In the Lesser Heavens, at the Ministry of Rites Yamen, Chen Shi, Yang Bi, and Zhong Wuwang walked side by side. The most popular place in the Ministry of Rites was the scripture repository, which was filled with rune masters studying Daoist magic. Some of these rune masters possessed very high cultivation bases, while others had yet to form a Golden Core, yet they were already clutching cultivation manuals like the Ten Books of Cultivation to study them.
"Where did Red Mountain Hall get so many experts?" Zhong Wuwang asked, puzzled.
"They were brought over from loose practitioner organizations by my grandpa and my four disciples," Chen Shi said.
"My grandpa is the founding patriarch of both the northern and southern factions of talismans, and my four disciples hold extremely high positions among loose practitioner organizations with disciples all over the world. With a single command, many loose practitioners came to join us."
Zhong Wuwang said, "You're preparing to launch a military campaign against the Twelve Noble Families."
Chen Shi looked at the people studying hard, nodded gently, and said, "Back then, my grandpa Chen Yindu served as an official in the imperial court, rising to Vice Minister of Rites. That was already the absolute limit of what someone without a background could achieve. He compiled the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Art and the Compendium of Talismans in an attempt to bring Daoist magic down to the countryside, placing it into the hands of children from impoverished families so that everyone could maximize their intelligence and talent. But it didn't work."
With murderous intent on his face, he said, "The Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Art is merely a Foundation Establishment method, capable of cultivating only up to the Shrine Realm and the Divine Embryo Realm. Beyond the Heavenly Heart Righteous