Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

"Saving money is a good thing, bring it here." Xi Heng is quite indifferent to these worldly matters now.

"Yes."

The maid stepped back and left, returning a moment later with only a bowl of porridge and some coarse grains and side dishes.

The dishes contained little to no meat; they were enough to fill one's stomach, but clearly lacked nutritional value.

Xi Heng didn't make any demands and casually picked up his chopsticks.

"Summon the priest here, I have something to say." She gave the simple order.

The maid, who looked somewhat nervous, quickly agreed and hurried away.

Soon, the Dark Heaven Sect priest, whose facial features were quite ordinary but whose clothing had been drastically changed, arrived at the scene.

The other person seemed to have not slept all night, and looked quite tired.

As soon as he stepped across the threshold, he knelt down, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and bowed, saying:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on slaying the rebel leader!"

Xi Heng glanced at it: "You're quite well-informed."

"Now the whole city is abuzz with the news that it was Princess Xiheng of the Great Zhao who slew the enemy. I asked you for your name before, so I knew. But I never expected that the Holy Maiden would be Princess Xiheng of the Great Zhao. Please forgive me, Princess!"

Upon learning of this, the Dark Celestial Priest became even more respectful.

"Imperial Princess is just a title. What you should respect is not that, but the Great Dark Heaven," Xi Heng said casually.

"Yes! The Great Dark Mother is merciful, sending down Her Highness the Holy Maiden to save countless mortals, end the chaos, and pacify the four directions... Your Highness will surely accomplish great things from now on, extending the Great Dark Mother's blessings to all people in the world."

The priest who initially sided with Xi Heng was quite excited after learning her true identity.

"Have you achieved great success..." Xi Heng repeated softly.

The high priest seemed to have guessed her next goal.

After all, as a royal princess, she was both establishing her own power, spreading her name, and expanding her influence in the military... Even if she herself might not have much ambition, others would certainly think that she had a considerable desire for the throne.

In fact, she really does have it.

"I will be leaving the city today. You will lead the Dark Heaven Sect to stay in Jinshi and use it as a base to develop the Dark Heaven Sect in the surrounding areas. If I achieve great success in the future, you will also benefit from it." Xi Heng made a promise casually.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the high priest immediately bowed in respect.

"Long live the Holy Maiden!"

What kind of polite language is this... calling her Saintess, Your Highness, and even addressing the Empress as "Long Live the Empress."

It would be better to say "Long live the Emperor"—at least that would remind her of what it felt like to sit on the dragon throne back then.

Xi Heng sighed, then continued with the main topic:

“You’ve done quite well lately, at least you’ve achieved the goals I set for you… so here’s a reward for you.”

She took a large brocade pouch from her waist and casually tossed it away.

The other person accepted it, anxiously asking, "Your Highness, what is this...?"

"Blood Spirit Stone," Xi Heng said simply.

"You can use this to cast a few minor spells, or you can imprint spells on your own or someone else's body, where they will remain for five days."

"Spirit, spirit stone? Spell?" Although he didn't know what these words meant, just hearing them made him even more excited.

"Didn't I say before? If you do well, you'll be rewarded with magic."

After Xi Heng achieved the Transformation Realm, simple spells were no longer of much use to her, so she prepared to teach them to her subordinates.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xi Heng was not infected by the other party's excitement. He simply continued to magically conjure another blood spirit stone from the air and demonstrated the finger techniques and incantations for using the spirit stone in front of the other party.

Seeing the man's bewildered expression, she helplessly asked him to fetch a pen and ink, wrote down incantations with distorted intonations, drew a few finger gestures at random, and taught him the two simplest spells, Blood Arrow and Blood Claw. Then she told him to take the Blood Spirit Stone and get lost.

A moment later, she was alone in the room again.

Xi Heng muttered to himself:

"Let them develop this small force slowly. They can be used when they are useful in the struggle for the throne, and it doesn't matter if they are not... After all, it's just a blood spirit stone."

Before this siege, Xi Heng would never have so readily handed over the spirit stones.

But now, after hundreds of saves, she has a hundred spirit stones in her inventory, so she wouldn't regret throwing one away.

In this save, because she had advanced to the Transformation Realm, she directly killed Fang Tiande with her sword without using a single spirit stone. Her inventory of a hundred spirit stones was still overflowing with spiritual energy, enough to unleash Blood Sea Overturning Heaven again.

Xi Heng had also considered whether he should try to farm Fang Tiande a hundred more times to get more spirit stones.

But just thinking about it makes me feel tired of it, so I guess I'll just forget about it.

She shook her head slightly, ate the simple meal on the table, picked up her bundle from the room, and headed towards the stables at the church altar.

This bundle was specially packed for her by Senior Sister Hongmiao a few months ago, and she hasn't been able to change into many of the clothes inside.

After Xi Heng arrived in Jinshi City, he founded the Dark Heaven Sect, a small religion, and no longer needed to take care of his daily affairs.

The stables were in the back corner; although the entire city had experienced a great fire, it hadn't reached this area.

Among them were more than a dozen horses of varying heights and builds.

The brown BMW that I brought to Jinshi City received a lot of care, and its originally well-proportioned figure became noticeably obese.

She sat on the saddle and felt more secure.

Xi Heng tugged on the reins and patted the horse's neck. The brown horse obediently walked across the corridor, over the now-straightened former dean's road, and left the altar.

Hooves trod across the long road covered in ashes and dust, and the girl quietly looked around at the endless expanse of ashes and ruins.

The fire had burned the entire city of Goldstone beyond recognition; a casual glance revealed several charred corpses.

A thick, charcoal-black hue covered the city's surface, with wisps of smoke rising upwards, as if the souls of countless dead within the city were ascending into the sky.

