Chapter 1143

"Report!"

"Urgent report!"

In the night, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was brightly lit, and Zhu Yuanzhang, with his silver hair, sat at his desk, annotating official documents.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from outside, followed by a sharp report.

"It's so late, the imperial city gates are already closed, and there's an urgent matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked up, his face covered in wrinkles, but his eyes were still very sharp, "Could it be that something major has happened in the imperial city?"

An urgent report at night did not come from the world, but from nearby.

This was even more worrying than an urgent report during the day.

After all, even if something major happened far away, he could still strategize and have a chance to recover.

If a crisis occurred in the imperial city, it was right before his eyes and could take the Emperor's life at any moment.

An emperor's authority only extended ten steps away and within a thousand miles.

A threat within ten steps was the most fatal for an emperor.

"Proclaim!"

With a thousand thoughts in his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't guess what had happened.

After all, he was already in his later years, the Ming Dynasty had been established for many years, and forces were complex, with constant strife between the martial arts world and the imperial court.

Even he couldn't sort out the relationships at once.

Soon, a lean guard entered the hall, stopped dozens of steps away, knelt on the ground, and reported loudly: "Urgent report, just a moment ago, Zhuang Qingshuang, the daughter of the Xining Sect, and Xu Yeyue, the daughter of the Ghost King's Mansion, traveled through the air from the nine heavens; hundreds of people on the scene can testify."

"Traveled through the air?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed, "Liaowu, can you do it?"

"No!" An ethereal voice came; only the voice was heard, not the person.

This person was the head of the shadow eunuchs beside Zhu Yuanzhang, Liaowu of the Jingnian Zen Temple.

He had castrated himself to enter the palace to assist the monarch and guard his side.

"If it were a master who shattered the void, could they do it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Shattering the void is too far from this poor monk; I dare not judge rashly."

As they were speaking, another urgent voice came from outside.

"Report, the Ghost King requests an audience!"

"Report, Zhuang Jie of the Xining Sect requests an audience!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes brightened: "They might have come for this reason. Proclaim!"

Outside the palace gate.

The Ghost King and Zhuang Jie looked at each other.

Suddenly, Zhuang Jie cupped his hands and said: "Greetings, Mr. Xu! Thank you for recommending my daughter; if it succeeds, I will definitely come to thank you."

"Sect Master Zhuang is too polite."

As they were speaking, the eunuch delivering the decree had arrived.

"The two of you, the Emperor invites you, please follow me inside."

The two looked at each other and stepped into the inner palace, walking into the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were like lightning, and he asked: "Zhuang Jie, I just heard that your daughter and Mr. Xu's daughter traveled through the air; is this true?"

"It is indeed true. Your subject came precisely for this!" Zhuang Jie hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, contrary to the rumors, the one who could fly through the air was not my daughter, but Miss Xu Yeyue."

"Oh!" Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and looked at the Ghost King.

If it were just an ordinary spy reporting that someone could fly through the air, he wouldn't believe it.

However, Zhuang Jie was his confidant.

Such a person cherished power and would never say such things based on hearsay.

If he were wrong, wouldn't he lose his official position, or even his life?

Since he dared to guarantee it, it meant this matter had some truth to it.

"Sect Master Zhuang is correct!" The Ghost King cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, please look!"

With that, his body floated into thin air.

He stepped into the void as if walking on an invisible staircase.

This world had martial arts and masters who shattered the void.

However, light-body techniques also followed basic laws.

The top light-body techniques in the world also relied on controlling qi and could only reduce the body's weight, like someone arriving on the moon and being able to jump higher than on Earth.

However, they would still fall; it was absolutely impossible for someone to stand in mid-air as if living on flat ground.

"This is?" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up abruptly, and even the shadow eunuch moved from the shadows into the light, looking at the Ghost King, Xu Ruowu, in disbelief.

The sight of the Ghost King flying into thin air was simply too shocking for a conventional martial arts practitioner.

"This is the Dao of Immortal Martial Arts." The Ghost King landed on the ground and recounted, "Created by the Dao Lord Taixuan, it now has nine realms. I am currently in the second realm, the True Qi Realm, with a lifespan of six hundred years; with a wave of my hand, I can destroy mountains and break rocks, and even fly through the air."

"Six hundred years?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, "How can a person live for six hundred years?"

The Ghost King laughed, had a thought, and circulated his true qi.

The next moment, his appearance rapidly became young.

"I intended to enter the palace to see Your Majesty, so I maintained my original appearance. Now that Your Majesty is before me, I don't need to struggle to maintain an aged appearance."

Seeing the Ghost King turn into a youth in the blink of an eye, Zhu Yuanzhang was shaken.

This scene was even more shocking to him than the Ghost King flying.

He was already old.

Even the wisest emperor would think of immortality in his old age.

No, as long as one is a person, when one's lifespan is about to end, who can avoid the common path?

Death has always been the most difficult thing since ancient times!

Ordinary people are like this, and emperors are naturally the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward, his expression excited: "This is truly the Dao of Immortality! Mr. Xu, can I learn it too?"

"Naturally." The Ghost King laughed, "I came precisely for this."

As he spoke, he told him about the chat group and the fact that the Zhu Yuanzhang from another world wanted to meet.

"Your Majesty, that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to meet with Your Majesty to discuss cooperation; when the time comes, Your Majesty can naturally seek the art of immortality."

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked: "Another me?"

"Yes." The Ghost King nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Your daughter has already joined that chat group and knows the Dao Lord?"

The Ghost King nodded: "Correct."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhuang Jie: "And Zhuang Qingshuang?"

"Miss Zhuang, under my daughter's persuasion, is willing to serve by the Dao Lord's side." The Ghost King laughed, "Before long, she will be sent to the Great Luo Heaven."

Zhu Yuanzhang listened and fell silent, thinking rapidly in his heart.

The Ghost King had done the Dao Lord a favor, so how could he not show something?

As an emperor who climbed up from the bottom, he understood human relationships too well.

"Zhuang Jie, prepare yourself; tomorrow, when I meet the emperor from the other world and settle the cooperation between the two worlds, you will select palace maids for me to send to the Great Luo Heaven!"

Zhuang Jie was dumbfounded.

Your Majesty, what are you doing!

I am to select palace maids to compete for favor with my daughter; is this something a person can do?

However, the situation was stronger than the person, and he could only accept the order.

Your Majesty, what are you doing!

I am selecting palace maids to go and compete for favor with my own daughter; is this something a human would do?

However, the situation was stronger than the man, and he could only accept the order.