Chapter 1020: Imperial Garden (Second update, requesting everything)

At the first opportunity, Li Zhangsheng went to inspect the King's Secret Realm located deep within the Imperial Palace.

Looking at the open space before him, Li Zhangsheng could faintly sense the existence of the Secret Realm.

The Langya Kingdom Imperial Family had not destroyed the Secret Realm, which did not exceed Li Zhangsheng's expectations; in their hearts, they likely still held a glimmer of hope, feeling they could take it back in the future.

Hmm, as long as the Dark Night King was still alive, they indeed had the possibility of taking it back.

Li Zhangsheng had no intention of merging the Secret Realm; the reason was simple: these two Secret Realms were different from the Fire Flame Secret Realm. Because there were no Top-Grade Spiritual Roots to stabilize them, these two Secret Realms were very unstable, and once merged in, they might directly collapse.

Unless he possessed extra Top-Grade Spiritual Roots, merging these two Secret Realms would definitely do more harm than good.

This was perhaps also the main reason why the Dark Night King had not merged these two Secret Realms; of course, it was also possible that he looked down on them, as the area of a Blessed Land far exceeded that of a Secret Realm, not to mention these were two Secret Realms that had shrunk by more than half.

Li Zhangsheng did not enter the Secret Realm because the most valuable items in the Secret Realm had already been packed up and taken away by him last time; there was no need to explore.

He decided to have someone specifically responsible for managing these two Secret Realms in the future, believing that they could yield a considerable profit every year.

After leaving the Secret Realm, Li Zhangsheng searched the Imperial Palace carefully.

Last time, due to limited time, Li Zhangsheng and the others had left in a hurry, and many places had not yet been explored.

Very quickly, Li Zhangsheng arrived at the Imperial Garden.

The environment here was elegant, with birds singing and flowers fragrant; the surroundings were full of flowers on the verge of blooming, a riot of color, making one feel as if they were in the midst of nature.

In addition to a large number of ornamental flowers, there were also quite a few spiritual plants in the Imperial Garden.

Although he did not find any Top-Grade Spiritual Roots, Li Zhangsheng discovered a High-level Spiritual Root—the Hundred-Change Mimosa.

Hundred-Change Mimosa: Possesses the ability to change one's appearance and keep one's youth forever. Note: Ineffective for those with too high a charm!

For many women, the Hundred-Change Mimosa could be said to be an existence they would go crazy for.

Unfortunately, this was a High-level Spiritual Root that was hard to measure in value; even the Imperial Garden only had this one.

The Hundred-Change Mimosa was of no use to Li Zhangsheng or Ning Bizhen; there was no helping it, as they belonged to those with too high a charm—this was an indisputable fact.

Besides the Hundred-Change Mimosa, there were dozens of other varieties of mid-to-low-level spiritual roots.

Among them, what Li Zhangsheng valued most were three Ice Crystal Fruit Trees; they were laden with fruit, and judging by their color, size, and scent, they would likely be ripe in a few more days.

Li Zhangsheng possessed a Strength Top-Tier Food Recipe; if consumed over a long period, it could relatively effectively increase the strength of his Demon Pets, but due to the limited quantity of Ice Crystal Fruit, he had never been able to prepare it.

Now that he had these three Ice Crystal Fruit Trees, Li Zhangsheng could cultivate a large amount of the Strength Top-Tier Food Recipe; although it could not satisfy many people, it was more than enough to supply him and Ning Bizhen.

With a thought from Li Zhangsheng, a Secret Realm Channel appeared, and Xiaoguai emerged from the Secret Realm with several humanoid Spirit Beasts, curiously looking at the scene in the Imperial Garden.

Due to the short time for education, these few humanoid Spirit Beasts could only temporarily help Xiaoguai with odd jobs.

"Xiaoguai, I leave it to you; transplant all the spiritual plants into the Secret Realm!"

"Master, I guarantee the mission will be completed!"

Xiaoguai patted his little chest and began to carry out the work.

Li Zhangsheng did not summon the Myriad Phenomenon Spirit-Devouring Rat to help because among these humanoid Spirit Beasts were experts at Digging.

