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Chapter 311 Creating an Emperor of the Celestial Realm

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Judging from the condition of his body, he should be practicing the 'Absorption Technique', and the number of martial artists he absorbed, even if not as many as Zhu Wushi, is by no means small."

Zhou Zhiruo thought for a moment and said, "According to what my junior brother said, the person behind His Majesty just now was Cao Zhengchun. Judging from his reaction, Cao Zhengchun doesn't seem to be as lawless as the rumors suggest. He is very likely someone that His Majesty has trained to oppose Zhu Wushi."

"The Eastern Depot was also responsible for supervising the martial arts world. Many people who violated the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty or those in the court who possessed martial arts skills were imprisoned in the Eastern Depot. Cao Zhengchun secretly handed these people over to the Emperor so that he could use the 'Power Absorption Technique' to absorb power. It was done so secretly that outsiders could hardly know."

Yang Yan, who was standing to the side, looked thoughtful: "Judging from what Young Master Yu said just now, he already knew about his premature aging disease and was confident that he could condense the Three Flowers and step into the Celestial Realm within two years."

"I remember you once told us about the 'Absorption Technique,' saying that this martial art is special. Once you absorb the power of other martial artists through the 'Absorption Technique,' your own essence, energy, and spirit will become mottled. In order to enter the Celestial Realm, apart from having enough power of your own, the only way to enter the Celestial Realm is to absorb the power of a Celestial Realm martial artist and forcibly make yourself reach the Three Flowers Condensation."

"According to what you said, Senior Brother, if Gongzi Yu wants to enter the Celestial Realm, this is the only way."

"You mentioned Wudang during your conversation earlier. Does that mean that Young Master Yu's target is Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang Sect?"

But as soon as she finished speaking, Yang Yan frowned and said, "That's not right! Senior Brother, the consultation fee you just proposed was to ensure that the Azure Dragon Society wouldn't attack Wudang and Emei Sects later, and he agreed to it."

"It's not Wudang. Among all the martial arts forces in the Great Wei, only Shaolin has martial artists at the Celestial Realm."

"Could it be that his target isn't Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang School, but Shaolin?"

Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "Gongzi Yu does have a goal, but his goal is to help Zhu Wushi enter the Celestial Realm."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan both looked puzzled.

Immediately afterwards, the two women looked at Gu Shaoan in astonishment, as if they had realized something.

Yang Yan asked in astonishment, "Senior brother, do you mean that Gongzi Yu is using Zhu Wushi as a furnace? He wants to wait until Zhu Wushi enters the Celestial Realm, and then use the 'Absorption Technique' to absorb all of Zhu Wushi's power before entering the Celestial Realm himself?"

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Not bad!"

After receiving confirmation from Gu Shaoan, Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo both gasped in shock.

Zhou Zhiruo said in a deep voice, "This emperor has a very deep mind."

In response, Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "To be precise, the one with even deeper thoughts should be our late Emperor Wei. It can be said that he orchestrated all of this."

Under their gazes, Gu Shaoan spoke: "Throughout history, every emperor has been obsessed with immortality."

"It's just that the matter of immortality is too illusory and unrealistic. On the contrary, it is common knowledge that one's lifespan increases greatly after entering the Celestial Realm."

"Moreover, although the emperor is the ruler of a country, he is weak and spends most of his life in the palace to ensure his own safety."

"At this very moment, the new emperor, Gongzi Yu, was diagnosed with premature aging."

"After the late emperor learned that Zhu Wushi had absorbed the power of 108 masters from the eight major sects at the time using the 'Power Absorption Technique' on the shore of Taihu Lake, an idea suddenly popped into the late emperor's mind."

"Create an emperor who is at the Celestial Realm."

"It was from that time that Zhu Wushi began to be highly valued by the late emperor. Under the late emperor's hints and guidance, he even established the Dragon Guard Manor and secretly absorbed the power of others."

"They even secretly began to form the Azure Dragon Society, using its name to recruit Zhu Wushi and other experts qualified to enter the Celestial Realm into the Azure Dragon Society."

"The purpose was to have Zhu Wushi absorb the power of others once they reached the Celestial Realm, and then have Gongzi Yu absorb Zhu Wushi's power."

