Jin Chang Cultivates the Tomb Scripture

"Such extraordinary people truly exist in this world!"

As long as one can glimpse the true essence of swordsmanship, Crown Prince Liu Qian does not care too much about the lives of his guest advisors, even if they are the first or second best swordsmen.

Qing Lingzi is dead, and Lei Bei has appeared.

Talent is always being rotated and replaced in this way.

Moreover, the King of Huainan's Household has Wenying Pavilion, rooms A, B, C, and D, each corresponding to a continuous stream of talented individuals.

Perhaps one day a swordsman who doesn't rank among the guest retainers will have a breakthrough and step into the ranks of the best swordsmen.

Compared to a stagnant ranking system that requires those at the top to retire before being removed from the list, the King of Huainan's Household prefers a rotating system of replacements.

However, if the problem could be solved through other means, Liu Qian would not mind trying them.

He inquired curiously about the cultivator Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned.

When Lei Bei replenished, Liu Qian was repeatedly amazed.

"Then wouldn't he be the best testing ground in the world?" Liu Qian asked incredulously, "This allows you to fully demonstrate what you've learned?"

"Your sword really didn't injure him?" Tian Jiu asked, finding it hard to believe.

"If your sword wounds him, I will accept second place and will not challenge you again until you voluntarily withdraw from the rankings," Lei Bei replied.

Is that really true?

"Really!"

Lei Bei nodded, which made Tian Jiu's eyes light up.

Having practiced swordsmanship for most of his life, Tian Jiu never claimed that his swordsmanship would necessarily kill someone, but he had yet to encounter an opponent he could not injure.

Compared to a life-or-death duel with Lei Bei's horizontal sword technique, Tian Jiu was clearly more willing to test his sword against an easier opponent.

He was willing to try if Lei Bei his words seriously.

"His Highness is present today. Does he remember your words?" Tian Jiu warned.

"I will draw my sword against him and let Your Highness clearly see the Horizontal Sword Technique," Lei Bei. "You can also draw your sword against him; as long as your sword wounds him, my words remain valid!"

"Make a deal!"

After their conversation, not only did Tian Jiu breathe a sigh of relief, but Lei Bei relieved.

He couldn't survive Tianjiu's sword, but Lei Bei able to survive in the hands of his senior brother, Tathagata.

It may seem like he just changed his opponent, but this saved his life.

Lei Bei fortunate to have Zhang Xuezhou as a guest, whose casual remarks almost resolved the conflict between him and Tian Jiu.

"Where is that person?" Liu Qian asked with interest.

"They should arrive in Shouchun City within the next day or two. We can wait for them on the city wall," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"This is brilliant!" Liu Qian clapped his hands and exclaimed.

If the aftermath of the battle can be contained outside the city, that would be ideal.

He clapped his hands repeatedly, his face flushed, clearly eagerly anticipating the duel.

After being urged repeatedly, Lei Bei no choice but to quickly pack his things and then follow Liu Qian and the others to the city tower.

"I feel like this plan is a little different from before. Should I still try to recruit them?"

In the original plan, Zhang Qian would use the reading of the imperial edict to summon people from Wu Chao, use official documents to block his fellow disciple Buddha, and even use the prestige of the King of Huainan's Household to get some people from the mansion to cooperate.

But the current situation is completely different from the original plan.

"Recruit them? Of course we'll!" Zhang Xuezhou asked in surprise. "Let them fight their battles, we'll recruit them!"

"But this..."

"Didn't you realize that this Liu Qian is the most important figure in the Prince of King of Huainan's Household!"

The city tower was not like the area near the King of Huainan's Household. If Liu Qian waited there for a while, the other party would need to eat and rest.

If other cultivators were involved in the fight, Liu Qian would certainly find someone to protect their safety.

At this time, only Liu Qian, the old eunuch, Tian Jiu, and Lei Bei traveling. But once they reached the city wall, they would be surrounded by a group of people from the King of Huainan's Household. Zhang Qian could then take advantage of this opportunity to act.

"You've thought of everything," Zhang Qian said happily. "This is much better than me borrowing four constables as a show of force!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

"Would you like to come with me to get this done?" Zhang Qian invited.

"I'm not going to go through the procedures with you!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head.

It wasn't that Zhang Xuezhou disliked joining in the fun and broadening his horizons, but after several days of traveling and waiting in Wu Chao, the time for him to return to reality was drawing near.

Moreover, he also needed to meet with Dong Zhongshu to recount what he had seen in the Jiazi Room; otherwise, if he had to wait another twelve days to return and recount it, his memory would be somewhat incomplete.

The two parted ways and then went their separate ways, one after the other.

"This guy is really good at stirring up trouble. I bet that monk didn't even know why he was being beaten. Tian Jiu probably offended him, which is why he got dragged into this fight with that big monk!"

