Chapter 22: Vibration

The Emperor's cultivation aura dissipated, and countless palace maids and eunuchs were shaken to the ground, covered in cold sweat.

Some palace maids and eunuchs who were too close and had too weak cultivation were directly shaken to death, not even having time to let out a wail.

Hanshan City.

City Lord's Mansion.

"What? The eldest is dead?"

Sixth Prince Ji Xingzhou's teacup fell, his face full of shock.

"Your Highness, this matter seems to be the work of that Body Cultivator again. I'm afraid it will implicate you on the Imperial Lord's side!"

A strategist on the side had a face full of worry.

"What we should be worried about now is not this, but why that senior wanted to kill the eldest. Is it because of his own problem, or because of the entire Dayan Dynasty!"

"If it's the latter, then I don't need to worry about the Imperial Father's view. Whether I can return to Yan Jing City alive is a problem!"

Ji Xingzhou's words hit the nail on the head, and the strategist's forehead was covered in cold sweat upon hearing this.

"I remember the First Prince should have several Saint Grade treasures to protect himself. Even if he encountered an ordinary Emperor, he could save his life, but even so, he fell. Could this person be an Emperor Realm expert?"

"If he takes action against us, I'm afraid it will be nine deaths and one life!"

"Your Highness, let's not delay, let's hurry back to the capital!"

The strategist was worried, but Ji Xingzhou quickly calmed down, a light surging in his eyes.

"No need. Even you all got the news. If that person wanted to kill me, he would have taken action long ago."

"Looking at it this way, it should be the same as the first two times. The eldest provoked this senior in some places."

"What exactly is the common point of these three things?"

Ji Xingzhou sipped his tea, looked through various intelligence reports sent by his subordinates, and not long after, he trembled all over.

"I know!"

"These three things are all related to one person!"

The strategist was not stupid either. After scanning those intelligence reports, he trembled and said.

"That person is the Jiu Gong Zhu!"

"Your Highness really has eyes like torches, finding the key point at once. It seems this matter should be the work of the Youxian Sect!"

The strategist shook his folding fan and stated his analysis.

The Sixth Prince sipped his tea, narrowed his eyes, but then shook his head.

"No. If it were the work of the Youxian Sect, then Liu Ruyan shouldn't have killed the eldest's Wang Realm subordinates in front of us!"

"Since she was going to kill those people anyway, why bother to offend our Dayan Dynasty openly?"

"What's more, that person is a Body Cultivator, and the Youxian Sect has no Body Cultivator inheritance, so it should have nothing to do with the Youxian Sect."

Now the strategist was confused.

Then he spoke again.

"If that's the case, then it must be related to the Jiu Gong Zhu's maternal clan!"

"This is indeed very possible."

Ji Xingzhou nodded, then shook his head again.

"But it's not very likely."

He spoke eloquently.

"It's true that the Chihuo Dynasty has resentment toward our imperial family, and they might be able to cultivate a Wang Realm Body Cultivator, but they shouldn't be so impulsive, first wiping out two major sects and killing seven Wang Realm powerhouses."

"Now they even dare to defy the imperial dynasty and kill my reckless imperial brother. This is completely risking a complete break with our imperial dynasty."

"Does the current Chihuo Dynasty have that strength? Do they have that courage?"

Ji Xingzhou's words completely confused the strategist, who smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness, you used to hate us for being mysterious, but now that you've grown up, you're the one being mysterious to us."

Ji Xingzhou laughed and didn't talk nonsense anymore, smiling: "Do you remember the youth on Tianjian Peak the day we went to the Youxian Sect?"

"Of course I remember. That person, with the cultivation of the Immortal Platform Realm, could actually kill a Primordial Spirit Realm powerhouse. I still remember it vividly to this day and can't forget it at all!"

The strategist also had Primordial Spirit Realm cultivation and understood how shocking this was.

"If that youth didn't use special means to cover up his cultivation, I guarantee that he might possess an Immortal Body and have a very strong inheritance to have such combat power!"

The strategist continued to analyze.

"The Youxian Sect can have such a genius. No wonder the Sect Master is not afraid of our Dayan Dynasty at all. If he is allowed to grow up, let alone unifying Qingzhou, even within the entire Southern Wilderness Thousand Prefectures, the Youxian Sect will have a place!"

