Chapter Twenty-Six: Elder Keqing
Entering the imperial study, Xiao Rui paid homage to the emperor of the Holy Heaven Empire for the first time. After the visit, Xiao Rui got up and stood in front of the imperial book case, and was just about to report to Duan Yuhai about Saladin's mother and son being controlled by himself, when he felt a soft force spreading to his mind. Xiao Rui knew that this was Duan Yuhai's divine sense probing his own sea of knowledge, and was just about to let go of it to investigate, when he suddenly thought of what Saladin's mother said, after she entered her own sea of knowledge, she knew some things about herself, although she didn't say it explicitly, but she must have seen her previous memories, so she must have known about the Daozun, but she was still grateful to herself, so she wouldn't leak it out. If he also let Duan Yuhai come in to investigate now, then a lot of his privacy will be known to him, not only Daozun, but also Saladin's mother and son who are not really controlled by him will also be discovered by him, and it will not be a good thing for him. So he immediately released his split soul and blocked that soul power in the air.
After Duan Yuhai's divine sense encountered resistance, he immediately increased his strength, but as Duan Yuhai's soul power increased, Xiao Rui's divine sense also continued to increase his soul power. The soul power of the two is now indistinguishable. Duan Yuhai couldn't press too hard, and after increasing his soul power a few times, he saw that he still couldn't suppress Xiao Rui's divine sense, so he slowly reduced his soul power, and found that Xiao Rui was also decreasing, so he completely withdrew it. But the split soul still didn't dare to completely relax, because with Xiao Rui's divine consciousness now, if it was suddenly activated, it would also cause damage to Duan Yuhai's divine consciousness, which was why Duan Yuhai didn't dare to directly withdraw his soul power just now, but slowly withdrew it. If Xiao Rui harmed Duan Yuhai with his divine sense, Duan Yuhai would most likely be controlled by Xiao Rui, and in that case, the entire Duan family would fall into Xiao Rui's hands. Although Duan Yuhai felt that Xiao Rui couldn't do that, he didn't dare to be careless. After all, people's ambitions and desires will change with the increase of strength, Xiao Rui would not have done that five days ago, but today, five days later, when Duan Yuhai found out that Xiao Rui's divine sense was on par with his own, and there were two masters standing behind him who could be said to be the top masters in the Eastern Saint Continent, except for Xiao Rui himself, no one dared to guarantee that Xiao Rui did not have the ambition to control one party's forces, so Duan Yuhai was also doubly careful now. There is even a trace of regret, Xiao Rui should not have been allowed to control these two weirdos so easily, and now the only way to do it is to play the family card.
Duan Yuhai smiled slightly: "Xiao Rui's gains in the past five days are really not small, not only have he subdued two top masters, but he has also raised his soul power to the realm of advanced soul splitting, and he is also a double cultivation. It is indeed admirable to have such strength at such an age. However, I don't know where Xiaoyou's qigong practice comes from and why he is so domineering. Do you know that this kind of exercise of yours is not allowed to exist in the cultivation world, because your existence is to use the flesh and essence of other cultivators as energy, and that will cause everyone's public indignation. Duan Yuhai can be said to be serious in the end, how can he still be like the Seventh Master five days ago to prepare to eradicate Xiao Rui's "evil obstacle".
