Chapter 544: Dragon Slaying

"The Private Secretary has already agreed to take action."

Li Rui said.

"Good!"

Zheng Yannian and the Marquis of Duke Dingyuan, Liao Qi, both slapped the table, excitement flashing in their eyes.

The Imperial Preceptor's title as the third in the world was not just for show.

With the dragon vein attached to him, his strength was truly unfathomable.

But if that number one in the world were to take action, then success would be all but guaranteed.

With that one person standing above the world, he could suppress the world's fortune, ensuring the Imperial Preceptor could stir up no waves.

"Seven days from now, there will be a 'heavenly dog eating the moon' phenomenon. The dragon vein's fortune will be suppressed; it is the perfect time to strike."

Zheng Yannian said.

Liao Qi nodded: "Then it shall be in seven days."

The two settled the matter in just a few words.

Li Rui just listened from the side.

To get his Private Secretary to take action, he had even personally made a trip to East Sea City.

Putting in such effort.

Naturally, it was for the same enemy: the Imperial Preceptor.

The Imperial Preceptor knew of his Dao Embryo and had once harbored murderous intent toward him. For such a person, the best solution was, of course, to kill him.

His own strength was insufficient.

But since the Yu Kingdom's imperial court shared his goal, he naturally had to help.

Even if they couldn't kill him, they had to ensure the Imperial Preceptor had no heart to attend to anything else.

Matters concerning a First-Rank Earth Immortal were certainly not something he, a Second-Rank, could intervene in.

Don't look at it as just a single rank difference.

The gap between them was like heaven and earth.

Let's put it this way.

For an existence like the Imperial Preceptor, a single glance would be enough to kill a Heaven-Observing Realm cultivator.

That was how overbearing he was.

Battles at this level could no longer be compensated for by numbers. Sending more people would be useless. He just needed to wait for the Marquis of Duke Dingyuan and Zheng Yannian to take action, and he could wait for the news.

Li Rui returned to his room.

And then continued practicing his punches.

If one wants to verify the Dao through strength, one must be diligent.

Strength is the greatest reliance.

If Li Rui could verify the Dao through strength right now and step into the Earth Immortal realm, why would he need to waste so much effort on planning? He could just strike out and kill, just like his Private Secretary.

He gathered his focus.

Li Rui assumed a stance, practicing with meticulous precision.

Likewise.

The Dao Embryo youth within his Purple Mansion was also practicing punches.

Twice the result with half the effort!

In the Ten Thousand Mountains, in a valley shrouded in mist.

Zhou Tong: "Imperial Preceptor, news has come from the capital. That old eunuch has left the imperial palace; he is likely already in Yunzhou."

His eyes were full of wariness.

It was only three days ago.

That he learned there was actually a First-Rank Earth Immortal realm old eunuch hidden in the imperial palace.

No need to think.

He was definitely here to deal with the Imperial Preceptor.

Looking at the Holy Emperor's recent actions against the Gao clan, the purpose was self-evident.

He couldn't help but feel uneasy.

The Imperial Preceptor sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, controlling the Dragon-Locking Array, and spoke indifferently: "Very well, I know."

"Yes."

Zhou Tong was anxious.

But since the Imperial Preceptor was like this, he could only assume the Imperial Preceptor already had a countermeasure.

Just as he was about to leave.

He heard the Imperial Preceptor speak slowly: "By the way, regarding the matter of Li Rui, you go and prepare. We act in seven days."

A sharp glint flashed in Zhou Tong's eyes, and he nodded hurriedly:

"Yes!"

Seven days passed in a flash.

A gentle breeze blew, the moonlight was bright, and the grassland of the Qinghe hunting grounds surged like waves, indescribably peaceful.

Li Rui and Yuan An were outside enjoying the moon.

"There really is a 'heavenly dog eating the moon'."

Yuan An looked in amazement at the bright moon in the sky, which was already more than half-eaten.

A heavenly dog eating the moon is an omen of disaster.

In Li Rui's past life, he would have known it was just a lunar eclipse, a natural phenomenon, nothing more than a coincidence.

But after becoming the Peace-Establishing Order.

Li Rui knew that ominous heavenly phenomena could truly affect a nation's fortune. Why is it said that a heavenly dog eating the moon foretells war and disaster?

It is because fortune declines and flaws increase, making it naturally easier for enemies to spy on the nation.

Not even a quarter of an hour later.

