Chapter 528: Immortal Treasure Stolen

In the Western Jin royal palace, the sky had just begun to brighten when waves of shrill wailing and surging clamor erupted from the main hall of the morning court.

In the hall, Sun Sun Hanlin was crawling forward with two blood-stained legs, leaving a long trail of blood behind him with every step, which was shocking to see.

Sun Sun Hanlin was in tears and cried: "... The minister said at the time that I was on a mission under the King's order and represented the Jin King. But that Wei Yuan actually said that no matter who was behind me, he would fight however he wanted, and fight whoever he wanted, even if the Holy King came, it would be useless!

Then he broke the minister's two legs and left the minister to fend for himself. The minister finally found an opportunity to escape, went through nine deaths and one life, and was able to return to see the Holy King..."

Seeing Sun Sun Hanlin's miserable state, all the Pure Stream civil officials in the court were furious.

"I saw Wei Yuan's wolfish ambition long ago; I didn't expect him to be so bold and reckless to this extent!"

"Insulting the imperial envoy, he should be executed to the ninth generation!"

"Take back his military power, summon him back to the royal capital, and then send executioners to take him and behead him!"

The Jin King frowned slightly, feeling a bit headache from the noise. When he first promoted this group of people, the atmosphere in the imperial court was indeed new.

These Pure Stream civil officials were all sharp-tongued and hated evil like an enemy; ordinary people couldn't argue with them. They were naturally at odds with the two major noble families of Xu and Lu, and were good at talking about great principles and labeling others. With them here, the two major noble families also restrained themselves, which immediately made the Jin King feel that the shackles on his body had loosened a lot.

But as the number of Pure Stream officials increased, some problems also appeared. The first was that once these Pure Stream officials gained power, they liked to recruit fellow villagers, classmates, teachers, and fellow disciples, etc., and soon there were more and more Pure Stream officials in the imperial court, and the formation of cliques for personal gain became more and more intense.

Because of Sun Sun Hanlin's encounter, today's morning court lasted much longer than usual, but in the end, no conclusion was reached. Because Wei Yuan's envoy also arrived, insisting that he had never seen this Sun Sun Hanlin at all.

Chunhua Hall, incense was curling, and a hint of emotion was brewing in the silence.

Xiang Marquis stood in the hall, watching Concubine Yuan coax the little Chu King who had just finished drinking milk to sleep.

After the little Chu King fell asleep, Concubine Yuan looked at Xiang Marquis and said: "I heard that quite a few people have been attacking Wei Yuan in the imperial court recently; is there such a thing?"

"The Great King has recruited many Pure Stream remonstrating officials in recent years and specially granted them the power to comment on all officials. Recently, Wei Yuan's use of refugees to resist the Shaman tribe has been targeted by these people. For this reason, the Great King specially sent Censor Zhu to Azure Void to thoroughly investigate this matter."

Concubine Yuan frowned slightly, and there was impatience in her tone, saying: "I know all these things, you don't need to repeat them! What I want to ask is whose idea is this behind it? Is it the Great King, the Left Prime Minister, or someone else."

Xiang Marquis was a bit embarrassed and said: "This... still needs to be checked..."

Concubine Yuan's voice turned cold, saying: "Then among these Pure Stream remonstrating officials, are there any of our people?"

"... No."

"Then among the Pure Stream, who can be recruited and bribed?"

Xiang Marquis was even more embarrassed and could only say: "I don't know yet."

Suddenly, there was a slap, and a jade Li Ru Yi in Concubine Yuan's hand suddenly cracked!

Concubine Yuan acted as if nothing had happened, handed the jade Li Ru Yi to the maid beside her, and then said: "Without the resources from Zhao Kingdom, Uncle can't do anything, right?"

"This..."

"I'm tired, Uncle, please yourself." Concubine Yuan picked up the little Chu King and walked to the back hall. Xiang Marquis could only laugh dryly twice and withdrew from Chunhua Hall.

Royal Capital, Crown Prince's Mansion.

The Crown Prince buried his head in the desk, having already approved official documents for an hour. At this moment, the chime sounded lightly, and the maid said: "Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Rites has arrived."

"Please come in."

A moment later, Minister Zhang sat down in the study, drank a cup of good tea treasured by the Crown Prince, and said: "Crown Prince, rest assured, Zhu Zhu Xiaocun is my most outstanding student. Although young, his methods are already more ruthless than mine were back then. With him on this mission to Azure Void, no matter how clean Wei Yuan is, he can find a few crimes worthy of beheading."

