Chapter 335: Now that you have met the Minister of Agriculture, why don’t you bow?

Hearing this familiar creaking sound, Zhao Xing also felt a little emotional.

The last time we met was before I first entered Longting, which was in the third year of Dazhi.

It is now the 82nd year of Yuanshou, and more than two hundred years have passed in between.

It’s no wonder that Tianming Xuanniao thought he was dead. Two hundred years is indeed a long time.

"Soul Vision!"

Zhao Xing immediately activated this ultimate method, and a purple light flashed in his eyes.

He immediately saw that there were two souls within the mechanical body of the Tianming Xuanniao.

One of them is the Heavenly Fate Black Bird, which is in the posture of spreading its wings and flying high.

The other one was in human form. It was old and frail, wearing gorgeous clothes embroidered with bird costumes. It grasped the claws of the Tianming Black Bird with both hands, as if they were connected to one.

"Sure enough, there is something unusual." Zhao Xing sneered, "It seems that this is the soul of the last prince of the Li Dynasty, the so-called guardian of destiny."

The Mysterious Bird of Destiny once said that the last owner of the treasure "A Dream of Heaven and Earth" was the last prince of the Li Dynasty.

The soul-like robes he wore just proved this point.

"Zhao Xing, you can see me now." Prince Li smiled. "Let me introduce myself. I am the owner of this treasure, Prince Yang Yanzhen of the Li Dynasty. This silly bird is called 'Chi Nu', and I raised him."

"Now that you can see me, let's talk about the terms."

"Humph." Zhao Xing's soul power shook, and he immediately suppressed Prince Li's suspicion. "It's fine if I'm called Silly Bird, but who the hell are you?"

"A remnant soul residing in a mechanism dares to put on airs in front of me."

Zhao Xing suppressed Prince Li so much that he could not raise his head, and he could no longer hear his conversation with the Heavenly Mandate Black Bird.

The Destiny Black Bird was really the soul of a black bird when it was alive, and was imprisoned in a mechanism?

"Tianming Xuanniao, do you have any other name besides Zhinu?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Huh? You know all this?" The Heavenly Fate Black Bird's eyes widened. "You are so amazing!"

"Yes, I am a reincarnated immortal. Now that my supernatural powers have been restored, I can see everything clearly." Zhao Xing made up a reason so that Tianming Xuanniao could understand why he was so powerful.

"You have helped me grow up. According to the agreement, I am here to rescue you and settle this cause and effect."

"Reincarnated immortal? Ha ha! So that's how it is, great!" The Mysterious Bird of Destiny shouted excitedly: "You can call me 'Li Qingzhi'. Zhinu is the name that Yang Yanzhen forced upon me."

"I was not raised by him at all. I was imprisoned by him and raised by the previous state teacher."

"In order to repay the favor, I later promised the Imperial Master that I would become the guardian beast of Li Chao, but the result was..."

Zhao Xing listened quietly to the story told by the Xuanniao, and a piece of dusty history came to his mind.

It turned out that at the end of the Li Dynasty, Li Xuanji, the leader of the Mengshen Sect and the national teacher of Dali, accidentally found a baby of the Tianming Xuanniao and brought it back to the country.

At that time, Dali had already begun to face internal and external troubles. The last emperor of Dali was incompetent and tyrannical. Li Xuanji, the leader of the Mengshen Sect, raised the Tianming Xuanniao and named it Li Qingzhi, and let it be the patron saint of Dali to prolong Dali's life.

In order to repay the favor, Tianming Xuanniao agreed.

Unfortunately, even a black bird with destiny could not save the fate of Dali, and in the end Dali was destroyed.

At that time, Li Xuanji, the leader of the Mengshen Sect, was also killed in the battle, and the capital had been destroyed.

It stands to reason that there was no need for the Black Bird of Destiny to live and die with the Li Dynasty. In order to repay a favor, the Black Bird of Destiny Li Qingzhi rescued Crown Prince Yang Yanzhen and let him escape.

The Mysterious Bird of Destiny protected Yang Yanzhen for many years in exile overseas, which should have been the utmost kindness. Li Qingzhi was raised by the imperial teacher Li Xuanji, not the emperor of Li Dynasty.

It has served as the guardian beast of Li Chao for so many years and has also ensured the continuation of the Yang royal family. It can be said that it has done him a great favor.

But Crown Prince Yang Yanzhen didn't think so.

