The emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the attack on the heavens. However, three days later, the fireball thrown back by Xing Zhi was found in the northern corner of the heavens where it made a mess.
There was not a single living person. The gods set up camp and there and let soldiers look for clues.
After searching for so long, their inefficiency has made all the wise immortals worry. What was more worrying was that the people who attacked the heavens this time werenât the demons and not even monsters, but the nature of the attack seemed to be from the Beihai (Beihai means north of the sea) clan who has been living in the deep sea of the north. They always were an extremely meek and peaceful race.
They have never provoked war for thousands of years, but this time they attacked the heavens like crazy. If they dare to do this in the heavens⊠What unbearable things have they done in the lower realms?
The Heavenly Emperor was furious and immediately went to Beihai to find out. However, before he could go, the Demon Realm handed over an urgent letter dated five days ago. The content of the letter made the Emperor paleâŠ
Xiyuan collapsed, so Shen Li had to move back to Fu Rong Junâs mansion, this time to prevent someone from taking advantage of her serious injury Fu Rong, personally added a enchantment to the room where Shen Li lived, and Xing Zhi moved into Jun Fuâs mansion without hesitation.
Two distinguished guests stayed at his home, so Fu Rong Jun couldnât do anything outrageous in the mansion anymore, and he was very unhappy in his heart.
On this day, he called his acquaintance Xian Jun to play with him, and the other party laughed at him:
âThe rumor is that when this Azure King was injured, the High God was furious. He even hugged her. It seems that the two of them have a very close relationship. If you marry her in the future⊠your life wonât be easy.â
Jun Fu Rong heard this and his face paled He swept the chess piece, stomped his feet, and said angrily:
âYou really are using this to ridicule me! I called you so I can forget all of this!â
The other party just laughed, and suddenly they heard messy and fast footsteps. They looked around and saw Youkan walking into the yard with her face ugly. When she saw Fu Rong she said coldly âWhere is the Azure King ?â
Fu Rong was startled, and rubbed his forehead in distress:
âLet me tell you, Sister Huang, Itâs better if you donât add to the chaos right now, that person is now protected by the High God, how can we do anything? You stop and go back.â
Youlanâs eyes were cold while she stared at Jun Fu Rong. She just asked again: âWhere is the Azure King ?â
Only then did Fu Rong realize that something was wrong, but he still hesitated a little :
âInâŠin the backyard wing, in order to heal her injuries, I set up a barrier for herâŠâ
âTake me there.â Then without waiting for Fu Rong she hurried forward.
But after taking two steps, she saw that Fu Rong wasnât following, so she turned her head and stared at him fiercely.
Fu Rong trembled with fright and hurriedly walked forward to lead Youlan.
He asked as they walked: âWhatâs the matter?â
Youlan ignored him, and when she walked to the door of the small courtyard, Jun Fu Rong suddenly paused,
âI will open the barrier, so you can go in, but you have to go alone, I will not go, I am afraid to see the High GodâŠâ
Youlan stepped into the yard without hesitation. The barrier was closed behind her.
This time it seemed that Fu Rong had spent some time thinking about Shen Liâs healing place. The winding path was quiet, and the trail was full of fragrant vegetation. Separated from the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Youlan walked faster but stopped when she was about to walk out of the fragrant woods because she faintly saw Xing Zhi and Shen Li standing at the door through the shadow of the tree, Shen Liâs expression was unhappy, the two of them were arguing.
âWhy do you need to spend so much time caring about one skin injury?! Itâs a waste of time!â
Xing Zhi stood inside the door, his hands blocking the door, his expression indifferent, and Shen Liâs anxiety became more and more clear, âLet me out!
â You canât go out until the injury is healed.â Xing Zhi said it lightly.
âThe injury is healed! Those fireballs are not as powerful as imaginedâŠâ
âIf it werenât for the spiritual energy in the room overflowing and my friends protecting your body with divine power, do you think you could speak so loudly today? â
Shen Li was taken aback and suddenly remembered that at that time, she felt that her whole body was cooled a lot. It turned outâŠthat the power of the spiritual tablets leaked out to protect herâŠ
Shen Li felt that those ancient gods were really amazing. This was extremely kind of them. Even if there was only a memorial tablet left, they still took the time to protect her.
