Eternal God Emperor: Only I Am Emperor One

Chapter 78 Identity Exposed
After an unknown amount of time, the Divine Lotus withdrew its original azure light and returned to tranquility. Its nine-foot-nine-inch lotus body took root in the Purple Palace, swaying gracefully amidst the misty purple aura.

Emperor Yi felt that his perception of heaven and earth and all things had become clearer, and the obscure rules of the holy path had become much clearer. Many difficulties on the path of spiritual power were resolved, and he joined the ranks of the top spiritual power geniuses.

His mental strength had reached the peak of the forty-second level, and he was able to contend with a fifth-stage Fish-Dragon expert using only his mental strength.

Once one's mental strength reaches level 45, one can be called a semi-saint of mental strength, a title that would be worthy of being called a powerful figure in the entire Kunlun Realm.

The greatest gain was in my mind.

Di Yi estimated that his seclusion had lasted about ten days, but his gains in the Mind Realm were equivalent to ten years of comprehension. He had thoroughly understood the 3,600 gilded silver scrolls and was beginning to feel a sense of enlightenment. He was only one step away from comprehending the ultimate supreme secret technique, the Mind Realm.

Unfortunately, the original blue light of the Divine Lotus has a limited duration, trapping Emperor Yi at this final step.

"No rush. We've already come this far, so it's only a matter of time before we comprehend the secrets of the Mind Realm."

He composed himself, stepped out of the cave, and could see warships from the Ministry of War shuttling through the Five Elements Ruins, picking up students from the Martial Arts Academy along the way.

As the month draws to a close, many trainees have already completed the assessment criteria and begun their journey home.

Looking up in the direction of the Evil Wood Palace, Di Yi felt slightly annoyed. The agreed-upon 60/40 split had turned him into a free henchman for Zhang Ruochen and his group, without even getting half a tael of Purple Cloud Agarwood.

As for the fundamental energy of the Wood element?

This is a different matter; how can they be considered together?

Just as he was about to contact Ziyuan and the others, an unexpected figure emerged from the distant woods.

Dressed in white with black hair, serene as water, and ethereal as a fairy, he reminded Di Yi of a phrase from his past life.

It seems as if light clouds are veiling the moon, and drifts like swirling snow in a flowing wind.

Who else could it be but Luo Shuihan?

"Miss Luo, what are you doing here?"

Luo Shuihan looked calmly at Di Yi, a rare smile appearing on her face, like a night-blooming cereus, breathtakingly beautiful.

"Twelve days ago, Master Yi disappeared while chasing the Divine Remains Dharma King. After we conquered the Evil Wood Palace, we collected about eight hundred catties of Purple Cloud Agarwood. Three hundred and twenty catties were divided among everyone, and the remaining sixty percent belonging to Master Yi has been in my hands ever since."

Di Yi was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that Luo Shuihan and Zhang Ruochen would actually leave behind his share of Purple Cloud Agarwood. He couldn't have done that if it were him.

"So, Miss Luo came here specifically to deliver this purple cloud agarwood to me?"

Luo Shuihan brushed his hand over the bracelet on his wrist, and after a slight spatial fluctuation, a leather bag appeared in his hand.

Zhang Ruochen is a successor of the Time and Space lineage and is already capable of refining spatial treasures, so it is not surprising that Luo Shuihan has a spatial treasure in her possession.

She handed the animal skin bag to Di Yi and said, "Giving away Purple Cloud Agarwood is one of the reasons."

Di Yi reached out and took the animal skin bag, weighed it in his hand, and found it to be about 500 jin (250 catties), which was not short of the expected weight.

He looked at Luo Shuihan and chuckled, "One of the reasons? So there are other reasons?"

Luo Shuihan nodded slightly, her tone becoming lighter, and a bright smile appeared on her lips, which was very captivating.

"The second reason is that I want to thank you in person for saving my life in the Fallen God Mountains back then."

The emperor's expression froze, and the hand holding the animal skin bag stopped in mid-air.

"How did you find out?"

So many years have passed, and Di Yi has changed so much in both appearance and aura compared to when he was in the Fallen God Mountains. He doesn't believe that Luo Shuihan can recognize him.

Luo Shuihan took out an item from her sleeve, a pair of white jade pendants carved from mandarin ducks. They were originally a pair, and she had given the other one to Di Yi before they parted years ago.

"The Mandarin Duck Pendant is carved from the same piece of extraterrestrial cold jade. When you get close to it, you will feel a connection. It was through it that I was able to confirm your identity."

Di Yi was surprised and took out another pair of mandarin duck jade pendants. He did not expect that Luo Shuihan would discover his identity through this item.

After careful observation, he did not experience the sensation that Luo Shuihan had described, and he became suspicious.

Luo Shuihan noticed his confusion and explained, "The cold jade used to make these two mandarin duck jade pendants fell from the sky on the day I was born. It has a very special connection with me, so only I can sense the connection between them." "Look into my eyes."

