The improved female villains regained their memories.

"give you."

His voice was soft, but it sounded loud to Shi Guijia. She looked up at the gardenia and smiled mischievously, "It's a gardenia..."

The sky darkened as a large, intact cloud approached, encompassing the fragmented clouds.

"Yes, it's a gardenia."

"I understand."

Her eyes shone brightly, as if those streams of light had flowed into them.

"Since that's the case, then let's do as we agreed before and get married..."

A cry rang out from the bamboo basket behind Yang Pingsheng.

Under Shi Guijia's surprised gaze, Yang Pingsheng gave a bitter smile and said:

"Xiaojia, it's like this, this child..."

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"I am a child my father picked up."

Standing before the crystal that sealed the blonde beauty, Yang Luo was lost in thought, muttering to himself.

Under the eternal twilight, dandelions danced in the air, one after another.

The wind whistled past her ears, and many things echoed in Yang Luoyi's memory.

A mother who has gone mad.

A shattered mental world.

And, the eternal cycle of twenty-five days.

My heart was pierced by something, yet under the influence of the previous Taixu, it was reduced to nothingness.

A ripple appeared in the space behind him, and Liu Shaoheng appeared in this world.

He still looked like a young boy, with the same light blue ice crystal on his forehead as Yang Luoyi.

"The people from the Guardian Heaven Sect have arrived," Liu Shaoheng said. "There's a demon beast and an immortal. The demon beast has the combat power of a True Immortal, and the immortal is at the Heavenly Immortal level."

"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

After a while, Liu Shaoheng still hadn't left. Yang Luo frowned slightly and turned to look at him: "Is there anything else?"

“Number One, I hope your decision is right,” Liu Shaoheng said, his tone icy. “Your mother’s intention was not to let you play house.”

"You think I did something wrong?" Yang Luoyi's tone turned cold. "I did this precisely to fulfill my mother's long-cherished wish."

"Heh, whatever you want, but you'd better not let your mother's grand plan go to waste."

“I know, you don’t need to remind me.” Yang Luo said. “Tell Number Nine to proceed according to plan, and have the others prepare.”

She paused, then continued:

"Only one person can become a Heavenly Daoist, and that is my mother. All the others must die."

Chapter 367 Number Five

Liu Shaoheng actually has many more problems.

But he knew that the blue-haired girl in the black dress wouldn't give him an answer.

He had been recuperating deep within the castle for many years and knew almost nothing about what the girl had done.

Yang Luoyi is Shi Guijia's greatest masterpiece. Unlike these other people, the ideas behind the greatest masterpiece are not something they can easily know.

Liu Shaoheng received orders to notify the others, and Yang Luoyi also left this world to receive the envoys of the Guardian Heaven Sect who had already arrived.

She was in a bad mood and had no idea why Ling Tiandu had sent a representative at this time.

"According to the previous agreement, Ling Tiandu was supposed to spread the news that Taixu Earth was in my possession in order to deal with Fang Wu's invitation, have a final battle with the female villain on the grassland, and use my power to suppress them in one fell swoop (see Chapter 308 of Volume 4 for details). But why is an envoy being sent out now? Is there something that can't be said remotely?"

"Is it because I took it upon myself to bring Yang Pingsheng here, or are these two people ostensibly envoys but actually pawns, with Ling Tiandu having other plans? Well, the oaths this woman makes are like farts, completely untrustworthy."

Compared to the former, Yang Luoyi is more inclined to guess the latter.

Ling Tiandu is the foremost diviner of our time. Divination involves fate, which is the most unpredictable thing. Her methods are hard to guard against and it is easy for people to fall into her trap.

Although both sides agreed to a decisive battle to determine the victor at Tianren Mountain, they were all immortals who had long since attained enlightenment. They were like mice that had become spirits, so it was understandable that they would engage in some underhanded tactics.

Or perhaps neither side took the bet seriously at all, and the so-called bet was just part of a battle of wits? Yang Luo frowned as he guessed.

