Chapter 290

"Truly worthy of being a successor of a sacred land, solving a Nascent Soul stage tiger demon in just three moves."

Wu Liyun signaled her subordinates to collect the tiger demon and walked to the side of the First Imperial Prince, Chu Junling, with a sigh.

Chu Junling looked at the dying tiger demon: "It wasn't three moves; it was four."

Wu Liyun let out an "Ah," glanced at Chu Junling, walked quickly toward the tiger demon, rummaged through it for a while, and then returned, her face showing both shock and regret: "The tiger demon's demon core is shattered."

As she spoke, she frowned.

"But I clearly only saw three people make a move."

Chu Junling looked toward the interior of the Beizhen Fushi Yamen: "The people from the four great sacred lands all made a move."

Wu Liyun's expression shook: "The tiger demon's demon core was shattered by Hua Changxi of the Pill Sacred Hall? When did she make her move?"

Chu Junling: "She made her move at almost the same time as the successor of the Array Sacred Sect."

Wu Liyun was silent for a moment: "Shattering the demon core of a mid-Nascent Soul stage tiger demon in one strike... that Hua Changxi... is truly not to be underestimated."

The First Imperial Prince is at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and couldn't manage to shatter the tiger demon's demon core in one strike, yet Hua Changxi could do it. Is she a Spirit Platform stage cultivator?

Chu Junling's lips curled: "Would she dare to challenge the royal family without some real ability?"

Wu Liyun couldn't respond to this, so she could only say: "The successors of the major sacred lands are indeed extraordinary."

Chu Junling turned to look at Wu Liyun, a smile appearing on his cold and serious face: "We are also successors of a sacred land. Let's go, let's go inside and meet those four."

After Hua Changxi, Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen entered the Beizhen Fushi, they were taken to the conference hall.

Xue Xian did not put on airs and had been waiting in the conference hall early on. Seeing the four enter, although he didn't go out to greet them, he still stood up with a smile to say hello and personally directed the four to their seats.

After the four sat down, Xue Xian returned to the main seat and began to chat with them with a smile.

The Array, Tool, and Talisman sacred lands are very low-key. In the past, whenever the royal family wanted to contact them, they were directly rejected.

But this time, after he went to the Medical Department to find Hua Changxi, these three sacred lands actually took the initiative to contact the royal family, stating that they would jointly bear the responsibility for "cultivators entering the capital potentially causing chaos."

It seems that all parties are closely watching the Medical Department. It can be said that the Medical Department has become the center of attention in the capital, and anything that happens there will attract the attention of all parties.

Xue Xian's gaze fell on Hua Changxi from time to time. Honestly, he didn't expect the royal family to really choose not to pursue Hua Changxi.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old young lady who actually made the royal family wary—he was also immensely impressed.

Hua Changxi didn't like small talk with people she wasn't familiar with, especially when there was an obvious conflict of interest, so she went straight to the point: "Lord Xue, we are all here now, can we talk about the real business?"

Xue Xian smiled with an unchanging expression: "There is still someone who hasn't arrived."

Hua Changxi was surprised: "Who?"

Xue Xian smiled: "The people from the Central Sacred Land haven't come yet."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Zhenzhen leaned forward and quickly whispered to Hua Changxi: "After we released the recruitment announcement, the Minister of the Heaven Department approached the sacred land elders in the name of the Central Sacred Land, saying that the five great sacred lands are of one mind and cannot leave the Central Sacred Land behind, insisting that we add the Central Sacred Land's recruitment news as well."

"We should have told you about this earlier, but during this time, the sacred lands were arguing endlessly about who would be responsible for 'cultivators entering the capital,' so we didn't have time to attend to you. Please don't be angry."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi indicated that it didn't matter; whether the Central Sacred Land was added or not didn't affect her in the slightest.

After all, she only came up with the idea of using display spirit artifacts to play the recruitment announcements in rotation; the specific operational matters were all handled by Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen.

Just then, Xue Xian suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the door, and bowed in greeting: "This official greets the First Imperial Prince."

Hua Changxi turned her head to look and saw Chu Junling walking into the conference hall with a dragon-like stride, accompanied by a woman.

Chu Junling raised his hand to help Xue Xian up: "Lord Xue, there is no need for this. Standing before you today is not the First Imperial Prince of the royal family, but Chu Junling, Right General of the Demon-Suppressing Army of the Central Sacred Land."

Xue Xian was very tactful and immediately changed his address: "General Chu."

Chu Junling nodded and raised his eyes to look at the others in the conference hall.

At this time, Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen stood up and smiled, greeting Chu Junling as peers.

"Tool Sacred Palace, Tong Yao."

"Talisman Sacred Pavilion, Jing Le."

"Array Sacred Sect, Yan Zhenzhen."

Seeing this, Hua Changxi stood up as well: "Pill Sacred Hall, Hua Changxi."

Chu Junling cupped his hands in return: "Central Sacred Land, Chu Junling."

Seeing that the five had finished greeting each other, Xue Xian was about to lead Chu Junling to the main seat.

Chu Junling did not accept, but sat directly below Jing Le, just in time to see Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen sitting opposite him.

Yan Zhenzhen was whispering to Hua Changxi: "I didn't expect the person sent by the Central Sacred Land to be responsible for 'cultivators entering the capital' to be Chu Junling."

