"Master, what are we going to the Imperial City for?" Shen Hanyue quickly asked.
Qin Ruolan was accompanied by a middle-aged woman in green, carrying two dark purple wooden boxes.
The middle-aged woman in green still possessed a lingering charm, and one could still see her youthful beauty.
The wooden boxes were about a meter square, yet she carried them as if they were weightless.
"To see Consort Hui, my senior sister."
Shen Hanyue curiously asked, "Does our Profound Yin Palace also have disciples in the Imperial Palace?"
"Yes, just like your lower levels," Qin Ruolan said with a smile, "The rules down there are similar to ours, all modeled after this side."
"Can we come along?" Shen Hanyue eagerly asked, "Ever since we came from Beyond the Heavens, we haven't had the chance to go out and see what this place is like."
She looked at Qin Ruolan expectantly.
Qin Ruolan saw that Xiao Ruoling also had a curious expression, and Zhao Qingying, though aloof, couldn't hide her eagerness.
She smiled and said, "Alright, but your cultivation is still too shallow, so you need to be careful."
She thought for a moment and beckoned, "Come in."
The three women followed her into the main hall.
Xiao Ruoling glanced at Shen Hanyue, who gave her a smug smile.
She knew what Xiao Ruoling was thinking and took the initiative to speak.
Qin Ruolan beckoned again.
The middle-aged woman in green put down the two dark purple boxes and went to a cabinet on the east wall, taking out a small box.
The small box, about a foot square, was carved from white jade with exquisite patterns, one side with flowers, one with grass, and another with strange beasts.
She handed the box to Qin Ruolan, placing it on the round table in front of her.
Qin Ruolan opened it, and immediately a treasure glow shimmered.
Shen Hanyue curiously leaned closer, "What is this, Master?"
Qin Ruolan smiled, "A defensive treasure for you."
"So powerful?" Shen Hanyue exclaimed, "Half an hour of divine aura? Does that mean even we in the Transformation God realm can escape?"
Qin Ruolan said, "You all have Profound Light Shuttles, use them to escape after blocking a single attack."
"After using it, can we use it again?"
"After using it for an hour, you need to wait a day before using it again. It's best not to use up the entire hour; the shorter the usage time, the faster it recovers."
"Master, can it control its own switch?"
"Yes, after you choose and refine it, you can control the switch."
Shen Hanyue excitedly looked at the nine treasures and turned to say, "Senior Sister, you choose first."
Xiao Ruoling said, "You go first, then Junior Sister Zhao."
Zhao Qingying said, "Junior Sister Shen, you choose first."
Qin Ruolan smiled as she watched the three of them, very pleased with their humility.
Shen Hanyue giggled, "Then I'll choose this jade hairpin."
This emerald hairpin was the simplest and most unadorned, and it would look ordinary when worn on the head.
Zhao Qingying chose the white jade necklace, while Xiao Ruoling chose the dark ring.
She remembered that Chu Zhiyuan also had an iron ring.
"This is the refining mantra," Qin Ruolan opened the second layer of the box, took out a thin sheet of paper, and handed it to Xiao Ruoling, "You can practice it on the way."
Xiao Ruoling took it, scanned it once, and then handed it to Zhao Qingying.
Zhao Qingying scanned it once and then handed it to Shen Hanyue.
Shen Hanyue also read it once and then returned it to Qin Ruolan with both hands.
Qin Ruolan nodded inwardly.
It seemed that all three women possessed photographic memory, truly worthy of being geniuses with outstanding comprehension.
"Let's go then," Qin Ruolan said with a smile, "We'll hurry there as quickly as possible, and then walk slowly on the way back."
She stood up.
The middle-aged woman in green quickly closed the box, put it back in the cabinet, and then picked up the two dark purple boxes, moving closer.
Qin Ruolan looked at the three women and took out a stack of veils from her sleeve, handing them to the three women with a smile, "Our Profound Yin Palace disciples must wear this when going out... Are you ready? I'll use the Profound Light Shuttle too."
The three women took the veils and looked down at them.
They discovered that the veils were embroidered with two bright moons, and as the veils fluttered, the moons seemed to be faintly glowing.
So they put them on their faces, covering their mouths, noses, and chins, revealing only their eyes.
They found the veils to be magical, as light as nothing, and they didn't feel like they were wearing veils at all.
Shen Hanyue reached out and tugged at it. If she hadn't touched it, she would have thought the veil had fallen off on its own.
Qin Ruolan also put on a white veil and smiled, "Let's go."
The middle-aged woman in green also put on a white veil.
The crystal waist牌 on Qin Ruolan's waist flashed, and the five women disappeared from the spot at the same time.
