Chapter 573: Celebrating the National Teacher

Eight Desolations Royal Court.

The King of Eight Desolations, Envoy Ju Zhang, somewhat unwillingly urged the sensing secret technique once again. The distant and ethereal position made Envoy Ju Zhang's eyes full of frustration.

He had left.

The Seven-Kill descendant had completely left the Eight Desolations Continent.

He was incomparably depressed.

In fact, seven days ago, after inviting his father, True Person Jin Shuo, to resonate with the Seven-Kill descendant's life aura, Envoy Ju Zhang had extremely helplessly discovered that, as he had expected, the situation he least wanted to appear had appeared.

The Seven-Kill descendant had actually returned to the Star River Battlefield.

Not to mention that the position in the sensing was extremely distant, it was also very ethereal.

If the Seven-Kill descendant were still within the Eight Desolations Continent, no matter how far, he would be able to clearly sense the specific direction and then track him quickly.

This made Envoy Ju Zhang very depressed.

The other two Ninth-Tier experts had all been contacted; a total of three Ninth-Tier experts' big meal had been prepared for the Seven-Kill descendant, and then...

It was equivalent to the stew pot being prepared, but the chicken had run away!

Not to mention that the Seven-Kill descendant also had the Law power of the Break-Limit Secret Realm that Envoy Ju Zhang urgently needed to recover, as well as more than 10% of the Heaven and Earth authority lost by the Eight Desolations Continent.

And the massive wealth looted from Silver Horn City.

Envoy Ju Zhang truly wanted to vomit blood.

But even so, he still had to hold it in and couldn't show it in front of his subordinates.

Because of this, Envoy Ju Zhang was unwilling to give up.

Seven days later, which was March 4, Envoy Ju Zhang, after biting the bullet and being lectured by his father, True Person Jin Shuo, still pleaded with his father to resonate with the Seven-Kill descendant's life aura.

What if this Seven-Kill descendant had only returned to the Star River Battlefield for a trip and come back?

This was Envoy Ju Zhang's hope in his heart, and also a trace of luck in his heart, and even more so, unwillingness!

But the result of the sensing at this time poured a basin of cold water directly over Envoy Ju Zhang's head.

The aura was extremely ethereal and distant.

He wasn't on the Eight Desolations Continent.

Twice in a row he wasn't there, so it seemed the Seven-Kill descendant wouldn't return to the Eight Desolations Continent in the short term.

Thinking of the many losses from the previous three encirclements and suppressions, thinking of the Break-Limit Secret Realm that was about to be abandoned, thinking of the dozen-plus Eighth-Tier elites who died in battle because of chasing the Seven-Kill descendant, thinking of the looted Silver Horn City, the aura in Envoy Ju Zhang's body fluctuated and vibrated; the more he thought, the angrier he became.

He could only suppress it hard again; in his mouth, there was faintly a bit of a bloody taste!

"There is still a chance!"

"There will be a chance in the future!"

Envoy Ju Zhang kept convincing himself. After a long time, his gloomy expression returned to normal, and he slowly spat out a breath of depression. The moment he raised his eyes to look at the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar overhead, his brows furrowed again.

Father True Person Jin Shuo asked him to report to him at the first opportunity after there was a result.

Envoy Ju Zhang understood his father's meaning.

However, what he was thinking was more than these.

The great war was approaching; because the mortal world humans currently had three Ninth-Tier experts, once the war started, both the Blood God Sect Master and the Worship Battle God Sect Master had to be mobilized.

These two, in the end, were not of their Eight Desolations race; mobilizing them had many troubles and inconveniences.

And the mobilization and deployment of power in these few days also made the King of Eight Desolations, Envoy Ju Zhang's vigilance reach the extreme.

Two Ninth-Tier experts, and they were both human Ninth-Tier experts.

Moreover, one of them, in the future, eight or nine out of ten would prove the position of Great Tianyang Xingjun.

In a one-on-one battle, he could defeat either of these two.

But if these two joined forces, he wouldn't be able to suppress them.

And these two had a natural foundation for joining forces.

This made Envoy Ju Zhang feel thick pressure and had already foreseen certain dangers.

Being scolded once was a scolding, twice was a suffering; it was better than really making an irreparable mistake.

Escapism couldn't solve the problem.

And the crisis wasn't just internal.

On the mortal world human side, what if a fourth Ninth-Tier expert appeared?

He had to plan ahead.

