Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1163: Chapter 831: Appetizers and the Main Event?

”But girl, since you insist on going, and Zhou Mu, you little rascal, listen to her every word without question, naturally, I won’t say much! Since I have been entrusted by the two of you, I will surely fulfill my duty faithfully. You have entrusted me with this matter, and since I have agreed, I will definitely give it my all. However, I must have some words with you...”

Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu exchanged a glance upon hearing the words of Dowager Empress Xiao, a solemn look passing through their eyes.

”Please speak, senior,” Gu Changsheng adopted a more serious demeanor and spoke in a deep voice.

Dowager Empress Xiao cast a glance at the two and slowly continued, ”Everyone under the heavens knows there are two forbidden lands not to be meddled with. One is your Southwestern land of witch and gu, and the other is that Far North Godfall Site. The Witch and Gu Tribes make people shudder with fear, but ultimately, there are signs that can be traced. However, that Godfall Site is different. It is a place isolated from the world. I am a person cultivated by the He Clan ancestors of Liaodong with the power of the entire clan, having achieved the Conquest Realm and existing for many generations. Yet, even so, I remain deeply secretive about that Godfall Site...”

”In my younger years, I too was reckless, attempting to set foot upon that place in pursuit of the legendary opportunity. However, I have always cherished my life, and I bear the heavy responsibilities of Liaodong. Upon reaching the edge of the Far North, I felt a sense of fear and unease, and after several attempts, I turned away each time, never daring to step foot in!”

Dowager Empress Xiao smiled bitterly at this point, ”You might think I’m cowardly, but how many people in this world aren’t afraid of dying? How many, knowing the path ahead is unknown—knowing that there are tigers in the mountains but still heading towards the mountain—are there really?”

”Girl, you must have heard the legend that there is a divine relic in the Godfall Site, so you want to resurrect your mother. This is the only way you can go. Your courage is commendable, your filial piety is commendable, but in this world, do gods really exist? No one has successfully passed that path, at least no one known to the world has. Yet now, you have no way back...” Dowager Empress Xiao said, shaking her head heavily, and turned to look at Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu by her side, speaking in a deep voice, ”If our guess is correct, someone is secretly forcing you to go to the Godfall Site, and all of this is like a vast net, calculating every step you are about to take. Stuck in a catch-22, that is your current situation!”

Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu exchanged a glance upon hearing this, both smiling wryly as they nodded.

That’s indeed the case!

They have indeed been calculated into a situation where they can neither advance nor retreat!

No way back, only forward!

”Therefore, I won’t persuade you to give up...” Dowager Empress Xiao looked at the two, continuing once again, ”This world has been peaceful for too long. With several nations side by side, it is bound to descend into a chaotic world. Girl, you, as the Southern Emperor, do you not feel that all of this has come too easily?”

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but touch her nose, nodding awkwardly upon hearing this.

Well, her position as the Southern Emperor was indeed obtained rather easily!

Although not without its challenges, all in all, it could be considered relatively smooth sailing!

The words said by Dowager Empress Xiao in the courtyard in the evening with her subordinates, Gu Changsheng heard them clearly inside, and it summed up to one thing: In this world, there are no pie-in-the-sky good deals without a price, no free lunches. She, with the power of the Southwestern Witch and Gu Clans, conquered the Central Plains, all too smoothly, which is not logical!

Damn it, in short, just one sentence, the sky hasn’t finished messing with her!

And according to Dowager Empress Xiao, what follows is the main event; the previous were just appetizers!

”Senior, perhaps you are overthinking...” Gu Changsheng touched her nose, not at all concerned about the wolf blood on her hand staining her cheek, looking awkward as she spoke.

It’s not fair to mess with people like this!

Listening to Dowager Empress Xiao’s words, she truly regarded that Godfall Site as a matter of grave importance!

Although Gu Changsheng herself also considers it crucial, could that Far North Land really have the capability to overturn all under heaven?

Gu Changsheng harbors a skeptical attitude towards this!

She felt that, at most, it’s just a group of people in that territory plotting against her and Zhou Mu. If someone truly wished to wave a hand and cover the sky with clouds, this is somewhat difficult...

”Girl, you are adept in the art of war, you should know that underestimating the enemy is absolutely unacceptable!” Dowager Empress Xiao seeing Gu Changsheng like this, immediately put on a serious face, warning loudly, ”Not to mention anything else, being able to set up such a great game, treating worldly matters as mere pieces, pushing you two step by step to this point, girl, I ask you, who in the world has such skills? Girl, you are one to plan before moving. Entrusting the Southern Country and Great Zhou to me shows you are quite adept at preventing problems, but I must tell you, it is not that simple!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitched.

