Chapter 116: The Yihua Palace Legacy

"Huh? What's going on? It's already this late, and today's entry hasn't been written yet?" Dongfang Bubai frowned as he looked at the diary in his hands.

Ever since he received it, Ye Xiu had been keeping a journal, one entry a day, practically a habit.

But today, it was already completely dark, and by this time of year, when everyone would have finished writing, there was no new entry at all.

In fact, it wasn't just Dongfang Bubai, Qu Feiyan, Ren Yingying, Ning Zhongze, Yue Lingshan, Huang Rong, Lin Shiyin, and Shui Sheng. Far away in the Song Dynasty, Ah Zhu, Ah Zi, Wang Yuyan, Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, and even Lianxing at Yihua Palace noticed that their diaries hadn't been updated.

Yaoyue and Lianxing had already had the diary for several days.

At first, they thought it was just an ordinary entry, brought into Yihua Palace by an outsider.

But the next day, they were shocked to discover an extra entry in their diary.

Yaoyue and Lianxing were shocked. They had been carrying the diary with them at all times, yet someone had secretly written a new entry in it while they were carrying it.

Lianxing even went to ask the others in Yihua Palace if anyone had been inside.

It was then that she realized that no one else could see the diary except herself, and she couldn't reveal its secrets.

Yaoyue's situation was similar.

Only then did the two sisters discover the diary's mysterious nature, which only made Yaoyue more determined to find the author. That's when Ye Xiu was found and brought back to Yihua Palace.

...

"No, something must be wrong, otherwise Ye Xiu wouldn't have missed today's entry." Dongfang Bubai's anxiety grew. He stood up and hurried towards Mount Huashan.

Ning Zhongze and Yue Lingshan were also unable to sleep.

Like Dongfang Bubai, they were worried that something had happened to Ye Xiu.

Especially Yue Lingshan, she felt that Ye Xiu should have come back today, but was comforted by Ning Zhongze.

But now, not only did Ye Xiu not come back, he didn't even write in his diary. This obviously didn't seem right.

"Mom, do you think something happened to Senior Brother Ye? Why hasn't he come back yet? Not only has he not written in his diary. Senior Brother Ye will never miss a day's diary." Yue Lingshan said to Ning Zhongze a little panicked.

Ning Zhongze was also uneasy, but as a mother, she had to comfort Yue Lingshan: "Shan'er, don't worry, your Senior Brother Ye should be fine. Maybe he just had something to do today and didn't have time to write in his diary. After all, your Senior Brother Ye has Dongfang Bubai guarding him, so nothing will happen to him!"

"Yeah, but--" Yue Lingshan was still worried and still felt uneasy.

"Okay Shan'er, get some rest. Maybe when you wake up tomorrow morning, a new diary will appear." Ning Zhongze comforted Yue Lingshan.

"Really? Mother, will the diary appear tomorrow? Is Senior Brother Ye really alright?" Yue Lingshan was at a loss for words. Listening to Ning Zhongze's soothing words, she tried to convince herself that what he said was true.

"It's true, it's really alright. Go get some rest," Ning Zhongze nodded with a forced smile.

While Ning Zhongze was comforting Yue Lingshan, Dongfang Bubai had already reached Mount Huashan. Upon reaching the mountain, she immediately headed for Ye Xiu's room.

Upon entering, Dongfang Bubai found Ye Xiu's room immaculately clean. There wasn't a speck of dust on the table or floor, and the quilt on the bed was soft, likely freshly dried in the sun.

However, Ye Xiu wasn't in the room.

Dongfang Bubai's foreboding grew stronger.

She turned and went to find Ning Zhongze.

"Ning Zhongze!" Dongfang Bubai called out to Ning Zhongze's room.

"You?" Ning Zhongze was startled at the sight of Dongfang Bubai, and his uneasy feeling intensified.

"It's you! Why are you here?" Yue Lingshan's eyes were filled with hostility upon seeing Dongfang Bubai. She was completely determined to treat Dongfang Bubai as an enemy.

Dongfang Bubai simply ignored Yue Lingshan and looked at Ning Zhongze.

