Chapter 314: The Profound Heaven Academy is in an uproar, Zhao Xing

A major problem? Zhao Xing's heart tightened, and then he heard Liu Liu Tianning begin to recount:

"Ever since you left, I have also begun to inherit the legacy of the Shangluo Academy."

"The seven great halls of the Shangluo Academy—Divine Splendor, Divine Wood, Festival Dao, Origin Brilliance, Origin Foundation, Twin Life, and Troop Envoy—have deep foundations. Because the transition of power went smoothly, I have achieved deep control over all seven halls!"

"Under such premises, even with Xu Kequan's warnings and my own extra caution, my cultivation base has still surged year after year."

"In the third year of Dazhi, I was still at the early stage of Heavenly Luck, but by the beginning of the fourth year of Dazhi, I was already at the middle stage of Heavenly Luck."

"People often say that comprehending the trends of Heaven and Earth is difficult, but for me, it is as simple as eating and drinking."

"Even if I do not actively seek to comprehend the Dao, just by thinking, my realm continues to rise."

A flash of surprise crossed Zhao Xing's eyes. Just by thinking, without actively comprehending the Dao, his realm was still rising?

Just how strong was Liu Liu Tianning's talent?

"Even if I just stay at the Shangluo Academy looking at the sky, or looking down at those flowers and grasses, I am cultivating."

"Not actively comprehending the Dao—how is this possible?"

"I have to inherit divine weapons, divine plants, and inherit the secret techniques of each hall... every single one of these is an act of comprehending the Dao!"

"By the time I had inherited the legacy until the sixth year of Dazhi, I had already reached the peak of Heavenly Luck."

Although he knew the speed was fast, hearing Liu Liu Tianning say this, Zhao Xing was still fiercely shocked.

Three years! From the early stage of Heavenly Luck to the peak of Heavenly Luck!

And this was under the premise that both Liu Liu Tianning and Xu Kequan were deliberately suppressing the speed.

Of course, this was not entirely due to Liu Liu Tianning's strong talent.

Becoming the leader of the Shangluo Academy and inheriting the long-standing foundation of the academy would naturally cause one's Qi Luck to increase significantly.

The Heavenly Luck realm can be viewed from two perspectives.

First is the trend of the Dao of Heaven and Earth; second is one's personal trend of luck.

Let us look at Liu Liu Tianning again. He was born into a noble family; his great-grandfather once created the Willow-Woven Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man, and his elder brother is the equally renowned Vice Dean of the Lotus Flower Academy.

Although he faced setbacks in his youth, generally speaking, he could still be called a favored child of heaven.

With the Luo Hou Wang, King Tianyan Wang, and a large group of powerhouses backing him, he could even overturn more than half of the Daoist Academy and still escape unscathed.

Being favored by Princess Princess Youruo, taking Xu Kequan as his master... given his various life experiences, in terms of his personal luck, he could completely be called a "Son of Qi Luck."

During the Liang Wang rebellion, Liu Liu Tianning also benefited greatly.

He was, after all, enfeoffed as the Prince of Taihe Commandery!

Now that he has inherited the Shangluo Academy, it can be said that for someone like him to enter the Heavenly Luck realm, it would be very smooth.

After all, there are very few lone wolves in the Heavenly Luck realm; they are basically all power-holders of major factions. This is a characteristic of the Heavenly Luck realm.

Why did Emperor Jing want Zhao Xing to go to a blessed land to serve as an official and cultivate? Because second-rank officials basically all follow this process.

For second-rankers in the sect world, if they want to transition from the early stage to the peak, the operation is also similar.

Trend, Dao, Law, Treasure—Liu Liu Tianning lacks none of these, so of course he rises fast!

"The faster I rise, the more serious the drawbacks of the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man become."

Liu Liu Tianning's eyes were dazed.

"Sometimes I can clearly feel that Heaven seems to be instructing me on something, as if it has given me a mission."

"Sometimes I can hear the pulse of the earth deep underground crying out."

"I feel the violence of fire, the roar of the wind, water submerging the earth, all living things struggling..."

"My emotions fluctuate accordingly, and I know this is a drawback; my clones can clearly see my changes."

"I discussed finding a way to suppress it with my teacher, wanting to resolve it."

"What did you do?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Cultivate," Liu Liu Tianning said indifferently. "Since the Heavenly Luck realm version of me cannot solve this problem, then I will go take a look at the Life Palace realm."

"..." Zhao Xing was speechless.

The higher the realm, the greater the drawback, and then he wanted to suppress it by comprehending the Dao of Heaven and Earth, which caused even bigger problems.

A textbook vicious cycle!

"Xu Kequan wanted to stop me... Hmph, but this old thing is not even as good as me; how would he know there is no way in the Life Palace realm?!"

"He cannot let his disciple cultivate the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man safely, but I, Liu Liu Tianning, definitely can!"

"Teacher! Wake up!" Zhao Xing shouted angrily, fiercely grabbing Liu Liu Tianning's hand, the clear sound of a dragon's roar washing over Liu Liu Tianning's entire body.

At this moment, although Liu Liu Tianning's appearance remained calm, Zhao Xing could sense that the Liu Liu Tianning in his sea of consciousness had a cold expression, with a feeling of indifference toward all living things.

Liu Liu Tianning's expression was demonic, as if by instinct, he backhanded and locked onto Zhao Xing's wrist.

"Boom~"

Two divine souls collided!

"Clang!"

A great bell rang within Liu Liu Tianning's sea of consciousness, and at the same time, lotus flowers bloomed.

This was not an attack, but his secondary reaction preventing his instinctual reaction from attacking Zhao Xing.

"Hwang!" Zhao Xing's sea of consciousness instantly transformed into a five-clawed golden dragon.

Even so, Zhao Xing was shaken until he was dizzy and disoriented.

He had grown tremendously in the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court, but in terms of personal combat power, whether it was Dao, Law, or Soul, he was still far behind Liu Liu Tianning.

Not to mention that Liu Liu Tianning had already achieved great success in the second layer of the Great Expansion Divine Art, while he was still in the first layer.

If not for the protection of the Dragon Emperor Code, he would not just be dizzy now, but would be injured.

"Boom~" The force of the energy dissipated between the two.

Just as it was about to blow toward the house, it was suddenly restrained.

The awakened Liu Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing withdrew their hands simultaneously.

A third person suddenly appeared.

"Zhao Xing, are you alright?" Li Li Boqian frowned and walked between the two.

"I'm fine," X2.

Looking at the somewhat dazed Liu Liu Tianning and the head-shaking Zhao Xing, he couldn't help but grab Zhao Xing's wrist, then grabbed Liu Liu Tianning's hand, checking them both separately.

Seeing that they were truly fine, Li Li Boqian nodded slightly: "I am right outside."

