Saint Qing Xiao shook his head and said, “I’ve also heard a little about this matter, but I don’t really feel that this is a good thing. How could a character like the Nine Emperors be cultivated by piling up resources alone?”
“Furthermore, over the matter of the Boundary Son, all the major sects and families have already begun to fight openly and secretly. Even the Taiji Dao, Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, and the Confucian Dao have sent out their most outstanding heirs to walk the world and compete for the quota of Boundary Sons. The entire Kunlun Realm has already set off a dark tide, and it’s unknown whether it’s a blessing or a curse.”
Elder Xuan Gui said, “The fact that you can see this step shows that you have truly matured and can stand alone. In fact, within the Holy Academy, how is it not a dark tide?”
Saint Qing Xiao instantly understood Elder Xuan Gui’s intentions and said, “Could it be that Master Teacher also wants Junior Brother to compete for the Boundary Sonship?”
Elder Xuan Gui nodded and smiled, “Once you become a Realm Son, you will be given a massive amount of cultivation resources, and you can even leap to become the Queen’s personal disciple, and in the future, you will have the chance to take over the Queen’s throne and become the master of the Kunlun Realm. Such an opportunity, if you miss it, will there be a next time?”
“Besides, your Junior Brother has just reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Supreme Extremity Realm, it’s a hot time. Even if he doesn’t go to compete for the Boundary Son’s slot, someone will definitely approach him personally.”
Saint Qing Xiao’s expression was grave as he said, “Speaking of Junior Senior Brother, there’s another matter that disciple has to report to Master.”
“What is it?”Elder Xuan Gui said.
Saint Qing Xiao said, “Some time ago, the Market Realm Altar of the Wood Essence Market Realm was smashed by the Copperbeard Half-Saint of the Devil Sect. Originally, it was thought that the matter had come to an end. However, after a recent period of investigation, the Ministry of War had information passed up that before the Ruin Realm Altar was trashed, Junior Master was in the Wood Essence Ruin Realm and had been to the Ruin Realm Altar.”
“As for, the specifics of the entire incident, it has already been recorded into a top secret file by the people of the Imperial Historian’s Office, and even I am not very clear about it. Right now, that one file has already been presented back to the Kunlun Realm to be delivered to the Imperial Court.”
Hearing this, even Elder Xuan Gui revealed a solemn expression, and after a moment of contemplation, he said, “Your Junior Brother’s identity, the Sacred Courtyard has long since done a detailed investigation into it, and is quite innocent, and is certainly not an undercover agent planted by the Devil Cult. This, on the contrary, is nothing to worry about.”
“In addition, with his cultivation at that time, it’s unlikely that he would have been able to destroy the Market Realm Altar.”
“Furthermore, even if your Junior Senior Brother really had something to do with this matter, the Empress shouldn’t, because of this small matter, punish him heavily. After all, your Junior Senior Brother’s current identity is not what it used to be. If the Empress wants to dispose of him, she would definitely have to offend the Holy Academy and the Eastern Region Saint King’s Palace, so she definitely still has a certain amount of discretion as to which is the lesser of the two.”
Sage Qing Xiao was quite cautious and said, “Should we ask Junior Senior Brother about this matter first, knowing the ins and outs of the matter, we can also make preparations in advance. In case the Empress blames us, we can also deal with it.”
Elder Xuan Gui thought about it and shook his head, “It’s better not to ask, lest we cause him unnecessary pressure.”
Saint Qing Xiao and Elder Xuan Gui continued to discuss some more important matters before leaving the meteorite and returning back to the Green Harvest Hall.
The Green Harvest Hall was Elder Brother Qing Xiao Sage’s hall, as well as a place for the Ministry of War to transfer personnel and conduct official business, thus, Zhang Ruochen temporarily stayed at the Ten Thousand Realms Tavern after gathering with a few of his elder brothers and sisters.
Entering the room, Zhang Ruochen immediately took out the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram and entered the world of scrolls.
