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Chapter 253 The Past of Royal Power, Supreme Protection, Under Heaven There Is No One Else Like Him, That Legendary Person!

The coffin, its contents weeping blood, fled westward from the Eastern Sea.

A massive, unprecedented calamity was abruptly averted by Jiang Shu, the powerful master from Qishan, who single-handedly quelled it.

Ji Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly delighted.

Now, after his trip to the Yuan Mansion of the Daoist Lord of Impermanence, he has gained a great deal.

The Vajra Pestle and the rare 'Sumeru Immortal Fruit' obtained from the first Dao Diagram Illusionary Realm alone would be enough to cause a bloodbath and arouse the envy of countless powerful clans and sects if placed in the outside world.

It should be noted that even Marquis Xiao Pingnan of Beicang, who had spent many years searching for a rare herb to extract its essence and cure Xiao Mingli, could not obtain it despite his arduous efforts.

Not to mention the other major sects and the True Sect that are inferior to him?
It is priceless.

But these things.
Compared to the later world-shaking artifacts, the 'Nine-Aperture Golden Elixir' and the 'Royal Power Blade', they are nothing but a drop in the ocean.

For those who can refine the Yellow Millet Dream, and respectively continue the identities of Jiang Jing and Wang Quan Wu Mu, to seek the secret treasures for advancing their cultivation in the Daoist arts of immortals and the martial arts of human immortals.
This is the foundation upon which Ji Xiu makes his living.

You need to know.

Now that Ji Xiuren has mastered the four limits of the Immortal Martial Arts, if he so desires, he can slay the Crimson Dragon and subdue the White Tiger, thus achieving the 'Flawless' sect master level for two Jiazi years without disaster or calamity.
It's within easy reach!
In other words, he is now practically indistinguishable from the fifth level of martial arts.

As for Taoist cultivation, it is even more so.

When Ji Xiu obtained the Nine Aperture Golden Elixir, it flew to the space between his eyebrows and was instantly refined into the Purple Mansion, after being refined in advance using the Primordial Dao Talisman.

The thresholds of the original four realms of Daoist cultivation, namely the Night Tour, Day Tour, and Ascension, have all been successfully crossed, allowing him to enter the Out-of-Body stage.

Martial arts have four realms, and Daoist cultivation has five barriers!
This is Ji Xiu's current foundation and strength.

It can be said that the trial of "The Impermanence of All Laws" has completely transformed Ji Xiu from a martial artist who was just starting out in a county into someone who can be respected throughout the entire Great Xuan!
Although their cultivation level may not be comparable to those Dragon Tigers, Dharma Cores, or even the Great Xuan Prodigies at the level of Young Martial Saints mentioned on the Dragon Infant Stele.

However, it is blessed with various secret techniques and rare treasures.

Ji Xiu thought to himself that he was not incapable of being compared with martial artists of the Dragon Tiger and Dharma Pill levels!
[The recipient of the ordination has received the 'Royal Power Blade' as his master, the Purple Mansion imprint has been forged, and the blade's intent resonates within him. The Great Five Signs of Decay Heavenly Blade's progress is now complete!]

As wisps of royal power and sword intent seeped into his body.

Ji Xiu could clearly sense that the Primordial Dao Talisman slot occupied by the Great Five Decays Heavenly Blade, which had been constantly refined and polished by the five internal organs (heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys), had been completely completed.

Just as he was somewhat intoxicated by the satisfaction of this 'leap in cultivation'...
A palace woman in bright, clear robes, as radiant as the moon in the sky, turned her head in surprise.

With just a few simple words, the moment she finished speaking, Ji Xiu was pulled straight back to reality.

When that sense of 'déjà vu' reached my ears.

Ji Xiuyi's double pupils trembled almost imperceptibly.

In his eyes.

The woman in front of him seemed hesitant.

But more than anything, it carried a strange sense of certainty.

His heart skipped a beat, and he hesitated to speak.

However, Ji Xiu remained clear-headed and ultimately did not reveal any of the secrets about the Yellow Millet Dream or his past as a king without end.

After all, in the limited memories he had experienced and played, his only contact with Jiang Shu when he was Wang Quan Wu Mu was during the annulment of an engagement at the 'Ancestral Court of the Sword Dao'.

As for the rest, Ji Xiu knew nothing.