...
The next moment, they appeared in a lush forest.
Xiao Ruoling felt that this was very similar to the forest in the secret realm, where the vegetation was particularly lush and full of life.
The trees were tall and strong, the short ones were tens of meters tall, the tall ones were thirty meters tall, the thin ones required one person to hug, and the thick ones required three people to hug.
The vines of the grass tangled, crisscrossing like a large net woven through the forest, making it impassable.
Shen Hanyue pushed off the ground and shot straight up to the treetops of a thirty-meter-tall, two-person-wide tree, looking down at the surroundings.
Her voice came from afar, "Master, where is this?"
Qin Ruolan said, "Ten miles outside the Imperial City, do you see over there?"
"I see it, is that the Imperial City?" Shen Hanyue said in surprise, "The city walls are high enough."
She felt that Jade Capital was already magnificent enough, but compared to the great city in front of her, Jade Capital became a small town.
The city walls were a hundred meters high, and the bricks were mottled and green, emitting an aura of vicissitudes and weight under the sunlight.
She could see the cold light flashing from the swords and blades on the walls, like gems rotating in the sunlight.
Qin Ruolan floated up, slowly rising.
Xiao Ruoling and Zhao Qingying also used their lightness skills to climb into the high altitude and land on the treetops.
The middle-aged woman in green also jumped onto the treetops with the two dark purple boxes.
Chu Zhiyuan was not in a hurry to spread out the scope of his Insight.
He could now be sure that Qin Ruolan should not be able to sense him.
The preliminary judgment was likely due to his divine power.
Unknowingly, the current scope of his Insight had reached twenty kilometers.
But out of caution, he still tried his best to hide his existence and did not rashly use Insight too far.
Qin Ruolan pointed to the magnificent giant city over there, "That is the Imperial City, let's go, let's go in while it's still early, otherwise we won't be able to enter the palace."
She walked leisurely, gliding lightly in the air as if someone was pushing her.
Xiao Ruoling and the four women used their lightness skills to follow.
The middle-aged woman in green also followed closely behind, carrying the two dark purple boxes without affecting her lightness and elegance.
When the group arrived at the south gate, there were two long queues outside the south gate.
One was for individual pedestrians, and the speed of walking in was very fast, and the other was for carriages and horses, which was three points slower.
The twelve city guards guarding the gate were eyeing them, and two city guards each held a jade tablet in their hands, touching the foreheads of the pedestrians one by one, and then waving to let them go.
The leading guard saw the five women from afar, and hurriedly greeted them, cupping his fists and saluting: "Ladies, please come quickly."
Qin Ruolan nodded slightly, kept her feet, and led Xiao Ruoling and the others into the city.
"Master, what are they checking?" Shen Hanyue asked curiously.
Qin Ruolan said, "To detect whether they are demons, to avoid demons from mixing in."
"Demons?"
"Demons have the power of transformation, which is difficult to guard against. Fortunately, we have the Demon-Repelling Spirit Talisman. No matter how many changes they have, they can't hide it from the Demon-Repelling Spirit Talisman."
"Demons..."
"You won't be able to touch the affairs of the demons for the time being, so practice hard first, let's enter the palace first."
As soon as they stepped into the city, a huge noise rushed towards them, bustling with people.
Qin Ruolan walked in front, and an invisible force pushed the pedestrians away like a tide, walking leisurely in the dense crowd, at a very fast speed.
Xiao Ruoling and the three women looked around while using their lightness skills.
At first glance, there was not much difference from Jade Capital.
The same prosperity and noise, the same permeated with the atmosphere of paper drunk gold fans.
They soon came to a majestic and majestic red wall and golden gate.
The eight guards standing outside the purple-gold gate wore purple-gold armor and were full of momentum.
Xiao Ruoling and the three women suddenly felt a mountain directly pressing down.
If Qin Ruolan hadn't released her aura to cover them, they wouldn't have been able to withstand such a tyrannical force.
Qin Ruolan took out her waist牌 and entered the palace gate unimpeded, bypassing the first few halls and came to the outside of a courtyard in the back palace.
The plaque outside the courtyard was written with the three characters of Fu Hui Palace.
An old eunuch with white beard and eyebrows was guarding the door, apparently waiting for them on purpose.
He greeted them outside the courtyard with a solemn expression, cupping his fists and said: "Miss Qin, the empress is waiting."
Qin Ruolan frowned slightly: "Well, let's go in."
Shen Hanyue looked at Xiao Ruoling.
Xiao Ruoling shook her head gently.
They felt something was wrong, this atmosphere didn't seem like a good thing.
