Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

Therefore, the officials of the Imperial City Administration also called these two commanders the Left Envoy and the Right Envoy.

After a brief communication, the guard at the door led Song Xuan through a long corridor and into a study.

"Your subordinate, I greet the Lord Left Envoy!"

As soon as he entered the door, Song Xuan bowed and clasped his fists in greeting.

"There's no one else here, so it's best to skip the official etiquette!"

Taoist Shouyin said politely, motioned Song Xuan to take a seat, and then asked, "How are you feeling? Are you getting used to the climate of the imperial capital?"

"It's not bad. It lacks the gentleness and grace of the Jiangnan water towns, but it has a bit more ruggedness and grandeur. After staying here for a long time, I always feel that my character may become a lot more heroic."

The Left Emissary nodded and smiled, "You'll get used to it. Everything is fine in the Imperial Capital, but for high-level cultivators, there are a few too many rules. The Imperial Capital is the foot of the Emperor, and it's also where the national treasures guard the land. Even a Mahayana cultivator can't act recklessly.

The higher the level of cultivation, the more attention the nation-guarding artifacts receive. On the contrary, ordinary people and low-level cultivators are more casual. "

Song Xuan said, "What you mean is that in the imperial capital, the rules are meant to restrain the powerful. On the contrary, those ordinary young masters bully men and women and bring disaster to the people, but the national treasure doesn't care?"

"That's right!" The Left Emissary said calmly, "Ordinary people have their own laws to restrain them. There are government offices, the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and beyond that, there's also the Imperial City Administration.

In this world, not everyone is qualified to be noticed by the national treasure unless they have reached a certain level."

Song Xuan pondered for a moment and said tentatively, "When I was on a mission to the Demonic Yuan, I was assassinated. It is speculated that the person behind this was from the imperial capital.

Now I am serving in the imperial capital. If that person sends someone to assassinate me again, can I fight back?"

The left envoy smiled slightly, "You also said that you were assassinated during the Demon Yuan period. But now it is the imperial capital. To assassinate a high-ranking official of your level in the Imperial City Bureau, only he himself does not want to live.

Since you have already started working, Mr. Song, there is no need to waste too much time on this. As long as you do your job well and steadily in the imperial capital, no one can do anything to you! "

Song Xuan pondered for a moment, "Even the mastermind behind this isn't okay?"

The Left Emissary stated clearly, "No one can do this. Assassination in the imperial capital is a dead end! Unless someone has the means to conceal it from the surveillance of the national treasure."

"I understand! Thank you, Lord Left Envoy, for clearing up my confusion!"

Song Xuan stood up to say goodbye, having basically figured out the attitude of the Left Envoy.

The other party has been emphasizing the imperial capital. Although it was very implicit, Song Xuan understood the meaning:

I know that you, Song Xuan, are very powerful, but in the imperial capital, don't rely on your profound cultivation to act recklessly and cause trouble. No matter how strong you are, you can't be stronger than the national treasure.

Trying to kill the prince by force in the imperial capital is simply not feasible!

If you really want to cause trouble, then go outside the imperial capital.

After Song Xuan left, spatial fluctuations spread out in the Zuo Shi's study, and the figure of the Ink Master slowly emerged.

"he's gone?"

"gone!"

"How does it feel?"

"It's basically certain that they're coming for the Crown Prince. But fortunately, they're smart enough to test our stance before taking action."

Master Shui Mo pondered and said, "Smart is good. I like to deal with smart people!"

Chapter 758 Taoist boy and white snake!

Taoist Shouyin sighed, "Logically speaking, with the other party's ability, if he really was angry, he could go straight to the palace and ask His Majesty and the Crown Prince for an explanation.

But this person chose to conceal his true strength and took the official route, rising all the way to the imperial capital. I'm afraid his ambitions are more than just a simple venting of anger!"

Master Shui Mo pondered for a moment and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, this Lord Song should be the real power behind the Second Prince!

Your Majesty is using the Second Prince as a whetstone for the Crown Prince, and the other party is probably using the Crown Prince as a stepping stone for the Second Prince."

Taoist Shouyin frowned and said, "Actually, I still don't quite understand this person's thinking. Since he wants to get involved in the fight for the throne, why doesn't he just support the Crown Prince?

It's not difficult at all, and you can also gain the luck of the Imperial Master, so why bother adding more difficulties to yourself?"

Master Shui Mo smiled and said, "I'm afraid this also involves the sect's dispute.

The Song Xuan siblings were born in the Hunyuan Sect. I don’t know how such an eighth-level sect could cultivate two Mahayana-level beings, but it is undeniable that with these two people, in the next Wanling World Sect Competition, the Hunyuan Sect will definitely strive to become a ninth-level sect.

