Dimension Paradise, I am a summoning apostle

Chapter 363 The Old Director of the Imperial Observatory under the Chongde Emperor

Chu Danqing was not yet clear on why Emperor Chongde was arresting people, but Yang Qianyuan said that rescuing people first to lure the snake out of its hole would have a higher success rate and be safer.

Chu Danqing then instructed Chunyang Tianjiang and Taiyin Xuannv to take the Vajra Warriors with them to carry out the task.

As for him, after entering Tianjing, he found a safe place to squat.

What else can we do? We can't exactly let a summoner like him go along; that would just be a burden.

As for how to carry out the robbery, Yang Qianyuan provided many suggestions during his second divination of the heavenly secrets.

However, because the deduction was too detailed and involved targets far beyond its own capabilities, the backlash from the divine secrets was extremely severe.

It was only thanks to Chu Danqing's significant investment in acquiring a large number of consumables to counteract the backlash from the Heavenly Secrets that no lasting effects were left.

After all this turmoil, both Yang Qianyuan and Chenmingzhu were utterly exhausted.

This decline must be sustained by them themselves, as Chu Danqing has a limited range of consumables at hand.

It's really expensive, after all.

In the end, all we could do was send them both home first.

Fortunately, there are no fees if they don't take anything away or leave anything behind, and the consumables they use during the maintenance period are not charged.

Therefore, only 1 point was used.

After waiting for about three hours, a Vajra Warrior returned with an unconscious old man.

As for the others, naturally none of them were able to return.

They either died on the way or were captured and then committed suicide.

The same applies to the Pure Yang Heavenly General and the Taiyin Mysterious Lady.

They managed to bring one back only after risking their lives to escape their pursuers.

Before they set off, Chu Danqing provided them with the dragon vein power of the Nine Cauldrons Diagram and the rainbow radiance of the Seven-Colored Radiance Staff.

Their strength is already quite formidable.

As for the other rescued people, Chu Danqing didn't know. The Vajra Warrior was only focused on leading his men to escape, and had no time to pay attention to the others.

"He must be one of the people on the list provided by Qian Yuan," Chu Danqing said, looking at the old man.

Yang Qianyuan gave him a list of important people. He didn't need to rescue them all; rescuing just one would be very helpful for Chu Danqing's next plan.

The Vajra Warrior nodded in confirmation, and at the same time pinched the old man's nape.

Stimulated, the other person slowly woke up, then looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings, and finally his gaze fell on Chu Danqing.

“Young man, you are truly remarkable,” the old man said. “I have seen people break into the Heavenly Prison before, but you are the only one who has succeeded.”

"I'm lucky, I'm lucky," Chu Danqing said modestly, introduced himself, and then asked, "How should I address you, senior?"

"Such a meticulous plan cannot be explained by luck." The old man did not believe Chu Danqing's modesty and then asked, "You rescued me, yet you don't know who I am?"

"What are you planning?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing pondered whether or not to tell the truth.

Finally, I realized that there was no need to hide it now that things had come to this.

Therefore, he took out the Taiyi Heavenly King Demon-Slaying Sword, showed it to the other party, and said, "I will use this sword to sever the Qi channels of the world."

These words silenced the old man completely.

When he asked Chu Danqing what he was after, he had actually thought about many things.

From overthrowing Chongde to assassinating the emperor and then taking his place, there were all sorts of things, but no one expected Chu Danqing to go so far as to dig up the root of the problem.

"You know what, you really found the right person." The old man smiled. "If it were someone else, I really don't know what to do."

"I am Luo Han. Ten years ago, I was the Director of the Imperial Observatory under the Chongde Emperor. From the Chongde Emperor's use of evil qi to the current moral collapse and chaos of social order, I have witnessed it all firsthand."

"It is my fault, really. I helped Emperor Chongde establish the Qi channels of the world, which led to the birth of the Evil Qi Imperial Lineage." As he said this, Luo Han's expression was full of annoyance and regret.

He bears half the responsibility for this upheaval in the world.

What happened next was quite simple. He belatedly realized the problem was serious and tried to salvage it, but failed and was imprisoned.

"So why didn't Emperor Chongde kill these faction leaders?" Chu Danqing asked.

"All the Qi in the world, whether it is evil Qi, Yang Qi, or the immortal Qi of your Taiyi Sect, is nothing more than a derivative of the Qi generated by the Qi channels of the world."

"If Qi is the major category, then the derived Qi is the minor category."

"Emperor Chongde wanted to use a minor lineage to serve the major lineage, first taking over and making the evil Qi the orthodox one in the world, and then sweeping away the rest of the Qi."

"At this point, not only was the world unified, but even the Qi (vital energy) became the orthodox force."

"If he truly succeeds in this wicked act, immortality will be nothing more than a minor achievement. He will become an immortal and an ancestor, reigning as an emperor for all eternity."

"And all the Qi in the world has a source."

"Now you understand why Emperor Chongde arrested these people, right?" Luo Han said calmly.

Chu Danqing's expression remained unchanged.

A very reasonable development.

Ambition can grow very quickly.

"Alright, let's not talk about these things anymore. I know the Evil Qi Imperial Vein is on the Dragon Throne, but where is the World Qi Vein? I'll go and destroy it," Chu Danqing said. Emperor Chongde has not yet succeeded, so the Evil Qi Imperial Vein still relies on the World Qi Vein.