Di Yi's gaze fell upon her eyes, and their eyes met. Behind those pools of autumn water lay a vast Milky Way, within which two exceptionally bright points of light corresponded to the two jade pendants.

Seeing is believing, and Di Yi believed Luo Shuihan's words, gripping the mandarin duck jade pendant tightly in his hand. This jade pendant was definitely not an ordinary object.

Seeing his behavior, Luo Shuihan felt a strange sense of joy, as if she were reuniting with an old friend from her youth, and felt that she saw traces of the past in him.

“Junior Brother Zhang told me that he guessed you were a holy disciple of the Liangyi Sect, but my mother saw the sword technique you practiced back then, which was the famous Hades Sword Technique in the black market.”

"I think you're not a disciple of the Two Elements Sect, but rather someone from the black market, right? Considering your age and strength, your true identity isn't hard to guess."

"You are the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Eastern Region Black Market, the number one new generation in the Eastern Region personally selected by the Holy Book Talented Woman, Emperor Yi."

Di Yi sighed helplessly, removed the white jade dragon-patterned mask from his face, revealing a fair and handsome face with distinct features. Standing next to Luo Shuihan, they were a perfect match, a handsome man and a beautiful woman.

One is a quasi-saint of the Eastern Region Holy Academy, while the other is the young master of the black market.

One is good, the other is evil; they are on opposite sides.

"Madam Luo is indeed no ordinary woman. She is perceptive and observant, and to be able to raise a daughter like you, I guess your father must also be a very interesting person," Di Yi said with a light laugh.

Upon hearing this, Luo Shuihan revealed a strange expression and said quietly, "They are indeed all extraordinary. Even though they know you are from the black market, they still want to find an opportunity to thank you in person."

Di Yi sensed something was off about her tone and continued, "No need for thanks. If I have the chance in the future, I'd like to meet them."

"They would be very happy to hear what you said, but unfortunately, they won't have that chance."

Luo Shuihan's voice became somewhat heavy and sorrowful.

"When I was twelve, my parents were ambushed by the black market during a mission and both died in battle. I was the one who went to collect their bodies."

Di Yi's smile froze instantly. After a moment of silence, he sighed, "The deceased is gone. I hope you will take care of yourself."

Luo Shuihan shook his head and said, "Life and death are predestined. Everyone must die eventually. Their revenge has already been taken. It was the Void Ancestor who personally took action, using the Luo Shui Fist Technique from a hundred miles away to annihilate an entire sect in one strike."

Di Yi sighed. Luo Shuihan went to the Tianmo Ridge Martial Arts Academy at the age of thirteen, which means that she went to Tianmo Ridge to cultivate not long after her parents died.

Her admiration for Luo Xu was probably because Luo Xu avenged her parents.

"I suspect you have a third reason for coming here: to deal with me, the young master of the black market?"

Luo Shuihan looked up at him, her bright eyes like autumn water, cold as frost. After staring at him for a moment, she shook her head and said, "My parents were not killed by you. On the contrary, you saved my mother and me back then. How could I repay kindness with enmity?"

"Good and evil lie in people's hearts, not in the camps they belong to. In the thirty-six prefectures of the Eastern Divine Land, there are quite a few evil and bad people among the so-called righteous sects and saintly clans."

"Is the young master of the First-Class Hall in the Eastern Black Market necessarily an utterly wicked villain?"

Di Yi looked at the woman in front of him with some surprise. To have such an understanding, she was indeed very different from ordinary women. She was not like a girl living in the mortal world, but more like a banished immortal walking between heaven and earth with a transcendent attitude.

"The young master of the First-Class Hall in the Eastern Black Market may not be an irredeemable villain, but he is definitely not a 'good person' either. Good people don't live long, and if you want to go further on this path, sometimes you really have to be a little cold-hearted."

Luo Shuihan nodded upon hearing this and smiled faintly: "Who can say for sure what the future holds? I just hope that we will never become rivals in the future."

Di Yi smiled again, raised the animal skin bag in his hand, and said jokingly, "Don't worry, if I capture you in the future, I will spare you once for the sake of the Purple Cloud Agarwood."

Luo Shuihan seemed slightly dazed, as if she had really taken his words to heart. She reached out her fair and smooth hand, as white as mutton fat jade, and said softly, "Then... let's make a vow with a high five, a promise is a promise?"

Di Yi took in her absent-minded look and suddenly realized that she was just as serene as a banished fairy, but in the end she was not a so-called fairy, but a girl who was not yet nineteen years old.

Perhaps thinking of Luo Shuihan's background and connecting it to his own, Di Yi's tone softened considerably.

He extended his large, well-defined hand and smiled, "It's a deal."

The next moment, the two palms slowly touched in mid-air.

(End of this chapter)