Chapter 12

Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rainystars

“Go in, the empress is inside.” Wang Ying rolled up the bead curtain and let Chen Mo in.

Chen Mo slowly walked into the inner hall.

Inside the hall, the smell of sandalwood lingered and made people feel slightly sleepy.

Chen Mo raised his head slightly, only to see a tired beauty lying on the side on a soft couch.

With one hand pressed against her cheek, her slender body was on its side, as if she was about to fall asleep. Her black hair was draped down on the couch, and her eyes were slightly closed.

Cai’er half-knelt behind her and massaged her gentle shoulder.

The beauty on the soft couch slightly opened her eyes when she heard movement. Then she said in a relaxed but charming voice, “Little Hong, you are here.”

“Pleased to greet you, Your Majesty.” Chen Mo bowed respectfully.

But just as he was about to kneel down to greet, Xiao Yunxi waved her hand and said, “No need.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Chen Mo’s knees straightened right away.

“The birthday cake you made, Fujin, Chong’er and I all like it very much. Tell me, what reward do you want?” Xiao Yunxi opened her eyes and glanced nonchalantly at Chen Mo, who had his head lowered.

“…”

As expected of a mother and daughter, their tones were similar.

“Her Royal Highness has already rewarded me, so…”

However, before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yunxi interrupted him.

“Fujin’s reward is her own decision, and it doesn’t conflict with mine, tell me.”

“Uh… as long as it is given by Your Majesty, I’ll like it,” Chen Mo said respectfully.

“Pfft…”

Xiao Yunxi couldn’t stop herself from laughing out loud, her voice was pleasant, “Little Hongzi, you are quite clever.”

“Do you want to cultivate?” Xiao Yunxi sat up from the soft couch.

Chen Mo already knew in advance that the empress was going to reward him with a cultivation method. If he said no, wouldn’t he offend her? He nodded immediately. “Your Majesty, I would love to.”

“You want to serve His Majesty?” Xiao Yunxi suddenly changed the topic.

“Why so?” Chen Mo was caught off-guard for a moment, then he thought, almost all the eunuchs who cultivated have joined the East or West Depot, aren’t they working for His Majesty?

And after an eunuch joined the East or West Depot , it was the equivalent to being an official, and there was no need to live so servilely.

Chen Mo hurriedly got on his knees and said, “I’m willing to serve Your Majesty the Empress with my life. If Your Majesty wants me to serve His Majesty, then I will serve His Majesty.”

Xiao Yunxi nodded. She was very satisfied with Chen Mo’s response, and immediately said, “Because of your loyalty, today I will reward you with a cultivation method.”

Afterwards, Xiao Yunxi clapped her hands.

She sent Cai’er away.

After, she heard the sound of the door being shut.

The empress took out a booklet from underneath her pillow and threw it to Chen Mo.

“Your Majesty, this is?” Chen Mo was no stranger to the booklet in front of him. He knew it was the Rising Phoenix Method, but he was just pretending to not know.

What made him even more puzzled, was that, would the empress reward him with the Rising Phoenix Method?

No way? No way? I made a birthday cake, and I was rewarded with a Lower Mythic method.

Then this birthday cake is too expensive.

“This is a Lower Mythic method called the Rising Phoenix Method. Today, this reward will be yours and yours from now on,” Xiao Yunxi said nonchalantly.

“Boom!”

Chen Mo’s mind suddenly exploded.

There is definitely something I don’t know, there is definitely something I don’t know.

He didn’t think that after he made a birthday cake.

He would be rewarded with a Lower Mythic method.

In that case, the Lower Mythic Methods would be too cheap.

There is definitely a conspiracy involved.

Could she have taken a fancy to me now, and then planned to nurture me, and finally harvest me…

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this… this is too precious. I just made a birthday cake, and I’ll be ashamed if I accept this.” Chen Mo didn’t dare to accept it, and began to refuse politely.

“This is a reward from me, so why should you be ashamed? Or, you want to disobey,” Xiao Yunxi said with a frown.

“I don’t dare.” Chen Mo showed a look of fear, and he could only accept this.

In his mind, he thought that he possessed Innate Immortal Body, if she asked, he would say that he didn’t understand. Therefore, she would think that he possessed no talent, since she wouldn’t force him to cultivate.

Just when Chen Mo thought about this possibility.

Xiao Yunxi said again, “Chong’er said that your foundation is good, and with the cultivation method being a Mythic one, you must be able to draw Qi into your body today. You can cultivate in the outer hall, and I can protect you as well.”

Chen Mo didn’t know what to say.

“Thank you, your Majesty.”

…

“Sure enough, there is something odd.”

After Chen Mo read the Rising Phoenix Method that Xiao Yunxi gave to him.

He found that this Rising Phoenix Method was not complete.

There were two versions of the Rising Phoenix Method, the Sub-Fire version and the Mother-Fire version.

Together, they formed the complete Rising Phoenix Method.

If someone cultivated the Sub-fire version, no matter how strong he became later, he would be controlled by the Mother-Fire version.

The Empress wants to control me…

Chen Mo came to a conclusion.

He felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, and he became more and more convinced that Xiao Yunxi planned to harvest him.

But…

An unnoticeable smug appeared on Chen Mo’s face.

If I didn’t have the complete Rising Phoenix Method, I would be under your control.

But now I have the complete one.

Now it is different.

According to the description of Rising Phoenix Method, although the Sub-Fire can be controlled by the Mother-Fire, it is only based on the fact that the controlled party only has the Sub-Fire version.

But if the controlled party has the full version, it’s different.

Wait until my power increases, and when I’m more powerful than you.

It’ll be me who controls you…

We’ll see who harvests who…

Chen Mo began to cultivate.

As she saw Chen Mo begin to cultivate without detecting any issues, Xiao Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, I was too worried.

What does a little eunuch know?

Time passed tick by tick.

During this period, the empress also allowed Cai’er to come in.

After all, if she stayed with a little eunuch alone for a long time, it would be disastrous if rumors began to spread.

As the head of the harem, Xiao Yunxi naturally had to be considerate about every aspect.

It became dark.

Xiao Yunxi saw a wisp of white gas being drawn into Chen Mo’s body. And she felt the feeling in her body that she had started to feel a faint connection between herself and Chen Mo.

Xiao Yunxi knew that from now on, Chen Mo was under her control.

As Chen Mo opened his eyes, Xiao Yunxi smiled, “Not bad, it only took you three hours to draw Qi into your body.”

As she said that, she took out a jade that radiated cold air from her front pocket and gave it to him, then she said, “This is the Ice Spirit Cold Jade, which can mediate the heart fire caused by cultivating the Rising Phoenix Method. As a eunuch, if your heart fire builds up, and it doesn’t get released, you will go crazy.”

Chen Mo took a second to process the Ice Spirit Cold Jade that Xiao Yunxi handed over.

Sure enough, she deliberately gave this jade to me.

“Thank you, your majesty.” Chen Mo showed a grateful expression on the surface.

“Mhmm, you can go now. With the Ice Spirit Cold Jade, you will be able to become a ninth-realm cultivator and truly enter the path of cultivation after tonight,” Xiao Yunxi said.

“Roger.”

…

After Chen Mo left.

Xiao Yunxi called Wang Ying up.

“Pleased to see you, Your Majesty,” Wang Ying said.

“Get up.”

“Roger.”

“Go and tell the Office of Imperial Household that from today, Chen Hong will be promoted to second-class eunuch.”