Chapter 40: In Front of Taihe Hall

  At the time when Youjiao was busy preparing for the Green Willow Island, in the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Taihe Hall.

  Taihe Hall was where the Grand Zhou Kingdom held its daily court. It was almost time for the morning court to end, less than an incense stick's worth of time had passed.

  All the officials have already retreated at this moment.

  In front of the Taihe Hall is a huge square, the entire square is paved with white jade stone, extremely clean and refreshing. The Taihe Hall Square is the largest square in the imperial palace.

  The entire square was cleared of all the people below, whether they were officials, guards, palace maids or eunuchs, and had all left the place.

  Outside this square, countless imperial guards are guarding this place, not allowing anyone to disturb.

  On the entire square, there were only five deck chairs. There were also some tea tables, on which small stoves were placed to warm up the tea in the teapots above.

  Five men were lying on five deck chairs at this moment.

  Lying in the center was a man about forty years old, wearing a nine-dragon purple gold robe. On the chair beside him were also lying four men in Confucian robes, who appeared to be around forty years old as well.

  The Jiu Long Purple Gold Robe can only be worn by the Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire. Could it be that the man in the center is actually the Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire?

  If this man is the Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, then who are the other four people who dare to lie down together with the emperor so comfortably?

  The Great Zhou Kingdom, the four great clans' patriarchs. Within the Great Zhou Kingdom, apart from the Abbot of Da Bei Temple, only these four individuals could sit on an equal level with the Emperor.

  Five big Zhou country leaders are now lying comfortably on the Taihe Temple Square, drinking warm tea and basking in the sun.

  The emperor suddenly opened his eyes.

  A black paper suddenly appeared in his hand.

  This is one of the talismans captured on Green Willow Island a few days ago.

  The emperor opened his eyes, and the other four family heads also opened their eyes.

  "What do you think, all of you?" The emperor suddenly spoke up and asked.

  "Fu Lu, the master of Mantra teachings, can actually create Fu Lu. It seems that the problem is quite thorny." A man on the emperor's right side suddenly spoke up.

  "The second master said that the Tianji Sect also has the method of making 'Tianji Shenshu', and unexpectedly, the Mandala Sect also has it. It seems that the leader of the Mandala Sect should have also reached the Xiantian realm." The emperor frowned and opened his mouth to say.

  "Hmm, but logically speaking, this Mandala teaching is also very contradictory." The second host said.

  "Not bad, what does his repeated destruction mean? Obviously wants to stir up the world and then dominate it, but shouldn't he be beyond that at this level? If not for our good governance, the Great Zhou Kingdom would have been thrown into chaos by them. But he also understands the art of talismans, very contradictory." The Emperor spoke again.

  "The art, can only be accessed when one reaches the innate boundary, and it's also very damaging to the body. Many of them come at the cost of one's own life force. This time, the three talismans, the master of the Mandala sect has indeed paid a bloody price." Another man said with a sip of tea.

  "Not bad, another talisman, we've also tried it before. This talisman is indeed as the Mantra Sect disciples said, at most can only survive for two hours, if not a innate boundary person, can't be saved." The emperor suddenly said.

  "But indeed, the prince was saved by a fourth-generation descendant of your second family. How strange!" Another man said.

  "Could it be that the second demon king has already reached the Pre-Heaven stage?" The Emperor suddenly laughed and said.

  "It's impossible, Yao Jiao is only twelve years old this year, you can't expect him to be a peerless genius. Although his deceased father and grandfather were both martial arts prodigies, but it's not that exaggerated." The second master shook his head and said.

  "Not bad, among the five tribes, historically, the fastest to cultivate to the Pre-Heavenly Boundary is after thirty-two years old. It's impossible for a demon like him to reach the Pre-Heavenly Boundary, so it must be as he said, that his master taught him." The Emperor nodded and said.

  "As for his master, we've investigated a lot and couldn't find any trace at all. Apparently, his master is at least someone with a congenital boundary." The second host said after taking a sip of tea.

  "Hmm, how do you plan to deal with it?" the emperor asked.

  "Wait a minute, it seems that his master is not an enemy of our five tribes. He has taught the demon horn with all his heart and soul. Let's wait for now. As for the safety of the demon horn, I have made arrangements among those miscellaneous tasks. The safety of the demon horn should be no problem."

  "Hmm, I can see that much. When I chose the Green Willow Island with the spiritual spring for the Crown Prince, I didn't expect him to be so unappreciative and have it end up in your family's hands instead." The Emperor shook his head and chuckled.

  "Haha" Everyone burst out laughing.

  "The Crown Prince is about to reach the Xiantian realm too, right?" The second house master asked.

  "It's been expedited, but who knows when it will be done. This last step, some people will be stuck here for the rest of their lives." The emperor shook his head and said.

  The four masters all nodded in agreement.

  "But to you, the crown prince is just a junior, you don't have to call him crown prince, just call him Wuji, after all, this great Zhou country is managed by my five tribes together." The emperor shook his head and said.

  "On the surface, we still have to put on a show, haha." The host of the second house smiled and said.

  The other three heads of households also nodded in agreement.

  The emperor saw them like this and didn't say anything more.

  "Can we believe what that Mantra practitioner said?" The man frowned again.

  The emperor took a sip of tea, slowly put down the teacup and said: "Whether it's true or not, this time the crown prince was able to be saved. On one hand, it was due to the second family's second demon horn, on the other hand, it was because of the prior warning from Hui Neng, a young monk from the Great Compassion Temple. This favor still needs to be repaid."

  Everyone nodded in agreement.

  "So, on the side of the Da Bei Temple, we should still send a notification. I'll dispatch an envoy to the Da Bei Temple immediately. Although there's still more than a year left, it's always better to warn early rather than defend at the last minute," said the Emperor.

  "Not bad, next year we'll also send some young family members to the Temple of Great Compassion, on one hand it's for them to gain some experience and on the other hand it's also a form of training." The second master said.

  "We'll see when the time comes, who knows what will happen in the future?" The emperor smiled and said.

  "Hmm, we don't have much time left at our current position either. In the end, aren't we going to hand everything over to these children?" The second family member said calmly while sipping tea.

  "Although there is still a short period of time, in this last moment, we must also guard the Great Zhou State well and cannot have any mishaps." The Emperor said.

  Everyone nodded in agreement.

  Then, the five big powers' leaders closed their eyes and started sunbathing again.

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