Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 901 Use me as a sacrifice
Zhao Xiwei had expected that he would refuse, but time was pressing and he had no time to beat around the bush, so he got straight to the point and said, "You are the only one who can solve the Tongxuan technique, but His Majesty has only given you ten days. May I ask, my Lord, how confident are you?"

Li Fengyi frowned, looking painful.

Zhao Xi pursed his lips and smiled: "Although you know some strange abilities, if you want to unlock the secrets behind Tongxuanshu, your own strength is far from enough."

Her eyes fell on the pieces of talisman paper. Each piece had red characters written in small seal script, which read "precognition", "soul-control", "mysterious art"... She looked at them one by one, and the last one said "longevity".

Li Fengyi rubbed his temple, looking distressed: "You are right, I am not sure. Hey, what kind of monster is your mother? How can she know so much? Look--" He pointed at the "Longevity Technique", "Don't you want to ask what this means?"

Zhao Xiwei, however, understood everything and said calmly, "This is exactly what I want to tell you."

Li Fengyi was very surprised: "You know? You understand these things? Hiss..." He took a breath, touched his chin, and looked at her with strange eyes, "Zhao Xiwei, could it be that you... could it be that you are the same as me..." He frowned, as if looking for the right words.

After a moment, his eyes lit up and he asked with great interest: "Are you also a person with superpowers?"

"Superpowers? I don't have any." Zhao Xi shook her head. "If I knew these, I wouldn't have let the evidence fall into the hands of others for nothing." She didn't want to play dumb with Li Fengyi, so she skipped his topic and said confidently, "But if you cooperate with me, I can not only tell you the truth behind these mystical arts, but also help you solve them today."

Li Fengyi struggled a little: "But you are the key person in this case..."

Zhao Xiwei interrupted him: "Because I am the key person, I care about the truth more than anyone else. My Lord, I am the only bloodline of Shen Yuqing left in the world. All the mysterious skills are related to me. If this drags on, if I have an accident, die or disappear, this mysterious skill will become a mystery for all ages. Your Highness, do you want to see this situation?"

“No, no, no—” Li Fengyi shook his head, “No! These mystical arts must be solved as soon as possible!”

He jumped up from the ground, pressed Zhao Xiwei's shoulders, and acted even more anxious than she was: "Zhao Xiwei, you can cooperate with me! Tell me quickly, what truth do you know?!"

"Ahem..." Zhao Xiwei coughed, and moved away from him with an embarrassed look on his face, keeping some distance from him: "Actually, it's not difficult to figure out these truths..."

"Say it quickly."

Zhao Xiwei squatted down beside the talisman paper, picked up one of them, and asked, "Have you ever thought that my mother might still be alive?"

"What?" Li Fengyi was shocked, but not because of this sentence, but because of Zhao Xiwei, "How did you know?"

It seemed that he had guessed this a long time ago, but he didn't expect that Zhao Xiwei could also guess it.

Zhao Xiwei took a deep breath: "Look--"

She stretched out her hand, her jade-like fingertips fell on the talisman paper, and gently pointed, "Precognition, soul capture, profound enlightenment, and longevity... these four arts are closely linked."

Li Fengyi was both impressed and surprised: "You know this too? What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Xiwei picked up a piece of paper, and a thoughtful look appeared between his brows. "Precognition can predict future events; soul control can control the souls of living people; and the mystical art can break through the barrier between yin and yang. These three secret arts all have evidence to guide them. As for the longevity art, if I'm not mistaken, it was deduced by you, and there is no evidence at present."

"Exactly the same!" Li Fengyi clapped his hands, his eyes sparkling, and he was so excited that he seemed to be ascending to heaven. "You are really a goddess descending to earth! Oh no, you are the emperor of heaven reborn! I have long said that there are mysterious things in this world such as soul transformation and crossing yin and yang! But they don't believe it and insist that I am hysterical!" Zhao Xiwei didn't have time to think about whether he was hysterical or not, he just nodded slightly: "Based on the evidence we have obtained so far, these bizarre secret techniques are very likely to exist."

"That's right! Let me tell you!" Li Fengyi came over excitedly, as if he had a lot of words to say, "Although His Majesty ordered me to break the spell, he actually doesn't believe it! It's just because the evidence he seized from you is too bizarre--" Seeing Zhao Xiwei's indifferent expression, he hurriedly added, "I'm not trying to sow discord. He could have just killed your entire family, but he insisted on asking me to investigate these mysterious spells that he didn't believe in at all. It shows that he did it for your sake... Tsk,"

He touched his chin, revealing a gossipy look, "He's so painstaking, he really seems to be a romantic! But... he is an emperor after all, he can't give you a lifetime of companionship... Which woman can accept three palaces and six courtyards, and what's the good of being trapped in the deep palace, don't you think? Oh, by the way, I haven't asked you yet, do you still want to be with him?"

His topic jumped around like a tornado, leaving Zhao Xiwei speechless. However, she was very surprised by one thing: "A couple for a lifetime?"

Li Fengyi is a member of the royal family. He is a king, a prince, a general, and a minister. Everyone has a beautiful wife or concubine. How could he have such an idea?

"Is it strange?" Li Fengyi spread her hands and shrugged, "I'm different from them. I said, I'm not from the same world as them."

Zhao Xi secretly complained in his heart, and blurted out: "If it's not from this world, then where else can it be? You can't have crossed the yin and yang."

"Hey, hey, you're right!" Li Fengyi clapped her hands, "You guessed it, my soul has really transformed and crossed over into yin and yang!"

"..." Zhao Xiwei looked like he was saying, "You still say you don't have hysteria."

Li Fengyi frowned: "You don't believe it either?"

"..."

Li Fengyi was a little anxious: "Hey, hey, hey, you are Shen Yuqing's daughter. She knows so many mysterious skills. How can you not believe it?"

He suddenly stood up, opened his arms, and spun around in the room with a light and graceful posture. He suddenly retracted his arms with quick and agile movements. He smiled at her with a gentleness that was difficult to tell whether it was androgynous, which startled Zhao Xi.

"Can people like me belong to this world? Do they know as much as I do? Do they have a kind heart as I do? Do they respect others as I do?"

"..." Zhao Xiwei reminded him: "Your Highness, I came here to discuss with you how to unlock the mysterious art."

Li Fengyi retracted her proud tail like a peacock spreading its tail, and urged: "Then tell me quickly, how are you going to solve it?"

In fact, it is not difficult to solve the mystery, the difficult part is how to solve it——

"Since these are all secret techniques left by my mother, and all of this revolves around me, then I think the most appropriate way is..." Zhao Xiwei said slowly, pausing with a solemn but resolute tone, "Drive my soul away and use me as a sacrifice!"

"What……?"

I've been stuck on this chapter for a long time because it's a transition chapter. If I don't write it, I'm afraid it won't be explained clearly, and if I write it, I'm afraid it'll be too long-winded. After thinking it over and over again, I haven't found a better entry point. If I delay it any further, I'll stop updating... This is how difficult it is for a newbie to write... I hope I can improve as I write!