Imperial henchmen? Never been struck by the sword of the Six Doors (a secret police agency).

"When Xiaoyue returns, take Chenghuang to the Liangyi Hall again."

Li Junsu, who was pondering matters concerning the immortal mountain, quickly put that aside and turned his attention to something else.

Upon returning to the Marquis's residence, Bei Menyue excitedly planned to take Zu Bing back to the ancestral hall to give his elderly father a good dressing down.

At this moment, the world-renowned Lord of the Heavenly Demon Palace had no idea what he was about to face.

......

Offering Hall

Bei Menjue studied the Zheng while stroking his chin.

The monstrous beast lay lazily on the ground, already accustomed to the strange behavior of the North Gate.

Suddenly, a loud bang startled Beimen Jue and Zheng.

"Xiao Jue, I'm back."

Bei Menyue pushed open the gate, speaking excitedly.

Bei Menjue snapped out of his daze, listened to Bei Menyue's words, and, realizing what she meant, raised an eyebrow.

"What did you bring back?"

Bei Menjue stood up and shook his robes.

"Ancestor."

Looking at her father's indifferent expression, Bei Menyue puffed out her cheeks and raised her voice.

"?"

Bei Menjue then turned his head and saw two ancestral weapons, one on the left and one on the right, like guards.

"you..."

Bei Menjue swallowed hard, as if something had occurred to him.

"Shennong Tribe, Shennong Staff".

Shennong Zhang looked at Beimen Jue with a strange expression.

Cultivating demonic arts is normal.

But it's a bit abnormal that cultivating demonic arts can still bring merit.

"Shennong Tribe, Simu Ding".

Simu Ding also looked at Beimen Jue with a strange gaze.

This guy in front of me has a demonic affinity; where did he get all that merit?

The merits on Beimen Jue's body naturally came from the farming puppet he had developed.

This puppet only requires wood, a craftsman, and a little martial artist's internal energy to cultivate the fields on its own.

The fact that the wooden puppets were inexpensive to manufacture, easy to promote, and required martial artists to infuse them with their internal energy further bound the wooden puppets to the imperial dynasty.

After purchasing a wooden puppet, the common people only need to go to the Six Doors and have the constables infuse it with internal energy.

The puppet Beimen Jue has freed the people from the heavy burden of farming.

With the addition of high-quality rice seeds obtained by the emperor from Goguryeo, the people no longer had to worry about food.

The emperor was also considering allowing the people to try growing spirit rice and eating spirit grains.

In this way, the physical fitness of the people can be greatly improved.

Secondly, it makes it easier to produce more high-quality, virtuous children.

The emperor wasn't just ensnaring his ministers; he wanted to ensnare the entire empire.

The emperor had great ambitions. He knew that no dynasty could last for a thousand years, so he could only try his best.

What he sought was not the eternal existence of the dynasty.

He was rather modest; he considered himself to be the best person after Yao and Shun, which was about enough.

Bei Menjue's research on how to transform ferocious beasts into auspicious ones also received strong support from the emperor.

A sage ruler descended from heaven, while a demon wreaked havoc on the world; they were a good pair of ruler and minister.

"Greetings to our two ancestors."

Upon hearing this, Bei Menjue cupped his hands in a gesture of respect befitting a junior.

Don't be fooled by the title "Lord of the Heavenly Demon Palace" at the North Gate; his true name is "Heavenly Demon Chaos."

In reality, Bei Menjue is still a good young man at heart.

After all, he was the kind of unlucky guy who could be completely subdued by Tantai Jingzhi, and then be so angry by Beimen Qing that he vomited blood, and eventually chose to avoid seeing her and being bothered by her.

The worst thing I ever did in my life was to double-cross others in the demonic path.

Thus, what truly broke through Beimen Jue's defenses was actually the birth of Beimen Yue, who possessed great innate merit.

