"Are you Chen Yuan?"

Although Gu Tianqiong's question seemed redundant, considering Chen Yuan had already announced his name, Chen Yuan would have retorted directly to anyone else.

But facing the Grand Commandant of the Sky Survey Division, whose power far exceeded his own, he bowed and said:

"It is I, your humble servant!"

"Grand Commandant."

Zhang Yantong also cupped his hands in greeting.

Gu Tianqiong waved his hand, signaling Zhang Yantong to leave. He wanted to personally test this Chen Yuan.

Zhang Yantong nodded, patted Chen Yuan's shoulder, and then left the Sky Survey Hall.

In an instant, only Gu Tianqiong and Chen Yuan remained in the vast hall. Before Chen Yuan could say anything, Gu Tianqiong stood up, gazed at Chen Yuan, and said:

"Come with me."

"Yes."

Chen Yuan nodded in response, following calmly behind him.

"Since my seclusion ended, I have heard your name from Zhang Yantong, Wu Tianxi, and others. It seems you are highly regarded by several Divine Envoys." Gu Tianqiong said with his hands behind his back.

"It is all due to the favor of the esteemed adults."

"There is no need to be modest before me. If you possess talent and ability, being valued is only natural."

"Your humble servant understands."

"Come... sit."

The two arrived at a small courtyard behind the main hall. Gu Tianqiong sat down first, gesturing to the seat in front of him.

"Your humble servant would never presume to sit as an equal to the Grand Commandant."

"Sit."

Gu Tianqiong's tone carried an air of undeniable authority.

Domineering!

This was Chen Yuan's first impression of him. He did not insist and sat down.

A pot of spiritual tea and two teacups were placed on the stone table. Chen Yuan glanced around without saying much.

In reality, he still didn't understand why Gu Tianqiong had summoned him. Did he simply want to meet him?

"I have reviewed your past. Your talent is top-notch, your character is exceptional, and you handle matters with competence. However, one thing stands out: you are somewhat fierce. To advance within the imperial court, you must not make too many enemies."

Gu Tianqiong said sternly.

"What the Grand Commandant says is reasonable, but your humble servant dares to disagree. the Central Province is different from other provinces. Countless strong officials of the court are stationed here, Jianghu dares not to mess up,

But below... Jianghu already has signs of chaos. If we don’t severely punish, how to deter everyone?"

"Is this your opinion?"

"Yes."

Gu Tianqiong stared at Chen Yuan, who remained calm and unmoved, displaying a composure that would not falter even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. After a long while,

A faint hint of appreciation flashed in Gu Tianqiong's eyes:

"What is your view of the current situation in the imperial court?"

"Peace and prosperity."

"Do you still need to use such evasive words before me?"

"Peril lurks everywhere."

"Tell me..."

"The Northern Barbarian cavalry knock at the gates every year, the Southern Border demon clans are watching intently, the Eastern Sea barbarians desire to devour the Central Plains, and the Western Region Buddhist Sect... the Western Region Buddhist Sect plots greatly. These are external threats.

The Central Plains aristocratic families accumulate strength, the Ten Immortal Sects stand as firm as Mount Tai, and Jianghu martial artists harbor resentment towards the imperial court. These are internal worries.

Now, with internal and external troubles gathering, your humble servant... is very worried for the imperial court."

Chen Yuan said with a solemn expression.

Gu Tianqiong exhaled deeply:

"You are right. This is the true situation of the imperial court today. Although there are several True Monarchs stationed, it is still not enough when looking at the world."

He wasn't amazed by Chen Yuan's words. Anyone with insight could know these things. He was lamenting that even imperial officials lacked confidence in the imperial court.

What about Jianghu?

"But the more it is like this, the more it is time for your humble servant to contribute. I only wish to sacrifice this withered body to ensure the eternal stability of the Great Jin Empire." Chen Yuan continued.

He didn't know Gu Tianqiong's intentions and could only speak according to his own ideas, trying to portray himself as a loyal and righteous person in his eyes.

"Well said."

Gu Tianqiong nodded slightly.

"The purpose of my visit was to examine your character. Your talent is already known throughout the world, but your character was yet to be seen. After meeting you today, I feel gratified.

Only with such a heart of patriotic devotion will I wholeheartedly cultivate you."

"My lord..."

