Chapter 497

"What is it this time?"

Inside the Star Palace of Tianyang, looking at Grand Elder Wang Kan who had come again, the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang was a bit impatient.

Ever since the Star Palace of Tianyang began internal rectification and started digging deep into the Blood God Sect members hidden inside, although the entire Star Palace of Tianyang hadn't been made to feel that everyone was in danger, it had made many people start to become vigilant.

They didn't want to give others a handle or touch the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang's bad side at this time.

Take Grand Elder Wang Kan as an example; many things that he could decide on his own before, now, he asks for instructions and reports on everything.

At first, the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang thought it was good, having a sense of controlling everything.

But after it lasted for a long time, he got annoyed.

He felt that most of his energy was being pulled away, and even the progress of breaking through to the Ninth Tier seemed to have been affected.

But he couldn't refuse to see the Grand Elder.

This was the number two figure in the Star Palace of Tianyang below him; in terms of status, he was even above the Emperor of Da Hong. If important matters were delayed, it wouldn't be good.

"My Lord, the Emperor sent the Grand Steward of the Inner Court to ask for help, saying that the chief envoy of the Da Chen mission has extraordinary combat power, and he is afraid that no one on his side can control him, so he asks the Star Palace to send personnel to suppress the Da Chen mission at the martial arts demonstration in three days, and also to suppress the arrogance of Da Chen." Grand Elder Wang Kan said.

"On his side, there are also quite a few geniuses, right?

Can't even suppress this?

Who is the chief envoy?" The Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang asked.

"My Lord, it is precisely Xu Jin, the peerless genius of Da Chen who disappeared a year ago! He participated in the previous expulsion war and served as the Vice Academician of the National Dao Academy. The Shadow Palace started investigating, but the data obtained is not much. But today, the strength he erupted with is extraordinary.

An ordinary mid-stage Seventh Tier was suppressed by him in one move; he is still at the level of a peerless genius.

Last year's so-called death in battle was nine times out of ten a fake death arranged by Cheng Yuexiao to protect him." Grand Elder Wang Kan reported.

Hearing this, the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang sneered, "Is this Cheng Yuexiao feeling that this Xu Jin's wings have hardened? So he let him out."

"This time he is the chief envoy, so it's not easy to take action.

Give orders to keep an eye on him.

After the diplomatic affairs are completed, when this Xu Jin is alone, or appears on the Star River Battlefield, arrange for an Eighth Tier expert to go and kill him directly!

It just so happens that we can also use him to warn Cheng Yuexiao!

Cheng Yuexiao has been too inflated in the past year or two!"

"Yes, I will arrange it right away. My Lord, what about the martial arts demonstration in three days?"

Hearing this, the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang pondered, "Someone who can easily suppress a mid-stage Seventh Tier must at least possess the combat power to challenge an ordinary late-stage Seventh Tier across tiers. Our Star Palace also has two or three such top geniuses.

But if we send such top geniuses, we can only cope, but cannot suppress this Xu Jin.

How about this, let Fu Jia go.

It just so happens that he has been in seclusion for more than half a year, and it's time for him to come out and get some air."

"My Lord, Fu Jia hasn't broken through to the Seventh Tier yet, right? If we use a Seventh Tier to deal with Xu Jin, I'm afraid it won't look very good for the face of our Star Palace of Tianyang." Grand Elder Wang Kan said.

"He hasn't! But he is still improving his cultivation to the limit; compared to half a year ago, his cultivation has already doubled.

After this battle, he should be able to complete the final breakthrough." The Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang said.

"Yes, I will go handle it."

"Go."

The Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang waved his hand, and the next instant, he turned into starlight and appeared in the Star Dome Secret Realm, continuing to comprehend the Divine Dao True Meaning bestowed by the founder.

This Divine Dao True Meaning was indeed infinitely profound, actually able to quickly give him guidance on the Ninth Tier Star Pattern.