He felt that the Tianming Xuanniao was a pet animal raised by Li Chao, and should also be inherited by him and become his personal property.

After realizing that Tianming Xuanniao did not want to follow him in his cause of restoring the country, Yang Yanzhen took advantage of Tianming Xuanniao's unpreparedness and killed it. He extracted its soul and put it into the body of the mechanism, becoming the spirit of the device. In this way, he could control it forever!
The mechanical beast Tianming Xuanniao is not as powerful as its original body, but it is easier to control.

Unfortunately, Yang Yanzhen’s dream of restoring the country was destined to be in vain.

When his life was about to end, because Yang Yanzhen was not an emperor, his soul was transformed and preserved, so he also lived in the "Dream World".

Waiting for the day in the future when I can find another opportunity to make a comeback and complete the great cause of resurrection and restoration of the country!

However, the Destiny Black Bird was not as weak as Yang Yanzhen imagined. Even though it was a second-rate spirit weapon, it was still able to violate the rules of heaven and earth in a dream world.

"Li Qingzhi, Yang Yanzhen...it turns out there is a story about a farmer and a snake here." Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

"Now I want to help you out of this predicament. I need to completely control this treasure."

"Do you know where the core is? What's the difficulty?"

The wings of the Destiny Bird pointed outside: "The core of the One Dream World should be hidden by Yang Yanzhen in the [Dream Temple]. You just need to find this place and refine the core, then you can control this treasure!"

"Of course, in reality you can't be too far away from treasure."

Zhao Xing nodded: "Be careful, I am leaving Tianji Pavilion and cannot help you suppress Yang Yanzhen's soul."

"Haha! Don't worry, I can hold him back!"

Zhao Xing nodded and then walked out of Tianji Pavilion.

"Boom~"

The moment Zhao Xing stepped out of the door, he found that the sky suddenly changed drastically, as if an invisible force of rules was targeting him.

This is because Tianming Xuanniao had violated the rules in the past and helped Zhao Xing obtain many treasures. It also changed his online and offline locations to Tianji Pavilion instead of outside the door.

"Such a strong suppression of rules, the gathering of the five elements of yin and yang, with infinite changes, can be comparable to the power of the dojo."

"It is looking for my life soul and earth soul."

Zhao Xing looked at the accumulated power in the sky and smiled lightly.

"Yang Yanzhen was held back by the Mysterious Bird of Destiny, and there was no one controlling him. My soul is at the Rule Realm, so it is completely valid."

"Can an unmanned automatic defense find my life soul and earth soul?"

Zhao Xing used the Three Gods Palace of Destiny, and his whole body was like a black hole. To the world of Yimeng, he did not exist at this moment.

Sure enough, when he walked out, the thunderclouds in the sky began to dissipate.

Zhao Xing strolled leisurely and soon found the location of the Dream Temple.

In the past, most of the palaces were hidden in the clouds, but now, everything was visible to Zhao Xing.

"If you want to enter the Dream Temple, you must be a high-level practitioner of the Great Dream Spring and Autumn technique, otherwise you will be blocked by the Xuanguan Road."

"But I have already mastered this top-level technique."

"Go!" Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and his soul power formed a mysterious three-dimensional soul seal.

The soul seal fell on the entrance road outside the hall, with a row of animal heads standing on both sides.

As Zhao Xing cast the spell, the beast head began to glow, and the gushing light shone on a certain spot ahead, and the lines of the palace soon emerged.

The ancient black bird eaves, the xiezhi beast head, the wide white jade stairs, and the invisible barrier have disappeared!

When Zhao Xing stepped onto the stairs.

In the Tianji Pavilion, Yang Yanzhen suddenly roared: "Asshole! Traitor! Dead bird!!"

Bursts of angry roars came from the body of the Heavenly Fate Black Bird.

Yang Yanzhen released the soul claws of the Destiny Black Bird and tried to break out of the body and return to the Dream Temple to stop Zhao Xing.

At this time, another figure of Yang Yanzhen appeared in the Dream Temple.

The method of dividing the soul is naturally also included in the methods of the Mengshen Sect.

The soul of Yang Yanzhen in the body of the Destiny Black Bird is only a small part. The real main soul is here, integrated with the core of the Dream Temple.

"Zhao Xing, no matter what the Heavenly Fate Black Bird told you, it was lying to you!"

"The benefits he gave you were all instructed by me, and the agreement between you two was also made by me!"

