[Liu Qingqing (shocked): Sister Nalan?]

"You know her?"

Lin Qianxuan saw Liu Qingqing's reaction, feeling a bit curious.

Liu Qingqing seemed to have a connection with this woman in the Imperial Palace, as if they were from the same sect.

[Lin Qianxuan (looking at Liu Qingqing): Commander Liu, do you know this lady?]

[Liu Qingqing (nodding): She was the former leader of our Fragrant Pavilion, and was personally invited to the harem by Emperor Feng back then.]

Fragrant Pavilion, an organization specializing in cultivating outstanding women and then sending them to various major forces.

In the Great Qian, this organization was somewhat disreputable.

Because they were ultimately just a high-class brothel.

The women sent out were undoubtedly beautiful and excellent, but they could only serve as objects of entertainment with their beauty.

In the miscellaneous notes Lin Qianxuan had seen, this organization was merely mentioned in passing.

But that was just to highlight the romantic nature of some great person, attracting the admiration of a certain outstanding woman within.

[Gongsun Ying (cautiously observing Nalan Yingying): She seems to have impurity energy within her.]

In fact, it should be so. Nalan Yingying's current state was very strange, as she was always admiring her flowers, completely ignoring the conversation of the game characters.

This was very similar to those who were tainted and left with only obsessions.

[Gongsun Yue (looking at you): Young master, can the All-Embracing reverse the impurity energy in the human body?]

[Lin Qianxuan (nodding): I'll give it a try.]

The concept of All-Embracing was to reverse impurity energy, but now it seemed to have little to do with reversal and was more about absorbing and transforming impurity energy; it was unclear if it could be used to save those already tainted.

(Using All-Embracing to extract the impurity energy from Nalan Yingying's body.)

The command was issued, and the game character extended their All-Embracing forward; the Red Lotus rotated once, starting to extract the impurity energy from Nalan Yingying's body.

Strands of dark gray energy flew out from Nalan Yingying's body and from the flowerbeds around her. She abruptly turned her head, her expression becoming extremely fierce as she looked at the game character.

[Nalan Yingying (angry): No, don't touch my flowers!!]

Accompanied by a sharp shout, she moved.

It was just a green phantom, quickly reaching the front of the game character, her Lotus Umbrella in hand had already transformed into a longsword, slashing straight towards the game character's neck.

"Shoo~!"

The game character's response was extremely fast as well, and their All-Embracing instantly transformed into the Dawn Long Blade, infused with Divine Energy, blocking it.

"Clang~!"

With a single touch, Nalan Yingying's figure disappeared.

Not even attempting to engage head-to-head.

The game character directly pursued, a light blooming at their feet, surrounded by mist, as the two figures quickly began to chase and clash in this vast estate.

Nalan Yingying's body technique was extremely agile, but if it was about speed, she couldn't match the game character, as the game character's Rising Sun Stepping Technique was truly fierce, combined with the aid of Water Manipulation, making their straight-line speed at least twice as fast as just Water Manipulation.

Lin Qianxuan roughly estimated it to be at least above five times the speed of sound.

He was still being relatively conservative; the actual situation should be faster.

But Nalan Yingying's form seemed like a gust of wind, drifting everywhere, moving so gracefully, she didn't seem like a person.

The game character was nearing, and she immediately floated to the other side, occasionally using her umbrella sword for an attack.

However, after a few moves against her, the game character adapted, suddenly closing in on Nalan Yingying, infusing Divine Energy into the Dawn Blade, slashing down fiercely.

Seeing this, Nalan Yingying infused Divine Energy into the umbrella sword, suddenly opening it wide, a green beam as thick as a bucket shot out from the open umbrella surface, rushing straight at the game character's face.

"Boom~!"

Facing this attack, the game character's blade momentum didn't pause at all, slashing directly down.

The Dawn Blade had the ability to condense Qi, and with the game character's Divine Energy highly concentrated at this moment, it directly split through the green beam and followed through onto the umbrella surface.

"Screech~!"

The umbrella surface was directly torn open, and then the game character lifted their blade, catching Nalan Yingying from mid-air and directly crashing her to the ground.

"Bang~!"

The ground tiles cracked as Nalan Yingying was forcibly locked to the ground by the game character's transformed Dragon Claw and water stream, unable to move.

This exchange, though it seems slow to describe, likely lasted less than two seconds in reality.

At this moment, most of the Rebel Army had just started to react.

And Gongsun Ying had also sheathed the blade she had just drawn.

She obviously wanted to help too, but now it seemed, she couldn't assist at all.

Without Bursting Qi, Gongsun Ying's strength had quite a significant gap compared to the game character.

(Continue using All-Embracing to absorb the impurity energy from Nalan Yingying.)

The command was given, and the game character's All-Embracing turned back into a lotus, swirling as it absorbed the impurity energy from Nalan Yingying.

[Nalan Yingying (struggling): No... don't touch my flowers....]

Nalan Yingying didn't glance at the game character, only staring intently at the flowers in the flowerbed.

The flowers had been tainted with impurity energy, blooming grotesquely, pitch-black with gnarled extensions everywhere, covered with thorns, vaguely seen with some sticky filthy liquid on them and nearby insect corpses that had died.

From a human perspective, it was hard to call these flowers beautiful.

It's unclear why Nalan Yingying was so obsessed.

As the impurity energy was extracted, Nalan Yingying's struggle became more intense.

[Nalan Yingying (roaring): No, no....]

