Changsheng: My experience in patrolling the liver

Chapter 438: Heavenly Stairs, Cloud Palace! (Two in One)

At night, in the courtyard of a guest room.

Song Changming sat cross-legged on a rock, practicing witchcraft towards the moon to refine the moon's yin energy that was pouring down.

While growing his own physique and strength, he was also refining his sixth wizard seal.

The ritual and refining of this wizard seal is not easy, it is even a little difficult.

This is the fourth year that he has been refining this witch soldier seal, and he still has not completed it.

On the one hand, this wizard soldier seal is indeed much more difficult to refine than his previous five wizard soldier seals.

On the other hand, the power of the Witch Seal that his physical body can bear is close to its limit, which invisibly increases the difficulty of the ritual.

In fact, Song Changming was not sure whether his current physical strength could support him to complete the ritual of refining the Witch Soldier Seal.

If that doesn't work, then he can only temporarily put the process of refining the Witch Soldier Seal on hold and wait until his physical body strength catches up before continuing with the refining.

The practice of witchcraft cannot be rushed.

Song Changming would not force himself to do it, otherwise if he was not careful, his body would burst, and that would be the end of him.

After a satisfying training session, Song Changming stopped immediately.

The unfinished wizard seal on his larynx also disappeared.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but in this Yundi City on the sea, he felt that even the moon in the sky was rounder than the one outside.

The results of his training were much better than when he was outside.

"What a great Feng Shui location." Song Changming said to himself.

According to King Cui's description, the greatest value of this spiritual sea is not the islands floating on the sea.

The greatest treasure is in the sea.

Sea plants, spiritual fish, sea crystals.
Those things in the sea that are repeatedly baptized by spiritual energy and constantly generated are the most precious.

If there was no mission attached to this trip, Song Changming really wanted to go out to sea and experience this spiritual sea area from a closer distance.

After the imperial banquet is over, I don’t know if I will have the chance to go sightseeing.

He followed King Cui this time purely with the intention of broadening his horizons. He was curious about both the Cloud Emperor and this sea of ​​spiritual energy.

Just as Song Changming was about to continue studying the law of establishing a government office, he suddenly heard a loud voice coming from the government office.

"Old Hu, you're finally here. Why are you so late this year?"

Song Changming moved his feet and came to the main courtyard where King Cui was.

As King Cui's entourage, he also shoulders the role of guard. This time when a stranger suddenly visits, he also needs to follow.

Just as he arrived at the main courtyard, he saw the newcomer arriving there as well.

There were two of them, both of them were tall and sturdy, over two meters tall, and their arms were thicker than an average person's thighs.

As they approached, even the gate seemed smaller.

The royal robe worn by the leader also revealed his identity. He was one of the kings from all over the country who participated in the imperial banquet.

"Brother Li, long time no see, I hope you are well."

King Cui pushed the door open and walked out, greeting them with a smile on his face.

Upon seeing this, Song Changming realized that the visitor had a close relationship with King Cui, and was different from the King Rui he had encountered before.

It makes sense. Among the thirty-six kings, some knew each other, some had grudges and enmity with each other, and naturally some were relatives and friends.

"Don't mention it. There are a lot of troubles in the territory. I really can't leave this time. I have to hurry back after the imperial banquet is over." King Cui shook his head and said.

Facing the person in front of him, he no longer put on any airs of a king.

Song Changming knew that the trouble that King Cui was talking about was the Changsheng Su family.

As King Cui has been deducting a large amount of the 'tribute' given to the Su family, the hidden conflict between King Cui and the Su family has become very acute. King Cui is worried that the Changsheng Su family will cause trouble when he is away, and he has always been worried.

Therefore, when it came to setting off for Yundi City, he tried to delay as much as possible and was unwilling to be away for too long.

"That's such a pity. I originally wanted to ask you out for a while after this, but now it seems there is no chance." After hearing this, King Xia Li Xuan couldn't help but shook his head.

He did not ask too much, as matters concerning their respective fiefdoms were still somewhat sensitive. The parties involved would not say much, and outsiders would not ask too much, even if the two people had a very close relationship.

Li Xuan set his eyes on Song Changming and changed the subject, asking, "Why didn't you bring Xiaohuo with you this time?"

Obviously, he still remembered Hu Donghuo, the young member of the family that King Cui brought last time.

This was the first time he met Song Changming, and he looked very unfamiliar.

