Chapter 749: Half a Dao Lord

"Zhu Qingshan, the one who suppresses the mountains alone?!"

Hearing this name—

Li Rui felt a slight surprise in his heart.

It is no wonder he thought so, as the reputation of this old Master Zhu was truly too great, and he had heard of him long ago.

Just say one thing—

Tenth on the Heaven Register is named Zhu Qingshan.

Jiang Linxian nodded with a smile: "Exactly."

"This old Master Zhu is actually the reincarnation of the Qingshan Dao Lord from eight hundred years ago; he is now equivalent to half a Dao Lord."

Half a Dao Lord!

Li Rui raised his eyebrows.

This evaluation is extremely unusual.

A Fufeng Zhenjun is a Fufeng Zhenjun, and a Dao Lord is a Dao Lord; they are clearly distinguished. A Dao Lord is the fruit ripening and falling, the spokesperson of a Great Dao in the human world. Compared to that, a Fufeng Zhenjun has an essential difference.

Jiang Linxian said "half a Dao Lord"—

Meaning that old Master Zhu had very likely already mastered part of a Dao Lord's abilities.

Jiang Linxian: "Master Zhu has no hope of attaining the Dao Lord fruit position in this life, but his foundation remains, and he has quite a reputation in the Shenxu Immortal Dynasty."

More than just quite a reputation.

The reason the Shenxu Immortal Dynasty could rise to become the head of the Immortal Dynasties in the world, besides the inheritance left by the Green Emperor, was very importantly the Shenlu Academy.

It can even be said—

The Shenxu Immortal Dynasty has always been governed by the imperial court and the academy together.

More than half of the third-rank officials in the court come from the Shenlu Academy, not to mention the scholars spread throughout the entire Shenxu Immortal Dynasty.

That Master Zhu has an extremely high status in the Shenlu Academy.

He is even the master of the current Minister of Personnel of the Shenxu Immortal Dynasty.

Getting a position as a Scholar of the Hongwen Pavilion is really not a difficult thing.

Even if he is an outsider.

Jiang Linxian: "Brother Li, you can cultivate here with peace of mind; you can wait until you become a Fufeng Zhenjun before going back. This old Master Zhu was once familiar with Ancestor Zhong Zheng; if you have any questions in the future, you can ask him for clarification."

Li Rui asked: "Is Brother Jiang leaving again?"

"The Ascension Platform is about to open, so I must go and try."

Jiang Linxian did not avoid Li Rui at all.

"Ascension Platform..."

Li Rui narrowed his eyes slightly.

Even a genius like Jiang Linxian needs to rely on the Ascension Platform to have a chance to compete for the Dao Lord fruit position.

It is not strange to think about it.

Although Jiang Linxian has always been called the person closest to a Dao Lord in Bai Yujing, he is only closer than other True Lords, and it is still extremely difficult.

Seeing that even old Master Zhu, a reincarnation of a Dao Lord who broke the "Secret of the Womb," failed to re-enter the Dao Lord realm, one can see the hardship.

"Good luck, Brother Jiang."

"I'll take your auspicious words, Brother."

Jiang Linxian laughed loudly, then his body vanished into thin air.

Afterward—

Li Rui cultivated in the courtyard as before.

Cui He and Gu Changsheng were enjoying the cool in the courtyard, discussing interesting things in Shenxu City.

Suddenly—

A knock sounded at the door.

Before they even opened the door, Cui He frowned slightly: "Shenxu Guards?"

Gu Changsheng also stood up, a flash of wariness in his eyes.

That day, the Shenxu Guards chased a Soul Division expert through the city in a miserable state; even if he didn't die, he was at least Dao-wounded, and his immortal path was cut off.

The two of them remembered it quite clearly.

In front of the Shenxu Guards, the names of the Heaven-Machine clan and the Cui family were not so useful.

Just as the two were suspicious—

They saw Li Rui had already walked out of the small room, pushing open the courtyard door with a calm face.

"Congratulations, Scholar Li."

An official in purple robes bowed in congratulation.

"Scholar?"

Hearing this, Cui He and Gu Changsheng looked at each other in dismay.