Yang Yanzhen stared at Zhao Xing: "You benefited from this, in the final analysis, it's because of me!"

"Don't be bewitched by him. He killed me!"

"I don't care whether it's true or not." Zhao Xing said calmly, "It happened tens of thousands of years ago, so there's no need for me to figure out the truth and be a moral judge for you."

"Just state your demands directly."

"The Mysterious Bird of Heaven wants freedom, what is your demand?"

Yang Yanzhen said: "If you are willing to help me restore my country..."

"Then it would be easier for me to just kill you."

Yang Yanzhen: “…”

"Change your request to something more practical!" Zhao Xing said impatiently.

After all, this item belongs to Li Chao, and Yang Yanzhen is also a disciple of Mengshen Sect.

Zhao Xing just wanted to fulfill the agreement, release the Destiny Bird, and then take control of this place.

If Yang Yanzhen was willing to let him control the core of the palace, he didn't have to kill Yang Yanzhen.

But such exorbitant conditions as restoring the country are impossible.

"If you don't help me restore my country, you will never be able to control this place!"

Zhao Xing couldn't help but laugh: "Emperor Shenzong asked you to practice the Great Dream Spring and Autumn Annals, not to let you dream the Spring and Autumn Dream."

"What? You..."

buzz~
A black spear appeared in front of Zhao Xing, and then he waved his finger lightly.

"call out!"

The black soul spear pierced through Yang Yanzhen and nailed him directly to the beam.

Watching Yang Yanzhen struggling to hold the black spear, Zhao Xing walked into the hall calmly and said jokingly: "Prince, times have changed."

"I can wipe you out and control the core of the treasure without your permission."

"Even if I haven't cultivated the Great Dream Spring and Autumn, with the current dynasty's strength, as long as we find a way to get in, we can still wipe you out."

"I, I..." Yang Yanzhen seemed to be suffocating.

"Do you regret it?" Zhao Xing glanced at him. "It's too late. I was kind enough to give you a chance, but you refused it and threatened me."

"Then I can only give you a ride."

Zhao Xing's soul began to merge into the entire hall.

Yang Yanzhen's struggle became weaker and weaker. As Zhao Xing gained initial control, he also discovered the connection between Yang Yanzhen and the Dream Temple.

"So that's how it is." Zhao Xing was also a man who had practiced the "Burning Sky Locking Yuan Array" and was familiar with the mechanisms of magic arrays. He also practiced "The Great Dream of Spring and Autumn" and now used Yang Yanzhen as a model for reflection.

It was soon discovered that it was not difficult to grasp the entire core, all one had to do was eliminate Yang Yanzhen.

"Oh!"

At this point, the black soul spear no longer held back, and light burst out from the spear, completely annihilating Yang Yanzhen.

The next moment, Zhao Xing's soul successfully took control of the Dream Temple.

"This palace-type treasure has a really large range, enough to cover the land of the 19 states. This is comparable to the range of the lower-grade world star soldiers."

The range of the Ju Zi is not as strong as that of [A Dream of Heaven and Earth].

As for the Sun and Moon Palace, there is no need to mention it. The Sun and Moon Palace is just a low-grade star Taoist soldier.

"Palace treasures, warship treasures, and soul treasures. They are all the most valuable treasures."

"The first two use sufficient materials, while the latter uses rare materials and is more difficult to make."

"Just this one top-grade palace-type star weapon is comparable to thousands of individual weapons."

"A Dream World is not just a simple palace treasure, it can be classified as a 'soul palace'."

"It's even more expensive. It can really be sold as a Star Dao soldier."

After Zhao Xing took control of it, he fully understood its function and naturally knew its value.

"Shu~"

Zhao Xing thought about it and came to Tianji Pavilion.

At this time, the remaining soul of Yang Yanzhen in the body of the Tianming Xuanniao also disappeared.

"Haha, you succeeded!" The Heavenly Fate Black Bird fluttered its wings happily, "Zhao Xing, you are so amazing!"

"Li Qingzhi, as the master of Yimeng Chunqiu, I will set you free."

"You can now break free from the constraints of the palace and leave here at any time, but you must not reveal anything about this place, including the agreement between you and me." Zhao Xing said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, thank you, thank you, haha!" The Heavenly Fate Black Bird hahaed non-stop. He flew a circle in the Tianji Pavilion and finally landed on the threshold.

Then he cautiously poked his head out: "Zhao Xing, can I go out now?"

