The First Tyrant

  Several imperial edicts were read out and Liu Xuan directly announced the dismissal of the court session.

  He knew that these people would need some time to go back and discuss, apart from the newly established six Shangshu needing to nominate a reliable and beneficial candidate for themselves, they also had to guess whether there were any other implications behind the Emperor's actions today.

  It's unlikely that anyone would have expected Liu Xuan's actions today to be so meaningless, he simply thought the current system was too chaotic, so he wanted to eliminate all the bad things and establish a more controllable and suitable system.

  As for seizing power, as long as he sits on the emperor's throne, power is in his hands, unless someone can push him off the emperor's throne - but if such a person exists, Liu Xuan will not give him this opportunity at all and will definitely eliminate him in the first place.

  Out of the Golden Flower Hall, Liu Xuan took a deep breath and felt refreshed. With these few commands issued today, this group of officials will be busy for a while.

  It just so happened that the other day, they were asked to tidy up the sowing affairs around Chang'an. For this reason, Liu Xuan took out some jade tokens he had prepared in his early years and let Cao Cao bury them in some key positions, then weigh them down with large stones to prevent people from digging them up.

  Those talismans mainly nourish the soil, gather the essence of heaven and earth, promote crop growth, and make grain abundant. These are related to his fundamental power, so Liu Xuan cannot help but pay attention.

  He had been making these talismans bit by bit after recovering a bit of his powers, in preparation for the future. Over a decade or so, he had accumulated quite a few, and now was the perfect time to use them.

  What's more important is that this jade symbol implies another function, which is to invisibly improve the grain variety - in other words, the seeds of grains grown under the protection of these jade symbols will yield more than ordinary grain varieties even when planted on land without such protection.

  From this, slowly radiating outwards, the world will no longer have to worry about food problems, and it will naturally be easier to govern - when the common people are always well-fed and clothed, they will not be willing to risk their lives to rebel.

  Back in the Xuan Shi, Liu Xuan went straight to the study. The Xuan Shi was said to be a palace, and it was actually a small group of palaces, with all kinds of facilities available. The study was naturally not lacking, but unfortunately, there were very few books left, after all, when leaving Luoyang, it was too hasty, and these book-like things didn't have time to bring along.

  It is said that Cai Yong had thousands of volumes of books, but unfortunately, most of them were lost. Now that he has arrived in Chang'an, only a few hundred volumes are left by his side. Not only did Cai Yong himself feel sorry and heartbroken, but also many famous scholars in the court felt regretful. Some people even wanted to write a letter to Luoyang asking Dong Zhuo to collect and properly preserve those books.

  Liu Xuan knew that this was because the Han Dynasty had already invented paper-making, but paper had not yet become popular. Many books were still made of bamboo slips, which had limited content and were difficult to carry and store. Copying was also extremely difficult, so books and other materials were very valuable items. Having a large collection of books at that time was also a symbol of social status.

  The Han Dynasty and the following dynasties, the aristocratic families controlled the situation of the world, and it was also related to the fact that this book could not be widely disseminated. Liu Xuan wanted to strike at the aristocratic families and had considered setting up schools and spreading books throughout the world, but doing so would require advanced paper-making technology - he didn't lack the skills, the key was that he didn't have the time to do such things.

  "It seems that the popularization of education will also have to be postponed."

  Holding a bamboo scroll in his hand, looking at the already somewhat blurred characters on it, Liu Xuan's mind began to wander wildly.

  At this moment, Liu Xuan suddenly felt a tremor in the dragon egg inside his body, and a sense of crisis was looming over his head.

  Without making a sound, Liu Xuan put down the book in his hand and touched the Chi Xiao sword he was carrying with him - because the dragon energy couldn't be used, when Liu Xuan encountered something unusual, he would first consider the Chi Xiao sword, rather than his own long knife.

  Anyway, the appearance of Chi Xuejian is similar to that of a bronze sword from the Qin Dynasty, with a wide and thick blade. It would not be a problem to use it as a long knife either. Moreover, since I mainly rely on the dragon energy inside the sword, the requirements for its appearance are not so high.

  "Now that you're here, why hide and seek?"

  As soon as the words came out, a figure gradually emerged from what seemed to be an empty space, accompanied by a hint of surprise: "This kid really has some skills, actually being able to detect my presence? It seems that those useless disciples of mine indeed died because of you."

  With a glance, the person's appearance became crystal clear. Liu Xuan took a closer look and saw that this person had a head of silver-white hair, suggesting that he was quite old. However, his face was as smooth as a baby's, without a single wrinkle. His skin was so radiant that if some women were to see it, they would probably go crazy asking for his skincare secrets.

  What was most peculiar was that this person actually had a pair of blue eyes. Liu Xuan took a closer look and realized that these eyes were not born with, but rather seemed to be the result of some sort of mysterious technique that made his eyes appear abnormal.

  Taking another look, this person is wearing a Taoist robe, although not luxurious, it's clean and tidy. He's holding a wooden staff in his hand. At first glance, the whole person has an otherworldly air about him, as if he's not an ordinary human being.

