We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? Chapter 451: Don’t Scare Yourself

In the Zhou imperial capital, a woman with a small scented pouch on her back timidly walked through the city gate.

Looking at the crowds coming and going on the streets,

she held her small hands before her chest, and she looked very frightened.

In the past, Ning Wei had generally kept her head down and cultivated inside the sect, and the only people she had come into contact with were fellow sect disciples.

Moreover, Ning Wei knew that all she needed to do was cultivate well.

If something happened, Sister Yunwei would stand up for her.

So for Ning Wei, this was the first time she had left the Western Region, come to such a distant place, and seen so many strangers.

Ning Wei also knew that if something happened to her here, there would be no one who could help her.

“Ning Wei! Don’t be afraid! There’s nothing to be afraid of!”

Walking along the street, Ning Wei took a deep breath, clenched her little fists, and tried to encourage herself.

“You’re a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator! A Nascent Soul Realm cultivator can found a sect and establish a school. What kind of Nascent Soul Realm cultivator is as timid as you are?”

After encouraging herself, Ning Wei lifted her head. A few more traces of resolve appeared in her eyes, and it was as if she had gained a little more confidence.

Clenching her little fists, Ning Wei quickly walked toward a secluded alleyway in the Zhou imperial capital.

Stopping before the gate of a small courtyard residence, Ning Wei blinked and murmured to herself, “This should be where Sister Wangxin lives, right?”

Swallowing nervously, afraid she had knocked on the wrong door, Ning Wei raised her arm and lightly knocked once.

When there was no response, Ning Wei lightly knocked again.

There was still no response. Ning Wei was already beginning to panic, wondering whether she had found the wrong place.

But just as Ning Wei was about to knock a third time, the courtyard door opened, and a woman dressed in plain hemp clothing stood before her.

“Sister Wangxin!”

The moment she saw Wangxin, Ning Wei’s eyes lit up, and she happily threw herself into Wangxin’s arms.

“Sister Wangxin! I finally found you...”

At that moment, Ning Wei was almost in tears.

Ever since leaving the sect, on the whole journey to Zhou, Ning Wei had been on edge every single day, afraid of provoking some sect, worried she might offend some evil cultivator.

Even when she ran into robbers, Ning Wei had turned and run at once, afraid that if she beat a small one, a bigger one would come, and if she beat the bigger one, then an elder would come.

Now that she saw Wangxin, that long-lost sense of safety rose once again from the bottom of Ning Wei’s heart.

“Ning Wei? Why are you here? Weren’t you in secluded cultivation in the Myriad Dao Sect?”

Wangxin also looked at Ning Wei curiously.

Little Hundun floated out from behind Wangxin and also looked Ning Wei up and down.

“Well, it’s a long story...” Ning Wei let go of Wangxin and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Then let’s go in first and talk slowly.”

Wangxin brought Ning Wei into the courtyard, set out some pastries for her, and poured her a cup of tea.

“Thank you, Sister Wangxin.”

After eating two pieces of pastry, Ning Wei slowly began to speak.

“Sister Wangxin, it’s like this. I was cultivating in the Myriad Dao Sect, trying to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, but I just couldn’t break through the bottleneck. Then Sister Yunwei happened to tell me that Brother Xiao was very likely to have appeared in the Zhou imperial palace, and Sister Yunwei thinks that the reason Sister Sili still hasn’t come out after all this time is because...”

After calming herself down, Ning Wei slowly explained to Wangxin why she had come.

When Ning Wei finished explaining the whole sequence of events, Wangxin lowered her eyes, thought it over carefully for a moment, and then looked at Ning Wei.

“Ning Wei, are you saying that Sister Sili has already found Xiao Mo, but lied to us and said she hadn’t?”

“Well... I’m not completely sure.”

Ning Wei pressed her legs together.

“That’s what Sister Yunwei said. But Sister Yunwei’s judgment should be right. After all, the cultivation method Sister Sili practices is the method of dual practice, so if Sister Sili wanted to engage in dual practice with Brother Xiao first and so kept Brother Xiao hidden for the time being, that wouldn’t be impossible.”

“...”

Wangxin lowered her head and felt that what Ning Wei said did make a certain amount of sense.

Because Sili had said that as soon as she confirmed Xiao Mo’s identity, she would immediately inform her.

But so much time had passed, and there had still been no word at all from Sister Sili.

“Sister Wangxin, don’t worry...”

Ning Wei thought Wangxin had been deceived by Sili, so she was bound to feel disappointed and angry, and she hurriedly said,

“Once I get inside and find Sister Sili, I’ll ask everything clearly. If the ruler of Zhou really is Brother Xiao, then I’ll definitely bring Brother Xiao out as quickly as possible.”

“Mmm.” Wangxin nodded.

Actually, Wangxin was not angry with Sili at all.

She had long known that Sili had selfish motives in searching for Xiao Mo.

It was just that Wangxin felt Sili had no need to hide it from her.

As long as she saw that Xiao Mo was doing well, that would be enough.

