Chapter 509: Chapter 510 Dayue Kingdom

Under the eaves, Qingzhu looked around in confusion at the empty space beside him.

“Marquis, what’s wrong with him?”

Zhao Xiyan hooked the corner of his mouth.

“Perhaps he has seen the light?!”

Qingzhu was even more puzzled and couldn’t figure it out for a long time.

Zhao Xiyan had already walked away with Qi Yue, but he was still pondering in the same spot.

“Hasn’t Yunzhu always said that he disapproved of the Marquis treating the master in this way and that? Why does it seem like he’s trying to take credit… But what does that have to do with the master?!”

When Qi Yue returned to the room, she too “interrogated” Zhao Xiyan.

“Husband, I feel like this Yunzhu is not quite like Qingzhu and the others, is he?!”

“Of course, they’re not the same. He is a monk, and Qingzhu and the others are laypeople, how can they be the same?”

Qi Yue curled her lips.

“…In my opinion, he’s even more worldly than laypeople!”

Hearing this, Zhao Xiyan frowned slightly, “What did he say to you on the way to Youyun Mountain?”

Qi Yue shook her head.

“Not much, really. I just felt that he must disapprove of me somewhat… Haha…”

She laughed dryly as she spoke.

“Originally, he wanted me to help see a patient, and I agreed, but then he changed his mind, saying a prescription would suffice… Anyway, it was quite strange….”

Zhao Xiyan raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.

“He has been in the world for a long time and is a bit out of touch with worldly manners, but he’s a good person, he’ll get better.”

“Mm.” Qi Yue also nodded, “So, what exactly did the Emperor of Nanyue agree to? Come on, tell me, I’m waiting to hear.”

Zhao Xiyan smiled slightly.

“It’s a simple matter. I convinced him to return Bufang Mountain to us.”

“Bufang Mountain? You mean the location of the National Treasure?” Qi Yue was overjoyed.

“Of course, I knew Yueyue would be happy.” Zhao Xiyan reached out and scratched her nose, “Shall we take a detour to check it out on our way back?!”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Qi Yue nodded excitedly, “We can finally find the National Treasure, I hope there are mountains of gold and silver, I want to take enough!”

In the evening, Yunzhu returned, reporting that Huangfu Nan had been captured.

Zhao Xiyan wanted to take Qi Yue with him to listen, but she refused.

“I’m too lazy to go, I’m tired and need to rest.”

She didn’t budge, and Zhao Xiyan didn’t feel like going to the front hall for the discussion either, so he simply stood in the corridor and began questioning from there.

However, with Qi Yue’s keen hearing, she could hear every word of their conversation clearly from within her room.

When she heard Yunzhu hesitantly speak of how Huangfu Nan, after being gravely wounded and captured, suddenly changed his personality, becoming like a madman, continuously cursing Zhao Xiyan for betrayal and ingratitude, Qi Yue couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“…Did that old wreck also curse that I won’t be able to have children?!”

The outside fell silent, and Zhao Xiyan stormed in like a whirlwind.

“Yueyue, how did you know what he said?”

Qi Yue lifted her face from the couch, snorting with laughter.

“How could I not know? After I shot him with the cannon that day, he suddenly lost it. He probably didn’t realize I was already pregnant, so he cursed me as nastily as he could!”

“I’m going to kill him!”

Zhao Xiyan’s face turned cold in an instant. He grabbed the Long Halberd hanging on the wall, ready to head out the door.

Hearing this, Qi Yue quickly got up, trying to restrain him.

“Husband, don’t go just yet, listen to me!”

“What else is there to say?” Zhao Xiyan’s eyes nearly spat fire, “He dared to insult you, and even curse us…”

“Just wait, let me finish!” Qi Yue snatched the Long Halberd, pulling Zhao Xiyan to sit down on the couch.

“Husband, it’s my fault for not telling you about this sooner. That day, I found Huangfu Nan very strange, acting mad and erratic, it seemed to come in bursts. I suspect there’s something wrong with his mind…”

Qi Yue tried to explain to Zhao Xiyan what mental illness was, but he blinked and came out with a sentence straightaway.

