The Second Year of Yongping, Great Jin
It was the fourth year since the fall of Northern Yuan, the Great Jin's archenemy of 10,000 years. The world, which had gradually calmed down, was once again stirred up by a young man named Zhou Bao.
He broke into Mingyi School alone and single-handedly challenged more than 20 experts, including the Mingyi School's Leader, Elders, and three Level Nine experts.
More than 20 experts of Mingyi School were seriously injured, a Level Nine Elder died in battle, and the Leader, Wang Daohong, was in a coma. This was the most sensational murder case in the martial arts world in 3,000 years!
Zhou Bao's name was once again spread all over the world.
This time, it was completely different from before. This time, he carried his boundless power and spread it all over the world. Because of the battle on Mingyi Lane, all the representatives of the influential aristocratic families in the Jin witnessed the birth of a legend, a peerless expert.
A combat capability far beyond Level Nine! This was the evaluation given to Zhou Bao by the mysterious expert of the Mysterious Realm in Mingyi School.
Far beyond Level Nine? What kind of combat capability was that?
Beyond Level Nine, it was naturally the Mysterious Realm. Zhou Bao was actually an expert of the Mysterious Realm. Most importantly, he was less than 20 years old. In fact, he would only be 17 years old this year!
A 17-year-old expert of the Mysterious Realm!
At the age of 17, he challenged the gate of Mingyi School, one of the three biggest sects in the world, and forced the Old Weirdo who guarded the Mysterious Realm to cripple two Elders who had offended him. What kind of strength was this? What kind of prestige was this?
Now that he had such strength and courage, what about in the future?
What kind of level would Zhou Bao reach in the future?
No one knew!
Even if those legendary Powerful Divines from antiquity times were resurrected, they would not be as powerful as him.
Perhaps he was the reincarnation of some Powerful Divines from antiquity times. That was why he could have such power at this age!
For a moment, rumors were spreading all over the world. All eyes were directed to the northwest, to the peerless expert who was famous all over the world.
However, to their disappointment, after returning to the northwest, Zhou Bao once again did a closed-door training and did not show up.
Ten days after the battle on Mingyi Lane —
Another piece of news about Zhou Bao also spread all over the world.
Zhou Bao, the County Magistrate of Wuyang County, had opened up the trade route in the northwest, taken in refugees, and shared the country's worries. He had made great contributions to the country and was conferred the title of Wuyang Earl. He was given the title of Junior Protector of the Crown Prince. His territory had expanded by 300 miles and he had been guarding it for generations. Moreover, Yan Yunfei, the Princess of the Green Sun, was given the title of Zhou Bao's official wife. She was to build Earl Wuyang's Mansion and choose an auspicious day for the wedding!
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"Hahahahaha, this emperor is really smart. He actually bestowed that little beauty to me, hahahaha —!"
Holding the imperial edict, Zhou Bao saw off Chi Hengxing, who came to deliver the edict again, and laughed out loud.
Wang Cheng, Jiang Xiao, and Zhu Ba, the three direct descendants of the emperor, stood aside with a strange expression on their faces. They looked at Zhou Bao from time to time, looked at the imperial edict in his hand, and exchanged glances with each other. They did not know what to say.
Their Excellency was really high and powerful. He had done so many great things quietly. These things were unimaginable and incredible. It had been more than 10 days since the incident, but they still felt like they were in a dream.
They had thought that Zhou Bao was just a Level Eight expert with a group of experts as well as the support of Tian Long Taoism. That was why he was so arrogant and unscrupulous. Now they knew that compared to his strength, Zhou Bao's behavior was really a little low-key.
The Mysterious Realm!
These four words had always been associated with Old Weirdo, Old Ancestor, and Old Immortal. Even the Three Grandmasters of Northern Yuan, who had confronted the entire martial arts world of Great Jin for more than a hundred years, were only at the peak of Level Nine.
