The Ten Directions of Heaven and Earth

Xiao Chen didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Empress Tianyao, but it seemed that things were just as he had expected. It was unusual. This huge Tianqin Palace seemed to have a peaceful atmosphere, but in fact it was extremely strange.

"Yichen, why don't you come over?"

Seeing that he was still in a daze, Empress Tianyao called him again and gently stretched out her hand to him. Xiao Chen had no choice but to step forward. It was impossible to explain "I am not" at this time, right? He is not a fool, even a fool can see that there is something wrong with the Tianqin Palace at this moment.

"Let's go."

Empress Tianyao gently held his hand and walked toward the Purple Jade Fairyland. The two of them held hands and climbed into the clouds and walked over the moon. They were truly a couple of gods and immortals, envied by countless others.

At this time, a jade chariot drove up from the clouds, but look at the jade chariot, which was surrounded by green beads. Horses are naturally the carriages and horses that the immortal family rides on when they travel.

"Yichen, come."

Empress Tianyao held Xiao Chen's hand and rode with him in the jade chariot. Ao Ye was beside the jade chariot, along with her other two disciples, Shuang'er and Zhuer, as well as a group of elder disciples of Tianqin Palace. They all followed together, and when they arrived outside the Purple Jade Fairyland, everyone stopped and stopped going in with the car.

"Master, Master, you haven't been back for a long time. Senior sister and I want to be with you..."

Seeing that the jade chariot was about to enter the purple jade fairyland high in the clouds, Shuang'er and Zhuer ran up hand in hand from behind, also wanting to enter the purple jade fairyland.

Empress Tianyao smiled softly, "Don't you need to do your homework?"

"My homework has been done long ago, hee hee..."

Shuang'er and Zhu'er were very lively, cute and beautiful. At this moment, Empress Tianyao squeezed Xiao Chen's hand. Xiao Chen immediately reacted and said to the two girls under the jade chariot, "Yao'er just came back from a long journey. Tonight Let her have a good rest and don’t disturb her.”

"Ah... Master, Master, you are so annoying. You occupied our master as soon as you came here. I won't obey you. Senior sister, will you obey me?"

Shuang'er was very cute, coquettishly, and winked at the senior sister next to her, and said, "I don't agree either. Master can't just take over Master."

"You have to rely on me even if you don't have to rely on me. Now, your master is mine."

Why don't you think Xiao Chen is not polite at all? Can't he still deal with two little girls? Although these two little girls may have lived thousands of hundreds of years longer than him.

As he spoke, he took Empress Tianyao into his arms, kissed the empress gently on the cheek, which made the empress blush. She punched him lightly and pushed him away. The two of them seemed to be in love with each other. Deep, as the saying goes, "I only envy mandarin ducks but not immortals", so the immortals and gods behind me were so envious that their eyes were filled with envy.

"Uuuuuuuuuuah...hate it, master is no longer ours."

The two girls looked like they were crying. Empress Tianyao's face was still flushed and she said, "Okay, okay, you go back first." After saying that, she looked at Ao Ye next to her, "Ao Ye, Is Zhenjun Lu optimistic about me during my absence?"

Ao Ye cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Master, in the past three years, Ao Ye has been checking the Zhenjun furnace every day. Every time there is purple smoke in the alchemy furnace in the past few days, there must be at most seven, seven or forty-nine of the 'Three Pure Purple Qi Pills'" On the day, it was refined.”

"whee……"

At this time, the two girls burst into laughter again and said, "When the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill is finished, we must invite the gods from all over the world to show them how powerful our master is and what he can do." Create an elixir that only the 'Old Lord' from Lihen Heaven could refine.

"Haha... Well, I have worked hard for you during this period. I may have to practice double cultivation with your master to comprehend the mysterious method in the near future, so I won't come out. If anything happens to you, please wait until I come out..."

"Double cultivation... ugh, so shy."

The two girls blushed and covered their faces with their hands. They only spread their fingers and secretly looked at the love between the master and the man next to them. When Empress Tianyao said these words, her face was flushed and her body was fragrant. Floating, becoming more and more charming, no wonder the immortal kings and emperors all over the sky admire her secretly.

The jade chariot arrived in front of the Purple Jade Fairyland, and saw two beams of purple light rushing up. In the middle was the door to the fairyland. After the door to the fairyland opened, the jade chariot carried Xiao Chen and Empress Tianyao, slowly heading into the clouds. Driving away, the others were behind and could not go any further.

