Looking at the pill formula, the empress sat up straight and stared straight at it. A stream of hot tears flowed down her face and turned into a sparkling gem when it fell out the corner of her eyes.
"Su Ze, this pill formula of yours reminds me of a lot of memories. Where did you get that book?" The empress took a deep breath and recovered from her shock. She slowly sat back down on the chair. Even the ice around her subsided.
"It was a fortuitous encounter. I just got lucky," Su Ze said with a smile.
"Since you don't want to talk about it, I naturally won't delve into it. Do you want to hear my story?" The empress smiled. Her eyes were lost in thought. She waved her hand. A throne appeared behind Su Ze.
"I am naturally willing." Su Ze cupped his hands and said. He flung his robe and sat on the throne behind him.
The empress's stance was clear. Su Ze had no choice but to listen.
Since that was the case, Su Ze was naturally willing to listen to the empress's story, even though Su Ze had already learned a lot of stories about the empress from the simulator.
However, the story that the empress told herself was far more interesting than the simulator!
"Three hundred years ago, when I was still a mortal, I had a family and an ordinary but interesting life. I thought that I would continue living like this and marry someone I didn't love, but my life was more eventful than I had thought."
The Empress looked at the ceiling of the palace with a nostalgic expression. As she spoke, she took out a bottle of wine from her interspatial ring and started to taste it carefully.
"What happened?" Su Ze was definitely a qualified listener. He silently guided the empress to continue.
"My entire family died in a bandit attack. Only my maid and I survived..."
"From then on, I entered the sect and relied on her. At that time! I thought that my little sister and I would always be together. I grew up to be a powerful expert, and she became a powerful alchemist. "As she spoke, a smile as gentle as spring appeared on the empress's face.
"But in the end, she broke the promise!"
The empress's face was wracked with pain. She seemed to be a little drunk. When she was deep in thought, she even took out an amulet from her interspatial ring. It was a well-preserved amulet that was yellowing in color.
"In other words, your sister..." Su Ze said sadly.
"Yes, she passed away during the demon wave. Alright, you can leave now. I want to stay by myself for a while." The empress said with a smile.
Su Ze nodded and turned around to leave.
"Wait, Su Ze, this is for you too!" The empress suddenly called out to Su Ze and threw a token to him. "There is an emperor-level magic tool inside. Its function is..."
"Thank you, Sect Master." Su Ze took the token and bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ze walked out of Guanghan Palace.
The empress watched Su Ze leave, and her expression returned to its icy-cold state. She recalled her younger sister's face in her mind, and in her heart, she said, "For a moment, I thought you had returned."
...
As Su Ze walked, he recalled the changes that had happened to the empress. From her ice-cold appearance at the start, to the tenderness when she recalled her younger sister.
Su Ze suddenly had a guess. The empress had a cold appearance. Maybe she was just protecting him. The empress in the simulator was her real personality!
"What does it have to do with me?" Su Ze smiled and shook his head. This time, the most unexpected thing was the emperor level treasure. This was a pleasant surprise.
After walking back to his residence, Su Ze started to count the things he had gotten this time.
First, he took out his interspatial ring. There were a total of four items.
Su Ze had a sword that was half his height, a light blue robe, a heart-protecting mirror, and A..? ... Turtle Shell???
When Su Ze saw this turtle shell, he was stumped. Even if he racked his brains, he still couldn't understand why the empress would give him a turtle shell?
Could it be that she wanted him to be a coward?
This didn't fit Su Ze's style!
However, when Su Ze found the information about this turtle shell in the treasure manual, he knew that it wasn't a symbolic gesture with a hidden message.
Instead, at a life and death moment, this turtle shell would protect him. After crushing it, a protective shield would appear around his body. This protective shield could withstand a full-strength attack from someone below the fifth level of the Emperor Realm. It could be said to be a life-saving divine weapon.
The other three were all Grandmaster-level weapons. The empress was going all out to protect Su Ze.
Not to mention the turtle shell, just the armor and heart protection mirror alone would be impervious?
Su Ze smiled and put the four weapons back into his interspatial ring before taking out the token given by the empress.
This was a genuine emperor-level weapon!
Su Ze's eyes were filled with excitement. He crushed the token and a silver lotus appeared in front of him.
According to the instructions given by the Empress before she left, there were a total of 1,000 grandmaster level weapons within. After familiarizing himself with them, he could use his mental energy to activate the sword attacks within.
That scene was like a goddess scattering flowers. However, since it was an emperor-level weapon, it was only natural for an Emperor-realm warrior to be able to unleash its full power.
Su Ze was far from that realm. To be able to activate a hundred sword weapons was a matter of luck.
However...
The empress gave this weapon to Su Ze not only to strengthen his combat power, right!
After all, the lotus flower was extremely fast! Even an Emperor-realm expert might not be able to keep up with Su Ze.
Su Ze was satisfied with the contract with the weapon. After packing up, he headed to the Holy Land. Elder Lin was still waiting for him there to train!
...
Five days later in the Holy Land.
"Su Ze, you're really not bad. In five days, you've reached Martial Master! You've accumulated a lot! Oh, not bad!"
Elder Lin patted Su Ze's shoulder with a smile.
"This was only possible with your meticulous teaching."
Su Ze smiled humbly.
Elder Lin was stunned when he heard this. The unpleasant memories of the past five days resurfaced in his mind. Every time he taught Su Ze a move, Su Ze would learn it in less than five minutes.
He had been absolutely useless...
It was as if he was air.
"It has nothing to do with me!" Elder Lin curled his lips, and his tone was a little resentful.
"The sect battle tournament will begin in two days. But I'm not having you out there like this. Beauties do not go out of their rooms without putting on rouge!" Patriarch Lin thought that he had made a very vivid analogy.
"Actual combat, right?"
"Yes. I've decided to send you to the rainforest to temper yourself. I'll let you experience the world out there," said Elder Lin with a smile.
"Okay."