A few breaths later, the determined King of Eight Desolations, Envoy Ju Zhang, once again activated the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar. The moment he contacted his father, True Person Jin Shuo, Envoy Ju Zhang reported the result of this matter, as well as the current situation of the Eight Desolations Continent, the potential crisis, and the dangers he was very worried about, all in one breath to True Person Jin Shuo.

After reporting, Envoy Ju Zhang didn't talk nonsense anymore, waiting quietly under the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, waiting to be scolded.

If he was to be scolded, then so be it; anyway, separated by such a distance, his father couldn't beat him anymore.

But what surprised Envoy Ju Zhang was that there was no expected angry scolding.

A few breaths later, he heard the calm voice of his father, True Person Jin Shuo, from the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, or rather—praise!

"Zhang'er, what you are doing now is what a superior should consider; with both near worries and distant concerns, your vision and pattern have indeed grown."

This sentence directly made Envoy Ju Zhang overjoyed.

This was the first time in so many years he had heard praise from his father's mouth.

But for some reason, when he heard it, he wasn't that excited anymore.

Because of this, Envoy Ju Zhang's mentality became different.

Father and son chatted quite a bit across the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, and Envoy Ju Zhang also directly put forward his ideas and requests.

"Envoy Ju Zhang, the Eight Desolations Continent is essentially a part of the Kunling Domain, so it is also restricted by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao of this middle world, Kunling Domain.

The Tenth Tier is the limit of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, so the Tenth Tier can only go out, not come in.

The Ninth Tier theoretically can enter, but the consumption in this is so big that you cannot imagine.

Even if I bear the maximum, and you only bear the small part you must bear, you still need to pay a huge price.

You need to consider it clearly." True Person Jin Shuo said.

"Father, can it not be shared? The Eight Desolations Continent has so many Eighth-Tier experts; should they be able to help me bear a part?" Envoy Ju Zhang asked.

"Then I will send ten Eighth-Tier experts down to you at once; one of them is at the Eighth-Tier peak. You only need to prepare 100,000 Sixth-Tier star jade tablets, 10,000 Seventh-Tier star jade tablets or star cores." True Person Jin Shuo asked.

"This... Father, what I need now is Ninth-Tier power."

"You said it; what you need is also Ninth-Tier power. The price paid is not of the same magnitude at all." True Person Jin Shuo said.

After a few breaths of silence, Envoy Ju Zhang said silently, "Father, what kind of price do I need to pay?"

"You, with the cultivation base of a Ninth-Tier early-stage, leading the opening of a boundary channel that can pass Ninth-Tier experts through the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, requires the support of power at the Law level. You have only just come into contact with it; normally, you cannot open it, but you have the blessing of Heaven and Earth authority.

But your own cultivation base is not enough, so if you force it open, what it will inevitably extract is... life origin.

In short, what it consumes is your... lifespan." True Person Jin Shuo said.

"Lifespan?"

A look of astonishment appeared at the corner of Envoy Ju Zhang's mouth, "Father, how big is this consumption?"

"About ten years per breath. Transmitting a Ninth-Tier early-stage expert takes about five breaths, and transmitting a Ninth-Tier middle-stage expert takes at least seven breaths."

"Father, I remember that the adult members of our Golden Pillar Holy Race generally have a lifespan of two hundred years, right? I have now broken through to the Ninth Tier, and I have at least three hundred years of lifespan.

Theoretically, I still have about two hundred and fifty years of lifespan that can be consumed?"

"About that." After a long time, the voice of True Person Jin Shuo came from the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, "However, Zhang'er, my suggestion is that victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. If you can accept it, even if you fail in the future, returning to the Ancestral World, as long as you have lifespan, there is still a chance to make a comeback.

You must know that the next lifespan limit, unless you can break through the Tenth Tier limit to reach the Eleventh Tier, or prove the position of Great Tianyang Xingjun in advance, it is possible to make up for it."

"Father, I have decided; I want to open this channel." Envoy Ju Zhang said firmly.

Inside the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, there was silence for a while again, before a voice came out, "Zhang'er, you are brave. As a father, I will give you suggestions, but I will support every decision you make that looks correct." "Many thanks, Father."

"Then you consume seventy years of lifespan. After opening the channel, I will arrange a capable subordinate at the Ninth-Tier middle-stage to come over. As for those of our own race, I will not arrange them for you, fearing you won't be able to suppress them." True Person Jin Shuo said.