"Ning Zhongze, where's Ye Xiu?"

"Huh? Xiu'er? Isn't Xiu'er with you?" Ning Zhongze was stunned for a moment, his voice a little anxious.

"He and I separated in Huayin County. When we parted, I saw him heading towards Huashan. Didn't he go back to Huashan?" Dongfang Bubai asked with a frown.

"No, Xiu'er didn't go back to Huashan at all. Shan'er and I have been waiting for Xiu'er, even going to the intersection to wait for him, but Xiu'er never showed up. I thought Xiu'er and you stayed in Huayin County," Ning Zhongze said hurriedly.

Now, Dongfang Bubai and Ning Zhongze were both silent, their expressions turning grim.

"Dongfang Bubai, what do you mean? Where is Senior Brother Ye? Are you saying Senior Brother Ye is missing?" Yue Lingshan asked anxiously.

Dongfang Bubai frowned and glanced at Yue Lingshan with displeasure.

"You must have hidden Senior Brother Ye, right?" Yue Lingshan pointed at Dongfang Bubai, her face etched with anger. "You must have known that Senior Brother Ye would disown you after returning to Huashan, and you were afraid he would abandon you, so you captured and imprisoned him, right?" Yue Lingshan couldn't help but shout.

"Shut up!" A cold glint flashed in Dongfang Bubai's eyes.

Dongfang Bubai was already in a bad mood because of Ye Xiu, and Yue Lingshan kept on nagging and accusing him. If it weren't for their relationship, Dongfang Bubai would have killed her right then and there.

"You—"

"Alright, Shan'er, stop talking," Ning Zhongze interrupted Yue Lingshan, worried that if she continued to argue, she would draw Dongfang Bubai's murderous intent.

"Mother—"

"Shan'er, Miss Dongfang, there's no benefit in imprisoning Xiu'er," Ning Zhongze said, shaking his head.

"Hmph!" Dongfang Bubai snorted coldly. Of course, she couldn't do something like imprisoning Ye Xiu.

After all, Ye Xiu's diary had a favorability system. If Ye Xiu was imprisoned, Ye Xiu's favorability towards her would probably decrease, which was something Dongfang Bubai absolutely didn't want to see. Moreover, even if the diary didn't exist, Dongfang Bubai didn't want to do anything to upset Ye Xiu.

"Miss Dongfang, can you tell me where and when you and Xiu'er separated?" Ning Zhongze asked Dongfang Bubai when he saw Yue Lingshan calm down.

"Today..." Dongfang Bubai told her the place and time she and Ye Xiu separated.

Ning Zhongze, Dongfang Bubai, and even Yue Lingshan, all three of them, worried, began to analyze the situation.

It was just that they had too little information, so they couldn't find any useful information.

Although the three of them didn't explicitly mention the diary, they all knew that the other party was one of the diary's holders.

Dongfang Bubai was unable to get any useful information from Ning Zhongze, so she came down from Mount Hua and immediately summoned all the followers of the Sun and Moon Sect in Huayin County.

"Now, I want all the intelligence from Huayin County today, all the information related to Ye Xiu. Or, if anyone special has been to Huayin County..." Dongfang Bubai immediately began to make arrangements.

...

"This diary entry seems to have been consistent before, but why did it stop today? Did something happen?" Lianxing frowned, her face filled with worry.

It wasn't that Lianxing had any feelings for the diary's writer. She was simply worried about the news of the Shenzhaojing and the Rama Neigong.

The diary clearly stated that the writer had obtained the Shenzhaojing and seemed to know a lot about the Rama Neigong.

If something happened to the writer, her efforts to obtain information about the Shenzhaojing and Rama Neigong would become very difficult.

Lianxing couldn't help but feel resentful towards Yaoyue. If Yaoyue hadn't suddenly left Yihua Palace, leaving her to take charge, she would have left long ago to search for the diary's owner. She wouldn't have to stay in Yihua Palace like this, worrying about whether something happened to the writer and whether it would affect her search for the Shenzhaojing and Rama Neigong.

"Ah!" Lianxing couldn't help but sigh.