"You'd better wait a little longer. There are many experts guarding outside." Zhao Xing said, "Let me prepare first."

“Haha!” The Heavenly Fate Black Bird nodded, “Okay, don’t let anyone outside hurt me by mistake.”

Zhao Xing gave some instructions and then walked out of the palace.

He walked out of the Tianji Pavilion and should have been in the square outside the Tianji Pavilion.

But this step now seems to have crossed through layers of space.

Finally, Zhao Xing's soul walked out of the physical palace in the Yuanfengku area.

The moment before Zhao Xing came out, the palace entity suddenly shook.

The ban that had been sealed for many years was opened, and the treasure shone brightly, as if announcing the reappearance of a rare treasure in the world!
Hong Yuan and Su Li, who were guarding outside, immediately flew out from the small house next to them and stared at the ancient palace in great surprise.

"Master Hong, what's going on?"

"A treasure has been born!" Hong Yuan stared at the palace gate intently: "It seems like something is about to come out from inside, be careful! Activate the Nine Palaces Locking Star Array!"

"Notify the rest of the machinery divisions and prepare countermeasures."

"Okay!" Su Li cast a spell immediately. In the Yuanfeng storage area, light suddenly erupted, and stars fell from the sky, covering the surrounding sky and earth.

"Oh, by the way, the Grand Minister of Agriculture is still in the warehouse. Lord Hong, I will go and inform the Grand Minister of Agriculture." Su Li was about to go to the location of Zhao Xing's body to inform him.

But at this moment, a voice came from inside the palace.

"No need, Master Su."

Hong Yuan and Su Li stared at the entrance of the hall in great shock.

I saw that the palace gate, which was originally closed, was opened at some point.

A tall and majestic figure walked out with square steps.

"Grand Minister of Agriculture?!"

Su Li and Hong Yuan both appeared stunned for a moment.

"How did you get out from here?"

Zhao Xing looked at the two of them and smiled, "I have cracked the secret here. You can withdraw the Nine Palaces Locking Star Array."

Hong Yuan and Su Li looked at each other and did not move for a while.

It’s hard to believe that the treasures in this palace have been here for so many years.

Countless royal mechanical engineers have tried to figure out how to crack it, but now it has been cracked by the Grand Minister of Agriculture!
How many days has Zhao Xing been here?

"Shuashua~"

The news of the emergence of a rare treasure soon alarmed the mechanical engineers of the Ten Treasure Hall.

Ji Gan and Yang Jin arrived here first.

"Master Hong, has a rare treasure appeared?"

"Is it an ancient palace related to the Li Dynasty?"

Ji Gan and Yang Jin asked questions one after another.

Before Hong Yuan and Su Li could answer, two figures appeared above.

Emperor Wu and Princess Youruo also arrived.

"Your Majesty, your ...."

Everyone bowed to the two people in the sky.

"No courtesy at all."

Ji Che waved his hand, then looked at the palace curiously. When he saw that Zhao Xing was in a state of out-of-body experience, he couldn't help but become curious.

"Brother Wang, what's going on? Why did your soul leave your body?"

"Your Majesty, it was the Grand Minister of Agriculture who broke the seal of this palace, allowing the priceless treasures to see the light of day again." Hong Yuan finally came to his senses and explained.

"Oh?" Princess Youruo also looked at Zhao Xing, "I didn't know you knew about the art of mechanical arrays. Zhao Xing, what is this?"

Zhao Xing saw many people gathered around him, so he bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Princess, this is the state religion of the ancient Li Dynasty and the most precious treasure of the Mengshen Sect, named 'A Dream of Heaven and Earth'."

Ji Che was shocked: "What, what did you say? A dream of heaven and earth? Is it really that legendary treasure?!"

"Absolutely true!"

Ji Che was suddenly speechless.

The Royal Machinery Division is such a bunch of trash!

After many years of research, no one has figured it out. Some people have guessed that this is the treasure, but it has not been cracked. So it remains an unsolved mystery and cannot be confirmed at all.

The work of cracking it began at the end of Taizu's reign.

It had lasted for more than two thousand years, from Emperor Wen to Emperor Jing, but there was still no clue to the solution. But today, it was actually solved by Zhao Xing!
"All mechanical masters, retreat. What happened today must not be revealed to anyone!" Ji Che's words were followed by actions, and all the mechanical masters were immediately dismissed.

