A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 210 Bells
Li Weizhou placed the teacup on the table and tossed the tea money on it, his movements so subtle that they didn't disturb the tea drinkers eating melon seeds nearby.

He swayed slightly, swept across Zhuque Street like a gust of wind, and landed without touching the ground in the shadow of the Wang family's back wall.

Just as the patrolling guard on the wall was about to draw his sword, his throat was slashed open by an invisible blade. His body went limp and was about to fall down when he vanished into thin air without even a groan.

The servants in the courtyard were still carrying dishes toward the main hall, and no one noticed that the number of people in the courtyard was constantly decreasing.

Li Weizhou strolled leisurely and casually along the corridor, while the Wang family members dwindled in number...

He remembered Zhou Zhixian saying that the Wang family had hired a retainer who had one foot in the Martial God Realm to guard outside Prime Minister Wang's study.

He was also somewhat saddened. A half-step Martial God, one of the most outstanding figures in the world, ultimately could not escape the fate of being someone's dog.

It seems the Empress Dowager has taken out some good things from the imperial treasury.

Damn, does the little monkey know about that secret treasure vault, or not?
I can't believe I didn't take him to see it last time...

This time, you shouldn't miss it.

Come to think of it, if the Shangqing Palace can hide a small sword as a treasure, then the imperial power over the country must have other good things to offer!
As Li Weizhou rounded the study door, he saw an old man in a gray robe standing with his hands behind his back on the veranda, looking outside with a solemn expression, perhaps sensing something...

The moment the old man saw Li Weizhou, he clearly felt his pupils shrink to pinpoints, his gaze filled with horror.

Because this old man in gray actually saw him first... no, even now, he couldn't sense the person who had arrived.

In an instant, cold sweat poured down his back. He said in a deep voice, "Who goes there? How dare you trespass into the Prime Minister's residence!"

"The person who killed you."

Li Weizhou smiled casually and said, "A half-baked martial god dares to come out and guard the gate? What benefits did the Wang family give you that you're willing to risk your life? Show it to me."

The old man in gray raised his hands, and two black gold iron balls came flying with a whooshing sound. At the same time, he stepped back, trying to leave.

Despite his fear, he remained calm, knowing that the newcomer was someone he could not possibly defeat.

He didn't know what would become of the Wang family, but he knew that if he didn't leave now, he would surely die today.

However, he was too late. Li Weizhou was faster. A golden light flashed at his fingertips, and a spiritual force pierced through the iron gall, shooting back in the opposite direction. The gray-robed old man was horrified and ran forward without looking back, but where could he escape?
With two sharp cracking sounds, the spine shattered, and the person collapsed like a noodle.

Li Weizhou glanced at the two black gold iron balls with disdain and said, "You wouldn't be willing to be someone's dog just for these two iron lumps, would you?"

The old man in gray was ashen-faced. Suddenly, something occurred to him, and in his despair and incomprehension, he collapsed to the ground, his throat gurgling as he stared intently at Li Weizhou, saying, "You...you are Li Weizhou? The Spirit Realm...how could you still descend to the mortal realm?!"

He had heard this name from the Wang family long ago—that ruthless character who killed the King of Wei with a single sword and ascended to the spirit world with his family.

But he just couldn't understand how people from the upper realm could come down so easily.

Li Weizhou scanned the area with his divine sense and found that there was indeed no more profit to be made. He then flicked his finger, taking the unfortunate man's life and collecting the corpse.

Having no interest in wasting any more breath on others, despite his cultivation level being suppressed to the third stage of the Profound Gate Realm, his current swordsmanship allowed him to almost silently and effortlessly annihilate all the kings, nobles, and generals in the main hall.

There wasn't anything too tragic, since even the corpses and bloodstains weren't wasted.

These people seem to have never existed in this world.

It won't be long before new ghost stories begin to circulate among the people of the capital...

