Chapter 563: Incense Spells

"A world of incense-becoming-gods, the power of belief borrowing the false to cultivate the true, so that's how it is."

"I really didn't expect there to be such a magical world. So Taiyi, you were conferred as the National Teacher of the current dynasty by the current Emperor, enjoying the power of the dynasty's incense belief. No wonder I also benefited, the Primordial Spirit Flower bloomed in advance. I thought you had already broken through to the Three Flower Realm."

"Taiyi, you are too kind. How can the power of a National Teacher's incense belief be enough? You should have directly performed the Great Method of Dividing the River into Land when you saw the Emperor, hacked him to death, and then performed the Dragon-Subduing and Tiger-Taming Technique to suppress the civil and military officials, directly usurping the throne to become the new Emperor. By then, the incense belief of the world would all belong to you."

At this moment, Li Yi was sitting in the magnificent carriage. He sat with his eyes closed, feeling the huge power of incense belief permeating his body. However, Xiang Xiangzi, whose divine sense had recovered, kept talking in his mind. At first, it was normal, but later she actually incited him to kill the Emperor and rebel.

However, he didn't feel strange about this.

This was very much in line with Xiang Xiangzi's personality.

"Immortal Aunt, I will plan the matter of incense belief myself. Compared to that, Immortal Aunt should first consider how to use this power," Li Yi replied.

"Reasonable. No matter how much incense power there is, it's useless if it can't be used well. Taiyi, wait a moment, let me ponder it."

Xiang Xiangzi's Primordial Spirit sat on a crystal-clear flower at this moment. In just a short while, the outline of her Primordial Spirit had become much more refined, and her body was shrouded in incense aura, like an elf in a flower, lifelike. Hearing Li Yi's question, she immediately supported her head and pondered.

And Li Yi was not idle either. At this moment, he used this huge incense power combined with the power of his soul to perform the Heaven and Earth Energy Gathering Great Method.

The range of the spell performed again was truly amazing.

Like a giant net, it captured the heaven and earth spiritual energy within a radius of five hundred miles. When this spiritual energy poured over, circles of extreme clear light instantly appeared around him. These clear lights formed circles of light, spreading from him as the center to the surroundings, one after another, even ordinary people could see it with the naked eye.

At this moment, Li Yi was like a complete mystic object, emitting an amazing energy field.

With such terrifying heaven and earth spiritual energy gathering, the two Golden Pupil Guards responsible for driving the carriage instantly felt that all the cells in their bodies were cheering and jumping. Even without cultivation, their strength was constantly improving.

"How could this be?"

The two Golden Pupil Guards looked at each other at this moment, both shocked beyond measure.

They looked back incredulously. Under their light golden pupils, streaks of brilliant clear light were emitted from the carriage. The surrounding area of at least several hundred meters was shrouded under these twelve distinct circles of light. Because they were close, they were most affected by the heaven and earth spiritual energy.

If they cultivated in this environment, they would definitely be able to evolve and break through to the Spirit Realm very soon.

"It should be the means of True Person Taiyi. Inconceivable, it really is like an immortal family."

"This is the heaven and earth energy mentioned by the Emperor. At this moment, it has all swarmed over and gathered here. Even without using spirit pupils, ordinary people can see it."

"Not good, the horses can't stand such powerful heaven and earth energy. Their bodies are collapsing."

The two Golden Pupil Guards whispered, but soon discovered that the horses pulling the carriage were screaming in pain at this moment. Blood was constantly seeping out of their bodies, and their eyes were bloodshot. They struggled desperately, seemingly wanting to shake off the reins and escape this place, because their cells were being eroded by high-intensity energy, to the point of starting to decay and die.

This was like radiation. If the body was not strong enough, it could not withstand the baptism of this energy at all.

Although the horses pulling the carriage were carefully selected exotic species, they also couldn't withstand it. If they didn't leave this energy field, they would die.

It wasn't just the horses pulling the carriage; the horses of the Imperial Guard nearby were also the same, screaming in pain, covered in blood, and extremely violent.

Because the horses were out of control, the carriage behind was also shaking violently.

Seeing this, the two Golden Pupil Guards had to rely on their own powerful strength to forcibly subdue them, avoiding chaos in the honor guard and damaging the royal majesty.

"The spell performed by combining incense with the power of the soul is more than ten times more powerful than before. This feeling is truly inconceivable. It's as if all the difficulty has instantly decreased by countless times, giving me a feeling of being powerful to the point of being unreal. And this is near the Imperial City, suppressed by the Dragon-Tiger energy," Li Yi suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.

He immediately put away the Heaven and Earth Energy Gathering Great Method, dispelled this huge cosmic energy, and an incredulous look appeared in his eyes.

After obtaining the position of National Teacher and incense power, Li Yi felt that both his cultivation and spellcasting had undergone a qualitative improvement. If his Wind-Calling Great Method could only cover a hundred miles before, then now, it could truly be compared to a Three Flower Realm Daoist expert, traveling a thousand miles in an instant, extremely terrifying.

And as time passed and incense continuously gathered, this power was still continuously becoming stronger.

The diligent cultivation before seemed to have become bullshit at this moment.

No wonder this world clearly had cosmic energy, but no path of cultivation had been derived.

Compared to slow meditation and Qi refining, and evolution cultivation, incense-becoming-gods was the right path. You cultivate the Dao for a hundred years, but you can't beat an incense god of one year. What's the point of cultivating? So everyone went to accumulate incense to become gods directly. So it's no wonder this world is deformed; the temptation of taking a shortcut is too great.

Li Yi took a few deep breaths to calm his mood. He felt that he couldn't be confused by this temporary strength. He still had to insist on borrowing the false to cultivate the true and couldn't be bound by incense.

