In Qinyang Palace, Mrs. Xiuli got up early, but had nothing to do, so she leaned by the window in a daze, thinking in her heart: hope is getting smaller and smaller...
A year ago, she had a contemptuous attitude towards the mother and son, thinking that the woman was favored because King Zhuang Xiang was nostalgic.
And he was born far better than that woman, and as time went by, he would eventually be able to win the heart of King Zhuang Xiang. That woman's son, who had been a hostage in Zhao State since he was a child, had long been ruined by wine and sex, and was undoubtedly a waste.
But now, one year later, Mrs. Xiuli's hopes are gradually dashed.
King Zhuang Xiang was obviously trapped by that woman. He had a deep relationship with her and had always been very good to her. Although he occasionally stayed at Madam Xiuli's place, Xiuli knew very well that her weight in King Zhuang Xiang's heart was far less than that of Zhao Ji.
As for that woman's son... Mrs. Xiuli smiled bitterly.
More than a year ago, in the first month of his supervision of Ye Yu Mansion, he eliminated the Eclipse Sect, which was backed by Koreans.
And this was just the beginning. In the following year, Ye Yufu, under the leadership of Zhao Huaizhong, became extremely aggressive. In the past year, he conquered the south and the north and overthrew seventeen major evil sects in a row.
What these sects have in common is that they all have the support of the Six Kingdoms, and they secretly infiltrated the Qin Dynasty to add fuel to the flames and plot evil.
After more than a year of clearance and suppression, now, not only the traces of these religious forces have been sharply reduced in the surrounding counties and counties below Xianyang, but the prevalence of evil sects in the entire Daqin has also been significantly reduced.
King Zhuang Xiang praised the woman's son more than once at the court: "A year ago, everyone in the world knew how powerful our Da Qinye Imperial Palace was, but after Huai'er supervised him, everyone in the world is afraid of him!"
Every time Mrs. Xiuli thinks about this, she feels uncomfortable in her chest.
The power under Zhao Huaizhong's control is growing day by day. He has been in charge of Ye Yu Mansion for more than a year. In addition to wiping out sectarian forces, he has also selected and recruited more than ten sects to further expand the power of Ye Yu Mansion.
Suppressing some and winning over others, Zhao Huaizhong's operations were extremely skillful.
Nowadays, the number of eight generals in the Yeyu Palace has been increased to nine, and the number of twelve servants has increased by four, becoming the sixteen servants of the Night Palace.
Mrs. Xiuli leaned against the window, her eyebrows furrowed.
At this time, the personal maid she brought from South Korea came in: "Madam, there is a secret message entering the palace..."
Mrs. Xiuli said sadly: "I have been married to the Qin Dynasty for many years, and my father still sends messages from time to time. If the news is leaked, how can I stay in the Qin Palace..."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
The maid lowered her voice: "The secret letter said that I hope Madam can find out the level of cultivation of Qin Chu Zhao Huaizhong."
Mrs. Xiuli was slightly shocked and asked her maid: "Isn't Zhao Huaizhong's level of cultivation known to the world?
Your Majesty has boasted in front of me many times, saying that Zhao Huaizhong's talent is unprecedented. Didn't he just break through to the Holy Realm two months ago? At that time, the entire Xianyang could sense the energy of heaven and earth converging towards my Xianyang Palace. This cannot be false.
…”
Madam Xiuli was suddenly excited, as if she had seen new hope: "Didn't he break through to the holy realm..."
Maid: "Madam, the meaning of the secret letter...is that Zhao Huaizhong has hidden strength.
A few days ago, when the imperial government was annihilating the Daqing Sect, news showed that Zhao Huaizhong might have secretly left Xianyang and led his people to the Daqing Sect's main altar. At that time, purple thunder fell from the sky, and the vision was shocking.
It is speculated in the secret letter that Zhao Huaizhong's strength may be more than the elementary level of the Holy Realm."
"..."
Madam Xiuli felt her eyes darken: "He spent a year cultivating to the holy realm and still hid his strength?"
Maid: "Yes, so I secretly hope that Madam can find out about this matter."
"How much strength does Zhao Huaizhong hide? It's difficult to find out..."
Mrs. Xiu Li pushed it forward and said: "Go and reply to them and tell them not to come to me about Zhao Huaizhong in the future and let them investigate on their own."