"Donghuo has been here once last time. This time he brought other younger generations here to see the world." King Cui said.

"Just sent here to see the world?" Li Xuan said to King Cui with a half-smile.

He knew this old friend too well. If the boy in front of him was not so outstanding, King Cui would never have given up Hu Donghuo and brought Song Changming with him.

After all, the fight in the clouds is an arena that tests potential and strength. Once a fighter performs too badly, the king who comes with him will also lose face.

"Haha." King Cui laughed and his eyes also fell on the burly man next to his old friend.

"This guy is also unfamiliar to me, would you like to talk to him?"

Li Xuan's eyes showed a bit of complacency, and he said, "This is the king of Cuibai Dao, why don't you greet him?"

Upon hearing this, the sturdy man immediately stepped forward, his whole body exuding a wild aura, and bowed and said: "Zixia Dao, Hong Zhen, greets King Cui."

"Changming." King Cui nodded, and then greeted Song Changming beside him.

"Cuibaidao, Song Changming, greets King Xia." Song Changming returned the greeting.

Song Changming has been in Yunzhou for so many years that he has memorized the thirty-six boundaries of Yunzhou.

Among them is Zixia Road. Geographically, Zixia Road is located in the northeast of Cuibai Road, not far away.

Once in the past, he led his troops to the border area of ​​Zixia Road and carried out a mission on orders.

In terms of topography, there is actually not much difference between Zixia Road and Cuibai Road.

However, compared with Zixia Dao, its population, urban development, and even military strength have always been superior to Cuibai Dao, making it a more prosperous place than Cuibai Dao.

The reason why Cuibai Dao cannot compare with Zixia Dao is, on the one hand, that the current King Xia has good governance, and on the other hand, Zixia Dao does not have Changsheng Su family lying around to suck blood, so it can naturally develop better.

This is also one of the main reasons why King Cui wants to overthrow the Changsheng Su family.

In King Cui's opinion, as long as the Changsheng Su family is still around, Cuibai Dao will not be able to develop significantly in the next few hundred years and will never be able to compare with the fiefdoms of other kings.

"Innate realm?" Li Xuan looked Song Changming up and down, and realized that Song Changming had not yet reached the Grandmaster realm. He instantly understood his friend's intention.

While Li Xuan was looking at Song Changming, Queen Cui was also observing the 'newcomer' that the other party brought.

At the same time, King Cui quickly realized that this newcomer was also a congenital warrior, and he couldn't help but complain helplessly.

"Brother Li, you and I are thinking the same thing."

At this Emperor's Banquet, both of them were obviously focused on the competition in the Innate Group, and neither of them planned to exert their strength in the Grandmaster Group. "That's a pity, Lao Hu, I'm sure to win this time." Li Xuan laughed.

Clearly, he has confidence in the guys he brought with him.

"That's such a coincidence. I am also confident in the people I brought with me." King Cui was not panicked. He stroked his beard calmly and smiled.

"Oh?!" Li Xuan glanced at Song Changming again and suddenly suggested, "Why don't we have a competition first to see who's better?"

"Haha, Brother Li, are you anxious?" King Cui flipped his hand and two jugs of wine and a chess board appeared on the table in the courtyard.

"Let's keep the suspense until two days later."

Two days later, the imperial banquet will begin.

"That's fine." Li Xuan didn't insist any more. He sat on the stone bench and leisurely drank and played chess with King Cui.

Song Changming noticed that the man named Hong Zhen was staring at him.

Although the two did not fight tonight, after the conversation between the two kings just now, naturally, a competitive relationship developed between them.

Hong Zhen looks strong and mature, but his actual age is the same as Song Changming, both less than a hundred years old.

But in terms of appearance, Song Changming looks much younger.

To reach the state of innate perfection at the age of less than a hundred years old is in itself an extraordinary talent.

Although he has not yet broken through to the Grandmaster realm, it can be seen that the person brought by King Xia is a very capable person, and his strength must be incomparable to that of an ordinary Xiantian Yuanman realm warrior.

After playing chess all night, Li Xuan won more pieces. Before the imperial banquet even started, he had already defeated King Cui on the chessboard.

"Brother Li, you won this time. If you lose in the next fight in the clouds, you can't blame me." King Cui stood up and said.

Li Xuan laughed twice, his voice bold and unrestrained.

"Old Hu, I like your confidence."

After saying this, King Xia left with his entourage.