Hua Changxi: "Is there something wrong with that?"

Yan Zhenzhen smiled: "It's not that there's something wrong; it's that it's too right. The capital is the royal family's territory. Even if the royal family has some ulterior motives, they won't really let the capital fall into chaos."

"Chu Junling is the First Imperial Prince; he definitely cares about the stability of the capital. With him here, I think we can relax a bit."

Hua Changxi nodded in deep agreement: "Do you know the woman standing behind Chu Junling?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "Wu Liyun, the second daughter of the Wu'an Marquis Prefecture."

Hua Changxi's eyes flickered: "She is the commander of the Women's Army?"

Yan Zhenzhen: "You know about the Women's Army too?"

Hua Changxi nodded: "I've heard people mention it."

Yan Zhenzhen's tone carried admiration: "Wu Liyun being able to lead a Women's Army, she is quite a figure."

Hua Changxi showed agreement. An early Nascent Soul stage, and also a dual cultivator of law and body—she is indeed a formidable figure.

Watching Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen whispering to each other, Chu Junling's eyes flickered.

Wasn't it said that Hua Changxi was a loner? But looking at her interaction with the successor of the Array Sacred Sect, why does it feel like they are very familiar?

Xue Xian returned to the main seat: "Since everyone is here, let's start discussing the matter of 'cultivators entering the capital'."

Tong Yao looked over: "I wonder what Lord Xue's opinion is?"

Xue Xian: "Knights use martial arts to violate prohibitions. At the beginning of the rise of the martial path, many martial artists who suddenly gained great power committed murder and arson, seriously threatening the safety of the people."

"In order to protect the safety of the people, the imperial court fought with martial artists for nearly a hundred years, constantly standardizing laws and regulations, and only then did they successfully curb the trend of martial artists causing chaos."

"During this period, the imperial court's troops suffered countless casualties and consumed a large amount of manpower, financial resources, and countless resources."

"These are clearly recorded in the history books of the Great Jin, and you can all go and verify them."

Tong Yao and the others clearly knew about these things and nodded in agreement.

Xue Xian continued: "Everyone here is a cultivator. You should know that the abilities of cultivators are several levels higher than those of martial artists. If cultivators were to run wild, the resulting harm would be unimaginable."

Hearing this, the expressions of the people in the conference hall became serious and solemn.

Although the people present represented different forces, they all held the same attitude toward the "potential harm of cultivators entering the capital," which was that they did not want cultivators to cause chaos in the capital.

Tong Yao looked at Xue Xian: "I wonder what Lord Xue wants us to do?"

Hua Changxi, Yan Zhenzhen, and Jing Le also looked over.

Xue Xian glanced at Chu Junling and said: "Maintaining the security of the capital is the imperial court's duty. The Emperor has already given instructions that starting from the first of September, which is tomorrow, the Embroidered Uniform Guard will cooperate with the Five City Military Command and the Six Fan Gate to patrol the capital together."

"The influx of cultivators from various places will undoubtedly greatly increase the burden on the imperial court, so the assistance of the five great sacred lands is needed."

Hearing this, Hua Changxi looked at the three of Tong Yao, and seeing that they were all deep in thought, she looked at Chu Junling again.

Chu Junling was looking down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Hua Changxi did not want to passively wait for the royal family to assign tasks, so she spoke directly: "In any case, cultivators entering the capital has a lot to do with the five great sacred lands recruiting disciples, and we have an inescapable responsibility."

"It is only right that the imperial court needs the assistance of the five great sacred lands."

"Regarding how to assist, I will state my opinion."

"The five great sacred lands each have their own strengths, so my idea is that those with money contribute money, and those with strength contribute strength. I can provide a batch of spiritual herbs and pills here."

After finishing, she looked at Tong Yao and the others, looking as if it was their turn to speak.

Jing Le was the first to respond: "This monk agrees with Benefactor Hua's method. The Talisman Sacred Pavilion can provide some spiritual talismans."

Tong Yao smiled: "Since that is the case, the Tool Sacred Palace will provide a batch of spiritual artifacts."

Yan Zhenzhen also smiled: "Then the Array Sacred Sect will provide array disks and array flags."

Then everyone looked at Chu Junling in unison.

Chu Junling's face showed no joy or anger: "The Central Sacred Land will provide five thousand-man Demon-Suppressing Army units."

Hearing this, the eyes of Hua Changxi and the other three flickered.

Hua Changxi thought: Chu Junling is truly worthy of being a member of the royal family, directly mobilizing the Demon-Suppressing Army to help the royal family maintain the stability of the capital, and doing it so legitimately—what a good tactic.

Tong Yao, Jing Le, and Yan Zhenzhen thought: The Minister of the Heaven Department is truly brilliant. The Demon-Suppressing Army is ostensibly helping to maintain the stability of the capital, but in reality, they may be secretly deploying preparations to take over the capital.

The capital had another name in ancient times: Xuanyuan City.

Xuanyuan City, the heart of the Central Continent, with the Central Sacred Land sitting in the middle and the four great sacred lands guarding the southeast, northwest—the master of Xuanyuan City is not something the Chu royal family can sit firmly on.