Hearing Qin Yan say this, Peony's heart was about to melt away, a faint flush appeared on her pretty face, and she quickly changed the topic: "Shennong, how did you do it?" If I'm not mistaken, the strength of your team should be the weakest among all the 18 teams of the Nine Great Empires that have entered the Axis of the Universe. ”

"I broke through the ......"

"Emperor, you don't know how strong the boss is now!"

As soon as Qin Yan said a few words, Genie took over the conversation with excitement on his face: "The first thing we encountered was a team from the Yaoguang Empire, originally we were not opponents at all, but the boss broke through, guess what?" Seven people, seven ninth-level talent Late Nine Heaven Late Peak Masters, were directly killed by the boss in seconds - a real second kill! ”

Silk......

Peony's expression didn't change much, after all, she knew Qin Yan too well, and she knew very well how powerful Qin Yan would be once he advanced to the late stage of the Nine Heavens, but those marshals and marshals were different, and they all showed expressions of disbelief and shock.

Grade 9 talent.

The peak of the late Nine Heavens.

It can be said that this kind of person is the strongest group of people in the entire universe except for a very small number of existences that stand at the pinnacle.

Although there is a very surprising gap between the ninth-level talent and the tenth-level talent, even if the emperor personally makes a move, it will be difficult to kill these seven people, right?

However, Qin Yan was able to kill in seconds, which ...... Isn't that an exaggeration?

"Tell them the eight people, and just say that my Heavenly Power Empire is ready, and I am selecting people at the moment, and I can leave tomorrow - they don't have to make a special trip here." Peony suddenly commanded his entourage.

"Yes!" The middle-aged woman promised.

"Emperor, you are talking about the ...... of the eight empires. They came in person? Qin Yan was stunned.

"I'm on my way to the imperial capital at the moment, if you come back later, maybe I'll have to face the doubts of these guys."

"Thankfully, I came back in time."

Meteor couldn't help frowning, and said respectfully, "Emperor, then what should we do next?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry!"

This is, Marshal Hades walked over to Qin Yan and laughed: "Since you have come back, the trouble you faced before will not exist, as for the follow-up problems, it will be early until tomorrow, we have enough time to think - Shennong, I just want to know now, how strong is your strength." ”

"Grandpa, that ...... Don't try, it's a shame to lose......" Gnie's face was strange.

"What's the matter with you? Get lost! The old man glared at him.

“……”

Gnie shrank his head and hid behind Qin Yan, still not giving up, and muttered in a low voice: "Anyway, I already told you, don't blame me for not reminding me when the time comes......

In fact, if you want to know Qin Yan's true cultivation, why not Hades alone?

Not to mention that these imperial ministers want to know, even Peony wants to see with his own eyes how powerful he is, so Hades said this Peony did not object, and several other old guys were even more excited, eager to watch a good show here.

Obviously, the palace is not a place to fight, with the cultivation of Hades and Qin Yan, even if someone protects them with rules, it is difficult to be foolproof.

"Wait a minute."

Peony suddenly spoke, she turned on the personal communication device and clicked a few times, and said to the other end of the call: "Please come over." ”

National elders?

What's that?

Seeing Qin Yan and several of his companions, they all showed puzzled expressions, and Peony explained: "They have already retired, the previous ministers of the empire have not only made great contributions to the empire, but also the strongest group of masters in the empire, they do not care about the affairs of the empire, but concentrate on meditation - the nine empires all have this kind of existence, but all of them are not open to the public." ”

Hearing her say this, Qin Yan understood.

Take Peony as an example, although she has served as the emperor for a long time, her tenure is nothing compared to her long life.

So, whether it is her future or the previous imperial high-ranking officials, once she leaves office, will she have to die?

Of course not!

These people will hide, no longer intervene in political affairs, and no longer show their faces, no one knows whether they are dead or alive, which will also become one of the biggest killer weapons of the empire, a more secretive existence than the secret service: after all, the secret service still has to carry out tasks, and will appear in front of the world, but these imperial veterans are completely gone, disappearing from people's sight, and only appear when the empire is facing a crisis.

In the void outside the imperial capital's star system, there is a dead silence here.

However, in this void where few people come, there is a large group of people at this moment.

In addition to several high-ranking members of the empire led by Peony and the seven squads led by Qin Yan, there was also an additional group of men and women who looked to be at least fifty years old. Martial artists have a long life, and when they reach the stage of Tianwu Nine Heavens, they have a lifespan of more than one million years.

Because of this, unless it is an unnatural death, usually the emperors of the nine empires have reigned for more than 100,000 years.

