bayedsolid Chapter 454 The 9th Princess (5)
Chapter 454 The 9th Princess (5)
Forget-Me-Not seems to have realized something: family affection, romantic love, and friendship are all emotions, and they are things that everyone will inevitably encounter in their life.
But she is not human. Below the saint, all are ants. Having lived for too long, all feelings of kinship, friendship, and love have faded.
Just like the Queen Mother is her mother and the Jade Emperor is her father, but she didn't spend much time with them in total. To say that there was any particularly deep affection between them would be ridiculous.
Of course, Wangyou knew from a young age that she had almost no emotional attachments, and the seven emotions and six desires were practically non-existent for her. However, she had been well-versed in the books of the Three Realms since childhood, and she knew what she needed to know, which was enough for her.
Therefore, her cultivation of mind ultimately amounted to nothing; she gained little insight, at most becoming accustomed to human suffering and further failing to understand why the Seventh Princess would abandon fine clothes and delicacies to choose to eat coarse food and wild vegetables.
Wangyou continued to wander among humans and came to an imperial dynasty.
Interestingly, the reigning emperor married his daughter to a top scholar who had just passed the imperial examination.
Out of curiosity, Wangyou went to see what this top scholar was like. He was about the same as Dong Yong in appearance. The main problem was that he had a troublesome mother and scheming brothers. The princess hadn't even entered the family yet, and this whole family was already discussing how to maximize the princess's benefits.
And this top scholar is shameless; he's already married, but for the sake of wealth and status, he insists that the woman is his widowed sister. Doesn't the emperor even bother to investigate? He just believes whatever people say.
The most shameless family even thought that after the princess married into the family, they would set rules for her and prevent her from having children, otherwise how would their children live?
It's quite absurd. Compared to this so-called top scholar, Wangyou suddenly felt that Dong Yong wasn't so bad after all, at least he genuinely cared about her seventh sister.
Wangyou suddenly felt that such a person did not deserve to live a good life, but should live a life of suffering.
So she sent a letter to the princess in the palace and used a month-long spell on the scholar's family. All preparations were complete, and she was just waiting for the show to begin.
The drama turned out to be even more exciting than Wangyou had imagined. This family felt superior because their son had become the top scholar in the imperial examination, so they looked down on everyone they met and even brazenly used the princess's name to run up debts everywhere.
Upon receiving the letter, the princess ordered an investigation. After receiving the results, she went to the emperor to annul the engagement. The emperor, who also doted on this daughter, was furious at the scholar's deceit and stripped him of his title, imprisoned his entire family, and exiled him to the frontier.
After watching the show, Wangyou continued on her journey. Once, while in the mountains, she sensed the fluctuations of the Heavenly Dao. It turned out she was wrong; the Heavenly Dao wasn't unaware of its own existence, but rather remained asleep, seeing that the world was developing normally.
Indeed, Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs.
The events of ancient times are completely irrelevant to it, and naturally, the gods of ancient times are no longer important.
Wangyou merely sighed at this, then continued her sightseeing, eating and drinking.
Many years have passed in the blink of an eye.
That day, while Wangyou was shopping for food, she unexpectedly saw her fifth sister, only to find that she had been tricked and taken away.
Out of curiosity, Wangyou followed to see. The steward-like man led Qing'er to a royal palace and pointed to the Kunlun Mountain on the artificial hill, telling her that this was the Kunlun Mountain.
"Hahahaha!" Wangyou couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Who dares to trespass into my royal palace!"
"Fifth Sister, you actually got fooled by a mortal. You've wasted all these years."
"Ninth Sister, what are you doing here? Help me! Jinzha is waiting to be saved!" Qing'er was overjoyed to see Wangyou.
"What happened? How did you end up in the mortal realm?" Wangyou asked, jumping down from the artificial hill.
"It's a long story, but in short, Jinzha lost his arm trying to save Third Sister. She said that to save Jinzha, we need to get the Golden Lotus Root and the Crimson Crown of the Crane. I lost my spirit stones and can't go. Can you go for me?" Qing'er pleaded.
"I'll take you with me." Wangyou grabbed Qing'er's hand, and the two disappeared in the blink of an eye from the steward's sight.
Before long, the two arrived at Kunlun Ruins.
Qing'er hurriedly ran into the cave, with Wangyou following behind, munching on fried lotus root. Inside, they saw the Third Princess Huang'er looking haggard, and on the stone bed lay a half-dead person.
The Sixth Princess was also there, and the Crane's Crest Red and Golden Lotus Root had arrived. Then, Taiyi Zhenren began to treat Jinzha's injuries and reattach his arm.
There was nothing to see, so Wangyou was about to leave when she saw that Huang'er was actually experiencing a stroke of good luck. Wangyou looked at Huang'er and then at the half-dead Jinzha. This was a common tale in the mortal world: a hero saves a beauty and then the beauty repays him with her body.
Wangyou wasn't in a hurry to leave, so she checked Huang'er and Lan'er's cultivation levels. How come they hadn't reached the Celestial Immortal level yet? Oh well, they're hopeless. Let them do whatever they want; their lives aren't hers anyway.
Before the others could react, Wangyou had already left.
I've been away for a long time, it's time to go back and take a look.
When Wangyou arrived near Ping'an County, she found it to be unusually hot. There was not a drop of water even 500 meters underground. This was not normal; even in a drought, there should be no water 500 meters below the surface.
Wangyou went straight to Dong Yong's house. Good heavens, apart from the two from Kunlun Ruins, the rest of them all came here.
Wangyou felt something was amiss, so she did some calculations and realized that there was a minor tribulation ahead, which had little to do with her but was quite relevant to the Heavenly Court. You could say it was a cycle of cause and effect!
No problem, Wangyou was relieved and went inside. Good heavens, among these people, only the Second Princess had reached the Celestial Immortal realm. It was clear that she had worked hard. The others were all standing still.
Inside, the jinx was reporting to her older sisters, who were all quite surprised to see Wangyou.
"Ninth Sister, you're back," Cheng'er said with a smile.
"Hmm, Second Sister is doing well. Breaking the seal is just around the corner!"
"Thump!" The jinx knelt down on the ground.
"What wrong thing have you done to kneel down so readily?" Wangyou said with a smile.
"I admire the Ninth Princess, so I knelt down without thinking when I saw you, Princess."
"Who do you think you are, daring to look up to me?" Wangyou's expression changed. "You've got an abacus bead jumping on my face."
"Ninth Sister, is there something wrong with this jinx?"
"This is a huge problem, a calamity for you all. He's just a small pawn in this game."
"Princess Ninth Prince, please spare me! This humble immortal would never dare to have any ill intentions!" The jinx knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Get out!" Wangyou originally intended to kill them outright, but after some quick calculations, she decided it wouldn't hurt to let her older sisters suffer a little.
"Ninth Sister, what did you say about our calamity?" Greenie asked anxiously.
"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. If you fail to do so, you will live and the seal will be broken. If you fail to do so, you will be buried with the Three Realms." Wangyou shrugged and said indifferently.