Chapter 137 What a big pie

After Lu Chen waited in the pavilion for a while, a white-haired old man wearing coarse clothes followed the little maid into the yard.

Seeing the white-haired old man in front of him, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

This old man looked like an ordinary citizen, not someone with any special status.

However, Lu Chen was not a fool. Since Bai Qingqing specifically asked the maid to report the person he wanted to see, it proved that this old man was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

Lu Chen then used the system to identify it.

[Name: Situ Ce]

[Identity: The Imperial Advisor of the Great Xia Dynasty, one of the pillars of the Great Xia Dynasty. This time I went to Beijun, on the one hand, to test the North King, and on the other hand, to send a message for the Xia Emperor. 】

[Strength: Grandmaster]

[Loyalty: 50]

Lu Chen frowned when he saw the introduction of the system.

National Division?

As one of the pillars of the country, the Imperial Preceptor didn't want to stay in the capital, so he went to Bei County to wander around.

At this time, Situ Ce said to Lu Chen: "Common people see the prince, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen laughed, and then said: "Master, why do you come to Beijun to pretend to be an ordinary citizen? You don't think that the king can't recognize you, do you?"

Seeing that Lu Chen actually recognized him at a glance, Situ Ce was slightly surprised.

Except for the eldest prince, the princes of Emperor Xia have never seen him. It stands to reason that King Bei does not know that he is the national master.

Situ Ce smiled and then asked, "How did the prince recognize me?"

Lu Chen said calmly: "Although you hide your aura, you can still be neither humble nor arrogant in front of this king, a grandmaster, and can make me feel threatened. I am afraid that you are the only one in the entire Great Xia who is the grand master."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Situ Ce was stunned again.

Grandmaster!

King Bei is actually a Grandmaster!

How can this be?

He remembered that when King Bei left the capital, he had no inner strength and was just an ordinary person.

Practicing martial arts is different from playing with power. A person who plays with power can still hide what he is thinking, but practicing martial arts is different. Whether you have internal strength in your body and whether you have practiced martial arts can easily be seen by others.

Especially in front of people with a higher level than themselves, it is difficult for warriors with a lower level to hide their own strength.

Just when Situ Ce was wondering if he heard wrongly, he felt the warrior aura on Lu Chen's body.

The warrior aura on Lu Chen's body is very weak. An ordinary person, or a being in the same realm as Lu Chen, would not be able to sense Lu Chen's realm.

But Situ Ce is different. Situ Ce is a great master. Even if Lu Chen hides his aura, hides his strength, and tries to cover up the internal power in his body, he will still be noticed by Situ Ce.

This is why Lu Chen took the initiative to reveal that he was a grandmaster as soon as he came up. There was nothing to hide in front of Situ Ce, the grand master, and he had no way to hide his strength in front of the grand master for the time being.

Situ Ce quickly came to his senses. He praised and said: "As expected of the Northern King who was able to defeat the barbarian army of 300,000 people. He has already broken through to the Grandmaster realm at the age of seventeen. It seems that Daxia will have a great master in the near future." A strong man from the Heavenly Realm is here to take control."

An hour ago, Situ Ce was still at the city gate doubting whether the Northern King's own strength could support the Northern King's ambitions. Of course, the strength he was thinking of referred to the military strength of the entire North County, and also included the Northern King's own strength.

Now that he knew that the Northern King had reached the master level, Situ Ce instantly understood that the Northern King had the confidence to designate the entire Northern Territory as his personal fiefdom.

A seventeen-year-old grandmaster is rare in the world, or has never happened before. At least there is no warrior who became a grandmaster before the age of twenty.

Becoming a grandmaster at the age of seventeen means that King Bei has an extremely terrifying talent in martial arts. According to the speed of his improvement, he may become a grandmaster before the age of twenty-five. He has great potential to become a heavenly being in the future. A strong person.

This was even more terrifying than Emperor Xia's martial arts talent. Situ Ce had always thought that Emperor Xia was the most talented warrior he had ever seen, but he did not expect that Emperor Xia's son was even more talented than Emperor Xia.

You must know that when he was in the capital, no one knew that King Bei knew martial arts.

If Bei Wang did not practice martial arts when he was in the capital, but only started to contact martial arts when he arrived in Beijun, then Bei Wang can be said to be the most talented martial artist in the entire martial arts world for thousands of years.

The word "genius" can no longer be used to describe him.

This is a monster!

After hearing Situ Ce's words, Lu Chen said with a smile: "I don't think that the Imperial Master went all the way to Beijun just to praise me."

"If there is something wrong with the Imperial Master, you'd better tell me directly."

After hearing this, Situ Ce immediately said: "Before getting down to business, I would like to ask the prince a question. How does the prince view the world today?"

