If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

The Imperial Study was quiet. Shen Bai was slightly surprised when Emperor Xuanwu revealed his thoughts.

Then they fell silent.

He knew the weight of Emperor Xuanwu's words.

Not long ago, an emperor entered the desolate forbidden land, and now, Emperor Xuanwu wants to follow the path his father took.

This may be the only way to save the world in times of despair.

However, the desolate forbidden land is so mysterious that even though Shen Bai has had many encounters with Xuan Yue, Xuan Yue still appears incredibly mysterious.

Shen Bai knew a lot about the desolate forbidden land, but also very little.

Now that Emperor Xuanwu has made this decision and said it so calmly, it means that Emperor Xuanwu had carefully considered it before telling Shen Bai.

Moreover, when she told Shen Bai, she also persuaded all the high-ranking officials of the Great Zhou Kingdom to leave.

Shen Bai knew what this meant; it was to prevent other high-ranking officials from finding out and doing their utmost to stop Emperor Xuanwu.

Seeing that Shen Bai did not agree, Emperor Xuanwu then said, "Shen Bai, when I was still the Third Prince, you had already made a name for yourself in the martial arts world."

"Your father valued and trusted you. I never imagined I would take over the throne."

"I know that although you appear to be a ruthless person, you are actually a person of great principle. If others are good to you, you will be a hundred times better to them."

"Therefore, I hope you can agree, because if I go to the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Wilderness, it is not for any one person, but for the sake of all the common people."

He knew all too well that entering the desolate forbidden land meant facing a near-certain death.

However, based on the intelligence we have obtained so far, if they really can't withstand the attack from the chaotic organization, the Desolate Forbidden Land, which is also one of the ten forbidden lands, may become their last resort.

At that time, the whole world will be plunged into chaos and suffering.

This was the only solution Emperor Xuanwu could think of.

After Emperor Xuanwu said those words, Shen Bai pondered for a moment and nodded, saying, "If that day ever comes, I can take on this responsibility."

If the chaotic organization were to truly destroy the world, the first thing they would do is deal with themselves.

Shen Bai was very clear about this.

So after Emperor Xuanwu decided to go to the desolate forbidden land, Shen Bai really had to do it.

After all, this is not only about the common people, but also about one's own life.

When Emperor Xuanwu saw that Shen Bai had agreed, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.

He hasn't relaxed in a long time.

Since ascending to the throne, he has been busy with government affairs and has never slackened in the slightest.

This burden weighed heavily on my shoulders, like a mountain.

He was the emperor of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and this burden could bend his back.

Therefore, under such a critical situation and the dual pressure of his position, it was rare for the Holy Martial Emperor to have such a happy smile.

"I'm leaving now," Shen Bai said, standing up.

The purpose of this trip was to understand the surrounding situation. Now that the situation is clear, Emperor Xuanwu has also made corresponding countermeasures.

Therefore, Shen Bai had no intention of staying any longer.

Although Zhou Qing can testify in Mo Yunjing, it will be more secure once Shen Bai returns.

Besides, he needed to go back and work on improving his proficiency, so he didn't plan to stay long.

Emperor Xuanwu nodded and watched Shen Bai leave the imperial study.

At this moment, the Imperial Study was extremely quiet; you could hear a pin drop.

Emperor Xuanwu picked up the memorial he had already read and opened it again to read it once more.

He only put the document aside after reading it completely.

On the table, the candlelight shone brightly, swaying gently in the breeze.

Emperor Xuanwu gazed at the candles and flames on the table and slowly said, "Father, I'm afraid it won't be long before I personally go to the desolate forbidden land to find you."

"If we can find a way to change the world, I will spare no effort, even if it means certain death."

After saying this, Emperor Xuanwu leaned back in his chair, pondering what would happen next.

……

The border war is getting more and more serious. Even with the support of various forces, it is extremely difficult to resist the offensive of the Great Qi Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom.

Now, even the Grand Chancellor and the Dean of the Great Zhou Kingdom, including Marshal Yang, have personally rushed to the front line to perform their respective duties.

Both sides suffered losses.

Whether soldiers or generals, including some high-ranking officials, all paid an extremely heavy price in this war.

Some even perished on the spot.

War is inherently cruel, but even in the most brutal wars, both the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Great Southern Kingdom strive to minimize the impact on their people.

At this moment, Shen Bai was in Moyun Capital.

After glancing through the news from the border, he showed a hint of emotion.

"In such a short time, the situation has changed once again."

Shen Bai walked outside and happened to see Zhou Qing taking a walk outside.

Recently, after returning to Moyunjing, Shen Bai has been practicing his proficiency.

At the same time, they were also collecting information about the border.

