Divine Brilliance

Piercing pain?

Feeling the scorching pain in his eyes, Kong Rui was slightly shocked, only feeling the energy glow was extremely eye-catching.

Looking closely, it was a white glow all over, pure and flawless with no other color.

White energy?

How was this possible? Normal rulers who had similar land to Gantian Mountain would have a pale yellow color.

If their country was weaker or their ruler was incapable, it would even be black and grey in color. However, why was this place pure white?

His brain subconsciously thought back to those numerous Divination Books passed down from the ancient times.

At that moment, Kong Rui felt that his mind was a total mess.

This Zong Shou wasn’t a preposterous and incapable Ruler that the Confucians said but he was a Saint King?

He must have remembered wrongly? Or were those ancient Divination Books wrong themselves…

Just as he was stunned and startled, Kong Rui suddenly felt that the light was more and more blinding.

Then, the Dragon roared furiously once more. Kong Rui instantly cried out in pain, his right-hand closing and a thread of fresh blood flowed down from his eyelids.

The Wen King divination money broke free from his control once more. However, this time it didn’t fly toward that side, instead it felt to the ground like it had used up all its energy.

The few Kong Family servants and Gantian Mountain Cultivators all panicked, not knowing what they had to do. The former was worried that the Master was injured while the latter was worried that they would be blamed for Kong Rui getting injured on the way to Gantian Mountain.

Kong Rui himself was like a wooden statue, standing straight up, totally lost and distracted as he stood on the spot.

He muttered to himself, his voice was so soft it couldn’t be heard. However, if one listened closely he only said one sentence, “True King Energy can’t be easily looked at!”

At the same time, Xiaori who was running around Hanyan Palace, the fur on his body exploded and a fierce glow appeared in his eyes as it looked toward the northwest.

A red flame wrapped around his body. It was like he had felt a threat, laying down, ready to pounce at any moment.

Then, he shook his head in a weird manner, why was the thread of energy so familiar? Why was it disappearing?

He didn’t understand in his heart. Xiaori sniffed, just as he was about to track where it came from, his eyes looked outside and a golden glow flashed by.

He instantly forgot about everything and the threatening intent disappeared. He also couldn’t be bothered to get to the bottom of it and instead chasing after Little Gold.

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The moment he came down from the little hill, Kong Rui still felt like he was in a daze.

When the carriages headed forward once more, headed in the direction of the Gantian Mountain City gate, it was like Kong Rui went crazy in the carriage, taking out all his Divination Books.

He flipped every single one and after finding the contents that he needed, he casually tossed them aside.

10 minutes later he sat beside the soft mattress, totally devoid of energy. His left eye was uninjured but covered in blood.

Dragon Phoenix roar… Saint King arrives! After three generations, it was extinct from the world!

Pretty much all the related books came to such a conclusion. If only one said that it was still okay.

However, there was no exception at all, they all described it in such a way. The people who wrote these books were all people who had extremely high attainments in the Divination Path, whose names were left in the history books.

What kind of ability and skill did he have to dare question these Seniors? Only what he saw today was totally inconceivable.

Were those Confucians from Great Shang all wrong? How could the Confucians who ruled politics for 10,000 years, creating many prosperous eras, be wrong?

His fists clenched and then loosened, clenched and then loosened.

Then, he recalled, what did this have to do with him? He came over just to see Yao’er, whether or not she was living well… Whether she could safely pass that death calamity 20 years later.

Since Gantian Mountain had a vast and intense white energy and no signs of weakening, that meant that he could be at ease.

However, at this moment he still didn’t know if he should be happy or worried.

“Gantian Mountain meeting hall member, Country Advisor Zhang Huai is here to welcome Country Father-in-Law on instructions from the king!”

A voice spread echoed from outside which made him come back to his senses. He looked out of the window and noticed that the cloud crossing carriage was already at the north city gates of Gantian Mountain City.

Jolting awake, he swiftly straightened his clothing and stepped off the carriage.

Then, he saw a scholarly teen leading a group of people who were waiting for him below the carriage.

Seeing him come down, he smiled and bowed, “Country Father-in-Law has traveled far and must be really tired. Do you want to head to the country guest inn to bath and rest or go straight to Hanyan Palace? Concubine Yao has been waiting for you for many hours and can meet you at any moment.”

Bowing slightly, when Zhang Huai raised his eyes, he was startled. Why did the Country Father-in-Law look so haggard?

What did he go through? His right eye was tightly shut, a little swollen, his face was also ashen white.

He couldn’t help but stare furiously at those few escorts who looked back innocently. It seemed like it had nothing to do with them…

Kong Rui didn’t bother much about the teen, thinking to himself that it was best to see Yao’er earlier the better. Why did he have to rest?

He felt slightly weird, he had never heard of something known as Country Advisor.

Looking closely, Kong Rui was slightly shocked. A full forehead, circular chin, purple energy between his eyebrows.

