121: The artistic style reaches the top! The gate of reincarnation! The military immortal

Chapter 121: Literary and Romantic Apex! Gate of Reincarnation! Military Immortal Han Xin! (33)

Li Chang'an had broken new ground many times, so he was quite experienced.

This young Empress had aspirations as high as the heavens, but fortunately, Li Chang'an knew the principle that long pain is not as good as short pain.

Hearing Li Chang'an's complaint, Zhan Doudou's heart ached, and she pounded his chest several times.

"Can you blame me? It's excruciating!"

Li Chang'an coaxed, "It's alright. After a brief period of pain, what remains is lasting pleasure."

The Zhan family's genes were indeed excellent; Zhan Pianpian was delicate and lovely, and Zhan Doudou was also a peerless beauty.

Zhan Doudou's brows furrowed slightly, her expression resentful, carrying a hint of pitiful vulnerability.

Li Chang'an handled her gently... She bit Li Chang'an's shoulder and held him tightly, trying to stop his actions.

Zhan Doudou was drenched in fragrant sweat yet remained stubborn, "I... I want to be on top!"

Li Chang'an rejected her request, "Absolutely no such possibility!"

A night of sparse rain and sudden winds.

Haitang, next door, had drooping eyelids, kept awake all night by the noise.

In the early morning, sounds came from next door again.

"This time, I must be on top!"

"That depends on whether you can last until the end!"

After a long while, Zhan Doudou still conceded defeat first.

Haitang didn't care about the awkwardness; the three of them knew each other well enough.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go now. There's an early court session today!"

Zhan Doudou seemed to be out of breath, speaking somewhat haltingly.

"Little Martial Aunt... I and Prince Yong are discussing poetry... I will not attend court today!"

Haitang was speechless but still conveyed the imperial decree to the Inner Court guards on duty far away.

With the Empress Dowager Wei present, it was fine for the young Emperor to not attend court.

At this moment, Zhan Doudou, with her head pressed down by Li Chang'an, had eyes filled with resentment.

The dignity of the Northern Qi Emperor was completely lost overnight, leaving nothing behind.

Li Chang'an wantonly played with her everything, and she still had to exert herself to serve Li Chang'an.

Zhan Doudou had wanted to teach Li Chang'an a lesson, but now it was completely reversed.

Although she was somewhat annoyed, soon after, she became completely immersed in it.

Late at night three days later, Haitang secretly carried the exhausted Zhan Doudou back to her bedchamber.

Haitang threw the Empress onto the bed, and Zhan Doudou immediately burrowed happily into the covers.

"My Your Majesty, did you succeed? What's the situation now, who slept whom?"

"I, the Saintess, told you that Li Chang'an has ulterior motives, but you just wouldn't listen!"

"I, the Saintess, said you would regret it, my Your Majesty!"

Zhan Doudou's beautiful face was flushed, her clear eyes shifting, and her words carried a hint of a young girl's charm.

"Little Martial Aunt, of course, I slept Li Chang'an. Why should I regret it!"

Haitang said disdainfully, "You've been calling 'Chang'an Gege, spare me' how many times? Why are you so stubborn!"

Zhan Doudou immediately blushed, burying her face in the quilt.

"Little Martial Aunt, stop talking! You listened too carefully!"

"You should leave quickly. How could you understand the joys of the boudoir..."

Haitang shook her head speechlessly, then left the bedchamber and settled in the palace.

Li Chang'an was still lingering in her small courtyard, and Haitang felt too embarrassed to go back.

After all, in these three days, they were the happy ones; only she was hurt.

Haitang's small courtyard.

Li Chang'an sat cross-legged in Haitang's Cultivation room, comfortably feeling his Cultivation improve.

Having obtained the Heavenly One Method for over a month, Li Chang'an's Cultivation speed had increased two to three times!

As expected of a Cultivation Technique from the Divine Temple, its deduction of nuclear radiation was indeed very precise.

During this time, Li Chang'an had also mastered over two hundred more Acupoints.

Of the seven hundred and twenty Acupoints in his body, Li Chang'an could now emit True Qi through five hundred of them!

His control over True Qi had directly increased severalfold!

Li Chang'an once made an analogy: if the strength of a First Rank Martial Artist to an Eighth Rank Martial Artist ranged from 10 to 80.

Then Ninth Rank Lower Level is 90, Ninth Rank Middle Level is 100, Ninth Rank Upper Level is 150, and a Ninth Rank Peak like Hong Sixiang could be considered 300!

The closer one gets to the Great Grandmaster, the greater the difference in strength between different Realms!

Even among Ninth Rank Upper Levels, strength fluctuates between 150 and 300.

Shang Shanhu was roughly at the 180 level, while Lang Tao was at 250, so Shang Shanhu was no match for Lang Tao at all.

As for the strength of a Great Grandmaster, Li Chang'an conservatively estimated it to be above 3000!

When Li Chang'an fought Wu Zhu, he should have been around 1500.

Now, Li Chang'an has reached a level of about 2800.

He is only about a month away from becoming a Great Grandmaster!

Currently, Li Chang'an can be completely called a Quasi-Grandmaster.

