Ruins of the past

"Chu Qiguang."

"You did a good job in Lingzhou."

Emperor Yong'an looked down at Chu Qiguang, the colorful luster in his eyes quietly fading away, turning into a blur.

It was like a high-altitude God, with no emotion at all.

In fact, Emperor Yong'an is now somewhat undecided about Chu Qiguang's arrangements.

On the one hand, the other party has become a martial arts god at a young age. He is a genius and can become a pillar of the imperial court in the future.

In particular, Chu Qiguang is not a simple warrior, but a capable minister who can do practical things, and even started a business like the Yunyang Chamber of Commerce that makes money every day. He is a capable minister who can earn money for him.

And cultivation requires silver, building palaces requires silver, setting up formations, changing Feng Shui, refining elixirs, fighting wars, resettling people, disaster relief... too many things require money.

The importance of silver to Emperor Yong'an is self-evident.

Logically speaking, a talent like Chu Qiguang cannot be reused too much.

But on the other hand, Emperor Yong'an couldn't rest assured about the changes in the country's destiny after the other party entered Taoism, especially after entering Beijing.

'Changes in luck will not lie to others...'

‘But how much this change has to do with Chu Qiguang remains to be seen. ’

Emperor Yong'an's eyes looked directly at Chu Qiguang in front of him, as if he wanted to penetrate the other person's heart.

I saw Chu Qiguang lowering his head at this moment and saying with respect: "It's all thanks to your majesty's wise sages that the world is at peace, the court is righteous, and the humble ministers can open up the situation in Lingzhou..."

Chu Qiguang briefly talked about the current situation of the Lingzhou Chamber of Commerce and its future profit expectations.

"Next year the Yunyang Chamber of Commerce's cotton fabrics will occupy more than 70% of the market in the north..."

"It will be easy to make annual profits exceeding one million silver by then..."

After hearing that he would be able to earn more and more money every year in the future, Emperor Yong'an had a calm expression on his face, but he couldn't help but feel a hint of joy in his heart.

Emperor Yong'an waved his hand and said: "Since you have become a Taoist Martial God, according to the rules, you will be the Demon Suppressing Envoy of the Demon Suppressing Department from now on."

"If you want anything else, just tell me."

"I have always been generous in rewarding talents."

After speaking, Emperor Yong'an looked at Chu Qiguang, with a trace of scrutiny hidden in his eyes.

Chu Qiguang said righteously: "It is the duty of a minister to be loyal to the country. We dare not ask for rewards for this."

"If your Majesty must reward me, please let me lead a large army to conquer the Snow Mountain Demon Kingdom and restore peace to the people of Shuzhou."

Emperor Yong'an said calmly: "Shuzhou? I have read the memorials of Baishihe. Do you think so too?"

What Chu Qiguang wants to promote at this moment is naturally the imperial court's expedition to the Snow Mountain Demon Country.

This move can help him fight for the inheritance of "Dragon and Elephant Great Freedom", capture a large number of monsters, and rectify Shuzhou's business environment.

It can be said that he killed three birds with one stone, using the power of the court to save for him.

The Baishi River on the other side has also cooperated for a long time. In recent months, it has been continuously dredged, which illustrates the plight of Shuzhou.

However, Emperor Yong'an still lacked interest in this. After all, it was a remote and remote area in the Snowy Mountains. It didn't matter what he wanted, so what was the use of spending a lot of money to capture it?

After Chu Qiguang briefly described the situation in Shuzhou, he continued: "...It is rumored that some monsters in the Monster King's royal family have dragon blood."

"This time, Bai Shihe and I will fight against the demon monk Mi Siri and the wolf clan King Ning Hai."

"I see that the demon monk Mi Si is also practicing "Dragon Fist". When he fought with Wei Chen, he was able to transform into a half-dragon. Apparently he activated the dragon bloodline in his body..."

As soon as he heard the word dragon, Emperor Yong'an felt no longer sleepy.

The royal family of the Han Dynasty inherited the inheritance of dragons and has been pursuing the power of dragons.

The "Five Songs of Diyuan" compiled by Emperor Yong'an has been the inheritance of the Dragon Clan since ancient times.

He wanted to break through the bottleneck and had been pursuing things related to dragons.

