In the royal residence.
Xu Qingnian’s mind was a little tired, refining the First Grade Divine Martial Cannon had taken too much energy.
This was still because he possessed the realm of the third grade of the Immortal Dao and had the augmentation of the Tao Te Ching, otherwise, it would have been almost impossible to fuse twenty first grade formations properly when he really wanted to.
But what Xu Qingnian had not expected was that he had just stepped out of the secret room and had heard this news.
Chen Ru was seriously injured?
Xu Qingnian’s brows furrowed as he looked at Yang Hu, and his eyes were cold.
“What happened?”
Xu Qingnian asked, frowning.
“Your Majesty, yesterday the Great Wei prince, Ji Yuan has returned.”
“Chen Ru clashed and conflicted with him and was seriously injured.”
“But fortunately, it did not hurt the root, and His Majesty took the first step to save Chen Ru, but I heard the news that.”
“Chen Ru will need to recuperate at home for a while, his injuries are very serious.”
Yang Hu replied simply.
“Just coming to trouble Chen Ru, it seems this Ji Yuan is trying to give me a head start.”
“Tell me the ins and outs, in detail.”
Xu Qingnian looked calm again, but having followed Xu Qingnian for over a year, Yang Hu immediately understood what Xu Qingnian wanted to do.
Yang Hu then did not dare to nag, and directly told the whole story in detail, including how the conflict started, what both sides said, Yang Hu basically told them all in detail.
After listening to the cause and effect.
Xu Qingnian calmed down in a rare moment.
He stood quietly in front of Yang Hu, silent.
Ji Yuan’s tactics were not very clever, and even looked extremely stupid to the casual observer.
In theory, Ji Yuan, as an orphan, should not be so arrogant even if he had power behind him, and when he was really smart should have entered the palace and listened to the arrangements honestly.
He should show his political skills as much as possible, and if necessary, he should even come to himself to please himself and the people of the court.
This would have worked better.
But Ji Yuan did not do so.
It was not because Ji Yuan was stupid, rather in Xu Qingnian’s eyes, it was obvious that Ji Yuan had understood himself when he did so.
He knew that the result of doing so would not change the situation after all.
So Ji Yuan took a different approach, without so much cover up or hypocrisy, and used dominance to solve all the mischief.
In doing so, he wanted to tell everyone that he had people behind him, the Sudden Evil Dynasty, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, the Great Wei Clan Kings, all of these were his forces.
And that was precisely why.
In other words, Ji Yuan had already sort of completely revealed his cards, revealed his bottom card.
Therefore, he was fearless, and he did not care about the world’s gaze.
Not for anything else.
Just because, he was the orphan of the Martial Emperor.
This is why he must enter the capital, and why he dares to do so.
Otherwise, when one is really an orphan, without the ability to prove oneself, coming to Kyoto, one is a lamb to be slaughtered.
In contrast, Ji Yuan’s approach was completely different from the enemies he had met before.
This one was more direct.
The previous enemies could have easily crushed themselves, but they did not do so because of arrogance, because of contempt, and because of arrogance.
But it was because of arrogance, contempt and arrogance that they had missed opportunity after opportunity, causing themselves to become powerful.
And what Ji Yuan was doing was to suppress power with power.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian exhaled a long breath.
Ji Yuan’s appearance was indeed tricky because he had already testified to himself that he was the orphan of the Martial Emperor, so even if he wanted to target Ji Yuan, he would need to find a suitable reason.
Right now, the Dragon Cauldron of the Midcontinent was coalescing, and there were too many factors for Ji Yuan’s sudden arrival.
If one was correct, the real turmoil would come next.
Ji Yuan was just a precursor to the coming storm.
All the powers have begun to set up their pieces, and if the Wei Dynasty can survive this, it will take off.
But if it doesn’t, the situation will only get worse.
As it happens, there are always many obstacles in the way of success.
At that moment, Xu Qingnian moved on, originally planning to rest for a few days, but looking at this, someone did not want to rest in peace.
“Your Majesty, what are you doing?”
Looking at Xu Qingnian who walked out of the lobby, Yang Hu could not help but be curious and looked at Xu Qingnian and said so.
“Facing the saint.”
Xu Qingnian spoke indifferently, and after saying these words, his figure disappeared into the spot.
Soon.
Xu Qingnian walked out of the King of Peace and Chaos’s residence.
Along the way, many people saw it and paid homage towards Xu Qingnian.
Xu Qingnian’s position in Great Wei was now considered to be under one person, not just a matter of power, but also not weaker than the Empress of Great Wei in terms of reputation.
