Chapter 294: Four divine artifacts! Long Xiao's life or death is unknown?! (15,000 words)

"Could it be—calculated wrong?" Ji Si hesitated. "You mean from the source?" another fate official asked.

"Yes." Ji Si nodded.

The so-called wrong from the source is that the Great Zhou did not actually obtain two divine artifacts.

"Then how to interpret the deduction result?" The Heavenly Derivation King asked.

"It is possible that Zhao Xing passed by the location of the divine artifact, very close." Someone came up with a reasonable explanation. "Historically, such situations have occurred; someone passed by the location of a divine artifact, and the fate official at the time deduced it on the Heavenly Secret Pillar and also got a similar induction."

"As a result, no divine artifact was found afterward, until the next batch of people went in and found the divine artifact."

The Heavenly Derivation King also nodded; from his heart, he was willing to accept that Zhao Xing obtained the divine artifact. But reason told him it was impossible.

The Dragon Court Ancient Land has dangers, and divine artifacts are not picked up casually; they are either in forbidden areas or have high-strength mechanisms or life protection.

Those that can be picked up by luck have long been taken by others; after all, second-rank Heavenly Luck Realm, which one does not have high-level luck?

In fact, the fate officials were not wrong; the divine artifacts Zhao Xing obtained indeed had Dragon King protection.

He didn't pick them up, but traded for them.

"Taking a step back, this is also good news." Ji Si smiled. "At least two divine artifacts are related to Zhao Xing."

"As long as we ask about his experience location, we are very likely to obtain two divine artifacts."

"Not bad." The other two fate officials also agreed.

"Should we start the backup plan?" Someone asked.

The backup plan is to send a first-rank powerhouse into the Dragon Court now to find Zhao Xing and find the divine artifacts.

At this stage, the Dragon Court allows entry but not exit, and the quota is limited. But the Great Zhou did not put everyone in at the beginning; the backup plan was to leave some quotas. It was not much. It was mainly to deal with emergencies.

Now it belongs to an 'emergency'.

The Heavenly Derivation King thought for a moment and nodded: "Then send one person."

Sending one person is enough; they can coordinate the masters of the Great Zhou inside.

Fate officials are undoubtedly more suitable.

The reason why fate officials were not allowed to enter at the beginning was mainly because they needed to perform deductions outside with the help of the Creation Plate and the Heavenly Secret Hall.

A single fate official inside is not enough without a divine artifact.

It's not needed for their own people, and outsiders can't calculate it.

If they bring a divine artifact? That would be too risky.

If a fate-type divine artifact is lost in the Dragon Court, the loss would be too great.

"Involving two divine artifacts, let me go." Ji Si said, "Heavenly Derivation, you still need to sit in the Heavenly Secret Hall."

"Okay." The Heavenly Derivation King nodded, "Follow me."

The other two fate officials returned to their original positions, and Ji Si followed the Heavenly Derivation King into another secret room.

There was nothing else, mainly to explain the importance of Zhao Xing.

"What? He actually—"

After Ji Si finished reading the confidential file, he was shocked. "I didn't expect that I had only been in seclusion for twenty years, and my dynasty had actually given birth to such a genius; it is truly favored by heaven, a blessing for the Great Zhou!"

"Si, you must be careful when you go in; remember that protecting Zhao Xing is the first priority; divine artifacts can be abandoned, but Zhao Xing must never die." The Heavenly Derivation King exhorted.

"I understand." Ji Si nodded.

Treasure-level divine artifacts are also man-made; many of the Great Zhou's super-giant ninth-tier divine weapons are not weaker than treasure-level divine artifacts.

Rare treasures, although rare in the world, are not non-existent.

Peerless rarities, that is, they cannot be created in the current world and are irreplaceable.

Of course... in terms of value, Zhao Xing can also be compared to a peerless rarity.

Throughout history, Zhao Xing is the only one who has brought the Derivation God Technique to a new height.

If Zhao Xing can penetrate the Derivation God Monument, that is equivalent to recreating a soul-type ultimate technique!

The technique can be passed on to hundreds of millions of people, for thousands of generations!

After Ji Si finished reading the file, all of which were personally approved by the Jing Emperor, he could absolutely be treated as a human-shaped rarity.

"Brother, I'm going." Ji Si said solemnly.

"Hm." The Heavenly Derivation King said: "You must be careful."

Originally, they shouldn't have activated the backup quota so early, but with the appearance of two divine artifacts and involving Zhao Xing, it should be used when it should be used.

Heavenly Dragon Gate, on the sea.

A first-rank exotic beast snake coiled, and a huge shadow shrouded the warships below.

In a snake-shaped palace spliced together by many warships.

A middle-aged man in Chinese clothing with diagonal eyes and a pointed head sat on the throne, listening to the report of the fate official.

The Great Snake Kingdom, like the Southern Barbarians, also learned from the Great Zhou and called the officials responsible for deduction and calculation fate officials.

"Lord Xiucheng, two divine artifacts have appeared in the Dragon Court Ancient Land." The fate official reported to the throne.

Lord Xiucheng is the Great Snake Kingdom Lord, the younger brother of the Supreme Show Divine Lord.

His status in the Great Snake Kingdom is like the status of the Prince of Liang in the Great Zhou in the past,

and he is also the first-rank powerhouse leading the team this time, carrying a treasure-level divine artifact and the national treasure snake.

"Is there any more definite news?" Lord Xiucheng asked.

"No, it can't be calculated." The fate official shook his head.

The Heavenly Derivation King and the others can get the name Zhao Xing mainly because Zhao Xing is their own person in the Great Zhou.

Their own people are naturally easier to calculate.

Others can't; across the Heavenly Dragon Gate, knowing that divine artifacts were born is already remarkable.

Like some top sects, they don't know this at all, and only those with the foundation of a divine sect might know.

"Without knowing the name or location, it seems it has no fate with my country." Lord Xiucheng shook his head.

Not being able to calculate more information proves that it has little connection with their Great Snake Kingdom.

Of course, it is not necessarily related to other forces; it may have nothing to do with the Southern Barbarians or the Great Zhou.

"Send an envoy to the Southern Barbarian Royal Court to inquire about the news."

"Yes."

Southern Barbarian camp.

The four great royal courts of Golden Feather, Purple Dragon, Flame Light, and Holy Spirit, in a flying divine artifact shaped like a colorful butterfly, also had powerhouses who were good at heavenly secret deduction discussing.

"Dragon Court Ancient Land, two divine artifacts born,"

"It can be confirmed that there is a strong connection with the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Can you confirm the specific situation? For example, who obtained it, and what is the strength."

"No, the name cannot be known."

"Location?"

"The possibility is very high in the Guting Kingdom, followed by the Ziti Kingdom."

"The scope is too large."

On the four thrones, there were golden giant phantoms residing on the thrones, and behind them were statues of gods, their divine thoughts intersecting, stirring up bursts of golden mist.

Their chat was completely confined to a very small space and could not be deduced or eavesdropped on by others.