Looking at Jiang Shu's gaze and considering her previous actions, Ji Xiu swallowed hard, inwardly filled with suspicion and disbelief.

"Could it be that the abrogation of that engagement in the Sword Court Hall back then left her with some kind of trauma, so that she's still holding onto it now?"

"I don't think it's that bad."

But when the 'old grievances' mentioned by Jiang Shu reached Ji Xiu's ears, he couldn't help but have doubts.

Therefore, Ji Xiu deliberately showed hesitation in his double pupils:
"I wonder who this old friend you speak of is?"

"Forgive Ji Xiu for speaking frankly, but I have never met you since I was born. Perhaps you have mistaken me for someone else."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu remained indifferent, his gaze sweeping over the jubilant Wang Quandao, his tone uncertain and noncommittal:

"Did you mistake me for someone else?"

"maybe."

"But this knife is no ordinary weapon. It is a divine weapon with a spirit. Since it was sealed in the secret place of the sect, the 'Divine Weapon Altar', one of the Ten Heavenly Pillars, for forging weapons, it has been nearly two hundred years and has never recognized a master."

"If it weren't for the sudden commotion a while ago, which I noticed and broke the seal to bring it out of the 'Divine Weapon Altar',..."

"I'm afraid I don't know that this sword, which is thousands of miles away from Xiqi and Beicang, actually recognized a young man in Beicang Prefecture as its master from the beginning."

"If there's nothing about you that attracts it..."

"I don't believe it."

These words made Ji Xiu's heart skip a beat. He hadn't expected that the Wangquan Blade would involve so many secrets and that it had once been a treasure sealed by the Heavenly Pillar.

If I were to acquire it by claiming it as my own, wouldn't I have offended a pillar of heaven for no reason?
For a moment, Ji Xiu felt a sense of unease.

Because he obtained the Nine Aperture Golden Elixir, he must have offended the Crimson Heaven Universe's 'Mysterious Talisman Sect,' which was willing to have a powerful immortal sever his own cultivation in order to obtain it.

In addition to the Corpse Puppet Cult leader Corpse Puppet who fled in blood escape, and the divine weapon altar behind the Wang Quan Dao that flew out of thin air...
One, two, three.

They are all colossal beings on par with the Heavenly Pillar level, or even more profound and unpredictable in terms of their origins, each one more intimidating than the last!
The road ahead looks bleak.
Thinking of this, Ji Xiu couldn't help but feel preoccupied.

He had worked diligently and finally achieved the advancement of the 'Heavenly Blade True Sect', and Xu Longxiang had advanced to the level of a giant. The Dragon Elephant True Sect was about to join the ranks of the 'Six Clans and Five Orthodox Lineages' and become a towering behemoth in the province.

With such power behind him, Ji Xiu, who originally thought he could rest easy on his path of cultivation for at least the short term, now seems to have a long way to go.

While making rapid progress, it seems it's time to increase investment and find new backers to help. Otherwise, if problems arise, there will be no one to support you, which will be difficult to handle.
For a moment, Ji Xiu first thought of the Flying Immortal Sect behind his younger sister Ji Wei, which was on par with the Xuanfu Sect, and Jiang Li, the Great Xuan Lord who had gone to Baiyujing early on and seemed to be about to regain the throne.

The former is far away, and we have no connection with them; the latter is located at the center of the vortex and has its own enormous troubles. Neither of them can be easily approached at this stage.

Thinking about it
Unconsciously, Ji Xiu looked at Jiang Shu in front of him.

The more he looked at it, the more it seemed that this powerful lord, whose life after the fall of his royal power was somehow 'involved' with him, was a good candidate.

It seems that if I can use the medium provided by the 'Royal Power Blade' to re-enter the royal power realm through a pipe dream, I will definitely not be so indifferent and cold towards Jiang Shu anymore.

A future pinnacle of humanity!

With the ancestral temple of swordsmanship now destroyed and the legendary senior brother Zhou Chongyang, who had dominated the world for sixty years, nowhere to be found, if one could truly find someone with a close relationship with this...
The rewards that would bring would certainly be considerable.

But the key point is that Ji Xiu is now unsure what this person really means to him.
He wouldn't be so arrogant as to think that such a being could wait for him for two hundred years just because of some romantic feelings, and still be unable to let go now.