The Crown Prince smiled and said: "That's very good, this matter depends on Minister Zhang."

"Easy to say, easy to say! It's just that the old minister has one thing I don't understand. Wei Yuan came from a grassroots background and now holds heavy troops. The old minister heard that even Ying Wang and Xuan Yue Xuan Yue Jinshan secretly praised his use of troops. This Wei Yuan has been guarding the frontier and hasn't been to the royal capital many times. Why would the Crown Prince suddenly want to deal with him?"

The Crown Prince smiled and said: "It's not that I want to deal with him, but that now is just the right time. When the Father King conferred him as Military Governor back then, it was also a last resort. Now the Shaman tribe army is pressing on the border, and Azure Void is precarious, so it is just the right time to take back part of the power the imperial court gave him."

Minister Zhang suddenly realized, chatted for a few more words, and then left.

At this moment, a beautiful woman with a graceful figure walked into the study with a bowl of medicinal soup and said: "Tired, right? I cooked medicinal soup for you, drink it while it's hot."

The Crown Prince took the bowl and drank it, then asked: "When will the Left Prime Minister be free? I want to discuss some things with him as soon as possible."

The woman said: "Father said that the situation is sensitive recently, and the Great King may have already become suspicious, so don't meet for now."

The Crown Prince nodded and said: "That's fine, let's see how Wei Yuan deals with that fierce dog Zhu Zhu Xiaocun first."

Azure Void, in the Zhike Town in the east, at this moment, lanterns were hung and decorations were set up, and it was decorated magnificently, not looking like Azure Void was suffering from the flames of war at all.

Caravans arrived one after another, and were guided to the cargo yard outside the town to park their vehicles. At this time, all the inns in the town were full, and many people came late, so only the masters in the team could stay in the town, and the rest could only set up tents outside the town to spend the night.

From time to time, high-level cultivators flew in alone, landed outside the town, reported their names and identities, and were welcomed into the small town.

The flow of people in the small town was like weaving, extremely lively. Countless torches were erected on both sides of the main street in the town, and even in the middle of the night, the whole street could be illuminated as bright as day. The shops

For this treasure appreciation assembly hosted by Wei Yuan, any force in the vicinity that could make it in time would certainly not be absent. Even if they had absolutely no connection to Qingming, they still had to send people to see what kind of treasure had emerged that could make Wei Yuan hold such a grand treasure appreciation assembly.

Since so many people had arrived, Wei Yuan naturally would not let such a good opportunity pass by to display only one immortal treasure. With so many people coming, Wei Yuan conveniently displayed all the products that Qingming could currently trade externally, taking the opportunity to see if there were any commercial opportunities.

The crowd was indeed very interested; in particular, there were countless people inquiring about the breastplates produced by Qingming, and some even wanted to pay immortal silver on the spot to place an order.

The actual treasure appreciation assembly lasted only half an hour. Wei Yuan did not mince words; he got straight to the point and, in front of hundreds of guests, displayed the Yin Bomb.

When the effect of reducing lifespan by ten thousand years appeared, the entire venue was instantly in an uproar!

The expressions of the crowd varied; some were excited, some were shocked, but a few people had exceptionally ugly expressions. However, most people still held the mentality of watching the excitement, feeling relaxed and extremely excited.

They were all very clear that their own Master Yu Jing-realm ancestors were not worthy of taking a hit from this immortal treasure.

After the crowd saw the ten-thousand-year lifespan reduction property clearly and discussed it for a while, Wei Yuan then displayed the second property of the Yin Bomb: Guaranteed Hit.

The venue suddenly fell into a dead silence. The few people who had previously worn mocking expressions also became extremely solemn and could no longer laugh.

Inside the venue, some people were restless, but upon thinking of the several Master Yu Jing-realm great experts sitting in town, they could only dispel their inappropriate thoughts.

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After Wei Yuan displayed it for a round, he said in a loud voice, "Today's treasure appreciation is just a pretext. My true intention, Wei's, is to use this opportunity to invite everyone over to exchange what we have. The goods available for trade are all in the town; you are all free to visit. It's just that Qingming is currently at war with the Shaman tribes, so I ask that you do not leave this town, otherwise, if a misunderstanding arises, it won't be good for anyone."