"Chen Yuan, you have the potential of a True Monarch and a loyal heart. You are truly a pillar of strength sent by Heaven for the imperial court. It is only a pity that your current cultivation is too weak,

And the power that can be exerted is not enough."

Chen Yuan said with a solemn expression:

"Your humble servant is working hard to cultivate."

Gu Tianqiong nodded:

"I have seen this. Your cultivation improves extremely quickly, yet there is no sense of superficiality. It is truly the result of diligent cultivation. I am very pleased."

Chen Yuan's eyes flickered.

Yes, that's exactly what he said.

"I intend to entrust you with an important task, but it may be somewhat dangerous. What do you think?"

"What is my lord's meaning?"

"To send you out. It is somewhat too wasted talent for you to stay in the capital. A fine sword is sharpened from honing, and plum blossoms gain fragrance from the bitter cold. Only by being stationed in a place can one truly be tempered."

As Gu Tianqiong spoke, he tapped his fingers on the table. Although it seemed like a question, it conveyed a sense of undeniable authority. Of course, Chen Yuan could refuse,

But doing so would mean missing a good opportunity.

As for him, after rescuing Senior Moro, he no longer wanted to stay in the capital. It was boring, with constraints everywhere. It was much more enjoyable to be sent out.

However, his current cultivation and strength were too low. He had originally planned to wait until he broke through to the Heavenly Core Realm before finding a way to get Zhang Yantong to help.

He didn't expect Gu Tianqiong to bring up this matter first.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Chen Yuan said softly:

"My humble servant's strength seems to be insufficient, right?"

"Indeed insufficient. The Sky Survey Division's rule is that only Heavenly Core martial artists are qualified to serve as Gold Emissaries. You are currently only at the Solid Core Realm, far from enough.

But your strength is already basically barely qualified."

"Then..."

"I am just informing you in advance. There are no vacancies for Gold Emissaries in the various provinces right now, unless you want to serve as a Deputy Emissary first."

That was naturally impossible.

A Deputy Emissary had even lower status than his current position and would be subject to even greater constraints. Therefore, Chen Yuan fell silent upon hearing this.

"Temper your temperament first and improve your cultivation a bit more. When the time comes, I will naturally not forget you." Gu Tianqiong said with a faint smile.

Chen Yuan pursed his lips.

Wasn't this just drawing a pie in the sky?

It made him really think that he was going to be sent out in advance, but it turned out to be just empty joy.

"Thank you, my lord."

But even if Gu Tianqiong was drawing a pie, Chen Yuan still had to express his gratitude.

This was the way of officialdom.

Did he really think he didn't understand?

He just didn't want to pretend when facing some small fries.

Then, Gu Tianqiong gave Chen Yuan some pointers on cultivation, which Chen Yuan listened to very carefully. Putting other things aside, Gu Tianqiong had at least gone further than him on the path of martial arts.

Naturally, he knew more.

Chen Yuan naturally didn't find it annoying to receive guidance from such a strong person.

After a session of guidance, Chen Yuan gained quite a bit, even if the matter of being sent out was still just a pie in the sky for now. However, he also had his own plans. At most, he would wait until he reached the Heavenly Core Realm,

And then he must be sent out.

The capital was really not a place to stay for long.

Furthermore, he had just caused a big commotion, and even Jingtai was unwilling to see him, fearing that he would be seen through.

At worst, he would ask a strong person from the Dao God Palace to directly kill a Gold Emissary to make room for him!

The world was about to be in chaos, and the Dao God Palace had great ambitions. He also had to prepare early in order to occupy a dominant position in the future situation.

After about an hour or so, Gu Tianqiong's guidance to Chen Yuan came to an end. After a few casual words, Chen Yuan keenly sensed that he should leave.

Immediately, without hesitation, he stood up, cupped his hands, and said:

"The Grand Commandant's guidance is insightful. Your humble servant wishes to return and continue cultivating to verify..."

"Good."

Gu Tianqiong picked up the teacup in his hand.

Offering tea to see him off.

Chen Yuan nodded and turned to leave.

Watching Chen Yuan's departing figure, Gu Tianqiong's originally smiling face turned serious, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his brows furrowed slightly. For some reason,

Looking at this figure, he always felt a sense of familiarity.

Moreover...

His appearance also seemed familiar to him.

Especially those indifferent eyes always made him feel like he had seen them somewhere.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Tianqiong suddenly chuckled softly.

How was that possible?

