Chapter 69: My Son Shall Be a Sage Monarch

Thousands of miles away from the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Inside an inconspicuous valley.

A young man sat cross-legged.

In front of him, a large number of potent herbs and Spirit Medicine were placed.

These Spirit Medicine and potent herbs were all rare treasures. Any single stalk of them was enough to make a 'Blood Refinement' Martial Saint turn red with envy.

Yet at this moment, they were piled up in front of him like weeds.

If there were any ministers of the Great Yan Dynasty present, they would discover this.

Compared to the Spirit Medicine and potent herbs, the young man sitting cross-legged in front of them…

…was even more scalp-numbing to behold.

Because this young man was precisely the actual ruler of the current Great Yan Dynasty.

Crown Prince Lin Yuan, who was not the emperor yet better than the emperor.

"I have already reached Martial God Perfection, and can now break through to enter the next stage."

Inside the valley, Lin Yuan's gaze was calm as he looked at the numerous Spirit Medicine and potent herbs in front of him.

In twenty years, Lin Yuan had completed the 'Martial God' stage, and relying on his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he even deduced the specific path for the next stage.

However, in Lin Yuan's prediction, breaking through 'Martial God' might cause his aura to leak, thereby being detected by the Divine Weapon.

Therefore, before the Breakthrough, he had specifically come to this remote location.

This valley was a thousand miles away from the capital of Great Yan, and even more than twelve hundred miles away from the Ancestral Ground of Divine Weapon of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Such a distant distance was enough to conceal the commotion when Lin Yuan made his Breakthrough.

"Let's begin."

Lin Yuan let out a light breath.

The numerous Spirit Medicine and potent herbs in front of him completely turned into powder, and the most essential parts surged into Lin Yuan's mouth.

Exhale!

Inhale!

With every breath Lin Yuan took…

Earth-shaking changes were taking place within his body; his essence, Qi, and spirit began to transform, condensing and sublimating to the extreme.

Hum!

A terrifying aura uncontrollably spread in all directions.

For a moment, within the valley, all the small animals felt a certain overwhelming sense of suffocation.

It was as if the heaven and earth were collapsing and a Divine Being was descending into the world.

Fortunately, this sense of suffocation only lasted for a moment.

Half a quarter of an hour later, all auras completely converged.

"Is this the Celestial Realm?"

Inside the valley, Lin Yuan stood up, carefully feeling the surge of power within his body that had increased by a large margin.

Above the Martial God was the Celestial.

The 'God' of the Martial God referred to Mental Energy,

which was the Soul and Mental Energy that none of the cultivators in this world had touched upon.

And the Celestial surpassed the Martial God.

"Taiji Field."

Lin Yuan's mind stirred slightly.

An invisible fluctuation spread out.

Easily enveloping a range of more than ten miles around.

Before breaking through, Lin Yuan's Taiji Field could only cover a few miles.

But now, it directly surged several times, enveloping nearly twenty miles.

In addition, the Taiji Field had not only become larger in range.

Its suppression and binding forces had also increased several times.

If the current Lin Yuan were to fight the Tier 3 Evolver Bing Yan,

he could directly suppress the opponent to death with just the Taiji Field, leaving them without even a chance to resist or struggle.

In addition to the Taiji Field, Lin Yuan's Physical Body and Soul, blood Qi and Mental Energy had also undergone a qualitative change.

"This Breakthrough has allowed my strength…"

Lin Yuan sighed softly, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

"It's getting late."

"It's about time to go back."

Lin Yuan walked out of the valley.

Wherever he passed, the air faintly twisted.

Ordinary people's vision couldn't discover Lin Yuan at all.

With the ability of the Taiji Field, as long as he slightly distorted the light, Lin Yuan could achieve the effect of 'invisibility'.

Of course, this kind of 'invisibility' had no effect on true Experts.

The perception of Experts no longer relied solely on sight.

Eastern Palace.

Lin Yuan's figure quietly appeared.

Not long after.

A eunuch cautiously walked in.

"Your Highness, this is what you wanted."

The eunuch respectfully held a sealed letter.

Lin Yuan took the letter, glanced at it, and the letter turned into powder.

Over the past twenty years, in addition to further advancing his strength and pioneering the Celestial Realm,

Lin Yuan had relied on his vision that transcended the era to open up trade routes across the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains, secretly establishing a massive intelligence force.

Even Emperor Liu Shi was unaware of this. Throughout the entire imperial palace, only the eunuch before him, whose life and death were in Lin Yuan's hands, knew a thing or two.

As for the purpose of establishing the intelligence force, it was naturally to investigate the Divine Weapon.

As the 'spokespersons' of the State-Protecting Divine Weapon, most of the Great Yan imperial descendants were loyal to the Divine Weapon. Wanting to rely on the imperial family's power to investigate the Divine Weapon was completely unrewarding.

Only by building his own force and cultivating his wings could he hope to learn more information about the Divine Weapon.

Actually, Lin Yuan didn't have much hostility towards the Divine Weapon; after all, the two had no grievances.

But alas, the Divine Weapon was always thinking about eating him.

In the eyes of the Divine Weapon, everyone was food.

And Lin Yuan was even a delicacy among the big meal; the stances of the two were already irreconcilable.

Twenty years of time.

Lin Yuan's understanding of the Divine Weapon had far exceeded those six years when he first descended.

First was the source of the Divine Weapon.

Most of this aspect consisted of mythical legends, with no solid evidence to prove it.

The specific rumors were:

Ten thousand years ago, in the ancient era, an Ancient God walked the world and finally forged the Divine Weapon.

