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Chapter 306 Dare to be disrespectful before His Majesty? Get down here!

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen sat upright on the dragon throne, looking at the memorial in his hand.

These memorials were sent by the Eastern Depot; they were all urgent messages from various regions.

This extraordinary celestial phenomenon, with its earth-shaking tremors, affected almost the entire Great Zhou territory.

The people in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty suffered considerable disasters.

Without exception.

Of course, the arrival of spiritual energy and rain was also a matter of chance. Some people in the Great Zhou who were suffering from serious illnesses recovered completely under the nourishment of spiritual energy and rain.

Furthermore, under the influence of spiritual energy, the physical constitution of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty is gradually improving.

More than that.

Those cultivators in the Great Zhou Dynasty also made rapid progress under the influence of spiritual energy, breaking through several realms in succession.

It can be said that this extraordinary celestial phenomenon was both a disaster and an opportunity for the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Chen frowned slightly as he flipped through the messages sent from various places.

The extent of the disaster suffered by the people in various places seemed to be more severe than he had imagined.

Fortunately, the Great Zhou's treasury is now full and it is not short of money.

if not.

This sudden change will truly be a major disaster for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Chen closed the memorial and glanced at Cao Zhengchun, who was standing beside him. "Cao Zhengchun, send a copy of this report on the disasters suffered by the people in various places to the Cabinet. Tell the Cabinet to handle this matter as soon as possible and rescue those people to prevent any trouble from happening."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Zhengchun bowed and said.

After putting down the memorial, Zhou Chen looked at Cao Zhengchun and asked, "Have you found out the exact location of Tianshan City?"

Cao Zhengchun replied, "Your Majesty, this old servant has already notified the Imperial Guards at the four border posts."

"Furthermore, Cao Shaoqin and Cao Youxiang have personally gone to the area outside the Great Wall. I believe it won't be long before they discover the exact location of Tianshan City."

When Zhou Chen revealed that Tianshan City was outside the pass, Cao Zhengchun had already instructed the Imperial Guards to begin investigating.

For this reason, the two supervisors, Cao Shaoqin and Cao Youxiang, personally went to the area outside the Great Wall.

After all, Tianshan City is no ordinary place; it is a place beyond the mundane world. Ordinary imperial guards would be powerless to handle it. Only Cao Shaoqin and Cao Youxiang could ensure that everything would be alright.

Zhou Chen nodded upon hearing this; he was not one to sit idly by and wait for his doom.

Since Tianshan City was reflected in the sky during this sudden change in the world, it means that Tianshan City has been born.

In that case, Zhou Chen would definitely need to find out the exact location of Tianshan City first.

Zhou Chen didn't want to find out where Tianshan City's stronghold was when the people from Tianshan came knocking on his door.

If that were the case, then he, the emperor of the Great Zhou, would be the one in a passive position.

Zhou Chen gazed out of the hall, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

This is the third day now, and the strange phenomena and commotion outside have not stopped.

However, compared to the previous two days, the strange phenomena outside today only appeared occasionally, and the shaking was intermittent, not as frequent and intense as the previous two days.

Where is Zhou Rushan?

at this time.

A loud shout, accompanied by a thunderous roar, echoed throughout the entire palace.

Zhou Chen's face immediately turned cold.

Who is Zhou Rushan?
Zhou Rushan was the ancestor of his royal family. Although Zhou Rushan was dead, not just anyone could call him by his name.

In particular, this is the inner palace, and someone dares to call out the name of the royal ancestor so loudly, which clearly shows a lack of respect for imperial authority.

Zhou Chen stood up, took a step, and instantly arrived outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Cao Zhengchun followed closely behind.

As the loud shout fell, a powerful pressure enveloped the entire palace.

Zhou Chen looked up and saw three figures, like gods descending to earth, stepping on clouds and appearing above the palace.

These three figures were three men in brocade robes. They were dressed in fine clothes and had an extraordinary aura, clearly not ordinary people.

The three men in brocade robes also had the character "Zhou" embroidered on them.

This seems to symbolize their identity.

Zhou Chen looked at the three men in brocade robes and asked with an air of authority, "Who are you?"

"How dare you be so presumptuous in my palace?"
Although Zhou Chen could roughly guess the origins of these three people from the "Zhou" character on their brocade robes.

But Zhou Chen still asked the three of them to confirm.

The three men in brocade robes did not answer Zhou Chen's question. Instead, they glanced at him indifferently and asked, "You are the emperor?"

"So it was you who ordered the deaths of Zhou Qian and two others from my Zhou family, as well as the other worldly people from Tianshan?"

