Chapter 587

Shenxiao City returned to stability.

Li Rui spent most of his time in East Sea City cultivating hard, never daring to slack off, and his progress was naturally very gratifying.

Looking within himself.

Dao Foundation: fifty-five zhang!

In the Purple Mansion Immortal Court, the Dao Foundation Immortal Pagoda was already quite extraordinary, standing out among the many immortal halls.

As everyone knows.

In the Dao Body realm, the Dao Foundation is the foundation: thirty zhang is the early stage, sixty zhang is the mid-stage, and ninety zhang is the late stage.

Li Rui proved the Dao through strength, so he stepped directly into the early stage; now, with daily hard cultivation, he finally saw the threshold of the mid-stage.

This speed made countless cultivators envious.

On the path of immortal cultivation.

What could be more satisfying than having a harvest as long as one puts in the work?

He let out a long breath of turbid air.

He stood up slowly and pushed open the door.

He saw Ning Zhongtian and Tan Hu already standing at the door, looking like they were about to go out.

"Let's go."

Li Rui smiled faintly.

Then he threw out his magic treasure flying boat.

The figures of the three disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

In just a quarter of an hour.

The figures of Li Rui and the others appeared in the capital of the Yu Kingdom.

Looking at the increasingly towering city walls.

Li Rui couldn't help but feel emotional.

The city walls of the capital had been renovated, and they had found a famous immortal sect from Taihua Province; now, the renovated city walls could withstand a quarter of an hour of fierce attacks from a Dao Body realm expert, which could be called impregnable.

'It's looking more and more like an immortal dynasty now.'

He smiled and shook his head.

Li Rui lifted his feet and walked into the capital.

Although he had rarely returned since becoming an elder of Shenxiao City, his status as the Peace-Keeping Order of the Yu Kingdom had never changed.

Returning today was naturally because there was a major event in the imperial court that required his presence.

The Yu Kingdom was going to have a new Gu Jianzheng of the Imperial Observatory.

Not long after.

Li Rui appeared beneath the imperial city.

The guards of the imperial city all knew Li Rui's identity, so no one dared to stop him; the leader, Commander Ma of the Imperial Guard, even politely led Li Rui into the imperial palace, and soon Li Rui arrived at the Imperial Study.

Afterward.

The Holy Emperor's hearty laughter rang out in the Imperial Study.

"Changqing, we haven't seen each other for quite a few years."

Li Rui: "Indeed, time really passes quickly."

The two chatted as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other for years, showing no signs of a monarch-subject dialogue.

This was the confidence of the Dao Body realm.

Gu Changsheng and Yuan Dingting could do this before, and Li Rui could naturally do it now.

It could even be said.

The Yu Kingdom was managed by several Dao Body realm experts together with the Holy Emperor, but the Holy Emperor was just pushed out to be the external representative; the two sides had a cooperative relationship.

Since it was a cooperative relationship, there was naturally no need to be too servile.

As they were talking.

Two more people walked into the Imperial Study.

One was the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Zhang Zilu, and the other was Gu Changsheng, who was about to step down.

Except for Yuan Dingting.

The highest echelons of the Yu Kingdom were almost all gathered here.

"Lord Zhang, Brother Gu."

Li Rui smiled and cupped his hands.

Both of them nodded in acknowledgment.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Holy Emperor smiled and said: "Changqing, you also know that Changsheng is a member of the Lord Tianji Clan and ultimately cannot stay in one place for long; being able to contribute to our Yu Kingdom for a hundred years is already a great fate."

"Zilu and I discussed it and both feel that you are the most suitable person to sit in the position of Gu Jianzheng." After saying this.

The Holy Emperor didn't expect anything, nor was he nervous.

Doing this was to avoid putting pressure on Li Rui.

For the current Yu Kingdom, it didn't matter whether Li Rui took this position or not; maintaining a good relationship was what was crucial.

Li Rui first looked at Gu Changsheng.

He naturally had long known about the Lord Tianji Merchant Clan, just as the Holy Emperor said.

Gu Changsheng came to bet on the destiny of the Yu Kingdom.

Now that he had reaped the rewards, there was no need to stay any longer, so leaving was inevitable.

He then looked at Zhang Zilu.

It was said that after this imperial mender came to the immortal cultivation world, he became even more popular; even the First-Rank Red God Immortal Dynasty of Taihua Province had invited him with the position of Minister of Revenue, and his popularity was no less than that of Yuan Dingting, the Heaven-Human realm expert, but Zhang Zilu declined.

This matter was easy to understand.

A cultivator who can fight is easy to find, but a Dao Body realm expert with great ability to govern the world is too rare.

Only those who have been emperors know how comfortable it is to have a Grand Secretary who can conjure money.

Otherwise, why was it that when the founding emperor established the dynasty, the first of the twelve ministers of the Cloud Terrace was not the one with the greatest military achievements, but Grand Secretary Li, who had never been on the battlefield and managed things from the rear?

Whether it is a secular dynasty or an immortal dynasty.

Essentially, it comes down to one word.

Money, money, and more money.

Without money, there are no wars to fight, and one can't even cultivate, let alone maintain such a vast immortal dynasty.

And this moneybag of the Great Yu also looked at Li Rui with a gentle face.

Looking at the scene in the Imperial Study, Li Rui chuckled.

To be treated with such courtesy by an emperor.

He was truly becoming more and more successful.

He nodded slowly: "Since His Majesty values me, Changqing will definitely do his utmost."

Hearing Li Rui agree, the Holy Emperor let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he appeared calm, his heart was half-unsettled.

If Li Rui had refused, it would have been a huge loss for the Yu Kingdom.

"Hahaha, I truly did not misjudge Changqing. Little Zheng, handle this matter personally; this is a major event for our Yu Kingdom, so it must be done grandly—open the Altar of Heaven!"

Once these words were spoken.

Eunuch Zheng, who was on the side, couldn't remain calm.

Open the Altar of Heaven?!

That was a treatment almost equivalent to that of an emperor.

But he understood immediately after.

Li Rui was too important to the Yu Kingdom; using means to suppress him was inferior, or rather, it would only be counterproductive for an existence like Li Rui, so the best way was to use sentiment to retain him.

Eunuch Zheng had struggled in the imperial court for a lifetime.

He could almost conclude one thing.

'The nobility of the new Gu Jianzheng is the highest in the world!'

That night.

Li Rui held a banquet at his prefecture to see off Gu Changsheng.

After three rounds of drinks.

Gu Changsheng spoke for the first time about his identity as a Lord Tianji Merchant: "Brother Li, don't blame me; we Lord Tianji Merchants have always had a rule: before a deal is concluded, we cannot reveal heavenly secrets, otherwise we will surely suffer the backlash of the Heavenly Dao."

"Now there is no such concern."

"This time I made two deals in total, and I earned a fortune."

Hearing this, Li Rui raised an eyebrow: "Oh, two?"

"Brother Gu, did you invest in the Wu Kingdom again?"

Gu Changsheng laughed: "I'm not one of those boring dragon-supporting people; I have always invested in people. One is Brother Jiang, and the other is you, Brother Li."

"Me?"

Li Rui was first surprised, then suddenly understood.

No wonder Gu Changsheng's departure time was so coincidental.

He had just successfully undergone his tribulation, and Gu Changsheng was leaving; it turned out he had bet on him.

Gu Changsheng continued: "Our Brother Jiang's status is too high, so I dare not speak of it, fearing I would get entangled in karma; you will know when you see him in the future, brother."

"It is Brother Li who truly surprised me. Brother, tell me the truth, have you broken the secret of the womb?"

(End of this chapter)