Furthermore, the Divine Weapons forged at that time were not just thirty-six pieces, but unknown changes happened later,

resulting in only thirty-six Divine Weapons remaining to guard the thirty-six kingdoms respectively, forming the current situation.

"Ten thousand years ago?"

"An Ancient God?"

Lin Yuan stroked his chin and fell into thought.

In Lin Yuan's view, the so-called Ancient God was nothing more than a powerful Evolver.

It was just that no one could explain why this Ancient God wanted to forge these intelligent Divine Weapons.

Moreover, down through the ten thousand years, after forging the Divine Weapons, that Ancient God vanished from the face of the earth and never appeared again.

This also left Lin Yuan quite puzzled.

For such an Expert, even if facing the limit of their Lifespan, they would at least have left specific rumors behind.

"If I could capture a Divine Weapon alive and perform 'Soul searching' on it…"

Lin Yuan's heart stirred.

Since the Divine Weapon had already given birth to intelligence, it had consciousness and a Soul.

And 'Soul searching' was using one's own powerful Mental Energy to forcibly browse the opponent's memories.

But this idea was quickly vetoed by Lin Yuan.

According to Lin Yuan's current understanding of the Divine Weapon, combined with the scenes of those few times the Divine Weapon awakened in history,

Lin Yuan deduced that every single State-Protecting Divine Weapon of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains had the strength of a quasi-fourth tier.

Such strength was not something Lin Yuan could deal with right now.

Perhaps when he Cultivated to Perfection in the Celestial Realm, he could reach the quasi-fourth tier.

Even so, he would still be on the same level as the Divine Weapon.

Wanting to capture a Divine Weapon alive would inevitably cause a heaven-shaking commotion, attracting the attention of other Divine Weapons.

By then, the situation Lin Yuan would face might be thirty-six Divine Weapons beating him up alone.

"How is the investigation of the Reverse God Society going?"

Lin Yuan asked casually.

The Reverse God Society was an extremely secretive underground organization.

Its active range was across the entire Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains.

If it weren't for the intelligence force established by Lin Yuan having once captured traces of the Reverse God Society,

it would probably have been very difficult to discover information about this organization.

The tenet of the Reverse God Society was to overthrow the rule of the Divine Weapon.

For ten thousand years, the Divine Weapon had been high above, taking all living beings as food and rations.

It would inevitably arouse resistance from some people.

However, the might of the Divine Weapon was unrivaled.

These people could only hide in the dark, establish the Reverse God Society, and wait for an opportunity to act.

And Lin Yuan wanted to obtain specific information about the Divine Weapon through the Reverse God Society.

As an organization that had fought against the Divine Weapon for thousands to tens of thousands of years, it surely possessed many secrets regarding the Divine Weapon.

And these were precisely what Lin Yuan needed.

Knowing oneself and the enemy, one could have a chance of winning.

The more Lin Yuan understood the Divine Weapon, the more confident he became.

"Reporting to Your Highness, we have locked onto the general range of the Reverse God Society's main headquarters in the Great Yan Dynasty. In at most half a month, we will be able to determine its specific location."

The eunuch replied respectfully.

The next day.

Early in the morning, imperial guards came outside the Eastern Palace.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty wants you to come over."

The commander of the imperial guards said respectfully.

"Is Imperial Father alright?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan immediately stood up.

Emperor Liu Shi belonged to those who had a son in their later years.

When Lin Yuan was born, Liu Shi was already close to fifty years old.

Twenty-six years passed, and Liu Shi was already over seventy years old.

When he was young, Liu Shi had paid a heavy price to fight for the imperial throne, leaving many hidden injuries in his body.

Now that he was old, these hidden injuries naturally began to erupt.

Lin Yuan had discovered this situation more than ten years ago.

And he had specially comprehended some medical books, formulating some symptom-targeted medicinal prescriptions for Liu Shi.

However, the damage to his body's Origin required a lot of time to make up for, coupled with age issues, Liu Shi had handled fewer and fewer state affairs these years.

"There shouldn't be any problems."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

With the medicinal prescriptions he formulated for Liu Shi, not to mention extending life, it could at least slowly eliminate those hidden injuries in his body.

As long as no major changes occurred, living to one hundred years old was not a problem.

Of course, some symptoms belonging to the elderly, such as listlessness and other problems, were unavoidable.

It wasn't that Lin Yuan couldn't solve it.

But because of the existence of the Divine Weapon, Lin Yuan could not use his true strength.

Inside Chengtian Hall.

Lin Yuan saw Emperor Liu Shi.

Liu Shi's mental state was still pretty good, and he was drinking medicinal soup.

"Yuan'er."

Seeing Lin Yuan coming over, Liu Shi hurriedly waved his hand.

"Imperial Father."

Lin Yuan walked over.

"My body is growing weaker day by day, and my spirit is failing. I can no longer handle many state affairs."

Liu Shi's gaze looked towards the ministers by his side.

These ministers were all important ministers of the imperial court, and they had already arrived before Lin Yuan came.

"Therefore, I want to abdicate and become the Grand Emperor. As for Great Yan, it will be handed over to Yuan'er. What do you beloved ministers think?"

Liu Shi looked towards the various ministers.

The ministers looked at each other. Actually, they had anticipated this day long ago, and did not feel the slightest surprise now.

"Imperial Father."

Lin Yuan looked at Emperor Liu Shi.

"My son shall be a sage monarch."

Emperor Liu Shi didn't say much, patted Lin Yuan's shoulder, his expression revealing a look of relief.

In the three thousand six hundred and twenty-fifth year of the Great Yan Calendar, the new emperor, Lin Yuan, ascended the throne and assumed the position of emperor.

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