Chapter 605: The Crown Prince's Threat

The southwest corner of the Imperial Palace.

The Scripture Pavilion.

The Yong Emperor has been in seclusion for a thousand years, and the various affairs of the court are basically decided by Chen Xi and the Crown Prince Chen Xiao, so naturally, the Scripture Pavilion had no objections to Chen Xi's request.

For the Dayong Immortal Dynasty, the ninth floor is the true core.

This Scripture Pavilion is nine stories high, and the ninth floor houses various supreme arts and divine abilities of the Royal Family, which only direct descendants of the Royal Family are qualified to practice.

After entering the Scripture Pavilion, Yin Qi headed straight for the fifth floor, because the first to fourth floors are for those below the Earth Immortal Realm, which holds little meaning for Yin Qi, and the volume of books is immense.

Take the first floor for example; Yin Qi just took a casual glance, and he preliminarily estimated there were at least ten million books.

Very quickly, Yin Qi arrived at the fifth floor.

The fifth floor is very spacious, with only a hundred or so bookshelves, filled with Jade Slips.

Each bookshelf has labels, such as cultivation methods, immortal arts, divine abilities, Artifact Refining, Alchemy, etc.; at a rough estimate, there are over one hundred thousand Jade Slips.

The focus of Yin Qi's trip is the Immortal Cultivation Hundred Trades, so he only casually looked at a few Jade Slips in the cultivation methods and immortal arts sections, and he found the Inheritance Jade Slips for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and other Immortal Cultivation Hundred Trades to be very simple, and far less comprehensive than what Longji Gongzhu gave him.

Actually, thinking about it, it is normal.

Haotian was a page to Hongjun Daozu; after he took charge of the Heavenly Court, the Immortal Cultivation Hundred Trades inheritance he brought out was naturally the most complete, and Longji Gongzhu is Haotian's daughter.

Unlike the Yong Emperor, who is likely just an Outer Disciple of the Jie Sect.

Thus, Yin Qi continued up to the sixth floor, the seventh floor, and finally arrived at the eighth floor; the cultivation methods here are still primarily for the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but the Immortal Cultivation Hundred Trades exceed the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and there are even methods for Refining Post-Heaven Spirit Treasures.

If calculated by rank, it counts as having entered the Golden Immortal Realm.

"Great!"

Yin Qi was delighted; he finally found what he wanted.

Not just Artifact Refining, but several categories like Alchemy, Array Formation, and Talismans have reached the Golden Immortal level, while others remain at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, which shows that the Yong Emperor's collection is not very comprehensive, making Yin Qi feel somewhat regretful.

If only he could enter the Heavenly Court Scripture Pavilion, or the scripture pavilions of All Sects, how good that would be.

Composing his mind, Yin Qi obtained the inheritances from the Jade Slips one by one.

There are over three thousand Jade Slips on this eighth floor; at his current rate of reception, he can finish reading them all in three days at most.

……

Immersed in the joy of obtaining inheritances, Yin Qi was completely unaware of the passage of time, until he sensed someone had arrived on the eighth floor, and he was jolted awake.

However, Yin Qi did not mind; although the eighth floor is rarely open to the public, direct descendants of the Royal Family can come and go freely.

He continued to pick up a Jade Slip, just about to press it to his brow, when he felt footsteps coming straight toward him.

Yin Qi could not help but turn his head, his gaze slightly narrowing.

Although it was their first meeting, Yin Qi recognized the other party; it was the current Crown Prince Chen Xiao, because when he first arrived in Yong City, he had a conflict with the Eastern Palace retainers, and he had specifically looked into the Eastern Palace.

Chen Xiao has a handsome appearance, eyes like torches, and his whole body radiates a noble air.

He stood with his hands behind his back, walking over slowly, the corners of his mouth slightly curled, carrying a faint, ambiguous smile: "You are the one called Zhetian?"

Yin Qi could only put down the Jade Slip and cup his hands: "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Chen Xiao is very conceited, slightly lifting his head as he said: "From now on, you shall follow me. I am the Crown Prince of Dayong; in the future, when Father Emperor attains the Golden Immortal Realm, this world will ultimately be mine. Following Chen Xi, you are destined to have no future."

Yin Qi wanted to laugh inside, but feigned a serious expression: "A loyal subject does not serve two masters; I am afraid I cannot accept Your Highness the Crown Prince's invitation."

Chen Xiao's brows knit together, his presence naturally imposing, and he said in a deep voice: "You are refusing me?"

Yin Qi cupped his fists: "Apologies."

