From Princess in the Cold Palace to Empress in Heaven

At this critical moment, a powerful male voice was heard.

"stop!"

Everyone turned their heads and saw a middle-aged man in a green shirt walking towards them.

The man in green shirt looked to be over thirty years old, with deep eyes. Although his clothes were simple, it still couldn't conceal the sharp aura emanating from his body. He was obviously a king of life and death with profound background.

Behind him, there was a young man with a handsome face who looked 70% similar to the man in green.

After entering the room, the young man was obviously startled when he saw Xiao Minghuang and others, but he quickly concealed it.

"Husband, why are you here?"

When the woman saw her husband, her eyes suddenly lit up and she immediately went up to him, speaking with joy on her face.

City Lord Su turned his eyes and scanned the whole place, smiling and saying, "I heard that Changge and a few of his fellow practitioners are gathering here. As the city lord, I naturally want to show my hospitality as a host!"

Hearing this, the city lord's wife showed embarrassment on her face.

Ye Ruoshui said sarcastically, "The landlord's friendship? I don't know who just called someone a fox...what? Why are you saying something else now? Are you two playing a double act?"

Seeing that the other party was not going to step down, City Lord Su continued with a smile on his face, "My wife is a country peasant woman who doesn't know the rules and has offended the fairies. I apologize to you on her behalf!"

As she spoke, she slapped the city lord's wife on the shoulder and squeezed it hard.

"what……"

The city lord’s wife screamed in pain and almost collapsed.

"Bitch! Apologize to the fairies now!"

City Lord Su growled coldly, his eyes gleaming with coldness.

"I……"

The city lord's wife's lips trembled, and she finally gave in. She lowered her head and bowed to apologize to Ye Ruoshui and others:

"I just offended all the fairies for not knowing what's good for me. I deserve to die!"

Ye Ruoshui curled her lips and said contemptuously: "Sitting in front and being respectful in the back, it makes me laugh just thinking about it!"

City Lord Su bowed and said, "Fairies, please stay here peacefully. Don't worry about being disturbed by anyone. If you need anything, just tell Changge."

Ye Ruoshui snorted coldly and ignored him.

At this time, Xiao Minghuang finally spoke and said lightly: "City Lord Su, you are too polite!"

"In that case, I will take my leave first."

After saying that, City Lord Su glanced at the City Lord's wife calmly and whispered, "Isn't it embarrassing enough? Go!"

The two men, along with the soldiers, quickly left the courtyard.

After they all left, Ye Ruoshui walked to Xiao Minghuang and reminded him in a low voice: "This City Lord Su is not a good person, Your Highness better be careful of him!"

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Where did Ruoshui get this from?"

Ye Ruoshui thought for a moment and explained: "He even beat his own wife, so he is definitely not a good person!"

"That makes sense. No matter what happens, I will never punish Xiao Ruoshui!" Xiao Minghuang leaned close to Ye Ruoshui's ear and whispered.

Ye Ruoshui's face turned slightly red and she glanced at Xiao Minghuang coquettishly.

"Your Highness, there are so many people here..."

Xiao Minghuang chuckled and stopped teasing her.

After all these twists and turns, Su Changge became more and more haggard. He squatted on the ground in a daze, at a loss.

Thinking about how his parents died when he was young, his younger sister suffered from illness all year round, and his own frustration, he felt that his whole life was a failure!

"I might as well just die!"

Su Changge's expression was gloomy, and he suddenly said this.

Xiao Minghuang sighed softly, walked forward, and comforted him: "Friend Su, I don't have anything else to say, but we will do our best to treat your sister. You have to be well, your sister will still rely on you to take care of her in the future!"

Speaking of Su Miaomiao, Su Changge seemed to regain some spirit and whispered, "Please, Princess Xiao!"

Xiao Minghuang stood up and walked back to Su Miaomiao.

At this time, Xu Xiuer's destiny magic power was almost displayed. As she retracted her fingers, the talismans in the void turned into starlight and dissipated.

