After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

Xu Ze: "..."

The Empress Dowager's competitive spirit is truly omnipresent.

……

Outside the Heavenly Book.

Fire Cloud Valley, main hall.

The flickering candlelight cast long shadows of the two people inside the hall.

The fourth prince, Mu Jun, was not sitting in a wheelchair, but with his hands behind his back.

His aura was also very solid, which was a genuine Void Refinement stage cultivator!

"Your Highness, I never imagined you'd been feigning illness all along..."

Before him, Valley Master Yan Liezi's voice was hoarse and low. He was initially shocked, but quickly recovered.

The Fourth Prince's state of mind was evident to all cultivators in the Central Immortal Continent.

Such a plan is not entirely unexpected.

After thinking for a moment, he bowed slightly:

"Then the plan seven days from now will be foolproof."

Mu Jun paused for a moment: "Everything will have to wait until after the grand event."

He has more than one ally.

Even the owner of Tingyu Tower, and even the current prime minister...

The young man coughed lightly, but did not continue speaking. Instead, he turned around and began to tour the main hall of Fire Cloud Valley.

Yan Liezi dared not act rashly; a glint flashed in his eyes, but he remained respectful.

"Everything will be done as Your Highness wishes."

Just then.

Mu Jun's gaze inadvertently swept over a corner of the hall.

There stands a statue.

The statue is about the height of a person and is carved entirely from crimson jade.

The sculpture depicts a young man in a blue robe, carrying a long sword on his back, with calm expressions, as if he wouldn't be moved even if the sky were to fall.

Mu Jun was stunned.

“This is…” he asked, pointing to the statue.

Yan Liezi followed his gaze and his expression changed slightly.

“Oh, that was…” He paused, a complex look flashing in his eyes, “That was a powerful being from ten thousand years ago.”

"Ten thousand years ago?" Mu Jun frowned.

"Yes."

Yan Liezi walked up to the statue, looked up at the unfamiliar face, and said with an indescribable emotion in his voice, "Back then, my Fire Cloud Valley almost perished because I offended him."

"To warn future generations, each Valley Master would erect his statue in the ancestral hall so that his disciples would always remember... that some people are not to be trifled with."

Mu Jun looked at the statue and a strange feeling welled up in his heart.

"What's his name?" After a long silence, he slowly asked.

Yan Liezi remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"I don't know, most of the records from that time have been lost."

"All we know is that his cultivation was only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, yet he was able to single-handedly break through the entire Fire Cloud Valley, and even the patriarch at the time was defeated in front of him..."

"Peak of the Nascent Soul stage?!" Shock flashed in Mu Jun's eyes.

At the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, would one still be considered a great power ten thousand years ago?

Back then, it was generally acknowledged that cultivators at the Integration Realm were everywhere, while those at the Void Refinement Realm were practically worthless!

One must at least be at the Tribulation Transcending stage to be called a giant, right?

What kind of prodigy could have the Fire Cloud Valley feared so much with just the cultivation level of Nascent Soul?

What kind of prodigy must he be?!

“That’s right.” Yan Liezi smiled wryly. “That’s why I often say that some people cannot be judged by common sense.”

Mu Jun remained silent for a long time, then glanced at the statue again.

That green robe, that long sword, that indifferent gaze.

He suddenly remembered someone his younger sister, Mu Qing, had mentioned to him repeatedly after returning from her travels in the Northern Continent.

"...Could such a thing really be true?"

Mu Jun murmured, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Yan Liezi didn't hear clearly: "What did Your Highness say?"

"It's nothing." Mu Jun came back to his senses and shook his head. "Let's finalize the plan. At midnight seven days from now, the signal will be a fire in the palace, and all sides will launch their uprisings simultaneously."

"Yes!"

Yan Liezi bowed and turned to leave.

Only Mu Jun remained in the hall.

He continued to stare at the statue, his brow furrowed.

Outside the window, the moonlight was as clear as water.

Perhaps, even the Fourth Prince Mu Jun could never have imagined this.

At this moment, the young man who had aroused his suspicions was with his vanished mother...

Chapter 147 Grand Gathering

The world of celestial books, on the outskirts of a small town.

For the next two days, Xu Ze and Mu Yan stayed in this simple 'wooden house'.

It's called "living," but it's more like the girl's one-sided antics.

She used her magic to transform the dilapidated inner room into a luxurious bedroom.

Xu Ze originally thought that this woman wanted to experience the life of an ordinary person.

Isn't the result the same?

It seems she'll never be able to shake off that aloof and superior air about her.

I just don't know if I'll be able to maintain it during that time...

What are you thinking about?

As Xu Ze was lost in thought, the girl's figure appeared before him.

"Come, accompany me to see how the chickens I'm raising are doing."

Mu Yan had changed into a white ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing her two delicate, white forearms.

She was squatting in front of the chicken coop, staring intently at the hens inside.

"Come out," she said to the chicken coop.

The hens remained unmoved.

"Ben... didn't you hear me? Come out!" Her tone carried a hint of authority.

Unfortunately, the hens remained unmoved.

"Haha."

Xu Ze couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing on the spot.

Mu Yan turned around and glared at him: "What are you laughing at?"

"What are you doing?"

“Command them,” the girl said sternly.

"It's a chicken, not a person, so why would it obey your orders?" Xu Ze shook his head with a smile.

Before he could finish speaking...

"Humph."

Mu Yan snorted coldly.

"I've lived for over three hundred years, and I can't even handle a few chickens?"

Over the next few days, she really managed to tame these hens using her own methods.

As for the specific method, it was to shroud the chicken coop with a faint but palpable sense of oppression.

The chickens were so frightened they trembled, laying eggs on time every day without daring to steal a single one.

Xu Ze was overjoyed to see this.

"You, the Empress Dowager, are using your power to scare chickens?"

"As long as it works." Mu Yan said matter-of-factly, "I only care about efficiency."

With the eggs in hand, she was ready to start cooking.

It has to be said that looking at the girl in front of him, her state of mind seemed to be somewhat different from what Xu Ze had imagined.

Mu Yan seems to genuinely intend to experience the life of an ordinary person, and not just for show, but for the real thing.

"I initially thought it was just talk..."

Xu Ze looked at the kitchen, where a burst of black flames filled the air with a fragrant aroma.

Yes, she's the kind of person who never lifts a finger.