Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

The situation had become so bad, but the emperor was still complacent and thought he was doing a good job.

In this regard, Song Xuan could only say that in such a high-level martial arts world, a rookie is really not suitable for the position of emperor.

People will instinctively lack a sense of security if they lack the strength and are too narrow-minded.

The local underworld forces and provincial governors were too powerful for the emperor to be a threat to his safety.

The Xuanyi Guards were in the imperial capital, but he did not have the power to control such a powerful force, so naturally he would feel wary.

Song Xuan estimated that it would take about two to three years for his three flowers to give birth to his primordial spirit.

Forget it, he was too lazy to care about the emperor's mental health. After entering the Grandmaster realm, he would return to the imperial capital to meet the Sixth Prince.

If possible, help the new emperor ascend the throne as soon as possible.

After pondering for a moment, Song Xuan asked, "Besides Xingyun Villa, what other major forces are there in the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"My Lord, besides the hidden power behind Xingyun Villa, other major powers in the martial arts world include the Beggars' Sect, Quanzhen Sect, Peach Blossom Island, White Camel Villa, Shaolin Temple, Tianlong Temple, and Excalibur Villa.

In addition to these sects, there are also some large gangs, such as the Iron Palm Gang, the Cao Gang, etc.

There are also some masters who do not have any sects but are extremely famous in the world.

For example, Yan Shisan, the Purple-Robed Marquis of the East Sea, and the White Water Goddess, their strength should not be underestimated!"

Song Xuan nodded and spoke slowly under Zhou Dawei's expectant gaze.

"I'll give you half a month to gather all the Xuanyi Guards under the Qianhu Division!"

Zhou Dawei swallowed his saliva. He knew that the Supervisory Commissioner was going to make some big moves, and asked nervously, "Sir, aren't you being too hasty?

Otherwise, could you mobilize some more experts from the imperial capital?"

Song Xuan shook his head, glanced at Song Qian who was playing with the dagger, and said with a faint smile: "No need, half a month is enough!"

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The new house that Zhou Dawei had just prepared temporarily became the temporary residence for Song Qian and her sister.

It is early autumn now. Song Xuan stands in the backyard, looking at the maple leaves that have turned red and the autumn chrysanthemums that are as bright as gold around the courtyard wall.

The autumn air is clear and the breeze is blowing on your face, which is very comfortable.

The fat and thin monks commanded several black-robed guards and set up a barbecue grill in the yard.

Zhang Yurou, who was almost given as a gift to Captain Zhou Dawei for his housewarming, was now standing behind Song Qian like a maid, holding a plate of fruit.

Victoria Song is painting the golden autumn chrysanthemums in the yard.

After watching for a while, Zhang Yurou suddenly lost interest in the painting skills of Miss Song, who forced her to be a maid.

Victoria Song noticed her expression and licked her lips, "Why, is my painting not good-looking?"

Zhang Yurou said hurriedly, "Miss, you misunderstood. Qiuju isn't pretty enough at this moment. In a few days, when the hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake are delivered, it will be Qiuju's most beautiful moment.

If the young lady had painted at that time, her skills would have been even better!"

Victoria Song looked at her in surprise, "I thought you were simple-minded and couldn't speak, but now it seems that you can speak quite well!"

Zhang Yurou smiled awkwardly, "People are forced to do things!"

Song Xuan glanced at the other person and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily true."

"Ah?" Zhang Yurou was puzzled. "Sir, what do you mean by uncertain?"

Song Xuan smiled, with no intention of explaining. Instead, he stretched and patted Song Qian's shoulder.

"Alright, how long are you going to delay? Can you go practice now?"

Next, he will travel around the world and let the martial artists in the Southern Song Dynasty know who is the real ruler of the world.

To be on the safe side, Song Erni must condense the third flower as soon as possible.

With this little girl's qualifications, with the skills of refining the orifices and a clear direction of practice, she will probably be able to complete it after practicing seriously for a few days.

Unfortunately, Song Erni had a serious procrastination problem. One moment she wanted to go shopping, and the next moment she said she had inspiration and wanted to paint. Song Xuan endured for a long time, but finally couldn't help it and began to urge her.

"Oh!"

Victoria Song slowly stood up and began to pack up her brushes, while she instructed Zhang Yurou, "You have to keep these things properly, as I'll need them later if I remember them.

