HLnovel Chapter 422 Saving the Great Yu Dynasty
Chapter 422 Saving the Great Yu Dynasty
Xue Tong had discussed with Xue Lan before entering the secret realm whether their activities in the secret realm would affect the Yuanming Realm.
The all-powerful Wolf King gave her a suggestion.
"Bring the Sun-Tracing Mirror with you."
Xue Tong nodded obediently, placed the small and exquisite Sun-Tracing Mirror into her personal storage bag, and then asked in confusion:
"and then?"
Xue Lan smiled and said:
"If what you and Lin Su did in the secret realm could cause instability in future generations, there are only two possibilities."
Which two situations?
"First, the spirit of the Heavenly Forging Hammer couldn't stand by and watch, so it intervened and corrected the timeline within the secret realm."
"And the second one?" Xue Tong asked.
"Secondly, she can watch it, but you can't!"
Xue Lan's tone sounded somewhat proud:
"If the spirit of the Heavenly Forging Hammer doesn't intervene, then use the Sun-Tracing Mirror..."
Xue Tong opened her mouth wide and hurriedly interrupted Xue Lan: "You want me to rewind the timeline?"
"Although the world is a huge makeshift operation, there are some things you still need to think through."
Xue Lan smiled gently: "It's alright, I have a way to handle this."
……
"What is this?" Lin Su looked at the exquisite little mirror in Xue Tong's hand. The back of the mirror had a gorgeous triple pattern, so intricate that it resembled entwined vines and leaves. Each line was connected to the others, yet relatively independent.
Xue Tong looked at the Sun-Tracing Mirror in her hand and uttered the words she had already prepared:
"This is... a time-manipulating artifact that Xue Lan retrieved from the Wan Gong Fang. As long as it's like this..."
The girl tapped the mirror twice with her fingertips, and several pointers appeared on the originally flat surface.
That's right, a pointer.
This was the solution Xue Lan had come up with for her.
Lord Wolf didn't expect to teach Xue Tong how to read the runes on the Sun-Tracing Mirror in a short time, so he simply gave her the easy mode.
Lin Su looked at the thing in the girl's hand and said "Eh".
"A time-manipulating artifact?" The young man's eyes gleamed with intense light.
"What is this? Is it a path for the flow of laws? Or a channel for the transmission of spiritual energy?"
The young man pointed to the pointers on the surface of the sun-tracing mirror and asked.
Xue Tong tucked the Sun-Tracing Mirror back into his pocket, his tone tinged with embarrassment:
"Don't overcomplicate things."
Lin Su watched helplessly as the girl packed up her things, and the young man immediately became dejected.
“My elder sister said that the spacetime in the Great Yu Dynasty is unstable. As long as I slightly stir up time after everything is done, everything will return to the time before we appeared.” Xue Tong looked at the young man and thought to herself that weapon cultivators are really terrifying.
Lin Su nodded gently: "I understand."
The young man put away his disappointed expression: "According to Senior Sister Xue's instructions, we must first find all the old ministers who were driven out by the old emperor."
Who will do this?
The young man looked at Xue Tong, his eyes full of expectation.
Xue Tong pointed to herself: "I'll do it."
Lin Su was a prince, and his every move was being watched by his two older brothers, so he couldn't do anything at all.
Xue Tong felt a heavy responsibility on her shoulders and was under immense pressure.
The girl raised an eyebrow slightly: "According to the original history, the old emperor will wake up in a few days. At that time, I will go to the palace to get the imperial decree, and then I will help you invite those officials."
Lin Su wanted to know what Xue Tong meant by getting the imperial decree down, but in the end he didn't ask.
Even a fool would know it's dishonorable.
As the two spoke, the sky outside gradually darkened. Huo Chen walked in through a circular archway not far away, his voice high-pitched yet gentle:
"Your Highnesses, it's time for your meal."
Xue Tong adjusted her expression, nodded slowly to Lin Su beside her, and spoke in a friendly and playful tone:
"Please, brother."
"it is good!"