As the cosmic energy gathered around dissipated, the commotion outside subsided.

The Golden Pupil Guard responsible for driving the carriage breathed a sigh of relief, then sped up the carriage, trying to send this immortal to the palace to meet the Emperor as soon as possible, so as not to cause more trouble. At the same time.

In the Daming Palace of the Imperial Palace in the capital.

This was the place where the Son of Heaven held court and met with civil and military officials.

At this moment, Li Jiye, as the Son of Heaven, wore a black and gold imperial robe and a crown on his head, sitting on the dragon throne. His face was serious, his momentum was majestic, and a pair of golden vertical pupils scanned all the officials in the hall calmly like dragon eyes. Although he didn't speak, he made the officials feel cold and dare not speak.

Even though the Emperor's accumulated prestige was too great, there were still old officials who stood out against this pressure.

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels that rashly conferring a mountain Daoist as the National Teacher of the current dynasty is truly inappropriate. Not to mention whether that Daoist Taiyi has real skills, but to say he is an immortal, the old minister does not believe it at all. One must know that there has never been an immortal in any dynasty. That Daoist Taiyi must be using the name of an immortal to deceive and swindle, trying to steal the national fortune and incense. Your Majesty must not be deceived."

The speaker was the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, named Zuo Hanyuan, a veteran of three dynasties. Moreover, he had achieved success in cultivation and had techniques to maintain his youthful appearance. Although he looked only about fifty years old, he was already over a hundred years old, and he was still full of spirit, with sharp ears and eyes, and could walk like flying.

After Grand Tutor Zuo Hanyuan finished speaking, several officials immediately stood out.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the humble minister also thinks the Grand Tutor is right. That Daoist Taiyi is unknown, and only showed some small spells in the capital, and was touted as an immortal. Moreover, he has only been in the capital for a few days, how can he be famous in the capital? He must have prepared long ago, secretly spreading rumors to bewitch the people, so as to deceive the imperial court. The humble minister suggests that his title of True Person Taiyi should be stripped, and he should be captured quickly and beheaded in public to warn others."

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with the Grand Tutor's words. That Daoist Taiyi must have grasped Your Majesty's heart for the Dao and used it to bewitch Your Majesty. Such an evil Daoist, if not beheaded quickly, will definitely cause chaos in the court in the future."

One official after another stood out.

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They were filled with righteous indignation, regarding Li Yi as an evil Daoist and a villain, wishing to get rid of him quickly.

Not for anything else.

Li Yi's appearance had touched too many people's interests.

The officials did not allow a mountain Daoist to be suddenly conferred as National Teacher and ride on their heads.

The Yin Son of Heaven also did not allow a National Teacher to appear and divide the incense power, so they would also let people advise the new monarch to remove this evil Daoist to avoid the loss of national fortune.

The Shenwu Emperor Li Jiye sitting on the dragon throne did not speak, but looked at the ministers calmly.

He knew that his time on the throne was short and his accumulation was insufficient. Although he had trained the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Golden Pupil Guard, it was still very difficult to completely control the court in this world of incense-becoming-gods in a short time. This time, he had staked everything on one throw to confer Xiao Yi as National Teacher, and it was normal for the ministers to be angry.

But wanting to overturn all this and start the path of destroying temples and sweeping away the old was a difficulty that had to be faced sooner or later.

"Crown Prince, do you have anything to say?" the Son of Heaven asked calmly.

At this moment, Zhao Jing, as the Crown Prince, stood out immediately upon hearing this and saluted: "Returning to Father Emperor, the son has only one word: for the stability of the world, please execute the evil Daoist Taiyi."

"Your Majesty, please execute the evil Daoist Taiyi." As soon as the Crown Prince stood out, dozens of officials, big and small, immediately stood out and said.

Apparently, while the Son of Heaven was staying in the Yongchang Palace for a long time, Crown Prince Zhao Jing had unknowingly won over many ministers, forming a powerful force that could not be ignored.

The Son of Heaven did not respond, but continued to ask: "Besides this, what other advice does the Crown Prince have?"

"Father Emperor, the fourth brother, Prince Xin, entered the capital without an imperial decree, violating the imperial order, and should be sent to the Imperial Clan Court for severe punishment," Crown Prince Zhao Jing said.

Prince Xin in the hall felt like he was on pins and needles at this moment, looking at his eldest brother Zhao Jing in astonishment.

After not seeing him for a few years, why had his eldest brother become so strange? He wasn't like this before.

The Son of Heaven smiled: "Prince Xin is your brother. Don't you plead for him?"

"Returning to Father Emperor, in the court, there are no brothers, only the law," Crown Prince Zhao Jing said earnestly. "It is precisely because the son is the eldest brother that I cannot practice favoritism. Otherwise, if the law is not strictly enforced, how can the people of the world be convinced?"

"The Crown Prince's words are reasonable," Li Jiye, as the Son of Heaven, couldn't help but nod slightly. "However, Prince Xin's matter is put aside for today. True Person Taiyi was conferred by me personally, and his identity as an immortal is also genuine. If you don't believe it, you will know in a while."

He did not get angry in the imperial court, but secretly let the Golden Pupil Guard record these people in a small notebook, and later let them all stumble and fall into the water and die.

The ministers were speechless upon hearing this, only thinking that this was the Emperor's delaying tactic.

However, in a while, they only needed to let that Daoist Taiyi reveal his flaws and make his immortal identity questionable, then they would ask to execute this evil Daoist again, and it was estimated that the Emperor would have nothing to say.

Immediately, everyone pondered, starting to think of ways to make things difficult for that evil Daoist Taiyi and make him reveal his true colors.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 564 =====