Sitting in the driver's seat, Xue Mingzhi steered the car slowly out of the old city, his mind still in a trance.

He couldn't imagine that the big sun falling from the sky was actually the ancient bronze sword that Shen Yuan carried with him.

The sword, which looked rusty, could actually display such terrifying power. At that moment, Xue Mingzhi, who was at the peak of Qi transformation, felt like a fragile ant. The aftermath of the sun's power alone was enough to burn him to death.

The shock brought by this scene completely shocked Xue Mingzhi's mind, so much so that he has not yet recovered from the shocking scene.

"If the residual power alone is so intimidating, how magnificent must the sun that descended thousands of miles away from the Yunfu Mountains be?"

Thinking of this, Xue Mingzhi became excited again.

"Be still."

Plain words came from the back seat of the car. Xue Mingzhi was slightly startled, then he immediately calmed down and began to concentrate on driving.

In the back seat of the car, Gong Buyu held Bai Xue in his arms, gently scratching her chin and teasing his "senior sister".

Although Gong Buyu has recovered her spiritual wisdom, the influence of the ancient mysterious ice cannot be eliminated in a short time. The only people who can really make her feel close to her are Senior Sister Kitty and Master Shen Yuan.

As for Shen Yuan, his eyes were slightly closed. He had taken off the Huiming sword from his waist and placed it on his legs.

The scene of the sun descending in the secret courtyard was actually Shen Yuan’s attempt to use his soul to control the sword after he achieved the Yin God.

Although it was just a preliminary attempt, Shen Yuan could clearly feel the difference between the fake soul and the Yin soul in using the soul-controlling sword method.

After all, the fake soul is just a gathering of external forces. Apart from being a little awkward in its operation and driving, it is difficult for the fake soul to infuse its power with the soul's sword-controlling method. All it can use is the speed of swordsmanship.

Destroy enemies at a speed beyond the limit, and be able to cut through anything and break through anything.

This attack is powerful, but not invincible.

When the enemy possesses a defense that exceeds that of its peers, or has the ability to transfer damage like the True Dragon's body in Turbid Water, the fake soul's method of controlling the sword will be restricted, making it difficult to exert a powerful effect.

And when Shen Yuan used his Yin Spirit to control the sword, he began to understand the true meaning of the method of controlling the sword with the Yuan Spirit.

Controlling the sword with his divine power, every inch of the flying sword was as easy as using one's own arm, without any sense of awkwardness, as if the flying sword was a part of his own body.

Once you have perfectly mastered the flying sword, you will then be able to engage in swordplay with momentum.

In essence, the unity of sword and qi is the pinnacle of sword power. The soul controls the sword and integrates the qi of heaven and earth, using the power of heaven and earth to exert a powerful force that transcends the mundane boundaries.

All living beings obey under the power of heaven and earth!

Sword momentum is the basis of the unity of sword and qi, and is also the next direction that Shen Yuan's Disha swordsmanship will take.

"The Earthly Evil Sword Technique is indeed the most powerful killing technique among the Earthly Evil magical powers. It is indeed mysterious and extraordinary."

Shen Yuan lightly brushed the Zhulong inscription on the hilt of Huiming Sword with his index finger, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Shen Yuan originally thought that he had been promoted to a Yin God, holding the Qi of heaven and earth, Zhu Ming Chengye, and with the experience of burning out the true flame of the sun to slash out with the sword, he would be able to easily achieve the unity of sword and Qi.

But in fact, the difficulty of combining sword and qi is much higher than Shen Yuan imagined.

"Strictly speaking, the sword that was slashed out by burning the true flame of the sun was just a trick. It is not difficult to fully integrate Zhu Ming Chengye and perform the true unity of sword and qi.

What's more, Zhu Ming Chengye is a middle-level Qi of heaven and earth. His status is not low among many Qi of heaven and earth, and he also contains a hint of the concept of time. It is not easy to fully understand it.

Of course, it is difficult to perform the complete sword-qi fusion, but it is still easy to imitate the sword that was slashed out by the true flame of the sun and use part of the power of the sun. "

What Shen Yuan was talking about was naturally the sword that descended on the last great day in the secret courtyard realm.

Naturally, the power of that sword could not be compared with the power that caused strange phenomena in the heaven and earth in the Yunfu Mountains, destroyed the Blood Sea Ring and killed the old demon Kuang, but it still had enough power to deal with one or two great monks who had reached the state of incarnation.

As he spoke, a faint light flashed in the eyes of the Candle Dragon inscription on the Huiming Sword that Shen Yuan's fingertips brushed over, as if a sleeping Candle Dragon was about to wake up.

This was the unexpected gain that Huiming Sword brought to Zhu Ming Chengye during the past month.

