Chapter 544: Dragon Slaying

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

Li Rui said.

"Good!"

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

The Imperial Preceptor's title of third in the world was no empty name.

With the dragon vein added to his body, his strength was even more unfathomable.

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

With Gao Tianxia alone, he could suppress the world's Qi, ensuring the Imperial Preceptor could stir up no waves.

"Seven days from now, there will be the phenomenon of the Heavenly Dog eating the moon. The dragon vein's Qi 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 it in 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.

Such great 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 method was, of course, to kill him.

His own strength was insufficient.

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

Even if they couldn't kill him, they had to ensure the Imperial Preceptor had no heart left to attend to other matters.

Matters involving a First-Rank Earth Immortal were certainly not for a Second-Rank like him to intervene in.

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

The difference between them was as vast as heaven and earth.

Let's put it this way.

An existence like the Imperial Preceptor only needed to glance once, and a Heavenly Phenomenon Realm cultivator would die.

That was how overbearing they were.

Battles at this level could no longer be compensated for by numbers; sending more people was useless. He only needed to let Duke Dingyuan and Zheng Yannian take action, while he waited quietly for news.

Li Rui returned to his room.

And then continued to practice his punches.

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

Strength is the greatest reliance.

If Li Rui could prove 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 directly, like his Private Secretary.

He gathered his focus.

Li Rui assumed a stance and practiced meticulously.

Likewise.

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

Half the effort, twice the result!

In the Ten Thousand Mountains, within a mist-shrouded valley.

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

His eyes were full of wariness.

It was only three days ago.

That he learned an old eunuch at the First-Rank Earth Immortal realm was hidden within the 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 eyes closed, controlling the Dragon-Locking Array, and spoke indifferently: "Very well, I know."

"Yes."

Zhou Tong was anxious.

But with the Imperial Preceptor like this, he could only assume the Imperial Preceptor had long since prepared a countermeasure.

Just as he was about to leave.

He heard the Imperial Preceptor speak slowly: "By the way, prepare for the matter regarding Li Rui; we shall 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, which was already more than half-eaten at the horizon.

The Heavenly Dog eating the moon was an omen of disaster.

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

But after becoming the Peace-Keeping Order,

Li Rui knew that ominous heavenly phenomena could truly affect a nation's Qi. Why was it said that the Heavenly Dog eating the moon foretold war and disaster?

It was because the Qi declined, leaving more flaws, naturally making it easier to invite the prying eyes of enemies.

Not even a quarter of an hour later.

The last trace 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 tonight will be hard to find peace."

He shook his head.

Zheng Yannian and Duke Dingyuan had already left; he assumed they had arrived by now.

After tonight.

Regardless of the outcome, the Yu Kingdom would change.

Li Rui patted Yuan An on the shoulder: "Xiaohu, don't sleep tonight; staying up late isn't bad. Young people, where is the logic in sleeping early and rising early?"

Hearing his master say this.

Yuan An couldn't help but have his mouth twitch.

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

'This is what a famous master is!'

Yuan An believed firmly.

If his master were the same as those 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 strange phenomenon.

Fixing the dragon vein was a major event.

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

Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.

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

Dragon-Seeking Masters often cast admiring glances his way.

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 millennium, apart from the Imperial Preceptor, no one else had this ability.

Now that the evil Qi of the dragon vein had been suppressed, in less than three years.

The dragon vein would be complete!

At that time, they, these Dragon-Seeking Masters, would also receive a great fortune; breaking through their realms on the spot was not impossible.

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

If not for the Imperial Preceptor, it would all be empty dreams.

Just as the last trace of moonlight vanished, the originally calm Dragon-Locking Array suddenly erupted; some of the lower-cultivation Dragon-Seeking Masters even spat out a mouthful 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 silently could naturally only be First-Rank Earth Immortals!

The old Dragon-Seeking Master looked at the backs of the two, 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 Duke Dingyuan.

'What on earth has happened?'

It wasn't just the old Dragon-Seeking Master; it was the inner voice of all the Dragon-Seeking Masters present.

At this moment.

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 you from the death penalty!"

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, overnight, had they become rebels?

Before the quick-witted could retreat.

They heard a miserable cry.

They saw some of the lower-cultivation Dragon-Seeking Masters explode, turning into a mist of blood.

One... two...

In just an instant.

Only a few remained of the hundred-plus Dragon-Seeking Masters.

The old Dragon-Seeking Master called out "Master" with a trembling voice, then spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed, dead; his blood Qi even turned into nourishment for the Dragon-Locking Array!

The evil Qi that had already been suppressed suddenly surged several times over.

The blood Qi soared to the sky, transforming into a dragon, but this dragon had no scales or armor; it was a bone dragon!

Everything had been premeditated; it happened too fast.

It was too late to stop it; they only heard Duke Dingyuan shout in shock and anger:

"You want to slay the dragon?!"

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