“Lord Xu has come out.”
“Is this where Lord Xu is going?”
“Is he going to find trouble with the Emperor?”
“It’s possible.”
“Hiss, if Lord Xu is going to find Prince Ji Yuan here, then I’m afraid that something big is going to happen in Kyoto.”
People discussed and speculated where Xu Qingnian was going.
Subconsciously, people thought that Xu Qingnian was going to find trouble with Ji Yuan.
All of a sudden, gossip spread.
But soon, to the people’s disappointment, Xu Qingnian did not go to the Huaining Palace, but went straight to the Great Wei Imperial Palace.
Outside the palace.
When Xu Qingnian appeared, the generals on guard, one after another, bowed towards Xu Qingnian.
“My subordinates have met the King.”
The generals bowed towards Xu Qingnian.
Rarely, in the past, Xu Qingnian would say a few words to these generals, but today Xu Qingnian did not say a word and walked straight into the palace.
For a moment, the generals all revealed a curious look, they knew it was definitely not their problem, Xu Qingnian was somewhat uncharacteristic.
It made the crowd understand that something big was about to happen.
The news of Xu Qingnian’s entry into the palace soon spread.
Great Wei’s Kyoto was not too big, not too small, it mainly depended on who, no one cared about the every move of ordinary people.
However, Xu Qingnian’s every move could attract countless gazes.
At this juncture, Xu Qingnian’s entry into the palace naturally drew discussions from the people.
And inside the palace.
Ji Ling was also the first to learn of Xu Qingnian’s entry into the palace.
Without any hesitation, Ji Ling came to the Palace of the Nurtured Heart and waited for Xu Qingnian’s arrival.
About half a quarter of an hour.
Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out from outside the main hall.
“I, Xu Qingnian, have something to present to Your Majesty.”
As the voice rang out, the empress keenly noticed that something was not right.
“Xu Aiqing enters.”
Ji Ling spoke, and she keenly noticed that something had changed in Xu Qingnian.
“Your Majesty.”
“What is the disposition of the matter of Ji Yuan?”
Stepping into the main hall, Xu Qingnian opened the door, he did not have any hesitation and directly stated the purpose of this.
In response to this question, Ji Ling was not surprised, and had even guessed that Xu Qingnian had come for this matter.
“For the time being, do not deal with it.”
The empress’ voice rang out, and this was her reply.
Do not deal with it for now.
In response to this reply, Xu Qingnian was not angry, nor did she get angry, instead she was incomparably calm, as if she knew what was going through the Empress’ mind.
“What are Your Majesty’s thoughts.”
Xu Qingnian opened her mouth to ask.
And the empress slowly exhaled a breath, Xu Qingnian did not become as angry and questioning as she had imagined, but remained calm, which made her relax a little and was somewhat touched, for she knew that Xu Qingnian understood herself.
In fact, after Chen Zhengru’s injury, the court ministers sent out a memorial overnight, denouncing what Ji Yuan had done.
But what was the point of denouncing?
The situation at hand required planning and planning afterwards, otherwise what was the point of directly punishing Ji Yuan?
To put it bluntly, what is the point of punishing Ji Yuan with a few hundred sticks? Will this solve the matter?
It would not solve the matter.
Ji Ling’s idea was simple: either he didn’t do anything, or once he did, it was to solve the trouble once and for all.
Otherwise what was the point of staying here?
To disgust people?
“Aiqing Xu, take a look at these zhengs.”
Ji Ling did not answer Xu Qingnian’s question, but instead gave a copy of the zhengfu to Xu Qingnian and asked him to take a look at it.
The zhengfu fell into Xu Qingnian’s hands.
When he unfolded it, he saw that it was a flier sent from the border.
Soon, Xu Qingnian knew what was going on.
The barbarians were a little bit stupid and had recently been deploying mobilisation. Although he did not know exactly what they were doing and did not believe that the barbarians would really dare to invade Great Wei, the barbarians were restless.
These things cannot be concealed.
Before the three armies move, food and fodder go first. Once war is to be waged, it is impossible to attack suddenly, especially in large-scale combat.
Moreover, the enemy was still the Great Wei Dynasty, so no matter how low-key the barbarians were, something would leak out.
“Are the barbarians going to commit another crime against Great Wei?”
“It’s unlikely, there are eight first rankers among Great Wei, at this juncture, if they commit another crime against Great Wei, aren’t they asking for trouble?”
Xu Qingnian closed her zhengfu and looked at the empress, voicing her doubts.
“It is because of this that I am a little worried.”
