Chapter 1607: Cultivation Alliance Envoy—Yue Ming (Third Update)

Under the night sky, inside a certain mountain villa!

At this moment, a string of silver bell-like laughter echoed crisply in the room.

Almost four years old, Little Yaoyao, with two pigtails, was playing on Zhou Qing’s back, her tender little hands occasionally tickling him.

“Daddy is clumsy, can’t catch Yaoyao~” The little girl nimbly rolled to the other end of the bed.

Her innocent face beamed with a pure smile, with two small dimples faintly showing.

Zhou Qing pretended to be frustrated, but his eyes were filled with doting love: “You little rascal, see if Daddy this time…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly moved swiftly to embrace the little girl, causing another round of giggling laughter from her.

Yu Yan quietly leaned against the carved door frame, watching the playful father and daughter, with eyes overflowing with tenderness.

“Does Daddy want to perform a magic trick for you?” Zhou Qing suddenly winked mysteriously.

Before his voice faded, thirty thousand bright Spirit Seals poured down like a river of stars, instantly illuminating the entire room like daylight.

As the Spirit Seals circulated, they cast countless spots of light on the walls, resembling a sky full of stars descending to the mortal world.

“Wow—” Little Yaoyao opened her round eyes wide, reaching out her chubby little hands to catch the twinkling light spots.

The Spirit Seals seemed to dance with spirituality at her fingertips, sometimes forming birds, sometimes transforming into fish.

Zhou Qing fondly watched his daughter’s ecstatic figure, gently pointing with his fingers, causing the Spirit Seals to transform into countless light butterflies, dancing around the little girl.

Suddenly —

Zhou Qing’s pupils shrank instantly, and the Spirit Seals vanished into thin air.

He quickly pulled Yu Yan into the room while picking up the still dazed Yaoyao, madly circulating his Spiritual Power, forming a substantial protective Gang Qi on his body surface.

“Don’t make a sound.” He lowered his voice, his gaze like lightning shooting outside the door.

Yu Yan reacted swiftly, flipping her fair hand to grip her life-bound Spiritual Artifact.

Following Zhou Qing’s line of sight, her face turned pale instantly —

Under the bright moonlight, upon the eaves with their upward-curving glazed tiles, a slender figure stood silently, not knowing since when.

The night wind gently moved her moon-white wide-sleeved Flowing Immortal Skirt, with silver-threaded dark patterns on the hem emitting a cool glow.

The woman’s features were like ice carving mixed with jade, a speck of cinnabar between her brows reflecting the moonlight, adding an otherworldly aura.

The most astonishing was the moon halo floating behind her head, where pure lunar essence circulated, emitting terrifying fluctuations that even slightly distorted the space.

She stood there so casually, yet it seemed the entire universe revolved around her.

The wind chimes under the eaves had fallen silent without notice, the spiritual insects in the courtyard quieted, and even the moonlight seemed to favor her location.

Zhou Qing’s pupils slightly contracted, his arms holding Yaoyao unconsciously tightened, and he quietly retreated.

Little Yaoyao likewise saw the woman outside, pointing with her childish voice said, “Daddy, that pretty aunt is glowing…”

Before the words could finish, the woman’s icy gaze suddenly swept over.

In that instant, the blood in Zhou Qing’s entire body seemed to freeze —

“You, are Zhou Qing?” The woman spoke, her voice as cold as a frigid spring from the nine heavens.

Zhou Qing’s Adam’s apple involuntarily moved, his back soaked with cold sweat.

The mysterious woman before him clearly exuded no oppressive aura, yet he felt a pressure greater than when he faced the Imperial Dynasty Inspector Su Minghe years ago.

It was an instinctual shudder born from the disparity in the level of life.

Without any doubt, even wielding an Extreme Dao Weapon, if this being decided to act, he had no chance of survival.

After thinking it through, he took a deep breath, gently handed Yaoyao in his arms to Yu Yan.

Yu Yan’s eyes were full of worry, he slightly shook his head to indicate no problem, then stepped outside the door with large strides, cupped his hands deeply in salute:

“Junior Zhou Qing, pays respects to Senior!”

