Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 793 - 627 Kanglong Regret, Unchanged Initial Intention_2

Chapter 793: Chapter 627 Kanglong Regret, Unchanged Initial Intention_2

The black-robed Taoist, carrying the Dharma Sword and construction blueprints, quickly followed, and as he passed by Zhou Wenrui, he assured him:

"Your Highness, this time, we selected the elite specifically from the major Daoist sanctums of the ’Nine Aspects Corpse Divine Way’ to be responsible for tomb-robbing and corpse-stealing for our Tao Lineage.

Had the Ancestor Dragon Imperial Mausoleum not undergone unexpected changes last time, nearly causing a gap in the ranks of Earth Scholars in the Cultivation World, why would we have to go to such trouble?

With the Sect Master Marshal, ’Corpse Son’, lending a hand, success is guaranteed.

However, now that we have the construction blueprint to aid us, everything is negotiable; it is merely a matter of expending more effort."

"Ming King, please wait a moment, I and my fellow sect members will be right back."

"Excellent, very well, from henceforth all funeral affairs in the land of Yan State shall be entrusted to your ’Nine Aspects Corpse Divine Way’."

Zhou Wenrui waved his hand, urging him to set off quickly.

"Thank you, Ming King Your Highness!"

The black-robed Taoist immediately bowed in thanks, his sleeves flapping in the breeze as he hurried down into the tomb.

His task was only to safely retrieve the coffins from the Underground Palace; he knew nothing else and was very cautious not to ask more.

As the Nine Aspects Corpse Divine Way had just descended into the tomb at one end, a tide-like sound of footsteps came from outside the main entrance of the Imperial Mausoleum.

Looking up.

Under the leadership of an old man over sixty years of age, wearing a scarlet Official Robe with a patch of a second-ranked brocaded rooster on his chest, a dense crowd of Clan Bloodline members entered the Imperial Mausoleum.

Although these members of the Great Yan Royal Family appeared rosy-cheeked and somewhat portly, their eyes were dull, clearly bewitched and bewildered.

Unaware that they had become livestock awaiting slaughter.

Moreover, many of them had grown pig ears and tails.

Presumably, it wouldn’t be long before they were completely turned into a flock of real pigs by this Deceit Realm.

Thump!

The scarlet-robed elder knelt before Zhou Wenrui, respectfully saying:

"I, Qian Shouzhi, pay my respects to Ming King Your Highness!

It’s enough for executing the Dragon Slaying Skill."

As he raised his head, one could clearly see the colorful feathers growing on his neck and his mouth had morphed into a gold chicken’s beak.

Obviously, he was also one of the ’Clothes and Crowned Beast’.

"Official Qian, rise.

You, being a present-day Great Scholar and Minister of Rites, if you can accomplish today’s task well, that’s better than anything else.

What harm would there be in rewarding you with the Killing Dao Fruit you’ve always wanted?"

This scarlet-robed official, Qian Shouzhi, was precisely the person Zhou Wenrui had selected to execute the ’Whip Mountain Dragon Seeking·Dragon Slaying Skill’.

Before the collapse of Great Yan, he was the Minister of Rites of Tianjing City and a Great Scholar proficient in ’Scholarly Dragon Ascending Skill’.

During the occupation of Tianjing by the No-Life Dao, this court official and leader of the Civil Servants showed remarkable adaptability and led Civil Servants and Military Generals to personally surrender the city.

As a result, he thrived in both the former and current dynasties.

Even some scholars from Jiangnan wrote sarcastic poems on him:

"Minister Qian moves with a noble heart, known throughout the lands for his scholarly part. The nation falls, he serves anew at Heavenly Palace, his rank remains high in the age-old Eastern Grove!"

The Dragon Slaying Skill wasn’t entirely Liu Wencheng’s exclusive secret technique.

Indeed, rulers from all dynasties had engaged in such acts.

Only, Liu Wencheng’s secret technique ’Whip Mountain Dragon Seeking’ was the most powerful in this regard.

Entrusted to a Great Scholar like Qian Shouzhi, even if it didn’t rival Liu Wencheng’s original work.

With the assistance of Emperor Taizu and a hundred thousand bloodline members, it was more than enough to slay Zhou Jinhuan and the dragon of Post-Yan.

If Zhou Wenrui had managed to bring the Scholar Saint families of Dai State under his control for the Casting, the result would surely have been even better.

As for whether they would surrender to him?

Well, that’s one question rulers through the ages never had to worry about.

"Understood! Your Majesty, I, your humble official, guarantee with my head that there will be no mishaps.

Just give me a few days, and I will slay Zhou Jinhuan with the Dragon Slaying Skill and devour all the Water Virtue Dragon Qi from Post-Yan using the Dragon Creation Technique.

Allowing you to rise as a dragon, soar into the sky, and gallantly secure the entire Red County Shenzhou in one fell swoop, completing the second unification of South and North!"

After making his military pledge, Qian Shouzhi quickly stood up, took out the Array Map, and commanded a group of Daoist Soldiers to begin laying out the ritual within the Imperial Mausoleum.

"Quick, divide these hundred thousand people by age, in increments of ten years, into six groups, corresponding to the six lines of the Qian Trigram, and arrange them in six different positions within the Imperial Mausoleum..."

The ’Scholarly Dragon Ascending Skill’ commonly found in this world is both a technique and a piece of worldly wisdom laced with great principles.

There’s a logic to the Heavenly Dao, and there’s logic to the Human Dao as well.

For example: Every vassal state that faced the nomadic warriors prior to Great Qin, when they built their respective Great Walls, all coincidentally did so along the 400mm isohyet.

Because to the south of this line, the climate was suitable for agriculture, while to the north it favored nomadism—the climate itself was a "Nomadic Great Wall" halting the northward movement of the agricultural peoples.

This is the natural way of Heaven and Earth!

"The poor should speak less; the low-ranked should not counsel others"—this is the harsh reality of personal conduct!

And the "Tao Te Ching" states: "The way of heaven is to take from those who have too much and give to those who have not enough, while the way of man is to strip from those who have not enough to give to those who have too much," revealing an insight into the principles of heaven and humanity.

The ’Whip Mountain Dragon Seeking Skill’, stemming from "The Book of Changes," is naturally the same.

Qian above Qian below, initiating, prospering, favoring, and confirming.

The lines from top to bottom are: Initial nine: the Hidden Dragon, do not act; Nine Two: the Visible Dragon, favorable to see great people.

Nine Three: the gentlemen tirelessly upholds the principle all day, being alert in the evening as if it’s risky, there’s no blame. Nine Four: maybe leaping into the abyss, there’s no blame.

Nine Five: the Flying Dragon in the sky, favorable to see great people. Above Nine: the Kanglong, regretful.

The use of a dragon as a metaphor—the Hidden Dragon, the Visible Dragon, the Alert Dragon, the Leaping Dragon, the Flying Dragon, the Kanglong—illustrates the entire process of the sprouting, growing, flourishing, and perishing of Yang Energy.

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