Chapter 257

In the Nianxue Palace.

Xi kept rolling on the arhat bed and giggled at the black jade pendant Mo Heng gave her.

The two maids serving outside heard Xi’s laughter and exchanged glances.

One of them asked in a low voice, “Why is the princess so happy today?”

“Yeah, the princess always came back sulky from the party in the Qionghua Hall before.”

While they were talking in a low voice, a footstep came from the hall. Upon seeing the comer, the two maids immediately curtsied, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“Is the princess asleep?” The Heavenly Emperor asked in a gentle voice as if deliberately lowering his voice.

The maid also answered under her breath, “Not yet.”

The Heavenly Emperor looked into the room and said with a wave, “You may leave now!”

“Yes.” The maids instantly bowed themselves out.

After they left, the Heavenly Emperor lifted the curtain and walked inside gently. Upon seeing Xi rolling around on the bed, the Heavenly Emperor subconsciously lifted his lips, “Xi.”

“Father.” Upon seeing the Heavenly Emperor, Xi jumped off the arhat bed happily and sprang into his arms. Smelling the Heavenly Emperor’s faint smell of wine, Xi frowned gently, raised her head and said with a pout, “Father, you drank wine again!”

Hearing that, the Heavenly Emperor hedged and pinched Xi’s nose, “You still have an acute sense of smell. I’ve drunk a bit only but you still smelled it.” He had taken a bath and got changed before coming here. Unexpectedly, Xi still smelled it.

Looking at the Heavenly Emperor’s shifty eyes, Xi cupped the Heavenly Emperor’s handsome face and said with a prim face, “Father, don’t change the topic. You promised me that you wouldn’t drink!”

With his dark eyes glistening in deep sorrow, the Heavenly Emperor dropped his eyes and composed himself before looking at Xi and saying with a smile, “Today is Xi’s birthday. I’m happy!” If he hadn’t drunk, how could he get through the long night?

Seeing the deep sorrow in the Heavenly Emperor’s eyes, Xi felt a heartache. She put her arms around the Heavenly Emperor’s neck, leaned on his shoulder and stroked his back, “Father, you still have me. I’ll always be here for you.”

Xi’s soft words made the Heavenly Emperor’s eye socket instantly turn red. He stroked Xi’s long hair and mumbled, “Yes, I have you!” If he didn’t have Xi during the five centuries, he didn’t know what to do then.

Affected by the sad atmosphere in the room, Duanmu Xi turned around and got out of the room gently with her eyes full of tears.

Duanmu Xi looked at the extremely bright moon in the air and couldn’t help missing her family. She wondered how her parents and grandpa were doing. It occurred to her that she hadn’t seen them for a long time. Suddenly, she wanted to go back and take a look. And Snow should be very worried about her now! She didn’t know if they were the previous incarnations of her and Snow. Neither did she know what she could do to get out of there. The only thing she could do now was stay with Xi.

In the Sacred Maiden’s Palace of the Wilderness Holy Hall.

Xuanyuan Mo, who couldn’t do anything about the divine stone, held the divine stone in his arms and came into Mei Luo’s room.

“Xi was sucked into the divine stone.” Mei Luo looked at the divine stone in shock.

“How is it possible? How can a person be sucked into the stone?” Situ Kong stared at the white crystal in astonishment.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at the divine stone, his eyes flickering. He asked with a stern face, “Yes, do you know how to get into this stone?”

Mei Luo frowned and shook her head, “As to what happened to Xi, I have never met or heard about similar cases.” Actually, this was the second time that she had seen the divine stone. Since she passed the test of the divine stone, she had never seen the divine stone. Actually, she knew nothing about the divine stone.

Xuanyuan Mo was frustrated. Now, the last hope was gone. What could he do to get Xi out of the stone?

“I’ll ask the chief elder. Maybe he knows something?” Mei Luo wanted to get up. Yet, she forgot that her hamstrings were broken, so she almost fell off the bed. Luckily, Situ Kong aside held her in time. Obviously, Mei Luo was a bit anxious. At the thought of Xi being stuck in the stone, she was torn with anxiety.

Seeing that Mei Luo still wanted to get off the bed, Xuanyuan Mo said with his amber eyes flickering, “No need. I’ve asked him. He can’t do anything about it either.”

“What should we do then?” Mei Luo felt more anxious. Even the chief elder couldn’t do anything about it. What should Xi do?

Staring at Mei Luo’s anxious face, Xuanyuan Mo felt a bit sorry and then comforted her, “Third Master, no need to worry too much. At this point, we can only believe Xi.” He believed that Xi must be able to get out of the divine stone safely.

Mei Luo and Situ Kong both dropped their eyes and nodded. They could do nothing but worry about Xi. Just as Xuanyuan Mo said, what they could do for now was trust Xi.