The woman’s cold gaze lingered on him for a moment: “How old?”

“Replying to Senior, this junior has been cultivating for over two hundred and twenty years.” Zhou Qing answered respectfully, though filled with confusion.

Upon hearing, the woman’s eyes clearly showed a hint of surprise, the moon halo behind her head brightened slightly.

“To reach the late-stage Spirit Severing Realm at over two hundred years, is a talent of unmatched caliber; to condense thirty thousand Spirit Seals at over two hundred years, is a prodigy of the Array Dao; to acquire two Inscription-level Divine Techniques at over two hundred years, is a sign of great fortune.”

She paused, her eyes circulating with lunar brilliance directly looking at Zhou Qing: “You are indeed… extraordinary.”

Zhou Qing’s heart trembled, yet he dared not speak lightly.

Was the other party also here for those two Inscription-level Divine Techniques?

Seeing Zhou Qing’s vigilant expression, the woman suddenly let out a soft laugh, causing rippling clear brilliance from the moon halo behind her.

“No need to worry, I have no interest in your two Inscription-level Divine Techniques. This time passing through Nanhuang State, it was purely because I heard some interesting news.”

Seeing Zhou Qing still silent, she lightly raised her jade-like hand, and a Token condensed from moonlight floated in the air: “I am Yue Ming, an Alliance Inspector of the Celestial Fate Sacred Dynasty’s Cultivation Alliance.”

“Alliance Inspector?!” Zhou Qing’s pupils shrank drastically.

This person before him was actually the legendary Celestial Venerable!

Previously, while traveling from the Fourth-level Cultivation Country Jiuli Dynasty, on the ancient Teleportation Array, he had unexpectedly encountered the Imperial Dynasty Inspector Su Minghe, who also boarded the Teleportation Array to the Celestial Fate Sacred Dynasty.

Through the Demon Emperor Bai Xiang, who recognized him, Yu Yan quietly transmitted a message introducing the Inspector’s information.

This Celestial Fate Sacred Dynasty had six Inspectors, with three representatives from both the Dynasty Alliance and the Cultivation Alliance.

These great beings not only maintained the order of the Cultivation Realm, but also were responsible for selecting prodigies to train on the Starry Battlefield.

Though filled with dangers, the Starry Battlefield contained countless opportunities and was the best Land of Trial.

Zhao Muye had often expressed his desire to visit, but these Inspectors’ whereabouts were elusive, hard to find in ordinary times.

As his thoughts churned, Yue Ming’s chilly voice echoed again: “You are in a perilous situation now. As far as I know, several Earth Venerables are searching for you.”

Zhou Qing heard, and bitterly smiled.

“Before this, I wasn’t particularly interested in you,” Yue Ming’s eyes suddenly flickered, the moon halo behind her head suddenly brightened.

“But just now… some lunar essence was sensed from you. Have you practiced lunar-based Cultivation Techniques?”

Zhou Qing’s heart shook, looking at the dreamlike moon halo, faintly guessing something, then bowed and answered: “Replying to Senior, when this junior broke through to the Nascent Soul, its amplification effect was that cultivating under the moonlight would yield twice the result with half the effort.”

“I see.” A trace of warmth appeared in Yue Ming’s eyes, “It seems fate has indeed brought us together. Thus… I can offer you a choice.”

As she spoke, she flipped her fair wrist, and a crescent moon-shaped jade pendant appeared in her palm.

The jade pendant was wholly translucent, with ten small holes on the surface, each filled with mercury-like moonlight.

“This item is called ‘Moon Illuminating Ten Directions Jade’, it can record the number of Supremes you have slain.”

Yue Ming gently stroked the jade pendant, causing rippling waves of light, “I would like to choose you as my ‘Angel Envoy’ in this Fifth-level Cultivation Country.”

“Angel Envoy?” Zhou Qing frowned slightly.

Behind him, Yu Yan, upon hearing the term “Angel Envoy”, couldn’t believe what she heard, then excitedly looked at Zhou Qing’s back.