Awaken Chapter 283

Second year of Wuchang.

15th September.

The First Grade Clear Daoist of the Seven Stars Daoist Sect fell.

This was a shocking event for the entire world.

A First Grade Void Immortal.

He had fallen at the hands of Xu Qingnian.

For hundreds of years, there had never been a first-grade fall.

And today, it had appeared.

Xu Qingnian was invincible in battle, having just been promoted to First Grade, he had beheaded an Immortal Sect First Grade.

This was astonishing.

This incident was enough to be recorded in the annals of history.

However, for Xu Qingnian, he had too much glory in his life.

This would not set him off in any way.

It is just that people cannot accept this fact.

After all, it was the first rank of the Dao Sect, and to die here like this was unacceptable.

At this moment, the entire dust realm was already in turmoil.

The impact brought about by Xu Qingnian’s promotion to the First Grade was, in itself, tremendous.

And now, Xu Qingnian had even killed a Daoist First Grade, and had threatened to go after the Buddhists next.

How could this not make the forces of the world ponder the future.

Great Wei is about to take off.

This is something that everyone knows at the moment. With a newly promoted First Grade, coupled with the Dragon Tripod of the Central Continent, it’s not too much to say that the world will be unified, but a unified Central Continent, right?

Xu Qingnian’s means of killing the First Grade was simple: with the help of the Midcontinent Dragon Cauldron and his own strength, he resisted a single strike from the First Grade and killed his opponent.

There was nothing too clever about it, and it was even extremely ordinary.

But it is such an extremely ordinary means that no One Grade can imitate it.

This was because they could not withstand the full force of the other First Grade’s strike.

But Xu Qingnian could withstand it.

And there was another point that everyone was gradually realising.

This Midcontinent Dragon Cauldron, which had not yet completely metamorphosed to perfection, was one of the Five Great Divine Weapons, and if the Midcontinent Dragon Cauldron really metamorphosed perfectly and reached the realm of perfection.

What kind of scene would that be.

It was unimaginable.

Perhaps, at that time, even two, or even three, or four first-rate weapons would not be able to helpless Xu Qingnian.

He would be invincible.

Between the First Grade, they were all basically the same in themselves, whether it was speed or power, they were all the same.

It was difficult to tell the difference, except in the case of bad form, or in the case of any special circumstances.

Xu Qingnian, with the help of the Midcontinent Dragon Cauldron, ensured that he was undefeated in the first rank, which meant that he was invincible in the same realm.

This was a very frightening message.

If this was the case, Xu Qingnian could completely single out the First Cla*ses one by one, those who obeyed me would prosper and those who disobeyed me would die.

Although these First Cla*ses, too, could go to Great Wei for trouble, the problem was that the Six Great Immortal Sects had already completely defected to Great Wei.

When they really go to Great Wei to look for trouble, it is impossible for the First Cla*ses of the six Immortal Sects to sit back and do nothing.

To put it bluntly.

Forcing the Six Great Immortal Sects to go to war might not be possible for Great Wei, as the karma involved would be too great and they, as First Grades, would not want to make too much of a stalemate.

But there was nothing wrong with asking them to guard Great Wei.

But they couldn’t take the initiative to go to war, Xu Qingnian could.

Naturally, this was an extremely troublesome matter that made the crowd really feel tricky.

All the major powers are already in close contact.

Whether or not they had a history with Great Wei, it was not a bad thing to prepare in advance.

And at this moment.

In the Great Wei Dynasty.

The hundred officials had not left.

Still waiting in the Great Hall, they were waiting for Xu Qingnian to return.

Inside the great hall, the empress was also waiting for Xu Qingnian.

Prince Huai Ning went back and continued to the imperial prison, it was not appropriate for him to step in.

Inside the Great Hall, the crowd was silent, no one spoke, they were all waiting.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Xu Qingnian’s figure, appeared outside the Great Hall.

In an instant, the hundred officials rose up in excitement and bowed deeply towards Xu Qingnian.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your promotion to the first rank.”

Almost in unison, the hundred officials had long thought of words of congratulations.

Whether Xu Qingnian had killed the First Grade today or not meant little to them, after all, the Seven Star Daoist Sect was not the preferred enemy of Great Wei.

What made them really excited was that Xu Qingnian had been promoted to the First Grade.

This was a great blessing for Great Wei.

Counting Xu Qingnian, Great Wei now had three First Grades, plus the Heavenly Thunder Cannon and the Immortal Sect’s six First Grades.

