The Boundless Juzi, Divine Talisman-A Successful Bride-Kidnapping!

"Princess, we have entered the territory of Pinghai Province."

"We will cross the Canglan River in Heavenly Timing."

Outside the screen on the royal ceremonial boat, Liu Wanliang spoke softly.

Behind the screen, Ji Anlan, dressed in exquisite attire, knelt on the table, her body motionless.

Liu Wanliang continued his report in a low voice, "The wedding procession from the Blazing Light Royal Court has arrived at the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture and is waiting. The journey has been Taiping Granary..."

At this point, Liu Wanliang felt a pang of guilt.

The journey Taiping Granary, which was too cruel for Princess Youruo.

However, Princess Youruo replied calmly, "I understand. You may leave."

Liu Wanliang opened his mouth, as if he had a thousand words to say, but in the end he only cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

The other end of the screen.

Ji Anlan was kneeling in a daze, her whole body sparkling.

Besides the luxurious clothes and precious jewelry she wore, a small, golden dragon-shaped phantom floated above her head.

The dragon emitted Golden Light, enveloping her entire body. The dragon's true form was an imperial edict, an edict that only Ji Anlan could see.

Princess Youruo couldn't help but recall the scene that occurred in the palace after the second resolution.

That was the last time she saw her father before leaving the palace.

Ji Mingjing wore only a light blue long robe and a wooden hairpin in his hair, which can be described as very simple.

Just as she had today, she knelt before the table, watching her father walk into the sealed hall.

That was the first time she had seen her father clearly, and it was the closest to the image of her father in her memory, rather than the emperor.

He knelt down opposite her, and the father and daughter looked at each other, as if they both had a lot to say, but remained silent for a long time.

"Anlan, how about we make a bet?" Ji Mingjing spoke first.

"Father, please speak," Ji Anlan said softly.

"You will leave the palace to participate in the sacrificial ceremony according to the established procedures. I will find a way to let Liu Tianning know about this."

"If he finds out and can bring you back before the Southern Barbarian Royal Court's envoys arrive, I will give you a chance."

"If he doesn't come, it proves that he has chosen a career in government and wants to realize his own ambitions, and that you are not that important to him."

Ji Mingjing stared quietly at his daughter:

"If that's the case, then don't blame Great Zhou. Focus on buying time for your brother to complete his mission."

Princess Youruo also stared at her father:

"The daughter is willing to take a gamble with her father."

Recalling that conversation, Ji Anlan was filled with anticipation.

She believed that her beloved would come to save her.

Even though there were only Heavenly Timing left before they left the Great Zhou territory, she believed that as long as Liu Tianning learned of this news,

He will surely understand her feelings and rush over regardless of everything.

Liu Tianning was indeed heading towards the Canglan River. As the Prince of Taihe County, he had the Golden Dragon Warship and the Ten Thousand Laws Hall mobilized, so no one stopped him. Zhao Xing's Martial Yao Warship followed closely behind.

If he could see the final conversation between Emperor Jing and Princess Youruo, he would probably understand how the "old witch" was made.

They would also understand why, after Princess Youruo returned to her country in her previous life, she only hated Liu Tianning to the bone, but did not hate the Great Zhou. Instead, she brought Wu Emperor a lot of confidential information for his campaign against the barbarians.

At this moment, Old Master Zhao was on Martial Yao Warship, finalizing his plan to Bride Snatching.

"First, we must wait for the wedding procession of the Great Zhou to leave, and for Princess Youruo to leave the territory of the Great Zhou."

"In this way, at least it's not a violation of Old Jing's orders within the territory."

"If we can snatch Ji Anlan from the hands of the many powerful figures in the Southern Barbarians, it can be said that the Southern Barbarian Royal Court is completely unable to protect the princess, or that they don't care about the princess's safety at all—in short, we should leave some room for the great Confucian scholar to debate the classics."

"Secondly, we must rob it openly and honestly, not sneakily. Also, only Old Liu and I can go. Ji Che can only be a spectator. We absolutely cannot add any more people," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As for what to do after the looting is over? There are plenty of excuses to cover it up.

"In ancient times, the Red Emperor had a daughter named Jisu, who was kind-hearted and deeply loved by the people. She fell in love with a cultivator named Red Pine."

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"However, the Red Emperor was bewitched by the Imperial Advisor and wanted to marry his daughter to the Land of Chongwu."

"Red Pine's ancestor led men to abduct the Red Emperor's daughter and take her back to his tribe overnight."

"From then Jisu lived with Red Pine in a place called Plain City, and taught the local villagers how to grow the 'five grains', and was deeply loved by everyone."

"After that, the villagers of Plain City held a sacrificial ceremony every year to thank the Red Emperor and Jisu for bringing..."

"Bumper Harvest."

Liu Tianning was stunned. "How come I didn't know that the Shangluo Academy had such a historical legend? And that the magic of Bumper Harvest has such a story?"

"I've never heard of that either, buddy. Are you making this up?"