It was just that he wanted to utilize this Divine Dao True Meaning to the limit.

Otherwise, with his accumulation, if he directly consumed two Divine Dao True Meanings, he could break through in at most half a month.

Inside the Four Directions Pavilion, not long after Xu Jin and the others moved in, Wei Zhong, the Grand Steward of the Inner Court of Da Hong, and Shi Zhengjia, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites, came to visit together.

Xu Jin welcomed them in, bowed, looking very serious, and didn't say a word.

In the courtyard of the Four Directions Pavilion, the three captives captured alive by Xu Jin were still tied up like rice dumplings, standing in the corner of the wall.

"Envoy Xu, the matter of entering the city was our Da Hong's improper arrangement; I ask Envoy Xu to forgive us." Shi Zhengjia, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites, said.

"Official Shi, just now, our Da Chen mission had four hundred and ninety-seven people lightly injured, four people heavily injured, and we were almost about to have people die in battle!" Xu Jin sneered.

"Envoy Xu, please forgive us; there will be gifts sent over later. This matter can be considered to have had a cause.

The Marquis of Taikang's elder brother, second son, and third son all previously served in the Da Chen Songzhou Branch Palace of the Star Palace of Tianyang and unfortunately died in battle, which led to this foolish act!

The Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang has already personally issued an order.

He is stripped of his title and sent to the latest Eight Desolations defense line to serve.

The decree has already been issued, and Marquis Gong Bo of Taikang's mansion has also been reclaimed; he has already been sent to the front line." Shi Zhengjia said.

Xu Jin heard this and glanced sideways at the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites of Da Hong; the meaning was very simple.

Is that it?

Grand Steward Wei of the Inner Court spoke at this moment, shouting lightly, "Someone, take Li Zhi down."

In an instant, military commandant Li Zhi, who was following the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites, turned deathly pale, "Grand Steward, this subordinate has been..."

The next instant, military commandant Li Zhi's mouth was sealed by Grand Steward Wei with star power, "The Emperor says, when you welcomed the mission, you delayed the timing, which was foolish; this is your first crime.

When escorting the mission into the city, you failed to disperse the crowd in time and failed to suppress them, which was dereliction of duty; this is your second crime.

When a crisis occurred, you actually stood by and watched, suspected of colluding with the Marquis of Taikang, which was disloyal; this is your third crime!

Someone, throw Li Zhi into the dungeon of the Nine Winds Department and interrogate him strictly!"

The Nine Winds Department was the intelligence agency of Da Hong, similar to the Spring Rain Department of Da Chen, but it belonged directly to the Emperor of Da Hong.

As soon as these words were spoken, military commandant Li Zhi instantly collapsed to the ground.

He understood that his life was probably going to be ruined!

The first two crimes were easy to explain.

The third crime came from the Emperor's own mouth; he was probably truly finished in this life.

During this time, he even looked at Xu Jin with a pleading gaze; if Xu Jin, this envoy, spoke for him, he would still have a chance.

But how could Xu Jin open his mouth to help him?

Xu Jin wasn't stupid!

It could only be said that this Li Zhi was too stupid!

When handling things, he mixed in too much personal emotion, which led to this disaster!

The next instant, Li Zhi was dragged away by the eunuchs; his outcome was hard to say.

But having been labeled as disloyal by the Emperor of Da Hong, he was probably finished for life.

"Envoy Xu, these three assassinated the mission in the street; we won't take them away, I will deal with them right now, Envoy Xu doesn't mind, right?" Grand Steward Wei of the Inner Court asked.

"I don't mind."

"That's good."

Wei Zhong nodded lightly, flicked his fingers, and the moment three points of starlight flew out, they instantly shattered the heads of the one Sixth Tier and two Seventh Tier experts Xu Jin had captured alive into fragments.

There were eunuchs who stepped forward to clean up the corpses.

"Is Envoy Xu satisfied with this explanation?" Shi Zhengjia, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites, said helplessly.