"Although there is little information now, as long as it is really obtained by someone, it will eventually be used."

"Once used, more information will be obtained later, and the scope can be narrowed."

"Send someone in to contact our own powerhouses and organize a team to head to the Guting Kingdom."

"Agree."

"Agree."

"Agree."

The four thrones quickly unified their opinions.

A single treasure-level divine artifact does not have much impact on the pattern of the current world, but if it is a peerless rarity-level divine artifact,

the impact is still not small.

Therefore, the Southern Barbarian forces also immediately sent someone in, carrying this secret news, to coordinate.

Dragon Court Ancient Land, Guting Royal City.

When Zhao Xing and Cao Qianyue returned to the Fuming Divine Temple, they clearly felt that there were more people.

"Twenty days have passed, and there are quite a few people in Guting Royal City." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "I must speed up."

"Later, there will be more and more masters, and I won't be so convenient."

If it were just a second-rank like True Person Zilu.

Then he wouldn't be afraid of anything, because fighting is forbidden in the Royal City.

The permissions True Person Zilu obtained were at most one level higher than his, and he might not be able to do anything to him.

But if he encountered a first-rank powerhouse, a first-rank powerhouse would have at least Lord-level permissions! Some might even have been conferred as Dragon Kings!

For example, Bai Yunwu of the Great Zhou, he has a Dragon King-level title.

If he encountered a first-rank powerhouse of a hostile force, it is very likely that they would use their permissions to transfer him out of the city and then kill him to seize the treasure, which would be working for nothing.

Of course, after first-rank powerhouses enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land, they generally won't stay in the Ten Ancient Kingdoms, but will go directly to the Central Dragon Court to explore.

First-rank powerhouses don't seem to be few, but placed in the Ten Ancient Kingdoms, the number is very rare, and the probability of encountering them is very low.

"Hurry up and dig the treasury, and go exchange for two more times." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"At most, I can take two more divine artifacts."

"Any more and Yin Xiu will not be able to play."

If every time the ring toss is successful, not only will his own people have questions.

Yin Xiu will also think that Zhao Xing is there to smash the place!

As a Dragon King, Yin Xiu can be magnanimous once or twice; it doesn't matter if he trades away a divine artifact.

But he can't be magnanimous all the time.

"Now I can't be greedy." Master Zhao warned himself like this, "When I am strong in the future, I will come to raid his home again; if he is not magnanimous, I will force him to be magnanimous."

After digging up two more high-level treasuries, Zhao Xing gathered enough for two more chances.

Quickly entering the North Sea, the sleeping place of Dragon King Yin Xiu.

The process of summoning and offering tribute was completed.

Zhao Xing was transmitted into Dragon King Yin Xiu's treasury again.

"Hm?"

"It seems to have been disrupted."

Zhao Xing compared it with his memory from last time.

He found that the endless treasures on that piece of land had very different positions from last time.

"Yin Xiu really cares about this."

Actually, in Yin Xiu's eyes, Zhao Xing only chose one divine artifact, and it was not a dragon tribe one.

The Dragon Emperor Code was in a sealed state, and he didn't know the truth.

However, this was not a matter of divine artifact or not.

He couldn't save face.

"I will try to find some that Yin Xiu can't recognize." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "The initial sealed state, let him not see it; this is the best."

"In this way, it is safer."

Zhao Xing flew fast to search.

With experience, he only spent three days confirming the location of the divine artifact.

"This time I won't gamble; I will directly choose a 'treasure-level' divine artifact."

"Just these two."

Zhao Xing chose a mud sculpture whose outer shape was a rectangular parallelepiped, as if it were a useless brick strip.

"【Wuji Sword Embryo · Hidden Edge】, it is rumored to be forged by the ancient Wuji Divine Sect, and its initial shape is like this."

"Wuji Hidden Edge, divine brilliance restrained. All fluctuations and visions of the treasures are locked; one can only distinguish it by the ancient Wuji Divine Sect logo; let alone Dragon King Yin Xiu, even if a human came, they wouldn't be able to tell at all."

"Because the Wuji Divine Sect was the first ancient divine sect to perish." Why does Zhao Xing know so much?

Very simple, after the version update, players of the fate profession will look back at the past and answer some confusion in their hearts.

Then it is recorded in the story column to attract old players to reminisce and earn a wave of traffic to make money.

Zhao Xing also looked at it when he had nothing to do, and naturally knew some things very clearly.

"The second treasure-level weapon, the Engineering School's divine artifact 'Giant God Soldier'." Zhao Xing looked at the second one.

This one was relatively large!

"In its normal state, it is nearly a hundred meters high, and its appearance is like a broad-backed saber, but it is actually of the same nature as the 【Shenluo · Pangyuan】 that the Shenluo King sat on initially."

Zhao Xing naturally prioritized bringing back human divine artifacts.

The limitations of dragon tribe divine artifacts are relatively large.

Just like Dragon King Yin Xiu wouldn't use the agricultural official divine artifact 【Kunyuan Divine Hoe】, it is also very difficult for humans to use dragon tribe divine artifacts, or the conditions for use are relatively harsh.

"Taking these two, Dragon King Yin Xiu shouldn't feel too much heartache." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Taking these two out will also help me invest in mechanism masters and martial artists in the future."

After confirming, Zhao Xing touched the treasure.

"*Hum—*"

A whirlpool appeared, and Zhao Xing reappeared on the Dragon Crystal avenue.

When seeing the Giant God Soldier in front of Zhao Xing, Dragon King Yin Xiu was silent for a long time.

Zhao Xing was nervous in his heart.

And Dragon King Yin Xiu, after ten breaths, shook his dragon whiskers and directly sent Zhao Xing back to the sea surface.

"*Hoo—*"

Zhao Xing let out a long breath.

"Old Dragon King really can't play anymore; can't come again."

Zhao Xing could clearly feel that Dragon King Yin Xiu was somewhat heartbroken.

"However, my expectations are about the same. The most precious things in Dragon King Yin Xiu's place are the Dragon Emperor Code and the Shennong Hoe; the probability of the rest being peerless rarities is not high."

"The rest of the treasures are not necessary for me to take."

"Compared to safety, it's not worth mentioning."

Zhao Xing always remembered not to court death.

He also didn't need to take risks at all.

Because there are many good places, there is no need to die on Dragon King Yin Xiu.

"This time I spent seven days."

"There should be more people coming to the Royal City."

"Find the masters of the current dynasty first." Zhao Xing turned the flying boat and headed to the Great Arena of the Royal City.

The Great Arena has a Dragon God statue.

The Dragon God statue has many, many scales; every Lord-level powerhouse who stands out in the Great Arena,

must leave their name on the scales of the Dragon God statue.

Dragon Language names can contain a lot of information, and all parties will leave unique messages on this, so as soon as they see it, they know whether it is their own camp or not.

The Guting Kingdom also has a creature called "Star Snail", which is a cluster-type life form.

The Star Snail Mother can communicate with all Star Snails, and Star Snails can also communicate with each other.

