The Eastern Palace.
Li Jiancheng was sitting in his study, marking memorials.
Since the beginning of this year, the Emperor had been in seclusion in order to break through to the Emperor realm. All the matters of the court had been handed over to the Crown Prince to take care of.
Li Jiancheng had been in charge of the government for a year.
Now, he was already familiar with it.
"Your Highness, it's time for supper."
The chamberlain walked into the study and brought a bowl of steaming porridge.
"Hmm…"
Li Jiancheng held a red pen in his hand and said casually,
"What time is it?"
"It's almost midnight." The chamberlain replied respectfully.
Li Jiancheng raised his head slightly.
"It's almost midnight? Time flies."
He closed the memorial in his hand and took the hot porridge. He took a sip and said,
"Is there a new ranking on the Tiger List?"
Ever since Li Yuan's fifth place was refreshed during the day, there had been no movement on the Tiger List. The top four hadn't been refreshed for a long time, as if they were holding back their big moves.
For some reason, Li Jiancheng felt uneasy.
"No, it's still in fifth place.”
The chamberlain ran out to take a look and came back to report.
"Who are the top four?”
Li Jiancheng frowned and muttered,
"Other than the Turkic Khan Jie Li and that so-called 'hidden emperor' who heavily injured father, I really can't think of anyone else.”
"Li Shi Min, oh Li Shi Min, could it be that your realm is really ranked in the top four, above Imperial Father?”
Li Jiancheng had been thinking about this question!
On one hand, he felt that Li Shimin could not surpass Li Yuan. He was only a Prince! He was even more powerful than his father, who was at the peak of the emperor realm?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
On the other hand, Li Shiming's ranking had not appeared yet, which made him deeply suspicious.
What went wrong?
Could it be that the Tiger List had overlooked Li Shi Min? Or did he use some special method to avoid it?
All kinds of thoughts surged into his mind, causing Li Jiancheng to be somewhat distracted.
"Is there any movement from Imperial Father?”
he asked again.
"Your Highness, His Majesty is in seclusion and has cut off all contact with the outside world.”
The chamberlain replied,
"That Great Dream Drunken Dragon Pill seems to be able to make people fall into a deep sleep, allowing people to break through in their dreams. I'm not very sure, but that's what the Deputy General Manager said.”
Li Jiancheng nodded slightly.
From the name, one could tell that it was related to dreams.
Li Jiancheng had also seen many talented cultivators. He had broken through a realm that others could not pass with a dream.
"Is there any movement from the Heavenly Policy Prefecture?" he asked again.
Li Jiancheng had been paying attention to Li Shimin and the Heavenly Policy Manor.
However, he was a little lacking in intelligence work. He did not have the ability to gather information like the Shadow Tower.
Arranging spies to monitor the periphery was already his limit.
"Everything is normal. Today, Zhangsun Wangfei brought a few imperial grandchildren out shopping.”
The chamberlain replied,
"They only returned to the residence when it was almost time for curfew.”
Li Jiancheng nodded.
"It's good that everyone is quiet.”
His expression relaxed a little as he ordered,
"Go, send some supper to the brothers guarding the Eastern Palace.”
"They have been patrolling day and night. It must be hard on them. It's already midnight…tell them to rest.”
"Yes." The chamberlain received the order and turned to leave.
Li Jiancheng got up from his chair and stretched lazily in the study. Then, he closed his eyes slightly.
The Immortal Deity Technique circulated quietly. Waves of exuberant vitality rose, sweeping away his fatigue.
The vitality in his body was boundless. Even if he was slashed by someone now, he could immediately regrow his severed limbs!
"With this divine art, even peak emperor realm cultivators have nothing to fear.”
Li Jiancheng couldn't help but laugh. He said confidently,
"I was too cautious."
After muttering a few words, he walked out of the study and looked at the sky.
Strangely enough, ever since the Dragon and Tiger Ranking List appeared, there were not many clouds at night. Instead, one could see the bright moon and the stars in the sky.
High up in the sky, the Tiger List was down, and 96 rankings had already appeared!
There were only four seats left!
Those four seats represented the four strongest people in the world!
Li Jiancheng was staring at it when suddenly, a divine light flashed!
The Tiger List refreshed at this moment!
However, this time, it did not refresh the fourth place. Instead, a situation that had never appeared before appeared.
Li Yuanji's column, which was ranked 19th, suddenly went out!
" Huh?!"
Li Jiancheng frowned slightly, and his heart sank!
Before he could think about what was going on, a divine light flashed again!
"Fourth place, Li Shimin, King of Qin of the Great Tang, half-step Emperor-to-be combat strength. Heavenly Dao rewarded him with a Heaven Grade Upper Grade Divine Weapon, Immortal Slaying Sword!”
Li Jiancheng was speechless.
"Half…half…half step Emperor-to-be?!”
He opened his mouth wide and looked at the sky in disbelief. He kept muttering to himself,
"No, this is impossible, impossible!”
"How can he be a half-step Emperor-to-be? How could he be a half-step Emperor-to-be?!”
"He…must have made a mistake! The Heavenly Dao must have made a mistake! Ah?"
" Half-step Emperor-to-be... Heavens..."
Li Jiancheng staggered and almost fell on the steps!
Half-step Emperor-to-be!
What kind of concept was this?
His father had been trying his best to break through for a year, but he couldn't make any progress. He couldn't even touch the threshold of Emperor-to-be!
There was an insurmountable gap between emperors and monarchs!
No matter how powerful peak emperor realm cultivators were, they were still emperor realm cultivators.
No matter how inferior a half-step Emperor-to-be was, he was still an Emperor, an existence that had touched the laws!
Li Shiming was a prince, but he had secretly reached this level?
And he was the Crown Prince!
The Crown Prince, who enjoyed the most fortune of the dynasty other than the Emperor, was only at the late-stage Emperor Realm…
He could not accept it, he could not accept it…
"Li Shi Min, you hid it well!"
Li Jiancheng calmed down a little and reluctantly accepted this reality. He gritted his teeth and said,
"I really didn't expect you to have reached this level!”
"What do you want? You hid it so deeply? What are your plans?"
"Men! Men!"
At this moment, Li Jiancheng was no longer as calm as before. He had lost his composure and broken his defense!
His pride and confidence as the Crown Prince had been shattered!
At the same time, a strong sense of unease and fear rose in his heart!
With Li Shi Min's current realm and the Heavenly Dao's reward, who could still hold him back?
"Your Highness, what can I do for you?"
A servant quickly ran over.
"Quick, quickly enter the palace to report to Imperial Father! I must tell my father! Li Shi Min is a half-step Emperor-to-be!"
Li Jiancheng said anxiously,
"Also, hurry to Martial Virtue Hall and see what's going on with King Qi! How did he get blacklisted on the Tiger List?!"
"Go quickly, split up into two groups!"
He was anxious!
The change of the two rankings on the Tiger List gave him an extremely bad feeling!
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