When we arrived at the Purple Jade Fairyland, we saw the colorful Yao Ponds and the fallen flowers all over the sky, which seemed to never wither and wither. The fairy trees were growing in some clouds, and there were many jade rabbits and fairy deer below... ... Xiao Chen had never seen such a beautiful fairyland even in his dreams, and he couldn't help but feel a little crazy for a moment.

Further forward, you will see two jade pavilions, one is called "Qingfeng" and the other is called "Mingyue". After passing through these two fairy pavilions, you can see ahead, a mirage-like palace, standing high in this misty fairyland. In the clouds, reflecting the sunset, it looks like a dream.

This palace is naturally the "private palace" of Empress Tianyao. There are jade railings on the steps, a few light red palace lanterns swaying in the wind under the roof rock, and the words "Tianyao Palace" written on the forehead, and there are more inside. It is resplendent, green and flowing, and indescribably magnificent.

Behind this magnificent palace is the palace where the empress rests. The palace is also extremely luxurious, with gold and jade everywhere. Even the pictures of ladies on the screen are all stitched together and made of colorful designs. It takes countless years to embroider silk silk.

On both sides of the screen, a tasseled palace lantern with a long jade pendant hung on each side, making the entire palace extraordinarily bright and bright. The snow-white curtains on the bed, scented with osmanthus, fragrant orchids, were changed every day even if the empress was away. The brocade quilt and jade pillows were all clean and spotless, exuding a faint fragrance of flowers.

The two of them walked in from the outside. Xiao Chen immediately took two steps back with his arms folded, "I was outside just now. I was so offended. Please don't blame me, Empress."

"It's an expedient solution, no wonder."

Empress Tianyao looked at him. Since she chose to act, she must do it to perfection. Otherwise, how could she hide it from the eyes and ears of so many people outside?

Of course, Xiao Chen would never fake it, so he was half a foot away from Empress Tianyao's golden couch.

Empress Tianyao was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the quilt tightly with both hands, and her brows were wrinkled tighter and tighter, as if the corners of the quilt were twisted into a ball by her.

Obviously, when she came back today, she also noticed something was wrong in Tianqin Palace. Now her body was seriously injured and it was difficult to use her cultivation. In the entire Tianqin Palace, she didn't know who to trust. The only person she could trust now was This man in front of her, so she had to be with Xiao Chen no matter what, and they couldn't be separated for a long time.

And Xiao Chen naturally saw some clues about this Tianqin Palace today. Under the auspicious purple aura, there are hidden clouds and waves everywhere.

"Empress...what did you see just now?"

"You also discovered that Tianqin Palace... does have a problem."

Empress Tianyao sat on the edge of the bed, her eyebrows furrowed, while Xiao Chen stood aside. She was fine this time. She thought that everything would be fine after she returned to Tianqin Palace, but now it seems that things have just begun.

"I always feel that there is something wrong with your disciples." After a moment of silence, Xiao Chen said.

"Even you can see it..."

Empress Tianyao suddenly smiled sadly and said slowly, "Those two just now are not Yan'er and Shuang'er..."

"Who is that?"

Xiao Chen frowned. As for the two lively and lovely girls, he didn't see anything too wrong. What he saw was the senior disciple named "Ao Ye", who he always described as The feeling of not being able to leave.

Empress Tianyao shook her head and said sadly, "Those two just now are not my Zhu'er and Shuang'er. The real Zhu'er and Shuang'er may... be dead."

"What?"

This time, Xiao Chen's expression changed slightly. Yan'er and Shuang'er were her second and third disciples respectively. It was good this time. No one was seen when they came back. They died immediately?

"Then who were those two people just now?"

"have no idea."

Empress Tianyao still shook her head, so what if she hadn't seen her own disciple for three years? Couldn't she recognize it herself?

Even if the other party pretends to be real, even if she is injured and unable to use her cultivation skills, the friendship between master and disciple cannot be washed away by time. No matter how skilled the actor is, it is difficult to show all the deep feelings in them.

Just like Xiao Chen, if a fake Ling Yin stood in front of him, he might not be able to distinguish a sentence or two, but slowly, he would eventually notice it, right?

Everything in this world is easy to act, but emotions are the most difficult to act. Sometimes the more you act, the more you try to cover it up.

