Chapter 600

"Big Brother, guess what they are saying outside?"

Ning Zhongtian said with a grin.

Li Rui had already returned to East Sea City, and the Guniu Immortal Dynasty affair had also been brought back by True Person Changgeng and Tan Yu—especially Tan Yu, who had long ago compiled Li Rui's heroic deeds in the Guniu Immortal Dynasty into a storybook.

It had already spread throughout Shenxiao City and even reached Taihua Prefecture.

Eating melons (gossiping) was always a human instinct.

Immortal cultivators were also human and could not avoid being vulgar.

"Saying what?"

"Saying: 'Better to provoke the Vice City Lord, never provoke Li Changqing.'"

Li Rui: "..."

He did not know where this rumor had spread from.

Saying he had forced the Holy Emperor of the Guniu Immortal Dynasty to his death single-handedly and crippled two First-Ranks of the Immortal Dynasty.

Fine.

Although the result was correct, Li Rui had actually preserved that lineage of Gao Peng, having already arranged for Gao Peng's grandson to be an idle prince in the Yu Kingdom, not letting Gao Peng's lineage be completely cut off.

He was clearly a great philanthropist.

Although leaving Gao Peng's grandson was also to facilitate the annexation of the Guniu Immortal Dynasty.

But in the eyes of outsiders.

That was just too ruthless.

It was said that in the mortal dynasties, he already had the effect of stopping infants from crying.

Li Rui chuckled: "Actually, I am truly a good person."

But just looking at Ning Zhongtian's expression, one knew this rebuttal was truly somewhat weak.

In the end, no one knew his painstaking efforts.

However, this Guniu Immortal Dynasty affair was considered perfectly resolved.

Leaving the Southern Bright Li Fire in Bai Yujing and using thunderous methods to suppress the Guniu Immortal Dynasty avoided a riot.

Two great merits.

Two portions of fortune.

Very reasonable.

No one could pick out any faults.

The old man from Wan Fadian was even beaten to death by Private Secretary Gao Tianxia, not even having time to escape his spiritual embryo.

It was said that because of this matter.

Vice City Lord Chong Hua had restrained himself a great deal, not daring to provoke him again at all.

A hard fist was the foundation, and it was the deterrent.

Besides this.

Li Rui also learned the ins and outs of the matter from Private Secretary Gao Tianxia.

In short.

It was that the Heavenly Human ancestor of the Guniu Immortal Dynasty had privately hidden the Southern Bright Li Fire, wishing to use it to break through, but it required sacrificing the Qi luck of a dynasty; Gao Peng joined forces with Wan Fadian to secretly kill his own ancestor.

Everything was originally done seamlessly.

It was just a pity that their fate was bad.

A True Monarch of Bai Yujing cultivated the Dao of Dynastic Succession.

This was a very special Great Dao, similar to the Longevity Dao of the Longevity Dao Lord, except for one extra point: every time he witnessed the change of an immortal dynasty, he could increase his cultivation once.

That True Monarch had suffered Dao wounds not long ago.

The affair of the Guniu Immortal Dynasty's grandfather and grandson was the cause, and that True Monarch was there to take the fruit.

That City Lord Yu of Shenxiao City had received the order of that True Monarch, having long ago sent Private Secretary Gao Tianxia and Chong Hua to the Guniu Immortal Dynasty, just to slay that old man from Wan Fadian, suppress the Guniu Immortal Dynasty's rebellion, and call it a "dynastic change."

And Jiang Linxian was merely pushing the boat with the current, inserting people in the middle to intercept a portion of the fortune.

It was considered each taking what they needed.

Yes.

In the eyes of those great powers, an immortal dynasty was also just an object.

Li Rui returned to his room.

A small flame floated before him.

This object was precisely the origin of the Southern Bright Li Fire.

Although he did not cultivate the Great Dao of Fire, the Southern Bright Li Fire was still a great fortune for him; it could be refined with the Immortal Dao and then transformed into nourishment for the Immortal Dao, which was a great supplement for his Dao foundation.

It was enough for him to cultivate to the late stage of the Dao Body in one breath.

One must know that climbing the immortal path was always harder the further one went.