Chen Yuan's background was clear. Besides his cultivation improving a little too quickly, there was nothing wrong with him. He had also scanned him with the Heavenly Eye and found nothing unusual.

He was definitely a good seed for martial arts, with the potential of a True Monarch.

Perhaps he was overthinking things.

The battle in the imperial city before had made him constantly recall it, and he was naturally inevitably affected by it.

......

......

The departing Chen Yuan didn't know that he had actually given Gu Tianqiong, who had just come out of seclusion, a sense of familiarity. If he had known, he might have associated it with Senior Moro's previous action of breaking the concealment of heavenly secrets for him.

He didn't choose to return to the Earl's Mansion to continue cultivating. For some reason, Chen Yuan felt a desire to take a stroll. Of course, this wasn't a leisurely stroll to relax.

Instead, it was to ponder what he should do next.

Being sent out to a place was still too early, but leaving the capital was imminent. After his injuries healed, he had to find a way to leave this place. First, to explore the truth of his own background,

Second, to take the opportunity to see if he could meet his next Child of Destiny.

Always cultivating hard in a monotonous routine wouldn't bring much hope for a Child of Destiny to deliver himself to the door.

As he walked, Chen Yuan suddenly stopped. Unknowingly, he had actually arrived at the Qingyun Temple he had visited before, lamenting the power of fate in his heart.

He smiled and stepped inside.

As soon as he entered, a young Taoist boy came forward and immediately recognized Chen Yuan as the benefactor surnamed Chen who had come before. A smile immediately appeared on his face.

He still had a deep impression of this exceptionally generous benefactor who gave a hundred taels of silver at once.

After all, he wouldn't meet many people who were so generous in a year.

Of course, the deepest impression was the scene of him defeating the Dongying (Japanese) people outside the city to the west.

It simply made him yearn for it.

He quickly welcomed Chen Yuan into the temple.

He came to the main hall again. Chen Yuan lit incense sticks as usual, gave the young Taoist boy some silver again, still a hundred taels, making the young Taoist boy overjoyed.

And expressed his gratitude.

During the conversation, the young Taoist boy also asked about the matter of defeating the Dongying martial artists, his eyes flashing with reverence, saying that he had set up a longevity tablet for him and offered it every day.

Chen Yuan looked at the young Taoist boy and reached out to touch his head.

"Benefactor Chen, do you have anything to do today?"

"What's wrong?"

"The old priest just went out not long ago and should be back soon. You have donated so much incense money to Qingyun Temple. According to custom, the old priest will help you check your body."

Chen Yuan smiled freely and said:

"No need."

It wasn't that he looked down on the medical skills of ordinary people, but that his body was as strong as iron now and completely fine!

As for the injuries that had not yet healed, there was only the path of slowly recuperating.

Seeming to see that Chen Yuan didn't care,

The young Taoist boy immediately eagerly introduced the old priest, saying that he was a miracle healer with unparalleled medical skills, saving countless lives in this area, and even martial artists had come to him.

"Oh?"

Hearing the young Taoist boy describe him so miraculously, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Was he really that amazing?

"Really, Benefactor Chen, you have to believe the little Taoist..." The young Taoist boy explained quickly.

Thinking that there didn't seem to be anything to do next, Chen Yuan said:

"Okay, then Chen will..."

But before he could finish speaking, Moro's voice rang in his ear:

"He won't be back. Leave."

Chen Yuan was stunned and quickly asked:

"Senior, what do you mean?"

"The old priest of this Qingyun Temple seems to be deliberately avoiding you."

"Deliberately avoiding me?"

He didn't understand the situation.

"There is a concealment of heavenly secrets here. It seems that this old priest is not a simple person either."

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and subconsciously looked around the temple.

Good heavens?

Hidden dragons and crouching tigers?

He thought it was just an ordinary small Taoist temple, but how did it seem like it had a great background?

If that was the case, didn't that mean that someone was watching his actions when he took the Nine-petal Immortal Dew before? Then why didn't he stop him?

Or rather, why didn't he take the spiritual object in advance?

"Senior, can you see the clues here?"

"It should be..."

Suddenly, Moro's voice choked and disappeared directly.

"It should be what?"

Seeing that Moro had no movement and didn't respond no matter how he called out, Chen Yuan frowned. Why did everything seem so strange?

And while Chen Yuan was constantly calling out to Moro, in fact, his mind was no longer here.

