Such Incredible Luck, Her Heart Sour with Envy
Such Incredible Luck, Her Heart Sour with Envy
Rumble!
In the sky, several figures with terrifying auras appeared, carrying the pressure of the Sacred Realm, vast and boundless as they bore down.
“What’s going on? What happened?”
“Sacred Realm beings have actually appeared over there, and so many of them at that!”
Every Cultivator in Black Stone Ancient City was alarmed. At this moment, they all looked in that direction, utterly horrified.
Large swathes of palaces and buildings collapsed, reduced to ruins.
A hazy mist emerged, like flowing rosy light, surging forth into a long dragon, runes interweaving as it swept down to engulf Ye Ling.
His eyes instantly split wide with fury.
“We have no grievance or enmity—why are you scheming against me?”
Ye Ling’s expression changed drastically, shock and rage warring in his heart.
He watched as a breathtakingly beautiful woman walked slowly out of the residence, her gaze deep and cold, looking down at him as if he were an ant.
“You carry something that does not belong to you. Naturally, you deserve to die.”
Yue Mingkong said coldly, with no intention of wasting words on him.
With that, Yue Mingkong waved her jade hand, and the several Sacred Realm experts in the sky immediately struck, preparing to suppress and kill Ye Ling on the spot.
To deal with Ye Ling, Yue Mingkong had already mobilized the strongest forces she could currently muster.
A full four Sacred Realm experts had been dispatched—one could see just how heavy her killing intent was.
Even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit.
She understood that as the successor of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, Ye Ling absolutely possessed powerful life-saving means.
At the same time, she struck as well, sweeping her sleeve.
Before her, violent winds surged, and waves formed of light rose to the heavens.
A flawless palm, white as jade, appeared and slapped forward, seeking to suppress and kill Ye Ling.
This palm carried the terrifying might of an emperor, enormous beyond measure, inspiring dread and impossible to resist.
At the same time, she offered up a crystalline jade sword, within which surged boundless Sword Qi, terrifying to the extreme, transforming into divine might like an Astral River—possessing the full-powered strike of a supreme Sacred Realm being!
The four Sacred Realm experts in the sky struck, and Yue Mingkong before him struck as well. This was an absolutely certain-death situation.
For any Young Prodigy, unless they possessed her level of means, they would undoubtedly perish here today, without the slightest possibility of survival.
Yue Mingkong already believed there would be no surprises.
After all, this level of power could destroy the entire Black Stone Ancient City without issue, yet now she was using it to annihilate Ye Ling.
“You damned brat, now’s the time—hurry and use that thing, or you’ll definitely die...”
At this moment, within the pendant around Ye Ling’s neck, the spirit turtle’s expression changed drastically as it frantically urged him, suddenly frightened out of its wits.
Why would this princess of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty lay such an elaborate trap here, scheming to kill Ye Ling?
Who exactly had leaked the news that Ye Ling carried the inheritance of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being?
Hearing this, Ye Ling’s face turned deathly pale, his expression filled with boundless hatred as he coldly stared at Yue Mingkong before him, all traces of his earlier mood gone.
“If I, Ye, survive this calamity today, I will repay this a hundredfold in the future!” he shouted coldly.
Boom!
As he spoke, an expression of extreme heartache appeared on his face, and he pulled a pitch-black Jade Talisman from his storage ring.
With a hum, a terrifying aura spread from it, the meaning of reincarnation interweaving.
The moment this aura was revealed, it had already surpassed the Sacred Realm, even reaching the Sacred Lord Realm!
Every Cultivator in the ancient city was incomparably horrified, nearly falling to their knees beneath this aura. A Sacred Lord Realm Cultivator—that was an existence on the verge of being titled a revered ancestor.
Even in some ancient families, such beings were at the level of founding ancestors.
Ordinarily, one simply could never see them.
What exactly was happening over there? How could such a terrifying fluctuation be coming from there?
At this moment, their hearts and minds trembled, shocked beyond measure.
“What?!”
“Retreat!”
The instant she saw this Jade Talisman, Yue Mingkong’s perpetually cold expression finally changed somewhat.
She truly had not expected Ye Ling to possess a Sacred Lord Realm-level Jade Talisman. In her previous life, she had never heard of him using one.
One had to know that even she, as the Crown Heir of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, only possessed protective items of this level.
Even she could not produce a Sacred Lord Realm-level offensive Jade Talisman.
No—wait. In her previous life, everyone who knew of Ye Ling’s trump cards had been killed by him.
Thinking of this, her expression darkened.
“Damn it, this Ye Ling truly lives up to being someone who escaped with his life from my husband’s hands—to survive even this...”
The four Sacred Realm experts in the sky swiftly retreated, not daring to take Ye Ling’s Jade Talisman head-on.
Seizing this opportunity, Ye Ling, filled with hatred, quickly vanished without a trace.
“Killing him next time will be even more difficult.”
Yue Mingkong’s expression was extremely ugly, her jade hands clenched tight.
She never imagined that despite being a regressor, she would fail to kill this little ant in her eyes.
Hum!
At this moment, Yue Mingkong suddenly felt a terrifying heat descend, like a dreadful sea of fire formed of runes, surging forward all at once.
The Jade Talisman Ye Ling had unleashed was instantly devoured by the sea of fire, its Sacred Lord-level powerful attack casually erased.
A stunningly beautiful woman in a long red dress walked out of the void, appearing before her.
“Who are you?”
Yue Mingkong’s delicate brows immediately furrowed, her face cold and profound, sensing a subtle aura.
The matter of Ye Ling’s escape was temporarily set aside by Yue Mingkong.
She had clearly arranged everything so flawlessly—any Young Prodigy caught in it would face certain death.