The three experts at the peak of Level Nine had deterred the martial arts world of Jin for more than 200 years. What about the experts of the Metaphysic Realm?
In the battle on Mingyi Lane, Zhou Bao had defeated three experts at Level Nine. Although these three people did not necessarily have the cultivation of the three Grandmasters, with the addition of more than 20 experts, Elders, and their formation, they were almost equal to the three Grandmasters of Northern Yuan.
Such a lineup was defeated by the wretched young man who was laughing and calling them little beauties. Moreover, it was not a sneak attack, but a head-on confrontation. So, what kind of monster was this young man in front of him?
Monster?
No, he could not be called a monster. He was an evildoer!
"Ahem, ahem —!" Seeing that Zhou Bao was so complacent that it seemed that it would take a long time for him to stop, Jiang Xiao finally could not help coughing twice, interrupting Zhou Bao's delusion.
"Your Excellency Jiang, is your throat okay? Why are you coughing? " Zhou Bao was still a little dissatisfied with Jiang Xiao interrupting his delusion. He squinted at Jiang Xiao and said, "Why? Aren't you happy that I'm getting married?"
"Hehe, how could we be? Your Excellency, you're so happy!" Jiang Xiao gave a hollow laugh. He was not afraid of Zhou Bao's dissatisfaction. After getting along with Zhou Bao for so many years, he knew Zhou Bao's character. Zhou Bao was not a person who cared about trifles. On the contrary, he was very easy-going. Although he sometimes had a childish temper and liked to mess around, in general, he was a good superior. He was bold and dared to delegate power, which was a good thing for his subordinates.
Of course, this was also related to Zhou Bao's strength. With his strength, even if he gave up all his power, no one would dare to seize it. They would only use the power he gave up to do better things for him.
"Your Excellency, the Emperor's decree has come down, and it's the princess's marriage. Please make a decision about the rules of this marriage!"
"Decision? What decision?!" Zhou Bao blinked his eyes and thought about it. He was indeed a little carried away just now. The marriage was settled, but it was not a small matter for a princess to marry a lowly man. Although he did not have a good impression of Jin Emperor Yan Yuntian, he was going to marry a wife, not to fight with Yan Yuntian. The rules and etiquette of the marriage had to be settled. It would be better if he did not think about it, but when he thought about it, he felt it was very complicated and gave him a headache.
"Didn't Chi Hengxing just say that? Let's hold the wedding in Yunzhou. Right, in Qingyang Market. Lord Wang, you two go to Qingyang Market in Yunzhou to prepare. Just tell me the time. I'm going into closed-door training. Zhu Ba, come with me! "Hearing this, Zhu Ba hurriedly said," Let's go to Qingyang Market in Yunzhou to prepare. Just tell me the time. I'm going into closed-door training. Zhu Ba, come with me! "
"Yes!"
The three of them exchanged glances. Wang Cheng and Jiang Xiao smiled bitterly, while Zhu Ba's face was full of joy.
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"Zhu Ba, why are you smiling? It's been so long, but your cultivation is still the same. Have you been spending all your energy on women's bellies these months?"
After Wang Cheng and Jiang Xiao left, Zhou Bao took Zhu Ba to the small yard in the back, glared at him and scolded him.
"Uh, Your Excellency, how dare I!" Zhu Ba's smile immediately turned into bitterness. "You can't compare your cultivation with us mortals. In your eyes, I'm still the same, but I've really made progress. I'm now at Level Six. If I go one step further, I'll be at Level Seven. Level Seven, Your Excellency, it's a realm I've dreamed of, but how can it be so easy?!"