In a ninth-level sect, positions are fixed; if there are higher ones, there are naturally lower ones.

If nothing unexpected happens, the ninth-level sect behind the prince will be the target of Hunyuan Sect's next competition."

"I see!"

Taoist Shouyin suddenly realized, "If the Crown Prince ascends the throne, the sect behind him will surely be canonized as the state religion and blessed by the entire dynasty's fortune. If that were to happen, the Hunyuan Sect wouldn't stand a chance."

Shui Mozi nodded and said, "So, don't spread Song Xuan's true strength. Let them fight.

If possible, we wouldn't mind offering a little help.

For us, the crown prince ascending the throne is not a good thing. The dynasty has limited luck and cannot accommodate the emergence of a huge state religion!

"With the addition of another state religion, a portion of the fortune taken away belongs to our Imperial City Division!"

"Brother Shui Mo is right. The Commander-in-Chief said that we should not be involved in the fight for the throne, but he didn't say that Song Xuan couldn't interfere.

In that case, I will have some recent case files sent to the Inspection Office tomorrow. The Inspection Office has the authority to inspect various places and review files from previous years. Now that Song Xuan has taken office, he should also shoulder his responsibilities."

...

When Song Xuan returned to his courtyard, Song Qian was setting up a sword formation.

Seeing her brother come back, she asked curiously, "How did the talk go? Did that old guy try to trick you?"

"No, the conversation went well!"

Song Xuan briefly explained the situation, and Song Erni immediately laughed and said, "I've been talking for so long, but I'm just telling you that you can't use force in the imperial capital. If you want to kill someone, go outside the imperial capital.

It feels like he's trying to get you into trouble."

"That's certainly the case. I suspect these two assistant commanders are also dissatisfied with the Crown Prince."

Song Xuan pondered for a moment, "We have been in the imperial capital for too short a time, and the information we have gathered is too little. Let's not rush. Let's wait and see for a while. Once we understand the relationship between the various forces, we can decide who to attack first!"

It doesn’t matter that it’s not convenient to use force in the imperial capital. Even within the rules of officialdom, Song Xuan has plenty of ways to deal with people.

Who among the officials in the court doesn't have some problems? If they don't investigate, it's fine. But if they want to investigate, few people will be clean.

Looking up at the sky, Song Xuan said, "It's noon. I'm going to take a nap. You continue to work!"

Song Qian was not surprised. She didn't know when her brother had developed the habit of taking a nap. She smiled and said, "Go ahead. I'll set up the formation outside. It won't affect you."

Watching Lord Song enter the room and close the door, and Heishan and Gudaoyi cleaning the yard outside, a trace of memories flashed in Song Qian's eyes.

She liked this atmosphere very much, as if she was back in her childhood, with her brother writing storybooks in the house and she chasing butterflies in the yard, and occasionally the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking could be heard from the alley.

That kind of atmosphere made her feel very safe!

...

Song Xuan had a dream.

In his dream, he saw the vast world and endless mountains and forests. Afterwards, his vision continued to focus, and finally, his eyes fell on a somewhat dilapidated Taoist temple halfway up the mountain.

A drizzle was falling in the mountains, and outside the Taoist temple, a slender, crystal-white snake was kneeling devoutly at the entrance of the temple, as if praying for something.

With a creak, the door of the Taoist temple was opened, and a Taoist boy about eleven or twelve years old walked out.

The Taoist boy looks young, but his eyes seem to have experienced many vicissitudes of life. He has no sense of youth at all, and looks more like a traveler who has experienced the vicissitudes of life in the cycle of reincarnation.

"White Snake, is your transformation calamity coming?"

The white snake nodded.

The Taoist child said "oh" and smiled slightly, "Since I came to this world, you are the first person I met who is destined to be with me. No, it's a snake that is destined to be with me. Since that's the case, I will grant you a chance. It's better to worship me than a god. Let's begin!"

The white snake was stunned for a moment. Although he was confused, he still leaned forward and kowtowed seriously.

Repeat this process, three bows and nine kowtows.

"Very good, you do have some spirituality. Go ahead and overcome the tribulation! After you transform, come and see me!"

The white snake looked at the Taoist boy deeply, then turned around and disappeared into the jungle. Not long after, thunderclouds gathered in the sky and the rumbling sound of thunder continued to ring out.

In his dream, Song Xuan clearly saw from a God's perspective that the white snake was constantly rolling in the thunder tribulation, and was struck so hard that its outside was burnt and its inside was tender. It looked like it was about to die.

