Chapter 154: Imperial Master and Zhao Guanxiang
Xuntianjian, the top floor of the General Office.

Zhao Guanxiang woke up slowly and just when he was about to move, he found that his hands and feet seemed to be tied up and his body could not move at all.

He suddenly opened his eyes and was shocked to find that he was actually inside a cauldron.

The bronze lid covered the body of the tripod, but there was a “hole” on the top, which just happened to allow Zhao Guanxiang’s head to pop out of the “hole”.

The part of his body below the neck was all inside the cauldron.

He felt that the cauldron was filled with something like “plaster”, and his entire body was “embedded” in it. The enormous pressure pressed on every inch of his skin, making it wishful thinking for him to even move a finger.

Inside the alchemy cauldron, the thick and sticky substance like “plaster” was constantly penetrating his skin and merging with every part of his flesh and blood.

Zhao Guanxiang felt very itchy.

This itch is not on the surface of the skin, but an itch deep within one’s flesh and blood, deep into one’s internal organs, and deep into one’s bone marrow.

It’s as if something is growing.

This was undoubtedly a form of torture. If he had not been unable to move, he would have probably started digging into his own flesh with his nails and would not stop until he had peeled off the entire skin and scratched it.

After only being awake for a short while, Zhao Guanxiang was already sweating profusely and wished he would faint again.

“Well!”

He bit his lips hard to prevent himself from screaming in pain.

Just at this moment, a cold and ethereal female voice came from behind.

“You can scream if you want to. It will be a little uncomfortable to merge into the holy bones.”

The sudden sound startled Zhao Guanxiang.

He wanted to turn around to see who was talking behind him, but his body was “trapped” in those unknown things in the alchemy cauldron, and he couldn’t turn around at all.

However, Zhao Guanxiang already knew who was speaking.

Who else could be at the top of the Astronomical Observatory?
Of course it’s the national teacher, Shuiyuexian!
What Zhao Guanxiang couldn’t understand was that he was clearly conscious when Qilianzhi brought him to the top floor of the Astronomical Observatory. Why did he pass out as if he had blacked out as soon as he stepped through the door to the top floor?
And how long have you been unconscious?

However, he didn’t even have the energy to ask at this moment. Enduring the itching sensation in his body had already taken up all his energy.

Zhao Guanxiang wanted to hold it back at first, but in the end he couldn’t help it and let out a wailing sound.

He clearly felt that he would faint at the next moment, but every time his spirit reached its peak, a cool and refreshing force would emerge from between his eyebrows and flow into the Niwan Palace, sustaining him from fainting.

In the end, the wailing gradually weakened and the voice gradually became hoarse.

Even though the cool power between his eyebrows continued to surge out, Zhao Guanxiang could no longer hold on. His consciousness became blurred, and his life was almost passing by in front of his eyes.

He thought back to his childhood and the conversations he had with his adoptive father when he was first adopted by Zhao Qi’an.

“Why are my father, my mother, my little sister…they all going to die?”

“Because there is something missing in this world.”

“What’s missing?”

“justice.”

These words remained engraved in the mind of the seven-year-old boy for twelve years.

It was at that time that he secretly made a great wish –

If there is a lack of justice in this world, then he… will bring justice to this world!
The ambitions he made when he was young were so immature that even Zhao Guanxiang himself felt how naive and ridiculous he was.

But what he has been doing over the years is always moving towards the goal of the ambition he once made.

He even disobeyed Zhao Qi’an’s arrangement for the first time and did not follow the path paved for him by his adoptive father, but chose to join the Astronomical Observatory.

Always… my original intention remains unchanged.

When Zhao Guanxiang was about to be tortured by the pain in his body and could no longer hold on, the belief that had been suppressed in his heart surged up and made him burst out with unprecedented willpower.

Like a drop of water falling into a clear spring, an ethereal sound rang beside his ears. His blurred consciousness gradually recovered and the scene in front of him became clear again.

Zhao Guanxiang could still feel the discomfort in his body, but the “itching sensation” that had tortured him to the point of ecstasy just now gradually became bearable.

It’s not that the pain has been alleviated, but that his mental threshold has been raised.

“Ok?”

Zhao Guanxiang seemed to hear a light exclamation, and then he felt a breeze blowing towards his face, bringing with it a special and elegant fragrance.

The next moment, he felt his body lighten, and a force gently wrapped around him, “pulling” him out of the furnace like pulling a carrot.

Zhao Guanxiang was lifted out of the alchemy furnace into the air and then fell to the ground.

The floor was covered with a thick woolen blanket, so he didn’t get hurt from the fall.

But he soon realized that he was naked at the moment.

This nakedness does not just mean that he is not wearing any clothes, but that all the hair on his body is gone!
Whether it’s the hair, eyebrows, or hair in some unspeakable place, even the sweat hair on the surface of the skin is gone!

The corners of his mouth twitched instantly, and he could fully imagine what kind of boiled egg he was now.

But Zhao Guanxiang soon realized another big problem – he was not the only one in the room, there was also the imperial teacher!
Zhao Guanxiang quickly covered his vital parts and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

The cold and ethereal female voice just now sounded again: “Get up, I can’t see you.”

Not until then did Zhao Guanxiang muster up the courage to look up from the bottom.

The first thing that catches the eye is a pair of delicate and small jade feet, the white instep is slightly arched, the ankles are slender, as if they can be held with a light grip, and the skin is as delicate and smooth as mutton-fat white jade, making people want to touch it.

Further up, she was wearing a plain white skirt without any pattern. The pleats of the skirt fluttered in the wind. A jade belt was tied around her waist, revealing her slender waist.

But when Zhao Guanxiang saw the other person’s face clearly, he was stunned for a long time.

Zhao Guanxiang had actually seen many beauties in his life.

Whether it was a popular courtesan, a concubine in the harem, or a lady from a wealthy family in Kyoto…

What hasn’t he seen?

Even Princess Yuzhen, who is now the most beautiful princess in Kyoto, is only the nominal wife of his adoptive father, and he has also seen her.

The woman in front of him had long hair that was like a waterfall and a galaxy, dragging on the ground. Her silver-white hair was not mixed with a single color.

Although her hair was silver, her face was still like that of a girl, and her skin was tight and fair, but her eyes were bound with a piece of silk, covering their entire eyes.

If we only consider her appearance, the woman in front of him is not that outstanding. However, if we consider the exquisiteness of her features, I am afraid that any courtesan picked out at random will be better than her.

But in Zhao Guanxiang’s opinion, using the word “beautiful” to describe the person in front of him would be a blasphemy to her.

That is not beauty, but a kind of transcendence that cannot be tolerated by the mundane world.

She is clearly standing in front of you, but it seems as if there is a chasm between the two of you, and if you touch her, she will disappear like a bubble.

He seemed to understand why everyone who had seen the Imperial Master called her “the fallen immortal.”

Zhao Guanxiang stood up doubtfully, looking at Shui Yuexian who had her eyes covered with silk, and could not help but wave his hand in front of her eyes.

Shui Yuexian was unmoved and said calmly: “My eyes are diseased and I can’t see anything anymore. There’s no need to test me.”

hiss……

Zhao Guanxiang was confused and worried. If she couldn’t see, how would she know about his little action?

The fifth update is here. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt so confident to ask for some monthly tickets.
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(End of this chapter)