At that very moment, a figure appeared, carrying two baskets of vegetables.
It was Li Mingbai!
"Senior Brother Ye, are you alright now?" Li Mingbai put down his carrying pole and asked with concern.
"I'm fine." Ye Fan seemed to remember something and asked, "By the way, Junior Brother Li, can you find me a storage bag?"
Storage bags were similar in function to space rings, but their storage capacity was extremely limited.
Common ones on the market were only a few cubic meters.
The only advantage of this item was that it could be opened without any spiritual power, usually used by novice cultivators who had just begun cultivating and whose spiritual power was not yet sufficient to use space rings.
The drawback was that because it didn't require spiritual power, if someone else obtained your storage bag, they could also open it with ease...
To put it bluntly, this thing was no different from an ordinary pocket in essence, just with slightly more space.
Ye Fan had no choice.
His spiritual power could not be mobilized now, so he definitely couldn't use the space ring.
He couldn't possibly run around with a bag as big as a small mountain all day...
"It shouldn't be a problem." Li Mingbai quickly replied, "I'll go ask for you right now."
With that said, Li Mingbai shot down the mountain.
Although he didn't know why Ye Fan suddenly wanted such a low-level item as a storage bag, since Ye Fan had asked, he had to get it done!
Li Mingbai hadn't forgotten how he had achieved what he had today!
An hour later.
Li Mingbai handed a storage bag to Ye Fan and left after a few polite words.
It had to be said, Li Mingbai was really straightforward.
One storage bag was placed inside another, and when he took it out and opened it, there was another one inside...
Ye Fan shook it out, and over ten storage bags appeared...
After returning to his room and tidying up, Ye Fan put everything back in, with large bags inside smaller ones.
There was nothing particularly special, all related to food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
He hadn't discarded his original space ring.
Mainly because he was used to wearing it, and suddenly taking it off made him uncomfortable.
Due to the strange seal, Ye Fan's mood had been rather unpleasant all day.
As a result, he had no appetite to cook, and the little demon girl excitedly made a table full of culinary disasters...
The next day.
After waking up, Ye Fan's mindset had also adjusted considerably.
It was just a strange seal appearing in his mind.
Compared to having his life controlled by a dog system, it wasn't something he couldn't accept.
Perhaps this was what they meant by "the more lice, the less itchy"...
As long as I'm sufficiently degenerate, this is no big deal!
After breakfast, Ye Fan took the little demon girl to the imperial palace.
He had promised Liang Rujing before that he would visit her when he had time.
It was just that they had parted in such a hurry then, and he didn't know the exact location of Liang Rujing's sect.
He would go to the palace to ask his emperor "son", and after dealing with the matter of Ziyu, he would go see Liang Rujing.
The imperial palace gate.
"Young Master Ye, are you here to see His Majesty?"
As soon as Ye Fan appeared, the guards enthusiastically greeted him.
Ye Fan and Liang Rujing used to hang out together every day, so these people had long treated him as a consort...
"Yes, I need to see His Majesty about something."
"I'll lead the way for you."
"Thank you."
...
And so, the guard led Ye Fan into the palace.
Along the way, the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards all greeted Ye Fan enthusiastically.
At this moment, their expressions were completely normal, showing no hint of anything amiss.
After greeting him, they stood in place, smiling as Ye Fan walked away.
Ye Fan didn't pay much attention, just thinking they were being overly enthusiastic.
After Ye Fan was completely out of sight, these guards' expressions instantly changed!
Their facial features twisted slightly!
Their eyes emitted a brilliant glow of intelligence!
"Ah, he's finally gone."
"Who isn't saying that? It's so uncomfortable to keep a straight face like that."
"Alright, enough chatter, let's get to work!"
...
One guard bent down and crawled. The guard behind him skillfully grabbed his ankles and then lifted!
A human-shaped handcart was thus created!
Another guard straddled his legs and rode on that guard's back.
After finishing, he took out a rattle from his sleeve and shook it happily.
"Rattle, rattle, rattle..."
"Young Master Ye is visiting the imperial palace, so safety must not be neglected!"
"Yes!" the guard holding the ankles replied excitedly.
"Hee-haw!"
The one lying below directly tilted his head and neighed.
Soon, all the guards divided into groups of three and patrolled with great spirit!
As he walked along, Ye Fan couldn't help but mutter to himself.
The imperial palace was still the same imperial palace, and the people were still the same people.
It seemed there was nothing amiss.
But in his heart, he felt that something was not quite right...
Soon, the three arrived in front of a grand hall.
"Young Master Ye, His Majesty is inside." The guard gestured, "Please go ahead."
"Thank you."
Ye Fan said politely and stepped into the hall.
The guard turned and walked back.
His expression began to change.
His steps, which were initially walking, turned into hopping from side to side.
"Two little bees, flying in the flowers, fly, fly, oh dear, I fell."
...
"I was wondering why the magpies were chirping so much this morning; it turns out a distinguished guest has arrived!"
Liang Dekui expressed extreme enthusiasm for Ye Fan's arrival!
He insisted that Ye Fan not leave and forced him to have a meal in the palace!
Ye Fan didn't refuse and stayed with the little demon girl.
Although Liang Dekui was curious about the little demon girl's identity, he didn't ask much.
During the banquet, he pulled Ye Fan aside for a chat, complaining that Ye Fan hadn't visited him in so long.
As they talked, their gazes towards each other unconsciously carried a hint of affection...
The little demon girl beside them felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, but she couldn't quite pinpoint why...
"Your Majesty, what is Rujing's sect called, and where is it located?" After chatting for a while, Ye Fan asked, "I plan to find some time to visit her."
"I remember it's called the Immortal Cold Palace, and it's in the Ayd Empire." Liang Dekui replied.
Ye Fan nodded.
Regarding the Ayd Empire, he had learned some things when he was reading before.
There, regardless of scale or the level of cultivators, it was far from comparable to the Great Liang Kingdom.
A cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, like his master, would be at most an inner disciple there.
It seemed that Bu Quegan's aunt's sect was quite powerful, and Liang Rujing's development there should be good.
"By the way, Ye Fan." Liang Dekui said, handing him a ring, "Take this and use it."
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Ye Fan took the ring, not understanding.
"I saw that you didn't seem to have your own flying ship, and I happened to capture a few cultivators some time ago, so I confiscated their belongings." Liang Dekui explained, "This flying ship inside is quite fast, take it for transport."
Then, Liang Dekui recounted the incident of those cultivators coming to cause trouble.
Of course, it was his version of events.
After listening, Ye Fan's heart stirred.
"You mean, they were looking for something called a 'key'?"
"That's right." Liang Dekui nodded, "They said so during the interrogation."
Ye Fan clicked his tongue.
They were also looking for a key?
Could it be such a coincidence?