"They built it really fast!"
Looking at the magnificent hall that had been built, Wang Hao couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
This grand hall was built specifically for the so-called Ten Ancient Emperors. However, the one in front of us is only one of them. There are eight more on the surrounding eight hilltops, forming an overall arrangement of the Bagua and Nine Palaces.
The Yin-Yang Divine Temple on the original site of the Mount Song Sword Sect in the center enshrines the Ancient Sun Emperor and the Ancient Lunar Emperor. In Wang Hao's setting, the two were beings from the same era and were also husband and wife, so they lived together in the same room.
The remaining eight ancient emperors were arranged in the shape of the Bagua Eight Trigrams), distributed around the eight directions and corresponding to the entire world. Wang Hao even added feng shui formations and Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination) to make it a self-contained formation with extraordinary power.
Of course, the most impressive thing is the scale of these nine halls, each a colossal building hundreds of feet long, wide, and high.
He originally intended to build nine ordinary halls on the original site of the Mount Song Sword Sect, but after seeing the construction capabilities of those martial arts practitioners, he changed his mind and instead expanded the scale by hundreds of times.
The original ten-zhang-long hall was expanded to a hundred-zhang-long size.
Such a massive hall could not possibly be contained by the Mount Song Sword Sect alone, so they occupied the eight surrounding mountain peaks as well.
The main structure of these nine halls is made of huge stones, and the stone pillars inside were carved out of the rocky mountain by Innate experts who condensed their Saber Qi energy, and then carried up by many Innate experts working together.
These martial arts practitioners are like human cranes; the power they can unleash when they unite is simply immeasurable.
These nine buildings, which would be considered a massive undertaking even by modern standards, were constructed in just ten days.
After all, this was built on a mountaintop, and with no roads available, it could only be done by manpower, making it extremely difficult.
Next, it was his turn to take action. He needed to personally create the statues of the so-called Ten Ancient Emperors, as well as numerous murals depicting their great achievements. These were all things that he could only do himself.
"Say what you want to say!"
Wang Hao glanced at Wheel-Turning King, who was standing beside him, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated, and glared at him irritably.
"May I make a copy of those martial arts manuals?"
Rubbing his hands together, Wheel-Turning King said something that sounded quite embarrassed.
Although the Old Zhu Household has collected many martial arts manuals, those precious manuals in the secret vault were all seen by that cheap imperial nephew last time, so they probably can't be used for exchange.
So these past few days, he's been getting increasingly anxious watching those martial arts practitioners exchange for those overseas martial arts techniques from Xie Feng, but he's been struggling to find enough bargaining chips to use in exchange. Until today, he simply couldn't hold back any longer.
These overseas martial arts are far more powerful than those of the Central Plains, even surpassing the Longevity Dao Art practiced by their ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang.
If other martial arts practitioners manage to exchange for it, the Old Zhu Household will suffer a great loss if they cannot.
"I thought it was something serious! Turns out it's about the trash. Take it all with you!"
Wang Hao waved his hand dismissively, showing no regard for those so-called overseas martial arts techniques.
Those martial arts manuals were merely products of his own martial arts foundation, which he used to refine and optimize the unique skills of the Central Plains martial arts world. They might be very valuable to others, but to him they were nothing special; he could easily produce a thousand or eight hundred of them.
Furthermore, the Old Zhu Household could be considered a foundation for his future, so it was necessary to use them to increase the Old Zhu Household's strength. Even if Wheel-Turning King didn't say anything, he would have Wheel-Turning King bring them back to the Old Zhu Household after this trip to Mount Song.
Upon seeing Wang Hao step into the main hall, Wheel-Turning King, who was standing behind him, was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"My vision is still too limited; I actually regard what others consider trash as treasure. How laughable!"
"Grandfather!"
Just as Wheel-Turning King was lost in thought, a soft voice filled with grievance sounded from behind him. Turning around, he saw that it was none other than his beloved granddaughter Zhu Yu'er.
Standing beside him was Zhu Yunlu, with a strange expression on her face.
"What's wrong? Didn't I tell you to stay by Dongfang Bubai's side? What brings you here now?"
Wheel-Turning King glanced at his beloved granddaughter, completely bewildered, not understanding what was wrong with the girl this time.
Upon hearing Ximen Chuixue's horrifying remarks, he immediately abandoned the idea of sending his granddaughter to use her beauty to seduce him; it was simply too dangerous.
Therefore, he turned his attention to Dongfang Bubai, who possessed the Shaoyang Physique and had the potential to transform into the Solar Physique. If he could win him over, he would also reap immense benefits.
Moreover, he had great confidence in his granddaughter. This girl was not only stunningly beautiful, but also intelligent and shrewd. With Zhu Yunlu offering advice and strategies, there was a great chance that she could take down Dongfang Bubai!
After all, no matter how Hero you are, you can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman!
Grandpa, look!
Zhu Yu'er stretched out her Xianxian hand in front of her grandfather, showing him her blister-covered palm, her eyes even carrying a hint of fear.
"Did you get burned by hot oil? Are you trying to show off your cooking skills to that Dongfang Bubai? That's a good idea, but you need to practice more in this area!"
Glancing at his granddaughter's little hands, which were almost scalded, Wheel-Turning King nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with his granddaughter's idea.
However, my granddaughter has no experience in this area. If she wants to develop good cooking skills, she will have to put in a lot of hard work and find some good teachers.
