"It's hard to believe, right?"
"To be honest, when Dugu Ce delivered the accounts of Dongming, I was also shocked." Li Shimin laughed. Dugu Ce shouldn't have done this. After all, the Dugu Family had a close relationship with the imperial family of Great Sui. No matter what, he shouldn't be associated with rebels like us. However, on second thought, does this mean that the Dugu Family has already figured out that it is impossible to go against the general trend and want to leave the sinking ship of the Great Sui?”
The middle-aged scholar Pei Ji also smiled and said,"Dugu Ce came personally and gave the account book to Shimin. I think he saw who the wise ruler of the world was and wanted to befriend Shimin. Although the Dugu family was not down-to-earth, without an army or territory, their foundation was somewhat superficial. However, they were one of the four gentry families after all. They had quite a lot of power in the martial arts world. Their families were also rich and had many experts. If he could get the help of the Dugu family, the Li family could succeed. Shimin, congratulations."
Among the four powerful families, the Li family had the Longyou clan and the Taiyuan base. They did not lack any clan, reputation, soldiers, money, food, or territory.
The Yuwen family had military power and was in charge of the world's most elite imperial guards. Although they didn't have much of a foundation in the local area, just 100,000 Xiao Guo was enough for the Yuwen clan to achieve great things.
Song Dynasty family guarding Lingnan for generations, hundreds of tribes bow their heads, is the local overlord. Just like the Li clan, they also had a clan, reputation, soldiers, money, food, and territory. The only flaw was that the location was not good.
Only the Dugu Family seemed to be high and mighty, but in reality, their foundation was superficial.
Because the Dugu Clan had always been a high-ranking clan, they didn't have any powerful forces in the local area. Although he had some influence in the army, his military power was far inferior to Yuwen's.
In this world where heroes were fighting for supremacy, it was impossible for the Dugu family to stand on their own.
However, if they were to rely on a powerful force and continue to walk the path of a high-ranking official, with the Dugu Family's wealth, the martial strength of their masters, and the good connections they had built through many marriages, they could continue to be a noble family in the new dynasty.
For example, if the Li family obtained the world and Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he would be granted the title of emperor for three generations. Then Li Yuan's mother would also be conferred the title of Empress. Li Yuan's mother's surname was Dugu. She was a woman from the Dugu family.
With this layer of kinship, when the Sui family could no longer be relied on, the Dugu family could rely on the Li family.
Therefore, in Pei Ji's eyes, Dugu Ce sending the ledger was a subtle signal.
It meant that some people in the Dugu Family, at least some people represented by Dugu Ce, had already begun to plan to leave the broken ship of the Sui Dynasty and choose another wise ruler to serve.
If Dugu Ce knew what Pei Ji was thinking, he would laugh his head off and mercilessly mock him," Your Excellency is really thinking too much!
Dugu Ce couldn't care less about what the other members of the Dugu Family thought. However, he would never join the Li family.
He had personally sent the account book with a very simple purpose. He wanted to pick the shy flower Li Xiu Ning and use it to establish a relationship with Li Shiming. In the future, he would give Brother Shiming a few green hats…
"It is still unknown whether the Dugu Clan will join us. He couldn't judge the Dugu Family's stance based on Dugu Ce's actions alone. In troubled times, it was common for aristocratic families to place bets. Moreover, if Uncle Pei wanted to congratulate him, he should congratulate his father instead. Li Shimin is young, I am only willing to help my father leap into the battlefield and conquer the great rivers and mountains for my Li family!”
Facing Pei Ji's flattery, Li Shi Min was quite clear-headed.
Unfortunately, no matter how wise and mighty he was, he would never have expected Dugu Ce to have such a malicious intention.
Li Shi Min, Pei Ji, and Chai Shao were talking happily. Immersed in their excitement, they didn't notice that Li Xiu Ning's mind was no longer here. She had long flown away.
"Dugu Ce, Dugu Ce…So you're Dugu Ce…We'll meet again, definitely!”
At this moment, Dugu Ce, whom Li Xiu Ning had been thinking about, had already returned to the East Sea.