The collected data was handed over to Zhou Qing so that he could classify it for him.

With Zhou Qing's help, Shen Bai was able to focus wholeheartedly on practicing his proficiency.

Today, even after leaving the city lord's mansion, I still have my own things to do.

Upon seeing Shen Bai appear, Zhou Qing asked, "Old Shen, are you leaving again?"

Zhou Qing didn't care about Shen Bai's long period of seclusion in the City Lord's Mansion.

This thought was a sign of a critical situation. His true body had been cultivating in the river of life and death, and what emerged was merely an avatar.

If Shen Bai doesn't seize the time, he will pay the price for his negligence today when a crisis arises in the future.

Zhou Qing certainly didn't want Old Shen to suffer any mishaps in the future crisis, so he did his best to use this clone to take care of all the big and small matters in Moyunjing for Shen Bai.

Today is quite unusual; Shen Bai, who has always stayed in the city lord's mansion, has actually come out.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "The things that Emperor Xuanwu promised me have been prepared. I need to go to Xuanjing City to get the things before returning to Moyunjing."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing suddenly realized: "I see. Old Zhou, you go ahead, I'll take care of things here."

Not long ago, Shen Bai wrote a letter and handed it to Emperor Xuanwu.

As for the contents of the letter, Zhou Qing didn't know, nor did he look at it.

All that is known is that Shen Bai seems to have had the Xuanwu Emperor collect a lot of things for him.

Zhou Qing didn't know what the thing was, nor did he bother to ask.

Shen Bai received another letter today, which must be from Xuanjing City, otherwise he wouldn't have come out in such a hurry.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Old Zhou, you've worked hard these past few days."

Zhou Qing waved his hand and said, "Old Shen, there's no need to talk about these things between us. I'm actually happy to share some of your burdens."

From Shen Bai's rise from Shengyun County to the current situation, Zhou Qing has had little to do to help Shen Bai. Now that he can help Shen Bai share some of the pressure, he feels much more at ease.

Shen Bai said no more, and then used his Divine Speed ​​to travel thousands of miles towards Xuanjing City.

As Shen Bai used his Divine Travel technique, a wisp of smoke appeared before his eyes, gradually condensing into words.

【Earth Spirit Breaking Formation Technique lv.8 (Formation +128, Gathering Formation +128, Primordial Chaos +128, Resistance +128, Heaven and Earth +128, Seal +128, Earth Spirit +128, Shattering Spirit +128): 0/60000】

This is the result of his intense grinding during this period; he has already leveled up the Earth Spirit Breaking Formation Technique to level eight.

Upon reaching level eight, in addition to doubling the previous attributes, one also gains the Shattered Spirit attribute.

The Earth Spirit Breaking Formation Technique can condense the power of the earth's veins into an array, gaining extremely strong enhancement.

This is one of Shen Bai's enhanced divine abilities, which can provide him with extremely powerful combat strength.

Besides the Earth Spirit attribute, the addition of Shattered Spirit this time is even more interesting.

The so-called "shattering of spirits" refers to using boundless power to break the earth's veins and unleash their full potential.

Of course, this kind of boost is extremely powerful, but it also comes at a great cost.

If the earth vein extracted by Shen Bai is shattered, then the earth vein will cease to exist, and the location to which the earth vein belongs will also lose its spirituality.

This cost is indeed painful for the local people.

If the ley lines break, the area will no longer be suitable for life, and all living beings will migrate to other places.

Regarding this newly emerged attribute, Shen Bai felt that if someone could force him to use it, it would mean that the other party was much stronger than him.

Nowadays, the higher the proficiency level, the more effort is required.

Shen Bai felt that relying solely on hard work wouldn't be enough, and he needed to find a new way to improve his proficiency as quickly as possible.

This trip to Xuanjing City is intended to achieve this goal.

A sharp whistling sound filled the air.

Shen Bai's arrival had long been commonplace for many experts in Xuanjing City.

He didn't even pass through the city gates, flying straight into the palace.

……

In the imperial study room.

At this moment, a wooden box was placed on the Xuanwu Emperor's table.

The wooden box looks ordinary, but it is filled with layers of spatial power.

If someone knowledgeable were here, they would notice that the spatial power entwined around this wooden box indicates that it is a spatial treasure.

There were footsteps outside the door.

Eunuch Chen pushed open the door and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Prince Shen has arrived and is waiting outside."

Emperor Xuanwu nodded and said, "Understood. Eunuch Chen, you stay outside and let him in. Then, under no circumstances should anyone be allowed to approach the Imperial Study."

Eunuch Chen agreed, then glanced at the wooden box on the table before quietly walking out the door.

A short while later, Shen Bai pushed open the door and sat down opposite Emperor Xuanwu.

