Chapter 213: Dynasty Conflict

With Jiang Baili's explanation, Li Yanmo finally understood the structure of noble marquises and commoner marquises in the Dayu Dynasty.

The world is so vast that there are so many people that even immortals cannot count them all. However, the scourge of monsters can never be eradicated. Dayu had to set up defenses in Wan Yao Mountain and keep an eye on the sect. He wanted to slay the monsters, but there were always times when he couldn't do it.

If we can't eradicate it, we can only increase the number of people who can eliminate the monsters.

The differences between noble dukes and commoner dukes evolved from this dilemma.

If a commoner is promoted to a higher position and granted a title of nobility based on his military merits, he is called a commoner nobility.

According to Jiang Baili's description, Dayu originally did not have any so-called noble marquises, but the problem was that many sects tried to insert spies into the court by using the commoner marquises.

Those commoner marquises all have military merits and cannot be suppressed at will, but some of them, like the noble families, side with the sects and help the tyrants to do evil.

The Dayu Dynasty had no choice but to draw lots to select a group of military generals to become noble marquises.

"I heard that Mo Zhanxian is a noble marquis, and was personally appointed as a marquis by Emperor Yu. However, that rough guy likes to kill monsters in Wan Yao Mountain, and never calls himself a marquis when he goes out," Jiang Baili said with emotion, "But recently he was transferred back from Wan Yao Mountain by Emperor Yu's order, and got involved in the conflict between the noble marquis and the commoner marquis. I'm afraid he is almost depressed to death now."

Li Yanmo thought about it and asked tentatively, "Does Emperor Yu want to eliminate all those common people who have ties to Taoism in one fell swoop?"

Lily Jiang frowned and shook her head after pondering for a moment.

"This... I'm not sure either. Emperor Yu has a relatively mild temperament. Even though he was eliminated from the competition for the crown prince early on because he was too outstanding, and was eventually tricked into becoming Emperor Yu by his own father out of jealousy, he just smiled and beat up his father. There has always been the problem of commoner marquises leaning towards clans. Because they have military power, they are more difficult to deal with than aristocratic families. Emperor Yu has always adopted a conciliatory approach to deal with it."

"Now that they are acting so violently, I'm afraid that the Jixia Academy has deduced something extraordinary in the future."

Hearing this, Li Yanmo also became serious.

His Tianxu Tower is closely related to Emperor Yu. If Emperor Yu becomes abnormal, their Tianxu Tower will definitely not be able to remain unscathed.

Now Shen Ziqing, the one with the highest cultivation level in their sect, is only in the Nascent Soul stage, which cannot withstand any hardship.

"Do you have any ideas?"

"There are some, but I can't run around in my condition," Li Yan looked up with regret and drank the medicinal tea in one gulp. The bitterness that burst out from the tip of his tongue made Li Yan's facial features twisted into a ball.

"This medicine is so bitter—"

Lily Jiang looked Li Yanmo up and down, "Although I don't know how you did it, your situation is much better than it was eight years ago. As long as you don't cause any trouble like Chi Che, it's fine. Besides...if you stay here and don't go out, isn't it the same as being trapped in the world of Chi Che?"

After hearing this, Li Yanmo also felt that this was the truth, but out of caution he still asked, "Are you sure?"

Lily Jiang rolled her eyes, stood up with great effort and slapped Li Yanmo on the head, “Okay, I have cast a safety spell on you to reinforce the mark of Nan Ke Yi Meng cast by Emperor Yu.”

"...Well, is it so casual?" Li Yanmo touched his forehead, feeling empty in his heart, as if something was missing.

Lily Jiang knocked Li Yanmo's head with her pipe in annoyance, "Why, do you want me to create some strange phenomena of heaven and earth for you? If you don't believe it, you can ask the tenants in your foundation-building platform."

