As a Dragon-Tiger General of the second rank, Nurhaci could already vaguely sense the might of the Great Ming.

After all, these honorary titles were essentially conferred through the empire's prestige!

Nurhaci's waist sword was diagonally inserted. The sword's copper pommel was shaped like a flower petal, and engraved with auspicious patterns of heavenly officials, divine deer, and celestial cranes, symbolizing "Heavenly Official Bestows Blessings," "Promotion and Prosperity," and "Jade Rabbit Brings Auspiciousness."

The copper sword guard featured facing dragons, and the wooden scabbard was covered in sharkskin, edged with brass, and fitted with several brass hoops inlaid with dragon and tiger motifs!

This was the "Dragon-Tiger General Sword," of which only nine existed in the world!

In the two hundred years of the Great Ming, only nine people in total had been granted the title of Dragon-Tiger General throughout the dynasties!

These nine were either the descendants of founding meritorious officials of the Great Ming, or the grandchildren of the Mongol Prince Shunyi. Nurhaci, as a mere leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, being the ninth Dragon-Tiger General was truly a great favor from the Ming!

At this moment, two giant dragons and a fierce tiger faintly appeared around Nurhaci!

Shurhaci could also see the three phantoms. The Dragon-Tiger General possessed three guardian divine beasts, displaying formidable divine power, and his expression couldn't help but reveal some envy.

Even jealousy.

The official position he obtained from the Great Ming was far inferior to that of his brother, yet the supreme ruler of the Jianzhou Jurchens could receive such favor from the Ming.

To be a dog of the Great Ming was the greatest honor.

What he received was inferior, while what his brother received was superior. Even so, his brother was still not satisfied, even dreaming of seizing the territory of the Great Ming....

If he didn't make some changes, he would forever be suppressed by his brother. This time's tribute also held his own intentions.

His brother concealed his secrets, belonging to the Li Shanhe (Other World), but who didn't have secrets of their own?

At this moment, Nurhaci did not realize that his brother was planning to side with the Great Ming in exchange for political status.

However, the state of the two dragons and one tiger made Nurhaci feel uneasy.

"The Ming court's national fortune, every time I came to pay tribute in the past, was weaker than the last. With the decline of the national fortune, the national prestige gradually weakened, unable to suppress the chaos of gods and ghosts, but now, the Ming court's national prestige has become stronger."

"There is even a resurgence, and these divine beasts evolved from the national prestige have also become energetic. Why is this happening...."

"Well, the stronger the Great Ming's national prestige, the more power I can borrow. As long as I fill my own national prestige into the origin of the Great Ming's national prestige, I can become stronger, stealing the power of the Ming court for my own use."

Nurhaci operated the dragon and tiger phantoms, using national prestige to peer into national prestige. In an instant, everything of the Great Ming was captured in his eyes. The entire sky above Shuntian was filled with a vast and invisible power!

Several divine positions hovered in the national prestige of Shuntian!

The Forbidden City was protected by Doumu.

In the Five Armies Commander-in-Chief's Office, he saw eight divine positions the last time he came, but now there were only four here. According to the information he had obtained earlier, the divine positions in the Five Armies Commander-in-Chief's Office were likely sent to the Korean battlefield.

Four remained: the Great General of Fire Cannons, the Great God of the Six Banners of the Military Camp, the God who Dominates Warships, and the Heavenly General of the Jade Pivot Fire Palace.

Afterwards, he even tried to spy on the imperial palace, but of course, he didn't succeed.

Nurhaci also realized that his power was very limited. After all, the national prestige divine beasts on the Dragon-Tiger General were subordinate to the true national prestige of the Great Ming, they were derivatives. A subordinate could not spy on a superior, it was exceeding authority.

Nurhaci saw the missing parts of the national prestige, which were of course very small. So he began to operate the spells, which the people of Li Shanhe taught him, the Art of Mending the Heavens.

"I see it, that's the gap? Let me try it."

Of course, his Art of Mending the Heavens was to integrate his own national prestige into the national prestige of the Great Ming, so as to steal the Heavenly Might!

Sages never die, thieves never cease!

Are there any so-called wise men in the world who do not accumulate wealth for the great thieves!

Are there any so-called sages who do not guard wealth for the great thieves!

The integration began, going relatively smoothly.

Mending the heavens, stealing, absorbing, devouring, refining!