She abducted Yang Pingsheng, so the villain's perspective naturally had to be on her side. As for Ling Tiandu, the promised news of the final battle didn't arrive; instead, two so-called envoys from the Heavenly Guardian Sect came.

What is this for?

"Ling Tiandu possesses extraordinary wisdom, and Song Panning has supernatural cunning. Could it be that both of them are targeting me?"

Yang Luo murmured.

"The so-called clash between the two sides is actually nothing more than two things: first, the four great treasures of heaven and earth; second, the dragon vein. The treasures of heaven and earth are related to the location of the gate, and the dragon vein is related to the key to entering the gate. Can these crucial things really be decided by a verbal agreement?"

"What if Fang Wu is on Song Panning's side? No... Fang Wu is a member of the royal family, he's the least likely to betray the Emperor, but what if? Song Panning arrived in the main world not too late, and she's loyal to the Fourth Prince. She's connected to the royal family. In all this time, could she have already set up a trap within the royal family? In the battle of Tianren Mountain, besides making Yang Pingsheng the villain, her goal was also..."

"The fate of someone who forces a bell is envied by heaven?"

Yang Luo stopped walking.

Of all the female villains she had encountered, two left a psychological scar: Luo Benmo and Song Panning. The former possessed an astonishing intuition, able to immediately detect any lie, forcing her to resort to fragmented truths to manipulate her; the latter was enigmatic, a believer in the ways of intrigue, advocating the yin aspect of the sage's path, and she schemed against her relentlessly, even going so far as to personally enter into the scheme, using her own remnant soul as nourishment.

If her guesses are true, then Song Panning's scheme is terrifying. She has long had connections with the royal family and, through some unknown means, forced the royal ace Fang Wu to side with her. Although she doesn't know what her purpose was in forcing Ling Tiandu to his death, her appearance was definitely unexpected.

If that's the case, then in Song Panning's eyes, am I an opportunity or a problem?

"Now that I think about it, it seems a bit odd that I was able to so easily win over Yang Pingsheng..."

She was filled with doubt and uncertainty, and for a moment she didn't dare to go to the envoy of the Guardian Heaven Sect.

"It's not that we haven't had contact with the royal family, but the contact hasn't been deep. It's all been handled by Number Three. Perhaps we could ask Number Five..."

Before she finished speaking, a mirror as large as a lake appeared in front of her, with the silhouette of an elder implied on it.

Speak of the devil and he appears; the man who arrived was none other than Number Three.

He smiled and said, "First, you don't need to worry. I've already figured out what's going on with the royal family. Just as you thought, whether it's Song Panning or Ling Tiandu, their goal is the dragon vein."

Yang Luo frowned slightly, showing no joy at having his answer answered, but instead scolded, "Old man, you're spying on me again."

"Hehe, you don't need to change clothes, nor do you need to wash up like ordinary people. Your privacy is also protected in your own little world. What could I possibly be spying on?"

"Enough of the small talk. So, you're saying Ling Tiandu doesn't intend to abide by the rules of the Heavenly Guardian Sect and plans to forcibly seize the Dragon Vein?"

The newcomer stroked his beard and laughed heartily, "Even if her fate is changed, her temperament will not change. Ling Tiandu is someone who doesn't play by the rules. Since the royal family has the idea of ​​siding with the villains, she naturally won't stand idly by. As far as I know, Luo Benmo has already replaced Song Panning in contacting Fang Wu, and Ling Tiandu has also sent a True Immortal to find Xu Weibang."

"Oh?" Yang Luo raised an eyebrow. "Wouldn't that put a lot of pressure on the emperor?"

"That's exactly right, which is why he asked for the help of our Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce."

"So, what do you think?"

Number Three put away his smile and said seriously, "One, no matter what your mother said to you back then, or what agreement you made with her, we will support you unconditionally. You have your own ideas, so go ahead and do them. Whether they are righteous or villainous, they all want the Dragon Vein, but I will not let them get it."

