Evergreen Immortal.

Chapter 812 Home is Where My Heart Is

"They'll be here soon, right?"

"It should be soon."

At the Imperial Palace of Dayu, on the Jinchi Bridge, all the civil and military officials stood under the blazing sun, craning their necks and looking up at the sky, sometimes whispering among themselves.

Such a grand scene.

It has not appeared in the Yu Kingdom's palace for a long time.

"Scholar Liang, King Qi, Minister Liu."

"The weather is quite nice today."

The Holy Emperor was in a very good mood. He squinted at the blazing sun and smiled at Liang He, Yuan An, and Liu Tong behind him.

The only one who could command such a personal welcome from the Great Yu Emperor was none other than the Evergreen Ancestor.

Lianghe received the news yesterday.

Master Li Rui descended the mountain today.

He informed the Holy Emperor, who then waited in the palace with his entire court for a full hour.

The Holy Emperor also knew that Li Rui was not a person who liked pomp and circumstance.

Whether people like it or not is one thing, whether they actually do it is another.

The ancestor of the Yu Kingdom, the first True Lord of Jinting Prefecture, this kind of pomp and circumstance is actually quite small.

"It's a nice sunny day."

Liang He responded.

With the death of Chief Minister Zhang, the Emperor has issued an edict appointing him as Chief Minister of the Cabinet.

He was second only to the emperor in the Great Yu Dynasty, and above all others.

When Chief Minister Zhang was still alive, he witnessed everything that happened in the cabinet, and even helped with the approval of documents. In the process, he gradually grasped the workings of the Great Yu Dynasty.

Liang He knew that it was Chief Minister Zhang deliberately teaching him the way of governing the country.

I've now mastered five or six points.

He even developed some of the demeanor of the former Grand Secretary Zhang due to his constant concern for national affairs.

The Holy Emperor chatted with his three disciples, Li Rui and Li Rui.

The conversation suddenly stopped.

A slight murmur arose from the crowd.

A massive flying ship descended from the sky, its hull, crafted from black jade immortal iron, gleaming with a chilling black light. The array patterns engraved on it were so intricate that even the most skilled array masters in the Yu Kingdom could not decipher them in the slightest.

What's most terrifying is the aura emanating from the person on the ship.

Even without intentionally releasing it.

It was enough to suffocate the entire court of officials in the palace.

"Is this the might of a True Monarch?!"

True Lords do not often appear in the world.

These civil and military officials had never seen such a terrifying cultivator before.

Everyone's mouths were agape.

Someone, I don't know who, was the first to shout: "Greetings, Ancestor Changqing!"

Subsequently.

The officials, both civil and military, seemed to awaken from a dream.

It was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami crashing down.

"Everyone, get up."

Li Rui stepped off the flying boat and spoke calmly.

Now that he has become a True Lord, every word he utters contains the Great Dao, and he possesses a domineering and majestic aura.

All the civil and military officials felt as if they were being drawn by some mysterious force, and they all stood up at the same time.

"Your Majesty, it's been a long time."

Li Rui cupped his hands in a respectful gesture.

When the Holy Emperor of Yu heard Li Rui address him as Holy Emperor, he showed no pride whatsoever, but simply bowed with utmost solemnity: "Holy Emperor of Yu, welcome the Ancestor."

Once upon a time.

Li Rui was the subject, and he was the ruler.

This is the supreme majesty of a monarch.

In the cultivation world, status has always been determined by strength.

Yu Kingdom had just established itself as a second-rate immortal dynasty when Li Rui achieved the True Monarch realm. It's no exaggeration to say that he alone was enough to destroy the entire Yu Kingdom.

Not to mention that Li Rui's status in Baiyujing was equally lofty.

Li Rui: "Everyone, disperse." He waved his hand, and then led the Holy Emperor and his three disciples to the Imperial Study.

He did not sit down.

Li Rui did not sit, nor did the Holy Emperor.

The two looked at each other.

Li Rui then spoke: "According to the order of Daoist Jianhe, I intend to establish a sect in the Yu Kingdom to govern the twelve towers and five cities. What do you think?"

As the nominal ruler of the Yu Kingdom, he naturally had to inform the Holy Emperor of the Yu Kingdom first about the establishment of the Lower Clan.

The Holy Emperor had already heard about this from Liang He, but did not answer immediately. Instead, he said, "There are three gentle children in my clan. May the Ancestor have them serve under you?"

Li Rui smiled slightly:
"can."

"If he has a good temperament, I may take him as my disciple."

Upon hearing this, the Holy Emperor's eyes lit up: "I have no objection, I will follow the Ancestor's arrangements."

"good."

Neither of them said another word.

Li Rui walked straight out of the Imperial Study.

Dealing with smart people is easy.

Li Rui is now a True Lord, so it's impossible for him to have only five disciples and no lineage as before. Jiang Linxian asked him to establish a sect, which is precisely to help him establish a lineage.

However, the emergence of the Baiyujing Lower Sect will inevitably threaten the rule of the Great Yu.

Therefore, what he came today was to get the Emperor's attitude.

The Holy Emperor also gave his own answer.

The three descendants of the Zhu family who remained had a relationship with Li Rui that lasted for about five hundred years.

After that, everything depends on the fate of the Zhu family members themselves.

If any of Zhu's disciples harbor resentment or even do anything detrimental, Li Rui will take action to clean up the sect.

To accomplish great things, one must clearly distinguish between public and private matters.

Li Rui understood this principle, and so did the Holy Emperor.

If he cannot break through, the Holy Emperor will only live for three hundred years at most. Five hundred years is the limit that Li Rui can give him. Any more than that will only make some of the Zhu family members arrogant.

Such is the nature of human nature.

It was simply unavoidable.

After the Holy Emperor dies, some members of the Zhu family will surely think that they are the rightful masters of this world, so why should they be subordinate to the Immortal Sect?

If the next emperor can suppress the rebellion, he will enjoy wealth and peace; if he cannot, he will be purged.

Li Rui could not allow things like the Divine Void Immortal Dynasty and the Divine Deer Academy to happen in Jinting Xiaozhou.

of course.

That's the worst-case scenario.

In fact, over the years, many of the children of his disciples Yuan An, Liu Tong, and Wang Zhao have married into the Zhu imperial family.

They are connected by blood.

Once it becomes an inextricable entanglement, it becomes even more difficult for that situation to occur.

"Alright, you all should leave now."

Li Rui waved to his several versions of himself.

After Liang He and the others left the Imperial Study.

Li Rui then made a finger gesture.

Whoosh.

A beam of green light shot out from the storage bag.

An almost ethereal figure appeared in the imperial study.

The Holy Emperor's eyes first widened in surprise, then he sensed an extremely familiar aura—a connection stemming from bloodline. He couldn't help but recall the previous rumors.

His pupils contracted slightly, and he bowed deeply, saying, "Greetings, Emperor Taizu."

How could he have imagined that Li Rui would actually bring back Zhu Yuanlong, the founding emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty?

Zhu Yuanlong looked at his great-great-great-grandson, his calm eyes unable to suppress the turmoil that welled up inside him: "Not bad, he's a good boy."

While in Zhongzhou, he naturally heard about the affairs of Dayu, and that this younger generation had done a very good job as emperor.

He also exclaimed that he never expected to have the opportunity to return to his hometown in this lifetime.

"Leaving home young and returning only when dying, one can say that this life has not been in vain."

"Young Li, I will remember this favor."

(End of this chapter)