High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 596 The Royal Family's Secrets

Deep within the magnificent palace of the Great Li Dynasty.

The Purple Qi Pavilion, which usually symbolizes the highest power in Dali and is only accessible to the ruler, was unusually quiet at this moment.

All the palace maids, eunuchs, and even the royal bodyguards were driven far away, a hundred feet away, and no one was allowed to approach them.

In the center of the pavilion, on a magnificent dragon throne carved from millennia-old warm jade, sat a seemingly ordinary middle-aged man dressed in a simple blue robe.

His face was refined, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if he were deep in thought.

He didn't emanate any earth-shattering spiritual energy fluctuations, and you couldn't even sense the aura of a powerful figure. He was just like an ordinary mortal scholar.

But this "mortal" made Zhao Tianchen, the ruler of the Great Li Kingdom who stood to the side and possessed the cultivation of the Sendai Realm and controlled the lives and deaths of billions of people, not dare to breathe loudly.

Zhao Tianchen bent over, holding a teapot made of top-grade purple clay mixed with extraterrestrial meteorite iron, and carefully poured a cup of spiritual tea into the jade cup in front of the middle-aged man in the blue robe.

The dignified ruler of a nation was now as humble as an old servant serving tea and water before this man.

Because Zhao Tianchen knew better than anyone else that the middle-aged man in front of him was a being who had descended from the depths of the distant universe, from those legendary supreme holy lands that ruled over endless star fields!

That's a saint who has surpassed the Sendai Realm and the Dao-Slaying King Realm, a truly extraordinary saint!

Before a sage, the so-called Great Li Dynasty and the so-called Sendai Realm experts are nothing more than insects that can be crushed at will.

With just a glance or a wisp of sacred law that is inadvertently leaked, the opponent could obliterate the entire Great Li Imperial City.

"Is there any news about the Holy Communion?"

The middle-aged man in the blue robe did not open his eyes. He simply picked up the jade cup in front of him, took a sip of the spiritual tea, and spoke in a calm tone without any ripples.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianchen trembled violently, quickly put down the teapot, and bowed respectfully in response.

"Replying to your question, my lord. I have followed your orders and deployed all the royal guards and Skynet intelligence personnel to conduct a thorough search."

"It can be said that we have thoroughly searched the entire territory of the Great Li Dynasty, and even every remote corner of this ancient cultivation star. But..."

Zhao Tianchen swallowed hard, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, fearing that the other party might suddenly go on a killing spree if they were displeased.

"However, to this day, no trace of any holy body has been found."

"Those genius teenagers we brought before, although their origins are extraordinary, are merely special spiritual entities."

"The one with the highest aptitude among them is the one who awakened the Azure Wood King Body. It is worlds apart from the Sacred Body you mentioned."

After saying this, Zhao Tianchen lowered his head deeply, staring intently at his toes, preparing to withstand the wrath of thunder.

However, to his surprise, the unfathomable middle-aged sage did not lose his temper.

"Only Wang Tiyao..."

The middle-aged man put down the jade cup, slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes were as deep as an abyss, as if they contained a vast starry sky that never ceases to exist.

He sighed softly, his tone not showing much surprise.

"Never mind. After all, no matter what kind of attribute a sacred body is, it is a supreme physique that is favored by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and is difficult to be born even among billions of living beings."

"If it were that easy to find, the major holy lands wouldn't be fighting tooth and nail over a single seedling."

"It is reasonable that no sacred bodies are born on such a remote ancient star where spiritual energy is depleted."

Hearing that the other party had no intention of punishing him, Zhao Tianchen finally felt relieved.

His eyes flickered slightly, and a sinister plan suddenly formed in his mind.

Now that the Qinglan Sect has been mysteriously destroyed, the other two major sects must be like frightened birds, and will inevitably point their fingers at us.

Once those two sects join forces to launch an attack, even though the Great Li Dynasty has a deep foundation, it will inevitably be plunged into a bitter war with devastation and loss of life.

Since there is such a "true god" who can easily crush everything right in front of us, why not use someone else to do the dirty work?

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianchen once again put on an extremely respectful expression and tentatively spoke.

"My lord, although I have searched all the independent cultivators and aristocratic families on this ancient star, there are only three places that my people cannot enter."

"Those are the three major sects within the Great Li Dynasty. Oh no, now it should be two major sects."

"Just last night, the Qinglan Sect, one of the three major sects, was completely wiped out overnight by some unknown person."

"The remaining Heavenly Sword Sect and Sunset Valley have profound foundations and keep their gates wide open all year round, searching for disciples with outstanding talents from all over the world."

"Perhaps... the sacred body you're looking for is secretly hidden among the secrets of their sect?"

As soon as Zhao Tianchen finished speaking, he felt the temperature inside the Purple Qi Pavilion suddenly drop to freezing point.

He looked up and met the gaze of the middle-aged man in the blue robe, a gaze that seemed to be both smiling and not smiling.

That gaze seemed to pierce through his flesh, directly seeing into the insignificant, dark thoughts deep within his soul.

"You want to use me to help you get rid of those two disobedient sects?"

The middle-aged man's voice remained calm, yet it carried a terrifying pressure that struck straight to the heart.

Pfft!

Zhao Tianchen's legs went weak, and he knelt heavily on the hard jade floor, his dragon robe instantly soaked with cold sweat.

"My lord, please understand! I absolutely did not mean that! I was only... only thinking of your wish to find the Holy Body, and I would never have had any selfish motives!"

Looking at the trembling ruler of the Great Li Kingdom at his feet, the middle-aged man's eyes flashed with undisguised contempt and mockery.

He knew perfectly well what this guy was planning.

Because his identity and strength have always been kept secret, no one outside of Zhao Tianchen knows about them.

If he were to rashly go to those two major sects to ask for someone, they would not recognize him and would inevitably put on airs as members of prestigious sects, and might even speak rudely.

Given his dignity as a saint, he would naturally not tolerate such an insignificant offense, and would inevitably unleash a massacre.

In this way, Zhao Wuji could eliminate his greatest threat without bloodshed.

Such schemes and tricks of worldly power are laughably crude in the eyes of true strongmen.

However, the middle-aged man didn't care at all.

Because he has the confidence to back it up.

On this remote planet where even those at the Dao Severing Realm are almost extinct, he is the supreme ruler.

Any conspiracy or scheme, whether open or overt, is as fragile as a dream or a bubble in the face of the absolute laws of the Holy Path.