Through Star Snails, the dragon tribe has a means of long-distance communication.

Of course, this is far inferior to the Earth Realm, and the range is relatively small; Zhao Xing also has to first confirm that the person is within the communication range before talking about using Star Snails to communicate.

"*Ang—*"

"!!"

"*Boom ka! "

When Zhao Xing arrived at the Great Arena area, in a thundercloud in the east, two ten-thousand-meter thunder dragons were fighting each other.

"One of the thunder dragons is a dharma image transformed by a martial artist." Zhao Xing is now in the Fire Transformation state and immediately saw the clue.

Dharma image transformation is different from the Marquis Transformation spell.

The martial artist's dharma image transformation uses vital energy and exotic beast essence blood to fake reality.

The agricultural official's Marquis Transformation spell is a physical-level change.

One is a real change at the life level, one is a change of technique, and the difference between the two is very large.

If a martial artist is killed in dharma image transformation, the dharma image disappears, and what is obtained is a human corpse.

If an agricultural official is killed while unleashing the Marquis Transformation spell, what is obtained is the corpse of the corresponding divine beast!

"There are people in the south too." Zhao Xing activated the Heavenly Eye to check; someone was standing on a second-rank Grievance Soul Dragon, fighting with a Tianwu.

"Why are there so many."

Zhao Xing swept a glance and found seven high-ranks in the Great Arena!

There were only five mid-rank humans.

This was just the edge area he saw,

"The number of high-ranks in the Guting Kingdom shouldn't be this many." Zhao Xing frowned.

"Sir, is there anything wrong?" Cao Qianyue asked.

"You'll know if you do the math." Zhao Xing said.

"Including my dynasty, the number of high-ranks from all major forces combined will not exceed five thousand."

"According to past experience, ninety percent of high-ranks will go to the Central Dragon Court to explore."

"Everyone mainly rolls in the Central Dragon Court."

"Ten percent of the number, dispersed to ten ancient kingdoms, even if they are all in the Royal City, the average number of the Guting Kingdom,"

"is only fifty people."

"The actual number should be less than this."

"We saw seven just here—the density of masters is not right."

Cao Qianyue was enlightened.

"Marquis, what should we do now."

"Contact the masters of my dynasty first." Zhao Xing said, "According to the practice of my dynasty exploring the Dragon Court, every Royal City of the Kingdom must have one first-rank and two second-rank stay-behinds."

"You weren't looking for a dining partner? You can look for one now."

"Yes." Cao Qianyue thought of his good friend Li Muwan.

The Dragon God statue stretched for more than ten kilometers; Zhao Xing started searching from the dragon head, because he could understand upper-level Dragon Language.

Cao Qianyue searched toward the dragon tail, because if a mid-rank left a trace, it would be in the dragon tail area.

As a fourth-rank perfection, he could also contact third-rank masters one level higher.

*Yin yin yin yin—*

Zhao Xing unleashed phantom shape and invisibility, and with the help of the Heavenly Secret Robe's shielding, he searched rapidly on the Dragon God statue.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Zhao Xing saw two familiar names at the junction of the dragon head and dragon body.

"Mingyue Mansion Lord Ye Yukong, Shenluo King Luo Tian?" Zhao Xing was stunned, "How did these two come? Is it a coincidence?"

Regardless, meeting acquaintances is always a good thing.

He immediately took out the Star Snail and blew a wisp of vital energy into it.

At the same time, his fingers tapped rhythmically on the outer shell of the Star Snail.

Soon, the other side of the Star Snail lit up. Because the corresponding secret symbols were set long ago, Zhao Xing soon received a response.

"*Ang—*" A rhythmic dragon chant and trembling sound rang out.

"Zhao Xing? I was just looking for you; where are you in the Royal City?"

"Hm? Looking for me?" Zhao Xing was immediately vigilant and did not respond immediately.

The Shenluo King on the other side reacted instantly and immediately transmitted again: "Little Prince Yanda, beads."

Zhao Xing's vigilance relaxed slightly; the matter of the Shenluo King beheading Little Prince Yanda might be known to others.

But the transaction of the Heavenly Spirit Bead was private.

"Where is the Shenluo King." Zhao Xing was still cautious, asking where the other party was first, because it was too coincidental; it happened that the two second-rank officials left in Guting Royal City were both people he knew?

"Xiyin Daquan—..." The Shenluo King reported a very long string of names.

No way, the naming habit of the dragon tribe is like this; translated into Great Zhou language, it is a long string.

This kind of place name cannot be abbreviated; it expresses orientation and coordinates. If it is slightly off, it might be very far away.

"Good, I'll be there immediately."

Zhao Xing sealed the Star Snail and immediately sent a clone to go ahead.

The main body continued to nest near the Great Arena.

Xila Mansion, the abbreviation of the place where the Shenluo King stayed,

Zhao Xing met the Shenluo King Luo Tian and Ye Yukong on a high mountain in Xila Mansion.

"It really is them?"

"Zhao Xing! Hahaha, long time no see!" Ye Yukong laughed and rushed up.

"Brother Ye, Shenluo King." Zhao Xing greeted. "How did you two come here too."

"Brother, let's talk inside." Ye Yukong pulled Zhao Xing and walked inside.

A moment later, Zhao Xing was enlightened.

The Shenluo King and Ye Yukong were both specially sent by the Jing Emperor.

Of course, specially sent is a better-sounding way to say it.

Actually, the Jing Emperor gave an order: to celebrate the promotion of the two beloved ministers, I specially allow you two to go to the Dragon Court Ancient Land to enjoy (work).

Originally, the two were not in Guting Royal City.

But Ji Si entered quickly, and he soon contacted the nearest Ye Yukong and the Shenluo King, and rushed to Guting Royal City.

Because the two were familiar with Zhao Xing, communication was easier.

"In other words, there are two resident second-rank masters in Guting Royal City now?" Zhao Xing asked.

"More than that." Ye Yukong said, "Including us, there are five second-ranks in total, and there is also a Vice Dean of the Divine Martial Academy, a Great Music Master of the Heavenly Music Mansion, and a Great Physician of the Heavenly Medical Academy."

This combination is quite strange.

However, Zhao Xing had seen the world; military doctors were also people with combat power, especially the 'Poison Doctor' branch of the physician profession.

A second-rank poison doctor could create a large-scale plague! And it was impossible to guard against.

It was somewhat similar to a combination of the Southern Barbarian's insect witch and blood witch.

"More than us came." Ye Yukong said, "The masters of other forces have also increased; according to past experience, most first-rank masters go to the Central Dragon Court to explore. The first-ranks in the Royal City are at most one or two, but now."

"The Crown Prince of the Great Snake Kingdom, Fengxiu Great Lord."

"The Supreme Elder of the White Bone Sect, Qijue True Person."

"Two princes of the Southern Barbarian Royal Court, 'Tuoba Lie' of the Golden Feather Royal Court and Prince 'Mo Si' of the Purple Dragon Royal Court."

"All are well-known first-rank masters!"

Many first-rank masters were relatively famous.

