Chapter 240 Above the Grandmaster
"Senior Yin Zhong, you saved my wife and my younger sister's lives. I will help you heal your injuries and restore you to your best form. The deal between you and me is over. We say goodbye now!"

Zhu Chengwu glanced at Tong Yinzhong, then left with the magic mirror and Xue Ruyi.

Zhu Chengwu had new insights. For him, the most important thing now was to find a safe place to fully digest these insights.

Everything else, just put it aside!

"Thank you so much today, Emperor. Yin Zhong wishes you all the best!"

Tong Yinzhong's eyes flashed, but he did not choose to stop Zhu Chengwu from leaving. Instead, he bowed and said this.

Although Tong Yinzhong had recovered from the injury of the spirit mirror and returned to his best condition, he also wanted to take back the Blood Ruyi and the Spirit Realm from Zhu Chengwu and make Zhu Chengwu, the supreme grandmaster, disappear. But after all, he had just recovered. Now when fighting with Zhu Chengwu, Tong Yinzhong had only a 50% chance of success at most.

Tong Yinzhong doesn't want to suffer the "Spirit Mirror Injury" again!
This was unacceptable to Tong Yinzhong who had just recovered!
Therefore, even if he had some ideas in his mind, Tong Yinzhong, who was frightened by the injury from the spirit mirror, could only suppress them temporarily until he was extremely sure.

As long as Tong Yinzhong does not take the initiative, even though Zhu Chengwu has sensed some changes in Tong Yinzhong's mood, he will not take the first step.

One reason is that Tong Yinzhong could be considered to have done him a favor.

The second is the secret place of heaven and earth like Shuiyue Cave, whose rules are different from those of the outside world.

These differences will more or less affect Zhu Chengwu's ability to perform.

Although the rules in Shuiyue Cave are obvious and the vitality is rich, it can make it easier for practitioners to practice, comprehend and perform.

After offsetting the advantages and disadvantages, Zhu Chengwu's performance in Shuiyue Cave is not much different from that in the outside world.

But this easier thing is the same for everyone.

This is true for Zhu Chengwu and also for Tong Yinzhong.

However, due to the slight differences in the rules, the suppression and restrictions caused had the greatest impact on Zhu Chengwu.

If the action is taken in Shuiyue Cave, there might be complications for Zhu Chengwu. You know, in Shuiyue Cave, besides Tong Yinzhong, there are other members of the Tong clan.

The Tong family are all masters of spiritual cultivation, especially the elders.

The reason why they were frozen by the ice energy after Xue Ruyi was shattered was because they had been at ease for too long and became too careless. They were not prepared and could not react.

If they were given time to prepare, the ice energy after Xue Ruyi was shattered would be unable to do anything to them.

Even if we don't count the other members of the Tong clan, just Tong Yinzhong and Tong Bo who are currently at the scene, accidents may happen once Zhu Chengwu chooses to take action.

After all, whether it is Tong Yinzhong or Tong Bo, they are both members of the Tong clan.

The basic methods all come from the Tong family, and Shuiyue Cave was established by the ancestors of the Tong family.

Therefore, even though Tong Yinzhong also came to Shuiyue Cave for the first time, the suppression and restrictions he encountered were much less than those of Zhu Chengwu.

In fact, this was also a good opportunity for Tong Yinzhong to miss. With Tong Yinzhong's talent, if he had started his practice in the Shuiyue Cave Heaven where the rules were more obvious, the vitality was more abundant, and practice was easier, then Tong Yinzhong might have been able to impact the Immortal God with the perfect state of a peak Yang God and a top master, and thus become a superior Immortal God.

In that case, Tong Yinzhong's strength will be stronger than it is now.

The immortal gods who achieved the status of ordinary grandmasters and ordinary Yang Gods are only lower-class immortal gods, with the combat power of grandmasters. The immortal gods who achieved the status of ordinary grandmasters and peak Yang Gods or the supreme grandmasters and ordinary Yang Gods are middle-class immortal gods, with the combat power of supreme grandmasters. The immortal gods who achieved the status of supreme grandmasters and peak Yang Gods are the upper-class immortal gods, with combat power almost above that of grandmasters or Yang Gods.

