The Twin Palace.

With the help of two beautiful twin young women, Concubine Jie and Concubine Yu, Zheng Yi put on the dragon robe.

Recalling the charm of the two women last night, Zheng Yi couldn't help but smile.

"By the way, where is your mother?"

Concubine Jie paused and said hesitantly, "My mother is not feeling well and cannot serve Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"You're not feeling well? Have you called the doctor?"

"I've already asked for it, and the doctor said it's fine."

"That's good."

Zheng Yi pinched the two girls' fair chins and turned away.

Looking at Zheng Yi's leaving back, the two girls' eyes were full of nostalgia.

Only when Zheng Yi's back was out of sight did the two women turn around and go to the side hall.

Their mother, Concubine Zhen, was also staring blankly into the distance.

"Mother~"

"Jie'er, Yu'er, was His Majesty satisfied last night?"

"Ah."

"Weren't you angry because your mother didn't welcome him?"

"No."

"Mother!"

Concubine Yu suddenly raised her voice and asked, "Your Majesty has been so good to you, my mother and I, why are you hiding from him?"

"Ugh……"

Concubine Zhen sat in front of the table, holding up the bronze mirror with both hands and said, "My mother is already old, and I'm afraid that she will cause dissatisfaction to His Majesty if she meets him."

"In the past, Emperor Wen had a beloved concubine, Lady Li. After she grew old and lost her beauty, she stopped seeing Emperor Wen. For this reason, she ensured that she always had a perfect impression in Emperor Wen's heart."

"That's why I took care of the interests of my family and relatives. I don't want to drag you down."

"Mother~"

"That's all..."

Concubine Zhen sighed and said, "You two sisters both have spiritual roots, just like Your Majesty, you can both enter the path of cultivation and become a pair of immortal lovers in the future."

"Being able to see you sisters living happily with my own eyes, mother feels much happier."

Concubine Yu was anxious: "What should you do, mother?"

"I?"

Concubine Zhen smiled and said, "Mother, of course I will stay in the harem obediently until I am old, and take care of the princes and princesses for you~."

"Compared to other people, mother is already much happier."

"Don't think too much, don't worry, mother is fine."

"Mother..."

Of course, Zheng Yi knew everything about the three girls' secret conversation.

Especially Concubine Zhen’s thoughts.

But he didn't plan to do anything.

Concubine Zhen is right.

As time goes by, those concubines without spiritual roots will gradually grow old.

Separation between life and death is the long-lasting love of human beings.

Even he couldn't stop it.

The only ones who could accompany him were the many concubines with spiritual roots.

It can even be said that some concubines with mediocre qualifications could only accompany her for a few decades.

Perhaps only a few people like Tuoba Qingying, Cui Xiabing, Yang Liuqing, etc. can accompany him for a hundred years, or even thousands of years!
After returning to Baiyujing, he used the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror to investigate the situation of Bai Zhirui in Canglan Realm.

At this time, she was still meditating in the cave that Zheng Yi specially prepared for her, and there was nothing unusual.

After watching for a while, the divine consciousness withdrew from the Canglan Realm.

At this moment, a flame was flickering in the quiet room.

With a sweep of his mind, he heard Tuoba Qingying's voice.

"I have something to discuss with you. Come to my retreat."

"Tuoba Qingying is looking for me?"

Zheng Yi's expression moved, and then he stood up and went to Qingying Palace.

"See Your Majesty!"

Many palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly paid their respects, and Zheng Yi simply waved his hand to indicate that there was no need for formalities.

Soon he arrived at the place where Tuoba Qingying was in seclusion, which was located in the underground secret room of Qingying Palace.

"What do you want from me, my beloved concubine?"

Before Tuoba Qingying could react, Zheng Yi hugged her.

Juemei's expression changed immediately, and she shouted in a low voice: "Let go, I have something important to talk to you about!"

"Business? That's not urgent, let's finish it first!"

"A tyrant~!"

"Not here! Go to the bed!"

"Don't pull my skirt...Ah~!"

More than an hour later, Zheng Yi lay refreshed in the bathroom, and four palace maids carefully washed him.

As for Tuoba Qingying, she angrily walked to another bathroom and refused to take a bath with Zheng Yi no matter what.

Zheng Yi couldn't persuade her, so he could only let it go.

With a thought, he contacted the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

【Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20. 】

[Absorbs pure Yin energy, water attribute spiritual roots +20;]

[Absorb pure Yin energy, mana +20...]

The water-attributed spiritual roots added a full forty points.

Even the mana increased by 40 points.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being a cultivator with natural spiritual roots in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

With a few more dual cultivations, Zheng Yi's chance of entering the foundation-building stage will be 100% certain!

