Chapter 1255 Ignore
The eldest prince committed suicide by taking poison, and the fourth prince committed suicide. Without these two leaders who were qualified to challenge and inherit the throne, the originally turbulent situation calmed down at once.
However, due to the calculations of the Great Zhou Mountain Sect, Zhou Maochang's power was now weakened a lot, especially the death of those imperial guards, which made him even unable to control the situation in the capital.
Fortunately, at this time, those astute civil officials saw his weakness and defected to him in order to save their lives.
Zhou Maochang also planted the seeds of doubt in his heart because of the words of the eldest prince before his death. In order not to be controlled by the Great Zhou Mountain Sect, he became a puppet and accepted these civil officials with a pinch of his nose.
At the same time, he also urgently sent a message to the generals on the border, asking them to draw some soldiers to supplement the imperial guards without affecting the situation.
In this way, the situation in the capital became a situation of mutual restraint among all parties, and Zhou Maochang himself barely sat on the throne.
As for whether he can control the entire Great Zhou Dynasty next, it depends on his ability.
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"I didn't expect that this prince was the most hidden, and his scheming, scheming, and various abilities are all extraordinary!" Li Zhirui said with emotion.
Zhou Maochang's series of actions were not behind people's backs, and they were all open and aboveboard, but this made people feel open-minded and looked up to him.
"Yes, we all thought that we had exerted a profound influence on him, but now it seems that all his previous behaviors were pretended for us to see." Bai Liang's heart was very complicated.
The investment of the Great Zhou Mountain Sect this time was successful, but it also failed.
They successfully pushed Zhou Maochang to the throne, and they could also enter the court and hold power, but the ultimate plan to transform the Great Zhou into a human country was probably impossible to achieve!
The new emperor who is about to ascend the throne will never watch the Great Zhou Mountain Sect's actions of borrowing chickens to lay eggs without stopping it.
If the Great Zhou Mountain Sect goes too far, maybe a war will break out at that time!
But these have little to do with Li Zhirui.
"For me, this matter is over, it's time to say goodbye." He said his next plan.
He didn't want to continue wasting decades in the Great Zhou territory, which was almost no benefit to him!
The human law network suppressed Li Zhirui all the time, even though he had been there for so many years, he still couldn't adapt, or in other words, this was not the place he should stay.
"Since you have made up your mind, we will naturally not obstruct you. At the same time, you have made a lot of contributions over the years. According to the previous agreement, you should be given two more earth-immortal spiritual objects."
Obviously, Bai Liang had already received instructions from above, and was waiting for Li Zhirui to take the initiative.
After that, he took out two sealed jade boxes.
Li Zhirui opened the jade box in front of him without hesitation, checked it, and confirmed that it was indeed an earth-immortal spiritual object before accepting it.
"We will meet again in the future. I also wish your sect can get what it wants and achieve its dreams."
After saying that, Li Zhirui got up and left without hesitation, heading out of the capital.
At this time, the capital still maintained a certain degree of martial law, allowing only exit but not entry, but because of his identity, he was allowed to go out after a brief interrogation.
However, due to the chaos caused by the two princes, the people of the capital still dared not go out for a long time.
Therefore, the city that was originally the most prosperous in the Great Zhou became quite deserted.
"Brother Bai, did you really give him those two earthly immortal spiritual objects? He hasn't done anything over the years, why should you give such a generous reward?" A junior brother next to him said unwillingly.
"Do you want to disobey the order of the Lingxi Patriarch?"
Bai Liang glared at him and warned: "Although his strength is only one tenth of what it was because of the human law network, he is definitely not someone you can provoke. Be honest, otherwise, even if you die in his hands, the sect will not help you to avenge."
The disciples suppressed their anxiety and unwillingness.
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On the other side, Li Zhirui, who had already walked out of the capital, did not find anyone following him, but still used means to hide his whereabouts to avoid being tracked, and finally turned into a battle.
He really didn't want to fight in the Great Zhou, because here, he had to exert 100% of his strength, but in the end he only exerted 50%, or even less than that.
