Lingxiao Palace.
In the splendid palace, sunlight shines through the carved window lattice and onto the scarlet carpet, reflecting patches of mottled light and shadow.
The air is filled with the quiet scent of ambergris, majestic and solemn.
Emperor Zheng Yigao sat high on the dragon chair, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe with lifelike golden dragon embroidery patterns, as if he could rise into the sky at any time.
He had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a stern face, but he could not hide the fatigue and worry in his eyes.
Eunuch Chen Hai hunched over and hurriedly walked into the hall. There was a cautious look on his face, and every step he took was extremely cautious.
"Your Majesty, your servant Chen Hai has something to report." Chen Hai's voice was high-pitched and respectful.
Zheng Yi raised his eyes slightly, his eyes fell on Chen Hai, and he said lightly: "Speak."
Chen Hai took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, General Xu Fengxiong sent information that he and the two seniors Feng Yunzi have joined forces to exterminate the Du family in Beimang Mountain, and the He family in Qingyun Mountain and the Zhou family in Louguan Mountain have also been killed."
Zheng Yi frowned slightly, and a trace of complicated emotions flashed in his eyes. "Can this be done cleanly?"
Chen Hai quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I personally sent people to supervise, and no fish slipped through the net. It's just that this killing will inevitably arouse some discussion among the people."
Zheng Yi snorted coldly: "Discussion? My country cannot tolerate these families making trouble. If they keep their peace, I will give them a way to survive."
"It's a pity that people's hearts are not as strong as snakes swallowing elephants. These cultivating families really deserve to die!"
Chen Hai quickly nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. But with this action, the imperial court's troops have also been depleted."
Zheng Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a moment and then said: "It doesn't matter, as long as I can stabilize my country, a little loss is nothing."
At this time, there was silence in the palace, except for Chen Hai's slight breathing.
Outside the window, a gentle breeze was blowing, rustling the leaves outside the palace.
Chen Hai hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. On the day of the ceremony, news came from Xingzi that the Tang family in Xuelong Mountain was willing to surrender and asked your Majesty to send an army to accept the sacrifice."
Zheng Yi finally showed a smile on his face: "This is good news. If the Tang family sincerely surrenders, I will treat you generously."
Chen Hai echoed: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and the Tang family will definitely be grateful and serve your Majesty. However, this acceptance needs to be considered in the long term to prevent fraud."
Zheng Yi nodded: "You are right. Pass on my decree and have Xu Fengxiong rush to Xuelong Mountain as quickly as possible to take over the Tang family."
Chen Hai responded respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty. I will make arrangements right away."
"After the Tang family comes to Beijing, you will take care of the arrangements."
"This..."
Chen Hai's heart suddenly jumped and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, I have never experienced this matter. If I miss your Majesty's important event..."
"It doesn't matter."
Zheng Yi waved his hand and said: "There are no foundation-building monks in the Tang family. You can just arrange a spiritual peak at will."
"After conquering all the monk families in Dayu, I will have my own arrangements."
"No...!"
"One more thing, I will be in seclusion soon, and no distractions will disturb me. Do you understand?"
Chen Hai quickly said: "No! But Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report here."
"What's the matter?"
"It's about the palace, His Royal Highness..."
Zheng Yi waved his hand and said: "I am about to retreat, please don't bother me with worldly matters."
"As a prince, Ji'er is assisted by the important ministers of the cabinet appointed by me. He comes to ask me about everything. What's the use of them!"
Chen Hai quickly knelt down and said: "Yes! I obey the order!"
"Go down..."
"No!"
Chen Hai quickly exited, and at this time another young eunuch walked in quickly.
"When?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is asking for an audience..."
"Qingying? Tell me I'm not here..."
"Your Majesty!"
The voice came from far away, and Zheng Yi waved his hand and said: "Just wait."
"No!"
The serving eunuch and maid said respectfully and quickly withdrew.
Not long after, the imperial concubine Tuoba Qingying walked in angrily.
She was seen wearing a scarlet palace dress, with large blooming peonies embroidered on the skirt, and the edges outlined with gold threads shone in the sun.
Her hair was combed into a Lingyun bun, and a phoenix golden step swayed in her hair, swaying slightly with her steps, making it dazzling.
Her eyebrows were as dark as distant daisies, and her eyes were as charming as autumn water, but at this moment they were burning with anger.
The red lips were pursed tightly, and the complexion was slightly red, which made her even more gorgeous.
She angrily went straight to the palace of Emperor Zheng Yi. All the maids and eunuchs kept silent and tried to get out of her way.
Tuoba Qingying broke into the palace and asked loudly: "Your Majesty, why have you been avoiding me?"
Zheng Yi looked embarrassed, knowing that he was in the wrong.
She had originally promised that she could travel on her own in two years and refine her heart in the world of mortals, but now she has been avoiding him.
