Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 1023 Zhao Yuan
The monster's words were very rude, and he cursed directly at the real person of the Cui family, causing all the cultivators present to change their expressions and look at each other and bow their heads. Cui Juechen, who was kneeling in the front, just knelt there in a daze, not daring to say a word.

Cui Jueyin, who was standing by, was even more stunned, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart:
"I see...I see..."

But the monster just stood on the ground with its head tilted up, smiling coldly.

Patrolling the sea are people of the dragon zodiac, with positions varying in size. Most of them are arrogant and domineering, and usually no one dares to offend the magical powers. However, Yang Ya is an exception.

At that time, when the Cui family was established in the East China Sea, they were in danger of extinction. It was the head of the Cui family at that time who urgently sought help from the Jiao Palace and used a [Ming Fang Xuan Yuan] to solve the Dragon King’s urgent need. Only then did they gain a firm foothold in the East China Sea. From then on, the Cui family relied on the dragon clan. Although they were not subordinate to the dragon in name, they were subordinate in reality.

Cui was born in the dragon clan and lived in the West Sea for many years. Logically speaking, after he achieved supernatural powers, he should have gone to the palace to pay his respects, but he just stayed in the West Sea all the time... Fortunately, this branch of his clan was based in the West Sea, so he had some reasons not to come, so he didn't encounter any difficulties.

If Yang Ya Zhenren was in person, the monster would not dare to make sarcastic remarks... But everyone understood that although the Dragon King did not care, there were still people in the sea who were dissatisfied. Yang Ya never met with the dragon envoys. In this way, the monster's scolding was justified and he had confidence in his heart.

What else could Cui Juechen do? As a person of low status, he could neither answer the monster nor push the blame onto Master Yangya. He could only kowtow and answer:
"We really don't know about the arrangement of supernatural powers. We only know that my second brother's cultivation has reached a bottleneck and he has a chance to challenge his supernatural powers, so he brought back the food from the lake... I believe the two masters have asked for it... I hope the patrol will spare us for the sake of my second brother's kindness!"

As soon as he said this, people on both sides knelt down. Kui Xunhai's face turned stern and he cursed:

"You mean... I am being partial to you and making things difficult for you!"

"Don't dare..."

Suddenly, shouts arose everywhere, and the giant beast on the sea roared again, splashing water everywhere, instantly suppressing all the noise. Kui Xunhai flicked his sleeves and said listlessly:

"Forget it, forget it...Tell your second brother to come out and talk to me!"

He retreated as if he had been pardoned, while Cui Jueyin stepped forward, bowed and said respectfully:
"Cui Jueyin, a descendant of the Cui family of Chongzhou, greets His Excellency!"

"Yo!"

The monster changed his cold face, forced a smile, and said warmly:

"So it's you. Oh my! Why are you still calling me sir? It really embarrasses me!"

This monster was arrogant at first but respectful later, which was shocking. Even Cui Jueyin lost his composure a little. He was led over by him in a daze and listened to the monster laughing:
"You...you...what's the name of Chongzhou Chongzhou, what's the name of Cui's Cui's? There's no room for you! If I were you, I would be the master here. I would no longer be called Chongzhou Cui's. I would be Cui Jueyin, the messenger under the Qilin Seat. Isn't that impressive!"

Cui Jueyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he remained submissive and replied:
"You can't... You can't..."

"That's great!"

This monster was also very rude. It pulled his hand and walked inside, but suddenly found that the surroundings had become quiet. All the members of the Cui family raised their heads and stared into the distance.

"Hey!"

Kui Xunhai became angry and was about to curse again, but he moved his ears and found that the sound of the waves had stopped. The surroundings seemed to become brighter, and even the beach was golden.

This made his heart skip a beat:
"Oh my god... Could it be that Yang Ya is back?"

After being naughty and running into the hands of his master, Kui Xunhai was immediately embarrassed, and his heart was really beating fast. Not to mention whether Yang Ya dared to bear the consequences of killing him, if he really made trouble, he would definitely be dead!

He turned back with some fear, only to find a bright spot in the dark clouds. A man with golden eyes and a long robe with golden patterns on his sleeves was walking out of the void with his hands behind his back and standing quietly on the clouds.

The pair of golden eyes swept over casually, as if freezing the atmosphere on the entire beach. Kui Xunhai's mind went blank, but he heard the young man beside him take a step forward, kneel on the ground with a plop, and say in a trembling voice:
"Jue Yin greets His Highness!"

His voice was a little hoarse, full of excitement and helplessness. The young man lowered his head and glanced at him, his eyes becoming a little calmer:

"Jue Yin."

"thump!"

The next person to kneel down was Xun Hai. His face was wrinkled like a herring, and his eyes were fixed on the ground. He cried out:
"Huiyao...Huiyao greets His Highness!"

This monster is Viyao! Back then, he worked in the Zhunan Sea and was responsible for the worship of Zongquan Island, the overseas base of the Li family at that time... He is considered an old acquaintance of the Li family!

The dazzling light from the sky fell, and Li Zhouwei had already arrived in front of the two of them. He recognized him at a glance and was slightly surprised:

"Viper medicine? You have made progress!"

