325: Chapter 325 Dramatic Changes in Central Plains! The Lord of Xuanwu Palace

"Your subordinate obeys!"

The absolute pressure coming from the depths of their Souls made it impossible for Yao Xiaotian and Yao Sheng to even conceive the thought of resistance.

To them, being able to keep their lives was actually a decent outcome, certainly better than being killed outright.

Truly, the world is unpredictable. Just yesterday, they were the Clan Chief and the Grand Elder of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, yet now they have lost all power and become blades in the hands of another.

The two did not dare to look at Yao Ming as their figures vanished into the Void Realm.

Clutching the Nine Serene Scepter, Yao Ming felt a surge of pure exhilaration in his heart.

Having been imprisoned and tortured beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs for centuries, he had thought he would never be able to seek revenge in this lifetime.

He hadn't expected that his Master would invite experts of absolute strength to help him escape and even bestow upon him the Turtle-Snake Seal.

As for the fact that his life was now held in someone else's hands, he didn't see it as a problem at all; even without such a constraint, he would remain absolutely loyal.

The existence of the Turtle-Snake Seal would actually make his Master trust him more, which was a good thing instead.

"Yao Ming, the Bloodline of the Nine Serene Earth Nether Python has regressed, and it is far from the prestige it held during the eras of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python. However, there is one advantage: your numbers are vast. All Serpentine magical beasts are your followers, and they can be used to gather and spread intelligence."

"From today onwards, the Xuanwu Hall is established. You shall be the Deputy Palace Master of the Black Snake Palace, responsible for daily intelligence gathering and dissemination. I, the Hall Master, will contact you directly."

Gu Han's voice echoed between heaven and earth.

Yao Ming knelt directly and performed a grand, formal salute.

"Your subordinate obeys!"

Qingshan, Qingmu, and Zhu Li: "..."

A Two-Star Dou Sheng and the Clan Chief of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan had just become Gu Han's loyal subordinate like that?

"This is a gift that my Hall Master has prepared for you."

Cai Die was very satisfied with Yao Ming's tactfulness and took a massive skeleton out of her storage ring.

In an instant, an aura that seemed to come from the desolate wilderness weighed down, making it difficult for all the high-ranking members of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan present to breathe, while simultaneously giving them a sensation of their Bloodline burning.

"This is..." Yao Ming's breathing became rapid.

"The true bone of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent Royalty," Cai Die said in a calm tone. "The Hall Master personally took action, refining it with Yin and Yang power to stimulate the royal Bloodline Power within. This skeleton once even hosted a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent."

"If you coordinate with the Yellow Springs Blood Essence to fuse it into your body, your Bloodline will return to the level of the Ancient Heavenly Serpent. If you can endure the pain, you may even reach the Royalty level."

"At that time, even if you Breakthrough to a Five-Star Dou Sheng, there will be no Bottleneck."

Yao Ming naturally knew what Cai Die was talking about; he was simply in a state of disbelief.

"The Lord Hall Master's kindness to this subordinate is like a second birth. This subordinate will surely repay it with his life, going through fire and water without hesitation!" Yao Ming kowtowed nine more times toward the void, the force of which shattered the surrounding space.

Afterward, he bowed to Cai Die and Colorful Glass: "My thanks to the two Mesdames."

The two women nodded in satisfaction; such loyalty made Gu Han's investment worthwhile.

Qingshan, Qingmu, and Zhu Kun: "..."

Suddenly, they felt that Yao Ming's reaction wasn't exaggerated at all.

He was originally just a pitiful wretch trapped and tortured beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

Now, he was about to become an Ancient Heavenly Serpent of the Royalty level, with a Bloodline at least equal to theirs or even having the chance to suppress them, and he would face no Bottleneck in reaching Five-Star Dou Sheng.

If it were them, they wouldn't be unwilling either.

The high-ranking members of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan, who had originally felt somewhat aggrieved: "..."

With such a master, this was truly a massive gain!

Subsequently, Yao Ming respectfully led the way, escorting Cai Die and Colorful Glass to the bottom of the Nine Serene Yellow Springs.

With Gu Han's prior guidance, the two women quickly discovered the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python nest. They immediately entered it, circulating the Yin Yang Heaven and Earth Sitting Lotus Sutra to begin accepting the Legacy together.

