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Chapter 1734 "On the Phoenix Terrace" - Ling Cangcang, Du Tingxin

"The Southern Qi Dynasty".

"I wonder what the Southern Qi Dynasty in this new continent is like."

Jiang Chen landed outside the capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty and then headed towards the capital.

Not long after we left, we heard a commotion ahead.

"Ok?"

Jiang Chen looked up.

next moment.

A system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received a pair of Cloud-Stepping Boots.]

"A pair of cloud-stepping boots?"

"This is the seventh time I've checked in."

"One Luo is one hundred and forty-four."

"One pair of Cloud-Stepping Boots does not refer to one hundred and forty-four individual boots, but rather one hundred and forty-four pairs of Cloud-Stepping Boots."

"According to the system introduction, the Cloud-Stepping Boots are a magical artifact that Han Li obtained after defeating the powerful enemy Feng Yue during the Blood Trial in 'A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality.' As the name suggests, after wearing the Cloud-Stepping Boots, one's movements become unpredictable and as fast as lightning. With the enhancement of the Luo Yan Step and the Wind Control Technique, Han Li can move so quickly that he can temporarily escape the tracking of ordinary people's naked eyes, as if he has disappeared into thin air."

The Cloud-Stepping Boots are primarily used to increase movement speed and aid in escaping.

Its main function is speed enhancement: it can significantly increase a cultivator's movement speed. However, I haven't tried it, so I don't know exactly how much speed the Cloud-Stepping Boots can increase.

At that moment, Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Ling Cangcang is a character in "Phoenix Terrace".

In the drama, she is the head of Fenglai Pavilion. Faced with her father's oppressive power and the imperial decree to become empress, Ling Cangcang, unable to resist, leaves home and establishes Fenglai Pavilion in the martial arts world. She initially harbors a dream of fighting alongside her friends and lover, upholding justice together. However, the revelation of her lover's identity, the murder of her master, and the fact that her father and lover become enemies cause her beliefs to crumble, leaving her in immense pain. After experiencing numerous upheavals in both the martial arts world and the imperial court, she gradually matures and transforms.

"Ling Cangcang in 'Phoenix Terrace'".

"I never expected that this new continent would be integrated with this drama."

In the drama, Ling Cangcang is the only daughter of Grand Secretary Ling Xuefeng, but she was sent to the martial arts world at a young age, becoming the head of Fenglai Pavilion and apprenticing under the Ghost King of the Lingbi Sect. On the surface, she is a free-spirited and chivalrous woman, but in reality, she is just a pawn in her father's hands. Ling Xuefeng deliberately raised her to be naive, intending to send her to the palace for a political marriage to help him consolidate his power in the court. Compared to those in the palace who were well-versed in political intrigue, the early Ling Cangcang only had chivalry in her eyes. When investigating the case of the Lingbi Sect kidnapping children, she never backed down even when faced with danger; this courage was ingrained in her bones.

Ling Cangcang's personality shift began with her encounter with Xiao Huan. Initially, Xiao Huan approached her under the alias Bai Chifan. Sharing the same goal of investigating a case, they went through life-and-death situations together, and gradually developed feelings for each other. Ling Cangcang genuinely trusted him at that time; even when her master warned her that Bai Chifan's identity was suspicious, she chose to trust her own judgment. However, this trust was ultimately destroyed the moment her master was killed. She witnessed Bai Chifan apprehend her master and cause his death, only then realizing that the man was none other than Emperor Xiao Huan of Nanqi.

Her master's death became an insurmountable obstacle in her heart. Faced with Xiao Huan's deception, she was filled with disappointment and hatred, causing the two to become complete enemies. But what was rare about Ling Cangcang was that, despite her hatred, she never wallowed in her emotions. Later, Xiao Huan proposed a marriage alliance for his own selfish reasons in order to seize power. Knowing it was a trap, she still agreed to protect the Ling family. At this point, she had begun to learn to weigh the pros and cons and was no longer just a chivalrous woman who only cared about loyalty and righteousness.

After entering the palace as Empress, Ling Cangcang's personality became more composed and insightful. When Empress Dowager Liu tried to suppress her with the Phoenix Seal, she didn't confront her directly. Instead, she used the opportunity of the imperial concubine selection to set a trap, causing the Empress Dowager to lose her composure and ultimately successfully reclaiming the Phoenix Seal. Faced with her father's schemes and even poisoning, she didn't cry or complain. Upon regaining her senses, she immediately and calmly devised a counterattack. She no longer asked, "Why me?" but instead thought, "How can I change this?" This mental growth allowed her to gain a firm foothold in the intrigues of the inner palace.

