As the temple of the Jin Empire, the Jin Palace rises from the ground. The steps alone are twenty feet high, all paved with extremely strong "black jade". There are five platforms in total, with a total of 449 steps.
The implication is that the one above it is the Nine-Five Supreme Being!
When the powerful and far-reaching voice of the order was transmitted from top to bottom, it echoed in the vast Jinsheng Palace.
"Your Highness, His Majesty has summoned you." The tall-guan old man said in a low voice, "Why don't you come to the palace to see me quickly?"
"As ordered." The heavy-armored man stood up slowly.
If an ordinary person were to kneel and worship for three days without sleep or rest, without eating or drinking, it would be difficult to even get up in this late winter season.
But as the twelve peerless warriors in the "Earth Ranking", the black-armored man remains as usual.
Take off your sword!
There are laws in the Jin Dynasty, but no king's orders. All officials and princes must enter the palace in brocade clothes. Only the two kings of the east and north can keep their armor and clothes on, but they are not allowed to carry weapons to the palace. They should take them off in front of the Jin palace.
Throughout the ages, the East King and the North King have been the pillars of the Jin Empire, serving as important ministers of the royal family and shouldering the important task of supporting the empire!
Step by step, walk up the steps.
The big man in black armor finally stepped into the Jin Palace. The dome was more than ten feet high, the majestic hall, and straight pillars stood on both sides.
On both sides, there were numerous armored soldiers.
There was no one in the hall, except for a man wearing purple and gold robes with his eyes closed on the high throne at the end of the hall.
A beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes was kneeling on one side, sobbing.
Bang! Bang!
When the black-armored man entered the palace, every step he took was as heavy as a thousand stones.
This was not something he did deliberately, but the ground inside the temple had been carefully treated by the architects. As long as you walk normally, it will definitely make a sound.
It's hard for top players to avoid it.
Just to prevent assassins from sneaking in quietly.
With the strength of a big man in black armor, he can naturally do it "silently", but that would make it appear that he is deliberately controlling his body strength.
Come to the center of the hall.
"Your Majesty, Jin Jiu, bow down to my emperor." The heavy-armored man knelt down on his knees and fell to the ground: "I came here to plead guilty and hope that your majesty will punish me!"
Jin Jiu's voice echoed in the huge palace, with only the soft sobs of the woman in gorgeous clothes.
"Ninth brother, there is no need for us to be so divided between brothers. Get up." The man sitting on the throne finally spoke.
His voice was gentle, unlike the legendary Emperor Jin who looked down upon the world.
Jin Jiu stood up.
What caught his eye was the tall and thin man sitting on the throne. No matter what others saw, it would be difficult to associate him with the 'number one on the earth list'.
Dongwang Jinjiu knew in his heart how capable his second brother was.
"In the battle at Yunjiang, I already know everything about Lao Jiu." Emperor Jin's voice was still gentle, without any sadness.
It seemed that the dead 'Jin Rensu' was not his son.
"Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for Rensu!" The beautiful woman on the side finally couldn't help but look at the tall and thin man on the high throne.
"Queen!"
Emperor Jin's voice suddenly became cold: "Today, I am having a discussion with the King of the East, and I allow you to attend because of the grief of losing my son. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and you are not allowed to speak in the court. As the master of the harem,
, don’t you understand?”
The Queen of Jin gritted her teeth, lowered her head and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, please punish my brother." Jin Jiu said in a low voice.
"This matter has nothing to do with you." Emperor Jin's voice became calm again: "Although you are in charge of the Chuzhou prefectures of the empire and are responsible for supporting the three prefectures of Jiangzhou, that area is already in charge of the Ninth Prince.
"
"He died while patrolling the frontier."
"Since the founding of the country by our ancestors, for more than two hundred years, dozens of princes have died in the border battles, such as the eldest brother, the third brother, the fifth brother... How can my own son be an exception?" Emperor Jin said slowly: "The one who dominates the world.
On the road, sacrifices are inevitable.”
Dongwang Jinjiu listened silently.
Generation after generation, the Jin royal family has indeed made great sacrifices. There are more than thirty brothers in their generation, but less than ten are alive today.
"East King!"
Emperor Jin slowly spoke: "For more than ten years, you have guarded the East on my behalf. I am very relieved. The death of the ninth prince is his fault, but it does not mean that the others are innocent."
"Jin Tanying and Li Zi, for their meritorious service in guarding, are posthumously awarded the title of First-Class Marquis and will be rewarded to their families after their death!"