At this moment, when he heard Chu Qiguang talking about the dragon's bloodline hidden in the Snow Mountain Monster Kingdom, and the "Dragon Fist", the entry method to inspire the dragon bloodline, Emperor Yong'an also had some thoughts in his mind.

However, Emperor Yong'an's face was still noncommittal about this, and there was no emotion at all.

Chu Qiguang also stopped talking and did not continue.

Next, Emperor Yong'an asked him what kind of reward he wanted, and Chu Qiguang made a request to borrow it from Tianyi Pavilion for a period of time.

Emperor Yong'an readily agreed to this.

But Emperor Yong'an did not agree to Chu Qiguang's subsequent request to read "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts".

He looked at Chu Qiguang and said, "Do you know how dangerous "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts" is?"

"When you enter the realm of Taoism, martial arts and Taoism are already two different things."

"And "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts" and other Taoist techniques are two different things."

"He may not be the strongest one, but he is the most difficult one."

"If you want to watch "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts"... let's study for another ten years."

In Emperor Yong'an's view, Chu Qiguang was useful in too many ways, and he should not be sacrificed casually on "The Record of Ten Thousand Ghosts" in any case.

Faced with the other party's answer, Chu Qiguang did not argue.

Looking at Chu Qiguang's retreating back, Emperor Yong'an kept thinking about the content of the conversation just now, Chu Qiguang's performance, choices, appearance...

Countless voices and words flashed back and forth in his mind, and finally transformed into Chu Qiguang's face.

He pinched the secrets in his hands and circulated the spiritual veins under his feet. He had already used the cultivation of "Five Songs of Earth Yuan" to calculate Chu Qiguang's fate.

After a long time, he stopped with a long sigh.

"Qintian Supervisor made a mistake..."

"Chu Qiguang didn't have bad luck and lived in poverty all his life, nor did he have someone change his destiny in a bad way."

"But..."

"Can't calculate..."

Emperor Yong'an was known as having the best divination ability in the world.

The only person in the world who can rival him is the Celestial Master of the Immortal Path.

But just now, he found that after mobilizing the power of the spiritual veins under his feet to calculate Chu Qiguang's fate...

It can actually calculate hundreds of different possibilities.

Calculating hundreds or thousands of possibilities is equivalent to not calculating even one possibility.

It was as if anything could happen to Chu Qiguang.

Qin Tianjian may have only seen a possibility in the other party before.

Even Emperor Yong'an saw this kind of divination result for the first time.

…

As soon as Chu Qiguang on the other side returned, Zhou Yujiao came up to him excitedly and asked questions.

"What does the emperor look like?"

"Brother, what did the emperor reward you?"

"Brother! Did the emperor give anything to the God of War's family?"

Chu Qiguang was still thinking about today's conversation.

Emperor Yong'an must have had some thoughts about the southern expedition to the Snow Mountain Demon Kingdom.

The matter of borrowing from the royal library of Tianyi Pavilion went smoothly.

Only the matter of "Ten Thousand Ghosts" failed to improve at all, so Chu Qiguang could only find another way.

'It's going well. Next, I can go to Tianyi Pavilion to look for information, and at the same time continue to improve my strength and perfect my martial arts...'

But after he returned to the courtyard, he thought of the Yihuan Taoists he saw in the Changsheng Palace.

He tested it before leaving the Changsheng Palace. The eunuchs and maids in the palace seemed to have no idea about this.

So he looked at Qiao Zhi and asked curiously: "Master Qiao, as far as you know...does Emperor Yong'an have a way to give a mortal the power to enter the Dao?"

After hearing this, Qiao Zhi thought for a moment and shook his head: "There is no such ability in the "Five Songs of Earth Yuan". Moreover, Emperor Yong'an is already invincible in the capital. If he has such ability, he will have to go to heaven."

"Speaking of this, letting mortals control the power of entering the Tao... seems to be another righteous method, right?"

Chu Qiguang asked quickly: "Which door?"

Some bad memories seemed to flash through Qiao Zhi's eyes.

He looked at Chu Qiguang and said with an inexplicable expression: "You should have learned that Zhengfa when you were studying on Chaoyao Mountain, right?"

"The Heavenly Sword Sect's "Divine Light Essence Sword"..."