Especially the scene between her and Xiao Chen just now was both real and fake. The two people, "Zhen'er" and "Shuang'er", didn't know how to act at all. The acting became more and more clumsy, and even Ao on the side Ye, in the end everyone's expression changed slightly.

"So, the problem lies with your eldest disciple, why did he stay up so late?"

Xiao Chen looked at her. It was as he thought before. As soon as he came in and saw Ao Ye for the first time, he felt that he was not a good person. It was clear that the empress was the master here, but why were those "celestial soldiers and generals" like this? Even the elders of Tianqin Palace stood behind Ao Ye one by one, as if Ao Ye had just become the master here. Ao Ye bowed to the empress, and they kowtowed accordingly. If Ao Ye didn't bow, , then will they stop worshiping?

"Um……"

Although Empress Tianyao did not want to admit it, she had to admit that it seemed that in the three years since she left, especially the year after her "accident", great changes had taken place in Tianqin Palace. Today, Ao Ye is no longer the same person as before. Her disciple has completely changed. The look in his eyes when he looked at her has completely changed him. Even if he acted again, he would not be half the same as his former disciple.

There is a more important point. Even if Ao Ye tried hard to hide it, he could deceive Xiao Chen, but he could not escape her eyes. This person may have entered the Taoist realm. "He may...have entered the Tao realm."

"What did you say?"

Xiao Chen was even more unprepared. This time it would be difficult to deal with it. The Tao realm experts were definitely beyond what he could compete with now. Even if he had the body of a god or demon in Dugu Tianxia, ​​it would be useless.

No matter how powerful and invulnerable Dugu Tianxia's body of gods and demons is, his soul is still unable to withstand the bombardment of a strong Taoist. Even if it is hidden in Dugu Tianxia's body of gods and demons, it will still be damaged. The bodies of gods and demons were all snatched away.

"Um……"

The empress sat on the bed, sighed, shook her head and said, "I noticed it when I first saw him today, but he will not step into the Taoist realm so quickly. He has not even suffered a tribulation, how can he step into the Taoist realm? Then? There is only one possibility..."

"What's possible?"

Xiao Chen looked solemn, as if he really wanted to hear the empress say that Ao Ye had not actually entered the Tao realm. In this case, there would still be a chance, but unfortunately things often backfired.

Empress Tianyao said: "Sanqing Purple Qi Pill, as for what the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill is, I will explain it to you slowly in the future... Ao Ye, he must have secretly taken the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill, and now he has entered a new world." This kind of 'pseudo-Dao realm' cannot really be regarded as entering the Tao realm without suffering a tribulation, but his current strength is indeed as strong as some people in the first level of the Tao realm..."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen had a rather resentful look on his face, "You put such an important thing in Tianqin Palace?"

"There is no way..."

Empress Tianyao shook her head again and sighed, "The Sanqing Purple Qi Pill is still in Zhenjun's furnace. It must be tempered with the 'Samadhi True Fire' every day, and then supplemented with the Sanqing Dao Qi and Baihuaqing Qi of the Purple Immortal Hanging Garden. How can I carry it with me before it can be refined? But I have calculated the time, and according to the time, the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill should still be in the furnace now, and there is still one layer of 'Taiqing' left..."

Xiao Chen frowned and said, "In other words, this person took out the 'Three Pure Purple Qi Pill' before it was completely refined and drank it."

"No."

Empress Tianyao still shook her head, "If the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill has not been refined, it will be just a few balls of qi. It is impossible for him to open the furnace to get the pill before the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill is formed. Then he can only..." The method of "accelerating ripening" allows the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill to be prepared in advance. In this way, although it is less effective, it can still be taken. "

Xiao Chen frowned and asked, "How to refine the elixir?"

Empress Tianyao took a deep breath, and her face became even more sad. "It's what I told you just now. My two disciples, Zhu'er and Shuang'er...the two of them, on weekdays, Responsible for guarding the alchemy furnace, this is also one of their duties... But now, they are no longer there. "

"you mean……"

Xiao Chen was shocked. This Ao Ye was too cruel. Those were his two junior sisters. In order to refine the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill in advance to prevent him from being unable to fight when the empress came back, he actually killed two of his own. The junior sister threw herself into the alchemy furnace, and at the cost of the junior sister's soul being scattered... the Sanqing Purple Qi Pill was refined.

This man is so ambitious and wants to repay kindness with hatred...

