Phoenix Institute
"Your Majesty, the kingdoms of the Flowing Cloud Kingdom, Golden Creek Kingdom, and Wan Feng Kingdom have jointly submitted a letter of surrender, stating their willingness to submit and pledge allegiance to you."
"But their only condition is that you grant them the title of kings of different surnames, along with some fiefdoms."
"Granted."
Han Yu's authoritative voice echoed in the hall. Dressed in a red phoenix robe, Han Yu slowly rose and walked out of the hall, saying, "Qingniao, pass down the order: recall the troops from the borders of the three kingdoms and assemble all troops on the border of the Divine Steed Kingdom. Since they don't want a dignified end, then let's give them one!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange it immediately."
After leaving the main hall, Han Yu arrived at the library. Now, the library is the largest building in the entire palace, seven stories high, covering an area of five acres, and containing no less than 300,000 books. Among them, there are very few books on cultivation, less than a thousand, but there are many books on martial arts, totaling ten thousand.
Phoenix Kingdom's national strength is now at its peak, with over a hundred cultivators trained. Although they are all only at the Qi Refining Stage, cultivators are cultivators after all, and even those at the Qi Refining Stage are almost invincible on the battlefield.
Han Yu went to the top floor, picked out a book called "Dao Scripture" and started reading. A maid brought over a pot of tea and placed it aside before leaving the floor.
Located on Phoenix Mountain, a hundred miles from Phoenix City, sits an academy covering three hundred acres, filled with its disciples.
The academy is called Immortal Martial Institute, and its dean is Song Junjie. He was lucky; he was supposed to stay at the Foundation Establishment Peak for a long time, but this time, with the blessing of the nation's fortune, he broke through to the Golden Core Stage.
His current status in the Phoenix Kingdom can be described as second only to the emperor. He has copied almost all the cultivation Secret Method in the library, except for a few, and placed them in the academy. It should be noted that only the current emperor and his maids are allowed to enter and exit the seventh floor of the imperial library.
"Dean, I have now reached the pinnacle of martial arts. May I be allowed to descend the mountain for further training? I have studied for so long, it is time for me to serve His Majesty in the army." A young man in his early twenties approached Song Junjie and bowed respectfully.
Because they were explicitly told to serve the country before they enrolled, and this concept was continuously deepened in their teaching, every student who leaves here takes pride in serving the country.
Moreover, everything they have is tied to the country. They live in big houses with their families and receive money from the country. The country has provided them with both honor and wealth. It is only right that they sacrifice their lives for the country.
"Wan Feng is here." Song Junjie looked at the resolute and handsome young man and said with a smile, "No rush, no rush. Serving His Majesty doesn't necessarily mean joining the army. Now that you have mastered Martial Dao, would you be willing to participate in one of my experiments?"
"His Majesty has agreed to this. If the experiment succeeds, His Majesty will be very pleased and may even personally meet with you meritorious officials. Of course, I only approached you because of your good comprehension. If you are not willing, that's fine. I will let you join the army. With your strength, you can at least become a vanguard or something."
Looking at the smiling Song Junjie, Wan Feng unconsciously shrank back a little and asked cautiously, "Dean, what is this experiment you're doing? Is it dangerous?"
"It's not dangerous," Song Junjie said with a smile. "You don't have Spirit Root, so you can't walk the path of Immortal Dao. Therefore, I want you to try another path. This was proposed by Her Majesty the Queen. Although there is no precedent, we can give it a try."
"You are both a pioneer and a practitioner. Whether you take this path or not, it all depends on your practice. If you succeed, you will possess strength no less than that of a cultivator."
"Then what should I do?" Wan Feng asked, intrigued.
"Go to the library to read, to comprehend, to create. You must create martial arts that transcend all ordinary martial arts, martial arts that can rival Immortal Method. This is what you must do."
"Nowadays, martial arts are divided into four stages: Body Control, Qi Force, internal Transforming Force, and Xiantian ability. You must create a method to break through to the Xiantian level, and even countless subsequent stages."
"A method to break through to the Xiantian?" Wan Feng exclaimed, "Dean, forgive my bluntness, but this is completely a losing proposition. Countless martial artists spend their entire lives without ever reaching the Innate Xiantian, let alone breaking through Xiantian. Even if it were created, how many people could actually reach that point?"
"Moreover, martial arts practitioners can only live to around a hundred years old at most, and even that requires the help of a pharmacist who is proficient in the art of health preservation. Even if there are countless realms beyond that, in the end, they all return to the earth at a hundred years old."
"Give it a try, give it a try. Her Majesty the Queen cares a lot about this, why don't you give it a try?" Song Junjie said with a smile, without forcing Wan Feng to try.
Actually, he also felt it was unnecessary. It wasn't that he looked down on those who practiced martial arts, but the upper limit of Martial Dao was just that, and it wasn't worth trying to develop it. After all, no matter how he developed, he could never compare to the Immortal Dao.
However, since this experiment was proposed by Han Yu, he had to take it seriously. After all, the other party was Her Majesty the Queen, and he was indebted to her because he had accepted her money.
After pondering for a moment, Wan Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, I'll take this job, but I can't guarantee it will work. I'll give it a try."
"Sister Qing, is that enough?"
Bai Lili looked at the increasingly perfect fake ruins and asked with a smile.
"That's about right." Yu Shang nodded and said, but quickly frowned again. "Holy Maiden, we're playing with fire. Once the news gets out, a large number of cultivators will come, and we won't be able to handle it."
"Besides, how can you be sure that guy will actually come here? Maybe all our hard work will have been for nothing."
"Sister Qing, don't worry, he'll definitely come. Besides, we don't need to spread the word, we just need to get it out."
"I wasn't sure before, but now he has no choice but to go into this Ice and Snow Plateau. We just need to lay out the bait and wait for the prey to take the bait."
"But..." Yu Shang hesitated, "But I don't know how long it will take. Holy Maiden, you know I love children. These past few years, I've been following you around to suppress the baby's development, but it's becoming more and more obvious. If I continue to suppress it, it won't be good. So, Holy Maiden, why don't you ask someone else to help you?"
"Qing Nü, I heard that Yu Ting also died at his hands. Don't you want to take revenge yourself?" Bai Lili said with a light laugh, a playful smile in her eyes.
"Never mind, it's the same whether you intervene or not, Holy Maiden. Although I'm furious about Yu Ting's death, we're at a critical juncture right now, and I simply can't leave. If you could spare his life so I can finish him off, I would be extremely grateful."