The Empress gave a reply, a sentence that silenced Xu Qingnian.
It was true.
Everyone under the heavens knew that six of the Seven Great Dasian Sects had already completely settled in Great Wei.
Under such circumstances, if the barbarians still wanted to raise an army to offend, this was what was terrifying, knowing that you had a first-rate powerhouse holding down the fort and still coming to look for trouble.
Isn’t that terrifying?
Although the barbarians were a brave and tactless bunch, it did not mean that the barbarians were fools.
Daring to offend meant that the barbarians had made all the preparations, and were even prepared for the fact that the First Grade of Great Wei would not make a move.
Otherwise, how would the barbarians dare to offend Great Wei again?
“They have complete certainty that I, the Great Wei One Piece, will not make a move.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and spoke out the core.
“En.”
The Great Wei Empress nodded.
“On what basis?”
Xu Qingnian continued to ask, this was difficult to explain, on what basis would the Great Wei One Piece not make a move?
Last time the barbarians invaded, it was because the Great Wei First Grade, was guarding the Devil Cave.
This time, the Great Wei First Grade was indeed also guarding the Devil’s Cave, but the problem was that there were six Immortal Sect First Grades in Great Wei.
In that case, on what basis would the barbarians dare to commit another crime?
“I have thought about this for a long time.”
“If the barbarians really dare to invade Great Wei, they must have made plans that the First Grade will not make a move.”
“There is only one possibility for First Cla*s not to strike, and that is the collapse of the Demon Realm.”
The empress spoke out, informing Xu Qingnian of this possibility.
“Demon domain?”
“Immortal corpses?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
“No.”
The Empress shook her head before looking at Xu Qingnian and saying.
“There are four places in the Dust Realm, all of which can be called Demon Domains.”
“The Twelve Abyssal Canyons, the Sea of Demons, the Devil’s Land of the Eastern Continent, and the Devil’s Cave of the Central Continent.”
“These four places are the places where the devils are sealed in the Dust Realm.”
“The Twelve Abyssal Canyons, this place has been suppressed many times, so it is not enough to be a danger.”
“The real dangers are the Sea of Demons, the Devil’s Land of the Eastern Continent, and the Devil’s Cave of the Central Continent.”
“These three places are each sealed with countless demons, and the Central Continent Devil Cave is the most terrifying, being located within the Central Continent, very close to the Great Wei.”
The empress spoke up and informed Xu Qingnian of these four demonic domains.
Xu Qingnian knew of two of the four demonic domains, one was the Twelve Abyssal Canyons, which Wu Yan had taken herself to back then.
A single breath collapsed an abyssal canyon.
It was indeed nothing, after all, the First Grade could just suppress it.
As for the Devil’s Cave in the Middle Continent, Xu Qingnian had also heard of it. Amongst the rumours, many people were buried in the Devil’s Cave in the Middle Continent, and there had been a turmoil where the entire Dust Realm had fought and killed each other.
As a result, countless grievances were born, breeding demons.
As for the Sea of Demons and the Devil’s Land of the Eastern Continent, Xu Qingnian was not sure, after all, it was not within the territory of Great Wei.
It was just that Xu Qingnian understood the empress’ meaning at once.
“Does Your Majesty mean to say that someone will make a move here?”
Xu Qingnian inquired.
When this was said, Ji Ling nodded, and he looked at Xu Qingnian with a serious expression.
“I have already sent someone to investigate, and there is no turmoil for the time being.”
“And this is only my guess, no one in the world should dare to do so, there are not many people who can break the seal of the Demon Domain itself.”
“Under the universal sky, apart from the Great Wei, and the Seven Great Daxian Sects, there are only the Eastern Continent Imperial Clan and the Buddha Sect left.”
The empress said slowly, mentioning the word Buddha Sect, but looking somewhat inexplicably odd.
At that moment, Xu Qingnian’s heart understood.
The Buddha Sect had failed in this debate, there was no guarantee that they would not do so, unsealing the seal and allowing the demons to plague the earth, thus forcing the world to believe in Buddha.
Although this was almost impossible, after all, even if the Buddhists were to be so mean, they should not be so mean.
“If that is really the case, I will step in and settle the Buddha Sect in the Western Continent.”
Xu Qingnian spoke slowly, the empress was only guessing, and he also believed that the Buddha Sect would not do so.
But it was all just wishful thinking. Who could say whether the Buddhist Sect would do so?
However, if such a thing were to happen, Xu Qingnian would not mind making the Buddha Sect in the Western Continent disappear completely.