One day outside was equal to one century in the divine stone.

Duanmu Xi looked at Xi on the swing, her purple eyes slightly flickering. Why did Xi grow up after one night? Surprisingly, the grown-up Xi looked really like her, except for the clothes and the belly bump.

Staring at the black jade pendant in her hand, Xi cracked a happy smile and thought, “I’ve grown up. You must wait for me.”

“Alas. I heard that Mo Heng the beast god was gonna select a woman as his wife. Is it real?”

“You’ve also heard it. It’s said that many people participate in the selection.”

“Yeah, I heard the women of the Beast World, the Demonic World, the Monster World and the Immortal World all joined the selection!”

“How lively! I wish I could go and take a look!”

The conversation made Xi pale instantly. She clenched the black jade pendant in her hand, the knuckles of her fingers slightly whitening. With her toe tapping the ground, Xi directly flew from the swing to two talking female immortals, “Is what you just said true?”

Seeing Xi suddenly show up, the two female immortals were freaked out and then prostrated themselves together, “Greetings, Princess.”

“Answer me.” Xi’s voice was extremely cold.

Staring at Xi who was acting out, the two female immortals both felt frightened, “Your Highness, it’s just hearsay. We don’t know if it’s true.”

“Your Highness, please forgive us. We don’t dare to talk nonsense again.”

Staring at the two female immortals who kept kowtowing, Xi felt agitated and swung her long sleeves, shouting, “Get lost. Go away!”

The two female immortals immediately rose from the ground and ran away.

Xi returned to the Nianxue Palace, utterly depressed.

Staring at Xi’s frustrated face, a maid went forward with worry and said, “What’s wrong, Your Highness? Are you not feeling well?”

“All of you out.” Xi ignored the maids’ care and directly fell on the arhat bed.

“Yes.” The maids exchanged glances with worry and then got out gently.

Xi looked at the black jade pendant in her hand. Tears couldn’t help dropping down her cheek. Why? Why didn’t he wait for her? Why did he select a woman as his wife?

Xi cried for a whole night. She didn’t fall asleep until the day almost broke.

In the dream, she saw Mo Heng get married and directly woke up with a startle.

A maid saw Xi woke up and immediately went forward, saying happily, “Your Highness, you’re finally awake. You’ve slept for three days and three nights. I was freaked out.”

Xi stopped rubbing her forehead and stared at the maid, saying with a frown, “How long did I sleep?”

The maid was slightly dazed to hear that and then said respectfully, “You slept for three days and three nights. Even the Heavenly Emperor has known about this. His Majesty…”

Before the maid finished speaking, Xi rushed out like an arrow off the bowstring. Oh crap! She had slept for three days and three nights. Was her dream gonna come true? She didn’t want Mo Heng to marry another woman.

“Your Highness… Your Highness…” When the maid came to her senses and ran outside, Xi had been gone.

Duanmu Xi followed Xi into a place where there were four rock walls. The rock walls had teleporting formations of five colors.

Xi looked at the teleporting formations on the walls and muttered with a frown, “Black stands for the Ghost World, red stands for the Demonic World, and green stands for the Monster World. So, which one represents the Beast World, blue or purple?”

Xi stood at the portals of the blue and purple teleporting formations. Having hesitated for a while, she got into the purple teleporting formation.

Seeing the scene, Duanmu Xi followed at once.

Within a blink of an eye, the two of them were teleported to another place.

Duanmu Xi looked at the scene, her purple eyes sparkling. What a beautiful place! Although it was not as beautiful as the Immortal World, it was natural and full of immortal Qi.

Xi fell in love with this place at the first sight of it. Mo Heng must be in this place. At the thought of Mo Heng, Xi felt sad again and took a glance at the spacious place. Xi took out the black jade pendant and found in surprise that it was glowing faintly.

Xi looked at the black jade pendant in surprise and said with excitement, “This must be the right place. The jade pendant is glowing. He must be here.”

Holding the jade pendant in her hand, Xi got ecstatic. As she ran forward, the black jade pendant glowed more strongly.

As per the black jade pendant’s instruction, Xi got to a city.

Walking on the bustling street, Xi frowned. There were so many people. Where could she find Mo Heng?

“Hi, are you here to sign up for the selection?” Suddenly, a pretty female voice sounded in Xi’s ear.

Xi turned around and saw an amiable middle-aged woman. She wanted to shake her head and say no but suddenly she thought of something and said with a nod, “Yes, beautiful lady, do you know where is the registry?” She had no idea where Mo Heng was. Yet, since he was gonna select a woman as his wife, she should be able to see him if she joined the selection.

Addressed as a beautiful lady by Xi, the middle-aged woman said with a smile, “It’s so sweet of you. Well, I’ll show you the way then.”

“Thank you so much.” Xi smiled at the middle-aged woman.