"I ask Official Shi to thank the Emperor for me!"

"I will definitely convey it to the Emperor."

"This is the agenda for the next few days; if Envoy Xu has no objections, we will execute it according to this." Shi Zhengjia, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites, handed over a jade tablet.

Xu Jin took it, glanced at it, and after confirming, Wei Zhong and Shi Zhengjia, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites of Da Hong, left.

The subsequent process was relatively formulaic.

Just a moment ago, Xu Jin had already submitted the Da Chen state letter through the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites.

In three days, the Emperor of Da Hong would summon the mission.

After summoning the mission, there would be a banquet.

Before the banquet, there was a reserved program: a martial arts demonstration! This was considered a reserved program when envoys from various forces in the current world exchanged visits.

The entire current world was relatively martial.

Martial arts demonstrations during envoy exchanges had also become a moment to compete for face.

Winning or losing had no impact on the mission.

But for the losing side, it wouldn't look good.

Therefore, this martial arts demonstration had always been relatively important.

This was also the reason Xu Jin brought Ying Ge over.

For the Fifth Tier, one had to have someone presentable.

Of course, Da Chen also had quite a few presentable ones, but Ying Ge was the safest.

As for bringing Ning Yuchan as the deputy envoy, it was for another matter.

After the martial arts demonstration, the specific business of this mission's visit would be discussed, such as trade details, etc.

Xu Jin didn't need to worry about these; there were officials to handle them.

Xu Jin only paid attention to two things.

One was the martial arts demonstration.

Two was the summons from the Emperor of Da Hong.

That was the only opportunity he could see the Emperor of Da Hong under normal circumstances.

It was also the true purpose of Xu Jin's trip.

Whether it could be achieved depended on three days later.

However, Xu Jin couldn't waste these three days either.

Besides spending four hours condensing the Cloud Tower normally, Xu Jin spent the rest of the time holding a pot of azaleas, activating the Bright Era Star Pattern to sense its life rhythm, and continuing to condense the Seven Kill Sword Heart.

Ying Ge and Ning Yuchan were also constantly enveloped by Xu Jin's Participation Battle Lamp Domain, comprehending the Eighth Tier Star Pattern.

Three days passed in a flash.

Three days later, which was December 10th, Ning Yuchan successfully comprehended the Object Manipulation Star Pattern to the Eighth Tier low-grade, and her combat power improved by another notch.

And Ying Ge also successfully comprehended the Great Gather Star Pattern to the Eighth Tier low-grade.

The moment the inscription was successful, the star technique began to operate spontaneously, the star power in the body began to be compressed, and the star power cultivation aura began to surge.

And Xu Jin's cultivation, after finishing the morning class this morning, logically broke through to the Sixth Tier, Eighth Layer.

The last time he broke through to the Sixth Tier, Seventh Layer was December 1st; it took ten days for his cultivation to improve by one tier.

Actually, in terms of Xu Jin's speed, this was slow.

If it weren't for splitting his focus to condense the Seven Kill Sword Heart, Xu Jin estimated that he could improve his cultivation by one layer in about seven days.

After finishing breakfast, Xu Jin and his party changed into Da Chen official uniforms and, led by the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Rites of Da Hong, went to the Da Hong Imperial Palace to pay respects to the Emperor of Da Hong.

This was Xu Jin's first time coming to the Da Hong Imperial Palace.

The architectural style was completely different from Da Chen's.

Heavy, majestic, and primarily red.

Da Hong values red!

Along the way, the guards of the Da Hong Imperial Palace were imposing and their auras were vigorous.

Xu Jin discovered that not a single guard of the Da Hong Imperial Palace had a cultivation lower than the Fourth Tier, late-stage.

On this point alone, Da Hong was stronger than Da Chen.

The selection standard for Da Chen's guards was only the Fourth Tier.

In terms of national strength, there was still a gap.

