Chapter 307: Reward

"... Appoint Wei Yuan as the Ningxi Military Governor, commanding all military affairs, and granted half-courtesy for entering the court.

This is the imperial decree!"

The long voice echoed over the realm. The noble family disciples behind Wei Yuan were still somewhat dazed, and the Tai Chu Palace cultivators in the distance were also confused. This official position seems a bit big?

Wei Yuan knelt on one knee and said after listening, "Thank you, King!"

Zhao Tong collected the imperial decree, handed it to Wei Yuan, and took the opportunity to hold Wei Yuan's hand, smiling, "In the future, when you see the Great King, you must call him Holy King; this point cannot be neglected."

Wei Yuan hurriedly said, "Thank you, Eunuch Zhao, for the reminder!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity to salute, he pulled his hand back without a trace.

Zhao Tong said, "Half-courtesy for entering the court, among the frontier officials of our Great Jin, you are the only one! From now on, Master Wei is also a high-ranking official of the second rank."

Wei Yuan hurriedly said, "I am terrified, and I will have to rely on the Eunuch for more guidance in the future!"

Zhao Tong glanced at Wei Yuan and smiled, "Master Wei also has people in the court, so there are not many places where you can use this old servant. However, this old servant feels close when looking at the Military Governor, so why not walk around and interact more in the future."

"That is natural!"

"Since this old servant has come, I have long heard of the many wonders of the Azure Void Immortal Stone. Would the Military Governor like to take this old servant to open his eyes?"

The atmosphere around suddenly became somewhat heavy. Wei Yuan paused for a moment, suddenly smiled, and said, "If the Eunuch wants to see, there is naturally no objection."

A moment later, Wei Yuan and Zhao Tong stood beside the Azure Void Immortal Stone. At this moment, Azure Void was still the size of a tabletop, but it was crystal clear, with green aura flowing, and wisps of misty aura constantly generated, dispersing into heaven and earth.

Zhao Tong took a deep breath, inhaled a few wisps of misty aura into his nostrils, tasted it, and was somewhat disappointed.

He raised his left arm, and the red-browed little eunuch ran over, supported his hand, and became a human armrest.

"Let's go, let's go to other places to take a look."

Leaving the secret room where Azure Void was located, Zhao Tong walked around Azure Void at will, took a look at the flowers while riding a horse, and after walking around, he named to see the medicine garden.

So Wei Yuan accompanied Zhao Tong to the medicine garden.

Before stepping into the array, Zhao Tong smiled and said, "This medicine garden is the most reflective of the immortal atmosphere. If there were a garden full of Nanshan longevity medicine, just thinking about it, it would..."

He took a step into the array, only to see gusts of gloomy wind, chilling air, and the aura of the underworld rushing toward his face. If there were a few demons and ghosts floating around, it would be the underworld.

Zhao Tong swallowed the second half of his sentence.

A moment later, he turned his head and asked Wei Yuan: "This is the medicine garden?"

"This is the medicine garden!" Wei Yuan said affirmatively.

"Is this really the medicine garden?"

"Absolutely true, this is the medicine garden!"

Zhao Tong still didn't believe it. Suddenly, two creepy red lights lit up in the black mist, and a fishy wind blew around! Zhao Tong's face turned pale, and although the little eunuch beside him was also trembling, he still blocked in front and said tremblingly: "What, what monster? Still not retreating quickly..."

The content of the words was very domineering, but the tone used was a negotiation.

At this time, an old Daoist walked out of the black mist, laughing and saying, "Why, does this Eunuch have an interest in the old Daoist's spiritual plants?"

Zhao Tong was refreshed upon hearing this and said, "I don't know what spiritual plants the Old Immortal is planting?"

The old Daoist was instantly interested, waved his big hand, and the array covering the three fields in front of him opened, revealing the scene inside.

The three fields were all black-red, and water that looked like blood plasma occasionally overflowed. Three small vines were planted in the field, two of which looked normal, but one of them had turned black in the upper half, transparent like glaze. As soon as the array opened, its few branches turned over, as if staring at Zhao Tong!