She really wanted to leave Yihua Palace and go to Huashan right now, but she didn't dare to resist Yaoyue's order. Yaoyue ordered her to stay in Yihua Palace, so she didn't dare to leave Yihua Palace.

Her right hand subconsciously wanted to touch her left hand, but just as she raised her right hand, she put it down.

This almost uncontrollable action made Lianxing more anxious, and she longed for the Shenzhaojing and Rama's internal strength more and more.

"Wuque's current strength is not bad. He has broken through to the seventh level of innateness. It should be okay to let him travel the world now. At least he shouldn't encounter too much danger. Maybe when he travels the world, let him specifically inquire about the news of Shenzhaojing and Rama's internal strength..." Lianxing thought to herself.

Hua Wuque was only 14 years old at this time, but at the age of fourteen, he already had the cultivation of the seventh level of innateness.

Furthermore, Hua Wuque's martial arts, cultivated at the divine level of Hunyuan Zhenqi and Yihua Jieyu, are likely few if not invincible. Even at the Grandmaster level, Hua Wuque can still hold his own with Yihua Jieyu. Lianxing

's face lit up with a doting smile at the thought of Hua Wuque.

For over a decade, Lianxing had practically treated Hua Wuque like her own child, from infancy to the present, graceful fourteen-year-old.

She had spared no effort in cultivating Hua Wuque.

This dedication, combined with the Yihua Palace's nearly unlimited supply of cultivation resources and Hua Wuque's inherent talent, had enabled him to reach the seventh level of Xiantian at the age of fourteen. Based on Hua Wuque's performance, he could easily reach the Grandmaster level before the age of twenty.

His cultivation speed was comparable to Yaoyue's.

However, Lian Xing couldn't help but sigh at the thought of Hua Wuque's cultivation of Hunyuan Zhenqi.

Hunyuan Zhenqi and Jiayi Shengong were originally inherited martial arts of the Yihua Palace, arguably its foundation.

However, the final level of Hunyuan Zhenqi, Konghua Zangmu, and the final level of Jiayi Shengong, Yihua Jiemu, have been lost. It's destined that they won't be able to reach the highest level. If Hua Wuque simply cultivates step by step, he'll likely never reach the Grandmaster realm in his lifetime.

Unless he cultivates Mingyu Gong, or becomes like Yaoyue—

the thought of Yaoyue makes Lian Xing feel awe, but also deep admiration.

After the loss of the final level of Hunyuan Zhenqi and Jiayi Shengong, the two most powerful martial arts of the Yihua Palace, the Yihua Palace had no martial arts that could reach the Grandmaster realm.

Yaoyue unexpectedly innovated on these two martial arts and created the even more advanced Mingyu Gong.

Perfecting the Mingyu Gong to its ninth level allows one to break through to the Grandmaster realm and become a Grandmaster.

Unfortunately, Yaoyue's heart was tainted by Jiang Feng's incident, and she couldn't cultivate the final level of her own creation, the Mingyu Gong, to perfection, forcing her to remain stuck at the ninth level for fourteen years.

Lianxing, also practicing Yaoyue's Mingyu Gong, was so afraid of her that she couldn't even break through the ninth level.

"Perhaps, Wuque shouldn't have been allowed to cultivate Hunyuan Qi. If he had cultivated the Wedding Dress Divine Art, while the final level of the Yihua Palace's Wedding Dress Divine Art has been lost, the Daqi Sect's Wedding Dress Divine Art still exists. While the Yihua Palace's Wedding Dress Divine Art differs from the Daqi Sect's, as one involves having others make wedding dresses for you, the other involves you making them for others. Ultimately, they share the same origin. If I could master the Daqi Sect's Wedding Dress Divine Art, perhaps I could complete the Yihua Palace's Wedding Dress Divine Art..." Lianxing sighed. In fact,

it was precisely because of the potential for completing the Wedding Dress Divine Art that Yaoyue hadn't allowed Hua Wuque to cultivate it.

Not to mention Yaoyue's own creation, the Mingyu Gong.

