Chapter 6 Founding Emperor
He knew about the Vast Universe Art, which was the Qianyuan Empire's national treasure. Only the royal family could practice it. Zhou An also practiced the first two levels when he was young.
It’s a pity that after the death of the previous emperor, the empress dowager did not give him the third level of the mental method, and also explicitly ordered the emperor to forbid practicing martial arts.
In the Qianyuan Empire, all martial arts are divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. This vast Qiankun Jue belongs to the Earth-level martial arts, which is already extremely rare.
People in the martial arts world have heard of heavenly-level martial arts, but no one has ever heard of anyone learning it. However, I don't know whether those demons and immortals practice heavenly-level martial arts.
The vast Qiankun Jue is divided into nine levels, and only the emperor can practice all of them.
However, at present, only seven levels of the Qiankun Jue mantra are left, and the ninth level disappeared along with the founding emperor.
The whereabouts of the eighth level secret formula disappeared due to the sudden death of the previous emperor. Many people speculated that it might have been hidden by the empress dowager, but there was no evidence and no one was investigating.
In the royal family, in order not to delay the future emperor from learning the vast universe art, a rule was set that all princes began practicing at the age of six, but they could only practice the first three levels.
Only the crown prince can practice the fourth level of the mental method. From the fifth chapter onwards, only the emperor is qualified to practice.
What Zhou An got when he signed in was the complete Haohan Qiankun Jue.
"Could this be the founding emperor of the Qianyuan Empire, Emperor Qianyuan the Great?" Zhou An was surprised and found the Qianlong Sword next to him. It was the sword worn by the founding emperor and accompanied him in conquering the Qianyuan Empire.
But at this moment the sword has been cut off, and the cut is still smooth.
"According to historical records, Emperor Qianyuan was a post-natal tenth-level strong man. It turns out that he died tragically here. No wonder no one can find him afterward. But who killed him?" Zhou An muttered, trying to find clues to Emperor Qianyuan's death.
Unfortunately, nothing was left except traces of battle. However, a string of small words was seen next to the corpse, which were carved with the broken Qianlong Sword.
"The Vast Universe Art is only an earth-level mental method. Even if you practice it to the extreme, you can only reach the tenth level of the acquired realm. This emperor has collected various fragments of heaven-level mental methods. From these fragments, I know that only heaven-level mental methods can allow people to reach the innate realm.
It is hateful that those practitioners call themselves immortal heroes, slaying demons and upholding justice, but they keep these practice methods tightly under control and never pass them on to others. They consider themselves outsiders and are not subject to the restrictions of national laws.
Unable to break through the innate state, one will always be just a mortal. Even if he is an emperor, he is still a mortal in the eyes of immortals, and his life and death will follow.
The battle between immortals and demons, controlling the power of heaven and earth, triggered natural disasters, and all the lives were destroyed. The people of Dawn suffered. It was hateful that these immortals did not care about the lives of the people and only knew how to kill demons and monsters. It was hateful, pathetic, and ridiculous..."
The words at the end are no longer legible, and it is clear that Emperor Qianyuan no longer had the strength to carve the words and died before he could finish writing.
Seeing Zhou An sigh, he also wondered who killed Emperor Qianyuan. Why did Emperor Qianyuan have the time to carve so many words but never mentioned who killed him?
Unfortunately, he knows too little about the outside world now, and he knows even less about what happened two hundred years ago.
In fact, he was the ancestor of his body. He took out a large box from the system space, took out the gold inside, put the corpse of Emperor Qianyuan in it, and the broken Qianlong Sword.
"Emperor Qianyuan, I can only temporarily place you like this. I am also restricted. When I regain my freedom, I will move you to the imperial mausoleum."
Zhou An bowed three times to the corpse of Emperor Qianyuan, then closed the lid and placed it in the corner of the secret room.
After that, he sat on the cushion in the middle and took out the book "Haohan Qiankun Jue". With a thought, this martial art turned into golden light and entered his mind, and he practiced this set of mental skills in his mind.
After quickly mastering it, he mobilized the internal energy in his body and began to practice.
He mastered the first two levels in just one practice. After all, he had already learned the main body and he was just reviewing it.
The real practice started from the third level. However, with his profound internal strength and the foundation laid by the Guyuan Pill, the third level came naturally and was completed quickly, which greatly increased his internal strength. It is estimated that he had at least 70 years of internal strength.
In just one hour, he cultivated the Haohan Qiankun Jue to the sixth level and mastered the Qiankun Gangqi, a means of defense and attack that was his only offensive skill at present, which made him secretly happy.
