Chapter 546

And hearing Jiang Chen's words,

Zhou Zhiruo immediately looked nervous: "Zhou Zhiruo of the Emei Sect greets the Snow Moon City Second... Second City Lord."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen

could not help but remind her: "What Second City Lord? Call her Sister!"

Zhou Zhiruo's body stiffened, and a blush flew across her pretty face: "Zhiruo greets... Sister!"

Li Hanyi nodded slightly, then rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen: "Who did you learn that glib tongue from?"

"Master, you have to ask yourself that!"

Jiang Chen looked at Li Hanyi with an innocent face and said: "If you had agreed earlier back then, I wouldn't have been able to practice this skill either!"

"You...!"

Although what should and shouldn't have been done had already been done,

hearing Jiang Chen's words at this moment, Li Hanyi still could not help but feel her heart race.

Coincidentally, at this moment,

Brother Sikong Changfeng also popped out from who knows where.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looked up at Yao Yue who was still undergoing the tribulation, and could not help but sigh: "I thought I would be able to break through to the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm before Palace Master Yao Yue, but now it seems I am still a step slow."

"Since you know you're slow, why aren't you seizing the time to cultivate?"

Li Hanyi glanced at Brother Sikong Changfeng and said coldly: "And you call yourself the only Spear Immortal of Northern Li!"

This Brother Sikong Changfeng came at such a timely moment!

Jiang Chen's face revealed joy, and then he mercilessly added: "Hey, Third City Lord, you haven't broken through yet?"

What is going on?

How could you not know whether I've broken through or not? Brother Sikong Changfeng looked at the two of them with a bewildered expression.

Chapter 277: The Lord of Northern Li, Emperor Mingde!

Tianqi City,

Imperial Observatory, Qingyun Hall, Star-Moon Pavilion.

Qi Tianchen, with his white hair and beard, looked at Emperor Mingde, who was sitting on the main seat in golden dragon robes, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the rise of Snow Moon City is unstoppable. In my opinion, regarding the execution ground incident back then, it is time to give the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi an explanation."

However,

upon hearing Qi Tianchen's words,

before Emperor Mingde could speak, Prince Lanyue, who was standing beside Qi Tianchen, spoke first.

He frowned and said: "State Preceptor, in just a few short years, has Snow Moon City become so powerful that even you, State Preceptor, feel fear?"

Qi Tianchen flicked his horsetail whisk lightly: "Just before Your Majesty and Prince Lanyue came to me, I observed an anomaly in the celestial phenomena in the southwest direction."

"Southwest direction..."

Prince Lanyue was puzzled: "What does this have to do with Snow Moon City?"

"Just some time ago, this same anomaly appeared."

Qi Tianchen looked at Prince Lanyue and said slowly: "And that time, the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi broke through to the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm."

Prince Lanyue was stunned: "Does the State Preceptor mean that someone else in Snow Moon City has broken through to the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm?"

Qi Tianchen nodded: "Exactly."

Just then,

Emperor Mingde spoke, his voice unhurried: "The State Preceptor has always been unfathomable and wise; surely you already know who has broken through to the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm, right?"

"I am only at the Carefree Heaven Realm; how could I pry into the secrets of the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm? However..."

Qi Tianchen smiled slightly: "... if I am not mistaken, the one who has broken through to the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm this time must be the Third City Lord of Snow Moon City, the Spear Immortal Brother Sikong Changfeng."

Li Hanyi, Brother Sikong Changfeng.

Azure Dragon Guardian, Vermilion Bird Guardian.

Emperor Mingde looked outside the pavilion, his expression calm, showing no emotion: "I never thought that in just over ten years, two of the four Guardians of Tianqi from back then would have stepped into the Spirit-Wandering Mystic Realm."

"Has Baili Dongjun returned to Snow Moon City?"

Qi Tianchen shook his head: "He has not."

"Hmm."

Emperor Mingde nodded.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly looked at Qi Tianchen with a smile: "Ever since you, State Preceptor, took on the position of Head of the Imperial Observatory, you have divined many major national affairs for me. That Northern Li can be so stable is largely due to your contribution."