The old Daoist laughed and said, "These three were originally food-demon vines, but the old Daoist cultivated them with underworld soil, and buried some residual limbs and flesh of the Great Shaman underground, and finally one turned into this appearance. The old Daoist named it 'Ink Jade Food-Demon Vine'. Don't look at it as small, it is now common to capture Dao Foundation cultivators, and when it grows up, if a Dharma Form is entangled by it, it will lose half its life if it doesn't die. In addition, it also has strong poison, most good at eroding lifespan, smelling it reduces lifespan by ten years, eating a bite..."

Zhao Tong's cheeks twitched, and he hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, Immortal Master, please close the array!"

The old Daoist waved his hand to close the array, closing the several restless demon vines again.

Zhao Tong looked deeper, only to see that there was gloomy aura everywhere. Although the spiritual energy was sufficient, there was clearly nothing he wanted. In this environment, I am afraid that only poisonous things and demon vines can grow happily.

After leaving the medicine garden, Zhao Tong waved his hand to let the little eunuch retreat, and Wei Yuan accompanied him, saying, "Master Wei, how did this old servant hear that you have an immortal tree here? I don't know what use it has?"

"It's just a residual branch of an immortal tree bestowed by the Tinghai Xianjun in the palace, but it is good at killing. Now it has been refined into this immortal sword by me."

Wei Yuan materialized the Scarlet Night Execution Sword. Zhao Tong took the immortal sword, played with it carefully for a moment, and praised repeatedly, "Good sword, good sword!"

He played with it for a while, then returned the immortal sword to Wei Yuan, and sighed, "It's a pity that this old servant is old, and has lost interest in these killings, only thinking about living a few more years in peace."

The two talked and walked all the way back to the guest town. After sitting down again, they saw two cultivators carry a box in. The box was not big, but it was quite heavy. When it was placed on the table, it pressed the table legs until they creaked.

Wei Yuan said, "The realm is newly established, and there is really nothing good. Only a little thin gift to wash away the dust for the Eunuch."

The little eunuch beside him estimated the weight of the box, and his breathing became hurried.

Zhao Tong's eyes were like torches, and he didn't need supernatural powers. At a glance, he knew that the box contained at least fifteen thousand taels of immortal silver. At this moment, the corners of his mouth were hooked as if hung by two hooks, and he couldn't put them down no matter what. "Alas! Master Wei, how can I be embarrassed?"

"Just a little local specialty."

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Master Wei is indeed a wonderful person, no wonder you can split the land and enfeoff the territory at a young age, and be an official of the second rank. You don't know, when Master Chen Dao sent me local specialties, it was really mostly local specialties, haha!"

Wei Yuan laughed along a few times.

Zhao Tong said, "Master Wei is so generous, so this old servant will not hide it. In the future, if you can encounter longevity medicine, get it as much as possible, it has great use."

Wei Yuan felt something in his heart and said, "Please give me a slight hint, Eunuch."

"The place where you are produces precious medicine. Oh, Master Wei has only been in the Western Regions for a short time, so this old servant will say it more clearly. The Shaman tribe has longevity secret medicine, named 'Yingluo Bead'. Although there are endless sequelae, it can save lives when you are at the end of your rope. So Master Wei, in the future, when dealing with the Shaman tribe, whether you rob, cheat, or trade, you must get a few Yingluo Beads back, otherwise it will disappoint many adults."

"Yingluo Bead?" Wei Yuan had never heard of such a thing. There was no such thing in the exchange of the Tai Chu Palace's Merit Hall, and it was not in the secret treasury of Xu Jingfeng's father. In any data, such a thing had never appeared.

The little eunuch quietly exited the room, and then closed the door.

Zhao Tong lowered his voice and said, "Yingluo Bead is also called Blood Yingluo, and the top-grade one is called Soul Yingluo. This is... a small thing that appears when the Shaman tribe sacrifices to heaven. If this thing is taken with secret methods, it can replenish the lifespan lost for various reasons!"

Wei Yuan felt something in his heart, and roughly understood what it was. He remained calm and asked, "If this thing is taken too much, I am afraid it will attract the heavenly punishment of the Human King Sword, right?"

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"After such a long time, there are ways to cover it up." Zhao Tong said meaningfully.

Wei Yuan's thoughts turned several times, and he said, "I will pay attention."

