Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was the winter of the fifth year of Yuanguang.

This is the fifth year after Emperor Jin ascended the throne.

The former young emperor has now become much more mature and stable, and the state of Chu has become stronger and stronger under his governance.

At that time, the empress balanced the civil and military, weakened the scholars, reformed the imperial examination without sticking to one pattern, and vigorously promoted electoral talents, which made the Chu State look new, and the situation was paved, leaving only the last obstacle in the south.

Emperor Jin ascended the throne, with the help of Su Chen, attracted the divine bird to descend into the world, and solved the turmoil in the south without blood, with a grand reputation, and even chased after the ancestors of the sages.

Therefore, it made his throne stable, and the government and the opposition were civil and military, and he did not dare to disobey.

Emperor Jin first spent two years vigorously rectifying the situation in the south, eliminating ills, and the policy of cutting feudal domains was thoroughly implemented.

The Black Flag Army was almost all replaced, and the military reform also achieved initial results, and a large number of cronies and officials were delegated, assigned important positions in the southern states, and canonized and rewarded the once meritorious Great Sun God Cult, with the help of the influence of martial arts in the people, finally regained control of the south.

After that, in order to avoid a similar situation, the eastern, western, and northern important towns, Emperor Jin also made corresponding arrangements in advance.

In today's Great Chu, the military and government are like an iron plate, and the centralization of power has reached an unprecedented level.

With the prestige of the protection of the divine bird, coupled with the rumor that there is a strong man above the innate in the palace, the prestige of Emperor Jin is increasing day by day, and the government and the opposition cannot hear any opposition at all.

This gives Emperor Jin a broad stage to make bold moves, carry out various reforms and new policies, and show his strength.

Reform the rule of officials, establish Taixue, cultivate and develop industry and commerce, and reduce and reduce taxes......

The suggestions that Su Chen had made to him back then, one by one, one by one, were being implemented in an orderly manner.

The national strength and fortunes of Chu are also improving at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

In just five years, there have been some prototypes of a prosperous era.

But.

In the past five years, Emperor Jin has not been very happy.

He would often come to the Kwai Garden alone after dealing with government affairs, lying on the deck chair in the courtyard, basking in the sun in a daze, and occasionally looking at the northern sky, stunned, as if he was expecting something.

Father-in-law Su has been gone for five years.

There was no news for the first year, and then every once in a while, Kunluo would fly back and bring him some health elixirs and other things.

Although there were few words, Emperor Jin knew that Gonggong Su had not forgotten him, nor had he forgotten the State of Chu.

"Your Majesty, it's late, it's cold at night, you should go to bed."

Jiang Yan, who was accompanying her, opened her mouth to persuade.

After five years, now she is already a maid under the emperor's seat, concurrently serving as the Shang Palace, the lord of the six monks, and the second rank.

It can be said that under one person and above ten thousand, he is the emperor's real confidant.

Jiang Yan also did not live up to the emperor's trust.

Over the years, he has been loyal, accompanied by shelter, and has also had the strength to manage the court in an orderly manner.

"On this day of every month, Quinro would come back every month, and I want to wait."

Emperor Jin replied.

Jiang Yan knew that Emperor Jin regarded Duke Su as a master and father, and it was difficult to persuade him again, so he just said softly and comfortingly: "Duke Su has great magical skills, and when he travels outside, he may be entangled in miscellaneous matters. Your Majesty should also pay more attention to your body, if Grandpa Su comes back and sees that you are sick......"

"I know, you should step back first."

"Yes."

Jiang Yan had no choice but to bow her head and retreat.

But a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes.

In the past five years, she has never seen the ancestor again, and the identity of the ancestor was only a guess, but now it can be determined.

But she couldn't tell Emperor Jin about this.

The ancestor is just leaving temporarily, and it is not that he will not come back, it is impossible for a smart person like Jiang Yan to have a strange mind because of this.

It's the people below, because the ancestor hasn't shown up for many years, some of them have already given birth to different hearts.

It's time to clean it up, too.

"Tick-"

A shrill cry resounded through the night sky.

I saw that under the moonlight, a majestic and vigorous figure flew into the air, the air waves rolled, and the shadow guard hidden in the dark changed his face slightly.

Although the spirit bird returns often every month, it's not the first time they've seen each other.

But every time I see it, the aura on its body will become stronger, and its size will become larger and larger.

Now there is even a hint of innate breath.

This made the shadow guards feel envious in their hearts, they have cultivated all their lives, but they have never been able to touch the innate threshold, and in the end, they are not as good as a bird around them.

That Father-in-law Su is really a great character, I knew that I should have made more friends with him back then, and maybe I could have a chance.

"Haha, Kunluo, you're back, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

When Emperor Jin saw Kunluo returning, a look of joy appeared on his face, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

Kunluo glanced at him and let the other party stroke the feathers on his body, but it was limited to that, it was still as arrogant as ever, and it didn't like anyone to be close except for Su Chen.

Even Emperor Jin made an exception because he would feed it sunflower seeds every time he came back.

"Is this what Su Gong brought to me?"

Emperor Jin stepped forward, took the package from Kunluo, and opened it to see that there was a bottle of refined body nourishing pill inside.

