Zhuge Liang's Journey to Dominate the World: Starting from Another World

The palace guard was an old eunuch, hunched over, but with eyes as sharp as a hawk's. Seeing the general arrive with Kongming and Zhu Bajie, he muttered to himself, "It's been a long time since anyone dared to take down the imperial edict!"

The old eunuch's gaze swept over Kongming, a barely perceptible look of surprise on his face. The aura emanating from him seemed to penetrate all obstacles and reach the heart, but he immediately concealed it.

"Eunuch Jiang, these two are the immortal masters who answered the imperial edict." The general bowed respectfully to the old eunuch.

"Oh?" The old eunuch slightly raised his eyelids, then said indifferently, "The Crown Prince's strange illness is something that even the three major sects are helpless against. Do you two still want to throw your lives away?"

"Ah! Brother, let's retreat! Can't I just not look at the beauties in the harem?" Upon hearing the old eunuch's blunt words, Zhu Bajie turned pale with fright, tugged at Kongming's sleeve, and muttered in a low voice.

Kongming remained unmoved, smiled slightly, and said in a calm and confident voice: "Eunuch Jiang, now that we have accepted the imperial edict, we are naturally confident in curing the Crown Prince's illness. As for the three major sects being helpless, that only shows that their medical skills are not good enough, not that the disease is incurable."

Upon hearing this, the old eunuch Jiang said no more. He nodded slightly and said, "In that case, you two may come with me to the palace."

"You'll die if you don't brag! You've really put Old Pig through a lot."

Zhu Bajie wanted to turn and run, but the palace gates were locked tight by the general, so he had no choice but to follow Kongming. He knew Kongming was cunning, but he had never heard of him being able to heal the sick.

The group passed through layers of palace gates and finally arrived at the Crown Prince's bedroom.

The palace was solemn, with the maids and eunuchs moving cautiously and not daring to make a sound.

In the center of the palace, a pale-faced young man lay on the bed; he was none other than the Crown Prince. His eyes were closed, and his breath was weak, clearly indicating that his condition was very serious, as if he might die at any moment.

Beside the bed, several imperial physicians were discussing in hushed tones, but their faces all showed a sense of helplessness.

At this moment, seeing Kongming walk in, they all raised their heads, glanced at Kongming and Zhu Ganglie, and showed disdain in their eyes.

Although they could tell that the two were cultivators, they had seen countless immortal masters in this palace, but they had only used their magic to temporarily relieve the prince's pain.

But none of them could truly cure the prince's illness; in fact, they were not as good as these ordinary doctors.

Just then, a middle-aged man dressed in a dragon robe, accompanied by a personal cultivator, strode in. He was none other than the current Yuan Emperor, Tie Muzhen.

"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" A group of imperial physicians, seeing Tie Muzhen arrive, hurriedly knelt and bowed respectfully.

Emperor Yuan remained unmoved, his sharp gaze sweeping over them one by one, finally settling on Kongming and Zhu Ganglie.

Who took down the imperial edict?

"Hmph... It's... it's him!" Zhu Bajie was startled at first, then pointed at Kongming.

Kongming waved his feather fan, smiled slightly, and said, "It is indeed I."

Emperor Yuan, Tie Muzhen, nodded and said, "The Crown Prince's illness is so severe that even the three major sects are helpless. If you are confident that you can cure him, I will reward you handsomely. But if you cannot cure him, or if you dare to deceive me in any way, I will grind you to dust!"

Tie Muzhen's powerful imperial aura caused the imperial physicians to tremble and prostrate themselves on the ground.

Kongming, without making a sound, kicked Zhu Bajie beside him and calmly said, "The Yuan Emperor is indeed very powerful, daring to threaten even us cultivators? Does he think that with the support of the three major sects, he can point fingers at me?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan was furious and was about to unleash his imperial wrath when he was stopped by his personal cultivator.

This is a top expert, ranked sixteenth on the Golden Core Peak Ranking, sent by one of the three major sects of the Great Yuan Dynasty to protect Tie Muzhen.

"I heard you come from that place. May I ask your name?" The close-knit cultivator stared at Kongming, seemingly trying to see through him.

Without further ado, Kongming threw out a token.

The cultivator took the token and glanced at it, then was immediately shocked.

"Sima Yi! Could it be the Sima family..." the cultivator exclaimed, his hands trembling slightly.

The token he held in his hands suddenly felt as heavy as a mountain...

In the land of Shengzhou, the three ancient clans of Xuanyuan, Ji, and Sima are revered by all under heaven, and each clan has a Nascent Soul ancestor presiding over them.

Let alone ordinary cultivators, even the sect leaders of the three major sects in these countries only have the opportunity to enter the gates of these ancient families once every fifty years during a pilgrimage.

Ordinary cultivators would never dare to have any dealings with these behemoths.

The Sima family was renowned for its alchemy and was also the wealthiest and most resourceful of the three clans.

It is said that the Sima family can refine elixirs that can bring the dead back to life and heal flesh and bone. Curing diseases and saving lives is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables for them.

The cultivator, trembling, handed the token to Kongming and bowed deeply. If it were just a cultivator from the Holy State, it wouldn't matter; after all, the Holy State is vast, and not everyone can have an extraordinary background. But this was the Sima family; he didn't even have the right to look up to them.

"I was unaware of the Holy Envoy's arrival and have failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me!"

Kongming took the token and examined it closely. He saw the three characters "Sima Yi" written on it in small seal script, giving it an antique feel. He never expected that the identity token he had seized from his mortal enemy in his previous life would come in so useful here.

"What holy envoy? Don't talk nonsense, or I'll slap your mouth shut!" Kongming said casually, waving his feather fan.

He wouldn't be foolish enough to admit that he was some kind of holy envoy, much less that he came from some ancient family. After all, there are plenty of people in the world with the same name and surname; let them speculate as they please!

"The Holy Envoy's reprimand is correct. I misspoke, I misspoke... I must keep a low profile, I must keep a low profile..."

The cultivator stammered, cold sweat beading on his forehead. He guessed that the other party was probably a junior from the Sima family who had come out for training. After all, who the hell would be tired of living and dare to impersonate someone from an ancient family?

Emperor Yuan Tie Muzhen watched this scene with a sense of shock and disbelief. Although he was just a mortal, he had heard of the three great ancient families of Shengzhou. Although he was the ruler of a country, he was probably nothing in their eyes.

Having ascended the throne, he was no fool. He immediately changed his expression and said, "Your Majesty greets the Immortal Master. It is truly our great fortune that the Immortal Master has come to our Great Yuan Kingdom!"

"Cough cough cough!" Pigsy, standing to the side, raised its wild boar head and suddenly coughed a few times.

"Oh! This humble prince greets the Pig Envoy!"

Seeing that Kongming had the two men under his thumb, Zhu Ganglie immediately became arrogant. While he was indeed timid, he was quite adept at showing off.

"I'll call you 'bro,' is that alright?" Pigsy said casually.

"Old buddy? No problem, no problem..." Tie Muzhen was taken aback, then quickly replied...