Her relationship with Xiao Huan was always shrouded in love, hate, and helplessness. Xiao Huan married her through force, yet secretly harbored deep affection. His words, "In this world, there are more than just the Imperial Preceptor who can heal my body, but my only empress is Cang Cang," perfectly encapsulated the emperor's obsession and true feelings. Ling Cang Cang felt the same way; she hated his deception and manipulation, yet when drunk, she would mistake others for him, her questions filled with undisguised love.

What truly transformed Ling Cangcang was her journey to the battlefield. When the border was in dire straits, she did not rest on her empress's throne, but resolutely donned armor and went to war. In the military camp, she was not a weak woman seeking refuge, but General Ling, capable of analyzing military situations and personally leading night raids. Even when captured, she remained calm and composed, even using the fallen Phoenix Seal as a bargaining chip. Luo Xianxue's self-immolation to protect her did not break her; instead, it strengthened her resolve to rely on herself.

After overcoming numerous misunderstandings and life-or-death trials, Ling Cangcang and Xiao Huan reconciled, and she eventually became the Empress of the Southern Qi Dynasty. They had five children, with their eldest son inheriting the throne. She transformed from a naive and free-spirited wandering swordswoman into a composed and dignified empress, spending her life with Xiao Huan in a happy and fulfilling ending.

"Ling Cangcang's charm never comes from her beauty or her aura, but from her resilience in the face of adversity. She experienced betrayal by her family, her lover, and the tragic death of her master, but she did not turn to the dark side. Instead, she achieved self-redemption after recognizing the truth. From a chivalrous woman who needed protection to a general who could defend the city, from a pawn to a player who controlled the whole game, she ultimately became her own pillar of strength and proved the power of women, who never depend on anyone."

"Ling Cangcang hasn't entered the palace yet, so she's still quite naive."

Jiang Chen sized up Ling Cangcang.

Judging from Ling Cangcang's current state, it's clear that the story hasn't even begun yet.

"I wonder how much longer it will be before the plot begins."

"This Ling Cangcang..."

Jiang Chen walked over.

At this moment, Ling Cangcang was acting as a chivalrous hero.

Jiang Chen watched from the side.

It must be admitted that Ling Cangcang now truly looks like a chivalrous woman.

After Ling Cangcang's matter was resolved, Jiang Chen went over to her.

"Young master, what is it you need?" Ling Cangcang asked.

"Your name is Ling Cangcang?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes, does the young master know me?" Ling Cangcang asked, puzzled.

“Of course I know you.” Jiang Chen smiled and said, “You are Ling Cangcang, the Pavilion Master of Fenglai Pavilion.”

"Yes, young master, what is it?" Ling Cangcang asked again.

"I just witnessed Miss Ling's display of martial arts prowess, which was quite impressive. I'd like to make your acquaintance. Would Miss Ling be willing?" Although Jiang Chen asked whether she was willing, his meaning was quite clear.

“Of course.” At this moment, Ling Cangcang had the air of a chivalrous woman, and upon hearing Jiang Chen’s words, she naturally did not refuse.

“Let’s walk and talk,” Jiang Chen said, pointing in the direction of Kyoto.

"Is the young master going to the capital?" Ling Cangcang asked.

“Yes.” Jiang Chen smiled and said, “My name is Jiang Chen, and this is my first time in Kyoto.”

"Is this your first time in Kyoto?" Ling Cangcang asked.

“Of course.” Jiang Chen nodded slightly, then started a conversation with Ling Cangcang.

Ling Cangcang now wants to be a female knight-errant.

Therefore, during the conversation, Jiang Chen addressed the root cause of the problem.

Jiang Chen had experience chatting with hundreds of women, and he could easily handle the naive Ling Cangcang.

When Jiang Chen arrived in Kyoto, he and Ling Cangcang were already acquainted.

After entering Kyoto, Jiang Chen and Ling Cangcang parted ways.

"There are quite a few leading ladies in Kyoto."

"Go sign in first."

With this in mind, Jiang Chen headed towards the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

After infiltrating the Imperial Preceptor's residence, Jiang Chen met the Imperial Preceptor from the drama.

Almost simultaneously, a system notification sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen silently recited in his heart.

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully checked in and received a Beast Taming Spirit Token.] "A Beast Taming Spirit Token?"

"This is the third time I've checked in."

What is the Beast Taming Spirit Talisman?

Beast Taming Spirit Tablets are spatial spirit tablets that can store spirit beasts.

Of course, not just any spirit beast can be placed on this Beast Taming Spirit Token.

Each Beast Taming Spirit Token can only store one exclusive spirit beast.

If a nine-tailed spirit fox is placed in a Beast Taming Spirit Tablet, then a young crane cannot be placed in that tablet. If there are two nine-tailed spirit foxes, they can only be placed in two separate Beast Taming Spirit Tablets, not in the same tablet.

