Chapter 456: Only Victory Is Allowed
The Divine King’s mansion was still stately and imposing. The auras from several generations of kings were still here, always instilling awe in visitors.
“Hmm, not bad, you have consolidated your second-level cultivation with 11,000 strands of violet energy. This is enough to contend against young kings.” The Divine King’s clear eyes could see the amount of violet energy in Feiyun but not his 9,930 beast souls.
Meanwhile, Feiyun didn’t talk about what he had done in the last couple of days. He had no way of speculating whether the king knew about his one-night affair with Ji Lingxuan or not at Southern Sky.
Feiyun said with a natural expression: “It is all due to the golden ginseng, I thank you again, master.”
“No need to be so formal with me.” The king replied: “We’ll go to the royal sacred ground tomorrow. All the members of the royal clan will be there, including the Jin Emperor, the four Divine Consorts, and the other imperial concubines. Princes, princesses, the royal ancestors; the court members such as the three directors, nine ministers, and eighteen marquises will be there too. Their prodigies will also come to spectate, so you need to prepare well tonight.”
“So many people are coming?” Feiyun was surprised. He was worried the most about Ji Lingxuan. If they were to meet at the sacred ground, what was he going to do? A slight misstep might result in exposing the truth and his death.
The king said: “The emperor is the foundation of the dynasty while the king is the protector. Thus, the successor’s bestowment is just as important as naming the next crown prince. Right, which princesses and imperial concubines came to find you recently?”
Feiyun’s mind jumped after hearing this but he quickly calmed his thoughts and leisurely said: “Several imperial concubines did come to find me recently but I didn’t meet them. I’ve only met... Consort Ji once, not daring to offend her due to her position.”
The king remained natural and stroke his white beard then nodded: “I’ve heard of that. Some people saw you and the Divine Consort meeting at Southern Sky once in a buddhist chamber. At that time, the abbot, Buddha Maitreya, was also present to chant.”
This was naturally not the truth.
But Feiyun already knew that many great powers in the capital worked together to hide all divination and twisted the truth. This became the new reality.
‘The Divine King is implicitly telling me about it. Looks like he is aware too and must have been part of the group that helped me that night. This Ji Lingxuan is something else, actually dragging the Divine King into this mess too.’