That's too ridiculous.

After all, he had personally rescued Jiang Li back then. When he first met Jiang Li in this world, Ji Xiu didn't hear anything about the past of the royal family from that woman who seemed to have seen through the ways of the world.

When faced with the existence of those hierarchical levels, how can personal affections stand against the great struggle for the path of cultivation!
As Ji Xiu was pondering this in his heart, the woman suddenly changed the subject:
"Even if I have mistaken you for someone else, you are from the 'Ancestral Court of the Sword Dao,' and that is certain."

"Human Immortal Primordial Embryo, Great Five Decays Heavenly Blade, Royal Power Blade"

"Like, very similar."

“It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that you are a projection of ‘Wang Quan Wu Mu’ from two hundred years ago.” Jiang Shu revealed the secrets and mysteries of the ‘Human Immortal Primordial Embryo’, the eighth innate Dao body of all time, without any concern. Even grandmasters and giants like Wang Xuanyang and Xu Longxiang could not have fathomed this point.

However, for beings who have already reached the 'pinnacle of humanity' and are striving towards the threshold of becoming an immortal, it is not surprising that they can see through the mystery.

Therefore, Ji Xiu was not too surprised.

Just as he opened his mouth, pondering how to respond...
Rumble rumble rumble!
The entire ancient site of the Impermanent Realm of All Laws suddenly began to shake violently!

Then, the entire 'Ancient Ruins Corridor' seemed to lose its support after the coffin containing the Corpse Puppet Master fled west and Ji Xiu obtained the Nine Aperture Golden Pill. It began to tremble and shake incessantly, as if it were about to collapse.

After a dozen or so breaths, the entire ancient site began to collapse and disintegrate, falling into pieces.

Until the entire 'Eastern Canghai' was completely devoid of that ancient corridor with its lingering demonic aura.

It's as if all those Daoist diagrams that recorded the deeds of the 'Impermanent Lord of All Things' were just a fleeting dream.
the moment before.

Ji Xiu was still meeting with Jiang Shu.

Almost instantly, he found himself standing on the churning waves of the vast ocean.

Fortunately, after mastering the Qi cultivation, a martial artist can walk on water as if walking on flat ground.

In addition, he possesses the fully mastered Daoist talisman 'Searching Mountains and Catching Seas,' making him no different from the naturally aquatic beings of the Water Lord's Palace.

It was only for a fleeting moment when we left this ancient site.

Ji Xiu then saw the bigwigs of Jiangyin Prefecture, such as Chen Xuanque, the Marquis of Beicang, along with his teachers Wang Xuanyang and Xu Longxiang, among others.

At this moment, they were warily watching the 'Xuanfu Sect' members on the cloud boat atop it.

Meanwhile, those true disciples of the Xuanfu Sect who had entered the ancient ruins of Yuanfu were moving faster than one another. Even Xuan Qingli, who had nearly gone astray due to the 'demonic energy' invading his mind, had just stepped onto the cloud boat when…
As the garrison commander of Beicang, Chen Xuanque, who was able to establish his own government and command before the Great Xuan Dynasty had even established 'vassal kings,' and was known as a feudal lord, looked at the restless Yuanling Zai Zhenjun and suddenly spoke:
"Fellow."

"Before we stepped in, the three of us agreed that all opportunities we obtained would belong to our respective departments."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lingzai felt somewhat embarrassed, but when he looked at Ji Xiu, his eyes flashed with resentment, while at the same time he looked at Jiang Shu with great apprehension.

But in the end, he still stepped forward in a deep voice:

"This matter was indeed agreed upon beforehand. My Xuanfu sect is a great sect and lineage, and we will not go back on our word."

"But the 'Nine Aperture Golden Elixir' was originally a product of our sect. It is the supreme item for forging a top-grade golden elixir and thirty-six great supernatural powers. However, it was stolen by Daoist Jiang a thousand years ago, and we have been searching for it for a thousand years without success."

"Now the True Lord has ordered us to welcome him back."

"If it's negotiable, whether it's supernatural powers and techniques, rare and precious materials, or even the position of a True Venerable's disciple, you can choose whatever you want as long as this young friend speaks up."

There is only one condition.

"It means handing over the Golden Elixir to us so we can take it back to the sect."