Great Wei now possessed the qualifications to ask for the Middle Continent, ah.

Coupled with the Dragon Cauldron of the Middle Continent, improving the mountains and rivers of Great Wei for the benefit of the people of Great Wei, in less than two to three years, Great Wei will reach a truly prosperous stage.

This heyday is a heyday where the people all live without a shortage of food and have money to spare.

“You are all welcome.”

Xu Qingnian arched his hand towards the crowd, counting it as a polite gesture.

He then came inside the main hall.

He bowed towards Ji Ling.

“I, Xu Qingnian, pay my respects to Your Majesty.”

After entering the hall, Xu Qingnian bowed towards Ji Ling, in gratitude for what Ji Ling had done for him before.

If Ji Ling had not helped himself with the spirit of the late Emperor of Great Wei, it would have been somewhat difficult enough to make the Forty-eight Great Aspirations with the Heaven and Earth Palace of Literature.

Naturally, Xu Qingnian wanted to thank the empress.

Only when this was said, the Empress shook her head and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.

“Ai Qing is kind, it should be me who should thank Ai Qing for her promotion to the first rank, recapturing the Dragon Cauldron of the Central Continent and stabilising the foundations of Great Wei.”

Ji Ling spoke out, she did not take the credit, instead she thanked Xu Qingnian.

The harmony between the ruler and his ministers made all the officials happy, and now Xu Qingnian had reached a terrifying level in terms of prestige and personal strength.

If Xu Qingnian had been an ambitious man, the Wei dynasty would have been in real trouble.

But the good thing is that Xu Qingnian is a Confucian sub-sage, he is not that ambitious.

Inside the main hall.

He was in a hurry to return because he had some things to say.

Otherwise, he would have appeared in the Western Continent by now.

“Your Majesty, I have something to present.”

Xu Qingnian spoke out, not dragging his feet either.

“Aiqing Xu, please speak.”

The empress opened her mouth, allowing Xu Qingnian to begin her speech.

“Your Majesty, now that the barbarian kingdom has been pacified, all kinds of materials and gold and silver have been seized, but the Divine Martial Cannon has also been made public.”

“I expect that the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty will certainly not sit idly by.”

“Furthermore, with my promotion to the first rank today and the metamorphosis of the Great Wei Dragon Cauldron to the Dragon Cauldron of the Central Continent, every single thing that has happened has put enormous pressure on the Primordial Yuan and the Sudden Evil.”

“Therefore, I think that while it may seem that everything is moving towards a flourishing world, there are still some troubles for Great Wei to truly become a flourishing dynasty.”

“I wonder how Your Majesty is thinking?”

Xu Qingnian spoke out, after the moment the Divine Martial Cannon appeared, it meant a showdown.

The two great dynasties would never allow Great Wei to have such a war killing weapon.

The Divine Martial Cannon could make the two dynasties sleep and eat in peace, so without any surprise, the two dynasties would join forces to attack Great Wei next.

Of course, there was also the possibility of peace talks, but there was no way that Wei would hand over the Divine Martial Cannon.

Then a world-shattering battle is destined to break out between the three dynasties.

In fact, Xu Qingnian had previously thought about continuing to hide the Divine Martial Cannon, but in the end, Xu Qingnian gave up on the idea.

The attack on the Barbarian Kingdom had to be a quick battle, and without being able to unleash the First Grade Martial Artists, the Divine Martial Cannon was the only way to resolve this struggle.

One could not delay the battle for these reasons. Great Wei had already paid a lot, although the price paid by Great Wei was not worth mentioning for the whole war.

But if it did not take out the Divine Martial Artillery, the price paid would have been much greater.

It was precisely for this reason that Xu Qingnian had made the Forty-Eight Great Ambitions, and with the help of so many of them, broke through to the First Grade, just to ease the impending pressure.

Only, just promoting oneself to the first rank would not be of much use.

Once the three great dynasties fought, it would be an all-out war, and it was impossible for one to be here one moment and there the next.

Moreover, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty also have one rank, so if one does this, then others will do the same, and in the end it will be a lose-lose situation.

So if the two dynasties were to completely unite together, they could put pressure on Great Wei.

“En.”

“The two great dynasties have sent a secret letter half an hour ago.”

“The intention was simple, hoping that Great Wei would take out the Divine Martial Cannon and provide the two great dynasties with it to study, and also be willing to befriend Great Wei for generations and give all kinds of compensation.”

“Gold, silver and jewels, grain and war horses, even the Sudden Evil Dynasty is willing to take out nineteen cities on the border, and the Chu Yuan Dynasty to take out seventy-two mines as an exchange.”