Chen Xiao looked deeply at Yin Qi, his voice also turning cold: "Very well, do you know that many people have refused me before, but they have all since been reincarnated?"

Yin Qi still said calmly: "Apologies."

"Hmph!"

Chen Xiao did not say anything more, turned around, and left.

Watching Chen Xiao's departing back, Yin Qi shook his head with a light laugh.

With only this level of ability, he is still the Crown Prince of Dayong; even Yin Shou is better than him, no wonder he is kept firmly suppressed by Chen Xi.

It is only because Chen Xi is a woman; otherwise, there would be no place for Chen Xiao.

……

Three days later.

Yin Qi finally finished reading the Jade Slips on the eighth floor and walked out of the Scripture Pavilion.

Among the Jade Slips on this eighth floor, the Array Formation category was the most numerous and complete, which is perhaps because the Jie Sect is skilled in Array Formations, but among them, the Jade Slips on the principles of Array Formations were the majority, and there were not many actual Array Formations.

True great arrays can not only borrow the power of all things in Heaven and Earth, but also manipulate the laws.

The four great supreme arrays of Honghuang are all of this type.

Additionally, among the Alchemy Jade Slips, there were methods for refining dozens of types of Immortal Pills, and there were several that Yin Qi really needed, such as the Immortal Origin Pill for quickly recovering cultivation, the Heaven-Mending Pill for improving aptitude, the True Pulse Pill for stimulating bloodlines, and so on.

The rest were some Secret Techniques, which also gave Yin Qi a bountiful harvest.

……

Gongzhufu.

After listening, a look of anger flashed in Chen Xi's eyes.

She said to Yin Qi: "Fellow Daoist, you can rest assured about this matter; with me here, I will never allow the Crown Prince to touch a single hair on your head. Hmph, does he really think the retainers of my Gongzhufu are just for show?"

This time, Chen Xi was truly angry.

In the past, among the retainers she recruited, some were poached by Chen Xiao, and some were assassinated by Chen Xiao.

But out of consideration for their sibling bond, and not wanting to cause turmoil in the court, she had always adopted a method of forbearance, but the result was that the Crown Prince actually intensified his actions and even wanted to make a move against Yin Qi!

Who is Yin Qi?

This is the one hailed as the Martial Ancestor by the Martial Dao world.

Perhaps his cultivation is low right now, only at the Earth Immortal Realm, but his future achievements will certainly be limitless; even the Golden Immortal Realm is not impossible.

It could be said that she had already come to view Yin Qi as her absolute confidant and future reliance.

For Chen Xiao to make a move against Yin Qi was to shake her very foundation; how could she not be furious?

Yin Qi thanked her, saying, "Then many thanks, Princess. Princess, if there is nothing else, I shall return to the Divine Martial Gate first to take advantage of the time before the gate officially opens to improve a cultivation method for the Earth Immortal realm."

"No rush!"

Chen Xi said, "It is like this: I have received news that a treasure light is soaring into the sky overseas, suspected to be a treasure manifesting in the world. I am just about to take people there; would you like to come along?"

"Sounds good."

Yin Qi's eyes lit up, and he nodded hurriedly.

With his current cultivation, he could completely walk sideways across Honghuang, and the danger coefficient of participating in treasure-snatching was not high.

If it were an Innate Spiritual Treasure, that would be even better.

However, he was only thinking about it; as Honghuang had developed to this day, there were basically no ownerless Innate Spiritual Treasures left.

Innate Spiritual Treasures are finite, born in accordance with the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Therefore, in theory, Honghuang should possess three thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures.

But after the Dragon-Han Calamity and the Witch-Demon Calamity, many Innate Spiritual Treasures were shattered in battle, and the remaining ones were scavenged by Hongjun Daozu and the various Sages, making it difficult to find any ownerless ones again.

For a Loose Immortal like Xiao Sheng, who was also a human from the era of Zhuanxu, to be able to obtain the Falling Treasure Money was simply a miracle among miracles; calling him a Child of Luck would not be an exaggeration.

But unfortunately, his virtue did not match his treasure.

Xiao Sheng was only a Loose Immortal with no support, and he only had the cultivation of a Mysterious Immortal; he could not suppress the luck of a Superior Innate Spiritual Treasure like the Falling Treasure Money, and thus he was backlashed by it.

Even if Yin Qi had not made a move, Xiao Sheng would have been killed just as he appeared, just like in the original story.

As for Yin Qi, he was the Human Emperor, the one upon whom the Human Luck was tied; even an Innate Supreme Treasure was something he was worthy of possessing.