Under the baptism of the Qi of heaven and earth, the mottled rust on the Zhulong Immortal Sword fell off again, and the grade of the Zhulong Immortal Sword also reached the level of a top-grade magic weapon.

Stepping into Lingbao and giving birth to spirituality is just the final step.

For Shen Yuan, the gains from achieving Yin God and advancing to the early stage of Qi training are indeed considerable, and the increase in strength is enough to allow Shen Yuan to run rampant in the world.

This is also the important reason why Shen Yuan has the confidence to go to the Dao Discussion Conference and use this sect conference to complete the main task.

"As long as the old monsters in the blessed land don't appear, and there are no lingering immortals like Old Devil Kuang and Prince Jidu, there will be no problem."

Shen Yuan was thinking this, but suddenly something came to his mind.

The first time he went out, he ran into the Ghost Market and the Prince of Jidu's plan for Dongting Lake.

The second trip involved Kuang Tianjie, the leader of the Xuehe Yuantu Dao, who was targeted by the Lord of Yunfu Mountain, who was a righteous god in heaven.

Every trip seems to involve a lot of things.

“Although this is also related to my intentional desire to get in touch with those ancient legends and use them to trigger hidden achievements.

But these troubles seem to be too many. This time I am just participating in a sect competition. It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?"

Shen Yuan, who had been calm at first, suddenly began to have doubts in his heart.

With some confusion in his mind, Shen Yuan said to Xue Mingzhi who was driving the car in front:

"Why is this conference being held in Cangzhou?"

As far as Shen Yuan knew, there were not many famous mountains and rivers in Cangzhou, and the sects were weak. Instead, there were powerful clans that had lasted for thousands of years.

This conference was said to be a discussion of Taoism, but in essence it was the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's attempt to divide the pie among the entire sect world.

Such a grand event would be a good choice whether it is held in the Imperial Capital or Demonic Capital where the Imperial Observatory has the strongest power, or in Yangzhou and Muzhou where many sects gather.

Only Cangzhou has nothing. Apart from the title of one of the three states in the southern region, it has nothing left.

As soon as Xue Mingzhi heard Shen Yuan asking about these things, he immediately smiled.

What he wanted most was to be able to show his value in front of Shen Yuan, so he immediately said:

"Sir, you seldom come into contact with the outside world, so it is normal that you don't know about these things.

As the speed of the return of the spiritual energy tide gradually increases, information about the demon race and practitioners in the entire Daxia has almost become an open secret.

Large and small forums and bulletin boards for practitioners have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and information about practitioners can be said to be the hottest topic at the moment. "

"There are even telecom fraud gangs that are trying to lure people to Myanmar under the guise of recruiting disciples to cultivate immortality, imprisoning them to sell their organs, or forcing them to join the fraud gang. It was not until more than half a month ago that a group of fraudsters lured a group of people to Myanmar and were about to start their attack that they discovered that there was actually a Qi-transforming realm cultivator who had awakened on his own.

This Qi Transformation Realm practitioner single-handedly overturned the entire fraud park. After many victims escaped, the news was exposed on the Internet, which caused a lot of heated discussion. Even the imperial court could not suppress the public opinion.

In this situation, holding a discussion conference is not only intended to extend their reach to the sect world, but also to use the influence of the discussion conference to show the power of the court and to deter those who have ulterior motives outside the court. "

Having said that, Xue Mingzhi's expression straightened slightly and his voice became a little more serious.

“The people the imperial court wants to intimidate the most are actually ethnic groups other than humans.

The demon tribe lives deep in the mountains, and except for a small-scale riot among the Yunfu demons some time ago, most other tribes have remained peaceful for the time being. After all, the demon tribe is well aware that humans are in control of the situation now, and they are not qualified to compete with humans for the time being.

Cangzhou is covered with water bodies, and the main trunk of the Jishui River runs across Cangzhou. It has been the private land of the Jidu Dragon Palace since ancient times.

During these days, as the Sun family held the Jidu Dragon Palace's decree to command the Jidu water creatures, the water creatures in the entire Cangzhou became more and more rampant.

The imperial court wants to use this discussion meeting to warn the Cangzhou water tribe who is the real ruler of Daxia. "

Shen Yuan was quite surprised. On the surface, it seemed to be just a competition between different sects, but it actually involved so many inside stories.

The planning methods of the Great Xia court are also very clever. At least from the current perspective, this ancient dynasty that has lasted for three thousand years is still able to suppress the situation.

His eyes swept across the road the car had passed. Wencheng was still quite a distance away from Cangzhou. During this time, Shen Yuan closed his eyes and re-entered the contemplation of the unity of sword and qi.

In the imperial capital, in the Golden Palace, the ministers were still arguing over the specific matters of the conference.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory held a conference to discuss Taoism, and it involved more than just the interests of the sects.

