These fairies want me to deal with them every day.

Ye Bingluan was skeptical of the other party's attitude, finding it hard to believe that this was the young man's unique way of solving problems.

After pressing for a while, Wei Tu released his hand. Although his palms were covered in the faint fragrance of the other person's body, he was not so insane as to take a whiff of it.

He took out a pill from his Qiankun bag.

He handed it to Ye Bingluan.

"what is this?"

Ye Bingluan asked in confusion.

Wei Tu simply placed the pill in the other person's hand.

"You know, if I wanted to harm you right now, I wouldn't need any complicated procedures."

Ye Bingluan frowned slightly and said coldly, "But you should at least ask what we want to eat."

"Yes, it's to help improve your blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Otherwise, even if I remove the restrictions on your legs, you still won't be able to walk."

"A restriction? Doesn't that mean I'm... ruined?"

Ye Bingluan looked at Wei Tu with some excitement.

The boy nodded. "This is a restriction, probably designed to make you think you're useless, thus breaking your will. Eat it first, then tell me what happened."

"……it is good."

Ye Bingluan still took the pill.

After finishing the meal, he noticed that Wei Tu was sitting calmly in the chair, looking at him from a distance, and did not make any physical contact.

So Ye Bingluan slowly opened her mouth.

"You must have seen what the White Gate Tower looks like during the day, right?"

"I saw it."

"Do you see those three areas that look like stone tablets?"

Wei Tu nodded, then squinted and said, "I noticed that those three areas are blank, which makes them very conspicuous. There must be something engraved on them."

Ye Bingluan sighed, her eyes lowering slightly.

"Yes, when I order the killing of one of my people, his name appears above. It's probably some kind of effect, like the name of a vengeful spirit."

"What is the purpose of this effect?"

"To weaken or even eliminate the fortune of an emperor."

Wei Tu thought for a moment, and then immediately understood what it meant.

"Emperors in the human world all have a destiny, or what is called fortune. It is said that if the accumulated resentment of the people reaches a certain level, it will affect the persuasiveness of the emperor's existence, and even affect the fortune of the entire country."

This is one of the laws of heaven and earth. Everything that is not recognized by the heavenly way will gradually perish. Some are not recognized because of their very existence, while others are simply courting death.

Seeing Ye Bingluan nod, Wei Tu frowned and asked, "Why do these things? If you want to weaken or eliminate an emperor's fortune... back when your Shang Kingdom's former emperor passed away, you could have chosen to support a puppet emperor. He would have brought about his own downfall and ruined the country's fortune. There would have been no need for a capable woman like you to ascend the throne and go through all this trouble, right?"

That's right. If the goal was simply destruction, then this woman shouldn't have been put in power in the first place.

Ye Bingluan said, "Actually, my ascension to the throne was entirely their doing. My brothers, who were more likely to ascend the throne, some of whom were even on the verge of it, were all sidelined by them, but they were all deposed and I was pushed up instead... etc. Why do you think I have the ability? Since I ascended the throne, I have accomplished almost nothing."

Wei Tu smiled.

"You're unwilling to kill an innocent citizen in exchange for the ease of avoiding punishment—that's something many people can't do. Isn't your current lack of achievement simply because they've controlled the overall situation?"

"Correct."

"So the question is, who are they, and what is their purpose in doing this?"

Ye Bingluan took a deep breath.

"One of them is called 'Duo' and the other is called 'Jie'. They are the Imperial Advisors who have existed since the time of the late Emperor, and they are also the culprits who sent me from the Imperial City to Jiuyang City."

Upon hearing these two strange names, Wei Tu instantly remembered something.

Although he didn't really remember these two names from his previous life, the combination of "夺截" (duójié, meaning to seize or intercept) reminded Wei Tu of a phrase.

'Seize the key to the secret'.

This is the doctrine of a sect that later became quite famous and was hidden in the Immortal Continent.

Few know what the secret to heaven these people are trying to seize is, but their presence often brings disaster. They always have unspeakable secrets, and even their followers are unaware of their actions. Only a very few core members know their true purpose. It's a pity that I, who was once only one step away from becoming an Immortal Emperor, had the opportunity to learn about these secrets, but due to various unforeseen events, I lost interest and the desire to explore them.

How did I get involved with these things...?

Could a human kingdom also be inextricably linked to seizing a sliver of heavenly secrets?

Wei Tu felt that this matter might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.

What did they do?

Wei Tu asked.

Ye Bingluan said, "They told me... that the tombs of the nine ancestors of the Shang Kingdom formed a blockade, sealing off an ancient ferocious beast. It is difficult for outsiders to change this through normal means. Even if the Shang Kingdom were to perish through normal means, there would be successors to take over its destiny, and this blockade would exist forever. So they want to use me to lift the blockade under abnormal circumstances."

Ancient ferocious beasts...lockdown...

"Lord Shang Que?"

"how do you know?"

Ye Bingluan looked at Wei Tu in surprise, her brows furrowed tightly.