Because Emperor Jin did not cultivate martial arts, things such as Qi and Blood Pill did not have a great effect on him, and Su Chen specially refined this kind of Body Cultivation Pill in order to prevent him from being too much consumed by the empress back then.

Although it is not helpful for martial arts practice, it is the most nourishing for the body, calming the nerves and replenishing qi, and it is taken all year round with remarkable effects.

In addition to the elixir, there is also a sticky note written on runic paper.

There are only a few simple sentences on it.

"Your Majesty, the affairs of the Chu State have been handled appropriately, which is really a blessing for the people. Everything is fine with Su, don't read it, and return at the right time. ”

"Su Gong ......"

After reading the words above, the Fu seal turned into ashes.

Although there was only a short compliment, it made Emperor Jin satisfied and proud, as if he had received a huge recognition, and he smiled like a child for a while.

"Tell Su Gong that I left him a lot of good wine, so let him go home early."

"Tick-"

Hai Dongqing finished eating the sunflower seeds on the ground, then flapped his wings and disappeared into the night.

But.

After leaving the palace, Hai Dongqing did not rush back to Qingzhou, but turned his head around the city again, and there was an extra package under his wings, and then flew to the Tuogu Temple outside the city.

Here, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in Tsing Yi has been waiting in the back mountain for a long time.

"Meet the Immortal Envoy."

When the young man saw Kunluo flying, he immediately showed reverence, bowed forward, and bowed down.

This young man is none other than Zhou Yi.

Five years have passed, he has grown up a lot, and the Taishang Induction Chapter has finally entered the cultivation level, and now he can start refining qi into the body, which can be regarded as stepping into the threshold of cultivation.

Su Chen would also ask Kun Luo to bring him some Qi Nourishing Pills every month to help him cultivate.

After all, the aura is thin in the mundane.

Without the help of elixir, the progress of cultivation will be extremely slow.

In addition, there is also a part of the Qi and Blood Pill, which is used for the training of other martial artists in the temple.

Su Chen did not do this through Zhang Mingyuan, but asked Zhou Yi to do it, which helped him establish his prestige among those peers.

After leaving the elixir, Kunluo did not stay any longer, and directly flapped his wings and flew to the north.

Its current flight speed is extremely fast, but it can travel thousands of miles a day, and when it is not dawn, it has returned to Tianmai Mountain.

Today's valley at the bottom of the cliff has completely changed.

The misty miasma was transformed into a natural shelter barrier by Su Chen, and hundreds of copper mirrors were arranged in the miasma, forming a complete refraction path around the glaucoma mirror.

In this way, the sunlight from the outside can directly shine in.

And the solar glow stored in it can also be used as a driving force to form a simple protective formation, which gathers into the golden crow talisman in the center.

There are a large number of Sun Talismans underneath as a killing move.

Once an external enemy breaks in, these sigils will detonate instantly, and their power is enough to kill any creature below the second layer of Qi refining.

After five years of cultivation, Su Chen's strength has also improved a lot.

This valley is full of spiritual energy, the Sun Concept is progressing rapidly, and the mana in the body has increased, and it has broken through to the third level of qi refining.

In addition, in recent years, the national fortune of the Chu State has prospered, and the power of the national fortune that can be gathered and absorbed every day has become more refined.

Now in the sea of qi, the size of the Qi Luck True Dragon has increased a lot, and it can barely display the dragon-shaped phantom like Chu Xiong that day.

It can be regarded as one more means of warfare.

Other than that.

Su Chen also sacrificed the bones left by the monk of Lingyin Temple with King Kong, which further improved the strength of King Kong.

Its strength is no longer inferior to that of a true innate martial arts master.

At the same time, Su Chen also transformed the runes on its body to a certain extent, so that it could automatically enter the defensive battle without human control, so that when Su Chen needed to leave, he could also leave King Kong in the cave to be a guard to prevent the theft of the Southern Candle Fruit.

"Coming back?"

Under the South Candle Tree, Su Chen raised his head and saw Kun Luo Fei falling, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Kunluo stepped forward, and some slightly muffled voices came out of his mouth, different from the usual cries.

After its strength has improved, it has begun to have the ability to communicate.

But I don't know why, but I can't speak directly like a weasel.

Fortunately, Su Chen's divine thoughts are strong, and he has been with Kunluo for many years, so he can probably understand it.

It is also through this way that in the past few years, although Su Chen has not been in the imperial capital, he can transmit information through Kunluo, and he is clear about what happened in the imperial capital and Chu State.

There aren't any major changes at the moment, so there's no need to worry.

It's not too late to go back when you're done here.

"In the past few days, I have felt a lot of strange breaths converging, and when I calculate the time, it is almost the day when the Tianmai Mountain Festival opens."

Su Chen raised his head and shook the copper bell in his hand.

Put King Kong into an auto-defense state.

Then he stood up, about to leave, but Kunluo next to him let out a cry, signaling him to come to his back, after five years of growth, Kunluo can now fly with people.

But Su Chen shook his head and said: "Your bloodline is special, if people see it, it will inevitably attract covetousness, so follow it secretly, if you encounter danger, I still need you to help me get out." ”

After speaking, he took out the robe that had been re-refined, draped it on himself, and the Thousand Illusions Gong worked, and he had already turned into a kind old monk.

Then he jumped and flew up the cliff, and then headed for another cave in the valley in the distance.