However, this was not a difficult task. Afterwards, he wrote a letter by hawk-carrier, asking Emperor Mingde to send a group of imperial chefs to conduct a crash course to teach them.
Grandpa, they're ignoring you!
Zhu Yu'er felt even more aggrieved and turned her head away, refusing to look at that unreliable grandfather.
"..."
Wheel-Turning King blinked in bewilderment, then looked at Zhu Yunlu beside him with an inquiring look.
Helplessly patting Zhu Yu'er's back to comfort her, Zhu Yunlu explained in a low voice, "Today, Dongfang Bubai used his internal energy to heal his injuries and forced out a mouthful of blood. Yu'er tried to wipe it away and got burned like this."
"You mean her hand was burned like this by that kid's blood?"
With wide, old eyes, Wheel-Turning King looked incredulously at his beloved granddaughter's delicate hand. He simply couldn't imagine that human blood could be so hot, almost comparable to boiling oil.
Only now did he understand why his granddaughter was so aggrieved. Her blood was so hot; if she were to do that, she would be scalded to death!
Moreover, it's inside the body, extremely vulnerable, and there's no way to defend against it even if you wanted to.
Wheel-Turning King felt a chill run down his spine, but he had no way to deal with the situation.
"Not only that, people have discovered that Dongfang Bubai has absolutely no feelings for women, but instead often sneaks peeks at that damned Sword God!"
Zhu Yu'er became more and more aggrieved as she spoke. She could accept failure, but she could not tolerate losing to a man, especially a balding, greasy middle-aged man.
This incident was a huge blow to her, plunging her into deep doubt about life!
"Hiss! You mean..."
Wheel-Turning King couldn't help but gasp, his face contorting in shock.
He wasn't unfamiliar with homosexuality; there were some idle playboys in his Old Zhu Household who indulged in it. He just never expected that the promising Dongfang Bubai would have such a penchant.
How are they supposed to win them over? Are they supposed to find a man to come over?
"Oh, Yu'er, you've suffered so much!"
Reaching out to gently stroke his beloved granddaughter's hair, Wheel-Turning King had no choice but to give up.
There's no way to handle this situation; no one can manage it.
This was not a fault of war!
Meanwhile, at the entrance to Mount Song, a middle-aged man dressed in Confucian robes stood bewildered on the mountain path, watching the passing figures.
If Wang Hao were here, he would definitely recognize that this was the long-lost Old Yue Buqun, the one who had been cuckolded by Feng Qingyang.
At this moment, Yue Buqun also began to doubt his life. He had finally managed to dig up the tomb of Patriarch Chongyang and by chance obtained all of the other's inheritance and insights. Then he went into seclusion to cultivate diligently and finally broke through to the realm of Xiantian Grandmaster.
He set out from seclusion with high spirits to venture into the martial world, but as soon as he came out, he received a series of news that left him completely bewildered: an Wuming Sword Faction master from overseas had set foot in the Central Plains and single-handedly slaughtered a million-strong alien army.
Zhu Yanzu the Da Ming Dynasty imperial family, single-handedly killed several early and mid -Innate stage Innate Grandmasters with his sword, and even directly confronted the Eight Extremes Sword Formation set up by eight Innate Grandmasters of the Confucian School.
Then there was Ye Gucheng, the city lord of White Cloud City overseas, who, with his Peak Grandmaster Realm cultivation, defeated Daoist Qingsong, a Daoist with Late-stage Innate Taoist School cultivation, and became famous throughout the world.
Now I hear that the overseas powerhouse Sword God Ximen Chuixue fought a great battle with Dongfang Bubai of the Sun Moon Holy Cult at the top of Mount Song, and then both of them broke through to the Xiantian Grandmaster realm.
In this battle, the Mount Song Sword Sect was reduced to ruins by the final ten-zhang sword energy gathered by the two.
This is truly terrifying. You must know that even if Old Yue had broken through to the Early Innate of the Innate Realm by practicing the Innate Art of Patriarch Chongyang, he could only condense a sword aura of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters). Its destructive power was at most enough to destroy a large hall with a single strike. So what on earth is this ten-zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) sword aura that could destroy the entire Mount Song Sword Sect?
Unconvinced, he came to the Mount Song Sword Sect to see for himself, but before he even reached the mountain, he was shocked by what he saw at the entrance.
At the mountain gate, he saw many bricklayers carrying building materials up the mountain. What shocked him was that the lowest level of these bricklayers was First-Rate- class, and there were quite a few at the Grandmaster level. He even saw several strong people who were no weaker than himself passing by.
Clearly, the opponent is also at the Early Innate Realm!
"When did bricklayers, these peasants, become so skilled?"
Looking at the crowds coming and going, Yue Buqun's initial arrogance, which stemmed from breaking through to the Innate Realm through his cultivation of the Innate Art, immediately shrunk and deflated.
"Are you blind?! What are you doing standing here? Get out of here!"
Just as Yue Buqun Yue Buqun lost in thought, a disgruntled curse rang out from behind him, igniting his anger.
I, your Old Yue, am now Great Grandmaster at the Early Innate of the Innate Realm. How could you possibly insult me like this?
Just as Yue Buqun was about to draw his sword to teach the madman a lesson, he turned around and his expression immediately changed. He quickly put on a fawning smile and said apologetically, "Sorry, sorry, I'll step aside right away!"
There was no way around it; the burly man carrying a large stone pillar behind him was far stronger than him, at least at the Middle Innate.
He really can't afford to mess with this kind of big shot!