Lin Feng glanced at the Dragon Stone Gate speechlessly and sighed, "A guest should follow the host's wishes. Thank you, Brother Shi."
Shi Yu nodded and extended his hand. Boundless golden light surged and transformed into a golden dragon that charged into the Dragon Stone Gate.
A moment later, the golden dragon returned from the Dragon Stone Gate with a tall youth in one of its claws. It was none other than Shi Tianhao, who had entered the Dragon Stone Gate earlier.
"Didn't you say that I could take whatever I wanted from the gate? I only managed to grab a few dragon bones, "Shi Tianhao said with a frown.
The faces of Shi Zongyue and the others darkened. This kid's eyes were too sharp, and his hands were too unscrupulous.
The Great Qin Dynasty was not like the Void Temple, where the True Dragons were raised in the Supreme Dragon Pond. Under the rule of the Great Qin Dynasty, there were in fact a small number of True Dragons resting, but most of them were the remains of the Dragon Clan buried in the Ancient Sky Dragon Domain. This was the greatest wealth of the Great Qin Dynasty.
The Dragon Stone Gate was not easily opened. There were many treasures on the other side and abundant spiritual energy, so the Great Qin Dynasty had sealed a large number of dragon remains inside to nourish them.
As a result, Shi Tianhao's appetite was very good, and his eyes were becoming more and more picky. He was not interested in anything else, so he directly targeted the dragon remains.
Shi Xingyun said somewhat speechlessly, "Tianhao, it's true that you can take whatever you want. It's fine if you want the dragon bones, but do you only listen to half of what I said?"
Shi Tianhao blinked his large eyes innocently. Shi Xingyun sighed, "You can take whatever you want, but the time limit is one day."
"Oh, I forgot." Shi Tianhao did not blush. "But one day is too short. Give me a few more days. You don't know how difficult it is to dig out an unrefined Primitive Dragon Bone."
Shi Xingyun wanted to tell him, "Of course I know it's difficult, but that's your problem. I don't have to give you enough time to dig."
Lin Feng has long since understood this disciple of his who seems innocent on the outside but is actually thick-skinned and black-hearted. He directly said to Emperor Stonefeather: "Excuse me." Then he grabbed Shi Tianhao.
In front of his Master, Shi Tianhao no longer acted shamelessly. He said honestly, "I was so busy that I forgot."
Stonefeather looked at Shi Tianhao. Slowly, he said, "We wish to make you a marquis." His voice was not loud, but it rang out into the distance. Everyone in the Dragon Arena could hear him clearly. As a matter of fact, Stonefeather's voice even rang out in West-Hill city outside the Ancient Sky Dragon region.
The people in the city discussed this. They already knew the result of the battle between the two Stones. If Stonefeather said this, it naturally wouldn't be Feng Bigstone, so it could only be Little Stone, a thirteen year old youth.
Shi Tianhao stood beside Lin Feng. At this moment, his expression was calm, like an adult who had experienced the vicissitudes of life. He cupped his fists towards Qin Emperor Shi Yu, "Thank you, senior."
Shi Zongyue, Shi Xingyun, and Shi Chongyun looked at him with complicated expressions. Many emotions flashed across their eyes.
Although Shi Tianhao was obedient, his true thoughts could be seen from the way he addressed Qin Emperor Shi Yu and the way he greeted him.
To this young man, the Great Qin Empire was an outsider. Xuanmen Tianzong was where he belonged.
He had probably accepted the conferment mostly because of the amicable relationship between Xuanmen Tianzong and the Great Qin Empire right now. If they were enemies or distant, there was an eighty percent chance that this kid would ignore it.
Even if he was the youngest marquis in the history of the Great Qin Empire.
However, even Shi Chongyun did not believe that Shi Tianhao did not know how to appreciate his kindness. It was not only because of the potential and strength that Shi Tianhao had displayed, but also because of Lin Feng who stood beside him.