Twenty years could take one from the early stage to the mid-stage, but from the mid-stage to the late stage might take a hundred years, and many people would directly encounter a bottleneck and stop moving forward.

Generally speaking.

Once one obtained a suppression object, one would use it at the final breakthrough.

But unfortunately, Li Rui had no bottlenecks at all. That was why he could be so wasteful, directly using the suppression object to accelerate his cultivation.

However.

Li Rui had other plans.

It was precisely because of the Gao family's ancestral divine ability, the Heavenly Flame Divine Fire Art.

Immortal cultivation techniques were actually divided into two categories.

One was Immortal Law, and one was Immortal Art.

Immortal Law was the foundation of the realm, focusing more on tempering and enlightenment; Immortal Art was the body of killing and change, which was the reliance for immortal cultivators in battle.

And a divine ability was the best among Immortal Arts.

Its power was truly overbearing.

And this ancestral Heavenly Flame Divine Fire Art of the Gao family was a divine ability, an extremely brilliant fire-controlling divine ability.

The reason Li Rui was interested.

Was because of a technique within the Heavenly Flame Divine Fire Art.

Blood Burning Seven Turns.

The function of this technique was to use one's own body as fuel, burning potential to erupt with powerful combat strength in a short time.

It required divine fire of the Southern Bright Li Fire level to cultivate.

Once refined to the Seventh Turn.

One could even erupt with more than seven times one's own combat strength.

It was truly incomparably overbearing.

More importantly, Li Rui discovered that the aftereffect of using Blood Burning Seven Turns was Dao wounds, but he happened to cultivate the Immortal Dao, which emphasized a "beginningless and endless" cycle that could heal Dao wounds on its own.

It was equivalent to gaining combat strength for free.

It was truly a must-have divine skill for saving one's life, killing and robbing—phew, slaying demons and eliminating devils.

Li Rui was still very young.

He did not lack that bit of time.

But as for trump cards, of course, the more the better.

When he was a groom, he already understood the principle that "having many skills does not weigh one down."

"Li Hou, long time no see; His Majesty misses you every day."

Eunuch Zheng said with a smile.

Li Rui: "Eunuch Zheng, have you brought some good news again?"

Eunuch Zheng's face was full of joy: "Good news, great news! The Bai Yujing Elder Council has already issued an order: the Guniu Immortal Dynasty is merged into our Great Yu, and Li Hou has made the immortal merit of opening up territory, destined to leave a name for a hundred generations."

Regarding this.

Li Rui was not surprised in the slightest.

After all, these were actually all Jiang Linxian's arrangements.

Even without him, the Guniu Immortal Dynasty would have collapsed and then been annexed by Great Yu.

It was just that he had handled the matter beautifully.

Although he forced Gao Peng to his death, he left behind the Gao family's direct bloodline and even conferred the title of Prince of the Yu Kingdom.

This prevented those old ministers of the Guniu Immortal Dynasty from openly carrying out their "righteous act of restoring the country."

Did one not see that Chu Hu and Du Ming had become court officials of the Yu Kingdom?

It was just like the founding emperor recruiting the Duke of Wei back then.

He had already achieved the "Eternal Immortal Dynasty" achievement; helping the Yu Kingdom was equivalent to helping himself.

Just as this thought arose.

Lines of small characters appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the Eternal Immortal Dynasty plot—Opening the Immortal Domain.】

【Territory is extremely important to an immortal dynasty; only sufficient territory can cultivate powerful immortal cultivators. The host has opened up territory for the immortal dynasty and made a great contribution; please continue to work hard!】

【Task "Opening the Immortal Domain" completed; reward being calculated...】

【Task rating: B.】

【Obtained 30 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 60】

【Talent: Superb Comprehension, Wisdom Eye, Great Dream Immortal Travel, Demon-Suppressing Victory, Innate Immortal Martial Dao Fetus】

【Technique: Eternal Evergreen Art, True Martial Nourishing Soldier Art, Vast Sea Green Lotus Visualization Chart, Immortal Dao Evergreen Visualization Chart, Immortal-Slaying Formation Chart】

【Item: Spirit-Raising Book】

【Achievement: 30/100】

(End of chapter)