The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Upon hearing this, the entire hall fell silent.

Even the Empress Murong Si of the Great Zhou Dynasty was completely stunned at this moment.

Pei Guanyin and Jiang Wan'er also looked at the Shadow Guard Commander with astonishment.

They all knew that since Chu Xiu was confident enough to go to Jingzhou to take charge, then with the killing blade formation composed of more than nine thousand elite Jinyiwei, he must have incredibly strong strength.

but!

What they didn't expect was that Chu Xiu, with his killing blade formation composed of more than nine thousand elite Imperial Guards, had already possessed the strength of the peak of the ninth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm!

Such power is more than enough to suppress the universe!

At the very least, before the great era of contention truly arrives, it is absolutely sufficient to suppress the world!

Such strength is definitely no weaker than that of the Imperial Advisor Qi Tianchen!

Even worse than that!

After all, a peerless expert at the Celestial Immortal Realm, or even above, can indeed make a move.

However, their attacks are suppressed by the heavens and earth, and the strength they can unleash can only reach the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.

However, a peerless genius like Qi Tianchen, who has not yet stepped into the Celestial Immortal Realm and can unleash his strength without restraint, possesses the strength of the Celestial Immortal Realm and can easily kill these peerless experts who are in the Celestial Immortal Realm or even above!

This is why experts in the Celestial Immortal Realm, and even those above it, have never dared to appear.

Even if these people appear, they won't easily take action.

Everyone cherishes their life!

Just like the Great Wheel King Yuanzhen Master of the Maitreya Sect, whose cultivation level had long since reached the Celestial Immortal realm.

however.

He was completely unable to unleash his full strength in front of Chu Xiu, and was instead severely injured by Chu Xiu's single strike!

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true. It was witnessed by Ying Taotie himself, and there is not a single falsehood in it!"

"However, according to the message from Ying Taotie, it seems that after the Marquis made that slash across the river, he did not make another move."

"Ying Taotie guessed there might be two reasons. One reason is that the Marquis killed a large number of Maitreya Cult experts today, and the cultivation of more than 9,000 elite Jinyiwei has greatly increased."

"Therefore, Lord Marquis must wait until the cultivation levels of the more than nine thousand elite Imperial Guards have been fully stabilized and increased before he can make another move."

"Another reason is that the Marquis's strike had drained most of the cultivation of more than 9,000 elite Imperial Guards, rendering them unable to fight again."

The Shadow Guard Commander seemed worried that Murong Si wouldn't believe him, so he solemnly said, "Once the more than nine thousand elite Embroidered Uniform Guards have completely stabilized their increased cultivation, the Marquis will definitely take action more often, and his strength will become even greater."

The Maitreya sect is no longer a threat!

Has this message been relayed to the teacher?

Murong Si nodded slightly, took a deep breath to calm herself, and looked at the Shadow Guard Commander to ask.

"Your Majesty, when Ying Taotie sent someone to the capital to deliver a message, he had already sent someone to Guiku Gorge in Yizhou to inform the Grand Preceptor that he need not worry about the situation in Jingzhou."

The Shadow Guard Commander spoke with utmost respect.

Murong Si nodded, looked at Jiang Wan'er, and said, "Jiang Wan'er, is Ximen Jue selecting elite members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Ximen is indeed selecting elite members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

"It was an order left by the Marquis, instructing Lord Ximen to select six thousand elite soldiers and train them in the sword formation to serve as reserves for the Three Guards."

"Lord Ximen has already sent someone to deliver the memorial."

Jiang Wan'er said respectfully.

"Send someone to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters to announce the imperial decree first thing tomorrow morning."

"Each of the three guards of the Embroidered Uniform Guard will have two additional thousand-household units added, for a total of six additional thousand-household units."

"At the same time, select a batch of pills and elixirs from my imperial treasury and send them to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters."

A glint of light flashed in Murong Si's eyes, and she said in a deep and powerful voice, "The role of the three chief guards of the Embroidered Uniform Guard is too great."

The current three guardians are already enough to allow Chu Aiqing to unleash such powerful strength.

If the number of the three guards increases by six thousand, it will surely make Minister Chu even stronger!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Wan'er said with a respectful expression.

Murong Si picked up the memorial and began to review it again.

But at this moment, she was incredibly excited.

The Shadow Guard Commander bowed and disappeared into the main hall of Taiji Palace.

this moment.

Yizhou, Ghost Cry Gorge.

Inside a mansion.

A shadow guard appeared out of thin air outside the study deep within the mansion, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice, "Reporting to the Imperial Preceptor, news has arrived from Jingzhou."

crunch.

The door slowly opened.

Qi Tianchen, the Grand Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, walked out of the study, his brows slightly furrowed, and looked at the Shadow Guard, saying in a deep voice, "Speak!"

He could naturally hear the shadow guard's voice trembling slightly.

He didn't know if something might happen in Jingzhou.

"Reporting to the Imperial Preceptor, it's good news!"

"The Marquis led more than nine thousand elite Imperial Guards to form a killing blade formation, killing the two Dharma Kings of the Maitreya Sect who wanted to assassinate the Marquis in Queyue City, Jiangxia County, as well as a group of experts."

"Furthermore, after killing these Maitreya Cult masters, the Marquis cleaved the Wankou of Lujiang County into dust with a single stroke across the river."

"The 100,000 Yangzhou troops that Xiao Yu, the leader of the Maitreya Sect, had stationed at Wankou were killed by the Marquis with a single stroke."

"Besides the 100,000 Yangzhou troops, the Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family of Yangzhou also suffered heavy losses. Only the core figures such as the Maitreya Sect leader escaped from Wankou."

"Even the Great Wheel King of the Maitreya Sect, Monk Du Yuanzhen, was seriously injured by the Marquis's sword."

"The Maitreya Sect and the Xiao family of Yangzhou are no longer a threat!"

The shadow guard said excitedly.

"it is good!"

"that is really good!"

"As expected, Lord Marquis has not disappointed me!"

"Now that the problem in Jingzhou has been resolved, it's time for this old man to make his move!"

"I cannot let the Marquis have all the credit!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Tianchen burst into loud laughter, saying, "I will use the head of the barbarian national teacher, Wutugu, to show the barbarians what the consequences of provoking our Great Zhou Dynasty will be!"

Done.

Qi Tianchen took a step and disappeared from the mansion.

"..."

The shadow guard was stunned for a moment. Was the Grand Preceptor going to the barbarian camp to kill the barbarian Grand Preceptor Wutugu?

Boom!

Outside Ghost Cry Gorge.

Suddenly!

An incredibly terrifying aura erupted!

The appearance of this aura shook both the Yizhou army in Ghost Cry Gorge and the barbarian camp!

Swish!Swish!Swish!

One after another, figures rose into the air from the mansions in Ghost Cry Gorge; they were generals from the Yizhou army.

In a blink of an eye.

These figures appeared on the walls of Ghost Cry Gorge.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed in a blue robe appeared on the city wall.

"Greetings, Your Excellency the Governor."

Upon seeing the man in the blue robe appear, the Yizhou army generals bowed respectfully.

This man in the blue robe is none other than Zheng Min, the governor of Yizhou, also known as the chief administrator of Yizhou!

Zheng Min remained silent, gazing solemnly at the barbarian camp dozens of miles away.

See!

Qi Tianchen stood high in the sky with his hands behind his back, an incomparably terrifying aura enveloping the entire barbarian camp.

This aura seemed to crush the entire barbarian camp.

The ordinary barbarian soldiers felt as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing under Qi Tianchen's aura, and they were terrified!

The hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers stared in horror at Qi Tianchen high in the sky, filled with fear.