"Qingying, I am thinking about you. I hope you can practice with peace of mind and not get involved in external disturbances." Zheng Yi tried to persuade.
"I have been practicing in this palace for a long time. My heart is in the world and I am determined to travel." Tuoba Qingying was determined.
"Besides, you promised me before, so you have no words to say!"
"That was before."
Zheng Yi said helplessly: "Now that Xingchen Island is attacking in a big way, there may be spies from Xingchen Island and the Earth Demon Clan in the whole Dayu. If they are..."
"Who are you lying to? Star Island is extremely far away from Dayu, and there is a sea road blocking the way. Even if a monk in the foundation-building stage wants to cross the endless sea, it will take several years."
"It's still early for the monks from Star Island and the Earth Demon Tribe to come to Dayu!"
"What if..."
"I don't care! You have no joke!"
Tuoba Qingying glared at Zheng Yi: "Besides, I am a monk in the foundation-building stage. I am only one step away from the middle stage of foundation-building. Where can I go without being a minister in the world?"
The two had a heated argument and refused to give in to each other.
In the end, Zheng Yi sighed helplessly and compromised: "That's all, I agree to your going out."
"Really?"
"Alas...even if I don't agree, if you want to leave, can I still stop you?"
"It's good that you know~ If I hadn't informed you, I would have left long ago~"
Tuoba Qingying snorted. When she wanted to go out for training in the Tuoba family, she also ran away from home.
No one in the family knows, so what can they do to him?
The reason why I am looking for Zheng Yi now is that I really feel uneasy.
Between the words, the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous.
Zheng Yi stood up, took Tuoba Qingying's little hand and said, "I don't know how long it will take for my beloved concubine to come back. What if I miss you?"
"Miss me?"
Tuoba Qingying said indifferently: "Your Majesty has more than three thousand beauties in the harem. What does it mean to be a groom every night? What does it mean to be a concubine?"
"Although I have a harem of three thousand, my favorite is you, my beloved concubine~"
"Liar!"
"My true sincerity, my beloved concubine still doesn't know?"
As he spoke, he took Tuoba Qingying's little hand and put it underneath.
"You, you... are a disgrace!"
"My beloved concubine... I don't know when I will see you again after we say goodbye today. I miss you so much~"
"Ah...!"
The two of them rolled onto the dragon bed unknowingly, the tent swayed slightly, and the red candle rolled, so moisturized.
After the storm, Zheng Yi hugged Tuoba Qingying and said seriously: "Qingying, although I agree with you to travel, you need to make an agreement."
Tuoba Qingying's face was red, and she still had some thoughts: "Your Majesty, please tell me~" "First, you need to send Feijian a letter every month, detailing what you have seen, heard and your current situation;"
"Secondly, don't trust others easily, and be careful about everything;"
"Third, if you encounter danger, don't be tempted to fight and return to the palace quickly."
Tuoba Qingying thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
In order to keep Tuoba Qingying safe, Zheng Yi gave many treasures.
These things were all things he had already prepared for Tuoba Qingying for traveling.
"Your Majesty? This is it?"
"These are all things I specially prepared for you when you go out, including spiritual weapons, talismans, elixirs, and some spiritual stones, just in case you need them when you travel."
Looking at the storage bag Zheng Yi specially prepared for herself, Tuoba Qingying's eyes turned red and she said, "Have you already prepared it?"
"My beloved concubine wants to go, how can I stop you... Just be careful!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry!"
Tuoba Qingying said in a concentrated voice: "I will cherish myself when I travel this time, stay away from danger, and return as soon as possible."
"That's it...that's good!"
Zheng Yi nodded, and then hugged Tuoba Qingying into his arms.
"I don’t know how long my concubine’s trip will be. Let me reminisce about you, my concubine~~"
"Ah...Your Majesty!"
For more than ten days in a row, the two of them were tired of being together, having fun almost day and night.
Taiyi Daoyao's dual cultivation technique and the dual cultivation technique presented by Hehuan Sect were jointly performed, making the two of them understand the taste of the marrow.
In the end, even Tuoba Qingying, as a foundation-building monk, was a little overwhelmed.
Until the end, Tuoba Qingying endured her grief, got up from Zheng Yi, and left quietly.
Looking at Tuoba Qingying's leaving figure, Zheng Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
He was not worried about Tuoba Qingying's safety.
In the foundation-building period, let alone Da Yu, even if he goes to Star Island or the entire Xuan Cang Realm, he will have no worries.
Now that the world has been settled, and the Da Yu cultivation world is also being pushed by Feng Yunzi, Xu Fengxiong and others, it is only a matter of time before they surrender.
Now, he finally has time to practice in seclusion.
And, deal with the matter in Canglan Realm.
after all.
He remembered that his power of years was almost full.
……
There are no Jiazi in the mountains, and it is so cold that I don’t know the year.
