Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

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P.S.: This update is a bit late. The next update will probably be tonight. I'll try to get it closer to September 9.1st before I go to sleep.

Some people are wondering about the Empress's loss of virginity. The Empress's motive for retaining her virginity was not only to avoid implicating Jin Yu, but also to seek revenge by destroying everything in the process. Without her virginity, she would lose the opportunity to take revenge herself. She never intended to escape the palace until she finally decided to leave with Chu Mingkong, and then chose to let him lose his virginity, thus finding a less severe way to strike back at the Emperor.

After entering the palace, the male protagonist constantly tries to provoke the Empress and entice her to leave with him. The Empress's motives have also been clearly stated beforehand.

Although it may only be a plot from a few days ago, it's still almost ten or so chapters and tens of thousands of words have passed, so it's normal to forget.

However, it's also possible that I wrote this in a hurry, and the meaning expressed in the text differed from what I thought, which may have prevented everyone from understanding it. So I'm mentioning it here.

Chapter 138 The Evidence of Fallen Blood (8.8/18)

The emperor was furious. His anger, along with his extremely Yin wood spiritual energy, erupted, instantly leveling the magnificent palace to the ground. The broken tiles flew everywhere, and the once resplendent palace and the surrounding buildings were reduced to a bare expanse of yellow earth, with only the emperor standing there alone.

The immense, violent, and malevolent energy still lingered nearby, and even the palace guards dared not approach this increasingly unfamiliar monarch.

The emperor's consciousness reached the illusory image of the dragon vein wandering in the palace, and he took in all the situations.

This was what he feared most. Although Empress Pei had been trapped in the palace since her disappearance and could not leave, which would not affect him, Empress Pei was of great importance. The fact that she had some initiative in her hands was the worst thing for the emperor!

Now she's done it anyway, ruining her health!

"Where is that bitch hiding?! She must still be in the palace, she was just here a moment ago!"

As he angrily questioned the palace, it returned to normal, as if the ruins had just been an illusion.

Having lost the offering of the Golden Crow Phoenix Body, the Dragon Vein, merciless, quickly targeted the Emperor for its power. He felt his life force slowly draining away. Having used the Dragon Vein's power for so long, this was the first time the Dragon Vein had demanded the price for its power.

Furthermore, the emperor's status and physical condition are far inferior to those of the Golden Crow Phoenix. An empress is replaced every ten years to nearly twenty years, but the emperor can only endure a fraction of that time under the influence of the dragon vein.

The emperor sensed his impending doom; if things didn't turn around, he wouldn't last another six months!

Why should he be the one to pay the price for this power? The power of the dragon vein comes from the will of all people, from those who are born into poverty, the common people, and the lowly. His royal family has passed down the power from generation to generation. From his ancestors to him, he gave these common people a peaceful land to live in. Isn't it only right that they contribute the power of the dragon vein?

This power from the lowest of the low dared to make the emperor pay the price? Who gave them the audacity? Do these born lowly people have the fortune to make him pay?!

Suddenly, the emperor noticed something amiss in the empress's palace through the vision of a dragon vein phantom. His figure instantly turned into ashes and black mist and dissipated, appearing directly in the empress's palace. The scene before him further stimulated his nerves!

His missing imperial bed and bedding were found here, tossed on the ground like a rag, with a red bloodstain on them!

He, the supreme emperor, had waited and guarded the woman for so many years, only to have her body defiled right under his nose, and she even deliberately left "evidence" on his imperial bed to show him!

"You slut! You vile bitch!!"

That vibrant, alluring crimson, like dye, turned the emperor's eyes bloodshot, and the empress's palace collapsed amidst his furious roar.

The dragon vein phantom raged faster, and in the blink of an eye, the area surrounding the palace was ravaged. In the inner palace, which housed three thousand concubines, the cries of dying concubines were incessant, but no one showed them any pity.

Suddenly, a dragon head descended from above the palace and roared in a manner similar to that of the emperor. A torrent of energy spewed from the dragon's mouth. This torrent was distinct from the five elements and yin and yang, condensed into needles, and struck a certain empty space. It seemed to cause no disturbance, but the world suddenly fell silent, and even the emperor felt extremely uneasy.

Above the capital of Tianji, a number of cultivators have gathered. Many junior cultivators have a strange sense of superiority over the secular dynasties. Even the menial servants and outer disciples in the sects regard the royal family, who are dressed in gold and silver, as insignificant mortals.

With such a commotion occurring in the direction of the palace, cultivators with considerable skill are watching cautiously, not daring to rush over rashly. However, cultivators with lesser skill are showing the fearlessness of newborn calves, charging straight towards the palace's barrier, hoping to seize the great opportunity and demand the secrets from this secular dynasty.

