The Ten Directions of Heaven and Earth

At the same time, in another part of Tianqin Palace, under the moonlight, the sea of ​​clouds was slowly rising and falling. Above the sea of ​​clouds, a towering building could be vaguely seen, which looked even more majestic than the "Tianyao Palace" of Empress Tianyao. A few minutes later, this was where Empress Tianyao's eldest disciple Ao Ye was.

This palace with double eaves is extremely luxurious and is also gilded with jade. Compared with Tianyao Palace, it is of course not as fragrant and colorful as Tianyao Palace, with flowers blooming everywhere. However, it is a bit more solemn, especially This year, it was even more tightly guarded, and ordinary disciples could not easily get close to it.

At this time, in an airtight room inside the palace, two girls were seen kneeling in front of the screen, and there was a person sitting in front of the case. The person's face was gloomy, which was far different from the appearance in the day. It was Ao Ye, and the two girls kneeling in front of him turned out to be his junior sisters, Yan'er and Shuang'er.

Look at the two girls kneeling on the ground, their bodies trembling slightly, as if they are about to fall down if the wind blows. Tears are rolling in their eyes, but they dare not cry out. The person in front of them is extremely scared.

"Master...Master, we, we know we were wrong..."

The two girls' voices were extremely delicate. It was indeed as Empress Tianyao said. These two people were not her apprentices, Mei'er and Shuang'er. The real Mei'er, Shuang'er, might have suffered something unexpected. ♦

As for who are the two people kneeling on the ground? Of course they were two other people. Ao Ye used the magic of illusion to permanently transform the two of them into the appearance of two junior sisters. At the same time, he trained them to imitate the voices and smiles of the two junior sisters. Over the past year, it can be said that the fake ones were confused with the real ones. , no matter how sharp the eyes are, it is difficult to see the clues.

Unexpectedly, when Empress Tianyao came back today, she still saw the problem. Ao Ye was puzzled. Which link was the problem? But he was not sure whether the master had really discovered that there was something wrong with the two junior sisters. However, he could not help but become suspicious when he saw the master acting strangely today.

"Master...Master, I'm sorry..."

At this time, the two girls were kneeling on the ground and kept admitting their mistakes, with tears in their eyes, which made people feel heartbroken. However, Ao Ye seemed to have a heart of stone and allowed the two girls to kneel on the cold and hard ground for most of the night. At this time, he There was no intention of letting the two of them get up.

"snort……"

He snorted coldly, and his eyes became even colder and terrifying. He thought for a while, the problem might be with the man who was with the master. This man always gave him an uncomfortable feeling, especially That look always held great hostility, as if it could pierce through him with just one glance, and he wanted to dig out those eyes.

"Master... we were wrong... next time, next time we must act more like..."

The two girls knelt on the ground and begged, their little bodies shaking even more violently. It was obvious that they were very scared at this time.

If you untie their clothes, you can see that there are large and small whip marks on their backs, chests, and abdomens. It is obvious that these were all beaten by Ao Ye. On weekdays, as long as they do something wrong, , a whipping is inevitable at night.

But Ao Ye is not stupid and will not hit their arms, legs, cheeks, necks and other conspicuous places with the whip. Otherwise, when the master comes back, sees the scars and asks, how will he answer?

"Master, we were wrong..."

The two girls were so pitiful. They were planted with the "Soul-eating Gu" by Ao Ye, and they were determined not to resist. They were not the only ones, most of the people in Tianqin Palace had been planted with this extremely vicious "Soul-eating Gu" by Ao Ye. "Soul Gu", no one dared to resist him, otherwise life would be worse than death. As for where this "Soul-Eating Gu" came from, that would have to be told from another story.

At this time, the two girls knelt and moved towards Ao Ye, one of them hugged one of his legs, and begged, but there was no mercy in Ao Ye's eyes, and he kicked them away coldly. He said, "I'll give you one more chance to monitor Master and that person. If there's anything wrong..."

The two girls were so frightened that they kept begging for mercy, "Master, we will definitely get things done this time..."

"Hmph, it's best...if you don't want to taste the feeling of 'thousands of poisons eating your heart' again."

When the two girls heard the words "Ten Thousand Poisons Eat Their Hearts", they were so frightened that their entire faces turned pale. They lay on the ground, not daring to move or beg for mercy.