As for why other types of Qi did not form Qi channels, it is naturally because the celestial craftsmen could not find any Qi channels in the world to plant the Qi they derived into them.

Of course, the Celestial Craftsmen didn't even know about the Qi Meridians of the World and the Evil Qi Imperial Meridians.

Based on their understanding of Qi, they haven't reached that level yet.

“The world’s vital energy channels are not hard to find. Back then, I used Tianjing as a place to suppress the evil forces. The central axis from east to west is the world’s vital energy channel.”

"With this divine sword in your hand, cutting it is not difficult; the difficulty lies in how to make the Qi meridian manifest."

"In order to suppress all the Qi meridians in the world here, the entire nation's strength was mobilized, and countless demons died. It took the sacrifice of about 90% of the demonic cultivators to succeed."

"You must first break the spell before it can reveal itself, and then you can kill it."

"With so few men, and so many losses, how can you expect to succeed?" Luo Han believed Chu Danqing's thoughts, but not his abilities.

He witnessed firsthand the power of the Chongde Dynasty.

Upon hearing this, Chu Danqing immediately said, "Isn't that why I rescued you?"

"If I really had a solution, why would I save you? I could just take action directly."

These words left Rohan speechless.

The main point is that what he said makes a lot of sense.

"Besides, you've been rambling on and on with me for so long, you must have a solution," Chu Danqing said matter-of-factly. "If you didn't have a solution, you wouldn't be here talking to me about this."

Do you really think Chu Danqing's level of command proficiency is just for show?

It's likely that this plan was in place from the moment Chu Danqing announced his intention to sever all the Qi meridians in the world. The plan was simply to put pressure on Chu Danqing so that he wouldn't back down halfway.

As a result, Chu Danqing didn't play along with his tricks at all and laid everything out in the open.

"Simple. I'll lure Emperor Chongde away, and you figure out a way to blow up the dragon pillar in the Golden Palace."

"Then you can go down along the opening and you will see the Qi Meridian of the World. Just take your sword and stab it down." Luo Han stopped acting when he saw Chu Danqing say this.

Chu Danqing looked Luo Han up and down, then said, "The plan is good, but with your physique, how long can you hold out?"

Rohan smiled and said, "If it were now, I really wouldn't be able to hold out for much longer."

“But don’t forget, I set the Qi channels in this world, and the Evil Qi Imperial Lineage also originated from me,” Luo Han said proudly.

“Senior, the confession is what you wrote after you were arrested, you should have experienced that.” Chu Danqing interrupted the other person: “Can’t you just tell me the solution?”

"Ahem, I can also use the Evil Qi Imperial Vein. Although I can't compare to Emperor Chongde, I can still hold him off for half an hour with my life." Luo Han's arrogance vanished after Chu Danqing's words, and his expression became full of embarrassment.

"So I can buy you half an hour; the rest is up to you."

Luo Han's abilities were limited, and as for whether Chu Danqing could accomplish it, he had no idea.

He and Chu Danqing have not even been together for an hour in total since they first met.

It's nothing more than taking a gamble.

Anyway, if he doesn't gamble now, he'll probably die.

“I believe we can hold him off for half an hour, but given Emperor Chongde’s caution, will he be lured out so easily?” Chu Danqing’s concern was not about the process, but that it might not even begin.

However, Rohan smiled mysteriously: "He is indeed cautious, but wouldn't it be better if he didn't come out?"

“I’ll just use the Evil Qi Imperial Vein to break the central axis of Tianjing, giving you an opening so you can sever all the Qi veins in the world. Wouldn’t that be a one-step solution?”

"And it was precisely because he was cautious that I was able to lure him out, rather than choosing to let other demons and sorcerers kill me."

“The harm I caused, once I am freed, will keep Emperor Chongde awake at night until I am dead.”

Because of his caution and fear that Rohan, with his seniority, might have some ulterior motives, he would only strike with lightning speed rather than wait and see.

After all, Emperor Chongde was not only cautious, but also decisive.

"Then why didn't he just kill you?" Chu Danqing asked curiously.

This made Luo Han's face darken: "Naturally, it's because of the Evil Qi Imperial Vein."

"After all, it was born through my hands, so I have some authority over it."

"If I kill this part of my authority, it will fall into dormancy. Even if I extract it, it will be dead energy and insufficient to be used."

"That's why they spared my life, so they could extract my vital energy to use."

As for why they killed so decisively now? Naturally, it's because of the threat.

As expected, Emperor Chongde would have chosen the less costly method.

But when Rohan became a threat because of his newfound freedom, killing him was naturally the best solution.

"However, times have changed. Emperor Chongde certainly doesn't care about this part of the power now. After all, the source of all Qi has collapsed once again, and it will take him time to gather it back together."

“This time is enough for him to gather the dormant death energy in my corpse back into living energy, although the quality will be somewhat reduced, but it’s still better than nothing,” Luo Han explained to Chu Danqing.

Chu Danqing narrowed his eyes, feeling that Luo Han was probably more than just the Director of the Imperial Observatory.

The "Emperor" in the phrase "Evil Qi Imperial Vein" restricts one's identity.

(End of this chapter)