After saying this, he transformed into a cloud of mist and dissipated in the room.

Zhao Xing looked at Liu Liu Tianning, who had guilt on his face; he himself also felt somewhat guilty.

Thinking carefully, Liu Liu Tianning going crazy so quickly, he also had an inescapable responsibility.

If it weren't for him, this disciple, appearing and leveling up so quickly, Liu Liu Tianning would not have been so anxious to resolve the drawbacks of the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man.

After all, he himself had already been in the Third Rank realm by the end of the Jingxin calendar!

And his performance was outstanding, so of course Liu Liu Tianning wanted to urgently solve this problem.

Furthermore, he followed him to the Shangluo Academy to conduct the Great Dao Struggle.

This also pushed forward Liu Liu Tianning's progress in mastering the Shangluo Academy.

If it weren't for him, Chu Chu Qianqiu of the Troop Envoy Hall, Zhuang Danian of the Divine Wood Hall, and the various old seniors of the Divine Splendor Hall would never have ceded power so quickly.

It would have taken at least several decades to slowly take back the power of these people.

If Emperor Jing wanted to spend sixty years cleaning up the powerful and noble, Liu Liu Tianning integrating the factional disputes was the same.

If officials of the Great Zhou held great power, and had talent and background, then their leveling up would be fast.

Without a doubt, this process of Liu Liu Tianning's was greatly accelerated by Zhao Xing!

"You saw it." Liu Liu Tianning had a trace of pain between his brows.

"I saw it," Zhao Xing nodded. "But Teacher, rest assured, you will definitely be fine."

"I have already found a preliminary solution!"

Liu Liu Tianning looked over; only now did he realize that Zhao Xing had also entered the Second Rank realm.

And in the collision just now, Zhao Xing hadn't been injured at all.

"You..." Liu Liu Tianning was somewhat delighted.

"That's right, I have already entered the Heavenly Luck realm," Zhao Xing smiled, "And I have never lost control once."

Liu Liu Tianning was somewhat incredulous: "Not a single loss of control?"

Zhao Xing nodded affirmatively: "Not one."

"Teacher, I need to know the situation of your loss of control over these years; please tell me in detail."

"Alright," Liu Liu Tianning nodded.

The two master and disciple sat on the ground.

Zhao Xing pointed a finger, and seven drops of spiritual liquid emerged, circling Liu Liu Tianning, wisps of mist seeping into his body.

Seeing this, Liu Liu Tianning didn't care at all; he let go of all defenses, allowing Zhao Xing to cast spells on him.

However, he began to calmly recount the past events of losing control:

"On June 15th of the fifth year of Dazhi, I killed the Doctor of Governance 'Zhan Sigong' of the Golden Spirit Daoist Academy."

"The reason?"

"Just because a disciple was not serious while listening to a lecture, he whipped the student, beating him half to death."

"The Golden Spirit Daoist Academy is south of the Daoyuan Continent, you were in the north; you knew such a minor detail about him beating a disciple? You were planning to kill him long ago, right?"

Liu Liu Tianning smiled: "That's right, I had been wanting to kill this person for over a hundred years. This loss of control carried some personal grudges, so I didn't even try to control myself."

"How was it settled afterwards? Whipping a student, the crime shouldn't be punishable by death, right?"

"Still needed to be settled?" Liu Liu Tianning snorted, "His family was raided and his clan exterminated."

"I understand," Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

Old Liu hadn't resigned from his position as the Troop Envoy Inspector.

Since it was a raid on the family and extermination of the clan, there must have been an imperial decree.

This old guy from the Golden Spirit Daoist Academy was clearly on Emperor Jing's chopping block.

When he wasn't being weighed, there was no problem.

As long as he was put on the scale, that was a big problem.

Clearly, Liu Liu Tianning's loss of control this time wasn't too bad; he knew how to lose control according to Emperor Jing's wishes.

"In the seventh year of Dazhi, I killed four Vice Deans of the Cangyan Daoist Academy."

"That time, I was on my way to the Lotus Flower Daoist Academy and heard that the Cangyan Daoist Academy had corruption."

"The four Vice Deans took bribes from dozens of powerful and noble families, opened back doors for certain students, and even forced female students to serve them in bed."

"Well killed!" Zhao Xing applauded.

But thinking about it, something was wrong; he was here to understand the situation and find problems, why was he cheering?

Liu Liu Tianning smiled it off: "Whether it was well killed or not, I don't know; I only know that the killing intent at that time could not be controlled at all."

"Dozens of images appeared in my mind, and at the same time, a voice was roaring at me: 'Kill them'."

"So, I killed them."

Zhao Xing nodded, listening carefully.

"In December of the seventh year of Dazhi, the Second Rank powerhouses of the Spirit Puppet Daoist Academy, 'Qi Long' and 'Qiao Wu Yue', were killed by me..."

"In March of the eighth year of Dazhi, still the Spirit Puppet Daoist Academy, seven Third Rank Doctors of Governance were killed by me..."

"In the ninth year of Dazhi, one of the Ten Great Blessed Lands of the Troop Envoy world, 'Divine Abode Blessed Land', the Commander of the Forbidden Army 'Huang Tingwu', was killed by me again, in the form of a Great Dao Struggle..."

"In October of the same year, I killed his disciples, two Martial Division Dao-Masters of the Divine Wu Yue Academy..."

"In the eleventh year of Dazhi, the Divine Curse Daoist Academy..."

Listening all the way through, the expression on Zhao Xing's face became extremely colorful.

Because the people Liu Liu Tianning killed due to loss of control were basically all from Daoist Academies, or powerhouses who came from Daoist Academies.

The grudge between Liu Liu Tianning and the Daoist Academies had existed for a long time; Zhao Xing thought this matter had passed.

He didn't expect that this past event still had strong emotions influencing him.

You feel like you are about to lose control, so you set a few targets to kill in advance, right?

"Your selective loss of control is a bit too obvious," Zhao Xing couldn't hold it in anymore.

"That's right, many times, I actively let go of my suppression, and I prepare the files in advance, arriving at specific locations to release my crazy emotions."

Liu Liu Tianning didn't hide it either.

"While losing control, I also record my state of mind."

The old remnants of the Daoist Academies were truly unlucky.

Zhao Xing could imagine how scared those people who participated in breaking up Liu Liu Tianning and Murong Qing back then were now.

A super-strong combatant, a crazy person with intermittent mental illness, hanging around the doorstep all day—who wouldn't be scared?

"Emperor Jing is truly a talent... Old Liu's loss of control can actually be used by him like this." Zhao Xing was also convinced.

If he said there was no shadow of Emperor Jing behind this, he definitely wouldn't believe it.

If Emperor Jing didn't indulge or tacitly approve, and didn't find the charges in advance, where would Old Liu get such great authority to hack people?