"Did you gain anything?" Xiao Minghuang asked.

Xu Xiuer organized her thoughts and reviewed all the experiences she had just described about Su Miaomiao's past, and found some peculiarities.

"Your Highness, this girl is indeed a little different. The innate fire in her body does not seem to be born with her, but rather injected later in life."

Xu Xiuer said seriously: "When she was born, she was just an ordinary mortal body, without any abnormality, but when she was one month old, the past was covered up, and then, the innate fire appeared in her body!"

"Moreover, this is not pure innate fire. Your Highness knows that Ruoshui controls pure innate fire. I will not admit my mistake."

"The initial heat in Su Miaomiao's body was more like the power of the sun, fierce and blazing!"

Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang had an ominous premonition in her heart, and she continued to ask: "So, what does this mean?"

Xu Xiuer did not answer, but asked: "Your Highness, do you know that among the many unorthodox methods, there is a special method of cultivating furnaces and cauldrons, which injects some kind of divine object from heaven and earth into the human body, allowing it to grow, or even fueling the flames. As long as you wait quietly for a long enough time, this will become a great tonic for the human body. After absorption, it may be able to restore the mortal body to its innate nature!"

Xiao Minghuang fell silent.

Of course she knew the furnace cultivation technique.

This kind of secret art is against the harmony of nature and has long been classified as evil and has been lost in Dongji.

"Xiu'er, what do you mean?"

Xu Xiuer nodded very seriously, "That's right! Someone used the furnace cultivation technique in Su Miaomiao's body and planted some extremely rare divine objects containing the power of the sun. It has been nurtured for decades, and now it is about to be completed."

"The Innate Fire is just a cover to prevent others from seeing through his evil magic!"

325. Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are determined by heaven

Xu Xiuer's eyes sparkled with wisdom. "As long as we find the person who planted the furnace cultivation technique and take that person's blood essence, we can remove the evil spell. Then Ruoshui can draw out the flame in Su Miaomiao's body, and she will be healed."

Xiao Minghuang frowned. She had some guesses about the mastermind behind the incident, but she was not sure and had no evidence.

"Xiu'er, who do you think is behind this?"

Xiao Minghuang asked.

Xu Xiuer thought for a moment and said, "Obviously, that person must have been with Su Miaomiao day and night, otherwise he would not have had the opportunity to nurture the divine object of heaven and earth in her body all year round. In addition, this person must have a certain strength, otherwise he would not be able to suppress the power of the sun, otherwise, Su Miaomiao would have died long ago."

"Well, that's a very reasonable analysis."

Xiao Minghuang nodded slightly to show his agreement.

Xu Xiuer smiled and said, "Your Highness, I think you already know who it is, right?"

"The one who understands me is Xiu'er!"

Xiao Minghuang smiled lightly, "I do have some guesses, but... without evidence, it's not easy to act rashly. After all, this is Dongling, and it was Su Changge who invited us here."

Before leaving, the Lord of the Sun Temple told her that the Dongling Su family had always obeyed the instructions of the Holy Academy and had nothing to do with the Purple Star Holy Land and other forces, so she should not stir up trouble.

Hearing this, Xu Xiu'er was speechless for a moment. Although she could see through the conspiracy behind it, if she wanted to catch the mastermind, she would need more than just her magical powers.

At this time, Lin Wanqiu, who had listened to their conversation, came over and suggested, "Your Highness, this is not difficult."

"Hmm?" Xiao Minghuang turned his gaze and looked at her.

In the past, she would have asked for Lin Wanqiu's opinion at the beginning, but this time, perhaps because she was troubled by her life experience, Lin Wanqiu was in a low mood and spoke very little, and Xiao Minghuang was embarrassed to disturb her.

Lin Wanqiu said slowly: "The solution is very simple. Since the furnace cultivation technique is about to be completed, the mastermind behind the scenes must be very nervous and would like to stay by Su Miaomiao's side all the time, but our presence hinders him."