…

In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone through the clouds, covering the entire Tianyao Palace with a layer of faint purple smoke. The empress was in a state of mind that night and could not sleep peacefully. Fortunately, Xiao Chen was by her side, waiting for her. When she woke up with a start, he "coaxed" her to sleep again.

When the sunshine outside shone in through the window grilles, Empress Tianyao finally woke up leisurely. Seeing him sitting in front of the bed all night without closing her eyes, she was quite embarrassed to watch him fall asleep like this: "Aren't you... sleepy?" "

"not sleepy."

Xiao Chen looked at her and said softly, he was no longer a human being. Even though he was a little tired after traveling all these days, as soon as he smelled the fragrance of the flowers in the palace and bathed in the fairy air, his tiredness was gone. It's just that the empress suffered a series of accidents, was exhausted mentally and physically, and was seriously injured, so she was inevitably exhausted.

"Help me up..."

"Um."

At the moment, Xiao Chen slowly helped her get up and slept all night. Although her hair was a little messy, it still looked so beautiful, more beautiful than flowers and more flawless than the moon.

Empress Tianyao felt a little embarrassed when she saw him looking at her so intently, "Why are you looking at me like this?"

"Because my sister is pretty..." Xiao Chen said this in order to make her feel happy and not think about those sad and depressing things for the time being.

"You are the only one with a poor mouth."

Empress Tianyao reached out and pinched his face again. Looking back on these years, except for Hong'er and her little disciples, no man dared to be so naughty in front of her. When she thought of Hong'er and her disciples, No longer there, a sense of sadness and sadness could not help but come back to her heart.

Seeing that she was gradually thinking of sad things again, Xiao Chen quickly changed the topic, "Sister, are you feeling better today?"

Empress Tianyao reached out and gently covered her chest and abdomen. From the outside, she couldn't see any injuries, but how could the injuries inside be healed so easily? The Blood-Hand Tathagata's "Infinite Blood Hands" and the Demon King's "Thirteen Demonic Styles". If it weren't for her profound Taoism and the protection of her "Innate Qi", she might have met with something unexpected.

"It's okay for now... Just help me go outside."

At the moment, Xiao Chen helped her go outside, to the small attic, and in front of the dressing mirror. The empress in the mirror looked more approachable. You must know that the former Empress Tianyao, the Empress of Yifang Shen, always had a frosty appearance. To be so close to her? Who could see her looking so delicate and delicate like a flower right now?

"Comb my hair for me..."

Empress Tianyao took out the fragrant comb from the box. This comb was her favorite. She was afraid of losing it, so when she left, she carefully put it in the box instead of taking it with her.

Xiao Chen took the comb from her hand and felt that the comb was very handy. He looked at her in the mirror and gently combed her hair. He had also combed Weiyang's hair in this way when he was in Wuyutian. Therefore, the technique was not unfamiliar. When the empress saw that he was so skillful, she only showed a faint smile on her lips and said nothing.

"Who combed my sister's hair before?"

"Zi'er, sometimes, if Zhuo'er doesn't come, it's Shuang'er."

"I see……"

Xiao Chen looked in the mirror and saw the smile on the empress's face, which gradually became a little sad. He immediately stopped talking and said, "From now on, I will always comb my sister's hair like this..."

Hearing this, Empress Tianyao was stunned for a moment, looked at him in the mirror, and smiled again, "Don't just say these words to make me happy. If you leave in the future, wouldn't you teach me to think of these words every time in the future? Is it just sad?”

Xiao Chen really wanted to resolve the stagnation in her heart, which would be conducive to the recovery of the injury. Otherwise, the stagnation would remain in her chest and the Qi and blood would be stagnant. Not only would the injury not be recovered, but it would actually be aggravated. If Ao Ye could figure it out, I'm afraid The two were immediately in danger.

Now the reason why Ao Ye dare not act rashly is because he cannot figure out the true identity of the empress, so he dare not take action rashly. Once he learns that the empress is so injured and is unable to compete with him, what will happen then?

"I'll put the comb on you. From now on, you can comb my hair." Empress Tianyao gave him the box on the dressing table.

"good."

Xiao Chen put the fragrant comb into the box and put it into his sleeve in a precious and precious way. Seeing that the empress was in a much better mood, he felt more at ease.

Then the empress took out the jade jewelry from the small drawer and put it on her hair gently. Finally, she picked up a piece of rouge and put it on her lips, which made her complexion look much better.

