Chapter 901

Even Cangqu was listening by now and found it quite interesting.

It was just that what Long Ying said — the experiences of this world's Empress — happened to share quite a few similarities with the Empress of the Great Tang of the Nine Provinces.

The difference was that the Great Tang Empress, Wu Zetian, was still a perfect maiden to this day, and had never served as a Cairen or attended anyone's bedchamber.

But this world's Empress was not only of Cairen origin, she now had both sons and daughters, and countless male favorites to boot!

When Long Ying had talked himself dry and paused for a moment,

Cangqu, a smile on his face, asked with some curiosity,

"What is this Empress called?"

"Eh! Senior, you've probably been staying in Shenshan too long — you don't even know this?"

Long Ying found it somewhat absurd — under the heavens, how could anyone not know the Empress's deeds, or even her name?

This senior, in every gesture, carried the bearing of a powerhouse.

He didn't look like some ignorant mountain rustic!

But Long Ying didn't think much of it. After all, he'd been saying so much to build a relationship with Cangqu, so he immediately replied,

"Your Majesty's name is Wu above, Zhao below!"

"Wu Zhao?"

Though the smile remained on Cangqu's face, his heart gave an inexplicable jump.

How did this Great Zhou Empress share the same surname as his own Great Tang Empress?

Was it a coincidence?

And why had his own mood just stirred?

One must understand that for a powerhouse of his caliber, his mood didn't stir without cause — when it did, it meant something was afoot.

"Exactly!"

Long Ying, gifted with the silver tongue, went on,

"It's said that His Majesty not only possesses the talent to lay out heaven and earth, governing Great Zhou so the country is prosperous and the people at peace, with timely winds and rain,

but she herself also seems to possess supreme divine abilities — her Wu Gong is truly extraordinary!"

That's right!

Wu Zhao, as a successor of the Yingui Sect, had colluded with the orthodox Wu Lin, suppressing not only the entire Two Factions and Six Paths,

but had also collected every demonic art of the Demon Sect, save for the Dao Heart Seed Demon Great Law.

Now one could say that nearly all ten volumes of the Demon Sect's Heavenly Demon Codex had fallen into her hands.

Coupled with what Fatty Eunuch had said — that Wu Zhao's master was no low figure, and her Wu Gong cultivation was even above Fatty Eunuch's —

Long Ying naturally understood that Wu Zhao's strength was absolutely terrifying.

So he deliberately puffed her up before Cangqu, hoping this senior expert's curiosity would be piqued and he'd go cause trouble for Wu Zhao.

At that point, he could calmly flee Luoyang, and the skies would be wide and the birds free to fly!

"Oh? A mere Empress whose Wu Gong is actually extraordinary?"

This truly piqued Cangqu's interest — after all, among the great dynasties of the Nine Provinces, apart from the special case of the Yin Moon Dynasty,

the rulers of the other great dynasties had only ordinary Wu Gong cultivation.

His own Great Tang Empress was even more ordinary!

He hadn't expected this Great Zhou Empress to possess such impressive strength?

His heart stirred — he realized this kid not only addressed the Empress by name directly, but also knew quite a few secrets.

Perhaps this kid also knew a thing or two about his mission target this time?

"Then besides the Empress, how many other experts are there in the world?"

Cangqu asked casually, looking every inch a martial arts fanatic.

Long Ying, suspecting nothing, answered directly,

"Of the world's experts, I think Senior should be held in highest esteem."

That remark was half flattery, half Long Ying's genuine thought.

After all, since he had begun learning martial arts, all the experts he had seen combined were not as exaggerated as Cangqu.

With a single thought, he could freeze everything around him.

Such means were virtually no different from an immortal.

"Alright, tell me about the others."

Cangqu, flattered by his praise, was somewhat pleased.

After all, this kid was this world's Child of Destiny.

Being praised by the Child of Destiny was quite something.

But he kept his face impassive, letting Long Ying continue.

Seeing no reaction from him, Long Ying stopped dwelling on it and began speaking of this world's experts,

"The first to mention must be the Heavenly Master Xi Yao.

It's said he inherited the mantle of the Heavenly Master Sun En from the era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

His strength is extraordinary, having long since reached the supreme Mythical Realm, surpassing even Sun En."

The first person he mentioned was somewhat beyond Cangqu's expectations.

He had never imagined this world would also have a Sun En lineage.

Some Heavenly Master Xi Yao, no less?

But regarding Long Ying's claim that Xi Yao's strength surpassed Sun En's, Cangqu could only feel like laughing.

Perhaps Xi Yao's talent was decent, even higher than Sun En's.

But the Sun En of the Nine Provinces World was no ordinary Sun En.

It was only because the Nine Provinces World had that Nine Provinces Combat Power Apex Ranking!

After Sun En made the ranking, he had long since received a Heavenly Dao bestowment.

His strength was already beyond what it once was.

Although there was still a considerable gap between them, Cang Qu knew that given time, it was not impossible for Sun En to reach the Shattered Realm.

So did this Xi Yao have any hope of standing shoulder to shoulder with Sun En?

Did he have a Heavenly Dao bestowment?

Cang Qu grumbled inwardly, but his face remained impassive, gesturing for Long Ying to continue.

Long Ying had actually not spent much time in the jianghu.

How could he know how many formidable figures there were in the jianghu?

This Celestial Master Xi Yao was something he had only learned of by chance.

But the expert before him was in high spirits, and Long Ying did not want to dampen his mood.

After some thought, he dragged out the female assassin who had nearly killed him — the one whose martial arts were inherited from the Evil King Shi Zhixuan.

As well as Fatty Eunuch, and even Feng Guoting, Princess Taiping, and the like, all pulled out to make up the numbers.

Unfortunately, how could such figures catch Cang Qu's eye?

Growing increasingly impatient as he listened, he felt he might have overestimated this boy; from him, perhaps he could not pry any useful information.

Suddenly, Long Ying said,

"There is a rumor of a temple called Wang Si, whose abbot, the Monk King Wang Fa Ming, is also a generation-defying expert unrivaled under heaven."

"What? You know Fa Ming?"

Cang Qu could not contain his elation, and asked Long Ying.

701 — a lead had truly come!

Huh?

Long Ying had not expected that a single mention of Fa Ming could provoke such shock from this immortal-like senior expert.

In truth, this Fa Ming was something he had heard about from Fatty Eunuch during a casual chat on his way to Luoyang.

Fatty Eunuch only said that this Fa Ming was the junior martial brother of the Holy Divine Emperor Wu Zhao.

He had been living in seclusion at Wang Si all along.

As for which of the Momenliang Sect's Six Dao's Yimen Sect he originated from, what Wu Gong he had learned, who his master was, and what his background was, Long Ying naturally knew nothing at all.

But seeing how much importance this senior expert placed on Fa Ming, Long Ying deliberated for a moment, then immediately spilled it out,

"I don't actually know Fa Ming that well myself. I only know that he is His Majesty's junior martial brother."