Chapter 119: Origin Energy Might (1/2)
As soon as the carriage drove into the royal palace, the group felt an intangible pressure reminiscent of an indomitable mountain weighing on them. The pressure emanated from the center of the royal palace, spreading out in all directions.
All martial artists, even if one of King Song’s level, would feel a powerful pressure. In the carriage, Mister Yin Shan huddled up tightly in the corner silently.
Despite the proximity between the two, had King Song not known in advance, he wouldn’t have noticed Mister Yin Shan’s presence.
The royal palace was where the strongest experts of the Central Plains were centered, and even the phrase ‘the lair of a dragon, den of a tiger’ was far from sufficient to describe it. Clearly, Mister Yin Shan didn’t wish to attract the attention of these experts.
The interior of the carriage fell even more silent.
Hong long long!
After proceeding ahead for a period of time, the rumbling of another carriage suddenly sounded.
“Is it King Song in front?”
A sharp voice echoed from behind the carriage.
“That’s right!”
“His Majesty has said that he won’t meet anyone today. King Song, I suggest that you should return for now.”
The eunuch’s voice was calm.
“Yes! I understand. Gonggong, you should leave first, I will depart from the royal palace soon.”
After a moment of silence, King Song replied.
Hearing King Song’s words, the eunuch didn’t think much and left straight away. Hong long long, the carriage slowly disappeared into the distance.
“Hurry!”
Listening silently in the carriage, King Song ordered the coach to head to Yuzhen Palace as soon as the rumbling of the other carriage faded into nothingness.
Even kings required a reason to enter the palace, and requesting for an audience with the emperor was the most convenient one.
King Song already knew that he would be rejected, but from the very start, his purpose was something else.
“Mister Yin Shan, we can’t enter too deep or stay too long, or else the attendants of the royal family would be alarmed. I’ll have to trouble mister to take note of this.”
King Song said.
To King Song, Mister Yin Shan was an enigma. The only thing he knew about him was that he was blessed with several abilities from birth. Physiognomy, longevity divination, as well as an ability that had disappeared from the world for a very long time:
Aura peering!
Legend has it that humans would emanate different ‘aura’ from the top of their head. An emperor would exude the aura of an emperor; a minister would exude the aura of a minister; a youngster would exude the aura of liveliness; an elderly would exude the aura of decline…
These auras were invisible to the eyes of normal humans, and only seers who possessed the ability of aura peering could see them.
Mister Yin Shan was unique in the sense that he could determine one’s physiognomy just by peering into one’s aura.
The carriage rumbled on and soon, from the carriage windows, a crystal-like palace illuminated by innumerable lamps could be seen in the distance.
“Mister Yin Shan, in front of us is Yuzhen…”
Just as King Song was about to tell Mister Yin Shan that it was Yuzhen Palace right in front, he was interrupted.
“I’m done! Your Highness, we can leave now.”
From the corner of the carriage, Mister Yin Shan’s faint voice sounded.
Hearing the barely audible words, King Song was taken aback.
He wanted to tell Mister Yin Shan to hurry up since they didn’t have much time, but it seemed that Mister Yin Shan’s efficiency in aura peering was much faster than he had expected.
Just by lifting the curtain veil slightly, Mister Yin Shan was already done with it.
“Yes, mister!”
Recovering from his shock, King Song quickly replied.
Hong long long!
Soon, the carriage left the royal palace as quietly as it came, alarming no one at all.
Moving along the streets of Chang’an, the carriage stopped only after it was a long distance away from the royal palace.
(Chang’an is the capital of the Great Tang)
“Mister Yin Shan, did you manage to see anything?”
King Song glanced grimly but expectantly at Mister Yin Shan, who was still seated in the corner.
“No!”
As though a bird who had just recovered from a fright, Mister Yin Shan abruptly slackened his body and sat upright. However, despite his movements, his presence still felt as elusive as a shadow.
“… I couldn’t see anything from her aura. Having entered the royal palace, she is protected by the Son of Heaven. The purple aura of the Son of Heaven hinders me from seeing anything. However, there’s one thing that I managed to peer into.”
“What is it?”
King Song’s face tightened.
“The person who Your Highness asked me to take a look at is Consort Taizhen? And she was married to King Shou for a few years?”
Mister Yin Shan lifted his head and stared at King Song with a deep and profound gaze.
“That’s right!”
King Song couldn’t understand what Mister Yin Shan was driving at.
“Then why did I see the aura of a virgin?”
“What!! How is that possible?”
King Song was taken aback. His first reaction was that Mister Yin Shan must be mistaken. After all, Consort Taizhen and King Shou were married for a few years, so how could she still be a virgin?
“Mister, could it be possible that you’ve seen wrongly?”
King Song spoke almost instantaneously. However, as soon as those words escaped from his mouth, he realized that he had misspoken. Mister Yin Shan was skilled in aura peering, and it was impossible for him to be mistaken.
Besides, he had already said that Consort Taizhen was protected by the purple aura of the Son of Heaven. Even if Mister Yin Shan was unable to recognize Consort Taizhen, it was impossible for him to mistake the purple aura of the Son of Heaven.
“Hehe, Your Highness, do you understand now?”
Mister Yin Shan chuckled before clasping his fist.
“Your Highness has instructed me to peer into the aura of Consort Taizhen, and I have accomplished the matter asked of me. Destiny cannot be defied, so I hope the best for Your Highness!”
There seemed to be another meaning hidden in Mister Yin Shan’s final words. After which, as though a shadow, he slid out of the carriage and disappeared without a trace, just like how he appeared.