Zhao Xing heard this and understood that he was not considering the problem of obtaining treasures now, but the problem of safety.

"Who is the guardian of Guting Royal City?" Zhao Xing asked.

The Royal City guardian is the first-rank master stationed in the Royal City by the Great Zhou.

"The Royal City guardian is 'Ji Mengjun'." The Shenluo King showed a look of worship.

Ye Yukong also showed the same, and even a trace of admiration flowed in his eyes.

Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised when he heard this.

Because Ji Mengjun was a first-rank dancer; she was the Vice Hall Master of the War Dance Hall of the Military Realm, and also a Sixth-Steal Great Dancer of the Eighth-Price Department of the Royal Palace.

Eighth-Price Dance, known as the highest specification of the Great Zhou, the head of the Eighth-Price Department of the Royal Palace, could be said to be the highest honor for dancers in the world.

Because it was the configuration when the Emperor personally campaigned, and only the Emperor could use the Eighth-Price Dance.

Of course, the Eighth-Price Department did not set up an Eighth-Price Department Head in normal times.

So the Seventh-Steal Great Dancer could be considered the actual leader of the dancers.

The Sixth-Steal Great Dancer was already the second-in-command.

Ji Mengjun, as a Sixth-Steal Great Dancer, could be said to be world-famous.

It is well known that the Great Zhou has six great war dances, "Yunmen", "Dazhang", "Dashao", "Daxia",

"Da—", among which the first five were handed down from ancient times, and "Da Wu" was created by the Zhou Dynasty.

The six great war dances are all ultimate techniques.

But the six great war dances are too large in scale, and they require thousands of people to perform.

On this basis, the dancers of the Great Zhou extended and created the six

They are: "Dance", "Feather Dance", "Imperial Dance", "Dance", "Shield Dance", and "Human Dance".

Among them, Ji Mengjun participated in the adaptation of "Imperial Dance" and led the creation of "Dance".

The point is that Ji Mengjun is not old; she is not even four hundred years old.

For a First-Rank, this age can be said to be in her prime.

Ji Mengjun is also a great beauty, once rated as the number one beauty of the Jing Emperor period.

"So she is a First-Rank Soul Dancer," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "With such a 'beautiful young matron' who is also powerful, it is no wonder Ye Yukong admires her."

As a Soul Dancer, Ji Mengjun can act alone without needing to bring dance masters to form a battle dance array, and can still exert First-Rank strength.

A Soul Dancer's dance can only be watched at noon, because morning or evening, one's primordial soul would be hooked away.

"Did the two of you come here under the orders of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Correct." King Shenluo and Ye Yukong exchanged a glance, then asked: "Zhao Xing, just yesterday at the Hour of the Rat,

the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion outside calculated that two divine artifacts had appeared in the world, located in the Guting Royal City, and they might be related to you."

Zhao Xing's expression remained unchanged as he listened quietly.

"Lord Ji Si of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion said that you might have passed through a location where a divine artifact was hidden."

"And the probability of obtaining the divine artifact is very high."

Zhao Xing looked up and asked: "Who else knows about this?"

King Shenluo said: "In the Royal City, it is just me, Brother Ye, and Lord Ji."

"Zhao Xing, think carefully, did you discover anything unusual?"

Zhao Xing pondered: "Is Lord Ji Si in the Royal City?"

Ye Yukong: "Still on the way, it will take about another day to arrive."

"Since that is the case, let us wait for Lord Ji to arrive before discussing it together."

"Agreed."

King Shenluo and Ye Yukong both knew that Zhao Xing had some connection with the Fate Official King Tianyan, and since it involved important secrets, the two did not ask too much.

This even included Ji Mengjun, who did not come to inquire.

One day later, Ji Si arrived at Guting Royal City.

He, Zhao Xing, King Shenluo, and Ye Yukong agreed to meet at Ji Mengjun's residence.

Upon receiving the order, the three immediately rushed to Ji Mengjun's residence.

When Zhao Xing stepped into Ji Mengjun's palace, he felt a moment of trance.

Before his eyes, it was as if a brilliant star had lit up.

The figure ahead walked over under the starlight, changing from blurry to clear.

Her hair was coiled high in a cloud-like bun, adorned with a few strands of pearls and jade that swayed gracefully.

Ji Mengjun wore only a light gauze dress of clouds.

Yet Zhao Xing felt as if he saw all the beauty in the world in her; every movement carried an intoxicating Dao charm.

When he met Ji Mengjun's gaze, it was as if he had been electrocuted; the main soul within his straw-man body actually shook.

However, when the figure became completely clear, this feeling quickly disappeared.

Firstly, Zhao Xing's divine soul was powerful and he sobered up quickly; secondly, Ji Mengjun quickly restrained her Dao charm.

When he looked a second time, she was no different from an ordinary person.

"Greetings, Lord Ji." Zhao Xing cupped his hands.

"Marquis Shenwei, no need for formalities." Ji Mengjun raised her jade hand slightly, her voice very gentle.

Zhao Xing then bowed to Ji Si, who was beside Ji Mengjun: "Greetings, Lord Ji."

"Zhao Xing, presumably the Mansion Master of Mingyue and King Shenluo have already told you the intention of seeking you out." Ji Si asked. "Yes." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Then have you discovered any place in the Royal City that made you feel a surge of heart-blood, or have you seen any strange people or objects?"

What Ji Si mentioned were all common sensations high-ranking officials have regarding treasures.

Zhao Xing shook his head: "No."

He answered so quickly that both Ye Yukong and King Shenluo looked somewhat disappointed.

However, the next moment, Zhao Xing said: "The two divine artifacts you mentioned are already in my hands."

Ye Yukong: "(⊙_⊙)"

King Shenluo: "(⊙_⊙)"

A glimmer of brilliance also appeared in Ji Mengjun's eyes.

Ji Si was stunned: "Is this true?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "True."

Since a First-Rank Fate Official had come in, he did not need to hide it.

Because this order would certainly have to pass through King Tianyan as well.

Ji Si smiled: "Very good, come with me."

Zhao Xing said: "Yes."

He followed Ji Si into a secret chamber arranged by Ji Mengjun.

King Shenluo and Ye Yukong had no choice but to wait in the main hall.

Inside the secret chamber.

Ji Si went straight to the point: "Zhao Xing, have you figured out the grade and function of the two divine artifacts you obtained?"

Zhao Xing pondered: "One is a peerless divine artifact of my Earthly Advantage School, the Kunyuan Divine Hoe. The second, this subordinate guesses, is related to the Dragon Clan."

Ji Si's expression was shocked: "Shennong Hoe?!"

Hearing this name, he lost his composure somewhat.

A Society Divine Artifact!

How could he not know the power of a Society Divine Artifact?

"It is rumored that the Kunyuan Divine Hoe can dig up the earth veins of the nineteen provinces; as long as it is underground, any barrier or underground palace will be dug to collapse by it."

"You, you actually obtained it."

