Chapter 259: Chapter 135: Terrifying Great Medicine

At first, Su Chen was skeptical. Could something in this world really corrode the Origin of a Golden Core Great Cultivator? But now, he was a believer.

In the presence of this object, the Dao Foundation within his body trembled, as if encountering something utterly repulsive, refusing to approach it in the slightest.

Nearby,

the Artifact Spirit Little Man from the Cloud Immortal Pavilion was dumbfounded.

He didn’t know what it was.

But he knew one thing for sure.

This thing was terrifying.

It could corrode any Spiritual Body and even pollute one’s cultivation. ’This thing should never have appeared in the Current World!’

’I could find a Core Formation Great Cultivator to test it on...’

Su Chen placed the terrifying Great Medicine back into the Burial Coffin.

At that moment,

outside the Imperial City, a Longevity Fire flickered. It belonged to an acquaintance of Su Chen’s.

Soul Void Master!

He had gained nothing. After abandoning a False Core Body, he had fled. His powerful Spiritual Sense allowed him to detect danger, making him exceptionally difficult to kill.

Even when he wanted to meet with Ghost Face, he chose a location outside the Imperial City, steadfastly refusing to take even a single step into the Daqi Imperial Capital.

’Perhaps I can test it on him.’

’I also wonder...’

’...if I’ll be able to encounter that Muddy Dharma Body.’

Su Chen stepped out of the Book Collection Martial Pavilion.

Along the way,

the Daqi Imperial Palace had long since changed. It had once been merely imposing and magnificent, but now it was a scene of jade pavilions and marble palaces suffused with drifting Immortal Qi, the very picture of a true Immortal Dynasty.

With its transformation from a Mortal Dynasty to an Immortal Dao Celestial Dynasty, combined with the infiltration and assassinations by the Five Great Sects, the people within the Imperial Palace had been replaced time and time again.

In just two or three short years, as Su Chen walked through the Imperial Palace, he found that there wasn’t a single familiar face left.

"Are you trying to leave the palace, sir?"

"A Tributor!"

"Does Daqi even have Tributors anymore? Aren’t they all just conferred official posts to enjoy the dynasty’s providence? Could this be a senior with a False Core, or a Core Formation Great Cultivator who has come to pledge allegiance...?"

Su Chen was stopped while trying to leave the palace.

Two guards at the peak of Qi Cultivation dared not be negligent. They cautiously inspected Su Chen’s waist token; it was indeed a standard-issue token from the Court.

But when they flipped it over, they were stunned.

Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer!

In an instant,

they drew their sabers.

"Kid!"

"If you’re going to forge a waist token, at least do a better job."

"Heh! A Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer practitioner like you becoming a Daqi Tributor? What a joke! Don’t you know that Foundation Establishment cultivators are a dime a dozen in Daqi now? We even have three Core Formation Great Cultivators who have come to pledge their allegiance!"

The two guards sneered, looking at Su Chen as if he were some kind of clown.

In response,

Su Chen sighed.

’If I’d known this would happen, I would have just teleported out.’

He hadn’t left for a year, and Daqi had changed so much that no one even recognized him. It had reached the point where mere gate guards dared to draw their blades on him.

’Then again,’

’it’s no exaggeration to say the current Daqi Imperial Capital has been completely transformed. Foundation Establishment cultivators are everywhere, and those in Qi Cultivation are worth less than dogs.’

Southern Daqi and the Northern Five Sects—that was the current state of affairs.

Daqi had one Golden Core cultivator who had reached the Post-Golden Core Realm in an extremely short time. As for the Five Great Sects, their Nascent Souls had vanished, and after the Profound Celestial Sect lost two of its True Core masters, it had descended into internal strife.

This was all because of a rampant rumor claiming that during the battle in the Imperial Capital, the Four Great Sects had not used their full strength and had instead conspired to kill Red Fire Master.

"Can I go back now?"

Su Chen reached out, wanting to take back his waist token.

Unfortunately,

the two guards had already made their move.

"We now suspect you’re a spy. You can explain yourself in the dungeons."

The guard sneered, raising his Long Saber to cut Su Chen down.

Just then,

BANG!

A fierce gust of wind descended.

In an instant,

the two guards were sent flying.

"Who’s there?"

"Who dares invade the Imperial Palace!"

The two guards roared, about to light a signal flare to summon the Imperial Palace’s powerhouses for the suppression of this damn spy and the intruder who had ambushed them.

But in the next moment,

when they got a clear look at the person who had sent them flying, they were scared out of their wits. They fell to their knees and began kowtowing frantically, saying,

"We greet National Master Zhuge!"

The newcomer’s black hair danced in the wind. With his hands behind his back, a stern expression on his face, and pupils like gold, it was none other than the Golden Core Great Cultivator who had once fought five True Core masters atop Cloud Peak and slain one of them—Daqi’s strongest powerhouse, Zhuge Mo.

"You blind fools!"

"You don’t even recognize Tributor Chu! Scram and receive forty military lashes!"

Zhuge Mo stated coldly.

"Tributor Chu, forgive us!"

"We will go receive our forty military lashes—no, eighty military lashes!"

The two guards, terrified beyond belief, kowtowed repeatedly, apologizing to Su Chen before running off without a second glance.

A person who could make National Master Zhuge appear personally couldn’t possibly be a mere Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer practitioner. He had to be a Core Formation Great Cultivator, or perhaps even a terrifying titan at the True Core level.

"Care to talk?"

Zhuge Mo looked at Su Chen. Or rather, his gaze had not left Su Chen from the very beginning.

How could a mere Tributor from the Book Collection Martial Pavilion warrant such a meeting with a Golden Core Great Cultivator? It was obvious: Emperor Tianqi had revealed his identity as a Nine-Life Celestial Pride to Zhuge Mo.

This made Su Chen frown deeply.

Perhaps Zhuge Mo’s fate was inextricably linked with the Daqi Dynasty’s, and Snow trusted him unconditionally, but Su Chen trusted no one.

At this moment, he was even beginning to distrust Snow.

People change.

The once deeply passionate and genuine prince had ascended the throne. In his desire to be a proper emperor, he was bound to change, perhaps until he was unrecognizable, a completely different person.

"National Master Zhuge, please."

Su Chen tightened his grip on the Burial Coffin, a dangerous light glinting in his eyes. If it came down to it, he wouldn’t mind burying the Daqi Dynasty’s guardian Golden Core Great Cultivator.

"Very well."

Zhuge Mo paid Su Chen himself no mind. What he valued was the potential for the Golden Core that Su Chen represented. As for his actual strength, it wasn’t worth mentioning; there was absolutely no way he could pose a threat.

After all,

he was one of the absolute top existences in the Eastern Domain World.

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