Spiritual energy resurgence? My former empress wife has also revived!

In the Chu Kingdom's royal palace, the current ruler, Chu Jingshan, sat on the dragon throne in his study, the room brightly lit by candlelight.

Chu Jingshan looked at the young man in white standing with his hands behind his back in front of him.

This Chu king, who was not very old among the rulers of the Yun Dynasty, only a little over four hundred years old, inexplicably felt that the young man was so tall and imposing.

Besides Qin Zijun and the King of Chu, there was only an old eunuch who looked drowsy standing by the side in the room.

"Qin Zijun, age seventeen, from Shoushan County..."

The King of Chu held a memorial in his hand, speaking very slowly, with an overwhelming sense of pressure.

What he was reciting was Qin Zijun's birth and family situation in this life.

"Qin Zijun, do you know how audacious your exam paper is? Even if I throw you into prison and behead you tomorrow, you deserve it."

"I understand."

Qin Zijun cupped her hands in greeting, having anticipated this.

After all, within the Yunchao system, what he did and what he wrote were just that crazy.

However, the fact that the king summoned him to the palace instead of directly sending someone to arrest him and imprison him shows that the king was indeed tempted.

"Then what do you have to teach me?"

Chu Jingshan put down the memorial, his body upright, and stared expressionlessly at the audacious young madman in front of him.

Qin Zijun smiled and said, "This realm is called the Eastern Emperor Realm, where three major sects are currently at their peak."

"The Heavenly Law Pavilion, the Green Mountain Sect, and the Kaiyuan Sect are all three major sects. Each of them has a Taiqing Realm expert who is dominant for a time. The Heavenly Law Pavilion, in particular, is said to have a Taiqing Realm expert who has already refined an unparalleled Dao weapon."

"Such strength is unparalleled even among the strongest figures throughout history."

"When the late emperor was still alive, he was a Dao Lord, and even though he couldn't compare to the three major sects, he was still the emperor of the dynasty, so the three major sects wouldn't oppress him too much."

Cultivating in the realm of destiny is the most difficult form of cultivation, but it also has its advantages.

Because cultivators of the Yun Dynasty are involved in too much fortune, even those powerful figures at the Taiqing Realm will not take action against the Yun Dynasty unless absolutely necessary or unless their fundamental interests are involved.

It is not difficult for a Taiqing Realm expert to destroy a dynasty without a Taiqing Realm expert, but the resulting karma and backlash on fortune are enormous.

The immense karmic consequences and the backlash of fortune won't kill someone in the Taiqing Realm, but it will create a huge gap and weakness when Taiqing Realm experts face other opponents of the same level.

With three Taiqing Realm experts in the Eastern Emperor Realm, none of them would do something so foolish.

Generally, the destruction of a country is achieved by another country waging war in the name of the nation, thus leveling the tide of fortune, rather than by a single cultivator taking action.

Upon hearing Qin Zijun's words, the King of Chu suddenly said, "You are very knowledgeable about cultivation, which is something a scholar from Shoushan County should not know."

Qin Zijun did not answer the King of Chu's question. Instead, he continued, "The people of Chu all know that the current king is a cultivator at the Profound Realm. May I ask, Your Majesty, are you confident in cultivating to become a Dao Master?"

"How dare you!"

Before the King of Chu could speak, the old eunuch suddenly opened his eyes and shouted in a shrill voice.

The King of Chu raised his hand to stop the old eunuch. He looked at Qin Zijun deeply and said slowly, "My talent in cultivation during the reign of Emperor Yun is only average. Becoming a Dao Master will be extremely difficult."

"Then His Majesty and the State of Chu are in danger." Qin Zijun remained relaxed.

If the ruler is the Dao Lord, then the three Taiqing Realm experts will not easily take action, lest they suffer the backlash of fortune and karma.

However, if the ruler is only at the Cave Profound Realm, then sending a Dao Lord with sufficient strength can solve the problem.

Ninety-nine percent of those at the Dao Lord realm have no hope of advancing to the Taiqing realm.

Those Dao Lord realm experts also have disciples and are worldly-wise. If a Taiqing realm expert makes a promise, they are willing to bear the consequences and fortune.

With such a vast territory and such enormous resources, the three sects with their overly tranquil atmosphere would never allow this to continue.

This is also what Chu Jingshan fears and worries about the most.

He cannot submit in the name of the monarch, as that would cause the nation's fortunes to decline, and might even cause his own moral standing to plummet, leading to his hasty death.

However, if he does not submit, the three major sects can send Dao Lord realm experts to forcibly seize the Chu Kingdom, and his king will surely die.

The best approach would undoubtedly be for Chu Jingshan to abandon the Chu Kingdom, cease practicing the methods of governing the dynasty, and become an ordinary cultivator.