If Tong Yinzhong had achieved the status of a superior immortal god, then even if Zhu Chengwu had advanced the Blazing Sun Fiery Palm to a level above that of a true master, he might not be able to gain an advantage against Tong Yinzhong.

It couldn't be like this now. Facing the recovered Tong Yinzhong, Zhu Chengwu was just worried about any accidents that might happen.

Tong Bo was able to become a master at the age of 27, thanks to the advantage of practicing in Shuiyue Cave, which was much easier than practicing in the outside world, and the speed of practice was also much faster!
"Tong Yinzhong~~"

Just when Zhu Chengwu was about to leave Shuiyue Cave by the same route he came from, a few angry shouts from an old man suddenly came from Shuiyue Cave.

Zhu Chengwu glanced back at the depths of Shuiyue Cave, then took the magic mirror and Xue Ruyi and left Shuiyue Cave without looking back.

Zhu Chengwu has helped Tong Yinzhong recover from his injuries, and the rest has nothing to do with Zhu Chengwu!
……

After leaving Shuiyue Cave, Zhu Chengwu's world returned to peace for a rare time.

After returning to the capital of the Heavenly Kingdom, Zhu Chengwu first spent several months digesting all the gains he had made in the Water Moon Cave.

Zhu Chengwu then sent people to bring Cui Shuyun, Zhu Xiumin, and Zhu Xiulan, the three sisters-in-law, Gongsun Lei, Gongsun Shi, and Gongsun Jing, the three fathers and sons, Zhao Shilin and Yue Lingshan, and the two brothers Yue Buqun and Feng Buping to a nearby place.

For the next three years, in addition to watching the clouds, watering the flowers, and fishing every day, Zhu Chengwu also guided those close to him in their practice.

As for the internal affairs of the Celestial Empire, they are handled by the Cabinet and supervised by the Supervisory Yuan.

Three years later, Cui Shuyun's understanding of the way of Yang Shen has become deeper, and Zhu Xiumin and Zhu Xiulan have also been forcibly raised to the level of minor grandmaster by Zhu Chengwu.

Among his disciples, the eldest disciple Zhao Shilin was also forcibly raised to the level of a minor grandmaster by Zhu Chengwu. His wife Yue Lingshan also gave birth to a son for him, which was considered to be a branch of the Zhao family.

As for the innocent second disciple Gongsun Lei, his strength has not changed much. However, his son and daughter have laid a good foundation and have a promising future.

And because Gongsun Shi and Gongsun Jing started to practice the basics of martial arts, Gongsun Lei, who had free time, actually made his wife Zou Xiuling pregnant again.

It turns out that the nature between men and women is something that either you don’t understand, or once you understand it you become addicted to it!

As for Yue Buqun and Feng Buping, Feng Buping became a junior master of swordsmanship after following Zhu Chengwu for two years, and for a time gained an advantage in the competition with Yue Buqun.

Unfortunately, half a year ago, Yue Buqun suddenly made a breakthrough and became a true master.

He surpassed Feng Buping in one fell swoop.

Yue Buqun did not disappoint Zhu Chengwu's expectations and successfully cleared his name.

At the end of the three-year period, when Yue Buqun and Feng Buping left Zhu Chengwu, the battle over sword energy arose again. In the end, Feng Buping was defeated by Yue Buqun's Zixia magic and innate Gangqi, and his sword broke and he died.

The Huashan Sect's sword energy dispute finally came to an end on that day.

In response to this, Zhu Chengwu just smiled after receiving the relevant information.

Yue Buqun understood Zhu Chengwu's hint and read Zhu Chengwu's meaning.

When Feng Buping tried to seize the Earth Core Fire Lotus, Zhu Chengwu couldn't say much because of Feng Qingyang's favor, but if it was Yue Buqun who did it, no one would be able to say much.

Moreover, Zhu Chengwu did give Feng Buping a chance. It was with the help of Zhu Chengwu that Feng Buping successfully achieved the level of a minor grandmaster.

The reason for all this is simply because Feng Buping's competitors are stronger and Feng Buping is not as good as his fellow junior brother Yue Buqun.