Ji Che listened with great interest. "Red Pine, isn't that Dean Liu? Then the Crimson Emperor and the Crimson Emperor's Daughter must be His Majesty and the Princess."

"But wasn't our ancestor a bit too much? And, elder brother, I'm not even in this picture."

Zhao Xing laughed and said, "History is vast; you can explore and discover more."

That's right! How history is written is up to us in the future, isn't it? Ji Che suddenly felt his mind was opened up.

My elder brother is truly a talented man!

Liu Tianning couldn't help but laugh when the two of them interrupted him; he hadn't thought that much about it at all.

He just wanted to rob, and then leave it to fate. How to give His Majesty a plausible explanation was not something he should be concerned with.

Are all those Ritual Cultivator people just sitting around doing nothing?

Zhao Xing was just thinking about it casually because he was bored.

Old Jing was not the kind of emperor who cared too much about saving face. He had already achieved his goal of marrying the princess off, and after taking her back, he would certainly not force Princess Youruo to marry him again.

He's the kind of person who wants the goods but doesn't want to pay for them.

Therefore, this matter can definitely be accomplished. If Emperor Jing had been determined to marry off Princess Youruo, then this matter would not have been possible in the first place, and someone would have already stepped forward to prevent him from leaving the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land.

"The wedding procession of the Southern Barbarians Blazing Light Royal Court has arrived at the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture to wait. It is said that there are five First-Rank Life Palace realm experts, as well as the brothers of Prince Wan, seven Second Rank leaders, and five hundred Third Grade accompanying them."

"Kill as many as possible, and it would be best to wipe them all out," Zhao Xing said.

Liu Tianning nodded. This way, he could also forge a deadly feud with the Blazing Light Royal Court of the Southern Barbarians, effectively cutting off their escape route for betrayal.

What could be better than proving loyalty by creating such a personal grudge?

"Good, good, good!" Ji Che slapped his thigh excitedly. "That's how it should be! Kill them all!"

"Within the Great Zhou territory, we are escorted by powerful figures, so we definitely cannot make a move."

"According to etiquette, upon arriving at Yingyuan Prefecture, a small team of guards and an honor guard will accompany the princess to the Blazing Light Royal Court."

"We must fight, but we can't hurt our own people, and we absolutely cannot let any of them die. Not a single one can be killed."

Zhao Xing looked at Liu Tianning.

The "one of us" he was referring to didn't care what faction they belonged to; as long as they were from the Great Zhou, they couldn't be killed.

Liu Tianning understood Zhao Xing's meaning. "I won't act impulsively."

Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning were able to go and Bride Snatching, there were naturally people to escort them, ensuring the smooth progress of the event.

Given Liu Tianning's current power and status, there are not many powerful figures who would dare to do this.

Only the strongest among the Seventy-Two Dao Academies dared to stop them.

But Zhao Xing couldn't let Old Liu chop them up at will when facing these people.

He came here mainly to keep Liu Tianning in check and prevent him from acting rashly, as this situation is far more serious than when Old Liu was searching for Murong Qing back then.

Those who come are not just fourth or fifth-rank officials, but at least high-ranking officials. If this is really done, the nature of the matter will be extremely serious.

Time passed day by day, and soon Princess Youruo's ship had crossed the Canglan River and arrived at Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture.

At the same time, Zhao Xing and Liu Tianning also arrived at the riverbank.

"Brother, why are you stopping?" Ji Che asked, puzzled.

"You stay here and keep watch, just cheer us on." Zhao Xing brought over a huge Earth Mirror. "You know how to use this, right?"

"I can't go?" Ji Che patted his sword. "Brother, don't underestimate me. My sword is never dull!"

"With a three-foot-long sword in hand, I too can slay some villains!"

"You can send Reconnaissance Straw Puppet with you, but you yourself have to stay here," Zhao Xing said.

Ji Che understood perfectly and could only helplessly say, "Alright."

He immediately sheathed his sword, pointed his finger, and mid-level straw figures instantly materialized inside the cabin.

The Flying Heaven Holy Shield, Four Arts Unity, Sacrificial Explosion Reconnaissance Straw Puppet.

Zhao Xing only taught him the intermediate level of Straw Man Art.

"Rise!"

One after another, straw figures flew up. It seemed that Ji Che was still not giving up. He made dozens of them in one go. Even if he couldn't cross the river himself, it would be fun to blow up the straw figures!

Fearing that Wu Emperor might harbor rebellious thoughts, Zhao Xing deliberately left a clone of himself to accompany him.

Ji Che pursed his lips, but he could only helplessly stay in North River City.

As for his Straw Man Clone, it continued forward.

Zhao Xing and his group did not follow the princess route.

After Princess Youruo crossed the river, she arrived at the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, while Zhao Xing and his disciples crossed the river to the Southern Barbarians Buffer Zone, an extremely cruel wasteland.

"Is the Southern Barbarian Lands really this terrifying?" Ji Che exclaimed in amazement as he could see the giant lightning serpent flashing in the sky and the raging Astral Wind through the straw man.

"This isn't really terrifying," Zhao Xing explained. "It's not even a drop in the ocean."