The empress nodded at Xu Qingnian’s words, she fully believed that Xu Qingnian would do what she said.
It was also at this moment that Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out once again.
“Your Majesty.”
“When do you think the barbarians will invade at the earliest?”
Xu Qingnian looked at the empress and asked so.
When this was said, the empress was a little curious, not understanding why Xu Qingnian was asking this, just thinking about it, the empress gave her answer.
“In recent months, the barbarians should not dare to invade, and even if someone does dare to destroy the Demon Domain, it will take time.”
The Empress replied.
Receiving this reply, Xu Qingnian nodded before speaking.
“Your Majesty, I have to go out for something, it will take two months slowly, a month soon.”
Xu Qingnian spoke out.
The matter of the foreign arts was about to be resolved, and he needed to find a quiet place to completely resolve the root of the foreign arts scourge.
It was just that cracking the pagan arts would attract attention, and at this juncture, if people were to notice that he was practicing the pagan arts, Ji Yuan, Wang Chaoyang, Prince Huai Ning, these people would only go wild.
So now it was necessary to solve this trouble.
“Going out again?”
Hearing that Xu Qingnian was leaving Great Wei, Ji Ling couldn’t help but ask so.
“En.”
“I know that it is indeed somewhat bad for me to leave right now, but I just have to go out before the turmoil comes.”
Xu Qingnian said so.
There was not too much trouble in Great Wei yet, although there was a crisis, it had not broken out after all.
And one had to hurry to solve the trouble with the foreign arts.
If the crisis in Great Wei erupted and one did not have time to solve the scourge of the supernatural arts, it would only be real trouble if one was really discovered.
Xu Qingnian did not want anything to happen again.
“Good.”
“Aiqing Xu, you take this Great Wei Dragon Talisman.”
Ji Ling understood that Xu Qingnian must have something to do at this time, when she proposed to go out.
So she agreed straight away.
“Many thanks, Your Majesty.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, and then he looked at the empress and continued.
“Your Majesty, before you leave, there are some things that you are not good at doing, so let me do them.”
He looked at Ji Ling and said so.
And in an instant, Ji Ling also knew what Xu Qingnian was going to do.
She was slightly silent.
After a while, she slowly opened her mouth and said.
“In these few days, I am not feeling well and need to meditate and recuperate, so if there is anything that Aiqing Xu wants to do, take care of it yourself.”
The empress knew that what Ji Yuan had done yesterday, Xu Qingnian could not have left it alone.
It was just that she did not want things to get too big, and for the time being she was unwilling to completely tear her face off from Ji Yuan, which would only do harm and no good.
But to say that Ji Ling didn’t loathe this Ji Yuan, no one would believe it when it was said.
If Xu Qingnian wants to handle it herself, then she will delegate her authority to Xu Qingnian, just don’t make too much of a fuss.
Receiving the empress’ reply.
Xu Qingnian excused herself.
He walked towards the outside of the palace.
And at this moment.
The whole of Kyoto was already bustling with activity.
Ever since Ji Yuan had injured Chen Zhengru, everyone had been waiting for Xu Qingnian’s reaction.
But all day, Xu Qingnian had not shown up. Now he finally appeared and went straight to the palace, how could people not be excited?
Outside the palace.
As soon as Xu Qingnian walked out of the palace, many ministers gathered here.
Zhang Jing and Zhou Yan were at the head of the group, and when they saw Xu Qingnian, they came up and spoke.
“Shouren, you must step in this time, this Ji Yuan is too uncaring, he really thinks he is the Second Emperor of Wei.”
“Shouren, Chen Ru is a great minister of Wei, he has never been punished by such a great scholar, even His Majesty cannot punish Chen Ru.
The two officials came in front of Xu Qingnian, their eyes filled with anger.
Chen Ru was still in a coma and had been seriously injured. Although he had survived, it was a great shame for him.
The Chancellor of the Great Wei was seriously injured in public, and the civil and military officials made a rare concerted effort to write a memorial yesterday.
Only His Majesty did not respond.
And all the ministers knew that there was only one person in the whole of Great Wei who could target this Ji Yuan.
That was Xu Qingnian.
“Two Shang Shu, all the lords, I understand.”
Xu Qingnian did not say too much.
This sentence was sufficient.
When Xu Qingnian finished saying this, the crowd did fall silent and did not continue to say anything more.
Instead, they watched Xu Qingnian leave.
The direction was the Huaining King’s residence.
Xu Qingnian went to Huaining Wang’s residence, the news spread instantly, and many people watched over on the way.
Zhang Jing and the others also followed.