Soon Princess Youruo and Zhao Xing were left here.

"What's so good about an old and dilapidated palace? Che, I'm leaving too." Princess Youruo said.

"Well, sister, go and rest first." Ji Che nodded.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but laugh at this. Princess Youruo had learned her lesson now, and she didn't plan to care or ask about anything confidential or secretive.

The lesson from Emperor Jing was something Princess Youruo would never forget.

And as long as she stays away from these things, she will be treated with the utmost preferential treatment in other matters, and she can even beat the emperor!

shuh~
Ji Che landed and stood in front of the palace gate, looking at this ancient Li Dynasty style building.

"Brother, what effect does it have?"

"The most precious treasure, the Dream World, can radiate to the nineteen states, allowing everyone to enter the dream and share the same dream."

"The world in dreams can convey information, enlighten people through reading, and spread the Dharma to achieve enlightenment." "However, to achieve enlightenment, it is not just about dreaming, but a channel will be formed through dreams to pull people into the world within the dream world."

Zhao Xing brought Ji Che into the interior of Yimeng Tiandi.

"Che, look, there are still a lot of treasures in here, all left by Li Chao, including the Tianji Pavilion and the secret collection of magic..."

Zhao Xing and Ji Che strolled in the clouds and mist, browsing the pavilions, towers, palaces and waterside terraces.

"I don't care about these treasures. When the Li Dynasty fell, only the prince escaped. How many good things can a poor man leave behind?" Ji Che said, "Brother, you said it can cover the 19 states and allow people to study through dreams?"

"Yes."

"Everyone? There is no limit on cultivation level?"

"No, basically as long as you are over six years old and your soul has been born for six years, you can come in unscathed."

Ji Che's eyes lit up: "Is there a time limit?"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "No."

"Not only is there no time or location restriction, but the soul will not be affected. If the soul is not affected, the seven spirits will not feel tired."

"The court can use the treasure of One Dream of Heaven and Earth to speed up the process of enlightening the people and promoting the Dharma."

"Che, we can build a school here!"

"All children and young people can learn knowledge without having to go to other places to study."

"Even adults can come in and study at night. It won't interfere with daytime activities..."

"What a treasure, it's really a treasure!" Ji Che was very excited by the blueprint drawn by Zhao Xing.

A dream of heaven and earth can definitely be called an educational tool!

Its range is large enough to illuminate the 19 states. This is the largest range of any known magical weapon!
Its effects can make the national strength of the Great Zhou soar to a higher level, no, several levels!
But Ji Che was still a little worried: "Brother, doesn't it have any price?"

Zhao Xing said: "Yes, there are. Every time you enter, you need to consume a guiding talisman and a soul-soothing talisman. However, the level requirements for these two talismans are not high. Entry-level talismans will do."

"If the government were to mass-produce it, it would not even be as expensive as the cost of some books."

"What's the price? The court has a huge amount of educational resources every year, and this is just a drop in the ocean." Ji Che sighed, "It can basically be completely ignored. With this, how much educational resources can be saved."

"But brother, how did you crack it?"

Zhao Xing immediately recited the spell that matched the soul-soothing talisman and the guiding talisman.

Ji Che was stunned after hearing this: "Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple."

Zhao Xing then briefly talked about the matter of the Heavenly Mandate Black Bird and Prince Li.

After hearing this, Ji Che was speechless.

He found that he didn't need to do anything more, because the emperor of Li Dynasty had already thought of everything.

All you need to do is follow the ideological guidelines of the emperor of the Li Dynasty and implement them exactly.

Dameng Academy, what a great Dameng Academy!

"My royal family has spent so much time and energy, but I didn't expect the solution to this problem to be so simple."

"The ancient emperors actually did things to such an extreme. I am just copying their ideas?"

When Ji Che thought about this, he suddenly felt a little bored.

He thought he surpassed many emperors and was smarter than those ancient people, but he found out that these were just leftovers from others.

"Change it, you must change the name!" Ji Che snorted.

"What should it be called?" Zhao Xing asked.

"This place is surrounded by clouds and mist, and one can travel around the world through dreams, so let's call it Yunmeng Academy." Emperor Wu said.

Zhao Xing nodded, and the Dameng Academy was renamed Yunmeng Academy as it was in the previous life.

Just change the name, remove and repair the facilities inside, why can't it be considered our Great Zhou's own treasure?

"I have one more thing to report."