The feeling of staying in the Nineteen Provinces is distinctly different from staying in the Southern Barbarians Region.

Terrifying celestial phenomena are rarely seen within the Great Zhou territory, but they are commonplace in the Southern Barbarians.

The two warships had just crossed the river a hundred miles when Zhao Xing squinted and looked ahead.

"Someone's coming."

Liu Tianning also looked ahead.

Although he was a first-rank official, his Divine Soul was not as strong as Zhao Xing's.

It took Zhao Xing three breaths to sense the figure flickering in the thunderclouds ahead.

"The ' Zhan Sanchen ' of the Gold Spirit Daoist Academy," Liu Tianning said coldly. "He is the elder brother of the Zhan Sigong and also the honorary vice dean of the Gold Spirit Daoist Academy."

"A late- Second Rank Sword Sect."

"He is skilled in the Gold Spirit Four Divine Sword Art, and entered the Dao with the Second Rank true essence ' Lesser Yin Xin Metal,' cultivating the ' Golden Battle Body. '" Zhao Xing turned around and asked, "Was he also one of the bad guys back then?"

Liu Tianning snorted, "No, it was his younger brother. However, it was also due to his indulgence. His younger brother was killed by me in the fifth year of the Great Governance Era."

Ji Che's straw figure immediately stepped between the two, its eyes gleaming. "Big brother, big brother, what do you mean? The bad guys from back then? What other stories are there?"

"We'll talk about it later." Zhao Xing pushed the straw man aside. There's a right time to enjoy the gossip.

"Oh."

Zhao Xing looked at the person in the thundercloud. "Teacher, there's no need to trouble you to take action, I'll handle it."

Liu Tianning nodded silently.

He was indeed not in a position to take action. Murong Qing was a painful memory for him back then, and he was afraid that he would lose control and kill him.

This has nothing to do with whether he's sober or not; Liu Tianning already had a grudge against those people!

They tried to stop it once back then, and now they're doing it again more than two hundred years later?

If Liu Tianning were to actually make a move, he would be driven mad with anger, even if he wasn't already.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing rushed out of the warship and flew into the clouds.

Zhan Chen saw that it was Zhao Xing who flew out, he couldn't help but look at him with contempt. "What, Liu Tianning killed my brother, and you don't even have the courage to face me? You have to send your disciple out to take the fall?"

"He's got some nerve when it comes to playing around with women!"

Zhao Xing immediately recognized that this was an old fox with no sense of prophecy and no discernment whatsoever, failing to recognize his cultivation level.

Zhao Xing had no intention of talking to this old idiot.

The body began to copy and paste, and in the blink of an eye, twelve clones appeared before disappearing into the clouds.

"You dare to attack a strong opponent? Zhao Xing, you asked for this!" Zhan Chen roared and began to activate his Golden Battle Body.

As the body's Qi and blood expand, the body also begins to grow larger.

Logically speaking, after he unleashes the third transformation of his Martial Arts Golden Body, his body should become larger and his magic resistance should be greatly enhanced.

He has grown bigger now, but it's not what Zhan Chen had imagined.

Why do I not have the Golden Light, shimmering Four Spirits Dharma Image at all?

And why has my nose gotten longer?

Zhan Chen made a sound of doubt, and the next second he made a pig squeal.

"Hmph~ Hmph~"

Zhan Chen: "???

He was completely dumbfounded.

Snap~

Rain Water fell from the clouds.

Dripping Rain flashed past the pig's eyes, reflecting his current appearance—a large pig's head.

"!!!"

Zhan Chen immediately let out a piercing scream, struggling incessantly.

But it was no use at all; soon enough, a vine wrapped around its large body.

The branches of the Floating Vine tightly bound it, and the leaves also tightened, sealing its mouth and nose.

"Shh~" Zhao Xing put a finger to his lips and pointed at the clone next to him with the other. "Don't make any noise, I'm filming."

Upon Zhan Chen indeed saw a clone carrying a large Echo Conch and Mirage Pearl, recording the scene.

Zhan Chen: "!!!"

Zhao Xing smiled, "What were you planning to claim again? You wouldn't want your disciples, followers, relatives, and friends to see you looking like a pig, would you?"

"If you don't want to, then don't call out."

"I am a kind-hearted man. As long as you behave, I will not do such a heinous thing, hehehe~"

The lightning flashed across Zhao Xing's face, and a sinister smile appeared on his face, which was indistinct in light and shadow. The strange sound made Zhan Chen's pigskin tremble, and the whole pig became docile.

Death itself isn't scary; social death is!

He realized what a mistake it had been to come here!

Liu Tianning is utterly insane; at worst, he'll just die. But this disciple—he's just too damn scary!

Seeing that Zhan Chen had become docile, Zhao Xing led him away from the clouds. He didn't take him to Old Liu's Golden Dragon Warship where he was imprisoned.

Instead, they returned to Martial Yao Warship.

"Wow! What a huge, golden pig!"

Ji Che's straw figure stood on the deck, and when it saw Zhan Chen, it was immediately stunned.