She was not going to fight her over Xiao Mo...

“But the problem now is, how am I supposed to get into the Zhou imperial palace?” Ning Wei let out a soft sigh, and her expression grew troubled again. “I heard the palace-maid selection is already over. If I force my way in, the imperial palace spell formation will discover me...”

“That really is a problem...” Wangxin’s eyes turned slightly as she also thought of a way for Ning Wei.

But after a while, Wangxin lifted her head, a bright glimmer flashing through her eyes, and asked Ning Wei, “Ning Wei, how are your cooking skills?”

“Cooking?” Ning Wei blinked, not understanding why Sister Wangxin was asking that. “My cooking should be all right, I think? I often cook for Sister Yunwei.”

“Then I may... have a way... It’s just... it would require deceiving someone...”

As she spoke, Wangxin’s eyes carried a hint of hesitation.

Those who had left the secular world were not supposed to speak falsehoods.

For Wangxin, deceiving someone was the same as breaking a precept.

But then Wangxin thought of it another way. Back when she met Xiao Mo, she had already broken a precept by falling for him.

If she broke one more precept, that did not seem entirely impossible.

“Deceiving someone?” Ning Wei asked in confusion.

“Mhm.” Wangxin nodded. “Before, Minister Yan of the Ministry of Rites brought me gifts. By chance, I heard that the Ministry of Rites was going to select some more palace cooks to enter the palace. Maybe we can ask that Minister Yan for help. It would just require speaking a falsehood and deceiving Minister Yan a little.”

“It’s fine, Sister Wangxin! Actually, you don’t even need to deceive anyone. Sister Wangxin only needs to write me a short letter, and I can handle everything else myself!” Ning Wei said happily.

“Really?” Wangxin blinked.

“Really, really.”

Ning Wei nodded.

“Sister Wangxin, you only need to write a short letter of introduction. Leave everything else to me!”

*****

Half an hour later, at the residence of the Minister of Rites.

Minister Yan, seated in the place of honor in the main hall, looked at the letter in his hand.

There was only one simple sentence written in the letter:

“This young woman is a friend of mine. Might Minister Yan allow her to enter the palace as a cook and make a living there?”

After setting down the letter, Yan Zhen looked seriously at the woman before him and asked, “Miss, are you a friend of Master Wangxin?”

Ning Wei hurriedly bowed and replied nervously,

“This common woman would not dare call herself a friend of Master Wangxin. It is only that when Master Wangxin was traveling the world, she once saved this common woman.”

“This common woman lost her father in childhood and has no one to rely on. I came to the imperial capital hoping to find some means of livelihood, but I did not expect that no one would take me in for work.”

“Fortunately, Heaven has truly shown this common woman favor. I happened to meet Master Wangxin again. Master Wangxin heard that this common woman’s cooking was decent, and also heard that the imperial palace was recruiting cooks. Master Wangxin said this common woman might be able to enter the palace as a cook and support herself from then on.”

“So Master Wangxin wrote this letter for this common woman.”

“So that is how it is.” Yan Zhen nodded. “Master Wangxin truly is a # Nоvеlight # kind-hearted person.”

Yan Zhen respectfully accepted Wangxin’s letter of introduction and said to Ning Wei, “Since this is Master Wangxin’s request, then naturally this official cannot refuse it. Miss Ning may first wait here at the Yan Residence for a while. I will have a maid go to the imperial palace to notify the female official of the imperial kitchen. Someone will come to fetch you very soon.”

“Many thanks, my lord. I, Ning Wei, will never forget your kindness for as long as I live!” Ning Wei happily bowed.

“Hahaha, it is not this official’s kindness. If Miss Ning wishes to give thanks, then thank Master Wangxin. This official is only borrowing Master Wangxin’s influence to do one good deed and accumulate a little virtue.” Yan Zhen stroked his beard and laughed. “All right, this official still has official business to attend to. Miss Ning may sit here for a while. I will not keep you company.”

“Yes, my lord. My lord, please go slowly.” Ning Wei lowered her head.

Yan Zhen nodded, left the guest hall, and instructed the maids of the residence to treat Ning Wei well, just as they would an honored guest.

And sure enough, half an hour after Yan Zhen left the guest hall, a female official came to the Yan Residence.

“You are Miss Ning Wei, correct? Please follow me into the palace.”

The female official spoke with a smile.

“All right, Sister.”

Ning Wei hurriedly stood up and followed the female official into the imperial palace.

At the moment she stepped into the imperial palace, Ning Wei saw that there was nothing unusual about the palace spell formation, and only then did she truly relax.

Ning Wei had already used a secret method to seal her own realm. As long as she did not use spell arts, the palace spell formation would not notice her.

And in Ning Wei’s view, there should be no need for her to use spell arts anyway, because she had only come to find someone.

Ning Wei was brought to the Office of New Blooms, where her identity was registered.

Because the Myriad Dao Sect had fabricated a number of clean identities, Ning Wei casually used one of them and passed through without trouble.