Hearing this, Xu Xiuer's eyes lit up and she continued, "As long as we take Su Miaomiao away, we can lead out the mastermind behind this!"

Lin Wanqiu shook her head and said, "No! If we take Su Miaomiao away, the people behind the scenes will be cautious and careful, so I'm afraid they won't take any risks."

The person behind the scenes was able to guard such a powerful human medicine for more than ten years and yet refused to take action. It shows how patient he is.

"Then what should we do?" Xu Xiuer asked.

"It's very simple, we just need to..."

Lin Wanqiu leaned over to Xiao Minghuang's ear and whispered a few words.

After listening, Xiao Minghuang smiled slightly and said, "Good!"

Xu Xiuer looked at the two of them whispering, with a confused look on her face.

"Your Highness, what did she say?"

Xiao Minghuang chuckled and said, "It's nothing, you'll know tonight."

Ye Ruoshui also noticed their whispers, walked over and interrupted, "Your Highness, Su Miaomiao is probably beyond help. She has almost been assimilated by the innate fire. I cannot penetrate her dantian or I will be squeezed out. That should be the source of the innate fire."

Xiao Minghuang nodded and said, "Well, tell Su Changge about this. We will leave tomorrow and go to the Quasi Emperor's Tomb."

"what?"

Ye Ruoshui was slightly startled by this sentence, and subconsciously asked, "Are we just leaving like this?"

"What else?" Xiao Minghuang frowned slightly, "We can't cure her, and keeping her here will only make Fellow Daoist Su more sad."

"Oh." Ye Ruoshui lowered her eyes and replied in a low voice.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Xiao Minghuang touched her head and comforted her: "Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by God. We are not immortals, and we are not omnipotent. Don't blame yourself too much."

Ye Ruoshui looked up at her, hesitant to speak, and finally nodded: "Yes."

"We will each find a room to stay in and set off early tomorrow morning."

Xiao Minghuang walked to Su Changge's side, and naturally he heard the conversation just now.

"Friend Su, I'm sorry that I couldn't help your sister." She said apologetically.

"Do not."

Su Changge sighed, "My sister is not blessed enough. This is her fate."

"Please stay in my humble abode. I will see you off tomorrow morning."

"That couldn't be more appropriate."

That night, the group stayed in the courtyard.

……

midnight.

The moon is rising, and everything is lonely.

A disappearing shadow leaped into the yard and landed on the roof.

The shadow was translucent, and it made no sound as it flew over the eaves and walls, and even a trace of energy was not leaked. Under the cover of darkness, it was almost unnoticeable.

He flew to the door of the house where Su Miaomiao was, and his whole figure turned into flowing water, pouring into the house through the crack in the door, and then turned into a human form.

On the bed, Su Miaomiao lay quietly, her face rosy, her breathing long, as if she was soundly asleep.

The shadow stood beside her, staring at her for a long time, then stretched out his right hand and placed it above Su Miaomiao's head. Wisps of white smoke escaped from his palm, penetrated into Su Miaomiao's body, and then disappeared.

Soon, he withdrew his hand, moved his head as if nodding, and then left Su Miaomiao's room.

Not long after he left, "Su Miaomiao", who was originally sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

Her appearance changed rapidly and soon returned to that of Xiao Minghuang.

She sat up straight, raised her right hand, turned her palm over, revealing a dark golden crystal, and said calmly: "Friend Su, do you believe it now?"

Inside the crystal, there was a ball of blazing flame.

Su Changge walked out of the darkness and looked at the flame crystal. He was stunned. After a long pause, he said bitterly, "I really didn't expect..."

His emotions were complicated, he was extremely angry, but also confused.

What made them angry was that their uncle, who had raised them for fifteen years, actually used his sister as a cauldron!

The question is, why would his uncle do such a thing?

Xu Xiuer also came out at this time and sighed: "Friend Su, perhaps you should understand how your parents died."

"What did you say?" Su Changge was stunned, then his face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: "Could it be...Could it be that he killed my parents?"

"I didn't say that, but it's a possibility, and you should probably look into it."