Chapter 484: Breakthrough

The 133rd year of Yuanfeng, Spring.

Great Yu ushered in a rare period of peace and prosperity.

The immortal cultivators within the territory became much more obedient, and the war with the Arctic Immortal Sect in the north had also been quiet for five years.

Daoist academies gradually rose.

For a time, immortal cultivation became a trend, faintly having the posture of standing side by side with martial artists.

Under the vigorous promotion of Grand Secretary Zhang.

Seeds of immortal cultivation sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain; perhaps in a hundred years, the Yu Kingdom would be a different scene.

In later generations, it was called the "Rule of Yuanfeng."

Seeing this scene.

The Emperor's laughter during court sessions was much more frequent than before.

"Little Li, tell me, what's going on in this world? Every little brat is shouting and yelling to go cultivate immortality, and the number of people coming to the martial arts hall is getting fewer every year."

He Qiannian drank a large bowl of wine in depression.

That's right.

He Qiannian came to the capital.

It wasn't because of official business, but simply because he felt stifled in the Thousand Crane Martial Arts Hall in Qinghe and wanted to change to a place to stay.

Could he not be stifled?

Now, many good seedlings in the Thousand Crane Martial Arts Hall were shouting to go to the Daoist academy to cultivate immortality, and there were fewer people practicing martial arts than before.

It even reached He Qiannian's ears.

He knew it had already become a trend.

The decline of the Martial Path was inevitable.

He Qiannian didn't stop it, nor was he angry, just feeling it was a pity.

Li Rui: "This is the trend of the times; those who want to learn martial arts will still learn."

"The principle is that principle."

He Qiannian sighed.

But the depression on his face didn't decrease at all.

He was someone who was nostalgic, and he was truly afraid that when this batch of old guys all died, the Martial Path would be completely cut off.

Li Rui didn't persuade him much.

The Martial Path is a way out for poor mud-legged people, but for children of noble families, immortal cultivation is a more comfortable path.

Just look at the body cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World.

It was a different path to begin with; the Martial Path wouldn't go extinct, but decline was inevitable.

And looking at the posture of the Emperor and Grand Secretary Zhang, it was clearly to build Great Yu into an eternal immortal dynasty.

Not to mention the Daoist academies.

Even those great Daoist sects were all turning to cultivate immortality one by one.

This was the trend of the times.

He Qiannian said, then looked at Li Rui again: "Even you, kid..."

He didn't continue.

Because he also understood that in the long run, Li Rui's dual cultivation of immortality and martial arts was the right path.

That was why he was even more depressed.

At this moment.

Li Rui slowly raised his palm, then curled his five fingers slightly, and grabbed towards the void in front.

He Qiannian's eyes lit up suddenly.

He cheered:

"Wonderful!"

He saw that in Li Rui's hand, there were actually wisps of Dao rhyme, which he held firmly in his hand.

What made He Qiannian happy was not Li Rui's comprehension of Dao rhyme.

But that this move of Li Rui's was clearly his Great Henglian!

It was just much more exquisite than the Great Henglian he taught Li Rui.

He Qiannian was so excited that he trembled all over.

He knew very well what this represented, which was the future of the Martial Path!

Li Rui smiled slightly.

"If Senior He wants to learn, I can teach."

He Qiannian was stunned, then scolded with a laugh: "You little brat."

Wasn't this exactly what he said to Li Rui thirty years ago?

'Is this the thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river?'

He was amused by his own thoughts.

This move of Li Rui's was the Great Henglian he improved after combining the True Martial Nourishing Soldier Art and the Wan Gu Chang Qing Gong, so it was naturally extraordinary.

He Qiannian took a fierce breath:

"Learn!"

Then he couldn't help but be curious: "Are you kid about to break through?"

Ever since Li Rui helped him condense his Qi form, he finally accumulated and broke out to the mid-stage of the Profound Realm; he wasn't a fool, and could completely see that Li Rui performing this move was clearly a sign of being close to the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.

Li Rui laughed and nodded:

"Indeed, it's soon."

Hearing Li Rui's words, He Qiannian immediately widened his eyes.

Good heavens.

It seemed like it was only twenty years since Li Rui broke through to the Profound Realm, and he was about to break through again.

In other words.

This speed was completely no less than the Soldier Saint Yuan Dingting.

He Qiannian was almost suffocating.

He seemed to have already seen a future land immortal who would dominate one side about to appear.

First Rank!

These two words were simply too heavy.

Five hundred years ago, that was the existence of the top three in the world.

It was only after that immortal calamity that the number of First Rank experts increased, but even so, among the billions of people in the world, they were extremely, extremely rare.

Li Rui didn't tell He Qiannian.

He wasn't just about to break through.

He was about to reach the early stage of the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm and form the fetus.

Inside the Imperial Palace.