The empress nodded her head.

At the same time, she said this piece of news, which was an exchange between the three emperors, and the rest of them did not know about it.

Right now, Xu Qingnian mentioned this matter, so the Empress spoke out.

However, as soon as this was said, all the court officials frowned.

“Nineteen cities on the border? Seventy-two mines? That’s a bit too much, isn’t it?”

“Are they the nineteen cities in the Lianyun Mountains?”

“The two dynasties are so generous? Willing to cede so many to us?”

The hundred officials were first surprised, and then they couldn’t help but be curious.

This Nineteen Cities of Lianyun was the border between Great Wei and the Sudden Evil Dynasty, if we had these Nineteen Cities, Great Wei could deploy its army here and could effectively prevent the Sudden Evil Dynasty from invading.

It is an excellent location to act as a buffer point and has great strategic value.

The seventy-two mines are rich in minerals, and the ore mined in these seventy-two mines every year is enough to create many sharp weapons for the Great Wei.

The seventy-two mines could provide tens of thousands of troops with the finest weapons every year.

Especially the cavalry, when they go into battle, they are harvesting machines.

They are also worth a lot.

Add to that gold, silver, jewellery, food, war horses, and other things, and it was indeed smacking.

But soon, Chen Zhengru’s voice rang out.

“The two dynasties are really calculating.”

“The value of the Divine Martial Cannon is equivalent to a producible First Grade Martial Artist, something like that, possessing absolute deterrent power.”

“Whether it’s the nineteen cities of Lianyun or the seventy-two mines, the Great Wei will only become a little stronger as a whole if it gets these things.”

“But if the Divine Martial Cannon is taken out, and the two great dynasties also possess this kind of war killing weapon, then in five thousand years, the Central Continent will still remain a three-legged triumph.”

“At that time, what can Great Wei do even if it is the strongest country among the three kingdoms? Even if Great Wei has millions of iron hors*men and everyone holds a divine weapon in their hands, what can they do?”

“In front of the Divine Martial Artillery, they are just a group of generals who are sent to their deaths.”

“This is a good plan.”

Chen Zhengru’s voice rang out, his words filled with ridicule and disdain.

He was the first to gain insight into the key.

Dignity lies only in the blade of the sword.

Whether a country was flourishing or not, the main thing was military power. The Divine Martial Artillery, which allowed Great Wei to complete its metamorphosis, was not as simple as becoming stronger, but crushing.

If it were not for the scarcity of the Divine Martial Artillery, but for three or five more, the Great Wei Dynasty could have sent troops to Sudden Evil and Chu Yuan by now.

This is why they are now asking Great Wei to hand over the Divine Martial Artillery, saying that they are sharing it, but in reality, they do not want Great Wei to have such a divine weapon of war alone.

As Chen Zhengru spoke.

The officials were silent for a moment.

They did understand the meaning of Chen Zhengru’s words, but what they understood even more was that if Wei did not agree, the two dynasties would probably not let Wei off so easily.

“If we lose this battle to the Heavenly Thunder Cannon, will the First Yuan Dynasty give it to Wei?”

Duke An Guo opened his mouth and cursed directly.

This was obviously impossible, and he was still good enough, if it wasn’t for the Empress being here, he would probably have cursed even harder.

“Yes, will the Primordial Yuan Dynasty give it to us in Great Wei?”

“These two dynasties are really shameless to the extreme.”

“Back then, when Great Wei was in its prime, the two dynasties kept asking for favours, and now that they see that we have such a divine weapon, they have the shame to come and ask for it, what a bunch of F**king dogs.”

“Your Majesty, this matter will never be agreed to, even if we have to fight the two dynasties to the death, we will not accept it, no.”

As Anguo opened his mouth, the military generals followed suit and screamed, they definitely did not agree.

Only, although the military generals were cursing and swearing.

But some voices also rang out, more rationally.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the princes, the princes of the kingdoms.”

“The two dynasties have dared to open their mouths and offer to share, so they have obviously negotiated, and if our dynasty refuses, there is no guarantee that the two dynasties will join forces together.”

“If an all-out war were to occur then, would it be possible to resist?”

“Wei is still recovering, so if there is a full-scale war, it would not be a good thing for Wei.”

Someone spoke up and said so.

He didn’t want to say this, but from a rational point of view, especially in a struggle between great powers, one must say it and not be blindly confident.

Indeed.

As soon as this was said, the crowd quietened down.