"Sister is so beautiful."

Looking at Empress Tianyao in the mirror, Xiao Chen praised her from the bottom of his heart. He used to be careless and didn't understand why women had to put on so much trouble to put on makeup every day. Wouldn't it be better if they just practiced? It turns out that makeup looks so good.

No wonder I always heard people say in the past, "A man will die for his confidant, and a woman will look good for her." If you go to meet someone you like, you will naturally put on beautiful makeup.

"You."

Empress Tianyao turned back and glanced at him. Xiao Chen's words this morning had indeed resolved a lot of depression in her heart. If those immortal kings and emperors came to praise her beauty, she would reject them as if they were a disciple. He was disdainful to listen to it, but at this moment, listening to Xiao Chen's simple words, it seemed as if sweetness came into his heart. He also thought of how yesterday on the jade chariot, in front of so many people, this "younger brother" still Kissing her was so... bold.

"I'll help my sister go outside."

Now Xiao Chen is calling her "sister" more and more smoothly. If he suddenly changed to the word "empress", he would not be awkward at all.

When the two of them went outside, they saw colorful fallen flowers outside the palace, purple clouds lingering in the sky, fairy chariots and jade chariots flying past the clouds, and petals falling from above, flying in this fairyland.

"I didn't realize it yesterday evening, but I realized this morning that my sister's place is so beautiful."

Xiao Chen looked at the purple jade fairyland in front of him with steaming clouds and rosy clouds. He thought to himself that this kind of fairyland could only be found in the ninth heaven. It was his Wuyu Heaven, which was so full of fairy energy. Compared with it, it was also... It suddenly became a little eclipsed.

Empress Tianyao turned around, looked at him and said, "From now on, you won't leave, stay and practice with your sister... When you step into the Tao realm, you will have a life span of ten thousand years."

Xiao Chen saw that her first sentence seemed to be a joke, but her last sentence was very serious. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a half-smile, "Okay."

"loquacious."

Empress Tianyao gently scratched the bridge of his nose, and then walked hand in hand with him down the white jade steps. The two of them were like a couple in this fairyland.

Next, of course, the main task is to recover the Empress's injuries. There is an abundance of fairy energy in this purple jade fairyland, and the fairy jade liquid in the colorful jade pools is transformed by the spirit of the fairy spirit. It is the best choice for practicing or recovering from injuries. In the past, the empress would bathe in the pool every day at dusk. With such fairy energy nourishing her, her skin of ice and snow is certainly not comparable to that of ordinary fairies.

But now we have to be careful. Ao Ye must have sent someone to monitor her outside. Although the situation inside cannot be seen, the flow of spiritual power and the circulation of immortal energy can be clearly seen outside. If you are not careful, you will be exposed. He told her about her healing inside.

So next, Empress Tianyao has to find a way to hide it from the public. Yesterday she said that she and Xiao Chen would "double cultivate" in the Purple Jade Fairyland, but it's impossible to fake it, right?

Of course it's impossible. The empress's cultivation method, the dual cultivation she mentioned, may not necessarily be the same as those of those who practice in the mortal world.

In the mortal world of the lower world, men and women must pay attention to the harmony of yin and yang, and must not be mixed with distracting thoughts. That is to say, they must be united in mind, so that there is no barrier between them, and the true energy flows into each other's body. Such practice will be of great benefit to the two of them. Benefit, cultivation can advance a thousand miles in one day. Of course, the dual cultivation of cultivators is by no means the ordinary pleasures of men and women in the world. They must be united with each other's minds. If you have evil thoughts in your heart, not only will your cultivation fail, but you will also be devoured. itself.

There are very few people who can do this. Therefore, in the cultivation of the righteous path, there are only two pairs of immortal couples. There will only be this pair for the whole life. If one of them dies, the other person will often never be with anyone else for life. Those who practice dual cultivation will never act like those people in the world, and they will never be as licentious as those in the world.

As for the dual cultivators of the Demonic Way, some are similar to those of the Immortal Sects, but some also use each other as a cauldron, and there is more than one cauldron. In some demonic sects, the female disciples of an entire sect are actually cauldrons, while in some demonic palaces, a whole sect is a cauldron. All the male disciples in the palace are probably the faces of the palace master.

Of course, these are far-fetched. The most urgent task at the moment is to recover the Empress Tianyao from her injuries. She can only use "double cultivation" as a cover to heal her injuries.