Everyone knew that Xu Qingnian was about to make a move.
And at this moment.
The night was thick.
In the Huaining King’s residence.
Prince Huaining was setting up a family banquet and entertaining Ji Yuan.
The banquet was so grand that not only Prince Huaining but also many other feudal lords had gathered here for the feast.
The singers were dancing beautifully, but the crowd was not enjoying themselves, instead they were talking about something.
“Nephew Ji Yuan, don’t worry, now that you’re back, everything is fine, don’t be burdened with anything, this is your home, if anyone dares to find trouble with you, this king will be the first to say no.”
Prince Huining lifted his wine cup and said so towards Ji Yuan on his left.
At these words, the kings also nodded their heads.
“Yes, Ji Yuan, it is good that you have returned, from now on in Kyoto, if you have any needs, go directly to Prince Huaining.”
“Ji Yuan, you are unaware that when you disappeared as a child, someone deliberately blocked news of you, but King Huai Ning has been looking for your whereabouts, he was worried about you, now that you have returned, it is good for my Great Wei.”
“It is truly a blessing from heaven for Great Wei, the late emperor is blessed, Ji Yuan, take a good rest during this time, when some days pa*s, His Majesty will see you.”
The kings spoke up and said this to Ji Yuan, each with a smile on their faces.
“Thank you all uncles, my nephew is grateful.”
At the banquet.
To these uncles and uncles, Ji Yuan was openly extremely friendly, these clan kings were all his forces, at least for now, these clan kings were all supporting himself.
Ji Yuan is not that stupid, he follows the path of hegemony, but not the path of a reckless man, and knows who is one of his own and who is not.
It was also at this moment, after three rounds of wine.
A voice rang out.
“But nephew Ji Yuan, there is one thing uncle still wants to say.”
“Although Chen Zhengru is somewhat arrogant, he is still my Prime Minister of Great Wei after all, and is the backbone of Great Wei, there is no need to be so aggressive.”
A prince spoke up and looked at Ji Yuan and said this.
When this was said, the gazes of the kings all fell on Ji Yuan.
And Ji Yuan, somewhat unconcerned, looked at the other side and replied.
“Uncle Wang, it is not that my nephew is arrogant, nor is it that my nephew is radical.”
“It is common for people to admit their nephew to the capital and acknowledge their ancestors, yet Chen Zhengru openly opposed it in the court and even wanted to imprison his nephew, it was he who first targeted his nephew.”
“And then, when nephew entered the capital, he deliberately waited for nephew, at the city entrance, just to find trouble with nephew.”
“In this way, if nephew doesn’t take action again, won’t he become a joke?”
“These days, nephew has also heard that nowadays, in the Great Wei dynasty, traitors are in charge, and this Chen Zhengru is a traitor, my sister is soft by nature and cannot suppress these traitors, but I am different.”
Ji Yuan opened his mouth, and his words were straightforward, especially the last sentence, which was even more intriguing.
Indeed.
After these words were spoken, the crowd looked at me and looked at you, how could they not know the meaning of Ji Yuan’s words?
“Nephew Ji Yuan, you are right in saying that a mere Chen Zhengru is nothing, but what Uncle Wang means is not that you should really beware of a Chen Zhengru, but that you should beware of Xu Qingnian.”
Another person spoke up and said so, mentioning Xu Qingnian.
When this was said, a touch of disbelief appeared in Ji Yuan’s eyes.
“Uncle Wang, it has been six hours since my nephew entered the capital, Xu Qingnian could not have been unaware of this matter, and his failure to come forward proves everything.”
“Besides, Chen Zhengru or Xu Qingnian, in Wei they are after all Wei’s subjects, our Ji family’s subjects, when they are really wronged and made to suffer, what can they do?”
“Is there any wrongdoing of the master under the sky?”
Ji Yuan looked indifferent as he uttered some treacherous words.
Once these words were said, the kings were somewhat silent.
This was because Ji Yuan’s words were a little too much and too arrogant.
He was treating Wei’s subjects like minions?
Even the Emperor of Great Wei would not dare to say such a thing.
If this were to get out, all officials in Great Wei would have to angrily rebuke Ji Yuan.
But it was also clear how overbearing Ji Yuan really was, daring to say such things, even though this was a private family dinner, but trouble comes from the mouth.
So when Ji Yuan said the wrong thing, Prince Huai Ning immediately changed the subject.
“Come, come, we should not think about these people’s affairs, let us drink and celebrate the return of Ji Yuan’s nephew.”
Prince Huaining lifted his cup of wine, and the kings also lifted their cups, and the people knew not to continue their remarks.
