Mortal Mage

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, he saw Zhang Mingxuan grab a token from his arms and poke it at his face. He looked carefully, and then dropped the weapon in his hand with a "clang". Then he knelt in front of Zhang Mingxuan with a "puff" and shouted, "Welcome Princess Qingling."

After he finished speaking, the other soldiers who were checking the people entering the city also looked at Zhang Mingxuan and fixed their eyes on the golden token. One of the leading soldiers took a few steps towards Zhang Mingxuan with doubt, first glanced at Zhang Mingxuan's clothes lazily, then began to look closely at the token in Zhang Mingxuan's hand, then slowly put his face close to the token, squinting his eyes to read the small words on the token word by word.

The leading soldier's lazy expression gradually became serious, and he was so shocked that he didn't dare to raise his head. He hurriedly patted the dust on his clothes, knelt down on his knees, and bowed loudly; "I am the captain of the capital's city gate, the Marquis of the South City Gate, and the clerk in front of the emperor. I am Lu Shancheng, I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Her Royal Highness has achieved many Taoist fruits, has a bright immortal path, and will live long and be a true immortal."

As the leading soldier finished speaking, the other soldiers around him knelt down one after another and shouted in unison: "Princess Qingling is here to return to the court."

The people who were entering the city also knelt down on the spot. The noisy city gate suddenly became silent and no one dared to breathe.

"No need to be so polite, I am just here to do some work on behalf of the princess."

Zhang Mingxuan looked around at the soldiers and civilians kneeling around him, waved his hand to signal them to disperse, then put away the token, looked down at Lu Shancheng who was kneeling in front of him, and ordered, "Just take me to the palace, let everyone disperse, and don't beg for mercy from the people in the city too much."

"As ordered."

Lu Shancheng responded with a shout, then stood up and waved his hand to signal his men to disperse, showing the demeanor of a good general.

"Are all the soldiers guarding the city so powerful?"

Zhang Mingxuan sent a voice message to the Qingling Yuanying in his body.

"My father has been at war with the Eastern Dynasty for many years. The capital is the Eastern Dynasty's main target, so the guards in this city are not ordinary."

"You two dynasties are separated by the sea, so there shouldn't be any territorial disputes between you two. Why are you fighting each other?"

Zhang Mingxuan followed Lu Shancheng through the city gate and entered Xijing City, while asking Qingling.

"There is a fruit tree in our dynasty called Frost Peach. It blooms once every three years, bears fruit once every three years, and then has a three-year fruit-free period. After the flowers are picked and dried, they can be used to refine pills, and the flowers left can form Frost Peaches. Frost Peaches have cold attribute spiritual power, and can also heal wounds, nourish the spirit and replenish energy. Although it is not a fairy fruit, many small sects in Cuiyun Continent still come to the court every nine years to purchase Frost Flowers. They pay with Spirit Stones and Pills, which are something that the palace is eager to get."

"Then why doesn't Dongchao grow frost peaches himself?"

Zhang Mingxuan was very familiar with frost peaches, as this kind of fruit was also found in Canglang Continent, so he became interested and asked another question.

"Oh, it's strange to say." Qing Ling chuckled and continued to explain; "The ocean in the middle of the two dynasties seems to be a watershed. Frost peaches born in the Western Dynasty are full of honey and sweet, but when they grow to the Eastern Dynasty, they become dry and bitter."

"Since you can use frost flowers to buy spirit stones and elixirs, your strength should be far greater than that of Dongchao. You don't have to be afraid of them, right?"

"Actually, that's not the case. The Eastern Dynasty also has a plant called Blood Clotting Grass. This herb has an excellent hemostatic effect and is an excellent medicine for refining healing pills. Similarly, this Blood Clotting Grass can heal wounds when it grows in the Eastern Dynasty, but it is called Wind-Running Grass when it grows in the Western Dynasty. It is just a weed and has no medicinal effect."

"interesting."

While chatting, Zhang Mingxuan was led to the gate of Xijingcheng Palace by Lu Shancheng. After Lu Shancheng and the palace guards communicated with each other, a golden-robed footman quickly ran to Zhang Mingxuan, knelt on one knee, and said, "To enter the inner power, you need the immortal to show the imperial token again."

After hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan immediately took out Qingling's token and showed it again.

After a careful inspection, the foot soldier shouted to Zhang Mingxuan, "Princess Qingling is welcome back to the court. Your Highness has achieved great success and has a bright future. She will live forever and become a true immortal."