  Liu Xuan sized up the other party, and the old man also sized up Liu Xuan. Seeing that Liu Xuan was holding a long sword, but didn't draw it out, and both hands were steady, the sword body not trembling, it could be seen that he was not startled by himself.

  At the same time, there was no loud shout as expected: "How dare you trespass on the imperial palace's forbidden land!" This point was the most unexpected for the old man.

  Take another look, and Liu Xuan's arms are slender and his waist is narrow. Although he was born tall and large, he doesn't appear to be sturdy, but rather has a very proportionate figure. With the hilt of a long sword in hand, standing there gives off an air of majestically overlooking the world.

  If it weren't for some reasons, the old man would have opened his mouth to praise him a little, but now is not the right time, let alone he came here today not to flatter him.

  However, after a while, the old man was secretly surprised. He relied on his cultivation to display the technique of looking at the air, and unexpectedly discovered that the person in front of him had a surging dragon energy in his body. Although it was still the declining dragon energy of the declining dynasty, there was a strange feeling of death and rebirth, as if the dragon energy in his body was slowly undergoing mysterious changes.

  Although he couldn't see what it would eventually turn into, he could be certain that there was no benefit for himself.

  "The Han dynasty's fate has already been exhausted, it should have collapsed at this time, how did such a variable emerge?"

  With a wave of his staff, the old man spoke: "I am Nanhuashan Laoxian, and Zhang Jiao brothers are my apprentices."

  As soon as the old man said that his disciple died because of him, Liu Xuan had already made some guesses. At this time, seeing him take the initiative to mention Zhang Jiao, he immediately understood what this old man came here for.

  "You mean to say you want to assassinate me?"

  Although he usually doesn't like to use the self-appellation "I", it also depends on the occasion. Now facing an enemy, he didn't need to be polite to his opponent, which would only lower his own status.

  As for Nan Hua Lao Xian, he didn't know much about him because there was no such person in the official history books and only a brief mention in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

  But for Liu Xuan, the so-called Nan Hua Lao Xian was just a cultivator who originally lived on Earth, no different from himself in the past.

  To put it bluntly, the difference is that the previous Liu Xuan was already at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, one of the very few people at the top, whereas this Southern Huasheng... is still clearly in the lower ranks.

  Of course, this does not mean that Liu Xuan can easily kill Nan Hua Lao Xian. After all, Liu Xuan's cultivation was completely ruined, and if he hadn't practiced the special skill of Long Qi, he might still be struggling at the entrance, and it would have taken him another 180 years to officially step into the cultivation threshold. To know that in his previous life, Liu Xuan had spent countless years cultivating from being an outsider to reaching the peak.

  The current Nan Hua Lao Xian, judging from his appearance, should be over a hundred years old, but his cultivation is just that, not much higher than mine now.

  What's more important is that he has the dragon energy to protect himself, and all kinds of evil methods can't harm him. If someone wants to kill him, they can only fight him head-on, but Nan Hua Lao Xian came to assassinate him like this, it's simply... exactly what he wanted.

  At the same time, Nan Hua Lao Xian's appearance also allowed Liu Xuan to finally confirm that this world also had a Xiuzhen civilization, but it was extremely low-end, and even according to his previous theory, it was still in its embryonic stage, and hadn't truly grown up.

  "If that's the case, then Nan Hua Lao Xian's purpose in accepting Zhang Jiao as his disciple can be understood, and the reason he came to avenge Zhang Jiao is also clear."

  In the end, it was himself who hindered Nanhua Laoxian's plan to establish a dynasty with cultivation as its core. If Zhang Jiao had succeeded, this world would have developed in a completely different direction.

  But for Liu Xuan, these were just references to help him better understand the world. As for the person in front of him... there was no need for unnecessary words.

  "In that case, there's no use saying more."

  Nan Hua Lao Xian was puzzled, the young man's reaction was indeed too unusual. He didn't scare him with his magic, but he didn't expect that after a few words, the other party wouldn't even bother to ask him another question and directly drew his sword from its scabbard.

  But when Liu Xuan pulled out the long sword, the crimson light on the blade flowed up and down, and the dragon coiled around the blade, casting a fiery red glow over the entire study, South China Old Immortal's face finally changed.

  "This young man can actually wield dragon energy? Could he be the legendary True Dragon Heavenly Son?"

  At this point, Nan Hua Lao Xian also knew that today's matter was a bit tricky. If it were really the so-called True Dragon Heavenly Child, born with dragon energy protection, more than half of his spells would be ineffective against him. To kill the opponent, he could only rely on brute force.

  But thinking about it again, he felt there was nothing to worry about.

  "After cultivating for a hundred years, can't you even defeat a little brat?"

  In his heart, he had just made up his mind, when Liu Xuan's long sword was raised high in his hand. Then, with a fierce chop, a crimson light flashed, and a half-moon knife aura, tinged with a faint red glow, shot straight towards his face.

  Repaying debts... The debt from the 30th has also been repaid...