He had never seen such a big pig before!

"Brother, is this the Pig Trap Art you once mentioned, passed down from the first Grand Minister of Agriculture, Wu Cheng?" Ji Che asked with admiration in his eyes.

"Not bad." Zhao Xing nodded. "However, compared to Senior Wu Cheng, there is still a considerable gap between us."

"This is an Ultimate Law, but I have only cultivated it to the highest level of perfection."

"If it's the ultimate level, then it's a real pig, and its size is the same as an ordinary pig."

"After seven days, you will be completely turned into a pig."

"However, it is now very large, and even in its pig form, it is still very powerful, capable of injuring a third-grade early- Third Grade."

Even if Zhao Xing uses his external training Transformation of Seasons Art, he can at most reduce Zhan Chen's strength to this level.

Of course, even so, it's still terrifying.

Zhan Chen is a late-stage Second Rank official!

Now that he's turned into a pig, even a Third Grade can't be killed by him, only injured.

In addition, his pig magic lasted for a full three months. From a certain perspective, although it did not have the same destructive power as Wu Cheng's, it was still a kind of torture.

Ji Che, whose nickname was [name omitted], was very curious when he saw this big fat pig, touching and looking at it here and there.

He even flipped open Zhan Chen's pig ears to take a look.

This made Zhan Chen want to die.

However, he was tightly bound by the Floating Vine, and the more he struggled, the tighter they tightened, until he could only give up resisting completely.

Since things are already like this, they probably can't tell who he is, right?

Zhao Xing waved the Mirage Pearl and the Echo Conch in front of Zhan Chen, signaling it to keep quiet.

Zhan Chen was heartbroken and lay motionless on the ground.

"You've learned a great deal during your years of seclusion." Liu Tianning had, of course, witnessed the entire battle.

However, he did not expect that Zhao Xing's clone was also using the top-level Nine Turns Transformation of Seasons Art, which was only one level away from perfection.

Liu Tianning doesn't know how to use the pig method.

The ultimate external training Transformation of Seasons Art is not so easy to master.

Only someone like Zhao Xing, who is proficient in all three schools, could integrate them and not only master them, but also develop his own unique style, which differs from Wu Cheng's.

"This is worse than killing him," Liu Tianning laughed heartily. "Why didn't I think of this way to deal with those stubborn old men?"

The Dao Academy priests valued those outdated rules and were very concerned about saving face.

Zhan Chen was probably heartbroken at that moment.

"The teacher is upright and honest, with a pure heart," Zhao Xing said.

Liu Tianning might rush into a thief's den and kill them all if he saw injustice, but he wouldn't think of these two.

Old Master Zhao is different; what kind of outrageous tricks wouldn't he pull?

"That's really something he'd do." In the western sky Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, Luo King stood on the Scenic Outlook Platform of the Ruler Palace. Before him were countless Earth Mirror.

Not only to monitor the princess's guards and the Southern Barbarians barbarian tribes, but also to monitor all unusual movements around the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture.

As a staunch advocate of war, Luo King never believed that Peace Marriage could solve the problem of the Southern Barbarians.

All his actions were based on the strategic thinking that the Southern Barbarians were his mortal enemies.

Therefore, surveillance is absolutely necessary.

Of course, another point he also needed to keep an eye on was Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing.

To avoid taking any extreme actions that might anger the aging Emperor Jing and lead to irreversible consequences.

"Grand Commandant, is this really alright?" Lu Ying, the Junior Director of Works, stared blankly at Zhan Chen had turned into a pig in the video.

"What's the problem? These people are all operating abroad in private capacities, what problem could there be?"

Lu Ying said, "I'm worried that the person surnamed Zhan might not be able to change back, and that would be difficult to explain."

"Don't worry," Luo King said calmly, "Zhao Chen'an always acts with discretion."

Even Zhao Xing's impulsive act of cursing the Liang King back then, in hindsight, was a great wisdom!

Unfortunately, Heaven Derivation King will never witness such a scene, and he and Ji Si cannot get along. He can only chat with this Junior Director of Works about the past.

"Back then, he—"

The warships continued their advance, as they circled around the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture to the south to intercept them.

The princess's wedding route was simple and straightforward, so their route was also basically clear.

Before long, a second group of people blocked the road.

"Liu Tianning!"

In the desert, three fiery red figures soared into the sky and quickly caught up with the warship.

"Among the Cyan Flame Daoist Academy, there is one called 'Cang'. In the seventh year of the Great Governance Era, I killed four vice deans of the Cyan Flame Daoist Academy."

"One of them is this junior brother named Cang."

"The other bald man wearing the Heavenly Fire Robe is a Mechanism Master named Yan Yan."

"As for the other person, I don't know him," Liu Tianning said, staring intently. "I've made too many enemies with the people from the Dao Academy, and sometimes I don't even know why, and I'm too lazy to ask."

Zhao Xing laughed upon hearing this. This was Liu Tianning for you; he didn't care at all about the grudges of those petty people.

Although there are three people in this lineup, they are not as strong as Zhan Chen. Only one of them is at the Heavenly Luck Realm, while the other two are at the Third-Rank Realm.

