Chapter 69 : Chapter 69
Chapter 69: Eldest Senior Sister Zi You Arrives!
“What? That wretched girl has started stealing again?”
“Men! Didn’t I order you to keep that wretched girl confined? Who let her out?”
【After shouting, you immediately disguised yourself as a guard and hid to one side to enjoy the spectacle.】
【You watched as a chief steward knelt before the Great Zhou Emperor and explained the reason while trembling.】
【The more the steward explained, the uglier the Great Zhou Emperor’s expression became.】
【On the very first day that the Jun Family came to propose marriage, such a scandal had occurred within the royal family.】
【In the Great Zhou Emperor’s eyes, this was a direct slap to his face and to the face of the Great Zhou royal family.】
【In the next moment, you saw the Great Zhou Emperor suppress his anger and force a stiff smile as he explained things to the Jun Family.】
“Men! Bring that wretched girl before me!”
“This time, I absolutely will not spare her lightly!”
【You could tell that the Great Zhou Emperor was truly enraged this time.】
【Very soon, you saw several guards escort Zhou Lingxi to the banquet grounds.】
【You had not expected that the Great Zhou Emperor would choose to handle the matter in front of so many people.】
【In your view, royal families of dynasties feared losing face more than anything. The dignity of the imperial family could not be insulted.】
“Wretched girl, kneel!”
“Only a few months ago, you were confined for stealing spiritual objects. And now you sneaked out again to continue stealing them?”
“This time, you even dared to steal the betrothal gifts meant for your Third Imperial Sister?”
【You saw that in the face of the Great Zhou Emperor’s rebuke, Zhou Lingxi did not show the slightest trace of remorse. Instead, she looked completely indifferent.】
“If I don’t steal these spiritual objects, how am I supposed to step onto the path of immortality?”
“My imperial brothers and imperial sisters can all cultivate, but I’m still just a mortal even now. If you won’t help me, then I’ll find my own way!”
【After saying that, Zhou Lingxi turned her head away and refused to look at the Great Zhou Emperor any longer.】
“You... Wretched girl, very well. It seems I truly spoiled you too much before.”
【You could tell that the Great Zhou Emperor naturally understood Zhou Lingxi’s situation.】
【Other than you, no one could see that Zhou Lingxi possessed the Innate Immortal Eyes. In their eyes, she was merely a useless person without a spiritual root.】
“In the past, I could overlook you secretly stealing from your own family. But this time, you dared steal the betrothal gifts sent by the Jun Family.”
“I hereby declare that from this day onward, the Ninth Princess Zhou Lingxi is expelled from the royal family and reduced to a commoner!”
【Seeing this, you gave Zhou Lingxi’s acting a silent thumbs-up.】
【After the Great Zhou Emperor’s words fell, several ministers and some of the princes and princesses tried to persuade him.】
【But in the end, the outcome still did not change.】
【Just like that, Zhou Lingxi was directly thrown out of the Imperial Palace.】
【Seeing that your goal had been achieved, you used the Great Void Technique and left the Great Zhou Imperial Palace directly.】
【After leaving the palace, you brought Zhou Lingxi back to the small courtyard in the Imperial Capital.】
【Now, you had already successfully rescued Zhou Lingxi from the Great Zhou royal family in advance.】
【All you needed to do next was wait. Once this matter spread far enough, you believed Eldest Senior Sister Zi You would definitely come.】
【On the second day, the entire Imperial Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was buzzing with the news that the Ninth Princess of Great Zhou had been expelled from the royal family.】
【The matter remained a hot topic for half a year.】
【At the end of the third year—】
【During that entire year, you and Zhou Lingxi had barely left the small courtyard.】
【You taught Zhou Lingxi the Heavenly Evolution Art, and in just one year she had already reached Qi Refining Great Perfection and would soon be able to break through to Foundation Establishment.】
【But unfortunately, even after waiting more than a year, you still did not see Eldest Senior Sister Zi You arrive.】
【Fourth year—】
【That year, you taught Zhou Lingxi the Taixu Sword Art, and to your surprise, you discovered that her talent in the Sword Dao was also extraordinarily high.】
【Within that year, not only did Zhou Lingxi cultivate Taixu Sword Intent, but her cultivation also broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.】
【Fifth year—】
【After waiting three years, you still had not seen Zi You arrive.】
【At this point, you even began to wonder whether Zi You had truly come to the Great Zhou Dynasty because of Zhou Lingxi in the previous simulation.】
【If Zi You had not come because of Zhou Lingxi, but had merely passed through the Great Zhou Dynasty by chance and happened to encounter Zhou Lingxi, then the wait ahead of you would become far longer.】
【And in your current situation, you could not afford to wait that long.】
【You sat alone at the stone table in the small courtyard while Zhou Lingxi brewed a cup of Enlightenment Tea for you.】
“Brother Su! I feel like I’ll break through to the Core Formation Realm before long!”
【After hearing Zhou Lingxi’s words, you slowly came back to your senses and looked at her in surprise.】
【You had not expected Zhou Lingxi’s talent to be so terrifying.】
【Although over the past few years she had drunk Enlightenment Tea with you, and you had occasionally let her use some spiritual objects,】
【even so, it was still extremely difficult for an ordinary person to go from mortal to Late Foundation Establishment in only three years.】
【You told Zhou Lingxi that while cultivating, she must not neglect her training in Taixu Sword Intent.】
【You let out a long sigh inwardly and decided that you would stay in the Great Zhou Dynasty for at most another three years.】
【If Zi You still did not come by then, you would have to temporarily leave the Great Zhou Dynasty.】
【Sixth year—】
【Zhou Lingxi successfully broke through to the Initial Core Formation Realm.】
【And after several years of accumulation, your own cultivation was also on the verge of breaking through to Mid Void Refinement.】
【Seventh year—】
【After many years of accumulation, your cultivation successfully broke through to the Mid Void Refinement Realm.】
【At the same time, not long after your breakthrough, an unexpected visitor arrived at your small courtyard.】
【As usual, you were sitting in the courtyard that day, cultivating your state of mind.】
【Zhou Lingxi came to your side and told you that an Awakener had arrived outside.】
【When you heard this, you abruptly stood up and looked toward the gate.】
【In all the years you had been in the Great Zhou Dynasty, other people had come looking for you from time to time, but today was the first time an Awakener had come.】
【You walked to the front gate, and the person who came into view was a woman wearing a bamboo rain hat.】
【Although you could not clearly see her face, you could sense from her aura that she was none other than your Eldest Senior Sister, Zi You.】
“Eldest Senior Sister! Is that you?”
【When Zi You heard you call her Eldest Senior Sister, a trace of surprise appeared in her eyes.】
【Zi You carefully searched through her memories for information about you, but no matter how long she thought, she could not find anything.】
“Do we... know each other?”
【You knew that Zi You did not know you yet, so you explained to her about your joining the Sword Pavilion and your cultivation of the Great Void Technique.】
【Once Zi You heard that you were from the Sword Pavilion, all wariness disappeared from her face, replaced by an expression of sudden realization.】
“So you’re Little Junior Brother~”
【You asked whether she had come today because of Zhou Lingxi.】
【Zi You nodded and told you that she had indeed come because of Zhou Lingxi.】
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