Yet in the end, Ye Ling had still escaped.
Regarding this, besides lamenting that Ye Ling’s luck was truly too good, what more could she say?
However, this red-dressed woman who had suddenly appeared before her actually possessed Sacred Lord Realm cultivation, giving Yue Mingkong a strange feeling.
Whether in her previous life or this one, she had never seen this person, yet today she had suddenly appeared and blocked Ye Ling’s Jade Talisman for her.
This puzzled her.
“I am Gongzi’s person. Greetings, Princess Mingkong.”
The one who had appeared was naturally Yan Ji.
Hearing the question, she answered softly.
Having received Gu Changge’s orders, after leaving the Skyward Schloss, she had begun searching for Yue Mingkong’s whereabouts in the various ancient cities of the Boundless Heaven.
In the end, she discovered she had come here.
As a result, the moment she arrived at Black Stone Ancient City, she witnessed the scene just now, and so she struck to block that attack for Yue Mingkong.
Of course, Yan Ji also understood that as the Crown Heir of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, Yue Mingkong certainly had the means to block that strike herself.
But since she was Gu Gongzi’s fiancée, and very likely her future mistress,
she had acted.
She had also wanted to stop that black-clothed man, but his escape methods were extremely plentiful—he had concealed his aura in an instant and fled without a trace.
This left Yan Ji quite helpless.
“Gongzi? Which Gongzi?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong looked at Yan Ji and asked, her expression calm and cold, with a hint of displeasure.
The first thing that came to mind was whether this woman might be one of her own admirers.
Such things disgusted and annoyed her—like sticky candy that could never be shaken off.
She did not think of Gu Changge at all.
After all, in her previous life, she had been the only woman by Gu Changge’s side, and in the end, even she had been heartlessly killed by him.
There could not possibly be other women by Gu Changge’s side.
So Yue Mingkong immediately ruled out Gu Changge in her mind.
“Gu Gongzi, of course. Gu Changge. Why would Princess Mingkong say such a thing?”
Hearing this, Yan Ji was somewhat puzzled...
Rumor had it that Yue Mingkong was a shrewd and capable figure who had long held the power of life and death, so why did she seem a bit silly now?
She even had to ask which Gongzi?
Wasn’t it obvious? Besides Gu Gongzi, who else would pay attention to her whereabouts?
“Impossible. How could there be any woman by his side besides me?”
Hearing this, Yue Mingkong immediately shook her head, reflexively denying it, her phoenix eyes narrowing slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief.
Although her cultivation was not as high as Yan Ji’s, the moment she said these words, Yan Ji could not help but feel a trace of palpitation.
This was the innate might of an empress.
And hearing these words, Yan Ji immediately understood.
Then she explained, “Yan Ji was brought up from the Overworld by Gu Gongzi. At the time, I was only a Remnant Soul, and it was thanks to Gu Gongzi’s help that I was able to condense a body...”
She briefly recounted her experience of meeting Gu Changge.
After listening, the coldness and suspicion in Yue Mingkong’s eyes disappeared, replaced by some shock.
Had she heard wrong?
Someone like Gu Changge would actually help others?
By all reason, wasn’t devouring the Remnant Souls of powerful beings exactly what he loved most?
Then why would he help this woman?
At this moment, Yue Mingkong’s mind was full of questions, the matter of Ye Ling’s escape long thrown to the back of her mind.
Right now, Yan Ji’s matter was more important to her than anything else.
Why would Gu Changge help her? What was his scheme?
Subconsciously, Yue Mingkong’s gaze fell upon Yan Ji’s face and figure.
She was indeed very beautiful, rarely matched, and she wasn’t even of the Human race.
Could that be the reason?
At this moment, Yue Mingkong suddenly felt a twinge of jealousy, her heart sour, feeling both wronged and unwilling.
Whether in looks or figure, in what way was she inferior to the woman before her?
Why was Gu Changge uninterested in her, yet insisted on helping this woman before her condense a Physique?
In her previous life, besides her, there had been no other women by Gu Changge’s side.
Yet now, Gu Changge kept such a powerful and beautiful woman by his side.
Yan Ji had no idea of the various thoughts running through Yue Mingkong’s mind at this moment.
She remembered Gu Changge’s instructions and said, “Princess Mingkong, Gongzi ordered me to tell you that if you do not go see him, he will personally come to capture you.”
“I understand.”
Yue Mingkong replied coldly upon hearing this.
In her heart, however, she suddenly felt deflated, somewhat helpless and unwilling, but more than that, a feeling of powerlessness, even despair.
She had not expected that barely after arriving in the Boundless Heaven, she would already be noticed by Gu Changge.
With a Sacred Lord Realm Cultivator coming to “capture” her, could she still escape?
As a regressor, she was supposed to seize the initiative at every step, with everything under her control, yet whenever it came to matters involving Gu Changge, she was completely helpless.
She wanted to avenge her previous life, but she feared there was no chance at all. Moreover, in this life, she would likely be unable to escape the tragic ending of her previous one.
Although Gu Changge’s actions differed somewhat from his previous life, his temperament had not changed in the slightest.
Thinking of this, Yue Mingkong felt only a vast expanse of emptiness before her eyes. What was the meaning of her rebirth? She could stop nothing.
Was she to watch helplessly as the tragedy of her previous life repeated itself?
In the end, would she still be killed by Gu Changge?
Her slender hands clenched tight. Recalling what had happened at the Longevity Gu Family some time ago, she felt lost again.
What exactly was Gu Changge’s goal?
Afterward, Yue Mingkong calmed down as well. She had avoided Gu Changge for so many days—this time, no matter what, she could not avoid him.
But looking at Yan Ji before her, she still felt her heart turn sour.