Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

Why pay more attention to these minor details?

While Xi Heng was puzzled, Yan Hongji, who was standing to the side, also turned her serious gaze towards him.

"Speaking of which, I recently heard in the palace that His Majesty seemed to have been communicating quite a bit with the imperial envoy some time ago?"

"No, right?" The girl's eyes darted away.

“But Chen Fenghuo did often come to Fuqing Hall before we went out on our tour,” said Hong Miao, who was working in the hall.

"It's work, it's work," Xi Heng retorted. "We're both busy every day, how could we possibly have time to develop any other relationship?"

"Really not?" Hongmiao and Hongji asked almost simultaneously.

For some reason, they've become more and more in sync over the years they've spent together.

"No, no." She waved her hand.

"Senior Sister hesitated," Junior Sister Hongji noticed.

"Don't lie to me," Senior Sister Hongmiao said.

"..."

Why did things suddenly turn from being so intimate, with people on either side of me, into a barrage of pressure?

Where exactly did we go wrong?

“I… um, this…” Miss Xi Heng lowered her head slightly. “I’m sorry.”

Instantly, the place fell silent once more.

Even the lively chatter from the lower level of the restaurant and the shouts of the restaurant's children couldn't ease the atmosphere in this private room in the slightest.

The wild yellow croaker on the table seemed to feel the chill and stopped emitting wisps of white steam.

Or perhaps, because the room had been quiet for too long, the food had slowly cooled down.

Whether it was two minutes or four or five minutes later, a voice finally broke the suffocating atmosphere in the private room.

The waitress brought over a plate, filled it with a small bowl of shrimp paste soup, served it in a friendly tone, and bowed before leaving.

Xi Heng really wanted to eat shrimp paste, but he felt that using a spoon wasn't a good option.

After the waiter left, Senior Sister Hongmiao silently got up, approached the side wooden door of the private room, and slid it shut with a clatter.

As a result, the sounds coming from outside gradually subsided, and the small room seemed to be isolated from the outside world.

Only the freshly served shrimp soup remained slightly warm; the rest of the place was cold and desolate.

Even Xi Heng felt a chill creeping down his spine.

Another moment passed.

Hongji and Hongmiao exchanged a glance, then picked up their utensils and each scooped up a spoonful of meatballs and shrimp paste.

Then, Xi Heng's bowl and chopsticks were taken away, and soup and snacks were moved over.

"Eh?"

"Here, let's eat," Hong Miao said.

"You...aren't angry?"

"I knew this day would come if I had seen that the Holy Envoy had feelings for you earlier," Yan Hongji said. "Given your personality, it's surprising that you've only gotten together now."

"Well."

I don't know what to say—so I won't say anything.

The girl picked up a spoon, scooped up a delicate shrimp paste, and brought it to her lips.

It has a fresh, fragrant, tender, and smooth texture, and also has a chewy feel.

"good to eat."

The senior sister chuckled softly, "Besides seeking immortality, you only like these things like food and sex."

"Who said that? I have quite a wide range of interests and hobbies," she denied.

"For example?"

She thought about it for a while and realized that most of her hobbies from Earth couldn't be brought here.

So, as he thought about it, he fell silent on the spot.

"You didn't expect that, did you?"

"Isn't my senior sister the same?" She stuck out her tongue.

"That's not true," my senior sister said. "My interest is only in you. As long as we can be together, anything is good."

Is now the time to say sweet nothings?

“I am also…” Hongji chimed in from the side.

"Everyone, do you like me a little too much?" Xi Heng whispered.

Being forgiven so easily made her feel extra relaxed.

Today, let's indulge in the pleasures of love.

……

Spring goes and winter comes, and the world changes.

Xi Heng spent half a year touring various places around Tian Zhao and saw that people's livelihoods were developing well. Upon returning to the capital, he continued to accelerate the progress and promotion of ocean voyages and maritime trade, attempting to usher in the age of navigation within a few years.

With abundant domestic resources and a gradually filling domestic market, business travelers are naturally turning their attention to the ocean, trying to find more new trade routes and trading partners.

Shipbuilding technology also made great progress due to the exchanges between Baekje and Cheonjo, and new types of large ships with multiple masts and sails, which were lightweight and fast, gradually appeared. Various special navigation compasses were also improved.

Meanwhile, the voyagers' map-making technology became increasingly advanced.

During this period, Xi Heng led the artisans of the imperial city to integrate the previous movable type printing technology, replacing clay movable type with wooden and copper movable type, and invented the rotary typesetting method, which made its application more extensive, thereby greatly promoting the benefits of navigation.

With the active promotion of local governments and various objective reasons, a wave of voyages swept across the land. A great Confucian scholar in the capital proposed the concept of "the center of the world," saying that the State of Zhao was the most central place in the world and should follow the will of Heaven to expand its influence to all parts of the world, become the heart of the world, educate the barbarians in all directions, and welcome all nations to pay tribute.

As the shipping routes gradually expanded and more and more ships sailed away, Xi Heng also secretly issued missions to seek immortals and strange phenomena.

And so, another three years passed.

In the ninth year of Taiheng, Xiheng's primordial energy had reached eight-tenths complete. Due to the large influx of qi and blood, a few strands of red were faintly visible through the bright white surface.

Although it is not yet perfect, it already has the form of "embracing the elixir".

Her own strength has completely surpassed that of a martial artist who has reached the Transformation Realm.

Even a light touch of a finger on the wall, combined with a slight circulation of internal primordial energy, can shatter it to pieces.

Even without using the dragon transformation technique, she could still crush the mortal world in her human form.

Through sparring with my senior sister in recent days, I have come to realize that ordinary martial artists who have reached the Transformation Realm would not last a single round against her.

