Spiritual energy resurgence? My former empress wife has also revived!

Yin Hangxing rushed up to the fifth floor.

When he arrived at the building entrance, he subconsciously slowed his pace and gently knocked on the door.

"The door's unlocked, come in."

Qin Zijun's lazy voice came from inside the room.

Yin Hang pushed open the door and went inside, then quietly closed it.

Before even entering the house, he called out, "Brother Qin, did you know I was coming?"

"Um."

Qin Zijun casually replied.

Entering the small room of about ten square meters, Yin Hang saw Qin Zijun leaning against the headboard, holding a cat in her arms and petting it. On the small table in front of her, a tablet computer was playing a video.

He felt that Brother Qin now was like a retired old man.

Every day, besides going out for walks and petting the cat, I just play on my phone and computer. I wonder if I'll suddenly develop a liking for fishing someday.

But when Yin Hang saw Qin Zijun today, he felt something was different.

He felt that Qin Zijun looked more energetic and had a youthful spirit and high morale.

Seemingly noticing Yin Hang's odd behavior, Qin Zijun smiled and said, "After all, I'm still just a young man in my early twenties, not yet old."

"It's just that I have too many memories from the past, and I can't forget them even if I want to. So I still have a bit of a mature-beyond-my-years feel to me."

"Asking me to completely pretend to be a young person would be deliberately acting young, which I don't really like."

After Qin Zijun's explanation, Yin Hang suddenly understood.

Brother Qin's current demeanor is truly contradictory and complex.

He is like a vibrant young person, yet also possesses a mature and steady demeanor, lacking the impetuousness of youth and exuding a more mature air.

Especially within this peculiar contradiction, there is also an ethereal, otherworldly quality, as if a banished immortal has descended to earth.

How to put it? It's a strange charm that can't be described in words. It attracts people of all ages and genders, drawing their attention to him and creating a desire to explore him.

He seemed to be born to stand at the center of the world, worshipped and revered by everyone.

Yin Hang gathered his thoughts and tried to look away.

It's terrifying! This kind of charm that appeals to men, women, young and old alike makes Yin Hang feel like he's about to have a mountain of prejudice in his heart.

He coughed lightly and said, "Brother Qin, the government knows about Shishi's matter."

"The government has already helped resolve those matters, so you don't need to worry about it, Brother Qin."

"These are some of the government's solutions. They sent me here to give you a look. Brother Qin, please see if there's anything that's not handled well, and we can fix it."

He paused for a moment, then said angrily, "That son of a bitch dared to have designs on Shishi, he deserves to die."

Qin Zijun nodded slightly and said, "My cousin called me earlier and said that the court's decision is out."

"My parents died in a car accident. The perpetrator paid more than three million yuan in compensation, which has already been enforced."

These kinds of lawsuits are the hardest to win, often taking several years, especially if the perpetrator doesn't want to pay for a reduced sentence and instead becomes a shameless deadbeat, which can be a real headache.

The fact that this matter was resolved so quickly, with the court directly enforcing the judgment and giving the other party no chance, must mean that powerful figures at higher levels intervened.

This gave Qin Zijun a fairly good impression of the government of the various Xia states.

Modern government is smarter and more efficient than government in ancient times.

In his countless memories, there were countless officials who foolishly provoked him and were ultimately destroyed by his ruthless actions.

Qin Zijun took the documents from Yin Hang and glanced at them casually.

He had no objection to the government's handling of the matter.

For example, Huang Jun's father was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission. With all the evidence conclusive, he was bound to receive a life sentence.

And some officials associated with him were also purged.

It is evident that modern government authorities still want to resolve issues within the framework of the law, and these individuals were sentenced according to the law.

Qin Zijun wouldn't care. Huang Jun, who dared to have feelings for Shishi, and her best friend were killed by him. The others had nothing to do with Qin Zijun.

Having lived for so long, Qin Zijun's personality could even be described as cold and indifferent.

He is neither righteous nor evil, and he doesn't care about the righteous path or the demonic path. The only people he cares about are those with whom he has a karmic connection.

After all, he once saved the world, and he also destroyed it.

Seeing that Qin Zijun had no objection to the government's handling of the matter, Yin Hang was relieved.

He added, "There are two other important things. One is that our bureau chief told me that it seems like some great opportunity is about to appear."

