“Practising the Heavenly Son Martial Arts is not a problem. My heart dares to be higher than the sky, can I still not tolerate the two states of the Northern Zhou? Once Feng Jiuyu begins to cultivate the Heavenly Son Martial Arts, I will be able to carry the weight of his mind for him through the spiritual connection, which will also transform Feng Jiuyu’s mind and mine.
He, in turn, will be able to use the Heavenly Son Martial Arts to gain enough strength to defend himself and catch up with me.”
The benefits of the Heavenly Son Martial Arts were not insignificant for Qing Yu either. That spiritual sustenance was the most rewarding thing for Qing Yu’s heart.
However, now was not the time to let Feng Jiuyu cultivate.
Qing Yu was about to go into seclusion again. Once everything was taken care of, he would once again enter into a not-too-short retreat to refine to the ninth turn of the Golden Elixir before leaving the retreat.
During the retreat, Qing Yu cannot carry the psychic pressure for Feng Jiuyu.
Therefore, only after Qing Yu leaves the retreat can he consider the matter of cultivation.
Qing Yu gently waved his hand, and the ancient scroll closed up and slowly fell onto the imperial table in front of him.
On the outside of the scroll, countless ancient and atmospheric patterns were decorated, on which there were foreign beasts of the Flood and countless gods and men, revealing an aura of vicissitude throughout.
“It doesn’t look like this scroll is of recent times ——”
Qing Yu reached out and stroked the somewhat rough decorations on the scroll, “But the writing used on the scroll is the seal script that only began to flourish a thousand years ago in the Great Zhou Dynasty ——”
The ancient scroll, Qing Yu felt that it was at least thousands of years old, at least these patterns on the outside of the scroll were not something that had been around for the last one or two thousand years.
But then again, the seal script, which recorded the martial arts of the Son of Heaven, had only started to emerge a thousand years ago at most.
Don’t look at a thousand years as being a long time, but in reality it is only two generations for a Tong Shen realm powerhouse.
The ancient ornamentation, and the young seal script, both appearing on an object at the same time, had to be of concern.
And ——
“It is written in the history books that the Great Qian’s Great Ancestor Ji Mu Qing was from a commoner’s background, but he was valued by the Confucian Sect and accepted into their ranks, before he rose to the top step by step, slowly becoming the later Great Zhou’s Great Master and then the Great Qian’s Great Ancestor.
However, the Ji surname is one of the oldest surnames, so how could anyone with the surname Ji be truly ordinary?” Qing Yu kindly laughed.
Throughout the long history, the Ji surname had evolved into countless branches, with hundreds of surnames such as Zhou, Wu, Zheng and Wang alone.
Although this surname was one of the eight major surnames countless years ago, in modern times, it is very few and far between.
People with the Ji surname nowadays have either evolved their surname retrospectively and restored their past surnames, or they have been pa*sed down from ancient times to the present day.
The former are usually ordinary people who have long since lost their heritage from ancient times, with only one surname to prove their antiquity.
The latter, well, that is a true ancient heritage, older and more honourable than those so-called thousand-year-old families.
After all, those who have been able to pa*s on their heritage to this day cannot be ordinary families.
The scroll in Qing Yu’s hand was rumoured to have been handed to Meng Shanhe by Ji Muqing when he last saw him.
Judging from the antiquity of this scroll, Ji Muqing was in all probability the latter kind of person with the Ji surname. His origins were definitely not as ordinary as those recorded in the history books. This scroll, perhaps, was Ji Muqing’s family heirloom.
As for why Meng Shanhe and Ji Muqing met after years of rebellion, that was what Qing Yu wanted to worry about at that moment.
Qing Yu suddenly raised his eyebrows, put the scroll into his sleeve, and appeared in the hall in a flash, standing with his eyes closed.
Then, a sound of footsteps came, and Feng Jiuyu and Eunuch Leng entered the Hall of the Nurturing Heart.
“Have you been waiting for a long time, Daoist Master?” As soon as Feng Jiuyu saw Qing Yu, he smiled cordially and said.
Behind him, Eunuch Leng also laughed harmoniously, “Daoist Master Qing Yu has defeated the gra*sland army and travelled day and night to return to the divine capital, so it has indeed been hard work. Your Majesty, you should reward Daoist Master Qing Yu more.”
“Reward ——” A hint of anger flashed across Feng Jiuyu’s face, “I’m afraid those ministers won’t do it.”
He walked to the front and sat down, looking very sad, sighing, “Among the civil and military officials, there are many who are all towards the academy, even I have to dictate to the meritorious ministers what to bestow, and I don’t know if they still have me in their eyes.”
“Your Majesty, the position of State Master is a matter of great importance, and it is only natural that the ministers have worries. It is for this reason that Your Majesty should reward Daoist Master Qing Yu more.” Eunuch Leng advised.
In fact, Eunuch Leng did not want this bizarre Daoist Master Qing Yu to ascend to the position of State Master, but he was equally annoyed at those ministers in the court whose hearts were set on the academy.
“Your Majesty, the Daoist is not interested in the position of power. The position of State Teacher is not necessary.”
Qing Yu opened his eyes and said sincerely.
Between his words, he showed his sincerity, clearly stating that he had no desire for the position of power.
At these words, Eunuch Leng secretly let out a sigh of relief.
This Qing Yu Daoist was strange, but he was one of His Majesty’s great generals. It would be unattractive if he were to be separated from His Majesty.
In reality, however, Eunuch Leng’s fears were superfluous.
Qing Yu and Feng Jiuyu had already made a deal with the Mountain River Academy, and the position of State Master would remain vacant, at least for a while afterwards.
The reason Feng Jiuyu revealed his intention to make Qing Yu the State Master at the court meeting today is to see who else among the civil and military officials is secretly inclined towards the Mountain River Academy.
Even the first minister to speak out against the appointment of a state teacher was also one of Feng Jiuyu’s men. When someone started, those who wanted to oppose would then follow and reveal their inclinations.
Zhuge Long Su’s side thought that Feng Jiuyu would not renege, so he did not speak to the ministers who favoured the academy in advance. This made this test by Feng Jiuyuwu very successful, catching the other side off guard.
[When I think back to the beginning, we were helping the Mountain River Academy to fight Feng Chaonan’s faction, but I never thought that today, we would turn around and plot against the academy side]. Feng Jiuyu sighed in his mind contact.
[It’s just that our respective positions are different. We have always been on our own side. The reason we helped the academy before was because our positions were close together. Qing Yu said back.
The two spoke in their hearts, but on the surface, they acted as if they were gentlemen and subjects, putting on a good show in front of Eunuch Leng.
[Next, I will begin my seclusion. Whenever you come out of seclusion, you can start practicing the Heavenly Son martial arts.] Qing Yu said.
[Before you can go into seclusion, there is one more thing that needs to be resolved. The four clans of the Devil’s Path want to have a meeting with us in the near future. Although we have quite a lot of battle power available on our side, but you know those situations as well ——】
Qing Yu understood Feng Jiuyu’s words. When dealing with those in the demonic dao, one could not lack strength. So it was only right to have at least a True Dan realm martial artist to represent Feng Jiuyu.
However, Feng Jiuyu’s dealings with the Devil’s Way were not very visible, and it would be risky to let the imperial guardians go. So after all, Qing Yu had to come.