“Ning Wei, these are your clothes. Change into them now. In a little while, a palace maid from the Hall of Congealed Snow will come to fetch you. As for palace etiquette, you must learn it from the senior sisters in the Hall of Congealed Snow as quickly as possible. Remember well that you must not cause any trouble. Do you understand?”

Inside a room, after the female official had checked Ning Wei’s virginity, she gave her two sets of palace-maid clothing from the Hall of Congealed Snow and seriously instructed her.

“The Hall of Congealed Snow?” Ning Wei blinked in confusion. “Sister, wasn’t I supposed to go to the imperial kitchen as a cook? Why am I going to the Hall of Congealed Snow?”

“Hehehe...” The female official covered her mouth and laughed softly. “Minister Yan is the father of Her Highness Consort Xue. Minister Yan personally had someone speak a word to the Empress Dowager to let you enter the palace. How could the Empress Dowager possibly send you off to the imperial kitchen to do hard labor?”

“Since you were sent in from the Yan Residence, then from now on, naturally you belong to Her Highness Consort Xue.”

The female official stepped forward and politely took Ning Wei’s small hand.

“From this day onward, you will serve Her Highness Consort Xue well in the Hall of Congealed Snow. Her Highness Consort Xue is extremely likely to become the future empress.”

“And in my view, little sister, your looks are quite outstanding too. His Majesty comes to the Hall of Congealed Snow every two or three days. If His Majesty sees you, perhaps he may want a taste of something new and have you attend his bed for a night.”

“If you prosper in the future and become an imperial consort yourself, don’t forget this elder sister.”

“Sister... Sister, please don’t say that...” Ning Wei said nervously and uneasily. “It would already be enough if little sister could avoid angering the important people. How would I dare ask for anything more?”

Seeing the nervous look on the face of this young girl who had just entered the palace, the female official could not help recalling the unease she herself had felt when she first entered the palace, and she felt even more kindly toward her.

“Don’t worry. Her Highness Consort Xue treats her servants very well. There are no telling how many palace maids want to go serve in Her Highness Consort Xue’s palace and cannot manage it.”

“Enough, let’s not talk about that. Since there’s still a little free time now, I’ll first explain some of the important places in the palace to you. Remember as much as you can for now. Later, whatever happens, do not walk into the wrong place.”

“Thank you, Sister!”

Ning Wei hurriedly nodded, then watched as the female official took out a complete map of the Zhou imperial palace and explained which places she could go and which places she could not.

After two incense sticks’ time, Spring Swallow arrived at the Office of New Blooms, and Ning Wei had already changed into the palace-maid clothing of the Hall of Congealed Snow.

After Spring Swallow and the female official completed the handover, Spring Swallow led Ning Wei away.

*****

“Our mistress is kind-hearted, but that does not mean she has no rules. Your name is Ning Wei, right? No matter what, you must not behave discourteously in front of Her Highness.”

“And then, His Majesty comes to the Hall of Congealed Snow every one or two days. When Her Highness attends His Majesty’s bed, you absolutely must not disturb them!”

“Our mistress generally eats osmanthus cakes in the afternoon, so they must be prepared in the morning.”

“At present, the greatest enemy of our Hall of Congealed Snow is the Hall of Holding Wine.”

“When you see palace maids from the Hall of Holding Wine, you must be careful and vigilant. You may curse them behind their backs, you may mock them with hidden barbs, but you absolutely cannot tear your faces apart openly. Otherwise the ones who will lose face will be us. Remember well that you must not cause trouble for Her Highness.”

“Have you understood everything I just said?”

As Spring Swallow led Ning Wei toward the Hall of Congealed Snow, she explained the rules of the Hall of Congealed Snow to her.

“I heard it all, Sister Spring Swallow.” Ning Wei quickly nodded. “Little sister has remembered every point.”

“Mhm.”

Seeing Ning Wei’s somewhat timid and nervous manner, Spring Swallow smiled and felt that this newly entered palace girl was rather cute.

“We’re here. Up ahead is the Hall of Congealed Snow. Tonight His Majesty will be spending the night at the Hall of Congealed Snow. While it still isn’t dark, I need to hurry and bring you before Her Highness so you can at least become a familiar face.”

“Yes, Sister.”

Ning Wei hurriedly followed her forward.

But for some reason, the very moment Ning Wei stepped into the Hall of Congealed Snow, her heart jolted.

The feeling was as if a true dragon were staring at her!

Ning Wei lifted her head.

Above, there was only a gentle breeze and light clouds. There was nothing at all.

“It’s fine, Ning Wei. It’s fine.”

Ning Wei comforted herself inwardly.

“There’s no need to worry. Even though you don’t have the pearl Sister Sili carries with her, as long as you don’t go near cultivators of the upper three realms, and as long as you don’t use spell arts, you won’t be discovered.”

“And the only palace cultivator enshrined in the Zhou imperial palace is just a female cultivator in the Golden Core Realm.”

“Don’t scare yourself.”

Ning Wei patted the raised front of her collar, took a deep breath, and continued walking forward.