Early morning, in the imperial court.

After listening to several uninteresting reports, she suddenly received a message that was exactly what she wanted.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that an important matter has occurred in the land of Hailu," reported a minister surnamed Han, who was in charge of exchanges with Donghuangmeishan.

"speak."

"Rumor has it that Huang Lie, the master of Huangmei Mountain, went mad while practicing his martial arts, became tainted by evil energy, and slaughtered a large number of martial artists. Many of his Transformation Realm cultivators died, and now the entire Huangmei Mountain is deserted. The survivors are pleading for the assistance of Transformation Realm martial artists from all over the world to come to East Huangmei Mountain and slay the evil spirits." The other party's voice was calm.

Xi Heng wasn't surprised: "So, in the end, he still went mad with qi deviation?"

No matter how outstanding a martial artist in this world may be innate, without her abilities, if they wanted to glimpse beyond the Transformation Realm, they would probably only end up suffering a qi deviation.

However, to her slight surprise, if she was going into a state of demonic possession, even if her meridians were severed and she died, it wouldn't matter... so why was she tainted by evil spirits?

"I will personally handle this matter."

……

Volume 1: Taking a day off!

I have a slight cold, I'll update again in a day (*^▽^*)

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Volume One: Chapter 144, The Dharma Talk and the Conferment of the Supreme Power

Leaving Beijing, I traveled a thousand miles eastward.

After crossing a great river with turbulent waves year-round, and reaching the opposite bank covered with golden sand, you will see lush and dense trees on both sides ahead, and a wide and smooth long road in the middle.

Stepping off the boat onto the sand, we arrived at Hailu.

Hundreds of years ago, this region was still a desolate wilderness. It wasn't until the late Wu Dynasty that a leader surnamed Lu led hundreds of thousands of refugees here during a famine. They cleared the land and built settlements, enabling people to live off the mountains and the sea, saving many lives. That's how the name Hailu gradually came about.

Because the environment was so harsh back then, the land of Hailu was more martial than other regions from the very beginning of its development. Many of the people there were not engaged in proper work. Most of the acrobatic and theatrical troupes and singing groups that traveled to and from the Tianzhao Kingdom came from Hailu.

The local customs of the martial arts world are rampant; even acquaintances often greet each other with the fist-and-palm salute of martial artists.

Most major martial arts sects have also taken root here. In recent decades, under the leadership of Donghuangmei Mountain, which gathers martial artists from all over the world, this place is about to be developed into a kingdom of martial artists.

……

Xi Heng rode his crimson steed, traveling slowly with his senior sister as if on a trip.

Having passed through so many villages, towns, and cities in Donghuangmei Mountain, it was clear that the atmosphere there was quite different from that of other provinces in Tianzhao Kingdom.

Martial arts schools were set up in every settlement, whether it was a village or a city.

Children with all four limbs intact will be sent to a martial arts school to learn martial arts when they reach a certain age.

In this place, what can change a person's status is not through studying scriptures and taking the imperial examinations, but purely through their martial arts prowess.

Although most martial artists in the Tianzhao Kingdom also enjoy privileges, the imperial court and government have always suppressed and restrained their power in various ways.

The land of Hailu is itself a martial arts power, so it naturally disregards this fact and allows all kinds of martial arts to grow wildly here.

For most emperors in the history of the Zhao state, retaking this place would have been extremely difficult.

If we cannot forcefully suppress the powerful martial arts forces in this area, even if we manage to subdue them, many hidden dangers will inevitably arise in the future, threatening our rule.

But she happens to have the ability to suppress the entire martial arts world.

"Recapturing this place will be a piece of cake," Xi Heng commented after traveling through most of the Hailu region.

Hongmiao, who was riding a white horse beside her, was already used to these kinds of words and remained calm.

This time, when Xi Heng left the palace, he only took Senior Sister Hong Miao with him.

Since the goal of this trip is to kill the leader of Huangmei Mountain, even martial artists at the Transformation Realm might encounter danger, so it is natural not to let the junior sister, who only has the Entry Realm cultivation, come along as well.

Bringing my senior sister along has another advantage—she's been here before and can act as a guide.

"Senior sister, we should be almost at Huangmei Mountain, right?" For example, you can ask this question at will.

"Just one more city."

In the villages and towns they recently passed through, there were notices posted about the master of Huangmei Mountain being possessed by a demon and asking for help from experts from all directions.

The notice stated that the main peak of Huangmei Mountain, which contains a large amount of martial arts techniques, treasures, and the wealth accumulated by Huangmei Mountain over the past decades, has been occupied by someone who has fallen into demonic possession.

Whoever can kill Huang Lie and help the survivors reclaim the main peak.

Anything that Donghuangmeishan can do now, we can agree to.

Over the decades, Donghuangmeishan has accumulated a wealth of resources from the Hailu region, including countless treasures and a powerful network of connections. There are very few things it cannot accomplish in this world.

Such enormous benefits attracted martial arts masters from within the Great Zhao Kingdom and neighboring countries to flock to the region.

The closer they got to the center of the Hailu region, the more powerful figures they encountered.

Perhaps an old fisherman wearing a straw hat on the road is a powerful martial artist who has condensed his internal energy to a profound level.

If Xi Heng fails to master the Dragon Transformation technique, he will probably need to take a closer look at people like this.

But now, in her eyes, other martial arts masters who have reached the Transformation Realm are just a little more resistant to being hit than ordinary people, with an extra layer of protection.

Therefore, they completely disregarded it.

……

Three days later, Xi Heng accompanied his senior sister to the small town at the foot of Huangmei Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, large swaths of peach blossoms are in full bloom, their pink hues adorning both sides of the town's streets, creating a vibrant spring atmosphere.