The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

King Zhou’s eyes almost popped out of his head.

If the drum stool was not from his palace, he would have thought that the other party was deliberately using it as a trick.

A delicate beauty instantly turned into a strong man.

King Zhou was not stupid, and he immediately understood that the beauty was warning him that if he dared to make a move on her, she might crush his bones like a drum stool.

After realizing this, King Zhou suddenly shuddered.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, he is not worthy of her.

"Old, old immortal, you and your family are gathered together and may have something to say, so please go down."

King Zhou managed to calm himself down and waved his hand to let Tianjizi and his men retreat.

Tianjizi then took Xie Yi and Yunque to the palace where he lived and began to discuss their current situation.

He read for a few days but was still confused.

According to the records in the books, the dynasties here have only changed for tens of thousands of years, so he is a little confused as to whether this is a secret realm or a complete interface.

Generally speaking, secret realms are related to cultivators.

Such a place completely suppresses cultivation, seals spiritual consciousness, and is home to only ordinary mortals and ordinary beasts. Such a place does not conform to the characteristics of a secret realm at all.

But if it is a complete world, why would it suppress cultivators so completely? Could it be the laws of nature in this world, protecting the mortals here?

Since Tianjizi had been reading books for several days, Xie Yi asked, "Does the Great Zhou Dynasty rule over all of humanity in the entire universe? What are the things on the edge of this world?"

Yuantian Continent was a landmass surrounded by seawater, hence the name. He wondered if the Great Zhou Dynasty was also surrounded by the sea.

Tianjizi said, "In fact, the Zhou Dynasty isn't the only mortal kingdom in this space. Next to the Great Zhou Dynasty, there's a small kingdom with a territory only half the size of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It's currently controlled by the Great Yan Dynasty, the dynasty that preceded the Zhou Dynasty.

Simply put, the Great Zhou Dynasty had not yet completely replaced the Great Yan Dynasty. A high mountain range separated the Great Yan Kingdom and the Zhou Dynasty, and the only place where the two sides could communicate was a narrow pass about a hundred feet wide.

The Great Yan Kingdom relied on this natural barrier to confront the Great Zhou Kingdom for a hundred years. Both of these mortal kingdoms were surrounded by towering mountains. For thousands of years, no one had been able to climb these mountains and understand the world beyond them.

Therefore, Tianjizi still cannot find anything suspicious about this space and find a way to leave.

Xie Yi asked again: "Do those historical books, when recording the earliest dynasties, explain how they were formed and where these human races came from?"

Back then, in the fairy mountain of the small world, he was just a casual cultivator. His vision and knowledge at that time did not make him think of learning about the history of the cultivators in the small world.

But after arriving at the Yuantian Continent, he realized that there was an ancient world. The Yuantian Continent was just one of the pieces left after the ancient world's immortal cultivators shattered the world.

So he wanted to figure out whether this mortal world was just a small fragment left after the collapse of the ancient world, or a special little secret realm.

Or is it just the mustard seed space of some ancient powerful being?

Tianjizi had naturally thought of the same questions that Xie Yi had. He said helplessly, "The earliest dynasties recorded in those history books are very simple, with only a few sentences. It's impossible to find any useful information."

After a pause, he continued, "However, King Zhou said that there is a secret library in the palace that is not open to the public. If we can go there and take a look, we may be able to find some clues."

Yun Que, who had been silent the whole time, said, "King Zhou kept calling you an old immortal. Can't you go in and take a look?"

Tianjizi stroked his beard and said confidently: "Don't worry, it won't be long before he will listen to whatever the old Taoist says. Then he will be able to see these secret collections of books."

Yun Que thought of Qin Yu and said, "I don't know where Qin Yu fell. We still have to look for him. More people means more strength."

Tianjizi said, "That's easy. I'll come forward and ask King Zhou to order a search for the person. I'm sure they'll find him soon."

Suddenly thinking of a question, he quickly added, "Unless Qin Yu fell into the Great Yan Kingdom."

After discussing for a long time, we can only take it slowly for the time being.

These people are all great monks, so they naturally have some patience.

The next day, King Zhou was discussing matters with several important court officials when an attendant, looking panicked, ran into the hall and announced loudly, "Your Majesty, someone has come from the residence of Grand Marshal Geng to report that he has just died of a sudden illness."

"What?" King Zhou stood up suddenly, his face full of shock.

The other veteran ministers in the hall also looked incredulous.

After all, they had seen Lord Geng two days ago. His face was flushed with rosy light, and he didn't look like a dying man at all.

The attendant continued, "According to the people in Lord Geng's residence, Lord Geng was talking to someone at home when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. Before the doctor arrived, Lord Geng was already dead."

Several ministers looked at each other in bewilderment, but King Zhou murmured, "It really worked, it really worked."

Then he hurriedly said, "Please ask the old immortal to come over!"

Then, the King of Zhou told the ministers in the palace about Tianjizi's prediction to the Grand Marshal yesterday. Although these ministers had heard about Tianjizi falling from the sky, they did not quite believe it, thinking that it might be a deliberate trick by Tianjizi to attract the King of Zhou's attention.

But I didn't expect that this person was so powerful that he could accurately predict a person's death date.

Tianjizi was soon brought to see King Zhou.

Tianjizi was completely unmoved by Da Sima's death. How could he have the nerve to call himself Tianjizi if he couldn't even read a mortal's face?

When several ministers in the court saw Tianjizi's sage-like appearance, they no longer thought that he was a demon and asked Tianjizi to tell them whether they would be blessed or cursed.

But Tianjizi said that he only wanted to predict major events and was unwilling to get involved in minor matters.

After two accurate predictions, King Zhou completely regarded Tianjizi as a god, so he proposed that Tianjizi serve as the high priest, whose main job was to predict the good and bad fortune of major events in the court.

Tianjizi took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to see the library in the palace that was not open to the public, and asked King Zhou to send his officials to help him find someone, and then handed Qin Yu's portrait to King Zhou.

King Zhou readily agreed to help find the person and immediately gave the order.

It was just about the secret library. He said a little embarrassedly, "To be honest, there are not many books in there anymore."

After King Zhou's explanation, Tianjizi finally understood that the palace where King Zhou resided was also the palace of the previous dynasty, the Great Yan. The books in the secret library were originally books that only a few members of the royal family were allowed to read throughout the dynasties.

After the first king of the Zhou Dynasty rebelled, the Yan Dynasty retreated to a small territory nearby and took away most of the books in the secret library in the palace, leaving only some books of little use.

King Zhou finally said, "I am actually quite curious about what is recorded in those books. It's a pity that they are still in the hands of the remnants of the previous dynasty."

Tianjizi was immediately disappointed. He had a hunch that perhaps in these books they could find the secret of this space.

Is he going to leave the Great Zhou Kingdom and go to the neighboring small country of Dayan to become the imperial teacher?

Tianjizi returned to the palace where he lived and told Xie Yiyunque and the other two the news.

Xie Yi immediately said, "You don't need to go to Yan State to serve as the Imperial Preceptor. Find a way to get the King of Zhou to send troops to attack Yan State, and I will be the general. Once Yan State is conquered, not only will I be able to see all the books, but I will also have military power."

He looked at the two of them and smiled, "By then, you will be the Grand Master of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I will be the Grand General of the Great Zhou Dynasty. With us as one insider and one outsider, won't this mortal kingdom be under our control? By then, no matter what needs to be done, it will be easy as pie."