Chapter 371: My Will to Support the Heavens

Xia Qi smiled; these words were far too arrogant, yet what Chen Yan had done was indeed putting them into practice.

Destroying the Storage Palace, defeating the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

Chen Yan said no more; he had anticipated that he would one day discuss the future with the high-level officials of Great Xia.

But he had not expected it to be like this.

The other party was far too frank.

And what was offered was far too generous.

This would determine Chen Yan's fate from here on.

In truth, there was nothing to hesitate about.

But Chen Yan was still pondering.

Opposite him, Xia Qi smiled faintly, eating grapes.

If Chen Yan had agreed immediately, he would not have felt at ease; the other party's deliberation was, on the contrary, correct.

"The Great Elder of the Chen Clan, Chen Qi, is waiting for you to emerge from the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm in Xiaoyang City, but what he gives you will not be as much as what I give you."

Xia Qi spoke with great confidence.

Chen Yan was silent, though his heart was filled with deep emotion.

In the past, all he had strived for was to pay back that one thousand, and all he had sought was fairness.

This sudden influx of resources and regard, however, made him feel somewhat unaccustomed.

His expression calmed down, and he looked at Xia Qi, taking a deep breath as he said:

"I want to destroy the Aristocratic Family Alliance, destroy Luo Chen, and destroy Chen Changyuan."

Xia Qi's eyes showed surprise, but he did not pause for even a moment:

"Agreed!"

Chen Yan was silent; Xia Qi waved one hand, and flames appeared beneath his palm, transforming into a map:

"I have already sent people to investigate and clarify the maps of all the hidden organizations of the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

If not for you, Jiang Yuan would have captured the General Manager of the Aristocratic Family Alliance, Luo Dongli.

The Military Defense Guards in every region will simultaneously strike at the one hundred and fifty-seven local organizations of the Aristocratic Family Alliance at the turn of the year!"

Chen Yan's heart trembled; he looked at Xia Qi once more.

This young ruler's ambition was vast; destroying the Aristocratic Family Alliance would almost uproot the foundations of every powerful family in Qinzhou.

It might trigger riots, with hundreds of thousands of people dying.

Yet, he saw Xia Qi wave his hand grandly:

"The fundamental reason for destroying the Aristocratic Family Alliance is that I want to destroy the Ji Clan's spy network, organize a great army at the border of Tiezhou, and cross the sea to march on the Ji Clan."

He pointed to a large coastal province:

"At that time, the Lu Clan will have a high probability of marching directly into Tuizhou of Great Xia to alleviate the crisis of the Ji Clan.

But I also have a clever stratagem; I have already communicated with the Lu Clan to arrange a marriage. When the Lu Clan arrives, the wedding will take a sudden turn, and I will detain ten thousand of the Lu Clan!"

He pointed to another large coastal province, speaking incessantly.

Every decision would trigger dozens of possibilities, or even lead to the further deterioration of Great Xia.

But he had long prepared plans to cope with the possibility of deterioration.

Chen Yan watched quietly; he was somewhat amazed, as some things he could not understand before were now clear today.

No wonder Chen Changyuan could live until now.

Behind that person was actually the entanglement of the three parties: the Ji Clan, the Chen Clan, and Great Xia.

The rise of the Aristocratic Family Alliance had, on one hand, eroded Great Xia, but on the other hand, it had driven the economy of Qinzhou and saved the market from deflation.

More importantly, when a whale falls, everything lives; the Aristocratic Family Alliance was a great medicine that might change the decline of Great Xia.

Great Xia was already on the verge of collapse, yet the young ruler was actually planning a desperate counterattack.

These immense secrets were actually all told to him.

Chen Yan sighed; how could this leave him any choice?

In reality, he would never choose the Chen Clan.

Because his home was in Great Xia, Shen Yiwei was in Great Xia, and Luo Puxin and Wang Yang were also in Great Xia.

On his path of rising, there were many who harmed him, but there were certainly no fewer who helped him.

If he went to the Chen Clan, Old Shen and Old Luo would likely be angered to death.

He would never choose the Chen Clan.

Chen Xiyuan's arrogance made him understand that even if the Chen Clan were powerful, entering it would only mean dragon-fighting and tiger-struggling, with everyone scheming against each other.

What he wanted to do was not to struggle within these schemes to seek profit.

What he wanted was for the world to be renewed and for his will to be universal.

It was just that the ruler's frankness today surprised him immensely.

The young ruler was still speaking:

"Since you want to destroy the Aristocratic Family Alliance, then I will change the plan again; the day you are appointed as a general will be the day we draw our blades against the Qinzhou Aristocratic Family Alliance.

You may act as the Sword-Bearer, or you may act as the Human Butcher!"

Chen Yan stood up and bowed to the young ruler.

Yet he saw the young ruler also stand up and bow deeply to Chen Yan:

"I cannot live much longer, but I want to seek a variable; even if generals like Jiang Yuan are peerless, they are not variables."

Xia Qi bowed his body deeply:

"Chen Yan, you are the variable."

A smile appeared at the corners of Chen Yan's mouth, and at this moment, he said earnestly:

"You will never regret it!"

Xia Qi's face revealed astonishment; at this moment, he felt an aura from Chen Yan unlike that of anyone else.

Strange and grand.

What was that?

His heart surged with emotion; he must have made the right choice.

Inside the third level of the Dream Abyss.

Lu Xunyang chuckled softly as he watched this scene; the child who was once prophesied to die before the age of ten had lived until now.

That was also quite good.

The old man gave a faint hum:

"Not too stupid, after all."