Shen Li continued: âSo, High God will help Shen Li say my thanks when I go to worship next time. Also, you said so yourself, since I was protected, the injury isnât all that, and itâs almost healed now, let me go out soon.â
âNo way.â
Shen Li was furious, and asked every word: âWhy are you doing this to me?!â
âWhat are you planning to do, that you need to go out so much?â
Shen Li smiled: âFive days have passed, but the heavenly realm has not caught the mastermind. Even if the person who is investigating the news only set off the day before yesterday, they should be able to run from the heavens to Beihai in two days! It wouldnât take dozens of days to go back and forth, they probably were lost or already died by now! â
Shen sneered,â What efficiency! â
Xing Zhi just smiled âThose who should be in a hurry are not in a hurry, but you the one who has to heal, wants to go there to catch them.â
â Iâm almost blinded by being locked up here!â Shen Li gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, â if it was in the past, I would definitely shoot out the nest of those bastards.â
âYou were beaten by someone and feel unwilling to lose. You want to get it back at them.â Xing Zhi smiled and exposed her.
Shen Li didnât want to look at him. Because of her anger, her mouth puffed subconsciously, because of anger, her mouth puffed subconsciously, but the arc was extremely small. If you didnât look closely, you wouldnât be able to detect it.
But as she moved Xing Zhi could see her slightly bulging cheeks. The uneven skin tone was the traces of her previous burns. Thinking about her falling in his arms that day Xin Zhi almost subconsciously pressed lightly that piece of skin with his thumb and rubbed it twice.
âI will avenge you.â He spoke softly.
When she heard his slightly kind voice Shen Li was stunned for a moment. She looked up at Xing Zhi and then pushed away his hand with a slap.
She stared at him solemnly, her eyes cold and wise.
There were three red fingerprints on Xing Zhiâs wrist. He looked at Shen Li for a while, then dropped his hand, letting his wide sleeves cover the mark, he smiled, and for a moment he didnât know what to say.
Chiapter 49.2
âHigh God.â Youlan suddenly spoke and walked out of the fragrant woods. She bowed:
âGod, Azure King.â The two looked at Youlan. Before they had time to ask, Youlan said anxiously
âLord, the Heavenly Emperor invites you to the Lingxiao Palace, there are important things to discuss.â
Shen Li frowned when she heard the seriousness in Youlanâs words:
âLead the way.â
Xing Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly: âWhy didnât the Heavenly Emperor didnât just send a letter?â
Youlan said in a low voice, â High god, it is really important.â
He stopped asking and nodded: âSo, letâs go together.â
In the Lingxiao Hall, the civil servants and generals of the Celestial Realm were separated on two sides.
The Emperor of Heaven was sitting on the dragon chair with a serious face. Seeing Xing Zhi and Shen Li coming together, his brows wrinkled slightly, making people look at the first seat on the left. [1] He opened his mouth and said:
âAzure King, here is a letter from the Demon Realm, please take a look.â
The attendant presented the letter to Shen Li, and Shen Li took it and only glanced, her face turned pale. Severely: âWhen did the news come?â
âIt came five days ago.â The Emperor sighed a little, âThe attack caused the immortals to be busy and neglected this letter. No one showed to me until today.â
Shen Liâs expression became colder, she said, âEmperor, what happened?â
âThe capital of the Demon Realm was also attacked by the Beihai Clan. The Demon Lord was in a coma. A dozen demon generals died, and it happened everywhere⊠The situation is extremely critical.â
Shen Liâs brows tightened every time the Emperor said a word. This is the battle report of five days ago, and now the situation must be even worse.
Shen Li has a lot to say about the efficiency of the Celestial Realm, but at this time any complaints to allies are useless. The more critical the situation, the calmer she has to stay to analyze the situation.