A full-scale war would not be a good thing for Great Wei, especially for Great Wei now.

It can be fought, but it is better not to fight.

The current Great Wei, blessed by the Dragon Cauldron of the Middle Continent, could recuperate for one day better than the two great dynasties recuperating for ten days, or even a month.

At such a rate of development, it would be a remarkable thing if Wei were allowed to rest for two or three years, not to mention five or ten years.

Naturally, they did not want to fight.

It’s not that they’re afraid, it’s that they don’t have to.

“No matter what, the Divine Martial Artillery should definitely not be taken out and shared his F**king legs.”

“En, it’s hard for my Great Wei to have such a divine weapon, taking it out and sharing it is undoubtedly seeking skin with a tiger, this marquis doesn’t think the two dynasties would dare to actually send an army to Great Wei.”

“When really taking a step back, if they dare to send an army, this marquis will be the first to meet them.”

The military generals were very rigid in their attitude, it didn’t matter if they fought or not in a full-scale war, it was fine to fight, it was better not to fight, the thing couldn’t be handed over anyway.

It was something they knew what it meant.

An extremely strong deterrent, and an extremely strong killing power.

Chen Zhengru was very supportive of the martial general’s words, but he also understood what was wrong with this game, so Chen Zhengru looked at Xu Qingnian and said.

“Your Majesty, I dare to ask, if we really go to war, what percentage of victory do you think Wei has?”

Chen Zhengru spoke out, he did not ask Xu Qingnian how many Divine Martial Artillery cannons there were, but instead changed his approach.

After all, this was the imperial court and all the officials were present, so it was still not good to answer such a secretive question.

Faced with Chen Zhengru’s question, Xu Qingnian did not give it any thought, for it was a question that he himself had thought about.

“Conventional combat, thirty percent win rate.”

“Unconventional combat, not even a 10% win rate.”

“However, no matter how hard we fight, Great Wei will not be annihilated, it will just be held back.”

Xu Qingnian gave this reply.

In an instant, the Great Hall fell silent.

The officials did not expect the victory rate to be so low.

But after careful consideration, they did understand why.

Although Chen Zhengru did not directly ask Xu Qingnian how many Divine Martial Cannons he had, he could tell from Xu Qingnian’s answer that there were not many first-rate Divine Martial Cannons.

In other words, this kind of thing could only be used in critical battles.

It was impossible to carry the cannon to the Eastern Realm at one time and the Western Realm at the other, right?

Running around would be tiring enough.

Moreover, people are not stupid, when they really fight, the Divine Martial Artillery is certainly not as useful as a First Grade martial artist, one is a dead object and the other is a living object.

After all, it was said that it was an all-out war, not a local war.

But the odds of winning this were too low.

“Your Majesty, what is meant by unconventional warfare?”

Chen Zhengru asked curiously.

Conventional warfare he understood was a normal war where both sides sent their men to kill each other.

He did not understand unconventional warfare.

“If the two dynasties really dare to declare war, then the enemy that Great Wei will face is not just the two dynasties, but the whole world.”

“The Divine Martial Artillery is not just a big threat to the two dynasties, but to the whole world.”

“If nothing else, at this moment, the two dynasties should have sent people to contact the forces of other continents besides the Central Continent.”

“Wanting to work together to resist the Great Wei.”

“The truth that the lips are dying and the teeth are cold is understood by these people, so once war is declared, Great Wei is declaring war on the world, and at that time, there is absolutely no way that the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty will only have two first rankers.”

“Even, there is another point, even if they are really suppressed when the time comes, there is no guarantee that they won’t go and do something out of the ordinary.”

“From their point of view, if they can suppress Great Wei and force me to hand over the Divine Martial Cannon and share it together, then everything is fine.”

“But if they can’t defeat Great Wei, it will be a chronic death for them, just a year sooner and a year later to destroy their country, at this point, will they still care about any benevolence and morality?”

“What happened in the Sea of Demons will probably be replayed.”

Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, and he spoke directly about all the problems.

Conventional combat, one against two, with the help of the Divine Martial Cannon, a thirty percent chance of winning, and the one pins between each other, were what held each other back.

But what was clear was that it couldn’t be a conventional battle.

With the three kingdoms involved, all the major powers in the world would have to choose to take sides, either joining Great Wei or joining the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty.

There are definitely not many forces joining Great Wei, as it is clear that Great Wei wants to unify the world, while the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty will definitely put up the banner that the world is at peace and every major power can have the Divine Martial Artillery.

The major powers will be attracted to enter.