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Time flies like an arrow, and the years pass by like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, three more years had passed.

For the Central State, and even the entire Fighting Qi Continent...

These three years had been more bustling than the previous thirty, with various major events and changes occurring in rapid succession, leaving people overwhelmed.

The first matter was the massive reshuffling of the powers on the surface of the Central State. They were now referred to as One Tower, One Sect, Two Halls, Two Valleys, and Four Pavilions.

The 'One Tower' remained the Pill Tower, while the 'One Sect' now only consisted of the Flower Sect. The Tianming Sect, which was once paired with it as the 'Two Sects', had been wiped out by the combined forces of the Qinghua Two Immortals, Sound Valley, Starfall Pavilion, and the Sword Pavilion.

During this war of extermination, even a Dou Sheng from the Hall of Souls had intervened to help, but he was intercepted by a Void Ancient Dragon Dou Sheng expert invited by the Enshrined Elder of the Starfall Pavilion. In the end, only Old Demon Tianming escaped with heavy injuries, taken away by the Hall of Souls, where he was officially announced to have joined the Hall of Souls as the new Three Heavens Venerates.

When the Tianming Sect was destroyed, Hei Qing, a newly advanced Elementary Semi-Saint expert from the East Dragon Island of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, escorted the Poison Doctor Fairy and the Jade-Eyed Fairy to attack the Ice River Valley, personally wiping it out. The Ice Venerable died at the hands of the Poison Doctor Fairy, Xiao Yi Xian, ending a life that had once dominated the Northern Region of Central State.

After these two campaigns ended, Sound Valley publicly announced the end of its seclusion and formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Starfall Pavilion to jointly oppose the Hall of Souls.

While announcing this news, Sound Valley also revealed how the Hall of Souls had plotted against them, pointing out the Hall of Souls' wolfish ambitions and certain conspiracies.

In response, the Pill Tower, which had always maintained neutrality, suddenly announced publicly that they would remain neutral in other aspects.

However, as long as you were fighting the Hall of Souls, you were a friend of the Pill Tower and could be given a certain degree of assistance.

This assistance naturally referred to help with Alchemy, where the compensation could be reduced as appropriate.

In such a situation, the Hall of Souls felt as though it were standing in opposition to all of the Central State, becoming an existence that everyone targeted.

Many people joined forces like the Starfall Pavilion and charged to the front lines against the Hall of Souls, exchanging their merits for Cultivation Techniques, Dou Techniques, secret methods, and Medicinal Pills.

Amidst these major events of shifting powers and changing landscapes, some relatively minor situations also occurred.

For example, the Young Pavilion Master of the Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan, reached the Dou Zun level at the age of twenty-four after three years of bitter cultivation.

Not only that, he was already capable of refining Eighth Grade Pills with nine-colored Pill Lightning.

Many predicted he would be the champion of the Pill Tower's Pill Gathering to be held in a year.

The Disciple of a former Pill Gathering champion, Venerable Yao, taking the baton to become the new champion was also a delightful story.

If not for the existence of an even more monstrous Prodigy like Gu Han, Xiao Yan would be the undisputed number one Prodigy on the surface of the Central State.

Meanwhile, at higher levels unknown to ordinary people, the Seven Great Ancient Clans began to become active, and some top-level movements drew attention.

What surprised all the ordinary people of the Central State and even the Fighting Qi Continent was that a great deal of information could always be spread immediately.

Especially regarding some of the Hall of Souls' conspiracies, their plans to collect Souls, and their layouts against various factions.

After investigations by the Hall of Souls and tracing by many others, it was confirmed that there was a hand behind the scenes stirring up the winds and clouds.

At first, everyone discovered it was the Nine Serene Earth Nether Pythons and the various Serpentine magical beast tribes under their command causing trouble.

But after a Three-Star Dou Sheng from the Hall of Souls took action only to be thrashed by the new Clan Chief of the Nine Serene Earth Python Clan...

The truth surfaced.

An already incredibly massive power appeared in everyone's eyes.

The Xuanwu Hall!

The Hall Master, Young Master Tianji, Gu Han.

But now, everyone preferred to call him the Black Tortoise Hall Master!

PS: In the future, he will be the Black Tortoise True Lord, the Black Tortoise Great Emperor, and the Black Tortoise Immortal Lord.