“The Beast Taming Talisman is different from the Beast Taming Bag.”

"It's most useful to the Jiang family."

"One Luo is one hundred and forty-four."

"Although not everyone has a favorite spirit beast right now, and there are still quite a few Beast Taming Spirit Tablets, it is still beneficial to add another Beast Taming Spirit Tablet."

At that moment, Jiang Chen looked at the female lead who had signed in.

Du Tingxin, a character in "Phoenix Terrace".

In the drama, she is the Grand Preceptor of the Great Qi Dynasty. Obsessive and ruthless, she will stop at nothing to seize power and seek revenge. Du Tingxin suffered greatly from a young age due to family tragedy. After being rescued by Xiao Huan, she secretly developed feelings for him. Upon learning the truth about her origins, she was consumed by hatred, believing the royal family owed her something. She then colluded with the Lingbi Sect, plotting a series of conspiracies, including hypnotizing Xiao Ying to assassinate Xiao Huan and instigating internal strife in the court. Ultimately, her rebellion failed, and she was captured.

"Du Tingxin in 'Phoenix Terrace'".

"As expected, it's at the Imperial Preceptor's residence."

In the drama, Du Tingxin is the disciple of the former Grand Preceptor of Nanqi, but those who know the inside story know that Du Tingxin was originally the daughter of the former Grand Preceptor.

All the national advisors of Nanqi were women. As national advisors, they were supposed to be virtuous and solitary throughout their lives, praying for the Nanqi Dynasty and carefully cultivating the next generation of national advisors to pass on their mantle.

However, Du Tingxin's mother not only had an affair but also gave birth to a child, whom she raised under the guise of being her apprentice.

The Grand Preceptor's impurity was, in the eyes of the entire Southern Qi Dynasty, a desecration of the gods, a crime deserving of death. Du Tingxin's mother, unwilling to reveal her affair with anyone and unable to bear the thought of her poor daughter losing her life, was forced to immolate herself in the palace as a sacrifice to atone to Heaven.

Even so, the officials of Nanqi still refused to let go of the young Du Tingxin. They submitted memorials one after another, arguing that the daughter of the Grand Preceptor was a desecration of Heaven and the ancestors, and that she should not be allowed to live in the world, and that her life should be sacrificed to Heaven.

At that moment, the Nanrong Palace, where the Nanqi National Preceptor had lived for generations, seemed to foreshadow the fate of the mother and daughter.

Young Du Tingxin, having just learned that her master was her mother, had also completely lost her only family member. Faced with the accusations of the court officials, she was isolated and helpless, and could only tremble and hide in the Nanrong Palace, awaiting the judgment of her fate.

At that time, Xiao Huan had already ascended the throne with the support of Grand Tutor Ling.

He was just as young, yet he was so resilient. He told her not to be afraid, that he had pardoned her sins with the power of amnesty, and that from now on she was no longer someone who could not survive in this world, but the dignified new national advisor of Nanqi.

But for Du Tingxin, the fact that her master was like a mother was always a thorn in her side. At that time, she even felt that her master named the temple "Palace of Intolerance" because he thought that her existence was intolerable to heaven and earth. But Xiao Huan told her that even if heaven and earth could not tolerate her, she must fight to survive. The former national teacher sacrificed himself in the fire so that Du Tingxin could leave Palace of Intolerance.

When Xiao Huan led Du Tingxin out of the Nanrong Palace, how could it not be considered a rebirth for Du Tingxin?

After becoming the Imperial Advisor and following Xiao Huan's side, Du Tingxin gradually understood why Xiao Huan, even as the ruler of Nanqi, would still say things like, "Even if heaven and earth cannot tolerate us, we must still struggle to survive."

Du Tingxin served Xiao Huan out of gratitude for saving his life, and also felt sorry for him struggling to survive in the cracks. So, for many years, she painstakingly researched and finally concocted an antidote to temporarily suppress the cold poison for him. The Imperial Advisor, who should have been detached from worldly affairs, actually schemed thoroughly to help Xiao Huan secure his throne.

Originally a king and his subject who depended on each other for survival, Du Tingxin inevitably fell in love with Xiao Huan, but she never wanted her feelings to become a burden to him. She suppressed the cold poison for him, and also suppressed her own heart. Since she had decided to live only for him, she only hoped that he could get what he wanted.

At her most loyal, even when Xiao Huan and Ling Cangcang quarreled, it was Du Tingxin who went to Ling Cangcang to mediate. She accepted that Xiao Huan had feelings for Ling Cangcang, but she didn't want Ling Cangcang to become his weakness. However, she was also happy to see him find love.