"Next, I will practice in silence and strive to enter the foundation-building stage as soon as possible."

"But before that, we still have to arrange the affairs of the court and the affairs of the many independent cultivators of the Three Pure Ones."

Zheng Yi leaned on the shore, letting four pairs of small hands knead his body.

"This retreat will take at least two years... no, five years, or even ten years!"

"Not only to break through the foundation, but also to stabilize the cultivation, and then sacrifice a few treasures, snake eggs, poisonous insects, reincarnation nine-infant fruit, etc...."

“Squeak~!”

While Zheng Yi was still thinking, the bathroom door was suddenly opened.

The familiar breath made Zheng Yi realize that this person was Tuoba Qingying, so he did not open his eyes.

"You guys go down~"

"Yes, madam!"

The four dishevelled maids responded softly and then left the bathroom.

Soon, Zheng Yi felt a pair of soft hands gently pressing on his temples.

"Well, my dear, what's the matter?"

Tuoba Qingying took a deep breath and said, "I...I feel like traveling a lot after being so quiet."

"The reason why I was able to enter the foundation-building stage so quickly in the past was closely related to my training outside."

"The world is so vast, and the mountains and rivers are so beautiful. I want to see more of them. Maybe I can encounter many opportunities."

"Traveling? Where?"

Zheng Yi's eyes flashed and he said, "You can't go to Xingchen Island. You can choose any other place."

Tuoba Qingying rolled her eyes at Zheng Yi and frowned, "I did want to go to Xingchen Island, but Your Majesty... never mind, how about not going to Xingchen Island and going to... the West?"

"The west?"

Zheng Yi frowned slightly, but still nodded.

Ten years ago, he received news of unrest in many small Western countries.

However, there was unrest everywhere in Dayu at that time, and he didn't have time to deal with them.

Those western countries did not cross the Western Mountains and enter the territory of Dayu.

If you want to gain experience, the Western countries are really a good place.

Zheng Yi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but let's wait a little longer."

"Wait?" Tuoba Qingying asked in confusion, "What does your majesty mean?"

"Three years, two years... Two years at the latest. When I am ready, you can go out and gain experience."

"Two years?"

Tuoba Qingying nodded and said, "Okay, I also want to take this opportunity to move the entire Tuoba family to Fairy Peak and Canglong Peak."

"Two years is enough."

"it is good."

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "In a few days, I will go to Tianshou Mountain to retreat for a while. You should come with me."

"Retreat?"

Tuoba Qingying said with a strange expression: "I heard that your queen specially prepared a grand selection of concubines for you."

"There are more than 3,000 concubines now, all of whom are living in Chuxiu Palace. Your Majesty, are you going to Tianshou Mountain for retreat?"

Zheng Yi smiled faintly and said, "I am in seclusion, and there is no conflict with the selection of concubines."

"The Tianshou Mountain Palace has been completed and is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people."

"Three thousand beauties are enough."

"What do you mean?"

Tuoba Qingying was shocked: "You, you want to move all these three thousand beauties to Tianshou Mountain?!"

"What, is there a problem?"

"You... a tyrant!!!"

a few days later.

Chuxiu Palace.

The sky in the distance was still dark blue, with faint sunlight rippling through.

The entire Chuxiu Palace was already bustling with people.

Teams of eunuchs and palace maids walked quickly and nervously, conveying government orders one by one to maintain the stable operation of the entire Chuxiu Palace.

"Hurry up! Today is His Majesty's selection ceremony. If anything goes wrong, we will not forgive you!"

"In compliance with the Queen's order! All the concubines today are to go to Baiyujing to obey the order!"

"Oh, auntie, you are still sleeping. Today is your big day!"

"If I could be valued by His Majesty, it would be a great joy for my ancestors!"

"Hurry up and wash up, and line up with our family!"

"Take your identity token and line up according to the arrangements made a few days ago..."

And around so many eunuchs and palace maids, there were women dressed in different palace costumes.

These women were the beauties selected by Lu Lin'er this time.

According to their origins, backgrounds and identities, they are divided into several distinct categories.

There were women from prominent families, daughters of officials and military generals, as well as a large number of daughters of businessmen and commoners.

However, compared with the girls of wealthy families, high-ranking officials, and military generals, the number of commoner daughters is very small.

However, these women all have one thing in common.

That is...beautiful!
At a glance, there are all kinds of beauties, plum blossoms, orchids, autumn chrysanthemums, each with its own strengths.

Women of all types, looks, and personalities are all gathered together.

There are charming, innocent, cute, confident, proactive, and gentle ones.