In Yaoyue's eyes, Hua Wuque was merely a tool for her revenge. As a tool, he wasn't qualified to practice the Mingyu Gong, nor was he qualified to practice the Jiayi Divine Art.

This was why Hua Wuque cultivated Hunyuan Zhenqi.

Of course, Hunyuan Zhenqi was equally powerful. A complete Hunyuan

Zhenqi could also allow him to break through to the Grandmaster realm. Even with the final layer missing, Hua Wuque could still become a leader in the Xiantian realm, and even the Grandmaster realm beyond. It was simply because he lacked the right opportunity that he struggled to achieve Grandmaster status

. "When my sister returns, I'll tell her to let Wuque go," Lianxing thought.

...

In a flash, a whole day had passed.

Ye Xiu, looking at Yaoyue, still as beautiful as a white jade, felt his fear fade considerably.

"Palace Master Yaoyue, may I..." Ye Xiu tried to speak with Yaoyue.

But before he could finish, Yaoyue's finger landed on Ye Xiu again, touching him once more.

And so, Ye Xiu was whisked away by Yaoyue once again.

Ye Xiu was filled with frustration.

When he was with Dongfang Bubai, Dongfang Bubai would always point out his urges every night, and Ye Xiu had almost gotten used to them.

After finally separating from Dongfang Bubai, Ye Xiu was captured by Yao Yue, but Yao Yue was even more extreme. Except for eating and cleaning himself, he was being pointed at almost 24/7.

If Yao Yue were like Dongfang Bubai, it would be fine, but Yao Yue wouldn't touch Ye Xiu at all.

Even Ye Xiu couldn't talk to her.

The moment Ye Xiu opened his mouth, Yao Yue would point him out.

Even during dinner, the moment Ye Xiu spoke, Yao Yue would point him out, and the meal would be over.

Ye Xiu was truly helpless, completely helpless.

He couldn't even figure out what Yao Yue was up to.

And then there was the matter of the diary. Ever since Ye Xiu got it, he had insisted on writing in it, no matter what happened that day.

But last night, Ye Xiu's persistence was over.

He was being tortured by Yao Yue, and couldn't write in his diary.

"Ah!" Ye Xiu sighed deeply.

Yao Yue didn't care what Ye Xiu was thinking. Right now, she just wanted to take Ye Xiu back to Yihua Palace and imprison him.

As for what to do after that, perhaps nothing at all, simply keeping Ye Xiu captive inside the palace.

And so, as Yao Yue and Ye Xiu hurried on, another day slipped by. Ye Xiu hadn't written in his diary for two days!

"

Waste, all of you waste!" Dongfang Bubai's expression was icy, his entire body a block of thousand-year-old ice.

Two days had passed, two days, and her men hadn't been able to find any trace of Ye Xiu.

She had no idea whether Ye Xiu was alive or dead.

This intensified Dongfang Bubai's anxiety and anger.

Especially since Dongfang Bubai had only recently made Ye Xiu hers.

Even though Dongfang Bubai had always taken the initiative, even though she had always pressed Ye Xiu's acupoints, even though she had always covered Ye Xiu's head with her red coat,

in Dongfang Bubai's eyes, Ye Xiu was hers, and she was Ye Xiu's.

It just so happened that at this time, Ye Xiu disappeared. And no clues have been found for two days. How could Dongfang Bubai not be angry about this.

"Master, two days ago, someone saw a very beautiful woman appear in Huayin County, but the woman's whereabouts were very strange. She disappeared in the blink of an eye, making people mistakenly think that she had encountered a female ghost..."

Finally, a subordinate came to report the news.

"A very beautiful woman? And she appeared two days ago?" Dongfang Bubai was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, Master, because the person who saw the woman only saw her once, he thought he was dazzled or had encountered a ghost, so he didn't pass the news up."

Hearing this, Dongfang Bubai's face was gloomy: "This kind of news was delayed for two days! The person responsible for this news can die!"

"Yes, Master!"

After his subordinates withdrew, Dongfang Bubai began to wonder, could this woman who was mistaken for a female ghost be the culprit of Ye Xiu's disappearance?

If so, then what is the other party's identity? Why did the other party do this?