……

"Ah~~"

One after another, high-pitched chants rose and fell, filled with unrestrained joy and carefree laughter. Li Weizhou felt uncomfortable. Damn it, how could there be someone more arrogant than him in this world?
The door wasn't even properly closed!
They really can do whatever they want. There are several palace maids standing at the door, each with a dazed look in their eyes and a flushed face, not out of shame, but out of slut.

Sure enough, sluts always come in droves, they're all part of a gang.

It's infuriating to watch. That Empress Dowager, who's actually quite good-looking, can really take on ten people at once.

This slut has absolutely no bottom line.

Li Weizhou walked behind a pillar outside the hall and listened to the sounds of moaning inside, his stomach churning.

This empress dowager really doesn't take herself seriously. She didn't even close the palace doors properly, as if she was afraid outsiders wouldn't know what kind of shady business she was up to.

Is this more exciting?

After several palace servants disappeared without a sound, he entered the hall and glanced inside. Good heavens, a silk curtain hung on the rosewood canopy bed. The curtain was half-closed, and he could see the Empress Dowager lying naked on her back, surrounded by ten strong guards, letting them caress her forcefully, laughing wantonly and wantonly. What extravagant and debauched she was!

Inside the hall, a gilded incense burner held a fragrant incense from the Western Regions, its smoke curling upwards, and the air itself seemed to reek of a cloying, pungent odor.

Li Weizhou disliked it. Being a little flirtatious was fine; on their wedding night, a little flirtatiousness would make them closer.

But one cannot be without principles; to be without principles is despicable.

He sneered, a spiritual blade materialized at his fingertip, and with a flick of his finger, all ten male concubines exploded.

Blood, flesh, and bone fragments covered the Empress Dowager's body.

Hot blood splattered on the Empress Dowager's face, her wanton laughter caught in her throat, and her eyes bulged as if they would pop out.

Only when she saw the bed covered in mangled flesh and Li Weizhou standing beside it did she let out a heart-wrenching scream: "Ah!! You are...you are a ghost?!"

Li Weizhou stepped onto the railing of the canopy bed, avoiding the bits of flesh and filth. He chuckled and said, "You slut, you must have been seeing ghosts when you were being so wanton just now, huh? Tsk tsk tsk, ten male concubines, Empress Dowager, you really are a member of the imperial family, so full of slut."

The Empress Dowager finally came to her senses, trembling with fear. Now, she felt a pang of shame, grabbed the quilt to cover herself, and asked in a trembling voice, "Li... Duke Protector of the State? You... how did you come back?"

Li Weizhou, too lazy to waste words, asked, "Speak, where is the Royal Treasury? I saved you and your son last time, such a great favor, are you trying to play tricks on me?"

Upon hearing that he had a request, the Empress Dowager actually managed to calm herself down and said, "Your Excellency is mistaken. We didn't know last time either. It was only before the Grand Minister of State ascended to heaven that he told my son and me... Your Excellency has been very kind to us, a widow and her orphan. I will never be stingy with my resources. Please excuse me for a moment, Your Excellency. I will change my clothes and personally lead you there."

Li Weizhou scoffed, "Even in this state, you still want to avoid it? Avoid my ass!"

With his fingers forming a sword, Li Weizhou lightly swirled the Empress Dowager and her brocade quilt into the air. He lazily said, "No need for that. Just show me the way."

……

The Empress Dowager, her heart pounding with fear, pointed out the way and opened the mechanisms along the way. Li Weizhou asked in bewilderment, "Isn't this the same treasure vault as last time? Don't try to fool me."

The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth and said, "It's still there. Beneath that treasure vault, it was built by Emperor Taizu himself."

Li Weizhou clicked his tongue and said, "Your founding emperor was quite a figure."

The darkness grew ever deeper as they walked, and even Li Weizhou felt a faint pressure. After traversing a long stretch of darkness, the Empress Dowager said, "I wear a jade pendant with a dragon pattern around my neck. The Duke of Protectorate may remove it and insert it into the mechanism of the gate ahead..."