Ji Si looked at Zhao Xing, his eyes full of light; Zhao Xing seemed to have been born at the right time, a lucky star brought by heaven to the Kunyuan Underground Palace!

"In the dark, there is a destiny ordained by heaven." Ji Si sighed with emotion.

Zhao Xing wrote the "Collected Commentaries on the Two Classics" and "Theory of Material Law" for the Self School, and the "Theory of the Three Yin, Three Yang, and Six Qi Great Heavenly Cycle" for the Heavenly Time School; now he had retrieved a divine artifact for the Earthly Advantage School.

It was as if he were truly like the Saint Son of Agriculture from ancient times, possessing great fortune, capable of leading his school toward prosperity.

"It is a pity that we cannot go out now, otherwise I would send you back immediately."

At the current stage of the Dragon Court, it is "entry allowed, exit forbidden."

The later closing stage is "exit allowed, entry forbidden."

Of course, Ji Si did not know that Zhao Xing could actually go out; he could use the Shang Tang Order to summon the 【Ancient Yin Warship】 to shuttle between the Yin and Yang realms and exit from the Yin realm.

"Zhao Xing, have you studied that divine artifact of the Dragon Clan?" Ji Si quickly adjusted his emotions and continued to ask.

Master Zhao understood in an instant.

Ji Si was actually asking him if he was willing to hand over that Dragon Clan divine artifact to other experts for research.

After all, to maximize the imperial court's interests, it was best to give this divine artifact to a First-Rank expert who understood it better to use.

Zhao Xing nodded: "Yes, you already know the specialty of the Derivative God Art I cultivate; it requires top-tier soul methods to decrypt."

After Ji Si knew the secret, Zhao Xing's sealing spell was ineffective against Ji Si, so it could be spoken aloud.

This reason was not just an excuse.

The Law Chapter of the Dragon Emperor Code was truly not something an ordinary person could unlock; besides having to go to a specific place, one also had to possess a powerful divine sense to carry it.

Ji Si nodded: "That is very good."

After a pause, he added: "Were there any other treasures where you obtained the divine artifact?"

"Yes." Zhao Xing said: "I suspect there should be quite a few treasures inside."

"What?!" Ji Si was stunned.

He had asked casually and had no expectations.

Obtaining two divine artifacts at once, and looking at Zhao Xing's appearance, he had not suffered any injuries, which was already having immense good luck.

Piles of divine artifacts? He dared not even think about it.

How could he know that what Zhao Xing obtained was four! Not two!

It was just that Ji Si had already entered by the time of the latter two, so he did not know.

But even if he were outside, it would be difficult to know.

Because King Tianyan and the others had not received any news either.

Mainly because various forces had sent Fate Officials into the field, and they were interfering with each other.

The two divine artifacts Zhao Xing obtained later did not appear in the calculations of the Creation Compass and the Heavenly Mystery Pillar.

"Listen to me, that day I arrived at the Royal City—"

Zhao Xing told the story of the Dragon King 'Yin Xiu'.

"This subordinate also inadvertently saw this method of tribute in an ancient book in the Fuming Divine Temple."

"And learned that Dragon King Yin Xiu had such a rule for receiving tribute."

Ji Si said in surprise: "There is actually such a thing."

He had thought that a sleeping Dragon King would focus on sleeping and only accept tribute when it woke up.

He did not expect that it could accept tribute during the period nearing awakening.

"Is it like this for all ten kingdoms?" Ji Si asked.

"That I do not know." Zhao Xing shook his head, "I have never seen it mentioned in ancient books."

In reality, only Yin Xiu of the Guting Kingdom had such a rule.

Because Dragon King Yin Xiu was the inheritor of the Eastern Emperor's Golden Script; as it neared awakening, it would enter a light sleep state, causing the Dragon Spirit to awaken first.

It would use the Dragon Spirit to read ancient books, allowing the Dragon Spirit to slowly recover its state.

At the moment of true awakening, Yin Xiu could exert the power of its physical body at the first opportunity.

While other Dragon Kings had a buffer period in the process of their bodies awakening.

It was like the Spirit-Sealing Ice Coffin of the Profound Heaven Sect; experts of the Profound Heaven Sect also needed a buffer period to adapt after waking from cryogenic sleep.

In layman's terms, Yin Xiu did not have the "dazed" state after waking up and was immediately at peak strength.

Other Dragon Kings all had more or less "post-sleep syndrome," causing their strength to be unable to return to its peak all at once.

Since the Dragon Spirit was awake and had nothing else to do, it might as well accept some tribute.

In any case, the time for it to govern the Guting Kingdom was not far off.

It was just that this rule was quite ancient, and Dragon King Yin Xiu had never publicized it; among the current Guting Dragon Clan,

very few dragons knew about it.

"No time to lose, we must go to Dragon King Yin Xiu's location immediately to make an exchange!" Ji Si became excited at once.

At this moment, Ji Si was no different from those players in Zhao Xing's past life who discovered hidden plots.

His eyes shone, and he rubbed his hands like a fly.

"Zhao Xing, I will assign King Shenluo and the Mansion Master of Mingyue to you to guard your safety."

"If decrypting the Dragon Clan divine artifact requires leaving the city, you must tell me and Lord Ji."

Ji Si still did not forget the primary mission.

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded obediently.

"Swish~"

Ji Si immediately took Zhao Xing to the main hall, gave the instructions, and then immediately went to discuss with Ji Mengjun.

It is conceivable that they would certainly mobilize a large amount of resources to trade with Dragon King Yin Xiu.

However, this had nothing to do with Zhao Xing; he would not go again anyway.

Before Zhao Xing left Ji Mengjun's palace, King Shenluo and Ye Yukong briefly watched a dance.

Because the divine artifact was still on Zhao Xing, Ji Si had Ji Mengjun cast a spell to make them temporarily forget that Zhao Xing had obtained two divine artifacts.

Watching the two come out of the palace somewhat intoxicated, Zhao Xing smiled inwardly: "Ji Si is more cautious than King Tianyan."

"Little brother, where do you plan to go next?" Ye Yukong asked. They had already received a temporary mission to act as Zhao Xing's guards.

"I am a Fuming craftsman, I plan to take on some missions from the Fuming Divine Temple to accumulate some merit in the Guting Kingdom," Zhao Xing said. "With enough merit, I can exchange for chances to go to the Central Dragon Court."

Taking missions from the Fuming Divine Temple could accumulate merit, and secondly, he could conveniently loot the nests of other forces.

The high-level secret treasures of the Hu Kui Sect were empty, but other major forces still had them.

Now the experts of the Great Zhou had also arrived.

What did Master Zhao have to fear?

If the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up!

"As a Fuming craftsman, if I accidentally dig up the treasury of another force during the process of demolition and construction,

that is also very reasonable."

"Wherever there is a treasury, I will take the demolition and construction missions there; it just so happens that King Shenluo is also a mechanism master, so there is no need to hire Dragon Clan craftsmen," Zhao Xing thought silently.

"No."

Soon Zhao Xing rejected the idea in his heart.