Shen Li closed her eyes, cleared the emotions in her heart, and said coldly after a moment:
âIn this way, the attack on the heavens five days ago was a feint [2] , it was the method of the other party to attack the west.â
If they really wanted to attack the heavens, how could there be only such a spot for launching fireballs, and how could they hit a secluded place like Xiyuan?
The other part was just using a trick to get everyone in heaven tired of running up and down, so there would be no time to take care of other things.
Heaven couldnât help the Demon Realm, so the other sideâs main troops attacked the Demon Realm⊠The Demon Lord was in a coma, and a dozen generals diedâŠ
Such heavy casualties, the Demon Realm shouldnât have suffered so much.
The Demonâs Realm is different from the Celestial Realm, Shen Li is very clear on that. Those generals are all elites.
âShen Li begs the emperor to allow her to return to the demon world right now.â
âThis is natural.â
The emperor waved his hand, and someone else presented a few boxes full of pills.
âThe Demon Lord is in a coma because he was injured badly. Azure King, take these boxes of pills back to the demon world and give them to the Demon Lord. If someone fires up soldiers against the Demon Realm again, you will be able to help the Demon Realm to suppress the thieves in a short time.â
.âThanks for the emperorâs kindness.â Shen Li took the pill without delay, turned, and left.
Seeing Shen Liâs figure disappearing at the entrance of the High Heaven Palace, Xing Zhiâs eyebrows moved slightly, and he suddenly heard the emperor calling by his side: âHigh God, what do you think about this?â
âIt isnât a coincidence that the Demonâs world was attacked. I believe that this should be a power struggle, and the Beihai clan may also be a borrowed cover.â
The Emperor nodded: âThe High god and I have the same thought. The Demon Realm has been submissive to the Heaven Realm for many years, there are many dissatisfied people among them, and some people are bound to make trouble. If they want to overthrow the current regime of the Demon Real to establish a new king⊠and if the new king as opposed to the heavens, this would be very troublesome.â
The civil and military officials were a little noisy for a while, and they were all talking softly with the people around them.
The emperor turned his head and looked at Xing Zhi: âHigh god have been exhausted recently, and the Hundred Flowers Banquet has not been successful. I am really incapable.â
Usually, Xing Zhi would say a polite sentence, but today he didnât say a word.
It looks like he agreed with the emperorâs words and said silently, âYou are incompetent.â
The emperor stayed silently, and all the hundred officials too. Finally, the emperor coughed twice and said with a little embarrassment:
âThe High God has been away from the outer sky for a long time, and the outer sky is the source of the worldâs fresh air. These days, the heavens are slightly chaotic, and the evil spirit is a little bit heavy⊠High GodâŠâ
âI will return to the outer sky tomorrow.â Xing Zhi faintly said a sentence and walked away.
There was a moment of silence in the Lingxiao Palace, and the Heavenly Emperor said:
âAfter this incident, many shortcomings of the heavens have been exposed, and everyone saw it. After all, it is comfortable to live for a long time. Such a small matter was enough to make heaven fall into chaos. Once again, dear immortals, what should be investigated and cleaned up, itâs time to reorganize it.â
All of them agreed.
Shen Li walked to the southern heavenly gate, not knowing what to think of all of this,
She turned her head inexplicably and suddenly saw Xing Zhi standing ten feet away behind her, staring at her calmly.
Shen Li clasped her fists and bowed deeply: âThank you High God for taking care of me these days, Shen Li says goodbye.â
Xing Zhiâs mouth moved, lowered his head with a smile, and whispered softly:
âI can control it now.â
Hearing that, she turned her head without any attachment, and her long, bundled hair drew a neat arc in the air. She jumped down and walked past the southern gate.
Many days from now she would still think about this moment constantly.
Why he didnât call her up that day, why he let her go so easilyâŠHe obviously still had something to say.
[1] : In the traditional seating arrangement, the left or eastward side is considered most honorable, the seat facing the door most venerable of all. The second most prestigious seat is opposite the first, the third is adjacent to the first seat. And the fourth seat is next to the second.
[2] A feint attack is designed to draw defensive action towards the point under assault. It is usually used as a diversion to force the enemy to concentrate more manpower in a given area, to weaken the opposing force in another area.