On the way back, he heard Empress Tianyao talk about this disciple, an "evil dragon" he saved thousands of years ago in the Merciless Sea to the west of the Endless Dao Domain. Ao Ye was still young at that time. , dying on the shore, about to be eaten by other monsters, it was very pitiful. It was the empress who saved his life, brought him back to Tianqin Palace for healing, and taught him Taoism. Now this evil dragon, He actually repaid kindness with hatred... The empress could bear it, but he couldn't!

Xiao Chen's fingers were squeezing loudly. He didn't know why he was so angry at this time. If it were in Wuyutian before, he would have always been indifferent and disdainful of things that had nothing to do with him or Weiyang. , let alone feeling so empathetic at this time.

"I am so tired……"

Empress Tianyao suddenly held her forehead, her whole body showing an unprecedented tired look, "Hong'er is dead... Now my two disciples, Zhu'er and Shuang'er are gone... The eldest disciple betrayed, and the other few A disciple whose life or death is uncertain..."

A sad atmosphere filled the entire palace, and Empress Tianyao's face gradually turned pale again. It seemed that the time was up due to the power of the spell.

Xiao Chen immediately walked up and held her shoulders with both hands. He had never seen the empress look so tired at this time. She was chased by Daojun Youchang that day and she was seriously injured. So tired.

"Yichen..."

Empress Tianyao raised her head, her eyes filled with tears, and a drop of tear hung in the corner of her eye. Before it fell, Xiao Chen held her shoulders, "Sister, I will never leave you..." He said and hugged her gently. He gently stroked the long hair on her back, "It's okay, it's okay. If you want to cry, just cry. I won't laugh at my sister..."

"Yichen..."

At this moment, Empress Tianyao finally couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself on his shoulder, sobbing softly. Even though she was the empress Tianyao who was famous in the fairyland in the past, she was still just a woman after all. Something unexpected happened, and his beloved sister and disciple died one after another, and the eldest disciple also betrayed him. The entire Tianqin Palace was controlled by Ao Ye for some unknown means. It has changed hands, and no one can accept it.

"It's okay, I won't leave you..."

Xiao Chen gently stroked the long hair on her back. Unexpectedly, at this moment, she was the only one she could rely on. It would be really sad if he left at this time.

No matter what happens in the future, he will not leave at this time. Since the show has already started, let's let it go on. Even if Weiyang knows about it in the future, he will not blame himself. On the contrary, if he is greedy for life and afraid of death, , if he abandons the Empress and leaves at this time, even the clone of Wuyutian will look down on the true form of the Ninth Layer Heaven, right?

"Yichen..."

Empress Tianyao raised her head and looked at him intently. There were still a few tears hanging on her eyelashes. Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Sister is the most beautiful person in the ninth heaven. It’s not nice to cry all over your face…”

At this time, there was indescribable tenderness in his eyes. He was originally a gentle person. When he danced swords with Nishang on Zixiao Peak, he was so gentle... But over the years, he has been hidden by his cold appearance. That’s all.

Just like the Kunlun Wonderland, Japan used to be a land of flowers. A sudden change caused it to be covered with ice and snow all year round, but no one knew that under the layers of ice and snow, there were flowers that bloomed in the past.

"Empress, you need to have a night's rest first and wait until you feel better tomorrow..."

As Xiao Chen was talking, Empress Tianyao suddenly stretched out her hand and put it on his lips, "Call me sister... from now on, you will always call me that."

"Okay, sister..."

At this moment, Xiao Chen seemed to have become the person closest to her. Hong'er called her sister, and she also asked him to call her sister.

Xiao Chen slowly helped her lie down and covered her with a quilt. He stood by and waited quietly for her to fall asleep. All the way back, he was always worried that someone would chase her. Now, at least, In this "Tianyao Palace", at least no one will break in this night.

The empress slowly fell asleep, and Xiao Chen sat beside her and watched her. It had been a year since he had gone through many difficulties along the way. He had been here in the ninth heaven, and before he knew it, it had been a year. He didn't know how many times it had been in the human world. In the Spring and Autumn Period, I don’t know where Xiao Meng’er and Qian Yu Nishang are now…

I always feel like something big is about to happen next. This premonition does not come from the crisis-ridden Tianqin Palace at this moment, but... the entire Nine Heavens, despite the thousands of immortals, demons, gods and Buddhas, no one can escape this time. but.