Xia Qi departed.

Before leaving, he warned Chen Yan not to let the aura of the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder leak out before he had refined it.

The Heaven and Earth Spirit Object Ranking encompasses over a thousand types of heaven and earth spirit objects.

The Xun Thunder is ranked five hundred and eighty-first.

But the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder is ranked seventeenth, possessing infinite possibilities; it can devour all other heaven and earth lightning spirits to strengthen itself, yet it will not erase the characteristics of the other lightning spirits.

One must be absolutely careful of Chen Qi, for once the other party discovers the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder, they might take action to seize it.

Chen Yan sighed inwardly.

The Myriad Prison Nether Thunder was actually this powerful.

It was hard to imagine that Lu Xunyang would place such a spirit object on the two hundred and fifty-second level of the Xunyang Tower.

Letting Chen Yan go to the two hundred and fifty-second level was likely because he felt the Myriad Prison Nether Thunder could tear through the barrier of malice.

Oh.

The other party cannot cultivate Qi and blood.

Chen Yan checked himself.

Just now, he had devoured that Ice Spirit, and the grade of his own Yin-Stagnation had also risen to the Morning Star grade, third class.

The Saint-Breaking Tree had produced eighty 【Origin】 Saint-Breaking Fruits.

This caused the Saint-Breaking Tree to level up once again.

However, this upgrade was different from before.

【Saint-Breaking Tree (Level 8): 0/200

Force: 0/100

Blood: 0/100

Skill: 0/100

Body: 0/100

Array: 0/100

Origin: 0/100

Intent: 0/100

Break: 0/100】

The Saint-Breaking Tree, having risen to level eight, did not produce any new types of Saint-Breaking Fruits.

But as Chen Yan's consciousness touched the Saint-Breaking Tree, he felt that the tree was holding back something big.

It would likely produce a batch of unimaginable Saint-Breaking Fruit varieties at the ninth level.

Moreover, if he wanted to upgrade again, he only needed to produce two hundred Saint-Breaking Fruits.

It seemed the difficulty of upgrading had decreased.

In reality, it had become absurdly high.

Because the grade of the Saint-Breaking Fruits had also improved.

For the level eight Saint-Breaking Fruits, the quality of each one was equivalent to one hundred times that of the level seven ones!

The difficulty of obtaining them had also increased by one hundred times.

Back then, when Chen Yan consumed Bright Moon grade precious medicine, it only caused the Saint-Breaking Tree to produce a little over one hundred Saint-Breaking Fruits.

Looking at it now, consuming one piece of Bright Moon grade precious medicine would likely only allow the Saint-Breaking Tree to produce one Saint-Breaking Fruit at most.

But this did not mean that the immature Saint-Breaking Fruits that had previously grown on the Saint-Breaking Tree had disappeared.

Rather, they had become smaller; for example, that 【Break】 Saint-Breaking Fruit that had originally grown to forty-two percent.

Now, it had changed from a medium-sized fruit into a tiny sprout; the limit-breaking energy contained within it had not decreased, only its quality had become higher.

Chen Yan was not worried; his path of Intent had now been created to the second realm, and his Intent was even more powerful.

He was not worried about lacking limit-breaking energy, it was just that the progress would be a bit slower.

PS: Just a transition in the plot.

The college entrance exam secret realm plot is over; what follows is the General-Bestowal plot.

I won't be skipping maps; it's the kind where once one map is finished, there is another world.

That situation won't happen.

Level nine martial artists are the strongest; that is a certainty.

It won't change.

So there is no need to worry about the late stage having peak experts as common as dogs; there will only be those few.

Generally, by the middle of finishing a story, I am already considering the second plotline.

The Heaven's Pride Trial wasn't done well, so after a long hiatus, I revised the text, and the performance of this book consequently headed down a long, downhill path.

This time, I did better; after all, with experience, I can ensure the plot doesn't have issues.

This is also the reason why I pad the plot, because once I write too fast and the subsequent plot isn't handled well, that becomes a big problem.

Thanks to the big shots for the gifts; the number of Great God Certifications the author received this month seems to have broken the limit, and yesterday one big shot sent three.

I actually think, brother, why bother? Isn't going to eat hot pot delicious?

But, I actually...

Happy!

Whether it is gifts, urging for updates, or the number of people following the updates, these are the things the author relies on to survive.

But I am quite greedy; what I satisfy is not just physiological needs, but also the need for self-actualization.

I feel extremely gratified in my heart, not because of a little more money.

But rather, this is an affirmation of my strength.

I didn't write it poorly!

I have always felt that I am improving, still improving, and will improve tomorrow.

What I cannot tolerate most is regression; this is even more uncomfortable than flopping.

So, brothers.

You have affirmed me!

This is the value of my writing books!

The plot of the College Entrance Examination Secret Realm, surprisingly, while the readership keeps falling, the number of people following the updates has been rising continuously for a month.

Holy crap, I don't think I've ever experienced this situation before.

When I first conceived it, this was the plot structure; I don't know if I should be satisfied, but the whole thing is written out, so it should be alright.

Thanks to the brothers who have been reading all along.

I still want to write even more awesome plots.

Damn.

I must write it out.

I cannot tolerate being unable to write it; I want my thinking to break the limit!

I won't say how many words, but the content must be good!

At this point, the third volume of this book ends.

Volume One: 【A Wisp of Green in the Vastness】.

Volume Two: 【Words of Breaking the Lock】.

Volume Three: 【My Will Supports the Heavens and Subdues the Fallen】.