When he left, his cultivation was still a little short of breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm.
When he returned, he had already broken through the Soul Formation stage and reached the early stage of the Soul Formation stage. Refinement into Qi, Refinement into Qi into Spirit, Refinement of Spirit to Void, and Refinement of Void to Dao Integration.
Refining energy into qi was the foundation. At this level, xiuzhe and martial artists had many similarities.
The peak of the xiuzhe's 'refining into qi' stage was to return from Houtian to Xiantian and refine Xiantian true qi. Martial artists, on the other hand, pursued the path of returning from the Postnatal Realm to the Innate Realm.
The reason why the Art of Longevity was so precious was because it could produce Xiantian True Qi from the very beginning.
The next three major realms, each level could be divided into several minor realms.
For example, Dugu Ce had already cultivated to the level of Spirit Refinement. This realm could be further divided into: Jindan, Yuanying, Yin God, Yang God.
Dugu Ce had entered the Early Divine Transformation Realm. The next step was to form the Golden Core.
Mid Divine Transformation Realm, Nascent Soul Realm.
Later stage, Yin Spirit Refinement.
After that, he would refine all the Yin dregs and turn his primordial spirit into pure Yang, becoming the Yang God. That would be the perfection of the Qi Refinement to the Spirit, and he would step into the Spirit Refinement to the Void, becoming a Human Immortal.
At that time, he would have to shatter the vacuum and ascend.
Speaking of which, this world also had the legend of " shattering the void." However, that was a martial artist who entered the path through martial arts. It was completely different from Dugu Ce's cultivation method.
For example, if the three Grandmasters 'cultivation base increased by one more realm, they would be able to reach the peak of the human world and shatter the void at any time. However, even the three Grandmasters couldn't use any spells. He couldn't even fire a small fireball.
Dugu Ce could control magic tools now. If he cultivated to the Mid Divine Transformation Realm and formed a Nascent Soul, he could spit flames, release lightning from his palm, and draw talismans. In terms of means, he was many times more powerful than martial artists.
And ascension was not the end of cultivation.
After ascending, they would only be the lowest level of Human Immortals. He still had to continue his cultivation of the Immortal Soul Second Level and the Immortal Soul Third Level. Through Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heaven Immortal, Divine Immortal, Golden Immortal, Zenith Heaven, and Primordial Chaos, he cultivated step by step.
In the end, he would reach the Dao Integration Stage and become an immortal, boundless, and eternal Saint of the Great Bliss of Freedom!
Li Xiu Ning had an excellent physique, and her martial arts were not weak. She also had luck and could be said to be a great tonic. In just one night, Dugu Ce had broken through a major realm, saving him a lot of time and effort.
As long as he had a sufficiently high-quality cultivation furnace, the Great Boundless Bliss Technique could be upgraded so quickly!
In his previous life, Dugu Ce had also plucked and supplemented his body. However, on Earth in the Age of Chaos, other than the only cultivator in his previous life, there was no one else who could cultivate internal energy. There was no such thing as a good cultivation vessel. Dugu Ce had been busy and exhausted all his efforts. After ten years, he had only reached the Mid Divine Transformation Realm and barely reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
On the other hand, Dugu Ce was like a fish in water in the world of the Great Tang where there were countless female experts and even female grandmasters. In just a few months of possession, he had already recovered his Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivation and his Golden Core was in sight.
"With my current realm, my martial arts and spiritual spells combined, my overall strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Du Fuwei, a Grandmaster, is no longer worthy of my attention.”
Standing on the bow of the Eastern Sea, facing the rising sun and looking at the vast lake, Dugu Ce felt great.
"Even if I were to encounter a great demonic grandmaster like Empress Yin, Zhu Yuyan, I would not be at a disadvantage! When they formed their Golden Core, the top few people in the world: The three Grandmasters, Heavenly Blade Song Que, and the complete Shi Zhixuan would probably only be able to fight me to a draw! As for reaching the Nascent Soul Stage…Ha, that would be truly invincible!”
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