Zhao Xing had no idea what they were thinking.

Let's test whether Liu Tianning will abide by the law, risking our lives.

They've really brought this humiliation upon themselves.

"Turn into a pig!"

Zhao Xing rushed over quickly.

As soon as the three people soared into the sky, they transformed into three fiery red pigs, completely bald and hairless. To prevent these people from committing suicide, Old Master Zhao added a [Thunder Primordial Lock] to bind them tightly.

This process still involved carrying large Echo Conch and Mirage Pearl.

"Mouth~"

Zhao Xing also used the Sleep Bug Art to extract several Fate Soul parasites from the three people, keeping them for later use.

"Memory~"

"These three pigs are so ugly, they're all red and black, and they don't even have any hair. They're hideous."

Ji Che's comments filled Cang, Yan Yan, and the other two with shame and indignation, making them wish they could all die immediately.

However, Zhao Xing dispelled their drowsiness, making the three of them extremely awake.

Seeing Zhao Xing carrying the Mirage Pearl and the Echo Conch, he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

They fought their way through, and advanced as they went.

The number of pigs on the Wuyao Army's boat gradually increased, and several cabins were closed.

Zhao Xing found it all unbelievable.

"Old Liu has really offended a lot of people. During his years as inspector, how many people from the Dao Academy did he mess with?"

"Oh, and there's also the need for Great Governance Jiazi Purge, including the period when he went mad."

"There's a reason why I killed so many people in my past life," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"If I were the emperor, I would also use Old Liu to his death. With Liu Tianning's help, I could completely subdue the Seventy-Two Dao Academies."

Ordinary people would not be able to withstand the retaliation from the Dao Academy's forces.

Liu Tianning is different; he has many clones, making revenge impossible even if he wanted to.

Kill the clone? Go ahead and kill it! I'll even charge you with assaulting a minister while I'm at it.

Since I have stayed at the Shangluo Academy and haven't come out, no matter what the people from the Dao Academy do, they can hardly succeed in taking revenge.

Zhao Xing played fourteen matches, and he won almost every single one of them.

They were all turned into pigs and imprisoned on Martial Yao Warship.

However, when they encountered the fifteenth wave of people, First-Rank Realm expert finally appeared.

You Xuanfeng wore a moon-white robe, its hem fluttering, as if he were one with heaven and earth.

His face was resolute, and his eyes were as deep as the stars.

"You Xuanfeng, the dean of the Heavenly Wind Daoist Academy, is a first-rank Five Elements Talisman Sorcerer." Liu Tianning stood on the deck, looking ahead.

Then he turned his attention to the two people next to You Xuanfeng.

"Yao Wuji from the Divine Martial Academy, Chen Ju from the Moshou Dao Palace."

"The three of you can't stop me."

Facing three First-Rank Life Palace Realm experts, Liu Tianning stood with his hands behind his back, completely disregarding them.

Zhao Xing also stared intently. None of these three were the kind of experts who had just entered the Fate Palace Realm. Each of the three occupied a part of the sky.

The heaven and earth are under their control. If you don't look at them with the naked eye, you will find that there is no difference between these three people and the vitality of the surrounding heaven and earth.

"They can briefly distort the rules of heaven and earth, and have already cultivated their own training grounds," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "These three are true masters."

The Second Rank Heavenly Luck Realm can only influence the rules of heaven and earth, and its power is not great.

However, at the First-Rank Life Palace realm, one can completely distort the rules of heaven and earth, creating a situation extremely advantageous to oneself.

[Daoist Temple]

"Liu Tianning! You're too arrogant!" Yao Wuji, You Xuanfeng, immediately shouted, "Do you really think you're invincible?"

"At least for you, I am invincible," Liu Tianning said calmly.

Yao Wuji was furious and wanted to say something, but You Xuanfeng stopped him.

"Liu Tianning, you may disregard the three of us, but do you also disregard His Majesty?"

"The princess's journey to the Southern Barbarians is a grand peace plan devised by His Majesty."

Do you really think you can do whatever you want?

Liu Tianning avoided answering.

He knew that someone would bring up the imperial decree, so he never responded to such questions.

Just get started.

"Swish swish~"

Liu Tianning immediately flashed out of the Golden Dragon Warship.

"Buzz~"

The first to move on the other side were not Yao Wuji, but You Xuanfeng and Chen Ju.

"Splash!"

Ninety-nine Divine Talisman appeared within ten thousand meters of Liu Tianning's warship.

"A forbidden magic Divine Talisman array?"

Zhao Xing's Martial Yao Warship were too far away to be within this range.

In reality, You Xuanfeng didn't want to involve Zhao Xing.

Because from the outside perspective, Liu Tianning was the "principal offender," and Zhao Xing was at most an "accomplice." As a newly promoted Second Rank, he was not taken seriously by anyone.

They wouldn't bully such a junior.

If Zhao Xing really causes any trouble, no one can withstand the wrath of the three Agricultural Official.

