81: Chapter 80 Sword Domain, the Famous Sword 'Azure Pecking'

After the carriage slowly drove out of the capital, its surface suddenly shimmered with flowing light, and the entire carriage soared into the high sky, speeding toward the edge of the firmament.

Its speed was so fast that it left a brilliant rainbow glow in the vast sky, vanishing from the skies of the capital in an instant.

On a section of the capital's city wall, the Eldest Prince Chen Zhiheng and the Third Prince Chen Zhiyue gazed in the direction the carriage had departed, their eyes deep and inscrutable.

"Why did you not do as I said?" Chen Zhiheng suddenly asked at this moment.

Chen Zhiyue raised an eyebrow, looking down at Chen Zhiheng's back, an involuntary feeling of palpitation surging deep within his heart.

In the eyes of outsiders, among the Eldest Princes of the Four Great Dynasties, Zheng Chen of the Great Yu Dynasty was the most stunning; relying on his outstanding cultivation talent, becoming the next Imperial Lord of Great Yu was already a certainty.

Although the Eldest Princes of the Great Yan Dynasty and the Great Chu Dynasty were not as exceptional as Zheng Chen, their influence within their respective dynasties was formidable, completely crushing the other princes.

Only the Eldest Prince of the Great Xuan Dynasty was an anomaly; people from the other three Great Dynasties knew very little about him.

Even within the Great Xuan Dynasty, news about this Eldest Prince was rarely heard.

Only a few people knew that this Eldest Prince of Great Xuan seemed to have offended the Imperial Lord years ago due to some matter.

Afterward, the Imperial Lord was furious and placed the Eldest Prince under house arrest in his residence, forbidding him from leaving without the Imperial Lord's decree.

It was precisely because of this that this Eldest Prince of the Great Xuan Dynasty gradually faded from public view, leading to a situation where the other princes held formidable influence.

However, this was only on the surface; as his own brother, Chen Zhiyue clearly understood just how terrifying his eldest brother was!

If he were willing, he could change the fate of the capital within a day and wipe out all the influence of those other princes in the city.

Facing his eldest brother's slightly reproachful question, Chen Zhiyue lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Eldest Brother, although Fifth Brother's current strength is not bad, it is still too weak compared to those forces."

"According to my plan, it will not be too late to tell him about that matter from back then after Fifth Brother's Body Cultivator cultivation breaks through to the Grandmaster Realm."

After Chen Zhiyue finished speaking, the city wall fell into silence.

After a long while, Chen Zhiheng turned around, his sharp gaze fixed directly on Chen Zhiyue, the cold look seemingly seeing right through him.

Chen Zhiyue's heartbeat involuntarily quickened, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he lowered his head slightly, not daring to meet his eldest brother's gaze.

"Third Brother, after all these years, you should know that I have no interest in the position of Imperial Lord."

"The reason I have remained in the capital is solely to get to the bottom of that matter from back then." Chen Zhiheng said calmly.

"Once that matter from back then is resolved, I will leave the capital. By then, the position of the next Imperial Lord of Great Xuan will naturally be yours. Do you understand?"

Chen Zhiyue nodded, "I understand."

Chen Zhiheng paced over to stand in front of Chen Zhiyue and reached out to pat his shoulder.

"Before Chen Zhiwen returns, deal with the other princes in the capital who need to be dealt with. I do not want their existence to ruin my plans."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiyue's expression shifted, and he immediately replied: "Very well, Eldest Brother."

Chen Zhiheng withdrew his arm and strode past Chen Zhiyue, leaving.

After Chen Zhiheng had completely left, Chen Zhiyue took a deep breath, and that feeling of palpitation finally dissipated.

Recalling the task Chen Zhiheng had just entrusted to him, a cold smile appeared on Chen Zhiyue's face.

He gazed down at the entire capital with an icy look, muttering to himself: "The capital is about to change..."

...

Chen Zhiwen turned his gaze to the scenery outside the window, unable to help but marvel at the wealth and extravagance of the Great Yu Dynasty.

The carriage they were riding in was actually an extremely rare Magical Artifact, its grade far surpassing most Magical Artifacts in the Desolate Province.

At the current speed, they would be able to leave the territory of the Great Xuan Dynasty and arrive in the Great Yu Dynasty within half a day.

Not long after leaving the capital, Zheng Chen adjusted his emotions and began chatting with Chen Zhiwen.

Through their idle chatter, Chen Zhiwen gained a simple understanding of the Great Yu Dynasty.

The territory of the Great Yu Dynasty was roughly the same size as the Great Xuan Dynasty, and it was divided into fifteen domains.

Sects, Families, and other forces flourished, and each domain possessed forces that were famous throughout the Desolate Province.

Although these forces could not be compared to the Ten Great Sects, their overall strength was not to be underestimated either.

Unlike the governance style of the Great Xuan Imperial Family, the Great Yu Imperial Family was more like the bosses of a group of Sects, handing over the jurisdiction of each domain to the most powerful Sect within that domain.

They managed most of the affairs within the domains on behalf of the Great Yu Imperial Family.

The consequences of doing this were naturally a mix of good and bad.

The benefit was that the people of the Great Yu Imperial Family were not burdened by trivial matters and had plenty of time for cultivation.

The drawback was that those forces holding real power would have their ambitions constantly swell as they accumulated strength day by day.

Although these forces coveted the Magical Artifacts refined by the Great Grandmasters of the Great Yu Dynasty, once their overall strength continued to rise, the thought of wanting to replace the Great Yu Dynasty would naturally arise.

This kind of thing had occurred twice in the Great Yu Dynasty over the past thousand years.

And for both of these rebellions, the Great Yu Dynasty did not even have to mobilize a single soldier.

They simply calmly brought out a few top-tier Magical Artifacts, and the forces in the remaining domains swarmed up and wiped out the rebellious factions.

From this, it was not hard to see that the benefits of having a Great Master of Artifact Refining for a force were simply too numerous to count.

Zheng Chen seemed to remember something at this moment and said with a smile: "Brother Zhiwen, it is quite a coincidence; our Old Ancestor recently refined a precious sword and bestowed upon it the name 'green peck'."

"This precious sword is the piece my Old Ancestor is most satisfied with in recent decades, and its grade is completely not inferior to any of the ten famous swords in the world today."

"Currently, this precious sword is in Ten Thousand Swords City in the Sword Domain, waiting for its master."

"Since we happen to be passing through the Sword Domain, why don't we go and join in the fun?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Zhiwen's heart stirred, his interest piqued by Zheng Chen's words.

"That is fine."

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.

Chen Zhiwen and his group left the Great Xuan Dynasty, and the carriage drove into the territory of the Great Yu Dynasty.

The crimson-gold carriage sped through the high sky, naturally attracting the gazes of many Cultivators.

When those Cultivators saw the totem of the Great Yu Imperial Family on the carriage, expressions of respect could not help but appear on their faces.

After arriving in the territory of the Great Yu Dynasty, Zheng Chen continuously introduced the scenery they passed to Chen Zhiwen.

After flying for another hour or so, the group finally arrived in this Sword Domain.

The reason this domain was called the Sword Domain was simply because ninety percent of the Cultivators in this domain were Sword Cultivators.

The forces in this domain were also mostly Sword Dao Sects; without exaggeration, except for the one or two Sword Sects among the Ten Great Sects, most of the Sword Dao Sects in the Desolate Province were gathered in the Sword Domain.

Because of this, the overall strength of the Sword Domain was the strongest among the thirteen domains of the Great Yu Dynasty.