Qin Zijun casually said, "The opportunity you mentioned is in the East Sea."

"However, the exact location is in international waters, which will probably cause some trouble."

Spiritual energy revives, extraordinary awakening occurs, and reincarnated beings appear.

This is not just a matter for the Chinese, but for the whole world.

Reincarnated individuals have also appeared in other countries, and they also cooperate with local governments.

Nowadays, although there is a lot of infighting behind the scenes, things are still relatively peaceful on the surface.

Because nuclear weapons still exist in various countries around the world, even cultivators at their current level cannot ignore such weapons.

Under nuclear deterrence, countries are still able to maintain peace with minimal effort, preventing things from spiraling out of control.

"East China Sea?"

Yin Hang was stunned.

Director Peng didn't say the specific location, only that an opportunity was about to appear, but Brother Qin even knows the specific location?

But when Yin Hang thought about the high seas, he understood what that meant.

The countries surrounding the Central Plains were also cooperating with reincarnated beings and cultivators.

Given such an opportunity, would they give it up?

Who knows, it could turn into a standoff in the East China Sea, or even a small-scale local war.

Yin Hang felt a headache coming on.

But his headache soon subsided.

What does this have to do with him, a mere second-level Body Tempering Realm cultivator? Anyway, it's something for the higher-ups to worry about.

Stopping thinking about things beyond his control, Yin Hang hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Brother Qin, the Empress has emerged from seclusion."

As he spoke,

He subconsciously looked around, wondering what if the empress found out about Brother Qin after she came out of seclusion and came straight here?

He was also able to admire the Empress's unparalleled beauty!

Qin Zijun remained calm about the news.

"Given the opportunity, even if her current cultivation level is not as high as it was at its peak, she was once at the Taiqing Realm, so she will naturally have the urge to act."

"Especially since I, someone with a great karmic connection to her, also appeared, the combination of the two rendered her seclusion meaningless."

Qin Zijun stroked the cat in his arms, and the cat comfortably rolled over, exposing its belly to him, and made purring sounds.

"Um, didn't the Empress come to see you, Brother Qin?"

Yin Hang scratched his head, beginning to doubt whether he had been overthinking things.

It's still Qin Ge, a big shot, who has a more thorough analysis of the Empress, who is also a big shot.

When one reaches that level of understanding, one may truly take a very detached view of the emotions experienced in mortal life, and not care about them at all.

Qin Zijun chuckled softly: "She will come to see me."

"If I did not exist, her Dao heart would be perfectly smooth and flawless, without any defects. Even if she owed me a great debt of karma, since I am already dead, this karma is naturally severed."

"But I am still alive, so she must repay this debt of karma, otherwise I will become an irreparable flaw in her soul."

"This flaw is terrifying. Even if the spiritual energy recovers again and more of the Great Dao opens up, she will likely never be able to return to her peak Taiqing Realm."

"Right now, she is only thinking about how to repay this karmic debt, and she will definitely come to see me only after she is fully prepared."

Qin Zijun's lifespan, spanning countless lifetimes, exceeds one million years.

He has seen too many people and too many things.

He had cultivated to the Taiqing Realm and Tathagata Realm countless times.

Naturally, he also had a deep understanding of what people in this realm were thinking.

They rarely care about things that happened during their mortal years, or even when they were at a lower level of cultivation.

Of course, this is not absolute; there are always some exceptions.

But the probability is too small, and Qin Zijun won't consider it.

Moreover, Qin Zijun also hoped that Jiang Zhi could quickly sever her ties with him.

If she is unwilling to sever ties, Qin Zijun will face many more troubles in this life.

This is clearly my last life, and I haven't even cultivated in this life. I'm just using the 'Book of Immortals for Ten Thousand Lifetimes' to regain my power as a means of protecting my path.

After a hundred years, when their destiny is fulfilled, they will take the final step, ascend to the celestial realm, become an immortal venerable for all ages, and become the only true immortal in all of history.

To achieve immortality and eternal life, untouched by countless eons, was his ultimate pursuit in refining his Dao heart through countless lifetimes.

He didn't want to complicate things that were so simple.

Yin Hang scratched his head, somewhat confused by Qin Zijun's words, and asked疑惑地问道, "Brother Qin, what do you mean? Why do you say the Empress needs to be fully prepared?"

