NOVEL NEXT Chapter 84 – Returning
Zhao Gao cried. He shed genuine tears, no longer just wailing.
“Your Majesty...sob sob sob...your servant can really become human again...Your Majesty...such gracious favor!”
In the appearance of a living person, Zhao Gao's crying actions seemed somewhat effeminate and contorted. Furthermore, his face didn't have a single whisker, very easily leading people to associate him with eunuchs and others in special professions.
Fan Li stood motionless, gazing straight ahead, extremely dignified. He completely disregarded Zhao Gao, but the latter actually didn't feel the slightest resentment, instead thinking it only natural.
Because this was precisely the dignified might of the Son of Heaven!
Unfortunately, Zhao Gao overinterpreted things. Fan Li wasn't acting dignified, he was just spacing out.
Why?
Just for the sake of some trivial matter, he had to offend an Heavenly Emperor?
In the future when he ascended the Immortal Realm, he still had to specially go to the Great Qin Divine Court and explain the cause and effect?
He might as well not ascend! The Immortal Realm that everyone yearned for, endless lifespan and freedom. To Fan Li, it had now become an endless hell.
‘What are the consequences of offending Great Qin?
Death is certain.
How many types of death sentences does Qin have?
Lingchi, that is dismemberment, seems the lightest type of death penalty?
More well-known ones are waist severing and chariot quartering, right?’
Fan Li imagined himself torn into five parts by five galloping horses. Hm, too miserable. After ascension, the chariot used should be celestial steeds instead right?
"Sigh..."
Fan Li gave a long sigh. He glanced at Zhao Gao kneeling before him, completely losing interest in things.
"I am is somewhat tired. Zhao Gao, go and reincarnate by yourself, do not continue disturbing my peace and quiet."
Fan Li was really annoyed with him.
No matter if Zhao Gao was a Unity Realm Dried Corpse that lived for ten thousand years, Fan Li didn't care anymore.
Even offending a Heavenly Emperor, who still cared about some minor Unity Realm dried corpse?
He didn't dare anymore. Really didn't dare.
Even for the Records of the First Emperor and Sword of the Qin Emperor, Fan Li almost wanted to just give them up.
"Your servant will forever never dare to forget Your Majesty's gracious favor!" Zhao Gao kowtowed once more.
He didn't mind Fan Li's attitude at all. On the contrary, he felt that as a servant constantly causing trouble for his lord, being so disliked was only natural.
Just from the anomalies triggered by Fan Li's Son of Heaven aura earlier, even if he was still just a Foundation Realm cultivator with no abilities at all, Zhao Gao still wouldn't dare to defy him!
"Your Majesty, take care. Your servant will go reincarnate now. If I can ascend the Immortal Realm in my next life, I will definitely serve you for ten thousand years in the Great Qin Divine Court!"
Zhao Gao's figure gradually faded and disappeared. Finally, only his voice echoed within the Lingxiao Palace.
Within the Mirror Immortal Realm, only Fan Li and Princess Chang Le remained, along with the twelve gold men.
"Princess, how do we return?" Fan Li grew tired of staying in someone else's tomb. Now he only wanted to go home.
“Don’t be impatient! This is the thirty-six layered Mirror Immortal Realm. Let's stroll around, perhaps we can still find some treasures of Great Qin?"
At this time, Princess Chang Le didn't have any imperial bearing at all. On the contrary, she was like a little thief, firmly sticking to the basic principle that thieves never leave empty-handed.
"Hehe?" Fan Li gave a cold laugh. "Hurry up and go, otherwise I'll command the twelve gold men to fight you." He was serious. It was just from writing two characters on the First Emperor's edict, and he was now tied by karma to him.
The First Emperor was living well in the Immortal Realm. How could Fan Li still dare to take things from his tomb?
He didn't dare anymore. Really didn't dare.
Even for the Records of the First Emperor and Sword of the Qin Emperor, Fan Li almost wanted to just abandon them.