Xiao Rui couldn't help but feel embarrassed, the secret that he had the Sword Venerable must not be able to say, his current strength could not really protect himself, if he met a more powerful opponent, knowing that he had such a treasure as the Sword Venerable, he would definitely be killed and take away the Sword Venerable. But if you don't say it, you don't have a teacher's background to explain. It can be said that he has not really cultivated his essence, and it is indeed the external energy that he has always absorbed with the help of Dao Zun, so that his body has been raised to the current realm. There is basically no time to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, let alone exercises, only the "Green Dragon Jue" that I came into contact with some time ago. Thinking of "Qinglong Jue", Xiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, he could finally find a façade-filled exercise. So Xiao Rui took out the "Green Dragon Jue" from the storage ring, held it in his hand, and said to Duan Yuhai: "Don't dare to deceive Emperor Duan, Xiaomin grew up in a mountain village, and he didn't worship his teacher, but he inadvertently got such a book of exercises, and he cultivated it indiscriminately." Since there was no one to guide him, he didn't know that this exercise was so harmful, and he used to just hunt in the mountains and kill fierce beasts to improve his strength. I didn't expect that it would be like this when I killed someone, if it really can't be accepted by the cultivation world, then I won't cultivate anymore in the future, and I won't kill people like this anymore. I also hope that Emperor Duan will be fulfilled. ”
Hearing Xiao Rui's words, except that Saladin's mother and son knew that what Xiao Rui said was not true. The rest of the people are secretly slandering: no one can guide them, and they can reach such strength at this age by cultivating indiscriminately, so if someone instructs them, what kind of strength will they become now. Slander is slander, but everyone also secretly admires Xiao Rui's will, reaching this height at such a young age must have to pay more, and no one can get it for nothing. And the most surprising thing is undoubtedly Duan Hui, how long has it been since he knew Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui at that time was definitely not his opponent, from the reaction when the two met, to the feeling when he grabbed his wrist later, Duan Hui definitely dared to conclude that Xiao Rui was not as strong as himself, but now Xiao Rui's strength is even recognized by his father as a high-level soul splitter. High-level soul splitting, that is the height of a cultivator that few people in the Holy Heaven Empire can reach now, and it can be said that it is the level of a top powerhouse. Doesn't that mean that he has been left far behind? This Xiao Rui is really a freak! How did Duan Hui know that there really was a freak in Xiao Rui's body.
Duan Yuhai still smiled slightly: "Little friend, you don't have to, since your exercises are self-cultivation, if you give it up, it won't be wasted, not only will it waste your previous time, but it may also hurt your body." As long as Xiaoyou pays attention not to kill people with this in the future, he will naturally not be discovered, and he will not cause public outrage. As for the people in the Holy Heaven City who know, I will find a way to help you hide it. Little friends don't have to worry. It's just that there is one more thing, I don't know if Xiaoyou has any plans in the future?" Xiao Rui looked at Duan Yuhai's gentle smile, thinking that the Duan family had not abandoned his family in times of crisis, and that he needed to help Saladin's mother and son find the battlefield of the previous war, and the Duan family's power would definitely help him, so he had already made a decision in his heart. took a step forward and said firmly: "Xiaomin is grateful to Prince Duan Hui for his love and arrangement to work under the prince, and he takes good care of my family, Xiaomin is grateful in his heart." Now that the Holy Heaven Empire has just suffered turmoil, it is the time to employ people, and the small people are willing to contribute their modest efforts to continue to serve the royal family. to repay the prince's kindness. ”
Duan Yuhai nodded: "Since Xiaoyou is willing to do things for my Duan family, then he is a friend of my Duan family." With Xiaoyou's current strength, there are already buried talents in Duan Hui's Mansion, I wonder if Xiaoyou is willing to be my Duan family's Elder Haqing?" Although the Duan family's Elder Haqing has no rights, he will neither influence the Duan family's family decisions, nor will he take charge of the empire's forces, but he will definitely maintain the safety of the Duan family, and of course, his treatment is also quite high. And it is also a free body, which will not restrict Xiao Rui's future development. Xiao Rui did not hesitate and agreed directly. After Duan Yuhai instructed Duan Hui to lead him down to arrange a new place to live, he took his leave.
From beginning to end, Duan Yuhai did not mention the ownership of Saladin's mother and son, although Saladin's mother was originally in Duan Yuhai's hands, but now Duan Yuhai seems to have forgotten it. But Xiao Rui knew in his heart that this could be regarded as a meeting gift for Duan Yuhai to solicit him, and besides, Duan Yuhai thought that Saladin's mother and son were controlled by himself, even if he wanted to go back, he was afraid that he would not be able to control it, so it was better to be a favor. As long as you treat the Duan family well in the future, you will be considered to have repaid this love. Moreover, Xiao Rui now regards Saladin's mother and son as friends in his heart, and he is also dissatisfied with Duan Yuhai and Seventh Master's control of Saladin's mother and son before, so he doesn't have too much apology in his heart.
