Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter

Chapter 660: Chapter 200: Xue Ning at Death’s Door, Identity Exposed

Li Yuan said, "I naturally regard the Empress as my wife, why does the Empress insist on asking so many questions?"

Xie Wei laughed and suddenly said, "Does Your Majesty like eating Peach Blossom Pastry?"

Li Yuan: ???

Xie Wei said, "I happen to know how to make some snacks. I thought that I had been too hasty before and hadn’t prepared a proper meal for Your Majesty..."

She leaned back, smiling enchantingly, and raised her hand in a charming manner, waving like a cat, and said with a smile, "Come, Your Majesty, I’ll make something delicious for you."

The two of them looked at each other silently.

With a smile on her face, Xie Wei’s gaze met Li Yuan’s calm demeanor, causing her to suddenly stand proudly, taking half a step forward, breaking the normal "conversation distance," and reaching right in front of Li Yuan.

After stepping forward, she politely stepped back again, respectfully bowing, and said, "I, your servant, shall take my leave now."

After speaking, she looked at the loyal spirit in heavy armor and helmet, and said, "General Gao, speak well with His Majesty."

"Yes, Mistress."

A muffled voice responded.

Xie Wei retreated.

She started out quite anxious, but now she walked away happily.

She had completed her probing and initially determined that "this Emperor" bore her no malice.

Otherwise, when she mentioned making something delicious, the Emperor would not have remained silent.

When she stepped forward half a step, the Emperor wouldn’t have remained unresponsive either.

So, she stepped half a step forward and then one step back.

However, she still had many threads to untangle. If the Emperor... was fake, it would surely relate to the earlier assassination attempts, the subsequent "issuance of the Holy Edict to make her Empress," and "the night he didn’t summon her to sleep," as well as the events of "betraying the Lotus Sect, changing sides last minute, attacking the Evil Ghost."

Because such behaviors were abnormal, not something the Son of Heaven she knew would do.

If everything traces back to the day of the assassination attempt...

If the assassin couldn’t possibly break through the tight encirclement outside, for if they could, they wouldn’t have opted to assassinate.

Then... where would the assassin be?

Could it be possible they were already within the Xie Mansion? Or arrived in advance, thinking they were ready for assassination?

During that time, were there any unusual characters newly appearing within the Xie Mansion?

Bang...

Bang bang!

Bang bang bang bang!

Xie Wei’s heart suddenly raced.

A strange emotion emerged within her heart, mixed with some wild, fearful, and anxious speculation.

However... she still needed a chance to verify it.

But regardless of the outcome, it wouldn’t be worse than "the Emperor is still real."

...

...

Li Yuan noted Xie Wei’s departure, then focused on Gao Kaiping and said, "General Gao, let’s not beat around the bush, do you recognize this?"

As he spoke, he swiftly pulled out the "Nine Temporary Patrol Tokens."

Gao Kaiping stared at the dark token, then shook his head.

Li Yuan asked gravely, "Do you... know about the Dragon Vein?"

Gao Kaiping’s violent eyes suddenly turned cold and stern, and he asked in a muffled voice, "How do you know about the Dragon Vein?"

Li Yuan said, "The Dragon Vein allied with me, which is why they gave me this token. Didn’t you know?"

Gao Kaiping shook his head, replying in a muffled voice, "I have never heard of this... If you have nothing else, I shall follow Mistress."

Seeing Li Yuan’s silence, Gao Kaiping didn’t wait, grabbed a blood-red spear, mounted the heavy-armored skeleton horse, and rode away.

Li Yuan, with his back to him, suddenly said, "Hold on."

The heavy-armored skeleton horse stopped its hooves.

Li Yuan asked, "Do you know Lü Xuanxian?

Your mistress asked you to speak with me properly.

Gao Kaiping, are you defying orders?!"

His voice grew increasingly stern.

Gao Kaiping paused in silence, then said, "I do not know."

Finished speaking, he spurred his horse and departed, far into the distance following the carriage.

As the horse distanced itself from the General Temple, Gao Kaiping’s appearance began to change...

That horse turned from a heavy-armored skeleton horse into a black steed, while Gao Kaiping transformed from a black-armored, red-spear Ghost Servant into a strong, heavily armored man wielding a silver spear.

From the outside... everything seemed normal, without a trace of yin energy or corpse aura, just the appearance of a human.

And his data changed somewhat, from "8030~139182" to "8030~69591 (139182?)."

Upon hearing the words "I do not know," Li Yuan was puzzled and uncertain, but upon seeing the change in data, he smiled.

After smiling, he grew more serious.

He confirmed it.

Lü Xuanxian was indeed the loyal spirit.

The Dragon Vein indeed existed.

But the Dragon Vein must have undergone a series of events unknown to him, leading to the current bizarre phenomenon.

For instance... the Dragon Child not yet being born, yet the loyal spirit emerged from the Ghost Realm to protect them.

For instance... Gao Kaiping not recognizing the "Nine Temporary Patrol Tokens."

He couldn’t determine the situation for now.

Since it couldn’t be determined, nor could it be fully confirmed, then let’s... wait and see.

The Dragon Vein couldn’t be allied with, so Li Yuan turned around and walked away. When no one witnessed, he activated the "Nine Temporary Patrol Tokens," swiftly appearing outside Chenxi Manor.

He intended to relocate his family, which was a significant undertaking due to the arrangements and coordination involving the "New Wendao Palace" and the "Tang Sect."

Sister Yan had already moved back to Fujiang Path, and the Fifth Grade Meat Field here would gradually disappear, leading to the "New Wendao Palace" losing its resource foundation.

But... didn’t the Wendao Palace also at some level break free from the Lotus Sect’s control and become an industry that Sister Yan could take over?

In the past, Wendao Palace was merely the Lotus Sect’s "barracks" for producing Ghost Riders.

Now, could the Wendao Palace become his "power" instead?

After all, he was naturally the true owner of Wendao Palace.

Every Martial Artist of Wendao Palace required him.

They would achieve a win-win situation.

Should the New Wendao Palace be moved to Wendao Palace?

Li Yuan pondered these matters, then shifted his form and hurriedly entered Chenxi Manor.