While waiting, Li Zhangsheng took out the Zining Cauldron.

Even though it was only one of the Nine Cauldrons, the Zining Cauldron still reached the Zifu Qizhen level, and because it had suppressed the Southeastern Region for a thousand years, it had obtained a large amount of Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi.

This Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi had long since merged with the Zining Cauldron; although it had not allowed the Zining Cauldron to reach the level of a Merit Supreme Treasure, it could still be called a Merit Spirit Treasure.

The greatest function of the Zining Cauldron was suppression; if used to suppress a Secret Realm, it could make the Secret Realm more stable and difficult to be destroyed by external forces.

Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power surged into the Zining Cauldron, and he could 'see' a space with a mysterious yellow luster.

This was the internal space of the Zining Cauldron; only Strange Treasures with internal space could be easily refined, while the reason why things like the broken Xuan Kun Creation Stele and the dilapidated Golden Bridge could not be refined was mainly because they had lost their internal space.

In the internal space of the Zining Cauldron, Li Zhangsheng 'saw' Dou Cangqiong.

This was Dou Cangqiong's Soul Imprint; as long as he destroyed the other party's Soul Imprint and then imprinted his own, it would signify the successful refinement of the Zining Cauldron.

While Li Zhangsheng was refining the Zining Cauldron, Dou Cangqiong, who was still rushing toward the Northern Region, saw his expression turn ashen in an instant.

The Mingcang King on the side asked curiously: "His Majesty Dark Night King, what is wrong?"

"Nothing!"

Dou Cangqiong did not explain; he knew very well that even if he explained, it would be of no use, so it was better to rush to the Northern Region as soon as possible and persuade the Profound Emperor to deal with Li Zhangsheng.

With the friendship between him and the Profound Emperor, as long as he appealed to reason and emotion, there was truly a possibility of success.

At the thought of this, a touch of ferocity appeared on Dou Cangqiong's face.

The hatred of blocking one's Dao is irreconcilable; originally, Dou Cangqiong still had a glimmer of a chance to advance further, but now he had lost his only Demon Emperor Level Demon Pet, and even his Saint Grade Spirit Pets were reduced to only five. His strength was no different from a newly promoted Double-Character King, equivalent to all his efforts over the last two or three hundred years being in vain, and where would he find another two or three hundred years?

At Dou Cangqiong's age, his remaining lifespan was less than two hundred years; unless he encountered a great opportunity, he could give up on the possibility of becoming an Emperor.

How could Dou Cangqiong not hate this, even if it was purely his own doing?

Leaving aside Dou Cangqiong's schemes, because they were like duckweed without roots, Li Zhangsheng quickly shattered Dou Cangqiong's Soul Imprint and successfully left his own Soul Imprint on the Zining Cauldron.

The next moment, the Zining Cauldron spun around, suddenly shrank, turned into a stream of light, and rushed into Li Zhangsheng's Yin Tang acupoint, falling deep into his Consciousness Sea.

The position of the Zining Cauldron was slightly higher than the Hunyuan Golden Lamp and the Sun Moon Shuttle Heavy Light Wheel, but not as high as the Gate of Light and Darkness, equivalent to the mid-stage of the Zifu Qizhen level.

The entire refinement process took less than an hour.

Li Zhangsheng glanced at the progress, and seeing that it would still take some time, he took out the Biluohuangquan Twin Swords.

Li Zhangsheng had more than just ordinary expectations for this pair of combination swords.

Judging from the memory of the Hundred Victories King, as long as the Biluo Sword and Huangquan Sword were combined, their power could rival a Langhuan Supreme Treasure.

Unfortunately, the Biluo Sword was damaged; not only did its power plummet, but crucially, Li Zhangsheng discovered that the internal space of the Biluo Sword had been destroyed and could not be refined.

The damaged Biluo Sword already had a significant gap with the Huangquan Sword, and the inability to refine it further widened the gap between them, directly causing the power of the combined swords to shrink further; it was feared that it could only exert the power of a top-tier Zifu Qizhen.

(End of chapter)