Chapter 126 The Three Questions

"Consort Shang, how do you find living in the new palace?"

The Wanli Emperor arrived in the backyard of the new Forbidden City. Since this ancient city had ascended into a Dharma Realm, the palace seemed to gradually give rise to a small universe. Zhang Tianshi had examined it before and found that the Forbidden City had many new "rooms," as if connected to another world.

Zhang Tianshi told the Wanli Emperor that this was a sign of the Dharma Realm giving rise to a blessed land.

There were countless Dharma Realms in the heavens, impossible to measure. Each Dharma Realm corresponded to a specific holy title. Only by reciting specific mantras could the Dharma Realm be connected. These mantras were passed down through the generations in various sects. Of course, there had been cases in the past where a Dharma Realm suddenly descended and communicated with someone's primordial spirit, representing the birth of a new method.

Within the Dharma Realms, the scenery varied. In the Buddhist Dharma Realm, there might be a sea of lotuses or a thunderous hall. In the Daoist Dharma Realm, there might be cloud palaces or divine trees in the Eastern Sea. These divine objects and sacred scenes were born with the Dharma Realm. If a Dharma Realm fell to the mortal world, these things would become blessed lands.

Although different from the Greater Blessed Lands that could communicate with the Reverse World, they also contained various mysteries, captivating cultivators.

At this moment, within a certain palace, there was a prototype of a small universe. Consort Shang, the successor of the Jiajing Emperor, was imprisoned within. When the Wanli Emperor demanded that she be imprisoned here, she did not resist. In the Wanli Emperor's view, she was probably afraid of Zhang Tianshi's methods.

After all, no matter how good the successor sounded, they were just like proxies. Their own strength was weak, so what great things could they accomplish before immortals?

Consort Shang had changed into a Daoist robe, looking like a maiden of sixteen. Compared to when she met Ji Xiang in the past, she had become even younger, from thirty to sixteen.

This was a return to youth.

And this phenomenon would only occur under one circumstance!

"Consort Shang, you are in the deep palace, and when the Forbidden City ascended to become a Dharma Realm, the great changes in Shun Tian did not disturb you. It's truly strange. You should have already lost your magical power and entered the twelve years of primordial cultivation. Why is your palace preserved so well..."

"And why are you gradually returning to youth?"

The Wanli Emperor was no longer the cultivation newbie who was chased around by a group of fire demons. He was now clear about some things.

Consort Shang smiled sweetly, "Your Majesty already has thoughts in his heart, so why not speak them out frankly?"

"This old one is indeed not simply cultivating the primordial. If this old one says that it is because this old one is naturally gifted and entered the solar refinement ahead of time, I wonder if Your Majesty will believe it?"

"Your Majesty has been watching for so many days, and now you have finally confirmed it?"

The Wanli Emperor stared, saying nothing, while Consort Shang's appearance began to change.

Sixteen years of age, the very picture of a young girl ripe enough to have water squeezed from her cheeks. At this moment, her age began to become even smaller, and her figure began to shrink, gradually, gradually, turning into a young girl in her early teens.

Thirteen years old.

And this was precisely the age when she was first conferred the title of Consort by the Jiajing Emperor!

"It really is solar marrow! You have a connection to Prince Lu!"

"How can Your Majesty say such a thing? It's not as if Prince Lu is the only one in the world who possesses solar marrow."

Consort Shang stood up. The sixteen-year-old's clothes looked somewhat large on her current self. The little girl waved her large sleeves and laughed, "This old one still prefers this appearance. This is also how this old one looked when I first entered the palace."

"Wasting my best years in the deep palace, but being able to embark on the path of cultivation is not considered a loss. Now that there is a chance to return to youth, surely this old one is allowed to return to this appearance from the past, right?"

Between her words, all were filled with the sentiments of how wonderful it was to be young.

"Then what is your current state? I also know something about solar refinement. Solar refinement only lasts for three hundred days, and you have not yet attained the primordial..."

"What's so strange about that? Your Majesty, wasn't it in this way that the Arctic True Lord attained the solar?"

Consort Shang's words were astonishing, and the Wanli Emperor was suddenly shocked, "You've met him?"

"I have not, but although this old one is within the deep palace and Dharma Realm, locked within the Reverse Universe, I can perceive all the great events of the world."

"This is a divine power, Your Majesty, would you like to learn it?"

Consort Shang spoke with the air of an old woman, with the appearance of a little girl.

The Wanli Emperor's expression was stern, "All the methods in the world do not exceed the right of Dragon and Tiger. Zhang Tianshi is my close friend, what methods and divine powers in the world are there that I cannot learn? It's just that my own talent is not high. Compared to this so-called divine power, I am more concerned about the solar marrow in your hands!"

"Since you say that you have no connection with Prince Lu, then which heavenly palace are you involved with?"

Consort Shang faintly said, "Your Majesty, have you ever considered one thing?"

"Why did I give the golden mallet to the Arctic True Lord in the first place?"

The Wanli Emperor remained silent, and Consort Shang said, "In fact, this matter only happened less than two years ago."

"And back then, the golden mallet could have been given to anyone, as long as that person had cultivation. The Arctic True Lord had just appeared at that time, and was still a Daoist priest praying for blessings at the Longde Hall."

"He was just a coincidence, but this old one did not expect that he would actually be an ancient immortal revived. It can only be said that the affairs of the world are full of wonders. To be hit by luck is not known whether it is good luck or bad luck."

"I originally wanted to borrow the hand of a cultivator to nurture the golden mallet. This national treasure's true purpose is neither to knock on wooden fish or bronze bells, nor to use it as a hammer to kill people."

The Wanli Emperor raised his voice, suddenly emphasizing, "Stop being coy, I already know that this thing needs the Jade Divine Cymbal to exert its complete function, which can allow people to comprehend the Heavenly Dao. Do you think I don't recognize treasures!"

"Hahaha, so Your Majesty knew."

Consort Shang was stunned, and then burst into laughter, the little girl prancing around in place twice, suddenly stopping.

"Then, does Your Majesty know the three questions?"

"What questions?" The Wanli Emperor narrowed his eyes.

Consort Shang spoke first, "Before the three questions, this old one has a small question. Since Your Majesty knows of the existence of the Jade Divine Cymbal, does Your Majesty know to whom it belongs?"

The Wanli Emperor: "The Lingbao Heavenly Lord, the Arctic True Lord told me."

Consort Shang raised three small fingers:

"The Lingbao Heavenly Lord, where does he exist now?"

"How did the Jiajing Emperor enter the Reverse World?"

"Why was the national treasure handed over to a cultivator?"

"Finally, the time remaining until my death is less than three hundred days."

Consort Shang's smile gradually became strange.

All the arrangements in the world have been prepared.

Some may have come earlier, but they do not hinder the events that are about to happen next.

The Wanli Emperor suddenly changed his expression:

"Comprehend... the Heavenly Dao."

"Which Heavenly Dao is it?"