Chapter 535: Chapter 535: The Chosen One (2)

"After all, he can see both the future and the threads of fate... and he is a master of manipulation when it comes to both."

"If it weren’t for the Sect Leader’s recent breakthrough in divination... she might not have even noticed his trail in the first place."

"..."

At those words, the surging aura around Fen Ling gradually subsided.

She had no choice but to admit it.

People did not call him the Chosen One for nothing.

His strength, his actions, and the way he moved through the world had always been enigmatic... and everything connected to him inevitably ended in devastation.

After a moment of silence, Fen Ling asked in a softer voice,

"...Does your sect have a plan then? I never doubted your strength, Leng Qianxue. But you alone will not be enough."

Leng Qianxue smiled.

"Haha... of course I know."

She looked at Fen Ling with a calm, almost playful light in her pure white eyes.

"As much pride as I have in my own strength, I am fully aware of my limits. Which is why... I need your help."

"Me??"

Fen Ling looked at her in clear shock, then let out a wry smile.

"Maybe I could offer some help after I break through to the Nascent Soul realm. But even so..."

Her crimson gaze turned cold once more.

"...There is no reason for me to risk my life fighting the Chosen One."

Leng Qianxue’s smile deepened slightly.

"Of course, we can’t have you risk your life for nothing." she said lightly,

She leisurely picked up the teacup again, her pure white eyes watching Fen Ling with quiet certainty.

"The Sect Leader said that if you help me... she will tell you the location of the Inheritance Ground of the Fen Dynasty."

Her soft voice carried a clear weight as she added,

"Isn’t that what you’ve been searching for all this time?"

"..."

Fen Ling fell silent.

The cold light in her crimson eyes flickered as she slowly sank into deep thought.

After some time passed, she finally spoke again in a soft voice.

"...And how are you so sure that with the two of us, we can defeat this monster?"

At those question, Leng Qianxue just gave a light shrug.

"We won’t know until we try."

She set the teacup down and continued calmly,

"But I’ve been preparing a special kind of array to welcome him. Once he steps into it... our chances of killing this disaster will be quite high."

At those words, Fen Ling’s eyes flashed with sudden understanding and a trace of surprise.

"...You mean that Pseudo Rank 6 formation?"

She looked at Leng Qianxue more carefully now, her voice lowering slightly.

"I see... so you want to take advantage of my dragon bloodline."

But then, Fen Ling’s brows furrowed slightly.

"...But how can you be so sure that he will walk into the trap? Someone like him... if he senses even the slightest danger, he would never step into it willingly."

Leng Qianxue gave another light shrug.

"I don’t know."

She paused for a moment, then her expression gradually turned serious as she recalled the Sect Leader’s exact words.

"...But the Sect Leader said this—"

Her pure white eyes met Fen Ling’s as she slowly repeated the message in a low, steady voice.

[It is inevitable. He will come... and he will walk into that trap.]

At that words, Fen Ling stared at her in clear disbelief.

It was strange.

Almost inconceivable.

Someone as cunning and far-sighted as the Chosen One would never willingly step into a trap he could already see.

The entire idea went against everything she knew about that man.

Sensing her hesitation, Leng Qianxue spoke again.

"So... do we have a deal?"

Fen Ling did not answer immediately.

The conflict was still clear in her crimson eyes.

Seeing this, Leng Qianxue’s tone softened just a little as she added,

"How about this? If he doesn’t walk into the trap, you can retreat without any obligation. But if he does walk in... then we have a deal to deal with him together."

Fen Ling paused at those words.

After a moment, she let out a quiet breath.

"...You really trust your Sect Leader that much, huh."

She then asked one last question, her voice turning more serious.

"What should we do about the dynasty, then? I’m certain he’s already scheming something."

But to her surprise, Leng Qianxue’s reply was simple and completely casual.

"We’ll deal with whatever it is after we take care of the Chosen One."

At those cold, straightforward words, Fen Ling looked at the beautiful white-haired woman standing before her.

In that moment, she truly realized once again that these people... were genuine cultivators.

Detached.

Focused only on what they considered important.

Everything else could wait... or be discarded.

A wry thought quietly rose in Fen Ling’s heart.

’...It seems being an Empress really changed me.’

She looked up at Leng Qianxue and finally gave a small nod.

"...Then we have a deal."

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Some time later, night had already fallen over the imperial palace.

Inside her residence, Fen Ling stood by the window, her expression calm yet heavy.

She was preparing to move into the inner harem, both to personally oversee the safety of the remaining concubines and to wait for further news from Leng Qianxue.

Earlier, she had asked when the operation would begin and who the Chosen One’s identity was.

But Leng Qianxue had only smiled and refused to give her a clear answer, saying that revealing everything would interfere with the flow of fate and inevitably disrupt the Sect Leader’s plan.

Besides, even she did not know much.

The Sect Leader had only told her that the man called himself the Divine Envoy.

With a quiet sigh, Fen Ling turned away from the window.

And her thoughts inevitably drifted toward Li Feng.

The situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.

Now that she knew the Chosen One was actually the Divine Envoy, she couldn’t help but feel even more uneasy.

Whatever the Chosen One was planning, it was clearly far greater than anyone had anticipated.

At the very least... she should let him know.

WHOOSH!

A moment later, a dark figure silently appeared inside the chamber and dropped to one knee.

One of her Shadow Dragon Guards.

Fen Ling sat down at the desk, took out a blank jade slip, and carefully wrote a letter.

Once finished, she sealed it with her spiritual energy and handed it over.

"Deliver this to Envoy Li," she ordered coldly. "Personally."

The Shadow Dragon Guard accepted the letter with both hands, bowed deeply, and vanished into the shadows without a sound.

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Not long after.

Deep within one of the quieter passages of the inner palace, the Shadow Dragon Guard moved swiftly and silently, the sealed letter carefully stored within his spatial ring.

Just as he was about to turn the corner—

A figure was already standing in the middle of the passage.

A chubby eunuch dressed in ordinary palace attire stood there with his hands tucked into his sleeves, as if he had been waiting for him the entire time.

The Shadow Dragon Guard immediately came to a halt.

"Hmm?"

He was somewhat confused... Why was a eunuch standing here?

Yet before he could react, the chubby eunuch’s round face lit up with a bright, friendly smile.

Eunuch Peng looked at him with open delight.

"Oh my... What a coincidence."

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[Here is an illustration of Eunuch Peng warmly greeting the Shadow Dragon Guard:]

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