Ji Xingzhou nodded.

"You are right. Anyone can see that the youth is extraordinary, but do you think it's reasonable for such a genius to stay in a place like Qingzhou?"

"And I remember he looked at the eldest with great indifference, as if he were looking at a dead person!"

The strategist's mouth opened wide, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, exclaiming.

"Your Highness, are you saying that the Body Cultivator is related to this genius youth?"

Ji Xingzhou nodded.

"I guess that Body Cultivator might be the guardian of this genius youth!"

"And this youth might come from those Shangzhou places!"

Between the major prefectures of the world, there is a distinction between Shangzhou and Xia Zhou. As the name suggests, they are superior and inferior.

Above this, there are Shengzhou and Immortal Prefecture!

Generally speaking, the Thousand Prefectures land can produce a dozen or so Shangzhou, and the rest are Xia Zhou.

Xia Zhou generally only has Emperors sitting in town, while Shangzhou has Venerables, and Shengzhou has Great Emperors!

As for the Immortal Prefecture, for the vast majority of practitioners, it is just a place in legends.

Whether it is Shengzhou or the Immortal Prefecture, they are independent worlds, and ordinary practitioners simply do not have the qualifications to enter them.

The strategist heard Ji Xingzhou's analysis and felt it made a lot of sense.

"Your Highness's words should be correct. First, the youth is too extraordinary, not like a person of this world, and second, the Body Cultivator is the same. With the two added together, only Your Highness's guess is the most correct!"

The strategist was very impressed and also very fortunate.

"Thanks to Your Highness, we didn't take action rashly, nor did we offend the youth."

"Thinking about it this way, Your Highness first had people send resources to the Jiu Gong Zhu, and later wanted to give the youth compensation for the destruction of the array. Could it be that you had expected it long ago?"

The strategist's eyes shone, but Ji Xingzhou shook his head.

"I'm not that magical, it was just to form a good relationship!"

"Having traveled for many years, I have heard of many imperial dynasties and sects being destroyed, and I have only learned one truth: bow when you should bow, and keep a low profile when you can."

"Talents emerge in large numbers in this world, and there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers everywhere. If you have ten parts of strength, only do seven parts of things, don't do ten parts, and don't exceed ten parts!"

Hearing Ji Xingzhou's words, the strategist was full of shame, secretly sighing that he had lived in vain at his age. His Highness was so young and could figure these things out, but he was already at this age and still didn't understand.

Before, these strategists were urging Ji Xingzhou to use dark tricks to win the battle for the throne, but Ji Xingzhou refused, and was crushed by the First Prince in all aspects.

Unexpectedly, he had now suffered through it and won, winning the battle for the throne while doing nothing.

"Since we have figured everything out, we can go back."

"I hope that when I tell the Imperial Father about this, he can think the same as me, not to offend the youth, and not to have any ideas about the Ninth Sister."

"Only in this way can our Dayan Dynasty be safe and stable!"

Somewhere in the Youxian Sect.

Han Yu finished killing people and returned to the peach blossom tree on Tianjian Peak, drinking wine and sleeping, as if everything that happened in the outside world had nothing to do with him. It was so comfortable and easy.

Youxian Sect, Zongzhu Peak.

Tianjian Peak Master Li Wanji was full of solemnity and personally reported the news he had just inquired about to Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan listened, and her beautiful eyes flashed repeatedly.

"Sect Master, should we send someone to negotiate with the Dayan Dynasty? After all, the First Prince left our Youxian Sect just before, and was killed right after. It's hard not to make people associate this matter with our Youxian Sect!"

Tianji Peak Master Li Wanji's face was full of anxiety, seemingly afraid of triggering chaos in Qingzhou.

Liu Ruyan was very calm, stretched, and smiled: "Your intelligence report already states that the person is a Body Cultivator, and our Youxian Sect has no Body Cultivator inheritance. How could this matter have anything to do with our Youxian Sect?"

"Alright, you don't need to worry about this matter anymore. If the Dayan Dynasty wants to cause trouble, this Emperor will handle it."

"Let alone that the First Prince was not killed by our Youxian Sect, even if he was, at worst we will just have a battle."

"What you need to care about is another matter. I believe you also know about it, regarding the Tianjian Peak Senior Brother Han Yu!"