The real age is directly proportional to the age it looks like on the outside, for example, a strong person in the late stage of the Nine Heavens has a normal lifespan of about two million years or more. If he looks to be fifty years old on the surface, it means that he has passed half of his lifespan, and it should be around 1.3 million years.

So......

It is conceivable that this group of national elders who even show enough respect for peonies are all old monsters with more than half of Shouyuan, and many of them have white hair, I am afraid that Shouyuan is almost at the end.

This group of people are all from the previous term or even their predecessors, the core of the Tianquan Empire, and each of them has made great achievements for the empire.

There are more than forty of them, including the core of more than five generations before and after the Heavenly Power Empire.

One of them had completely silver-white hair, and the skin on his face was a little frowned, looking at the old man who was approaching Shouyuan, he looked Qin Yan up and down with a smile, and said, "Little guy, the emperor has called us all over, you should know what it means, right?" ”

"This ...... Humble ......"

"There's no need to pretend to be stupid with us, although we don't ask about political affairs, it doesn't mean that we don't know anything, the emperor of your affairs has already told me and so on." The old man laughed and said, he is the oldest and most respected of this group of old people, so he has become the leader of this group of old guys.

"The lowly will do their best." Qin Yan knew that Peony had called these old guys over, and it was not just as simple as watching and fighting.

"It's not enough to have strength."

The old man didn't look like he had much to offer, and said with a gentle smile on his face: "Of course, since the emperor has done this, it means that you have already met the requirements in other aspects." ”

"I don't want to get any power." Qin Yan immediately said.

"Oh?" The old man was stunned.

"I believe you know the ultimate goal of everything you do, so you don't have to go that far, as long as you get recognized."

"You don't have the slightest desire for the imperial power itself?" The old man was shocked.

"Nope."

Qin Yan showed a wry smile and said, "The lowly position asks himself to be capable of handling the affairs of the empire, but the lowly position is not interested in these. I'm too tired to waste my time dealing with a lot of state affairs, which is never what I want - of course, if you have to sit in that position to achieve your real goal, you can only do your best, but if you don't have to, you can achieve your goal, and you would rather be an ordinary soldier. ”

Things have developed to this point, and everyone is very clear about the reason why these elders appeared, but Qin Yan's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I have lived for more than 2.2 million years, and seeing that Shouyuan is approaching, it is the first time I have met someone who has no desire for the imperial power of the nine empires." The old man burst out laughing.

"Actually...... I'm a very simple person, just like my dreams are simple, but sometimes it's hard to achieve them. ”

"Yes, a lot of things that seem simple are not simple."

The old man sighed, having lived for more than two million years, he had already seen through the world, and said: "As long as you have the qualifications to reach that step, you don't necessarily have to be forced to do what you don't want to do - provided that you have that qualification, otherwise there is nothing to say." ”

Want to marry the monarch of the Heavenly Empire?

Then you must have enough qualifications: if you take over the position of the next emperor, it is naturally enough, but if you don't want to be this emperor, you have to prove that you have the ability to be an emperor.

This ability is not only strength, but also wisdom, strategy, and merit to the Empire, which must be indispensable in any aspect.

"Elders, Shennong is enough in other aspects."

Peony immediately pressed on the communication instrument, and then a large light curtain appeared in the void, listing all the exploits of Qin Yan in the past few years since he joined the army.

He has not been in the army for a long time, so it is impossible for him to make countless contributions like those important ministers of the empire who have reigned for thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years. However, there are large and small merits, and sometimes the value of one merit is enough to be worth thousands of other people's military exploits.

First of all, Qin Yan presented the method of quickly and effectively improving the willpower of soldiers through the eight major punishment needles.

This method has long been implemented in the military, and the results received are extremely obvious, and it has had an incredible effect on the entire imperial army.

Secondly, Qin Yan's ten art of war presented to the empire have been regarded as the core secrets of the military department and have become a compulsory course for all general-level officers in the empire.

Regardless of how many resources are obtained, whether it is the rapid improvement of willpower or the role played by the art of war in warfare, these are all long-term and continuous, and the value of the empire will continue endlessly, so you can imagine what a huge achievement this is.

In comparison, for example, the last time the Mardins Empire was not freed from the task of a vassal state, it was not a great achievement.

It can be said that these two feats alone are enough to shock!

But!

The last credit, which is even more dazzling in comparison, is the clearing of the axis of the universe.

Since this matter was added not long ago, after Qin Yan came back, the group of elders didn't know before, and when they saw this last achievement, the old man with white hair frowned and said, "Emperor, this is the last one...... What does it mean to clear the axis of the universe? ”