Chapter 1472: The Secret of the Brahma Emperor
"How does she know about the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal!?" Qianye Fantian growled, somewhat losing his composure.
Because this was the greatest secret of him, and even the entire Fan Di God Realm!
After growling out, he suddenly became alert, waved his arm, and set up a massive soundproof barrier.
The Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal, in ancient times belonged to the Life Creation God Li Suo, and was the third supreme treasure, second only to the Ancestral Sword and the Evil Infant Wheel. If one could make it recognize them as master, one could possess limitless lifespan!
That is, eternal life!
Although it was not the strongest treasure, without a doubt, the word "eternal life" was the ultimate pursuit of all living beings, even true gods and true demons!
If all seven great treasures were placed before one and one could choose any one, then the most chosen would not be the Ancestral Sword and Evil Infant Wheel, but certainly the Life-Death Seal!
According to ancient records, after the Life Creation God Li Suo fell, the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal fell into the hands of the demon race, and then there was no news of it, and it never appeared in the present world.
But in reality, it was obtained by the Fan Di God Realm a hundred thousand years ago.
However, having experienced the Evil Infant calamity, the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal, which most feared the power of darkness, like the Heavenly Poison Pearl, its spirit had long perished, leaving only a dead Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal.
Yes, the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal that could grant living beings eternal life was dead, which sounded somewhat ironic, but it was indeed the truth.
But under the temptation of the word "eternal life", how could the Fan Di God Realm give up because of its death? Over the years, successive Fantian Shen Di had spared no effort in searching for and attempting methods to revive the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal.
And since the great-grandfather generation Fantian Shen Di found the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal, its existence became the greatest secret of the Fan Di God Realm, known only to successive God Emperors and Fan Gods, without even the Fan King having the right to know.
If the news that the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal existed in the Fan Di God Realm were to spread, without a doubt, countless greedy eyes would turn to it. Even if it was the number one king realm of the Eastern Domain, even if it was known that the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal was dead, even if the Fan Di God Realm had never produced an "eternal life" person, it could never extinguish the madness of living beings for the word "eternal life".
Now, the Fan Di God Realm had just lost three Fan Gods and was under the pressure of Yun Che who relied on the Demon Emperor... If this matter were to leak, the Nanming Divine Realm would certainly make a move without a doubt!
No, perhaps it wouldn't even be the Nanming Divine Realm's turn; Jie Tian Mo Di would take the initiative to come knocking!
The vessel of eternal life was enough to fully ignite even the greed of a Demon Emperor.
This was also why Qianye Fantian reacted like this upon hearing Qianye Ying'er's words.
"Xia Qingyue has been suppressing internal strife all these years and never left the Yue Shen Realm. It's impossible for her to know this on her own." Qianye Ying'er said solemnly. "The only possibility is Yue Wuyai!"
Qianye Fantian's eyes turned dark.
"I've long noticed. He knew long ago that what happened to Yue Wugou back then was my doing, but he never showed it on the surface, though he secretly made many underhanded moves." Qianye Ying'er said. "However, Father King need not worry too much. Even if the Yue Shen Realm detects some clues, it's only speculation. If they dare to publicize this matter, I have countless ways to counter-claim that the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal is actually in the Yue Shen Realm!"
"Besides, the Yue Shen Realm does not yet have the right to break with us completely."
"It was so before, but now is different." Qianye Fantian's brows furrowed tighter. "If Yun Che tells Jie Tian Mo Di about this... the consequences are unpredictable."
"No, he doesn't dare." Qianye Ying'er snorted lightly. "If Jie Tian Mo Di thus obtains the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Seal, it would naturally earn her more favor. If it can't be found, that would be deception, and it might even incur her anger after disappointment... Does Father King think Yun Che would dare to take that risk before confirmation?"
"Exactly for this reason, Yun Che and Xia Qingyue's visit this time is very likely to probe and confirm this matter!" Having touched upon the greatest secret, even Qianye Fantian's pupils began to show anxiety. "Purifying the demonic energy was just a smokescreen. Seeing you to settle grievances was also a smokescreen. They didn't mention it at all this time. Next time..."