Even Emperor Jing would not allow Zhao Xing was researching the Derivation God Art, to be injured.

"It should be called the Primordial Restriction Divine Array." You Xuanfeng pointed, and the Divine Talisman surrounding the Golden Dragon Warship, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations, began to spin rapidly.

When the speed reaches a certain level, it completely escapes sight and disappears into the air. "Within my Primordial Forbidden Divine Talisman Array, no one except the caster can use spells."

"Every Divine Talisman here has been refined and practiced by the sages for hundreds of years."

"Liu Tianning, stop now."

You Xuanfeng stared at Liu Tianning and said, "For the princess, for yourself, and for the peace of the Great Zhou."

Zhao Xing watched quietly, while Ji Che shouted, "Go to hell, you hypocrite! Why don't you send your mother and sister to marry Peace Marriage?"

"You who call yourselves messengers of peace are cowards and afraid of war, yet now you use such tactics on your own people—shameless!"

Unfortunately, his curses couldn't get through, so he could only vent his anger by kicking the big fat pig's butt next to him.

"Hmph~" Zhan Chen snorted twice. What did I do to deserve this? I didn't even say a word.

Why are you taking your anger out on me?

Zhao Xing maneuvered the Martial Yao Warship, and the Fire Source Divine Cannon and Divine Dragon Heavenly Sword were immediately aimed at You Xuanfeng.

Sensing the presence of the "heavy weapon," Chen Ju immediately turned his head and glanced at Zhao Xing.

"Divine Might Marquis, do not act rashly."

As he spoke, Chen Ju activated a Directional Layered Compass at his waist.

The next moment, Zhao Xing discovered that the weapon Magic Array on his warship had lost its effect.

"Grass!"

I almost forgot that these things were invented by Engineer School.

To use this to fight is truly like showing off one's axe in front of Guan Yu (a legendary Chinese general known for his skill in martial arts).

"I'm an expert in civil wars," Zhao Xing said, abandoning the idea of using warships.

There was no other way; Chen Ju was a first-rank Mechanism Master, and the cultivation technique he practiced would eventually give birth to a special entity called [Limitless Compass] within his body.

Just like the Solar Terms Decree of the Agricultural Official, Pure Origin Soil and the Five Elements Particles.

Chen Ju still follows the [Dao Soldier Stream; he can manipulate miniature spell matrices and even control enemies.

This can only be accomplished by Mechanism Master who has cultivated the "Limitless Compass" within the "Dao Soldier Stream." Those who follow the Divine Luo Flow, like the Divine Luo King, cannot do it.

In other words, Chen Ju is True Self Faction among the Mechanism Master, and one with exceptional talent!

However, Zhao Xing Xingben was just making a show of it to liven things up; he didn't believe that Old Liu's claim of being the best in the world was just empty boasting.

If you get trapped by You Xuanfeng in one move, then all your hard work in retraining will have been for nothing.

As expected, Liu Tianning did not disappoint him.

"The Five Elements Primordial Restriction Divine Talisman can suppress the Earthly Advantage Method of Time Law and location, but it cannot suppress the True Self Method."

Liu Tianning remained calm; his clone on Martial Yao Warship even began giving Zhao Xing a live lesson.

"He was bound by the rules of heaven and earth, but little did he know that the Minister of Agriculture of the Original Self School was a world of its own and did not need to borrow the power of heaven and earth."

As soon as he finished speaking, a shadow rapidly spread across Liu Tianning's Golden Dragon Warship.

The previously hidden Divine Talisman reappeared, transforming into a dazzling sphere.

"Click click click~"

Suddenly, sharp spikes appeared on the Divine Talisman, pressing against Divine Talisman.

The Pure Yuan Projection was projected directly onto the ninety-nine Divine Talisman.

"Ninth Order Heaven Horn Bamboo!" Zhao Xing stared intently at it.

Seven bare bamboo stalks appeared around Liu Tianning.

Each bamboo stalk is very thick and comes in seven colors, each corresponding to one of the seven elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder.

"Metaphor~"

You Xuanfeng clasped his hands together, and the sphere created by the Divine Talisman Formation began to rotate randomly.

However, as its Divine Talisman rotated, Liu Tianning's seven bamboos also moved along with the projection.

"The Heaven Horn Bamboo is said to be able to sprout a horn even from the sky. There are seven types of Heaven Horn Bamboo, each possessing the Five Elements Wind-Thunder. Every time I touch its Divine Talisman, the Heaven Horn Bamboo absorbs the power of the Divine Talisman."

Liu Tianning taught. "He changes, I change too. I use golden bamboo to overcome wood talisman, wooden bamboo to overcome earth talisman, earth bamboo to overcome water talisman, water bamboo to overcome fire talisman, and fire bamboo to overcome golden talisman—"

"His Divine Talisman power is even higher than that of the Heaven Horn Bamboo. However, the power of the Divine Talisman is limited, but the Heaven Horn Bamboo can absorb the power of the Divine Talisman from the outside and draw power from the Pure Origin Soil from the inside."

"The cycle never ends; he can't trap me at all."