Li Weizhou had excellent eyesight; he spotted the jade pendant nestled between the two lumps at a glance. Looking into the woman's eyes, he saw a mixture of ingratiation and resentment…

It's really disgusting.

With a flick of his finger, the Empress Dowager fainted. Li Weizhou used his spiritual power to remove the jade pendant, then conjured up water spirit energy and thoroughly cleaned it several times before attaching it to the huge dragon-patterned gate in front of him.

Finish the finishing touch.

"what."

The moment the door slowly opened, Li Weizhou murmured in surprise, because the spiritual energy was so dense.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes widened suddenly, and the phantom images of the blood-red eye, the Tai Chi diagram, the small sword, and the small mirror in his sea of ​​consciousness all began to stir.

He could even hear sobbing...

Each of the separated primordial spirits, instinctively influenced by the magical artifact, also began to weep. Before Li Weizhou stood a broken, tattered bell.

Unlike his guesses about the Tai Chi diagram, the small mirror, and the small sword, he immediately recognized the name of this broken bell: the Eastern Emperor Bell!

This legendary innate treasure, which was said to have been formed from a fragment of Pangu's axe handle absorbing chaotic energy and was indestructible through countless eons, is now covered in wounds, with holes and defects everywhere. The bell is covered with terrifying cracks, as if it is about to shatter completely at any moment.

However, it is ultimately complete.

It is this bell that has kept so much spiritual energy within its confines.

The illusory images of the Taiji diagram, the small sword, the small mirror, and the blood-eyed eyes all burst forth from Li Weizhou's sea of ​​consciousness, dancing and swirling around the Eastern Emperor Bell.

The Eastern Emperor Bell seemed to recognize them as well, emitting waves of vibration.

After the group of "old acquaintances" had been chatting for a long time, Li Weizhou felt a beam of divine consciousness enveloping him.

He sighed inwardly. Even though he considered himself an outsider, he felt a pang of sadness at the shattering of the world on the other side of Earth.

It seems that the primordial world has truly been destroyed. All the saints in myths and legends who were supposed to be indestructible and capable of destroying the world have vanished.

It's too scary to think about.

But who scattered these treasures here?
No, they are not ownerless; although they have never claimed an owner, they have been handled by people...

Huh~~
As he pondered, Li Weizhou's thoughts drifted off course.

"clang!"

A bell rang in his ears, and Li Weizhou came back to his senses. He saw the blood-eyed phantom swaying in front of him, transmitting waves of messages.

"Let me make a solemn vow to rebuild the earth, fire, water, and wind, and recreate the primordial world one day?"

Upon hearing this, Li Weizhou immediately made a Great Dao oath without even stumbling: "If I have the ability to rebuild the earth, fire, water, and wind, and fail to do so when recreating the primordial world, I will destroy the Great Dao! How about that? Is this oath vicious enough? If not, I'll make another one!" He just blurted it out without hesitation.

Clearly, it was no longer needed. The shattered Eastern Emperor Bell shrank again and then returned to Li Weizhou's sea of ​​consciousness along with the blood-eyed phantom and others.

Then Blood Eye and the others urged him to return to Earth quickly, as they wanted to see him in his true form.

……

Earth, Australia.

Simpson Desert.

It is still an endless, blood-red desert, but where there used to be some low shrubs and weeds, now there is not a single hair left.

Even desert animals such as the brown taipan, red kangaroo, and others have disappeared.

This place has become the most dangerous forbidden zone on Earth...

Li Weizhou fell into the desert near an underground river a thousand meters below the surface, where the endless sea of ​​blood surged with his arrival.

The moment the Eastern Emperor Bell appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness, its original forms—the Blood Eye, the Taiji Diagram, the Small Sword, and the Small Mirror—rapidly approached, crowding together affectionately, like old friends reuniting after countless years…

This time, however, the Blood Eye did not cut a piece off Li Weizhou's primordial spirit, but rather cut a piece off each of their primordial spirits, combined it with the broken spirit of the Eastern Emperor Bell itself, and finally, Li Weizhou squeezed out a drop of his essence blood, mixed it together, and reshaped the spirit of the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Immediately, countless mysterious messages entered Li Weizhou's sea of ​​consciousness. In his Hidden God Palace, in addition to the spatial divine power imprint suddenly shining brightly and being greatly strengthened, another imprint appeared in the Hidden God Palace.