Alright! These words were straightforward enough!

Not that simple!

Could Dowager Empress Xiao be any more blunt?

”I have held the reins of Liaodong for decades, no, to be precise, I have secretly controlled Liaodong for several generations. I am confident that in terms of emperor’s mind techniques and strategy, although I am a woman, I am not inferior to anyone. But even so, the little I have managed is only to protect the foundation of Liaodong. Do you think I’m not ambitious? Have I never thought of expanding Liaodong’s territory?”

”...” Gu Changsheng heard this and gave Zhou Mu a helpless look.

Zhou Mu, on the other hand, looked at Dowager Empress Xiao thoughtfully, waiting for her to continue.

”It’s not that I don’t want to, but my long-held wish is hard to fulfill! I’ve schemed for generations, and it’s still difficult to make Liaodong take another step forward. Today, after hearing what you said, little girl, I thought long and hard and couldn’t help but be shocked!” Dowager Empress Xiao said, a hint of gravity appearing on her old face as she looked at the two in front of her and continued solemnly, ”I faintly feel that it’s as if someone, in secret, has been maintaining the balance of the nations, not allowing any side to take another step forward, not allowing any variability in the situation of a fragmented world... And all of this was broken only with your appearance, little girl...”

Gu Changsheng was instantly dumbfounded, her eyes widened in disbelief, her little mouth forming an ’O’.

Even Zhou Mu’s heroic brows furrowed.

Both of them were not the kind of people who would be easily scared by a single word, for they have seen big scenes. But even so, they were frightened by Dowager Empress Xiao’s words!

The fact is that Dowager Empress Xiao’s words contained too much information. Maintaining the balance of the nations without breaking it? What kind of concept is this?

Gu Changsheng was suddenly in disarray, looking at Dowager Empress Xiao seriously, her mouth twitching.

Damn it!

If it’s really as Dowager Empress Xiao said, then this matter is indeed a big deal!

This vast net, it seems, indeed, somewhat difficult to manage!

Maintaining the balance of nations is easy to say, but truly doing it is incredibly hard! You could say it is as hard as reaching heaven! How many pieces must be placed among nations to sway an entire nation’s situation?

Gu Changsheng suddenly felt the urge to run away!

Because, even she, who has always been carefree, suddenly felt a deep sense of crisis, as if an unseen hand was truly manipulating everything, controlling the grand scheme of the world...

This feeling of being toyed with within the palm is truly awful!

Gu Changsheng really didn’t like this feeling!

But she knew better than anyone else, now that things have come to this, trying to flee is impossible, they have only one path left, to rise to the challenge!

So, deep down, Gu Changsheng felt bitter; she suddenly had a sense of the passage of time in human affairs. Originally, she thought she could settle the Southwest and find her biological father, establishing the Southern Country and becoming the Southern Emperor, and even though reviving her mother could be troublesome, it was only right. But now it seems, perhaps she was too naive, this trouble is truly no small matter!

One misstep could lead to a world in chaos!

How long has she been on the Southern Emperor’s throne? Could this trip to the Divine Demise Land really end with her demise?

”Phooey, phooey, phooey!” At the thought of this, Gu Changsheng quickly spat a few times and superstitiously stomped on the ground. If her words did come true, she could only cry in her grave...

”Senior did say, only when broken will it stand firm, only from a desperate situation can new life emerge. This person in the shadows clearly knows Changsheng’s temperament well, hence the behind-the-scenes machinations, aiming for us to reach the Divine Demise Land. And now, we have no retreat, we can only move forward, to seek that slim chance of breaking the game...” Zhou Mu’s face, like a divine residence, was full of solemnity as he looked at Dowager Empress Xiao.

Dowager Empress Xiao nodded upon hearing this, ”Indeed, there is no retreat, we can only seek life in danger. Therefore, I will immediately set off back to Great Zhou, grasping the helm of the world as you entrusted, and leave the matters behind entirely to me. I will do my utmost not to disappoint you! What you both must do now is march on and make yourselves stronger, so that you can have an extra measure of confidence in this unknown chess game!”

Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu heard this and nodded quickly.

”Senior, what you said makes sense, we still need to be strong ourselves. I also feel that making oneself stronger is more reliable!” Gu Changsheng looked at Dowager Empress Xiao with adoring eyes, agreeing wholeheartedly with the elder’s words.

In fact, she just felt the atmosphere was a bit too serious, so serious as to be suffocating, wanting to ease the atmosphere a bit.

Otherwise, damn it, they wouldn’t even have reached the Far North Land, and she’d scare herself to death, with no place to complain!

Gu Changsheng is someone who, even if she must die, wants to die full, and would never do something so foolish as scaring herself to death...

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