Such a look was really rare. He was definitely really rich and noble and was destined to possess great power.

Only at this moment it was convenient for him to divine his fate.

Kong Rui’s became really careful with his expression. Even if he didn’t want to make friends with such a person, he couldn’t easily offend him.

They greeted one another and hopped onto a cloud crossing carriage. Just as he entered the city gates he heard a rumbling noise.

A cavalry force galloped by from the side of the carriage. They were all huge horses with firm armor and sharp spears. All Cavalry troops were all Grade-3 and above. Pretty much 1 in every 10 of them there would be a Xiantian expert.

The one at the lead held a 10-foot large knife. His strength also was Grade-7.

His aura was cold and sharp, obviously an elite that had been through numerous wars. Even if he just passed by, that killing intent sent a chill down his spine.

Kong Rui frowned slightly, there weren’t many such elites in Great Shang. Armor and weapons equipped,1 man 3 horses… They brought many things on the horses. Was there a war matter in Donglin?

“These are our Gantian Mountain Close Guard Elite Cavalry! The one leading them is our Ruler’s favored General Hu Zhongyuan.”

Zhang Huai seemed to know what the person beside him was thinking about, so he explained, “I heard that 3,700 miles south of Huizhou there was Night Demon race activity. They have already invaded the Cloud World several times. Although Great Shang had troops there, after all it was too far and they weren’t of much help which was why my King helped…”

Only that wasn’t it because when he said the words ‘favored General Hu Zhongyuan’, his lips twitched.

Kong Rui was shocked, he had heard of this matter when he was in the Emperor Capital, but he didn’t know the specifics of the situation. Going against Alien Race invasions was something that the sects and countries all had a responsibility to do.

In the past, the Donglin cities and sects were in chaotic battles and naturally they couldn’t send troops over. Now that Donglin was unified, Gantian Mountain couldn’t reject this responsibility.

The cloud crossing carriage continued forward. After he entered the city, there were carriages and people traveling smoothly like water. People were everywhere on the streets, their carriages all slowed down, moving forward like that of a turtle.

The people on the streets didn’t show any intent to move aside even when they saw such a luxurious cavalry force.

Zhang Huai seemed like he had a headache about this, forcing a smile, “It will be better in the future. Our court is discussing and thinking about ways. We are planning to set up a rule and system to split paths into left and right, which would flow opposite directions. Then, there wouldn’t be such jams…”

Kong Rui didn’t think much about it, it was the same in the Emperor Capital. However, every time a Noble went out, the people would avoid when they saw them, not daring to block their way.

Gantian Mountain didn’t seem to have such rules. The people here didn’t seem to have much worry about the rich and those with power.

Along the way, in this short mile, he had already seen 30 Grade-6 Cultivators. As for Grade-7 Cultivators, there were 1 or 2 of them.

They held weapons in their hands, their faces looking fierce like the moment someone had differing views or made them angry they would draw their weapons and kill them instantly.

The soldiers patrolling the streets were in large numbers too. They all wore heavy armor, their hands pressing on their swords, staring out and filled with killing intent.

“The martial atmosphere is indeed really strong!”

The moment he spoke these words, Kong Rui added something in his heart, which was that the people were valiant and close to barbaric.

However, before this he was biased, which was why he didn’t like anything that he saw in this Gantian Mountain.

After experiencing the energy viewing matter from before, he became more careful and wasn’t willing to come to conclusions.

Things were split into two sides, the martial atmosphere being strong would make it tough to control. However, if one was at war and Gantian Mountain gave an order, they would instantly obtain a million elite troops.

Zhang Huai smiled and didn’t agree with him. When he first came over he too felt that the folk life here was too fierce.

That day during the Xue Family coup, most of the people took up their weapons on the streets and were ready to wipe out the Xue Family people.

Following this, Kong Rui asked once more, “Gantian Mountain doesn’t prohibit weapons and there are hundreds of dojos, isn’t Gantian Mountain afraid of a coup?”

“About this, the Ruler didn’t want to prohibit it last time. He said that commoners rebel because they couldn’t survive anymore so what if they prohibited weapons? If the country is ruled well and the people are peaceful and safe, even if people have nefarious intentions there won’t be people who follow suit. The Ruler’s conscience is clear so why would he be afraid of the people? However, half a year ago the Ruler felt that the country had no less than 100 battles every day with many casualties. Thus he changed his mind and was ready to confiscate the weapons. Unfortunately, in the end the matter wasn’t settled.”

Kong Rui didn’t understand. He knew that Zong Shou held high prestige in the place, from the words of the people he came into contact with.

Was it so difficult for him to do what he wanted in Donglin? Confiscating weapons and armor was a smart decision.

However, he was slightly shocked at the Ruler’s justification for not prohibiting weapons that Zhang Huai explained.

For a person to say these words, would he really be irresponsible and incapable?