"I entered the Life Palace realm around the fourteenth year of Dazhi."

"At this time, I stopped going out at will," Liu Liu Tianning said: "I became a First Ranker, and my strength surged again; if I were to go out and be active, of course, it would still be mainly to handle the Si Nong affairs within the academy."

"If I continue, I'm afraid there will be a day when I lose control completely."

"His Majesty also stripped me of my position as Inspector, letting me stay properly in the Shangluo Academy, only sending a few clones outside."

Zhao Xing nodded; the Second Rank Liu Liu Tianning could still be said to be within the controllable range.

If he wanted to go crazy, if he wanted to try... let him do it. Emperor Jing didn't care, because he could completely control the situation within a certain range.

But reaching the First Rank Life Palace realm, that wouldn't work.

If Liu Liu Tianning were to truly lose control, the fun would be huge.

Liu Liu Tianning's supporters like Luo Hou Wang, King Tianyan Wang, and Duke Wei would not want to see this scene either.

They were all waiting for Liu Liu Tianning to ascend to the position of Great Si Nong and complete the great cause of expanding the territory under the next emperor!

Thus, in the last two years, Liu Liu Tianning had quieted down.

Of course, in the eyes of the outside world, Liu Liu Tianning's madness was covered up by "law enforcement," and there was sufficient evidence to prove that those people deserved to die.

Or someone wanted to interrupt Liu Liu Tianning's path, overestimating their own abilities by accepting his Great Dao Struggle, and then being killed by Liu Liu Tianning in the Great Dao Struggle.

After talking for a long time, in Zhao Xing's sea of consciousness, his Life Soul was rapidly deducing.

According to his summary from these years in the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court, the drawbacks of the Ten Thousand Laws clones mainly came from three aspects.

First is the Law; not having a soul-level ultimate law to drive the Self-Ultimate Law is one of the most fundamental knots.

Second is spiritual energy; spiritual energy cannot directly enhance the Life Soul, but it can allow the soul to produce certain resistance. The strengthening of the seven souls of the physical body by spiritual energy will also lead to the Life Soul having greater control.

How to use spiritual energy is a key point.

Third is the emotional split caused by the splitting of the Life Soul. When a clone goes to do something, for example, some clones specifically go to enforce the law, some specifically go to take risks, some specifically go to read, or compete in the arena... over time, for example, ten or twenty years, too many clones will bring multi-dimensional and multi-layered impacts to the main body.

This is judged based on Liu Liu Tianning's situation.

Because very early on, he had developed his clones for many uses.

The scenes Zhao Xing saw when he first entered the Ten Thousand Laws Palace were living examples.

Zhao Xing himself cultivated Ten Thousand Laws clones, and the clones basically did two things.

First is cultivation and comprehending spells; second is fighting and saving people.

Usually, he wouldn't be like Old Liu, using many kinds of clones to experience life, do different things, and engage in that "red dust heart-training" set.

Liu Liu Tianning was involved in too much; in his Ten Thousand Laws Palace, there were even Ten Thousand Laws clones there fishing, chopping wood, and fighting.

He didn't know who had researched this set of training methods.

In short, the difference in personal cultivation methods caused Liu Liu Tianning's situation to be more serious and earlier than Zhao Xing had imagined.

"Teacher, please wait a moment," Zhao Xing stood up. "I will stay at the Shangluo Academy these days to resolve this matter for you."

"Alright, then I will wait," Liu Liu Tianning smiled and nodded.

After leaving the wooden house, Zhao Xing planned to write a letter to Emperor Jing.

To solve Liu Liu Tianning's problem, he must let him re-cultivate the Great Expansion Divine Art.

The new Great Expansion Divine Art would require Emperor Jing's permission to be decrypted.

"Obtaining permission is not easy; Old Liu is already at the great success of the second layer of the Great Expansion Divine Art, and re-cultivating it will have a significant impact. Moreover, I am still only at the first layer of the Great Expansion Divine Art."

"Can I continue the correct cultivation method of the second layer? Emperor Jing might not be willing to let Liu Liu Tianning take this risk."

"However, if I want Old Liu not to go crazy, I can only let him re-cultivate the Great Expansion Divine Art; otherwise, it is just treating the symptoms but not the root cause," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Discussing spells alone, only the ultimate soul law, the Great Expansion Divine Art, can drive the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man Law; it is the only solution from the Xuanhuang world era.

Zhao Xing really didn't want to write to Emperor Jing, but for Old Liu, he could only use his identity as the Fengchang Grand Master.

Finding a quiet room, Zhao Xing picked up his pen to write the memorial.

"Subject Zhao Xing bows, Your Majesty, please listen."

"Those who have cultivated the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man throughout history, although they have infinite power, also have infinite hidden dangers..."

"Liu Liu Tianning, the First Vice Dean of the Shangluo Academy, is my teacher; he taught me the law and taught me loyalty..."

"Teacher Liu is also a subject of the Great Zhou; if he can resolve the drawbacks of the ultimate law, then the Dao of the Si Nong will flourish, which will be a merit for Your Majesty and a blessing for the Great Zhou..."

Zhao Xing started from his own feelings, then talked about the positive impact on the Great Zhou, to persuade Emperor Jing to allow Liu Liu Tianning to re-cultivate the Great Expansion Divine Art.

Writing only about the benefits to the Great Zhou would seem too fake.

Could it be that you, Zhao Chenan, have no selfishness at all?

Starting entirely from his own emotions, Emperor Jing wouldn't pay attention either.

Since Liu Liu Tianning hadn't been decrypted until now, he must have touched upon certain interests and plans.

In this current state, although Liu Liu Tianning occasionally lost control, he could still suppress it, meaning he was still usable.

What if Liu Liu Tianning re-cultivated? If it caused Liu Liu Tianning to have an accident, then it would be Emperor Jing destroying Liu Liu Tianning.

Liu Liu Tianning's supporters behind the scenes definitely wouldn't agree.

However, the timing now was quite good.

There were no major wars abroad, and no disasters at home. If he had said this during the Liang Wang rebellion, he definitely wouldn't have agreed.

Emperor Jing still had over a hundred years of life, which was enough for Liu Liu Tianning to re-cultivate.

Too early or too late, the possibility of being persuaded would be greatly reduced.

"Subject has seven chances of success in preliminarily solving the problem."

"Please, Your Majesty, decrypt the Heavenly Secret files and allow Subject to cooperate with Teacher Liu to gradually perfect the ultimate law."

"Subject Zhao Xing bows again, bowing at Your Majesty's feet."

After writing, Zhao Xing looked at it, felt there was no problem, and flicked his finger.

The memorial flew toward the Heavenly Heart Temple in the Shangluo Academy.

The Heavenly Heart Temple was a temple that reached the ears of Heaven, and the Yin Gods who delivered the letters were exclusive to the royal family.