Li Chang'an had not Cultivated for long when he heard the System's prompt.

This time, the prompts were full of surprises!

【Your Literary ranking has risen to 1st place! Gate of Reincarnation opened 20%!】

【Your Romantic ranking has risen to 1st place! Gate of Reincarnation opened 40%!】

At the World's First Poetry Convention, Li Chang'an completely won over the world's talented scholars.

Countless eternal masterpieces began to pour into this world, and his Literary ranking reaching the top was inevitable!

What surprised Li Chang'an was that his Romantic ranking also became the first in this world!

It seemed that these past few days of hard work had completely won over Zhan Doudou's heart and mind, and her emotional value had steadily reached one hundred.

Most importantly, with the achievement of two first-place rankings, the Gate of Reincarnation had also opened by forty percent!

According to the System's prompt, after the Gate of Reincarnation is fully opened, he can leave this world at any time.

Of course, he could also live in this world until his natural death.

However, from the moment the Gate of Reincarnation is fully opened, Li Chang'an can return to every world node of this world.

The System also prompted that after Reincarnating in a certain number of worlds, the Main World would also open.

After Li Chang'an gains some strength in the Main World, he can also bring over the people from these worlds where the Gate of Reincarnation has been opened.

Therefore, the complete opening of the Gate of Reincarnation in each world is a very important node.

From the current situation, it seems that being ranked first in all five dimensions will fully open the Gate of Reincarnation!

As the two rankings reached the top, the System indeed carried out a settlement!

【Your influence in the Joy of Life World has greatly increased, rewarding 15000 Mortal World Points!】

Li Chang'an had accumulated 60,000 Mortal World Points in the Joy of Life World, and now he had 17,000 points available for use.

Name: Li Chang'an

World: Joy of Life

Age: 19 years old

Realm: Half-step Grandmaster

Cultivation Technique: Bei Ming True Energy (Perfection), Muscle (Major Achievement), Tianshan Plum Hand (Perfection), Tianshan Six Yang Palms (Perfection), Six Meridian Divine Sword (Perfection), Lingbo Microstep (Perfection)

Innate Abilities: Clairvoyant Eyes, Photographic Memory

Abilities: (Expand)

Mortal World: 17000 points (Accumulated 60000 points)

Rankings: Power 6, Wealth 4, Martial Prowess 6, Romantic 1, Literary 1

Li Chang'an now had a relatively abundant amount of points and could summon another character from the myriad worlds.

Summoning characters in the Joy of Life World could not summon a Great Grandmaster.

If he could summon a Great Grandmaster, he could quickly sweep through this world, instantly topping the wealth and power rankings, which would make the Reincarnation experience meaningless.

What Li Chang'an lacked most now was a great general to command troops.

A thousand soldiers are easy to find, but a single general is hard to come by. The Western Qin State had money, and no shortage of people, but what it lacked most were commanders.

Li Chang'an searched in the mall for a long time, and among the dazzling array of famous generals, he finally chose the Military Immortal Han Xin.

Because the political affairs and intelligence of the Western Qin State were handled by Zhao Gao, what was needed was a general specifically for leading troops in battle.

The Western Qin State currently only had one prefecture, nominally still a vassal state of Northern Qi, and it was at a critical moment of its rise.

【Consuming 6000 Mortal World Points, successfully summoned Han Xin. Han Xin will arrive at the Host's side in the fastest reasonable way.】

After Li Chang'an returned to the inn, Wang Qinian brought Han Xin the next day.

"Your Highness, the Shangjing Net recently invited a Northern Qi hermit who claims to be willing to pledge allegiance to Your Highness!"

Han Xin was dressed in coarse cloth, holding a long sword in his hand, and wearing a worn-out bamboo hat on his head.

His square face showed signs of hardship, and his brows were filled with Killing Intent and determination.

"This subordinate, Han Xin, swears to serve Your Highness until death!"

Li Chang'an helped him up and glanced at his character panel.

Ninth Rank Upper Level Han Xin!

Not only did he have his original powerful ability to command armies, but his own Martial Dao was also very strong!

Name: Han Xin

Age: 36 years old

Realm: Ninth Rank Upper Level

Talent: Military Strategy (Ninth Rank), Command (Ninth Rank), Martial Dao (Eighth Rank)

Abilities: Military Strategy (Ninth Rank), Command (Ninth Rank), Management (Sixth Rank)

Emotion: 100 (Die-hard loyalty)

"Han Xin, take this token!"

Li Chang'an handed him a Net token; this token was as if he himself was present.

"Go to the Western Qin State and find Zhao Gao. Assist him in leading troops in battle. After achieving military exploits, he will hand over all the armies to your command."

Characters from the myriad worlds are truly wonderful; who knows what chemical reaction will occur when Zhao Gao and Han Xin are put together.

Han Xin respectfully took the token, "Your Highness, this subordinate has already learned about the affairs of the Western Qin State."

"In the process of its rise, it will not only have to fight Northern Qi, but there will also be friction with Southern Qing on the southern border."

Li Chang'an said decisively, "No matter, don't have any concerns."

