The National Preceptor of the Eastern Lands

Chapter 226 The National Preceptor of the Eastern Lands

"Master, everything has been brought here. We have checked it several times and nothing has been missed. The person who kept the goods is also willing to sign his name as guarantor."

Then Steward Hao entered gracefully and handed over a storage bag with both hands.

Li Jieqing raised his hand and beckoned over, scanning the area with his divine sense before passing it on to Li Zhu, a disciple of the Dongtian Sect who was already impatient.

"Fellow Daoist Li Zhu, you can also come to the palace with me. I will directly introduce you to His Majesty of the Eastern Land, which will make it easier to obtain the sealed documents," Li Jieqing invited.

After examining the items, Li Zhu looked up excitedly, but said, "I won't go. These things have already been of great help to me. If Fellow Daoist Ning Ronggong goes, please give him my regards."

The Eastern Palace is heavily fortified, relying on spiritual veins to maintain its power day and night.

Moreover, the emperor was a great man.

Although Li Zhu was not adept at interpersonal relationships, he knew how to protect himself.

Going in alone, it would be bad if I were to be tricked.

Seeing this, Li Jieqing didn't mind and said, "I will naturally find the intelligence we agreed on later. Moreover, I will soon take office as the National Preceptor of the Eastern Land. If you need the help of the Eastern Land court then, you can come to me at any time."

"Thank you very much!"

Li Zhu held the storage bag with great satisfaction.

With that, the visit came to an end, and both parties felt they had gotten a good deal.

"There are many restrictions outside the street, so I'll see you off, fellow Daoist—"

Li Jieqing saw Li Zhu off all the way to his place in the capital, and then bowed in the air to say goodbye.

The cultivation world needs more good people like this; we must not neglect them.

At this time, the capital city of the Eastern Land was already very lively, as a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators, who were rarely seen, appeared due to the presence of foreign cultivators.

The Grand Tournament reached a consensus: the Eastern Land would provide logistics, sell information on magical artifacts and elixirs, and also offer a trading platform; while visiting cultivators would go out to explore, keeping any useful opportunities they found and exchanging any unused ones for other treasures.

Upon hearing the news, the foreign cultivators who had originally landed in the Demon Realm also came one after another to establish a base in the capital.

The private business alliance has already made a fortune.

The biggest beneficiaries are the Eastern Court, which has already hired many foreign cultivators to go to the front lines to help. Moreover, they are considered to be of high quality and low price, as they only need to pay the demonic energy for their services.

Other evil energies aside, the Eastern Lands court certainly doesn't lack demonic energy. Outsiders have increasingly high standards, but they've never actually acquired anything of value.

"Master!"

Yu Xingwu flew into the capital from the west, intending to go directly to Ningrong Prefecture to report, but she happened to see Li Jieqing surveying the situation in the capital from the sky, so she cleaned herself of the dust and flew over respectfully.

Seeing him approach, Li Jieqing asked, "How is the situation upstream?"

This man was sent by Li Jieqing to the front line of Tongtian River to gather information about the current situation.

"The military situation is excellent, Patriarch!" Yu Xingwu said with a smile. "With the addition of those True Immortals from outside, the rate of casualties at the front has slowed down, and the battle line has stopped collapsing."

"Not only that, the general at the front said there were unusual movements in the Demon Realm. The subsequent demon hordes driven from the Tongtian River were not as turbulent as before. It must be that those outsiders caused trouble in the Demon Realm, affecting the Demon Emperor's orders."

"it is good."

Li Jieqing said "good" and turned around with his hands behind his back.

The prospects are getting better and better, not only for the East, but also for him.

Since the visiting cultivators were so eager to explore the Demon Realm, he then added fuel to the fire by reenacting the incident of recognizing the lotus fragrance in Taiping Market, releasing a faint sound of the Ruyi Green Lotus, and mobilizing a group of cultivators to attack the Demon Emperor's lair!

However, it would be best to set the bait before Li Zhu deciphers the treasure's legacy and calculates that the exit of the Blood Heart Cave is at the source of the Tongtian River.