"Moreover, this golden elixir once suppressed the 'Corpse Puppet Master' for over a thousand years. Humans and demons are vengeful and will surely pursue him relentlessly once he catches his breath. You may not be able to protect such a treasure, young friend."

"It would be better to let me teach him."

Before the Xuanfu Sect leader, Shi Zhenjun, who was comparable to a martial arts master, could finish speaking...

After being eliminated by the Yuan family, Jiang Shu, who was standing beside Ji Xiu, looked up and glanced at him.

Just one glance.

When Yuan Lingzai saw the faint image of the 'Heavenly Gate' behind it, seemingly magnified infinitely within his Purple Mansion mind, threatening to suffocate him,
Only then did the light, airy female voice arrive:

Did you all hear what I just said?

"That wasn't just said to that freak."

"The same applies to immortals and heretics."

Yuan Lingzai's pupils dilated, and he frowned as he looked at Jiang Shu:

"Your Mightiness."

"This is the decree of the True Venerable Xuanxiao, and it also has the authorization and approval of other venerables. My sect is located in Baiyujing, and I have a close relationship with the Prince of Yan, one of the kings. Do you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a soft scoff. The woman then slightly raised her phoenix eyes, her expression calm and undisturbed, and simply uttered a soft "Oh."
"and then?"

Having said that, he pointed a finger up to the sky, just as Yuan Lingzai was about to say more...
They almost shot down this 'cloud boat'!
For a moment, even though he was a True Lord, this True Lord Yuan fell silent.

"he."

First, he pointed at Ji Xiu.

"I've got your back."

After saying that, Jiang Shu extended her slender jade finger from her cloud-like sleeve and gently tossed out a gilded seal bearing the mark 'Qishan Jiang Clan', which landed in Ji Xiu's palm.

"This item represents my identity and bears the imprint of a wisp of my divine soul."

"If anyone tries to kidnap you in the future..."

“By presenting this seal, I will have my own ‘reason’ with them.”

"You have the air of someone from the past, whether you are or not, you are at least a descendant of someone from the past."

"Hold this token,"

"From this day forward, in Xiqi and Qishan, the Jiang clan, from top to bottom, will be governed by you."

"All passages are unimpeded, and receiving your orders is as if I were personally present!"

Holding the gilded seal in his hand and hearing such shocking words, Ji Xiu was momentarily speechless.

What's the difference between this and the emperor's seal?!

They've really managed to latch onto a powerful figure!

I recalled Jiang Nian from the "Qishan Jiang Clan" whom I had encountered before, who had colluded with the Mahayana Wuliang Temple and set a trap for me.
Ji Xiu couldn't help but wonder how interesting his expression would be if he saw this seal.
When they see me then, won't they immediately bow down? Otherwise, they'll face family discipline!
Seeing that even the mighty True Lord Yuan Lingzai almost couldn't maintain his composure, Ji Xiu could roughly imagine what was going on.

As for everyone else.

Hearing Jiang Shu's words, he was even more dumbfounded.

A supreme figure, the master of a powerful family, dares to speak out in such a way to protect him!

Even between parents and children, or those who have studied together, there are times when even they might not have this much face!

Such news, once it spreads throughout the world...
It’s unimaginable!
Only Wang Xuanyang, from the 'Heavenly Blade True Sect', looked at his familiar grand-disciple and the Wangquan Blade whose secrets he had previously revealed, and listened to Jiang Shu's so-called old friend.
After realizing what was happening, she was startled, then frowned and looked at Ji Xiu, pondering the key points from the past, and suddenly hissed:
"This boy"

He recalled all the unusual events of the past one by one.

Instantly, this post-era sword master, determined to recreate the glory of the 'ancestral home of swordsmanship,' was filled with great alarm:

"Could he be..."

The more Wang Xuanyang thought about it, the more he believed it to be true.

If this is true...
From now on, when it comes to seniority, should he call himself his grandmaster, or should he call himself his grandmaster?
Alternatively, each person can address the other according to their own customs. In front of outsiders, one can call him "Grandmaster" without making a mistake, but when one arrives at the ancestral hall, one must behave properly and follow the seniority system.
For a moment, Wang Xuanyang felt a mix of emotions.

(P.S.: I'm back in action in August, aiming for perfect attendance.)
(End of this chapter)