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Cao Yang stepped inside and bowed, "Your subject Cao Yang greets Your Majesty!"

"Rise!"

The Empress said coldly.

She raised her hand and threw a memorial at him, "Take a look at this!"

"A wicked Dragon is rampaging on the great river hundreds of miles outside the capital?"

Cao Yang's gaze sharpened.

By the time this memorial was submitted.

Over ten thousand Mortals had already been buried in the Dragon's maw...!

"Indeed!"

"This wicked Dragon is audacious."

"It dares to come to Great Zhou and act recklessly!"

"Yet the Divine Martial Division and the Apprehension Gate dare not apprehend it!"

Anger burned in the Empress's eyes.

She glanced at him, "Do you still remember what I said when the Embroidered Uniform Guard was formed?"

"This subject remembers it at all times!"

Cao Yang replied respectfully.

"Good!"

"Then go and handle it!"

"I want to see the prestige of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

The Empress said coldly.

Her beautiful eyes were stern, "As I said before, with me backing you, feel free to do whatever you need to do!"

"Yes...!"

"This subject will not fail Your Majesty's expectations!"

Cao Yang nodded deeply.

He was about to withdraw.

"Wait—"

"There is one more matter!"

The Empress narrowed her eyes.

She looked at him, "Have you heard that the Mandate of Heaven has changed, and the dragon spring has reappeared?"

"Replying to Your Majesty..."

"I have heard a little..."

Cao Yang nodded slightly.

The fact that the late Emperor Taizong left behind an astonishing trump card for the Li Imperial Clan was no secret; many people throughout the court and the empire knew of it.

"Very good!"

"Now that the Mandate of Heaven has changed, it is time for this dragon spring to reappear."

"I am entrusting this matter to you as well."

"Find it."

"Destroy it...!"

The Empress gave Cao Yang another task.

Compared to catching the wicked Dragon.

She valued the dragon spring secret treasure even more!

Because this dragon spring secret treasure concerned the final Qi of the Li Imperial Clan!

And what she wanted to do.

Was to cut off this final sliver of life for the Li Imperial Clan!

"Yes—"

"This subject will surely share Your Majesty's burdens!"

Cao Yang bowed and nodded.

He accepted the matter.

...

After receiving these two tasks.

Cao Yang left the Imperial Study.

He left the palace.

He went all the way to the Embroidered Uniform Guard's office.

Muster the troops!

Catch the Dragon...!

During the three months he was away from the capital.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard's forces had grown quite a bit.

Following their previous fame in the capital, the Embroidered Uniform Guard had made a name for themselves.

Plus, the benefits were quite good.

Many experts had been coming to join!

Now.

Finally, they had their own Martial Venerable Realm experts, over a dozen of them!

Even—

They had two more Martial King Realm powerhouses!

After Cao Yang arrived.

He directly mustered these two Martial King Realm experts!

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

A youth carrying a long saber stood up.

He bowed respectfully to Cao Yang.

"Are you Ding Xiu?"

Cao Yang flipped through the roster.

He glanced at him.

This was a saber-wielding Loose Cultivator from the Jianghu, possessing the cultivation of the Martial King Fourth Level!

He appeared to be a youth.

But in reality.

He was not young at all.

He was already over two hundred years old.

If he were a Mortal without any cultivation, he would have long since died of old age.

But for a Martial King Realm powerhouse.

He was still very young!

Flipping through his registered information.

Cao Yang smiled slightly.

This fellow was a rare talent!

Without the support of resources from a Family or Sect, to be able to reach this level of cultivation as a Loose Cultivator.

The hardship involved.

Was not something an ordinary person could achieve.

"Replying to Your Highness, yes."

Ding Xiu nodded.

"Very good, this Prince remembers you."