......

......

Imperial City, the Imperial Harem.

The figure of the National Preceptor, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, appeared outside the Cold Palace, his eyes slightly thoughtful.

After the Dao God Palace made a big disturbance in the imperial city that day, in fact, not only some people in Jianghu noticed the strangeness, but the officials of the imperial court also faintly felt something was wrong.

Especially after reviewing the events, they could detect the abnormality even more.

Did the Dao God Palace really make such a big disturbance just to disrupt the ancestral sacrifice hall?

This was not necessarily the case...

After that day's battle, Jingtai, who was furious, gradually regained his composure and began a secret investigation, and naturally received a piece of information from the Imperial Harem.

During the ancestral sacrifice, an earthquake occurred in the Imperial Harem!

This immediately brightened Jingtai's eyes, feeling that this earthquake was probably not so simple, because the Imperial Harem had a formation that could directly connect to the earth's veins.

It was almost impossible for an earthquake to occur.

It was very likely that someone was instigating it.

This had to make people think deeply.

Externally, the Dao God Palace made a disturbance, and internally, an earthquake occurred in the Imperial Harem...

If it were normal times, it would be fine, but was it too coincidental at this time?

Therefore, Jingtai began to have people closely investigate this matter, but after investigating for nearly ten days, they found nothing. There was no abnormality in the Imperial Harem.

Not even a bird had died.

Just as he was wondering if he was overthinking things and it was actually just a coincidence, or another disturbance caused by the Dao God Palace, with the real purpose being something else,

The National Preceptor, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, came out of seclusion!

He had previously been seriously injured by Moro with the Maha-amita, and had recuperated for nearly half a month before recovering somewhat. Then, he heard the news that Jingtai was investigating this matter.

His thoughts could not help but spread to the person suppressed under the dragon vein of the Imperial Harem.

And the more he thought about it, the more likely Samantabhadra felt it was, because he also felt a strangeness during the exchange that day. He immediately went to ask Jingtai, wanting to go to the Imperial Harem.

Jingtai naturally wouldn't refuse, and then, there was the scene before them.

After exhaling a breath, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra moved his body, his brows furrowed slightly, thinking that if that person really broke free, it would probably be

No small trouble for Mount Lingshan.

As his figure flickered, Samantabhadra arrived at a certain small courtyard. Looking at the scene before him, he put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist name, and the giant stone above the dry well suddenly emitted a great golden light.

Slowly floating to the side.

This was also a preparation made by Moro before he left. For him, this kind of method was not difficult. This first layer of enchantment was only used to prevent someone from accidentally entering.

The truly important place was the Demon Suppression Gate!

Samantabhadra released golden rays all over his body, enveloping him.

Then, he transformed into a ray of golden light and instantly entered the dry well.

In an instant, Samantabhadra traveled a long distance and arrived before the Demon Suppression Gate.

Seeing the intact Demon Suppression Gate, Samantabhadra's heart, which had been hanging, finally relaxed somewhat. If this place was really broken, there was absolutely no way to fake it.

Chanting scriptures in his mouth, the Sanskrit on the Demon Suppression Gate began to flow continuously, exuding a powerful force of enchantment and suppression.

Nodding slightly, Samantabhadra finally stopped worrying. Just as he was about to turn around and leave this place, he suddenly had a thought, wanting to see how the heretic who had betrayed Mount Lingshan was doing.

After more than two hundred years, presumably his spiritual rhyme had almost been erased.

Recalling the past, Samantabhadra decided to see him one last time. No matter what, they were once the Four Great Bodhisattvas under the Buddha of Mount Lingshan.

Although they had become enemies, he still felt a little different looking at him about to perish.

He launched golden rays from his hand, and the Demon Suppression Gate shone brightly again. After a hundred breaths, the golden rays gradually converged, and the Demon Suppression Gate now seemed to be an ordinary stone door.

With a thought, a huge invisible force directly lifted the Demon Suppression Gate.

'Rumble...'

The muffled sound was endless.

Bodhisattva Samantabhadra took a deep breath and stepped in calmly.

As soon as he entered, he saw the white-robed monk sitting cross-legged on the lotus, surrounded by the dragon vein and national fortune power of the Great Jin Dynasty, constantly eroding his primordial spirit power.

"Ksitigarbha, it has been a long time."

Samantabhadra put his hands together and nodded slightly.

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