“Your Majesty, over at the Tiandu Black Feather Guard, the consumption of martial arts resources seems to be somewhat abnormal.”
“Furthermore, these anomalies all originate from the various prefectural and provincial city Black Feather Guard units below.”
“There are some prefectural Black Feather Guard units engaging in fraudulent reporting, fabricating missions to obtain large quantities of martial arts resources.”
“Especially in those specific prefectures, such as An Prefecture, Fu Prefecture, Meng Prefecture, Qing Prefecture…”
Upon hearing this, where could Xia Mingyue fail to discern Shangguan Yuqing’s implication?
These prefectures suffering severe deficits happen to be locations where certain individuals are stationed.
Those are none other than my own good elder brothers, the princes enfeoffed with various provinces!
Hmph!
These incompetents! If it weren’t for agreeing back then to Father Emperor and those few ancestors, she would have long ago eliminated these troublemakers.
Of course, this is only one of the reasons.
These several imperial elder brothers, for Xia Mingyue, still serve some special purpose.
Xia Mingye thought of that thing; to drive that thing requires a vast amount of imperial clan bloodline.
My good imperial brothers, don’t think I’m unaware of your schemes.
When that day arrives, you will understand why I have kept you, these incompetents, around for so long.
As the Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, for Xia Mingyue, a thing like familial affection ceased to exist from the moment she was born.
“Your Majesty, your humble subject has also received another piece of news.”
“It seems that the Baidao Prefecture in An Prefecture has applied to the Tiandu Black Feather Guard for three top-grade Worldly Spirit Objects, twenty medium-grade Worldly Spirit Objects, and one hundred low-grade Worldly Spirit Objects.”
“Moreover, the Deputy Director of the Black Feather Guard, Li Chengxing, has already approved it.”
“Currently, that batch of Worldly Spirit Objects is already on its way to Baidao Prefecture in An Prefecture.”
Baidao Prefecture?
Isn’t that where Lu Xuan, whom she just saw, is located?
Interesting. The Li family really knows how to invest heavily.
Xia Mingyue spoke with meaningful depth: “It seems, this Lu Xuan, I truly must properly get to know him.”
“Yuqing, as I recall, your adopted daughter, Shangguan Yunlan, is part of the Black Feather Guards, correct?”
“In that case, let her go to An Prefecture to investigate this Lu Xuan’s character.”
“As you command, Your Majesty!”
Regarding Lu Xuan, whose martial arts aptitude was so monstrously exceptional, Xia Mingyue naturally wished to cultivate him as her own trusted subordinate.
However, before that, it was still necessary to first assess this Lu Xuan; it depended on whether he could pass her test.
Shangguan Yuqing bowed deeply to Xia Mingyue, then, just like Man Qingqiu, vanished from within the great hall.
“Soon.”
“My goal is nearing completion.”
“Once my great undertaking is accomplished, this entire world will be completely under my control.”
“Beasts, the Supernatural and Weird – these things will also cease to exist.”
Xia Mingyue’s beautiful eyes radiated a profound black light, highlighting her majestic and noble temperament.
Last time, she hadn’t anticipated that within that Spirit Ruins Land, there still existed that one’s residual soul.
This led to her being ambushed by that residual soul while refining the Spirit Ruins Land.
In one year, Xia Mingyue will use that particular item to break the protection of the Spirit Ruins Land and forcibly enter inside.
That item requires the blood sacrifice of Xia Mingyue’s several good imperial brothers to unleash its most powerful strength.
“Hmph, I deliberately pretended to be severely injured, precisely to lure these old foxes into showing their tails.”
On Xia Mingyue’s right palm, a dreamlike bronze tripod materialized, floating in the void.
“The power of the Black Feather Tripod is something people like you could never understand.”
Two days later, Jingtai Prefecture, Prefectural City!
“Perfected Outer Gang Master Realm!”
“Finally reached this level.”
This time, the time taken to deduce the two techniques greatly exceeded Lu Xuan’s expectations.
It took a full two days!
Feeling the terrifying Gang Force energy stored within his body, a delighted expression appeared on Lu Xuan’s face.
He was now not far from the realm of the Divine Mansion True Man.
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: Outer Gang Master (Perfected)
Techniques: Sky-Burning Blade Art 1/9, Flowing Light Step 7/9, Immortal and Indestructible 0/9
Points: 0
The 10,909 system points weren’t left at all; they were all used up in one go.
When deducing Diamond Indestructibility to Immortal and Indestructible, a total of 7,000 system points were used.
As for the remaining points, they were naturally used by Lu Xuan to deduce the Flowing Light Step.
3,909 system points instantly propelled Flowing Light Step from the first layer to the seventh layer.
“Immortal and Indestructible?”
Immortal and Indestructible: Regenerate from a single drop of blood; Reshape the Physical Body!
For the first time, an unusual situation appeared all over Lu Xuan’s body.
On the ground lay a layer of foul-smelling, sticky dirt – the impurities discharged from Lu Xuan’s physical body.
Lu Xuan was completely naked, his whole body radiating a faint flash golden light. His well-defined muscles seemed filled with explosive power.
Lu Xuan extended his right hand, and the Gang Force within his body surged out, grasping at the void in a certain direction.
The black profound-colored greatsword lying on the table seemed to be seized by an invisible giant hand, hurtling towards Lu Xuan.
The moment the Black Profound Sword was gripped in his hand, Lu Xuan swung it directly towards his left arm.
Bang!
A resonant sound like a golden bell vibrated, and instead, the Black Profound Sword was sent flying back.
On Lu Xuan’s left arm, where the Black Profound Sword had passed, not even a single mark was left.
It was as if that Black Profound Sword, before his physical body, was like a feather, utterly useless.
This!
Relying solely on the intensity of his physical body, Lu Xuan had already surpassed the hardness of the Black Profound Sword.
Lu Xuan realized he was walking further and further down the path of the non-human.
God? Immortal? Buddha?
And it was the same with the Flowing Light Step; as Lu Xuan deduced it to the seventh layer, his speed had reached an inconceivable level.
“Excellent, this journey was worthwhile!”
Lu Xuan felt that Baidao Prefecture was no longer suitable for him. Having deduced the techniques to a higher level, the points required had far exceeded his imagination.
Probably, in the entire world, only the Tiandu of the Great Xia Dynasty could meet his needs.
Baidao Prefecture, Prefectural City!
Within the Black Feather Guard Mansion, in the main reception hall, He Yan stood there as if facing a great enemy.
On the main seats of the hall sat two figures, and beside them were five or six guards wearing silver armor.
These people had come from Qingling Prefecture.
They were Chen Luomeng, the leader of the Green Robe Guards of the Prince An’s Mansion, and the deputy leader, Lin Yu.
In the face of the Black Feather Guard, the world trembled in fear, not daring to provoke them.
Of course, there were some exceptions – namely, Prince An, who was an imperial son.
Therefore, He Yan didn’t dare utter a single word of complaint in front of these people from the Prince An’s Mansion.
What else could he do?
That elderly man sitting beside that woman, seemingly a very ordinary old man, inadvertently revealed a trace of his aura that nearly made He Yan kneel and prostrate himself.
An Outer Gang Master martial artist!
An Outer Gang Master had come knocking on the door. Right now, He Yan’s only thought was that his own Black Feather Envoy could hurry back and rescue him.
