You felt your vision blur for a moment as Li Lingyue took you flying into the sky.
The speed was astonishingly fast.
Soon, the two of you landed amidst a vast sea of flowers.
The flowers here were enormous, packed tightly together, like a natural trampoline.
Restrictive barriers rose around you, blocking all detection and prying eyes.
What followed was somewhat sudden, yet also felt natural.
For three days and three nights, you lost all sense of the world around you.
"Lingyue, we should talk business now."
Li Lingyue pressed a jade-like finger against your lips.
"No need to say more. I will do whatever you ask me to do. If you hadn't brought me to the Southern Borderlands back then, how could I have everything I have today? I believe in your prophetic ability."
Li Lingyue still believed you had the ability to foresee the future.
Therefore, she had unwavering faith in everything you said.
Upon returning to the military camp that same day, Li Lingyue immediately issued orders.
She appointed the Hundred Kingdoms Alliance's top diplomat as an Imperial Commissioner to lead a peace negotiation team, bearing generous gifts, to the Great Qian Empire, explaining the stakes and proposing a temporary ceasefire.
She commanded the top generals of fifty kingdoms to lead their own troops, carrying a large amount of martial arts resources, to march to Cangqiong Ridge to assist the Limitless Sword Sect in setting up defenses ahead of time to resist the impending Demon Tribe invasion!
She issued a Hero's Decree, widely announcing the news of the Demon Tribe's imminent attack on the Five Regions, calling upon martial arts sects, martial artist clans, and other martial forces of the Southern Borderlands to participate in the resistance, with outstanding performers receiving heavy rewards from the allied kingdoms.
One messenger after another rushed out from the central command tent.
Although it was a loosely structured alliance of a hundred kingdoms, when centered around the Female Emperor, it displayed remarkably high execution efficiency.
Li Lingyue had long since adapted to her identity as the Female Emperor, handling these decision-making affairs with practiced ease.
After issuing the decisions, Li Lingyue began helping you solve your problems.
Knowing you needed resources to charge towards the Spirit Condensation realm, without a second word, she exchanged all her years of resource reserves for the spirit plants you required.
This was to allow you to refine pills that could increase cultivation in the Spirit Sea realm.
Knowing you needed the formula for the Five Regions Sacred Pill, without question, she took you to Danxiang Valley.
Danxiang Valley was one of the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains. This sect excelled in alchemy and was located deep within the Southern Borderlands.
The Southern Borderlands were mountainous, with many treacherous areas that remained untouched by humans for years, making it highly likely that rare spirit plants of great age grew there.
Danxiang Valley was situated in the Southern Borderlands precisely to facilitate the acquisition of these precious spirit plants.
When Li Lingyue took you to Danxiang Valley, she specifically summoned the Peacock Imperial Carriage.
This was a flying carriage pulled by nine multicolored peacock exotic beasts.
As it passed through the sky, it was like a broad rainbow sweeping across the heavens, complemented by the natural rainbow light emitted by the multicolored peacocks and their pleasant, melodious cries.
It could be described as breathtakingly beautiful and full of immortal aura.
This was the pomp and circumstance befitting the Female Emperor.
She did this deliberately to bolster your prestige, making it much easier to obtain the pill formula from Danxiang Valley.
Sure enough, upon seeing the arrival of the Peacock Imperial Carriage, the Valley Master of Danxiang Valley personally came out to greet them.
"The Female Emperor's visit brings great honor to our humble sect, truly a joyous occasion! We respectfully invite Your Majesty to enter the valley for a feast, allowing us to properly host you..."
The Valley Master seemed like a rather serious person.
But before the Female Emperor, he was extremely reverent, clearly intending to flatter.
"As the sect master of one of the Eight Pillars of the Five Domains, this old Valley Master seems to respect you a bit too much, doesn't he?"
"What do you think I relied on to gather the faith of the Southern Borderlands?"
"Of course it's martial force. Those who don't offer incense to me will surely meet with bloody disaster!"
Li Lingyue chuckled and shook her head.
"That's the Martial Dao, not the Faith Dao."
Li Lingyue told you.
After awakening her Faith Sacred Physique at Soul-Severing Cliff, she first spent several years training in martial arts and medicine with her master, that old woman you had seen.
Afterwards, she traveled throughout the Southern Borderlands.
Using martial arts to eliminate harm for the people, subduing demons and vanquishing monsters.
Using medicine to aid the distressed and succor the needy, healing the sick and saving the dying.
Throughout this process, the old woman had always accompanied her, helping her continuously refine her abilities and cultivation, and develop her Sacred Physique.
Therefore, there was no problem that Li Lingyue couldn't handle.
If Li Lingyue couldn't handle it, the old woman would step in, with all the merit and virtue being credited to Li Lingyue.
When the number of people Li Lingyue had helped reached a certain point, people, grateful for her kindness, would build temples and offer incense to her.
It was the same as the common people of Divine Arms County building a temple for the Fiery-Eyed Golden Monkey.
After that, it was like a snowball effect.
The more temples Li Lingyue had, the stronger she became.
The level of problems she could solve and people she could help became higher and higher.
Even Danxiang Valley had received a favor from her.
When Li Lingyue's prestige and supporters among the common people grew to the point where every country in the Hundred Kingdoms of the South had them, it was natural for her to have hundreds responding to a single call, leading to the situation today.
The Valley Master's respect for the Female Emperor was due both to her status and to having received her kindness in the past.
"That old woman is truly good to you. She's lifting you up with all her strength."
"My master's kindness is something I can never repay in this lifetime."
You and Li Lingyue arrived as guests at Danxiang Valley.
During the banquet, seeing the intimate behavior between the two of you, the shrewd individuals of Danxiang Valley naturally understood.
"Your Majesty has not taken anyone into the imperial harem for many years. It seems you have finally found a good match this time."
Li Lingyue was open and generous.
"Chen Yi and I have known each other for over forty years, so it's not exactly a recent 'finding'."
Hearing this, the Danxiang Valley members looked at you with even more respect.
See how well the Female Emperor protected her beloved! She kept him hidden and cultivated him all the way to the Spirit Sea realm before bringing him out, fearing he would be targeted when he was weak!
"Let's speak plainly, Valley Master. Lingyue and I have come this time to borrow a pill formula from your esteemed valley."
"Please, speak freely."
"The Five Regions Sacred Pill!"
"This..."
The high-level members of Danxiang Valley exchanged glances.
Li Lingyue spoke up and asked.
"Valley Master, is it inconvenient?"
The Valley Master quickly clasped his fists.
"It's just a pill formula. What inconvenience is there in taking a look? Besides, this formula wasn't created by our Danxiang Valley; it's merely stored within our valley for us to study."
As he spoke, the Valley Master arranged for someone to fetch it.
"We are just curious. Since Your Majesty has come personally to request it, could it be that the five supreme treasures required to refine the Five Regions Sacred Pill have all been gathered?"
Li Lingyue smiled faintly.
"Valley Master need not trouble yourself. Zhen has my own plans."
Soon, the formula was brought.
It was a jade slip, with the formula inscribed within.
"This formula is extremely complex. The five supreme treasures are merely the five main ingredients. There are also many auxiliary materials and unique refining techniques. If one truly intends to refine it, one must carefully compare the formula and proceed with caution..."
According to the Valley Master, this pill was not only difficult due to the raw materials, but the key challenge was the refining process itself, requiring god-like alchemical skills.
But for you, the latter problem didn't exist. The Nine Provinces Cauldron guaranteed a hundred percent success rate in pill formation!
As long as you had basic alchemical knowledge, could understand the formula, and used the correct raw materials.

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