When the letter from Zhao Xing, the Fengchang Grand Master, arrived, the furnace immediately burned, swallowing the memorial.

After writing, Zhao Xing rubbed his face, quietly waiting for Emperor Jing's decision.

"I have just returned from establishing merit, the chance of success should be relatively high," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

However, he waited for a full half-month, and Emperor Jing did not reply.

During the time of waiting, a shadow also covered Zhao Xing's heart.

"Old Emperor Jing, you must not be muddled and use this matter to test me."

"If you are this muddled, it proves that this world is vastly different from what I thought, and you can't teach Emperor Wu well at all."

"Grandpa here will take people and flee to the Southern Wilderness to change masters!"

Fortunately, Emperor Jing did not disappoint Zhao Xing.

On January 5th of the seventeenth year of Dazhi, Zhao Xing received the secret decree.

Liu Liu Tianning was permitted to disperse his cultivation and re-cultivate the Great Expansion Divine Art.

"Chenan, Liu Tianning, His Majesty has already permitted you to perfect this law," Duke Wei smiled.

"Many thanks to His Majesty," Zhao Xing and Liu Liu Tianning finished bowing and received the imperial decree.

"So that's how it is, the Great Expansion Divine Art I cultivated is wrong?"

"No wonder I felt your divine soul was so strong, yet it seemed to still be in the first layer of the realm," Liu Liu Tianning saw the content of the imperial decree and suddenly realized.

Originally, he believed Zhao Xing could solve it, but this expectation wasn't high.

But now, he truly believed it.

"Teacher, your method cannot be said to be wrong," Zhao Xing said, "It's just that the power is not that great."

Duke Wei warned: "Liu Tianning, although His Majesty has decrypted it and allowed you to re-cultivate, formal cultivation will still have to wait a while."

"Wait how long?" Zhao Xing asked.

"His Majesty said, at least wait for King Tianyan Wang to return, let the Life Officials calculate and deduce a more proper method, as well as prepare the things that need to be prepared."

"Doesn't that mean waiting another three years?"

"His Majesty is thoughtful, this is a wise move, besides, we can afford to wait," Liu Liu Tianning interrupted Zhao Xing's words.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing couldn't say anything more.

Duke Wei said: "His Majesty also said, since it is perfection, why not have the three generations of you perfect it together."

"Old Dean Xu is also a cultivator of the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man, perhaps he will have different insights."

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing were both stunned.

"Could it be that Teacher..."

"That's right," Duke Wei smiled and nodded, "Dean Xu has known about the new chapter of the Great Expansion Divine Art since you were established as the First Vice Dean, and has already begun exploring re-cultivation."

"He was decrypted long ago. Liu Tianning, didn't you notice that the time Dean Xu is clear-headed is longer than previous deans?"

"I thought it was Teacher's final flash of brilliance..." Liu Liu Tianning was suddenly excited. "Many thanks to His Majesty!"

Zhao Xing also bowed again.

He had long guessed that Xu Kequan should become the tester for the new chapter of the Great Expansion Divine Art, but he wasn't sure.

From Emperor Jing's perspective, Xu Kequan was the best candidate to be the tester.

His time was running out, but his power remained.

Using him to test the new law and resolve the drawbacks was the best thing.

It could also pave the way for Liu Liu Tianning; if Liu Liu Tianning also had to cultivate it in the future, then having Xu Kequan's experience as a reference would be much smoother.

Once successful, Xu Kequan could also transform into a Yin God body.

Of course, judging from Emperor Jing's slow reply, Zhao Xing guessed that Xu Kequan's results were not very great.

Just as he had considered before, everyone's experiences were different, and Xu Kequan's problems were deep-seated; just re-cultivating the first layer definitely wouldn't have much effect, otherwise, Emperor Jing wouldn't have considered it for so long.

"Chenan, His Majesty specifically instructed, ordering you to first visit the Old Dean and chat with him about this law," Duke Wei said.

"Yes," Zhao Xing nodded; this was letting him practice on Xu Kequan first.

The place where Xu Kequan lived was surrounded by a large primeval forest, with trees over 100,000 years old.

In the center of the plain, there was a towering tree, reaching 10,000 meters high, blocking the sky and sun. Below the tree, there was a courtyard named Tianxing Courtyard.

When Zhao Xing arrived, there were figures of Xu Kequan all over the plain.

"Marquis Tian Wu Ming, take this move of mine!"

"How did the commander of the Seven Nights Holy Son group come back to life? Hmph, I could kill you when you were alive, why fear you after death?"

"Come on, Great Dao Struggle with me! See who dares to stop me, Xu Kequan, from ascending!"

"I want to fight a hundred!"

"Those who block me die!"

"Yo, Heavenly Yin Divine Wood, good stuff."

"Hahahaha, so what if you are First Rank? I will break your Dao regardless!"

"Sending a hundred beauties to trade for a Life-Life Fruit? What has this old man not seen? Bomb them down!"

Many Xu Kequans on the plain were laughing and scolding, with different expressions.

Some were extremely young and high-spirited, some had hair like snow and faces like tree bark.

Some were fighting, some were fighting with the air.

Li Li Boqian, who accompanied Zhao Xing, said: "If not for testing the new chapter, Xu Kequan should have disbanded all his clones in his later years."

Zhao Xing nodded; what he was seeing now was the scene of a Self-School Si Nong going crazy in his later years.

As the state declines, both the soul and the spirit approach the limits of heaven and earth, an inevitable weakening, and thus they can no longer control their many clones.

The heart is like a monkey, the intention is like a horse.

The original Xu Kequan could capture the heart-monkey and tame the intention-horse, maintaining suppression.

It was very difficult in the final stage of life.

"Swish~"

Zhao Xing followed Li Li Boqian's movement, instantly crossing the plain and arriving inside the wooden house.

As for Liu Liu Tianning? He didn't come, fearing he would be affected by Xu Kequan.

Because Xu Kequan didn't have much time being clear-headed now.

Beside the spiritual spring in the courtyard, Zhao Xing saw Xu Kequan.

His eyes narrowed slightly; the spiritual spring here was emitting spiritual energy.

It's just that the range it covered was not large, probably centered on the spiritual spring, with an area of fifty meters in radius.

The concentration of spiritual energy was not high, and Xu Kequan's main body was active within this space.

"Greetings, Great Si Nong," Xu Kequan's main body looked clear-headed.

"Brother Xu, there is no need for such formalities between us," Li Li Boqian waved his hand.

"Dean, how do you feel?" Zhao Xing went straight to the point.

"This is my experience from thirteen years of cultivation," Xu Kequan took out a booklet from his bosom.

He said slowly: "Once the transformation of the Life Soul is formed, wanting to re-cultivate is no different from undergoing a weather change on the soul."

