Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 302 - 153: Once He Leaves, You Will Lose Him Forever (10,000 Words Delivered)

Chapter 302: Chapter 153: Once He Leaves, You Will Lose Him Forever (10,000 Words Delivered)

Celestial Balance Upper City has two Li Palaces.

One is the Great Li Palace, which establishes the "orthodox foundation of the Great Li Dynasty," commonly referred to as simply "the Li Palace." It is the place where immortals gather, national destiny converges, and the Holy Monarch prays for the well-being of the people and makes significant state decisions.

The other is the Little Li Palace, which establishes the "orthodox enforcement of the Great Li Dynasty’s foundation." Since there is already a Li Palace, this one is only referred to as the "Little Li Palace." Unlike the secular small countries where state affairs are governed solely by one palace, the Little Li Palace can also make state decisions, but it does not have the authority to pray for the people or bear the public’s will.

In simple terms, the Li Palace makes national policies, while the Little Li Palace makes the decisions. It’s akin to having a main and deputy position in general governmental departments.

The Holy Monarch presides over the Li Palace without question.

But the Little Li Palace is not necessarily presided over by the Crown Prince. Generally, the master of the Little Li Palace can be anyone designated by the Holy Monarch who holds an orthodox title in the kingdom. It doesn’t even have to be someone from the royal family. As Chengming said, Great Li is not just the Ye Family’s Great Li, but the Great Li of all Great Li People. The phrase is awkward, but it makes sense when he says it. After all, he was the master of the Little Li Palace three hundred years ago.

After Chengming was confined in Shilong Lane, the position of the master of the Little Li Palace remained vacant for a long time until Ye Yixian was made Crown Prince, and the position was filled again.

Ji Wenrui hurried into the Little Li Palace, and not seeing the Crown Prince in the Administration Hall, frowned, and asked, "Where is His Highness?"

A palace attendant replied, "His Highness is currently receiving a guest from the Eternal Immortal Sect."

Ji Wenrui had come with very urgent information, but upon hearing this, he restrained himself a bit and patiently waited.

Half an hour later, Ye Yixian finished receiving the guest from the Eternal Immortal Sect and returned to the Administration Hall.

Ji Wenrui could no longer contain himself, forgetting even the basic courtesies, and urgently approached, saying, "Your Highness, there’s a problem!"

"What happened?" Ye Yixian, who had been overworked lately, felt a jolt upon hearing of the problem.

"The Demon Suppression Branch discovered remnants of the Demon Martial Hall in the Western Dust Heart Wilderness and exterminated them in one stroke."

"Exterminated?" Ye Yixian was stunned, "Just like that, exterminated?"

"Yes. The remnants of the Demon Martial Hall only had a top battle power of a Third-Layer Integration, and they were quickly subdued. Not a single member escaped, and all were captured. However, during interrogation, it was revealed that they did not orchestrate the Flying Ship Chaos or Buxu City Chaos. Both upheavals were self-planned by a demon cultivator named ’Lv Liang’. But Lv Liang is only at the Late Stage of Divinity Transformation... How he managed to do it remains unknown, and the Demon Suppression Branch is currently searching for his whereabouts throughout the realm."

Ye Yixian, after a brief analysis, asked, "So, the Demon Martial Hall didn’t actually make any moves? All these disturbances were just the actions of a solitary divinity transformation demon cultivator?"

Ji Wenrui furrowed his brow deeply, "Exactly. In truth, the present Demon Martial Hall poses almost no threat. Not to mention the Demon Suppression Branch, even the operational divisions of the Fuxian Bureau could easily eradicate them. Being able to survive like this is already quite an achievement for them, and they have no motivation to challenge Great Li again. Moreover, many former demon cultivators of the Demon Martial Hall have defected over the years, seeking other paths."

Ye Yixian took a deep breath, "We’ve spent so many resources for such a major operation, and it’s all for a fading power?"

Ji Wenrui chuckled bitterly, "That does seem to be the case. Those in the Li Palace will again send petitions blaming us for wasting resources."

Ye Yixian felt faint, staggering a few steps before forcing a smile, "At least there’s no real chaos."

Ji Wenrui sighed, "Creating this kind of mess will likely encounter many obstacles for the investment in the Eternal Immortal Sect."

Ye Yixian said solemnly, "Absolutely no interference will be tolerated in the matter with the Eternal Immortal Sect." He collected his thoughts, regained his composure, and continued, "So, you’re saying that there actually are no remnants of the Demon Martial Hall on Queyu Mountain?"

"Yes."

"Then why was it previously stated that that place was more likely to be where the Demon Martial Hall remnants were located?"

Ji Wenrui replied, "The Demon Suppression Branch, during demonic qi tracing, indeed found that the demonic qi over there was much denser."

"Are there many demon cultivators there?"

"That is unclear; we’ll have to wait for reports from Li Jiu and Wang Shi to confirm." Ji Wenrui paused and added, "After all, Queyu Mountain is a marginal area, and Great Li has not had any dealings with that place for over two hundred years."

Ye Yixian nodded. Though he had never been to Queyu Mountain or Sickness City and hadn’t experienced that part of history, he was, after all, the Crown Prince and the master of the Little Li Palace, bearing the responsibilities of state affairs. From what he knew, although Sickness City is called a city, it is actually an uninhabited dead city. It absorbed the backlash of the failed imperial route, filled with filth, very dirty. Once an ordinary person becomes tainted by it, they would contract the luck sickness. Great Li’s attitude toward Queyu Mountain and Sickness City is that once they were stabilized, they were ignored as if they didn’t exist.

He also knew that the main reason was there was no effective way to handle it.

"For now, all we can do is wait for news from Li Jiu and Wang Shi." Ye Yixian said, "Let’s hope they don’t cause any major disturbances."

...

One day later, Ji Wenrui brought an urgent report from the Divine Dao Branch of the Fuxian Bureau to the Little Li Palace and handed it to Ye Yixian. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

This urgent report was submitted to Celestial Balance Upper City by a local god of Great Li, through the connection of the Golden Body with the Divine Dao Branch.

This local god was named the Queyu Mountain God.

Receiving this urgent report, Ye Yixian was a bit puzzled, thinking, there’s actually a Mountain God at Queyu Mountain?

However, after reading the contents of the urgent report,

this Crown Prince, the master of the Little Li Palace, was so enraged that he trembled all over as if plunged into an ice cave. His eyes sank to the extreme, and his once only slightly graying hair at the temples turned more than half white instantly. His vitality was greatly diminished, and it was only with Ji Wenrui’s timely stabilization of his mind that a mishap was averted.