Chapter 801: Chapter 31: Soul Extinguishing Bell, Dream Walking Technique, 33rd Year of the Jingxin Calendar! (Da Zhang)
"Aside from the Minister of Agriculture, the most terrifying rebels are the priests." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "The priest rebellion, along with some third and fourth-rank Yin Gods, are also rebelling."
"Prince Liang is also Grand Ancestor’s direct lineage. His initial proclamation wasn’t against Emperor Jing or to rebel against Great Zhou, but to purify the court."
"Others cannot command Yin Gods on a large scale, but he is a First-rank Prince, Grand Ancestor’s direct grandson. When Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor defined the Yin God system, it was not stipulated that Yin Gods serve only the Emperor but serve the bloodline of the Ji Royal Family."
"Because he settled the era of chaos among myriad nations, who had seen countless foolish kings. If hypothetically his descendant Emperor was a foolish king, changing a Ji family member to be Emperor was also acceptable. After all, it’s Ji family descendants fighting among themselves, the meat remains in the pot."
"Only until Prince Liang begins to introduce the Evil God into Great Zhou territory will this effectiveness be lost."
"But initially, the rebellion of the priests is terrifying, as the priest profession of the Primordial Qi Era combines all occupations’ advantages, with almost no flaws except for a shorter lifespan."
"I still need to prepare some measures against priests, and they cannot involve the sect’s Evil Techniques." Zhao Xing pondered.
There really aren’t many methods to restrain priests, because within the Great Zhou Territory, priests can borrow divine power more conveniently than outside, with much lower cost.
"Next is the list of people to save." Zhao Xing carefully recalled, "Some people with abundant Qi Fortune inherently won’t die; even if I don’t go, they will survive by turning adversity into fortune, rescued by the court’s support troops, or escaping to safety by themselves. But if I save them, I can build a good relationship."
"For example, the priest Wei Xuancheng from Anping Prefecture, who is a future Prime Minister."
"And some doctors, craftsmen, weavers, dance masters, musicians... who themselves have weak combat power, can be determined by checking the rankings on the dojo."
Zhao Xing recorded on the list.
In any case, he has many clones, so he’s not afraid of not being able to save everyone.
"Finally, it’s the major cities, top-ranking commanderies, and key waterways..."
For an entire month, Zhao Xing was laying out plans for the future ’Prince Liang Rebellion’ event.
The network of connections he had previously built in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven was also playing a role, and the things Zhao Xing wanted to inquire about were not major matters.
Mainly to find out about a certain person, in which places they held office, their reputation, how they were viewed, and their family background, etc.
This matter will be continuously done over the next two years.
The other task, explained by King Heavenly Destiny, is related to the summary of insights from the first level of the Derivation God Decision.
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33rd year of the Jingxin Calendar, November 20th.
Zhao Xing returned to the Military Realm Star Palace.
He recorded his insights and experiences from cultivating the first level, including details like the time he took the Primordial Soul Liquid, the healing of Life Soul injuries, and the emergence times of the Secret Pattern Stars, etc.
The documents were so detailed that they could fill a ship.
And when King Heavenly Destiny received Zhao Xing’s cultivation insights, he regarded them as treasures.
"For the next three to four months, I’m afraid I won’t have time to supervise your cultivation."
"However, you must not slack off." King Heavenly Destiny said, "You must reach Third-rank before you can practice the second layer’s Secret Technique, which involves the out-of-body experience of the Divine Soul."
"But after comprehending the first layer, the soul attack and defense methods need to be intensified in cultivation, to see if your Seven-star Soul Body also has extraordinary power in actual combat."
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded, as the first level of Derivation God Decision, when comprehended, can diversify into tens of thousands of Split Soul Bodies.
But it wasn’t created for the Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man, it itself comes with many powerful soul-related magic techniques, including attack, defense, support, etc.
Soul-related spells are also a major category.
For example, ’Bright Eyes Technique’ and ’Heavenly Eye Skill’, which can be considered half soul spells.
"You may read all the magic secret books in the Star Palace."
"I need to pause other cultivation progress, and also need more evidence, and soon after, I will come to check your cultivation results." King Heavenly Destiny said.
King Heavenly Destiny left, but not fully assured, he specifically left a mechanical puppet in the Star Palace as an overseer.
Zhao Xing also appreciated King Heavenly Destiny’s dedication and then began to comprehend the various tactics paired with the Derivation God Decision in the Star Palace.
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33rd year of the Jingxin Calendar, December 5th, inside the Star Palace.
"Dong~"
A bell sound resonated from within Zhao Xing’s body.
At this time, in his Sea of Consciousness, there was a golden bell.
The bell hovered in the center of the Sea of Consciousness, while his Divine Soul held it with one hand.
"After comprehending the first layer of Derivation God Decision, I’ve practiced the ’Soul Extinguishing Bell’, which only took fifteen days to master the first move of the top-level soul attack technique." Zhao Xing looked at the golden bell.
"According to the secret technique, although it’s only at the level of one chime, any Third-rank who hasn’t practiced soul secret techniques will be harmed by the ’Soul Extinguishing Bell’."
"It’s time to get some fresh air." After mastering one layer, Zhao Xing left the Star Palace.
In the government office of the Earth God Temple, Chen Shijie was vigorously writing.
Approaching the year’s end, he was incredibly busy again.
"Old Chen."
Zhao Xing entered the office and pulled him up: "Take a break, come with me."
"What for? Where to?" Chen Shijie asked.
"Don’t worry about it, I’ll handle things here for now."
Zhao Xing snapped his fingers and immediately released several clones to take over Chen Shijie’s official duties.
Then he took Chen Shijie to the residence.
This was where he and Chen Shijie lived.
"Here, it’s time for the end-of-year bonus." Zhao Xing placed three bottles of Primordial Soul Liquid on Chen Shijie’s table.
"What end-of-year bonus, how come I don’t know about this stuff?" Chen Shijie asked suspiciously. "Seems pretty precious, where did it come from?"