After returning, he went to the restaurant he missed the most in Jiannan Prefecture City to taste his favorite dishes and wine.

While eating and drinking, he listened to the customers in the restaurant, either chatting with each other or bragging idly.

After a few sentences, he heard about how Li Xuanji had overthrown the Liang Kingdom and was preparing to ascend the throne.

Moreover, it was only after overthrowing the Liang Kingdom that Li Xuanji revealed he was a descendant of the former dynasty, aiming to restore the kingdom.

’Oh, so Li Xuanji is a descendant of the former dynasty. No wonder he possesses such abundant treasures; they are leftovers from the previous dynasty.’

Su Que listened, and his eyes sparkled.

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, Su Que slowly savored several dishes, finished three pots of wine, then called over the waiter to settle the bill, and leisurely walked out of the restaurant.

At home, Su Que practiced the Celestial Deformed Divine Skill, and two days passed without him noticing.

He was preparing to find a secluded place to practice the Demon Saber.

Just as he was about to leave the city gates, he saw on the city walls the secret sign Li Xuanji had previously arranged with him.

’Since Li Xuanji is already Emperor, why is he looking for me?’ Su Que thought to himself.

’Could it be that Emperor Jing of Liang has descended from the Upper Realm?’

With this thought emerging in his mind, Su Que slightly squinted his eyes.

’Better go take a look first!’

Su Que immediately found an empty place, took out his attire from the storage pouch, changed rapidly, and headed to the former residence of the Heaven-Breaking Army.

That residence had been reduced to ruins in the aftermath of his battle with the Abbot Kong Wo of the Great Buddha Temple.

However, their previous meeting spot was just at that residence, and even though the residence was gone, the meeting place should remain unchanged.

As Su Que approached the residence, he scanned the area with his spirit.

He detected Li Xuanji and some old members of the Heaven-Breaking Army, but no stronger presence.

’It seems Emperor Jing of Liang has not yet returned.’

Thinking this, Su Que suddenly moved to appear behind Li Xuanji, saying indifferently, "What do you want with me?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xuanji turned abruptly and bowed deeply to Su Que.

Although Li Xuanji had ascended the throne, he was dressed in plain clothes at this moment.

With graying temples and an elegant face, coupled with his scholarly attire, he looked like a teacher.

"It is thanks to you that I have achieved this today, sir!"

Li Xuanji bowed once more and then said to Su Que:

"Sir, I have founded a new nation and wish to invite you to be my National Preceptor."

"Hopefully, sir, you can protect my Qi Kingdom in peace, while you enjoy all of Qi Kingdom’s cultivation resources."

Li Xuanji saw that Su Que possessed extraordinary strength and longevity.

Having practiced the Rakshasa Kui Divine Skill, even as Emperor, while consuming Great Nourishing Medicine daily and being able to practice some Health Cultivation Internal Power from the Imperial Palace Armory of the Liang Kingdom and worldwide,

he still felt he wouldn’t live past seventy.

Hoping his dynasty could last for millennia, he spoke to Su Que.

Su Que listened and pondered deeply.

Now, his Celestial Deformed Foot and Demon Saber had reached the realm of the 12th Realm Unparalleled.

This Lower Realm Martial Arts, due to its inherent limitations, becomes increasingly difficult to cultivate at higher realms.

Though his cultivation speed was still astonishing compared to others,

he felt it was somewhat slower than before.

Even though his lifespan kept increasing, along with his Talent Value.

But the larger the Talent Value, the longer it took to reach multiples of its previous value.

He couldn’t experience that previous feeling of doubling his Talent Value, thereby doubling his cultivation speed.

Therefore, during his cultivation, he still wanted to use some external aids to further enhance his cultivation speed.

Besides, with Emperor Jing of Liang descending from the Upper Realm at any time,

Emperor Jing, having experienced the Upper Realm, might possess Evil Techniques obtained from there.

He also somewhat harbored the intention to hunt Emperor Jing of Liang.

If he were too far from the Capital City when Emperor Jing descended, he couldn’t arrive in time.

’Going to the Capital City is fine, but I need an excuse to bring Su Jing too.’

After thinking for a while, Su Que said to Li Xuanji, "You should return to the Capital City."

