"Then Master, can I practice divine-level techniques?"
Xu Jiujun shook his head and said, "I gave you the godhood of Ju Mang back then. His magic is still first-rate in the divine world."
"You want the Heavenly Book Pavilion's skills, which is a bit putting the cart before the horse."
"Master, you said you would take me to the Heavenly Book Pavilion, so what secret book can I get?" Li Lingshuang didn't understand what Xu Jiujun meant.
"Martial arts are useless, but immortal arts are useful." As the two were talking, a man came towards them.
Xu Jiujun noticed something and looked up. It turned out to be the old palace master Chen Li.
"Poet Emperor, you really made it hard for me to find you." Chen Li held Xu Jiujun's hand, and his smiling face made Xu Jiujun quickly pull his hand back.
"Palace Master, is there anything wrong?" Xu Jiujun asked vigilantly.
Because every time this old guy comes looking for me, it's always something bad.
"It's like this. I heard you were back, so I went to Jiutian Mountain to look for you, but you weren't there. I heard from your disciple that you went out with the Yunmeng Immortal Lord, so I went to Yunmeng Mountain to look for you again..."
"Stop, Palace Master, just say what you want to say. How come you become more talkative after your cultivation has improved?" Xu Jiujun could tell at a glance that Chen Li's cultivation was at the Immortal Venerable Realm, only one step away from the Immortal Emperor.
What on earth has happened in these eighteen years? How come everyone has made such rapid progress?
If I had this level of cultivation eighteen years ago, all the people from the Demon Realm would be useless and I wouldn't have to take action at all.
"Well, this is what happened." Chen Li coughed, then said, "Do you know the origin of our Nine Emperors Palace?"
Xu Jiujun thought for a moment and replied, "I've heard a little bit."
"It is said that it was founded by the nine ancestors who ascended from the lower realm to the spiritual realm and reached the realm of the Immortal Emperor."
"That's right, but the nine ancestors are no longer in the spiritual world." Chen Li slowly explained his purpose: "When the Nine Emperors Palace was first established, the nine ancestors said that the Nine Emperors Palace would have separate temples, nine emperors, the palace master, thirty-six immortal masters, and seventy-two divine masters."
"Among them, the Palace Master, the Immortal Master, and the God Master are in the open, while the Temple and the Nine Emperors are in the dark."
"The people in the temple are all above the Immortal Emperor realm, or are seniors who are only half a step away from the Divine Realm. Most of them retired from the Nine Emperors and focused on breaking through to the Divine Realm."
"The Nine Emperors are elected from the Nine Emperors Palace. They cannot retreat into seclusion and can only stay in the Nine Emperors Palace to protect it."
“Once someone in the Nine Emperors Palace breaks through to the Immortal Emperor realm, then everyone in the Nine Emperors Palace can choose to retreat to the temple and break through in seclusion.”
"If the new emperor does not want to be one of the Nine Emperors and only wants to concentrate on seclusion, then he can choose to compete with one of the Nine Emperors who wants to retire."
"The loser becomes the Ninth Emperor, the winner retires from the temple."
Seeing that Chen Li had said it so clearly, Xu Jiujun said, "Where is the token?"
"What token?" Chen Li was stunned when he heard that.
"The Ninth Emperor's token." Xu Jiujun looked at him in confusion. Didn't the Ninth Emperor have a token?
"You agree now? No need for a competition or anything?" Chen Li confirmed with Xu Jiujun, and when he saw Xu Jiujun nod, he was no longer able to do it.
In the past, there would always be a competition when the new emperor took over from the old one, but I didn’t expect that Xu Jiujun would agree directly.
"The Nine Emperors' Order is not with me..." Chen Li said awkwardly.
"..." Xu Jiujun ignored him and walked away with Li Lingshuang, saying as he walked, "Shuang'er, recognize his face. He is the Palace Master of the Nine Emperors Palace. He is very stingy and has a lot of problems. From now on, if you see him coming to see your master, just say that your master is not here."
"Oh, by the way, don't go if he asks you for help. It's bound to be bad!"
"Master, will our Jiutian Mountain be targeted if we do this?" Li Lingshuang said with a confused look on her face.
"Who dares to target our Jiutian Mountain?" Xu Jiujun glanced at Chen Li and said, "Go and ask him if he can beat me."
"......" Chen Li's mouth twitched a few times, and then he flew away.
This is too much of a bully. You don't even give me any face...
"Master, the Palace Master ran away." Li Lingshuang took back the foot that had just taken a step forward.
"If he doesn't run away, I'll have to criticize him again." Xu Jiujun snorted twice. Li Lingshuang's face was full of curiosity: "Master, you seem to hate Palace Master Chen?"
"It's not that he hates me, it's just that he's too stingy." Xu Jiujun said, "He treats people kindly."
“Be humble.”
"As long as you don't ask him for money or resources, he'll be willing to talk to you about anything."
"For example, when my Jiutian Palace needed repairs, I asked him to contribute some spirit stones and manpower. I still remember his stingy expression."
"It feels like if you ask him for money or people again, he'll dig out a brand new Nine Heavens Palace for you with his feet."
"In one sentence, I have no money, no people, but I have a life and I don't want love."
"This is too stingy..." Li Lingshuang couldn't help but say.
"He has made tremendous contributions to the Nine Emperors Palace and is the most loyal to it. Even if you said that the Nine Patriarchs had returned from the Divine Realm to destroy the Nine Emperors Palace, there would still be people who would believe you."
"But if you say Chen Li wants to rebel against the Nine Emperors Palace, others will think you are a fool."
"So, I was just teasing him and making fun of him. In my heart, I still have great respect for this loyal senior."
Li Lingshuang continued, "Then Master, why is he so stingy?"
"Well, this matter is both simple and complicated." Xu Jiujun thought for a moment and replied, "To put it simply, when Palace Master Chen was young, his family was poor. He calculated everything he bought and sold, fearing he would make a mistake."
"After I joined the Nine Emperors Palace, I was ripped off while out purchasing. They charged me a thousand for something that cost a hundred. Because the Palace Master was new, he didn't know the ins and outs of the business, like kickbacks and such, so he was ripped off for nothing."
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