By the way, remember to cut the osmanthus cake you bought earlier into smaller pieces.

Also, now that it’s autumn and the weather is getting colder, don’t prepare anything like watermelon. Eating too much will upset your stomach…”

She kept mumbling for a long time but was reluctant to practice. Song Xuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed her neck from behind and threw her into a side room.

"When will the flower of essence condense and then it will come out!"

After understanding her brother's determination, Song Erni finally calmed down, ate an apple in the room, and then reluctantly began to practice.

Then, the next day, a purple lotus shadow flashed above the room, and then the girl came out.

In response to this, Song Xuan just sighed. The girl of destiny was really terrifying when she was serious!

In the next few days, Song Xuan closed the door and refused visitors, continuing to practice the method of refining the orifices.

The nameless body refining technique records more than 300 acupoints, but he has only opened more than 100 so far, and it is still a long way to go before he can achieve perfection.

As for what Xiahou guessed, that he could use his own acupoints to reflect the stars and condense the god of the stars within the acupoints, it was even more out of reach.

As for Victoria Song, he is too lazy to care about her and lets her do whatever she wants.

As a girl of destiny, she is born with three flowers, and she cultivates the acupoints internally and cultivates her soul externally. Her strength is second only to him. Even if she meets the Grandmaster of two flowers, she can deal with it easily.

In this Southern Song territory, she no longer has any natural enemies!

Chapter 234: Level Gap Between Grandmasters

In the Southern Song Dynasty, amidst the boundless mountains, there stood a villa looming in the clouds and mist.

This is Xingyun Villa.

The behind-the-scenes controller of the Southern Song Dynasty's underworld.

In a study room with carvings of dragons and dancing phoenixes, Xing Yunzhuang sat on a chair, quietly looking at the people in the study room.

These people are Zhuangzi's external advisors. Originally there were nine of them, but now there are only eight left.

These eight people are all at the level of martial arts masters. In the martial arts world, any one of them is a famous figure. But at this moment, in front of the owner of the manor, everyone's aura is restrained, and they seem very ordinary and insignificant.

This is the truth that subordinates should understand. In front of outsiders, you can be as glorious and arrogant as you want, but in front of your superiors, you must restrain your edge and be honest.

"Xie Changan is dead!"

The owner of the manor threw a secret letter in his hand on the table, his eyes as cold as a pond.

"The spies in Hangzhou saw him escape from the Xuanyiwei Qianhu Suo Yamen with their own eyes, and then he was punched in the head by a man in black!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the eight people's expressions changed drastically.

A martial arts master, just died like that?

A middle-aged man dressed in a green Confucian robe, with a wine gourd hanging around his waist and a weathered look on his face, dressed like a scholar, frowned subconsciously.

"Master, with Xie Chang'an's abilities, if he were determined to escape, there wouldn't be many people in the Southern Song territory who could stop him! I suspect that a First-Class Xuanyi Guard might have come to the Xuanyi Guard Office in Jiangnan Prefecture!"

First-class Xuanyi Guard!

As soon as these five words came out, the study suddenly became quiet, and a depressing atmosphere continued to spread in the hearts of several people.

Although the Xuanyiwei in the Southern Song Dynasty had long been in disrepair, it did not mean that the Xuanyiwei headquarters in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty had also become rotten.

In this era when great masters rarely appear in the world, it can be said that the first-class Xuanyi Guard is a sharp sword hanging on the leader of martial arts masters.

Every time the Xuanyi Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty left the capital, they would stir up bloody storms in the martial arts world, and some martial arts forces would disappear in the long river of history.

The owner of Xingyun Manor pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there any definite news?"

The scholar in blue shook his head, "The spies in the imperial capital haven't sent any news yet, but we have to make preparations in advance.

You should know that although the first-class Xuanyi Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty can be signed up by innate warriors, in fact, each of them is at least a Double Flower Grandmaster!

Moreover, he is not just an ordinary Double Flower Grandmaster, but a Grandmaster promoted from the top Double Flower Xiantian of the Five Supremes."

Grandmasters are also divided into different levels.

Let’s not talk about Grandmaster Wuque. That kind of existence is too far away for people in the martial arts world. It is a realm that is out of reach.

After that, there are top masters like the Five Supremes.

This kind of master has the potential to condense three flowers when he is in the innate realm. The double flower is just their starting point, not their limit.

