Chapter Ninety-Three Is That You?

  For two years, all the information related to her has not been spread at all, which makes Zuo Xiaoyao quite satisfied. Fortunately, she didn't meet anyone who was unkind. As for the Xu family, she had already given them enough revenge. The promise she made to Gu Yan Nan, although it was done in a rather arbitrary way without knowing the other party's situation, can be considered as fulfilling his wish.

  Moreover, since the other party was quite aware of the situation, Zuo XiaoYao took care of all the worries in the back as well, that is, those opponents of Gu Yan Nan were also taken care of, making the entire Feng Yun country above and below a sensation, thinking that the fifth prince Gu Yan Nan's succession to the throne was the will of heaven, and finally God blessed their Feng Yun country. Not only did the soldiers and people have a surge in patriotism, but they all looked forward to the future with hope, which was an extra big gift.

  After finishing all these things, Zuo Xiao Yao set off to Feng Luan country. Unlike when she went to Jia Luo forest with the five Zheng brothers and bought horses to ride on the official road after crossing the Luo Ning River, this time Zuo Xiao Yao chose to walk even if it meant taking a detour, as if afraid of being unworthy of the good mountains and rivers along the way between the two imperial cities.

  Anyway, not in a hurry, there are many spiritual medicines that have been extinct or had existed in the modern world. Although she didn't recognize some of them, they were all collected by Zuo Xiaoyao into the Purple Boundary Empty Space, waiting to be identified later. She believed that after her spiritual power recovered, the spiritual power and age contained in those spiritual medicines could be roughly judged as long as she scanned them with her spiritual awareness, which was vastly different from when she first entered the Kalas forest.

  When she saw it in modern times, Zhen had once been heartbroken. The few ordinary fruit trees planted inside had always only bloomed without bearing fruit, unlike the Ling medicine and Ling fruit which were limited to only two trees that would naturally bloom and bear fruit when they reached a certain age. Left Xiaoyao was puzzled and thought about it several times until one time she accidentally saw bees and butterflies flying among the flowers, then she remembered that ordinary fruit trees needed a medium to spread pollen in order to bear fruit, unlike most Ling medicine and Ling fruit which were self-pollinating, and suddenly realized.

  After putting a beehive into the Purple Boundary Empty Space, the effect was very obvious. Not only did Zuo Xiaoyao have enough fruit to eat, but also the empty space outside the courtyard had almost all been developed into a medicinal garden by Zuo Xiaoyao, with a large number of flowering spiritual medicines planted on it. The courtyard was also planted with various rare and exotic flowers that bloomed all year round, making the busy bees not worry about having nothing to do, and they also supplied her with a large amount of honey. Because the pollen of the flowers that contained spiritual medicine had a rich spiritual power, the taste of the honey was extremely good.

  At night, she cultivates in the Ziyuan boundary's empty space. During the day, she searches everywhere for spiritual medicine. She doesn't have to worry about her occasional disappearances being noticed by others, nor does she have to worry about surveillance equipment like cameras around her. With delicious fruits as snacks and drinking the special honey tea of the Ziyuan boundary, although her cultivation progress is still slow, Zuo Xiaoyao is quite satisfied with this life, as long as no one tries to pry into news or information related to her.

  Long before going to the imperial city, the second prince helped the lonely goose south by 'resolving' the old emperor, and then altered the old emperor's edict of appointing the crown prince, which was written under the instigation of his most favored concubine but had not been announced yet. The second prince also forged a will with the national seal to pass on the throne. Meanwhile, he decided to clear the obstacles for the lonely goose south to ascend to the throne. Zuo XiaoYao had already mentally prepared herself for the possibility that news of her existence and whereabouts might reach certain people with ulterior motives.

  For her, no matter what the other person thinks of her, Zuo XiaoYao doesn't plan to avoid it. Although she doesn't want to test her old friend's character with her own secrets, her secret has already been inadvertently revealed, and the people who know are all those who have some connection with her. She must face various possibilities that may happen.

  Before entering the Feng Luan Kingdom, Zuo Xiao Yao received another piece of news. In the past two years, Emperor Chang Yuan of the Feng Luan Kingdom suddenly levied a large number of specified plants throughout the country. Using the new printing technology provided by "Jing En Holy Girl", the pictures and names of the specified plants were printed in large quantities, indicating which plants to submit, and how much tax could be exempted according to the quantity. These medicinal materials were said to have been made into various magical pills by "Jing En Holy Girl", not only helping the soldiers of Feng Luan Kingdom on the battlefield but also earning a lot of money for Emperor Chang Yuan from those originally insignificant plants.

  Those plants, Zuo Xiao Yao could tell at a glance that they were all spiritual plants related to cultivation, and unexpectedly, that person was also refining elixirs!

  The closer she got to the imperial city of Fengyuan, Boren City, the more complicated Xiao Yao's mood became. She was almost certain that the people secretly spying on her were sent by someone, and the person who had left a good impression in her memory would do such a thing, which made her feel disappointed.

  Zuo Xiao Yao didn't suspect a thing, if it weren't for the fact that her opponent was intimidated by her far superior strength, perhaps the ones who welcomed her wouldn't have been just those cautious and careful people tailing her on her necessary route. After all, at this time, she still thought that only Qin Xiao and Qin Liang had come to this world with her, thinking that 'Jing En Holy Girl' was definitely Qin Liang, who had left a simple and passionate impression on her.