Upon hearing this question, Lu Chen instantly realized that Situ Ce was testing himself.

Situ Ce is the national teacher and the pillar of Daxia. Even the Emperor of Xia respects him very much. He is indeed qualified to test any prince in the school.

Lu Chen then asked, "Does the world mentioned by the Imperial Master refer to Daxia, or does it refer to the world that includes other dynasties?"

Hearing Lu Chen's question, Situ Ce's brain froze.

Obviously, what he wanted to ask was just Daxia.

Situ Ce had no idea that anyone would step out of his preset scope. The "world" people often mentioned refers to Daxia, and does not refer to other dynasties or countries.

After a while, Situ Ce continued to ask: "Does the prince think that all the dynasties and countries in the world combined make up the world?"

Hearing Situ Ce's question, Lu Chen was a little confused. Why do people in Daxia think that the world only refers to "Daxia"?

Ordinary people may think so, but Situ Ce is the national advisor of Daxia after all, and they obviously know that there are many dynasties and countries outside Daxia.

Lu Chen then said: "This question from the National Preceptor Council makes it difficult for me to understand. Aren't other dynasties in the same world and under the same sky as Daxia? Naturally, the world should include all dynasties and countries."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Situ Ce smiled. He suddenly saluted Lu Chen and said, "I have learned a lesson."

this……

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Is this a lesson?

He just explained what he thought about the world.

Situ Ce continued: "The prince's level of thinking has surpassed me by a lot."

The world in the eyes of King Bei is not Daxia, but the whole world.

King Bei's ambition is far greater than he imagined!

Emperor Xia back then didn't have such ambitions.

Lu Chen felt that Situ Ce's words were a bit inexplicable. He couldn't help but think that maybe it was because Situ Ce was old, so what he said seemed a bit incomprehensible.

At this time, Situ Ce continued to ask: "I would like to ask the prince one more question. Since the prince has such knowledge and martial arts talent, why did he not choose to participate in the fight for the heir when he was in the capital? With the prince's knowledge and martial arts talent, I want to It’s not too difficult to get the crown prince position.”

With Lu Chen's talent in martial arts, his knowledge, and the Chu family behind him, it was indeed easy to get the position of prince. There was no need to go to a bitter and cold place like Beijun to develop.

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Lu Chen smiled and asked: "Master Guo thinks it is easier for a painter to paint a painting on a piece of white paper to achieve the effect he wants, or to make modifications on someone else's painting." Is it easier to achieve the results you want?”

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Situ Ce instantly understood what he meant, and then Situ Ce said, "I see. No wonder you agreed without hesitation when His Majesty asked you, Prince, to come to Beijun."

Today, Daxia is controlled by major aristocratic families. Any reforms and orders from Emperor Xia will be hindered by the aristocratic families. But Beijun is different. Beijun is too poor. There are no big aristocratic families. At most, there are only some small families. North County is open to traffic.

King Bei can do whatever he wants in Beijun. This is like painting on a white paper, painting however he wants.

Lu Chen said: "What you said is not accurate enough. Whether or not I come to Beijun is not decided by me, but by Your Majesty."

Situ Ce said: "What the prince said is true."

Lu Chen continued: "Okay, let's end the chat here. The Imperial Counselor came to see me. I guess it is His Majesty's intention. The Imperial Counselor should tell me directly what orders His Majesty has given me."

Situ Ce said: "Your Majesty asked me to tell the prince that he intends to make him the crown prince. The prince should encourage him and not to live up to your majesty's expectations."

Hearing Situ Ce's words, Lu Chen laughed. It was such a big piece of cake that he might not be able to eat it.

Although he thought so in his heart, Lu Chen did not say it in front of Situ Ce, but said: "Thank you, Imperial Master, for coming to Beijun to convey my father's words. Please go back and tell my father that I will work harder." , will definitely not live up to his expectations.”

Situ Ce said with a smile: "Okay, I will tell your majesty on behalf of the prince."

"But before I leave Beijun, I want to say something from my heart to the prince."

Lu Chen said: "National Master, please speak."

Situ Ce said: "It is indeed not easy to achieve the effect you want when painting on other people's paintings, but if someone is willing to help the prince change a larger white paper, I hope the prince will have enough patience to wait. The pen can more easily outline the world in your mind on that piece of white paper."

Hearing Situ Ce's subtle reminder, Lu Chen glanced at Situ Ce's loyalty and found that his loyalty had actually reached eighty-five.

A bit outrageous.

After just a few words, a great master's loyalty to him actually increased so much.

Lu Chen then said: "Thank you, Imperial Master, for reminding me. I will definitely keep it in mind."

Originally, Situ Ce wanted to find out something about those big pits, but Situ Ce finally gave up.

After listening to Lu Chen's answer, it no longer mattered what caused those big holes.