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

"Alright, the Imperial Preceptor shouldn't be breaking through any further."

"Refund them all."

Chu Xiu sensed that Qi Tianchen's aura had not increased any further, so he waved to Mo Xuanjia and the others and said.

"Yes."

Mo Xuanjia and the others bowed and then left.

"It will be difficult to kill Yang Xuance next."

Chu Xiu looked in the direction of Xuzhou, frowned, and said.

Xuzhou, the capital city.

boom! boom! boom!

A series of incredibly terrifying auras erupted.

This is the foundation of the Hongnong Yang Clan, the Tianjian Sect, and the Dongyang Family.

This scene was not limited to Yangzhou and Xuzhou. Throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, in various sacred lands or ancestral lands of the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families, experts at the Celestial Immortal Realm, True Immortal Realm, or even above the True Immortal Realm were born.

Half an hour later.

In the courtyard.

Chu Xiu was holding a book and reading it.

Qi Tianchen appeared out of thin air in the courtyard, smiling as he said, "Is the Marquis reading a book?"

"I'm just taking a look around, please have a seat, Imperial Advisor."

Chu Xiu stood up and extended his hand to Qi Tianchen in invitation.

"Your Excellency must have many questions right now."

Qi Tianchen sat down on a stone bench and looked at Chu Xiu.

"Indeed, please enlighten me, Imperial Preceptor."

Chu Xiu nodded and said with a serious expression.

"What the Marquis wants to know is simply whether those above the True Immortal Realm can make a move now."

"I can tell you this, my lord."

"Although the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is not particularly abundant at present."

"However, those above the True Immortal Realm can already make a move."

Qi Tianchen said with a solemn expression.

"Imperial Preceptor, if someone at the True Immortal Realm makes a move, can you withstand them?"

Chu Xiu's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Qi Tianchen and asked.

He still trusted Qi Tianchen's strength.

He just didn't know if Qi Tianchen had reached the first level of True Immortal Realm, or if he was able to fight against experts in the Profound Immortal Realm, which was above True Immortal Realm.

In reality, Chu Xiu didn't know what kind of strength the True Immortal Realm and the Profound Immortal Realm actually possessed.

"You can rest assured, my lord. I am confident in my abilities."

"They have just broken through, and their current cultivation level is at most at the first level of the Profound Immortal Realm, minor completion."

"If they dare to come, I am more than capable of stopping them."

Qi Tianchen smiled slightly and said.

"With your words, Lord Marquis, I am relieved."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu felt a great weight lifted from his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Actually, Lord Marquis, you don't need to worry about this at all."

"His Majesty has long been prepared."

"His Majesty has arranged for Qin Xiao, the Deputy Hall Master of the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, to come."

"I have already met with Palace Master Qin."

"At this moment, Palace Master Qin is in Shouchun City. When Palace Master Qin is needed, he will definitely take action."

"Palace Master Qin has been at the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm for many years, and should now have reached the first level of the Profound Immortal Realm."

"With Palace Master Qin's strength, even Yang Changtian and the Heavenly Sword Ancestor are no match for them."

Qi Tianchen smiled gently and comforted Chu Xiu.

"Qin Xiao, the Deputy Hall Master of the Royal Palace?"

Chu Xiu's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Qi Tianchen with a look of surprise and doubt on his face and asked.

In fact, he had long guessed that the Great Zhou Dynasty couldn't possibly be without some trump cards.

As the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Murong Si must have other trump cards up her sleeve, not just the Shadow Guards.

After all, the Shadow Guards were primarily there to provide intelligence for Murong Si.

The five surnames and seven noble families, all the major holy land-level sects have their trump cards.

How could the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was powerful enough to suppress the Five Clans and Seven Noble Families and make all the major holy lands and sects behave themselves, not have any trump cards?

The royal family will always be the greatest family!

Even though the Yang family of Hongnong was once known as the number one family in the world, they were far inferior to the Murong family of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

"That's right, the Royal Palace Hall, Deputy Hall Master Qin Xiao."

"Does Your Excellency truly believe that His Majesty has absolutely no trump cards up his sleeve?"

"Without this trump card, how could our Great Zhou Dynasty suppress the powerful clans and sects of the world?"

"The Royal Hall of Worship is the place where the most experts of our Great Zhou Dynasty are gathered."

"His Majesty's treasury is not lacking in cultivation resources or martial arts techniques."

"With the most cultivation resources and martial arts, it's incredibly easy for our Great Zhou Dynasty to cultivate experts."

"The entire Royal Palace was filled with a large number of experts at the Celestial Immortal Realm and even the True Immortal Realm."

"Among them, the strongest is Nangong Yijian, the master of the Royal Palace."

"Three hundred years ago, Senior Nangong had already served as the head of the Imperial Palace. He and Xiao Longcheng, the patriarch of the Xiao family in Yangzhou, were of the same generation."

"And Xiao Longcheng was also one of the most outstanding figures of that era."

"The most outstanding geniuses, even the most outstanding prodigies."

"But Xiao Longcheng was completely suppressed in front of the Palace Master of the Southern Palace."

"The Palace Master of the Southern Palace is known as the Sword Immortal!"

"A true sword immortal!"

"He walks the path of a sword immortal!"

Qi Tianchen said with a look of amazement, "Back then, my swordsmanship was guided by the Palace Master Nangong."

Although they were not formally master and disciple, they were in fact master and disciple.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to comprehend the Dao of the Heavenly Sword.

"Sword Immortal Nangong Yijian?"

Chu Xiu's face showed surprise. To be praised by Qi Tianchen was enough to warrant the instruction of swordsmanship.

From this alone, Chu Xiu knew that this sword immortal, Nangong Yijian, must be a truly extraordinary and brilliant person.

"The Palace Master of the Southern Palace should be in seclusion."

"Even this time, it might not happen."

"Moreover, the Princess of Nangong must remain in the palace to protect His Majesty's safety."

"Besides the Palace Master of the Southern Palace, there are four deputy palace masters in the Royal Palace."

"They are Qin Xiao, the Palace Master; Dugu Shiwu, the Palace Master; Gai Wushuang, the Palace Master; and Murong Nantian, the Palace Master."

“Each of the four deputy hall masters is an extraordinary figure.”

"Palace Master Qin is known as the God of Guns, a true god among guns, with astonishing strength."

"Like Lord Nangong, Lord Dugu is a swordsman."

"The reason why the Lord of Dugu Palace is called Fifteen is because his sword has a total of fifteen forms."

"Even fifty years ago, the Palace Master Dugu was called Dugu Fourteen."

"He was only recently renamed Dugu Fifteen because his swordsmanship has evolved to the fifteenth form."

"This sword is also known as not a sword of the mortal world, but a true sword of hell."

Qi Tianchen looked solemn and said with admiration, "Palace Master Dugu's sword technique is called the Fifteen Forms of the Demon Sword."

His title is Sword Demon!

A true demon among swords!

"Sword Immortal, Gun God, Sword Demon?"

Chu Xiu said thoughtfully, "Then the remaining two Palace Masters, Gai and Murong, must also have similar titles, right?"