"Also, gather all the Exotic Soldiers and medicinal materials in the land, and have Elder Qingxuan, with the alchemists, perform alchemy for me."

After speaking, he enveloped himself with spiritual power, performed lightweight skill, and disappeared in front of Li Xuanji.

’I shall return to the Capital City... perform alchemy...’

After Su Que left, Li Xuanji pondered carefully over these two sentences of Su Que’s.

’Sir must be heading to the Capital City...’ After a while, he comprehended the meaning of those words.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanji immediately instructed an old minister: "You heard what sir said just now, go and make arrangements."

"Yes." The old minister replied.

...

Inside the guild, Li Yujing was conversing with Su Jing.

"Xiao Jing, I won’t hide it from you anymore; I am the sister of the current Emperor, Li Xuanji."

Li Yujing, seeing that Li Xuanji had already swept away various forces of the Liang Kingdom, whether it was the Xiao Family of the Liang Kingdom, the Great Buddha Temple, or the True Profound Sect,

and having grown very familiar with Su Jing, felt she should no longer conceal her true identity from Su Jing.

Su Jing, hearing this, slightly widened her clear, bright eyes, her small mouth almost forming a small circle.

After a while, once Su Jing had digested the news, Li Yujing continued:

"My brother has gone to the Capital City, and I wish to go there too."

"Xiao Jing, why don’t you and your brother come with me to the Capital City?"

Su Jing replied, "I naturally wish to go with you, but I don’t know what Xiao Que thinks."

Li Yujing said, "In the Capital City, there’s the Imperial Palace Armory left by the Liang Kingdom, with martial arts secret manuals collected from all over."

"Surely, there are many marvelous martial arts within, perhaps ones capable of transforming Xiao Que completely."

"Just like how the Jade Maiden Heart Scripture transformed you."

"Haven’t you always worried that after prolonging your life through martial arts, you’d outlive Xiao Que, hoping he would practice martial arts too?"

"Why not bring Xiao Que to the Capital City as well? I’ll have my brother find some martial arts experts to search the Imperial Palace Armory for martial arts to teach Xiao Que."

Su Jing was greatly tempted and immediately said, "Then I’ll go back and talk to Xiao Que."

...

After meeting Li Xuanji, Su Que returned home, seeing that Su Jing was not there, he went to his room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and practiced the Celestial Deformed Divine Skill.

While circulating the Celestial Deformed True Qi within, he wondered what excuse he should use to talk to Su Jing about the siblings going together to the Capital City.

While pondering this, he suddenly heard the door open, indicating Su Jing had returned.

Su Jing had returned with groceries.

After placing the groceries in the kitchen, she practiced swordsmanship for a while in the courtyard, then entered the kitchen to prepare lunch.

In no time, lunch was ready, and Su Jing called Su Que out to eat.

Su Que immediately opened the door and joined Su Jing for lunch.

As he ate, Su Que pondered on how to speak to Su Jing about his desire to go to the Capital City.

However, he also noticed that during the meal, Su Jing’s gaze flickered, as if she had something to say to him.

After eating for a while, Su Jing said to Su Que, "Xiao Que, Sister Yujing has gone to the Capital City, and I am also thinking whether you might want to go. If you don’t want to, I won’t go."

Su Jing considered for a moment but decided not to reveal Li Yujing’s identity yet, fearing it might scare Su Que by saying it too suddenly.

Hearing this, Su Que was delighted in his heart.

Oh yes, he had momentarily forgotten that Li Xuanji still had a sister, Li Yujing, in Jiannan Prefecture City.

It’s likely that Li Xuanji returned today to take his sister to the Capital as well.

Since Li Yujing had gone to the Capital City, and Su Jing was close to Li Yujing, naturally, she wished to go too.

Thus, their journey to the Capital City was logical, with no need for him to concoct any excuse.

"Alright."

Su Que immediately said:

"With the new nation established, the world is likely to be peaceful for a time, and the Capital City, being the cultural center, I wish to see it too."

Thus, the siblings discussed their departure to the Capital City while having their meal.

After planning, five days later, they packed their belongings and hired a carriage.

Not feeling at ease, Li Yujing had Li Xuanji leave a Late Stage Martial Artist of the Meridian Opening Realm to protect the siblings as they journeyed to the Capital City together.