The emperor did not take offense at all. Instead, he issued a series of edicts. Apart from Shi Tianhao himself, even his missing father and grandfather were conferred titles. He also announced to the entire Great Qin Empire that anyone who entered the spatial battlefield would have to search for the whereabouts of Shi Tianhao's relatives seriously.
When Shi Tianhao heard this series of edicts, his eyes were filled with warmth, which made him feel even more grateful than the conferment.
Lin Feng also nodded slightly, indicating that he had accepted Shi Yu's kindness. Through Shi Tianhao's family, another link had been established between Xuanmen Tianzong and the Great Qin Empire.
Since Shi Tianhao had come out of the Dragon Stone Gate, Lin Feng and the others did not continue to stay in the Ancient Sky Dragon Domain. They left this foreign space and returned to West-Hill City.
The news of the second opening of the mountain gate had been released. Lin Feng was now in West-Hill City, quietly waiting for those who were interested in becoming his disciple.
There were some people who secretly tried to fish in troubled waters, wanting to intercept some talents and bring them into their sect. Lin Feng directly split the mountain gate with a sword from thousands of miles away, immediately shocking the world.
With the power of repelling the Great Void and Shushan, and also showing his insight, for a while no one dared to cause trouble for Lin Feng on this matter.
Compared to the vast Heaven Primal world, a month's time is too far for normal people to travel, unable to make it in time. But Lin Feng has already told Emperor Qin Stonefeather and Emperor Zhou Liang Pan about mobilizing the transportation capabilities of the two dynasties to make things easier.
Everyone was now in the honeymoon period of close cooperation, and the Great Qin and Great Zhou naturally would not play tricks on this matter.
Of course, they could also take this opportunity to continue to add sand to Xuanmen Tianzong, but this was all within Lin Feng's expectations, and he had his own means to deal with it.
A month's time quickly passed, and in this month, there were also many changes within the Great Qin Empire.
One of the tumors of the Great Qin Empire, the aristocratic families, had been completely eradicated.
It was not as turbulent and uneasy as many people had imagined. On the contrary, it was calm and tranquil.
Of the four great clans at the head of the aristocratic families, the Huo family had always been close to the imperial family, and they had always guarded the south, guarding the spatial passageway between the south and the vast Tianhuang Continent.
Over a month ago, the Yu family had been razed to the ground by Xuanmen Tianzong, and their patriarch, the soul cultivator Yu Xintao, had been captured by Lin Feng. His soul was sealed in the Xuantian God Sealing Banner, while the ancestral grounds of the Yu family and the mansion of the Yu family in West-Hill City had been razed to the ground by Xuanmen Tianzong's first disciple, Xiao Yan.
After the battle between the two Stones in the Dragon Arena, the faction that supported Shi Tianyi had completely fallen silent. The members of the Shi family who had hunted down Shi Tianhao's parents in the past had all been imprisoned, while those who supported Shi Tianhao occupied all the important positions in the Shi family.
After the patriarch of the Shi family, Shi Wu, entered the imperial palace to meet the emperor Qin Shi Yu, he entered the spatial battlefield alone to look for Shi Tianhao's grandfather and parents. The overall situation of the Shi family was left to the clansmen who supported Shi Tianhao.
These people stood firmly on the side of the imperial family, supporting the Great Qin Empire's decisive purge of the large families.
The Lei family, the most low-key of the four large families, shocked most people this time.
They had directly migrated into the embrace of the Great Zhou Empire, and the Great Zhou Empire, which had already purged the large families and sects within its borders, had actually accepted them.
Naturally, there had been some wrangling between the Great Zhou and the Great Qin Empire.
However, with the destruction of the Yu family, the submission of the Shi family, and the departure of the Lei family, the leaders of the large families in the Great Qin Empire had all disappeared.
The remaining medium-sized families were numerous and well-established. Even though they did not have many experts at the top, their hidden power was immense, and their tentacles reached every corner of the Great Qin Empire. However, in the face of this purge, most of them had chosen to lower their heads.