In this quiet practice, I don’t know how many years have passed.
There was silence in the deep secret room.
Zheng Yi sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and his expression solemn.
The walls of the secret room are made of special stone, which exudes faint spiritual energy fluctuations and can isolate outside interference.
Zheng Yi slowly adjusted his breathing and gradually calmed down his mood.
He began to circulate the spiritual power in his body, flowing along specific meridians.
Spiritual energy surged through his body like a raging river.
Every time it circulated, his body felt a warm force, and it also continuously strengthened his meridians and body.
As the spiritual power circulated, a whirlpool of spiritual power gradually formed around Zheng Yi.
This vortex continuously absorbs the spiritual energy in the secret room, transforms it into pure spiritual power, and injects it into Zheng Yi's body.
Zheng Yi's body seemed to have turned into a bottomless pit, greedily absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
Underneath these whirlpools of spiritual power are drops of liquid mana composed entirely of spiritual power.
Every drop of liquid mana contains a large amount of pure spiritual energy.
Under the nourishment of spiritual power, Zheng Yi's body gradually became stronger.
His skin shone faintly, like jade.
His aura also became more stable, as unshakable as a mountain.
A thick, steady breath slowly came from his body.
He didn't know how much time passed before he slowly opened his eyes.
There was a flash of divine light in his eyes, like two sharp swords that could penetrate everything.
"The middle stage of foundation building...I don't know how long it has passed."
Zheng Yi said quietly.
He practiced quietly and did not know the time in the outside world.
But with the qualification of the water-attributed spiritual root, he was sure that time had not passed not long ago.
The bottlenecks in the middle stage of Qi training flowed through like water, without any hindrance.
Next, Zheng Yi began to practice the magic weapon Qianhuan Glazed Painting.
He took out the Qianhuan Glazed Painting from the storage ring. The painting exuded a mysterious light and had various strange patterns drawn on it.
He closed his eyes, concentrated, and poured his spiritual power into the Qianhuan Glazed Painting. The spiritual power is like a thin thread, slowly seeping into the painting.
With the injection of spiritual power, Qianhuan Glaze Painting began to change. The patterns on the screen seemed to come alive, constantly flashing with light.
Zheng Yi felt the changes in Qianhuan Liuli Painting with his heart and constantly adjusted his spiritual power output.
He knew that practicing magic weapons required patience and care, and he couldn't be careless in the slightest. Only by perfectly integrating one's own spiritual power with the magic weapon can the maximum power of the magic weapon be unleashed.
I don't know what grade Qianhuan Glazed Painting is, and it can be activated by him in the foundation building stage, so it must not be a magic weapon.
There is a high probability that it is a spiritual weapon.
With the injection of spiritual power, the restrictions in the Qianhuan Glazed Painting were quickly broken.
And his control over Qianhuan Glazed Paintings has become more and more skillful.
During this ritual, time passed like flowing water again.
I don't know how much time passed, but Zheng Yi took out the Thunder Fire Sword again.
The blade of the Thunder Fire Sword flashes with blue lightning and red flames, exuding a powerful aura.
He began to use his spiritual power to activate the power of the Thunder Fire Sword.
Spiritual power was injected into the Thunder Fire Sword, and the lightning and flames on the sword suddenly became more intense.
Blue thunder and lightning are like dragons, circling and flying on the sword; red flames are like phoenix, burning fiercely on the sword.
Zheng Yi wielded the Thunder Fire Sword and performed a set of sword skills in the secret room.
The swordsmanship is extremely fierce, and the power of the sword is like thunder and fire, making people intimidated.
Every time the Thunder Fire Sword is swung, powerful lightning and flame power can be released, seemingly capable of destroying everything.
In the process of practicing the Thunder Fire Sword, Zheng Yi constantly adjusted his sword skills and spiritual power output, striving to maximize the power of the Thunder Fire Sword.
After practicing the Thunder Fire Sword, Zheng Yi began to perform a blood sacrifice to the snake demon and snake eggs.
Take out the snake egg from the storage bag. The snake egg exudes a faint evil spirit and is covered with mysterious lines on its surface.
Zheng Yi cut his palm and let the blood drip on the snake eggs. As soon as the blood comes into contact with the snake eggs, it is immediately absorbed.
With the continuous injection of blood, the snake eggs began to change. The lines on the surface became clearer, and the demonic aura emitted became more intense.
He has done this act of blood sacrifice to the snake demon and snake eggs many times, and he is extremely skillful.
And the breath of life in the snake eggs is becoming clearer and more active.
Maybe in the next second, this snake demon will be hatched.
By then, he will have a powerful pet!
Time continued to pass, and Zheng Yi, who was practicing the snake eggs, suddenly had a movement in his mind.
Under Tianshou Mountain, there was a strange spiritual energy fluctuation! (End of chapter)