"The mechanical beast Tianming Xuanniao inside the Yunmeng Academy was of great help to Your Majesty when I was in control of this palace, especially when fighting against the original weapon spirit, Prince Li. I want to set it free."

"Ga!" Li Qingzhi, the summoned Heavenly Destiny Black Bird, immediately flew over.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!" The Heavenly Mandate Black Bird squatted on the ground with its head lowered.

"It's rare. OK." Ji Che smiled and waved his hand.

"Haha~ Thank you, Your Majesty!" The Heavenly Fate Black Bird soared happily in the sky.

Ji Che took a look and then said to Zhao Xing: "The things here, the Minister of Agriculture will move them to the treasury. I will summon Tong Wenzhuo to discuss the strategy of education."

"This matter must be discussed as soon as possible, and it should be tried out in Tianyongzhou first."

"Yes."

…………

Ji Che did not stay here for long before leaving. He wanted to find Prime Minister Tong Wenzhuo to hold a meeting to discuss how to utilize the Yunmeng Academy as quickly as possible.

Zhao Xing took the Heavenly Mandate Black Bird out of the palace.

"Om~"

The moment the Heavenly Fate Black Bird left the Yunmeng Academy, its feathers suddenly withered and fell off, and its expression became listless.

"Huh? What's going on?" Zhao Xing's heart skipped a beat. He saw that the Heavenly Fate Bird seemed to be in a strange state. "Li Qingzhi, what's wrong with you?"

The Destiny Bird stared at the sky for a moment, then said happily: "Haha, it's okay, Zhao Xing, I just reached my deadline."

"Ah?" Zhao Xing's eyebrows jumped.

"I have lived in the world of the Great Dream Academy for tens of thousands of years. Before my physical body died, I had also lived for a long time."

The Destiny Bird pointed its wings at the sky and said, "Whether it's the fighting spirit of the mechanical beast or the spirit of the Great Dream Academy, neither of them is immortal forever."

"After you released me, I was no longer considered within the survival rules of the weapon spirit."

"So..." Zhao Xing thought of something.

"Yes, in my current state, I can only follow the rules of heaven and earth for the maximum lifespan of the Heavenly Fate Black Bird." The Heavenly Fate Black Bird began to flap its wings.

"If you want to survive, there is another way, that is to return to the Great Dream Academy and become a spirit."

Zhao Xing asked, "When we ascend to heaven in the future, maybe we will be able to live longer."

“Ga ga ga~” Tianming Black Bird opened his mouth and laughed. While laughing, he waved his wings that were beginning to lose feathers and flew up: “No, I don’t want to go back there.”

"I only have about three months to live. I knew it a long time ago. But so what? It's already great that I can have three months of freedom."

Whoosh~ The Black Bird of Destiny adapted itself and finally flew up.

Zhao Xing led it out of the palace and looked at the Black Bird flying freely in the sky, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Li Qingzhi spent tens of thousands of years to break out of the cage, just for three months of freedom."

Hoooo ...

"Am I flying fast?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Very soon."

"Gagagga~" The Heavenly Fate Black Bird laughed and said, "Come on, Zhao Xing, let's compete to see who can fly faster!"

"Okay!" Zhao Xing immediately performed the Dapeng Transformation, and then an extremely huge peng bird appeared above the sky.

"Wow! It's so big!"

"Come on, Li Qingzhi, let's see who can fly to the Far North first."

"Okay, come on!"

Three months later, in the far north, on an uninhabited island.

Zhao Xing stood in front of a stone tablet and carved the following words:

The tomb of Li Qingzhi, the black bird of destiny.

After a pause, Zhao Xing carved another line of small words for him as an epitaph: Free will, forever.

Zhao Xing looked at the sky and felt that the clouds were too thick and not vast enough.

So he stretched out his hand and pointed, and the clouds in the sky instantly dispersed, revealing a sky full of stars.

Afterwards, Zhao Xing used the methods of weather and geography to regulate the six elements of heaven and earth, and used the third level of the solar term order to change the solar term of the island so that it was in spring all year round.

"Now, you can fly as much as you want."

After doing all this, Zhao Xing looked at the tombstone, smiled and waved:

"Let's go, silly bird senior."

……

Tianyongzhou, Fengjing, Sinongfu.

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, where is your real body?" Meng Kun found Zhao Xing and saw that he activated his backup clone, and couldn't help but be curious.