Then he waved his hand, and the huge golden and wooden palace door behind him was slowly pushed open with a "creaking" sound by the other eight golden-robed infantrymen.

"Good work."

Zhang Mingxuan thanked Lu Shancheng for guiding him all the way, and at the same time took out a gold ingot and threw it to him.

He will be the consort of the Western Dynasty in the future, so he should leave a good reputation for himself. Gold is of no use to Zhang Mingxuan anymore.

Lu Shancheng held the gold that Zhang Mingxuan threw to him, and a hint of panic appeared in his serious expression.

He was a captain at the city gate, with a monthly salary of only five taels of gold, which was equivalent to his income for sixteen years. He was panicked but overjoyed, and wanted to kneel down to thank him again, but he found that Zhang Mingxuan had already entered the palace, and the palace gate creaked slowly and closed again.

Xijing Imperial Palace, Yunyu Pavilion.

As Zhang Mingxuan stepped into the hall, he was immediately hit by a body fragrance. He felt as if spring flowers were blooming all over his body, and all his pores seemed to have entered a land of tenderness.

Twelve tall and beautiful palace maids, dressed in pink long skirts with several long ribbons on both sides of their shoulders, stood on both sides of the hall with an elegant and graceful aura.

"Princess, His Majesty requests an audience."

Zhang Mingxuan tried hard to conceal the improper thoughts in his heart. At the same time, a hoarse voice of an old eunuch came from outside the hall.

"Your father demands to see you?"

He asked through voice transmission to the clear Nascent Soul in his body. He first glanced at the group of maids, then looked around the room, and finally his eyes fell on a soft chair in the hall and he walked over lightly.

"The immortal and the human are separated. There is no other way. I still have a bottle of longevity pills in my storage bag. You can give it to the eunuch. My father will naturally not disturb you." Qing Ling finished speaking and continued to explain softly; "I don't have a physical body now, so I can't see my father. After the teleportation array is set up, I will borrow Hua Yu's physical body temporarily and then come back to see my father."

After hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan understood Qingling's intention. He handed the bottle of longevity pill that Qingling mentioned to a tall maid beside him and signaled her to give it to the eunuch outside the hall.

Then he ordered all the other maids to leave. After all the maids left, Qing Ling said to Zhang Mingxuan, "The secret room is covered by a formation and cannot be opened without magic."

Then he guided Zhang Mingxuan to the soft couch in the center of the hall, controlled Zhang Mingxuan's body, made some finger gestures, and recited some incantations. Immediately, a golden light lit up around the couch, and Zhang Mingxuan disappeared.

Several feet underground in Yunyu Pavilion, in an exquisite women's boudoir, Zhang Mingxuan appeared.

"Okay, take out the formation diagram, and we'll set up the formation again."

"Since you can directly transfer spiritual energy to me, I'd better do it myself."

Zhang Mingxuan chuckled. He had never promised Qingling that he would give him the formation diagram. In fact, he didn't care about the formation diagram. After all, he had left a backdoor for it. He just felt that since the formation diagram was so scarce for Cuiyun Fairyland, he didn't want to give it to Qingling easily.

At the very least, he needed to exchange it for something more valuable. Just a set of sword sect skills was far from enough.

He has no shortage of wives.

A prince consort, in fact, he was not interested in it.

The only thing he cared about most at the moment was the immortal-grade foundation-building pill.

Because according to Shi Manman, this formation diagram can be exchanged for an immortal-grade foundation-building pill, so, at least before he gets the immortal-grade foundation-building pill, he does not plan to spread the teleportation formation diagram indiscriminately.

"You want to control me? Think carefully. Without me, you can't set up the teleportation array, and your Canglang will also collapse."

Qing Ling understood that the teleportation array diagram could not be obtained so easily.

"Madam Qingling, as a Qi Refining Stage person, I don't have the guts to control you, but I think there are some things you know better than me."

"what's up?"

"What do you say?"

Zhang Mingxuan rubbed his lower abdomen. He already understood Qingling's little plan.

He has reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage, and his lifespan is at most three to five hundred years. Even if Qing Ling can exhaust him, he can still die. As soon as he dies, the first person who can search his soul will be Qing Ling.

A Yuanying master can still wait for three to five hundred years.

"You need an immortal-grade foundation-building pill to build your foundation. Immortal-grade foundation-building pills are only available in the immortal world. I can't get them."

Qing Ling knew that Zhang Mingxuan was stupid, but even though he was stupid, he was not dumb.