Chapter 733: Minor Ailments and the Final Harvest (Seeking Monthly Votes)

In the residence of True Person Bixuan, Crown Prince Lu Changyan of Bixuan stood solemnly before his ancestor, True Person Bixuan, bowing his head slightly in the manner of one receiving a reprimand.

Tianyang Xingjun Xiji, Liu Xi, also stood on the other side of True Person Bixuan, his expression extremely unsightly.

It was evident that his mood was terrible.

The treasure he used to attain the Dao had been lost, and upon coming to Crown Prince Bixuan, he hadn't even received a few words of comfort; the Crown Prince acted as if it were no big deal, so how could he not be furious?

But at this moment, in the presence of True Person Bixuan, even if he were burning with rage, he had to restrain himself.

"Has everything been investigated?"

After a long while, the white beard under True Person Bixuan's chin trembled slightly as he spoke.

"Reporting to the Ancestor, it has been investigated. The Ninth-Tier experts summoned from other star domains by the residence of True Person Yutang have already invaded the Xiazhu Star Domain. Holding military orders from the residence of True Person Yutang, they have begun to take over the Xiazhu Star Domain and are investigating and purging the moles we previously cultivated.

Currently, the surviving moles only know that not long after the Law River suppressed by Tianyang Xingjun Qu in the Xiazhu Star Domain collapsed, the Eldest Princess of the residence of True Person Yutang, Zhu Linxiao, arrived.

Half a day later, the elites from other star domains of the residence of True Person Yutang arrived.

The Guan Xiaoxing Lords we sent over have also all disappeared.

On the timeline, the timing of Zhu Linxiao's appearance was very critical.

The currently inferred battle situation is that this Xu Jin used some unknown method to sever Tianyang Xingjun Qu's Law River, and then, regardless of the cost, launched a surprise attack to kill Lu Sheng.

Once Lu Sheng died, Tianyang Rank Rank Xiao Xingjun Liu's West Wind Chaos-Empty Banner had no one to control it, and the spatial blockade of the Xiazhu Star Domain failed.

Zhu Linxiao, using a Dao-Fetus artifact to invade the Xiazhu Star Domain at this time, must have utilized certain methods left behind within the residence of True Person Yutang to kill Tianyang Xingjun Xingjun You Le, and then, in coordination with Xu Jin, killed the group of Guan Xiaoxing Lords, only finally taking the West Wind Chaos-Empty Banner.

Moreover, because her consumption was immense, she was likely at the end of her tether, which is why she did not pursue and kill Tianyang Xingjun Qu Shanze, who had suffered backlash and serious injury, when she discovered him while retrieving the West Wind Chaos-Empty Banner in the outer heavens.

Now, she has already returned to the residence of True Person Yutang with Xu Jin.

Immediately upon returning, the two of them went into seclusion together, likely to heal their injuries." Facing the Ancestor's inquiry, Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, eloquently explained the battle situation he and his subordinates had inferred based on various pieces of information.

This account of the battle had many supporting examples, and Lu Changyan and his think tank believed the accuracy was as high as ninety or even ninety-five percent, which also explained the disastrous defeat in the Xiazhu Star Domain this time.

What was missing were likely just some minor details.

And the true reason for the disastrous defeat was, first, their miscalculation of Xu Jin, and second, the poor selection of the commander.

Especially the second point, which was the primary cause.

He hadn't expected that Lu Sheng, who was taking on a major responsibility for the first time, would be so arrogant and careless.

Otherwise, how could Lu Sheng, who already possessed the combat power of a Great Tianyang Xingjun, have been killed by Xu Jin's surprise attack?

It must have been carelessness, born of arrogance!

Consequently, Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, bore significant leadership responsibility for the disastrous defeat in the Xiazhu Star Domain.

He had arranged and selected this candidate, and the Ancestor, to prevent accidents, had even personally given instructions.

He hadn't expected him to be arrogant and careless nonetheless.

His original intention was to support Lu Sheng's lineage, but he hadn't expected it to ruin his major plans.

After the matter was settled, he prepared to exile Lu Sheng's lineage to end the matter.

Compared to this loss, this disposition could be considered extremely benevolent.

After listening to Lu Changyan's report and carefully reading the written report Lu Changyan had compiled, True Person Bixuan sighed helplessly.

True Person Bixuan was quite puzzled.

Under normal circumstances, there was absolutely no possibility of failure.

Yet, they had failed.

One could only say that this Xu Jin's combat power was stronger than he had imagined, and he dared to fight to the death, with correct strategies.

He figured that when this Xu Jin climbed the Law Heaven Road previously, he must have reached the peak of the Law Heaven Road and entered the secret realm left behind by the Emperor, gaining something.

This made True Person Bixuan even more helpless.

If it were anything else, even if he had to risk his old face and use all sorts of methods, he would have to fight for a share for his descendants.