"It's not easy at all!" Zhou Bao waved his hand, and a small white porcelain bottle flew into Zhu Ba's hand. "You have the Divine Sense of the Bloodline from antiquity times. With your cultivation, you should be able to feel it, but because your cultivation is not high, you can't fully stimulate the power of this Divine Sense. As long as you practice hard and break through to Level Seven, you'll naturally comprehend these Divine Senses. At that time, your strength will definitely advance by leaps and bounds. An ordinary Level Seven expert won't be your match at all. Wherever you go, you'll be a figure who can shake the ground with a stamp of your foot. There are nine Bone-Forging Pills in this bottle, and their effect is much stronger than those Bone-Forging decoctions. I'll teach you some mental cultivation methods of punching skills. As long as you practice them seriously, within three years, you'll definitely break through to Level Seven and become an expert. Do you understand?!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency!" Taking the bottle, Zhu Ba kowtowed to the ground, and the joy on his face turned into deep gratitude. Perhaps because he was too excited, he couldn't even speak clearly. With his head buried on the ground, his body trembled slightly, and his breath choked with sobs.
"Well, don't thank me too much. You're my subordinate. The stronger you are, the more help you'll be to me. Don't think that I really have good intentions in training you!" Zhou Bao smiled and stretched out his finger to touch the back of Zhu Ba's head. A mysterious thought came out of his finger and poured into Zhu Ba's mind some punching skills and mental cultivation methods he had learned from the Extraordinary Man in the thunder.
It was not difficult to impart knowledge directly by the spiritual force. Since he had practiced the Carefree Skill, his spirit was already very strong. Moreover, he had been communicating with Green Spirit through the spiritual communication these days, so he was very familiar with this method of communicating with the divine thoughts. However, when it came to Zhu Ba, a Level Six Junior Master, he still felt it was very mysterious. Even though his cultivation had reached Level Six and he could faintly feel the power of the divine thoughts because of his innate bloodline, this method of directly communicating with the spirit to impart knowledge still made him panic because he had never had such an experience and had never heard of such a method in the world.
"Well, don't be nervous. When your cultivation reaches Level Nine and you fully comprehend the power of the divine thoughts, you'll understand that this is just an ordinary method!" Zhou Bao patted his shoulder and said softly, "I left you here to let you practice diligently. If you have time, go to the yard. Golden Rooster and the others are all experts. If there's anything you don't understand or have any difficulties in practice, you can ask them for advice. They are older than me and have more experience than me, so they have their own understanding of martial arts. My cultivation has been growing too fast and by leaps and bounds, but my foundation is a little weak. Their explanations are more profound and thorough than mine. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
"Well, you can go now!"
After Zhu Ba left, Green Spirit seemed to sense the fluctuation of Zhou Bao's thoughts and said faintly, "You're really attentive to him. However, if you're thinking about his eyes, I advise you to give up!"
"Since when can you see through my thoughts?" Zhou Bao's face turned cold and he asked in a cold voice.
"I didn't see through your thoughts. I just speculated that when you were talking to him, there was an unusual fluctuation in his eyes. Hehe, I'm very familiar with this fluctuation!"
"You're very familiar with it?"
"Those damn necromancers, they put the bloodline ability of the Blood Coagulation Demon Pupil into your eyes. The Blood Coagulation Demon Pupil itself has no special power. Its only function is to absorb other people's Gifted Divine Sense. However, it is limited to the Pupil Technique. Moreover, it has a flaw. It can only absorb one power at a time. When it absorbs another power, the former power will disappear. The more it is used, the worse the effect will be. It will also cause great damage to your eyesight. For the current you, there is no need to take such a risk!"
"If that's the case, it's really risky. It's not worth it!" Zhou Bao didn't think that Green Spirit was lying. He didn't have to lie about such a thing. "However, with the Gifted Bloodline Divine Sense, this guy has a good future. With such a powerful fighter, I don't need to do many things by myself!" Zhou Bao thought for a while. He felt that even if he didn't deprive Zhu Ba of his Divine Sense, it would not be a loss for him to cultivate Zhu Ba like this. Under his wholehearted cultivation over the years, Zhu Ba not only showed amazing martial arts talent, but also became unswervingly loyal to him. Such a subordinate would be of great use.
