All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

Li Chang'an could potentially break through to the Grandmaster level step by step by practicing the techniques provided by the cultivation system.

Zhao Gao continued, "Your Highness's Northern Darkness True Qi is becoming increasingly powerful. Once the True Qi reaches its peak, you will be able to break through to the ninth rank."

Li Chang'an did not hide his cultivation from Zhao Gao, after all, it was a good thing to have someone with higher cultivation to discuss things with.

When Lao Zhao was summoned, his martial arts cultivation was automatically aligned with the world of Joy of Life, so he provided considerable guidance and assistance to Li Chang'an.

Li Chang'an nodded and said, "Once you break through to the ninth rank and master the Northern Darkness True Qi, you will be able to absorb the true qi of others for your own use."

Li Chang'an had a bold idea: instead of absorbing the true energy of others, why not go to Dadong Mountain and directly absorb nuclear radiation?

According to the cultivation principles of Beiming True Qi, this is entirely possible.

There are two issues to consider: whether the absorption will be successful and whether the body can withstand it.

At his current cultivation speed, Li Chang'an will be able to break through to the ninth rank in two years at most.

By then, I must make a trip to Dadong Mountain in the northeast of Danzhou.

"Old Zhao, go and call the Four Sword Slaves and Old Xing in!"

Li Chang'an left Xiren and Qingwen with Liu Shuyan, but kept the other four sword slaves with him.

Xing Yusen is the deputy commander of the Shadow Guards. The eighty Shadow Guards who accompanied Li Chang'an on this trip are all under his command.

After the four entered, Li Chang'an tossed a bundle to Duan Shui.

"From today onwards, you will continue to impersonate me. I have already written all the poems you write for whatever place you go."

"Speak less, maintain your dignity, and do not accept any invitations from officials or merchants."

"I will keep a close eye on your news, and I will personally appear if there are any matters that require my handling."

Duan Shui was Li Chang'an's personal double, whose disguise was so perfect that he could imitate Li Chang'an perfectly.

"As you command, Your Highness!"

Li Chang'an then asked, "Old Xing, do we have any tails following us?"

Xing Yusen was a veteran constable with investigative skills at the eighth rank. "Your Highness, there are at least three routes. One is from the Fourth Bureau of the Surveillance Bureau, and the other should be from the Inner Court."

"The last one was from a large escort agency in the martial arts world; I don't know who hired them."

Li Chang'an chuckled. This group of people must have been sent by "good sister" Li Yunrui.

"Alright, let them follow if they want. It'll help me cover my tracks."

And so, Prince Yong's journey, a feint to one side while secretly advancing to the other, finally began.

……

Two years later, in the Imperial Study.

The small-scale imperial meeting had just ended, and more than a dozen important officials were still there when Emperor Qing found the latest issue of the newspaper.

He instructed Eunuch Hou to bring the newspaper out from behind the curtain, saying, "Lai Mingcheng, you have the best speaking skills. Read the front page of the newspaper aloud!"

Lai Mingcheng was somewhat confused. There was nothing of responsibility for the Censorate today, and he had not impeached anyone.

After taking the newspaper and glancing at it, he understood Emperor Qing's purpose and had no choice but to read it aloud earnestly.

"Prince Yong has traveled all over the world and has already left behind ten famous poems. Last month, when he arrived in Suzhou, he was inspired to write three more!"

"A stone path winds its way through the green waters, and willow shade locks in the deep mountains..."

"The distant sound of bells from Hanshan Temple, the soft Wu dialect enters my dreams..."

"The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; river maples and fishing lights accompany my sorrowful sleep..."

After Lai Mingcheng finished reading it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "What a wonderful poem! It's truly a wonderful poem!"

"Sweeping away the decadent music of the past two years, His Highness Prince Yong has grown up, his horizons have broadened, and the artistic conception of his poems has become more profound!"

Emperor Qing snorted coldly and said, "Two years ago, when I allowed Prince Yong to travel the world, you almost impeached me again!"

"You said I spoiled Prince Yong too much, allowing him to travel and have fun. Now what? Has Prince Yong become corrupted because of his travels?"

Lai Mingcheng said respectfully, "Your Highness Prince Yong has made great progress, which is a blessing from His Majesty and a great fortune!"

Emperor Qing glared at Lai Mingcheng through the curtain, "Besides that, don't you have anything else to say?"

Chapter 50 Emperor Qing's Attitude! Fan Wujiu, the Deadly Scholar!

Lai Mingcheng knew, of course, that His Majesty wanted him to admit that he had been wrong and that His Majesty was right.

Lai Mingcheng, who had spent his entire life interrogating people, had no choice but to admit defeat in the face of the facts. “Your Majesty’s method of teaching Prince Yong is extremely brilliant. I am ashamed.”

Emperor Qing persisted, "After all these years, I never knew you could feel shame!"

"You usually speak eloquently when you petition me, but today you must explain clearly why you are ashamed!"

