"Crown Prince, the two Masters from the Purple Mist Sect have refined three bottles of Five Qi Nourishing Essence Pills for you as an apology. They only ask for an audience."
Eunuch Gui waited outside the door, speaking to Si Taizhen, who refused to come out.
"Go to the Vault and take a few stalks of Spirit Medicine as their reward. Don’t bother me with such matters again."
Si Taizhen’s voice drifted from inside the room.
Eunuch Gui froze. ’The Crown Prince’s voice has changed.’ But he was already burning with anxiety and had no time to dwell on such minor details.
With Si Taizhen’s Cultivation, going three months without food or water would be no great issue. What worried him was that she was continuously releasing Yang Qi. The sheer intensity of the Yang Qi inside the room had become unbearable even for a Great Demon like him, with his profound Demon Power.
Wisps of refined Pure Yang Qi pricked his entire body like needles, causing a sharp, stinging pain.
If Eunuch Gui weren’t a Turtle Demon in his Transformation form, with extraordinary endurance, he would have long since been forced to circulate his Demon Power to resist the Pure Yang Qi.
This was absolutely not normal. As far as Eunuch Gui knew, the Jade Poison Kingdom’s secret art, the Nine Revolutions Celestial Snake Scripture, caused no such phenomenon. It was highly likely that Si Taizhen had suffered a cultivation deviation.
But Si Taizhen remained locked inside, and though Eunuch Gui was frantic with worry, he was completely powerless to help.
At that moment, Si Taizhen was lying on a soft couch.
She was fully dressed in her Armor, the Demon-slaying Sword laid across her knees and her Long Spear standing beside her. Wisps of Yang Qi overflowed from her body, almost turning the room into a land of Pure Yang.
What was very strange was that the more Yang Qi she released, the heavier the Yin Qi on her body became. Compared to before, the lines of her entire figure had softened considerably.
If Si Taizhen’s appearance was once androgynously handsome, it now leaned more towards the feminine.
Only the sharpness in her eyes remained unchanged.
Si Taizhen was currently clutching a Tiger Talisman tightly in her hand.
The Tiger Talismans of the Jade Poison Kingdom followed an ancient system. They were not merely Military Talismans for commanding troops; a matching pair could also be used to transmit short messages in real time. Although they couldn’t transmit images and sound directly like a Communication Talisman, their range was far greater, and they could even bypass the interference of some Restrictions.
The last message sent still remained on the Tiger Talisman:
"Beware of Danxia True Monarch and the Jade Poison Great Saint. They are plotting for your bloodline."
If this message hadn’t been sent by Yang Jing, Si Taizhen would have dismissed it as a joke.
The Jade Poison Great Saint was her biological father. He had raised her as the heir to the Jade Poison Kingdom. Although she was the youngest Crown Prince, the authority she wielded was second only to the most powerful, the Third Prince.
If not for the ancestral rule of the Jade Poison Kingdom that only a Demon Saint could inherit the Sovereign’s throne, many of the kingdom’s Golden Core Demon Kings believed she would have been directly installed as the new Sovereign.
"Si Minister, who in the world are you?"
Si Taizhen put the Tiger Talisman away.
After Yang Jing left, free from the interference of his Innate Pure Yang Qi, her senses had immediately returned.
’What in the world is going on? How could I have been madly in love with a Snake Demon, as if I had lost my mind?’
Si Taizhen had carefully inspected the energies within her body but found no residual traces of any Charm Technique.
’If he had ulterior motives, he would never have refused the Vault Key I offered him.’
She took out the Vault Key that Yang Jing had returned and placed it in her palm.
As the Crown Prince of the Jade Poison Kingdom, even though Si Taizhen had not amassed wealth as madly as the other princes, the treasures in her vault were still priceless.
Si Taizhen was no fool. A suspicion had already faintly formed in her heart, but she was unwilling to confirm it.
She focused her mind, pouring all her concentration into circulating the Nine Revolutions Celestial Snake Scripture.
This seemingly endless Yang Qi felt as if it were surging from her very Divine Soul, and even she couldn’t make sense of it. Si Taizhen felt that her Magical Power was perfectly normal, showing no signs of a cultivation deviation.
A moment later, Eunuch Gui, who had already left, suddenly ran back, ecstatic, "Thank goodness, thank goodness, Crown Prince! The Sovereign has learned you are unwell and has sent someone to escort you to the palace."
Hearing Eunuch Gui’s joyous voice, Si Taizhen’s heart suddenly lurched. She remembered the message Yang Jing had sent through the Tiger Talisman.
She lowered her gaze and asked Eunuch Gui outside the door:
"Who did my father send?"
’If my father only sent a few Great Demons, it would be one thing. But if he sent a Golden Core General from the palace, then his intentions are rather sinister.’
Eunuch Gui didn’t detect the deeper meaning in the Crown Prince’s tone.
In his eyes, the Jade Poison Great Saint immediately sending someone to welcome Little Crown Prince Si after hearing she was unwell was a clear sign of the Sovereign’s great favor.
"Crown Prince, the Sovereign sent the Former General."
In the Jade Poison Kingdom, most Golden Core Demon Kings were granted the official post of general. Among them, the title of Grand General could only be bestowed upon a Nascent Soul Demon Saint. Other titles, such as General of Cavalry, General of Cavalry, General Wei, and the Former General, were known as Heavy Numbered Generals, and there were ten in total.
The rest were all miscellaneous-title generals, whose Power was typically a notch weaker than the Heavy Numbered Generals.
The best among the Heavy Numbered Generals were even more powerful than the various princes.
Si Taizhen had once fought the General of Cavalry. They battled for more than two hours, and she had won by a mere two moves. Her heart sank instantly. She was now halfway to believing the warning on the Tiger Talisman.
If it were merely to escort her for Healing, there would be no need to trouble a Heavy Numbered General.
A bleak smile touched her face.
Such an expression, appearing on her increasingly soft features, was truly pitiable.
But in a moment, she cast aside her weakness, stood up, and stored all her weapons and Armor in her Storage Bag. Leaving only the Demon-slaying Sword hanging at her waist, she pushed open the door and walked out.
"Crown Prince, you’re finally..."
Eunuch Gui’s words stopped abruptly halfway through.
Si Taizhen’s facial features hadn’t changed much, but their lines had softened considerably. Even he, the official who had watched her grow up, mistook her for a woman at first glance.
"What is it?"
Si Taizhen said, looking at Eunuch Gui.
"N-Nothing..."
Eunuch Gui knew that some Demons from the sea could change their gender under certain special conditions, but to see such a change happen to Little Crown Prince Si left him completely at a loss.
"Take me to see the Former General."
Although Si Taizhen’s eyes had become somewhat softer and more alluring, her sharp gaze was still so intense that no one dared to meet it directly.
Eunuch Gui could only lead her towards the front hall.
Along the way, the palace Maids and soldiers who saw Si Taizhen’s appearance all stared with wide eyes, their jaws dropping in shock.
Si Taizhen looked straight ahead, focusing all her attention on the Former General, who was standing in the front hall leading a group of soldiers.
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