This dual cultivation method is not a cultivation method that requires the harmony of male and female yin and yang. It is a dual cultivation method unique to the Empress. Even two women can practice together. When exercising, only two People can touch each other's palms to allow the true energy to flow into each other's bodies.

On this day, without any further delay, Xiao Chen and her came to the foot of a cherry blossom tree. The pink cherry blossoms all over the sky fell into the pool one after another. There was a layer of light smoke floating on the water. Before they entered, Xiao Chen was already there. I can feel the abundant fairy spirit in it. If I practice in it, I will surely advance thousands of miles in a day.

But at the moment, Xiao Chen is not here to care about his own cultivation. Although the strong immortal energy here will definitely enable him to break through to the next level of cultivation, there is no need to fight for this time. A breakthrough in cultivation will be a matter of time. , Now we must consider how to recover the Empress's injuries as soon as possible. When the Empress's injuries are healed, let alone breaking through one or two levels of cultivation, or even breaking through a few more levels, how difficult will it be to reach the peak of Taiqing?

In this way, until the evening, the two of them sat cross-legged opposite each other in the Yaochi, with their palms pressed together, absorbing the immortal energy into their bodies. Xiao Chen then used this immortal energy to follow the other person's meridians, slowly repairing the damaged parts of her body. Heart pulse, but I didn't expect her to be injured so seriously. The immeasurable blood hand of this Blood-Hand Tathagata was really powerful. If he was hit like this, the body of a god and demon in the world would be broken instantly.

In the next few days, the two of them practiced like this every day. It seemed that they were "dual cultivation", but in fact they were quietly healing the empress's wounds, so that the two people outside would not notice.

In the past few days, with Xiao Chen's consciousness, it was not difficult to find that "Zhou'er" and "Shuang'er" outside had been peeping into it. In order to make those two people "unable to figure out the truth", he also deliberately exchanged some words with the empress. The sound of mandarin ducks playing in the water made the two people outside blush with shame.

"How? But what did you find?"

In the cold building, Ao Ye's face was filled with frost. Two girls knelt under his knees. One of them said timidly, "Return... to the master, my sister and I have been snooping outside every day these days, but we saw purple smoke in the palace." Shengteng, the empress and that person, they, they are indeed just practicing dual cultivation..."

"Um?"

There was still a look of doubt on Ao Ye's face. His master had been pure and pure for thousands of years. How could he suddenly choose an immortal couple to practice together? After a long time, he asked again, "Did you two teach them how to discover it?"

The other girl trembled and said, "Back, back to the master... My sister and I hid ourselves very well and did not let the empress find us."

"Keep watching for me. If there is anything unusual, come back and tell me immediately!"

Ao Ye's face was as frosty as ice, and there were two cold murderous intentions hidden in his eyes. It was impossible for the master to come back from the Boundless Realm and meet the Blood-Handed Tathagata and the Demon King, two notoriously ruthless people from the Nine Heavens. How could it be possible that the master was intact? There must be something wrong with this. I'm afraid I can't detect anything with just the two maids "Qian and Shuang". He will probably have to go there in person, but he doesn't want to alert the snake at this moment... Could it be that he has to go out again? Looking for that person?

"Master, please don't blame me for being ruthless. If I don't have innate energy, how can I enter the realm of eternal life? As the saying goes, 'If you don't take care of yourself, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth'..."

…

Ten days later, the empress's complexion improved a lot. She was able to absorb the immortal energy into her body on her own and repair the damaged heart veins. However, she still had to have Xiao Chen's "double cultivation" to help her. The injuries on her body could only be healed by this purple... The fairy spirit in the Jade Fairyland is not enough, and many "fairy mushrooms" are needed from outside. Otherwise, even if the injury is slightly improved, it will be difficult to fully recover the cultivation level.

But how to get these immortal mushrooms? Now it has become a problem. It is impossible for Xiao Chen to go out to get these medicines in a big way, right? These are healing medicines. Ao Ye could tell at a glance. Wouldn't he just tell the other party that she was seriously injured and let him attack?

"Sister, there's no need to worry. I'll just sneak out at night."

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Chen only came up with the idea of ​​sneaking out at night to find medicine. What else could he do? There is no one who can be trusted outside, and the empress’s other disciples are unknown where they are now. Moreover, even if they are found, they are still not trustworthy.