Led by their respective eunuchs and palace maids, this group of girls lined up and walked one by one towards the depths of the palace.

Their target was Baiyujing, located in the center of the imperial palace.

Achieve elongation and look from a distance.

These thousands of beautiful girls, together with many eunuchs and palace maids, totaled at least five or six thousand people. The streams merged into a river, rolling towards Baiyujing.

In the crowd, there was a woman with nervous eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.

There were also women with fiery eyes who tried to build good relationships with the concubines next to them.

There were also women with confident eyes and imposing manner when they walked, obviously coming from a large family.

There were also women with eyes full of ambition, looking at the rising sun in the distance, secretly swearing in their hearts.

As the autumn sun rises, the sky gradually becomes brighter.

"stop……!"

When the team of daughters from big families and high-ranking officials, who were at the front of the team, were about to reach Baiyujing, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

On the tall white jade steps, Liu Chengen, with white hair and beard, was standing in the middle with his back bent.

Although he is old, he is a eunuch and has not lost his virility, and he has no worries about men and women.

In addition, there are often health-preserving elixirs available in the harem, so his spirit is still as young as that of a young man.

"By divine decree!"

"All the concubines, led by their respective eunuch leaders, are waiting in the square outside Baiyujing."

As soon as the words fell, several eunuchs at the front of the crowd said respectfully: "We will obey the imperial decree!"

Afterwards, the eunuchs quickly marched in the team.

Each eunuch, with five beauties, stood in positions that had already been designated.

All the concubines were completely confused, but they could only follow the eunuchs obediently.

This wasn’t included in previous rehearsals.

Only the dozens of women from wealthy families and official families at the front of the team were well prepared. They quickly stood still and discussed something in a low voice.

"As expected... Father is right, this is another spiritual test ceremony!"

"Your Majesty is a cultivator, and many of the favored concubines in the harem also have spiritual roots."

"Only those with spiritual roots can be favored by His Majesty!"

"Even those with noble status, such as the Empress, Consort Duan, and Consort De, have gradually fallen out of favor!"

"Stand up straight... I wonder if I have spiritual roots?"

"Sister, you and I are from an aristocratic family. If one of us is found to have spiritual roots, we must support the other!"

"Sister, of course I will do so..."

Amidst much discussion, the news spread throughout the showgirl community.

Almost everyone's eyes became heated and the voices of discussion became louder.

Liu Chengen frowned as he stood on the white jade steps, but he still calmed down.

After everyone stood still, he spoke again: "Everyone, be quiet."

"Anyone who continues to discuss this will have their nameplate taken away and be expelled from the palace!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire square quickly fell silent.

As one of the most favored eunuchs around His Majesty, even ordinary concubines dared not offend him.

"Ok!"

Seeing this, Liu Chengen nodded slightly, then turned around and walked up quickly.

On the third floor of Baiyujing, Zheng Yi, the queen, and several concubines had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the three thousand beauties have been brought here, and they are all standing in their fixed positions according to the arrangement of Taoist Priest Tianxingzi."

"Ah."

Zheng Yi nodded and looked to his side: "My beloved, thank you for your help."

"It is my duty to share your Majesty's worries."

Zhuang Yuheng said respectfully, then stood up and came to the center of the spirit-testing formation.

As the special envoy of the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, Tian Xingzi has set out to visit several cultivation families to win them over.

The matter of the protective formation in the palace was handed over to Zhuang Yuheng.

She walked to the center of the formation, clasped her hands together, and a faint magical power flowed into the center of the formation below her.

Soon, the low-grade spirit stone at the center of the formation emitted a faint light, which quickly enveloped the entire square outside Baiyujing.

The formation vibrated, and faint fluctuations of spiritual energy quickly spread throughout the entire square.

At the same time, it also spread to the bodies of more than 3,000 concubines.

At this moment, more than 3,000 beauties all subconsciously lowered their heads and checked their bodies.

Around the many beauties, the eunuchs and palace maids also subconsciously looked up and looked at the group of beauties with envy.

I don’t know, who would have spiritual roots?

Even in Baiyujing, many concubines stretched their heads and looked down.

"what?"

Zhuang Yuheng, who was at the edge of the formation on the top floor of Baiyujing, quickly discovered something. He clasped his hands together and stopped the operation of the spirit-testing formation.

Then he turned around and said respectfully to Zheng Yi: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty."

"This time, the spirit test... uh, this time, the selection of beauties, there are three beauties with spiritual roots!"

Three beauties...!
Among the more than 3,000 people, there were actually three people with spiritual roots.

This probability... one in a thousand! (End of this chapter)