Chapter 42: Raising an army to hold the culprit accountable
Hua Wu Yue brought the Bai Hua disciples to the East Palace, where they were temporarily housed until the Bai Hua Palace was completed.
Zhou Lingsha locked up Zhang Xiantong and others in the Sky Prison, and then ran to the study in Qianyang Palace to ask for a reward.
As soon as she pushed the door open, she shouted, "Brother Emperor, you see, I have gotten everything done in one day. All the disciples of Baihua have returned. Where is the reward you promised?"
Zhou An was studying how to control the Spiritual Demon Eyes when this girl pushed the door open. Only she could rush around in the palace like that, even walking with a sprint.
"I have prepared 12 red fruits for you. This thing is very powerful. A post-natal warrior cannot bear it. Find an alchemist to refine it before taking it, otherwise you will get fire poison. You can arrange these pills yourself and train some of your own people.
This Baihua Pill is mild in nature, but it requires the Xiantian realm to absorb. You should keep it for now. Wait until you reach the Xiantian realm before taking it. Remember not to rush and take it after you have stabilized your realm.
This innate Qiankun Jue was left by our ancestors. It is based on the vast Qiankun Jue. You can practice it when the time comes and strive to break through to the innate realm this year.
You are always out there fighting with enemies, so you should always carry this poison-avoiding bead with you to avoid being ambushed." Zhou An said.
"Thank you, brother Emperor. It's getting late. I won't disturb you from holding the beauty." Zhou Lingsha was happy. After taking these things, she smiled and waved goodbye.
"What kind of nonsense have you learned in Jinyiwei, girl!" Zhou An glared, but unfortunately the person had already disappeared.
He smiled helplessly, and just as he was about to continue practicing the method of controlling the Spiritual Demon Eye, Hua Wu Yue walked in and said, "I just saw Ling Sha jump onto the roof and leave. Isn't it said that the palace has many rules? Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Purple Guards?"
Zhou An smiled and said, "Not as much as you think. This girl is just like that. The roads in the palace are winding and she has a lot to do. It's faster to walk on the roof."
"She is really lucky to have a brother like you." Hua Wu Yue sat down with a smile.
"Are they all okay?" Zhou An asked.
"Well, luckily you lived with me in Baihua Tower for many years, so you are familiar with human habits and were not too frightened. This time, thanks to you..."
Before Hua Wu Yue could finish, Zhou An rushed to say, "Why should we be polite? This time I got a total of six Hundred Flower Pills. I ate one and gave the remaining five to the Queen, Zi Yan, Zi Qiong, and Zi Xuan Ling Sha. This Ten Thousand Demons Pill is for you."
"The Ten Thousand Demons Pill! Did you get it in the illusion? You can take it. I just passed the tribulation and my cultivation is not stable yet. It is not suitable for me to take such a strong medicine right away."
Hua Wuyue was surprised. It was extremely difficult to refine the Ten Thousand Demon Pill. It was not easy to collect the blood essence and demon pills of 10,000 demons. Moreover, the demon power was very overbearing. Without a thousand years of cultivation, no one dared to eat it.
"Don't worry, I still have more here. Forget about our Yin-Yang technique." Zhou An walked over with a smile and hugged Hua Wu Yue to go to the bedroom.
Hua Wu Yue blushed, but she didn't delay and followed him. The Yin-Yang technique was amazingly effective and could strengthen the spirit. Moreover, practicing it was so pleasant, and practicing with her husband, she naturally had no reason to refuse.
The two of them practiced all night and each absorbed a Ten Thousand Demons Pill. With the help of the mysterious Yin-Yang technique, they absorbed and transformed the overbearing demonic power. Their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds like a rocket.
Moreover, when Zhou An was practicing dual cultivation, he used the blue liquid in the demon king's body. A green light appeared on his body, and a stream of energy flowed in his meridians. He felt as if his whole body was burning and wriggling.
Because they were in a dual cultivation state, this power was more or less absorbed by Hua Wu Yue, allowing her to gain some benefits as well.
After awakening the body of the demon king and absorbing the Ten Thousand Demons Pill, his cultivation level increased for 500 years, but he was still only in the late third level of the innate realm and had not reached the peak.
Originally, he had prepared himself to overcome the tribulation, but he did not expect that the fusion of the three powers - the demon seed, the demon king's body, and the spiritual demon pupils - would make his body different from that of ordinary people, and each realm could accommodate 500 years of cultivation.
Now his cultivation has reached 1,300 years. Many powerful people have cultivation for more than a thousand years, but those people are almost all above the eighth level of innateness, while Zhou An is only at the third level of innateness.
Most of the cultivators at the seventh level of the innate realm have been practicing for about a thousand years. For example, the Drunken Taoist has only been practicing for 800 years, and that is because his Zhengyi Dao skills are the best in the world.
Hua Wu Yue also made great progress. She had just reached the fourth level of the innate realm, and in just one night she reached the fifth level of the innate realm. Her cultivation had exceeded a thousand years, and her strength was comparable to that of Madam Baihua who had survived the sixth level of heavenly tribulation.