Her sharp and tearing roar stirred the surrounding impurity energy, her body seemed to root into the ground, where the tainted flowers in the flowerbed sought to connect with her.

This was a sign of complete taint transformation.

However, at this moment, the speed at which All-Embracing was rotating increased significantly as well.

Nalan Yingying ultimately couldn't completely purge the impurities.

The flowers in the flower bed withered, and she ceases to struggle entirely.

After all the impurities were extracted, she dissipated.

She truly disappeared just like that.

[Gongsun Yue (lost in thought): The person who is contaminated, the impurities have integrated with them, extracting the impurities is equivalent to directly extracting their lives...]

The game character withdrew the transformed Dragon Claw.

Liu Qingqing somberly picked up Nalan Yingying's broken umbrella sword.

[Liu Qingqing (sad): This Green Wave Umbrella of my junior sister was given to her by Guan Hao, the top disciple of Divine Wood Valley back in the day, it's truly a cursed relationship...]

Divine Wood Valley is a sect specializing in herbal cultivation. Its disciples once held positions within the Great Qian Dynasty, and some even held advanced agricultural titles. The Divine Energy transformed by the Divine Wood Skill could easily double the food production.

"Is there a story?"

Lin Qianxuan felt there might be some side story worth exploring here.

[Lin Qianxuan (confused): How did she come to know the top disciple of Divine Wood Valley?]

[Liu Qingqing (looking at you): Back then, my junior sister was selected into the palace, just happened to meet Guan Hao who came to the palace masquerading as a florist...]

Liu Qingqing summarized the entire plot in brief words.

Soon, Lin Qianxuan heard the entire story.

Quite cliché.

Emperor Feng only loved longevity, not beauties. He never cared about Nalan Yingying, inviting her into the palace merely for a beneficial alliance. As for Guan Hao, he was a mere coincidence, there to offer some care for Nalan Yingying on behalf of Emperor Feng. Of course, he didn't cross any boundaries, just had some flirtatious conversation.

The subsequent story is simple.

As the esteemed top disciple of Divine Wood Valley, Guan Hao was just there to gain some prestige. He couldn't possibly spend his entire life gardening here, and would sooner or later leave the Imperial Palace.

Before leaving, Guan Hao gave Nalan Yingying a flower bed's worth of flowers and an umbrella.

Liu Qingqing had a good relationship with Nalan Yingying, and during a palace visit, learned this from her junior sister.

Lin Qianxuan felt slightly disappointed as he thought there might be some side quest to uncover, but it turned out to be just a tale of unrequited love.

However, he could use the illusionary artifact simulation on the umbrella sword.

The light wave seemed rather reminiscent.

[Lin Qianxuan (looking at Liu Qingqing): Squad Commander Liu, could you let me see that umbrella sword, I want to use my artifact simulation to replicate it.]

[Liu Qingqing (hands over the Green Wave to you): Lin, you can take it and have a look.]

Very effortlessly, he obtained the item.

Then Lin Qianxuan let the game character use the artifact to simulate it.

A total of six hundred and forty-one Spiritual Essences were consumed.

Less than [Dawn], but it's not too bad.

Current Illusionary Artifact: Green Wave.

Function: [Surge Charge: Converts infused divine energy into a wave of green illumination for release.]

Not bad, yet another attack method is available.

[Lin Qianxuan (hands the Green Wave back to Liu Qingqing): Let's go, it's time to end this calamity of impurity for good.]

The group continued their journey.

As the game progressed to this point, the demeanor of the rebel army had changed entirely.

Previously, they faced death without any fear.

Now, they held full expectations.

Everyone firmly believed that Lin Qianxuan could lead them to end this disaster.

On the way, they cleared away some minions from the Cult of Impurity, finally arriving at the square in front of the true Imperial Palace Main Hall.

In the massive square, there was no one.

Ascending the steps, there were some cult followers in front of the main hall.

Before the game character could make a move, three Squad Commanders led their men to clean them out.

The game character and the Gongsun sisters arrived at the hall's entrance, revealing the scene inside.

A somewhat plump middle-aged man sat on the dragon throne, frolicking with some scantily clad palace concubines.

The decadent music echoed, the floor soaked in wine, surrounded by fruits and prepared dishes.

This scene, Lin Qianxuan could only describe as an orgy.

Those concubines didn't seem very eager to join in, as their faces showed traces of fear and dread.

Two of the concubines had chains on them, currently filthy and kneeling on the ground, crawling at the man's feet, getting whipped on their backs until blood flowed profusely.

"Hiss, this guy is so twisted?"

Lin Qianxuan couldn't help but gasp.

Mainly because the depiction was so realistic, making it slightly hard for him to bear.

[Gongsun Ying (angry): Pig of the Cult of Impurity, truly damnable!]

With that, Gongsun Ying drew her sword and slashed towards the man on the dragon throne.

"Whish~!"

Sword Qi flew out, heading straight for the man.

The man raised a fist and struck out, shattering the Sword Qi instantly.

[Tong Gong (rising, looking at you): How dare you little mice disturb Lord Tong's pleasure? Those guys are truly useless, they couldn't even stop you! What if they ruin my big plan?]

With a stretch of his hand, Tong Gong grasped a large shield from above the dragon throne, big enough to cover most of his body.

The shield had a fierce, crocodile head design on its surface, looking extremely menacing.

[Tong Gong (holding the shield in front of him): You little mice, when your Spiritual Essence reaches the Impure God, remember to tell Him that the one who killed you was Tong Gong, the deputy commander of the Cult of Impurity!]

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