The efficiency in the palace is obviously higher, and soon Xiao Rui's family will have a separate house, but not in the palace, but only a wall outside the palace, and there is a door on the wall, which is convenient for Xiao Rui to enter and exit the palace to discuss family affairs. The area of this house is a little smaller than Duan Hui's, although there are only four people in the family, but there are housekeepers, slaves, cooks, housekeepers, etc. Although Xiao Rui proposed that his family would do housework and not have to take care of it, Duan Hui said: "If the dignified royal Duan family's guest elders still have to do things and take care of themselves, then what kind of face will my Duan family have in charge of the empire in the future!" Xiao Rui's family could only accept it speechlessly after hearing this, and lived a luxurious life that they couldn't think of before. Xiao Rui was also relieved, but he didn't expect that he could also bring this enjoyment to his family. But if you really want your family to never be frightened again, you still have to continue to improve your strength, because you are not a real peak-level powerhouse on this continent now. And if you want to reach the peak level, you will have a lot to pay in the future. But Xiao Rui was secretly determined that he must reach that level.
As time goes by, people seem to have forgotten the rebellion of the Zhao family. The Holy Heaven City continues its prosperity. The original five major forces in the Holy Heavenly City have undergone new changes, the original three major sects no longer exist after the last attack on the Imperial City, the Haitian Sect was directly annexed by the Zhao family, and the other two were also greatly damaged in strength when attacking the Imperial City, and afterwards they were secretly threatened by the Duan family, and they did not dare to continue to develop in the Holy Heavenly City, so they moved to other places. The Duan family immediately sent troops to take control of the territory of the two sects, and in this way, the Holy Heaven City became a confrontation between the two major families. But after all, the Duan family is in charge of the empire's army, so they have a slight upper hand, but the Zhao family is full of background, which makes the Duan family not too tight. It's just monitoring that it doesn't develop too fast, and secretly preparing to eradicate it completely when the time is ripe in the future. And the seventh master of the Zhao family naturally did not sit still, and on the third day when Xiao Rui and Saladin's mother and son appeared, they entered the palace alone. When he saw Duan Yuhai, he asked if the stranger was really controlled by Xiao Rui. Or did the Duan family deliberately say this in order to embezzle the weirdos he had.
Duan Yuhai didn't argue with him, but just ordered someone to invite Xiao Rui. When the seventh master saw the sluggish expressions of the two strange people standing behind Xiao Rui, and the two strange people completed the two orders given by Xiao Rui without hesitation, they left in a huff. But whether he is really dead in his heart or not, only he knows. But Duan Yuhai thought of another question, that is, who passed the news to the Seventh Master so quickly, how could he know so quickly that Xiao Rui had controlled the strange man. Could it be that the fourth son of the Zhao family that Duan Hui said before was hidden in the palace? If this was the case, the Duan family was afraid that there was nothing to hide from the Zhao family. It seems that we must hurry to find the enemy in this shadowy place. Otherwise, there will be unexpected disasters in the future.
After the Seventh Master and Xiao Rui left, Duan Yuhai ordered someone to summon the four princes and tell them their suspicions, the four princes are also smart people, and naturally know that if there is a nail hidden in the core of his family, it will be very dangerous. I didn't rush to find out before, and I also had the idea of using this person to spread some false news. Now that the two have completely broken up, they can no longer be allowed to exist. So they came up with suggestions to find out this "fourth son". But the analysis came and went, and I didn't think of anyone who could be that suspicious person. In the end, Duan Hui proposed that he still had to rely on Xiao Rui, because the person he had seen was probably the fourth son.