Court Emperor Part 1
A huge doubt arose from the bottom of Shen Yuan’s heart.
Through the event of Prince Ji Du’s Rain Conjuring Divine Power, Shen Yuan
confirmed the uniqueness of the Earthly Destroyer Divine Power.
A Divine Power that already has a master cannot be obtained or comprehended by anyone else in any way. Even the Artificial Intelligence System can only bypass rewards as compensation after confirming that the Ram Conjuring Divine Power has a master.
In the history of the Primal Chaos Realm, no one had ever obtained the first or second Earthly Destroyer Divine Power. Perhaps these Divine Powers never changed hands, and that their masters were not in the Primal Chaos Realm.
Now that Shen Yuan has obtained the second Earthly Destroyer Divine Power- the Gods Purging Divine Power-it indicates that the original master of the Gods Purging Divine Power has fallen.
The Gods Purging Divine Power, as the source of the Incense Offering Divinity Path, and being able to implement the Incense Offering Divinity Path with the power of the Heavenly Court, must have been a high-ranking figure in the
Heavenly Court.
It is even possible that the previous master of the Gods Purging Divine Power was an Emperor in the Heavenly Court who held the Incense Offering Divinity
Path.
The fall of such an important figure would undoubtedly cause turmoil in the
Heavenly Court.
“Even an Emperor like this has fallen in these ten thousand years. Did something happen in the Upper World?
Does the Human Emperor’s Absolute Heaven and Earth Passage of Great Yin
have anything to do with this?”
Thoughts whirled in Shen Yuan’s mind.
After a long period of thought, Shen Yuan sighed and put all the information behind him.
At present, his pseudo-Primordial Spirit was heavily damaged and unable to use the Earth Fiend Sword Art. It was necessary to comprehend the Gods Purging Divine Power to preserve a means of self-protection for himself.
He opened the jade bottle holding the Heaven’s Spirit Pool Elixir again and took another drop, allowing the rich Spirit Energy to nourish his drained body.
Then he closed his eyes, and the room fell into silence.
Two days passed quickly.
With the end of the battle between the Zhennan Army of Yun Province and the monsters of Yunfu, the once deserted Yunfu Market began to see an increase in
foot traffic.
Outside of the initial five days of confrontation, the actual battle time of the Zhennan Army and Yunfu monsters was not long.
Both parties were silent about the details and outcome of the war. The dead monster bodies scattered across the battlefield and the ensuing violent earthquake made the results of the war ambiguous.
Some people said that the Zhennan Army was victorious and swept the battlefield, while others said that the Mountain God of the Yunfu mountains was enraged, and caused a huge earthquake that buried most of the Zhennan
Army.
However, regardless of the truth, at least the Yunfu mountains and the
Zhennan Army have maintained a certain relationship of mutual understanding, stopping the war.
This was undoubtedly great news for Yunfu Market.
If the war were to continue, Yunfu Market would struggle to sustain even with the support of the major sects. Keeping the status quo was the best solution.
The cultivators who had left Yunfu Market for various reasons began to gather in the Market again after the end of the war, bringing vitality back to Yunfu
Market.
Of course, with the increase in people, chaos naturally ensued.
There were only five inns in Yunfu Market. Due to the overcrowding, they were fully occupied, and newcomers had to pay several times the normal price to share a room with others.
Cultivators without money didn’t even have the privilege to sleep on the streets, as such behaviour was not allowed in the market.
In desperation, many people had to pitch tents in the wilderness outside of Yunfu Market.
But without the protection of the market’s formations, safety became a big
issue.
The coveting of other cultivators, patrolling members of the monster tribe, and even Spirit Beasts which were just beginning to develop Spiritual Wisdom made life difficult for many cultivators.
Under such circumstances, many cultivators had to find a way to solve the problem of accommodation.
On the third floor of the Moon Viewing Inn where Shen Yuan was staying, scattered footsteps echoed in the corridor.