It wasn’t like the stuff was theirs anyway.

And this matter was extremely reasonable.

If the Primordial Yuan Dynasty had the Divine Martial Cannon, then the Sudden Evil Dynasty would also definitely pull in the Great Wei Dynasty to put pressure on the Primordial Yuan Dynasty.

Unless the Sudden Evil Dynasty and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty had it and the Great Wei Dynasty did not, then they would be able to accept this situation.

In other words, the two dynasties’ stance today is actually telling Great Wei that as long as the Divine Martial Cannon is given to them, the world will be ours and the three families’.

It’s fine for you to take more, except that we three families must be on an equal footing.

This was still because Great Wei had forged the Zhongzhou Dragon Cauldron. Had Great Wei possessed such a divine weapon two or three years earlier, the two dynasties would definitely not have had this attitude.

In other words, the situation is still relatively good.

Otherwise, they would have come straight to the door and demanded it, and if they didn’t give it, they would have fought, without any mercy at all.

Xu Qingnian’s words caused the hundred officials to fall silent.

Being in high positions, how could they not understand the reasoning behind this?

For a moment, the hundred officials fell completely silent.

To give, everyone definitely did not want to give.

But not to give, it would be extremely easy to get involved in an all-out war.

If they could win, or if they could fight against each other in separate courts, everyone would not be so torn, but the problem was that they could not win.

The answer given by Xu Qingnian was also very clear.

Don’t rely on the Divine Martial Artillery, which is powerful, but cannot turn around a large-scale war.

It could not affect the killing between the three great dynasties.

About a quarter of an hour had pa*sed.

Gu/span looked at the group of ministers in silence.

The Empress’s voice rang out.

“It’s done.”

“Sudden Evil and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty, there is no need to reply immediately, for now, first liquidate the barbarian kingdom’s supplies, Gu Aiqing, Zhang Aiqing, Chen Aiqing, you focus on this matter.”

“When the supplies and silver come to the court, go and deploy them one by one according to what Aiqing Xu said before, no matter what happens, first follow the plan.”

“Other matters, speak slowly.”

“I am tired, dismiss the court, Aiqing Xu come to my bedchamber.”

The empress spoke out, pressing the matter down for now, not rushing to deal with it immediately, whether it was a promise or a refusal, naturally it was impossible to respond to the two dynasties on the same day.

The Great Wei of today was no longer the Great Wei that had once been at the mercy of others.

“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor.”

Hearing the empress say this, the group of ministers also went along with the steps, no matter what was said now, there were pros and cons, and the group did need to go back and think about it.

At that moment, the group of ministers left.

Xu Qingnian also withdrew from the hall, but first, he went towards the empress’ chambers.

The officials all knew that there were some things that Xu Qingnian could not say in public, so they did not bother Xu Qingnian.

It was about another quarter of an hour later.

Inside the Palace of the Nurtured Heart.

Xu Qingnian slowly appeared here.

And the empress was also sitting on the dragon chair.

“I, Xu Qingnian, pay my respects to Your Majesty.”

Inside the Hall of the Nurturing Heart.

Xu Qingnian bowed towards the empress and slowly spoke out.

Inside the large hall, there were only two people.

“Xu Aiqing, please excuse yourself.”

“I know that above the court, Xu Aiqing has a lot of things to say that are not convenient, but now in private, Xu Aiqing can say what she has to say.”

The empress was also direct, she did not waste time, she only wanted to hear Xu Qingnian’s opinion.

“Your Majesty is very wise.”

“Since that is the case, I will speak straightforwardly.”

“Right now, real turmoil has emerged.”

“If it is done well, the Great Wei Dynasty can truly unify the world, but if it is not done well, it could be another doom for Great Wei.”

“I do not dare to make a decision for Great Wei, but I would ask Your Majesty to make the decision herself.”

Since the empress was so direct, Xu Qingnian did not drag her feet either.

Straightforwardly, he said.

“Aiqing Xu, I ask you, how many First Grade Divine Martial Cannons do you have on hand?”

The Empress understood the meaning of Xu Qingnian’s words, so she asked directly.

“One.”

Xu Qingnian replied.

This answer was a little disappointing to the Empress, but it was something that was within reason.

This kind of extremely powerful divine weapon, if there were several doors, it would be unexpected, one could only say that one door was a little less, but it was reasonable.

“Can we continue refining?”

“Is it that it takes time?”

The empress continued to ask.

“No.”

“It is a matter of material, Your Majesty should have guessed what the material of the Divine Martial Cannon is.”