When he saw the wooden box, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Have you received everything?" Emperor Xuanwu pointed to the wooden box and said, "Everything you wanted is here. Now that it is a time of war, some of the strange objects must be used for the battles on the border, so I collected all the spare strange objects. There are fifty strange objects in total, and they are all inside."

This was Shen Bai's purpose in coming to Xuanjing City; he came for this strange creature.

To significantly improve your strength, besides grinding for proficiency, dealing with monsters is also a crucial element.

Shen Bai's goal was to use Emperor Xuanwu to search for all the unused strange objects in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Due to the war, the Great Zhou Kingdom's treasury has been opened, and all the strange items inside have been used for battles on the border.

These mysterious items are extremely valuable; any one of them falling into the hands of the martial arts world would be enough to cause a frenzy among the crowds.

The fifty strange objects here would be considered an astronomical number anywhere.

Emperor Xuanwu spent a great deal of effort collecting them and handing them over to Shen Bai.

He didn't ask Shen Bai what use these strange objects were for. He trusted Shen Bai because his father trusted him, so he trusted him without reservation.

Shen Bai nodded, then opened the wooden box in front of him.

The space inside was enormous, with fifty strange objects arranged in a row, each with a different shape.

Without exception, they all exuded a cold aura.

After Shen Bai finished counting, he opened the space of the Chaos Storage Technique and then put all fifty strange objects into it.

After everything was finished, Shen Bai inquired about the situation at the border.

A faint sorrow filled the space between Emperor Xuanwu's brows.

"The border war situation is critical, and we have once again retreated."

"Now, we are not far from the first city of the Great Southern Kingdom."

"Emperor Tianyun has already begun to relocate all the people in the city. If nothing unexpected happens, it won't be long before he uses that city as a checkpoint to continue fighting against the Great Qi Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom for some time."

"However, this is ultimately just a delaying tactic, like a slow death, and it will be broken sooner or later."

The Great Qi Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom, along with the chaotic organization, have formed a force capable of overthrowing the world.

Even when the Great Southern Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom were united, they were still struggling to make ends meet.

This news was not unexpected for Shen Bai.

Emperor Xuanwu said, "If there's nothing else, I'll continue processing the memorials."

He had come here specifically to have Shen Bai retrieve the strange object, and he didn't want to waste his own time.

Every minute, various messages and intelligence were sent from the border to Xuanjing City.

Emperor Xuanwu practically lived in the Imperial Study and never went out.

Shen Bai nodded, said no more, got up and walked outside.

Outside the gate, in the same courtyard, after taking only a few steps, Shen Bai suddenly sensed something was amiss.

Immediately afterwards, he touched his forehead with his hand, his brows furrowing slightly.

At this moment, Eunuch Chen was drinking wine in the courtyard of the Imperial Study.

He was the last treasure of Xuanjing City, and also to prevent anyone from entering the palace and assassinating Emperor Xuanwu.

Although the palace is heavily guarded, in the current situation, any disturbance must be handled with extreme caution.

When Eunuch Chen saw Shen Bai come out, he immediately noticed Shen Bai's unusual behavior, so he stood up, walked up to Shen Bai, and asked.

"What happened?"

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "I suddenly felt dizzy just now, and I don't know what happened."

Dizziness?
Eunuch Chen was slightly taken aback, then placed his hand on Shen Bai's wrist and said, "Let me take a look at you."

For people at their level of strength, it's almost impossible to make them feel dizzy.

Unless they encounter special measures, they can still thrive even if they are thrown into extreme environments.

With the war raging, Eunuch Chen didn't want anything to go wrong on Shen Bai's side.

Shen Bai did not refuse and allowed Eunuch Chen to examine him.

After a few breaths, Eunuch Chen released his grip, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"We just examined you, and there's nothing wrong with you. So why are you feeling dizzy?"

He is a top expert in the Ascending Realm, and has been immersed in this realm for a long time. Even if an ordinary Ascending Realm expert comes here, he will only kill them instantly.

However, after examining Shen Bai, Eunuch Chen still couldn't find anything unusual about him.

Shen Bai also felt puzzled.

The occurrence of this anomaly indicates that something is amiss, and the fact that it happened at this particular time suggests it is definitely related to a chaotic organization.

There are countless professions in this world, and those that involve plotting against others are even more numerous.

He felt that he might have been ambushed by people from a chaotic organization using strange methods.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai did not stop, and used all his supernatural powers to check the strange state of his body.

But the result was unexpected.

After carefully examining the area, Shen Baizai found nothing unusual about it.

Shen Bai temporarily suppressed his thoughts and said, "Eunuch Chen, I'll take my leave."