"I went to the Arctic State." Zhao Xing said, "to see off an old friend."

"Oh." Meng Kun didn't take it seriously and began to report his work: "Mi Fu has been transferred back to the capital. Tong Wenzhuo sent someone to ask what position should be assigned to him?"

"Let Mi Fu take the position of vice president of Fengjing Taoist Research Institute, a third-rank official." Zhao Xing said.

"There's no need to ask Mi Fu to come see me. Just send someone to tell him something."

"What?"

"Tell him not to go down again. He's almost 500 years old. If he goes down again, I won't save him."

"Yes, sir." Meng Kun nodded and wrote it down immediately.

At this time, Meng Kun was also the Shao Nong Ling, but his ability was slightly weaker and he was not good at acting on his own, so Zhao Xing kept him by his side to do some work.

Meng Kun was also very happy. He couldn't be the boss in Kunyuan Academy and was just helping Qiu Yuanshan. It would be more interesting to help Zhao Xing.

This is also a manifestation of Meng Kun's support for Zhao Xing.

I, Meng, come from a distinguished family. My grandfather was the Minister of Agriculture and my uncle was the leader of the Local Affairs Faction. I am willing to be a clerk under Zhao Xing. What else do you have to be proud of?

"Chen Yu from the Taicang Supervisor reported that Beichen State in Yuanlingzhou has applied for a deferral of the 'Golden Incense Tax' again this year. This is the fifth application for a tax deferral. Should it be approved?"

Zhao Xing couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "The tax on the Golden Incense medicine is collected every ten years, why is it delayed again?"

"The reason given by Prime Minister Beichen was a natural disaster."

"So was there a natural disaster?" Zhao Xing was walking and suddenly stopped. "Did the vitality tide affect Beichen Country?"

"Two months ago, I sent people to Yuanlingzhou in the north to investigate. There was indeed a disaster, but the impact was not that serious," said Meng Kun.

Zhao Xing sneered: "That's King Beichen, he looks down on me, the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture."

"He is so bold!" Meng Kun was also angry when he saw this: "It's fine if he didn't pay when Liu Tianning was the Minister of Agriculture, but do you think he dared not to pay on time?!"

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, everyone in this country must be covering up the truth, otherwise we wouldn't be unable to find out anything."

"I think this matter must be investigated and dealt with strictly! If you give the order, I will lead the military minister to kill those corrupt officials!"

Zhao Xing: "..."

After Meng Kun said this, he calmed down.

"Ahem, Lao Meng, don't be so impulsive." Zhao Xing soothed. "We should figure it out first. If you bring a large army over, won't it easily lead to rebellion?"

It's just collecting taxes, there's no need to resort to violent debt collection.

"King Qin Feng of Beichen is a famous king after all. I will ask His Majesty first to see what his attitude is." Zhao Xing said.

……

The inner court of the imperial palace.

"There are 15 caves and 70 blessed places in Lingyuanzhou, including three important caves and five blessed places with precious outputs, all in Beichen Country."

"King Beichen was appointed king by the late emperor. The late emperor said that King Beichen is honest and kind, and is careful in his work. He can suppress Ling Yuanzhou."

"So in the tenth year of Yuanshou, I conferred him the title of 'Lingyuan Tianguan', which enables him to appoint and dismiss talents below the third rank in the sixteen prefectures of Lingyuanzhou. Above the third rank, I basically approved all the talents he recommended."

"But since he broke through to the early stage of the Rule Realm in the 32nd year of Yuanshou, he seems to have changed a bit." Ji Che snorted, "Last time I asked him to go to Daoyuanzhou to watch your battle with Liu Tianning, he didn't come."

"The thirty-second year of Yuanshou? That was exactly when he delayed the 'Golden Incense Tax'." Zhao Xing said, "Your Majesty, it seems that King Beichen has become a little too proud."

If Old Jing had not misjudged it at the beginning, then Beichen King Qin Feng had extremely good luck in this vitality tide, gained huge benefits, broke through to the rule realm, and then had different thoughts.

People will change. If a person who was originally honest and loyal breaks through to the realm of rules, possesses powerful personal power, and has military and political power, it is inevitable that he will have the thought of "the emperor is far away and the mountains are high".

"Your Majesty, I am on my way back from the Far North. I can stop by Beichen Kingdom to see what the situation is with King Beichen."

"But if you do find out something, please let your Majesty know what to do."