But just at that moment.
A figure came walking quickly, looking a little flustered.
It was Prince Huaining’s butler.
He came from behind and appeared beside Prince Huaining, pressing his voice into Prince Huaining’s ear.
“Your Majesty, a spy has seen that Xu Qingnian is on his way to the royal residence.”
He spoke, his voice small, whispering in Prince Huaining’s ear.
But who present was not a martial artist? Even with a low voice, the crowd could still hear him clearly.
In an instant, the kings’ expressions changed.
They had not expected Xu Qingnian to be on her way to the royal residence.
After all, it had been more than half a day since Chen Zhengru had been injured, so if Xu Qingnian had wanted to come, he would have come a long time ago.
Why did he come at this juncture?
They were curious, but did not say a word, and were even looking forward to what Xu Qingnian would do here.
“If he’s here, he’s here, what are you afraid of him for?”
“Open the gates of the royal residence and see what Xu Qingnian wants to do.”
Prince Huaining did not think so.
He himself was not afraid of Xu Qingnian, and Ji Yuan was also a third-grade martial artist, so he had no fear of Xu Qingnian, either in terms of his status or his battle prowess.
So there was no need to worry about anything.
“Yes, Master.”
The latter nodded and followed up with a farewell.
And instead of mentioning this matter, Prince Huai Ning raised his wine cup and took a sip with the crowd.
Ji Yuan also lifted his gla*s of wine.
When he heard Prince Huaining’s steward’s words, he did not have any fear, but instead, he was somewhat looking forward to the meeting with Xu Qingnian.
It was only when he lifted his gla*s of wine.
Suddenly.
The singers were frightened and fled, and the wine and food on the table were all knocked to the ground.
“Who is causing trouble?”
Prince Huaining’s face instantly turned gloomy.
How could there be an earthquake in the capital of Wei? This was obviously someone’s fault.
Outside the royal residence.
A figure towered over him.
It was Xu Qingnian’s figure.
He looked at the open gates of the royal palace and without any words, he just stomped his foot.
The entire royal palace shook.
This was the power of the third rank of Martial Dao.
“It’s this king.”
A bland voice rang out.
Outside the royal residence, many figures had already gathered, and when the surrounding people heard that Xu Qingnian was going to the Huaining royal residence, they rushed here one by one, just to see what would happen.
Sure enough.
Xu Qingnian had just arrived outside the Huaining King’s residence, and without showing any mercy at all, he directly exploded with martial power.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“What do you want?”
Prince Huaining looked gloomy as he opened his mouth to inquire.
“The criminal Ji Yuan, who injured the Prime Minister of Great Wei for no reason, has committed a heinous crime, remembering that he is a royal son of Great Wei, from the countryside, and does not know the rules, he is forgiven for the death penalty, and is punished with a hundred battles and sent to the prison of the Da Lisi for three months as a punishment.”
Outside the royal residence.
Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out.
It was cold and indifferent.
Just as soon as these words were spoken, within the royal residence.
The wine cup in Ji Yuan’s hand, however, broke apart in a flash.
He knew Xu Qingnian, and he also knew something about him. It was because he knew Xu Qingnian and knew about him that he was even more reckless in oppressing Chen Zhengru.
It was to see what Xu Qingnian’s reaction would be, and also to give Xu Qingnian a downward spiral.
However, after waiting for most of the day, he found that Xu Qingnian did not show up, making him think that Xu Qingnian was nothing more than that.
But to his surprise, Xu Qingnian had still come.
It was really true to its name.
“Arrogant.”
In the royal residence.
“Xu Qingnian, you have the audacity? This Emperor is the son of the Martial Emperor, how dare you try to arrest and imprison me?”
Ji Yuan’s angry voice rang out like thunder, and this was his response.
“When the son of Heaven breaks the law, he is as guilty as the common people.”
“As the son of Emperor Wu, you oppress the loyal subjects of Great Wei, an additional crime.”
“Get out of here for this king.”
Facing Ji Yuan’s angry roar, Xu Qingnian was more direct.
“You.”
“Seek death.”
The next moment.
In the middle of the king’s mansion, a terrifying power erupted, the power of a martial saint.
And outside the king’s residence, Xu Qingnian did not show weakness either, erupting with terrifying power.
People smacked their lips and were incomparably shocked.
The people of Kyoto knew of Xu Qingnian’s temper, but they did not expect that in the face of the son of the Martial Emperor, Xu Qingnian would still do as he pleased and not change his temper.
Inside the royal residence.