"I'll have Number Five wreak havoc in the capital to draw attention to you. Number One, don't hesitate, just go for it!"

The mirror-like lake vanished.

Soon, she received another message: Song Panning and her group were fighting against the Guardian Sect at the border of the Northern Grasslands.

She stood there for a long time, then sighed.

"It seems that Ling Tiandu's oath was just a load of rubbish; she never intended to help her mother change her fate."

"Heh, that makes sense. If she could really change people's destinies at will, she could just change all the villains' destinies. Why go through all this trouble?"

"In that case, we can only proceed according to the original plan."

Yang Luoyi chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Originally, I was planning to have a meal with my father and mother..."

Then, her gaze hardened, and she strode into the depths of the corridor.

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Beijing.

Ling Tiandu ordered three True Immortal-level warriors to seize the Dragon Vein: Granny Weaver Girl, Tian Bulian, and Divine Sparrow Emperor Rui.

Of these three, the Weaver Girl is skilled in healing and control, Tian Bulian has a variety of methods, but the one who is truly capable in combat is the Divine Sparrow Emperor Rui.

She is an ancient divine beast, a mythical bird, whose true form is a divine sparrow symbolizing glory. As the poem says: "The divine sparrow still gathers, and the Qilin arrives on its own." Since the founding of the Guardian Heaven Sect, she has always stayed there. Unlike most demonic beasts that prefer to use their original forms, Huang Rui has rarely reverted to her original form since she transformed into a human.

She was skilled in countless demonic arts, loved to wear bright and colorful clothes, and had eyes like stars, sparkling with profound wisdom. This mission to seize the dragon vein was less a task entrusted to the three True Immortals by Ling Tiandu, and more a task entrusted to her alone.

The Weaver Girl and Heaven's lack of compassion are just pretexts; the only true hope lies in the Imperial Auspiciousness.

When she first arrived in the capital, she temporarily parted ways with Granny Weaver Girl and Tian Bulian, and went alone to the headquarters of the Wan Jin Merchant Guild.

The sky was cloudless, and a streak of light flashed by. Huang Rui stepped on a rainbow of light, his target pointing directly at the Fengyun Mountains.

Why go there?

It turns out that the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce is extremely mysterious. Its headquarters seems to be located in the capital, but its real base is actually located in the Fengyun Mountains. Ordinary people only know that the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce is mysterious, but they never know that there is actually more than one president of the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce.

The investigation report from the Heavenly Guardian Sect stated that the Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce was actually built by the current emperor, Xu Weibang, a view shared by Fang Wu. However, according to Ling Tiandu's deductions, this is not the case. The Wan Jin Chamber of Commerce has more than one president; Xu Weibang is just one of them. There are others who are on equal footing with Xu Weibang.

It's laughable that a monarch can't even manage a business guild on his own. If Ling Tiandu weren't a master of deduction, even an old monster like Huang Rui would find it hard to believe.

The current emperor has a mysterious organization behind him. On the surface, this organization is a large business association, but its true intentions are unknown. Huang Rui's mission is not only to seize the dragon vein, but also to find out more about this organization.

The Fengyun Mountains connect the northwest. Huang Rui traveled at great speed. After saying goodbye to Tian Bulian and the others in the capital, he traveled at a rapid pace and arrived at the Fengyun Mountains in a day and a night.

She stood atop the clouds, gazing at the entire mountain range, but all she could see was a hazy mist, obscuring the view below.

"Hmm, strange?"

She frowned slightly, waved her hand, and released a radiant glow that enveloped the mountains, but even so, the mist still lingered and could not be dispelled.

"This is some kind of formation, no, something's not right."

Huang Rui had lived a long time and had seen all kinds of grand formations. No matter how big the formation was, as long as it was a formation, its internal logic was mostly still based on the operation of spiritual energy. However, the mist in the mountain below was different. It seemed to be generated from within, or it seemed to be some kind of protective shield, blocking everything from the outside world, including Huang Rui's exploration.

This feeling is like...

"It seems to be some kind of magical artifact."