The entire Tianqin Palace is in danger. It has been controlled by the traitor Ao Ye inside and out. He and the empress are too weak now to fight this person head-on. So they can only take risks and let Xiao Chen get out. Got the medicine.

Or, there is another way, but this way is undoubtedly extremely dangerous for Empress Tianyao, which is for Xiao Chen to leave the Purple Immortal Garden and go to the heavens outside to ask "gods" to help. Soon after that, On the birthday of Zi Ji Immortal, all the gods, gods, and emperors will rush to Zi Immortal Island. Naturally, there will be many old friends of the Empress among them. If we can invite these people to come, are we afraid that we will not be able to deal with Ao Ye? Even if this person has already reached the Tao realm, so what? A dignified empress, isn't there an immortal king or god in the Tao realm among her old friends?

However, in this way, the empress was left alone in Tianyao Palace. Once Ao Ye figured out the mystery, she was afraid that she would not be able to escape. This was too dangerous, so Xiao Chen finally decided to go outside Tianyao Palace to look for Xianzhi. The elixir is more reliable. Even if something goes wrong accidentally, the worst he can do is use the god-demonic body of Dugu Tianxia to hold the Tianyao Qin and lead the empress out of the Tianqin Palace. This is not a problem, right?

Tonight, Xiao Chen sneaked out of Tianyao Palace at night. Although there were two people guarding the outside at all times, with his cultivation and consciousness, it was easy to avoid these two girls.

As for the topography of Tianqin Palace and the locations of various fairylands, Empress Tianyao has naturally told him that as for the medicines he needs, some are hidden in the "Medicine House" palace, and some grow in the fairyland. The elixirs in the palace are often There are array spirits guarding it, but it is not difficult. The empress has told him how to crack it, and with his skills, no one will find it.

As for the elixirs that grew in various fairylands, he had to slowly search for them one by one. This was the case in the next few days. During the day, he and Empress Tianyao "double cultivation" to heal her wounds. At night, he would go alone. Sneak out and find these elixirs secretly.

That night, he wanted to find a fairy medicine called "Millennium Purple Cloud". This was the last elixir he needed. But when he came to this "Purple Cloud Wonderland", he spent a long time looking for it. I found a lot of beautiful epiphyllums, but I couldn't find the "Three Thousand Years Purple Jade Night Flower" among the thousands of beautiful night-blooming flowers.

For several nights in a row, he could not find the location of the thousand-year-old Ziyu Tan. If this continued, he was worried about alerting Ao Ye. This night, when he came to Zi Tan Fairyland again, just like when he searched in vain a few nights ago, the flowers were full of flowers. Inside, a squirrel suddenly jumped out and screamed "squeak", which startled him.

When he saw clearly that it was a squirrel under the moonlight, he ignored it and continued to search for the thousand-year-old purple jade. Unexpectedly, this little squirrel kept following him, sometimes chirping incessantly, and sometimes standing up and facing him. The gestures look quite spiritual.

Xiao Chen stood up, thinking that the little animal in the Purple Fairy Garden was also so spiritual. Could it be that this little squirrel knew where the thousand-year-old Purple Jade Tablet was?

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

The squirrel kept barking at him, pointed in front of him, and then ran there. After running a few feet away, it turned back and kept gesticulating at him with "ZhiZhiZhi".

Xiao Chen saw the squirrel and asked him to follow it, but with this little squirrel, how could he know what he was looking for? Could it be that he was sent by Ao Ye? Could it be that this traitor who deceived his master and destroyed his ancestors really did everything possible, even using squirrels?

Thinking that this would not be the case, he tried to follow them. After walking for about an hour, he came to a fairy forest and saw a ray of purple light under the trees full of night-blooming flowers. When he got closer, it turned out to be him. The thousand-year-old Purple Jade Tablet that I am looking for cannot help but feel happy in my heart. As long as I take this three-thousand-year-old Purple Jade Tablet back, the empress's injuries will finally be healed. Tonight is the last night, so don't let anything go wrong again. .

…

Note that "If a person does not serve himself, he will be destroyed by heaven and earth." The original meaning of this sentence is not what Ao Ye said. "We" is read twice, which should mean "cultivation, cultivation". The original meaning of the whole sentence is roughly that if people do not cultivate themselves, the world will not tolerate it.

In addition, some friends are concerned about the whereabouts of Qianyu Nishang and Xiao Menger. Of course, they will appear soon.