I am a living immortal.

Expanding territory is the lifelong pursuit of every emperor.

Although the Crown Prince wasn't yet emperor, he had already considered the possibility. After all, he certainly would be in the future. While the current emperor was considered a wise ruler, he still lacked a certain level of skill. However, this had already been filled when he unified Dayu.

He deserves such praise for pulling the people out of the mire.

The Crown Prince, with the current Emperor paving the way for him, couldn't be any worse; he could more than be a moderate ruler. But... the Crown Prince's personality was inherently strong. Would he allow himself to be just a moderate ruler? Would he be content to remain under his father's protection forever? He wouldn't, and he wouldn't be willing to do that.

Everyone knew he would be an emperor, and everyone knew that even if he did nothing, this prosperous era would remain. After all, the wealth left by the current emperor was so rich that it could operate even without an emperor.

It makes no difference whether he is there or not.

How could the Crown Prince accept this? If he didn't, then he should demonstrate some accomplishments, letting everyone see just how far he could go. Even if his performance was poor, he would have a way out, a reputation as a moderate ruler, a wise ruler, or a benevolent ruler.

This is what the current emperor said to his prince.

As an emperor, he could see the prince's reluctance; as a father, he also understood his son's reluctance. So he let him go ahead and do it. Even if he failed miserably, he, as a father, would have his back.

I really have to say that the founding emperor had a very broad mind.

He took the initiative to speak openly to the prince. At that moment, the prince realized the gap between himself and his father. However, he was not discouraged; instead, these words ignited his fighting spirit. He wanted to show his father that he could do it, that he could do it.

He spent years planning it, then perfecting it bit by bit.

It's only now that I've truly begun implementing it. Honestly, it's risky, but the price is nothing more than the Jianghu. Since you want to try it, then go for it...

So far, despite some setbacks along the way, we have finally achieved the first step without any major problems.

The old goat and the mirage dragon were a bit surprised to hear this news. They weren't surprised that the prince could do it, but rather that he was so lucky. If the incident with Yujiang hadn't happened, the old goat wouldn't have left. And if the old goat hadn't left, then no matter how well-planned the prince was, it would have failed.

However, the old goat left to block Yujiang.

This allowed the prince to remove the biggest obstacle without any effort. Isn't all this just luck?

"You never know," said the old goat.

"How about you tell my fortune?" The old goat looked at the spoils he had snatched from Yujiang.

Cao Chen looked at the old goat in disbelief. Who was he? Did he have anything to do with this? But he wasn't going to disobey him. He pulled a few copper coins from his pocket, unlike any he had seen before, and tossed them onto the wooden table, making a tinkling sound. Following these tinkling sounds, spiritual energy erupted from these ordinary copper coins. This spiritual energy connected the coins together, revealing various hexagrams. These hexagrams changed every second.

The little old man looked at it seriously, and gold appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, Cao Chen was very serious. Perhaps he had a frivolous personality, but he treated the hexagrams very differently.

“Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand; it is in misfortune that one must seek survival.”

Cao Chen breathed a sigh of relief when the spiritual energy on the copper coin completely dissipated. He looked at the two of them and said so.

"It's luck, and it's great luck. Luck that comes out of nowhere is a blessing and a curse. There is no free lunch in this world. The marked price is too obscure, and you and I just haven't discovered it." Cao Chen said with a sigh.

"So, this luck still has a price. Who is the chess player, who is he playing against, and what game is he playing?" Shenlong did not expect that this casual divination would actually reveal a chess game that they had not discovered.

"I don't know." Cao Chen uttered two words.

But he pointed to the sky and then to the side of the road.

Obviously he had figured it out, but he couldn't tell anyone. This was a secret, and words can cause trouble. Once spoken, it was a trap, and once it was, there was no escape.

This is cause and effect. To be clear, it is participation, but to be confused, it is ambiguous.

As a disciple of the Tianyan Sect, Cao Chen naturally knew how to avoid risks and avoid bringing disaster upon himself. He didn't want to cause any complications unless it was absolutely necessary. Furthermore, this situation was clearly not simple, so he would not say anything about it.

But the vagueness of it still allowed Mirage Dragon and Old Goat to keenly perceive the meaning behind it.

Some were stunned, some were in disbelief. This disbelief also included Cao Chen—this frail old man could actually divine the secrets of the heavens to such an extent.

It seemed that he noticed the two people's disbelief.

The old man chuckled twice: "Everyone has their own expertise, otherwise I wouldn't be so unlucky to be caught here."

“By the way, where are you from?”

"Tianyan Sect." Cao Chen replied, with a bit of pride on his face.

The Tianyan Sect, a sect that explores the mysteries of heaven, divines fortunes, and deduces mysteries, observes the changes in this world and ponders the mysteries of the universe. They are a group of true mystics.

They were very mysterious and indifferent to worldly affairs. With only three ounces of copper coins, a tortoise shell, and a compass, they could calculate everything in the world with just a few fingers.

They were well-known in the world of immortal cultivation, but even more famous was their neighboring relationship with Yinjian Mountain. This was actually intentional on the part of the Tianyan Sect. Some said they were seeking refuge, others said it was a collaboration.

Therefore, the two sects are inextricably linked. After all, there are many people or immortals who want to pry into the secrets of heaven. But with the presence of Yinjian Mountain's group of sword immortals, some of whom are aloof, some have bad tempers, and some are full of justice, even if there is a quarrel, it will not be too loud. After all, when there is a quarrel with a sword immortal, there will be a group of people coming out of the mountain, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, junior brothers pulling senior brothers, senior brothers calling master, and master calling ancestor.

They don't care what your reasons are.

If they keep arguing, they'll be eaten by swords. The most notable characteristics of Yinjian Mountain are holding grudges and protecting their shortcomings.

If you get tangled up in them, just wait, you'll be annoyed to death. Moreover, Yinjian Mountain is filled with sword immortals, sword immortals who specialize in killing. You can't reason with them; they'll only talk to you about swords.

So the Tianyan Sect took advantage of this opportunity.

Of course, the Tianyan Sect itself was not bad either, having built its sect into a tortoise shell, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Like the Fuling Sect, it was a sect that stayed at home and never left.

Cao Chen was an accident, so he was captured. He deserved it. If he had stayed in the sect, Yujiang probably wouldn't have been able to crack that turtle shell for a while.