Quick Transmigration: The Foolish Beauty Saves the World

Chapter 176 The Useless Prince's Power Seizure (54)

The emperor led Jingli to his palace—the very place the giant python that the shadowy figure had transformed into earlier had pointed to.

This is also the first time Jingli has personally visited this place.

Upon entering the main hall, Jingli smelled a fragrance similar to that in the cave of the previous palace. A palace servant served tea, and Jingli casually took a sip but did not drink it.

The emperor dismissed the palace servants and waited until a quarter of the incense containing hallucinogenic ingredients had burned before speaking:

"Does Li'er still remember the immortal you first saw in the divine waters?"

Jingli's expression remained blank, as if she had been under the double debuff of tea and incense.

The emperor asked, "Has Li'er seen the immortal again?"

Jingli honestly replied, "A few days ago, I dreamt of a celestial being who said that a god was about to descend and that we should make all the necessary preparations."

He now understood the charm of leaving blank spaces, vaguely describing his previous dream, and leaving the rest to the emperor's imagination.

In any case, judging from the illusion left by Lengquan, this so-called god is also good at pretending to be a god, otherwise there would be no blank jade slip.

As expected, the emperor simply sighed, "It seems I have a discerning eye after all."

The emperor has aged considerably lately.

Jingli knew that the emperor had lived two lives, eighty or ninety years, but the emperor's expression was not like that of an old man. He was calm and open-minded, and still had a strange childlike quality.

Unlike others' return to simplicity, Jingli thought for a moment and decided that it should be described as—petty and narrow-minded.

It's as if he never grew up, and everything in the world was just a toy for him, something he could easily walk away from at any time.

Jingli lowered her head, feeling somewhat resentful, but she didn't show it.

After sighing, the emperor leaned back in his chair and said, "Li'er is so intelligent, she should have already guessed that the imperial power of our Jing clan has always been protected by Heaven."

Jingli wore a zombie expression, which the emperor thought was due to hallucinations, but in reality, Jingli was too lazy to listen.

He was lost in thought—from the moment he entered the hall, a strand of his energy had been moving like a small snake, and he had now successfully passed through the underground passage and arrived at the deepest part of the array.

Thanks to the boost in energy, Jingli was able to share his five senses with this wisp of energy. At this moment, he could clearly see the mother array located underground. Several beams of light were noticeably dimmer, and those were the destroyed arrays.

Previously, Lu Mingguang destroyed a formation with his divine power, and then lost contact with 6058 again. Perhaps worried that he had not done a good job, Lu Mingguang did not make any further moves.

6058 later learned of the devastation around the destroyed formation and replied to Lu Mingguang, asking him to stop the operation. It is unknown whether the other party received the message.

Later, Jingli enhanced her strength through wish power and shadow, so the two changed their strategy and decided to capture the leader first, starting directly from the main formation in the palace.

Seeing the mother formation with her own eyes now, Jingli was truly shocked.

This formation is enormous, roughly the size of the emperor's bedroom, and the "divine water" flowing between the formation's patterns is what it is.

The source of the divine water is an underground spring nearby. A pool of water has formed at the spring, and it can be seen that the current water level is only about three-fifths of its original level.

Perhaps the dissipation of the "divine water" outside the palace will also affect the supply of "divine water" inside the palace.

The energy thread continued to travel within the scene, and there was another formation in this "divine water pool" inside the palace.

Jingli recognized this formation. Although it was not quite the same as what he had learned, with the blessing of "integration and comprehensive understanding", Jingli could see its similar structure.

This was one of the ten most evil formations he had seen in the last world—the Soul-Swapping Formation.

This was exactly what he expected.

If the emperor wanted to possess a body, then the original soul within that body should also have a place to go, and his original, damaged body would be a good place for that.

Jingli guessed that the round jade that served as the "seed" would only be able to function better after the soul was swapped.

Before the soul swap, the emperor nourished himself with the "root" that grew from the round jade, cultivating the compatibility between his soul and body, while also controlling the condition of his body.

After the soul is swapped, these "roots" may play other roles, such as resisting the so-called "backlash" or controlling the old body that was once rooted in the round jade.

Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't have been in such a hurry to come to him.

The situation was unstable, and the emperor's sudden death would not bring any benefit to "Jingli".

Of course, the above are all speculations by Jingli for now, but it is very easy to verify them.

Jingli withdrew this wisp of energy. The emperor had finished recounting his connection with the gods. Eunuch Wan had silently come to Jingli's side, said "I apologize for the offense," and then covered Jingli's eyes with a black cloth.

With the black cloth completely covering his face, Jingli's eyes had turned pink, and naturally, neither Eunuch Wan nor the Emperor noticed.

Jingli, who was in a daze, walked into the secret passage under the guidance of Eunuch Wan.

At first, Jingli activated her energy perception, but later realized that she didn't really look like someone whose eyes were covered and who had lost their senses, so she withdrew her perception and created an energy shield to protect herself.

After many twists and turns, they finally arrived at the location of the formation. Jingli's outer robe had been thoughtfully removed by Eunuch Wan.

The emperor was somewhat agitated, and due to the great emotional fluctuations, he coughed heavily twice, even coughing up a trace of blood.

But the emperor's smile grew even brighter. He gently stroked Jingli's hair, and his hoarse cough sounded like fingernails scraping against a wall.

"Good li'er, I have always known that you are a filial son. You must be willing to bear the pain for your father, right?"

Jingli nodded blankly, but in reality, she was broadcasting live to 6058, sending several vomiting emojis.

Eunuch Wan had already bowed and offered his congratulations: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your newfound life."

The emperor asked, "Young Master Yin, are you ready on your end?"

Xiao Yinzi was the eunuch sent by the emperor to Jingli after he moved into the East Palace. The two of them had already regarded Xiao Yinzi as Wan Gonggong's next tool.

Eunuch Wan nodded: "I have already bestowed upon him the divine water. Once His Majesty has finished here, this servant will follow him."

The Emperor nodded: "I have already sent everyone around me away. It would be best if the Yuan family boy and his personal guard were dead, but it's fine if they are alive, as long as they don't come back. The Zeng family boy is stupid and doesn't pose a threat. It's just Lang Yue... who is still a bit troublesome."

The emperor was now addressing Jingli as "朕" (Zhen, meaning "I" or "the Emperor").

Listening to him casually arrange the life and death of those around him, Jingli barely managed to keep her fists clenched.

Eunuch Wan continued, "If Her Majesty the Empress cannot accept the miracle, then that is blasphemy, and there are ways to deal with blasphemy."

He spoke with great fluency, suggesting it wasn't the first time he'd done something like this.

Jingli was secretly alarmed.