The monster placed its head on the ground, motionless, showing an extremely humble look:

"My Lord, you are so bright and shining, with a radiance of one in ten thousand. I, Pi Ze, am blessed to be able to come to this rich place to patrol the sea. I am so grateful... I also heard that Master Yang Ya is ignorant of good and evil, and I am asking them..."

He said this in a dignified manner, and when he heard it, the Cui family members were shocked and they finally recognized the person in front of them!
"So it's this prince..."

Li Zhouwei laughed and shook his head. The huge monster in the sea had disappeared and transformed into a middle-aged man. He walked up to him very stiffly and bowed silently.

Huiyao didn't dare to stand up. He faced the ground, forced a smile, and introduced:

"This... this is General Zhan Lin... He has also met you before... He and Ying Hebai are good friends. They once competed in martial arts in front of the two princes, so they have a history..."

"【Bao Lin Ferry Beast】."

Li Zhouwei nodded and motioned him to stand up, raised his eyebrows and said:

"Ying Hebai...how is he now?"

Ying Hebai is the King of Beijinjiang. He used to be a river monster in northern Jiangnan. He helped a lot, but later he retreated because of Li Qianyuan's incident and disappeared since then. There has been no news about him since then.

Violet looked very sad and replied:

"This guy is also a noble, but I heard that he has a relative, maybe a sister or some elder. He worked under the Demon King Xushui... but for some reason he fell out of favor, and because of jealousy, he was captured by the Demon King... and put in jail."

"This Ying Hebai has returned from Jiangbei. He has already lost his power and position. He is not even a king. He keeps trying to save his relatives, which makes the demon king unhappy... He is already in a very miserable state!"

Li Zhouwei listened for a while, Cui Jueyin gritted his teeth in his heart, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Your Highness... I also know him. When Ding Keqing fell into Jiangbei, he was the one who rescued him..."

"I see."

Li Zhouwei nodded and asked:

"Your Highness Ding Jiao...is there any news?"

Upon hearing this, Huiyao, who had just stood up, knelt down again, smiling:

"The prince has achieved divine power!"

"Oh?"

Li Zhouwei smiled a little and replied:
"This is such a happy event! I wonder when the banquet will be held? I should bring gifts to congratulate you!"

"There should have been a banquet..."

Hu Yao's expression suddenly became serious, and he whispered:
"But recently, there has been a big event in the sea. An elder of the dragon clan got pregnant... Even Your Highness is no exception. This banquet will be postponed. Your Highness... Your Highness will set off a day ago to congratulate..."

'One day...'

Li Zhouwei felt a little heavy in his heart, but his expression was natural. He said it was a pity, glanced around, and replied:

"I won't disturb you while you're patrolling the sea."

"Your Highness is serious!"

Viagra chuckled and replied:

"Since Your Highness is here, I will not disturb Your Highness's interest. What else is there to patrol..."

Since Zongquan met Li, Hu Yao's official career has been prosperous, and the clans in the sea have been much better off. Naturally, they are grateful. He bowed deeply and said respectfully:

"Please do as you please, sir!"

Li Zhouwei didn't pay much attention to the two monsters. He nodded and walked towards the island. The people on both sides retreated one after another. Cui Juechen was so frightened that he crawled up and knelt beside him and kowtowed:

"My lord...I am here to serve you!"

These dragon-like monsters usually have eyes on top of their heads. Who else could be so respectful to a dragon patrolling the sea with such brilliant magical powers, and have Cui Jueyin call him "Your Highness"?
So he got up from the ground, without even having time to adjust his sleeves, and bent down to lead Li Zhouwei forward, all the way to the high golden palace, and asked the master to sit in the middle and waited respectfully by his side.

Then an old man with white hair came up to the steps, sat down with him, and said respectfully:

"Little cultivator Cui Changyan, I have met the real person."

This should be the elder who is in charge of the island now. Cui Jueyin immediately stood up and served tea. Li Zhouwei turned his head and asked him:
"Jueyin, Yang Ya asked you to come back to practice, but now you are still running around outside."

As soon as these words came out, the Cui family members on both sides immediately broke out in cold sweats. You have to know the relationship between this gentleman's magical powers and the dragon element... If he is not satisfied, it will be enough to make Chongzhou pay for it!
Fortunately, Cui Jueyin quickly bowed and replied:

"The sea has been uneasy lately, and I happened to be out of quarantine, so I helped take care of it..."

These words made Li Zhouwei put down the cup and raised his eyebrows to look at Cui Changyan. The old man quickly glanced away, lowered his eyebrows and said nothing, with sweat all over his forehead.

Li Zhouwei said nothing, his golden eyes staring at him. The old man only felt the scorching sun, guilty and short of breath, drops of sweat flowed down his wrinkles, and his tightly pursed old lips trembled, and he was about to speak.

"Your Highness!"

Cui Jueyin took a step forward, and the man in white fell to his knees with a plop. He raised his hands above his head, offering the bowl of clear tea, and begged:

"Your Highness, please have some tea!"