The dead have found peace, but the living can hardly get a share.

Without shelter or money, and with their clothes tattered, the refugees mostly stared blankly at the wisps of smoke drifting away, their eyes filled with despair, as if they were just squatting by the roadside waiting to die.

Most of the other refugees who were still able to leave Jinshi City with their families and went to live with relatives in distant places.

This ruined city truly has no reason to remain.

The current Zhao court will not send anyone to provide relief. How could those corrupt officials and treacherous villains give away their silver and grain to homeless refugees?

The people who remained in Jinshi City were basically just waiting to die.

As she walked, Xi Heng felt the atmosphere in the city growing increasingly gloomy. The only sound in the city was the sound of her horse's hooves. Although there were living people around her, they were all motionless as if they were dead.

It wasn't until the announcement of the Dark Heaven Sect's chief priest distributing porridge came from the distance that the refugees finally made some noise, raising their stiff bodies and slowly approaching like zombies.

Xi Heng walked in the opposite direction, approaching the Jinshi City Gate.

The city gate wasn't actually that far away, and many soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield.

As she approached, the officers and soldiers bowed and greeted her, addressing her as "Your Highness, Princess."

Xi Heng nodded, took a few steps forward, and saw Zhao Wanli standing in front of the city wall.

The cold morning wind caused the dark red cloak behind his general's armor to billow. This rare Grandmaster of the Great Zhao bowed to her with his hands clasped, and said:

"Yesterday's great victory over the rebels of Tianliang owes much to the Princess."

"General, you flatter me."

Xi Heng replied calmly.

"His contributions are indispensable." Zhao Wanli calmly repeated these four words:

"The Princess's actions yesterday have already spread throughout the city... As such a young martial artist at the Transformation Realm, and having killed the rebel leader Fang Tiande in just a few moves, her fame will surely resound throughout the country and beyond."

"It's inevitable that this will reach the ears of the current emperor..." he stated this fact simply.

"Then let her listen."

Xi Heng didn't care about Chu Xiao's matter.

In her eyes, Chu Xiao was not an emperor capable of pacifying the current chaotic world, and sooner or later, she would replace him.

As long as Chu Xiao doesn't see her as a thorn in his side and send a martial arts master to kill her, any other reaction is fine.

If she sends someone, I will go directly to end her rule.

All she had to do was unleash the Blood Sea Overturning Technique during the court assembly in the palace, overthrow the palace, and kill the emperor. After Chu Xiao's death, with no one to succeed her, she, as a martial arts master and the rightful heir, would naturally have the throne within her grasp.

However, such a brutal approach, killing both treacherous and loyal officials, would make it difficult for the court to function, and the palace would be reduced to ruins, leaving a mess for her to manage, which would be troublesome.

Xi Heng still wanted to proceed gradually, rather than rushing things.

"Your Highness has her own plans, and I will say no more." Zhao Wanli took a half step back.

“A year from now, Yanmeng Kingdom will invade the south, and I may go to the northern frontier to join the army,” Xi Heng casually mentioned.

"Your subject respectfully awaits the arrival of the Imperial Princess." The other party bowed.

The two looked at each other, saying nothing.

Xi Heng flicked the reins and sped away from Jinshi.

Zhao Wanli, who was left behind, straightened up and watched Xi Heng ride away on horseback, his firm gaze showing a slight wavering.

He stared for a long time, seemingly in a daze, until his adjutant came to his senses.

"What my elder sister Qianqiu ultimately failed to achieve, this person accomplished."

"Those who can accomplish the impossible may also be able to save the Great Zhao Dynasty..."

On the city wall, which was covered with cracks, dents and dents, a dark red flag bearing the character 'Zhao' fluttered in the cold wind.

……

After bidding farewell to Jinshi, Xi Heng traveled north, passing through Xiuzhou and Gui'an. He rested for two days at an inn in these two relatively well-preserved cities.

During a meal in the hall on the way, they heard about the so-called princess killing the rebel leader.

In just three days, the news had already spread to neighboring cities.

Xi Heng then bought a veil in the city to cover his face, so as to avoid trouble coming his way.

Afterwards, they took a boat trip across the Xiujiang River and returned to their residence in Jiangning City.

Although on the surface she was only away from Jiangning City for two months, Xi Heng actually experienced much longer events.

It's been so long that I'm starting to miss my senior sister.

"After being so busy for so long, let my senior sister and I enjoy some peace and quiet for a while." She didn't want to immediately start making plans and rushing forward with the throne as her goal.

There's no reason for anyone to be constantly tense; doing so can cause mental problems.

When it's time to relax, you should relax.

"What should we do with my senior sister when we get back?"

On her way back, the girl hummed a song known only to her in this world.

……

Chapter 82, Seeking Immortality and the Dao

Ten days later, in Jiangning City.

Xi Heng glanced at the two characters "Jiang Ning" carved on the city gate, paid a few taels of silver for the entrance fee, and easily entered as a martial arts practitioner.

News of Fang Tiande's defeat has already spread here, but it is unknown whether the story of this princess has followed.

After Xi Heng entered the city, it was clear that the people there seemed more at ease than when she had left.

While there was no reason to be overjoyed, the heavy tax burden imposed by the imperial court had not lessened despite the change of emperor.

But at least people no longer have to worry about their homes being seized by the Tianliang rebels and turning into the hellish scene described in the rumors.

With the gentle clatter of hooves, Xi Heng, filled with anticipation of reuniting with his senior sister, returned to his small villa in Jiangning City.

After passing through a street and alley, we arrived at the inner city, where the horse's hooves landed in front of the courtyard gate.

The young girl dismounted lightly and gently knocked on the door.

Knock knock,

Within seconds, a maid came to open the door.