The rugged-looking Qin Yuewu asked the waiter in a low voice:
“Are you sure there’s a room that’ll be available tonight?
The waiter leading the way stiffened slightly, remembering the pieces of Yunfu red sandalwood that the little black cat had carried out of the room that morning.
The Yunfu red sandalwood was quite valuable among spirit woods, and even the fragments could be used to make spirit-focusing incense. They could certainly cover the accommodation costs for the following days.
However, he didn’t hear anyone in the room speak, and the little cat didn’t seem to be a Spirit Beast capable of talking. So he pocketed the pieces of wood.
Now these guests were willing to spend a lot of money to stay, and even gave him a lot of benefits. His greed got the best of him, so he pulled out the lodging records and recommended this room to these guests.
Though he was nervous, he had no choice but to follow through. He said: “According to the inn’s rules, if a guest needs to extend their stay, they should inform us in advance. Since there are four hours left until the room becomes available and they have not given any notice, it seems they do not intend to renew their stay.”
Seeing this, the dark-skinned and short-statured He Yu waved his hand and said:
“Forget about the four hours. Just have him check out directly. We can compensate him a bit.”
Qin Yuewu nodded in agreement with He Yu’s proposal.
The waiter didn’t know what to say and chuckled nervously:
“Well, let me discuss it with that guest first.”
When he got to the door, the waiter knocked on it.
“Tap, tap.” A moment later, silence fell again in the room, with no response. Just as the waiter was about to knock again, He Yu frowned, pulled the waiter aside, and said in a deep voice:
“Just push it open. What are you afraid of?”w
As he spoke, he raised his hand to push the door forcefully.
But at that moment, the door cracked open slightly, and a palm-sized black and white kitten squeezed out. Looking angrily at the three people at the door.
“Meow-!”
The one coming out of the room was Bai Xue, a little while ago she was napping behind the door when she heard the knocking sound at the door outside.
Shen Yuan was still engaged in his cultivation and Bai Xue didn’t want to bother with whoever was at the door. However, it seemed like someone was trying to force his way into the room which troubled the little kitty.
She had no other choice but to rush over and investigate what was going on.
Qin Yuewu didn’t take notice of the cat at the door, his attention was now entirely focused on the gap from the slightly opened door.
As the door was cracked open, an incredibly pure Spirit Energy emanated from the room. The concentration even exceeded that brought about by the Spirit Gathering Formations in his family.
On the verge of closing the door behind her to prevent these people from disturbing Shen Yuan, Bai Xue found a hand directly propping the door open.
Looking down at the kitten, Qin Yuewu spoke indifferently,
“This room has been reserved by us, it is mine now.”
Bai Xue was taken aback, she instantly glanced at the innkeeper with an angry expression.
She remembered it was just this morning when she had paid for several days of rent to the innkeeper.
It was from the margins of the red sandalwood from Yunfu used by Shen Yuan to craft the Storage Ring, which she had painstakingly saved up.
She was worried sick for this house. While Shen Yuan was still unconscious, she had to dig into her own savings to renew the lease.
When she saw the innkeeper’s evasive eyes, Bai Xue immediately understood that he must have pocketed her savings. So, she began vehemently denouncing the innkeeper by gesturing dramatically.
“Meow- Meow!”
If she was certain she wouldn’t be beaten, Bai Xue would have pounced onto the innkeeper and scratched his face with her claws.
Even daring to deceive a little kitten of her money, could humans still do such a thing?
However, Qin Yuewu was captivated by the Spirit Energy concentration in the room disregarding Bai Xue’s denouncement.
Even if Bai Xue mentioned the issue of the renewed lease, he wouldn’t have paid attention. As his entire focus was currently concentrated on the source of dense Spirit Energy in the room.
“Move aside!”
Seeing Qin Yuewu’s displeased expression, Hoe Yu stepped forward and reprimanded Bai Xue whilst trying to forcibly push the door open.
Bai Xue’s eyes welled up with tears, she couldn’t understand why these humans were being so unreasonable.
