"Zhang Ruochen, I know you are reluctant to see the talented woman of the Holy Book being humiliated, but you must act within your means. If you go back now, you will only face death."

"Furthermore, Di Yi is not a lecherous devil. You have dealt with him before, do you think he is the kind of person who would take advantage of someone in distress?"

Emperor Yi is Yi Qianlong, a fact Zhang Ruochen learned from Bu Qianfan.

“Yi Qianlong’s style of doing things is not the same as Di Yi’s style of doing things. He is the young master of the Black Market First-Class Hall, and he cannot be a kind person. Moreover, a woman like the Holy Book Talented Woman would make any man have evil thoughts. Even if Di Yi is not a lecherous person, it would be difficult for him not to be moved by the Holy Book Talented Woman.”

Xiao Hei was speechless, thinking to himself, "I didn't see you having any ulterior motives towards the talented woman from the Holy Book just now. Aren't you a man?"

"With your current cultivation level, there is only one way to contend with Emperor Yi: to break the second seal on the Dragon Relic and unleash the power of the Dragon Relic to reach the level of a half-saint."

The Dragon Relic was a treasure passed down to Zhang Ruochen by the Golden Dragon from the underwater Dragon Palace at the bottom of the Tongming River. It contained the essence of the holy cultivation of the two great saints, the Buddha Emperor and the Golden Dragon.

The energy of the Dragon Relic is terrifying. The golden dragon set up four seals on it, corresponding to the Fish-Dragon Realm, the Half-Saint Realm, the Saint Realm, and the Saint King Realm.

Each time a seal is broken, Zhang Ruochen gains the corresponding power.

In the battle against the Silver Sky Mercenary Group, Zhang Ruochen broke the first seal on the Dragon Relic, helping Silver Moon Lin Kong severely damage the Black Market.

"The second seal on the Dragon Relic..."

The Dragon Relic was Zhang Ruochen's trump card for survival; once used, it would be gone. To sacrifice his life-saving means for the sake of the talented woman of the Sacred Book was clearly a losing proposition.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ruochen decided to turn around and face the direction he had come from.

"Little Black, let's go back."

……

The beautiful woman before me, with her bare back exposed, curled up like a kitten, showed no trace of saintly grace, which made me feel pity for her.

But her enviable curves, flawless skin, and tall figure constantly arouse men's most primal desires.

The stark contrasts come together to create an indescribable allure.

The talented woman's gaze shifted from Qi Hong's corpse to Di Yi. Seeing him reach out and untie his black outer robe, she felt utterly hopeless, closed her eyes, and two tears of fear and humiliation streamed down her cheeks.

But after waiting a while, the imagined lightness did not come; instead, the exposed skin felt as if it were covered by clothing.

The talented woman opened her eyes in surprise and found that Di Yi's black robe was draped over her shoulders.

She looked up at the calm-faced man, and when their eyes met, her heartstrings seemed to be touched.

At that moment, her heart raced, and a strange, indescribable feeling arose within her.

After meeting Di Yi's gaze for a few seconds, the talented woman of the Holy Book hurriedly lowered her head, pulling her long robe tighter to cover her body and hide her panic, while her heart pounded faster and faster.

It seems I... have been judging others by my own petty standards.

As a descendant of Emperor Wen and the pride of the Nalan family, the current situation is something that the talented scholar has never experienced before, and the man in front of her also brings her feelings she has never had before.

As a talented woman of the Holy Book, she has seen countless outstanding men, and those men may not be inferior to Di Yi.

However, when she looked at those people, she did so as a spiritual saint, as the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, and she almost always examined them from the perspective of a superior.

The malevolent aura of death suppressed the Holy Book Maiden's spiritual power, stripping away the layers of protection that had enveloped her heart, leaving her like a young girl in her teens. At a certain moment, she unconsciously took in a certain figure. For the first time, she had to look up at a man.

The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became, and a blush involuntarily rose to her face. She didn't dare to look into Di Yi's eyes and only whispered, "Thank you."

With his outer robe concealing the exposed beauty of the talented woman from the sacred book, Di Yi's strange feelings gradually subsided. A beautiful woman is pleasing to the eye, but it depends on the time and place. Besides, he was not short of women around him.

"No need to thank me. In fact, I should thank you. If it weren't for the imperial edict left by the talented woman, I might have died at the hands of the Undying Blood Clan in the Battle of Dingxuan Prefecture."

Despite the pain in her abdomen, the talented woman slowly rose and re-examined the man before her. Seeing his earnest expression, it seemed that he had only intervened to save her because of that imperial edict, and for some reason, her heart suddenly sank a little.

“Every candidate for the title of Jiezi will receive a scroll of imperial edict written by me. This is what you deserve, and you do not need to thank me.”