He took a deep breath, then suddenly turned around. "Ying'er, give orders. I need to meditate in solitude for these two days. No one is to disturb me!"
............
In the cosmic void, on the same mysterious ark, the destination now was precisely the Yue Shen Realm.
"Mission accomplished!" Yun Che stretched his body. "Qingyue, now you should tell me your purpose, right?"
"After we reach the Yue Shen Realm, I will tell you completely. This matter can only be accomplished by you." Xia Qingyue said.
"Mmm..." Yun Che thought for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about what you really want to do for now. This trip today was just a smokescreen to distract the Fantian Shen Di's attention, right?"
"Yes."
"With all due respect," Yun Che glanced at Xia Qingyue, "this kind of smokescreen can fool others, but it's basically impossible to fool Qianye Fantian. Otherwise, he wouldn't be worthy of being the number one God Emperor... But by the way, you should understand this, shouldn't you?"
"The point is precisely that he cannot be fooled." Xia Qingyue said softly. "His thoughts are now surely drawn to 'another place'."
"Another place?" Yun Che was puzzled. "Which place?"
"I know a secret of his, and he should know that I know this secret. This 'visit' of ours was proposed by you, and he was already suspicious. Then I suddenly accompanied you... Although we didn't mention a word, he will definitely think in that direction." Xia Qingyue's eyes flashed with moonlight. "Definitely!"
"Oh?" Yun Che raised an eyebrow. "Why are you so sure?"
"Because that is a secret Qianye Fantian fears most being known, and he is naturally extremely sensitive to it. Once that thought is touched, he cannot escape it. Little does he know... the smokescreen is the true purpose."
If at this moment Yun Che had met Xia Qingyue's gaze, he might have felt a sense of "fear" towards her for the first time.
"Fan Di God Realm still has such a secret?" Yun Che thought and asked, "What secret is it? Can I know it?"
"No!"
"Tch, I knew it." Yun Che pouted.
"Knowing it now would do you no good at all." Xia Qingyue said. "If one day your strength grows enough to make the Fan Di God Realm fear you, then without you asking, I will tell you completely. What you do after knowing that secret is entirely up to you."
"Good!" Yun Che extended a finger. "It's a deal!"
The Yue Shen Realm and the Fan Di God Realm were not far apart. After just a few hours, the Yue Shen Realm was in sight.
A God Emperor returning to their realm was normally a major event, but Xia Qingyue early on put away the mysterious ark and deliberately concealed their aura, taking Yun Che straight into Divine Moon City, hiding it from everyone.
Clearly, she had no intention of letting people know that Yun Che had arrived in the Yue Shen Realm.
"It seems you don't want people to know I'm here. I thought you would bring me into the Yue Shen Realm with great fanfare." Yun Che said somewhat resentfully.
"Your reputation in the Yue Shen Realm is not very good!" Xia Qingyue said indifferently. "If you don't want to attract trouble, just stay here quietly and don't go anywhere."
As she spoke, she led Yun Che into the barrier of the God Emperor's bedchamber.
This was Xia Qingyue's bedchamber, yet it was also a special small world. Upon entering, a gentle breeze blew towards them, the sound of flowing water faintly reached their ears, and the ground was bathed in soft moonlight from an unknown source, as if suddenly placed in a picturesque moonlight illusion.
And in the soft moonlight, three graceful and slender maiden silhouettes were reflected.
They walked forward, their steps light, their dresses different colors, but all extremely charming. Their skin was snow-white, delicate and crystalline. Looking by the moonlight, their figures were graceful and slender, with well-defined curves. Although their auras differed, their faces were all exquisitely beautiful like a poem or painting.
"Handmaidens welcome Master and Young Master Yun."
They bowed respectfully, not surprised by Yun Che's arrival, clearly because Qingyue had informed them in advance.
Among these three girls, Yun Che recognized the one in yellow in the middle, remembered as Jin Yue. The other two he saw for the first time. Standing side by side, they made even Yun Che feel momentarily dazzled... Even with Xia Qingyue present, they were still a stunningly beautiful sight, enough to make any man's heart flutter with thoughts.