“This kind of material, under the universal sky, is all there is, now that the Divine Martial Cannon has been unveiled, and the Primordial Yuan Dynasty has also refined a similar cannon, guessing carefully, I guess it won’t take long to guess what the material of the Divine Martial Cannon is as well.”

“I think that the Primordial Yuan Dynasty will, at the first opportunity, notify the major powers in the world to pin down the material of the Divine Martial Cannon, so it will be as difficult as heaven for Great Wei to refine a second Divine Martial Cannon.”

Xu Qingnian replied.

At that moment, the empress was somewhat silent.

After a moment, the empress continued to speak.

“Then according to Xu Aiqing’s meaning, this game of chess, Great Wei must shed its pieces?”

Ji Ling asked.

“Basically, that is the case.”

“However, there is also a chance of a flip, but it is troublesome and somewhat tricky.”

Xu Qingnian shook his head.

The situation at hand was one point, to go to war or not to go to war.

Not going to war would be to honestly send the Divine Martial Cannon over.

Perhaps some of the forces would stand neutral, but if Great Wei won, they would only appear to be on the opposite side of Great Wei at the first opportunity.

But if Wei loses, these people will appear on the opposite side even sooner.

To put it bluntly, no one wants a giant to be born.

And if the Divine Martial Artillery is given away, whether it is a defective or half-finished product, or if the core refining method is handed over, it is a case of feeding the tiger.

The Divine Martial Artillery is a divine object, and whoever has it has the power to speak and make the rules, but if a group of people have it, then a group of people will make the rules.

Naturally, it was impossible for Great Wei to give up the Divine Martial Cannon.

Xu Qingnian was not happy either, why should he share what he had worked so hard to make with others?

One was a saint, not a holy mother.

“What do you say?”

Hearing Xu Qingnian say that there was still a turn of events, the empress could not help but ask curiously.

“The Central Continent Immortal Collection may have a large amount of extremely high quality spirit gold hidden in it.”

“I, for one, intend to make a trip to search for the Midcontinent Immortal Collection, but this trip, I dare not guarantee that something will go wrong.”

“Nor do I dare to guarantee what will happen next, so during the time that I am away, Great Wei must hold back the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty.”

“And also to stabilise the dynasty within and without.”

“If we obtain the extremely high quality spirit gold, we can launch an all-out war and directly tear ourselves apart from the two dynasties.”

“If we don’t get the extremely high quality spirit gold, then we will open our mouths wide and pull in the remaining four continents’ forces to share the Divine Martial Cannon together, but only take out two places for them to fight each other.”

“It’s also a way to create trouble for them.”

Xu Qingnian voiced his thoughts.

If they wanted to break the next deadly situation, then the only hope they could pin on was inside the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.

After obtaining the Midcontinent Immortal Collection, one could refine more Divine Martial Cannons.

Xu Qingnian was not greedy, as long as he had about five of them, he would be able to fight against the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty.

After all, they are not from the Middle Continent, and they understand the principle of the coldness of the teeth and the coldness of the lips, but if they were to work wholeheartedly for the Primordial Yuan and Sudden Evil Dynasties, they would not be happy to do so.

There is a lot of room for manoeuvre here.

But all this is based on one point.

That is, the Zhongzhou Immortal Collection really does contain a large amount of extremely high quality spirit gold, otherwise everything would be empty talk.

If there wasn’t, Xu Qingnian could only stage a play in which two peaches killed three soldiers.

If the Chu Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty wanted the Divine Martial Cannon, how could the world’s powers not want it?

If they start to fight for it, the Great Wei will take the opportunity to develop, and even if the final winners are the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty, they will only be able to say that they have the ability to protect themselves.

The rise of the Great Wei Dynasty remains unstoppable.

This was Xu Qingnian’s plan.

But when Xu Qingnian spoke of the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.

The empress’s expression visibly changed, and then she spoke directly.

“No.”

“You cannot go in search of the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.”

When this was said, it caused Xu Qingnian to be somewhat surprised.

He frowned slightly as he looked at Ji Ling and said.

“Your Majesty …….”

As soon as he spoke.

The empress took a deep breath and looked at Xu Qingnian and said.

“The Central Continent Immortal Collection, it’s just a legend, there is no such thing on the world, Xu Aiqing, don’t go, the second plan is fine, raid the wealth of the major powers in the world and then let them fight it out on their own, this plan is excellent, no need to risk it.”

The empress was resolute.

She seemed to be very resistant to the Midcontinent Immortal Collection.

