"Don't rush to agree to grandpa. This matter is not easy. It will be very hard. It may require you to work ten times or even a hundred times harder than before. Xueqing, grandpa won't force you. You should think carefully before answering."
Later, when Xue Qing recalled it, she realized that her grandfather asked her in a serious tone that he had never heard before, his eyes full of expectation and hope.
Xue Qing didn't know what she could do, but her subconscious told her that she couldn't live up to her grandfather, so she nodded heavily: "I'm not afraid of hard work."
She knew very well that she could not go back on her promise to her grandfather. No matter how difficult and bumpy the road ahead was, she would definitely go on!
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Northern Empire, Imperial Capital.
In this magnificent and luxurious place, there is a cold atmosphere.
The man who rescued Xue Qing in the forest was Huangfu Yi, the most powerful emperor in the Northern Empire.
In the eyes of mortals, he is the all-powerful, cold and arrogant king of the world. He has unparalleled absolute talent and is known as the "number one" genius illusionist in the world. He is a god who is looked up to and cannot be imitated or surpassed.
This is an extremely mysterious world, a super illusory world where the weak eat the strong.
Now that Xue Qing is here, she must adapt as quickly as possible if she wants to survive.
Staying in the northern empire, King Huangfu Yi treated him with courtesy.
Xue Qing showed superb medical skills and entered the Royal Hospital of the palace.
Here, Xue Qing had to adapt to the laws of survival and practice a kind of martial arts that does not exist in the 21st century - illusion.
Huangfu Yi, the king of the Northern Empire, was an extremely arrogant and ruthless person.
Perhaps because he was the first person she met when she first came to another world and saved her, Xue Qing had a good impression of him.
However, Xue Qing heard that Huangfu Yi was an extremely powerful and cruel man who had personally killed his father and brothers before ascending to the throne.
Xue Qing doesn't trust others but only herself. She believes that her intuition is not wrong and that Huangfu Yi is not a bad person.
In front of outsiders, he always wears a mask.
She wanted to know what his face looked like under the mask. When he was sleeping, she wanted to sneak over and take off his mask countless times to see his true face.
But every time before she could get close to him, he already knew she was coming.
She only knew that he was very powerful and that he was the all-powerful Emperor Illusionist, but how powerful his real strength was... she didn't know.
"Why do you always wear a mask?" She asked him this question innocently.
"..." He smiled softly and did not answer.
"Can I see your face under the mask?"
"I don't like others to see my face under the mask." His voice was gentle, but indifferent, like a glacier that has not melted for thousands of years.
Xue Qing had an idea and said with a smile, "Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"What to bet on?"
"Bet you...will fall in love with me."
Xue Qing approached him, but he raised his sleeves and walked away, leaving only his back.
Staring at his back, Xue Qing shook her head helplessly. Arrogant and noble men are like this and cannot bear to make even the slightest joke.
And what I said just now was just a joke?
His eyes were always looking at the sky and the ground, and she never saw herself in his eyes.
Huangfu Yi seems to be the gentlest and most ruthless person in the world.
During the following days of getting along, Xue Qing saw clearly that Huangfu Yi, a person like this who has reached the pinnacle of power and strength, is doomed to be alone all his life.
She could understand the loneliness in his eyes. Only those who have experienced the abyss of real pain can be truly heartless and without thoughts.