At this moment, the Taoist boy suddenly waved his sleeves and shouted, "That's enough, let's go!"

Above the nine heavens, the thunderclouds that were still brewing a thunder disaster suddenly roared, and then slowly dissipated like smoke, and the sky between heaven and earth became clear again.

However, the Taoist boy's action of dispelling the thunder seemed to have angered the will of heaven and earth. An invisible momentum began to gather, and a vast pressure enveloped the mountains. It seemed that a will was descending from the unknown.

But from beginning to end, the Taoist boy was very calm. He looked up at the sky with a calm expression and said with a faint smile: "I am just wandering in the sky and passing by here. I have no intention of becoming your enemy.

But this snake worships me as a god, and since I have accepted its three kneelings and nine kowtows, I must also bear the consequences of its actions."

His tone was calm, but it carried an unquestionable tone, "This snake, I will protect it!"

"If you want to fight, then fight!"

The sound was not loud, but it was like a hurricane rising from the ground. With a loud bang, it swept to the sky. With the naked eye, countless space cracks began to spread in the void, as if the world would be destroyed if there was a disagreement.

The threat was clear:

If I can't protect the people I'm afraid of, then there's no need for this world to continue existing!

Chapter 759: What will you choose in the future?

The war ultimately did not begin.

In the eyes of Song Xuan, who was in a God's perspective, this was normal. It would be abnormal if the will of heaven and earth were to start a world-destroying war with an extraterritorial god-level existence just for a snake.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Taoist boy in the dream is his previous life, the incarnation of the Lord God Xuantian who descended to a certain world.

From some perspectives, when it comes to threatening the way of heaven, he can be said to have inherited the tradition and has become very proficient at it.

As for the white snake, it was probably the Bai Suzhen he saw on the cruise ship.

After the dream, just as Song Xuan had expected, with the intervention of the Taoist boy, the white snake luckily survived the thunder tribulation and then transformed into a tall woman.

The woman was wearing a slim-fitting white dress with tight sleeves. Her figure was exquisite and her delicate face showed a hint of ignorance and admiration.

In the following days, the woman followed the Taoist boy like a little follower, meditating and practicing Qi, refining elixirs and drawing talismans every day, and her cultivation level gradually improved.

One day, the Taoist boy suddenly opened his eyes from his meditation, looked quietly at the woman in front of him, and asked, "Do you remember how long you have been with me?"

The woman shook her head. "I don't know the years of my cultivation. I only know that after transforming, I followed you. The fruit on the top of the mountain has ripened seven times."

The Taoist boy nodded and smiled, "Seven years is quite a while. How about this, I'll give you a name!"

The woman was delighted, "Please give me a name, sir!"

"You are the incarnation of a white snake, so let's call you Xiaobai!"

The smile on the woman's face froze, and she stammered, "Sir, isn't this name a bit too perfunctory?"

"Not satisfied?"

The Taoist boy pondered for a moment and rubbed his forehead. "Then you can use Bai as your surname and be called Bai Suzhen!"

After saying this, without waiting for Bai Suzhen to react, the Taoist boy stepped into the air and walked towards the sky step by step.

"I've taught you everything I need to know in these seven years. The bond between you and me ends here, and it's time for me to leave!"

Bai Suzhen was very anxious and wanted to chase after him in the air, but the Taoist boy waved his sleeves and sent her back to the Taoist temple.

"From now on, you will cultivate in Qingcheng Mountain. When your Dao fruit is fully developed one day, the cause and effect between you and me will become clear. Then, you can come down the mountain to find me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, in Song Xuan's vision, the world in this dream, the entire heaven and earth suddenly solidified, and gradually began to become illusory. Only at the end, the Taoist boy's eyes, which contained endless deep meaning, looked at him.

At the same time, Song Xuan suddenly woke up from his dream, and a sentence echoed in his mind.

"A casual move might help you.

As for how you will place her, as a partner, a spirit beast, a disciple, or even a cauldron... what will you choose for my future self?"

Song Xuan patted his forehead and felt that he had slept a little too long.

When I walked out of the room, it was already dark. Victoria Song was sitting in the yard painting the sunset, while Heishan and Gudao had lit a bonfire and seemed to be grilling some wild game.

Seeing Song Xuan go out, Erni put down the pen in her hand and blinked, "You slept a little too long during your nap. What's wrong? Did your sister-in-law..."

She wanted to say that she was drained by her sister-in-law and needed to sleep for so long?

But after glancing at the two men from Montenegro who were barbecuing, she shut her mouth wisely. With others around, she still needed to maintain her dignity as the elder brother.