The young man with golden eyes paused, and finally looked away, looked at him deeply, took the tea from his hand, took a sip, and replied:

"This time I came... First of all, I wanted to see you."

"Secondly... it is also to see the remnants of the Wei Kingdom."

The hall was silent for a moment, with only his calm voice echoing:

"Let's talk about our homeland."

He picked up the cup and listened to the old man sighing deeply:
"Your Highness... my Cui family... has seven main branches. My Chongzhou Cui family is from the third branch. Our ancestors were originally from the same family as the Dongli Cui family, but the Dongli Cui family is more noble and has produced a True Lord... When the Wei Kingdom was in existence, our lineage focused on cultivation and often took charge of affairs in the [Zhaoyuan Immortal Palace]..."

"Later, Emperor Gong of Wei wanted to find Penglai, so he sent my ancestors to sail out on a treasure ship... but they were unsuccessful for a whole year, so we settled in Chongzhou and searched everywhere for traces... but there was a great turmoil in the country, which once caused Taixu to break apart, and the spiritual plan was stirred... We lost contact, and there was no one to lead us, so we stayed on the island."

Li Zhouwei raised his eyebrows and asked:

"The Great Void is shattered...how is it shattered?"

Cui Changyan showed some horror on his face and replied:

"This incident is only mentioned in four words in the book. The word at that time was passed down like this... It is said that the spiritual energy gathered but did not disperse, and it was uneven and disordered, like thousands of light bands, scattered across the sky and earth, and in the sea, either condensed into fog or had no spiritual energy at all..."

Li Zhouwei understood immediately after hearing this. The essence of the Great Void lies in the spirit. If there is no spirit in a place, then there is no Great Void here, and there is no landing point in the Great Void to land here. If the spirit really gathers into strips in reality, who knows how many pieces the Great Void is divided into...

He thought for a moment and asked:
"Which sect among the Three Mysterious Sects does [Zhaoyuan Immortal Mansion] belong to? How many True Lords are there? How did they cope when Wei was destroyed?"

Cui Changyan gritted his teeth and replied:

"According to the classification within the sea, it should belong to the Douxuan system among the three mysteries, but this classification is not very accurate..."

His tone revealed a bit of pride:
"Mingyang became the emperor, named Guanyuan, offered sacrifices to the Taishi, opened the Qian Palace, rang the drums, punished the secular people in the world, abolished 3,200 sects - the Taoist immortals removed their crowns and cut off their feathers; the Qinling demon, who was refining evil spirits and hanging his head; the evil priests of Chongshan, were tied up and brought to Wei; the small witch country was overthrown and arrested; ... the guilty were executed, the good followed, and the innocent were taken in, and Zhaoyuan was unified to make plans for the world..."

"Zhaoyuan Mansion, located in Weihuangtian, is not a Taoist sect of any family, but a Taoist sect of the Wei Dynasty!"

Li Zhouwei raised his chin and saw that his eyes had changed a bit:
"It turns out that I am a family."

Cui Changyan finished reading the last word, and fell back from the magnificent past to the bleak reality. His bright eyes disappeared, and he said in a low voice:

"As for the True Lord... I only heard that there is one... I don't know his Dharma name, but he does not enter the palace."

"Not entering the palace."

This was very interesting and caught Li Zhouwei's attention immediately.

The State of Wei followed the ways of the Immortal Kingdom, and all official positions in the country, big or small, were blessed. Even mortals without any cultivation, once they got an official position, would have their own cultivation, and those at the highest positions would have even more magical powers… Not entering the palace most likely meant that this true lord achieved it through his own cultivation!

He gently put down the cup, and suddenly felt something. He looked up and revealed an amused smile.

Almost in an instant, the entire island began to shake, a brilliant light appeared above the sky, and the rolling dark clouds immediately retreated, revealing floating colorful clouds and countless sky lights!
The light from the sky was not overbearing or strong, but soft like cotton wool, like a waterfall, pouring down from layer after layer of clouds, swaying and falling on the roof, and then hanging down along the curtains, like countless white raindrops, flowing between the palaces.

There was a commotion among the islands. Cui Jueyin was young after all, and didn't know what this image represented. He raised his head at a loss, but Cui Changyan's face suddenly turned pale.

The old man had no idea how many times he had experienced the changing scenery of Mingyang. Both his father and his brothers had died one after another. Now the image recurred, and the old man's face turned pale. He sat in his seat stupidly and fearfully, looking at Li Zhouwei with hope in his eyes.

But he looked at the young man with golden eyes and shook his head with interest, and said quietly:

"congratulations!"

Shock appeared in Cui Jueyin's pupils, and Cui Changyan's face seemed to burst with ecstasy. He stood up from the side, as if in a dream, looked at Cui Jueyin, then at Li Zhouwei. This joy turned into infinite shock, which made his lips tremble and he could hardly speak.

He fell to his knees, kowtowed as if he was fainting, and cried:

"I didn't know His Highness was such a person!"

Main characters in this chapter
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Li Zhouwei [Early Purple Mansion]

Cui Jueyin "Changming Steps" [Foundation Building Peak] [Chongzhou Cui Clan]