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

"Reporting to Your Excellency, this is the second time the Great Buddha Temple has made a move."

After considering for a moment, Jiang Xin said, "For the first time, the Great Buddha Temple dispatched a disciple at the first level of the Dharma Aspect Realm."

He died by Chu Xiu's blade.

Just now, a disciple of the Great Buddha Temple, who was at the peak of the third level of the Dharma Aspect Realm and only one step away from the fourth level, attacked Chu Xiu but still died under his blade.

It's not just that.

One of the Seven Killers organization's protectors also made a move.

This protector of the Seven Killings organization has a high level of cultivation, and it is very likely that he has reached the seventh level of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

In the end, he still died by Chu Xiu's blade.

"You're saying Chu Xiu already possesses the strength to kill someone at the seventh level of the Dharma Aspect Realm?"

Wang Hao's eyes narrowed, his expression changed slightly, and he blurted out.

This level of cultivation was nothing in the eyes of Wang Hao, a true direct descendant of the Taiyuan Wang clan.

but!

You have to understand how old Chu Xiu is now.

Having already reached such a level of cultivation, doesn't that mean he's almost catching up with the most outstanding genius of the Taiyuan Wang Clan?

They needed to know what kind of cultivation resources the most outstanding genius of the Taiyuan Wang clan possessed, and what kind of cultivation resources Chu Xiu had.

"Your Excellency, that is indeed the case."

"Even this old servant finds it hard to believe."

"But Chu Xiu's talent and aptitude are truly extraordinary, almost comparable to the top genius of our Taiyuan Wang family."

Jiang Xin paused for a moment, then said with a complicated expression.

"Tell the Great Buddha Temple to stop sending their disciples to take action."

"Let the abbot of Dafosi Temple lead all the senior monks of Dafosi Temple to attack Chu Xiu together!"

"I refuse to believe we can't kill him like this!"

"Even if he is exceptionally talented, he could never possess strength beyond the Dharma Aspect Realm!"

A cold glint flashed in Wang Hao's eyes as he said icily, "If this boy doesn't die, he will inevitably become a great threat, causing heavy losses to our Taiyuan Wang Clan!"

"Old slave understands."

"Chu Xiu probably already guessed that both of these attacks were made by the Great Buddha Temple."

"So Chu Xiu just led three thousand Northern Garrison Cavalry out of the city."

"It's highly likely they want to go to the Great Buddha Temple to confront them!"

Jiang Xin nodded and said seriously, "This old servant will immediately send someone to the Great Buddha Temple as quickly as possible to inform Zen Master Yuanxin and have them ambush and kill Chu Xiu on the way!"

The reason it was an ambush halfway through the journey.

Naturally, even if Chu Xiu went to the Great Buddha Temple, Zen Master Yuanxin would certainly not dare to openly break ties with Chu Xiu.

It's highly likely they won't admit it.

Even if Chu Xiu wanted to take action, could he really destroy the Great Buddha Temple with his three thousand Northern Garrison Cavalry?

The final result was that Chu Xiu returned to the capital safely with three thousand Northern Garrison Cavalry.

If Zen Master Yuanxin dares to openly and fairly attack Chu Xiu, that would be treason and rebellion!

The army of the Great Zhou Dynasty will surely raze the entire Great Buddha Temple to the ground!

Even Wang Hao couldn't save the Great Buddha Temple.

Therefore, it was simply impossible for Zen Master Yuanxin to order Chu Xiu to be killed at Dafosi Temple.

Zen Master Yuanxin would not agree to that either.

The only way is to kill Chu Xiu halfway there, before reaching the Great Buddha Temple!

"Alright, I'll leave this matter to Elder Jiang."

Wang Hao nodded slightly and said, "We must take advantage of this opportunity to completely eliminate Chu Xiu!"

"Yes, this old servant obeys!"

Old Master Jiang bowed and then disappeared from the hall.

Wang Hao frowned and fell into deep thought.

Wenyuan Pavilion.

An official entered the Wenyuan Pavilion, whispered a few words in the ear of Chen Yu, the Junior Grand Master of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and then turned and left.