"This method comes from the ' Heaven Horn Five Elements Formation Breaking Art ' of the Soldier Envoy Institute. Not only the Heaven Horn Bamboo, but also other divine trees and immortal branches can be used to break talisman formations according to this method."

Zhao Xing nodded and looked at it attentively.

You Xuanfeng looked quite exhausted, but Liu Tianning still had the mind to talk to him, clearly indicating that everything was under his control.

The True Self Faction doesn't just have Ten Thousand Laws Clone! They also have amazing Plant Soldier.

Zhao Xing had participated in the "Lawless Training" event before and knew that this kind of Magic Array had its limits.

Moreover, if it were truly possible to suppress Liu Tianning's Ten Thousand Laws Clone, Old Liu's current avatar would already be unable to speak.

Clearly, Dean You is still a bit lacking in experience.

His hands flailing left only afterimages, yet he still couldn't bring the Divine Talisman Formation together to completely seal Liu Tianning; instead, the area of effect expanded even further.

It resembles a breathing jellyfish, but its overall size is constantly expanding!

"Dean You, I'm here to help you!"

Yao Wuji instantly transformed into a streak of light, attempting to plunge into the battlefield.

However, before he could even enter the battlefield, he was swatted away by a vine.

"Boom!"

A noticeable dent appeared on Yao Wuji's black Grade A, bearing the imprint of vines.

Floating Vine!

Unlike Zhao Xing's green Floating Vine, Liu Tianning's Floating Vine were blood-red.

Both are at the Ninth Order, but Old Liu's is clearly more ferocious!

Seeing that his companions couldn't hold Liu Tianning down, Chen Ju was about to take action.

Zhao Xing immediately transmitted his voice, shouting, "Chen Ju, don't act impulsively! Otherwise, you'll regret it forever!"

Chen Ju stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at him. "What do you mean by that, Divine Might Marquis?"

Zhao Xing snorted, "Are you pretending to be stupid? You are a first-rank expert of the Mohist Defense Academy, you should know that I brought back more than just the Giant God Soldier for the Divine Luo King."

Chen Ju's expression changed, and Zhao Xing could tell at a glance that he knew about the Fu Ming Furnace.

He immediately transmitted his voice again, saying, "Chen Ju, I don't care whether your ideology is peace or war, the Fu Ming Furnace, such a marvel, has fallen into the hands of your Engineer School. You should at least remember some of my kindness!"

Chen Ju had intended to play dumb, but now he couldn't keep up the act any longer.

He immediately sighed and said, "Since Divine Might Marquis says so, Chen Ju will no longer concern himself with it."

"But I would also like to advise Divine Might Marquis not to act recklessly and ruin his own life."

Zhao Xing said, "You don't need to worry about that. Hurry up, I'm about to fire!"

Chen Ju: "..—".

He was quite decisive; the mechanism box behind him instantly transformed into a pair of silver wings, and he flew away as a streak of silver light.

"Boom!"

No sooner had Chen Ju left than a Fire Source Divine Cannon exploded in mid-air right next to You Xuanfeng.

"Boom!"

You Xuanfeng was immediately thrown off balance by the blast. He flew out of the smoke, covered in soot, and was stunned to find that Chen Ju had disappeared.

At the same time, the Divine Luo Heavenly Sword was launched, locking onto Yao Wuji.

The burly man had just been knocked away by the Floating Vine and was still regaining his footing when a golden sword covered in dragon scales flew over.

"What?!" Yao Wuji immediately shocked.

He couldn't help but be surprised.

This thing is a new product made by the craftsmen of the Great Zhou, modeled after Yin Xiu's Dragon King Reverse Scale Sword.

After nearly a century of research, we have been able to achieve the effect of breaking the rules of the dojo!

Although Martial Yao Warship is a Ninth Order warship, its weapons and equipment are very advanced. After all, who is Old Master Zhao?

A candidate for Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Court! With so many precious materials brought out, wouldn't it be easy for him to get a share of this?

Take, for example, the Dragon King Reverse Scale Sword that was modeled after Yin Xiu's. Without Old Master Zhao's order, would Yin Xiu have cooperated?

Chen Ju was brought along to prevent Old Master Zhao from acting impulsively, but when Chen Ju used the [Limitless Compass] technique, Zhao Xing saw through it.

Such a skilled Mechanism Master would have no reason not to know about the Fu Ming Furnace.

Anyone who knows the truth will automatically owe Old Master Zhao a small favor.

"Boom!"

As the shockwave subsided, You Xuanfeng was covered in soot, Yao Wuji worse, having lost his arm.

"First warning!" Zhao Xing's voice came from the ship. "Dean You, next time it won't be an airburst, Yao Wuji, next time I'll be slicing off your head!"

"I also cultivated the Ten Thousand Laws Straw Puppet, but I can still go mad," Zhao Xing said quietly.

The two were momentarily stunned by Zhao Xing.

If Liu Tianning were to kill them, the consequences would be severe.

Zhao Xing... that's really hard to say.

