Dominating Martial King

Chapter 2017: Chapter 657: The Real and Fake Bai Lingxi (Part 2)

Chu Xisheng also wasn’t qualified to seek forgiveness on behalf of Chu Zheng.

And once this piece of meat reaches Chu Ming’s mouth, don’t expect this woman to keep being obedient and dutiful.

"Oh, right!" Chu Xisheng suddenly remembered something, his expression slightly solemn: "I received accurate news that the Nine Phoenix has completed Nirvana. You need to be careful recently, the Nine Phoenix is not the same as the Vermilion Bird."

"The Nine Phoenix?"

Si Huangquan slightly raised her eyebrows.

Actually, without Chu Xisheng saying it, she had already sensed it through her own bloodline power.

She wondered in surprise, where did Chu Xisheng get this accurate news?

The matter of the Nine Phoenix completing Nirvana is a secret within the Phoenix Clan, how did Chu Xisheng know?

Si Huangquan’s heart warmed, Chu Xisheng really did care about her as a close friend.

Just as Si Huangquan wanted to say something more, she saw Chu Xisheng holding another ’Great Sun Divine Core,’ engrossed in its transformation using the Ruyi Heavenly Rule.

The three Great Sun Divine Cores that Chu Yunyun had snatched were all somewhat imperfect, but the sorcerers led by Lu Luanti deduced a method of completion.

Although these top sorcerers were geniuses, they were limited in vision and didn’t know the views of an Upper Eternal. However, they devised a method, sacrificing part of the Great Sun Divine Core’s ability, to perfect it to a usable level.

Si Huangquan couldn’t help but bite her lower lip, seeing Bai Xiaozhao, who was hovering above Chu Xisheng’s head, staring directly at her.

Those eyes were piercingly bright, as if questioning her: What are your intentions, Si Huangquan?

Si Huangquan silently snorted, and then dispersed this Avatar Transformation of hers.

Shortly after Si Huangquan left, two tokens flew into the Alchemy Room, one after another.

Chu Xisheng glanced over at them.

They were two Bai Lingxi from He State who, after months of warfare and back-and-forth, had finally joined hands to restore order in He State.

Just half a day earlier, the two had, with rare mutual understanding, ceased undermining each other, and in a decisive battle, annihilated the remaining army of the Giant Sun Clan’s ’Giant Spirit Lords’ of He State.

Subsequently, the two submitted petitions, requesting to return to court to detail their duties.

Chu Xisheng shook his head, thinking that it truly was a case of the tree wanting to be still but the wind not ceasing.

He wanted to cultivate peacefully for a while, but while the town was quiet, all sorts of troublesome matters kept coming one after another.

He had already completely seen through the true identity of this Bai Lingxi.

The question is, who is the real Bai Lingxi?

Chu Xisheng’s thoughts shifted; these two from He State could be dealt with together with the matter of the Returning Ruins.

But before that, he had some preparatory work to complete.

Such as using the increasingly pure and vast Twelve Dragon God Heavenly Guardian and Ruyi Heavenly Rule to continue enhancing and transforming the personal magic artifacts of himself and Chu Yunyun, among others.

For example, the ’Wanxiang Star Plate’ could be fundamentally transformed.

Chu Xisheng didn’t need to improve the internal array structure; just enhancing the material of the ’Wanxiang Star Plate’ and fortifying the divine soul power of the artifact spirit could elevate its tier to the peak of demigod.

If he further refined the array and used the Wish Stone to perfect it, a lower eternal could be expected.

Encountering the ’Star Authority Seal’ with Gouchen’s finger bone as the core, its potential would be even more promising.

Chu Xisheng paid special attention to this divine artifact as it determined the strength of the ’South Pole Star God’ that he would summon in the future.

Of course, of utmost importance was still the Divine Contract Stele, into which he had to incorporate various scraps scraped off the Profane God Stele, thereby further enhancing the capabilities of these divine artifacts.

After all, he didn’t have his own National Suppression Array; the dragon energy gathered by the Twelve Dragon God Heavenly Guardian couldn’t be preserved temporarily, and not using it would be a waste.

Speaking of ’dragon energy’, Chu Xisheng also wanted to create a magic artifact capable of storing and preserving some of the dragon energy, one that he could carry with him. So even when far from the Divine Continent, he could utilize the Twelve Dragon God Heavenly Guardian temporarily.

Moreover, with the Heavenly Rule and Martial Arts, Chu Xisheng had to use up the Wish Stone in his possession as soon as possible to maximize his martial arts insight and heavenly rule power.

These tasks, one after another, all needed time to be completed.

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Two months later, Chu Xisheng maneuvered the Bathing Sun Divine Ship, hovering above the Wuzhong Ocean.

Beneath him lay the entrance to the Returning Ruins.