It was too disadvantageous for him, so he avoided it if he could.
It's not that Li Zhirui was afraid and felt that he was not an opponent, but more that he didn't want to cause trouble.
After all, there is no benefit in winning, but losing will cost a lot.
After leaving the capital, he found that the power of the humanitarian law network had weakened a lot, probably because of the succession of the throne, and Zhou Maochang had not yet officially ascended the throne.
This is a very complicated, tedious, and extremely rigorous ceremony, and it is not something that can be held casually.
So it must be chosen on an auspicious day and time, and thousands of tributes and sacrifices must be prepared, and every step and procedure cannot have the slightest error.
The Great Zhou Dynasty once had a throne inheritance. Because there was no good time, the throne was vacant for several years, and the prince could only supervise the country.
However, the more such times, the more strict and severe the Great Zhou became. Any unfavorable things, as long as there was a little sign, would be directly extinguished!
So Li Zhirui also became more cautious and didn't want to cause trouble.
Perhaps he was lucky, and the journey was quite smooth. He walked out of the Great Zhou without any setbacks and came to Yumenzhou of the Yumen He family.
After staying in the Great Zhou for a long time, Li Zhirui was not used to seeing so many cultivators at once.
Especially without the suppression of the human law network, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more relaxed.
"Senior, do you need a guide? I know every place in Shouyu City very well, and I can definitely meet your needs, and my commission is very cheap." A child who was only a teenager said respectfully.
"Lead the way." Li Zhirui didn't care about the commission, but he was too lazy to find other people.
"Senior, please follow me!" The smile on the child's face became brighter and brighter, and he hoped that this senior, whose cultivation level was not obvious, could give more rewards. It would be great if he could buy one more Huangya Pill.
The life of a casual cultivator is not easy, and the life of a casual cultivator at the bottom like this child is even more difficult.
They could seldom afford a whole bottle of Huangya Dan, the most basic and cheapest spiritual elixir for cultivation, and could only buy them separately.
This was a hardship that Li Zhirui had never experienced before, because he had been a genius since he was a child. Even though the Li family was very weak and resources were very scarce at that time, they had never lacked resources for cultivation.
Speaking of which!
"What do you need, senior?" the child asked respectfully.
The best thing these little tour guides could do was to read people's faces. If they met a cold cultivator, they would never speak to him without authorization.
"I need a detailed map of Yumen Prefecture, a shop selling local spiritual objects, and an inn with rich spiritual energy." Li Zhirui said.
"Senior, please follow me."
The child led the way in front, while introducing: "The most famous unique spiritual objects in Yumenzhou are various peculiar jades and various spiritual objects developed from jade."
"For example, jade pills, magic tools, jade talismans, etc. The He family is famous for jade spiritual objects, and many spiritual objects can only be made by the He family."
"Therefore, if the senior wants to buy local unique spiritual objects, the best and most complete one is the He family store."
"In addition, there is the black market, but I have never been there. I just heard some seniors say that there are many rare spiritual objects in the black market that are not available in the outside world."
Li Zhirui interrupted and said: "After buying the map and booking the inn, take me to the black market."
"Okay." The child was even happier. In this way, he would definitely earn more spiritual stones.
Along the way, he said a lot of things, some of which were hearsay, and some were seen with his own eyes.
Li Zhirui was not impatient, so he just listened quietly and had a clearer understanding of Yumenzhou and the He family.
After all, before this, his understanding of the He family was all from the jade slips, which inevitably contained some beautification.
No mistakes, one sentence, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!
In the mouth of the child, the He family was not a kind-hearted immortal family. Instead, they were very strict with these casual cultivators and vassal forces, and they had to take a large number of spirit stones from them every year.
Take himself as an example. He had to pay 100 spirit stones every year to continue to stay in the immortal city, otherwise he would be driven out!
For Li Zhirui and others, 100 spirit stones was a small number that could not be smaller, but for these casual cultivators, it was a very large fortune.
He had seen many partners who were driven out of the city because they could not afford to pay this amount of spirit stones, and they disappeared not long after.
