This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 340 Monarch and Minister
In the Temple of Heaven Square, the solemn ceremony is still going on. The vast dragon aura of the emperor is hanging high in the sky, absorbing and replenishing fortune.

The two people with the highest cultivation levels present were the "God of War" Wen Renzheng and King Li, both Martial Saints.

One is suppressing the national destiny, and the other is "helping" the emperor.

The fifteen real people in the Zhengfa Pavilion are all working hard to operate the formation, hoping that the long river of luck coming from the Daluo Sect can enter the "Dragon's Mouth" without any waste.

In this situation, it is indeed a good time for assassination.

However, the officer of Zhige Pavilion who suddenly jumped out to assassinate him was too weak.

It’s just the foundation period.

There is no need to alarm the two Martial Saints in the front.

There were four grandmasters and more than 20 martial arts masters from Zhige Pavilion alone. There were also strong imperial guards and several eunuchs with unfathomable cultivation around the Temple of Heaven.
For a Taoist warrior to jump out in such a place to assassinate the emperor can no longer be described as an ant trying to shake a tree.

It's like an ant trying to shake the ocean!

As the daring assassin leaped high into the air, at least seven magical powers descended upon him and several martial arts realms blossomed.

As for the high-level force he sent towards the Temple of Heaven, it flew less than ten meters before being annihilated in the air.

The assassin himself was also annihilated!
This scene frightened several martial arts masters who had taken action, and they turned pale instantly. The strong men who had not yet had time to take action also stopped.

No one dared to kill the assassin directly!
The power to kill the assassin came from within himself.

From the moment he suddenly stood up, the power hidden deep in his body began to bloom. When he sent that force towards the Temple of Heaven and shouted those words, the power in his body just cut off all his life!

This was a carefully planned suicide, with every step calculated with extreme precision.

Without knowing the truth, even a grandmaster cannot prevent such suicide, but the power reaching the pinnacle of the human world can.

The assassin's body was annihilated in the blink of an eye, but at this moment when no one could intervene, a force forcibly inserted itself into it!
The half-annihilated body suddenly solidified in the air, as if the gods had cast a glance here and stopped time here!
Under the Temple of Heaven, Wenren was withdrawing his gaze.

This "God of War" is the most powerful person in the court. King Li, who is also a Martial Saint, is only half a student in front of him.

So they were also trying their best to use the Dao to ensure that the country's destiny would not go wrong. King Li had no time to take action, but Wen Renzheng was able to distract himself to "pinch" a mosquito, and then he gathered his strength again and continued to suppress the country's destiny steadily.

Not a single ripple.

The assassin, whose body was frozen by Wenren Zheng's Taoist principles, fell from the sky.

He was dead, but his half-destroyed remains had been forcibly preserved.

When the body fell to the ground, several martial arts masters nearby subconsciously moved away, avoiding it like snakes and scorpions.

No one dared to touch the body until the emperor spoke.

At the Temple of Heaven, with the emperor's reaction speed, he didn't realize what had happened until the assassin's body fell to the ground.

His expression remained unchanged. He glanced at her indifferently, then retracted his gaze and continued to maintain the dragon aura of the emperor.

This forced many people in Zhige Pavilion who wanted to kneel down and apologize to stop themselves.

The Prime Minister was calm and composed, and the Grand Marshal of Military Affairs was as mighty as a mountain.

King Li looked stern and said nothing.

So the ceremony of offering sacrifice to heaven continued.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a half-dead body on the ground, the formation of Zhige Pavilion would have been obviously a little messy, as if nothing had happened.

But the mood of the civil and military officials was completely different from before.

Everyone has a storm in their heart!

The Qingxu plot and the Mingsheng tragedy, those present were all ministers in the court, so they naturally knew about it.

Even though they did not know all the inside stories and the loss of the emperor's dragon energy, they knew that more than 900,000 people died in Ming Province and more than a dozen cities were burned down.

This kind of damage is second only to the national war nineteen years ago!

The relevant news was naturally blocked, and the court was doing its utmost to reduce the turmoil caused by this disaster.

Today's ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens was of a significantly different standard than previous ones, and was clearly one of the means of "making up for it".

In this situation, on such an important occasion, an assassin suddenly jumped out.

An assassin in the Dao Foundation Stage.

Everyone knew that there was no way this assassin could succeed in assassinating the emperor. He couldn't even get a hundred steps close to the Temple of Heaven.

But he still jumped out and shouted such outrageous words.

Then the purpose of this assassination is very obvious.

He didn't want to tattoo the emperor's dragon body, but to tattoo everyone's state of mind!
The national war nineteen years ago was naturally a shame for the Great Blue Dynasty and brought great harm to the Great Blue Dynasty.

