Chapter 320: Ascension, Person of Heavenly Destiny

"Drill a hole in the Heavenly Spirit Tianling Zisui; inside there is spiritual liquid stone marrow, which can increase spiritual roots when consumed."

The record in the Ascension Method surfaced in Li Rui's mind.

Immediately.

He drew the immortal blade at his waist and extremely accurately opened a small hole in the purple crystal jade stone. Through the small hole, he indeed saw the stone marrow shimmering with a faint purple light inside.

The fragrance entered his nose, making his whole body feel comfortable.

"Good treasure!"

Li Rui immediately raised the Heavenly Spirit Tianling Zisui and tilted his head to consume all the stone marrow into his abdomen.

Following that, a clear brightness surged up from his dantian.

Li Rui could clearly feel that his spiritual roots had indeed improved again, and what surprised him even more was that his Immortal Xuan Qi also produced a trace of spirituality because of this.

This trace of spirituality was not simple.

"In ancient times, there were Qi Refiners; those with Low-Grade Spiritual Roots formed qi, those with Mid-Grade Spiritual Roots used qi, and those with High-Grade Spiritual Roots controlled qi."

The difference in spiritual roots was finally reflected in the use of spiritual energy.

High-Grade Spiritual Roots not only absorbed spiritual energy faster but also used spiritual energy far beyond Mid-Grade and Low-Grade Spiritual Roots.

Spiritual energy in this world was dissipating.

Absorbing spiritual energy was already impossible, but the latter advantage still existed.

Li Rui's Immortal Xuan Qi was similar to the spiritual energy of ancient times, so the improvement of spiritual roots could bring this benefit.

Other martial artists did not have this treatment.

Otherwise, the value of Heavenly Spirit Tianling Zisui would have long ago increased by who knows how many times, and the entire Tiandi Alliance combined wouldn't be able to afford it.

With this extra touch of spirituality.

The most significant change was that the efficiency of the Qi Sea washing away the filth of the flesh had increased by more than ten percent.

This also meant.

He was one step closer to breaking through to the Primordial Realm.

An unexpected joy.

"Could it be that I can really break through to the Primordial Realm before the age of eighty-five?"

Even Li Rui was startled.

This speed was even faster than Jiang Linxian's.

Jiang Linxian had once told him that he actually broke through to the Primordial Realm at the age of thirty-five, but very few people knew about it.

Calculating it.

Jiang Linxian spent a full thirty years practicing martial arts to reach the Primordial Realm, while he only used fifteen years.

Directly halved.

If compared by the length of martial arts practice, any monster in the world who was stunningly talented would also be eclipsed when seeing him.

At this time, the advantage of being older was reflected.

At least it wasn't so shocking.

An eighteen-year-old Primordial Realm expert would scare people to death, but an eighty-five-year-old Primordial Realm expert was just a normal level, nothing strange.

Perhaps after becoming a hundred-year-old Earth Immortal, he could look slightly younger.

In the blink of an eye.

It was the day to welcome the Wu Kingdom princess.

Just as Nie Siming said, besides the soldiers of the Anning Guard, only Nie Siming and Li Rui went to the border from Qinghe City.

It was a clear and beautiful day.

The willows along the official road were swaying, beautiful to behold.

It was just that the willow catkins were a bit annoying.

However, the soldiers of the Anning Guard were each like iron towers, not distracted in the slightest by the willow catkins, standing straight.

Only Li Rui casually patted away the willow catkins that drifted over.

Who told him he was no longer a soldier, but a general.

Generals often had privileges, such as not having to strictly follow the rules, and being much more flexible.

Nie Siming was from the Northwest Army, and he was also motionless.

Time passed second by second.

Finally.

A gorgeous and wild motorcade appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was gorgeous because the carriage was covered with precious jade and jewelry, and it was wild because it was pulled by eight great demons.

Such a visual impact full of exotic style could only be the motorcade of the Wu Kingdom escorting the Third Princess.

The motorcade was not large, only thirty or so people.

This was the result after the diplomatic missions of the two countries negotiated, or rather, the consensus reached by the Emperor of the Yu Kingdom and the Sovereign of the Wu Kingdom.

Thirty people, not many, but not few.

According to the rules, these people were the Third Princess's "dowry" and would likely never return to the Wu Kingdom in this life, but would live in the imperial palace with the Third Princess.

The more dowry, the greater the strength of the maiden family.

Naturally, the status in the imperial palace would be higher.

Of course, this Third Princess didn't have these worries, because she was noble enough herself; even if she went to the imperial palace, she likely wouldn't suffer any grievances, and it was possible that the Fourth Prince would become henpecked.

"I heard that this Third Princess is a heroic woman who can kill great demons single-handedly. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for the Fourth Prince to marry her."

Li Rui thought.

The Wu Kingdom's motorcade arrived before Li Rui and Nie Siming.

A pleasant yet heroic voice came from the huge carriage:

"General Nie, thank you for your trouble."

The one in the carriage was naturally the Third Princess.

It seemed she had no intention of getting off the carriage to see Nie Siming.

Regarding this, Nie Siming didn't feel there was any problem.

She was a prince's consort, not yet married; according to the etiquette of the Yu Kingdom, an unmarried woman should not see men.

Even if the etiquette in Yunzhou was not strict and the Confucian school was not prosperous.

There was still the saying of avoiding suspicion.

Nie Siming cupped his fists: "Yes, Third Princess."

Then he gestured to the Anning Guard soldiers behind him, and the army escorted the motorcade toward Qinghe. By evening.

The motorcade entered Qinghe City; the pedestrians on the street had long been cleared out. Except for a few residents along the street who could see this grand scene, others didn't have this luck, which made the Qinghe people who loved to watch the excitement quite annoyed.