With a look of shock on his face, Chen Yu strode quickly into the Wenyuan Pavilion.

Not long after.

Chen Yu entered the room and was about to bow.

"Alright, Chen Yu, there's no need for formalities."

"Judging from your footsteps, it seems something serious has happened?"

Grand Secretary Yang Yan put down the memorial in his hand, waved his hand, and said to Chen Yu.

All the cabinet members also looked at Chen Yu.

"Reporting to the Grand Secretaries, Chu Xiu was attacked twice as soon as he stepped out of the Northern Garrison Office."

"At first, he was a monk; the second time, he was an assassin from the Seven Killers organization."

"The Seven Killers organization's assassin should already be at the level of a Dharma Protector, with a cultivation level of at least the seventh level of the Dharma Aspect Realm."

"However, neither of them posed any threat to Chu Xiu when they attacked; instead, they died by his blade!"

"Chu Xiu's strength is very likely far beyond what we estimated; he has already stepped into the Dharma Aspect Realm, not the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"In fact, he has already progressed very far in the Dharma Aspect Realm!"

Chen Yu's expression was solemn and extremely serious as he spoke.

"The Dharma Realm?"

"He killed at least a seventh-level Dharma Aspect Realm protector of the Seven Killers Organization?"

Yang Yan said with a look of shock on his face.

Dugu Tai and the others stared at Chen Yu in shock.

If they didn't know that Chen Yu couldn't possibly make a mistake, they would have even suspected that Chen Yu had received some false information!

"Reporting to the Grand Secretary, it is absolutely true!"

Chen Yu said with a serious expression.

After a long silence from Yang Yan and the others, Zheng Yun, the Minister of Works, said gleefully, "This is going to be good!"

"Yes, this is going to be a good show. The Wang family of Taiyuan is likely to suffer heavy losses!"

Dugu Tai chuckled and said, "Although we all underestimated Chu Xiu, we never expected him to be so well hidden."

But the deeper he hides, the more advantageous it will be for us!

"I'm starting to wish he wasn't in the Dharma Aspect Realm, but rather in the Ascension Realm, which is above the Dharma Aspect Realm!"

"That might be a bit difficult."

"Although I also hope that Chu Xiu has ascended to the realm of immortals."

"But that's impossible."

Zhao Duo, the Minister of Personnel, said with a regretful expression.

"Now we can just wait and watch the show."

"We'll see how much it will cost the Wang family of Taiyuan to get rid of Chu Xiu."

Yang Yan smiled and said.

Dugu Tai and the others showed expressions of approval on their faces.

"Esteemed ministers, Chu Xiu has already left the capital with three thousand elite cavalrymen from the Northern Garrison."

"It's very likely they intend to take action against the Great Buddha Temple."

Chen Yu hesitated for a moment before speaking to Yang Yan and the others.

"They've left the city?"

Yang Yan paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Young man, you're still too hasty."

"I'm afraid we're about to suffer a major setback!"

Dugu Tai and the others also showed disappointment, as they had guessed that it might be a monk from the Great Buddha Temple.

After all, this Great Buddha Temple has always wanted to climb the social ladder.

Previously, the Wang family of Taiyuan looked down on Dafosi Temple.

This has now given the Great Buddha Temple an opportunity.

However, if Chu Xiu leaves the city now, he will likely face an attack from the Great Buddha Temple.

The Wang family of Taiyuan would certainly not let such an opportunity pass them by!

The Imperial Palace, Taiji Palace.

A palace maid strode into the Taiji Palace, walked up to Pei Guanyin, handed her a note, and then quietly withdrew.

Pei Guanyin slowly opened the note and began to read it.

Jiang Wan'er, who was standing nearby, also went over to look at the contents of the note.

After reading the note, the two women looked at each other, their pretty faces showing disbelief.

"Your Majesty, news has arrived regarding Lord Chu."

Pei Guanyin took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then spoke respectfully to Empress Murong Si, who was handling affairs.

"tell me the story."

Murong Si immediately put down the memorial in her hand, raised her stunningly beautiful face, and looked at Pei Guanyin with great interest.