"Grandmaster Chen Luo, who is unable to protect the Lord, has been demoted, and the third-class Duke has been promoted to the first-class marquis! His military duties remain unchanged and he will still guard Jiangzhou."
"In addition, as the 'Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty', I would like to inform the world that whoever can find out the true identity of the 'Dark Sword' will be rewarded with '10 million taels of silver' and the title of third-class marquis of the Great Jin Dynasty."
"In addition, once there is clear evidence of who can kill the 'Dark Sword', I, the royal family of the Great Jin Dynasty, will reward '100 million taels of silver' or treasures of equal value from heaven and earth, as well as 'a set of immortal arts', and grant the second rank of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The title of Duke." Emperor Jin's voice seemed to never change: "As soon as possible, let all states, prefectures, masters in the world, and masters in each state know about it."
He spoke calmly, but the beautiful woman on the side stopped crying and looked at Emperor Jin in shock.
Dongwang Jinhuang was even more frightened when he heard this.
this!
Ten million taels of silver? One hundred million taels of silver? Second-class Duke? Oh my god! He suddenly understood what terrible hatred lay beneath the calm appearance of Emperor Jin!
When the emperor is angry, the world will be shocked, it is no lie.
For a large country, a huge reward of 100 million taels of silver is not too much.
But it is enough to make any first-class master or top master in the world go crazy.
Even ten million taels of silver is enough.
After all, all it takes is to find out the identity.
certainly.
Simple money and official position may not be able to seduce the Dibang Grandmasters. Each of the Dibang Grandmasters can be regarded as the pinnacle of mortal martial arts.
If you want to enjoy it, what can't you get?
And their strength has also reached its limit. If they want to break through further, ordinary heavenly materials and earthly treasures cannot help them.
But.
The Emperor of Jin was actually willing to offer a set of immortal skills as a reward?
Immortal arts, also known as divine arts and forbidden arts, were created by masters from the Heavenly Ranking and were enough to greatly increase the strength of a master from the Earthly Ranking.
Most of the Earth Ranking Masters will long for two kinds of treasures.
Forbidden Technique of Heaven and Man! First-class Divine Weapon!
"Your Majesty, is this a forbidden technique?" Jin Jiu couldn't help but ask.
"Chen Luo has reported the detailed battle situation between him and the Dark Saber. I also ordered the 'Jinjian Palace' to communicate with Qunxing Tower and Qisha Tower, and got the detailed information about the Dark Saber provided by them."
Jin Huang said in a calm voice: "In the end, the two ancestors judged that this hidden sword should be an intermediate genius of Class A, and there is a very small probability of being a genius of upper class Class A."
"Maybe he is a top-level genius?" Jin Jiu took a breath.
He finally understood why the Jin Emperor's reward was so high.
The Jin Empire wanted to unify the world, so it naturally had to monitor the world and make corresponding arrangements for some terrifying geniuses who were hostile forces.
Geniuses are uniformly divided into three levels: A, B, and C. Each level is further divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. During this period, adjustments will be made continuously based on the performance of the genius.
For example, the geniuses on the list of candidates are Grade C geniuses, which are the most numerous.
All geniuses who are expected to be ranked on the Earth Ranking will be listed as Class B geniuses and should be paid special attention to. For example, "Xu Hui" of the Hengyun Sect is a Class B genius, which means he has great hope of becoming a Grandmaster.
As for Grade A genius?
Extremely rare!
According to Dongwang Jinjiu's knowledge, there are less than twenty Grade A geniuses registered in the Jin Supervisor Palace in the world, and most of them are below Grade A.
Lower level A represents normal growth and has a 99% probability of becoming a grandmaster.
A-intermediate level means that they are expected to become a grand master and have a glimmer of hope to hit the sky list. Currently, there are only three on the list - Hengyun Wu Yuan, Beizhou's 'Zhen Lin', and Dongzhou's 'Xing Shisan'.
As for the superior?
In the two-hundred-year history of the Jin Dynasty, it only appeared once, and that time ultimately led to the sad end of the Jin Emperor.
The entire Jin Dynasty almost fell apart.
None of the other ministers knew about these secrets, but as the current ruler of the royal family, the 'Prince Jin' naturally knew them all.
"Whether it is Hengyun Wu Yuan or Beizhou Zhenlin, they are just showing off their talents now, and there is still time for us to prepare." Emperor Jin looked down at Dong Wang Jin Jiu: "But the strength of this hidden sword has reached the level of a grandmaster."
"It's hard to say whether it will make it to the top of the list."
