destiny eternal calamity

"Holy crap!" Li Wei was shocked. This was the capital city, how dare they go all out like this?

"It must be a cultivator at the Heavenly Fate Realm. They made one move and then ran away," Xiao Shuying said, frowning.

Li Wei stared blankly at the completely flattened morgue.

The evidence is destroyed, fine, but will the Heavenly Maiden be turned into mincemeat?

Before long, soldiers and officers arrived in droves, and powerful auras could be seen drifting across the sky from time to time.

An old man even spotted Xiao Shuying and forced her to come out for questioning.

Fortunately, Li Wei's face has gained some recognition, and he vouched for Xiao Shuying, which finally got rid of the other party.

Li Wei recalled the location where Zhao Yuqing had been hiding and went there.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were busy with the guard and blockade, he revealed his identity as a member of the Five Cities Garrison to avoid being driven away.

Then they started digging there.

Upon clearing away the rubble, they indeed discovered the Heavenly Maiden.

Zhao Yuqing seemed to have sensed danger and lay prone on the ground before the opponent's killing move arrived, thus avoiding maximum harm.

Her clothes were tattered, and blood was seeping from her body; she looked utterly miserable.

Li Wei touched her bones and found that there was no sign of them being shattered, or even broken.

This guy's physical strength is truly astounding.

Since the bones are intact, the person should still be alive.

Li Wei took off his coat and covered Zhao Yuqing's slightly exposed back, then picked her up.

"Li Wei?" the girl in his arms whispered.

"It's me," Li Wei replied.

Several soldiers saw him digging around for a while and actually pulled out a living person, so they all came over.

"This is Commander Zhao from the East City Military Command. I'll take her down to receive treatment."

Among those officers and soldiers were also people from the Five Cities Military Command, so they naturally knew Zhao Yuqing.

Although they were not entirely clear about how noble the celestial maiden was, she was a highly skilled person capable of exorcising demons, so they dared not be negligent in the slightest. After verifying Li Wei's identity once again, they let him go.

Li Wei naturally carried the person to the princess's residence.

There was a resident imperial physician named Granny Wang in the mansion. She was from the Wang family and was Consort Wang's cousin.

She entered the palace with Consort Wang back then. After Long Bilin established her own residence, she brought Granny Wang along when she reported the palace servants to Long Yin.

Long Bilin was startled awake from her cultivation. She walked to the main hall of the princess's mansion and looked at Zhao Yuqing, who was covered in blood, in Li Wei's arms. Her mind was filled with a thousand thoughts in an instant.

This celestial maiden was not actually pretending to be weak; otherwise, with her cultivation at the Eternal Tribulation Realm, who could possibly harm her?

Then she realized that this was an opportunity to make Zhao Yuqing owe her a big favor, so she immediately sent someone to summon Granny Wang.

Li Wei placed Zhao Yuqing on the bedding laid out by the maid and bowed to Long Bilin with his hands clasped.

Long Bilin felt that Li Wei was being distant with her, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"What's wrong?" she asked softly.

Li Wei then told her what had just happened.

"It was so dangerous!" Long Bilin was still a little scared.

Li Wei's physical strength is not as abnormal as Zhao Yuqing's.

If Zhao Yuqing had dragged Li Wei into hiding in the morgue, Aunt Ying definitely wouldn't have had time to pull him away; he'd probably be covered in a white sheet by now.

"You thought the Sun family would come to destroy the evidence, but you never expected someone would destroy the entire morgue."

"Moreover, this test revealed Zhao Yuqing's true strength."

Long Bilin pondered.

That cultivator must have possessed some kind of escape technique to dare to test Zhao Yuqing, who was suspected of being in the Eternal Tribulation.

Based on Aunt Ying's speculation, this cultivator unleashed a powerful attack from high in the sky, and then ran away without even daring to look at the result.

If he dared to get even a little closer, he definitely wouldn't let Li Wei and Xiao Shuying, who were nearby, go.

Grandma Wang arrived quickly and began treating Zhao Yuqing.

Granny Wang kept marveling as she channeled her healing energy.

This girl's physical strength was the most outrageous she had ever seen. She withstood a fatal blow at the Qi Sea Realm without even breaking a bone, and her internal organs only suffered minor bleeding.

If she were to cultivate to the Divine Treasury Realm, what would become of her?

"Li Wei, you've already reached the Qi Sea stage?"

Long Bilin hadn't seen Li Wei since he broke through to the Qi Sea realm.

The last time he asked the Princess's Mansion to help him obtain the position of the Five Cities Garrison, it was only through Xiaodie who delivered the message.

"Yes, Your Highness. It was just luck."

After witnessing Zhao Yuqing's extraordinary talent, Li Wei lost all his complacency.

Even with cheat codes, I still can't beat Zhao Yuqing; I just haven't tried hard enough.

"Have you used the Essence-Boosting Pill?"

"Not yet, we're still working on opening up the Qi Sea," Li Wei answered honestly.

"Yes, remember to take this pill only when you've compressed your true energy to its limit, so you can make even greater progress..."

Long Bilin patiently explained the precautions for cultivation to Li Wei.

"This princess is indeed special to me." Li Wei confirmed this thought once again.

He wasn't narcissistic; just the fact that this prince was so anti-male that rumors of him being a lesbian spread told him he was special.

"Then I'll leave Commander Zhao in Your Highness's care. I'll head back now."

Seeing that Zhao Yuqing had finished her treatment and had fallen asleep, Li Wei decided to leave the princess's residence.

"It's curfew, so stay and rest tonight."

Long Bilin tried to persuade her to stay.

Li Wei thought for a moment. He had already fed his senior sister in the evening, so there was no need for him to go back to the Baron's mansion to rest. He then agreed.

After relaxing, he realized that he had gotten quite dirty again from the shockwave attack and the subsequent scavenging of the ruins, so he decided to take another shower.

Before Li Wei could make any requests, he was led by a maid from the princess's residence to the door of a magnificent building.

The maid pushed open the door, gesturing for him to come in.

Li Wei entered the building and saw it brightly lit by candlelight.

Behind the two layers of screens, a hot spring pool shrouded in white mist comes into view.

It was late autumn, and the nights were getting chilly, but here it was warm as spring.

Li Wei was about to enter the pool to bathe when his gaze suddenly fell upon several sets of palace dresses hanging by the pool. They looked like Long Bilin's clothes, and he realized that he did not have any clean clothes to change into.

There was one in the spatial ring on her hand, but it seemed to be a treasure of the Xiao family. She wondered if the princess knew about it.

If the princess finds out that her aunt is siding with outsiders, it might create a rift between them...

Therefore, it's best not to reveal this storage ring.

Just as Li Wei was hesitating, he saw a seductive figure walk in.

Long Bilin was wearing a thin, gauze-like bathrobe and was holding a set of moon-white men's clothing in her arms.

"Your Highness?"

Li Wei's voice was somewhat dry.

What is this princess trying to do? I'm not that familiar with her, am I?

Their relationship is probably just that of a leader and subordinate...

"This outfit was custom-made by Madam Wu based on your figure, and the fabric she uses is the finest Jiangzhou silk..."

As she spoke, Long Bilin placed the clothes on the shore. When she squatted down, Li Wei could see that the snow-white fabric seemed about to burst out of the clothes.

"What are you standing there for? Do you want me to help you undress?"

Long Bilin urged him impatiently, while she herself had already stepped down into the hot spring.

As the water rippled, the thin gauze, dampened, clung to the skin, revealing boundless spring colors.