frightfiction Chapter 1119: Do you really understand yourself?
Chapter 1119: Do you really understand yourself?
A fierce wind howled atop the observation platform.
When Qin Yiyao saw Gu Ce at the very top of the Fortune-Observing Platform, the Grand Preceptor was still wearing that simple gray cloth robe. He didn't look like a Grand Preceptor who held power, but rather like a Confucian scholar who lived in seclusion in the mountains.
However, she wasn't interested in Gu Ce.
From this vantage point, the entire Qinggu Divine Capital unfolds like a chessboard, with streets and alleys like lines and palaces like pieces. High above, one can see the divine kingdom's fortune like a pale golden mist, and the heavy, substantial Daoist aura of destiny slowly flowing.
However, upon closer inspection, the golden mist appears noticeably thin and dim, like a torn wound that has not yet healed.
Those were the scars left from when the Great Enemy of the Era tore away most of the Qi Luck Cycle several months ago.
Unless the Qinggu Divine Kingdom starts its military campaign now to conquer the surrounding dynasties in order to make up for its own losses, the wounds will be difficult to heal even after hundreds of thousands of years, thanks to the accumulation of fortune by the cultivators within the divine kingdom.
Even the mighty divine kingdom appears insignificant before the great enemy of the era.
of course.
Unless it was truly the work of a great enemy of the era, Qin Yiyao remained skeptical, believing it to be a scheme by Gu Ce.
Although these two points are not contradictory.
"How did you feel at Qinghuang Palace just now?"
Gu Ce asked.
Qin Yiyao paused for a moment: "That prince wanted to use me to establish his authority, but unfortunately he wasn't capable enough."
"Hehe, His Majesty doesn't actually have many children. Compared to the rulers of other dynasties, he doesn't care much about bloodline inheritance. However, Qingyin is indeed His Majesty's most favored son, so he inevitably has a bit of arrogance that others don't have."
"But it's not that he's not capable enough."
Gu Ce finally turned his head to look at Qin Yiyao. His eyes were calm, yet deep enough to make one's heart tremble.
"You're just too special."
Qin Yiyao met his gaze: "What does the Imperial Advisor mean?"
Gu Ce did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Qing Yin's bloodline divine power has no effect on you, right?"
A slight chill ran through her, but she remained outwardly calm: "It is indeed a bit strange."
"It's not strange, it's inevitable."
Gu Ce turned around and looked towards the distant sky, where the golden Daoist aura derived from the divine kingdom's fortune was slowly flowing.
"The divine power of the descendants of the Heavenly Mandate originates from the thinnest strand of divine blood carried in their bloodline. It is the natural suppression of all living beings by a high-ranking being, which should be like a mountain crushing an ant. But do you think you are an ant, or a mountain that it cannot crush?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yiyao's pupils contracted slightly.
That's a very direct way of putting it.
She will not be suppressed by divine power, because she is not one of the myriad beings that would submit to a god, but rather a mountain like a god.
That's a really novel idea.
When Gu Ce approached her before, he claimed that she had a very close connection with the Wanchao Civilization and that she was born to be there. At the time, Qin Yiyao scoffed at this claim.
It wasn't that she didn't want to believe she had that kind of talent, it's just that she couldn't think in that direction at all.
"Don't you believe it?"
Gu Ce turned around, his deep eyes sweeping over Qin Yiyao.
His face was plain and unremarkable, but his eyes gave one the illusion that they could see right through him.
"I know my own limitations."
Qin Yiyao said indifferently.
Hear the words.
Gu Ce smiled faintly: "Really?"
"..."
Qin Yiyao frowned slightly: "Then what does the Imperial Advisor think I am worth?"
That's really loaded with hidden meaning.
How could she not understand her own level?
Having been reborn, she was fortunate enough to encounter a master who defied fate and changed her destiny. These were all vivid memories of her past. Qin Yiyao clearly knew what kind of path she was cultivating and what kind of aptitude she possessed.
If there's anything that's still unclear, it's her master.
Could it be that Gu Ce wasn't actually referring to her own talent, but rather subtly pointing out her master?
Gu Ce didn't say it explicitly, but just asked her to step forward a little more, which Qin Yiyao did.
At that very moment, she seemed to sense something, and suddenly looked up, her gaze fixed on the Daoist aura of the nation's destiny high in the sky.
She thought that she had triggered the destiny of the Qinggu Divine Kingdom and resonated with it.
But Qin Yiyao soon discovered that this was not the case.
That divine aura exuded a very vague emotion, an emotion called "submission"!
Her time as an empress in the lower realm wasn't that long ago, so this feeling was all too familiar to Qin Yiyao.
But that is the destiny of the Qinggu Divine Kingdom!
How could he show such subservience to someone who is only at the Creation Realm?
Qin Yiyao stretched out her hand, intending to use her cultivation of the Dao of Fortune to sense the fortune of the Divine Kingdom. But she soon discovered something even more shocking: the fortune of the Divine Kingdom seemed to be drawn in, and was surging toward her with great momentum!
But this never happened.
Gu Ce reacted swiftly, and with a single display of power, he completely severed her connection to the divine kingdom's destiny.
Qin Yiyao's fingertips trembled slightly, and she even felt an uncontrollable palpitation. She seemed somewhat dazed, as if she were the one being watched by the entire dynasty, not someone else.
Am I really that special?