Wei Tu was certainly aware of this infamous reputation; he had known it for a long time. In his previous life, one of the major events that had turbulent the Immortal Continent that he had dealt with included the rebellion of Lord Shangque…

His explanation at this time was, "Your Shang Kingdom was established because of this name, right? It may be a great secret to you humans, and even later kings may not know it, but it is still traceable among the immortals. They want to release Lord Shang Que. But why do they have to go through so much trouble to let you take the throne in order to do this?"

Ye Bingluan said in a low, hoarse voice, "Their explanation was that my birth date was extremely Yin, which could become the core of a formation. So they had to make me do this. I refused to comply, so they imprisoned me in Jiuyang City. As you can see, Jiuyang City is like a ghost town because they have set up a formation around it. Anyone I kill with my own hands or order to be killed will become part of the formation, used to influence the fate of the Shang Kingdom, thus allowing them to achieve the effect of the Shang Kingdom losing its deer and affecting the blockade effect of Lord Shang Que..."

Wei Tu pondered for a moment.

Was this how the rebellion of Shang Quejun in my previous life was also unleashed?

In other words... this girl persisted for at least twenty years?

If she persisted all the way, how did she manage to intercept the two of them?

What is the connection between this matter and seizing the secret of heaven?

Wei Tu hadn't expected that in just three days since he came down the mountain, the amount of information he received would suddenly explode.

What's even more fatal is that Wei Tu just remembered the divination the Silver Dragon Heavenly Lord had given about the Abyss Sword Sect at this moment, and his instinctive intuition told him that this was not a good omen.

"Your long absence from the capital, aren't they afraid of public resentment and suspicion within the royal family, leading to an urgent need to elect a new ruler?"

Ye Bingluan shook her head slowly and said, "They created a puppet of me, pretending it's me issuing various orders from them. Now I'm more worried about another situation. Although it's my puppet, they will issue all sorts of orders that will alienate the people, making all the citizens think it's from me. The accumulated resentment might affect the fortune of the Shang Kingdom. At that time, they only need to put me into the array core... and they can achieve the same effect. Right now, they just hope that I compromise as soon as possible so that they can achieve their goal sooner."

Wei Tu thought for a moment.

"So the mysterious deaths of those generals and ministers were just part of their plan to clear obstacles, arrange their own manpower, and carry out their orders... But if that's the case... why send a message to the Yuanjian Sect to ask for help? Aren't they worried about unexpected events? The sect trials a while ago could be explained as the timing not being right, and normal trials could dispel the doubts of the Five Immortal Continents, so why this strange and abrupt behavior?"

Ye Bingluan explained the problem.

"The letter was written in my own hand. I used every means at my disposal to send it out. Actually, it wasn't just one letter from your Yuanjian Sect, but now it seems... only that one letter happened to reach your Yuanjian Sect."

Wei Tu paused, then thought of a question.

"You were also present during the previous sect trials, right? Why didn't you mention it then?"

Ye Bingluan shook her head.

“If I had told them then, none of your Yuanjian Sect disciples might have been able to return. They might have been replaced with puppets or substitutes, or some other method I can’t even imagine. So I couldn’t tell them then. Because I wanted to make sure they could go back, I hoped that one of them could be the seed to save the Shang Kingdom.”

"Heh, but now it's me. Are you disappointed?"

Wei Tu asked with a smile.

Ye Bingluan glanced at Wei Tu.

Then he let out a long sigh.

"I can only hope that it's all fate, that everything is destiny, and that you have your reason for being here... I hope even more that you are that variable, for which I am willing to risk everything."

Wei Tu squinted at Ye Bingluan.

"What everything?"

This time, Ye Bingluan stared straight at Wei Tu.

Despite his young age, he had an exceptionally determined look in his eyes.

"If we can turn the situation around, we can have whatever we want."

Wei Tu laughed.

"Aren't you afraid that after saying something like that, I'll become the next thief?"

Ye Bingluan shook her head wearily.

“I can’t think about that anymore. If that’s the case, then we’ll think about it when the time comes… Right now, I just hope that none of this will happen, and I just hope that someone can stop them. Unlike now, I can’t even commit suicide.”

Wei Tu looked at Ye Bingluan and then smiled.

"Although he lacks foresight, he is certainly better than someone who has foresight but is unwilling to give up anything."

Wei Tu stood up.

"You rest for a bit, let me think about it."

Ye Bingluan glanced at the boy with concern.

"Time is running out."

"I know, but there's no use in rushing things right now."

"Ok."

Ye Bingluan was clearly still worried. It made sense; her nerves, which had been tense for so long, wouldn't completely relax just because of her sudden arrival. After all, she wasn't some Immortal Emperor yet.

For the time being, we can't even leave this dilapidated city.

Wei Tu glanced at Ye Bingluan, and finally thought of something.

"By the way, if your death could solve all of this, would you really be willing to die?"

Ye Bingluan looked at Wei Tu staring intently at her, but calmly shook her head.

"uncertain."