Chapter 123
Chapter 123
Ye Piaoling asked, “Why are you staring at the condenser like that? Is it that good-looking?”
Fox Shadow looked deeply uneasy. “Is… is it going to crawl out on its own?”
Ye Piaoling asked blandly, “Have you ever seen anyone’s refrigerator condenser crawl out on its own?”
Fox Shadow: “…”
Fox Shadow was speechless for a long while before she slowly let out a breath and muttered, “As long as it can’t get out. It looks pretty scary.”
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That night, Ye Piaoling brought a cup of ice cream to Chonghua Palace.
“Evil Lord Brand ice cream. You deserve to have it.”
Di Xiulan took the dessert, the corner of his mouth twitching. “This was frozen with that?”
Ye Piaoling nodded and said, “It’s called a refrigerator. Ghost Po Brand. Extremely useful! It can keep working automatically, like a perpetual motion machine.”
Di Xiulan: “…”
Ye Piaoling propped up her chin and watched as the man finished the ice cream with elegant grace. Then she asked, “Now that we’ve got the Evil Lord’s Ghost Po, do we still need to keep catching more? What are we catching this time, the Heavenly Po or the Human Po?”
Di Xiulan wiped his hands and said, “The Heavenly Po has no form. If it wants to unleash its evil power, it must possess a person. But there is one condition: that person must willingly offer up their body.”
“Willingly perform a Body Sacrifice for the Heavenly Po of the Evil Lord?”
Ye Piaoling pondered. “As the spokesperson of the Three Realms, the Evil Lord definitely wouldn’t look twice at an ordinary body. If he chooses one, he’ll have to choose someone with a good-looking face and a high cultivation level…”
Di Xiulan smiled. “Correct.”
Ye Piaoling asked, “Have you found a suspect?”
Di Xiulan said, “One. Feng Jin, the Grand State Preceptor of Xiliu.”
Ye Piaoling’s eyes flashed. As expected, he was a formidable figure!
Feng Jin’s status in Xiliu was roughly equivalent to Di Xiulan’s status in Dali. Both were the strongest in their respective nations, gods in the hearts of the common people!
Di Xiulan said, “Feng Jin was originally a gentle and compassionate person. A year ago, his temperament suddenly changed drastically. He began throwing the imperial court into chaos and slaughtering loyal officials. His methods were cruel.”
Ye Piaoling mused, “So it’s very possible he was possessed by the Evil Lord, which caused that change… But since he’s the State Preceptor and his cultivation is so powerful, why would he offer himself up to the Evil Lord?”
Di Xiulan said, “That remains unknown. Whether the Heavenly Po is inside Feng Jin can only be confirmed after we meet him.”
After a pause, he smiled and said, “The ruler of Xiliu has just passed away from illness. Feng Jin supported a princess in ascending the throne as queen. After the national mourning period comes the new monarch’s enthronement ceremony. You may accompany me as an envoy of Dali and attend, then take the chance to enjoy yourself in Xiliu’s capital.”
The moment Ye Piaoling heard that they were going on another trip-and an international one at that-she instantly grew restless with excitement.
“Sure, sure!”
Ye Piaoling said eagerly, “Then what do we do after we get there? Grab that Xiliu State Preceptor, hold him upside down, and shake him to see if the Evil Lord’s Heavenly Soul falls out?”
Di Xiulan: “…”
Di Xiulan said, “No. On the Glazed Continent, I must also abide by this world’s heavenly law. I cannot casually resort to excessively violent methods.”
After hearing that, Ye Piaoling came to a sudden realization.
The Divine Venerable’s power should never have existed in this world to begin with.
Using it against the Evil Lord was fine, because the Evil Lord should not exist in this world either. But if he used the Divine Venerable’s ability to recklessly crush anyone he pleased, that would destroy the balance of this plane and go against heavenly law.
Besides, this involved diplomacy between two nations. If they misunderstood the Xiliu State Preceptor, blindly starting a fight would likely cause trouble!
Ye Piaoling pondered and said, “In that case, we have to confirm Feng Jin’s identity before we can act… Are there any traits of someone possessed by the Heavenly Po?”
Di Xiulan said, “There is one. When angered, their eyes turn dark purple.”
Ye Piaoling froze. In other words, when the Evil Lord got angry, his original colored contacts would be exposed!
Ye Piaoling said, “So as long as we make that Grand State Preceptor angry and see whether his eyes turn Evil Lord purple, that’ll do it?”
Di Xiulan said, “Exactly.”
Ye Piaoling’s eyes rolled, and she chuckled wickedly. “Pissing people off is easy. That’s what I’m best at. Leave it to me!”
Di Xiulan said, “Oh? What do you plan to do?”
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