To avoid arousing suspicion by colliding with each other.

"Master, you are about to become the Imperial Advisor. Would it be alright if our entire Jiaxu Army came to line up and cheer you on at the grand ceremony?"

Li Jieqing was pondering his next plan when Yu Xingwu caught up and presented her application.

"I'll put in a good word about this, but ultimately it depends on the court's arrangements. Also, when I go to Tongtian River later, the Jiaxu Army must still accompany me; they cannot stay in the capital for city defense. Give the order not to entertain that idea."

"I know, we're not afraid to fight the monsters again!" Yu Xingwu grinned.

Li Jieqing nodded.

He felt that this identity as someone from the Eastern Lands was worth continuing to cultivate.

Not only did becoming the Imperial Advisor enable him to better leverage the power of the Eastern Court and foreign cultivators, but he also prepared to attack the source of the Tongtian River.

And then there's what happens next.

Now that Blood Heart Cave Heaven has appeared before these outsiders from all over the Divine Continent, the cultivation world of the Eastern Lands is bound to face a certain outcome. Even if the situation worsens, Blood Heart Cave Heaven will still collapse. Using Chunyu Ju's previous method, the cultivation world of the Eastern Lands will likely...

They can also settle down in other places.

A Grandmaster and dozens of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, even without their accumulated millennia of foundation, would still be a considerable force wherever they were.

After talking with Li Zhu of the Dongtian Sect, Li Jieqing felt that he could blend in with the forces in the Eastern Lands, outwardly sticking together for mutual support, while secretly preparing for the formation of the Golden Core.

This kind of development is much better than having a rootless, unaffiliated cultivator suddenly appear in the cultivation world.

Not to mention, he hasn't even gotten his hands on the royal family's Refining God Technique yet.

The three stages of forming the Golden Core involve magical power, supernatural abilities, and divine consciousness.

Li Zhu's teachings were clear, but some parts remained obscure. One was qualified to form the Golden Core only after passing three tests: magical power, Dao foundation, and divine consciousness. Among them, magical power was relatively easy to pass, while the Dao foundation was difficult to establish. As for the barrier of divine consciousness, it was not mentioned at all.

It's clear that this isn't something that can be obtained by simply luring it with a few Heavenly Star Grasses; there's more to it than meets the eye.

"We'll just have to wait and see what happens next."

Li Jieqing landed at Ningrong Mansion with his hands behind his back, preparing for the grand ceremony for the Imperial Preceptor.

Yu Xingwu followed behind, scratching his head as he caught up.

The position of National Preceptor of the Eastern Lands has been shrouded in a sacred aura since the founding of the nation. After all, this disciple of the Blood Heart Sect, instead of rushing to escape when the heavens collapsed, was busy saving a group of cave dwellers, who have multiplied to the millions of living beings they are today. No amount of commemoration is too much.

However, more than a thousand years have passed.

Although the Eastern Court was ruled by cultivators, it was still plagued by numerous problems, including corrupt government offices and deep-seated personnel issues.

For example, the position of Imperial Preceptor was held by thirteen families after the founding of the dynasty, with no successor.

Therefore, the value of the position of Imperial Advisor is decreasing.

If it weren't for Shan Daliang, who appeared two hundred years ago, not only possessing extraordinary supernatural powers but also daring to risk his life to travel to the Western Demon Realm and fight the former Demon Emperor Xu Fuyi, even though his team never returned, he still directly saved the Eastern Land from crisis, thus restoring much prestige to the court and the position of the Imperial Preceptor.

Otherwise, the position of Imperial Advisor would fall from grace.

In fact, after Shan Daliang and the incident involving the new Imperial Preceptor Bao Wu, the sacred aura of the Imperial Preceptor position has indeed dimmed considerably.

However, regardless of the circumstances, he is still the National Preceptor of the Eastern Lands.

When Li Jieqing took office, the grand ceremony for the National Preceptor stretched from the capital all the way to the Tongtian River, with all officials below the first rank coming out to greet him.

White clouds are drawn down from the sky, pressing down to form cloud steps, hanging in the sky like a bridge, one end connecting to the Tongtian River, the other extending into the palace, ready to host banquets at any time.