But this Law Heaven Road tested one's degree of comprehension of the Dao laws; it tested talent and enlightenment.

No matter how much effort he exerted, it was useless.

And now, things had reached this point.

Complaining was just dwelling on the past.

A lifetime of experience had taught him one thing: rather than dwelling on the past, it was better to focus on the future.

"Liu Xi." After pondering for a long while, True Person Bixuan suddenly spoke.

"This subordinate is here." Tianyang Xingjun Xiji, Liu Xi, hurriedly cupped his hands and stood solemnly.

"Your West Wind Chaos-Empty Banner is lost, and I fear it won't be recovered in the short term, but you need not worry.

It was merely a protective treasure for when you attain the Dao as a True Person.

When you attain the Dao, I will naturally prepare meticulously for you; I will absolutely not let you suffer a loss!" True Person Bixuan promised.

"Many thanks, True Person."

Since True Person Bixuan had already spoken, what else could Liu Xi do? He could only leave first.

But this promise seemed to make no difference whether it existed or not; it was all empty talk.

What depressed him most was that True Person Bixuan's promise to fully assist him in attaining the Dao as a True Person was going to be delayed again.

After this battle, in the short term, the residence of True Person Yutang might have a possibility of regaining its prestige.

The moment he stepped out of the residence of True Person Bixuan, Tianyang Xingjun Xiji, Liu Xi, suddenly realized, or rather, made a decision: he could not place all his hopes of attaining the Dao as a True Person on True Person Bixuan.

He had to save himself.

He had to find other hopes!

This old thing had little lifespan left, and until he had thoroughly supported his own family or descendants, he likely wouldn't sincerely help him break through to True Person!

"Changyan, things have reached this point; overthinking is useless, but future planning is even more critical." After Liu Xi left, True Person Bixuan began to give instructions.

"I ask for the Ancestor's guidance." Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, bowed.

"There are three measures: First, immediately adjust the defensive forces under our residence of True Person Bixuan, pull out the Little Tianyang Xingjun forces that can be mobilized, and reorganize a Little Tianyang Xingjun team that can deter all sides, to awe external enemies and stabilize the interior.

Second, immediately select suitable Ninth-Tier peak candidates, and then distribute a batch of the Dao-Evolution Pearls accumulated over these years to help them break through to Tenth-Tier Guan Xiaoxing Lords.

In this way, in at most ten years, the strength of our residence of True Person Bixuan can be fully restored."

The Crown Prince of Bixuan bowed slightly upon hearing this, "The Ancestor is wise. Your grandson will go and arrange it shortly. Ancestor, what about this third one?"

"Third?"

True Person Bixuan's gaze looked far away outside the residence, "You should have been able to think of the first two measures; I just added a word. For this third one, I want to test you; you tell me what you think."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince of Bixuan pondered for a few breaths and said slowly, "Ancestor, this third one should still lie with Xu Jin."

"How so?"

"Previously, sending forces to the Xiazhu Star Domain to surround and kill Xu Jin had the fundamental purpose of suppressing the residence of True Person Yutang.

But after this battle, killing the Dao-Child Xu Jin has become the number one priority for our residence of True Person Bixuan.

In this battle, although the various True Person residences and Tianyang Xingjun residences did not participate, they were certainly watching. Our disastrous defeat will inevitably cause changes among the various forces in the Dongxuan Star Realm, and the attitude of major forces toward us and the residence of True Person Yutang will certainly change. And the various small world star domains we control, especially those newly acquired over these years, will likely see wavering hearts.

Under these circumstances, Xu Jin has become a disgrace to our residence of True Person Bixuan.

He might even be considered by all sides as the beginning of the decline of the residence of True Person Bixuan.

Therefore, killing Xu Jin is the only way to restore the deterrent power of our residence of True Person Bixuan.

Only then can we thoroughly stabilize the interior," the Crown Prince of Bixuan analyzed.

True Person Bixuan nodded with satisfaction; his grandson's vision was still very sharp.

It was just that his handling of affairs was not yet smooth enough.

"The general direction is no problem, but you must absolutely not treat Xu Jin as the number one priority for our residence of True Person Bixuan," True Person Bixuan said.

The Crown Prince of Bixuan was somewhat puzzled and asked for guidance again.

"A fly lands on a tiger's head; do you use all your strength to kill it, or do you ignore it, but keep an eye on it at all times, and slap it to death with one paw when it flies up?"

"Naturally the second way; the first way uses too much force and is easy to hurt oneself," the Crown Prince of Bixuan answered without hesitation.

"As long as you understand!

To my Lu clan, Xu Jin is merely a minor ailment.

You must absolutely not ignore the fundamental problem of my Lu clan—cultivating successor True Persons.

If there is no True Person to guard it, the family business of ten thousand domains will eventually dissipate just like the residence of True Person Yutang.

