Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1443: Chapter 841: Ancient Texts

Her movements weren’t swift, just slow, perhaps starting with some hesitation, but once she reached out, she was quite firm as she placed her hand on Sui Yi’s arm.

With that press, Sui Yi felt a clear stream flowing from Mo Ke’s fingertips, softly covering the skin of her arm, and then a quiver.

It was her tremble.

Sui Yi sighed lightly; apart from knowing people like Gu Sansi and Jiang Chenyu, she was the first to notice her anomaly.

Mo Ke lowered her gaze, lips tightly pressed, retracting the astonished waves in her eyes, and lightly withdrew her hand, saying nothing to Sui Yi but turning towards the dazed handsome man beside Sui Yi...

"Oh, it’s a pawn, turns out you’re here too."

If the earlier instant’s tumult was perfectly concealed by Mo Ke, then this moment was her unabashed... gentleness?

Perfectly similar to when Sui Yi saw her in that ancient temple.

Clear cold pool water, the dull temple barrel, the solitary jade pine under the small building, the yellowed scripture pages flipping in the corridor breeze, and that pallid, brows elegant young woman...

Her gentleness carried a faint scripture scent.

Mo Qi only felt wholly unwell, twitching his mouth: "I...I’m not here..."

Then he moved swiftly, towards the Head of the Mo Family for a salute.

Alright, this cowardice was beyond shabby.

Gong Jiu and others recognized Mo Ke, knowing her good relationship with Sui Yi, and only vaguely feeling something amiss about her actions but couldn’t discern it.

Sui Yi reached out to pat Mo Ke’s head. She was tall, among these girls the tallest, while Mo Ke, though approximately one seventy meters tall, was still slightly shorter than her. A stretch of the hand, a pat on the head, she looked towards the Head of the Mo Family.

The Head of the Mo Family and Sui Yi seemed to have reached a mutual understanding in that instant; eyes met, the Head of the Mo Family nodded slightly, leading people towards that residence.

Mo Ke didn’t stay long by Sui Yi’s side and after greeting Gong Jiu and others, she walked towards that residence...

Gong Jiu and others clearly saw that as Mo Ke walked past, people in the crowd were already following behind her respectfully.

In the midst, it seemed Zhou Yu and some Heads or Sect Masters exchanged pleasantries, then entered that residence.

Ye Zixu and Huang Long looked at the time and figured it was about time to head in, so they departed.

In fact, some important figures were evidently already inside that residence; most outside were those who arrived late or young people unable to withstand the imposing aura of the big shots within.

Sui Yi didn’t rush, nor did Gong Jiu or Flower Demon, the two approached her.

"Master Sui, regarding reuniting with old friends, any thoughts?"

"Grown up."

"Hehe, where have they grown up?"

Then Flower Demon saw Sui Yi looking at her.

Uh...joke went too far.

Then Sui Yi put both hands on their heads, "Thank you."

Thank you?

Uh....

Others nearby didn’t understand, but Gong Jiu and Flower Demon understood.

Why teach an unpleasant lesson to Qiu Mountain people?

Because the year Sui Yi left, Yi searched across rivers and mountains for her tracks, once encountering an accident in Qiu Mountain area, where she was severely injured due to the deep ties between Qiu Mountain region and the Martial Arts World; the previously unrestrained Yi endured it. If not for Gong Jiu and Flower Demon during a hunt some time ago, happeningly learning Qiu Mountain was involved with the Bai Faction, they perhaps wouldn’t have known this.

New and old grudges combined, today they must make Qiu Mountain people eat some dust, knock them down a peg.

Ye Zixu and Yi Chilian were aware of this too, so today they took the opportunity to help, leaving Qiu Mountain people shame-faced...

But how did Sui Yi know about this?

How was she aware? She discerned it; Sui Yi’s observational skills had far surpassed human limits, all facial expressions and subtle changes of these people present were easily perceived by her, even...she could feel their vague inner changes, like Mo Ke’s barely noticeable excitement earlier, she detected.

However, unlike Gong Jiu and the others, she wasn’t in a rush.

She could make Bai Yuanxiu lose the high position he schemed for on the official side, leaving him no way forward, naturally following, she’ll make him lose all retreats.

Anyway... he would still make a move.

When Sui Yi and Gong Jiu entered that Peach Blossom Villa, they immediately saw rare treasures from various dynasties and regions, especially ancient texts and artworks, so many that it made Sui Yi pause.

Gong Jiu and Flower Demon knew Sui Yi liked reading, while they didn’t have such patience, so there was no need for them to suffer alongside. They reminded Sui Yi that the banquet would start in an hour before going inside...

The Thousand Years Martial Birth was at the backyard of Peach Blossom Villa. They say that’s the most beautiful place in Peach Blossom Forest....

The ancient texts here were not forbidden from being read, although there were quite a few people reading, as time passed, fewer and fewer remained. Under the four walls of bookshelves, only Sui Yi kept flipping through book after book...