"But soon, he will reach the rank of Grand Master, which is not difficult to achieve." Emperor Jin said softly: "Every time there is one more Grand Master on the Earth Ranking, it will be more difficult for me, the Jin Dynasty, to dominate the world."
"I don't want one more person."
"Brother, I understand."
Dongwang Jinjiu said solemnly: "After I go down, I will immediately start making arrangements, and I will definitely do my best to find out the identity of the hidden knife."
He understood the seriousness of the situation.
Genius is always just a genius. The so-called rating of genius is just a judgment of potential. Whether it can be realized in the end is unknown.
Only the strong are a fatal threat!
No one can predict the future. Both Jinhuang and Jinjiu must deal with the biggest threat of the moment.
Obviously, hidden knives are already a big threat.
"At the same time, you should prepare another letter of credence and tell it to the Hengyun Sect." Emperor Jin said calmly: "I hope that the Hengyun Sect will find the Dark Saber relatives within a year and hand them over to our Jin Empire in person."
"otherwise."
"Two years from now, our cavalrymen from the Northern Army of the Shan Dynasty, together with the Nanzhou Navy, will gather in Jiangzhou and arrive at Yunshan to congratulate Grandmaster Buyu on his '100th birthday'!"
Grandmaster Buyu is already ninety-eight years old and will turn a hundred years old in more than two years.
It will be the beginning of a great master's sharp decline from his peak.
"Brother, I understand."
A trace of fighting spirit flashed in the eyes of Dongwang Jinjiu: "There is no need for Your Majesty to take action. After a ten-year truce, I think I am stronger than before. I will be the first to attack Yunshan and destroy Hengyun!"
"Not urgent!"
"Hengyun will be the most critical battle to determine the world of Ding. If Hengyun breaks through, our Jin Dynasty will be able to sweep through the Central Plains in ten years." The Emperor of Jin said calmly: "The four states near the sea will not stand idly by."
Dongwang Jinjiu nodded slightly.
In the Battle of Hengshan ten years ago, he was not afraid of Grandmaster Buyu. Why did the Jin Dynasty finally cease the war?
It is precisely because reinforcements from all parties have arrived!
"In addition, I have given the twelfth prince the right to open a palace. This time, King Dong, you can take him with you when you return to the east." Emperor Jin said softly: "His talent is not weaker than that of the ninth prince. It's just that he
I grew up in the hands of women in the deep palace and seldom had any sharpening experience. I hope King Dong will pay more attention to it."
"Your Majesty, don't worry!"
"In time, the Twelve Princes will be as heroic as Your Majesty." King Dong said solemnly.
He was not surprised, this was the tradition of the Jin royal family.
In every generation, there will be fierce competition among many princes, and the best one will return to the capital with military exploits in hundreds of battles and ascend the throne.
In the fight for the throne, there were countless casualties.
For example, the Eastern King Jin Jiu actually failed to compete with the Jin Emperor for the throne, and eventually became the "Eastern King" and guarded Chuzhou.
It stands to reason that such an order of inheritance and the wanton enfeoffment would lead to successive generations of disciples competing for direct heirs, and the Jin Dynasty should have been divided long ago.
But the Jin Dynasty has been passed down steadily from generation to generation.
Getting stronger and stronger.
…
The Jin Dynasty was the first empire in the world.
The intelligence system within the empire far surpasses that of the Star Tower.
at the same time.
The highest levels of power, such as the Seven Stars Tower and the Qunxing Tower, secretly took actions against the Jin Dynasty, but openly they were unwilling to break up with the Jin Empire.
When the Jin Emperor personally gave the order.
The huge energy contained in the Jin Empire exploded, and in just three to five days, two pieces of news spread throughout the seven states of the Central Plains.
"Dajin is offering a reward of '10 million taels of silver, third-class marquis of Dajin' for information on the true identity of the hidden knife."
"The Great Jin offers a reward of '100 million taels of silver, a set of magical skills, and a second-class Duke of the Great Jin' to kill the Dark Sword!"
Two pieces of news.
In a very short period of time, the news spread all over the world, and almost all the top people and place experts who disclosed their addresses received the news one after another.
...Jiangzhou, Hengshan City.
"Your Majesty, this is really crazy." Chen Luo stayed in his courtyard and looked at the news in his hand.
As the Grand Master of the Jin Dynasty, he naturally received the message immediately and couldn't help but secretly thought: "Not only will the reward be as high as 100 million taels of silver, but you are actually willing to come up with a set of immortal skills?"
"snort!"