  As they were only 300 miles away from Bole City, they would arrive soon and reunite with old friends. However, when passing through a bustling town, Zuo Xiao Yao suddenly heard some unexpected news: the 'Respectful Saintess' had already set off with Emperor Changyuan to pay respects at the Heavenly Court on Mount Tianpeng, but Mount Tianpeng was always a forbidden area of Fengluan Country, heavily guarded and strictly off-limits to ordinary people.

  Is she trying to avoid herself?

  Zuo Xiao Yao thought to herself, it was said that every time a new emperor ascended the throne of Feng Luan country, he would go to Qing Tian mountain once, and then every three years thereafter. The second heavenly worship period after Emperor Chang Yuan's ascension was indeed about to arrive, but this matter seemed to be mainly between the emperor and the great magician. Because of her sudden arrival, the newly established position of 'Holy Girl' seemed to have no such obligation. Moreover, the people of Feng Luan country all knew that the auspicious day for this heavenly worship had already been set twenty days later, so it seemed unnecessary to rush to Qing Tian mountain, which was less than two hundred miles away from Bo Yuan city.

  Although she didn't understand the purpose of the other party's actions, regardless of their intentions, Zuo Xiao Yao had never planned to give up her own plans. The other party had been the Holy Maiden in Feng Luan Country for three or four years and had always held a high position with great power, having many human resources at her disposal. Therefore, she didn't doubt that the other party would definitely have people investigating others' whereabouts in various countries of this world, just like how after she made a big move in Feng Yun Country, her trail was immediately followed by someone. After all, if the three of them could gather together earlier, it would be better to discuss what to do next.

  Five days later, she arrived above the Reverence Court built on the summit of Tianyun Mountain, and with a sweep of her spiritual sense, she gazed at the magnificent building before her. A hint of an interested smile played on Xue Xiuzhu's lips as she thought to herself that she would surely encounter some interesting things here.

  Descend to a place where no one is, just put away the hidden air, and walk towards the front gate of the Jing Tian Court. A team of fully armed guards blocked him, among whom a young man who seemed to be the leader sternly said: "Who are you? How did you come here? This is not a place where ordinary people can come, hurry up and leave!"

  Zuo Xiaoyao, who didn't want to make a fuss and hadn't planned on forcing her way in, replied very politely, "I should be an acquaintance of the Benevolent Saintess. Would you all please help me by reporting my presence?"

  But she thought herself polite, while others obviously didn't buy her account. Not only did the leader show a strange expression, but the other five guards also looked at each other with contempt, as if they had heard the biggest joke in the world. One of the young guards, whose face still showed a childish appearance, burst out laughing "Acquaintances with Her Highness? Ha.....Ha.....Ha! You really dare to say it, this is the funniest joke I've ever heard since I was a child!"

  Seeing these people not only didn't take her words to heart, but also sneered at her with such a self-righteous and frivolous attitude, which further confirmed some of the guesses in her mind. Zuo Xiao Yao slowly withdrew her smile, her voice becoming somewhat cold: "Letting you go report is giving face to your family's Holy Maiden Shifu, since that's the case, I'm also too lazy to be polite to her, humph!"

  Her face turned cold, and her aura suddenly released, suppressing the guards who couldn't even block her way. Xue Xiao walked directly into the Tianyi Court, her spiritual sense had been amplified due to the immense pressure she endured when approaching the You Ri Pearl, and with her later cultivation improvements, her coverage range now reached over 200 meters. Although she couldn't instantly take in everything within the Tianyi Court at a glance, she could sense familiar spiritual fluctuations about 300 meters ahead of the court's main entrance on her first try.

  Standing at the entrance of a grand hall with its large doors wide open, she saw Ben Yuan sitting in the middle of the hall, and an extremely beautiful woman immediately got up to greet her. Before the other party could speak, Zuo Xiao Yao, who felt quite surprised, exclaimed "Is it you? Why are you also here?"

  "Please come in quickly, senior! I didn't know you were coming, and I wasn't able to welcome you from afar. Please forgive me!"

  A woman wearing a Taoist robe walked to the door with great respect, bowed her head and said.

  Xiao Yao nodded and stepped slowly into the hall. "No need for formalities, little friend Hui Yue. I didn't expect that we would meet in this realm. I wonder if there are other fellow practitioners who have been brought to this realm as well?"

  "As far as I know, at that time, apart from me, there were also Qin senior, Luo senior, that Zhuge senior and Lian Ke. At that time, the incident happened suddenly, everyone was not able to resist, but later they were all dispersed!"

  After standing up straight, she followed three steps behind Zuo Xiao Yao with a calm and respectful expression, bowing her head to reply. Seeing Zuo Xiao Yao enter the door, she didn't take a few steps before suddenly stopping in her tracks, a hint of panic flashing across her downcast eyes. After a brief pause, she seemed puzzled as she looked up and continued, "Senior, please take a seat..."

  "No rush, there are some things that I am very curious about and want to understand first, please help me clarify, little friend!"

  A faint smile on his face, he replied respectfully, "Please proceed, senior. I will certainly speak without reserve!"

  "We have been waiting for almost four years, do you know any news about them?"