307: The fourth imperial costume!

In fact, many people currently have a great doubt about the Great Wu Crown Prince of the Great Wu Dynasty.

That is... why has he not ascended the throne?

He still refers to himself as the Crown Prince.

Logically speaking,

After the Martial Emperor's demise, this sole Crown Prince should have inherited the great lineage.

Yet, from beginning to end, he has always referred to himself as the Crown Prince.

Even though he had long since taken over the Great Wu Dynasty and possessed the reality of an Emperor, he referred to himself as the Crown Prince both internally and externally.

Of course, Xiang Zizhen knew that.

Although the title was Crown Prince,

Both in terms of etiquette and attitude, he needed to be treated as an Emperor.

"Minister Xiang, there is no need for such formality."

The Great Wu Crown Prince smiled gently.

"This time, you have rendered an immense service to my Great Wu Dynasty."

"This demigod-level forbidden treasure has been lost for a long time, causing my Great Wu Dynasty to lack a demigod-level supreme treasure all these years!"

"Now that we have this demigod-level forbidden treasure, I believe the destiny of our Great Wu Dynasty will surely experience a huge increase."

Speaking of which,

The Great Wu Crown Prince paused slightly.

He looked at Chen Yuan, who was standing beside him.

"Oh, right."

"May I see this demigod-level forbidden treasure?"

Chen Yuan nodded.

"As you command."

He extended his finger and lightly tapped his glabella.

Hiss!

His entire glabella instantly split open, revealing an eye of imperial judgment as deep as the starry sky.

As soon as the entire eye was revealed,

The terrifying aura of a demigod immediately spread out, permeating the entire Imperial Palace.

Making everyone in the Imperial Palace moved!

The Great Wu Crown Prince's eyes were even more fervent.

He hadn't seen this demigod-level forbidden treasure in a long time!

The Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, which possessed this demigod-level forbidden treasure back then, held a terrifying reputation in the Great Wu Dynasty that instilled fear in countless people.

It was considered the strongest force within the Great Wu Dynasty.

Although the current Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect no longer had a demigod, with this demigod-level forbidden treasure, the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect would also possess a powerful deterrent!

Most importantly... this demigod-level forbidden treasure would bring an increase in the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny!

This was what the Great Wu Crown Prince was most nervous about and valued.

Chen Yuan merely displayed the eye of imperial judgment briefly, and his split glabella closed accordingly.

After all, he had not yet reached the demigod level.

Even a simple display was a great burden for him.

And after seeing the eye of imperial judgment,

The Great Wu Crown Prince was clearly in a better mood.

He looked at Chen Yuan with burning eyes.

"Minister Chen, I previously proposed that you take on the position of Sect Master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, and you declined for a long time. Now that you have the eye of imperial judgment, you can't refuse anymore, can you?"

A long time ago,

The Great Wu Crown Prince had suggested that Chen Yuan take on the role of Sect Master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

However, Chen Yuan felt that his abilities were insufficient.

He had never inherited the position of Sect Master of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

He had always identified himself as a Paladin of the Cleric.

This made him, in terms of status alone,

The same as his several disciples, essentially.

The difference was that he was a first-generation Cleric, while Xiang Zizhen and others were second-generation Clerics.

Regarding the Great Wu Crown Prince's current proposal,

Chen Yuan did not continue to decline this time.

Previously, he mainly felt that the time was not right.

But now with the eye of imperial judgment, he indeed needed the identity of a Sect Master to gain a certain degree of boost when using the eye of imperial judgment.

Upon seeing Chen Yuan nod,

The Great Wu Crown Prince's smile grew wider.

With a Sect Master, the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect could also bring an increase in the Great Wu Dynasty's destiny.

Just then,

The white-haired elder, standing at the palace entrance with his hands tucked into his sleeves and his body hunched, suddenly spoke.

"Your Royal Highness, your subordinate believes that Minister Xiang Zizhen's meritorious service this time deserves a great reward."

The Great Wu Crown Prince nodded in agreement.

"Minister Cheng, what is your suggestion?"

The white-haired elder respectfully said,

"According to the current reward and punishment system of our Great Wu Dynasty, given Minister Xiang Zizhen's immense contributions this time, the True Punishment Region should be bestowed upon Minister Xiang Zizhen. If Minister Xiang Zizhen can refine the True Punishment Region in the future, it will also allow our Great Wu Dynasty to gain another Saint."

As soon as the white-haired elder's words came out,

Xiang Zizhen couldn't help but frown.

If he wasn't mistaken,

This white-haired elder in front of him should be the Pavilion Master of Martial Pavilion, Cheng Riyou.