"Sigh~"

Upon learning that this scheme was actually orchestrated by the late emperor thirty years ago, both Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan gasped in shock.

I was horrified by the late emperor's thoughts.

After pondering for a moment and digesting what Gu Shaoan had said, Zhou Zhiruo shook her head and said, "Dragon Guard Manor, Dragon Guard, so it also has the meaning of feeding the dragon with one's own body."

"Once Zhu Wushi enters the Celestial Realm, not only will he give all his power to Gongzi Yu, but the Dragon Guard Manor, which he painstakingly built, will also belong to the new emperor."

"His deep thoughts are truly chilling."

Gu Shaoan said slowly, "This is the legacy left by the late emperor to the current emperor. When his position is not secure, he put Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wushi in a contest to secretly eliminate dissidents."

"Once our position is secure, we'll sit back and wait for Zhu Wushi, this humanoid tonic, to be refined."

"His cunning and shrewdness are truly befitting of a ruler of a nation."

Yang Yan couldn't help but ask, "If things are played like this, isn't the old emperor worried that things will get out of control, and that after Zhu Wushi becomes a Celestial Realm expert, he will plot to usurp the throne and kill Gongzi Yu?"

In response, Gu Shaoan said calmly, "Even if Zhu Wushi is the one who laughs last, he will only be the one who sits on the throne. He is not the son that the old emperor liked. But the world of the Great Wei Kingdom will still belong to the Zhu family."

"No matter who wins in the end, the one who will rule the Great Wei Kingdom in the future will be no ordinary person."

Yang Yan muttered, "It sounds a bit like raising a venomous insect."

Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "The world is a huge Gu pool. Whether it is the martial arts world or the imperial court, if you want to defy fate, you need to fight and kill constantly. If you really think about it, it is no different from raising Gu, only the way it is described is different."

At this point, Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "However, the old emperor's plan was truly ingenious. Even someone as shrewd as Zhu Wushi didn't know that he had been under someone else's control for decades."

"The only problem is that the old emperor did not expect that none of the other five dragon leaders that the Azure Dragon Society had gone to great lengths to recruit over the years had reached the Celestial Realm."

When this question was raised, Zhou Zhiruo asked, "Junior Brother, do you know whether the Azure Dragon Society's target is Zhang Zhenren or not?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan replied, "As the number one martial artist in the Great Wei Kingdom, Master Zhang's skill is profound. Although he is still only at the Celestial Realm, his strength and foundation are far beyond what other Celestial Realm practitioners can match."

"If we could absorb all of Master Zhang's power, the resulting improvement would be unimaginable."

"Perhaps at first, Gongzi Yu considered Zhang Zhenren, but now the Azure Dragon Society's target is not Zhang Zhenren."

Currently, the Great Wei Kingdom has not yet unified the entire land of Kyushu.

To the north was the Great Yuan Dynasty, and to the east was the Great Sui Dynasty.

Thanks to Zhang Sanfeng's name, although the borders of the Great Wei Kingdom have changed from time to time over the past few decades, neither the Great Yuan Kingdom nor the Great Sui Kingdom has dared to go too far.

However, if Zhang Sanfeng, the number one martial artist, were to die, the deterrent effect he brought would cease to exist.

Shaolin Temple has always been opportunistic and fickle. When faced with a major crisis, they will only protect themselves and will never sell their lives and fortunes to the imperial court.

There's no guarantee they won't secretly collude with forces in other countries.

The national strength and the situation of the Jianghu (martial arts world) of the Great Wei Kingdom were much stronger than those of the Great Yuan Kingdom and the Great Sui Kingdom.

If the Yuan Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty were to unite and unleash their full power of martial arts, while the Wei Dynasty were to lose Zhang Sanfeng, the greatest martial artist of all time, the outcome would be predictable.

Therefore, it is more beneficial for Zhang Sanfeng to be alive than for him to be dead.

Naturally, with the Celestial Realm expert missing, Gongzi Yu had to find another way.

Ideally, this expert at the Celestial Realm should come from the hostile Sui or Yuan dynasties.