At this moment, someone suddenly said loudly, "I heard that Qingming can cultivate people who have no hope for a Dao Foundation into Dao Foundation cultivators. Is this true?"

Wei Yuan stopped and said, "How could it be possible to cultivate everyone into a Dao Foundation? If one is unlucky, out of a hundred people, only seven or eight can succeed."

That person was immediately excited: "There really is such a thing! Then if my family wants to ask the Realm Lord to cultivate a Dao Foundation on our behalf, I wonder what price we must pay?"

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Initially, you only need to pay some basic fees; after the Dao Foundation is cast, fees will be collected based on the number of successful people."

"Then what if no one casts a Dao Foundation?"

"If no one succeeds, then naturally no additional fees will be collected. But such a thing has never happened."

"Are there any defects in the Dao Foundations cast here?"

Wei Yuan said, "We do indeed recommend some of our unique template Dao Foundations based on the students' own circumstances, which can significantly increase the chances of casting a Dao Foundation. All template Dao Foundations are human-rank Dao Foundations, and they are the same as normal Dao Foundations."

"Can it also extend lifespan?"

"That goes without saying!"

That person asked several more questions in succession, and Wei Yuan answered them all patiently one by one. For a time, among the nearly one hundred large and small forces and families present, everyone was heart-struck.

After Wei Yuan finished answering that person's questions, he left the venue. The crowd immediately surrounded the Qingming cultivators in the venue and began to inquire in detail about the Dao Foundation training matters.

A small door in the corner of the venue opened, and the person who had just asked Wei Yuan the question slipped out quietly. He then removed his disguise Dao technique and revealed his true self; it was none other than Cui Yu.

Cui Yu discovered that as long as he wore someone else's face, said those things, and did those things, he didn't feel ashamed at all; instead, he found joy in it.

Qingming's treasure appreciation assembly ended in chaos, but the lingering echoes were endless.

The crowd bought supplies worth hundreds of thousands of taels of immortal silver from Qingming in one go, and the number of people signed up for Dao Foundation training exceeded fifty thousand! Some families and chambers of commerce signed up for thousands of people at once.

Currently, the price for training a Dao Foundation cultivator in Qingming was fifty percent higher than the price given to the Cui family, but people were still flocking to it. Because they really couldn't accommodate so many people, Wei Yuan had to adopt a lottery method, drawing three thousand spots from the tens of thousands of applicants to form the new session of the Dao Foundation training class.

Such a crazy registration scene also made Wei Yuan realize that the price for training Dao Foundation cultivators had been set too low.

Wei Yuan's original quote was based on the Taichu Palace's merit system and had been approved by the Cui family. But now it seemed that perhaps the Taichu Palace had underestimated the value of ordinary Dao Foundation cultivators, and the same went for the Cui family.

Whether it was the Immortal Palace or the noble families, they were all high and mighty, seeing only immortal foundations and heavenly foundations in their eyes; anything below an earth foundation didn't count as a person. But it was different for those middle-sized or even small families and small forces; earth-foundation cultivators were the backbone of the family, and human-foundation cultivators also had great uses.

Wei Yuan immediately issued a task to Renjian Renjian Yanhuo: calculate exactly how much a human-rank Dao Foundation cultivator is worth.

While Wei Yuan was busily trying to make money, the news of the treasure appreciation assembly grew wings and instantly flew across the nine kingdoms.

In the Xu family's ancestral secret realm, Xu Xu Wangu, appearing as a youth, looked at the image of the Yin Bomb before him, carefully sensing the aura within. He was expressionless, but the entire main hall was constantly trembling.

The group of elders prostrate below were all trembling, and none dared to raise their heads.

After a long time, Xu Xu Wangu squeezed a few words through his teeth: "This thing is meant for me to see!"

An elder below mustered the courage to say, "Actually, it may not necessarily be aimed at the Immortal Ancestor; I suppose that Lu Changhe couldn't withstand this strike either."

Xu Xu Wangu's tone softened slightly, and he said, "That is indeed true; no one wants to touch this thing. However, such a treasure cannot remain in Wei Yuan's hands. You all go and plot; whether by exchange or theft, in short, find a way to get this immortal treasure."

The elders had just received the order when they saw another elder enter the main hall and report: "Reporting to the Immortal Ancestor, news just received from Qingming: that immortal treasure capable of reducing lifespan by ten thousand years has been stolen by someone, and its whereabouts are currently unknown!"

(End of chapter)