As for the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram, it was like an ordinary picture scroll that was hung above the wall, and no one could possibly guess that within the picture scroll, there would be an independent inner world.
The first city in the world of the scroll, under the leadership of Little Black, along with the hard work of the three Fish Dragon Realm cultivators, had already taken shape.
Fish Dragon Realm cultivators were indeed quite good labourers, extremely efficient at doing hard labour, one could be worth hundreds of ordinary people.
The entire city, almost entirely cast from boulders, piled up into temples, streets, towers, some of the mountains with more abundant spiritual qi, but also dug out dozens of caves, attracting the nearby water flow, forming waterfalls dozens of feet high.
According to Xiao Hei’s planning, the first step was to build a small city that could accommodate 50,000 people, so the amount of work was not too great.
Right now, it was only in its initial form, and to truly form a city, it would still take a lot of time to polish and carve it.
Zhang Ruochen was a bit puzzled and asked, ”Little Black, I’m curious, what are you doing building a city in the Scroll World? Is it possible that you want to pick up a lot of people and bring them all in to cultivate?”
Xiao Hei appeared excited, but did not tell Zhang Ruochen the reason, and only laughed heatedly, “It’s not just as simple as building a city, in the future, there will be more to be built. By the way! I used the scales from the Wrecked Jiao King’s body to refine two Jiao Armours, and I’ve already given them to those two girls.”
Little Black pointed forwards.
With its claws, pointing in the direction, Ao Xin Yan and the Orange Moon Star Envoy flew over in their crimson Jiao Armour and landed below the city.
The injuries of the two of them had already healed.
Zhang Ruochen stroked his chin and smiled, “Why did you only give the two of them, refined armour?”
Xiao: “Because, the two of them will be accompanying me to the Market Realm Battlefield, while you and your fiancée will be returning to the Kunlun Realm, so naturally, you won’t be able to use the armour for the time being.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “You are going to the Market Realm Battlefield?”
Little Black nodded and said, “Do you still remember, the altar we found in the Wood Essence Market Realm? That one altar, with other Market Realms, had a faint connection. This matter is of great importance, and I feel the need to trace it to the end.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’ll go with you!”
“No need, you’re in the limelight right now, and all the major forces are watching your every move, so if you go with us, you’ll instead cause unnecessary trouble.”Little Black added, “This Emperor brought the two girls with him to go forward because he also wanted them to experience a bit in the Market Realm Battlefield.”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, fixed on the Orange Moon Star Envoy, was slightly worried as he said, “Are you sure you can suppress them?”
“Are you worried about that one girl from the Black Market? Don’t worry, this Emperor has already taken her in as a disciple and is teaching her several ancient mastery techniques, even if she has other ideas, when she hasn’t learnt the entirety of several mastery techniques, she should still hold back and won’t immediately turn against this Emperor.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Alright! Since you have a sense of proportion, I won’t say any more. How soon are you prepared to depart?”
“Departing now.”Xiao.
Xiao Hei, Ao Xin Yan, and the Orange Moon Star Envoy, walked out of the Scroll World, and that very same day, set foot on the Market Realm Battlefield once again.
Huang Yichen had already awakened, recovered most of his injuries, and walked out of the Tulip World with Zhang Ruochen.
It was also on the same day that under the leadership of Elder Xuan Gui, Second Senior Brother Zhu Hongtao, Third Senior Brother Wan Ke, Fifth Senior Sister Ling Shu, plus Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen, travelled on the Ruin Realm Ship, passed through the wormhole, and returned to the Eastern Domain Sacred City together.
Returning to the Eastern Domain Sacred City, it was natural to return to the Sacred Courtyard first.
In the hinterland of the Sacred Academy, there was a tall and lofty Sacred Mountain.
The Sacred Mountain was not a lone mountain, but rather a mountain range with dozens of strange peaks and deep valleys, and only those who had reached the Half-Saint realm were able to open a cave in the Sacred Mountain.
