370: The precarious Ming Dynasty

Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Sabado say, "With Your Highness's Aptitude and age, he already meets the conditions to Cultivate in Tianji Pavilion. He even has the chance to directly become an Inner Sect Disciple, enjoying generous Sect benefits. At that time, he will have resources if he wants resources, Cultivation Techniques if he wants Cultivation Techniques. Perhaps he might even be favored by an Elder of the Sect and become his Disciple. Then, his future will surely be smooth sailing; Immortal Ascension will not be a problem!"

"This, this, this..."

With a 'thud,' Zhu Dequan knelt before Sabado and exclaimed, "Please, Sir, help me! No matter what, I must become a Disciple of Tianji Pavilion!"

Sabado quickly dodged, then used Spiritual Power to help him up, smiling, "Your Highness is too polite! Your future Immortal path will be much brighter than mine. Perhaps after some time, I will even need Your Highness's care!"

Zhu Dequan was stunned, but quickly reacted, saying firmly, "Sir, rest assured, if I achieve anything in the future, I will certainly thank you for your help today!"

"Haha, good! Very good! Your Highness, why not stay here for a while? I will first teach Your Highness the Sect's Qi Refining technique, and at the same time, report this matter and await the Sect's reply. How about that?" Sabado laughed heartily.

Zhu Dequan's eyes lit up, and he quickly looked at Prince Lu, who nodded. So he bowed and said, "I will follow Sir's instructions!"

Seeing this, Prince Lu's previous disappointment vanished. He felt his confidence surge, because with Zhu Dequan joining Tianji Pavilion and Tianji Pavilion as his backing, who could stop his progress?

Although Bluestar was not big, and Great Ming was very small, getting an Emperor to be one was still very appealing. Later, when his son achieved Immortal Ascension, he would then pull him to an Immortal Sect to Cultivate. At worst, he could get one or two Immortal Pills to eat, and perhaps he could even live forever... In his eyes, he seemed to already see his future self ascending to the position of Great Emperor, with all nations coming to pay tribute and billions of people worshipping him, a grand scene... Soon after leaving Zhu Dequan, Prince Lu flew alone with his Manor guards to Shuntian Prefecture. He still had a lot of valuable information from Xuanji Tower in his hands. He read it all the way, and was shocked all the way. His heart gradually sank... He suddenly realized that his previous thoughts when he was in Xuanji Tower might have been wrong!

At that time, he thought that as long as Zhu Dequan joined Tianji Pavilion, it would greatly boost the Lu Wang Manor's confidence, and in the future, it might even help him seize the Great Ming imperial throne. But now it seems that this idea might be problematic. Well, even if it wasn't entirely wrong, the probability of it happening should be greatly reduced. Even if he eventually seized the imperial throne, it wouldn't be much better.

This was because, from the information Sabado gave him, he saw that the entire Bluestar, under the hundreds of years of Spiritual Qi tides, was about to enter a full-scale Spiritual Qi era. Many Spiritual objects had already been born on Bluestar, such as the green lotus discovered by the Kunlun Liu family earlier, and many other lives had also begun to possess Aptitude for Cultivation, especially those powerful beast races, many of whom had already been quietly Cultivating their Spiritual Power Seeds for hundreds of years!

"Already Cultivating Spiritual Power for hundreds of years? How powerful must they be now?!" Prince Lu was truly shocked!

From the Cultivation knowledge Sabado explained to him, he already knew that even a Cultivator in the Early Stage of Qi Refinement Stage could contend with a Martial King-level powerhouse, and those exotic beasts that had Cultivated for hundreds of years, their current strength had very likely reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. And for the Foundation Establishment Realm, it would be even easier to deal with Martial Saints and Martial Commanders. In this way, wouldn't the situation of Great Ming already be precarious?!

Oh, let alone Great Ming, all countries on Bluestar could be wiped out by powerful beast races! After all, the highest combat power openly displayed by various countries currently was only Martial King. As long as a few Foundation Establishment Realm powerhouses appeared among the exotic beasts, they could dominate the entire Bluestar.

"It's over, it's over, it's over... Great Ming... the Human Race might all be finished!" Prince Lu realized the situation was bad, because even if he seized the Great Ming imperial throne, he might not be able to hold onto it in the future, and might even receive special "care" from the exotic beasts precisely because he was the Emperor.

Since Sabado had already warned him not to leak this information, and all this information was stored in Profound Qi Jade Slips, which would naturally disappear after being read once, Prince Lu, although he now knew the secrets of Bluestar, dared not speak out. Because his son had already joined Xuanji Tower, conversely, Xuanji Tower also controlled his Lu Wang Manor. The two sides had already become a community of interests. Speaking out would not only bring no benefit to Lu Wang Manor but would also cause losses to Xuanji Tower. Therefore, Prince Lu's thoughts began to change.

He was no longer as anxious about the succession struggle as before. His greater hope was placed on Zhu Dequan. If this little eighteenth could successfully enter the Tianji Pavilion mountain gate and be favored by a certain Immortal Master and taken as a Disciple, then he himself might also be able to use his power in the future to successfully escape the threat of exotic beasts and leave Bluestar!

Indeed, the current Bluestar was equally fraught with danger for a Martial Commander-level powerhouse like him. It could even be said that his danger level was higher than that of ordinary people, because if powerful exotic beasts attacked, their primary targets would certainly be the powerhouses among the Human Race. As long as these powerhouses were eliminated, they could naturally control and enslave the entire Human Race!

"Right, I also need to search my Manor again to see if there are any other Cultivation talents. If there are, then my hope of escaping Bluestar in the future will be even greater!" Thinking of this, Prince Lu's eyes lit up, and he immediately contacted his steward, Butler.

Butler had already learned the news of Zhu Lan and Zhu Yu, General's mission failure and was wondering how to explain it to Prince Lu. Unexpectedly, Prince Lu's call came immediately. He trembled as he answered the phone and said, "Your Highness, this old servant has failed in his duties. Please punish me, Your Highness!"

Prince Lu was stunned and snorted, "What happened?"

Butler hurriedly reported the news of Zhu Lan and Zhu Yu, General being captured by the Prince Fus Mansion to Prince Lu. Prince Lu immediately became furious and roared, "Two fools! They can't even handle such a small matter and were even captured by that good-for-nothing!"

"Your Highness, please calm down. This old servant will send people to rescue them now..."

"Those two good-for-nothings are useless anyway. They just delayed our cooperation with Blood Wolf Hall. Damn it!" Prince Lu snorted, his face extremely gloomy.

At this moment, Butler said tremblingly, "Your Highness, we don't need to worry about that, because..."

"Because of what?!" Prince Lu was stunned.

"Well... it's like this. This old servant received news from Councilor Miller, saying that the envoys sent by Blood Wolf Hall this time, as well as the exotic beast powerhouses sent by other beast races, have all been killed by someone!!! This beast tide is highly likely to be stillborn..." Butler said...