Chapter 897: Chapter 46: Earth Piercing Divine Ship and Ten Thousand Mountains, Three Sect Saint Heirs?
"Yes!" Meng Kun’s eyes lit up, "Old Gu, you’re indeed smart!"
"You quickly go to the Earth Palace Institute to find someone and wait for me at the Kuntong Ancient Road. I’ll go to the Ksitigarbha Institute to invite the Thirteen Saints! Let’s split up."
"Alright!"
Meng Kun is the dean of the Ksitigarbha Institute, and indeed he is only at the Third Grade Realm.
However, despite being the dean, he wields significant power.
Because within the Kunyuan Academy, there’s only one person with more authority than him.
And that is the leader of the Earth Advantage Sect, the dean of the Kunyuan Main Academy, the Spirit Mountain Head—Xuan Yuan Qingtian, who is also his martial uncle and a life-and-death brother of his deceased father.
Meng Kun quickly flew to a Holy Mountain of the Kunyuan Academy.
This mountain is called Earth Mountain.
The entire peak is crafted by mechanisms, and from a distance, it looks like a vertically standing flying boat embedded in the ground.
The Thirteen Saint, Xiao Zhe, is at the Peak of Second Grade!
He possesses a treasure-level divine weapon called [Earth Piercing Boat].
Xiao Zhe holds no official position or title, only a loose rank and the special title of [Saint].
The barriers and restrictions of the Earth Mountain have no effect on Meng Kun, the vice dean.
He flew directly to the peak palace on the boat.
"Saint! Saint Xiao!" Meng Kun shouted.
The floor suddenly split open, and a figure slowly rose up.
"Don’t be so loud, old man can hear." Xiao Zhe, with graying hair, dug at his ear. "Dean Meng, what brings you here?"
Meng Kun immediately took out a token from his bosom, with the words ’Ksitigarbha’ engraved on it.
"Saint, I am now requesting, in my capacity as the dean of the Ksitigarbha Institute, for you to undertake a confidential mission."
Xiao Zhe’s expression suddenly turned serious, putting away his nonchalant demeanor, and bowed to Meng Kun: "Please instruct me, Dean."
"The content of the confidential mission is to open the [Tongming Ancient Road] and transport a batch of heavy weapons."
"Open the Ancient Earth Tunnel? When do we start?"
"Now," Meng Kun said, "We must depart now. I have already mobilized fifty Ninth-Order Earth Dragon Drill Ships, standing by at the Kuntong Ancient Road, just waiting for you to proceed."
"Understood."
minutes later.
The Earth Mountain began to descend.
Earth Mountain, Earth Mountain, mountain is the boat, boat is the mountain.
"Boom~"
Where the mountain originally stood, a chasm appeared.
The chasm was filled with dense earth energy.
The ultra Ninth-Rank treasure, [Earth Piercing Boat], was thus activated.
Rapidly heading towards the [Kuntong Ancient Road] to stand by.
Meng Kun, without stopping, immediately took out the Earth Mirror to contact his friends.
He had not given up on the idea of entering Pinghai State.
Although stationed at the Main Academy, Meng Kun could still mobilize powerful allies from nearby.
A string of names scrolled by, and Meng Kun kept tapping.
There were martial artists, priests, and magicians... this was entirely Meng Kun’s network!
He was organizing a rescue team to enter Pinghai State!
"Zhao Xing, you must hold on." Meng Kun muttered to himself. "You haven’t even written the scriptures for me yet."
"Buzz~"
Soon enough, the first person responded through the Earth Mirror.
"Dean Meng, it’s me, Su Chen." A middle-aged man with a sword on his back appeared in the Earth Mirror.
"Brother Su, I have a request; it’s like this..."
"No problem!" Su Chen nodded, "Back then, it was you, Dean Meng, who allowed me to enter the Number One Mountain in the world for enlightenment, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to comprehend the Heavenly Sword Style. I’ll depart right away."
"Thank you."
As soon as he hung up, a second figure appeared in the Earth Mirror.
"Brother Meng, what’s the matter?"
"Brother Song, I have a request..."
"..."
Step by step, chatting along the way.
By the time they reached the entrance of the [Kuntong Underground Passage], Meng Kun had already rallied over a hundred high-rank warriors!
These warriors were all unaffiliated, without official position, either inheriting original titles or obtaining special cultivation qualifications.
Among them, there were those whom Meng Kun could send to their deaths without them blinking an eye.
"Old Meng, we’re ready."
Meng Kun glanced at Gu Changqing and the more than a hundred people behind him, along with fifty Earth Dragon Drill Ships.
"Let’s go, set off!"
...
Lvliang State, Youyou County.
Youyou County, one of the territories of Prince Liang.
There was a royal palace here, but it wasn’t Prince Liang’s.
It belonged to his son.
Named King Ningle.
King Ningle, Ji Dang, was the fourth son of Prince Liang.
With no brothers ahead of him, Ji Dang became the eldest.
Ji Dang had once followed Prince Liang during the Dingxin Calendar years for military campaigns and was conferred as king. He was also selected to guard Prince Liang’s headquarters.
Originally, Ji Dang was only at the Third Grade Realm, but after Liang’s Qi Fortune split, Ji Dang gained the Black Dragon Fortune and successfully progressed to the Second Grade Heavenly Fate Realm.
However, the situation in Lvliang State is not like that in Pinghai State.
In Lvliang State, the rebellious situation is far less severe than in Pinghai State.
To this day, Ji Dang has not managed to enlist many high-rank warriors.
Most were originally only middle-rank and were elevated to high-rank by consuming Black Dragon Fortune.
Ji Dang was troubled in the palace over recruiting high-rank warriors, as his father had opened the Heavenly Fate Golden List, and he too received a list.
Yet the persuasion by the Ritual Repairer under his command had little effect; either the rebels wanted to act alone, only cooperating but not submitting, or they were making outrageous demands, asking for a king’s title as third-class marquises.
"Phew~" Ji Dang rubbed his temples, "Mr. Li, why are there so many clueless fellows who have nothing to show, yet dare to make such exorbitant demands."
Li Yang bowed and said, "Your Highness, this is how aristocratic families are. Those who branch out are typically illegitimate, unclassed offspring; joining us only to diversify their risks."
"But among these people, perhaps there are genuine talents. In the era of the Grand Ancestor, Wu Cheng was merely a seventh-rank Land Register Commander of Wu Country."
"He followed the Grand Ancestor to conquer the world, developed step by step, and finally reached the First Grade position."