The three men in brocade robes asked in a haughty tone, their expressions arrogant.

The way the three of them looked at Zhou Chen was especially arrogant; it was as if they were looking at an ant.

"Bold."

"How dare you be disrespectful before His Majesty! Get down here!"

As the saying goes, "A subject dies when his lord is humiliated," Cao Zhengchun could no longer tolerate the fact that these three men showed such disrespect to Emperor Zhou Chen.

Before Zhou Chen could speak, Cao Zhengchun struck the three men in brocade robes with a palm.

"puff……"

Before the three men in brocade robes could react, Cao Zhengchun slapped them to the ground.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the three men in brocade robes all looked at Cao Zhengchun with horror.

A deadly expert?
The three men in brocade robes were shocked, their expressions changing drastically.

They never imagined that in this secular world, in this imperial palace they held in utter contempt, there would be such a powerful expert at the Life-Taking Realm.

How can this be?

Even if this extraordinary celestial phenomenon brings forth an opportunity, it's impossible for ordinary people to directly leapfrog a major realm and reach the life-stealing realm where they contend with fate!

At most, it will allow those who are half-step into the celestial realm in the mortal world to break through the barrier between the celestial and celestial realms and achieve the status of celestial beings.

But just now, judging from the aura of Cao Zhengchun's attack, it was clearly the aura of a Life-Seizing Realm expert.

"Are you a deadly expert who defies fate?"

The three men in brocade robes looked at Cao Zhengchun, their voices trembling with unspeakable fear.

You must know that a deadly expert is someone whose combat power is at the ceiling in their Tianshan City.

In the entire Tianshan City, there are very few powerful individuals who dare to defy fate. You can count them on one hand. Even in the Zhou family, a top-tier power in Tianshan City, only their ancestor is such a powerful figure.

Faced with such a powerful figure, not only they, but the entire Zhou family would not dare to offend him easily.

"Kneel down."

Cao Zhengchun ignored the three men's shocked expressions and instead made his move, like an eagle snatching chicks, forcibly making them kneel in front of Zhou Chen.

"You bastards, we are from the Zhou family of Tianshan, your master's family."

"You're making us kneel down, do you know what you're doing?"

The three men in brocade robes struggled angrily.

Unfortunately, their struggles were utterly futile in the face of a powerful figure like Cao Zhengchun.

Our home?
Zhou Chen looked at the three men in brocade robes kneeling before him, his expression indifferent. "What did the Zhou family send you here for?"

"Do you still want to divide up my Great Zhou and replace me?"

Zhou Chen asked calmly, his tone full of sarcasm.

"You, an emperor from a distant branch of the family, dare to humiliate the people of the main family and make us kneel down."

"Bring out Zhou Rushan and the other elders from your branch. I want to ask you if your branch has any manners left." The three men in brocade robes glared angrily at Zhou Chen.

They dared not confront Cao Zhengchun.

Because Cao Zhengchun's strength is undeniable. Not to mention them, even if the Zhou family's patriarch came, he would have to treat Cao Zhengchun with utmost respect.

Therefore, they could only vent their anger on Emperor Zhou Chen.

"Palm mouth."

Zhou Chen calmly uttered two words.

"Snapped……"

The three men in brocade robes were slapped several times across the face.

The one who took action was naturally Cao Zhengchun.

"you……"

The three men in brocade robes stared at Zhou Chen with ferocious expressions.

Even in Tianshan City, their patriarch's family's Celestial Realm experts are influential figures, and no one dares to treat them like this.

But now, he has been slapped in the face by an emperor from a distant branch of the imperial family. This is an utter disgrace.

However, faced with Zhou Chen's cold gaze, the three men in brocade robes swallowed back the words they were about to say.

They realized that if they dared to say such things again, it wouldn't just be a few slaps.

Zhou Chen looked at the three men in brocade robes and said, "I don't want to hear nonsense. You'd better answer me whatever I ask."

"otherwise."

"I do not recommend letting you experience the taste of torture."

Zhou Chen's expression remained calm, but his tone turned icy.

"I will ask you one more time, what is the Zhou family sending you here for?"

Zhou Chen looked at the three men in brocade robes.

The three men in brocade robes gave Zhou Chen a cold look. This time, they didn't waste any more words and spoke directly: "The patriarch has sent us to protect your branch of the royal family. Next, all the major forces in Tianshan will send their Celestials to occupy the major cities of the Great Zhou. Whoever occupies them will own them..."

The three men in brocade robes explained the purpose of their trip.