King Cui stood with his hands behind his back, watching his friend leave with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Song Changming took his leave and returned to his own yard.

In the next two days, King Cui met many royal family members and some old acquaintances in Yundi City.

Song Changming followed the whole process. As he was a new face, he attracted a lot of attention from the royal family and became familiar to all the kings.

After that, the long-awaited imperial banquet officially began!

Early in the morning, three officials came to Prince Cui's mansion with an imperial edict, asking Prince Cui to go to the Yunzhong Palace for a banquet.

Don't look at this official as weak and frail, but even King Cui had to bow to him and not dare to be disrespectful.

Of course, the object of Prince Cui's salute was the emperor's edict, not the communication officials in these three palaces.

"Where is Lord Shao? Why didn't he come to see me this year?" Prince Cui couldn't help but ask after performing the ceremony and receiving the imperial edict.

The two young officials following behind looked at each other, confused.

It was the older official who was in the lead who replied, "Prince Cui, Lord Shao passed away ten years ago."

This answer surprised King Cui.

"Is it sick?"

"No, it's just that the deadline has come and I have to go," the official explained.

After hearing this, King Cui sighed softly and shook his head.

"What a pity! Mr. Shao helped me a lot back then, but I never thought I'd never see him again."

King Cui is a powerful master, so he naturally has a long life.

But many of his old acquaintances could not live so long. If they were not careful, the people around them would turn into dust.

"Let's go, lead the way." King Cui didn't feel sad for too long, and he quickly calmed down and recovered.

Song Changming also followed him out.

He originally thought that the imperial banquet should be held in the evening, but he never expected that it would start early in the morning today.

Soon, he came to the thousands of stone steps again. This time they did not delay any longer and started to climb up step by step, step by step.

Since these officials were leading the way, the climbing speed was not fast. They took one step at a time and did not skip any stone steps. This was also out of respect for Emperor Yun.

Anyone who comes to climb the stone steps in front of the Cloud Palace must do so one step at a time, and the kings are no exception.

Therefore, King Cui did not dare to act independently and just followed the officials and did as they were told.

Looking up, Song Changming quickly discovered that there were many figures following him on the stone steps, also climbing there. Song Changming and Cui Wang were not alone.

Among them are officials from the imperial city and the shadows of other kings.

Song Changming keenly caught the figure of King Xia, who was only one step ahead and not far from where Song Changming was with his entourage.

King Xia also noticed the arrival of King Cui's group and seemed to intentionally slow down his climbing speed. Not long after, he was caught up by King Cui Song Changming, and they walked together, talking and laughing.

It was not until an hour later that everyone finally crossed the stairs and almost reached mid-air.

Only now did Song Changming understand why he had to enter the palace early in the morning after receiving the imperial edict.

If it wasn't so early, who knows how much time it would take just to climb the stone steps to gather all the royal family members in a respectful manner.

Standing outside the Golden Throne Hall, there were gusts of cool spiritual wind and floating clouds all around. The spiritual energy was so rich that Song Changming had reason to suspect that this was the place with the richest spiritual energy in the whole city and even in the entire sea of ​​​​spiritual energy.

Standing here is like standing in the clouds, overlooking the entire city, islands, and even the spiritual sea in the distance.

Looking back at the Cloud Palace behind him, if I didn’t know before, I would have thought that this should be the residence of gods, the palace in the sky.

clang!
The sounds of bells and chimes emanated from the hall, like the music of immortals.

Outside the palace gate, many palace maids were holding flower baskets and sprinkling the petals of spiritual flowers into the clouds and mist in the sea of ​​qi.

At the same time, a road covered with flower petals appeared under Song Changming's feet, passing through the wide-open palace door and leading directly into the palace.

Under the huge palace, everyone unconsciously felt insignificant and felt respectful.

Song Changming knew that this was another example of the influence of the emperor's majesty on everyone's mentality.

Compared to what is felt outside the city, the emperor's majesty felt here is only heavier.

The King Cui and King Xia in front of him seemed to have long been accustomed to the majesty of this place and were not affected at all. They walked into the hall while chatting and laughing with each other.

Song Changming and the accompanying King Xia, who arrived for the first time, both looked nervous and had not yet adapted well to the divine power of this place.

Song Changming was actually better off. He caught up with King Cui first and his expression gradually relaxed.

Hong Zhen clenched his fists, his face stern, as if he was holding his breath and couldn't relax.

(End of this chapter)