Qin Zijun smiled gently and explained, "She wants to sever the karmic ties, but she's also afraid that I'll cling to her. She doesn't want to sever these ties directly, fearing that I might make some excessive demands."

"Do you know the methods of cultivating dynasties, especially the personalities of the emperors who established supreme immortal dynasties?"

Yin Hang shook his head.

Brother Qin, this question is beyond the scope of the curriculum.

As someone at the Body Tempering Realm, how could I possibly know the personality of the Celestial Dynasty Emperor?

Qin Zijun said, "All the immortal emperors who can cultivate to this level have personalities that are cut from the same mold."

"One must be arrogant, domineering, self-centered, and invincible. Without such qualities, it is impossible to become an emperor of a celestial dynasty, like the ancient celestial ruler."

"Naturally, they cannot accept any threats, nor will they compromise themselves. Even knowing it's a dead end, they would rather break than bend, and they cannot lose their domineering and unparalleled power to suppress the world."

"Well, in modern terms, these people are just stubborn."

"The same applies to sword cultivators. That's why there are quite a few cultivators, Buddhist cultivators, and even demon cultivators who have achieved the Taiqing Tathagata Realm."

"But among those who cultivate swordsmanship and destiny, very few can reach the highest level. Most of them die by stubbornly banging their heads against the ground during the cultivation process."

Yin Hang listened to Qin Zijun's words in astonishment, and suddenly felt a little regretful.

Should I not have become a sword cultivator?

Being stubborn is never a good thing!

But soon, he felt a chill and immediately made himself forget the thought.

He had a premonition that if this idea persisted, his path of sword cultivation would be incredibly difficult.

Qin Zijun glanced at him and smiled, "Not bad, you do have some understanding."

Yin Hang chuckled to himself.

Qin Zijun said calmly, "To give an example, although Miss Jiang and I got married back then, we didn't consummate our marriage."

"If I were to ask her to fulfill the marriage vows we made years ago, she would not refuse, but that would undoubtedly be me coercing her and would tarnish her Daoist heart."

"Therefore, she cannot let me make demands; she must make demands herself, taking the initiative to sever the cause and effect from the position of a superior."

"She will be well-prepared and give me a reason and benefit that I cannot refuse, so that I will not make excessive demands on her again."

"In this way, the cause and effect ended, and her Dao heart became perfectly pure and flawless, no longer subject to shackles."

After a pause, Qin Zijun smiled again: "Actually, she doesn't need to think so much. As long as she comes to see me, I will agree to any request she makes."

"She wants to sever the cause and effect, and so do I. On this point, we have the same goal."

Yin Hang seemed to understand something. He clapped his hands and said, "So, Brother Qin, you can't take the initiative to approach the Empress, because that would be equivalent to you making a request and coercing her."

Qin Zijun nodded: "She is teachable. Given her level of cultivation, as the emperor of the immortal dynasty, she is capable of making political compromises, which is why she is favored by the emperor."

"But unfortunately, my karma with her is too great, and her political tactics can't be used on me, so I have to find another way."

"Let her prepare. It won't take more than a few days anyway. She'll definitely be more anxious than I am."

Yin Hang couldn't comprehend the level of understanding and thought of the big shot, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Seeing Qin Zijun rubbing the cat's belly, and the cat not running away but instead purring comfortably, he was surprised.

Yin Hang also knows about cats and knows that cats really dislike being held in one way.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Qin, your cat-petting technique is pretty good!"

Qin Zijun glanced at him and chuckled, "That's because I'm stimulating its body with spiritual energy. When animals feel comfortable, they instinctively want to keep enjoying it."

"Compared to human spiritual cultivation, animal spiritual cultivation is much more complicated; just awakening intelligence is a major problem."

"I let the spiritual energy flow through its body's meridians, so that it would become a habit, and then it could cultivate on its own."

"Gradually, it will become smarter and smarter until its intelligence is fully awakened."

Yin Hang's eyes widened in surprise. "You're teaching it cultivation?"

"Well, I'm also quite skilled in demon cultivation. Since I have nothing else to do, I'll teach it."

Qin Zijun said casually.