As soon as they approached the palace's barrier, they were instantly obliterated by a roar from the dragon head above, leaving not a trace.

Seeing their colleagues meet such a fate, those inexperienced cultivators who thought themselves superior to the secular dynasties finally realized the reality and understood their own worth.

They were deeply shocked. Cultivators renounce the world to cultivate, precisely to avoid being entangled in worldly affairs and becoming stumbling blocks on their path to enlightenment. How could this dynasty, situated in the secular world, inexplicably gain power that even they could not attain? Weren't these secular royal children supposed to voluntarily join sects if they wanted to achieve something in their cultivation?

The sense of superiority derived from detaching oneself from worldly affairs and practicing spiritual cultivation was inexplicably taken a hit.

Inside the palace, the two weak points that Chu Mingkong had just broken through were now heavily surrounded by the phantom of the dragon vein, searching for the person who had made the move, but he found nothing in the vicinity.

Chu Mingkong has now confirmed one thing: attacking those weaknesses carries the risk of revealing his whereabouts. The weaknesses of this formation are even more sensitive than his master's buttocks; they react at the slightest touch.

The two arrows he fired from a great distance just now caused his colorless shadow technique to fail and his concealment ability to disappear. This time, it wasn't the colorless shadow technique that malfunctioned on its own.

...It's more like the dragon forbade him from using this technique within this small area of ​​the palace.

Fortunately, he canceled the Annihilation Domain in advance; otherwise, this trump card might have failed.

"Do you know what just happened?" Chu Mingkong asked Empress Pei, who was in his arms.

Empress Pei hooked one arm around Chu Mingkong's neck and covered her clothes with the other to prevent Chu Mingkong from jumping around in the building and causing her skirt to flutter and expose her.

“I have severed ties with the Dragon Vein, so asking me won’t help. But I suspect that the laws have forbidden you from using the Wind Shadow concealment technique. The area within the Imperial Palace is, to a certain extent, dominated by the Dragon Vein.”

"Then why wasn't my Annihilation Domain disabled when I first attacked its weakness? I guess it still depends on luck." Chu Mingkong didn't dwell on that. "Do you still remember that map?"

"I remember, let me think about it." Empress Pei knew what he meant and answered in advance.

The situation just now shows that Chu Mingkong has little chance to defeat them one by one, as the risk is very high. The best approach would be to eliminate their weaknesses almost simultaneously, like at the garden lake.

Therefore, for the remaining weaknesses, we need to find a suitable point to break down as many weaknesses as possible in one go.

"The location of the top of that library over there is good, similar to the locations of several other circles, but they are all a bit far. Can you hit it?" Empress Pei asked worriedly.

Chu Mingkong gestured to indicate the location; it was indeed quite far. Moreover, there were many dragon vein phantoms moving and searching in the air. Whether they could find him was secondary; they were moving very fast and might block Chu Mingkong's arrows.

Moreover, aside from the weaknesses pointed out by Empress Pei, there is one last weakness that is quite far away, which is where it is truly impossible to shoot.

"As for whether you can hit the target or not, just shoot more, right?"

Chapter 139 Prince Jin, Transformed into the Abyss! (9.1/18)

The first time the stone lion's weak point was cleaved by a single sword strike, it could be explained as a coincidence that the person hiding Empress Pei encountered the phantom of the dragon vein and accidentally destroyed a weak point. However, now that two weak points of the imperial palace's grand formation have been destroyed at the same time, it can no longer be described as a coincidence.

The emperor ordered all the dragon vein phantoms to gather at the remaining weak points to guard them, and also to strengthen surveillance on all high-rise buildings to intercept any suspicious persons at any time.

Skilled in both swordsmanship and archery, he truly is that wild boy from Xiling!

These past few days, no other extremely yin energy has been detected in the palace. The emperor even suspects that Chu Mingkong may have hired a new ally to seize the empress's position, and that the person in the palace is not him.

There aren't that many who dare to oppose me; isn't Chu Mingkong the only one who's so audacious?

The emperor gritted his teeth in anger, his gums bleeding, regretting that he hadn't been executed when the emperor was a hostage!

No, back when he suffered a humiliation at the Shangguan family and became a laughingstock throughout the city, we should have chopped up that infamous, worthless young master. Then there wouldn't have been so much trouble!

Now, the emperor only wants to grind him to dust and use his and that vile woman's ashes to celebrate this national celebration on this auspicious occasion!

At the top of the library, a handsome young man and a stunningly beautiful young woman stood together.

Empress Pei looked up at Chu Mingkong with a shy and angry expression, pinched his waist, and scolded, "Don't play with my tongue!"

Although Chu Mingkong wasn't in much pain, he still pretended to be in pain so that Empress Pei would feel a little better. He looked at the glistening, smooth substance between his fingers and quickly applied it to the arrow.