Xu Qingnian was a little surprised, but quickly understood.

At the beginning, it was because the Martial Emperor had been to the Midcontinent Immortal Collection that he had lost his mind somewhat, and now that he had said that he was going to search for the Midcontinent Immortal Collection, this reaction from the Empress was reasonable.

There was some silence.

But in the end, Xu Qingnian continued to speak.

“Your Majesty.”

“The second plan is only used as a last resort.”

“The Central Continent Immortal Collection, I will make a trip to it no matter what, unless I see with my own eyes that there is no extremely high quality spirit gold within the Immortal Collection, then I ask Your Majesty to forgive me for my disobedience.”

After the empress had calmed down, Xu Qingnian slowly spoke out and made his attitude clear.

In an instant.

The empress stood up, she looked at Xu Qingnian, among her eyes was doubt and dissuasion.

“Xu Aiqing, Great Wei is now flourishing, in less than three years, it will be completely flourishing, I know that the Divine Martial Cannon is of great significance, but sharing it out, it will take years for them to refine it, plus using two places to let the world powers fight each other, it is also considered to have bought a lot of time for Great Wei.”

“If there is no accident, in ten years’ time, Great Wei will have reached the heights of its heyday, and unifying or not unifying them doesn’t mean much.”

“Even not unifying them would be a better way to stabilise the situation in the world, so why are you so persistent, Aiqing Xu? You have already done enough, and I do not wish you to continue to take risks.”

The empress spoke out, she persuaded Xu Qingnian, and she also spoke in a reasonable manner.

But Xu Qingnian shook her head.

With a sigh, she said.

“Your Majesty, I understand all that you have said, but if the Great Wei does not unify the world, the Dragon Cauldron of the Central Continent will not be able to truly metamorphose to completion.”

“Once the demonic scourge appears, the time for my death will come.”

Xu Qingnian finally told the truth.

He revealed the reason why he must go in search of the Midcontinent Immortal Treasure.

It was not that Xu Qingnian really cared about unifying the world, but if he did not, the demonic chaos would appear sooner or later, and once the Yang power of heaven and earth decayed, his time of death would come.

The Three Demon Seals inside his body were insoluble, and unless he suppressed the demons of the world, he would be the one to die.

Sure enough.

When these words were spoken.

The empress froze in place.

She had thought of many reasons, but none of them had occurred to her that unifying the world was linked to Xu Qingnian’s life.

“Why is that?”

The Empress could not help but ask.

“Your Majesty, the foreign art that I cultivate has turned into the Three Devil Marks, the process of which is difficult to explain, and I do not know what to say.”

“But this search for the immortal treasure of the Central Continent is both for the path to life and for the Great Wei, so I hope Your Majesty will be gracious enough to allow it.”

Xu Qingnian knew that Ji Ling was worried about himself, after all, there was a lesson from the past, if he didn’t go, he would still die, going might still have a chance of survival, Xu Qingnian didn’t want to let go.

The words came out here.

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you’re doing.

The heart of the Palace.

The two most noble people of the Great Wei are silent to each other.

After a long time, the empress spoke.

“Is there any other way?”

She still did not want Xu Qingnian to search for the Zhongzhou Immortal Collection.

“No.”

Xu Qingnian shook his head, if there was, he wouldn’t want to take such a risk.

The titled Martial Emperor had gone to the Midcontinent Immortal Collection and returned somewhat out of his mind, what was hidden in it, Xu Qingnian did not know.

But there must be weirdness and danger.

Xu Qingnian did not want to take the risk, but he had to.

And when Xu Qingnian gave such a definite answer.

Ji Ling couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

After half a sound, she slowly spoke.

“Bring the Zhongzhou Dragon Cauldron and the Divine Martial Cannon with you.”

“Also, I will delay for you until enough time has pa*sed.”

The empress responded.

Not going was death, and under such a premise, she had to agree even if she didn’t want Xu Qingnian to leave Great Wei for the millionth time.

This was because she did not want Xu Qingnian to die even more.

However, her request for Xu Qingnian to bring the Zhongzhou Dragon Cauldron with her was a form of protection.

Whether it was useful or not, it was at least better than nothing.

“Alright.”

“However, the Divine Martial Cannon stays behind, it doesn’t mean much.”

Xu Qingnian was not pretentious and agreed straight away, but the Divine Martial Cannon stayed, it was not very meaningful to bring it there, when it really encountered any danger, he had already promoted to the first rank.

If you can deal with it, you don’t need the Divine Martial Cannon.