"The cultivation of the Great Expansion Divine Art is carried out through the external pressure of secret pattern stars; wanting to restructure the Life Soul through one's own comprehension is difficult upon difficult."

"However, it ultimately has benefits," Xu Kequan looked at Zhao Xing, as if encouraging him: "I also believe that you and Liu Tianning will definitely be able to solve it."

"Come, while I am still clear-headed, if there is anything you want to ask or do, feel free to act."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Dean, I offend you."

Facing a situation like Xu Kequan's, which was more serious than Liu Liu Tianning's, he couldn't proceed step by step; he had to use a more violent method.

He planned to invade Xu Kequan's sea of consciousness to investigate, which was a relatively dangerous process, and Li Li Boqian would also accompany him in his soul-out-of-body state to enter Xu Kequan's sea of consciousness.

Time passed, and Zhao Xing, Li Li Boqian, and Xu Kequan conducted experiments one after another in the courtyard.

Zhao Xing's summary from over ten years in the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court, plus the insights of a powerhouse like Xu Kequan, and his personal cooperation.

His understanding of the drawbacks of the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Man also became more perfect.

February 5th, seventeenth year of Dazhi, Mao hour.

"Teacher, Dean, I thought of another method, perhaps we can try it today..."

Zhao Xing walked in from outside the door, only to find Li Li Boqian standing quietly beside the fountain.

Xu Kequan was lying on a chair, eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

The "spring intent" of Tianxing Courtyard rapidly dissipated, and several kinds of Heaven and Earth rules rapidly dissipated.

The two ridges of flowers and plants planted under the courtyard wall had also withered and turned yellow.

The divine tree above the courtyard shook with a rustle, spots of starlight fell, and thunder sounded in the cloud layer, as if mourning the passing of a life.

Li Li Boqian raised his right hand, and a ball of light slowly rose into the sky.

Zhao Xing also silently raised his palm, and his vital energy rushed into the sky.

Heaven and Earth rang out in unison.

A generation of Si Nong leaders, Xu Kequan, passed away on February 5th of the seventeenth year of Dazhi, at the age of eight hundred.

Until the end of his life, he was still struggling to resolve the drawbacks of the ultimate law.

Because his problems were deep-seated and he had not resolved the defects, he could not transform into a Yin God body.

After Xu Kequan passed away, all affairs of the Shangluo Academy entered a brief suspension, and the deans and vice deans of each hall rushed back to see Xu Kequan off.

That afternoon, the imperial court issued an obituary, and people from all over the Daoyuan Continent came to Luojun Commandery to see him off.

On the 6th, Emperor Jing honored Xu Kequan as the "Heavenly Walking Great Virtuous Holy Origin True Person," added a holy title, and listed him as one of the Thirty-Six Saints of the Great Zhou Si Nong. A statue was erected, and he entered the Ji Divine Temple to be worshipped by later generations.

In March, Xu Kequan's funeral was finished, and Liu Liu Tianning officially became the Dean of the Shangluo Academy.

From then on, the Shangluo Academy opened a new era.

Time passed, three years flashed by, and it quickly arrived at the beginning of the twentieth year of Dazhi.

Zhao Xing and Li Li Boqian set off together for Chongming Prefecture in the East Sea, waiting for the Great Zhou exploration team to return before meeting up.

On June 5th, the Dragon Court closed.

Due to the deterrence of the super First Rank combat power outside the Heavenly Dragon Gate, and Emperor Jing having confirmed that Zhao Xing could not unify the Dragon Court with the Dragon Emperor Code, there was no war on the outer sea on the day of closing, and all forces began to return home.

On June 20th, the Juzi Palace entered the Zixiao Island area of the East Sea inner sea.

Zhao Xing also boarded the returning fleet from here.

"Meow!!"

"Woof woof!"

"Baa baa!"

Secretly boarding the ship, Zhao Xing saw the three battle pets as well as Long Xiao, Bai Yunwu, Tang Yinglong, and Ao Tian.

"Hahahaha."

Seeing the three battle pets enthusiastically pouncing on Zhao Xing, everyone laughed.

Could they not be enthusiastic? Zhao Xing went out with the Shang Tang Order; the three battle pets were still in the Guting Kingdom at that time.

It had been several years since they last met.

"Your strength has all increased," Zhao Xing pushed aside the head of the Cangni Dog. "How many good things have you eaten?"

Long Xiao proudly puffed out his chest: "Following me and Grandpa, could we treat them badly?"

Zhao Xing bowed: "Many thanks, White Dragon King, many thanks..."

Bai Yunwu waved his hand to interrupt: "Hey, absolutely don't do this."

"We water clans all have dragon bloodlines; if you bow to us, doesn't that mean you want us to kneel to you?"

"Exactly, exactly, we should be the ones bowing to the Dragon Emperor," Tang Yinglong and Ao Tian immediately echoed, bowing toward Zhao Xing.

"Uh..." Zhao Xing had forgotten this.

Since Grandpa bowed, Long Xiao couldn't just stand there, so he also bowed to Zhao Xing.

It made Zhao Xing feel quite embarrassed.

"Dragon Emperor, can the twelfth ring task be a bit simpler?" After bowing, Tang Yinglong took the opportunity to ask.

"The twelfth ring is too difficult; we have to go to the Dragon Island of the Nie Sea to kill ten thousand Dragon Clan lords."

"This old bone of mine is afraid it will be difficult to complete."

Ao Tian also said: "My twelfth ring task is also very difficult; I have to challenge a Dragon King in the Great Arena, and only by defeating a Dragon King can I be certified."

Zhao Xing said with difficulty: "Two clan leaders, you have already accepted the twelfth ring task, so it is not easy for me to change it. Even if the twelfth ring task is simpler, there is a limit."

Tang and Ao both immediately showed disappointment.

Bai Yunwu scolded: "You two bastards, how can you make things difficult for the Dragon Emperor? Is this something that can be discussed?"

"Get out, get out, get out, don't disturb the Dragon Emperor's rest."

Bai Yunwu began to drive people away, leaving only Long Xiao and Zhao Xing in the room to reminisce.

"Zhao Xing, why were you outside?" Long Xiao asked.

"This is confidential; if no one told you, then I can't tell you either," Zhao Xing shook his head.

"Oh oh," Long Xiao nodded. "Then I won't ask."

"Did you get the Wuji Sword Embryo?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Got it," Long Xiao said excitedly, "Good stuff, too easy to use, it's simply tailor-made for me! Inside there is also a set of 'Wuji Sword Art'."

"Let me tell you, now someone like Xia Jing, I can fight ten of them!"

Zhao Xing smiled: "Hahahaha, I will truthfully tell the Heir, he will definitely come to spar with you. At that time, don't flip the boat in the gutter; Xia Jing has also been studying at the Divine Martial Academy for almost twenty years."