However, due to the restrictions of heaven and earth, they eventually had to be promoted to Grandmaster at the level of Double Flower Innate.

Although this kind of master has the cultivation level of a double-flower master, he is actually much stronger than the average double-flower master and can be said to be standing at the top of the food chain.

After that, there are normal double-flower masters like the owner of Xingyun Manor.

At the level of the Five Supremes, heaven and earth only allow them to become masters of the Double Flowers.

For someone like the owner of Xingyun Manor, his potential can only support his cultivation to the level of Double Flower Grandmaster. As for the higher level of Grandmaster, it is basically out of his reach for him.

This kind of master can be called an intermediate master. Generally speaking, the top combat power of the larger martial arts forces in each state is at this level.

As for Grandmaster Yihua, he is the most common ordinary grandmaster in the grandmaster realm. Grandmasters who often appear in the world are basically at this level.

Xingyun Villa has a strong foundation. There are no less than ten martial arts masters in the open. In addition to the owner of the villa, there are also several old masters who have practiced in seclusion. In terms of foundation, in an era when there are no great masters, it can indeed be called a hegemon.

But even so, after hearing the news that a first-class Xuanyi Guard had arrived, everyone still felt heavy in their hearts and were unwilling to provoke them easily.

After a moment of silence, the owner of Xingyun Manor looked at the middle-aged scholar and said, "Tell me what you think!"

This scholar in blue robes is one of the spokespersons for Xingyun Villa to the outside world, and internally, he also acts as a military advisor. Whenever the owner of the villa is undecided about big or small matters, he likes to ask for his opinion.

This person has always been serious and rigorous in his work, never making any mistakes, and never complaining about anything. He is arguably the most likable subordinate.

Logically, such a person should be the absolute confidant of the owner of the manor, but in fact, the owner of Xingyun Manor does not trust him at all.

Because this person has almost no weaknesses in his character.

He is neither greedy for money nor lustful, and he doesn't even care much about power.

Without weaknesses, the owner of the manor cannot truly control the other party. Which superior dares to say that he has absolute trust in a subordinate whose thoughts are hard to figure out?

The scholar in blue rolled up his sleeves and said in a deep voice, "My opinion is that the villa should be closed from now on and no longer be involved in worldly affairs. If necessary, we can abandon this family business and move to another state!"

Upon hearing this, the owner of the manor frowned.

Some of the other masters with bad tempers started to yell even more.

"Military Advisor, aren't you too cowardly? We haven't even figured out the specific situation yet, and you're so scared that you're running away?"

"That's right! Back then, we ran from Mingzhou to Songzhou. We finally gained a foothold in Southern Song. Now we have to run again. Where are we going?"

"Should we go to the Northern Song Dynasty? The pressure over there is much greater than here. Large forces abound, and it is said that there are even Grandmasters cultivating in seclusion.

If an outside force like us were to rush over, it would easily cause a dispute!"

"I can't go to Northern Song, and I can't go to Tangzhou even more.

The grandmasters of the Northern Song Dynasty were at least in a state of seclusion and rarely showed up, while the grandmasters of Tangzhou would appear in front of the world from time to time, and some of them even fought in melees.

We are living comfortably here as local tyrants. If we go to a place like that, even if we are crushed to death by a Grandmaster, who can we turn to for justice?"

The scholar in green sighed and looked at the owner of Xingyun Manor, "Master, what do you think?"

The owner of Xingyun Manor hesitated and said hesitantly: "How about we wait and see the situation?"

Ever since he fled Mingzhou like a stray dog, he has been to Tangzhou and fought for territory in the Northern Song Dynasty, but those places were not easy to survive in. There were too many masters and there was no extra territory to be allocated to him.

But it is different in the Southern Song Dynasty. Under the influence of Tianyuan, top masters are unwilling to live here for a long time, and even grand masters would not choose this place even if they want to practice seclusion.

And a mid-level master like him has become the top combat force here.

Just as other subordinates said, he had spent decades to take root in the Southern Song Dynasty and built up this huge foundation. If he had to give it up and start a new business in other states, he would be reluctant from the bottom of his heart.

The scholar in green robes waved his hands in disappointment, "Forget it, the owner wants to see the situation again, so let's wait and see!"

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Chapter 235 Brother, there are guests coming!

The courtyard is quiet, with red maple leaves and yellow chrysanthemums.