Starting from the seventh level, it becomes much slower and cannot be completed in a short time. Stop practicing temporarily, pick up a mask and go out from another stone door to continue exploring. Maybe there will be some surprising discoveries.
This mask was found when Emperor Qianyuan was sorting out his clothes. History says that Emperor Qianyuan would always wear a mask when he went to the battlefield, and this should be the hideous black mask in his hand.
Going out from here is the Taoist temple next to the back garden, where the old empress dowager once lived. After the old empress dowager passed away, this place has been empty ever since.
This place is connected to the secret room of Emperor Qianyuan. He feels that there must be a secret in it. He suspects that the former empress dowager may know that the founding emperor died here, but why didn't she say it makes him wonder.
After investigation, it was found that this was just an ordinary Taoist temple. There was nothing here except a secret passage.
But at least he was now free from the surveillance of the Purple Guards. He took off his imperial robe, found an old Taoist robe in the Taoist temple, shook off the dust and put it on, then put on the mask and jumped towards the East Palace.
Although she had never learned any martial arts, her jumping and running speed was still amazing with the increase of her internal strength. Plus, the East Palace was now sparsely populated with only the Tenth Princess left, and naturally there were fewer palace maids. The Queen Mother only left two purple-robed guards to look after the Tenth Princess, and other places were empty.
Zhou An took this opportunity to sign in to all the palaces of the East Palace under the cover of night, and once again collected a bunch of strange things, including various things that the princes used to play with, some embarrassing items, and of course priceless rare treasures.
After nearly an hour of jumping and running, I signed in to all the palaces in the East Palace. Finally, I received a system prompt, completing the sign-in for the entire East Palace. All the maps were lit up, and I was rewarded with a copy of the Emperor's Sword Technique.
He couldn't wait to use it, and the image of himself dancing with the sword appeared in his mind, cooperating with the Heavenly Sword to unleash earth-shattering power.
Each move of the Emperor's Sword Technique possesses earth-shaking power and unparalleled momentum. The last move even gathers the endless spiritual energy of the universe, all of which is contained in the Heavenly Sword.
However, if this sword technique is performed with other swords, its power can only be 30% at most, or even lower.
I know too little about other martial arts now, so I don’t know if Emperor’s Swordsmanship can be considered a heavenly-level martial art, but it’s at least much stronger than the Vast Universe Art.
Afterwards, he returned to the underground secret room overnight to practice the Emperor's Nine Sword Techniques. Although he could learn it directly, using it proficiently was another matter.
Just after leaving the East Palace, I heard a lot of noise coming from the West Palace. Standing on the roof, I saw from afar that the Purple Guards were capturing a group of people.
Because it was night and the distance was far, he couldn't see clearly who was captured. He didn't learn martial arts and didn't dare to get close to take a look. From his memory, the Purple Guards were invincible. The original owner of this body was full of fear of the Purple Guards, so Zhou An didn't dare to act rashly and returned to the underground palace.
After that, he spent his days eating, drinking and having fun with Sai Naimu and other beautiful women from the Western Regions, enjoying every opportunity to have sex with them. He also learned from them about what was happening outside the imperial city, especially things related to combat effectiveness, which gave him a new understanding of warriors.
The average strength of the Purple Guards is around the fifth level of the acquired realm, and several commanders are estimated to be above the seventh level.
Most of the heroes in the martial arts world are between the third and seventh levels of the acquired realm. Those who can reach the fifth level are considered masters. Most of the top masters of the martial arts sects are at the seventh level of the acquired realm, and the most powerful are at the eighth level.
If calculated by internal force, a Jiazi of internal force is about the same as the eighth level of the acquired realm. However, realm is not equal to combat power, which is mainly determined by martial arts and equipment, so the difference is not very big, and it is difficult to say whether the combat power is high or low.
Not to mention some other means in the martial arts world, such as witchcraft, poison, talismans, etc., which cannot be judged by realm at all.
Knowing this made Zhou An feel more at ease. He felt that with his current internal strength, he had no problem protecting himself. However, with so many Purple Guards, he would not be so arrogant as to kill the Queen Mother.
Wouldn't it be better for him to hide in the harem and slowly sign in, enjoying the beauties sent by outsiders? Instead, he had to waste time fighting with others and managing state affairs that he didn't understand at all.
For him, as long as his safety is not threatened, this place is his paradise.
At night he hid in the underground palace to practice the Haohan Qiankun Palace and Emperor's Sword Technique. With these two martial arts, his combat effectiveness would definitely be greatly enhanced. As for actual combat, he would consider it later.
(End of this chapter)
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