Read Novel Full Chapter 1770 - 733: A Minor Malady and the Final Spoils
Chapter 1770: Chapter 733: A Minor Malady and the Final Spoils
...
"Changyuan, things have come to this, brooding is useless, but the layout for the future is all the more crucial." After Liu Xi left, Bixuan True Monarch finally started to give instructions.
"I ask Old Ancestor for guidance." Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, bowed.
"There are three measures: first, immediately readjust the defensive forces under our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion everywhere, draw out all mobilizable Little Star Monarch forces, reorganize them into a Little Star Monarch corps that can intimidate the four directions, to deter external enemies and stabilize the interior.
Second, immediately select suitable candidates at the Peak of Ninth Rank, then distribute a batch of Yan Dao Pearls we’ve accumulated over the years, to help them break through to Tenth Rank Little Star Monarch.
In this way, at most within ten years, the strength of our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion can be fully restored."
Crown Prince Bixuan slightly bowed at these words. "Old Ancestor is wise. Your grandson will go arrange it in a while. Old Ancestor, and the third?"
"The third?"
Bixuan Old Ancestor’s gaze, however, drifted far beyond the mansion, "The first two measures, you should also be able to think of; this old man merely added a word. As for this third one, this old man will test you—you tell me."
Hearing this, Crown Prince Bixuan pondered for a few breaths, then said slowly, "Old Ancestor, this third should still lie on Xu Jin."
"How so?"
"Previously sending people to the Lower Pool Star Domain to encircle and kill Xu Jin, the fundamental goal was to suppress Jade Hall True Monarch Mansion.
But after this campaign, killing Daoist Heir Xu Jin has become the foremost priority of our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion.
In this battle, although the various True Monarch Mansions and Star Monarch Mansions did not participate, they were certainly watching. Our crushing defeat this time will definitely trigger shifts among the various powers of Dongxuan Star Realm; the attitudes of the major forces toward us and Jade Hall True Monarch Mansion will certainly change.
And the Small World Star Domains under our control, especially those newly acquired in recent years, will likely have wavering hearts.
In such circumstances, Xu Jin has already become a humiliation to our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion.
Some may even see him as the beginning of Bixuan True Monarch Mansion’s decline.
So only by killing Xu Jin can we restore the deterrent power of our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion.
Only then can we completely stabilize the interior." Crown Prince Bixuan analyzed.
Hearing this, Bixuan True Monarch nodded in satisfaction. This grandson of his did have sharp vision.
He just wasn’t smooth enough in handling matters.
"Your general direction is not wrong, but under no circumstances can you take Xu Jin as the foremost priority of our Bixuan True Monarch Mansion." Bixuan True Monarch said.
Crown Prince Bixuan was somewhat puzzled and asked again for instruction.
"If a fly lands on a tiger’s head, do you use all your strength to blast it to death, or do you ignore it, yet keep an eye on it, and when it takes off, swat it dead with one paw?"
"Naturally the second. The first uses too much force and easily harms oneself." Crown Prince Bixuan answered without hesitation.
"As long as you understand!
Xu Jin, to our Lu Family, is but a minor itch.
We must never neglect the fundamental problem of our Lu Family—cultivating successor True Monarchs.
If there is no True Monarch to sit in town, the estates of ten thousand domains will, like Jade Hall True Monarch Mansion, eventually dissolve.
Do you understand?"
"Your grandson has been instructed!" Crown Prince Bixuan, Lu Changyan, bowed deeply to the ground.
*****
In the Ritual Officer Mansion of Yutang Royal City, Xu Jin was tallying his spoils.
Princess Zhu Linxiao sat by Xu Jin’s side like a little woman; in her large eyes, shock kept surging, and when she occasionally looked at Xu Jin, aside from worship, there was only worship.
Fifteen Little Star Monarchs slain.
This record, whether spoken or written on paper, could never compare to putting those eleven sealed Daoist Embryos in a row before one’s eyes, then one by one refining their Daoist Embryos together with their flesh and blood into preliminary materials for Yan Dao Pearls, then one by one drawing out their Sumeru Spaces and tallying the spoils.
The scene was too shocking.