After stammering for a long time, Lai Mingcheng finally managed to squeeze out two sentences: "Your Majesty is wise and insightful, with a long-term vision. We are far inferior to you!"

Emperor Qing, who was sitting firmly behind the gauze curtain, finally seized the opportunity. He said solemnly, "As the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, you have actually learned to flatter and fawn. You are simply outrageous! Get out!"

Lai Mingcheng had been humiliated; whatever he said today would be wrong. He knew in his heart that Emperor Qing just wanted to find fault with him and vent his anger.

Emperor Qing's attitude towards Li Chang'an has now changed.

Before he ascended the throne and when the throne was newly established, he was somewhat worried that his brother's prestige and reputation would surpass his own.

However, once his throne and Grandmaster realm were stable, he no longer feared Li Chang'an.

He is a Grandmaster, and in his eyes, martial artists below the Grandmaster level are nothing but ants.

The only threats in his mind were the other three Grandmasters, Wu Zhu, the box left by Ye Qingmei, and the temple.

After all, Li Chang'an was his own brother, and his literary reputation was so great that he could make good use of him.

As a Grandmaster, the lives and deaths of these people in the court are entirely in his hands.

Which prince inherits the throne is entirely up to him, and no one can threaten his throne.

If Li Chang'an is loyal to his elder brother, Emperor Qing will not hesitate to bestow rewards and favors upon him, and can also use Li Chang'an to create a balance of power between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.

In Emperor Qing's eyes, Li Chang'an is growing up exactly according to his plan, and there is absolutely no way he could have any disloyal thoughts.

After all, the princes had grown up, and Li Chang'an's maternal family, the Liu family, was noble but powerless, and he himself did not associate with court officials at all.

In other words, at this stage, Emperor Qing believed that Li Chang'an posed no threat to him whatsoever and would never harbor any disloyalty.

Seeing Lai Mingcheng leave dejectedly, Emperor Qing chuckled, "After being scolded by this old bastard for so many years, I finally got to scold him once. That felt good!"

After the officials left the imperial study, Hong Sixiang emerged from the shadows.

"Your Majesty, Prince Yong has been assassinated again by remnants of a fallen kingdom. Fortunately, his personal guards are capable and fought to the death to protect him."

"After several of his personal guards died, Prince Yong was furious and led his men to storm the gang where the remnants of the gang had gathered, and wiped the gang out completely."

"In the past two years, His Highness Prince Yong has been assassinated twelve times. He has also destroyed fifteen remaining enemy strongholds, and the martial arts manuals he seized have been presented to His Majesty."

These things were naturally done by Duan Shui, who was impersonating Prince Yong, and seventy Shadow Guards. They would occasionally mobilize a hundred soldiers from the prefecture.

Over the past decade or so, the Qing Kingdom has risen rapidly, conquering several countries in succession, and almost all of their royal families have been slaughtered.

However, some countries have loyalists and remnants of the royal family, and they are all hiding in the shadows.

If it weren't for a prince traveling, these people wouldn't have been able to be drawn out, which is one of the reasons why Emperor Qing agreed to let Li Chang'an go on the trip.

Emperor Qing laughed and said, "It's good to be rich. Only Prince Yong can afford to hire so many experts."

“I have read his memorial. Every word and sentence is meant to share my worries and for the sake of Daqing’s unification of the world.”

"My third brother has the mind of a scholar; he's easily hot-tempered. After being assassinated a few times, he gets easily angered."

"But what Daqing needs right now is this kind of passion and impulsiveness!"

Li Chang'an is now also changing his persona, from a playboy to a passionate and indignant young man, all for the sake of Daqing.

This character must be someone that Emperor Qing trusts and feels close to.

Li Chang'an has improved his cultivation and accumulated wealth; if he continues to pretend to be cowardly, he will truly be cowardly.

Hong Sixiang said, "I estimate that His Highness Prince Yong also kept a copy of those secret manuals."

Emperor Qing pondered for a moment and said, "That's not a problem. He has the money to support experts, but unless they are top-tier martial arts geniuses, they cannot cultivate to the ninth rank!"

"I actually hope that by sheer luck he might raise a few ninth-rank masters."

"Otherwise, that idiot Si Gu Jian has been bragging about having more than a dozen ninth-rank officials in Dongyi City for years!"

Hong Sixiang bent his old back even lower, "Dongyi City is known as the best of the nine ranks in the world, and it is indeed very arrogant."

Emperor Qing said in a deep voice, "If Prince Yong is truly capable, I can appoint him to suppress the Jianghu (martial arts world) of the Great Qing!"

"Here's what we'll do: you send a decree to Prince Yong, giving him a Zhenwu Order first!"

"Martial arts heroes break the law. The martial world either doesn't exist, or the royal family reigns supreme. Anyone who disobeys will be killed!"

This imperial edict granted Li Chang'an the power to kill, which is the so-called law enforcement power, but the targets of law enforcement could only be martial arts figures.

……

Jiangnan Road, Suzhou Saltworks.

It was the end of the second year of the Qingli era, and Li Chang'an had been traveling for two years.