Long Xiao said confidently: "A mere Qi School, not worth mentioning."

Forget it, Long Xiao, who got the Wuji Sword Embryo, already saw Xia Jing as someone waiting to be slaughtered.

"My goal now is powerhouses like Prefecture Master Mingyue and Prefecture Master Long Yuan."

"Xia Jing? If he comes to challenge me, if he loses, I will definitely make him eat a few fish."

"By the way, you came out early, how is Old Chen doing?"

Zhao Xing said: "He is still serving as the Plain Magistrate in Tongming Prefecture; he is currently a Fourth Rank Upper, it will be difficult to reach the Third Rank in a short time. As for whether his self-cultivation can come up, I don't know."

Zhao Xing's return was a secret, and he didn't take the initiative to contact Chen Shijie, only knowing that Old Chen was still serving as the Plain Magistrate in Tongming Prefecture.

Looking at it this way, it would be difficult to rise further later, and he would only be transferred horizontally in the Fourth Rank position.

"After I go back, I must find Little Chen to show off."

"That's enough, you're calling him Little Chen now."

"Hahahaha."

After chatting with Long Xiao for a while, Zhao Xing came to another room.

In the room were Ye Ye Yukong, Shen Luowang, Life Official Ji Si, and King Tianyan Wang.

When they saw Zhao Xing appear, Ye Ye Yukong, like a mountain cat, immediately pounced over.

"Good, you brat, you finally appeared!"

"Why did you let people hit me, huh?"

"Do you know how I spent those days? Someone would come to sneak attack me for no reason and slap me flying."

Ye Ye Yukong grabbed Zhao Xing's shoulders and shook him constantly.

"Hahaha," Shen Luowang was having a great time on the side.

He knew his friend's encounter back then, being beaten up for no reason—who could stand that?

"Sorry, Brother Ye, I didn't know who to choose at the time, I couldn't let people beat Shen Luowang, right?"

"He is a mechanism master, not as durable as you!"

After hearing this, Ye Ye Yukong felt even more aggrieved: "Did you make a mistake! I am a Sword School, not a Qi School... my school is not durable!"

"Hahahaha."

Everyone was laughing, but Zhao Xing discovered that King Tianyan Wang didn't have a hint of a smile.

Looking at his standing position, he seemed to be a bit wary of Ji Si.

What was the situation?

Zhao Xing walked forward.

Seeing that Zhao Xing wanted to talk to the Life Official, Shen Luowang and Ye Ye Yukong tactfully went out.

Leaving only Ji Si, King Tianyan Wang, and Zhao Xing in the room.

"Prince, long time no see, are you well?" Zhao Xing bowed and greeted.

"Well my ass!" Seeing that everyone had left, King Tianyan Wang pointed at Ji Si beside him: "What exactly did you do? This guy actually came up with such a damaging idea!"

Ji Si shook his head calmly: "Brother, this has nothing to do with Zhao Xing."

Zhao Xing was stunned; what exactly happened?

"Nothing to do with him? Do you think I've been a Life Official for so long for nothing? It clearly has something to do with him!"

King Tianyan Wang's emotions were very agitated, which was truly rare.

Zhao Xing asked puzzledly: "Prince, Lord Ji, what exactly happened?"

Ji Si said somewhat helplessly: "I really didn't know you had extended your life, and you didn't say so earlier."

Hearing this, King Tianyan Wang's hair stood on end again: "Why, do I have to report to you, this subordinate official, when I extend my life?"

"I am still your own brother, how could you think of targeting me, huh?"

"You are truly too filial to your brother! I, I'll beat you to death, you bastard..."

As he spoke, King Tianyan Wang was about to make a move.

As for Ji Si, he didn't hide, just stood there quietly.

When Zhao Xing saw that King Tianyan Wang was really hitting him, he immediately rushed over to stop him.

"Prince, Prince, forget it, forget it..."

"If you want to hit, you have to explain clearly before hitting, how could it have something to do with me?"

King Tianyan Wang flicked his sleeves: "Ask this bastard yourself, it's simply infuriating!"

Ji Si said: "I exchanged some treasures from the Dragon King Yin Xiu, among which there was a rare treasure that has quite a benefit to the spells of us Life Official Kings."

"So during the ten-plus years in the Royal City, I began to study the 'Cloud Classic Time Signature' and 'Time Signature', combining the spells of the Historian and the rare treasure artifact, integrating the signature method and object into one, adding new effects..."

Zhao Xing listened to Ji Si's wild ideas and couldn't help but be stunned.

He knew that the Time Signature would consume lifespan; he didn't expect Ji Si to actually be able to pay it back?

The point was, he had actually managed to come up with something over these years.

In the twentieth year of Dazhi, after Ji Si came out, he tried it on his brother King Tianyan Wang.

King Tianyan Wang didn't suspect anything; hearing his little brother say there was a breakthrough in spells and wanting to try it, he thought, why not?

As a result, he tried it and almost died!

King Tianyan Wang almost kicked the bucket!

Fortunately, it was discovered quickly, and Ji Si's spell wasn't very mature, so in the end, King Tianyan Wang only shared three years of his lifespan for Ji Si.

King Tianyan Wang was so angry!

He had finally managed to get Emperor Jing to extend his life by a hundred years, only to lose three years for nothing here.

"Having a younger brother like you, I am truly convinced!" King Tianyan Wang said bitterly.

As for the connection with Zhao Xing?

In the Life Official's deduction, that point about Yin Xiu's treasury was indeed there.

After Zhao Xing figured it out, he was also speechless.

Ji Si was King Tianyan Wang's own younger brother, but he was much younger than King Tianyan Wang.

If there were no accidents, after King Tianyan Wang left, the leader of the Life Officials would be Ji Si.

Would he have to deal with such a ruthless person in the future?

Zhao Xing felt his neck turn cold.

"You're not hitting anymore? If you're not hitting, I'm leaving," Ji Si bowed and walked out.

"Hey! You bastard..." King Tianyan Wang was so angry when he saw his appearance.

"Prince, forget it, forget it..."

On June 25th, the Juzi Palace flew elsewhere, and the Great Zhou powerhouses all changed fleets to enter Chongming Prefecture.

Grand Marshal Luo Hou Wang led the generals of the Troop Envoy world, Duke Wei led the imperial court's special envoys, Prefecture Master Fan Hongyi of Chongming Prefecture led the civil and military officials, and Princess Princess Youruo led the vassals of the Prince's Mansion to welcome them.

The imperial court's special envoys were here to announce the rewards.

The journey to Tianyong Prefecture was long, so those middle-rank officials didn't need to go to see the Emperor anymore; basically, it was settled here.

Zhao Xing also took the opportunity to transfer Cao Qianyue and Li Muwan, the two geniuses who loved to eat, to be his personal guards in the Marquis Mansion.

