All in all, there were some risks in ambushing Gong Jiuao, but they were still worth the risk.
There were three reasons why Ye Changsheng had decided to kill Gong Jiuao.
Firstly, he had just broken through to the foundation establishment stage and wanted to test his tolerance. It was similar to buying a new skin and wanting to show off the game.
Secondly, due to the influence of the novels he had read in his previous life, he subconsciously felt that if he did not deal with this kind of villain who was jumping around and courting death in time, he might cause a lot of trouble for himself in the future.
Thirdly, the Gong Clan and the Ye Clan were mortal enemies. In addition, this fellow's mockery of him made Ye Changsheng feel unhappy. Since he didn't like this guy, he didn't need to force it. Directly killing him was the simplest.
Aren't these three reasons very convincing? Anyway, that was what Ye Changsheng thought.
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The next day, Ye Changsheng did not choose to stay in the Blue Moon Lake market. He brought the four of them and set off for Xuanqing Kingdom.
What happened last night was just a small episode. He did not forget the main purpose of this trip.
However, Ye Changxue was a little worried, so she secretly followed him in the dark. She only returned to the market after she was sure that no one was after Ye Changsheng.
The Xuanqing Empire was established 740 years ago.
The founding emperor of the dynasty was called Ye Kaishan, the fifth son of Ye Xuanqing, the ancestor of the Ye family.
The Ye family's ancestor had six sons and three daughters. The fifth son, Ye Kaishan, had no spiritual roots, so he chose to expand his territory in the mortal world.
The dynasty was named after his father.
As the Xuanqing Empire had the backing of a cultivation clan, the power of the empire expanded rapidly in the early years.
The descendants of the Ye family without spiritual roots would also be sent to the Xuanqing Empire to serve.
After hundreds of years of development, the Xuanqing Empire had long been built to be as solid as an iron bucket.
Imagine a mortal country with a population of more than 50 million, but one-sixth of the population came from the royal family. Was it possible for such a country to be overthrown?
The biggest reason why there were so many Ye clansmen in the Xuanqing Empire was that every Ye clansman hoped to give birth to one or two children with spiritual roots.
Whether it was the imperial family of the dynasty or the collateral family or branch family of the Ye family, it was the same.
Over time, the Ye family's population grew stronger and stronger until the current situation.
After a day's journey, Ye Changsheng and the rest arrived at the Xuanqing Empire's capital.
After entering the capital, Ye Changchang only showed a token to the guards guarding the city.
Not long after, an official surnamed Ye came to the inn where Ye Changsheng and the others were staying to pay a visit.
"Ye Xudong greets immortal elders. The news of the immortals visiting the capital had already been reported to His Majesty. His Majesty was currently preparing a banquet in the palace to welcome the immortals.”
"Oh? They actually came so quickly." Ye Changsheng looked at the official in surprise.
"By the way, does your emperor personally welcome every cultivator who arrives?”
"Immortal elder, under normal circumstances, when an immortal elder from the main family comes to the capital, there will be an immortal master from the Imperial Preceptor's Estate in charge of receiving him. The reason His Majesty personally received him was because of his extraordinary status.”
"Imperial Preceptor's Residence?" Ye Changsheng was speechless.
Ye Changchang took the initiative to explain,""In the Xuanqing Kingdom's Imperial Advisor's Estate, there are some early-stage Qi Refinement realm clansmen from the Ye family's branch. Presumably, they must have seen my clan's direct descendant token before reporting this matter to the Emperor.”
Ye Changsheng understood what he meant.
Since they were not specially sent here to gain experience, and their cultivation was still at the early stage of Qi Refinement, it was estimated that the clansmen sent to the Imperial Advisor's Estate did not have good aptitudes.
Some clansmen with four or five mixed spiritual roots or pseudo spiritual roots had no hope of building their foundation. Even if they wanted to cultivate to the middle stage of the Qi Refinement realm, it would be a painstaking effort.
However, in the end, these clansmen were also part of the self-cultivators.
Moreover, even an early-stage Qi Refining cultivator was invincible to mortals.
Therefore, it was reasonable to assign them to the mortal world as state preceptors.