Fortunately, there were great pillars of the country like the Prime Minister Ye Ze'an who "mended the cracks in the sky" and successfully promoted the Mingxin Reform, which restored the "vitality" of the Great Lan Dynasty and gradually recovered the losses.

Not long ago, the imperial court took a series of actions to further suppress Taoism, take back the power of the orthodox courts in various places, and win over Buddhism, which gave the number of evil weapons a chance to increase further.

Seeing the country's growing strength, many people are already looking forward to the arrival of a prosperous era.

But this earth-shaking change in Ming Province almost wiped out all the previous efforts!

Overnight, the Great Blue Dynasty seemed to be returning to its former state of decline!
Now that such a heinous assassination has occurred during the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, people's hearts are bound to be uneasy.

With feelings of trepidation, panic and anxiety, the civil and military officials waited for more than an hour during the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and finally waited for the ceremony to end.

The giant purple-gold dragon hovering over Lanling City disappeared, and a trace of fatigue appeared on the emperor's face, but it soon disappeared.

He walked to the edge of the Temple of Heaven and cast his eyes on the assassin's body.

"Your Majesty, we deserve death!"

Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Ni Xuan, the leader of Zhige Pavilion, was the first to kneel down and plead guilty.

Then the three deputy cabinet masters, cabinet members, and officials all knelt down!
The Da Lan Dynasty has always treated warriors with favor. Warriors at the Dao Foundation Stage can meet the emperor without kneeling.

But at this time, Grand Master Ni Xuan and the other three deputy pavilion masters all knelt down!
The emperor stood high on the Temple of Heaven, watching this scene coldly.

He didn't say anything, so these martial arts masters just kept kneeling.

The atmosphere at the scene began to become solemn.

"What crime have you committed?"

After a long while, the emperor finally spoke.

"I didn't know how to judge people and neglected supervision, which allowed the rebels to sneak into the Zhige Pavilion without my knowledge, resulting in a huge mistake!"

Ni Xuan said this while kneeling on the ground, with his head lowered the whole time and not daring to raise it.

"You said that they neglected supervision. Does the Supervisory Office also have a share in the responsibility of supervising all officials?"

The emperor continued to ask.

"My lord is guilty!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the head of the Supervisory Pavilion quickly knelt down, not even daring to say a word in his own defense.

Hundreds of officials from the Supervisory Cabinet all knelt down.

There was already a large crowd of people kneeling below the Temple of Heaven.

The emperor didn't even look at these people and continued to ask:

"Zixu Palace, do you have anything to say about the cabinet?"

"My lord is guilty!"

More than a dozen high-ranking ministers of the Zixu Palace also knelt down.

The emperor finally looked at the prime minister in the front.

This made the already terrified ministers present even more terrified.

Does Your Majesty want to hold even the Prime Minister accountable?
Is this a major cleanup?!

It is true that the imperial power is still supreme, but under the current system, if the emperor really intends to do this, the court will first be torn apart, and civil unrest in the entire country is foreseeable!
Some ministers could not help but speak up to advise. Even if it meant risking the wrath of a thunderbolt, they had to stop something that would harm the country from happening.

But the emperor did not give them a chance to speak.

"Prime Minister."

"The minister is here."

Until this moment, Ye Ze'an remained calm and saluted with composure.

The Prime Minister showed his magnanimity to his ministers today, even when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, without changing his expression.

"Just now the head of Zhige Pavilion said that he made a big mistake. Where do you think this big mistake was?"

The emperor's tone was still cold, making people shudder.

Ye Ze'an responded calmly:
"The emperor failed to recognize people and failed to supervise them, which led to the disruption of the ceremony and damaged the emperor's dignity."

"Oh, you arranged such an assassination just to damage my dignity?"

The emperor looked at him.

Ye Ze'an said without hesitation:

"During the Five Kingdoms period, Zhou suffered from a three-year drought. An assassin tried to kill the king in the street, but failed. The king of Zhou was furious and vowed to investigate the assassin, which eventually led to suspicion among his ministers and internal turmoil in the court. Two years later, Zhou was destroyed by Qi."

He did not answer the emperor's question directly, but suddenly told a piece of history.

This answer made many ministers present sweat.

When Ye Ze'an talked about this period of history at this time, the meaning was very clear:
If the emperor at this critical moment were to take this assassination as seriously as the King of Zhou did and investigate it strictly, it might eventually lead to civil strife in the country and repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty!

And if the emperor did not intend to severely punish his ministers, then this assassination could at most only damage the emperor's prestige.

Only Ye Ze'an dared to say such words, and only he, the Prime Minister, was qualified to say them to the Emperor!
Everyone was anxiously waiting for the emperor's reaction.

The emperor shook his head: "The Prime Minister is wrong."

These words made everyone's heart rise to their throat.

But the emperor did not get angry but laughed:
"My majesty is in the four seas, in the millions of people, in the abundant martial virtues, in the unity of the people. How can it be damaged by the thorns of a mere man?"