The maid reluctantly agreed and bowed away.
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Ancestral Temple Stone Hall.
"Monster, if I call you, do you dare to answer?" Zhao Huaizhong shook the small gourd in his hand.
The monster is still the same as it was a year ago, sealed in the stone wall, barely retaining a wisp of black energy formed by residual thoughts.
"I asked you about this gourd before. You said you need to see it to know its type. Now tell me, what kind of gourd is it?" Zhao Huaizhong asked.
Although the gourd has matured, it is still only the size of an ordinary person's thumb, but it is more emerald green and translucent, with natural texture flowing on the surface.
In the stone wall, black air swirled slowly, as if sensing the shape of the gourd, and then a voice came out: "This is the empty gourd!"
"In ancient times, there were spiritual roots of heaven and earth, which were born according to the qi of heaven and earth. The hollow gourd is one of them, which can be sacrificed and refined into a soul-stirring treasure. After the sacrifice, it forms a small world inside, which can swallow mountains and seas, and can also offer sacrifices in it.
Once absorbed into the gourd, the formations such as the Hell Fire of the Refining Division will be refined immediately."
The monster said: "However, if you want to sacrifice and refine a magic weapon of that level, you need a lot of opportunities, and it will take at least hundreds of years of sacrifice.
You are just a gourd embryo, far from having such power.
You can store some things in it, and it has a lot of space, so it’s convenient to carry it with you.”
"It turns out it can be used as a storage ring, which is not bad."
Zhao Huaizhong doesn't have such high expectations. The small gourd has enough memory space to store things, and he is already satisfied.
Immediately he asked the monster how to sacrifice the gourd.
It is not complicated to initially sacrifice the small gourd into a magic weapon. Zhao Huaizhong followed the method provided by the monster and carved ancient incantations on the surface of the gourd to form a magic circle.
Then, with the help of the power of the magic circle, the top of the gourd is removed and a gourd stopper is made that can be removed and placed, which is considered to be initially completed.
When he sent his power into the magic circle on the gourd, the little gourd showed its talent.
The void around the gourd mouth trembled, and a powerful collecting force came out.
Zhao Huaizhong took out a personal item, and the item was suddenly put into the gourd.
Zhao Huaizhong tried several times and put a lot of personal belongings in, but the gourd was not overflowing at all.
"It's much more convenient now. Just hang a small gourd when you go out."
Zhao Huaizhong hung the gourd on his waist with a brocade rope, and together with the jade, it became a decoration.
From the outside, no one would know that this is a treasure gourd with a huge space inside.
Zhao Huaizhong walked leisurely outside the palace.
The monster sighed secretly. It seemed that he had been prostituted by this human again for nothing, and had gained nothing.
However, what he didn't expect was that before Zhao Huaizhong was about to walk out of the stone palace, he threw back a small bottle: "The Yin Qi in the bottle was obtained by me when I wiped out a sect last month. It should be enough for you to transform into a physical form again."
The monster was overjoyed. After more than a year, this human finally gave him new hope.
Zhao Huaizhong walked out of the stone palace and walked out of the palace to Ye Yu's Mansion.
You need to use both kindness and power to deal with monsters. You can't just squeeze them out, but give them some sweet treats in order to keep them enthusiastic and continue to trick them.
"What happened?"
Zhao Huaizhong entered the front courtyard of Ye Yu Mansion and saw a group of soldiers and horses marching out. When passing by his carriage, they all dismounted and saluted.
Upon hearing his inquiry, a general came over to report in person: "The Kuzhou Sect, which has been dormant for many years, has recently appeared in our Daqin territory.
Deputy Shi Bai sent me out to investigate the details of Kuzhou Cult’s appearance.”
Zhao Huaizhong waved his hand, and the general retreated with the salute, leading the Ye Yufu troops away.
"The Kuzhou Sect is one of the three sects and nine sects..."
Zhao Huaizhong pondered: "Is Fan Qingzhou in the house?"
"Your Majesty, Deputy Shi Fan just went out to have lunch on the street. Do you want to find him?" the guard beside him responded.
Zhao Huaizhong: "Forget it, this fat guy has always been greedy. I was just going to go for a walk on the street. Let's change into casual clothes and go there together."