With the clothing providing cover, the talented woman of the sacred book calmed down and regained some of the aura of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

Di Yi shook his head slightly and said, "In any case, the imperial edict from the talented lady helped me a lot. Although I am not a righteous gentleman, I have always been clear about gratitude and resentment. If the talented lady feels that the imperial edict cannot make up for the life-saving grace tonight, she may answer a few questions for me."

The talented woman with the sacred book observed the changes in Di Yi's expression with her beautiful eyes. Whether it was his appearance, talent, or personality, he gave her a feeling of unreality. She felt that such an extraordinary man should not be buried in the black market. If he were to serve the imperial court, he would definitely be able to play a greater role.

"What do you want to know?"

“You are the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden under Empress Chi Yao, so you should be quite familiar with what happened in the Central Imperial City. I would like to know the details of the battle in the Central Imperial City more than half a month ago.”

The Holy Book Talent is one of the closest female saints to Chi Yao. Even though she has been staying in the Eastern Region, she must have had ways to learn about what is happening in the Central Imperial City.

The talented woman was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. After hesitating for a moment, she replied, "The battle in the Central Imperial City involved too many ancient beings. The Empress issued an imperial edict to block the news, so I don't know much about it either."

"Then tell me what you know, and see if there's any information I'm looking for," Emperor Yi said.

"As far as I know, in the battle of the Central Imperial City, the one who fought the Empress was one of the nine emperors and three empresses from eight hundred years ago. In addition to that person, there were also several beast emperors from the Wilderness Secret Realm who participated in it."

"That person's spiritual power is very strong. Although the Empress is invincible, she was unable to defeat him in a short time in order to avoid harming the innocent people in the central imperial city." The talented woman of the Holy Book had absolute confidence in Empress Chi Yao's strength and did not believe that Empress Chi Yao would be seriously injured.

"If you can't win, you can't win. Why make so many excuses?" Di Yi snorted coldly, then asked, "What was the final result of that battle? I heard it was a draw?"

The talented woman of the Holy Book revealed a look of vigilance. The battle of the Central Imperial City and the battle of Dingxuan Prefecture were inextricably linked. The two battles were launched almost simultaneously. If it weren't for the Empress Huan's intervention to restrain Empress Chi Yao and Emperor Wen, Xia Han would not have had enough time to kill the Xue Dynasty.

It's hard not to have some suspicions about the fact that Emperor Yi wants to find out about the Empress's injuries from her at this moment.

"In that battle, neither side intended to fight to the death, so the result was naturally not a mutual defeat. That person was a reclusive senior, and his intervention this time was due to a grudge from hundreds of years ago. After the grudge was settled, the two sides naturally stopped fighting."

"After that, that person and several beast kings left the central imperial city, and the empress announced her seclusion. The rumors that the empress was seriously injured were just the empress's way of taking this opportunity to lure out those with rebellious intentions in the Kunlun Realm all at once, so that she could wipe them out in one fell swoop." The talented woman of the Holy Book answered Emperor Yi's question with a hint of warning, reminding him not to stand up against the court at this time.

Otherwise, once the Empress has the time, they could very well become the targets of a purge.

Upon learning of the Empress's whereabouts from the talented woman of the Sacred Book, Emperor Yi breathed a sigh of relief and felt much happier.

If Chi Yao had truly killed the Illusionary Queen, the Holy Book Scholar would certainly not have said such a thing; it would serve no purpose other than to bolster someone else's prestige.

"Alright, I've obtained the information I wanted. Now, will you remain here, or will you come with me?"

The talented woman examined her own condition and found that the evil aura of death was extremely strange, suppressing her spiritual power and impossible to clear away in a short time.

"Now that I have lost all my cultivation, if you leave me here alone, what difference is there between that and killing me?"

“Since you are here to save people, you should take me with you and let me cleanse the evil energy of death from my body. Or you can take me out of the Tomb of Fallen Gods and hand me over to the saints of the Two Elements Sect.”

Emperor Yi smiled and said, "Qi Hong is also a half-saint of the Liangyi Sect. Aren't you afraid of encountering another Liangyi Sect saint who has secretly sided with the Moon Worshiping Demon Sect?"

The talented woman's expression changed slightly. The possibility of what Di Yi said was not low, but after thinking about it, she still shook her head.

"The Liangyi Sect is blessed by the Empress. Even if some people secretly join the Demonic Sect, it must only be a very small number. At most... it's just that the saint of the Qi family secretly colluded with the Demonic Sect."

Di Yi was about to joke with her a few more times when he suddenly sensed several auras entering the Fallen God's Tomb Forest and heading towards this place at a very fast speed.

"Speak of the devil, and he shall appear."

(End of this chapter)