As for the remaining high-rank powerhouses, those with great merit still needed to go to the capital to receive rewards.

Departing from Chongming Prefecture to the capital, the number of people suddenly dropped by more than half.

Zhao Xing looked; of the 1,500 high-rankers twenty years ago, fewer than 1,100 remained.

However, among these people, Zhao Xing did not find Ji Ji Mengjun, Tong Jin, Jiang Chuan, or Xiao Huang.

"Ruthless enough," Zhao Xing couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Twenty years in the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court, the advantage he helped the Great Zhou establish was huge.

Of the 400 high-rankers, how many died in foreign enemies and exploration? He didn't dare to think; these people would all be issued pensions as fallen in battle, and no one would know what happened, destined to be a mystery.

In July of the twentieth year of Dazhi, Zhao Xing entered Fengjing again.

On July 5th, he attended his first formal morning court meeting in the Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Jing formally rewarded the meritorious officials.

Zhao Xing's reward was also formally issued and announced to the world.

Excluding the concealment of the Shang Tang Order and the Fuming Furnace.

The rest of the gains were all listed as merit.

Including bringing back the Dragon Emperor Code, the Kunyuan Divine Hoe, a large amount of 【Ancient Dragon Ambergris】, 【Dragon Blood Holy Leaves】, 【Dragon Crystal Marrow】, as well as the 【Golden Feather Divine Armor】, 【Wuxian Cauldron】, and 【Spirit Witch Staff】—three bone artifacts from the Southern Barbarian Royal Court—and the 【Tiancong Cloud Sword】 and 【Qiong Gou Jade Sword】.

Why not pretend anymore?

Because there was no need to hide it anymore.

Although Zhao Xing was only a Third Rank official, his strength was already at the Second Rank Heavenly Luck realm.

He also had Ten Thousand Laws clones; within the Great Zhou territory, who could kill him? Assassination was wishful thinking!

As for abroad, Zhao Xing's main body couldn't go to other places, and even if he did, it would be the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court, where there was also no danger to his life.

Concealment was only for protection; since there was no danger to his life, then the glory that should be given to Zhao Xing should be given, letting the whole world know what kind of merit Zhao Xing had established!

"Subject Zhao Xing, bows and thanks Your Majesty!"

"May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!"

Following the formal imperial decree, Zhao Xing also completed the Qi Luck baptism of the Third Rank in the temple in Fengjing.

His Qi Luck only increased slightly; after all, he was already at the Qi Luck of the Eighth Rank, but his lifespan increased significantly. The lifespan of the Third Rank official level was directly maxed out for him.

Counting the life count from eating the Dragon Whale Spirit Show, Zhao Xing's remaining lifespan exceeded 900 years, because later, Second Rank and First Rank would each add a hundred years.

However, Zhao Xing estimated that he wouldn't be able to wait for Emperor Jing's bestowal. Emperor Jing definitely had to leave room for the next emperor to reward him.

The reward ended, immediately causing a huge sensation.

Zhao Xing and his deeds immediately spread.

"What? The holder of the Dragon Emperor Code is actually the Divine Might Marquis Zhao Xing? Isn't he only a Third Rank official?"

"Hiss, this harvest is too shocking! The Dragon Emperor Code and Kunyuan Divine Hoe are both peerless rare treasures!"

"Peerless rare treasures have nothing to do with you and me, but those rare treasure-level materials are in shocking quantities, His Majesty will definitely take them out to reward people in the future. I don't know how many people will benefit from this!"

"So he is the successor of the Dragon Emperor? I said when he was cultivating at Shi Wenxuan's place, how could he learn so fast? It's not without reason!"

"Brother, stop talking, he is the one who made us dig mines for several years!"

"What does it have to do with him? That was all ordered by the Dragon King."

"Where is he? Who knows when the Divine Might Marquis will host a banquet?"

"He is not even sixty years old, his future is limitless!"

In the distant Southern Barbarian land, the Purple Dragon Royal Court.

Beside a geothermal furnace, Purple Bone Heavenly Venerable let out a sorrowful roar: "Zhao Xing! I will not stand with you in this life!!"

Red Bone Heavenly Venerable on the side said indifferently: "Senior Brother, stop shouting. He can't hear you, focus on refining the artifact."

At this time, Red Bone Heavenly Venerable's bones were still red.

But Purple Bone Heavenly Venerable's bones were no longer purple, but had turned white.

His entire purple bone body, except for his head which was still a bit purple, the rest had all been mortgaged.

Red Bone Heavenly Venerable calculated an account for him: "Starting from today, refining artifacts, Senior Brother, you have to refine for five hundred years to pay off the debt. Only then can you redeem your Purple Bone Battle Body."

"Senior Brother, if you waste any more time, perhaps you won't have ten years left to live after paying off the debt."

"Ah ah ah ah!" Purple Bone Heavenly Venerable roared, but his voice was soon drowned out by the magic array.

Daoyuan Continent, Kunyuan Academy, Kun Mountain.

This was Meng Kun's residence, and he was very annoyed at this time.

"Changqing, look, look, this bastard Qin Shanyue is digging up old accounts again!" Meng Kun held an official document in his hand, trembling with anger.

"I know, I saw it," Gu Changqing also sighed. "There's no way, you were a bit impulsive back then, Zhao Xing's position was a nominal one for over twenty years, it can't be entirely blamed on others."

"You, why are you helping him speak too!" Meng Kun threw the official document on the ground bitterly.

This was an internal impeachment letter.

Qin Shanyue, Vice Dean of the Chen Xuan Tu Hall, impeached Meng Kun for political inaction and abuse of power.

Why was it like this? Because the Kunyuan Academy was also about to reach the time of transition between the old and the new.

The Dean of the Kunyuan Academy—Xuanyuan Xuanyuan Qingtian—also wouldn't live past Emperor Jing.

Starting from the fifteenth year of Dazhi, Xuanyuan Xuanyuan Qingtian felt his specific time of death and began the screening of his successor.

The five great halls of the Kunyuan Academy—Di Zang Hall, Lingshan Hall, Chen Xuan Tu Hall, Di Gong Hall, and Kunyuan Hall—represented the various factions within.

The screening began, and the competition began.

Qin Shanyue was the Vice Dean of the Chen Xuan Tu Hall and also one of the strong candidates.

The direction of screening successors was basically the same, nothing more than spell cultivation, classic annotations, political achievements, and personal morality.

It didn't involve the Great Dao Struggle yet, just looking for flaws in political achievements and morality.

Qin Shanyue's impeachment document today included errors and waste in the spell engineering projects led by Meng Kun.

Among them, the matter of Meng Kun requesting the Saint to take action, using the Che Di Divine Boat and Ten Thousand Heavy Mountains, as well as digging the ancient tunnels to rescue Zhao Xing during the Liang Wang rebellion, was brought up again.

