Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Imperial City, Ji Mansion.

Consort Ji sat in front of the dressing table, looking at her graceful and luxurious face in the mirror, applied with exquisite makeup. However, the smile on the corners of her lips gradually faded away. Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire

In her hand, she toyed with a jade bracelet.

As her five fingers clenched, the bracelet shattered with a bang, but the broken jade shards did not harm her fair skin.

"Are you saying that the general from Qingzhou did not come to pay a visit to the Wang Mansion?" Consort Ji turned her gaze over, her voice calm yet sending shivers down one's spine.

She had waited with great anticipation for a day and a night, already thinking about how she would mock Jiang Yuanhua.

Yet, up to this moment, the entrance of the Wang Mansion remained deserted.

The maid knelt on the ground, trembling all over: "Consort... the general who entered the capital this time isn't the one you know... It's the general in profound armor who visited Wang Mansion last time."

"..."

Consort Ji raised her eyebrows slightly.

The general of Qingzhou had been replaced, but what about Jiang Yuanhua?

Dead?

If that was the case, then the current crisis in Qingzhou was probably much more severe than she had anticipated.

"Hmph."

She let out a cold laugh. The obedient disciple of Jiang Yuanhua did not come, but instead, had that young General Shen come over. He must be unwilling to bow his head to her.

Thinking this, Consort Ji gently waved her sleeve: "If he comes to visit, directly tell him that this palace is not at the residence. There's no such cheap deal in this world. I, the principal, won't show up, but rather send a minor one to stand in the front."

Just giving a young man the empty title of general doesn't mean she would really treat him as a general, right?

"Consort..."

The maid's frail body trembled even more violently, her voice barely audible as she spoke in terror: "That general might not come to Wang Mansion anymore."

They, as her personal attendants, knew best how to gauge their mistress's thoughts.

Last night, when the general of Qingzhou had yet to be seen, they had already, on behalf of Wang Mansion, sent someone to inquire at the Martial Temple.

Today, when those guards returned, their expressions were extremely odd.

"What do you mean?" Consort Ji's finger, which was stroking her hair, paused.

"General Shen has been promoted to general, his coming to Imperial City is not for seeking reinforcements..." The maid lifted her head, and then her face was met with a kick, her whole body rolling four or five times, her cheekbones collapsing.

Frightened, she covered her face but still tried to swallow the blood back into her throat.

"Are you playing a guessing game with me?" Consort Ji slowly stood up and walked over to her.

With great effort, the maid suppressed the urge to cry, gasping for air as she said: "Officer Shen has been promoted again; he is now the Deputy Inspector of the Demon Suppression Division! There was also no news of demon troubles in Qingzhou."

At these words, Consort Ji suddenly became stunned.

Inspector of the Demon Suppression Bureau?

She suddenly realized she might have guessed wrong.

Could it be that the demon calamity in Qingzhou had already been resolved? Even so, how did he get promoted to Inspector?

Just killing the Demon King on his own was definitely not enough for that position.

"Officer Shen! Officer Shen has entered the Martial Temple First Court! He is now a disciple of the Martial Temple."

The maid did not dare to be inarticulate any longer, rushed out all the information she had at once, and then covered her face and bowed down again.

"Huh."

Consort Ji stiffened for quite a while, then let out a long breath and sat back down.

If the identity of the Inspector was only a surprise to her, then what a disciple of the Martial Temple represented was wholly different.

Nominally, the Martial Temple was on par with the Immortal Sect and the Mysterious Light Cave.

Even if it had declined now, cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm still resided within it.

Consort Ji's arrogance stemmed from the contempt of her Immortal Sect origins for the mundane dynasties, but now that Shen Yi had entered a true Martial Temple, he had become a bona fide disciple of an Immortal Sect.

Moreover, the Martial Temple had specially prepared a vacancy of Inspector for him, which showed their regard for him, and it wouldn't be an overstatement to call him a true disciple.

When it came to status, he was even above her, a Consort whose connection with the Mysterious Light Cave was somewhat tentative.

After contemplation, she managed a smile: "Have someone pick out one of my treasures, something that nurtures the Divine Soul, and send it to the Martial Temple as congratulations to Officer Shen for his promotion."

The guards outside nodded in agreement.

They hadn't gone far when suddenly they heard Consort Ji speak again: "Never mind, prepare the carriage, I will go congratulate him myself."

If she remembered correctly, there was no enmity between her and the young General Shen.

There's no mistake in making early connections with such a young prodigy. She mustn't let the teacher and disciple pair surnamed Jiang create any misunderstandings between her and Shen Yi, leaving unnecessary rifts.

The guards were all stunned, then inwardly sneered.

Just now, she wanted to reject him at the door, but now it turned into Wang Mansion taking the initiative to congratulate him.

Yet outwardly, they dared not show any disrespect: "We will prepare the carriage right away."

About an hour later.

The luxurious carriage of the Wang Mansion slowly drove through the streets, soon stopping in front of the Martial Temple.

Inside the carriage, Consort Ji opened the box beside her, looked at the deer antler inside crafted like green jade, lightly caressed it for a moment to be sure the gift was significant enough, then nodded her head to signal.

Two maids alighted from the carriage and walked towards the Demon Suppressing Division Headquarters.

Liu Kun had just finished a day's work, rubbing his sore wrists, when he heard a soft and gentle voice from the front of the cabinet.

"Consort Ji has come to visit, please assist in passing a message." he heard.

Upon hearing this, Liu Kun looked up in confusion: "To visit whom?"

A royal consort, especially the infamous Consort Ji, what was she doing at the Demon Suppressing Division Headquarters?

"Could it be visiting you?"

One of the younger maids glanced around, not seeing the figure she wanted to meet, and immediately frowned.

The slightly older one patted her arm and continued in a gentle voice: "Consort Ji has personally come to congratulate the newly appointed Officer Shen, with whom she is acquainted."