Imperial Cultivation

Gao Lingfeng and four clerks came in carrying several black boxes.

The square boxes, cast from black iron, were one meter in length and width, and their black lacquer gave a sense of solidity and heaviness.

They went in and out several times, bringing in a total of thirteen boxes.

Accompanying them were a middle-aged man with a narrow, horse-like face and a middle-aged man with a round face.

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The narrow-faced middle-aged man had small eyes but was full of energy. After entering, he wore a flattering smile, cupped his fists, and bowed, "Your Highness."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Lord Ma, thank you for your trouble."

"It is my honor to be of service to Your Highness!" Ma Tianhe had a flattering smile on his face, beaming like a blooming chrysanthemum.

The round-faced middle-aged man was quite reserved, only cupping his fists in salute, without saying a word.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded and didn't say much more, coming closer to the pile of secret boxes to take a look.

Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man each took out a long key, inserted both keys into the holes simultaneously, and opened the black iron boxes one by one.

Zou Fang presented the files to him, and he quickly flipped through them.

After reading one file, it was placed on the desk. After reading all the files in the box, Ma Tianhe organized them and put them back into the sealed box. He and the round-faced middle-aged man closed the box together, inserted the two keys, and turned them in the opposite direction, completely locking it.

Chu Zhiyuan looked at all the files one by one, closed his eyes and thought for a while, nodded with satisfaction, and nodded to Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man.

The two men directed the clerks who had come with them to start moving the sealed file boxes out.

After sending away Ma Tianhe and the round-faced middle-aged man, Chu Zhiyuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.

… …

The previous generation leader of the Thick Earth Sect had two sons, Feng Yan and Feng Chang.

Both sons were outstanding talents of their time, with extremely high qualifications, and each preached in different regions.

Before the old leader passed away, his younger son Feng Chang was unable to return in time, and only his elder son Feng Yan was by his side, so he passed the position of leader to his elder son Feng Yan.

This is the current leader.

The younger son, Feng Chang, was actually seriously injured and almost died because Feng Yan spent money to hire assassins from Bi Luo Tower to assassinate him on the way.

By the time Feng Chang dragged his seriously injured body back, the dust had already settled, and the new leader had already been inaugurated.

Feng Yan inherited the position of leader, and Feng Chang became an elder.

Feng Chang was amazingly talented and had extremely high prestige within the sect.

The leader, Feng Yan, was naturally uneasy about him and had been trying to weaken his prestige and power. Eventually, he angered him, and he stole the Earth Dragon Pearl and disappeared.

After the Earth Dragon Pearl was lost, the Thick Earth Sect did not decline, but instead became even more prosperous.

Today, a hundred years later, the Earth Dragon Pearl has reappeared.

The Thick Earth Sect immediately began to search for it.

Even though the Earth Dragon Pearl was in the hands of the Flying Flower Sword Sect, which had just produced a Grandmaster, they still did not give up their search and tried every possible means to demand it.

These are all records from the Surveillance Department.

The ownership of the Earth Dragon Pearl is indeed troublesome.

The Earth Dragon Pearl is one of the tokens of the leader. In theory, it should indeed be returned. Of course, some benefits can also be demanded when it is returned.

But it was Feng Chang who stole it, and it was eventually picked up by someone who happened to encounter it.

It has already been separated by one layer. It was not stolen by them, but rather picked up by chance. And Feng Chang has already stated that it should be left to someone with destiny, so there is no need to return it to the Thick Earth Sect.

Each has its own reasons, depending on which side you stand on.

… …

The daughter of the leader of the Thick Earth Sect is very much loved by the Huai King and is often kept by his side. Because of his love for her, he is also very good to the Thick Earth Sect.

It is said that she is expected to become the Huai King's concubine.

Those officials who have deep ties with the Huai King's Mansion naturally have a good relationship with the Thick Earth Sect and often interact with them.

In addition to the officials of the Huai King's faction, the Thick Earth Sect also has a good relationship with the Four Great Sects, and many of them are friends with the disciples of the Four Great Sects.

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to see a large net.

The Thick Earth Sect has unknowingly woven a large net, with both court officials and the Four Great Sects in the net.

Chu Zhiyuan became more and more curious.

Did the two disciples of the Thick Earth Sect cripple the disciples of the Flying Flower Sword Sect in order to force them to return the Earth Dragon Pearl, or to attack the prestige of the Flying Flower Sword Sect?

Unfortunately, there are no more records of the Earth Dragon Pearl in the files, only that it is one of the tokens of the leader, without mentioning its wonderful uses.

Now it is known that it is a powerful tool for cultivation, a treasure that assists in cultivation, and is extremely important to the Thick Earth Sect, and not just a token of the leader.

