The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 1259 - 670: The Password to Open the Grand Gate_2

Chapter 1259: Chapter 670: The Password to Open the Grand Gate_2

Thus, the two paths repelled each other, his Inner Strength was directly broken, and he was blown to death.

The body sank into the sea, making the Sea God fall asleep again, which could be considered a good deed he did."

Xu Zhenguan sat blankly on the prayer mat.

Long eyelashes caught the light.

For a long time.

She deeply exhaled and looked at Zhao Douan with a gaze that was soft yet complex:

"You did it for the sake of the emperor... "

Intercepting the Heavenly Human and fighting against it undoubtedly entails great risks.

Zhao Douan, in that situation, really didn’t need to take risks.

Zhao Douan smiled casually:

"Actually, I was confident, so I decided to try it. If he weren’t severely injured, I wouldn’t have defeated him."

The Empress didn’t speak, but biting her lips exposed her inner emotions.

The room was filled with a romantic atmosphere.

"By the way," finally, Zhao Douan broke the mood first, he reached into his bosom and took out a silver scroll, shaking it slightly.

A peculiar glowing pale grass fell to the floor.

"Dragon God Grass?!" the Empress exclaimed.

Zhao Douan chuckled:

"Yes, it just matured when I arrived, so I brought it back easily. I was planning to go to the Heavenly Master Mansion tomorrow, borrow an immortal crane, and send it to the front lines. This should aid in His Majesty’s recovery."

Aid? It’s much more than that.

Though the Empress seemed glorious, her injuries from the battle with Wu Xiankui were not mild.

With this divine object, she could recover swiftly.

Xu Zhenguan remained silent, suddenly letting out a bitter chuckle:

"I owe you more and more, it’s something I can’t repay in this lifetime."

Zhao Douan blinked: "How about you marry me? I’d be taking a loss."

Xu Zhenguan laughed and cried, snorted, and pouted:

"Haven’t I already promised?"

Well, technically promised, but still lacking a formal ceremony.

Previously, they discussed holding a wedding once the Eight Princes’ Rebellion ended, but unexpected events kept occurring.

The current situation moves further from that goal, unless the threat of Xuan Yin is completely resolved, otherwise... they would truly never be able to repay each other in this lifetime...

"Now we have both keys, just missing the final code." Zhao Douan said with renewed spirit.

The Empress also perked up, nodded and said: "Indeed. Shall we begin?"

"Alright."

The two had already developed a tacit understanding. They closed their eyes simultaneously, beginning meditation.

Subsequently, two souls broke free from their bodies, entering the stone wall beside them.

...

...

Inside the Human World.

The familiar feeling of falling came over again, Zhao Douan opened his eyes, seeing the familiar office, the blue screen saver of the computer.

He took his phone, illuminated the screen; it was just past midnight.

Without hesitation, he stood up, washed his face, and ran along the chilly hallway in leather shoes.

Soon, when he exited the compound, he arrived at the agreed location with the Empress, which was:

Taiqing Palace.

As expected, when Zhao Douan arrived, he saw Xu Zhenguan dressed as a city woman standing at the entrance of Taiqing Palace, the palace doors tightly shut.

"I’ll go get a SIM needle..."

Without hesitation, Zhao Douan went to a convenience store to buy a SIM pin, removed the Empress’s SIM card, and placed it in his own phone.

Then he tried once more, dialing the number inside...

"Beep beep beep—"

Outside the alley of Taiqing Palace, Zhao Douan and the Empress nervously stared at the screen-lit phone, hoping for the answer from the other end.

The final opening code, where exactly was it hidden, in truth neither of them were particularly confident.

It was just based on speculation that it was most likely hidden within the Human World.

Yet ultimately it was only speculation, what if it wasn’t?

Where should they go to find it then?

Just hope it won’t be another long quest...

The banyan tree, half-yellow inside the Heavenly Master Mansion, told them time was running out.

And just as the call remained unanswered, the two souls gradually sank, suddenly, the call went through.