"Once or twice is fine, but too many times will still be a problem."

"The plan still needs to be tighter."

"Got it! I can push it onto the ancient coins."

Zhao Xing soon made a decision in his heart.

King Shenluo asked suspiciously: "Fuming craftsman? Why did you change to such a Dragon Clan official position?"

Zhao Xing spread his hands and said: "The Dragon Clan does not have agricultural officials, and the Craftsman School is relatively close to us, so I chose it."

King Shenluo said: "Does the Dragon Clan not have people who grow vegetables? I remember they have treasure trees like Dragon Blood Wood and Dragon Fruit."

"In the Royal City, lords run everywhere, and city masters are worse than dogs. Yin Li is a stingy one; how could such a good thing fall to me?" Zhao Xing casually threw the blame onto Yin Li.

King Shenluo nodded.

Ye Yukong was somewhat depressed: "King Shenluo is a mechanism master, so going to the Fuming Divine Temple is correct. You are an agricultural official, so it is somewhat related."

"What can I, a martial artist, do at the Fuming Divine Temple?"

King Shenluo laughed: "Digging mines, of course. With your strength, brother, you would be a good miner."

Ye Yukong's face immediately fell.

In reality, King Shenluo was just joking.

Ye Yukong was at the lord level in the Dragon Clan, so how could he be sent to dig mines?

When he was paying tribute to Yin Li to seek a position at the Fuming Palace, he ended up as a second-level supervisor.

King Shenluo also became a second-level Fuming Envoy at the Fuming Divine Temple.

Lord-level strength is not directly linked to official rank; the resources King Shenluo paid in tribute were only enough for a second-level Fuming Envoy.

A first-level Fuming Envoy is the second-in-command of the Fuming Divine Temple, second only to the Temple Master; it is impossible to be promoted as soon as one arrives.

Just like that, Zhao Xing's main body took the two divine artifacts and returned to the residence assigned by the Fuming Divine Temple to study the Dragon Emperor Code.

His clone began to take on missions with King Shenluo, Ye Yukong, and Cao Qianyue.

This mission was very friendly to King Shenluo and Cao Qianyue.

But it was somewhat boring for Zhao Xing and Ye Yukong.

However, when Zhao Xing led them to inadvertently dig up a high-level treasury of the 【Holy Spirit Royal Court】.

Ye Yukong immediately perked up.

"Holy crap, Old Luo, Brother Zhao, this, this seems to be the symbol of the Holy Spirit Royal Court, right?!" Ye Yukong pointed at the cracked earth, where there was a flat stone door with the symbol of the Holy Spirit on it.

"Be confident, remove the 'seems to be'." King Shenluo ran over to take a look and immediately laughed. "This is it."

King Shenluo scanned the surroundings and said somewhat excitedly: "I feel the fluctuations of the mechanism array around here—hahaha, we found a treasure!"

"King Shenluo, can you open it?" Zhao Xing asked, "Do we need to call those Fuming craftsmen?"

"Do we need to call them for such a small matter?" King Shenluo snorted, "I am the King Shenluo of the Great Zhou; if I have to rely on others to break the seal of a barbarian's treasury, I might as well be dead."

Zhao Xing did not speak, but silently gave a thumbs up.

Although this way of praising was not common, King Shenluo understood in a second, holding his head high and saying: "You guys step back and watch me cast the spell."

"Quick, quick, quick, hurry up." Ye Yukong rubbed his hands.

Cao Qianyue had no say, so Zhao Xing pulled him behind King Shenluo: "King Shenluo, this is my personal guard; let him help you out."

Zhao Xing tried to let Little Cao learn some techniques from King Shenluo.

King Shenluo glanced at Cao Qianyue and nodded slightly: "Small matter, come over."

Little Cao looked at Zhao Xing with great gratitude and then followed.

King Shenluo's technique was not just talk; this was his first time in the ancient land of the Dragon Court.

But he quickly got the hang of those Dragon Clan crafts, and within a few days, he was playing with them more skillfully than the descendants of Fuming.

Opening the treasury of this Holy Spirit Royal Court only took about ten minutes.

After emptying the treasury, unlocking clever items like boxes was basically done in seconds.

It is easy to get things done when an expert is present, and the inventory was also very fast.

In the end, they estimated the approximate value of the Holy Spirit Royal Court's treasury:

"About 40 million dragon coins."

"Hiss~" Ye Yukong gasped.

"Zhao Xing, Old Ye, how should we distribute it?" King Shenluo asked.

As for Cao Qianyue, he was not qualified to participate in the distribution at all.

Ye Yukong said: "According to military rules, Shenluo, you contributed the most, so you should get 70 percent, but since Fuming Dragon Craftsmen can also open this stuff, let's say you take 50 percent."

"Zhao Xing, you take 40 percent, and as for me, I'll just take 10 percent."

Ye Yukong had contributed no effort, so taking 10 percent was already a lot.

Zhao Xing smiled: "I have no objections."

If there were no Fuming Dragon Craftsmen, not considering other factors, King Shenluo contributed the most and his role was irreplaceable, so he would have to take 70 or 80 percent.

Now that there were Dragon Craftsmen, it was different, so taking 50 percent was reasonable.

Although Zhao Xing took less this way, it was safer.

If he alone kept digging up treasures, how could that work?

Ye Yukong and King Shenluo could share some of the hatred.

Of course, if King Shenluo were greedy, Zhao Xing would not plan to play with him anymore.

King Shenluo nodded: "Reasonable, then that's it."

On the fifth day, Zhao Xing 'inadvertently' discovered a treasury of a top-tier sect, the Heavenly Yin Sect; the value was not particularly high,

with a total value of only 8 million.

While Ye Yukong and King Shenluo were happy, Zhao Xing slapped his head: "Right, we can also get rich like this."

King Shenluo seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lighting up.

Ye Yukong was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Zhao Xing took out the purple-gold ancient coin from his bosom: "Brother Ye, King Shenluo, you wouldn't have forgotten this, would you?"

King Shenluo immediately laughed loudly: "Hahaha, you are too bad!"

He reacted quickly, while Ye Yukong was half a beat slower, but also reacted: "Hiss, you mean using this to locate other people's treasuries?"

"Yes!"

Ye Yukong realized: "No wonder we have gained so much in just a few days; it turns out we were basking in Brother Zhao's light."

King Shenluo also said: "In that case, I shouldn't have taken so much money before; Zhao Xing, let's recalculate."

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "What are you talking about? We are all our own people, why worry about the past?"

King Shenluo then stopped insisting.

Zhao Xing said: "Next, we will use this to hunt for treasures, looking for the treasuries of sects, the Southern Barbarians, and the Eastern Ying."

Ye Yukong asked: "Can we ask the Fate Officials to help with this? If we are going to dig, let's dig for something big!"

"You think Lord Ji hasn't done this?" Zhao Xing said.

"You now know about Dragon King Yin Xiu's affairs; the First-Rank experts are concentrating their efforts on raising money."

"They have already gone in and out several times; the imperial court only has so much savings left in Guting Royal City, so where would the money come from?"

