Dominator Emperor

Chapter 133: Chapter 132: The Secret of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect (Part 2)

Chen Baojiao was a devastatingly beautiful woman, a femme fatale who could make any man lose his mind. To have such a coveted, peerless beauty so close, especially with her high, full bosom pressing faintly against his chest, was truly intoxicating.

Li Qiye simply smiled and leaned close to Chen Baojiao’s ear. With an indescribable cadence, he gently breathed against her skin. His voice, as if set to a bewitching and seductive rhythm, whispered, "Do you know what the rarest physique in the world is?" As his words faded, he followed their impossible tempo and gave her earlobe a light nibble.

"AH—!" Chen Baojiao shrieked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly leaping a great distance away. In that split second, a fiery heat coursed through her body. The sensation, like the surging of a spring well, was an illusion that overwhelmed her senses.

"L-Little Ghost, are, are you itching for a beating?!" Chen Baojiao’s lovely face was flushed as red as a sunset as she glared at Li Qiye and berated him hatefully.

In that moment, Chen Baojiao’s flustered state was breathtakingly captivating. Any man who witnessed such peerless, feminine charm would find his heart helplessly swayed.

"So it really is that physique. The Chen Family’s legacy..." Li Qiye said with a calm and unhurried smile, admiring Chen Baojiao’s beauty.

After a great effort, Chen Baojiao finally regained her composure. She stared at Li Qiye coldly and said in an icy voice, "Little Ghost, you had better give me an explanation, or I will not let you off!"

Unperturbed by Chen Baojiao’s outburst, Li Qiye said with a relaxed smile, "For someone in your situation to reach the Heroic Hero level means you’ve put in ten times more effort than anyone else. Let me guess, you’re not content with that, are you? In terms of aptitude, you’re quite good, but your cultivation just doesn’t seem to go your way..."

"You resent it deeply, because you don’t want people calling you a ’bimbo’—just a pretty face with a nice body. So you practice diligently, cultivating like a madwoman! For a girl to work that hard at her cultivation is truly rare. Even though you’ve reached the level of a Heroic Hero, you’re not satisfied, because you know your efforts should have yielded far more."

Li Qiye’s words made Chen Baojiao’s expression flicker. She was stunned. ’It’s unbelievable,’ she thought. ’It’s as if he can see right through me.’

"Who... who told you that?!" Chen Baojiao demanded, horrified. "Did... did you have me investigated?!"

Li Qiye chuckled and shook his head. "Investigate you? What an imagination. I’m not your suitor, much less an admirer, so why would I investigate you? The reason I know is simple: I guessed."

Li Qiye looked at the shocked and uncertain Chen Baojiao. "Let me guess something else," he said. "Whenever you practice your Life Technique, you run into problems. Your chest grows sore and swollen, your lower body clenches, and you feel a sensation like a ’jade spring’ surging, completely disrupting your focus. What’s more, your Blood Qi becomes sluggish, and your True Destiny is blocked from absorbing Heaven and Earth Essence Qi!"

"You... you... you pervert—!" The moment Li Qiye finished speaking, Chen Baojiao leaped far away from him. She stared at him, aghast, subconsciously covering her chest as if his words had stripped her bare.

Chen Baojiao’s resemblance to a startled kitten made Li Qiye laugh. He shook his head and said, "What are you so nervous for? I wasn’t peeping on you. Besides, do you really think anyone else could possibly know about something so private?"

Chen Baojiao stared at Li Qiye, still trembling with shock. If his previous comments could have been gleaned from inquiries about the Chen Family, what he just described was something that could never have been learned from another person’s mouth!

Cultivation was an intensely private affair to begin with, and her particular problem was even more so. It was something she could never tell an outsider, something she would have trouble confessing even to those closest to her!

"H-how... how do you know?!" Chen Baojiao stammered, shrinking away from his gaze. Whenever he looked at her, she felt completely exposed, as if she had no secrets left at all.

Li Qiye shook his head. "That’s not important. What’s important is that you have the Overlord Fairy Spring Body! You were born with this physique, and that’s what’s causing your problems. You don’t have the right Body Techniques for it, so when you cultivate, your Blood Qi slows to a crawl and your True Destiny is obstructed! Your aptitude is excellent, but no matter how hard you work, if you don’t cultivate a Body Technique that suits you, you will never reach the Great Sage Realm, let alone the Saint Emperor Realm!"

"Overlord Fairy Spring Body?" Chen Baojiao murmured the name. She had never heard of such a physique.

Li Qiye smiled. "It’s not surprising you’ve never heard of it. The matriarch of your Chen Family would never have told her descendants about it. The chances of it appearing are astronomically low—even lower than for an Immortal Body!"

"Who... Who are you?" Chen Baojiao stared at Li Qiye, her heart in turmoil. It was all too incredible.

"Me? I’m Li Qiye, the Chief Disciple of the Xiyan Ancient Sect." Li Qiye smiled, sat down on a nearby rock, and patted the spot beside him. "Come, sit. Tell me about your Chen Family."

