This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Jiang Che's innocent and pure voice echoed in the hall. The emperor's expression was complicated as he gently rubbed Jiang Che's head.

Being the emperor is not an easy position.

Now that his life was no longer in danger, he couldn't help but worry about whether Jiang Che could hold onto his position.

He glanced at Li Daoxuan out of the corner of his eye. Such an immortal would certainly not condescend to assist a young emperor.

But then the emperor glanced at Wang Yangming again.

"Yes...and him too..."

Just then, Li Daoxuan walked over, took Jiang Che's hand, and then walked up to Wang Yangming and said:

"Jiang Che, you're still laughing. There are many principles and knowledge you don't understand yet. From now on, he will be your teacher. Let him teach you and protect you, how about that?"

Wang Yangming had already guessed that Li Daoxuan would make this arrangement, so he was not surprised at all.

The court officials were filled with mixed emotions upon witnessing this scene.

Although Wang Yangming possessed extraordinary talent and achieved the highest honors in all three levels of the imperial examinations, in the past, no matter how talented he was, it would have been impossible for him to rise from a commoner to the emperor's teacher in an instant.

This is truly a position second only to the emperor.

And everyone knows it perfectly well.

Although Jiang Che was the emperor, the actual ruler of Da Zhao was Wang Yangming, the top scholar.

With the background of being a disciple of an immortal, all the so-called court intrigues and power struggles among aristocratic families are just a joke.

No one dared to offend Wang Yangming, after all, no one in this world could withstand the wrath of an immortal.

Jiang Che looked up at Wang Yangming, pondered for a moment, and then knelt down.

He respectfully kowtowed and said:

"Disciple Jiang Che greets Master..."

After bowing three times, Wang Yangming reached out and helped him up.

He smiled slightly:

"From this day forward, let us, master and disciple, pull this vast Dazhao back from the brink of disaster..."

Jiang Che didn't quite understand, but he grasped one principle.

He could survive by following this teacher, and so could his father and mother.

This is enough.

Seeing this, the surrounding officials knew that the situation was settled, and finally, without further hesitation, they all kowtowed to Jiang Che and said:

"Your Majesty, we pay our respects! Long live the Emperor!"

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This transformation, which was enough to change the entire fate of the Great Zhao Kingdom, was completed so quickly.

In the following two weeks, Jiang Che quickly completed his coronation ceremony and changed the era name to Xinghe.

Wang Yangming was then appointed as the Imperial Tutor.

On the day Jiang Che ascended the throne, he did not forget to bestow upon Li Daoxuan the title of Moral Immortal Lord.

Of course, Li Daoxuan wouldn't care about any of that.

However, after the imperial decree was finalized, Li Daoxuan clearly sensed something was amiss.

That day, when he identified Jiang Che as the Emperor of Dazhao in the palace hall, he felt that the world was beginning to subtly ostracize him.

Li Daoxuan understood that it was the cause and effect of his, as the Dao Ancestor, forcibly interfering in the affairs of the human dynasties.

A nation, hundreds of millions of lives, could be implicated by his words.

This cause and effect is considerable.

But Li Daoxuan was, after all, the Dao Ancestor, and was recognized by Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, this cause and effect has been reduced invisibly, but it still exists.

Until Jiang Che bestowed upon him the title of Moral Immortal Lord.

That causal connection then transforms into a force of merit.

This gave him a subtle, unexpected sense of control over the fate of the Great Zhao Kingdom.

Moreover, Li Daoxuan also vaguely saw some information about the Jingming Cave Heaven through this unexpected power.

Li Daoxuan withdrew his gaze and focused his mind on his dantian.

His cultivation of Qi was already at its peak.

With the help of the system's merit power, he should have been able to smoothly complete the Core Formation and attain the Earth Immortal status.

But whenever he wanted to form his core, a strange sense of crisis would well up in his heart.

This is not the kind of heavenly tribulation described in novels.

This sense of crisis was not directed at him, but at the entire Jingming Cave Heaven.

It seems that if he were to force himself to form his core, the entire Jingming Cave Heaven would face an unimaginable disaster.

Therefore, Li Daoxuan has always suppressed his cultivation and has never taken that step.

Until this point, with the help of the Great Zhao Kingdom's destiny, he saw some of the origins of heaven and earth.

I had some guesses in my mind.

However, it is not yet certain.

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After Jiang Che ascended the throne, Wang Yangming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was so busy during this period that he barely had time to rest.

Although he was exceptionally talented, he still lacked understanding of how to be an official and govern a country, and needed to consult with senior officials in the court.

After Jiang Che ascended the throne, in order to maintain stability in the court, he did not purge the officials.

However, Wang Yangming has already begun to plan, intending to gradually replace those long-standing faces in the court within five years.

This will take time.

As for the crown prince, Wang Yangming did not eliminate him directly as he did with the Prince of Jin.

Instead, they found a palace within the imperial city and placed him under house arrest there.

It wasn't that Wang Yangming was soft-hearted; it was just that Jiang Che had just ascended the throne, and if he were to turn against his own brother at this time, it wouldn't look good in the future history books.

Only after all the trivial matters were settled did Wang Yangming finally have time to see Li Daoxuan.

Without saying a word, Li Daoxuan used the Dragon Leap Technique to fly Wang Yangming and Jiang Ping'an back to Anyi County.

It was already dusk in the backyard of Taiyi Medical Clinic in Anyi County.

Qingfeng Mingyue, along with Wang Jingshu, Zhujiu, and Ye Sanniang, were all in the courtyard.

Li Daoxuan had already sent a message to Qingfeng that he would be returning today.

At this moment, the most nervous person was none other than Wang Jingshu.

During this time, Wang Jingshu was on tenterhooks almost every day. Li Daoxuan left in such a hurry that he didn't tell them what information Wang Yangming had sent back.

That's why Wang Jingshu is even more worried.

She didn't dare tell her parents the news, so she had to keep it to herself.

Only today, when Qingfeng told her that Li Daoxuan was about to return with Wang Yangming, did Wang Jingshu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"I wonder how my brother is doing now..."

Gazing at the setting sun on the horizon, Wang Jingshu murmured.

The bright moon offered a gentle word of comfort.

"Don't worry, Master has already rushed over, what problems could there be?"

Wang Jingshu nodded, still somewhat worried.

Suddenly, a faint dragon's roar echoed across the quiet sky.

Zhu Jiu was the first to react, abruptly raising his head and grinning at the sky:

"Here comes... Master..."

Wang Jingshu was overjoyed and leaped onto the roof, gazing at the northern sky.

A cloud on the distant horizon was rapidly approaching at an unusual speed.

Above the floating clouds, something enormous seemed to be faintly visible.

Wang Jingshu waved vigorously.

"Master...Brother..."

The dragon descended from the clouds and transformed into a golden light, landing in the courtyard.

Three figures appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was Li Daoxuan, Wang Yangming, and Jiang Ping'an.