Nuyao, who was lying in the sea of ​​sunflowers, sat up immediately. "She did strengthen the mark left by Emperor Yu, and her technique was very skillful. By the way, the few knocks just now strengthened your mark a few more times."

Seeing that Nuyao said so, Li Yanmo reluctantly believed it.

However, Li Yanmo did not rush to make a decision. Instead, he poured another cup of medicinal tea and thought while drinking it.

Although Emperor Yu's temperament did not change drastically, there was something wrong with his every move.

Just go and ask...it's better to pretend you haven't heard of it.

What methods did Emperor Yu use to deduce the secrets of heaven? This method may lie in the conflict between the commoner Hou Yu and the aristocratic Hou. If we can investigate the method used by Emperor Yu, we may be able to figure out the reason that led Emperor Yu to behave so abnormally.

Since the matter concerns the entire sect, Li Yanmo feels that he cannot just sit back and watch.

"I understand, but... you also know that my eldest disciple is watching closely. Although I can easily slip out with my cultivation level, this trip cannot be completed in a day or two. So can you help me write a list and tell me where you need me to go for treatment?"

Lily Jiang tilted her head back slightly, “You want me to help you deceive your apprentice?”

"Please, my eldest disciple is only at the first level of Qi training, how can you drag her into such a dangerous thing?" Li Yanmo took a sip of medicinal tea with a strange look on his face, not noticing Leng Longwen's even stranger expression at all.

"She was born with a useless body. After so many years, she is still at the first level of Qi training. I don't want her to worry about this and that."

"...Alright."

Lily Jiang paused for a while and nodded, then quickly wrote down a list.

"How are you going to investigate?"

"Take one step first and see what happens next."

Li Yanmo didn't know where to start. After all, he didn't even know how many noble marquises there were and how many commoner marquises there were.

"Okay, go ahead—"

After collecting the list, Li Yanmo did not return to the wooden house, but flew to Tianxu Tower and found Shen Ziqing who was looking at the account book.

"Second brother, I want to discuss something with you."

Afterwards, Li Yanmo repeated to Shen Ziqing exactly what Jiang Baihe had said and what he had speculated.

Shen Ziqing was stunned at first, then he was horrified. As the second-in-command and actual operator of Tianxu Tower, although Tianxu Tower has been very low-key in the past eight years and even the expansion plan has been on hold, he did not travel just for fun, so he naturally knew that Emperor Yu was abnormal.

The conflict between the noble marquis and the commoner marquis had just occurred, and his master was already taking action. Could it be that... this was also part of his master's grand plan?

While Shen Ziqing was trying to find out Li Yanmo's plan, he replied, "Master, are you planning to get involved in this matter?"

"The Dao sect is ready to make a move. I should be able to gain some trust with my face," Li Yanmo nodded. "Emperor Yu is concerned about the safety of the entire Great Yu Dynasty and even the world. I don't think that Emperor Yu will change his temperament. If there is any change, it may be in the future deduced by the Jixia Academy. And there may be some mystery hidden in the dispute between the noble marquis and the commoner marquis."

"I've asked Sister Jiang to reinforce the seal. As long as there's nothing like the delayed car, there won't be any accidents."

Shen Ziqing nodded thoughtfully with a strange expression.

"Master...are you planning to deceive Senior Sister?"

"What do you mean by lying? It's just that it's inconvenient for the eldest brother to know about this," Li Yanmo corrected him and added, "Second brother, you must not tell your eldest sister about this."

Shen Ziqing nodded cherishingly.

While Li Yanmo went to the Sutra Library to find the previous Emperor Yu to inquire about the current Emperor Yu, Shen Ziqing immediately flew back to Luoyang Town with the power of Nascent Soul and found Jian Xin who was sweeping leaves.

After choosing his words a little, Shen Ziqing spoke slowly.

"Sister, Master is planning to go out for a walk."

Jian Xin didn't turn around, but just answered indifferently.

"I was the first to know."

(End of this chapter)