Chapter 460

Although compared to his own Sun Wheel realm cultivation base.

This bonus isn't significant, but even a mosquito is still meat—certainly not to be wasted.

Jiang Daoxuan gradually calmed his mind and turned his gaze to the final reward.

【Spear Stele: Special item, capable of storing up to Spear King-level spear aura for one full year; after the aura dissipates, it may be refilled with new spear aura.】

【Effect: Perfectly isolates the spear aura within the Stele from causing spiritual harm to outsiders, safely allowing cultivation to be studied...】

Its effect is identical to the Sword Stele, aiding clan members in faster comprehension of spear intent.

Since he himself had not yet mastered spear intent, he could not refill it.

However, Jiang Daoxuan had already made his plan—he intended to seek out Jiang Ming later to refill it.

After all, the man possessed perfected spear intent, the highest spear cultivation attainable across the entire Cangwu Mountains.

As thoughts surged, Jiang Daoxuan slowly withdrew his gaze.

He immediately retrieved the Sixfold Divine Iron and the Wanswu Mother Qi Cauldron, beginning their fusion!

As the ancestral hall sank into deathly silence, powerful, inconceivable energies began to well forth.

On the other side.

Yanling Prefecture.

Prefect's Hall.

A middle-aged man, clad in yellow brocade robes and sporting a mustache, sat upon an exquisitely ornate chair inlaid with jewels, his demeanor naturally commanding.

Beside him lay a massive, sullen white ram.

Its huge, fiery red eyes gazed listlessly at the surroundings.

It radiated an aura of utter despair at all times.

Before the middle-aged man knelt a Xuan Shui Guard, dressed in uniform and wielding a saber at his waist.

Listening as the Xuan Shui Guard reported messages received from headquarters.

Gu Zheng, the Yanling Prefect, immediately wore an intrigued expression.

Then he couldn't help but sneer:

"Sima Nan is truly a waste!"

"To be slain by a local clan lord within his own territory—how disgraceful to the imperial court!"

"How could such a pitiful creature ever become a prefect? I am ashamed to be counted among his kind!"

With his formidable Sun Wheel ninth-layer cultivation base, not a single soul in Yanling Prefecture could stand against him!

In Yanling Prefecture, Gu Zheng was heaven itself—no faction dared defy his words.

Thus, he looked down even more contemptuously on Sima Nan's pathetic state.

After mocking him thoroughly,

Upon hearing the decree issued by Qin Wang,

Gu Zheng sneered:

"What is the Great King playing at? A newly risen clan from a remote backwater, lacking depth and heritage—how dare he demand I, a prefect, lower myself and treat them with courtesy before force?"

As a prefect of an upper-tier prefecture, he naturally looked down upon Tiandou Prefecture, a lower-tier prefecture.

At this moment, the Xuan Shui Guard noticed the prefect's displeasure.

Fearing the man might act rashly and violate Qin Wang's decree, thereby implicating himself,

He hastily added: "My lord, this decree was not originally proposed by the Great King..."

"Oh? Then who proposed this foolish decision?"

"Jiang Daoxuan of the Cangwu Jiang Clan openly defied the imperial court's dignity by killing Sima Nan, the prefect."

"Yet I, as an official of the court, am not to hold him accountable first—but instead to treat him with courtesy? If this spreads, what will people think of me?"

Under Gu Zheng's furious gaze,

The Xuan Shui Guard's face twisted into an expression on the verge of tears, trembling: "B-but... this was the State Master's suggestion..."

"Hmph! So what if it was the State Master's? Wait—what did you say?!"

Gu Zheng suddenly realized, his face freezing in shock.