Zhao Xing wanted Ji Che to express his attitude, whether to investigate only the King of Beichen, or only the Kingdom of Beichen, or both.

There are ways to conduct a strict investigation, including but not limited to mobilizing a large army to kill King Beichen, eliminate his country, and exterminate all nine clans.

Generally, those who are crowned kings have certain immunity rights. For example, Zhao Xing had a golden medal of immunity from death.

However, whether this thing is useful or not depends on the emperor's words.

If they really want to kill you, even a gold medal worth ten thousand dollars will be useless.

Ji Che thought for a moment and set the tone: "If there is no treason, then just give him some warnings."

"If it involves treason, then it is an unforgivable crime."

"Yes, I understand." Zhao Xing nodded.

The clone received orders from the palace.

The master stopped above Ling Yuanzhou, and at the same time, the mirror on his palm turned over, revealing a map.

"Beichen State occupies half of Mingyuan Prefecture. In terms of administrative area, its fiefdom is half the size of mine. However, Beichen produces a lot of precious materials, and the scale of its upper counties and upper prefectures is much larger than my fiefdom."

"The Golden Fragrance Medicinal Tax is a tax on three kinds of treasures, namely the Golden Elm Fruit, Bailingxiang, and Lingshen series of medicinal herbs."

"Shu~"

Zhao Xing used the "A World Away" technique and began to move quickly within the clouds in the sky.

It only took two days to reach the royal city of Beichen Kingdom.

"King Beichen should not be in the royal city, but patrolling the blessed land."

"Give him some face and I won't go on a secret visit." Zhao Xing immediately took out his luggage and took out the Minister of Agriculture's Five Grains Tower ship from his Qiankun bag.

When the Grand Minister of Agriculture traveled, he originally had only two commonly used tower ships, one was the Fengxi Tower Ship, and the other was the Chedi Shenzhou.

The Five Grains Divine Ship was added at the request of Mr. Zhao himself.

He wants to unify the three factions, which requires the right time, right place, and right self, so of course he has to treat all of them equally, starting with all the details.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and the [Sky Thunder Drum], [Big Wind Drum], and [Tunyun Drum] on the bow of the ship immediately sounded.

"Woohoo~"

"Boom~"

Above the royal city, there was immediately a strong wind and thunderclouds.

A quarter of an hour later, when the first drum sounded, there was still no one to greet them from above the royal city.

Zhao Xing frowned slightly, but considering that the range of his spell was relatively high, he might have been ignored.

So he struck the drum a second time, which greatly reduced the power of the spell.

"Woohoo~"

"Boom!"

……

After the second drum beat, still no one broke through the strong wind layer to greet him.

Thunderclouds gathered in Zhao Xing's eyes and his face turned cold.

He was sure that his drum could be monitored by Wangcheng Si Nong, but he just pretended not to hear it.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the Royal City Agriculture Supervisor really didn’t hear it, which would be even worse.

How rotten must it be that even the thunders above the royal city didn't notice anything unusual?

"It's really outrageous!"

"I am the Minister of Agriculture, but no one comes to welcome the emperor? Then I am in vain."

Zhao Xing was not so mean as to beat the drum for the third time. He immediately pressed down the tower ship and crashed directly into the barrier formation of the royal city.

"Boom, boom, boom~"

"Hoohoho!"

The wind howled and the thunder roared.

Dark clouds are gathering over the city!
The whole sky darkened.

When the Wugu Tower Ship descended to an altitude of one thousand meters, it immediately extended a ferocious dragon head horn.

It seemed that he sensed something.

The Four Gods barrier that guarded the royal city suddenly lit up, and four gods in golden armor and holding guns emerged from the four corners of the royal city.

However, after seeing the appearance of the building ship clearly, the four gods were shocked again and immediately shrank back.

"Oh!"

The transparent barrier of the royal city was suddenly full of cracks like glass and shattered in less than a second.

The entire royal city was shaken.

When the people in the royal city looked up at this moment, they saw that the sky seemed to have collapsed.

"Who is it?! Who is attacking the royal city?!"

At this moment, a general in golden armor, with a group of people, rode on Pegasus and flew into the sky.

"The Grand Minister of Agriculture's Five Grain Tower Ship?" The golden-armored general was suddenly shocked and stood there in a daze.

Zhao Xing stood proudly at the bow, looking down and said, "Since you have met the Minister of Agriculture, why don't you bow?"

(End of this chapter)