"This is what's needed for enchanting, so it's really not my fault~"

"I really should spit in your mouth!" Empress Pei was truly angered by him, saying that she was just being polite by taking some saliva to increase the power of the arrows.

When using those fingers to collect saliva, they weren't as polite as when they were talking; they really took advantage of any slight displeasure...

"Fine, I'll let you spit on me again once we're outside."

Chu Mingkong drew his bow and aimed it at the sky, silently repeating in his mind what he needed to do next, so that he would be prepared from the start rather than passively waiting and wasting time.

After taking a deep breath, he moved with lightning speed, nocking and firing dozens of arrows in quick succession. They rose into the air like dazzling golden crows, then fell like meteors, their arrowheads pointing directly at several weak points within a radius.

Just by looking at the number of arrows, you can tell why the queen was so angry.

The moment he finished shooting all the arrows, Chu Mingkong withdrew his Annihilation Domain.

Despite the uncertainty, Chu Mingkong harbored a glimmer of hope that he might be able to retract the Annihilation Domain before the Dragon Vein locked onto him, and that the Dragon Vein wouldn't be able to prevent the continued use of the Annihilation Domain for the time being?

The dust-free talisman nestled between the empress's full breasts gave him immense confidence.

"Aren't you leaving yet?" Empress Pei felt uneasy as she saw that the world around her was no longer black and white. She felt like her shameful deeds had been exposed. She had gotten used to the quiet world where only the two of them existed.

"Wait a little longer, I need to make sure all these arrows hit their mark." As he spoke, Chu Mingkong took out a long spear, feeling that there was a weak point that he might not be able to destroy.

There are too many phantom images of dragon veins over there!

More and more cultivators gathered in the skies above the capital.

Feng Ying and Yun Nongyu had already arrived and were observing the group of cultivators. As for Yongzhen, Yun Nongyu had already sent several trusted female disciples to secretly accompany and escort him.

The surrounding cultivators were amazed to see a dazzling golden meteor shower suddenly fall from the dragon-qi-filled barrier. Their eyesight was sharp enough to detect that the meteors were formed from arrows, which contained a rich concentration of extreme yang energy.

There are very few cultivators who practice archery, and this person has even applied the extreme Yang Dao to archery!

Now, after those few reckless young cultivators tested the limits of the palace at the beginning, the strength of the palace's barrier has become known to all the cultivators.

This barrier is several times stronger than the mountain-protecting battle of their respective sects, and the battle inside the barrier is equivalent to someone daring to break into the core formation of a first-class sect on their own!

Arrows transformed into phoenixes and soared into the sky, piercing many illusory dragon veins. However, the dragon heads in the sky constantly exhaled dragon energy, summoning wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, which knocked down many arrows in advance.

The arrows that were shot down vanished like a phoenix falling into oblivion.

However, Chu Mingkong had anticipated this situation from the beginning. He won by sheer numbers and changed the angle of his shots, just like a million elite soldiers breaking through a secluded path, only to have one shot hit the Lantian jade in the end.

Many arrows fell rapidly, but a few still managed to hit their targets, destroying weaknesses amidst the flames of the exploding golden crow.

In the distance, a sword light interwoven with dragon energy flashed, severing the golden crow that was about to strike its weak point.

After his gaze was diverted twice, from the Empress's palace to the gardens and lakes, the Emperor finally arrived, his eyes red and sword drawn, his overwhelming momentum like an angry dragon crossing the river, his sword sweeping across the eight directions.

"I will sacrifice your blood to nourish the dragon vein!!"

"Your husband is trying to stop you, his mother-in-law, from living with your son-in-law. What should you do?"

"You really are shameless." Empress Pei was both ashamed and angry, but the blush on her face was still beautiful and charming.

Chu Mingkong was captivated by her beauty, his heart pounding like a deer's, so much so that it bled from the impact!

"Hehe, can you hear how my heart fluttered for you?"

Empress Pei stared blankly at his heart, which was gushing blood, with a look of utter astonishment and confusion on her face.

Amidst the thunderous pounding of his heart, jet-black, foul blood seeped out. The viscous blood flowed slowly, but in the blink of an eye, it had already engulfed Chu Mingkong's body.

The over two-meter-tall, pitch-black, blood-red figure exuded an extremely yin and sinister aura, with a stunningly beautiful woman embracing him with one arm—a scene utterly incongruous.

The power of extreme Yin was no weaker than that of the emperor's side, but in the same eyes surging with violent intent, Chu Mingkong's side showed a bit more calmness.

The power of the Gun Immortal Realm quietly gathered, without any extra shockwaves overturning the palace grounds.

The tall, dark-skinned figure stood silently atop the library, its black flames gathering on the spear in its hand.