Moreover, all the mineral veins in Yumenzhou belonged to the He family, even if they were mineral veins that they had not discovered at all, so they could not mine the minerals privately.
Once discovered, they will be caught and treated as mining slaves, and they will never be able to escape.
In these aspects, the Li family is much more gentle. Although they also need to pay a sum of spiritual stones, it will be divided according to the level of cultivation. If they really cannot pay, they can also live in the shantytowns outside the city wall.
Unlike the He family, there is no shantytown outside the city. Once they are driven out, they can only live in the dangerous wild.
The child was very careful when he said this, for fear of being heard by others, but he didn't know that within a foot of Li Zhirui, they couldn't hear their voices at all.
"Senior, this is a shop specializing in selling maps, and it is the best of its kind in the city." The child stood in front of a shop and introduced.
Li Zhirui nodded and walked in, "I need the most detailed map of Yumenzhou. If there is a map of the surrounding forces, it would be even better."
"No wonder there was a magpie chirping on the branch this morning. It turns out that there is a distinguished guest!" This big deal made the shopkeeper personally come out to receive.
"I'm in a hurry, so I won't chat any more. Shopkeeper, just take out the map."
"You are a generous guest!"
The shopkeeper naturally likes such guests, who don't waste time and are generous.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face was so big that his eyes couldn't see.
"This is a detailed map of Yumenzhou and Xiaxianzhou. It records every spiritual vein and resource mountain range, as well as the location of the secret realm..." The shopkeeper introduced it in a torrent of words.
In his words, this map covers almost every territory of the two states.
"Okay, it's not like I haven't bought a map before, don't I know how many tricks there are?" Li Zhirui interrupted the shopkeeper's introduction impatiently.
What kind of small forces are the He Family and the Xiaxian Sect? How could they possibly spread all these things? At most, they would expose some of them to attract independent cultivators and then harvest from them.
And no one knows how many years ago this map is.
"One hundred thousand spiritual stones, will you sell it?"
The price on the counter was 250,000, and Li Zhirui directly discounted it by 40%.
"This price is a little low."
Li Zhirui pretended not to hear and turned away. They have sold this map for so many years, and they don't know how many copies have been made. He thinks that 100,000 spiritual stones are too much, but he is still not satisfied.
"Okay, okay, I'll sell it to you for 100,000 spiritual stones."
Faced with Li Zhirui who knew the inside story and couldn't see through his cultivation, the shopkeeper could only give in. Although 100,000 spiritual stones made a little less profit, at least there was still profit.
"Let's go." After the money and goods were settled, he left with the child.
At the same time, in front of Li Zhirui, the shopkeeper gave him a kickback, but it was just a few bottles of ordinary Huangya Dan, worth only a hundred spirit stones, but it made the child's cheeks flushed with excitement.
Li Zhirui did not come forward to "do good deeds" or "uphold justice", saying that the kickback was too little, because he could now help the child get better treatment, but in this way, he would completely lose this barely subsistence job.
"Thank you, senior."
"This is the reward you deserve, no need to thank me."
Not long after, the two came to the black market.
Li Zhirui did not hide his appearance, but cast an illusion so that people could not recognize the child's identity.
The black market is located underground, with a very large area, and it is very lively with people coming and going, and various spirit objects are placed on the stalls.
Even though he is knowledgeable, he has seen many spirit objects he has never seen before, especially the local jade spirit objects, which are rarely seen outside.
Li Zhirui, who is not short of spirit stones, naturally bought a lot of them, as long as he is interested in them, he will take them all.
Especially the recipes of Jade Spirit Pill, he bought a lot of them, hoping to learn something new from them and improve his alchemy.
His unscrupulous behavior naturally attracted the attention of many cultivators, and many of them flashed a ferocious light in their eyes.
"Senior..." The sensitive and careful child noticed it at the first time and reminded him in a low voice.
"It's okay, they are just a bunch of dogs, not worth mentioning."
Li Zhirui didn't take them seriously at all. There were only a few people in the entire black market who could threaten him. (End of this chapter)