If a genius like Feng Zhihao had the help of the Earth Dragon Pearl, he would definitely make rapid progress, especially after being defeated by himself, Feng Zhihao would probably be even more eager for the Earth Dragon Pearl.

The Thick Earth Sect will definitely not give up.

On the one hand, it is direct coercion, and on the other hand, it will probably put pressure on the Flying Flower Sword Sect through the imperial court or the Four Great Sects.

The Flying Flower Sword Sect can withstand this time, but can it withstand the next time?

If Song Feiqiong knew about these things, would she still take action?

Earth Dragon Pearl, everything is because of this Earth Dragon Pearl. Sure enough, treasures will cause bloody storms.

He thought and thought again, and suddenly a strange intuition arose in his mind that this Earth Dragon Pearl was very useful to him.

He was immediately refreshed.

He has the Earth Yuan Art and the Heaven Yuan Art, so the Earth Dragon Pearl shouldn't be of much use to him. How could he have such a strange intuition?

He firmly believed in his intuition, and he developed the idea of seeing this Earth Dragon Pearl.

… …

"Your Excellency!" Gao Lingfeng said loudly outside the house.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Come in."

Gao Lingfeng carried a wax-sealed file in and presented it with both hands, "This is an official letter transferred from the Zhenwu Division."

Zou Fang stepped forward to take it, opened it and checked it, before presenting this stack of letters to Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan took it and looked at it one by one. There were a total of thirteen people's confessions. In addition to the four people who were arrested, there were also eyewitnesses at the time.

In the presentations of these thirteen people, everything that happened at that time was clearly recorded, including every word that was asked.

Through these records, the situation at that time was clearly restored.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

According to what is written above, it was indeed the disciples of the Thick Earth Sect who provoked first, but it doesn't seem to be anything wrong.

After all, anyone who encounters that situation will not be able to help but get angry. It's like being cuckolded. It would be strange if they could bear it.

It even mentioned the Earth Dragon Pearl in it. Although it didn't say the name of the Earth Dragon Pearl, it did say this thing, scolding the Flying Flower Sword Sect as thieves.

In this way, it is not to attack the reputation of the Flying Flower Sword Sect, but for the Earth Dragon Pearl.

That's a little better.

In the thirteen confessions, the people from the Zhenwu Division deliberately asked about the disciples of the Four Great Sects, and none of these thirteen people saw the disciples of the Four Great Sects in the Zhenlong Bookstore.

It can be initially determined that there is no background of the Four Great Sects behind this.

That is purely a dispute over the Earth Dragon Pearl.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief, avoiding Song Feiqiong confronting the Four Great Sects, and avoiding the violent turmoil in the imperial court.

If there are grudges between Grandmasters, the impact will be too great and the impact will be extremely far-reaching.

Now that it is clear that it is only a dispute over the Earth Dragon Pearl, that's easy to handle.

He thought for a while, sat back at his desk, asked Zou Fang to grind the ink, picked up his pen and wrote several pieces of paper in one go, blew on them, stuffed them into an envelope, and sealed it with beeswax.

Finally, he handed it to Gao Lingfeng, "Lord Gao, please present this official's memorial to Lord Lang."

"Yes." Gao Lingfeng nodded solemnly, took the envelope, cupped his fists and left.

Chu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Involving Grandmasters, his position as an assistant minister is only a secondary job and he cannot make decisions on his own.

By clarifying the ins and outs of this matter and presenting it to his superior, he has fulfilled his duty as an assistant minister.

He put his hands behind his back and left the Ministry of Rites' office, walking slowly outwards, walking and walking, he came to a street he had hardly ever been to.

Sanfu Street.

The disciples of the Flying Flower Sword Sect are temporarily residing here.

On the way here, Chu Zhiyuan took a detour and came to the vicinity of the Zhen Yi Sect's altar.

He had always wanted to find out whether these sects were secretly cultivating the path of incense and whether they were violating the imperial court's taboo.

The Zhen Yi Sect's altar is a large mansion, as open as the Thick Earth Hall, with many people coming and going and very lively.

The believers believe in the uniqueness of the Great Dao.

All things in heaven and earth ultimately return to one, that true one.

The Zhen Yi Sect pursues the eternal Great Dao, the true source of all things, the one that gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things.

Everything in the world is appearance. To find that one, you must eliminate appearance, return to essence, find the essence of essence, the purest and truest one.

And the method of pursuing the true one is the contemplation method.

Taking the bright moon as the deity, contemplate the present, contemplate the sea of ​​mind, contemplate the soul, and then peel off the appearance layer by layer, see through all phenomena, and see the only one.

And this contemplation method takes a round of bright moon as the contemplation deity.

What is enshrined in that altar is a round of bright moon.

What Chu Zhiyuan saw was that this round of bright moon was no different from the bright moon in the night sky.