Night slowly descended upon the capital of the Great Yu Dynasty, and a few withered leaves fell onto the deserted streets. Driven forward by the west wind.
He was utterly destitute and had no control over his own destiny.
Inside the Wan Gong Workshop, Xue Lan held an ancient book in her hand, gently turning the brittle pages:
"In the forty-second year of the Linde reign, Emperor Linde fell critically ill, and his two sons fought each other, resulting in a bloody conflict..."
"What a perfect example of the snipe and the clam fighting, while the fisherman profits! The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"
The inner demon stood not far from Xue Lan, dressed in white with white hair and a nonchalant expression.
"Do cultivators need to turn the pages of a book one by one?"
"I suspect you're stalling for time."
Xue Lan put away the book in her hand, her tone tinged with a smile:
"What good will it do me to drag this out?"
"I'm just a little girl who loves to read!"
The inner demon rolled her eyes, and the woman casually picked up an ancient book that was lying on the ground:
"Many old ministers were expelled by Emperor Linde back then, but the historical records are incomplete. But as you expected, Xing Chongling was among them."
Xue Lan wanted to:
“I always said that the affairs of the Great Yu Dynasty are inextricably linked to the Five Porcelain Town. The only connection between the Five Porcelain Town and the Great Yu Dynasty is this Lord Xing.”
The woman gathered up all the ancient books around her: "These are all from the collection of Wan Gong Fang, so please don't damage them."
The inner demon looked at Xue Lan's busy figure and spoke:
"How do you know that the spirit of the Heavenly Forging Hammer desires peace and prosperity for the Great Yu Dynasty?"
Xue Lan, holding those ancient books, glanced indifferently at the inner demon:
"Did you mess up your brain after eating my demon soul last time?"
The inner demon's expression froze.
"Lin Su's identity."
Xue Lan's voice was filled with unparalleled confidence and certainty.
“If they didn’t want to change the Great Yu Dynasty, they wouldn’t have made him a prince with real power.”
If he did not seek change, Lin Su's identity could be that of a beggar, a commoner, or a merchant or peddler.
Watching the country crumble and the family perish, witnessing the inevitable unfold one by one, yet feeling utterly powerless to stop it.
It could never be a prince who was forced into the position.
The identity of a prince known throughout the country is extremely difficult to establish, and there are many things he can do.
Xue Lan simply couldn't understand why they would make such an effort if it weren't to save the Great Yu Dynasty.
The inner demon looked into Xue Lan's eyes and asked the most important question:
"The Heavenly Forging Hammer and the Great Yu Dynasty have no connection whatsoever. Why would you do this?"
Now it was Xue Lan's turn to remain silent.
The Heavenly Forging Hammer has always been in the Ten Thousand Crafts Workshop. Why would it go to such lengths for the Great Yu Dynasty?
Xue Lan wasn't without an answer in her heart, but that answer was far too hasty.
It seemed like her own unfounded conjecture.
She sent Xue Tong in for two reasons: first, to help Lin Su, and second, to prove her own conjecture.
Xue Lan sighed softly, then smiled lightly and spoke frankly:
"I have no idea!"
Looking at Xue Lan's expression, the inner demon knew that this person already had his own guesses, but was unwilling to say them.
Since Xue Lan is unwilling to speak, then she will speak for herself.
She spoke softly, "I have a guess, would you like to hear it?"
Xue Lan said helplessly, "You tell me!"
The inner demon's voice sounded somewhat low:
"The space of the Great Yu Dynasty is unstable, much like the Yuanming Realm today. The spirit of the Heavenly Forging Hammer maintains the space, much like the Heavenly Dao of the Yuanming Realm... Xue Tong and Lin Su are variables, like you. The Heavenly Revelation Pillar that was originally in the spacetime rift should have been a demon..."
The inner demon's voice carried a hint of delighted laughter:
"The spirit of the Heavenly Forging Hammer used the Great Yu Dynasty as a test subject."
"Right?"
Xue Lan's eyes turned cold.
"you think too much."