Qin Shanyue was very cunning; he didn't oppose Meng Kun saving Zhao Xing, because it was already a settled conclusion.

He opposed Meng Kun's reckless actions, which caused a waste of resources.

Since he had already captured people in the Liang Wang fiefdom at the time, why dig ancient tunnels later?

Wasting too many resources, you are not good at presiding over work; if I were to do it, it would be such and such.

In addition, he also believed that Meng Kun tried hard to curry favor with Zhao Xing, and in the end, after twenty years, he had gained nothing, which became a pain point for attack.

Zhao Xing still held the position of Siye of the Di Zang Hall, which was the assistant to Meng Kun, the dean of the branch hall.

But, for over twenty years, has the Great Saint Zhao produced a single piece of Di Li School classic theory?

The Tian Shi School and Ben Wo School, people are producing them one after another, and they are fierce!

Are you, Meng Kun, sticking your hot face to someone else's cold butt?

Meng Kun, you are both without virtue and without talent!

In short, Qin Shanyue cursed very dirtily.

Making Old Meng Tou very embarrassed these past few years, unable to even sleep well.

"Sigh!"

"This Qin Shanyue, his mouth is truly sharp," Meng Kun sighed. "Changqing, what should I do?"

"I don't know either," Gu Changqing shook his head. "Qin Shanyue raised a spiritual mountain, ranked 109th in the world's spiritual mountain rankings."

"He handled the construction work of Hokkaido, and in the twenty years since Dazhi, he has also excavated and recommended many talents, performing very shockingly in the blessed land..."

Meng Kun interrupted annoyedly: "Is there no place where I am better than him?"

Gu Changqing nodded: "Yes."

"What?" Meng Kun's eyes lit up.

"Your family background is better than his."

"..." Meng Kun was immediately discouraged. "This is useless; if family background were useful, my father should have been the dean when my grandfather stepped down, how could it be Xuanyuan Xuanyuan Qingtian?"

"Sigh." Meng Kun was very depressed.

However, at this moment, a figure flew into the Kun Mountain Palace rapidly.

"Brother, Brother, Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao..."

The person who came was the Temple Priest of the Sea Mountain Mausoleum, Meng Kun's cousin, Meng Li.

"What are you calling! Speak properly, you're an adult, panicking like this, what kind of decorum is this?" Meng Kun was already depressed.

"I, I, big event! Big good news!" Meng Li was trembling with excitement.

Gu Changqing was a bit more stable: "Meng Li, is there a letter from the temple? Is Zhao Xing out of the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court?"

"Yes, yes!" Meng Li nodded fiercely!

"What is the big good news you speak of?"

"Zhao Xing returned to the capital, received His Majesty's reward, was enfeoffed as Palace Walker, Troop Envoy Inspector, and was granted a million-mu fiefdom, with his merit rank raised by twelve stages!"

"Promoted to Third Rank official, entering the Lingxu Blessed Land as the Mountain-Nurturing Envoy!"

"What?" Gu Changqing was stunned. "The reward is too heavy, right? What exactly did he do?"

"He brought back the Divine Farmer Hoe!" Meng Li finally said it.

And Meng Kun and Gu Changqing didn't react for a while.

"What Divine Farmer Hoe, you aren't talking about the Kunyuan Divine Hoe, right?" Gu Changqing opened his mouth wide.

"Exactly!" Meng Li said, "The Divine Might Marquis has already departed from Fengjing, Grandpa sent a letter from the Underworld, asking us to quickly prepare for the return ceremony of the Social Divine Artifact... Brother, say something!"

Meng Kun pointed his finger tremblingly: "You you you, say say say, is, Kun Kun Kun..."

Meng Li grabbed his finger: "Yes! It is the Kunyuan Divine Hoe! You didn't hear wrong!"

"My Earth King Grandpa, this..." Meng Kun finally came back to his senses from the huge surprise.

He gasped for air and said: "Quick, quick, go and handle it for me! Take out all the ritual vessels that can be used, move all the ritual boats!"

"Old Gu, go call the Saint, we are leaving the palace... No! We are going to the east of the Daoyuan Continent to welcome him!"

The three of them rushed out of Kun Mountain screaming, and at this moment, the entire Kunyuan Academy was in an uproar.

In August of the twentieth year of Dazhi, Zhao Xing's honor guard arrived at "Zishi Commandery" on the border of the Daoyuan Continent.

Just entering the territory, he saw ritual boats and warships covering the sky and earth waiting in front, black and heavy, with no end in sight.

There were also 18,000 mountains floating in the sky, appearing and disappearing in the cloud layer.

From above Zishi Commandery, the cloud path was paved with gold and jade; on the first layer of the cloud path were ritual boats, planted with various trees.

On the second layer of the cloud path, mechanism beasts stood on the side, majestic and extraordinary.

On the third layer of the cloud path, flowers bloomed, competing for beauty.

On the fourth layer of the cloud path, auspicious beasts galloped, pulling carts, filled with ritual vessels.

On the fifth layer of the cloud path, there was a row of red drums, with strong men in battle armor beating them.

On the sixth layer of the cloud path, chimes and bells were arranged, with musicians in dharma robes playing.

On the seventh layer of the cloud path, Meng Kun stood neatly with people, behind them were rare treasure-level divine artifacts, shining brightly; they stood in formation under the artifacts to welcome him.

Each layer of the cloud path was extremely flat, like a heavenly road, and the cloud path was flowing.

Between the sea of clouds, flood dragons rolled, and golden light fell.

Such a display hadn't happened once in thousands of years!

"My goodness, did the Kunyuan Academy pull over all the dance masters, music masters, Tuoquan Palace, and Chenghua Supervision of the entire Daoyuan Continent?"

"The rare treasure-level divine artifacts of the five great halls were all invited out?"

"Old Meng, are you still living?"

Zhao Xing understood, and was greatly shocked.

As for his two personal guards beside him, Cao Qianyue and Li Muwan, they also dropped their jaws, forgetting to eat, subconsciously tidying up their appearance.

"Dunlie, quick quick quick, look at my clothes, are they right."

"I, your clothes seem to have dirt on them."

"Ah! Fix it quickly!"

Standing on the warship of Wu Yao, the accompanying Duke Wei, Commander of the Golden Guard Yang Xiongying, Luo Hou Wang, Princess Princess Youruo, and other important officials of the imperial court were also watching with great interest.

Great Si Nong Li Li Boqian was even a bit sour.

"Truly fresh, the family foundation that I, the Great Si Nong, asked to be shown many times but wasn't, was shown like this this time."

"Zhao Xing is only a Third Rank Mountain-Nurturing Envoy, this welcoming display is simply bigger than mine, the Great Si Nong!"

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