At this moment, a voice echoed in the corridor.
“What’s happening here?”
Everyone turned towards the voice, only to see the speaker was none other than an elegant gentleman dressed in extravagant attire. Two similarly well-dressed individuals stood behind him.
These three men had just stepped down from upstairs, looking curiously at the scene.
The one who spoke, was none other than Xue Mingzhi who had met Shen Yuan earlier.
Xue Mingzhi had been in high spirits recently. Not only had he successfully ascended to the Qi Transformation Stage with Shen Yuan’s bestowed drop of Spiritual Elixir just half a month ago, he had also sent an invitation to Shen Yuan to the Yunfu Street, successfully building a relationship with him.
Even though some of the elders in his clan had suspicions regarding his indiscriminate gifting of invitations, it wasn’t worth mentioning in front of the confidence brought by his advancement into the Qi Transformation Stage. Without Shen Yuan’s permission, Xue Mingzhi did not divulge the kind of person Shen Yuan was to his family.
Especially after inviting Shen Yuan to the Q&A forum, Xue Mingzhi, as the inviter was privy to a one percent point incentive from Shen Yuan’s participation. This further made Xue Mingzhi realize that Shen Yuan was “Falling Clouds”, the one who caused quite a stir in the forum.
Under the influence of various insights, Xue Mingzhi began to show Shen Yuan more reverence.
This time, his primary reason to come to the Yunfu marketplace was not for trading, instead, he wanted to meet Shen Yuan in person and build a closer relationship.
As he was passing by the third floor, Xue Mingzhi didn’t intend to meddle in other people’s disputes until he spotted a familiar black and white figure which piqued his interest and he couldn’t help but approach to inquire about the situation.
Staring blankly, Qin Yuewu turned his head. But when his attention shifted to Xue Mingzhi, his face instantly lit up in surprise.
“Mr. Xue, I didn’t expect to see you here!”
Xue Mingzhi shot a brief glance at Qin Yuewu and furrowed his brows: “Who are you?”
Qin Yuewu wore a flattering smile on his face, “I was seated in the outside hall at the birthday feast of Uncle Changyuan, and had the honor of witnessing Mr. Xue’s elegance.”
Xue Mingzhi simply acknowledged with a nod, indifferent. In the Imperial Capital, there were many people who wanted to climb the ladder of power through connections with the Xue Family for wealth and glory. In his eyes, Qin Yuewu may be in the Qi Transformation Stage, but he was not impressive. “What happened here?” Xue Mingzhi asked, his tone indifferent.
The nearby Hoe Yu, who was trying to push the door open, hastily replied,
“We reserved this room, but this little beast is blocking the entrance.
Feeling a touch embarrassed, being a cultivator obstructed by a cat, Hoe Yu lifted his foot to kick the little cat.
But in that instant, the pure mana lashed out, transforming into a whip that harshly crashed onto Hoe Yu’s right leg. The clear sound of a bone fracture was heard, and a strong force directly flipped him onto the ground.
Hoe Yu covered his leg and let out a wailing howl.
With a gloomy expression, Xue Mingzhi quietly dismissed the mana whip, and kicked Hoe Yu, who was blocking the entrance, aside.
Qin Yuewu was bewildered as he watched Xue Mingzhi, who abruptly attacked so forcefully, with a stunned expression.
He didn’t understand when he had offended this young master of the Long-term Earl Xue Family. This young master was a genius with great expectations who broke through to the Qi Transformation Stage at a very young age and was considered one of the top talents in the entire Imperial Capital.
To offend him was essentially akin to offending the Long-term Earl Xue Family, his position as captain of the Western Army might be in danger. However, Xue Mingzhi, whose face was solemn moments ago, walked in front of the door. He suddenly morphed his previous arrogance, voluntarily bending down gently to look at the little black and white cat on the ground and toward it, his eyes even showed some respect,
“May I ask if Mr. Shen is inside?”

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