Red curtains then covered the sky above the capital, casting large shadows.

The Imperial Guards of the capital, clad in red armor, and Li Jieqing's Jiaxu Army, in golden armor, each wielding long spears, axes, halberds, and bows, stood in formation beneath red curtains, their imposing presence shaking the heavens.

The grand and lively celebration served as a way to ward off the bad luck that had plagued the East in recent years.

Li Jieqing received the replica of the Imperial Preceptor's jade disc from Shan Quan, thus concluding the Imperial Preceptor Ceremony.

The ceremony for the National Preceptor was completed, and from then on he became the National Preceptor of the Eastern Land.

Li Jieqing glanced at the counterfeit imperial advisor's token and saw that the jade disc in his hand was not Jing Mountain Spirit Jade. It did not have the natural seven colors and was just an ordinary second-tier spirit jade.

It is evident that although the Eastern Lands are rich in treasures, it would be difficult to find another piece of jade as large as the old national teacher's keepsake from Mount Jing.

Furthermore, since the inner workings of the Crimson Kun have malfunctioned, the new Imperial Preceptor's token can no longer connect to them, rendering it merely nominal. It retains only the authority to prioritize controlling the grand formations of various courts in the Eastern Lands.

"The workmanship is indeed quite good. I heard that the Imperial Workshop had a hard time making it."

Seeing that the ceremony with the Imperial Preceptor was over, Hao Zheng with a small mustache came over, rubbing his hands together, and borrowed the replica of the Imperial Preceptor's jade disc to take a look.

Seeing that he really couldn't contact the inner world of the Crimson Kun, Hao Zheng shook his head, put down the jade disc and comforted him, "Our Blood Heart Cave is about to collapse, and we don't know what will happen to the Crimson Kun. Being unable to contact it might actually be a good thing."

Li Jieqing remained calm and collected as he accepted the replica of the Imperial Preceptor's jade disc.

He didn't feel ashamed at all, after all, there was an original and even better one.

"Lord Baoling, what do you think will happen if, in the future, our Eastern Lands rely on the storage artifacts of foreign cultivators to leave Blood Heart Cave Heaven? It's one thing for those who haven't reached Foundation Establishment, but what about the supernatural powers of those of us who have?"

"Will the supernatural powers I painstakingly cultivated still exist in this world?"

In the Eastern Lands, Foundation Establishment cultivators all rely on the inner vision of the Crimson Kun to cultivate supernatural abilities.

If the cave collapses, the fate of Chi Kun will most likely be grim, and whether his supernatural powers will still exist at that time is another matter entirely.

Hao Zheng stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "You are now the Imperial Advisor, and this matter concerns the fate of the nation. It is precisely you who should be troubled by it."

"There's nothing new in this world. Perhaps we could ask some outside cultivators to find out what they do when a Golden Core True Monarch with supernatural powers dies outside the cave heaven," another old minister from the East suggested.

Now, Blood Heart Cave has been reconnected to the outside world by a twist of fate, making it a good time to inquire.

Li Jieqing nodded and said, "The court already has a few somewhat trustworthy outsiders. We can ask them several times. If the results are not good, then we should make preparations as soon as possible."

When everyone heard that this concerned their own affairs, they all nodded in agreement.

This was actually Li Jieqing creating momentum in advance.

Fellow colleagues, if you fear the consequences of the cave collapsing and Chi Kun dying, then join our national master in attacking the source of the Tongtian River.

Li Zhu of the Dongtian Sect is currently deciphering the intelligence left behind by the treasure seal from back then, and it won't be long before he finds out the truth.

As for the ascension progress of Blood Heart Cave Heaven, Li Jieqing also went to check the inner world of Crimson Kun with the help of the genuine National Preceptor's token. Although it was faster than before, it was still far from the Supreme Emperor Heaven.

Now we can make our plans at our leisure. Once we've won over the Eastern Court and the foreign cultivators, we'll head to the source of the Tongtian River to reminisce with our old acquaintance, Shecai.

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