Ji Yuan poured a cup of wine and placed it on the table, looking calm as he said.
“Help me warm the wine.”
After saying this, he directly disappeared.
And then the voice rang out again.
“Go out for a battle, within Kyoto, it is impossible to exert.”
The next moment.
Ji Yuan’s figure disappeared from the spot, and he appeared above the royal residence, towering over it, gazing at Xu Qingnian, thus saying.
Xu Qingnian didn’t say anything as his figure disappeared, going a hundred miles away from Kyoto.
Ji Yuan was right.
He could not cast a hand within Kyoto, but if he really did, he did not know how many buildings would be destroyed.
The two men left.
The people could not see them, but the Kyoto Immortal Sect, as well as the various martial artists, could look away.
Xu Qingnian and Ji Yuan solved this trouble in the simplest way possible.
That was to fight.
The fight between the two drew the curiosity of the entire population of Kyoto, and the disciples of the Immortal Sect gazed into the distance one by one, they were not sure who was stronger and who was weaker, Xu Qingnian or Ji Yuan.
But both were of the third rank, this battle was only going to be fierce.
Inside the royal residence.
As Ji Yuan disappeared, the kings frowned a little, and someone looked at Prince Huaining and could not help but speak.
“Prince Huai Ning, Xu Qingnian is not just a third-ranked martial artist, he is also a third-ranked immortal, a third-ranked Buddhist, and a third-ranked Confucian, so Ji Yuan is at a disadvantage when he fights him.”
A king spoke up, thinking that Ji Yuan was at a disadvantage.
But Prince Huai Ning shook his head and looked at the other side and said.
“When you reach the third rank, there is no such thing as suppression or non-suppression, although Xu Qingnian carries multiple powers, it does not affect them much, they are competing with the power of the martial dao.”
“Moreover, when this king sat beside Ji Yuan just now, he sensed the power of martial dao within his body, it was extremely terrifying, cultivating an incomparably domineering technique, the power of martial dao will definitely be able to outperform an ordinary third rank.”
“Just warm the wine for Ji Yuan’s nephew, he will win.”
Prince Huining said confidently.
Of course, none of those who could enter the third rank were ordinary, he was only making a simple analogy.
Once this was said, the crowd put their hearts down a little.
Only when this was said, Prince Huaining could not help but frown.
He always felt that there was something wrong with what he had said, but for a moment he did not think that there was something wrong, so he let it go.
At this moment.
Three hundred miles away.
Surrounded by mountains.
Ji Yuan stood amidst the void as he gazed at Xu Qingnian’s figure, standing with his arms folded and his gaze high above.
Xu Qingnian was also standing in the void, less than a few hundred metres apart, staring at each other with pride in their eyes.
Inside Kyoto, countless voices also rang out.
They were all speculating on who would win.
Most believed that Xu Qingnian would win, but the crowd also remained rational.
After all, they had both reached the third rank, and it was impossible to say who was unilaterally stronger than the other.
But no matter what, what people knew was that this was bound to be a big fight.
And it would be extremely fierce.
Up in the void.
Ji Yuan’s voice rang out once again.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“You have talent and ability.”
“No matter what you really think, in the eyes of this Emperor, you have indeed done some good for Great Wei.”
“I can give you a chance to defect to me.”
“The emperor will not be a woman after all.”
“Choose to surrender to me, and everything you did before, this Emperor can forget, and when I become emperor, you will still be the king of Great Wei to pacify the chaos, how about that?”
Ji Yuan did not rush into a battle with Xu Qingnian.
Instead, he pulled Xu Qingnian closer.
“Nonsense.”
Xu Qingnian spat out four words.
“Then this Emperor would like to see what you are capable of.”
“I’ll let you strike first, lest you don’t have the chance.”
Ji Yuan spoke out, he was incredibly confident as he looked at Xu Qingnian and said so.
Once these words were said.
Xu Qingnian didn’t waste any time as the Extreme Martial Demon Subduing Force filled the air.
Boom.
The void shook.
The Martial Emperor’s great hand seal killed out.
Although everyone in the world knew that Xu Qingnian had already stepped into the third rank of the Martial Dao, the world had not seen much of Xu Qingnian in a real battle.
He had fought before, but they were all one-sided crushes, and now he had met an existence of the same third rank.
Xu Qingnian himself was a little excited, he wanted to see how strong he was and whether he was stronger or weaker when compared to a third-ranked being of the same realm.
Boom.
The void collapsed and a large hand seal emerged, a moment of thunder and lightning, suffocating power pervaded.