This person was also a Dao Master, and could be said to be the Great Wu Crown Prince's left and right arm, along with Chen Yuan.

His words now,

Were akin to revealing the dagger at the end of the scroll!

Although he proactively suggested bestowing a region upon Xiang Zizhen, the region he proposed was not the one that could currently give birth to a Saint.

Instead, it was another region that would require at least ten years before it could be refined.

It was obvious that

The Martial Pavilion would not give up their Saint quota just because of Xiang Zizhen's great achievements this time.

In response,

The Great Wu Crown Prince's expression remained unchanged, still wearing a gentle smile, and he looked at Chen Yuan beside him.

"Minister Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Yuan nodded, indicating his agreement.

"Pavilion Master Cheng is right. Given Minister Xiang Zizhen's contributions this time, he should indeed be rewarded with a region, but I think this region should be chosen by him, not designated by us."

As soon as Chen Yuan finished speaking,

Cheng Riyou sneered.

"In the reward and punishment system of our Great Wu Dynasty, there is no such thing as freely choosing a region."

Chen Yuan did not back down.

"The current reward and punishment system of the Great Wu Dynasty is in the hands of your Martial Pavilion, so you can say whatever you want. I just want to emphasize one point: Minister Xiang Zizhen's contributions this time are unprecedented since the founding of the Great Wu Dynasty."

"Such a meritorious service, if it still has to be restricted by the so-called reward and punishment system, would be somewhat disheartening."

The two were at loggerheads.

Neither side yielded.

Both were determined to secure the Saint quota this time.

The Great Wu Crown Prince maintained a gentle smile from beginning to end, and no one could discern his inner thoughts.

After a period of confrontation between the two sides,

The Great Wu Crown Prince looked at Xiang Zizhen.

"Minister Xiang, do you have a preferred region?"

Xiang Zizhen nodded.

"Yes."

"Your subordinate desires the Nan Dou Region."

Since both sides had now made their intentions clear,

Xiang Zizhen would not hide anything.

He openly expressed his desire for the Nan Dou Region, which could currently be refined.

In response,

Cheng Riyou said indifferently,

"You've just arrived in the Imperial Domain, perhaps you don't know that half a year ago, His Royal Highness had already bestowed the Nan Dou Region upon someone else. The Nan Dou Region is now already claimed, so you should choose another region."

Chen Yuan immediately said,

"Any region that has not yet been refined is not considered claimed. Zizhen, you may choose the Nan Dou Region."

Cheng Riyou sneered,

"Cleric Chen, oh, no, now it should be Sect Master Chen. Are you trying to make His Royal Highness go back on his word?"

The two began a new round of confrontation.

Of course,

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that

Their unyielding words were actually meant to express their stance to the Crown Prince.

Indicating that neither of them was willing to back down.

Once the Crown Prince knew their attitudes,

The rest would be left for the Crown Prince to decide.

In response,

After a period of contemplation, the Great Wu Crown Prince

Made a decision.

"Since both of you desire the Nan Dou Region, to be fair, both of you shall go to the Nan Dou Region to perform the refinement. Ultimately, whoever refines the Nan Dou Region, that region shall belong to them."

"However, both of you must abide by one agreement: no one with a cultivation above the Martial Demon Realm may participate."

"If either party violates this, it will be considered an automatic forfeiture."

"My two beloved ministers, what do you think?"

As soon as the Great Wu Crown Prince's words were uttered,

Chen Yuan's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Although on the surface, the Great Wu Crown Prince's decision seemed very fair.

Not favoring either side,

In reality, it favored the Martial Pavilion.

After all, the Martial Pavilion had already been refining the Nan Dou Region for half a year, and Xiang Zizhen was only starting to refine it now, so he was inherently behind in terms of progress.

The Great Wu Crown Prince naturally knew this situation.

However, he did not grant Xiang Zizhen any special treatment because of it... and even forbade Chen Yuan from interfering.

It was evident that

The Great Wu Crown Prince's heart still leaned more towards the Martial Pavilion.

It was just that his approach was not openly biased, but rather disguised with a layer of fairness, making it appear very equitable.

In fact, Chen Yuan had long felt that... the Great Wu Crown Prince's attitude towards the Martial Pavilion was clearly more favorable than towards their Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

But considering that the Martial Pavilion was founded by the Great Wu Crown Prince himself,

Chen Yuan could understand the Great Wu Crown Prince's preferential treatment.

And in the past, the Great Wu Crown Prince's favoritism towards the Martial Pavilion was more of a support.

He wanted to support a force within the Great Wu Dynasty that was comparable to the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

But now... Chen Yuan felt that the Great Wu Crown Prince had subtly shifted from initial support to outright protection.