When she was teaching Xiao Beimen Yuemo Kung Fu, she unleashed a burst of golden light with a single punch.

Bei Menjue knew that this was how his life would be.

Looking at it now, it's not bad.

"The Hundred Medicines Cauldron, legend has it that you can reverse-engineer the process by throwing elixirs into it?"

After bowing to Beimen Jue, he cautiously inquired.

"of course."

Simu Ding nodded.

"What about other things, like some ancient puppets, or..."

A glint immediately appeared in Bei Menjue's eyes.

"Don't even think about it, it won't work."

"I can reverse-engineer the elixir because of the elixir of a hundred medicines."

"If you want to reverse-engineer all things, what you need is the innate Bagua compass in the hands of Emperor Xi."

"The Primordial Eight Trigrams Plate is a divination weapon forged by Xi Huang using primordial chaos energy, but... it's not that simple if you want to use the Eight Trigrams Plate."

As the Simu Ding thought about the eras further back, its expression became somewhat complicated.

The heavenly soldiers complemented each other; Shennong was calm and composed, while she and Shennong's staff were more impulsive.

The innate Bagua compass is even more advanced than those two.

Xi Huang was born indifferent, untouched by the seven emotions and six desires, observing the principles of heaven and earth, and recording the way the sun, moon and stars move.

He taught his descendants to eat cooked food and to arrange marriages, thus ending a chaotic era in which people only knew their mothers and not their fathers.

In contrast, the Bagua plate exhibits extremely intense and restless emotions.

Basically, they know how to eat and drink, they'd rather be lazy than work, and they'd rather lie down than stand up.

Asking her to do chores is like asking her to die, but when it comes to playing, she immediately gets up and is full of energy.

The game of betting on big or small originated from the arrangement of the Eight Trigrams.

Even if you wanted her to perform a divination, you'd have to coax this ancestor with kind words and gentle manners.

In other words, Xi Huang was naturally indifferent and didn't care about anything.

If someone is more irritable, they definitely need to be disciplined by the Bagua compass.

"Hmm, even if we reverse-engineer the logic, it doesn't seem to be that complicated."

After hearing Simu Ding's words, Bei Menjue subconsciously touched the money pouch at his waist and chuckled awkwardly.

Even the legendary Emperor Xi Huang had to appease his ancestor. If we were to let him go, wouldn't it be a huge financial burden to ask this ancestor to perform a divination every time?

This is no joke. Even before the Human Emperor, this ancestor already knew how to play dice.

If this happened in the Great Qian Dynasty, wouldn't Jian Chan and King Wu gamble until they were completely out of control?

He can't afford to spend so much money.

"Let's stop with this nonsense. Was it you who bullied Xiaoyue?"

Shennong Zhang then stepped forward, looked at Beimen Jue, and asked a question with righteous indignation.

"Ah I?"

Bei Menjue was stunned upon hearing this.

Did he bully Xiaoyue?

Xiaoyue was being lenient by not turning on him.

"Yes, when I was a child... my father made me practice demonic arts, and when I didn't do it well... he scolded me."

Beimen Yue peeked out from behind the Simu Ding, looking at Beimen Jue with a smile in her eyes, but her tone was full of grievance.

"It's over."

As Bei Menjue watched the two Ancestral Soldiers approaching and his daughter's smug smile, his vision went black.

......

Wu'an Marquis's Residence, Study

"Boss, I've brought you Chenghuang."

Bei Menyue skipped and hopped as she pushed open the door, her smile radiant.

"I see."

Li Junsu put down his writing brush, having just finished his official duties.

Are we going to see the current ruler of the world?

Cheng Huang jumped down from Bei Menyue's arms and then jumped onto Li Junsu's lap.

"Wow, you even keep a Skyowl as a pet?"

Chenghuang looked at the huge, snow-white ball of fluff and wagged its tail.

"Senior, is Xue Ling in any danger?"