While Chu Xisheng mastered the Heaven-cutting Saber, an even more powerful Escape Skill that allowed for instant teleportation over vast distances of millions of miles,

it came at the cost of his True Yuan and the usage limit of ’Time Instant Step.’

Thus, for daily transportation, Chu Xisheng still preferred the ’Bathing Sun Divine Ship.’

This flying boat had been remodeled as well, with increased tunneling speed and the ability to conceal its tunneling light.

The Formless Divine Sect had long had the idea of remodeling the ’Bathing Sun Divine Ship’, with the Mage Institute and Talisman Formation Institute having devised over a dozen array diagrams over the generations.

They believed the arrays in the original crafting of this flying boat were not perfect, wasting the materials of the ’Bathing Sun Divine Ship.’

However, re-crafting was no easy task, and these ideas remained only on paper.

Only Chu Xisheng could reconstruct its internal artifact array without harming the foundation of the ’Bathing Sun Divine Ship.’

At this time on the flying boat, besides the accompanying Chu Ming and Mad Sword Feng San, there were also two Bai Lingxi who had come on orders.

Within them, Mad Sword Feng San’s eyes were deep, observing the two women of holy temperament and unfathomable depth ahead.

He still felt a sense of familiarity with these two women, and each encounter always left him uneasy.

Feng San harbored suspicions in his heart; he had recently stepped down from his position as Chu Xisheng’s personal guard, transitioning to administrative work.

His combat prowess could no longer keep up with Chu Xisheng’s pace and was insufficient to help Chu Xisheng handle his enemies.

Yet on this trip to the Returning Ruins, Chu Xisheng had brought him along.

Could there be a specific purpose?

Chu Xisheng also looked meaningfully at the two Bai Lingxi ahead.

They were just too similar; if not for the slight differences in their official robes, Chu Xisheng wouldn’t be able to distinguish between number one and number two.

And even the Eternal God who contacted him months ago couldn’t differentiate which of these two Bai Lingxi was the Avatar Transformation of His closest ally.

Chu Xisheng activated the ’Supreme Divine Sense’, displaying the scarlet pupils in his eyes, making every effort to distinguish,

but after three breaths, he gave up and instead perused the memorials they had submitted over the past two months: "You both did very well in He State. The Police Pool of Blood said that the things instructed by His Majesty have been accomplished without discount, nearly to perfection. The key is that the former subordinates of the West Palace Empress are very satisfied with your actions in He State."

Those citizens left by Ween Suyi in the Ice City mostly had no intention of moving back to He State.

They gained a lot of land in Yan State and Ice State, and their current living standard wasn’t worse than back in He State; in fact, it didn’t fall short, so they weren’t willing to make any changes.

However, there was a blood feud between the Extreme East Ice City and He State’s myriad tribes.

After the fall of Extreme East Ice City, the numerous citizens left in He State, and a number of civil officials and generals, were slaughtered by the allied forces of He State’s myriad tribes, with barely one-tenth making it out alive.

This was undoubtedly a deep-seated grievance that couldn’t be resolved, with the likes of Extreme Sword Zhangsun Ruolan and the remaining ministers of Ice City harboring resentment for it.

But during their punitive expedition against He State, the two Bai Lingxi eradicated nearly half of He State’s myriad tribes.

In over ten battles in recent months, the two almost wiped out the young and strong of He State’s myriad tribes, with thirty-plus tribes expected to face extinction.

At this point, the Cabinet, following Chu Xisheng’s decree, had begun to plan for immigration to He State.

There was ample idle land there, sufficient to accommodate the increasingly prosperous population of Jiangnan.

Chu Xisheng at this time gestured with his hand, signaling for the Bai Lingxi who was about to speak to remain silent.

"Your military and political skills are unquestionable, I’m quite satisfied. No wonder you were able to contend with Tai Chu Xuan Nu."

He looked at the two with a smile: "I’m more curious to know, which one of you is the real Master of Pure and Satisfied?"

At the moment his words fell, both Bai Lingxi’s eyes sharpened, their expressions changing.

Mad Sword Feng San also furrowed his brows.

Master of Pure and Satisfied—yet another familiar term to him.

He couldn’t help being familiar with it; before Chu Xisheng’s rise, the Master of Pure and Satisfied had always been a candidate Saint of the Ruyi Heavenly Rule.

Meanwhile, this person had always been Chu Xisheng’s adversary.

However, in recent years, Feng San found himself inexplicably forgetting about this God.

Chu Ming’s gaze also subtly focused, silently resting her hand on her sword, her eyes filled with intense vigilance and killing intent.

Around her, all the light at this instant twisted, gathering towards Chu Ming’s body.

The atmosphere on the Bathing Sun Divine Ship became tense in this moment.

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