His speed was so fast it made a few passing servants secretly marvel, thinking that he was probably evaluating the age and value of these ancient texts rather than reading the contents.

But in fact....

Sui Yi could recite any book he read backward with ease.

Human memory limitations did not apply to the Witch here at all.

In some sense, she was already equivalent to a "god."

Until Suyi turned to a particularly heavy and ancient book... as if by magnetic sensation, millions of words swept into her mind...

Two words made her thoughts pause for a moment.

Paused on that yellowed and white page.

"First Year of the Tang, Zhongdu has a river named Red Water, with evil paths occasionally appearing, living by sacrificing to the sea, slaughtering commoners everywhere, abducting young girls, leaving people in dire straits, Emperor Ming sent the army to kill them, defeated, later encircled and killed by the navy, again defeated, it was said this thief was a demon king from the sea, an immortal spirit, invincible to mortals, causing unrest in the court and chaos among the people, numerous villains took it as their name, denounced Gaozu’s founding deeds, killing their brother to seize the throne, angered heaven, thus bringing down the Red Water Demon King to take the Great Tang’s fortune, rebellion everywhere, chaos in the world, the chancellor obeyed the emperor’s order, went to Supreme Spirit Temple to seek a solution, the Buddha said, Red Water has a demon king, though immortal, only relying on a mystical treasure named Sky Pivot, can heal serious wounds, absorb life force, and become immortal, to eliminate this thief, must seize the Dou Tian Shu, the chancellor rejoiced, returned to the court to plot secretly, fearing the villain possessing the Dou Tian Shu near invincibility, thus sought help from the world’s foremost movement technique master Hidden Spirit, Hidden Spirit agreed, using his supreme formless, invisible technique to steal Dou Tian Shu, subsequently, Red Water King was defeated, heavily injured, and fled, the world’s crisis was resolved, later, Hidden Spirit vanished without a trace, and Dou Tian Shu was never seen again."

So that’s the story, but that was a Tang Dynasty matter, could the Red Water King imprisoned in Central Prison now be the Red Water Demon King of those times?

If not, there must be a connection, if it is, that’s even more terrifying.

The Red Water Demon King didn’t die, later found Hidden Spirit, killed him to regain Dou Tian Shu, then vanished, achieving immortality to present times...

If that’s the case, this Dou Tian Shu... is probably connected with the secret of immortality.

And whenever it involves immortality, it’s always linked to a heap of concerns on her side, plus the secrets raised by Jiaoqu, doesn’t this make it practically tied to her?

Yue Shi escaped, the Red Water King is in Central Prison.

Sui Yi considered the truth with the worst intention, only to get a grasp in her heart, confirmed she must meet the Red Water King.

Closing the book, she saw the vague black cover, it turned out to be the Nameless Book.

"This is the Nameless Book, recording strange stories devoid of category, fearing future generations’ superstition, hence no title... Master Sui seems to like this book."

There was someone behind, Sui Yi had heard the sound of a wheelchair earlier, turning her head, she saw not the Head of the Shen Family, but an ordinary-looking man with a composed demeanor.

This man was far from Shen E’s peerless appearance, yet not ordinary at all.

For he was Mr. Tao.

"Quite an interesting book."

Mr. Tao didn’t say much, turned around, wheeling himself away. Sui Yi only noticed the bustling outside when she stopped reading, here with just a few servants moving back and forth, and these servants seemed pretty responsible, reminding her the time was almost up while she was still here... Sui Yi nodded, putting the book back into the shelf, following these servants out.

But just as she stepped out of the door, seeing the outside peach blossoms...

The peach blossoms here remained pink, yet this pink was too pure, too flawless, nearly jade-like in its delicacy, adorned with apple green jade-like leaves on the branches, echoing each other, these pink peach blossoms had an intoxicating, flamboyant allure, like a shy, bashful female demon pushing lotus leaves aside, bathing in the Lotus Pond....

But the problem is... around this female demon were large round wooden tables, long rectangular benches, and on both sides were open-air cooking stations, with large pots, stoves piled up, and atop the stations were countless ingredients, wild delicacies, fresh fruits, and vegetables, the chefs were agile, their skills exceptional, the aroma wafting towards her, mixed with the fragrance of peach blossoms in the air...

How sour and refreshing it all was!

And what a conflicting scene this was!

Scanning her gaze again, seeing Mo Ke, Su Zimu, Shen Ci among the prominent daughters sitting amidst... surrounded by tables full of rugged martial arts masters....

Though the Martial Arts World isn’t lacking in nobles, compared to the master level, handsome men like Ye Zixu were rare, for instance, among the attendees, less than a third were women, while the majority of men were burly and fierce, a few were elegantly demonic, few were graceful and elegant...

Thus, paired with these pots cooking pig trotters and other delicacies, Sui Yi could almost see the awkward faces of many noble female knights.

Of course, some were exceptions.

Like the foodie Gong Jiu, who had been eyeing those top-notch domestic chefs’ dishes for a long time... naturally, on the surface, she was studying these surrounding individuals.

The more she watched, the more startled she became.