I picked up the scattered attributes

"Let me take a look, Taiye Pond seems to be in this direction..."

Upon entering the palace, the First Prince's memories flooded back, instantly giving Feng Xia direction. She wandered among the pavilions and towers as if she were in an empty place, heading straight for the Imperial Garden.

It took Feng Xia almost half a day to finally find the location of Taiye Pond, following his memories from the previous two visits.

In the Imperial Garden, the flowers and plants are beautiful, and a divine glow rises from them, turning into wisps of mist that permeate the small bridges and flowing water. From a distance, it appears hazy and magnificent, like a dream garden.

"Is the dream garden in a dream not bad?"

Feng Xia muttered something to himself, then looked down at the Taiye Pond at his feet. The pond was shrouded in mist and clouds, its waters rippling, lotus leaves lush and green, and budding lotus flowers standing in the water. Occasionally, a carp would leap out, splashing up a shower of sparkling water.

"Then the question comes..."

Standing in front of Taiye Pond, Feng Xia rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling a headache coming on: "The palace of Lingyun Kingdom is comparable to a small city, and this Taiye Pond is almost the size of a lake, with hundreds, if not thousands, of red carp in it... Which one is that demonic fish Qianji?"

His plan encountered unexpected problems from the very beginning.

Because the memories a green carp retain are short-lived, and because carp have a narrow field of vision, the only thing it can remember, apart from a few aquatic creatures, is that red carp.

It now appears that my memory was slightly off.

"I've been in the palace for almost half a day now. Although Steward Luo is there to protect me, so I shouldn't run into any major trouble for the time being, it's still best to be cautious. Even though it's unlikely, if I were to be seen by someone like Emperor Lingyun, explaining myself would be a real hassle..."

Feng Xia carefully sat down by the Taiye Pond, gazing at the clear blue water, and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, at that moment, footsteps came from behind. Before Feng Xia could get up, he heard a voice say, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced back and saw a noblewoman dressed in palace attire, elegant and graceful, with a large pregnant belly. Supported by two palace maids, she cast an inquiring look at Feng Xia.

When the two palace maids saw Feng Xia, a hint of wariness had already quietly appeared in their eyes.

Consort Ning, the birth mother of the sixteenth prince.

A name flashed through Feng Xia's mind in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, he had already devised more than a hundred different plans in his mind.

However, as the lady stepped toward him, and the two palace maids grew even more wary, Feng Xia finally coughed lightly and chuckled leisurely, "This old man is just fishing here."

"Fishing? Do you know where you are? This isn't a place for you to fish!"

A palace maid's gaze sharpened, and she immediately rebuked Feng Xia: "Stop right there and don't move, or you'll be..."

"Old man, do you know where this place is?"

Just then, Consort Ning waved her hand slightly, looked at Feng Xia, her eyebrows slightly curved, and said with a smile, "To dare to fish in a place like this, you are indeed the most daring person I have ever seen."

"It's just fishing, not burning, killing, or looting. What is there for this old man to be afraid of?"

Feng Xia, holding her fishing rod, continued to strike a fishing pose.

At the same time, he smiled smugly and pointed to the fishhook that hadn't been hooked yet, saying, "As the saying goes, when you fish with a keyboard, those who are willing will take the bait. Besides... look, aren't there some fish coming?"

A look of sudden realization flashed across Consort Ning's face.

"You've come to see me?"

"Your Highness, you are overthinking this. I just happened to be passing by and saw some strange sights in the palace. I had a sudden craving for food, so I came here for a stroll."

Feng Xia fully activated the Creation Profound Art, controlling his facial muscles to reveal a calm and detached expression: "This old man observes that within this palace, there is a faint sign of dragon might rising, seemingly a prelude to the birth of a true dragon lord. However, within this strange phenomenon, there is also a hint of destruction, which suggests that the birth of this true dragon lord will definitely not be peaceful."

"The Lord of True Dragons, the Intent of Destruction?"

Consort Ning was certainly no fool to have gotten to where she is now.

Almost instantly, she understood the hidden meaning in Feng Xia's words, but she did not act rashly. Instead, she continued with a smile, "Old man, you are mistaken. His Majesty's cultivation is already unparalleled in the world, and the day he ascends to the divine altar is not far off. It can be said that Lingyun Kingdom is in a golden age that has not been seen in thousands of years. So how can there be any sense of impending destruction?"

That's why Consort Ning was relatively easy to talk to.

Looking at the two palace maids beside her, their eyes were already filled with anger. If Consort Ning hadn't raised her hand to signal them, they probably would have called the palace guards to arrest Feng Xia and throw her into prison the next moment!

To dare say such things in the palace is a capital offense!

The old fisherman in front of me is a complete madman!

"People without thought, he must worry about."

Feng Xia frantically searched for a lot of seemingly reasonable nonsense, maintaining his composed and mysterious image, and said with a chuckle: "This old man's fishing rod, with its straight hook and salty bait, is called 'Keyboard.' It is a secret treasure of my lineage, capable of fishing for gods and demons, fishing for all the heavens, and fishing for all things in this world."

