Ye Ling looked deeply at Wang Die and smiled, "It seems there's a deeper story between you and the Wuhou Sect... I'm very curious, would you mind telling me about it?"
Wang Die smiled, "Actually, no one else knows about this, and I never intended to tell anyone. But since Your Majesty is willing to listen, I will tell you. I hope Your Majesty won't laugh at me."
Ye Ling chuckled, "You speak, I'll listen."
Wang Die asked, "Your Majesty must also be very curious why I reached the eighth-grade cultivation at such a young age?"
Ye Ling: "I thought your cultivation skyrocketed after being struck by lightning. It seems there's another reason?"
Wang Die said, "Actually, the lightning strike was something I lied to Your Majesty about. Since my birth, for some reason, I've been able to foresee the future and know many things that ordinary people don't."
"Although I have this talent, which has allowed me to advance rapidly in the Way of Qimen formations, it has not helped my cultivation progress at all."
"Many times, because I am all-knowing, my cultivation is hindered, and I can't enter a state of meditation for a long time."
"However, even though my cultivation was low, thanks to the profundity of Wuhou Qimen and my ability to foresee future events, I could fight against opponents three ranks higher using Qimen formations. So, when I was at the fifth grade, I killed an eighth-grade異士 (yi shi - a term for a special practitioner, often translated as 'extraordinary individual' or 'cultivator') and successfully rose to a high position in the Cloud Palace branch."
Hearing Wang Die's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect you to be a protagonist template. With such exceptional talent, if you were born in another world, you would likely reach the pinnacle of the world in no time."
Ye Ling could tell that Wang Die's own cultivation talent was not weak; in fact, she was a genius far surpassing ordinary people.
The spiritual energy on Earth was too thin, and simply cultivating diligently wouldn't increase one's cultivation much. Moreover, Wang Die was favored by the laws of time, so most of her energy during cultivation was subconsciously dedicated to comprehending the laws of time.
Although slow in the early stages, once Wang Die got on the right path, her future cultivation journey would be smooth sailing.
If she were in the Dongxuan Continent, with the cultivation of a great clan, Wang Die would probably only need a year to reach her current level.
Wang Die, naturally unaware of Ye Ling's thoughts, assumed he was joking. After a slight smile, she continued, "At that time, when I joined the Cloud Palace and cultivated diligently, my purpose was to avenge my parents and destroy the Wuhou Sect."
"After I killed an eighth-grade 異士, my confidence swelled infinitely, and I couldn't wait to kill my way to the Wuhou Sect, slay Zhuge Feng, and raze the Wuhou Sect to the ground."
"So, after months of careful preparation, I infiltrated the Wuhou Sect, intending to assassinate Zhuge Feng."
Hearing Wang Die's words, Ye Ling knew without thinking that Wang Die's assassination attempt had failed.
Otherwise, Ye Ling wouldn't have seen Zhuge Feng at the Grand Ceremony of Heavenly Master Ordination of the Zhengyi Sect at that time.
Wang Die was unreserved about her failure, saying, "I think Your Majesty must have guessed that my assassination attempt failed. Not only did it fail, but it was a crushing defeat."
"My Qimen formations, which I had always been proud of, were completely useless against Zhuge Feng. And although I could predict Zhuge Feng's attack trajectory, my body couldn't keep up with Zhuge Feng's speed at all!"
"With my fifth-grade cultivation facing the eighth-grade Zhuge Feng, it was like a moth flying into a flame, a mantis trying to stop a chariot."
"Zhuge Feng easily crushed me and my pride."
"After I was defeated by Zhuge Feng, I thought he would kill me like crushing an insect, but he didn't."
Ye Ling guessed, "So, because Zhuge Feng let you go that time, your attitude towards the Wuhou Sect changed?"
Wang Die shook her head, "If Zhuge Feng had simply let me go, I wouldn't have been grateful. Instead, I would have returned to cultivate even harder and assassinated him once I was strong enough."
"But what was absurd that day was that while I was attempting to assassinate Zhuge Feng, other forces were eyeing China's Dragon Veins and Dragon Heart."
"Someone took advantage of my assassination attempt on Zhuge Feng to infiltrate the Zhuge family and excavate a portion of the Dragon Heart from near the Dragon Veins."
"At that time, Zhuge Feng knew the Dragon Veins were under attack, so he stopped paying attention to me and rushed to the vicinity of the Dragon Veins, engaging in a fierce battle with those 異士 who were stealing the Dragon Heart."
"The ones stealing the Dragon Heart that time were three eighth-grade 異士. The three of them ganged up on Zhuge Feng alone. Moreover, they had set up a barrier around the area, so the other disciples of the Wuhou Sect had no idea that a fierce battle was taking place underground in their ancestral home."
"Out of curiosity, I followed Zhuge Feng and was accidentally trapped within the barrier, witnessing the battle between Zhuge Feng and the other three eighth-grade 異士."
"After personally witnessing Zhuge Feng fighting three opponents alone, I had to believe that Zhuge Feng was the foremost person under the Red Dust Immortal. Unless I broke through to the Red Dust Immortal realm, I had no hope of revenge in this lifetime."
Ye Ling asked, "What was the outcome of that battle? Was the Dragon Heart stolen?"
Wang Die shook her head, "The Dragon Heart fragments were not stolen, but I ate them..."
"You, you ate them?"
Hearing Wang Die's words, Ye Ling was somewhat taken aback, "So your eighth-grade cultivation is because you ate Dragon Heart fragments?"
"Mmm..." Wang Die nodded with some embarrassment. "At that time, the three eighth-grade thieves, seeing they were no match for Zhuge Feng, took me hostage."
"What puzzled me even more was that Zhuge Feng could have killed me and the three thieves together, but because I was being held hostage, he gave up resisting and was severely wounded by those three eighth-grade thieves."
"Later, when the three thieves relaxed their guard, I used Wuhou Qimen to ambush them. Zhuge Feng also seized the opportunity, risking death, and together with me, they killed those three thieves."
"After the battle ended and the Dragon Heart returned to its place, I was critically injured. Zhuge Feng then, in front of me, dug out a small fragment from the Dragon Heart and fed it to me, thus saving my life. My strength also advanced by leaps and bounds due to consuming the Dragon Heart fragment."
"Since that incident... my thoughts about Zhuge Feng slowly began to change."
Ye Ling smiled, "You little girl, he saved your life, and then you went and smashed his ancestral shrine?"
Wang Die smiled, "Smashing the ancestral shrine was my way of settling things with the Zhuge family. Zhuge Feng saved my life, and I smashed their ancestral shrine, so the matter of my parents was also settled."
Ye Ling sighed, "I didn't expect that guy Zhuge Feng to have such an unknown side."
After all, Ye Ling had encountered Zhuge Feng on Longdao Mountain, and at that time, Zhuge Feng was a cold-blooded creature who could sacrifice even the junior disciples of his own clan without hesitation.
Zhuge Feng's act of digging out a small piece of the Dragon Heart from China's Dragon Veins to feed to Wang Die greatly changed Ye Ling's impression of him.
In fact, Ye Ling quite liked this girl Wang Die, otherwise, he wouldn't have easily followed Wang Die to Xichuan Pingyuan City.
Now that Zhuge Feng had shown kindness to Wang Die, Ye Ling, loving the bird because of the house, naturally developed a good impression of Zhuge Feng.
Wang Die: "So, this time, I want to save the Wuhou Sect from crisis."
Ye Ling said, "Since that's the case, I'll help you protect this Wuhou Sect."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, joy appeared in Wang Die's eyes, and she quickly bowed excitedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"