"Father, what about Ninth-Tier late-stage? How many years of lifespan does it need?

Ninety years, or a hundred years?" Envoy Ju Zhang suddenly asked.

"At least ninety years, at most it shouldn't exceed one hundred and ten years."

"Then I trouble Father to help me arrange a Ninth-Tier late-stage powerhouse and a Ninth-Tier early-stage powerhouse to come over. The child bows to thank Father for his deep grace here."

After finishing, even though True Person Jin Shuo couldn't see, Envoy Ju Zhang still knelt on the ground, banging his head nine times toward the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, incomparably sincere!

When he stood up again, Envoy Ju Zhang's eyes were already red.

Because until this moment, Envoy Ju Zhang finally understood that in this world, from small to big, the one who could help him selflessly without counting the cost was likely his father.

And only his father!

"Why?" After a long time, the inquiry came from the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar.

"Father, you said that the Heaven and Earth limit has been lifted. The mortal world humans over there have been suppressed for too long and are extremely likely to have more Ninth-Tier experts appear.

If only one comes, even if another Ninth-Tier expert is added within the race, there is still no big advantage.

This kind of piecemeal tactics, the child doesn't want to play anymore.

The child wants to win with an overwhelming advantage." Envoy Ju Zhang said.

After a few breaths, Envoy Ju Zhang added, "Besides that, I also want to be your pride, Father!"

After a long time, a sigh came from the Heaven-Connecting Golden Pillar, "Actually, you already are."

Envoy Ju Zhang pursed his lips and didn't speak.

"Zhang'er, this is your decision; as a father, I naturally support it fully. Since you have already added weight to yourself, then as a father, I will add another layer of weight.

The Ninth-Tier Dao weapon, Jin She Blast, that I used back then, will also be brought down by Xuan Hu, costing only ten-plus more years of lifespan.

With it helping, your combat power can also leap a small tier; combined with Heaven and Earth authority, your combat power can be comparable to the Ninth-Tier late-stage." True Person Jin Shuo said.

"Jin She Blast? Father actually sent Uncle Xuan Hu over? Many thanks, Father." Envoy Ju Zhang was overjoyed.

"Hmm, other Ninth-Tier late-stage experts, I fear you won't be able to control them, which would be counterproductive. Xuan Hu's strength is powerful and he is quite loyal; it couldn't be better."

"Father still considers everything thoroughly."

"Then... the position of Great Tianyang Xingjun of Kunling Domain, you must get it; this is currently the only opportunity that can significantly increase lifespan, understand?"

"Father, the child will remember it."

"Then prepare according to the requirements: 100,000 Sixth-Tier star jade tablets or star cores, 10,000 Seventh-Tier star jade tablets or star cores; this is the foundation."

"Understood."

Inside Guard City 1 of the Star River Battlefield, the newly built Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang Palace was more than ten meters higher than the Star-Plucking Tower branch here.

At this very moment, Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang was standing at the window of the pavilion at the highest point of the Star Palace, looking remotely at the starry sky outside Guard City 13.

"Great Chen has added another Eighth-Tier expert. Have you found out who it is?" Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang asked.

The Sixth Elder Xia Zhong, who was in charge of intelligence, appeared silently, "Returning to Lord, it is Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie."

Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang frowned upon hearing this, "Wasn't it said before that it was impossible for Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie to break through to the Eighth Tier in the short term? That it would take at least five to ten years?"

"This subordinate doesn't know either, but now that Heaven and Earth have changed greatly, there are quite a few opportunities..."

"Alright, keep investigating! This Great Chen has added another Eighth-Tier expert with great potential.

This Luoshui Hou Song Shoujie, as long as he breaks through, I'm afraid he will have the combat strength of the Eighth-Tier middle-to-late stage. Plus this Xu Jin's return, Great Chen's strength is truly improving quite fast. The fortunate thing is that Cheng Yuexiao, relying on that strand of Divine Dao True Meaning, still needs five to ten years of effort to break through, so he is not a cause for concern..."

Before he finished speaking, Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang's complexion changed drastically, seeing a star in the firmament suddenly flare with brilliance, the starlight like a dipper, and between the heavens and the earth, starlight hung down like a rope.

The next instant, Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang stepped on starlight and rose, his eyes also becoming incomparably brilliant like stars, obviously having pushed his vision to the limit, while at the same time inducing the small amount of Heaven and Earth authority he controlled.