This was the Extreme Martial Three Stance that Wu Yan had imparted to Xu Qingnian.
It was the ultimate fist technique of the third grade.
Bang Bang Bang.
The mountains trembled, this power was too strong.
Hundreds of metres away.
Ji Yuan’s calm face became incomparably ugly in a flash.
Terrifying heavenly might.
The moment the Martial Emperor’s great handprint fell, his body and skin grew cold and his sweat hairs directly exploded.
This power was so terrifying that it was simply not a power that could be unleashed by a third rank.
In just an instant, he felt that he was not as good as Xu Qingnian.
But before he could react, the great hand seal came to town, and Ji Yuan gathered the hegemonic power within his body and tried to block the Martial Emperor’s great hand seal.
Boom.
A terrifying sound rang out, like thunder exploding.
Ji Yuan’s figure flew backwards several hundred metres, as if he had been blasted by a huge force, and he flew out sideways, breaking both his arms on the spot.
The pain was excruciating, but Ji Yuan did not make a sound of pain.
As a young martial artist, he had endured a lot of pain, and it was no big deal to have his arms broken.
But what made his face change was why Xu Qingnian was so strong.
Boom.
Before he could react, Xu Qingnian’s figure appeared behind him.
Boom.
The fist smashed in, mixed with unparalleled power, and Ji Yuan received a terrifying blow to his back, breaking his spine and spitting out a mouthful of blood with a wow.
Boom.
Xu Qingnian didn’t hesitate and delivered another kick, a red light destroying the void, this kick directly sent Ji Yuan flying a thousand metres.
It ruthlessly hit a large mountain, leaving a huge dent mark on the spot.
Poof.
Ji Yuan spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.
He was somewhat delirious.
Xu Qingnian had come up with two punches and a kick that had knocked his entire body dazed.
The most furious thing was that he was unable to fight at all.
The power that Xu Qingnian exploded with made him feel no weaker than a second-grade martial artist.
But this was indeed the power of the third rank.
The two were fighting at the same rank.
But for some reason, Ji Yuan felt that there was a hundred thousand miles difference between himself and Xu Qingnian.
It was simply not on the same level.
Completely and utterly crushed.
Being pushed to the ground and beaten up furiously, ah.
“Show your true strength.”
“Don’t hide.”
The next moment.
Xu Qingnian appeared in front of Ji Yuan, with a cold intent in his gaze and some confusion.
Although this was not a life and death battle, the two were incompatible, and he did not understand why Ji Yuan was hiding his strength.
He had received so many blows from himself for nothing.
It was very unreasonable.
And hearing this, Ji Yuan spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.
This time it was from anger.
“Xu Qingnian.”
“You seek death.”
Ji Yuan roared in anger as he burned the Qi and blood in his body to recover from his injuries, before charging straight over, extremely fast and exuding a domineering aura.
With unparalleled power, and a monstrous rage.
Xu Qingnian raised his fist to kill.
Their fists clashed, causing the mountains to shake and startling countless birds and beasts.
Boom.
The next moment.
Ji Yuan flew backwards once more and returned to the mountain, and this time he was even worse, set in, his chest bones, hand bones, all shattered, and a mouthful of blood spat out, staining his lapel red.
At this point, Ji Yuan was dumbfounded.
He had used ten percent of his strength.
But what he didn’t expect was that not only did it not affect Xu Qingnian in any way.
He had even suffered an extremely serious internal injury himself.
He was going to be dizzy with anger.
It was the same third rank.
Why was Xu Qingnian so terrifying? It gave him the feeling of a monster.
This couldn’t be, his own master had said that his strength, among the third rank, was considered the best, not to say that he was invincible in the same rank, but at least no one could defeat him at this realm of the third rank.
It was nothing more than that one could not beat others either.
But why.
Why was it like this?
Poof.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.
It was from anger.
And within Kyoto.
Many people smacked their lips, not expecting this.
Within the royal residence, there was even dead silence.
Everyone did not expect that the battle between Xu Qingnian and Ji Yuan would be a one-sided situation?
It was expected to be a stunning battle.
But to their surprise, Xu Qingnian’s battle prowess was unparalleled and he simply pushed Ji Yuan to the ground, and Ji Yuan did not have the slightest ability to resist.
At this moment.
Prince Huaining understood completely.
What was the feeling he had just now that something was not right.
He had spoken his words early again.
And at this moment, another voice could not help but ring out.
“Your Majesty, this wine ……. is still warm?”
The moment this was said, the hall became even quieter.
D*mn you.
Also people are almost dead.
Still warming the wine?