Ye Yukong was somewhat stunned: "I never thought that the high-and-mighty Fate Officials would also do such things; I thought..."

"Brother Ye, this is requisitioning," Zhao Xing said righteously.

King Shenluo also shouted: "Brother Zhao is right, Brother Ye, don't talk nonsense."

"Right, right, it's requisitioning!" Ye Yukong said fiercely.

Zhao Xing said: "We need to be faster; once the Fate Officials of other forces arrive, we won't have a chance."

In fact, this was purely finding an excuse to make money.

Zhao Xing knew the locations directly, so even if other forces came in to shield the heavenly secrets, it would be useless.

Ji Si might not even be as fast as their trio.

He was now trying his best to rationalize his actions.

Even getting rich has to be done with a basis and evidence.

"Good, then many thanks to Brother Zhao for leading us to get rich!"

King Shenluo and Ye Yukong were full of energy.

Zhao Xing's clone, King Shenluo, and Ye Yukong were digging happily.

His main body began to study the "Dragon Emperor Code" and the Kunyuan Divine Hoe.

"It can basically be confirmed that this is the Law Chapter, one of the nine parts of the Dragon Emperor Code," Zhao Xing thought to himself, "However, I cannot activate it now; I must go to the Central Dragon Court."

It was in a sealed state, otherwise Yin Xiu would not have failed to see it.

If it could have seen it, it would absolutely never have taken it out for exchange.

"It is still somewhat dangerous for me to go to the Central Dragon Court now; after all, the First-Ranks are all over there."

"Let's wait until everyone gets something from Dragon King Yin Xiu first."

"Even if I tell Ji Si and ask him to send someone to escort me, it will still take some time."

"Otherwise, it would be too abnormal to have found clues as soon as I got it in my hands."

Zhao Xing put the Dragon Court Code aside and turned to study the Shennong Hoe.

"Kunyuan Divine Hoe, this Society Divine Artifact is a good thing."

As soon as he picked up the Shennong Hoe, he was in a mysterious feeling, and all his Earthly Advantage laws reached top-tier perfection.

"With it, in the future when fighting the Southern Barbarians, relying on it to open an ancient road will lead directly to the foot of the Southern Barbarian Sacred Mountain!"

"Using it to open an ancient earth road, there is no need to consider the terrain at all."

During the Jing Emperor period, they didn't build ancient earth roads when fighting the Southern Barbarians; was it because he didn't want to? It was too difficult, required huge investment, and was simply not cost-effective.

But if there was a Shennong Hoe, it would be different; the effect of this peerless treasure could allow the Great Zhou to have one more battlefield.

"Hehe, the Great Zhou version of the Babock Worm, just ask if you are afraid."

"Even if I fight the Yan Guang Royal Court, I, your father, am not afraid."

"Dare to come? I'll knock you to death with one hoe."

Master Zhao could not stop thinking about the Yan Guang Royal Court, but now with the Shennong Hoe, it was a reversal of the heavens.

It was the Southern Barbarians who should have a headache, not him!

Time passed, and soon it was ten days later.

As Zhao Xing, King Shenluo, and Ye Yukong kept digging for treasures, the wealth they accumulated also grew more and more.

King Shenluo and Ye Yukong were grinning from ear to ear.

"I never expected that in ten days, we would actually dig out 200 million worth of treasure; this is simply..."

"Cool to death!" Ye Yukong added.

"Thanks to Brother Zhao," King Shenluo sighed with emotion, "If it weren't for Brother Zhao, where would we have such an opportunity?"

"Yes." Ye Yukong nodded.

"It's about time, let's not keep digging," Zhao Xing said. "As time goes by, there are more and more people from other forces."

"The difficulty of us digging other people's treasuries is also getting higher; basically, there is someone there to take them or guard them."

"And the longer it drags on, the higher the threshold for exchange; you guys should also go to the treasuries below to try your luck."

"Yes, it's about time," King Shenluo said:

"Those sect forces and Southern Barbarian forces that rushed over all wish they could eat us."

"Hahaha." Ye Yukong laughed uncontrollably when he thought of this, "At first, some people didn't even know what was happening, but a few times we dug right in front of their faces."

"Especially that guy from the Great Snake Kingdom called Fengxiu Jun; it is said he is the Crown Prince of the Great Snake Kingdom, and his face turned green with anger,"

"but he could only watch us digging there."

"Hahahaha." King Shenluo also laughed.

It must be said that their time acting as Zhao Xing's guards was not in vain.

Not only did they get rich, but they were also having a blast.

Even killing people was not this satisfying.

"Alright, the treasure hunting operation has come to an end; you guys go find Lord Ji and apply for an exchange," Zhao Xing said.

He would not go, but these two could still go.

Being able to strengthen these two people's power was also not bad.

"Good, let's go."

Zhao Xing, King Shenluo, and Ye Yukong found Ji Si to understand the situation.

"The threshold for Dragon King Yin Xiu to receive tribute is getting higher and higher," Ji Si said, "Now, the threshold has doubled,"

"and it requires 60 million to get a chance for a blind selection."

"What? 60 million?!" Ye Yukong and King Shenluo were both startled. "Didn't they say 20 million in tribute could get you one selection?"

The three of them requisitioned treasuries with a total value of about 200 million.

Among them, Zhao Xing took 120 million, and Ye Yukong and King Shenluo took 80 million combined.

That is to say, the two of them combined were only enough for one exchange.

But there was no other way; after Ji Si came, he mobilized people on a large scale, winning completely by quantity. And as a Fate Official, his winning rate was frighteningly high.

Dragon King Yin Xiu had to raise the standard for tribute exchange.

"Except for me exchanging for a few Ninth-Rank heavy weapons, everyone else lost money, but all in all, it is still a small profit," Ji Si said. "However, if everyone were making a profit, Dragon King Yin Xiu would go bankrupt in less than a year. It is normal for it to raise the standard."

"I am afraid this matter will soon be impossible to hide, and I am also urgently mobilizing resources."

"I am striving to go a few more times before the situation is exposed."

"Once the situation is exposed, then not only the human forces, but those lord-level ones in the Guting Kingdom will probably swarm in."

Ye Yukong and King Shenluo smiled bitterly.

"My lord, your winning rate is high, is it because you carry ancient coins?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Correct." Ji Si smiled: "This is the advantage of a Fate Official; the Dragon King lived in the ancient era and has never seen things like ancient coins, so I can choose a Ninth-Rank every time."

This was also what Zhao Xing reminded him of, because he used the excuse of coins when he chose the divine artifact.

"However, Yin Xiu couldn't afford to lose, and after I chose ten Ninth-Rank treasures, it forbade me from going over again."

Zhao Xing, King Shenluo, and Ye Yukong could not help but laugh.

You can't blame others for not being able to afford to lose; if you win the ring toss every time, who would play with you?

"Shenluo, Mingyue, Zhao Xing, you guys probably only have one chance with this money."

"The imperial court's resources are also tight, and now there are ten First-Ranks in the Royal City."