In an elegant courtyard.

The Fifth Prince, Zhu Gan, was seriously flipping through the ancient scrolls in his hand in the courtyard.

These years.

He hadn't participated in the most important matters of the royal family and had always been in the palace peacefully compiling history.

On the contrary, it was his Fourth Brother.

Appearing more and more frequently in the court.

Regarding this.

Zhu Gan didn't panic at all.

Panic for what?

A prince born to a lowly maid from the countryside, just having a Witch tribe woman to support him, could he compare to him?

Dreaming.

"Is this Father's deep meaning?"

Zhu Gan's mouth lifted slightly.

Now he understood; his father calling him to compile history was to make him cultivate his character and not be as impatient as before.

After flipping through ancient books over these years.

Zhu Gan was indeed more steady.

Gradually, he even liked this feeling.

In fact, he wasn't as irritable as the world knew; on the contrary, he was a silent and taciturn character when he was young.

It was just that later, his mother specifically taught him, and he intentionally revealed another side.

Now called to compile history, it was very much in line with his wishes.

Regarding what happened back then, he had no guilt at all.

If he hadn't eaten Chang Xuan, how could he have had the comeback today?

If he were still that Wei Wang who failed to break through to the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm and remained in the Profound Realm for a lifetime, his final outcome might have been to become a pitiful prince imprisoned in the capital by the next emperor.

Zhu Gan was thinking.

An old man brought a burly man and walked in.

It was his confidant, Zhou Tong and Ben Shi.

"Your Highness."

Although Zhu Gan had been stripped of his title of Wei Wang because of that matter, Zhou Tong still called Zhu Gan Your Highness and had never changed.

"Old Zhou."

Zhu Gan saw Zhou Tong appear, put down the book in his hand, and stood up.

Clearly.

Cultivating character was just on the surface; he hadn't changed in his bones.

Zhu Gan just found a reason to hide it better.

"How did the matter go?"

Zhou Tong smiled slightly, then took out a small booklet from his sleeve.

Zhu Gan took the booklet.

Opened it and looked.

There were three names written on it, among which was Li Rui.

Apart from Li Rui, the other two were the most genius figures of the Immortal Sect, all in the Profound Realm.

To step into a land immortal, he still needed the most extreme bone.

Apart from the names.

The booklet also contained tens of thousands of small words, all about the intelligence of the three people.

Zhu Gan's smile grew wider.

He listened to his uncle, the Imperial Preceptor, and became more patient.

Over these years, he hadn't made any extra moves, just secretly collecting intelligence.

The person on the booklet was the target he chose for soul-shifting and bone-changing.

Zhu Gan finally stayed on Li Rui's name for a long time.

For him.

Li Rui was an excellent target.

Just because he is a prince, and Li Rui is a subject.

Although killing him is also extremely troublesome, compared to those other two Immortal Sect Elders, the difficulty is already the lowest.

Zhou Tong seemed to see Zhu Gan's thoughts and spoke at the right time: "Your Highness, that Li Rui has monstrous talent; we must act quickly. Why don't I sneak into his mansion first and plant a curse to facilitate later actions."

Upon hearing this.

Zhu Gan agreed without even thinking.

If he were to kill Li Rui now, he would still need to hesitate, but just casting a curse, there was no concern.

The reason Zhou Tong was valued by the Imperial Preceptor was because he was one of the few curse masters in the world.

Curse techniques can kill people silently.

Extremely mysterious.

The number of curse masters is also countable.

Zhou Tong was one of them, and he had gone extremely far.

Watching Zhou Tong leave.

Zhu Gan felt more joy in his heart.

But he quickly took a deep breath and muttered to himself: "Endure, endure, endure."

Late at night.

"The third watch has arrived, all is safe!"

The sound of the night watchman rang out on the street.

It was already the third watch.

Almost no pedestrians could be seen.

Outside a large mansion by the Jishui Pool, a black shadow flickered, sweeping past at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, arriving under the courtyard wall.

It was Zhou Tong.

He was ordered by the Fifth Prince, Zhu Gan, to come and cast a curse.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, he could curse him to death from a thousand miles away, but Li Rui is in the Profound Realm, so even he needs to make close contact first, leave a cursed object, and only then can he start the curse.

Zhou Tong's expression was indifferent.

He is a Heavenly Phenomenon expert, while Li Rui is only in the Profound Realm.

What separates them is a chasm!

It was completely a sure thing.

But just as Zhou Tong was about to enter the mansion silently—

A wave of heaven and earth fluctuations spread out with the mansion as the center.

The next instant.

A pitch-black tribulation cloud slowly gathered overhead, with lightning flashing within it.

Zhou Tong's expression changed drastically.

This scene, he was too familiar with it.

Li Rui is about to undergo tribulation?!!!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 485 =====