Finally.

The Third Princess stayed in the Qinghe separate courtyard specially arranged by the County Government.

The Wu Kingdom's motorcade would stay in Qinghe for three days.

After the large ship on the canal docked, they would take the ship north; as long as they left the territory of Anning Prefecture, the subsequent matters would have nothing to do with Qinghe.

It was just that simple.

The preparation was cumbersome, but it was not complicated in reality.

Of course, it was precisely because the preliminary preparation was sufficient that it could ensure no accidents.

Behind this was the hard work of thousands of officials in Qinghe for several months.

When Li Rui returned to the Commandant's Mansion, it was already midnight.

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Although Nie Siming specifically told him to follow and welcome the guest, it seemed there was nothing for him to do.

Just as Li Rui was washing up to rest.

A soldier from the Benhu Battalion walked in: "Official Li, there are two women outside the door saying they want to see the official, claiming to be from the Wu Kingdom, surnamed Xia."

Xia, the imperial surname of the Wu Kingdom.

Li Rui already had a guess.

When he arrived at the door, he indeed saw the eccentric young girl Xia Xiaotang.

"Senior, long time no see."

Xia Xiaotang looked at Li Rui with a smile.

Li Rui: "Miss Xiaotang."

A late-night visit; besides Xia Xiaotang, there was also a woman dressed in maid attire.

Li Rui immediately led the two women to the main hall.

He was an eighty-year-old man, and also a Commandant; receiving two Wu Kingdom women late at night, no one in the Anning Guard would spread rumors, and of course, they wouldn't dare.

As soon as Xia Xiaotang sat down, she stared curiously at Li Rui:

"Senior, what aura-concealing technique did you practice?"

She discovered that she couldn't feel the slightest aura from Li Rui that made even the Green-Eyed Golden Beast tremble in its soul as before.

Li Rui didn't hide it.

He practiced the Nine Concealments of Heavenly Secrets just to hide the True Dragon Qi, and Xia Xiaotang had long known about it, so there was no need to continue hiding.

"Yes."

He nodded, then asked: "Miss Xia, why did you come to Qinghe?"

Xia Xiaotang said with a smile: "Third Sister is getting married, and Master told me to accompany her to the capital of the Yu Kingdom to see the world."

As if she had already guessed what Li Rui wanted to ask.

Xia Xiaotang answered in advance:

"I saw Senior just now, but because I was staying in Third Sister's carriage, it wasn't convenient to meet."

Li Rui's mouth curled slightly upward.

Just as he guessed, Xia Xiaotang's status was not simple; she was the Great Shaman's disciple, not inferior to ordinary imperial clansmen, and it was common for her to be in the Wu Kingdom Third Princess's carriage.

Xia Xiaotang turned her head and pointed to the maid beside her:

"This is Xiao Cui, Third Sister's personal maid. Today, she was specifically brought to tell Senior Third Sister's words."

Li Rui's expression turned stern.

The main event had arrived.

Thinking that the Great Shaman instructed him to accompany her, and now Xia Xiaotang's late-night visit, were all for the following words.

The maid named Xiao Cui said something shocking:

"The Third Princess hopes Official Li can follow her into the palace."

"??"

Even Li Rui didn't expect it to be such a situation.

Xiao Cui smiled slightly: "Official Li can rest assured, as long as you become the Third Princess's advisor, and the Third Princess becomes the prince's consort, at the very least, she can help Official Li become a Third-Rank Vice Minister."

Li Rui's eyebrows lifted.

Such a big tone.

Third-Rank was called a high official precisely because a Third-Rank official, even in the capital, was an incredible big shot and someone who could attend the morning court.

That Third Princess wanted to recruit him, and she opened her mouth with a Third-Rank Vice Minister of the Six Ministries; but this was the Yu Kingdom, not the Wu Kingdom, and even that Fourth Prince couldn't make whoever he wanted a Vice Minister.

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

He didn't respond.

Xiao Cui continued: "Official Li is someone highly regarded by the Great Shaman. The Great Shaman is proficient in divination, and Official Li is a person of heavenly destiny, possessing great fortune, which will be of great help to the Third Princess."

Person of heavenly destiny?

This was the first time Li Rui had heard this saying.

Xia Xiaotang spoke at the right time.

"Senior, the matter of the Divine Soul Great Elixir was discovered by Master, who secretly performed a divination, and then calculated that Senior is a person of heavenly destiny."

"The so-called person of heavenly destiny refers to a person of great fortune who can turn bad luck into good and rise to the top; staying by the side of a person of heavenly destiny can also obtain fortune."

"That's why Master recommended Senior to Third Sister."

Li Rui realized.

The Great Shaman was the world's third-ranked person and the number one shaman in the Southern Border; it was normal to have some unfathomable methods.

The only thing to be glad about was that the Great Shaman should have no hostility toward him; otherwise, with that Great Shaman's supernatural powers, he would have long ago taken action directly, no need to be so circuitous.

If the Great Shaman also took action, then the Third-Rank Vice Minister position was truly not empty talk, and as far as he knew, the Third Princess was someone with quite a few methods in the Wu Kingdom.

As long as Li Rui nodded, he would reach the goal in one step and directly achieve his ultimate goal.

It was truly tempting.

Xiao Cui stared at Li Rui and said calmly: "I hope Official Li can give the Third Princess an answer within three days."

After saying this, she prepared to take Xia Xiaotang and leave.

Just as the two women were about to turn around, Li Rui spoke slowly:

"Third Princess, I haven't reached the age of being old and dim-sighted yet; some words might as well be said directly."

The maid Xiao Cui paused her steps and turned to look at Li Rui:

"The Great Shaman truly didn't misjudge the person; Official Li, you are indeed very interesting."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 321 =====