Or rather, Da Chen still needed some time to develop.

Xu Jin patiently completed the tedious etiquette of the audience under the guidance of the protocol officer.

In front of many Da Hong court officials, he submitted the gift list and the state letter.

The Emperor of Da Hong also bestowed rewards; this formal audience could be considered over.

And just as the Emperor of Da Hong was about to end this court ceremony of receiving foreign officials, suddenly, a Primordial Spirit transmission rang in his mind.

【Your Majesty, may I have a private audience with the foreign official.】

The Emperor of Da Hong's expression froze.

Almost at the same time, Wei Zhong, the Grand Steward of the Inner Court of Da Hong, who was standing by the side, stared at Xu Jin with a gaze like a knife.

Primordial Spirit transmission.

Others couldn't sense it, but he, an Eighth Tier expert, and being very close to the Emperor of Da Hong, sensed it.

【There is no such precedent! Of course, if you want to secretly surrender to our Da Hong, it's not impossible.】 The Emperor of Da Hong smiled and transmitted to Xu Jin via Primordial Spirit.

【Your Majesty, I currently have no intention of surrendering to Da Hong! However, I would like to chat with Your Majesty about the past events of Luomei Manor.】 Xu Jin continued to transmit.

Even though the Emperor of Da Hong's ability to cultivate his temperament had reached the extreme, the crown on his head still trembled slightly.

Others didn't notice it at all, and even if they saw it, they thought it was caused by breathing.

But Xu Jin, who had the Bright Era Star Pattern on the whole time, keenly discovered this point.

During the previous court meeting, even when speaking, the crown worn by the Emperor of Da Hong didn't tremble in the slightest.

Hearing his transmission at this time, it trembled a little; one can imagine.

Xu Jin felt that it was settled!

That deputy sect leader of the Blood God Sect really might be the Emperor of Da Hong!

Even if not, the relationship was extremely close!

【What past events are you talking about? I don't understand?】 The next instant, the Emperor of Da Hong still smiled and transmitted to Xu Jin.

【If Your Majesty says so, then I think the National Preceptor can present some evidence to the Tianyang Xingjun of Tianyang! After all, suppressing the remnants of the Blood God Sect is the common responsibility of all forces in the current world.】 Xu Jin transmitted.

Hearing the transmission, the crown worn by the Emperor of Da Hong shook imperceptibly again, a smile still hanging on his face, his eyes showing no fluctuations.

But in Xu Jin's Bright Era Star Pattern sensing, the Emperor of Da Hong's eyes, hidden under the crown, had become extremely gloomy.

Xu Jin and National Preceptor Cheng Yuexiao's judgment had been verified once again.

The next instant, after the Emperor of Da Hong gave a quick Primordial Spirit transmission to Grand Steward Wei of the Inner Court, he exited the main hall led by a group of eunuchs. The latter remained in place, his expression unmoved, but his gaze was fixed on Xu Jin.

The Emperor of Da Hong retreated, and Xu Jin, this envoy, and the court officials turned to leave the hall, but at the same time, the voice of Grand Steward Wei of the Inner Court rang out in the main hall.

"Envoy Xu, please stay."

Hearing this, Xu Jin, who was retreating with the court officials, turned around in surprise; the court officials who were about to leave also turned back in surprise, but no one dared to stay too long, yet their curiosity couldn't be concealed.

Why did this Grand Steward keep the envoy alone?

This didn't seem to be in accordance with the rules?

"Envoy Xu, four days ago, the mission was disturbed when entering the city; now, everything has been investigated!

Military commandant Li Zhi has already been interrogated clearly.

Didn't Envoy Xu want an explanation?

Follow me, I will give Envoy Xu this explanation today!

Lest the people of Da Chen say that our Da Hong doesn't understand diplomatic etiquette." Grand Steward Wei said.

Hearing this, Xu Jin bowed slightly and smiled, "Then I will trouble the Grand Steward!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

(End of Chapter)