NOVPUBIf the Reincarnated Empress was still alive, why hadn’t she appeared before? Not even during Lingxuan’s previous visit to the Ancestral Ground?
Lingxuan stared at the woman in the mirror, her mind racing.
She had never seen the Reincarnated Empress during her past visits to the Ancestral Ground.
Could it be that she only appeared during the inheritance ceremony?
As Lingxuan pondered this, the elders, watching from a distance, exchanged shocked glances.
The Jade Empress’s appearance, her tribulation, her kiss with Mu Zhi’an right before her ascension… it had all been a shock.
And now, before they had even recovered, they were faced with an even more astonishing revelation: the Reincarnated Empress might still be alive!
“Did I see that correctly? Did she just wave at us?” Third Elder stammered, staring at the woman in the mirror, his disbelief evident.
“She wasn’t waving at us. She was waving at our Miss,” Great Elder replied, his cloudy eyes filled with surprise.
If the Reincarnated Empress had truly been awakened by their Miss… her talent was unimaginable.
“Why did Mu Zhi’an enter the mirror?” Elder Ye Ying suddenly asked, her eyes narrowed.
They all looked at the mirror, noticing that Mu Zhi’an, who had been standing before it a moment ago, had vanished.
He had disappeared along with Ye Lingxuan.
“He entered the Ancestral Ground?”
“But he doesn’t have the bloodline. The Ancestral Ground didn’t acknowledge him. How did he get in?” an elder frowned.
“There’s something strange about him. The Rebirth Pool acknowledged him as well.”
“The Chaos Body is rare, but it doesn’t explain why the Rebirth Pool acknowledged him and bestowed those auras upon him…”
As they discussed this, Great Elder’s voice echoed through the air. “The Rebirth Pool might not have acknowledged him, but it might have acknowledged the one within his body.”
The elders who hadn’t been at the Rebirth Pool turned to him, their eyes questioning. “What do you mean, Great Elder?”
He raised his eyelids slightly. “You find it strange that he was acknowledged by the Rebirth Pool. That’s understandable.”
“However, have you considered why the master never restricted his movements? Why did he allow him to freely access the Rebirth Pool?”
They frowned, their eyes flickering with thought.
“Now that you mention it… it is strange…”
They had initially assumed he had struck some kind of deal with the master.
But then the tribulation had descended…
Third Elder’s thoughts raced, and he looked at Great Elder. “The Jade Empress… she’s within Mu Zhi’an’s body?!”
The other elders were stunned, then realization dawned, and they recalled recent events, their breaths catching in their throats.
“If that’s the case… it explains why he was able to enter the Ancestral Ground.”
With the Jade Empress’s power, sending him into the Ancestral Ground would be a trivial matter.
They all felt a sense of relief.
However, Great Elder remained silent, his gaze fixed on the mirror, his eyes filled with a strange glint.
The Jade Empress had come to the Forbidden Zone to use the Rebirth Pool to rebuild her spirit. Now that she had achieved her goal, there was no need for her to enter the Ancestral Ground.
She might have helped Mu Zhi’an if he had asked.
But what if he hadn’t asked her?
What if he had entered the Ancestral Ground… not because of the Jade Empress… but because of the Reincarnated Empress…?
The thought was too shocking to voice, so he kept it to himself, his eyes flickering with surprise as he stared at the mirror.
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“So this is the Ancestral Ground? It’s so desolate…”
Mu Zhi’an and Ye Lingxuan stood in a barren wasteland, a swirling chaos stretching before them, as if the heavens and earth had yet to be separated.
“This is how it always is. It’s said to be a replica of the environment where the Reincarnated Empress once lived,” Lingxuan explained, nodding.
“So she lived in a place like this?”
He murmured, looking around.
He didn’t see any other disciples.
“That’s strange. We entered together. Where are Sister Siyu and the others?”
“I entered with my mother and two elders last time, and we were all in the same area,” she replied, her brow furrowed.
“So our location within the Ancestral Ground is random?”
He nodded, then he tried to recall the Reincarnated Empress’s appearance, glancing at Lingxuan.
Though he couldn’t remember her features, he still had a few keywords associated with her in his mind: “sexy,” “cold,” “curvaceous,” “long hair,” “white dress”…
He could use those keywords to identify her.
And the woman before him… she matched those keywords perfectly!
Despite her simple attire, she was undeniably beautiful, her charm undeniable.
Lingxuan exchanged glances with him, then turned to the woman, her voice hesitant. “Senior… are you the Reincarnated Empress?”
The woman turned to face them.
He finally saw her face clearly.
Her delicate features, her long eyelashes, her slender waist, her smooth skin, her long, slender legs, her delicate feet…
She looked exactly like Lingxuan’s future self!
“I am not the Reincarnated Empress,” she replied, her voice soft, her gaze fixed on Lingxuan.
“But… didn’t you create the Forbidden Zone?” Lingxuan asked, her confusion evident.
Who else could be in the Ancestral Ground besides the one who had created the Forbidden Zone?
However, the woman shook her head. “I did not create the Forbidden Zone.”
She didn’t elaborate. Her gaze shifted to Mu Zhi’an, and she spoke, her voice calm. “Jade Empress, how long do you intend to spy on us from within his body?”
As she spoke, the Jade Empress materialized beside Mu Zhi’an, her green dress elegant and refined, her presence calming.
It’s so reassuring to have Fairy Sister by my side… He inhaled her delicate fragrance, his anxiety fading.
Her presence, her voice… they had a calming effect on him.
She smiled at the woman. “No wonder I sensed something strange about Lingxuan.”
“So that’s how it is…”
She glanced at Lingxuan, her green eyes filled with a strange glint.
She had thought Lingxuan was a baby orca, but it turned out… she was a mosasaur.
“What do you mean, Fairy Sister?” he asked, his mind struggling to process all this information.
“The one who created the Forbidden Zone… it wasn’t the Reincarnated Empress,” she replied, turning to Lingxuan.
“The one who created the Forbidden Zone, who created this Ancestral Ground… it was you.”
Ye Lingxuan… was the true Chosen One.