Zhao Tong sighed and said slowly, "If there were truly no other way, no one would want to take this step. Of course, it would be best if there could be other precious medicine. Originally, I heard that Azure Void has the wonder of Wood-Generating Xuan, and you have an immortal tree in your hand, so this old servant wanted to come over and take a look. It's just that such treasures of heaven and earth are hard to find."

Wei Yuan said, "Eunuch is in his prime, why do you start thinking about longevity?"

"This old servant doesn't need it for the time being, but sooner or later I will need it. And some old adults can't wait. Alright, this old servant has said everything that should be said, and it's time to go back to report to the Great King. However, according to the ancestral system, within three months, Master Wei must enter the capital to see the King, this is a big matter, Master Wei must not forget."

Having said this, everything that should be handed over had been handed over, and Zhao Tong transferred the seal and official uniform of the Military Governor to Wei Yuan and returned to the Royal Capital.

Before leaving, Zhao Tong weighed the box and said another sentence to Wei Yuan: When entering the Royal Capital, it will be late autumn, the road is long and the wind is cold, Master Wei must wear more clothes.

After sending Zhao Tong away, Wei Yuan broke into a light sweat. Being with this eunuch, he had to be tight every moment.

Wei Yuan immediately summoned the Tai Chu Palace cultivators to study the Prince of Jin's decree this time.

Zhang Sheng first said, "This is considered the most orthodox way out, it is a good thing."

Cui Yu also said, "Half-courtesy for entering the court! Heh, even among the noble families, those who can have this courtesy are countable on one's fingers. This is truly somewhat... unlikely. Could it be that the Prince of Jin has a disease in his brain recently?"

The sour taste in the words rushed toward his face.

Ji Liuli said, "Immortal sects have the right not to bow, and little Wei Yuan even has half-courtesy!"

Zhang Sheng said, "Not bowing is for True Lords and Immortal Lords."

Ji Liuli snorted and stopped arguing.

The so-called half-courtesy is the half-kneeling on one knee when Wei Yuan received the decree today. In addition, except for seeing the Prince of Jin, he does not have to kneel to anyone, which is considered a special courtesy. If this courtesy were any higher, according to historical records, the ending didn't seem to be very good.

Next is the real power assigned to Wei Yuan. These real powers were combined into one document and came with the decree.

The first is to command all military affairs, which is also the core one. Simply put, all military affairs are commanded by Wei Yuan, including building and training the army, and he can organize his own army. But in terms of military quota, the imperial court gave one town.

According to the Great Tang military system, one town is five battalions, each battalion has one thousand people, and the town general can be a Assistant Regional Commander, or a mobile corps commander, regional commander, etc.

After reading this, Yu Zhizhuo said, "Only five thousand? How is this enough? Just the next batch of breastplates will have twenty thousand sets."

Zhang Sheng said, "Five thousand is recognized by the imperial court, and equipment and pay are issued accordingly. Besides town troops, if you want to hide troops, there can be many names, such as personal guards, group training, civilian braves, and even retainers can work."

"So that's it!" Yu Zhizhuo suddenly realized and said, "Junior Brother Zhang is indeed talented, knowing everything!"

Being praised so brightly by this senior brother, Zhang Sheng felt uneasy, not knowing what thoughts this senior brother had in mind.

Sun Yu also said, "Then it's easy to handle, let's first get forty thousand retainers... Oh, retainers' weapons are poisoned, is that not very good?"

Wei Yuan was dumbfounded, forty thousand retainers, how big a courtyard would that be? He coughed and pulled the crooked topic back, saying, "There is still a big matter at hand, entering the capital to see the King."

The cultivators frowned slightly. This is truly a big matter. After all, everyone knows that once away from Azure Void, Wei Yuan's strength will drop sharply.

Going to the Royal Capital this time, life and death may not need to be worried about for the time being. After all, it is a grand enfeoffment, announced to the world, and the vassals and the Son of Heaven all value reputation, and the Prince of Jin will not slap his own face.

Wei Yuan suddenly ascended to a high position. No one could do anything when he was in Azure Void, but once he went to the Royal Capital, I am afraid someone would jump out and want to weigh Wei Yuan's weight again.

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 308 =====