Chapter 456: Only Victory Is Allowed (1/2)

Chapter 456: Only Victory Is Allowed

The Divine King’s mansion was still stately and imposing. The auras from several generations of kings were still here, always instilling awe in visitors.

“Hmm, not bad, you have consolidated your second-level cultivation with 11,000 strands of violet energy. This is enough to contend against young kings.” The Divine King’s clear eyes could see the amount of violet energy in Feiyun but not his 9,930 beast souls.

Meanwhile, Feiyun didn’t talk about what he had done in the last couple of days. He had no way of speculating whether the king knew about his one-night affair with Ji Lingxuan or not at Southern Sky.

Feiyun said with a natural expression: “It is all due to the golden ginseng, I thank you again, master.”

“No need to be so formal with me.” The king replied: “We’ll go to the royal sacred ground tomorrow. All the members of the royal clan will be there, including the Jin Emperor, the four Divine Consorts, and the other imperial concubines. Princes, princesses, the royal ancestors; the court members such as the three directors, nine ministers, and eighteen marquises will be there too. Their prodigies will also come to spectate, so you need to prepare well tonight.”

“So many people are coming?” Feiyun was surprised. He was worried the most about Ji Lingxuan. If they were to meet at the sacred ground, what was he going to do? A slight misstep might result in exposing the truth and his death.

The king said: “The emperor is the foundation of the dynasty while the king is the protector. Thus, the successor’s bestowment is just as important as naming the next crown prince. Right, which princesses and imperial concubines came to find you recently?”

Feiyun’s mind jumped after hearing this but he quickly calmed his thoughts and leisurely said: “Several imperial concubines did come to find me recently but I didn’t meet them. I’ve only met… Consort Ji once, not daring to offend her due to her position.”

The king remained natural and stroke his white beard then nodded: “I’ve heard of that. Some people saw you and the Divine Consort meeting at Southern Sky once in a buddhist chamber. At that time, the abbot, Buddha Maitreya, was also present to chant.”

This was naturally not the truth.

But Feiyun already knew that many great powers in the capital worked together to hide all divination and twisted the truth. This became the new reality.

‘The Divine King is implicitly telling me about it. Looks like he is aware too and must have been part of the group that helped me that night. This Ji Lingxuan is something else, actually dragging the Divine King into this mess too.’

It’s an internal and embarrassing problem for the royal clan. The Divine King naturally didn’t want this matter made public so he had to hide it.

Moreover, Feiyun was his disciple and he stood behind Feiyun’s Divine King candidacy. If the emperor were to find out, he would be implicated as well after Feiyun’s death.

Ji Lingxuan only slept with Feiyun but she had pulled so many big shots down. This would be the card she uses to blackmail them because exposing this secret would make it hard on everyone.

From this, one could see that this woman was not only wily but would also do anything necessary to achieve her goals. Her courage was also the most impressive, daring to have an affair with another man at the capital while being confident that others would help her hide it. The other Divine Consorts didn’t have this characteristic.

Of course, Feiyun didn’t understand why he was so easily seduced. He had such little self-control before her. Even though he knew that he should never sleep with her, it still happened anyway. There must have been a reason for his weakened self-control.

Feiyun respectfully said: “The Divine Consort is a master in Buddhism, I have learned a lot from her.”

The king slightly smirked and said: “Then you have agreed to marry Princess Yue after passing the examination.”

“Princess Yue?” Feiyun was surprised.

“Divine Consort Ji’s daughter that has been cultivating at the Ji Clan. She only returned recently and was bestowed the title of princess.” The king slightly glanced at him.

Feiyun had never heard of this princess before and Ji Lingxuan didn’t bring it up so he was caught off guard.

The king noticed this and smiled: “If someone outside the royal clan wants to become the Divine King, they must marry a princess. A decision must be made after the examination. I’m sure the meeting between you and the Divine Consort was about this, am I right?”

“Of course.” Feiyun said.

“Then did you agree?”

“I… feel that marrying a princess is a grand matter that can’t be taken trivially. I’m still thinking about it.” Feiyun’s thoughts were chaotic.