If you can’t deal with it, it’s useless to have the Divine Martial Artillery.

“When does Ai Qing plan to go?”

The Empress said with concern.

“I will leave in the next few days, but I will go to the Little Thunder Sound Temple in the Western Continent.”

Xu Qingnian had not forgotten what the Martial Emperor had explained.

Go to the Little Thunder Sound Temple and ask for clarification on all matters.

“Do you need me to block out the news for you?”

The Empress continued to ask.

“En, it is indeed necessary, these days, the public will claim that I am in seclusion, I have just been promoted to the first rank and need to stabilise my realm, it is reasonable to say it out.”

“Your Majesty, during the time that I am away, the Primordial Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty are not the focus, the real focus is on the four demonic domains, I am worried that someone will make a move and use this power to create chaos.”

Xu Qingnian admonished with extreme seriousness.

“Good, I will pay attention.”

The Empress nodded her head.

Immediately afterwards, she spoke.

“Aiqing Xu, there is one thing that I think I still need to talk to you about, I have always felt that there is someone hiding in Great Wei, always in the shadows, only I have thought about it for a long time, but I cannot think of who it is, you should pay close attention and be careful, perhaps he has been watching you.”

The empress said so.

It gave Xu Qingnian a slight shock, but he had known about this matter before, but had no clue.

“I understand, thank you, Your Majesty.”

Xu Qingnian nodded his head.

Afterwards, the two were somewhat silent.

After a while, Xu Qingnian took the initiative to ask for his retirement, only when he walked outside the hall, the empress spoke again and left herself for a dinner.

Xu Qingnian was a little surprised, but did not refuse.

It was late into the night.

Xu Qingnian left from the palace.

He returned to the King’s Palace and went straight to the secret room, without saying a word, he awakened the Ancient Scripture of the Dan God.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a heart, which was the heart of Daoist Qingjing.

He was leaving Great Wei to search for the Immortal Collection of the Central Continent.

Whether he would be able to return from this trip was an unknown.

Whether there was any danger was also an unknown.

Therefore, before leaving, there were many things that he had to do himself.

This was the first thing, to have the Dan God Ancient Scripture refine a First Grade Realm Breaking Pill.

The realm-breaking pills required a first-grade heart, best for martial artists, and some other supplementary things, and Xu Qingnian was straightforward.

He also knew that for the Dan God Ancient Scripture to refine a pill, it was just a matter of aura, as long as the main ingredients were available, everything else was just adding aura.

Therefore, Xu Qingnian punched the ninety-nine golden dragons’ qi into the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture, which was a way to fill in the gaps of the other ingredients.

In the face of Xu Qingnian’s generosity.

The Dan God Ancient Scripture froze.

But soon, when Xu Qingnian informed him that he was going to search for the Central Continent Immortal Collection, the latter was somewhat nonplussed.

“The Martial Emperor went on a trip and people went crazy.”

“You still dare to go, don’t you want to die?”

Dan Shen Gu Jing was somewhat stunned.

“Senior, junior has no choice.”

“You refine your pills first, and senior will come to you in seven days and bring you along.”

Xu Qingnian left these words behind, and then left the place without looking back.

Before he left, however, he set up a formation, fearing that the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture would run away.

This Dan Shen Ancient Scripture had mysterious origins, so bringing him along with him was definitely not a bad thing, and might be able to save his life at a critical moment.

But Dan Shen Gu Jing screamed and shouted, dying not to go, but unfortunately, there were formations arranged here, so he could not escape.

After leaving from the Ping Chao King’s residence.

Xu Qingnian went straight to the Peach Blossom Nunnery.

He intended to rest for a few days.

After the pill was finished being refined, he would set off straight away.

The First Grade Realm Breaking Pill, which he was leaving to the Empress, could help create another First Grade in Great Wei at a critical moment, so that in that case, Great Wei would have a greater ability to protect itself.

There was really no telling when he would return from this trip.

And at the same time.

The Chou Yuan Dynasty and the Sudden Evil Dynasty are indeed contacting all the major powers in the world.

But they didn’t say much.

They are waiting for a reply from Wei and want to see what Wei’s attitude is.

If they want to stall for time, they will do so.

If they refused outright, then they would declare war.

They wanted to be quick, but it was clear that it would certainly be unrealistic to get Great Wei to make a decision in a day or two.

So the next little while would go into a state of extreme quiet.

But just then.

The Great Wei Dynasty.

Inside a secret room.

Two figures, slowly appeared.