Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend
Chapter 220 - 90: Goddess or Demoness

Chapter 220: Chapter 90: Goddess or Demoness

Ye Lingyue returned to the Lan Residence late at night.

Within the Lan Residence, lights were still brightly lit, the family of Lan Yingwu awaited Ye Lingyue’s return.

The dishes on the table had long gone cold, and the faces of the Lan couple and Lan Cai’er showed worry.

Lan Cai’er repeatedly stood up and looked outside.

"Father, why hasn’t Ling Yue come back yet? Nothing bad happened in the Imperial Palace, right?"

Lan Cai’er was impulsive by nature. If it were not for Lady Lan stopping her, she would have rushed to the Imperial Palace earlier in the day.

"Sit down. Do you think Miss Yue is like you? Her head works much better than yours," Lan Yingwu scolded his eldest daughter.

Today marked Ye Lingyue’s first day at the Imperial Hospital, and the entire Lan Residence was very concerned.

The moment Ye Lingyue crossed the threshold, she saw the anxious and uneaten meals of the three members of the Lan family.

She felt warmth in her heart; this family had truly accepted her.

"Adoptive father, adoptive mother, sister, why haven’t you all eaten?"

Ye Lingyue had quite an eventful day, after all.

In both hidden and open ways, she taught the two chief administrators of the Imperial Hospital a lesson and obtained fifty thousand taels of gold, but most importantly, her spiritual power had broken through the Fifth Rank.

Seeing Ye Lingyue’s beaming face, the heavy stone weighing on the hearts of the three members of the Lan family was lifted.

"Ah, Ling Yue, why did you only come back now? You nearly scared me to death. With that happy look on your face, who did you go and torment today?" Lan Cai’er commented, warmly embracing Ye Lingyue as they sat down.

Lady Lan too smiled warmly and ordered the servants to reheat the meal.

Ye Lingyue roughly recounted the day’s events, omitting the details about the Qian Cauldron and the spiritual suppression, which made Lan Cai’er burst into laughter, while the Lan couple just shook their heads, feeling helpless about Ye Lingyue’s rogue antics.

But when Ye Lingyue mentioned the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" incident, Lan Yingwu, who was about to take a drink, put down his wine cup in surprise.

"So the disturbance of the birds in the Imperial Palace was caused by you, girl?"

"Father, what do you mean by that? Did something happen in the Imperial Palace today?"

Ye Lingyue had spent the whole day working hard at the Imperial Hospital; she had no idea about the events taking place elsewhere in the Imperial Palace.

Today, when Lan Yingwu was leaving the morning court, it happened to be the moment Little Wuya issued the command, ordering the birds to go pay homage to the phoenix.

The birds took flight in a panic and disappeared, an event unheard of in the history of Daxia’s founding.

Emperor Xia hastily convened the courtiers for another audience, and even the people from the Alchemist Tower were summoned.

"In court, the courtiers discussed for a long time but still couldn’t figure it out. Just then, Grand Protector Hong Fang stepped forward and said that the birds’ frightful change was an omen from heaven and earth, signifying that a great change was about to occur in Daxia."

Lan Yingwu, along with the other military generals, disdained this, considering it superstitious belief propagated by Hong Fang.

But Emperor Xia believed it to be true, also recalling earlier events when the Sixth Prince recovered and the five-colored peony bloomed.

"Absolute nonsense, Father. It was all because of Little Wuya," Ye Lingyue chuckled upon hearing this. It was surprising that the court, filled with civil and military officials, would believe in such supernatural omens.

"At that time I was also unaware it was due to Little Wuya. Just as I was about to refute the Grand Protector, a message came from the harem that Yao Concubine had suddenly fainted. When she woke up, she had an Earth-level Spiritual Treasure, the Star Shining Sky Plate, in her hands," Lan Yingwu pondered.

An Earth-level Spiritual Treasure?

Ye Lingyue was shocked, her premonition had come true—Yao Concubine had not given up, and what Ye Lingyue had not anticipated at all was that Yao Concubine actually had an Earth-level Spiritual Treasure.

To date, the best weapon Ye Lingyue had was the Dark Level Siamese Ghost Smoke, and even though it was just Dark Level, it had helped Ye Lingyue to escape from the magic treasure of an enemy before.

This Earth-level Star Shining Sky Plate was truly an unknown treasure.

After waking up, Yao Concubine seemed to have transformed into a different person.

She wandered in a daze, holding the Star Plate and predicting that an earthquake would occur in the northern part of Daxia.

Sure enough, shortly after noon, a massive earthquake occurred in Yun City, located in Northern Daxia.

"After the earthquake, the entire court was in an uproar. Grand Protector Hong, with the henchmen of some Noble Marquises, proclaimed that Yao Concubine was a Goddess reincarnated, possessing the power to predict the future and alter the Star Formation of the cosmos. Emperor Xia was utterly convinced and instantly appointed Yao Concubine as the State Preceptor, even ordering the construction of a Qiankun Platform inside the Imperial Palace," Lan Yingwu had been irritable all day due to this event.

This Yao Concubine was not an easy one to deal with.

Her favor with Emperor Xia had diminished after Ye Lingyue had destroyed her Red Pattern Hundred Fragrance Elixir.

But now, the sudden emergence of an Earth-level Spiritual Treasure and the earthquake in Yun City had led Emperor Xia to worship her as a deity, granting her every request.

"This is clearly a trap; how could the Emperor be so dim-witted? She’s obviously capitalizing on Ling Yue’s Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix incident," Lan Cai’er said upon hearing this, her Liu Mei brows furrowing and frightening her mother, Lady Lan, who quickly covered her daughter’s mouth.

Speaking ill of Emperor Xia could lead to the grave crime of beheading.

"No, this matter is not so simple. Perhaps Yao Concubine indeed now possesses the ability for Divination, but her claim of a Goddess’s possession must be an act. As for why Yao Concubine suddenly has such mysterious powers, it must be related to her Earth-level Spiritual Treasure."

Ye Lingyue pondered; the earthquake in Yun City was a natural disaster, with no way for Yao Concubine alone to fabricate it.

She had heard from Master Long Yu that some highly cultivated Alchemists could indeed use Star Formations or Spiritual Treasures to divine past and future events.

It seemed that after her failure in Alchemy caused her to lose Emperor Xia’s favor, the person behind Yao Concubine could no longer contain themselves.

"This matter will definitely affect Yun Xiu. She really is unfortunate. I recently even heard she was mending her relationship with Emperor Xia," Lady Lan sighed after hearing this.

There is nothing more unfeeling than Imperial grace; with Emperor Xia’s inconsistent affections, Empress Liu may lose even the last bit of their bond.

"Adoptive Father, Adoptive Mother, we don’t need to worry about this for now. Let’s just wait and see. If she claims to be a Goddess, it’ll be proven with a single test. Yao Concubine’s fox tail will eventually show," Ye Lingyue felt like she had the advantage of clarity against a visible enemy.

Right now, it’s less that she was fighting against Hong Fang and Yao Concubine, but rather, her true opponent was the person behind Yao Concubine.

With the opponent possessing an Earth-level Spiritual Treasure, Ye Lingyue also needed to hurry and find a way to compete.

Ye Lingyue thought for a moment and decided to have Yan Che accelerate the expansion of the Ghost Sect, and she also needed to find a way to enter the Earth-level Auction of the Treasure Cave as soon as possible.

If she could have a comparable Earth-level Spiritual Treasure or a High-level life-saving Martial Arts technique in her possession, she believed there was a possibility of victory when facing Yao Concubine and the others.