It was only that Zhu Shizhen wasn’t here. If that brat were, he’d probably be drooling.
To be more direct, it was like when Xu Jin used to read about "lakes of wine and forests of meat" in books—imagining it in his mind was one thing, just dozens or hundreds of young, pretty palace maids serving, nothing much.
But when such a scene actually appears, that shock is utterly indescribable!
Impossible to put into words!
In the end it can only be condensed into those two somewhat pale words—"forest of meat."
Xu Jin spent a full hour of effort before he finished tallying all the spoils inside those Sumeru Spaces.
How to put it, most of those Little Star Monarchs were not wealthy.
They didn’t have much All Heaven Star Dew.
Among the twelve Little Star Monarchs killed this time, eight of their Sumeru Spaces each contained only a single drop of All Heaven Star Dew.
This one drop should have been bestowed by Bixuan True Monarch Mansion when they set out on campaign.
Another two Little Star Monarchs each had two drops of All Heaven Star Dew in their Sumeru Spaces, of which only one drop was their own accumulation.
Aside from that, Lu Sheng’s All Heaven Star Dew amounted to three drops.
Since what he’d saved up was what the Lu Family had given, that was easy to say—anyway, Xu Jin had profited.
The richest haul belonged to the Sumeru Space of Song Ju, first place in the selection meet ten years ago.
He actually had as many as seven drops of All Heaven Star Dew.
Now they had all fallen into Xu Jin’s hands.
Song Ju’s Cultivation Level had long reached Little Star Monarch Peak, he’d just been comprehending Laws without breaking through. These drops of All Heaven Star Dew should have been what he’d accumulated.
Besides that, in Song Ying’s Sumeru Space, Xu Jin also gained a Gold Series Treasure Material.
This Song Ju cultivated the Gold Series, Wind Series, and Space Three Series of power; he had already forged a Lifebound Suppressing Artifact for the Wind Series and was currently preparing for the Gold Series.
Now, however, it had all gone to Xu Jin.
In the future, when Xu Jin prepares to refine his Gold Series Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, the cost will be a bit lower.
In total, he harvested twenty-two drops of All Heaven Star Dew.
Xu Jin was quite pleased.
On top of that, he also obtained twelve Suppression Artifacts of various types.
Xu Jin had originally thought Star Monarch You Le would make him a fortune.
But this fellow turned out to be poorer than Xu Jin had imagined.
There were only three drops of All Heaven Star Dew in his Sumeru Space, the same as Lu Sheng.
The other spoils in his Sumeru Space were also inferior to Lu Sheng’s.
It could only be said that this fellow had converted all the resources in his hands into Cultivation Level.
Only that Space Suppression Device of his counted as a decent harvest.
Thus the spoils from this time were fully tallied.
In total, he’d gained twenty-five drops of All Heaven Star Dew, one Gold Series Treasure Material, seven kinds of spiritual material of various types, as well as a large number of Pills, especially the Seven-star Profound Yellow Elixir.
One could say Xu Jin would not lack Seven-star Profound Yellow Elixir and Eighth-Order Star Jade for Cultivation use within a year.
Aside from that, counting the Little Star Monarchs he’d killed previously, he’d obtained a total of eighteen Suppression Artifacts, plus the Top-Grade Suppression Artifact West Wind Chaotic Sky Banner.
Of course, the greatest resource was still the seventeen sets of materials for refining Yan Dao Pearls currently in Xu Jin’s hands.
Once refined, that would be another handsome profit.
However, Xu Jin was planning to take out a portion of these Yan Dao Pearls and share them with Jade Hall True Monarch Mansion.
First, refining them would take a great deal of time.
Second, he couldn’t hog all the benefits.
Especially since those Nine-tiered Star Crystals had gone to Xu Jin; he had to give Jade Hall True Monarch Mansion some benefits.
After finishing the tally, just as Xu Jin was about to summon Yutang King Zhu Shizhen to decide this matter, Princess Zhu Linxiao suddenly received a Starlight Transmission; the expression on her pretty face became quite surprised.
"Husband, Xiji Star Monarch Liu Xi has personally come to pay a visit!" Zhu Linxiao said.
"What is he here for?" Xu Jin was likewise stunned.