This is the first conference to be held. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be many more conferences to come.

As long as one can legitimately participate in this first conference, one will be able to gain endless fame in the future. Even if one becomes one of the organizers of the conference, it will bring unimaginable huge benefits.

All the powerful people and major families tried to participate in this conference to gain benefits, and they even spent a lot of money to do so.

All the resources and connections needed to hold the conference in Cangzhou became bargaining chips for these powerful people to make their bids.

Emperor Xia sat upright on the dragon throne, watching everything calmly.

The director of the Imperial Observatory also rarely left the Langhuan blessed land and appeared in the court, but he did not participate in the division of interests.

The Imperial Observatory has already taken away the biggest benefit. If it rashly intervenes in these small interests, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction from all parties. It is better to let it go and let these powerful people fight for it themselves.

Finally, the noisy voices of the ministers subsided a little, and all the discussions seemed to have an answer.

All the ministers showed satisfied smiles on their faces, and everything was said through their gazes.

"Regarding the resolution of the Dao Conference, do you have anything else to say?"

Emperor Xia's old voice came from behind the bead curtain, with a sense of fatigue that could not be concealed.

All the ministers bowed their heads and clasped their hands without any response.

On the steps, the eunuch Cao Chun was preparing to announce the adjournment of court.

At this moment, a nobleman in a red and purple robe stepped out from the crowd, speaking in a majestic and deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report!"

The ministers looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was Yan Xu, one of the Nine Ministers.

Taichang was an official in charge of the imperial court's ancestral temple rituals and was responsible for offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven, earth, and human beings.

Before the return of the spiritual energy tide, the position of Taichang had almost become a gilded empty position with almost no real power.

However, with the return of the spiritual energy tide, the underworld rituals and the city gods also showed signs of returning to their positions, and Taichang once again returned to his position as the head of the Nine Ministers.

Even if the underworld returns to the world of the city gods in the future, Taichang, who is in charge of offering sacrifices to the gods of heaven, earth, humans, ghosts and spirits, is expected to become a big figure who can influence the situation of Daxia independently of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers.

The entire court was trying hard to win over Yan Xu, the Minister of Rites.

Behind the pearl curtain, Emperor Xia looked at Yan Xu deeply, with a hint of displeasure in his expression.

He appointed Yan Xu, an old-fashioned man, as the Minister of Rites, the chief of the Nine Ministers, because he valued Yan Xu's lack of connections with other powerful families and would not be biased towards any one side.

Today, since the Dao Discussion Conference was involved, Yan Taichang must have some ulterior motive by taking the initiative to step forward, which naturally made Emperor Xia unhappy.

But although the Humane Dynasty was controlled by the emperor, he could not dismiss ministers at will. Moreover, Yan Xu was one of the Nine Ministers, and any rash contact would shake the fortune of the Humane Dynasty.

Even though Emperor Xia was displeased, he could only hold his temper and speak in a deep voice:

"What is it?"

Yan Xu did not speak directly, but took out two prepared memorials from his sleeve and presented them to Emperor Xia through the eunuch in charge of ceremonies, and then spoke loudly:

"During this period, Qingzhou has experienced heavy rain for thousands of miles, causing a 300-mile flood to rush into Dongting Lake and cause disaster.

The mountains in Yunzhou also trembled, and a group of monsters appeared in Yunfu and confronted our Yunzhou Zhennan Army.

I am in charge of the Observatory. A few months ago, I observed that the stars in the southern region were shaking, and the star Mars appeared and disappeared from time to time. This is a sign that Mars is guarding the heart! "

The calm and composed Imperial Astronomical Observatory suddenly opened his eyes, and a divine light seemed to burst out from his sharp eyes. He shouted in a deep voice:

"Shut up!"

"As the Grand Master of Ceremonies, how can you speak nonsense about such celestial phenomena?"

Yan Taichang was not afraid of the Imperial Observatory. He bowed to Emperor Xia on the dragon throne and said loudly:

“I, an old minister, have deduced that this sign of Mars guarding the heart is related to the Southern Region. As one of the three states in the Southern Region, Cangzhou will definitely not be able to escape the disaster.

This conference was hosted by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, and representatives from all the major caves and blessed places were present, which was a sign that the fortunes of our human race were gathering.

We can dispatch the Fifth Prince to take charge of Cangzhou with the Dragon Qi of Human Dao. With the help of the power of the Dao Discussion Conference, we will surely be able to sweep away the evil spirits in the Southern Region and eliminate the Mars that is wreaking havoc on the three states in the Southern Region!"

"What a courage!"

"Asshole!"

Furious voices came from Emperor Xia and the director of the Imperial Observatory at the same time.