The last sliver of moonlight was swallowed by the heavenly dog.

The entire Ten Thousand Mountains were shrouded in endless darkness, the vast mountains giving off an endless sense of oppression.

Li Rui cast his gaze toward a spot in the Ten Thousand Mountains.

That was exactly where the dragon head of the Ten Thousand Mountains dragon vein was located.

"I fear there will be no peace tonight."

He shook his head.

Zheng Yannian and the Marquis of Duke Dingyuan had already left; they must have arrived by now.

After tonight.

Regardless of the outcome, the Yu Kingdom would change.

Li Rui patted Yuan An on the shoulder: "Little Tiger, don't sleep tonight. Staying up late isn't bad; after all, for young people, who says you have to sleep early and wake up early?"

Hearing his master say this.

Yuan An couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He observed that the seniors in Qinghe all urged their disciples to cultivate the good habit of self-discipline, but when it came to his own master, it was completely different.

'This is what a true master is!'

Yuan An firmly believed.

If his master were the same as all the other old men, how could he demonstrate his uniqueness?

Thinking this.

He followed Li Rui into the room, obediently listening to his master's teachings.

Ten Thousand Mountains, Dragon-Locking Array.

The hundred-plus dragon-seeking masters did not panic in the slightest because of the heavenly dog eating the moon, and the Dragon-Locking Array did not waver in the slightest because of the phenomenon.

Fixing the dragon vein was a major event.

The Imperial Preceptor was the leader of the world's geomancers, so he had naturally observed the heavenly phenomena long ago and deduced that today would be the day of the heavenly dog eating the moon.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.

Sitting in the center of the array, the Imperial Preceptor, acting as the array eye, had a face as calm as an ancient well.

From time to time, dragon-seeking masters cast looks of admiration.

Fixing the dragon vein was the lifelong pursuit of countless dragon-seeking masters.

The Ten Thousand Mountains dragon vein was too strong.

Looking back at the Yu Kingdom's thousand-year history, besides the Imperial Preceptor, no one else had this ability.

Now that the dragon vein's evil energy had been suppressed, in less than three years.

The dragon vein would be complete!

At that time, these dragon-seeking masters would also receive a great stroke of fortune; it was not impossible for them to break through their realms on the spot.

All this fortune was to be credited to the Imperial Preceptor.

If not for the Imperial Preceptor, it would all be wishful thinking.

Just as the last sliver of moonlight vanished, the previously calm Dragon-Locking Array suddenly erupted. Some of the lower-cultivation dragon-seeking masters spat out mouthfuls of blood and collapsed, unconscious.

Someone was attacking the array!

One of the most senior dragon-seeking masters widened his eyes.

"Who is it?"

Just as his shout began.

He saw two people appear out of thin air in the center of the array, only a zhang away from the Imperial Preceptor.

Those who could enter the Dragon-Locking Array without a sound could naturally only be First-Rank Earth Immortals!

The old dragon-seeking master looked at the backs of the two people, his eyes full of disbelief.

Originally, he thought it was the North Pole Demon Sect coming to destroy the dragon vein, but he never expected that one of them was actually the Yu Kingdom's Marquis of Duke Dingyuan.

'What on earth has happened?'

This was the inner voice not just of the old dragon-seeking master, but of all the dragon-seeking masters present.

At this moment.

The Marquis of Duke Dingyuan's voice rang out: "Yuan Xuanming intends to rebel; his nine clans shall be executed. If you repent now, His Majesty is merciful and may spare your lives!"

Rebellion?!

The dragon-seeking masters before the Dragon-Locking Array only felt it was absurd.

They were clearly about to become heroes of the Great Yu; why had they become rebels overnight?

Before the quick-witted could retreat.

They heard a miserable cry.

They saw some of the lower-cultivation dragon-seeking masters explode, turning into mists of blood.

One... two...

In just an instant.

Of the hundred-plus dragon-seeking masters, only a few remained.

The old dragon-seeking master called out to his master with a trembling voice, then spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed, dead. His blood energy turned into nutrients for the Dragon-Locking Array!

The previously suppressed evil energy suddenly surged several times over.

Blood energy soared to the sky, transforming into a dragon, but this dragon had no scales; it was a bone dragon!

Everything had been premeditated; it happened too fast.

It was too late to stop it. They only heard the Marquis of Duke Dingyuan shout in shock and anger:

"You want to slay the dragon?!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 545 =====