NOVPUBChapter 192: Chapter 191 Testamentary Edict
Chapter 192: Chapter 191 Testamentary Edict
The attendant ‘thudded’ onto the ground, kneeling and saying to Fen Jue, “That mechanical bird is broken. It was only after it was sent out that the artisans told me.”
“What happened?” All these mechanical birds were personally crafted by him; if there were any broken, they would have been cleared out long ago.
Again, the attendant spoke, “It was Princess Nan Xu, who came to look for you the other day. Since you were out, she went to the Ingenious Pavilion. Not only did she break the mechanical bird, but she also messed up the Scorpion Stone Machine that you had just finished assembling. The artisans are fixing it now.”
“Nan Xu… It seems she still has too much free time,” mused Fen Jue, looking at the mechanical bird in the sky, “but her being able to send a broken mechanical bird into the sky…”
He stopped mid-sentence because he saw someone sitting on the mechanical bird.
Sally, feeling something, looked down and met his gaze.
Sally smiled and waved, “Fen, see you—”
Fen Jue’s eyes instantly widened, filled with astonishment.
Sally piloted the mechanical bird, flying towards the high skies outside Sanbang City.
“How, how, how… is this possible?!” The attendant, seeing Sally on the mechanical bird, was in disbelief.
“Someone come!” Fen Jue called out, watching the mechanical bird carrying Sally further away until it disappeared from sight.
“Your Highness.” A person in gray clothes with a masked face, exuding a cold aura, suddenly appeared.
“Order the Wind Department to investigate this Miss Su.”
“Yes.”
…
“Mom, I want to race the mechanical bird to see who can fly faster!” Manman slapped her wings a few times, though they had few proper feathers and were still downy and fleshy.
Sally, not wanting to deflate her, said with a smile, “You silly girl, it’s much bigger than you. You can compete when you grow as big as it is.”
“Can Manman grow that big?”
“Have you never seen your dad’s true form?”
“I have. Grandma says that among the Phoenix Clan, the males are more beautiful than the females, and dad is the most handsome in the Phoenix Clan.”
“Hahaha, your dad does look good. Mom likes him very much,” said Sally as she stroked Manman’s downy feathers.
“Then does mom like dad more, or Uncle Pei, Uncle Zong, or Uncle Zi more?”
“…” What a fatal question!
As she smoothed her downy feathers, “Mom likes Manman the most.”
“Really?” Manman’s wings fluttered happily, “Mom likes Manman the most?”
“Yes.” Sally watched her beaming with joy, piloting the mechanical bird far into the distance.
The mechanical bird flitted stop-and-go across the Mortal World Continent, allowing Manman, accompanying Sally, to witness many of the world’s sights.
Finally, they arrived in front of the Heavenly Dao Barrier between the Mortal World and the Dao Realm.
Sally released a bit of her Secret Technique, entering the Barrier with no obstructions whatsoever.
It was only upon entering the Barrier that they discovered there was an additional space inside.
However, this place was highly dangerous, with space rift blades appearing unexpectedly.
The mechanical bird was quickly torn into pieces by the space rift blades.
Sally hurriedly placed Manman into the System Space, then turned into a small white mouse, reducing her target size.
[Xiaomei, why is it so dangerous in here?]
[The host can open the System Map; the warning routes on it should be usable.]
Sally opened the system, and a winding safe route appeared. Upon inspection, there seemed no way to exit the Barrier within a kilometer; the ground was littered with numerous bones.
Who knows how many had perished here.
Sally clasped her hands together, then used her Elemental Power to claw out a pit, burying the bones indigently, providing these people with a peaceful rest.
[The host has a kind heart.]
[Acting spontaneously, yet having walked only twenty meters, she encountered five skeletons. Such a vast Barrier must have claimed so many lives.]
[At the end of their lifespan, if one breaks through this Barrier, they will enter a new world. Even if they don’t, it is merely a burial place. Thus, this Barrier is also known as the Heavenly Tomb.]
[What about the people on the other side?]
[They cannot touch the Barrier; to them, although the Mortal World is just behind a Barrier, it’s harder to access than ascending to the heavens. It’s probably a Heavenly Dao rule set to protect the thriving of the human population in the Mortal World.]
[But humans still seek to defy the heavens, in pursuit of the Dao and immortality.]
[True. Humans actually have their own path to longevity, a cycle of life after life, which seems better than eternal life in just one lifetime.]
[Not necessarily.] Sally thought of herself; she only wanted one lifetime, not to be reincarnated. Otherwise, why bother binding with the System, surely there was an obsession she couldn’t let go of in one lifetime.
[Thus, the Heavenly Dao allows humans to enter the Barrier. Testing their Dao heart to see if they can withstand the dangers on their path.]
[Has anyone succeeded?]
[Yes. Isn’t the host about to go over?]
[But I’m not human.] Sally replied.
Xiaomei[…]
[Hahaha~ Xiaomei, you didn’t see me as part of the Human Clan all along, did you?] Her soul might have belonged to one, but her body was of the Rat Clan, or one might even say a Rat Demon.
Xiaomei replied: [The soul is more important than the body.]
Sally picked up a Storage Bag and put it into her space, then began burying the skeletons,[The soul? Where did the souls of these people go?]
[Souls return to the Void Realm; all who die go there.]
[So why did I come to Beast World after death, instead of the Void Realm?]
[Xiaomei has yet to unlock the data memory of this section.]
[Hmm, let me know when you find out.]
Sally continued forward.
Suddenly, a bright yellow hue spread with the System Map, catching her eye.
Rushing over quickly, she arrived and was stunned.
It was a decomposed skeletal corpse, cleaved in two by the space blade.
The lower and upper halves were not far apart, with a gap formed by the space blade on the ground.
In the hands of the upper half, it clutched a Storage Bag.
Sally pulled out the Storage Bag, finding that the ownership mark had been removed, obviously the other party’s intention.
After thinking for a moment, she opened the Storage Bag.
Inside, there were several secret messages, folded notes, various seals, and items like phoenix robes and crowns, but what attracted Sally the most was a blood letter.
——”I am Empress Fen Zhongyan of Yun Kingdom, taken to the Heavenly Tomb by the Ya Clan leader Kungang and the sovereign of Weiyang Country, Wei Jie, using a secret teleportation technique. They harbor treacherous intentions, and are worthy of destruction. Heeding heaven’s call, I pass the throne to the son of King Wen’an, Fen Jue. I hope the new ruler will not fail my expectations and unify the world! This is my final testament from the Heavenly Tomb.” – Fen Zhongyan
[Xiaomei, this is a royal decree. It’s for transfer of the throne to that cross-dressing Fen Jue, right?]
[Yes. Does the host want to deliver it back to him?]
[How many points?] Sally was somewhat reluctant to help, but since she had already opened it and seen, it felt a bit cruel not to lend a hand.
[1 point!] Xiaomei enunciated the words a bit tightly.
Sally laughed,[Alright then, send it to him.]
She promptly put back all the things she took out of the Storage Bag, wrapped the corpse halved by the space blade with a Beast Skin Blanket, and put it into the Storage Bag, too.
Xiaomei sent the Storage Bag to Fen Jue, far away in Sanbang City.
With that, all the remains on her safe path disappeared, and she reached the end of the Barrier.
