Supreme Golden Palace

Chapter 25 A major case occurs (Part )
"According to the report submitted by the Imperial City Assistant, since taking up his post at the Secretariat, Prince Qi has been abiding by the rules and regulations, fulfilling all responsibilities, enjoying reading, and staying away from disputes."

The eunuch Chen Dexin whispered back, saying that he was not only a close official to the emperor, but also the supervisor of the Imperial City Supervisory Commissioner. If the Hundred Cavalry Division was the emperor's minions, relying on them to arrest, interrogate, and monitor the outer court, then the Imperial City Supervisory Commissioner was the emperor's eyes and ears, using them to monitor, arrest, and supervise the inner court.

The two divisions overlapped somewhat in their duties, though one dealt with external officials, while the other served the inner court. Furthermore, compared to the Hundred Cavalry Division's reputation for violence, the Imperial City Supervisor maintained a much lower profile. As the Supervisor of the Imperial City Supervisor, Chen Dexin always wore a smile on his face.

Yang Jian said calmly, "Although my cousin may have acted frivolously in the past, it's understandable that a young man might have unrealistic ideas. Now that he's back on the right track and working hard, with a little training, he might become a pillar of the court."

As he spoke, Yang Jian slowly walked to the map of the country and the people.

The emperor looked down at the map at his feet and murmured to himself, "In three to five years at the most, I will march south to destroy Chen. Then I will have him accompany the army."

"If he can live up to his potential and show some performance during the destruction of Chen, I will use him. I only have this one cousin, and I will not be stingy with what I should give him. If he is truly useless, then let him live a life of luxury and idleness!"

Chen Dexin, who was standing aside, lowered his head and said nothing, following Yang Jian silently.

This was Yang Jian's family affair, so Chen Dexin certainly didn't dare to say much. If anything, he didn't even want to listen. Sometimes knowing too much was a sin.

"Dexin, draft the decree,"

Yang Jian looked at the map of the country for a while, then suddenly stopped and spoke.

"Three thousand miles of urgency, urgently summon the emperor's uncle, King Yang Lin, the backer, back to the capital."

"promise,"

Chen Dexin's head trembled.

At this time, King Yang Lin was stationing troops in Xiangyang and Hankou to intimidate the Southern Chen Dynasty, preparing for the future destruction of Chen.

Yang Jian urgently summoned King Kaoshan back to the capital at this time. It was obvious that he wanted to carry out a major purge, but he was worried that some people would take risks, so he wanted to recall King Kaoshan.

After all, Yang Lin was invincible in the world with his Water and Fire Dragon Prison Stick, and his prestige was extremely high both inside and outside the court. With Yang Lin in charge of the Twelve Guards, no one could cause trouble.

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Secretariat,
In the library, Lu Shang slowly calmed his boiling true energy, and a gleam of light appeared in his eyes.

"How strange, how strange,"

He looked at the painting "Group of Dragons without a Leader" on the painting of King Mu's Eight Horses, and his expression became more and more strange.

This martial art of immortals is naturally extraordinary since it has the word "immortal" in its name. After practicing it to the extreme, one can have the power of eight dragons locking a river when making a move. Not even ordinary immortals may have this ability. It can be said to be the pinnacle of human martial arts.

It is said that this kind of extraordinary martial arts tests one's talent and disposition extremely. Not only is it extremely difficult for practitioners to get started, but subsequent progress is even more difficult, with each step being a test of life and death. To achieve perfection, the difficulty is no less than practicing Taoism to become an immortal.

What surprised Lu Shang was that when he started learning this martial art of immortality, he did not feel the slightest obstacle. From getting started to achieving minor success, and then from minor success to major success, from training the flesh, tendons, membranes, bones, internal organs, marrow, and finally blood transfusion, the whole process was incredibly smooth.

Although the martial arts of the human immortals are somewhat similar to the physical training of the Great Wilderness, and with Lu Shang's physique, practicing this martial art will achieve twice the result with half the effort, but Lu Shang does not think that just based on this, he can cultivate "Group of Dragons Without a Leader" in such a short time.

If one believes that merely having a strong physique will allow one to cultivate "Leaderless Dragons," then one is greatly underestimating this martial art. The key to achieving this, where movement and stillness are controlled by a single mind, and yin and yang are one, is something that cannot be grasped by simply having a strong physique.

All we can say is that Lu Shang has an extraordinary talent in human-immortal martial arts, which is why he was able to decipher the secret.

"Is this what they call a gain and a loss?"

Lu Shang thought again of the Jinhua secret, which was as obscure as a heavenly book, and frowned.

He had also been thinking about interpreting the Twelve Chapters of Jinhua these days, and compiling a method of cultivation from it so that he could truly embark on the path to immortality.

It was only when Lu Shang really got involved that he realized how difficult it was.

The Jinhua Secret, a scripture written down by Guangchengzi and based on Yuanshi Tianzun's teachings, contains the true teachings of Yuanshi, rather than specific cultivation methods. While the principles are profound, Lü Shang must fully comprehend the scriptures and attain enlightenment if he wishes to embark on the path to immortality. This is the true threshold to practicing the Jinhua Secret.

Lu Shang originally thought that with the help of the numerous Taoist scriptures collected by the Secretariat, it should not be difficult to comprehend the method of immortality from the Jinhua Secret. However, when he actually comprehended and sorted it out, he realized how ridiculous this idea was.

Unless one is born with great wisdom and is destined to establish a school and become the founder of a school, it is impossible for him to achieve any success in the Jinhua secret.

"That old master really thought highly of me, Lü Shang, and thought I had the qualities to be a patriarch of the Chengzong clan. He even passed on such a precious sutra as the Jinhua Secret to me."

"It's difficult, difficult, difficult, it's really difficult,"

Thinking about the difficulty of seeking the Tao, Lu Shang couldn't help but lament, "If only my talent for Taoism was half as good as my talent for martial arts."

He didn't know why his talent was so biased.

He could learn any martial arts quickly and master them after practicing them. After he mastered "Leaderless Dragons", he tentatively took out a few volumes of martial arts atlases from the library and practiced according to them. His progress was still very fast, so fast that even he was surprised.

"Perhaps, I should try to combine the human immortal martial arts with the Jinhua secrets to see if I can comprehend a martial art that leads directly to the immortal path."

He hesitated for a long time, read the Jinhua Secret and the Eight Horses Picture several times, and finally made up his mind.

Although Lu Shang knew that the human immortal martial arts was a dead end, but thinking of his unreasonable martial arts talent and that the Jinhua secret was the Yuanshi Avenue, it might not be impossible for him to open up a new path.

Thinking in this way, and really holding on to a little bit of luck, Lu Shang actually began to ponder how to combine the contents of Chapter 12 of the Jinhua Secret with the secular immortal martial arts.

"Chaos is dark, and there are no living beings."

"Chaos is the time before the creation of heaven and earth, before the division of primordial energy, a vast and boundless state reminiscent of the ancient past. Darkness is the unfathomable, profound realm of nothingness and chaos. Within this chaos and darkness, spiritual inspiration lies hidden, from which all things are born. Spirit is the innate spiritual light, the essence of life, containing the wonders of yin and yang, and pregnant with the foundation of all things."

Lu Shang's eyes lit up, and he murmured, "This is the Taoist explanation, but it cannot be explained in the same way in martial arts."

"Chaos, the beginning of the universe, is formless and indescribable. Darkness, profound and profound, transcends human cognition. Within this darkness, the order of all things arises. Spirit, the wondrous principle of nature, is the origin of all things. Though invisible, it nurtures and nurtures all things, giving rise to them."

(End of this chapter)