Yin Hang clicked his tongue in amazement. A thought struck him, and he said, "I remember that almost 99% of calico cats are female. Could this one turn into a catgirl?"

Qin Zijun nodded and said, "Demons can indeed retain some of their original characteristics when transforming into humans. What, are you afraid of not finding a wife and want to raise one yourself?"

Seeing Qin Zijun's ambiguous smile, Yin Hang blushed and gave an awkward laugh.

"How about I find you a beautiful white snake, Brother Qin, and you teach it to cultivate?"

Qin Zijun rolled her eyes at him: "You still want to be a bandit hero?"

He paused for a moment, then added, "Yin Hang, you'd better cultivate diligently, or you might end up not even as fast as this cat."

Yin Hang's face darkened as he looked at the cat lying in Qin Zijun's arms.

That's actually quite possible. This cat stays by Brother Qin's side every day, so maybe it really has cultivated faster than him.

Yin Hang joked, "Then I'll have to call it the Three Flower Goddess, and it would be best if it could protect me."

Although Qin Zijun has lived through countless lifetimes, he has been able to perfectly integrate into each of them.

If you're going to be an emperor, be an emperor; if you're going to be a beggar, be a beggar. Be whatever you're going to be.

Now that Qin Zijun has returned to modern society, her way of thinking has also returned to that of modern people.

He chatted and joked with Yin Hang for a while, and it wasn't until evening that Yin Hang took his leave.

The next day,

Yin Hang returned to the company to report on yesterday's progress and told Peng Shaoxun about what Qin Zijun had said about the opportunity being in the East China Sea.

Peng Shaoxun's eyes widened in disbelief. "Qin Zijun said the opportunity lies in the East China Sea?"

He knew perfectly well that even the great astrologers the government had found, skilled in divination, couldn't accurately predict where the opportunity lay.

How was Qin Zijun able to see it at a glance?

He was skeptical, but he reported the news, hoping that when the opportunity arose, he would be able to see whether Qin Zijun's prediction was accurate or not.

This Brother Qin seems to be quite different from the monks he describes in his books in terms of behavior and personality.

……

Imperial capital, imperial palace—

Although the Chinese society is no longer a feudal society and has long since lost its emperors, the various states of China are now largely free of feudalism.

However, the location of the imperial palace was also the center of power.

People cannot see or touch the destiny of a nation or its people, but it is a real phenomenon.

The Empress's method of cultivating the dynasty's fortune is best suited for cultivation in places where national fortune, luck, and power are most abundant.

Most of the imperial palace remains open to tourists.

However, one palace complex, ostensibly for renovation, has not been open to the public for the past thirty years.

Inside the palace, built of red bricks and glazed tiles, a woman sits gracefully on a yellow wooden chair.

The woman was dressed in a purple brocade palace dress with cloud-like patterns. The long dress reached the ground, and the sleeves were like flowing clouds, completely covering her hands and feet. Only her slightly raised, beautiful neck spoke of her arrogance.

Her face was covered by a heavy veil, concealing her stunningly beautiful face; her embroidered eyebrows were slanted into her temples, and her white hair was tied up.

She seemed to be hidden in a mist, except for her pair of dark eyes, which were as deep as a thousand-year-old cold pool, containing profound mysteries of heaven in their solitude. In her glances, it seemed as if the sun and moon rose and fell, and the Milky Way was upside down, but there was no warmth of human nature.

The Empress glanced at him slightly, sending chills down the spine of Pang Wanyi, who stood respectfully beside her. The innate nobility and inviolable majesty of the Empress made her very soul tremble.

She seemed to embody the very essence of heaven and earth, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at her.

"I was planning to go into seclusion and attempt to break through to the Cave Profound Realm before everyone else, but the Great Dao was blocked and the spiritual energy was insufficient, so I failed."

The Empress's voice was clear, indifferent, and extremely pleasant to the ear, yet it possessed an overwhelming and unyielding majesty.

She kept saying she had failed, but she showed no remorse whatsoever, as if it were just a trivial matter.

"Wanyi, I sensed something during my seclusion. Something significant has happened that is related to my karma. Please report the situation."

The Empress rolled up her sleeves to cover her jade-like hands, gently picked up the white jade teacup beside her, and took a sip of fragrant tea.

Pang Wanyi had served the Empress for several years and knew some of the Empress's little habits well.