And even subtly carried a hint of suppression towards their Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

"...Is this because we now have a demigod-level forbidden treasure, causing the Crown Prince's desired balance of two opposing forces to fail, so he wants to suppress us to a certain extent, allowing us to continue forming a checks and balances with the Martial Pavilion?"

In an instant,

Chen Yuan understood everything.

For the Great Wu Crown Prince,

The situation he most wanted to see was the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect and the Martial Pavilion checking each other.

This was also one of the reasons he founded the Martial Pavilion in the first place.

To prevent the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect from dominating.

Now that the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect had a demigod-level forbidden treasure, then in terms of the Saint quota, he would naturally lean more towards the Martial Pavilion.

Only in this way could these two forces achieve balance as much as possible.

In response,

Chen Yuan felt more helpless.

With Cheng Riyou, he could contend verbally, but with the Crown Prince... he couldn't say anything.

If he directly expressed disagreement, on one hand, it would be opposing the Crown Prince, and on the other hand, it would make the Crown Prince even more suspicious of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

Thinking of this,

Chen Yuan could only nod.

Indicating his obedience to all the Crown Prince's arrangements... Evil Beast Mountain.

Fate Soul General's entire Life Soul was now reduced to only half a face.

This remaining half-face held only one emotion... fear!!

Extreme fear!!

This fear was not only due to Xiao Shi's powerful Life Soul, but more so, it stemmed from the opponent's evil!

With the opponent's powerful Life Soul,

He could have instantly annihilated him.

But the opponent kept toying with him.

As if taking pleasure in tormenting him.

In an instant,

His Life Soul was toyed with until only half a face remained.

"How boring."

Xiao Shi's evil Life Soul shook his head in disappointment.

He took a sharp breath,

And instantly, the Fate Soul General's incomplete Life Soul vanished into thin air.

Fortunately, after killing the opponent, a total of two items dropped.

Evidently, the fierce beast that had previously merged with the opponent was also counted.

A good harvest.

It was just a pity that the fourth Emperors Armor did not drop.

Xiao Shi picked up the two items and continued to search for his next prey... A few days later.

After another Fate Soul General in Evil Beast Mountain was killed by Xiao Shi,

He had consecutively eliminated twelve Fate Soul Generals in these past few days.

Through the killing of these Fate Soul Generals, he had gained a more detailed understanding of this Evil Energy User clone.

Overall,

The most formidable aspect of this clone lay in its body.

The entire Evil Energy User's body was like a humanoid war weapon!

Every part of its body, from head to toe, seemed capable of transforming into an indestructible sharp weapon.

At the same time, the most terrifying thing was that this body had no sense of pain and possessed astonishing self-healing capabilities.

It felt to Xiao Shi... as if this was not a body at all, but a divine weapon!

Furthermore, Xiao Shi's evil Life Soul also had a natural suppression over other Life Souls.

He didn't know if this was because all the Life Souls he had encountered so far belonged to Demonic Path forces, which caused this suppression.

But regardless,

All the Life Souls he encountered were unable to contend with him.

This made it incredibly easy for him when facing these Fate Soul Generals.

He felt no difficulty in killing them.

Even the strongest Fate Soul General in this Evil Beast Mountain,

Was no different from other Fate Soul Generals in front of Xiao Shi.

They were all easily killed by him.

No matter what methods these Fate Soul Generals used to fight him, the result was always the same: they were all easily killed by him.

"I feel invincible in the Martial Soul Realm!"

Xiao Shi felt that with the ease with which he was currently killing Fate Soul Generals,

Perhaps he could truly fight against a Martial Demon Realm cultivator!

Although he didn't have a clear understanding of the gap between the Martial Demon Realm and the Martial Soul Realm, these Fate Soul Generals felt too weak to him, unable to make him exert his full strength.

Even if the gap between the Martial Demon Realm and the Martial Soul Realm was huge,

He would have no problem preserving his life if he couldn't defeat them.

"Perhaps I can find a Martial Demon here to test myself..."

This thought arose in Xiao Shi's mind.

However, it was important to note that

He could only challenge a Martial Demon Realm cultivator in the first stage.

If it were a Martial Demon Realm cultivator in the second stage, he definitely wouldn't be able to win.

After all, the two stages of the Martial Demon Realm also had an incredibly huge disparity.

While thinking,

Xiao Shi picked up the items that dropped after killing this Fate Soul General.

As the specific item information appeared in his sight,

Xiao Shi's eyes immediately lit up.

Finally,

After consecutively killing twelve Fate Soul Generals, he successfully dropped the fourth Emperors Armor!