Chen Baojiao stared at Li Qiye with suspicion and uncertainty. He was just a boy, younger than she was, yet this seemingly harmless youth terrified her. He was frighteningly, utterly unfathomable.

Finally, Chen Baojiao slowly walked over and sat down a short distance away from him. She watched him guardedly and asked in a cold voice, "What do you want?"

Seeing her guard up as if he were a thief, Li Qiye couldn’t help but laugh. "No need to be so tense," he said leisurely. "We’re just going to have a little chat."

He looked at Chen Baojiao and continued, "How is your Chen Family faring in the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect these days? Do you still hold power over the Jade Xi Territory?"

"Power over the Jade Xi Territory?" A bitter smile touched Chen Baojiao’s lips. "These days, the Jade Xi Territory is under the complete jurisdiction of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect. My Chen Family is merely a Prince of the territory, with a domain of no more than ten thousand li."

One had to understand that the patriarch of her Chen Family was the Primordial Ancestor of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect, and the Jade Xi Territory had been their family’s domain. But tragically, the Chen Family had been in decline for a very long time. Now, the sect’s Ancestral Lineage was reduced to the status of a mere Prince.

Although she was called a Princess, that title had only been conferred upon her recently. It was because she had value to them; the Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist wanted to marry her, and the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect wanted a marriage alliance with the Holy Heaven Sect. To the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect, the Elder Ancestor of the Holy Heaven Sect was a powerful backer. That was the real reason. She, who was originally a mere Commandery Princess, was elevated to Princess for no other reason than to make her status a match for the Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist.

To the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect, to the Jade Xi Territory, she was nothing more than a tool for a marriage alliance. She was vehemently opposed to this marriage, resisting it with all her might. She had absolutely no desire to marry the Sheng Tian Heaven Daoist.

But having grown up in the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect and been born in the Jade Xi Territory, a member of such a powerful Inheritance Sect, she had no say in the matter. Even if her own parents wanted to protect her, they were powerless to decide her fate.

"One can only say your patriarch was far too honest," Li Qiye said, shaking his head gently. "It’s a shame. All of your matriarch’s painstaking effort, and in the end, she even lost the dowry. The only saving grace is that her Chen Family lineage has, at the very least, survived to this day."

"What do you mean by that?" Hearing this, Chen Baojiao’s expression flickered. She stared intently at Li Qiye.

Li Qiye replied with a wide grin, "Do you think your Chen Family name comes from your patriarch or your matriarch?"

"From my patriarch, of course! My ancestors were surnamed Chen!" Chen Baojiao snapped. "It’s written clear as day in the clan’s genealogical records."

"That’s where you’re wrong," Li Qiye said with a knowing smile, shaking his head. "To be precise, your patriarch took your matriarch’s name. Back then, your patriarch’s surname wasn’t Chen. Though he came from humble origins, he was a good man. His only real flaw was being too loyal and honest. In those days, your matriarch’s Chen Family was the Imperial Race of the Jade Xi Territory. She was first the Princess of the Jade Xi Territory, and later its Empress. When she married down to your patriarch, he doted on her so much that he eventually took her family name, continuing the Chen bloodline. And the vast expanse of the Jade Xi Territory? That became her dowry."

Hearing Li Qiye’s account, Chen Baojiao was shaken to her core. She had always assumed the family name came from their patriarch. But she had heard fragmented legends about the Jade Xi Territory... scattered records and rumors that did indeed mention the territory had something to do with their matriarch.

However, due to the intentional suppression and destruction of records by successive generations of Controllers from the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect, very few in the modern era knew that the Jade Xi Territory had originated with the Chen Family. Most people simply believed it was the territory conquered by the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect’s Primordial Ancestor after he founded the sect.

"Your patriarch later founded the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect," Li Qiye continued. "He was a great man in many ways, just too honest. He established a system where Sages would hold power. A pity that, in the end, your Chen Family lost control of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect, and with it, the Jade Xi Territory."

At this, Li Qiye couldn’t help but sigh softly.

The Primordial Ancestor of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect and the Princess of the Jade Xi Territory... they were such distant memories now. In a remote era, he, as the Yin Ya, had met the Primordial Ancestor of the Treasure Pillar Saint Sect when he was still a young man.

’He had seen potential in the young man and offered him a bit of guidance. At the time, however, he hadn’t considered grooming the boy to become an Immortal Emperor.’

’He had also held the Princess of the Jade Xi Territory in high regard. She even had the aptitude to become an Immortal Emperor. Unfortunately, she lacked ambition; all she ever wanted was to be a good wife and a loving mother.’

’Later, as the Yin Ya, he had made her swear an oath before teaching her the Body Techniques for the Overlord Fairy Spring Body. She was a promising candidate, but sadly, her heart wasn’t set on becoming an Immortal Emperor. In the end, Li Qiye had no choice but to give up on cultivating her.’

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