Ye Ze'an followed suit and bowed:

"I am a naive minister, but Your Majesty is wise."

How could the ministers not understand this?

Including Wenren Zheng and King Li, everyone bowed and said in unison:

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Obviously, the emperor never thought of severely punishing his ministers from the beginning.

Ye Ze'an was the first person to understand his thoughts, so he cooperated with him tacitly.

Through the questions and answers between the king and his minister, the negative impact of the assassination was greatly eliminated.

The two men restrained each other in the court, but at the same time they cooperated with each other. Everyone knew that the Mingxin Reform was Ye Ze'an's greatest political achievement.

But this is also the greatest achievement of the current emperor!

The two worked together for more than ten years to achieve this successful reform.

There was no communication between the two today, and they completed their cooperation again.

"Ni Xuan, Zhongli Peng."

The emperor singled out the names of the head of the Zhige Pavilion and the head of the Jianjian Pavilion.

"The minister is here."

The two men remained kneeling.

"The assassin still needs to be investigated. I want the truth. However, you can investigate the case, but you are not allowed to implicate anyone."

said the emperor.

Ni Xuan and Zhong Lipeng felt relieved and immediately accepted the order and expressed their gratitude.

The other ministers also breathed a sigh of relief.

Thus, this thrilling ceremony of offering sacrifice to heaven finally came to an end.

Thousands of miles away in Daluo Sect, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven also ended.

Li Fei first thanked Yun Shu for giving him the opportunity to "enlighten".

"Practicing both magic and martial arts has always been a dangerous path. Only one person has succeeded in the past thousand years. You don't need to be discouraged, and don't underestimate yourself."

Yun Shu took the initiative to comfort Li Fei.

Li Fei was just a little bit away from leaping over the 'Dragon Gate' and reaching the 'God-like State' with his mental power, but he was ultimately defeated by the 'dual cultivation of magic and martial arts'.

Yun Shu was worried that this 'first in history' would be mentally tarnished.

"Thank you for your concern, Master. It is a blessing to have such progress. I am very satisfied."

Li Fei said calmly.

Yun Shu looked at him carefully, making sure that his state of mind was indeed not affected, and nodded with satisfaction:
"good."

Next, Li Fei returned to his room to sort out his gains.

The power of his mind has completely surpassed the limit of the Dao Foundation Stage, and he is only half a step away from entering the realm of a martial arts master.

The dual cultivation of magic and martial arts prevented him from breaking through in the end, but it also allowed him to make great progress on another path:
After transforming the power of his mind into virtual thoughts, Li Fei immediately felt something different from before.

He felt Ru Mengling's 'breath' in his arms!
This is a very unique rhythm. As long as he lets his thoughts follow this rhythm, he will be able to resonate with Ru Meng Ling.

Resonating with the magic weapon is the key to the possession period. It can not only make your own virtual thoughts stronger, but also make the magic weapon more powerful. The same magic method, performed with the same magic weapon, can increase the power of the possession period several times!
Feeling Ru Mengling's "breathing" means that Li Fei may break through to the possession stage at any time!

Using ready-made magic tools to break through is a "cheap" method, but resonance will be very difficult.

The more powerful the magic weapon, the more difficult it is to resonate with it.

After not daring to enter the 'dream world' easily, it became more difficult for Li Fei to resonate with Ru Meng Ling.

However, this breakthrough in mental power, coupled with the progress in the 'dual cultivation of magic and martial arts', allowed Li Fei's virtual thoughts to also complete a breakthrough, and he successfully sensed Ru Mengling's 'breathing'.

Li Fei touched his chest with his hand, suppressing the urge to resonate with Ru Meng Ling right now.

Ru Meng Ling will not cause any sense to others when in the "sleeping" state, even if the True Lord is present he will not notice it.

But this is not necessarily the case in a state of resonance.

What's more, the people from the Nightmare Sect might be spying in secret.

So Li Fei held back.

not now
In martial arts practice, even if one breaks through from the Qi Transformation Stage to the Dao Foundation Stage, the improvement in combat power will not be too obvious before the second implant is taken into the body.

Moreover, the subsequent combat power improvement must be done step by step, and there is no possibility of a sudden leap forward.

But the practice of magic is different.

After entering the possession period, a warlock's combat power can undergo a drastic change with just one powerful magical weapon!

A great wizard who had entered the possession period for many years and had profound cultivation was defeated by a great wizard who had just entered the possession period but resonated with a powerful magic weapon.

This happens from time to time.

The magic weapon in Li Fei's hand is the Zhenyi magic weapon left by Zhenjun. It is the treasure of the Nightmare Sect and the strongest one among all the magic weapons.

This means that once he enters the possession period, he will immediately become the top wizard!

PS: One update today, and more tomorrow

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