"You may withdraw." Xia Qingyue said. "If I have no orders in the coming days, no one is to come see me."
"Yes." Jin Yue, Yao Yue, and Lian Yue obediently replied, then walked away lightly, leaving only a faint fragrance.
"The Yue Shen Realm is truly a good place." Yun Che said with a grin. "But fortunately, your close attendants are all women. If they were men... I would drive them all away!"
"As the God Emperor of the Moon God Realm, not to mention male servants, I could even take thousands of male consorts if I wished." Xia Qingyue cast a leisurely sidelong glance at him with her beautiful eyes.
"Male consorts?" Yun Che gritted his teeth. "If you dare have any, I'll kill them all!"
"Is that so?" Xia Qingyue gave a faint, ambiguous smile. "Leaving aside male consorts, if you can drive away the three maidservants from just now, I will grant your wish. How about it?"
"Oh, and don't blame me for not warning you." Before Yun Che could answer, Xia Qingyue continued. "The three of them: Jin Yue and Lian Yue are my personal Moon Divine Envoys, both at the fifth-level Divine Lord realm. As for Yao Yue, though she looks the most delicate and easy to bully, she is my Assistant Moon God, one of the twelve Moon Gods of the Yue Shen Realm along with me. And among all the Moon Gods, her strength is second only to me and the Golden Moon God."
"~!@#$%..." The words Yun Che was about to say were smashed back into his stomach.
"If you don't control your hands and feet and provoke them, even if they just make a slight mistake, you wouldn't have enough lives to die a hundred times."
"..." Yun Che swallowed hard. Being able to serve as maidservants to a God Emperor naturally meant they couldn't be ordinary characters.
But those three girls who looked so delicate and less threatening than a rabbit—were they too ridiculously strong!
"Without sufficient strength, don't make rash statements. Do you think now that if I wanted to take male consorts, you could stop me?"
"Even if I can't stop it, I will still try!" Yun Che said hatefully, then his expression turned serious. "But I believe you definitely won't."
"Do you think everyone is as lustful as you?"
"Uh..." Yun Che was momentarily speechless.
Xia Qingyue stopped teasing him. She slowly walked forward a few steps and stood amidst the moonlight. A gentle wind blew, causing her black hair and purple dress to flutter, inadvertently outlining a breathtakingly graceful curve that made Yun Che's gaze freeze.
As if sensing the suddenly still gaze behind her, Xia Qingyue placed her jade hand behind her back, and her wide, mist-like purple gauze sleeves naturally fell over her overly curved and alluring hips and waist, also blocking Yun Che's view. "I will now tell you what to do next."
"When you purified the demonic energy for Qianye Fantian the first time, you had the impulse several times to take the opportunity to poison him, and said he wouldn't notice. I was puzzled at the time, but later learned you possessed the Heavenly Poison Pearl, so I understood. So..." Xia Qingyue's gaze turned slightly misty, seemingly foggy yet cold. "I want you, the next time you purify his demonic energy, just as you previously thought, to take advantage of the profound energy entering his body and release the poison of the Heavenly Poison Pearl into him!"
Yun Che frowned and said, "Under the current chaotic aura, the poison power of the Heavenly Poison Pearl recovers extremely slowly. With its current level of recovery, even if I release all the poison power, I couldn't poison him to death."
"Last time, it was just a natural fantasy arising from such a perfect opportunity of profound energy entering the body—not even an impulse. Moreover... at that time, even if I could really poison him to death, I would only have the impulse but certainly wouldn't act on it."
Xia Qingyue said slowly, "What I want is not for you to poison him to death, and indeed you cannot poison him to death. What I want is for Qianye Fantian to be in a desperate situation, not a death situation!"
A desperate situation makes the other party struggle with hope, while a death situation... brings about a desperate counterattack and an endless fight to the death.
The latter is absolutely not something Yun Che and the Yue Shen Realm can bear.