Do you understand?"

"Your grandson has received your instruction!" Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, bowed deeply to the ground.

Inside the Offering Residence of Yutang Wang City, Xu Jin was taking stock of his harvest.

Eldest Princess Zhu Linxiao sat beside Xu Jin like a little woman, shock constant in her large eyes, and occasionally, the eyes she looked at Xu Jin with were filled with nothing but worship.

Twelve Guan Xiaoxing Lords killed, eighteen killed in total.

This battle record, whether spoken or written on paper, was not as shocking as having eleven captured and sealed Dao-Fetuses lined up in front of one, then refining their Dao-Fetuses and flesh into the preliminary materials for Dao-Evolution Pearls one by one, and then drawing out their Sumeru spaces one by one to count the harvest.

This scene was too shocking.

It was fortunate that Zhu Shizhen wasn't there; if that kid were there, he would probably be drooling.

To put it more directly, it was just like when Xu Jin read books in the past and saw the "Wine Pool and Meat Forest"; the imagination in his mind was one thing, just dozens or hundreds of young and beautiful palace maids serving.

However, when such a scene truly appeared, the shock was completely indescribable!

It could not be described in words!

In the end, it could only be reduced to the two slightly pale words, "Meat Forest."

Xu Jin spent a full hour counting the harvest within these Sumeru spaces.

How to put it, most of the Guan Xiaoxing Lords were not wealthy.

There wasn't much Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Among the twelve Guan Xiaoxing Lords killed this time, the Sumeru spaces of eight of them only had one drop of Zhou Tian Star Dew each.

This one drop was likely bestowed by the residence of True Person Bixuan when they set out for battle.

Two other Guan Xiaoxing Lords had two drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew in their Sumeru spaces, with only one drop accumulated by themselves.

Besides this, Lu Sheng had three drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Whether it was saved or given by the Lu family was hard to say, but it was Xu Jin's gain regardless.

The richest harvest belonged to the Sumeru space of Song Ju, the first of the vanguard selection ten years ago.

There were actually seven drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew.

Now, it was all Xu Jin's gain.

Song Ju's cultivation had long reached the peak of Little Tianyang Xingjun, but he had been comprehending laws and hadn't broken through; these Zhou Tian Star Dews were likely what he had accumulated.

Besides this, in Song Ju's Sumeru space, Xu Jin also harvested a piece of Metal-attribute treasure material.

This Song Ju cultivated Metal, Wind, and Space powers; he had already forged his life-bound suppression artifact for the Wind attribute and was currently preparing for the Metal one.

Now, it belonged to Xu Jin.

In the future, when Xu Jin prepared to forge his Metal-attribute life-bound spiritual treasure, the cost would be a bit less.

A total of twenty-two drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew were harvested.

Xu Jin was quite happy.

Besides this, twelve suppression artifacts of various colors were also harvested.

Xu Jin had originally thought that Tianyang Xingjun Xingjun You Le would make him a fortune.

However, this fellow was poorer than Xu Jin had imagined.

The Zhou Tian Star Dew in his Sumeru space was also only three drops, the same as Lu Sheng.

Other harvests in his Sumeru space were also not as good as Lu Sheng's.

One could only say that this fellow had converted all the resources in his hands into cultivation.

Only that spatial suppression artifact of his could be considered a decent harvest.

With this, the counting of the harvest was complete.

A total of twenty-five drops of Zhou Tian Star Dew, one piece of Metal-attribute treasure material, seven types of spiritual materials of various colors, and a large amount of elixirs, especially Seven-Star Profound Yellow Pills.

It could be said that Xu Jin would not lack Seven-Star Profound Yellow Pills and Eighth-Tier Star Jade Tablets for cultivation within a year.

Besides this, counting the previously killed Guan Xiaoxing Lords, a total of eighteen suppression artifacts were harvested, plus the supreme-grade suppression artifact, the West Wind Chaos-Empty Banner.

Of course, the greatest resource was the seventeen sets of materials for refining Dao-Evolution Pearls that Xu Jin currently held in his hands.

Once refined, this would be another substantial harvest.

However, Xu Jin prepared to take out a portion of these Dao-Evolution Pearls and share them with the residence of True Person Yutang.

First, refining required a large amount of time.

Second, benefits shouldn't be monopolized.

Especially since those Ninth-Tier Star Crystals belonged to Xu Jin, he had to give the residence of True Person Yutang some benefits.

After the counting was finished, just as Xu Jin was about to call Zhu Shizhen of Yutang Wang to decide on this matter, suddenly, Eldest Princess Zhu Linxiao received a starlight transmission, and the expression on her pretty face became very surprised.

"Husband, Tianyang Xingjun Xiji, Liu Xi, is visiting in person to request an audience!" Zhu Linxiao said.

"What is he here for?" Xu Jin was also stunned.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 734 =====