Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace

Chapter 20: 20 Emperor’s Qi

According to the description of the Emperor’s Divine Sealing Skill, to comprehend it, one must have the Emperor’s Aura and National Fortune.

What is the Emperor’s Aura?

The Emperor governs the world, holding great power, commanding life and death, gathering the power of all beings, moving mountains and seas with a word, shaping lands into rivers.

People fear imperial power, like stars surrounding the moon, countless honors gather in one person, naturally cultivating the Emperor’s Aura.

The amount of the Emperor’s Aura represents how much power from the sun and moon can be harnessed to accelerate cultivation.

The more Emperor’s Aura, the more power from the sun and moon can be harnessed, and cultivation progresses faster.

The opposite is also true.

Damn.

Isn’t this just telling you to become the Emperor yourself?

As long as you are the Emperor, the Emperor’s Aura and National Fortune naturally follow.

The idea of being an Emperor is something Chen Mo doesn’t dare to think about at the moment.

Therefore, there is another way.

And that is the Imperial Edict.

The Emperor’s edict, with the Jade Seal, is also blessed by divine providence, naturally possessing the Emperor’s Aura.

By absorbing the Emperor’s Aura contained within, Chen Mo can comprehend the Emperor’s Divine Sealing Skill.

Besides the Emperor’s Aura, National Fortune works too.

The Emperor’s Jade Seal, the Empress’s Phoenix Seal, even the Official Seal and General’s Seal, all have National Fortune.

However, the Jade Seal and Phoenix Seal have more National Fortune.

Moreover, although the Emperor is not a heavenly child, who can deny the prowess of the previous dynasty’s emperor, who conquered the Thirteen Kingdoms, expanded territories, unified written language, unified measures, abolished depraved sacrifices, and crafted a Heirloom Seal of the Realm from the Nine Provinces Tripod and an extraterrestrial meteorite.

Able to interfere with spirits above and manage the people below.

This made the Emperor nearly equivalent to a heavenly child.

And the Great Song Dynasty is inheriting the previous dynasty’s foundations.

Things like the Jade Seal, Chen Mo shouldn’t even think about.

He cannot even get close to it.

But he can consider the Imperial Edict and Phoenix Seal.

The Empress’s bedroom has one.

Chen Mo has seen it; it’s placed on the table. When the Empress drafts an edict, after confirming its accuracy, she sometimes seals it with the Phoenix Seal herself; when lazy, she lets Wang Ying seal it.

As for the Imperial Edict.

The Empress also has one.

It was given by Xiao Yunxi when she was crowned Empress.

Usually, it is kept in a cabinet and can be seen when tidying up.

Moreover, no one dares to steal an Imperial Edict, and it’s useless for ordinary people. Therefore, the Empress does not guard it strictly, as long as it’s not lost.

Chen Mo has the chance to access and absorb the Emperor’s Aura on it.

His mind was a mess of thoughts, feeling increasingly feasible. Excitedly, Chen Mo turned over, making his injured buttocks directly touch the bed board.

And then it got Barbie-cued.

That sourness.

The corner of his mouth twitched.

Chen Mo quickly turned over again.

Fortunately, cultivation does not require specific postures like sitting cross-legged.

Chen Mo lay on the bed, preparing to activate the Feather Nirvana Heart Scripture to begin cultivation.

But then he remembered something and took out the Bronze Small Bell from under his pillow.

He hid this Bronze Small Bell very well because it wasn’t big. When entering the Weiyang Palace, he hid it in his sleeve.

When meeting the Empress, he tucked it in his bosom.

After being beaten with the cane, when others wanted to help him back,

he limped back to the maid’s room on his own.

After all, he had too many secrets.

Revealing even a little could bring disaster upon himself.

Chen Mo prepared to try activating the Bronze Small Bell to see.

Zhao Fujin’s Object Manipulation Skill was a simple technique, and with the help of the Fighting Saint Body, Chen Mo successfully mastered it in no time.

He formed seals with both hands and chanted spells.

Soon, he noticed that the Bronze Small Bell on the pillow floated in mid-air, rapidly spinning, emitting red light.

In an instant, Chen Mo had a feeling that although the Bronze Small Bell didn’t seem big enough to cover his palm, it currently weighed a thousand pounds.

If used to strike someone.

The effect would be astounding.

Now Chen Mo had no way to test this.

If he smashed the maid’s room with a hole, it wouldn’t be easy to find an explanation, and the repair costs, he couldn’t afford.

Chen Mo retrieved the Bronze Small Bell.

But just after retrieving it, Chen Mo felt as if he had been in a battle all night, utterly exhausted.

The True Qi within him was also completely depleted.

It seems Zhao Fujin was right. With his current strength, he could only activate it once.

Chen Mo quickly activated his cultivation technique to recover.

An entire night passed.

There’s no wall that doesn’t let the wind through.

By the next day, Zhao Fujin already knew about Chen Mo being beaten with a hundred canes.

So early in the morning, she went to the Weiyang Palace.

At this moment, Xiao Yunxi was washing up. Seeing Zhao Fujin storming in, she immediately dismissed her attendants and said lightly, ”You already know?”

Zhao Fujin nodded angrily and said, ”Mother, why did you beat Chen Hong? A hundred canes, this matter has nothing to do with him, it was I who forcefully made him take me out of the palace.”

Xiao Yunxi drew her eyebrows with a brow pencil and said, ”Of course, I know it was your blackmail. Otherwise, how would a mere servant dare to take the Empress out of the palace?”

”Mother, since you knew, why did you still...” Zhao Fujin looked at Xiao Yunxi with a resentful expression.

”Without rules, nothing can be done. As the ruler of the harem, if I don’t punish him, how can I lead the harem?” Xiao Yunxi put down the brow pencil, stood up, and a wave of royal majesty emanated from her, then she said:

”If I don’t punish him, should I punish you? His Majesty has repeatedly emphasized to you not to leave the palace, have you ignored it?”

”You should know, if it weren’t for me, if this matter were left to your father to punish, Chen Hong would have been dead long ago.”

Zhao Fujin’s face changed: ”Father... he knows?”

”If I can know, how can His Majesty not know? But the harem matters are all for me to handle, and it’s not convenient for His Majesty to intervene. But if I don’t handle it, and His Majesty steps in, think about it...” Xiao Yunxi said earnestly:

”Fujin, sometimes, your little rebellious acts involve not just yourself.”

Hearing this, Zhao Fujin couldn’t help but feel a trace of guilt, then she said, ”Mother, I know I was wrong.”

”It’s good to know you’re wrong.” Xiao Yunxi smiled as she patted Zhao Fujin on the head, then said, ”But Chen Hong is a very decent person. When you left the palace this time, he took all the blame on himself. I didn’t misjudge him; he is a sincere person.”

”Then Mother, can I go see him?”

”Go ahead, take this with you.” Xiao Yunxi took a Jade Bottle from the table and gave it to Zhao Fujin.

”Mother, what is this?”

”The finest golden sore medicine,” Xiao Yunxi smiled.

Zhao Fujin took the Jade Bottle and said, ”Then Mother, why don’t you give it to him yourself?”

Hearing this, Xiao Yunxi gave a surprised smile, then pinched Zhao Fujin’s cheek, saying:

”Fujin, when you have the chance, you should learn the art of managing people.”

”What do you mean?”

”Don’t say this golden sore medicine is from me, just say you gave it to him yourself.”

”???

Zhao Fujin left the Empress’s bedroom, holding the Jade Bottle, with an expression half-understanding.