"By the way, aren't you going to get married? How's the woman's aptitude? "Green Spirit dispelled Zhou Bao's secret thoughts and suddenly asked.
"Why? Do you want to have a disciple?"
"Not really. But I know a way to refine a Puppet for Dual Practice. If she has a good aptitude, you can refine her into your Puppet for Dual Practice. Surely …!"
"Stop! Stop!" Zhou Bao waved his hands and felt a chill in his heart. "You're really an old demon. You're not a good guy. If you want to get married, then get married. Why do you still need a Puppet for Dual Practice? Go to hell!"
"I'm serious. I'll refine her into …!"
"Shut up!" Zhou Bao didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he directly cut off the spiritual connection with him.
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At the same time, in the Western Capital of the Jin, in the center of the imperial city, the Upper Study was already in a mess. Yan Yuntian's face was livid. The tables, chairs, bookcases, books, cups, bowls, everything in the Upper Study was smashed and scattered on the ground.
There were several corpses on the ground, all in eunuch costumes. Some of them were smelly. He had ordered people to beat these corpses to death in the Upper Study these days. He didn't even order people to carry the corpses away. In fact, no eunuch or palace maid dared to approach the Upper Study these days unless there was an urgent matter.
"The Emperor is crazy!"
This somewhat absurd rumor was secretly circulating in the palace.
Of course, those who knew the truth all knew that the Emperor was not crazy, but angry.
"It's not good for you to vent your anger like this, and it won't work!" A soft voice sounded outside the Upper Study. An elegant and beautiful young woman in fine clothes slowly walked in from outside the Upper Study. "Fei 'er is also my daughter. I don't feel at ease marrying her to Zhou Bao, but what can we do? Zhou Bao's strength is not something we can suppress. This time, you were too hasty and underestimated his strength. That's why you've been forced to this point. This is also something that can't be helped! "
"He's just a boy who got some lucky chances. How dare he be so arrogant now? What will he do in the future?" Yan Yuntian roared, bristling with anger. He fiercely stepped on a corpse. Suddenly, blood and flesh flew everywhere, as if the corpse was Zhou Bao's. Yan Yuntian stomped on it again.
The woman gently frowned, raised her hand, and covered her nose. "Only the future will be known. Maybe Zhou Bao will be an immortal in the future because of his talent. If Your Majesty succeeds in the future, even if Zhou Bao becomes an immortal, he will still be at the mercy of Your Majesty. At that time, it won't be too late for you to settle accounts with him!"
"You think I haven't thought of that?" Yan Yuntian suddenly raised his head, and his eyes were full of rage. "But Zhou Bao's talent is too high. He's only 17 years old, but he already has the combat capability beyond Level Nine. If he really reaches the Mysterious Realm, how powerful will he be? Even if I succeed in the future, I'm afraid I can't control him! "
"Your Majesty, do you mean that you still want to deal with him?" The woman's expression changed, and she tentatively asked.
"Hum, deal with him? How can we deal with him now?" Hearing her words, the Jin Emperor sat down on the only chair in the Upper Study like a deflated balloon.
"He has already achieved his goal. Now I can only appease him and ask him not to make trouble for me. Now is the critical moment. If he holds me back, I'll be in big trouble. Last time, I mobilized so many forces to besiege him, but I failed on the verge of success. Now people will know that I failed!"
"Since that's the case, I can only let Fei 'er suffer. You see, Fei' er …"
"Forget it, I'd better not let Fei 'er know about this. Just treat it as an ordinary princess marrying a lowly man. Maybe it's also a good thing for Fei' er. If she can marry an expert like Zhou Bao, even if I fail in the future, she won't be implicated!"
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? How could you fail?" The woman's expression changed slightly. Her figure flashed, and she came to Yan Yuntian's side. Her white hand covered Yan Yuntian's mouth.