Li Junsu looked at Xue Ling, who had grown a bit bigger, and asked in a low voice.

Now, Xue Ling has transformed from a pure white snowball into a large, golden-white snowball.

"Don't worry. The fact that she has advanced to the Demon Emperor level and her size has started to increase means that she has already completed half of her journey and there is nothing to worry about."

"The only thing the demon race needs to advance is time."

Cheng Huang patiently explained.

Upon hearing this, Li Junsu was relieved and, along with Cheng Huang, vanished into nothingness.

"cute."

Bei Men Yue, who remained in the study, poked Xue Ling, who was fast asleep.

Xue Ling subconsciously shifted her position.

......

Within Xue Ling's consciousness, she was enveloped in pure golden mist.

The nourishing energy of the earth's veins caused the scenery before her to change.

Then, Xue Ling saw the scene of the huge Heavenly Owl fighting against the White Tiger.

However, rather than a contest, their playful bickering caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace.

However, no matter what, they are all top-tier demon emperors. Even if they are just playing around, they can change the color of the heavens and earth and their pressure can sweep across all directions.

It's no wonder the Jade Emperor was so afraid of them waking up; there would truly be no peace and quiet then.

After all, the Jade Emperor knew more than just the White Tiger and the Heavenly Owl.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, within the Heavenly Palace, the Heavenly Owl, which was in deep slumber, stirred as the earth's veins carried its descendants into its dream.

The giant golden-white snowball that she and the Jade Emperor had created in the Heavenly Owl Immortal Realm, interrupted by the earth's veins, twitched its eyelids with displeasure.

Outside the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor was intently watching the white tiger embroidery.

The white tiger's two enormous paws holding an embroidery needle looked somewhat comical.

However, Baihu actually knows how to embroider.

"You really know how to embroider?"

"I have a little understanding of it. It feels similar to adding weapon patterns to weapons when they are forged."

The two were so engrossed in their conversation that, coupled with the perfect integration of the earth's veins with their innate energy, it was difficult to detect them for a short time.

Despite all the precautions the Jade Emperor took, he still forgot to guard against the earth's veins.

After all, the previous imperial dynasty's ley lines wouldn't keep trying to sneak into the Heavenly Palace and awaken the other martial venerables; they would definitely have to invite the Jade Emperor out.

......

Liangyi Hall

As the deathly aura coalesced, the emperor quickly rose to his feet.

"Jun Su, you're finally back."

The emperor laughed as he spoke.

At that moment, the Liangyi Hall was completely empty, and the emperor's voice even echoed within the hall.

As the figure appeared, the emperor hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"Let me see the auspicious beast."

The emperor couldn't suppress a smile and quickly spoke.

As soon as Li Junsu appeared, he let go.

The yellow horse, as if by telepathy, grew larger during its descent.

A tiger-sized beast named Chenghuang appeared before the emperor.

"It's so beautiful, no wonder it's called an auspicious beast."

The emperor stared at Chenghuang, his eyes wide with disbelief.

This is the sacred beast that keeps the court officials up day and night!

"It's this corner..."

Looking at the coral-like horns on the back of the imperial carriage, the emperor subconsciously began to worry about the buttocks of his courtiers.

"That's just something your ancestors made up. What I'm carrying on my back is a crystallization of life."

"If I want to, I can spread life and grant people longevity."

Cheng Huang rolled his eyes and then activated the crystals on his back.

The vitality spread instantly, and even the emperor felt much younger upon smelling it.

"Your ancestors had plenty of bad intentions too."

"If you encounter other members of your own race and try to sit on them, the outcome probably won't be good."

Chenghuang withdrew its vitality and wagged its tail.

"Good, very good, Ancestor Chenghuang."

“I have made up my mind. I will start preparations now to build a temple for you, to be dedicated to you, so that you can enjoy the incense offerings of the imperial court.”

The emperor's eyes lit up with greed as he looked at Chenghuang.