Zhou Zhiruo asked, "But just now, judging from what Gongzi Yu said, he will still take action against the Wudang Sect later. Could it be that he has another purpose?"

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Now it seems that's indeed the case."

At this point, Gu Shaoan looked at the two women who were deep in thought and shook his head, saying, "Alright, you don't need to think about it anymore."

"And as Young Master Yu just said, he will invite me to watch the show when he takes action against the Wudang Sect."

"With me here, even if something happens, I can step in immediately to help, so that Master Zhang and the Wudang Sect won't get into any serious trouble."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo said with a worried expression, "That's exactly what I'm worried about. This matter involving the Azure Dragon Society is too complicated. If we're not careful, we could end up in dire straits. It might not be a good thing for you to get involved, Junior Brother."

Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "If it were any other situation, don't forget that Gongzi Yu's premature aging disease is something that I might be the only one in the world who can cure."

"Until his progeria is cured, Gongzi Yu will not have any interest in me."

"As long as Master Zhang resolves this matter safely, I will naturally have ways to protect myself in the future."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yancai nodded in agreement, their expressions softening slightly.

However, today's events involve too much information, and are far too shocking.

Even though Gu Shaoan had offered words of comfort, Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo were still in poor condition during the afternoon's free clinic.

This is also why Gu Shaoan did not explain everything that followed.

With Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo's current strength, they are already considered quite good in the martial arts world.

However, when it comes to matters involving the Azure Dragon Society and the Wudang Sect, the two women are still unable to get involved.

Talking too much only adds to your troubles.

evening.

North of the city.

In a pavilion, after watching Gu Shaoan and the other two leave through the city gate, Gongzi Yu casually accepted the medicine handed to him by the woman beside him.

After smelling the medicine, Gongzi Yu frowned.

From childhood to adulthood, Gongzi Yu has taken countless medicines.

Although it wouldn't be to the point that Gongzi Yu would become a skilled doctor after a long illness.

But it also allowed Gongzi Yu to develop a special skill over the years.

The ability to tell whether a decoction is bitter or not is determined by its aroma.

For example, Gongzi Yu could tell that the bowl of medicine in front of him must be very bitter.

Looking at the brownish-brown herbal soup in his hand, Gongzi Yu pondered for a moment before asking, "I remember, this medicine didn't contain Coptis chinensis."

Knowing what Young Master Yu meant, the woman asked, "When I was getting the medicine, I asked about it. There was a herb called Jueqingzi in the prescription, which is several times more bitter than Coptis chinensis. But Young Master Gu's prescription has a lot of Jueqingzi, which is why the medicine is so bitter."

"But since it involves the young master's issues, which he hadn't mentioned before, I didn't dare to do anything rash. So after the medicine was decocted, I didn't add any honey to it."

Gongzi Yu gave a soft "hmm," then took a breath and finished the medicine in the bowl in one gulp before casually handing the bowl back to the woman.

After the woman left with the bowl, Gongzi Yu turned slightly to the side, his back to the woman and Cao Zhengchun and the others inside the house.

Unseen by anyone, Gongzi Yu's lips, exposed to the sunlight, were tightly pursed.

After a long while, Gongzi Yu finally looked towards the direction of the city gate.

"How did this guy manage to prescribe medicine that's so bitter?"

However, before Gongzi Yu's thoughts could linger for long, as the medicine entered his stomach, a gentle sensation rose from his abdomen and then spread throughout his body.

Especially on his chest, Gongzi Yu could clearly feel the scorching warmth of the summer sun.

After a hundred breaths, as the warmth in his chest dissipated, Gongzi Yu felt an unprecedented sense of ease in his body.

Sensing the unusual sensation in his body, Gongzi Yu's eyes narrowed slightly in comfort.

A moment later, a voice suddenly came from Gongzi Yu's mouth.

"Send a message to the others in my name: starting today, they must not target the Emei Sect or Gu Shaoan."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice quietly rang out from the empty pavilion behind Gongzi Yu.

"Subordinates take orders."

As the sound reached his ears, Gongzi Yu looked up and his gaze fell once again on the direction of the city gate, his eyes flashing with thoughts.

(End of this chapter)