“Are you trying to say he’s sick, occasionally lucid, and occasionally not? When he’s ill, he doesn’t know what he’s doing or saying?”

“Probably just that,” Qi Yue tugged at the corner of her mouth, “So you see, living too long can be problematic too!”

Zhao Xiyan pondered for a moment.

“It’s possible he went mad due to practicing too hard…”

After a pause, he got up to leave.

“Then this has nothing to do with me, to kill is to kill.”

Qi Yue hurriedly stopped him.

“Husband, let’s just let it go, he’s already miserable enough… By the way, how did you catch him?”

Zhao Xiyan fell silent for a moment, then related the events in a few sentences.

It turned out, after he suspected that Huangfu Nan had a body double, he thought that he might fake his death to escape, so he made arrangements in advance.

Before the great battle, he ordered Zhao Chong and Zhao Tai to take away that body double.

In the original plan, he and Yunzhu did not intend to confront Huangfu Nan head-on but lured him into an ambush that had been prepared beforehand.

At the exit of Fengxing Valley outside the city, there was an extremely narrow rock peak, where he had people set up a trap using the nets previously left by Qi Yue, including the laser gun and others.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yue suddenly showed up, and because she had previously injured Huangfu Nan with artillery.

Together with Zhao Xiyan’s earth-shattering shot, it directly destroyed more than half of Huangfu Nan’s martial power.

As a result, Huangfu Nan went from being forced into the trap to actively walking into it.

In the face of so many mysterious weapons, Huangfu Nan’s already severely injured body simply couldn’t withstand, and he was easily captured.

However, the old man’s talent for cursing was such that even the Black Feather Guard could scarcely bear to listen.

Having said that, Zhao Xiyan became even more enraged and wanted to kill again.

After thinking it over, Qi Yue tried to persuade him again, “Husband, no matter what, Huangfu Nan has taught you after all, without him, there wouldn’t be the you of today. Just let him go; after all, he is of such an advanced age…”

Zhao Xiyan frowned even more deeply.

“Are we to put up with his abuse every single day?”

Qi Yue smiled faintly.

“That’s not necessary.”

Then, she beckoned for Zhao Xiyan to lean in and whispered a few sentences to him.

Zhao Xiyan’s furrowed brow immediately smoothed out.

“That would work?”

“Of course, it will, don’t you trust me?” Qi Yue raised her eyebrows, “I used to specialize in neurosurgery; just a minor surgery, removing a small part of the brain, can completely change a person’s personality. This way, we won’t have to endure any scolding, and you can also fulfill your teacher-student relationship. Isn’t it the best of both worlds?!”

Zhao Xiyan smiled with satisfaction, “How could I not trust Yueyue? Let’s do as you say!”

Two days later, Qi Yue took the unconscious Huangfu Nan into the space and performed a simple hippocampectomy surgery with her little assistant.

After waking up, Huangfu Nan indeed had become a completely different person.

The originally unpredictable schemer, who spent his days longing to restore the former glory of the Qiongzhou Continent, suddenly turned into a gentle and amiable old man.

During the days when Qi Yue was away, he also came from time to time asking for delicious foods to eat!

After this incident was settled, she and Zhao Xiyan went to Bufang Mountain.

According to the previous map, after much effort, they finally found the National Treasure buried in Bufang Mountain.

When collecting the silver and gold, Qi Yue laughed until she flipped over.

She hadn’t expected the real National Treasure to be shockingly large.

The gold, silver, jewels, and an array of precious items and artifacts which she had never seen before were countless and indescribable in words.

Yunzhu, who had been following by the side, naturally got a glimpse of what he thought was mysterious.

Seeing piles of objects disappearing into nothingness with just a gesture from Qi Yue, he never once put down the Buddhist salute he was holding.

After returning to Longnan County Government, ascending the throne and founding a country became one of the most pressing matters.

In the same year’s autumn, a grand new palace rose from the highlands on the eastern outskirts of Longnan County Government.

From then on, the Dayue Kingdom was officially established, with its capital in Longnan County Government and the era named Dayue Yuan Year.

As for the person who became the Emperor, well, it became obvious from the nation’s name.

That’s right, it was Qi Yue.