Moreover, the true Qi is stable and there is no problem of being falsely high due to the excessive speed.
Such a mysterious skill made Hua Wu Yue marvel once again, and she was secretly happy that she had met such a good man. Zhou An was her greatest blessing.
Early the next morning, Hua Wu Yue personally helped Zhou An get up and dressed him like a young wife. After they had breakfast together, she went to find the Baihua disciples to prepare for the reconstruction of the Baihua Palace.
Zhou An has already given them the money and the craftsmen. With just one word, a large number of people will line up outside to come in.
Now everyone should be taking drugs and practicing in seclusion. Zhou An also entered the secret room of Qianyang Palace to practice. He gained a lot from this trip, and he needed to calm down and practice the control method of the spiritual demon pupil, the combination of the emperor's swordsmanship and the sword-controlling technique. Only when he has mastered these two, he can be considered to be one of the contemporary immortal masters.
Two days later, more than 500 immortal cultivators suddenly flew over the palace. The first ten flew in the air and hovered in front of the Qianyuan Palace. The others stood on flying swords and surrounded the Qianyuan Palace, looking down from above with cold eyes.
Qianyuan Hall was where all officials held court. At this moment, the empress was sitting on the throne listening to the officials' reports on state affairs.
Suddenly, there was a scolding voice outside, and the sound spread throughout the palace.
"Emperor Qianyuan is licentious and immoral. He secretly keeps a witch, causing chaos in the court and bringing disaster to the world. Why don't you hand over the witch as soon as possible?"
All the officials were shocked when they heard this. Right Prime Minister Shangguan Yu looked at the Queen with a puzzled look.
Shangguan Rong frowned and whispered to the purple-robed guard beside her, "Go inform Lady Baihua."
She stood up and walked out of the hall, and all the officials immediately followed her out.
When they arrived at the door, they were surprised to see monks walking on swords all over the sky.
It was hard to even see these people in the past, but now there are so many of them.
Shangguan Rong raised her head to the sky and said, "The Imperial Palace is where the Emperor handles state affairs. Are you immortals here to meddle in state affairs instead of cultivating immortals and discussing Taoism in your own mountains?"
"It is not our turn to intervene in state affairs, but the emperor's concubine is a flower spirit. Human-demon love is against the will of heaven, so we cultivators have to intervene."
"It has long been rumored that the emperor is licentious and immoral. Originally, we have no right to control how many concubines he has, but he dared to associate with the monster and do such a thing that goes against human ethics. Heaven and man are outraged. If the monster is not handed over, even if we have to bear the consequences today, we will punish this tyrant and kill this monster."
Many officials were furious when they heard this. A mere man from the countryside could actually give orders to the dynasty. The imperial concubine could kill people at will and punish the emperor. This was a great insult to the imperial power.
However, most officials are still afraid of immortal cultivators. After all, the other party possesses higher-level power. It can be said that the power of life and death is in their hands. Even if they are angry, they dare not say anything and even have to greet them with a smile.
The queen was furious: "You are just cultivators, how dare you overstep your authority to manage the affairs of the court? You are so audacious! Leave immediately. Otherwise, even if you know you cannot win, you will surely march to the gates of the city. If you dare, you cultivators will slaughter all the millions of Qianyuan soldiers. I will see how you will deal with your inner demons then."
"You are so outrageous, you are a rampant witch. If I don't teach you a lesson today, you don't know what heaven is."
Several cultivators in the sky were staring with anger. In the past, no matter how high the official was, he would wag his tail and beg for mercy when he saw them, and tried his best to please them. Even the emperor in the past would show great respect when he saw them, treating them as equals, without any royal dignity.
At the command of the monks in front, the disciples behind released a sky full of flying swords.
The long spears of the guards below were easily cut off by these flying swords. Many soldiers were injured by the flying swords and cried out in pain.
The royal archers began to draw their bows, and the ascetics above made hand gestures, causing a strong wind to blow, forming a whirlwind that swept over.
The shot arrows were directly swept away by the whirlwind and then swept into the archers' camp. The wind carried the arrows and hit the guards. They all fell to the ground wailing. They couldn't even stand steadily, let alone dodge. They could only let the flying arrows scratch themselves, and some unlucky ones were even pierced into the body.
The imperial guards quickly surrounded all the officials and the queen, protecting them as they retreated into the Qianyuan Hall.
At this time, a huge net fell from the sky. It grew with the wind and caught the guards, the queen, and all the officials, squeezing them into a ball.
Under this kind of tactics, all martial arts are useless and there is no chance to display them at all.
Seeing how he could take down all the officials and guards in the palace with just a few gestures, the monks above all showed a smug look and looked at the people below as ants.
All the officials were helpless, but they did not dare to beg for mercy at this time. Only the Queen was qualified to speak. They all looked at the Queen, and at the same time felt resentment towards the Emperor in their hearts, thinking that he was a good tyrant and did such a suicidal thing.
If the existence of Emperor Taizu had not been spread, the court would have been in chaos long ago. How could the tyrant be so unscrupulous as to hide a demon in the palace?
(End of this chapter)
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