After Zhang Xuezhou and Zhang Qian left together, Jin Chang, dressed in a purple robe, emerged from the shadows in the corner.

But Jin Chang was happy to see his senior brother, Tathagata, get beaten, since he had almost been killed on the spot by Tathagata. In fact, Jin Chang quite liked it when Tathagata suffered such an undeserved disaster.

"He really has no interest in practicing Buddhist scriptures!"

After Tian You returned and reported to the King of Huainan, and completed a series of tasks, Jin Chang also took the opportunity to keep a close watch on Zhang Xuezhou for a long time.

To his disappointment, Zhang Xuezhou genuinely showed no interest in the scriptures.

He'd been keeping an eye on him for days, and the guy hadn't uttered a single cryptic phrase.

Judging from the direction Zhang Xuezhou was heading, he was going to find Dong Zhongshu.

Jin Chang dared to keep an eye on Zhang Xuezhou, but he would certainly not keep an eye on Dong Zhongshu. Moreover, he had no interest in what Zhang Xuezhou and Dong Zhongshu would talk about after they met, since Dong Zhongshu had already obtained the relevant information about the Tomb Classic from the Imperial Library, and Dong Zhongshu's luck was indeed problematic.

Jin Chang could only think about how Dong Zhongshu had been so unlucky as to abandon his post to seek medical treatment in the Northern Border Military Region, and now he had been driven out of Chang'an City. He felt that Dong Zhongshu was in a terrible state.

"No wonder this guy was half-believing and half-doubting, and even tried to fob me off with the fortune teller thing. He probably couldn't change his fate himself!"

Jin Chang thought about it for a while, and finally put his mind at ease.

Dong Zhongshu didn't rely on the power of the ancient scriptures, but he will.

After a moment's thought, Jin Chang emerged from the shadows and strode toward the King of Huainan's Household.

He didn't dare to openly and loudly recite the scriptures in the King of Huainan's Household, but it wasn't a problem for Jin Chang to find a suitable corner to read them aloud, even in the main hall of the King of Huainan's Household.

The closed door posed no problem for him, given his skill in stealth infiltration.

"It seems like our luck has turned!"

In the main hall of the King of Huainan's Household, Jin Chang only recited the tomb scriptures twice before he felt a golden light flash before his eyes, and then the sound of a dragon's roar approached.

This delighted him. He thought to himself, "What's the point of all this shaman stuff? I've only tried it for a few days, and it's already working. This grave divination must be effective!"

"The number one in the world, the number one in the world..."

Thinking of what he had thought before, Jin Chang couldn't help but make a wish quickly.

When making a wish, one should naturally aim high. Even if the wish is not fulfilled to the fullest extent, such as being the first in the Southern Jambudvipa Continent, the first in the Great Han Dynasty, or the third, fifth, or seventh, it is still better than Jin Chang's current state.

He chanted his wishes aloud repeatedly.

Who is stealing the destiny of my Huainan nation?

Jin Chang was in the main hall, while the King of Huainan was in the Jiazi room, carefully reading a scroll of bamboo slips and comparing them.

After a while, a thought struck him, and he felt as if leeches had touched him, slowly drawing away the power of his cultivation techniques.

He reached out and pinched, then quickly took out three Dharma flags from his pouch, which fell around him.

The King of King of Huainan muttered incantations, and when his spirit body focused its gaze, it immediately saw a mysterious aura, one black and one white, not far away.

The person before them had clearly not yet manifested their physical form, and had only just begun to grasp it.

"So it was Jin Chang secretly practicing the Tomb Scripture in the palace!"

After only a short while, the King of Huainan had already made a complete judgment.

"Borrowing from graves to acquire good fortune, becoming the best in the world? My Huainan region is merely a part of the Great Han Dynasty. How can it be the best in the world? Becoming the best cultivator in Huainan is possible, but that's a grand ambition. However, I can still lend you a hand to rise higher, but it will be difficult for you to shake me off in the future!"

The King of Huainan did not use his superior strength to directly erase Jin Chang's initial state of mastering the technique. Instead, he used the array flags to slowly infuse the King of Huainan Kingdom's fortune into Jin Chang, thus leaving a mark on him.

This investment is clearly worthwhile, as the King of Huainan can directly bring Jin Chang into the 'travel war' whenever he needs it.

A thought stirred within him, and as various ideas swirled in his mind, he felt that within his sphere of influence, the more people like Jin Chang who practiced the Tomb Scripture, the better.

These people attach themselves to him, which may seem to weaken the power of the King of Huainan's cultivation. However, the Prince of King of Huainan is also attached to the Great Han Dynasty. If enough people from the Great Han Dynasty are attached to him, even if the new emperor has the unique advantage of cultivating cultivation techniques, he will have a hard time making it difficult to catch up with his level of cultivation techniques.

If time had been dragged on like this, and the new emperor had passed the age of studying and making progress, all the grudges would have simply passed.