This was because the leaders of these families all knew that the foundation of the existence of the large families in the Great Qin Empire was the secret support of powerful organisations like the Taixu Temple, the Mount Shu Sword Sect, and the Great Zhou Empire.
Now that the two Sanctified Lands had fallen in the battle of West-Hill City, the Great Zhou Empire had chosen to remain silent apart from accepting the Lei family. As a result, the large families in the Great Qin Empire had become rootless.
A life and death struggle could bring great trouble to the Great Qin Empire, but it was only trouble; it did not have any substantial destructive power.
The fish would definitely die, but the net would not break. At most, it would become dirtier, and it would take time to clean it.
The purge of the large families, which was expected to cause a huge upheaval, had become calm and peaceful. From start to finish, it had been smooth and orderly.
Lin Feng did not care too much about this. What he cared about was how many students these small and medium-sized families could provide for him.
Even if they lowered their heads and surrendered, the purge of the large families would still hurt their vitality. If they wanted to preserve their vitality as much as possible, they had to either try to bribe the royal family or find a ready-made big thigh to cling to.
What thigh could be more suitable than Xuanmen Tianzong, who had just crushed the prestige of Taixu and Mount Shu?
They were powerful enough, and they were in a honeymoon period with the Great Qin Empire. If there were children in the family who could join Xuanmen Tianzong, the Great Qin Empire would have to give them some face.
Lin Feng was willing to accept such children from large families.
In all fairness, it was easy for a good environment to breed corruption. There were many good-for-nothing children from large families who could not accomplish anything, but were good at spoiling things.
However, on the other hand, they had excellent bloodlines, abundant cultivation resources, high-end Dao techniques, and were taught by great teachers from a young age. Most of the people who cultivated with them were also outstanding.
The chances of producing talents from large families far surpassed that of ordinary people. Of course, there were geniuses among ordinary people, and there were many of them. However, compared to the massive population, they were like a drop in the ocean, and it was incredibly difficult to find them. To put it bluntly, one had to rely on luck.
As for the children of large families having complicated backgrounds and too many connections, there would be negative effects after entering the family. Of course, these problems had to be considered, but one could not give up eating for fear of choking.
To put it bluntly, over at Sand Continent City, Wang Lin's and Xiao Yan's clansmen had gradually developed and strengthened. Even if no one else entered Xuanmen Tianzong, they could still obtain many conveniences. Many of the young children in the clans had begun to cultivate the Dao techniques that they had collected through various methods.
Xiao Yan's clan was originally a cultivator clan, and now even the Wang clan was gradually developing.
Others were afraid of the increasingly prestigious Xuanmen Tianzong, so even though the Xiao and Wang clans were not strong, no one in Sand Continent City dared to provoke them.
It was not that they had the intention to use their connections to intimidate others, but in the process of doing things, others naturally had to consider the existence of Xuanmen Tianzong.
Therefore, Lin Feng did not mind the children of large families, especially the children of small and medium-sized families who did not have a very strong background.
Of course, the cohesiveness of blood relations was stronger, but small and medium-sized families were no longer worthy of having conflicts with the present Xuanmen Tianzong.
This was the path that every powerful sect had to take. Not to mention Taixu Temple and Shushan, back then when Murong Yanran entered the Celeritas Sword Sect, the Murong family was honored, it was all the same reason.
Again, when you have the ability to give the other more benefits, better conditions, and a higher sense of belonging, normal people will make the right choice.
If you are slightly stronger than the other, you may attract the other's schemes, you need to be careful and vigilant. But when you are much stronger, the weak will only attach themselves to you, and they will regard this attachment as their own glory.
This was the privilege of the strong, and also the bearing of the strong.
Of course, this was only under normal circumstances. If there were really people with ulterior motives, Lin Feng also had a way to get rid of them before they even entered the sect. His preparations for opening the sect this time were much richer than the first time.
However, after waiting for a month, the situation made Lin Feng not know whether to laugh or cry.
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