But what would happen to the Chu family, the royal family, if they did that? What would happen to the ministers who were loyal to him?

He is a person with a strong sense of self-respect and is unwilling to abandon the family business his father built up; he cannot do such a selfish thing.

He had the ambition of a wise ruler, but lacked the ability.

And this is exactly what Qin Zijun needs.

Qin Zijun's brand-new cultivation method is exactly what Chu Jingshan needs, and it is also the only way to save him from his predicament.

Especially after this meeting, he realized that Qin Zijun was definitely not simple.

He didn't seem like an ordinary scholar; his demeanor even reminded him of a powerful Taiqing Realm expert he had once met.

But Chu Jingshan wouldn't dare gamble his life or the entire Chu Kingdom based on just a few words.

"I know Your Majesty is still worried, thinking I am a madman spreading heresies. Then please, Your Majesty, examine my body." Qin Zijun calmly extended her hand.

Chu Jingshan didn't know what Qin Zijun was going to do. After a slight hesitation, he nodded to the old eunuch beside him.

The old eunuch approached with a puzzled look, grabbed Qin Zijun's wrist, and, seeing Qin Zijun's open and honest eyes, released his magic power.

The old eunuch's expression turned to surprise: "Your Majesty, this Qin Zijun has no talent for cultivation whatsoever and should not be able to cultivate, yet he possesses the strength of the Inner Core Realm, and this magical power is even related to the fate of the nation!"

Chu Jingshan was startled.

A seventeen-year-old at the Inner Core Realm is nothing special; he can only be described as a minor genius.

However, Qin Zijun had no talent for cultivation, and he had never been granted any official title, yet he was able to cultivate his inner core using the nation's fortune.

This shows that his method of cultivation is feasible!

Qin Zijun smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty believe me now? I am only a Juren now, with the title but no real position, which is why I can only reach the Inner Core Realm."

Chu Jingshan's expression shifted rapidly. He said in a deep voice, "Then what do you need? Do you want me to directly appoint you as Prime Minister?"

Qin Zijun shook her head: "If His Majesty directly appoints me as Prime Minister, I am rootless and adrift, and the court officials will certainly not trust me and will be even more dissatisfied with His Majesty. That would not help my cultivation method."

"I beg Your Majesty to send me to a local area to govern a region. I will earn the people's love and respect through my actual achievements and rise through the ranks."

"The day I achieve my goal will be when I am recognized and accepted by all the people of the world, when I enter the central government and become the prime minister, and when my teachings are passed on to all the students of the world."

"At that time, to repay Your Majesty's trust, I am willing to relieve the Chu Kingdom's troubles."

The ruler of Chu asked, "How do you plan to resolve Chu's predicament?"

"I will become Taiqing, and nurture another Taiqing for Your Majesty!"

"Are you confident you can become Taiqing?"

"If Your Majesty trusts me, I will surely succeed in this life."

"This life?"

The King of Chu felt that Qin Zijun was playing word games.

Qin Zijun cupped his hands and smiled, "I forgot to tell Your Majesty that my cultivation method is extremely fast, but it has a major flaw."

"What is the defect?"

"One cannot achieve immortality!"

The King of Chu was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "You mean you're confident you can become Taiqing within a hundred years?!"

Throughout the hundreds of thousands of years of the Immortal Path, even the most talented individuals generally take around a thousand years to reach the Taiqing Realm.

Suddenly someone claims to have become the Taiqing Emperor within a hundred years; that's utterly delusional.

But when Chu Jingshan saw Qin Zijun, he inexplicably felt a sense of trust towards him.

……

Modern times, Zhuxia, a school in a remote mountainous area.

The students at the school are all children from this mountainous area.

There are not many students, and the school principal also teaches several subjects.

The bell rang, and a little girl with dark skin and ill-fitting clothes ran to the podium: "Principal Chu, have you read 'The Legend of the Moon Goddess'?"

Chu Jingshan smiled gently: "This is something the country requires us to see, so of course I've seen it too."

"The King of Chu inside shares the same name as you, Principal."

"Haha, there are plenty of people in this world with the same name. Look, there's a Zhang Shuo in Class Two, and there's also a Zhang Shuo in Class One, right?"

The girl agreed, and laughingly slung her backpack over her shoulder as she said goodbye to the principal.

"Principal, we're leaving."

"See you tomorrow, Principal!"

Be careful on the road.

Chu Jingshan personally saw the children off as they left the school.

Only after the children's figures had disappeared into the distance did he raise his head and look up at the sky.

"The Moon Goddess has already been reincarnated. Will you, Imperial Tutor, also be reincarnated?"

"I wonder if I am a wise ruler in your eyes."

"What the students want most is to see you again."