"The Three Stealing Mysterious Methods of Li Shanhe are indeed profound! Stealing from the heavens without disaster!"

But soon he encountered resistance.

Following this invisible force... Nurhaci saw a new magnificent position. The name written on this position was too dazzling, making it impossible for him to see clearly.

Behind this force, there was actually an even more vast and unparalleled power. Although he could only glimpse a little bit, Nurhaci did feel it!

National prestige comes from the worship of the people, but also from the prosperity of the dynasty, and even more from this... Great Dao!

But at this time, that position also discovered Nurhaci's spying, and struck down a vast power!

Bang!

Nurhaci only felt a darkness before his eyes at this time, blood spurted from his nose and ears, dripping onto the ground, his whole body was dizzy, as if his brain had been smashed by a hammer, making him unable to bear it for a moment!

Even the two giant dragons and the fierce tiger were directly beaten back by the power of that position. Both giant dragons had fear in their eyes, and the fierce tiger howled and disappeared in an instant.

Nurhaci was horrified!

"Is this, one of the two immortals who transcend the human world?"

Stunned, trembling all over, his muscles did not obey his control, crawling on the ground on all fours, unable to get up. But after shaking for a while, the expression on his face gradually turned into joy.

This power was exactly the same as what the Dharma Realm spirits of Li Shanhe had told him!

But their information seemed to be late. Now the national prestige of the Great Ming had been filled up by this immortal who transcended the world with extraordinary means.

Was it that the heavens did not favor him?

No, not necessarily!

True strongmen are good at finding the way forward from the details.

"I see it, the end of the circulation of national prestige!"

The birth of national prestige needs to conform to the laws of the Great Dao's operation. The Great Dao, which is one of the strongest in the world, is also the easiest to manifest, and can allow ascended masters to replenish their own shortcomings, is the Great Dao possessed by the dynasty.

The masters of Li Shanhe have said that no one knows where this Great Dao comes from, but it has always been worshiped by the dynasty. This is the Great Dao belonging to the land of China, and as long as a huge dynasty recognized by the people is established, the power of the Great Dao will increase until it is replenished. Some people believe that the source of this Great Dao may be related to Qin Shihuang.

And there have also been cases where this Great Dao split up for several dynasties to use.

Southern and Northern Dynasties, Liao, Jin, Song, Western Xia.

And now, Nurhaci felt the operation of that Great Dao, which made him ecstatic.

However, this matter cannot be given up so easily, the true, pure national prestige.....

Coming to Shuntian, he had already glimpsed a trace of supreme power, the desire in his heart ignited, and would never stop until it was completely burned out.

And Nurhaci, soon, inquired about the affairs of the Fire God Temple and the East岳 Temple.....

Pure national prestige, the source, can even be "the Righteous God of the Nation!"

"It's a pity, if I had come earlier, I might not have been able to replace the Fire God!"

.....

Nurhaci's spying on the national prestige was discovered by Old Zhang in the altar.

Therefore, he used the Jade Emperor's position to punish him slightly.

What should be seen, what should not be seen, what should be touched, what should not be touched!

Didn't a Dragon-Tiger General of the second rank understand this!

From this one action, if Nurhaci was a regular military leader of the Great Ming, daring to do things like this, he would definitely be arrested and considered to have rebellious intentions!

But Nurhaci was a frontier general of a foreign race. For the people within the Great Ming, it was normal for a barbarian frontier general from a remote place not to understand the Ming court's etiquette.

Old Zhang observed Nurhaci through the national prestige, and found that after Nurhaci was shocked just now, there was no other movement, and he no longer looked at the sky.

"It's hard to say what this person is thinking. Just now, looking at his behavior, he seemed to want to make up for the lack of national prestige..... But this is not something that a martial honorary official of the second rank can make up for."

"This time is also to give this person a warning, but as long as it does not involve gods and ghosts, there is no reason to continue to take action."

An ascended master could not possibly attack a mortal, it was too embarrassing. What's more, the other party also had national prestige, and was still of the second rank. Without the emperor's permission, randomly taking action would not succeed.

The meaning of the existence of national prestige is to prevent practitioners and divine and ghostly things from killing people casually. The significance of the court conferring gods also lies in this.

"Hmph, the power of will hangs in the sky, I don't know if it's intentional or unintentional."

Old Zhang discovered that wisp of will in the national prestige and shattered it with a flick of his finger.

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