Eunuch Chen frowned: "Something's not right with you right now. Let's see where the problem lies and figure it out before we talk about it."

He was somewhat worried that if something happened to Shen Bai, the entire Great Zhou Kingdom would likely descend into chaos.

After all, these veteran officials of their generation had absolute trust in Emperor Shengwu's decisions.

The Holy Martial Emperor said that Shen Bai could turn the tide, and that Shen Bai could definitely become the brightest guiding star in the darkness.

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "You and I have both checked it, but we didn't find anything abnormal. This proves that a simple check cannot solve the problem. In that case, I will go back to Moyunjing first, take care of some things, and then search in detail."

There are no clues right now, so I'll put aside the dizziness I just experienced for the time being.

Since he was certain that the cause could not be found, Shen Bai preferred to improve his strength in order to deal with any potential dangers.

As for the unusual situation just now, once he has identified and transformed all these strange objects, everything will naturally come to light.

Seeing that Shen Bai had already said so much, Eunuch Chen knew that there was no point in continuing, so he said no more.

Without further ado, Shen Bai used his Divine Speed ​​to travel thousands of miles towards Mo Yunjing.

……

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

At this very moment, in a city on the border.

Marshal Yang and Marshal Li of the Great Southern Kingdom stood on the city wall, looking down at the densely packed, heavily guarded soldiers and generals.

The two exchanged a glance, both revealing a solemn expression.

They have retreated to Huangfeng City in the Great Southern Kingdom, which is the closest city to the border.

In terms of rank, it is equivalent to a capital city in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Now, with nowhere left to retreat, they have been stationed here for several days.

At the edge of the horizon, there were groups of soldiers from the Great Yue Kingdom and the Great Qi Kingdom.

Instead of launching an attack, they set up camp at the edge of the horizon.

Both marshals were well aware that since the enemy had decided to launch a full-scale attack, they would not easily withdraw their troops.

The current situation could mean either that the other side wants a short break, or that they have a plan to deal with them and are making detailed arrangements.

A member of the Observatory rushed over and said.

"Reporting to the general, we have assassinated one of the enemy's generals, but we also paid a price, losing dozens of our brothers."

Upon hearing this, Marshal Yang replied calmly, "Understood."

He didn't say anything more and remained unusually calm.

But no one could understand the sorrow in Marshal Yang's heart at this moment.

As the head coach, he cannot show any weakness in front of anyone.

Otherwise, it will affect morale.

After the officials from the Observatory finished their report, they quietly withdrew.

At the city gate, only Marshal Yang and Marshal Li remained.

Marshal Li, who commanded many armies of the Great Southern Kingdom, said after seeing Marshal Yang's expression: "War is inevitable, and people always die. Old Yang, you still can't shake your old ways."

Marshal Yang slowly opened his eyes: "No one in the world has ever imagined that I was once such a sentimental person, but now I command so many soldiers. If it weren't for the war, if it weren't for the debauchery and cruelty of the previous dynasty, I should have been a scholar in a private school."

Upon hearing this, Marshal Li shook his head and suddenly changed the subject: "How is Prince Shen?"

Shen Bai's name was not only well-known in the Great Zhou Kingdom, but also had long been heard of in other countries.

Although Marshal Li had never met Shen Bai, he knew that Emperor Tianyun had agreed to help the Great Zhou Kingdom defend against attacks from other countries because of Shen Bai.

The situation is dangerous, but he has never seen Shen Bai, which is why he is so curious.

Marshal Yang shook his head and said, "As far as I know, Shen Bai is breaking through his realm. Once he breaks through, he will be able to defy the odds and fight against those who are destined for the top."

"By then, perhaps he will be able to leave Moyunjing."

Marshal Yang knew nothing more about Shen Bai.

But he knew one thing: Shen Bai was playing a big game.

As for how far they'll go, that's unclear.

Marshal Li, seeing that the man's words were ambiguous, knew that there might be a secret involved, so he did not ask any further questions.

Then, both of them fell silent and continued to observe the enemy army at the end of their line of sight.

They can react immediately if anything seems amiss.

At this moment, not only were they speculating about what Shen Bai was doing, but also the major forces in the martial arts world, as well as the Great Qi Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom, were wondering the same thing.

Shen Bai undoubtedly became the most mysterious and unpredictable figure in this battle.

People from the Great Qi and Great Yue kingdoms even offered huge rewards, promising a hefty reward to anyone who knew anything about Shen Bai.

While everyone was speculating, inside Moyun Capital, Shen Bai opened his eyes, looked at the pile of strange objects in front of him, and let out a long breath.

Lines of smoke appeared before his eyes.

As the smoke continued to condense, it formed a new supernatural attribute. (End of Chapter)