It is still a circle, but unlike the perfect circle of the spatial magic mark, this is an elliptical mark.

The power of time manipulation!!

"Hahahahaha!"

This trip was definitely worthwhile!!
……

Daqian Imperial City.

In just one day, everything had changed.

The once-arrogant Empress Dowager's faction vanished without a trace in a single day. If it weren't for the vacancy in the court, it would have been as if those treacherous officials had never existed.

The source of the trouble, the Empress Dowager, also disappeared without a trace.

The young emperor had no interest in searching for her, assuming that his mother had long since passed away...

King Qi returned to the imperial court and, together with Situ Haoran, assisted the young emperor.

The crumbling Great Qian Dynasty was thus put back on track.

Everyone says it was the work of the old King Qi, but only the old King Qi himself knows that's not the case...

Clearly, Situ Haoran knew what had happened, but he didn't say anything.

The Duke of Protectorate's Mansion.

Li Changning stared speechlessly at the man opposite him, dressed in the official robes of the Imperial Execution Department, who looked almost exactly like him. Then he looked at his two wives, who were laughing so hard they were doubled over. He felt that something was off.

After telling the joke, Li Weizhou asked Li Changning, "Why did you agree to be transferred to another post, brother?"

He only learned after meeting the fourth brother that the eldest brother, Li Changping, had recently requested to be transferred to Suzhou to serve as the prefect.

Li Changning said with shame, "The Empress Dowager's faction is forcing me too much, and I have no way to protect her."

Li Weizhou asked curiously, "My elder brother holds a leisurely and prestigious official position, so what are they pressuring him for?"

Zhao Yuanzhi said, "Isn't it all because of that plank road? Those people are increasingly seeing that plank road as a golden river flowing with gold, and they all want a share of the pie. They use righteousness to pressure our elder brother, saying that the country is in dire straits and the Li family shouldn't disregard the country for their own selfish reasons... Bah, disgusting! Why don't they donate their own family fortune?"

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "There's no need to reason with those people. If you find them annoying, just smash their beaks. Or you can learn from the boss and avoid them if you can't afford to offend them. Alright, you guys live your lives well. I'll come back to see you in a few years."

Zhang Wanyi hurriedly asked, "Third Brother, are you leaving?"

Li Weizhou nodded and said, "I still have some things to take care of. I'll return to the Spirit Realm once I'm done. There are still quite a few crises in the Spirit Realm, so I can't stay there for long."

Li Changning said in a deep voice, "Third Brother, you go ahead and do your work. We'll take care of the rest."

Li Weizhou glanced at him with some disdain and said, "Are you sure you don't need to clean up the Imperial Execution Department?"

Li Changning shook his head and said, "The current Grand Master strictly follows the rules of the previous Grand Master and never interferes in worldly affairs. I think this approach is correct. I haven't even reached the Martial Saint level yet, so even if I were to become the Grand Master, I wouldn't be able to hold the position."

Li Weizhou nodded and said, "Then let's do it this way. Judging from your expression, you don't want to take the pills I give you to become a Martial God in one step, right?"

Li Changning nodded and said, "There are no shortcuts in martial arts."

Li Weizhou chuckled and then gave one last piece of advice: "Remember, no matter what happens, stay alive first. As long as you're alive, there's always a chance to turn things around. Once you're dead, I can't save you. That's all, I'm leaving."

Before he finished speaking, he had already disappeared from the sight of Li Changning and his family of three.

Zhao Yuanzhi and Zhang Wanyi looked at the empty rattan chair with a sense of loss.

My husband is good in every way, except he's not as funny as my third brother...

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(End of this chapter)