"Oh? How do you know this princess will definitely be able to bring you back? After all, it was Zhao Gao who led us here. This is also my first time coming to such a place." Princess Chang Le tried to stall and argue with her glib tongue, still unwilling to leave.
Fan Li didn't say anything. He only grasped the Sword of the Qin Emperor and silently went to stand by the twelve gold men.
"Ahhh don't fight, let's talk things through!" Princess Chang Le panicked.
How could this guy have the destiny pattern of a Son of Heaven? He clearly didn't have any imperial air or attitude at all!
It was well known that, ever since ancient times, there were no few Sons of Heaven who loved beauties more than their own kingdoms. Yet somehow, Fan Li could flip his face at any moment.
Fan Li coldly laughed. "Zhao Gao has gone to reincarnate, yet he forgot to tell me the method to leave this tomb. And you're not worried at all. The Brahma Sound Pure Land has countless arcane arts. You once learned half of them, so you definitely have a way to safely return."
"Che, petty miser, yet quite smart too." Although displeased, Princess Chang Le still admitted it.
The Brahma Sound Pure Land did indeed have an arcane art called [Path of Silk].
As long as it was activated upon setting out, it could automatically mark the departure location. Then when [Path of Silk] was used again, it would teleport them back to the marked departure point.
Therefore, even if Princess Chang Le didn't know the entrance and exit methods of the Mirror Immortal Realm, she could still smoothly return. Before entering the tomb, she had already set the departure marker.
"Really can't stay a bit longer? Just a tiny bit?" The princess pleaded.
"No! I want to leave immediately!" Fan Li firmly refused, fearing that the princess would secretly take more things from the tomb, further implicating him.
"Hmph!"
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Fan Li, the princess could only give up. She pinched hand seals, her movements graceful, as if pulling on strands of silk.
Fan Li really saw it too. Strands like silver threads extended from the princess's fingertips. The silver strands wrapped once around Fan Li and Princess Chang Le's waists, seeming to bind the two.
The other end of the silver strands stretched towards the distant, invisible horizon.
Suddenly, Fan Li felt an enormous force pull him. In but a flash, when he could see clearly again, he was already standing at the entrance to the tomb.
"We're out already?" Fan Li asked, incredulous.
"Hmph hmph." Princess Chang Le only laughed without speaking.
Fan Li sincerely admired her. He made up his mind that he still had to properly cultivate.
Whether or not he wanted to ascend was one matter, but having profound cultivation and grasp over countless arcane arts really was amazing!
"Big brother!"
"Lord Jin!"
Suddenly, familiar voices rang out. Fan Li looked over to see his third younger brother Fan Chun, the great scholar Yan Yuan, and the three Han envoys.
"The Sword of the Qin Emperor!?" Upon seeing the longsword in Fan Li's hands, Cao Cao cried out, extremely excited.
The original plan for this trip was to kill the tomb guardian and then seize the sword. But the Golden Virtue Sage Ruler’s sudden appearance and ambush thoroughly disrupted the collaborative efforts of Chu and Han.
The three Han ministers had assumed the operation failed. They didn't expect the Sword of the Qin Emperor to still fall back into their hands!
Fan Li was also pleasantly surprised. "Little San, you and the venerable sirs are unharmed? I was worried that the Golden Virtue Sage Ruler would make a move against you!"
Fan Chun nodded and explained what happened.
"A few days ago, an extremely powerful woman suddenly appeared and forcefully broke into the tomb. She easily killed a hundred of my subordinates, but was in a hurry to enter the tomb, so she didn't bother killing the rest of us guards including myself.
My injuries weren't heavy. I originally planned to lead my remaining troops to charge into the underground palace and join forces with you big brother. But unexpectedly, Lady Qing Qiu returned with that powerful woman. It seemed to be because of Lady Qing Qiu that the woman didn't attack us again.
Afterwards when I heard the three Han envoys explain, I realized that the other party was unexpectedly the Sage Ruler of the Brahma Sound Pure Land. Eh, big brother, Lady Qing Qiu is also a Sage Ruler? I really wouldn't have imagined it. I had thought she was big brother's woman."
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