"If you are willing to give me a set of immortal skills, I can kill the dark knife that day, why do I have to wait until today?" Chen Luo shook his head.
There is no essential difference between occult arts and magical arts.
However, it is very difficult to practice immortal arts, ten times more difficult than practicing secret arts.
If an ordinary warrior accidentally acquires a set of secret techniques, even if he can only exert 50% to 60% of his power due to differences in his 'body', as long as he doesn't go to great lengths, the damage to his body will not be great.
The forbidden technique is different. It was created by the masters of the Heavenly Ranking. If you are not careful, the warrior will be seriously injured just by practicing it.
Moreover, although warriors have different physiques, most Heaven Ranking masters will make some key modifications to the forbidden techniques based on the same principles based on the physical differences of the users, so as to make them more powerful and less harmful to the body.
Therefore, there is no secret book about forbidden techniques.
They are all ‘personally taught’ by the masters of the Heavenly Ranking.
Some lone master masters, even if they are lucky enough to obtain the 'Forbidden Technique Secret Book', will not dare to practice without the protection of the masters from the Heavenly Ranking.
no doubt.
Behind the Jin Empire, there are masters from the Heavenly Ranking.
"Forbidden magic."
Chen Luo felt a trace of passion in his heart: "If I can get the forbidden technique, and then take risks... and get a first-grade magic weapon, how can Bu Yu be so arrogant in front of me?"
Unfortunately, he could only think about it.
In the Jin Empire, if a master made great contributions, he would naturally be expected to obtain forbidden techniques, and even first-class divine weapons.
Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult.
The Jin Empire would not give it easily.
After all, a master from the Heavenly Ranking overlooks the human world and watches the masters change from generation to generation. Why should he spend so much effort instructing the masters to practice forbidden arts?
It should be noted that the forbidden technique itself does not have much effect on the master's entry into the 'Heaven Ranking'.
Even harmful.
"Hmph, this news must have spread throughout the world." Chen Luo sneered: "It's a pity, how many people are really capable of getting it?"
As the only master master who has ever fought against the Dark Saber, Chen Luo knows how powerful the opponent is.
Super high combat skills and incredible physical endurance.
How to kill?
Encirclement by a large army? For a peerless warrior at the Grandmaster level, an army of millions is just a joke.
Only a master can deal with a master. This is an iron rule for thousands of years!
"Unless you have the strength of the top 30 on the Earth Ranking, you can crush that hidden knife." Chen Luo drank wine: "Otherwise, you will all suffer."
"Are you all laughing at me? A bunch of idiots, let's find the hidden knife first and then talk about it."
No matter how powerful you are, you can still hope to kill them.
But facing a grandmaster who has been hiding so far without revealing many clues? It is too difficult to find him.
…
The shocking bounty offered by the Jin Empire really shocked the world. Ordinary warriors focused their attention on the silver.
"Oh my God! Ten million taels of silver."
"so crazy."
"As expected of the royal family of the Jin Dynasty, they are willing to spend so much money for a dead prince? Tsk tsk, the prince is indeed noble."
"One hundred million taels of silver!"
"Silly, that secret knife is a master, is it possible that you still want to kill him? It is realistic to find his specific identity." Many warriors were moved.
Ten million taels of silver.
It's not a life and death fight, it's just an investigation to find out the identity.
Especially many lone warriors in Jiangzhou couldn't help but rush to the territory of Hengyun Sect, trying to find out the identity of An Dao.
because!
According to the information disclosed by the Jin Empire, there is a high probability that Dark Sword lives in the territory of the Hengyun Sect.
Ordinary warriors mainly focus on money.
The masters of the Earth Ranking who stand at the top of the world are all attracted by the 'set of immortal arts', which makes their hearts flutter.
Of course, there are also many hesitant masters.
"The magic of immortality is attractive enough, but if you want to learn the magic of immortality, you have to meet the masters of the Tianban in the Jin Dynasty."
"At that time, life or death will be unknown."
"It's hard to say." Many masters and masters were intimidated. After reading the news, they threw it aside.
This is normal.
What about Jin Huang? It is very difficult to attract masters to fight.
"Haha, take a gamble! I have no hope of making a breakthrough in this life. Once I obtain the forbidden technique, my strength will skyrocket. If I go to 'Xinzhou' to explore, my hope will be even greater."
"Master of the Heavenly Ranking! I don't ask for any forbidden skills, I just want to see the Heavenly Ranking and ask about it once."
"Hidden knife? It's really mysterious. He is obviously a master, but there is no information about him before. It seems to appear out of thin air. It's really interesting."