Qi Tianchen bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is too kind. It is mainly due to Your Majesty's wise governance; my little bit of ability is merely adding flowers to a brocade."

"I am speaking the truth."

Emperor Mingde said with a smile: "It is precisely because of this that even when you, State Preceptor, made three requests back then, I accepted them without hesitation. I wonder if you still remember what those three requests were?"

"Naturally, I remember."

Qi Tianchen looked at Emperor Mingde and slowly said:

"I once told Your Majesty that although I serve as the Head of the Imperial Observatory, there are three things I will not manage: first, I will not calculate wars, because so-called wars are all great omens of disaster; second, I will not seek immortality, because immortality is the way of demons; as for the third point... it is that I will not discuss court politics."

"I didn't expect you to remember them all, State Preceptor."

Emperor Mingde said calmly: "Since that is the case, why have you been frequently bringing up the matter of Snow Moon City recently?"

Qi Tianchen sighed: "I am doing this for Your Majesty."

"Does that mean you want me to apologize to Li Hanyi and Brother Sikong Changfeng? If that were truly the case, would I also have to apologize to the Eight Pillars of the State from back then, and even the Lei family and the other two Guardians?"

Qi Tianchen bowed slightly: "I would not dare."

"State Preceptor, this matter really cannot be blamed on Your Majesty. Regarding the events of that year, Your Majesty was also forced by circumstances."

Seeing this, Prince Lanyue hurriedly spoke: "Moreover, in order to make up for the debt owed to Li Hanyi and the others back then, over these years, Your Majesty has always turned a blind eye to everything Snow Moon City has done, and even the taxes of Snow Moon City have never been brought up. Because of this, Your Majesty has been under great pressure in the court..."

· ·Seeking flowers···· ····

However,

Qi Tianchen directly interrupted him: "It is not enough."

As soon as he finished speaking,

Emperor Mingde looked at Qi Tianchen and slowly said: "Then how do you think I should act, State Preceptor?"

Qi Tianchen said with a solemn expression: "In my opinion, at the very least, the mastermind from back then should be handed over to Snow Moon City to be dealt with."

"The mastermind from back then?"

Emperor Mingde narrowed his eyes slightly: "I wonder, in your heart, State Preceptor, do I count as a mastermind?"

Qi Tianchen bowed again: "It is not that I am offending Your Majesty, but back then, Your Majesty... was also a victim."

"Oh?"

"Since you believe I was also a victim, why do you still want me to bow my head to Snow Moon City?"

"Because of Li Hanyi's disciple."

"Li Hanyi's disciple? Is it that Jiang Chen you mentioned to me earlier?"

"Exactly."

"I have had the honor of meeting Jiang Chen a few times. According to my observations, this Jiang Chen is even better than the former Dao Sword Immortal Zhao Yuzhen, and his current strength is unfathomable. I believe Your Majesty has already heard this from Xie Zhize."

"However, these are not important. What is important is that this Jiang Chen has an extraordinary relationship with Li Hanyi, and moreover..."

Qi Tianchen looked at Emperor Mingde and slowly said: "In the Prince Langya treason case back then, Li Hanyi's disciple was not involved. This means that in the eyes of this Jiang Chen, he does not care about the specific details of what happened back then; all he cares about is his Master, Li Hanyi."

"Then do you think, Your Majesty, that the Snow Moon Sword Immortal Li Hanyi has already let go of the events of that year?"

... Chuan.

Chapter 278: Demon City

Qi Tianchen stood on the top of the pavilion holding his horsetail whisk, quietly watching the stars rotate across the sky, his white Daoist robes dancing in the wind.

Just as Emperor Mingde said,

in the years since he took charge of the Imperial Observatory,

he had indeed divined many major national affairs for the Northern Li Dynasty.

And precisely because of this,

when he made those three requests back then, although Emperor Mingde was somewhat reluctant, he eventually accepted them.