Elder Xuan Gui’s cave was in the Spirit Crane Pear Garden in the holy mountain.
In the garden, three thousand six hundred Spiritual Crane Pear trees were planted.
It was the season of blooming flowers, the wind blew, making a “rustling” sound, and the white petals floated down to the ground like snowflakes.
Of course, there are also some pear trees that bear a crystal clear Spiritual Crane Pear, emitting a tantalising fragrance.
At this moment, in the Spiritual Crane Pear Garden, there was only Zhang Ruochen and Old Man Xuan Gui.
An old man and a young man, sitting opposite each other.
Elder Xuan Gui looked seventeen feet away, where there was a Spiritual Crane Pear tree that was as thick as three people’s arms, bearing seven turquoise-coloured Spiritual Crane Pears.
Suddenly, one of the Spirit Crane Pears, as if it had come to life, began to rapidly absorb the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth, gradually turning into a yellow-orange colour, and even the smell emitted from it was even more fragrant.
“Haha! There is actually a Spirit Crane Pear that has ripened today.”
Elder Xuan Gui let out a laugh, raised an arm, and grabbed it in the air.
In the next moment, that one ripe Spirit Crane Pear appeared in his hand.
Old Man Xuan Gui spread out his palm and handed the Spiritual Crane Pear to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “The Spiritual Crane Pear Tree, blossoms for 300 years, bears fruit for 300 years, and ripens for 300 years, taking a Spiritual Crane Pear will not only raise your cultivation level and open up your spiritual wisdom, but it will also increase a cultivator’s lifespan by thirty years.”
“Even if a half-saint comes begging, wanting to take it to extend his lifespan, Master would not necessarily give it. Today, you have sort of met it! Take it and taste it.”
Spiritual Crane Pear, shaped like its name, looks like a spiritual crane, has a curved and long crane neck, full crane belly, if you look closely, you can even see the crane wings, crane beak, crane eyes, crane legs.
There is no need to taste, just smell a mouthful, can also smell the air filled with a sweet fragrance, so that people can not help but swallow saliva.
Not to mention the other effects, just the “life extension for thirty years” alone showed how precious it was, no wonder even the Half-Saints wanted to get one.
Zhang Ruochen glanced at the Spiritual Crane Pear, stretched out his hands, and took it from Elder Xuan Gui’s hands.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen used a jade box and carefully placed the Spiritual Crane Pear inside, then covered it so as not to lose the essence in the pear.
Elder Xuan Gui was slightly surprised and said, ”Normally, once there is a Spiritual Crane Pear ripening, your second senior brother would definitely steal it and eat it at the first opportunity. Why don’t you try it now?”
Zhang Ruochen raised his head, smiled, and said, “I want to bring it back and give it to my mother.”
Elder Xuan Gui came to a realisation and said in his heart, “A filial child indeed.
Zhang Ruochen’s mother, who hadn’t opened the Divine Martial Seal and was just an ordinary person, would indeed have a hundred benefits if she took the Spiritual Crane Pear.
Although having an ordinary person take the Spiritual Crane Pear seemed very wasteful, that filial piety was a priceless treasure that was hard to buy with a thousand pieces of gold.
A look of admiration appeared in Elder Xuan Gui’s eyes, and he became even more fond of this youngest disciple as he asked, “Do you know, why did Master want to see you alone?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I don’t know.”
Old Man Xuan Gui stood up, looked at the blooming pear blossoms, and said, “My master has heard that you have cultivated a very powerful sword technique called the Shakra Without Trace. Can you demonstrate it to my master?”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was startled, and all of a sudden, he was somewhat at a loss for words.
Shakra Without Trace was a sword of time, incorporating a time mark, representing the power of time.
Other people might not be able to detect the power of time, but how strong was Old Man Xuan Gui? Even if it was just an extremely subtle fluctuation in time, it would be impossible to conceal it from him.
