Main Text Chapter 601: The Decline of the Aristocratic Family
After reaching the Red Lotus realm, one no longer needs to take the wish beads into the mouth, just holding them in the hand is enough to refine them.
A day later, Miao Yi slowly exhaled, and the excitement on his face was obvious. Before, the speed of refining Red Lotus was 187 low-grade wish beads per day, and now it has reached 374. In other words, the speed of cultivation has doubled.
If it goes as expected, it should take 1.31 million low-grade wish beads to go from Red Lotus 1st to Red Lotus 2nd. At the current cultivation speed, it will only take nine and a half years to break through to the second grade, not more than ten years.
It takes less than ten years to break through a level of Red Lotus. This cultivation speed is too amazing, even Miao Yi himself was shocked.
He really didn't expect that the cultivation speed would double after breaking through to the Red Lotus realm. It was really far beyond what he heard from Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei.
At first, he only heard Lao Bai say that the practice of the Star Fire Art was extraordinary and asked him not to leak it. He could also feel the benefits of the Star Fire Art at the beginning. He could feel that the Star Fire Art was indeed better than the general practice, but it seemed that it was not the top practice. There seemed to be many practices in the practice world that were more powerful than the Star Fire Art.
However, as his cultivation became higher and higher, he learned more and more about the Star Fire Art, and he could feel the horror of the Star Fire Art more and more. It seemed that the Star Fire Art was different from other practice methods. No matter how powerful other practice methods were, they were fixed, but the Star Fire Art was alive. This practice method itself could grow. As long as the conditions were right, the practice method itself could be advanced to a higher level, which could give him surprises again and again.
At this moment, he had more confidence in the thousand-year agreement between himself and the boss lady.
Without saying anything, he continued to practice...
After several days of retreat, Xue'er came to knock on the door, "Sir. Yan Xiu reported that the people from Zhenjia Hall have returned, and the person you want to see is waiting outside."
Miao Yi, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, said calmly: "Let them wait in the main hall."
"Yes!" Xue'er took the order and left.
After refining the last bit of the wish beads in his palm, Miao Yi slowly opened his eyes and got off the bed. He walked to the door and met the two women waiting. He opened his arms as usual, and Qian'er and Xue'er immediately stepped forward to help him tidy up his clothes. Then they followed behind him.
It is natural that the main hall of Zhenjia Hall is larger and more imposing than the meeting hall of Shuiyun Mansion. Miao Yi ascended the throne of the hall master and sat down. The two women separated on the left and right, and the people standing below immediately clasped their fists in unison: "Greetings to the hall master!"
Miao Yi raised his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite. His eyes swept over the people below.
There are only eight of the original ten mountain masters of Shuiyun Mansion left. Jiao Yongtian and Niu Ligong died in the previous battle. Only Chen Fei, Ji Sixiu (female), Shi Man, Yang Zhaoqing, Shan Dandan (female), Ding Jie, Gu Ping, and Ning Zailai are left.
Mu Tailai and Hu Defu, the former walkers of Shuiyun Mansion, are still there, and the only two remaining deacons also died in the battle.
For this battle with the Sun Palace, Miao Yi saw some things in his eyes. Although the people in front of him still have shortcomings, he is still satisfied. At least they all listen to his command and do not shrink from the battle.
"You have worked hard in this battle." Miao Yi nodded and said calmly: "Reward!"
Yan Xiu, who was standing at the bottom of the steps, immediately distributed the prepared wish beads one by one, 500 low-grade wish beads to each person. Ten people just gave out 5,000 beads.
It's not that Miao Yi can't produce more wish beads. In this battle, he killed so many Red Lotus monks, and the spoils belonged to him. Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei refused to share his share. This time, he also got a lot of money. He got several third-grade treasures alone.
So it's not that he can't afford it, but this kind of reward shouldn't be too heavy. In order to ensure the safety of his subordinates, he had already rewarded all the first-grade magic weapons in his hand. If he rewards without a bottom line, there will be nothing left to reward in the future. There is a limit to everything.
"Thank you for the reward, Palace Master!" Everyone bowed and thanked.
Miao Yi wrote a series of appointment decrees in succession and handed them to Xue'er on the side. Xue'er walked down the steps and gave them to Yan Xiu.
Yan Xiu took a look and found that they were all decrees for appointment as palace masters. He was secretly amazed in his heart. This time, he really got promoted. After the appointment decrees were handed down to everyone one by one, everyone was excited. Even Mu Tailai and Hu Defu had a share. All ten people were appointed as the palace masters of the various palaces under the command of Zhenjia Palace.
This is the real generous reward. Some people are embarrassed to take it, for example, their cultivation is not enough, such as Chen Fei's cultivation is only the first level of Qinglian. If he does not reach the fifth level of Qinglian, he is really worried that he will not be able to control the people below.
So Chen Fei took the initiative to step out and bowed and said, "Thank you for your grace, Lord. It's just that my cultivation is low, I am afraid that I can't take on the important task. Please use someone else."
Miao Yi raised his hand and said, "Just let you occupy the position first, just in case there are any changes. Remember when you go back, the Water Palace may be a little lively recently, and there may be many people below who are not convinced of your position as the Lord of the Palace. You don't have to pay attention to it for the time being, and try not to have any conflicts with the people below. For the time being, I will see the situation in a few days."
Everyone looked at each other. It was expected that the people below would not accept them as the Lord of the Palace. As for the Water Palace being a little lively, what's the excitement?