Although the three men in brocade robes wished they could slap Zhou Chen to death, they were very unwilling to submit to him.

But given the current situation, they have no choice but to obediently listen to Zhou Chen and submit to the tyranny of this emperor.

As the saying goes, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Now, they have no choice but to back down.

Otherwise, you're just asking for trouble.

After listening to the words of the three men in brocade robes, a cold smile involuntarily appeared on Zhou Chen's lips.

Protect their branch royal families?

Nobody would believe that.

That sounds nice, protecting their branch royal family and safeguarding the Great Zhou. But to put it bluntly, isn't it just about wanting to usurp their territory and carve up the vast land of the Great Zhou, just like the other major powers in Tianshan?

"So, this was an order from the Lord of Tianshan?"

The three men in brocade robes nodded; "That's right, all the forces in Tianshan respect the City Lord's Mansion."

"In the entire Tianshan City, no one dares to disobey the city lord's orders."

The three men in brocade robes spoke.

"The Lord of Tianshan?"

"Ha ha……"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen let out a cold laugh.

Zhou Chen already knew of the existence of this Lord of Tianshan from the information given by those who had entered the world before.

It is also known that everything in Tianshan City is decided by the Lord of Tianshan with a single word.

In other words, in Tianshan City, the Lord of Tianshan is like an emperor in the secular world, managing the entire city.

Once the city lord issued his order, no one in the entire Tianshan City dared to disobey.

"It seems that you people from Tianshan will not rest until you have divided up the land of my Great Zhou."

Zhou Chen said, a cold glint in his eyes.

As an emperor, anyone would be displeased to hear that someone was relentlessly trying to carve up his vast empire.

Zhou Chen was no exception.

The three men in brocade robes remained silent upon hearing Zhou Chen's words.

They thought to themselves, if they had known earlier that there was a powerful expert like Cao Zhengchun in the mortal world, who could defy fate and seize power, who would have dared to easily plot against the mortal world and try to divide it up?

Even the Lord of Tianshan in the City Lord's Mansion would probably have to carefully consider the implications.

After all, even in Tianshan City, a Life-Seizing Realm expert who defies fate is considered a top-tier powerhouse.

"Where exactly is Tianshan City located?"

Zhou Chen then looked at the three men in brocade robes and asked.

"North."

Without any hesitation, the three men in brocade robes uttered two words.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chen's eyes flashed, and he glanced at Cao Zhengchun, saying, "Cao Zhengchun, I'm leaving those three to you. Keep asking and try to find out as much as possible about the situation in Tianshan."

Although Zhou Qian and Song Xingyu, those worldly people, had previously shared some information about Tianshan, their status was not high, and their knowledge was limited.

Now, these three people in front of me are all powerful experts at the Celestial Realm, holding high positions in the Zhou family of Tianshan, and they must know a lot.

Since those people from Tianshan are so persistent in their ambition to seize the vast land of his Great Zhou and divide it up, Zhou Chen will naturally not only know how to defend but also how to attack.

After learning more details about Tianshan from these three people, Zhou Chen also planned to attack Tianshan.

There's a saying that goes, "The best defense is a good offense."

After Zhou Chen finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

……

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon throne, tapping his fingers on the dragon table, lost in thought.

Judging from the information provided by the three men in brocade robes, other forces in Tianshan will likely make their move soon.

This time, these people are different from the previous ones who entered the mortal world; this time, there are Celestial Realm experts making a move.

Not easy to deal with.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen's eyes flickered.

"I wonder what level of strength Gao Shun, Hua Xiong and the others have reached after this cataclysmic change in the world."

Zhou Chen thought to himself.

However, thinking about how the three men in brocade robes had just shocked Cao Zhengchun's strength, Zhou Chen felt that Gao Shun and Hua Xiong's strength should also reach an incredible level after this change in the world!

To be honest, even Zhou Chen didn't expect that Cao Zhengchun's strength would actually leap from the half-step Celestial Realm to the Life-Seizing Realm, where he could fight against fate.

No wonder Zhou Chen couldn't see through Cao Zhengchun's true nature.

A celestial being, taking lives.

These are the two realms above the ninth rank of martial arts.

The celestial beings are divided into nine ranks, and life is taken nine times.

As for what realm lies beyond "Life-Taking," Zhou Chen currently has no idea.

The Heavenly Human and Life-Taking Realms were things Zhou Chen had learned about from information given to him by Zhou Qian, Song Xingyu, and other worldly people.

As for the realm beyond death, even those worldly people like Zhou Qian and Song Xingyu were unaware of it.

(End of this chapter)