Chapter 1527: Chapter 829: Out-of-Body Experience (1)
Chapter 829
The unfamiliar environment before her eyes left Mo Jiuli momentarily unsure of what to do. Helplessly, Mo Jiuli could only wander around in her soul state, drifting aimlessly. After all, no one could see her…
Mo Jiuli noticed that this seemed to be some kind of Sect, as she saw not only maids and servants but also many men and women dressed in matching outfits, addressing each other as Senior Brother and Junior Sister when they met…
Thus, Mo Jiuli speculated that this must be a Sect. Drifting around in her soul state, she made a round through the area and discovered that it appeared to be a backyard. She decided to follow two women walking ahead…
“Senior Sister, have you heard? I heard our Little Junior Sister will marry the Holy Son next month—it’s so enviable!” one of the women said wistfully.
“What’s there to envy? Little Junior Sister is the Sect Leader’s daughter; marrying the Holy Son is only natural! If you were the Sect Leader’s daughter, you could marry the Holy Son too!” the older woman beside her said nonchalantly.
“I’m just saying! But, Senior Sister, wasn’t the Holy Son previously engaged? To Mo Jiuli, the Eldest Lady of the Divine Mansion? Didn’t the Holy Son declare in front of all the gods that he would marry no one but Mo Jiuli in this life? Why has he suddenly agreed to marry the Little Junior Sister now?” the younger woman asked softly.
“Heh… Men are all unreliable. Besides, the Divine Mansion’s family of three has been missing for years. How could the Holy Son possibly wait forever for the Goddess? And you know, Little Junior Sister always had unspoken feelings for the Holy Son. In the past, with the Goddess around, she couldn’t match her in any way, so she dared not harbor such thoughts for the Holy Son. But now, with the Goddess gone, in the entire Divine World, only Little Junior Sister’s status, appearance, and identity are worthy of the Holy Son…” the other woman replied calmly.
The two women kept walking away, their conversation both startling and confusing Mo Jiuli. Mo Jiuli? Were they talking about her? Was it related to her?
Mo Jiuli shook her head and continued walking forward. She had only taken a few steps when she noticed two men who appeared to be guards running quickly toward the left. Curious, Mo Jiuli followed after them…
Following the two guards, she arrived at an exquisitely luxurious courtyard named Lingxue Pavilion. For some reason, Mo Jiuli felt an odd familiarity with the name, but she couldn’t recall why…
The two guards ran into the courtyard and knelt, calling out, “Eldest Lady, we have news to report!”
“Come in!” A gentle female voice responded, prompting the two guards to rise and enter the pavilion.
Mo Jiuli also followed them inside. The space within was a side hall, likely connected to a bedroom. At the doorway was a curtain that obscured the person inside, but she could vaguely make out the silhouette of a woman seated at a dressing table, with her maid standing behind her, helping to comb her hair…
“What’s the matter? Why the urgency?” the woman asked softly without turning around. Her voice, however, gave Mo Jiuli a peculiar sense of familiarity.
Yet, for some reason, she couldn’t quite recall where she had heard it before…
“Eldest Lady, we’ve gathered news that the Holy Son will go to the Divine Spring on Divine Spring Mountain tomorrow for a cleansing ritual, so we hurried to report to you…” one of the guards said.
“Really? You’re saying Brother Han will go to Divine Spring Mountain?” the woman asked excitedly as she turned her head upon hearing the news.
But with the curtain still shielding her appearance, Mo Jiuli couldn’t make out her features clearly. Yet, her simple mention of “Brother Han” caused Mo Jiuli’s eyebrows to furrow slightly…