"Haha, it's not a big deal to fail!" Yan Yuntian shook his head. He held the woman's hand tightly in his own and put his other hand around her slender waist. "I still have to do what I have to do. It's a pity that this time, my only mistake was to underestimate Zhou Bao's strength and offend him. Otherwise, if I could bring such a person to my side, my chances of winning in the future would increase greatly!"
"Is there really no chance?" The woman frowned and asked in a low voice.
"No, there is no chance anymore. That guy is decisive and ruthless, and his backer is also very strong. This time, I want to kill him and offend him. How can he help me again? I just want him not to hold me back for the sake of Fei 'er in the future, and I'll be grateful! "
"Fei 'er is still young. I'm afraid of her …"
"Fei-er is very sensible and has a gentle temperament. I know Zhou Bao. Although he is a little cruel to his enemies and is a little arrogant, he usually treats people politely. It can even be said that he knows how to adapt to the circumstances. Therefore, Fei-er should not suffer any grievances when she goes there!" Yan Yuntian sighed softly, looking a little tired. It seemed that he was at least 10 years older than when he destroyed Northern Yuan in high spirits a few years ago.
"Alas, one small mistake leads to many wrong steps. This time, I've lost everything. But fortunately, I didn't push Zhou Bao to the extreme!"
Yes, he didn't push Zhou Bao to the extreme. One reason was that Zhou Bao had Tian Long Taoism as his backer, which prevented Yan Yuntian from attacking Zhou Bao's family and Anyuan Store. The other reason was that although he launched a siege to kill Zhou Bao, he suffered heavy losses in the end, while Zhou Bao did not suffer too much damage. So, the hatred was not dead yet. Now he married his daughter to Zhou Bao. Although it was a little shameful, there was still room for reconciliation between the two sides.
"Since the destruction of Northern Yuan, I've made a mistake. That is, I've paid too much attention to the internal affairs. I've thought of consolidating the internal forces and increasing my strength. Then, I'll have a greater chance of competing for the throne!"
"Your Majesty's plan is not wrong!" A trace of helplessness flashed in the woman's eyes. "I just didn't expect that there would be such an evildoer like Zhou Bao!"
"Yes, I didn't expect that. But it's not too late to stop now!" The bitterness on Yan Yuntian's face became more intense. "Leave the internal affairs to those boys. This time, I lost a lot of face, but fortunately, I didn't lose the foundation. I still have a huge advantage!"
"It seems that Your Majesty has untied the knot in your heart!"
"Untied the knot in your heart? Humph, it seems that this knot in your heart will never be untied!" Yan Yuntian smiled bitterly, but the expression on his face was much more relaxed than a few days ago.
The woman smiled. Yan Yuntian's words meant that at least the anger in his heart these days had dissipated. "This time, the Mingyi School suffered the biggest loss. Tian Long Taoism is really insidious. They hid such a big stick and found such a good opportunity. After this battle, the Mingyi School's prestige will be ruined. They won't be able to recover in 10 or 20 years!" "That's not a big deal.
They didn't lose too much. It was just a Level Nine expert. Zhou Bao had a sense of propriety. It seems that he came prepared. Otherwise, he wouldn't have retreated so easily. Hehe, his combat capability is far beyond Level Nine, but his cultivation is only Level Eight. Although he can't be listed as an immortal, at the same time, he will have less scruples. This kind of guy is the most terrible. It's a pity that he can't be used by me, otherwise …! "
"If he is right, he will become a big stick in the hands of Your Majesty!" The woman giggled. "But Your Majesty, have you ever thought that even Tian Long Taoism is under your rule? He is a big stick in the Tian Long Taoism. Maybe he will also have a chance to become a big stick in your hands!"
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Time passed so quickly. Unexpectedly, November was about to end. How embarrassing!
Then he found that he could write 1.5 million words this month. His heart was suddenly filled with a sense of achievement. Therefore, he asked for monthly votes, the last few days' votes!
It seemed that he hadn't asked for it for a long time!
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