"I cannot allocate resources for you to go in; you must understand."

Ji Si said.

The Mansion Master of Mingyue and King Shenluo nodded.

Resources are limited, so of course, priority is given to First-Rank experts or Fate Officials to go and draw prizes.

"Shenluo, Zhao Xing. You guys go, I won't go to try my luck," Ye Yukong said with some regret, but at least Zhao Xing and King Shenluo could still go.

"I won't go, I'm afraid the Dragon King can't afford to lose," Zhao Xing shook his head, "Brother Ye, I will lend my money to you."

Zhao Xing finding money was just incidental.

The main purpose was to accumulate merit for the Fuming Divine Temple.

At this time, doing a favor, why not?

"This, you are letting me go? What about yourself?" Ye Yukong asked.

"Don't ask so much," Ji Si said. "It involves secrets."

Ye Yukong was immediately choked back.

"You have two chances; I will also lend you the Fortune Coins," Zhao Xing smiled. "The purple-gold ancient coins are out of the question; you don't know the way of divination."

"Fine!" Ye Yukong was not coy, silently remembering the favor in his heart. "Watch me go and touch a divine artifact back!"

King Shenluo watched from the side with envy.

His relationship with Zhao Xing was not as good as Ye Yukong's; it was already good enough that he could lead him to get rich, so this money and the Fortune Coins had no share for him.

"Mingyue, Shenluo, I will arrange for you to go tomorrow; you guys go tomorrow," Ji Si said.

"Yes." Ye Yukong and King Shenluo nodded.

They were still quite looking forward to the next exchange.

Because so far, the ten First-Ranks and thirty-some Second-Rank Fate Officials on the imperial court's side had not touched any divine artifacts; the highest were Ninth-Rank treasures, and the luckiest was Ji Si himself, who used ancient coins to cheat and touched a Ninth-Rank top-tier heavy weapon.

Of course, it is also possible that Ji Si did not say it out loud.

This is also normal; Ji Si, as a First-Rank Fate Official, does not need to report anything to them.

Even Zhao Xing did not know whether what Ji Si said was true or false.

"After sending out the favor and accumulating merit for a while longer, I also have to leave the Royal City."

"It can be foreseen that the future Guting Royal City will definitely be crowded with First and Second-Rank experts."

"I have also dug up so many treasuries; I will definitely attract hatred," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "After taking the benefits, I must run fast,"

"and go to the Central Royal Court to activate the Dragon Emperor Code."

"As long as I master the Nine Great Spells, I won't be afraid even if I encounter a First-Rank in the ancient land of the Dragon Court."

The next day, Ye Yukong and King Shenluo returned.

King Shenluo only touched an Eighth-Rank top-tier divine weapon, which could only be said to be neither a profit nor a loss.

Ye Yukong touched a Ninth-Rank mid-tier armor, a small profit.

When he returned the Fortune Coins, he was still somewhat regretful.

"It seems I have no fate with divine artifacts."

"You should be content," King Shenluo said, "You made a profit after all."

Zhao Xing did not say anything either.

In the following days, he did merit missions in the Royal City.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was December of the third year of Dazhi.

At this time, the situation in Guting Royal City was completely different from half a year ago.

Ji Si and the others frequently going in and out of the North Sea region had finally attracted the attention of all parties.

The Crown Prince of the Great Snake Kingdom, "Fengxiu Dajun", and the Supreme Elder of the White Bone Sect, True Lord Qijue.

Two Princes of the Southern Barbarian Royal Court, "Tuoba Lie" of the Jinyu Royal Court and Prince "Mosai" of the Purple Dragon Royal Court.

The sect world had First-Rank experts like Blood Shadow Heavenly Venerate and Mountain Ghost King leading the teams.

The number of First-Rank experts in Guting Royal City added up to over fifty-six!

"So many First-Ranks," Zhao Xing felt somewhat shocked hearing the news. "With so many First-Ranks, there is even a chance to subvert Guting Royal City; if they brought divine artifacts, it would probably cause a great upheaval."

As early as October, the news spread, and they finally learned of this rule of Dragon King Yin Xiu.

It was even possible to exchange for a rare-grade divine artifact!

Consequently, this news instantly caused a sensation!

All parties urgently mobilized resources from elsewhere, trying to get a share of the pie.

However, by the time they waited until this moment, the price they had to pay was already very, very high.

Even Ji Si could only occupy one path and wait in line to go.

The speed of exchange also slowed down.

Because of Zhao Xing, the Great Zhou was far ahead in this exchange and gained huge benefits, while other forces were losing money in various ways.

Added to the fact that many treasuries were inexplicably emptied, investigations pointed the finger at the Great Zhou,

and consequently, friction became more and more intense.

The resentment of all parties toward the Great Zhou had accumulated to a critical value.

"It is very likely that they will take action in the future, and there will be conflicts," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "My merit accumulation is almost done; wait another two days, and it will be time to leave."

Just as he planned to find Ji Si to talk about this matter,

suddenly, King Shenluo and Ye Yukong walked in with gloomy expressions.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xing looked at the two.

"There is intelligence saying that a ten-thousand-person melee occurred in the Nine-Star Fire Prison of the Central Dragon Court, and experts from many forces,"

"ambushed the exploration team of our dynasty's experts," King Shenluo said.

"What? Ten thousand?" Zhao Xing was stunned, "The entire human race doesn't even have ten thousand high-ranks."

"Not just humans, but also those who used permissions to borrow the power of the Dragon Clan to attack were also counted in," Ye Yukong said.

"I didn't expect that there hadn't been a battle in Guting Royal City yet, but there was a big commotion in the Central Royal Court."

Zhao Xing frowned. "What is the specific situation?"

"It is said that the White Dragon King was seriously injured and trapped in the Nine-Star Fire Prison, life or death unknown," King Shenluo pondered: "I reckon that some experts from the Guting Royal Court will have to be transferred over—hmm? Zhao Xing, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so ugly?"

"Is there a detailed list of the White Cloud Martial team?" Zhao Xing said with a gloomy face.

"Here." King Shenluo handed it over suspiciously.

Zhao Xing quickly took it and scanned it, a flash of shock in his eyes.

Because Long Xiao was actually on the list of the White Cloud Martial team!

"Slap!" Zhao Xing closed the list and immediately looked at Ye Yukong and King Shenluo. "Two, I need to go to the Nine-Star Fire Prison area of the Central Dragon Court immediately for a rescue; I would like to ask the two of you to escort me there!"

"This matter involves life and death; if you are unwilling, I will not force you."

King Shenluo and Ye Yukong looked at each other, and immediately understood that it was time for the two of them to repay Zhao Xing's favor.

This matter involved life and death, and they could also refuse; of course, if they refused, they would also completely part ways with Zhao Xing. After that, they would never be able to advance further, their thoughts would never be clear, and they might even develop inner demons later!

"I'll go!" Ye Yukong did not hesitate.

"I will go through fire and water, and will not refuse!" King Shenluo nodded.