A few days later, after the entire Water Palace was in uproar, everyone present finally understood what the Palace Master meant. It turned out that the alliance with the Wood Palace to attack the Sun Palace was a humiliating alliance that the Water Palace paid half of its interests for. The Water Palace had already surrendered to the Wood Palace.
When the Water Palace summoned the Palace Masters to discuss matters, Miao Yi claimed to be ill and did not go, saying that his injuries had not healed.
In the meeting hall of the Water Palace, the emotions of the various hall masters were somewhat agitated, because the interests that should belong to them were touched upon, and the crowd was excited.
Tao Qingli explained kindly, asking everyone, if they didn't do this, why would the Wood Palace form an alliance with us, why would they let the Water Palace go and let us survive this crisis? If they didn't form an alliance in humiliation, how many people present could still stand here and speak?
That's the truth, but who can bear to deprive themselves of half of their interests? Everyone naturally has something to say, why didn't they say it earlier?
The implication is why did they deceive us?
In the end, Zhao Fei stood up and loudly asked Tao Qingli: "Since all the hall masters have opinions, since all the hall masters have the confidence to fight with the Wood Palace, then we will tear up the agreement. At worst, we will fight to the death with the Wood Palace. What do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, no one responded immediately, and no one said anything, because it involved life. They figured it out at once, and it was better to still have half of the interests and the glory and wealth than to lose their lives.
Zhao Fei and Sikong Wuwei also told Miao Yi what happened in the meeting hall of the Water Palace when they came to see him. Miao Yi just laughed it off and continued not to participate.
Half a month later, the various places of the Sun Palace had been pacified by the Wood Palace one after another. Cheng Aofang went to Yudu Peak in the capital to meet the envoy Yue Tianbo. Cheng Aofang was worthy of being Yue Tianbo's confidant. She successfully obtained the decree of holding two palaces from Yue Tianbo and became the legitimate master of the two palaces.
This time, hundreds of thousands of troops from the three palaces fought, and Tao Qingli had to go to Yudu Peak to meet the envoy and give an explanation. He went with Cheng Aofang.
When he came back, Tao Qingli also brought two envoys from the envoy, one from the Chamber of Commerce, and the other from Lan Hou of the Dudu Mansion in the capital. The two people of extraordinary status actually went directly to Zhengui Palace to arrest Xu Jinsong for interrogation, and also made the Chamber of Commerce in Zhengui City a mess.
Shen Huaixin, the master of Zhengui Palace, didn't know what Xu Jinsong was involved in. The movement of a palace below actually alarmed the Grand Commander of the Governor's Office and the senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce to come in person, which frightened Shen Huaixin.
Anyway, Shen Huaixin witnessed Xu Jinsong being dragged out after being beaten half to death and tortured by Lan Hou. Lan Hou didn't even give an explanation, and took Xu Jinsong to the capital directly. No one has seen Xu Jinsong since then.
Miao Yi naturally wanted to find out what happened, but Tao Qingli didn't know what happened either. He just said that the envoy agreed to let Shuixing Palace cooperate with Lan Hou to investigate the case.
The matter involved the Chamber of Commerce. As a half-member of the Chamber of Commerce, Miao Yi found Wenfang to inquire. Wenfang didn't know the specifics of the matter. She just vaguely heard that it was related to the sudden and inexplicable disappearance of Su Yanran, the former shopkeeper of Zhengui City Chamber of Commerce, who went out on business decades ago. The Chamber of Commerce didn't pursue the matter that had already passed. I don't know why it was pulled out again this time.
Miao Yi was somewhat suspicious. How could Xu Jinsong dare to kill the people in the Chamber of Commerce?
However, a major event soon happened in the Chamber of Commerce of the Immortal Country, which attracted the attention of the entire cultivation community.
Huyan Taibao, who was in charge of the Chamber of Commerce of the Immortal Country, completely gave up the power of the Chamber of Commerce. The other five disciples of the Immortal Saint Mu Fanjun were in charge of the various departments of the Chamber of Commerce. Then hundreds of confidants who had followed Huyan Taibao for many years were beheaded. Then the local government of the Immortal Country took large-scale actions to raid the homes of the Huyan family, the first family of the Immortal Country, in various places, and confiscated all their property to fill the Chamber of Commerce. Tens of thousands of descendants of Huyan Taibao, regardless of gender, age or young, were all arrested and taken to the "Sincere Wish Mansion" as believers who lost their freedom. A prominent family that had enjoyed wealth and glory for many years fell into the abyss in an instant, and from then on, they became slaves. It was a pity.
Rumors spread in the cultivation community, saying that Huyan Taibao was plotting to usurp the throne and intended to seek the throne of the Immortal Saint. However, anyone with a sharp mind knew that it was impossible. Huyan Taibao did not have the strength to compete with the other five saints. Even if he succeeded in usurping the throne, he would probably lose his life. Huyan Taibao was not that stupid.
It was Xu Jinsong, the Fairyland Chamber of Commerce, and the Huyan family. Miao Yi was more or less involved. He suspected that it might be related to him.
But no one told him the truth, so he could only guess in suspicion.
Before the aftermath of a series of events had subsided, Sikong Wuwei personally ran to the Zhenjia Palace, found Miao Yi, and sighed: "The Muxing Palace sent someone to issue an appointment decree to you. The person is in the palace, and the palace master summons you to see him!"