In an instant, he saw star power gathering toward Guard City 13 like a vortex funnel above Guard City 13.

This star power vortex funnel was still expanding continuously, with the range of influence fluctuating from a hundred miles to two hundred miles, three hundred miles.

Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang, who had personally experienced this movement, understood it no better.

"Cheng Yuexiao broke through? How is this possible?

Where did he get the extra Divine Dao True Meaning?" Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang was surprised.

Turning his head to look at Sixth Elder Xia Zhong, the latter lowered his head in a hurry.

Looking at Cheng Yuexiao's breakthrough anomaly, Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang's expression was cloudy and sunny for a while, indescribable.

Others' growth and breakthroughs were all within reason, but only Cheng Yuexiao's breakthrough...

Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang even thought about interrupting!

But the moment this thought appeared, it was driven away by Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang.

It could only be said that the timing Cheng Yuexiao chose to break through was too good.

If it were in the mortal world, he might have truly put the act of interrupting the breakthrough into action.

"To what extent have you investigated the intelligence on this Xu Jin?" Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang asked sternly.

"Returning to Lord, still investigating!"

"Still investigating, still investigating, everything is still investigating; then what use do I have for you as an elder?"

Once these words were spoken, Sixth Elder Xia Zhong bowed to the end, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Investigate! You must investigate clearly for me!

This Xu Jin is too weird!

Not only does he possess the Silver-level authority of the Star-Plucking Tower, but after he returned, Song Shoujie and Cheng Yuexiao broke through one after another, and those who were relatively close to him before, such as Kou Jing, Ning Yuchan, Dong Zhao, Liu Qingzhu, and others, have all made rapid progress in cultivation and combat strength in these few years.

On this Xu Jin, there must be a great opportunity, a great secret! Investigate!

Not only investigate, but also track down his whereabouts." Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang shouted.

This Xu Jin's growth trajectory—he didn't know until he combed through it, and he was shocked when he did.

From the beginning of cultivation until now, it had only been two and a half years.

Although the cultivation base was at the Sixth Tier Ninth Layer, the combat strength was already at the Eighth-Tier middle-to-late stage.

Plus various discoveries and anomalies, how could it not make Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang's heart move!

"Lord, subordinate will definitely do my best to track down." After finishing, Xia Zhong suddenly paused, "Lord, there is one thing, subordinate feels it needs to be reported to Lord."

"Speak."

"At the Channel 17 fortress, investigation discovered that when this Xu Jin killed that Eighth-Tier middle-stage alien, a Great Chu general discovered that the star art this Xu Jin used was a space star art, and it was also very, very brilliant." Xia Zhong said.

"What do you mean?"

"Lord, space star arts have always been the unique secret learning of the Sumeru Palace Master's side."

"Understood."

Tianyang Xingjun Tianyang nodded, "Then you arrange it. The Sumeru Palace Master will also break through to the Ninth Tier soon. After he breaks through, you arrange it, reveal this intelligence to him, and then watch closely; we will look for opportunities again."

"Subordinate understands."

At the same time, inside Guard City 6, Tianyang Xingjun Cangming looked at the breakthrough anomaly brought by Cheng Yuexiao breaking through to the Ninth Tier, his expression gloomy and unpredictable.

While observing, he looked remotely in the direction of Guard City 1, his eyes eager to try.

But in the end, he dismissed a certain idea and then summoned Seventh Elder Huang Kejia back with a wave of his hand.

"Speed up the investigation for me, especially the characteristics of this Xu Jin's star arts! In addition, while the Great Chen mortal world experts are few and their attention is all on the Star River Battlefield, you arrange for people to go to Xihai Prefecture, find a few Great Chen National Dao Academy disciples who participated in the battle that day, and perform soul-searching to further investigate Xu Jin's movements that day.

Nowadays, I feel more and more that the one who ambushed Elder Sun and the four people that day might be this Xu Jin." Tianyang Xingjun Cangming arranged.

"Subordinate will go arrange it now." Seventh Elder Huang Kejia took the order and left.

At the same time, inside Guard City 9, Tianyang Xingjun Zhen'e looked at the breakthrough anomaly of Guard City 13, but laughed, "Someone, bring two Fifth-Tier spiritual herbs, and prepare some other congratulatory gifts, and send them to Great Chen Guard City 13.

To celebrate Great Chen National Teacher breaking through to the Ninth Tier."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 574 =====