On the way to Xuanqing Kingdom, Ye Changsheng had even made some inquiries. Perhaps it was because they were in the cultivation world, but there were no such things as martial artists in the mortal countries of this world.
Thinking about it carefully, it was actually reasonable. The mortal countries were nothing more than living creatures raised by cultivators.
Among the billions of mortals, perhaps a handful of them would be lucky enough to become new Cultivators. Since there was a path to immortality, who would study martial arts?
Furthermore, these mortal countries were also very difficult to be like the dynasties in the history of his previous life, where there would be unrest from time to time.
After all, cultivators needed a stable mortal world.
Therefore, the royal family of each dynasty was the ruler of the country.
To put it bluntly, they were just tools that the Cultivators had chosen to help manage the country.
If the imperial court's power really made the people of the mortal world miserable, the cultivators would be the first to come out and deal with them.
In the past, the emperors of some dynasties had been ambitious and thought that they could escape the control of the Cultivators with their armies.
However, the outcome was usually not too good.
It might be very difficult for a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator to defeat a hundred thousand mortal soldiers, but it was still easy for them to enter the palace and kill an emperor.
As for the Foundation Establishment stage, there was no need to mention it. This difference was no different from the modern civilization's attack on the ancient civilization.
"It's not easy for me to come to the mortal world. Since that's the case, let's go to the imperial palace to take a look.”Ye Changsheng nodded without hesitation.
Then, under the lead of the official surnamed Ye, the group of five sat in a specially prepared carriage and headed toward the Imperial Palace.
"Welcome, Immortal Elder." After entering the palace, the guards in front of the palace knelt on the ground respectfully.
Along a straight path, they arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace's Hall of Nine-Five. There were even civil and military officials who came to pay their respects.
"Welcome to the Xuanqing Capital.”
"Isn't this a little too solemn? Why did all the officials come out?”To be honest, Ye Changsheng did not expect the scene to be so grand.
They were just here for a meal, so why did all the officials come out to welcome them?
"This is not strange. Young clan leader, don't forget that these officials also have descendants. Generally speaking, other than the Ye family, the family would also give ten spots for each Spirit Testing Conference. These spots would be distributed by the royal family.”Ye Changxi explained.
Ye Changsheng immediately understood what was going on.
A country with a population of more than 50 to 60 million would give out ten places every ten years.
From this, one could see how intense the competition was. With the extraordinary status of cultivators in the mortal world, even civil and military officials, who wouldn't want their children to have the opportunity to seek immortality?
These civil and military officials did not come to pay their respects to him to curry favor. He was afraid that if he didn't come, he would offend him, right?
After all, as an immortal, he only needed to say a word to cut off the path of immortality for the descendants of these civil and military officials.
"Let's go, let's go in. Don't let our emperor wait too long.”Ye Changsheng stepped out of the carriage, followed by Yan Yu and Qing Yu.
After they got out of the carriage, the eunuchs hurriedly laid out a luxurious golden carpet for Ye Changsheng and the others. The carpet was laid step by step until it reached the center of the hall.
Ye Changsheng shook his head.
With such a grand and luxurious treatment, some of the clan members with bad temperaments would probably be reluctant to go back after one or two trips.
Not every cultivator could break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and those who couldn't could only live for 120 years.
Instead of spending time on cultivation, it was better to stay in the mortal world and enjoy the taste of being above others.
After all, hard work might not necessarily lead to success, but not working hard was really comfortable.
"Long sigh, how many of our Ye family members are assigned to the mortal world?”
"There are still quite a few. After all, the relationship between the Xuanqing Kingdom and the Ye Clan is not shallow. Basically, the clan will send two to three clansmen to guard every city in the Xuanqing Kingdom. For example, there were currently 20 clansmen from the branch lineage and three direct descendants from the main lineage in the Grand Tutor's residence.”
"In the clan, who is from the Xuanqing Imperial Family?”
"There are. Not to mention the distant ones, the previous master of the Silver Moon Manor was once a member of the royal family.”
"I was wondering why the Silver Moon Villa was decorated so magnificently back then.”
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