For example, the Empress was a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness, and she especially disliked men.

Even when she went to get something, she would cover her hand with her sleeve and take it through the sleeve.

According to the Empress, this was because she was afraid that something she had used would end up being touched by someone else.

The Empress also had some very peculiar habits.

For example, the teacup in her hand requires that the person who makes the teacup must be a woman, and not even a man.

He demanded that women make all his personal belongings.

Even when fighting with others, one should try to use magic to kill enemies from a distance.

If she absolutely had to use her fists, she would keep them tucked inside her sleeves, killing through them, afraid that her hands might touch another man's skin.

Of course, there are fewer restrictions if the enemy is a woman; the Empress is also the most ruthless and merciless when fighting women.

With these thoughts in mind, Pang Wanyi respectfully handed over a piece of paper written with a brush.

"Your Majesty, the official documents are all here."

The Empress rolled up her sleeves and took it, her eyes scanning over it.

The Empress disliked modern technology and did not use computers or mobile phones. Even for important intelligence, she would only read paper documents and would not read electronic ones.

This is true for almost all reincarnated masters of supernatural powers.

The government has conducted research and discovered that the higher the level of a great supernatural being, the closer their lifestyle is to the behavior of their previous life.

For example, the Empress did not use electronic devices, nor did she wear modern clothes; she always wore palace attire.

On the contrary, those reincarnated beings with lower spiritual levels are more likely to integrate into modern life, and it is common to see them wearing casual clothes and using electronic devices.

With the Empress's level of understanding, she could read through that thick document in just a few breaths.

She put down the paper and said calmly, "Those who cultivate the Tao must contend with Heaven, with Earth, and with other people."

"I will personally seize this opportunity."

"Since I have obtained the fortune of the Xia Kingdom, I will naturally protect it. If anyone makes a contribution to the treasures and opportunities that I have seized, I will not hesitate to reward them."

Pang Wanyi said respectfully, "Our sect leader and holy maiden will also be involved this time. Your Majesty may accompany them."

The sect leader and holy maiden she mentioned were naturally Daoist Xuanwei and Lou Guanxue.

Before succeeding as the sect leader of the Yuanshi Daluo Sect, Lou Guanxue held the position of the sect's Holy Maiden, a position she was very enthusiastic about.

The Empress coldly replied, "I have never bothered to cooperate with others. If it were the ancestor of the Yuanshi Daluo Sect, the reincarnation of the Yuanshi Daluo Heaven, I would treat him with the respect due to a junior."

"But that number one swordsman in the world and that old Taoist priest are not enough to make me respect them that much."

Pang Wanyi sighed inwardly and said nothing more.

According to official intelligence, all cultivators who practice the method of governing the dynasty share this personality: domineering, invincible, and self-centered.

She was prepared for the Empress's words.

At this moment, a chilling killing intent flashed between the empress's brows: "Those beasts of the Six Paths Demonic Sect's 'Humanity,' I will help the government to arrest them."

"How dare you scheme against me, the Emperor! You deserve to die!"

She waved her hand and said to Pang Wanyi, "Alright, you can go now. This forced exit from seclusion has been a bit troublesome. I need to meditate for a few days."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Pang Wanyi respectfully withdrew.

She didn't mention Qin Zijun.

The Empress seemed unconcerned, just as the advisors in the government had predicted.

Having reached the level of an empress, she would not care about her feelings as a mortal.

However, this does not mean that Qin Zijun is unimportant.

It's a certainty that the Empress owes Qin Zijun a debt of karma, and even without the Empress's involvement, Qin Zijun's strength seems to be quite considerable.

The government would naturally treat such reincarnated individuals who could communicate harmoniously with them with courtesy.

As soon as Pang Wanyi stepped down, the Empress's pair of flawless, exquisitely beautiful hands emerged from her sleeves.

She stared intently at her hands, which were trembling as if they had lost control.

She completely softened, her heart overflowing with emotions like a volcano about to erupt.

She asked Pang Wanyi to leave because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to control her emotions in front of her.

The Empress's voice lost its majesty, becoming soft and gentle: "Little monk, you... have finally decided to come back."

Her soft voice was tinged with sobs.

But she won't cry or shed tears.

Because she had promised her little monk that she would never cry again in her life.