"This King only wants the Western Qin to be strong. As for the wars against Northern Qi and Southern Qing, you and Zhao Gao will decide."

"If the differences are too great, then inform this King for a decision!"

Han Xin bowed his head and accepted the order, "This subordinate obeys!"

The Western Qin State was Li Chang'an's guarantee of wealth, the center for Net talents, and an important bargaining chip for future power struggles.

Because he had never held military power in Southern Qing, even if he had the chance to command troops in the future, he couldn't guarantee that the army would immediately pledge allegiance in a short time.

Now, raising the Western Qin State's army, once the opportunity is ripe, he can immediately bring them under his command and go to battle.

He was about to Breakthrough to Great Grandmaster. If he could usurp Emperor Qing's throne, he could directly incorporate the Western Qin into his territory.

If he went to war with Emperor Qing, Li Chang'an was not afraid to start anew from the Western Qin State.

With Han Xin's Ninth Rank Upper Level Cultivation, he could be safely allowed to act independently.

After Han Xin left, Wang Qinian said, "Your Highness, tomorrow is the Empress Dowager Wei's birthday, and an invitation from the palace has arrived for you to attend."

"The envoy delegation also received invitations; they will depart for home after attending the Empress Dowager Wei's birthday banquet."

Li Chang'an said, "The time is about right. After we attend the birthday banquet and check on the Western Qin State's war situation, it will be almost time to return home."

The next day, Northern Qi Imperial Palace.

With the Empress Dowager Wei's birthday banquet approaching, Zhan Doudou rushed to the Imperial Study.

She held the seating chart for today's banquet, "Mother, this arrangement is not appropriate!"

Haitang followed behind Zhan Doudou, watching the impending argument between mother and daughter.

Zhan Doudou said, "Li Chang'an gained fame at the poetry convention, writing over three hundred renowned pieces overnight. He is now universally recognized as the Saint of Poetry!"

"Yet at your birthday banquet, you only reserved a subordinate's seat for him.

Not only is it much smaller than Fan Xian's chief envoy position, it doesn't even compare to Master Zhuang's original standard!"

The Empress Dowager Wei was actually somewhat surprised by Zhan Doudou's dissatisfaction.

"My Imperial Child, Master Zhuang has been unwell recently, so he won't be coming to the birthday banquet.

Without his standard for comparison, Li Chang'an won't have anything to say."

"This Li Chang'an is too arrogant. I heard he made you lose face at the poetry convention.

And on the night of Shen Zhong's death, whether his Shadow Guard took advantage of the chaos still needs to be investigated!"

"At my birthday banquet, I naturally need to teach him a lesson! To help you regain your face!"

Hearing this familiar statement, Haitang Duoduo couldn't help but swallow, these mother and daughter were indeed alike.

Zhan Doudou continued, "Mother, this Li Chang'an is ruthless and has ulterior motives. It's best we don't offend him without reason!"

The Empress Dowager Wei frowned, "My Imperial Child, why do you seem so afraid of Li Chang'an?

He's merely an Eighth Rank Martial Artist; with Lang Tao and Haitang here, can he really turn the world upside down!"

Zhan Doudou continued, "Perhaps Li Chang'an has hidden his Cultivation and secretly Brokenthrough to Ninth Rank!"

The Empress Dowager Wei grew impatient with Zhan Doudou's inexplicable insistence.

"My Imperial Child, there's no need to argue further. I have decided to make things difficult for Li Chang'an at the birthday banquet! To help you win back your face!"

Zhan Doudou was speechless, almost pleading, "Mother, please reconsider!"

Haitang watched Zhan Doudou with cold eyes; weren't these all the lines she had used to persuade the young Emperor that night?

How the tables have turned! I, the Saintess, couldn't persuade you, and you can't persuade your mother either.

Indeed, the Empress Dowager Wei said coldly, "My Imperial Child, this is an imperial decree!"

Zhan Doudou sighed, then left the Imperial Study with Haitang.

"Little Martial Aunt, Li Chang'an is someone who never suffers a loss."

"You said Mother is making things difficult for him over this small matter; will he retaliate?"

Haitang chewed on the grapes she had just picked up, saying casually, "Hard to say!"

An hour later, Li Chang'an arrived at the birthday banquet venue.

The officials sat upright, one by one; everyone was there except the Empress Dowager Wei and the young Emperor.

Above the steps, the Empress Dowager Wei and the young Emperor's imperial seats were adjacent.

In a conspicuous position next to them sat Fan Xian.

Li Chang'an was guided by an Inner Court attendant to a small seat below the steps.

Li Chang'an looked around and realized that this seat was only on par with Wei Bi's.

He pointed at Wei Bi, "What rank is he, to sit in a seat of the same rank as this King?"

Wei Bi was so angry that smoke almost came out of his nose, "Li Chang'an, you are a Prince of the Qing Kingdom, but this is Qi Country!"

"You are not the chief envoy of the Qing Kingdom, so sitting there is not an injustice..."

As Wei Bi spoke, he trailed off.

Because Li Chang'an had already stepped onto the imperial steps!

Then, he plopped down on the young Emperor's imperial seat!

"This seat is excellent! This King will sit here!"