But when the truth came, it was delivered without warning. Du Tingxin could accept that she couldn't have the one she loved, but she couldn't accept that they were fundamentally incompatible. It turned out that Du Tingxin and her mother's tragic fate was a direct result of the Xiao family's misfortunes.

This filthy royal family is far more cruel than she imagined.

When Du Tingxin finally learned that her mother hadn't been unfaithful, but rather forced into prostitution by the late emperor, she truly understood why her mother had named the Divine Palace the Palace of Intolerance. The Imperial Preceptor, dishonored by the emperor, couldn't reveal the truth and bore the sins alone; even preserving her own bloodline required sacrificing her life. Injustice and resentment filled Du Tingxin's heart; anger and hatred overwhelmed her sanity, and all kindness and love transformed into boundless murderous intent.

What could be more ridiculous than the fact that the Emperor Du Tingxin secretly loved was actually her half-brother? The imperial power humiliated her and her mother, so she overthrew it; her love was intolerable to the world, so she utterly destroyed her lover. From then on, the one who emerged from the Nanrong Palace was no longer the Imperial Advisor Du Tingxin, but a princess bearing royal blood, yet separated from the Xiao family by a blood feud.

Since Heaven will not accept me, I will defy it.

Du Tingxin's revenge was more intense than anyone else's. She stood against Xiao Huan, yet refused to join any faction, wanting to kill everyone equally. At the height of her madness, she even wanted to cast a curse on all the people of the Southern Qi Dynasty, making all living beings perish for her hatred.

However, when Xiao Huan, as she wished, sacrificed himself to protect the common people and jumped off Phoenix Terrace, she, already dressed in a dragon robe, could not accept his death and even went mad, wanting Ling Cangcang to be buried with Xiao Huan.

"Du Tingxin is unaware of her current identity."

"If she had known her identity beforehand, she might have succeeded."

Looking at Du Tingxin in the distance, Jiang Chen made a decision.

Swish!
Jiang Chen flashed and appeared directly in front of Du Tingxin.

"Who?" Du Tingxin was startled when she saw Jiang Chen suddenly appear.

"Miss Du," Jiang Chen said with a smile, looking at Du Tingxin. "My name is Jiang Chen."

"Jiang Chen? What do you want to do? Someone come here!" Du Tingxin hurriedly called for help.

“Miss Du, no one else can hear our conversation.” Jiang Chen wanted to talk to Du Tingxin, so naturally he wouldn’t let others know. This might have been difficult when he came to the Second World last time, but it wasn’t difficult for Jiang Chen now.

“You…” Du Tingxin’s expression changed slightly.

"Miss Du."

Jiang Chen raised his voice: "Don't you want to know about your background?"

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Du Tingxin was slightly taken aback. Then, she looked at Jiang Chen in confusion and asked, "What did you say?"

“Miss Du, don’t you want to know why your mother died? Don’t you want to know who your biological father is?” Jiang Chen said.

"You know?" Du Tingxin's gaze fell on Jiang Chen.

“Yes, I know.” Jiang Chen glanced at Du Tingxin and continued, “Of course, Miss Du may not believe it, but after I tell you, Miss Du can check it herself.”

Du Tingxin didn't speak, she just looked at Jiang Chen.

“Your mother was the former Imperial Advisor, and your father was the late Emperor, he…” Jiang Chen recounted Du Tingxin’s background in detail.

Jiang Chen looked down on the former emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty.

Although the saintess in the drama claims that she entered the palace because she fell in love with the late emperor, she never expected that the late emperor was not as benevolent as he seemed and secretly forced his best friend into prostitution. In order not to hurt the saintess, the best friend concealed her daughter's true identity and secretly tricked her into leaving. In the end, when the saintess left the palace, she chose to commit suicide, but was falsely accused by the late emperor of having an affair.

However, in Jiang Chen's opinion, no one knew whether the saintess was telling the truth, after all, she was doing it for her son. Although Du Tingxin was her good friend's daughter, could her good friend's daughter compare to her own son?
In the drama, Du Tingxin's ending is simply because she is a loser.

Or rather, she wasn't the female lead, and according to the conventions of film and television dramas, villains never have a good ending.

“Ms. Du, you can investigate and verify it yourself.”

Jiang Chen chuckled and said, "Your godfather should have your mother's blood letter in his possession. You can find a way to get it yourself."

In the drama, Ling Xuefeng (Du Tingxin's adoptive father) goes to Nanrong Palace with the late Imperial Preceptor's blood-written letter to reveal Du Tingxin's true identity.

Jiang Chen's words now are meant to allow Du Tingxin to better prove herself.

"Are you telling the truth?" Du Tingxin was extremely excited.