Hope Shattered; Fortunes Reversed

"Thank you, Emperor Jiaqing, for sparing my fellow apprentices' lives!"

Si Qingqu bowed slightly.

Mu Yuyan was not in the mood for pleasantries. She frowned and said coldly, "Enough talk, hurry up and save them!"

Although he could produce the Book of Heaven and Earth to rescue people, proving his worth as a leader of scholars worldwide, compared to Gu Lan's safety, it was practically nothing!

Si Qingqu could sense the female Emperor's urgency. He nodded and flew to a high tower, slowly taking out an ancient and heavy book under the gaze of countless eyes!

"Everyone, this is our academy's treasured artifact, the Book of Heaven and Earth!"

"This book was brought by our founding ancestor and contains ten pages of true words, each page holding immense power. Thousands of years ago, the academy used one page to survive a life-threatening crisis. Today, only nine pages remain!"