In the world, there are still a few masters who are moved and set out towards Jiangzhou.
…
Yunshan.
"Tell the Emperor Jin that our Hengyun Sect knows nothing about the 'Dark Sword'. We have no idea whether he has relatives or whether his relatives live in our Hengyun Sect." Grandmaster Buyu's voice was cold.
He directly rejected the words of the Jin envoy.
"In addition, I suggest that Emperor Jin should do some self-examination. In the past two hundred years, many families, sects, and countries in the world have been destroyed. Isn't it strange that a master master appears to be hostile to the Jin Dynasty?" Grandmaster Bu Yu's voice was cold.
"If Emperor Jin intends to give me a big gift on my 100th birthday, my return gift will definitely satisfy Emperor Jin."
The Jin envoy had no choice but to retreat.
…
The world is in turmoil.
The southernmost tip of Yuanhu Mansion is the junction of Jiangzhou, Chuzhou and Dongzhou, and a few hundred miles further is the boundary of Minzhou.
The mountains are high and the snow is falling!
A very ordinary house, with wooden boards on all sides for ventilation, a charcoal fire burning slowly in the house, and cold air pouring in from the outside!
Outside the house.
Near a low cliff, the snow was several feet thick. Looking around, there was only wind and snow and countless dead trees.
A world of ice and snow!
"The world of ice and snow is indeed a different feeling." Wu Yuan was standing in the wind and snow with a sword in his hand.
Let the heavy snow fall on you.
He has no idea of the chaos in the world.
He has been in this mountain for more than ten days.
And this place is thousands of miles away from where the fight with Chen Luo ended that day.
"If it weren't for the Ninth Prince's treasure, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stay safely in this mountain forest." Wu Yuan grinned.
With a flip of his hand, a bottle of wine appeared out of thin air.
He raised his head and drank.
The wine is very light, basically harmless to the body, but tastes delicious.
"What a magic treasure to store! I never thought that there would be such a treasure in Middle-earth." Wu Yuan lowered his head and looked at the wristband in his hand.
It was picked from 'Jin Rensu' that day.
I had been running for my life all the way before.
After getting rid of Chen Laolu, Wu Yuan fled hundreds of miles, found a house, changed his clothes, and took a shower.
Then - keep running away.
He kept in mind the lesson he learned from the last time he escaped six hundred miles but was still caught up. After careful consideration, he felt that the other party should have some kind of method of tracking through scent and blood.
so.
He changed his identity twice, crossed two big rivers, escaped thousands of miles, almost escaped from Jiangzhou, and crawled into a mountain.
Wu Yuan just stopped in this ‘wooden house’ on a high mountain.
At the beginning of the inspection, Wu Yuan really didn't understand the function of the 'wrist guard'. He could only confirm that it was extremely strong, stronger than a third-grade divine weapon.
till the end.
I thought of the method in the "novel" I read in my previous life, and shed blood!
"I didn't expect that reading novels is really useful if you can really recognize your master." Wu Yuan shook his head slightly, with a thought in his mind, and he felt that a slightly illusory space appeared in front of him.
About three cubic meters.
Not too big, but not too small either.
There are many items placed in it, including silver tickets, gold tickets, wine, bottles and cans, food, etc., as well as many weapons and treasures, and treasures of heaven and earth.
and a large number of books.
"Excluding the treasures I don't recognize, the ones I can recognize are worth millions of taels of silver." Wu Yuan thought to himself, "It's really like getting rich overnight."
He threw the wine back into the storage talisman.
A book appeared in his hand.
""Secret Record of Immortal Spirit Insects II"?" Wu Yuan murmured to himself and turned directly to the sixth page: "The one who followed me last time was probably this 'blood-seeking spirit insect'."
In that stack of books, each one is special.
It is difficult to obtain under normal circumstances, and it is likely that it is a secret treasure of the Jin Dynasty royal family.
"However, the value of these treasures, all added up, may not be as valuable as the storage treasure itself." Wu Yuan sighed to himself.
"Who can create such a treasure?" Wu Yuan was curious and wary.
Even if you are a master and a powerful master, you cannot study 'space'.
Wu Yuan knew very well that it involved "space mustard", which was far beyond the reach of the highly developed human federation in the previous life.
"Could it be said that there are really immortals in Middle-earth?"
"Or a miracle?"
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ps: Chapter 1! Please vote for me!
I have something to do this afternoon, so I can’t write down the words, so I’ll post it first. There will still be a chapter tonight.