A quiet speaker, from it, came the voice of a woman:

"Come on in, the door’s unlocked."

The pair were stunned.

Immediately, they instinctively turned around, looking behind them.

In the deep alley, the street lamps cast patches of light, while the wooden door of Taiqing Palace, which was tightly closed originally, the lock had vanished, and the door creaked open with a gap.

The two exchanged a look, seeing the delight in each other’s eyes.

The door was open!

"Go." The Empress decisively led the way, pulling Little Zhao to push open the door of Taiqing Palace.

Here she had visited many times, quite familiar, within she took twists and turns, arriving at a courtyard where a sacred tree filled with all sorts of prayer tags and hung red strings was located.

Inside the classical and elegant courtyard, only the main hall had its lights on.

At this moment, a slightly plump female temple priest dressed in Taoist robes was standing before a statue, carefully placing three pieces of yellow incense into the incense burner.

Thin wisps of smoke rose.

The female temple priest turned around, smiling warmly, looking at the intruding couple:

"Miss Xu, and... Mr. Zhang?"

It was Zhao Douan’s first visit, but he naturally familiarized himself with a cheerful grin:

"Zhang or Zhao, all the same, it’s just a name."

The female temple priest nodded, the wrinkles by her eyes deepened slightly.

Xu Zhenguan had no interest in playing riddles with her, directly walked to the temple priest, still holding onto her phone, and said:

"You know us?"

The female temple priest nodded, then calmly shook her head:

"Sort of, after all, I’ve met Miss Xu many times, but regarding your identities, I truly don’t know."

She indeed remembered...

The Empress was astonished.

Every entry before would restart the entire world, leaving only her and Zhao Douan without forgetting.

Yet this temple priest she had seen numerous times in this world clearly remembered their past meetings.

Guide... A term surfaced in the Empress’s mind.

OP... Zhao Douan thought of the game administrator...

The female temple priest smiled and said:

"No need for surprise, nor ask me much. I indeed don’t know what you want to know, my presence here is solely because of a bequest left by the previous temple priest, my master before he passed away."

Zhao Douan raised his eyebrows:

"The former temple priest? Was he named Xu?"

The female temple priest nodded:

"Yes. Before he left, he instructed me to inform whoever calls his phone number after a certain day of an address.

And whenever the day comes, the statue in the temple glows brightly, I should open the door and hand the visitor something he left behind."

Only then did they notice, the statue inside the main hall was shimmering with golden light on the surface, merely obscured by lights and fire, not very clear.

They exchanged a look, Xu Zhenguan stepped forward, asking:

"What object did he leave? "

The female temple priest didn’t reply, merely slowly walked to the courtyard, brought over a wooden ladder, propped it against the large tree there.

Then she slowly climbed up to the canopy, reaching to untie a cloth strip tied to a branch.

The tree was hung with numerous prayer ribbons left by devotees, but this red ribbon appeared particularly old.

"This is it." The female temple priest handed it over, saying:

"Strangely, this ribbon had been hanging here for many years, yet never blurred or snapped."

The Empress accepted it with both hands, laying it flat in the palm, Zhao Douan also leaned over, stared closely, and his eyes lit up!

This ribbon bore a series of "codes" composed of strange symbols.

"These symbols are similar to those on the Golden Door." Zhao Douan spoke in a lowered voice.

The Empress’s breath also grew rapid, she had anticipated obtaining the final password fairly smoothly, but never thought it would be this effortless.

Indeed...

To enter this world was already surpassing numerous barriers.

Further challenges? Certainly unnecessary.

"When did the previous temple priest pass away? Where is he... buried?"

Xu Zhenguan raised her head, clenching the ribbon, questioning earnestly.

The female temple priest shook her head, said:

"Don’t remember, nor any grave. Just a long time ago, Master went to the heavens."

The female temple priest pointed toward the sky.

"Heaven?"

Zhao Douan’s heart skipped, realizing the "passed away" spoken by the female temple priest probably referred to Xu’s departure from the world in the painting.