"I fought with the enemy and lost. I fled here, leaving behind the experience of life and swordsmanship. When you see my corpse, you will have a relationship with me. I have sealed my lifelong cultivation base in my corpse. If you touch my corpse, you will gain my cultivation base.
"I only have one regret in this life and I hope that you will be able to fulfill my dying wish.
"I do not seek revenge, I don't want any of that. I only hope that you will find my daughter and take care of her. This is the only favor I can give you. Thank you in advance!"
After reading the words on the stone wall, the swordsman was unable to move.
In the next moment, a powerful spiritual energy surged out from the corpse and went straight into the swordsman's body.
The swordsman felt the spiritual energy in his body soar and rush to his dantian.
His cultivation base rose, constantly improving, reaching heights he had never felt!
The swordsman slowly opened his eyes, looked at the unknown corpse, nodded slightly, and made a promise: "If ever I find your daughter, know that I will take care of her for the rest of my life. I won't ever be able to repay this kindness."
Thereafter, the swordsman gazed at the longsword laying beside the corpse. He turned and left without taking the sword.
Let it accompany its master, resting in this cave for eternity.
After leaving the cave, the swordsman was in an elated mood.
He had gained great power and could now release spiritual energy and intent!
The swordsman walked down the mountain with his wooden sword proudly.
Although it was merely a wooden sword, as long as he had a sufficient cultivation base, it was more than enough.
He was now in the Dao Palace Realm.
In this remote northwestern region called Qingzhou City, he was at the pinnacle of power.
***
Time flies so quickly.
Half a month had passed.
The swordsman learned that the little girl was going to be sold off to the Lin Family as a child bride to marry their stupid son.
That night, the swordsman came to the little girl's house.
Standing outside the window, he heard voices inside the house.
"Yue'er, eat fast. Go to bed early when you're all full."
"Mmph! Mom, Dad, you eat too!"
"Of course! My Yue'er is really kind."
It was a warm, loving home of a family of three. Others wouldn't be able to guess whether the parents loved the girl or not. But the swordsman recognized those parents. They were the couple he saw when he first came to the small town of Jiangnan, talking about selling off their daughter without her knowing.
He couldn't believe it; they were selling their daughters in exchange for riches.
He kept watching and saw Yue'er's mother secretly put the white powder into the teacup.
"Yue'er, eat slowly. Come, drink some water."
The mother smiled and passed her the teacup.
"Mmn!"
Yue'er drank the tea without noticing anything amiss.
How can any child be wary of their own parents?
Seeing this scene, the cultivators of different backgrounds dropped their mouths to the floor.
"What? It turns out that that evil couple was Yue'er's parents?!"
"It's too coincidental, isn't it? It's like fate…"
"How can such a cute little girl have cruel parents!"
"A mother drugging her daughter… I have lived hundreds of years and have never seen a sight such as this! Despicable! Abhorrent!"
"Swordsman, hurry up! Save the little girl!"
"I believe that the swordsman will definitely make a move! The swordsman is a kind person who repays debts and gratitude."
"Yes. If he would risk his own life to pick the white flower because Yue'er said that she like that flower, then he will definitely not sit idly by!"
"Kill those evil parents!"
"Yes! Kill them and save the little girl!"
Hundreds of millions of cultivators urged the swordsman to take action quickly. Even they wished that they could go and do it themselves!
The urge to see what happens next looked like a reader reaching the climax and quickly urging the author to update fast.
The cultivators didn't notice, but Empress Chiyue had a dull expression.
'Why is it like this? Why did my mother give me that medicine? Is this true? No, impossible! Absolutely impossible!'
Empress Chiyue, the Scarlet Moon Empress did not believe that this was true.
How could a mother possibly drug her own child?
This was not true!
She clearly remembered her mother's kind smile that night.
That was also the last time she saw her warm, loving smile.
Her mother would always make a table of delicious food for her. She would never want her to be hungry. But remembering that night… after drinking water, she seemed to be a little sleepy, and then fell asleep. No… impossible! This… how could this be possible?
Empress Chiyue was shocked, if not a little shaken.
Had she been wrong this entire time?
That uncle was really kind to her. If she hadn't discovered his true nature, Empress Chiyue would have regarded the swordsman as her best friend.
"With the power of the Golden Light appearing through the reincarnation cycle, what is the meaning of the images projected?" Empress Xianqin asked, looking at Ye Changge's corpse with indifferent eyes.
"It doesn't matter the meaning as long as he doesn't resurrect."
While Empress Taiyin was recovering from her injuries, she silently watched the projection, her eyes going back and forth between Ye Changge's corpse and the projection.
If ever she was to notice any possibility of his resurrection, she'll make sure to cut it off!
As for why she chose not to interfere with the Golden Light, it had only occurred once in ancient times. She and the other empresses were curious to see what will happen.
The second reason was that they were heavily injured. They would be unable to destroy the corpse of an immortal emperor in their current state.
Even if he has fallen, even if he is dead, it is not easy to destory the body of an Immortal Emperor.
What's more, if they don't cut off his way of reincarnation, he'll only reincarnate again! And that… will be troublesome.
The empresses were recovering their strength as soon as possible.
At the same time, they were curious. They wanted to know what was happening, they wanted to unravel Ye Changge's memories and what became of him.
And since they had nothing to do, they may as well watch Ye Changge's first life.
Maybe they'll find something out.
Speaking of which, why does that lively little girl named Yue'er look a little familiar…