This is from their perspective, because since the promotion of the Derivation God Art, many first-grade secrets have been deciphered, in addition to the Dragon Court factor and the status of the three Agricultural Official.

In their eyes, Zhao Xing was more important than Liu Tianning; he was clearly the capable general that Emperor Jing left to the next generation.

Zhao Xing is so young. In a moment of impulse, he killed someone. Did Emperor Jing really kill Zhao Xing to avenge them? This is a private matter that happened abroad! They came to stop him, not on any imperial orders.

Who knows if Zhao Xing is conscious? They don't know!

Since Chen Ju was gone anyway, and they couldn't defeat Liu Tianning, You Xuanfeng and Yao Wuji, in a flash of thought, chose to retreat.

"Swish~"

The two disappeared instantly.

"Hahaha, Big Brother is awesome!" Ji Che danced with joy and jumped up.

"They may not necessarily have the intention to stop us to the death; they're just putting on a show for His Majesty," Zhao Xing said.

"That's precisely why these people are so despicable," Ji Che said. "If they were truly willing to die to prove their innocence, and I insisted on stopping them, I might have a slightly higher opinion of them—humph, charlatans!"

Zhao Xing glanced at Ji Che and couldn't help but smile.

At this time, the young Wu Emperor was a complete hothead.

Not bad, not bad.

Inside the Ruler Palace, Luo King stared at the Earth Mirror and couldn't help but smile.

"People who advocate peace are prone to compromise. That's true. If they can make peace with their enemies, how can they be so steadfast?"

"The Grand Commandant is right." Lu Ying was Military Works Department, and within the Mohist Mechanism Faction, he was a staunch advocate of war. "To stop war with war, war is justified!"

"Chen Ju, humph, what a waste of his talent!"

As time passed, and with the departure of the three first-rank officials, no one dared to stop Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing anymore.

At this moment, inside the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, the Southern Barbarians guards also completed the handover of their guard duties.

A large number of guards and ceremonial troops remained at the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, with only a small number continuing their journey with Princess Youruo.

As Princess Youruo left the territory of Nine Heavens Responding Origin Prefecture, her eyes gradually filled with despair.

She held a small straw doll in her arms and murmured to herself, "Do you really want me to lose?"

"You destroyed half the Daoist Dao Academy in the world for Murong Qing, and you burned your life force to save Zhao Xing Duckweed."

But he wouldn't act impulsively for me even once.

Princess Youruo clutched the straw figure, her fingers turning white, and her expression growing increasingly desperate.

Just as she was about to tear the straw doll to shreds, suddenly someone shouted, "Protect the princess!"

"Enemy attack!"

"What?! Sleeping at this hour?!"

"Get up!"

"What kind of vine is this?" Princess Youruo immediately pricked up her ears to listen, and hope rekindled in her eyes.

She called out towards the door, "Liu Sicheng, what's happening outside?"

Liu Wanliang did not answer, but a figure appeared outside the screen.

"My princess, I am late."

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Princess Youruo burst into tears.

At the same time, the phantom of the dragon-shaped imperial edict above her head dissipated and no longer enveloped Ji Anlan.

As the Golden Light dissipated, Princess Youruo grabbed the imperial edict, quickly stepped off the dragon bed where she had been confined for many days, and crossed the screen. Princess Youruo suddenly threw herself into Liu Tianning 'Liu Tianning arms, hugging him tightly and patting his back repeatedly.

"Woo woo woo~"

"Alright, I'm here, don't cry." Liu Tianning stroked Princess Youruo's face.

"The fighting is still going on outside, I can't keep Zhao Xing waiting too long."

Princess Youruo looked up. "Zhao Chen'an is here too?"

"Ahem, it seems I've arrived at an inopportune time?" Zhao Xing's figure appeared from the side.

He didn't actually want to eavesdrop, but he was just too damn gullible to listen to Old Liu's advice.

He'd only said it casually, but his first words to You Ruo were surprisingly romantic...

Old Master Zhao was genuinely interested in hearing this gossip, since although he himself didn't want to talk about it, he enjoyed watching others do.

"You·--."

Princess Youruo blushed, a rare occurrence for her.

"Ahem." Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting, "Please, Master's wife, move to the Ten Thousand Laws Hall. We will take care of everything here."

"Wait a minute!" Princess Youruo quickly composed herself and took out an imperial edict from her bosom.

"Liu Tianning, Zhao Xing, heed my command!"

Zhao Xing was stunned, but Liu Tianning quickly pulled him down to kneel.

Princess Youruo waved her hand, and then the imperial edict was unfurled, revealing a majestic voice.

"This Southern Barbarians demon utters filthy words, defiling the dignity of the royal family, and plotting treacherous schemes!"

"I hereby order you two to cooperate with the army to exterminate the Southern Barbarians royal family and welcome back the princess!"

"I will settle accounts with you two for your crime of kidnapping the bride when we return!"

"If the mission is not completed, or if even a single hair of my daughter is lost, bring me your head!"

"I obey the decree!!!"

Zhao Xing shouted.

You old Jing, you've played both the good guy and the bad guy! I'm impressed!