He swung the pole towards Taiye Pond:

"Please take a look, Consort Ning."

slam-la-

Taiye Pond suddenly boiled!

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Chapter 0295

"Keyboard fishing: salty bait and straight hook?"

Consort Ning was stunned. Even with her extensive knowledge, she couldn't help but feel a sense of bewilderment at this moment.

What kind of keyboard is it?

Why can it also be used to fish for all things in the heavens?

But just as she was lost in thought, she saw the fisherman in the straw raincoat suddenly raise his fishing rod high, and the crystal-clear fishing line tugged and swept across the calm surface of Taiye Pond.

On the misty Taiye Pond, a sudden storm arose!

"Your Majesty, be careful!" two palace maids screamed.

"Please take a look, Consort Ning."

In the instant he swung the fishing rod, Feng Xia secretly activated the Creation Mystic Art!

On the tip of the fishing hook, he subtly simulated the aura of the demon god Yu Qianji, creating invisible ripples like unseen bait!

Keyboard fishing – those who are willing will take the bait!

Boom——

Suddenly, a thousand layers of giant waves surged up on the calm surface of Taiye Pool, as if an invisible storm had erupted. The waves crashed against the sky, like an angry dragon rolling and roaring within them!

"Your Majesty, please come behind us—"

The two palace maids screamed again.

The next moment, even Consort Ning's expression changed.

She clearly saw that at the bottom of Taiye Pond, one after another, red carp seemed to be stimulated and leaped into the air, their flesh melting and quickly combining to form a ten-thousand-foot-tall demon god!

Even Feng Xia was taken aback when he saw this scene:

"Good heavens, so all these red carp are this guy!"

He was slightly worried that if his little trick didn't work, or if the red carp that Yu Qianji had transformed into wasn't even in this area, he might be overwhelmed by the swarming imperial guards in the next instant!

However, it won't be so easy to sneak into the palace again next time.

"This guy has plenty of backup plans. Every red carp is an incarnation of him. That way, no matter which red carp has an accident, as long as there is one left, he will transform into his true form in the eighth year and destroy the entire Lingyun Kingdom!"

Feng Xia felt a slight sense of realization.

It was at this moment that he suddenly remembered that during his first playthrough, the Consort Ning had mentioned that a mysterious incident had occurred in the palace, in which most of the palace's inhabitants were killed, and despite Emperor Lingyun's extensive investigation, the culprit could not be found.

"It can't be such a coincidence..."

Feng Xia couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

If his guess is true, the mysterious event mentioned by Consort Ning was likely the work of Emperor Lingyun himself, who secretly eliminated the threat posed by Yu Qianji, which is why the plot progressed peacefully into the tenth year during the first playthrough!

"But why wasn't the Demon God Yu Qianji eliminated in the second playthrough...?"

Suddenly, Feng Xia thought of a certain possibility.

During his first playthrough, he took advantage of a brief moment of lucidity to implant some memories into the Sixteenth Prince. However, during his second playthrough, he had turned into a tree and didn't have time to do so at all!

"In other words, in the first playthrough, the Sixteenth Prince was brainwashed by me and became a hardworking and good person, but in the second playthrough, he was brainwashed by the Demon God Yu Qianji and degenerated into the Demon God's lackey..."

Whether he was brainwashed or not, in a sense, the fate of this sixteenth prince can indeed be described as tragic.

"That's right. Although Yu Qianji is a demon god, his power is obviously incomplete in his carp form. His abilities in the soul realm may not necessarily be superior to mine! After I brainwashed the Sixteenth Prince, Emperor Lingyun most likely discovered some anomalies, so he thoroughly investigated the entire Taiye Pool and then dragged Yu Qianji out..."

"What about the second cycle? At that time, I hadn't taken any action yet. Yu Qianji remained hidden until his power was restored, so he successfully brainwashed the Sixteenth Prince this time without Emperor Lingyun noticing anything unusual."

Thinking of this, Feng Xia's smile deepened, and she silently gave Yu Qianji a thumbs up.

Good bro, let's take the blame and go!

All thoughts were formed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, on the turbulent Taiye Pool, the phantom of the demon god had completely solidified, standing tens of thousands of feet tall, emanating a magnificent and terrifying aura that suppressed heaven and earth. Even the sun in the sky was forced to dim and lose its luster.

At this point, Feng Xia was already prepared to flee.

But in the next instant, the phantom of the demon god slightly arched its back and fell to the ground with a thud, like a carp leaping up.

At the same time, several palaces in the imperial palace were swept away, bursting into a burst of brilliant light before shattering into ruins.

Feng Xia: "..."

"Demon... Demon God—"

Finally, Consort Ning cried out in alarm.

On the day the sixteenth prince was about to be born, a demon god's phantom descended upon Lingyun Palace. Could this old man in front of us be a lackey of the demon god?