In addition to these close people, some forces related to Zhu Chengwu have also entered a period of rapid development.

Zhu Xiumin's husband's family, the Li family, replaced the Fu'an Marquis Mansion and became the absolute ruler of Xuzhou City and even Xuzhou Prefecture. They were no longer subject to the ubiquitous control of the imperial court during the Ming Dynasty, but instead received strong support from the Celestial Court.

After being rescued by Zhao Yuguang, Qiuyue, after meeting Zhu Chengwu, led the remaining members of the Qiu clan to leave Xuzhou City and head to Jiangnan, where they established Qiufeng Villa.

Because of the relationship between Qiuyue and Zhu Chengwu, Qiufeng Villa developed rapidly in the Jiangnan area.

It is worth mentioning that Qiuyue has already reached the level of a junior grandmaster in martial arts.

Cui Rongwei, who was also rescued by Zhao Yuguang, returned to the Cui family after meeting Zhu Chengwu. He fulfilled his grandfather's wish and became the great elder of the Cui family at the level of a junior grandmaster. He no longer had to be bullied by others in everything.

Huashan, relying on Yue Buqun, who was at the level of a grandmaster, and the Xiantian Gangqi, a prestigious magical skill manual passed down by Zhu Chengwu himself, began to charge towards the position of the leading figure in the martial arts world in the post-Wudang Shaolin era.

The Zhu and Zhao families, on the other hand, have always maintained their superior status among the great families of the Celestial Empire thanks to the Supervisory Council.

After making sure that the people you care about and the forces you care about have a certain degree of self-protection ability.

After believing that he had made enough compensation and had a clear conscience, Zhu Chengwu began to work his way up to Grandmaster level alone on an ordinary night. The bottleneck above Grandmaster level was even stronger than Zhu Chengwu had imagined!

Even though Zhu Chengwu's foundation was already extremely solid.

Even though Zhu Chengwu's understanding of the rules of fire was already extremely profound, he had even pushed the Blazing Sun Fiery Palm to a level above that of a true master.

In the end, it still took Zhu Chengwu three days and three nights to succeed with the help of the "Jade Book".

In this process, the power of the spiritual mirror, the blood Ruyi, and the destiny of the Heavenly Dynasty all played their respective roles.

Without all these preparations, Zhu Chengwu might not have been able to break into the Grandmaster level so easily.

After achieving the level of a Grandmaster, Zhu Chengwu's true Qi also underwent a transformation, turning into a form that Zhu Chengwu could not understand.

Under the influence of this transformed power, the "Jade Book" in Zhu Chengwu's mind, which had been pretending to be dead and only reacted to Tong Yinzhong's strange changes, began to vibrate again.

The vibration of the "Jade Edict" was particularly violent this time, and at the end of the vibration, the "Jade Edict" actually broke into pieces.

As the "Jade Edict" shattered, countless pieces of information flowed out of it and merged into Zhu Chengwu's mind.

It was also at this time that Zhu Chengwu understood the causes and consequences of his time travel and rebirth.

It's all just a face-saving battle.

The immortals, gods, and saints who are high above have always had serious disagreements on which is more important, the spirit or the body, and which can go further.

The two young immortals have been high and mighty since birth. While they are good friends, they are also absolute fans of the physical and spiritual factions respectively.

After another heated argument, the two young immortals decided to conduct an experiment.

One of them randomly selected a person from the ancestral land which had become a land of absolute spirits, and gave the chosen person a "golden finger" which was very popular in the ancestral land.

Another of them chose a small base of the spiritual faction, transformed himself into a demon, cut off most of the spiritual faction's inheritance, and sowed the seeds of the physical faction.

They silently transformed the spiritual small base world, and when that world developed in line with their expectations, they would integrate the lucky person chosen from the ancestral land and his "golden finger" into the world they had transformed.

Finally, it depends on whether, under the impetus of that lucky guy and the "golden finger", spiritual immortals or physical immortals will appear first in this world.

Whichever faction's immortal god appears first, the one who supports the young immortal god of that faction will win the vote.

The two young immortal gods of noble status transformed a total of five such small base worlds, some of which were originally spiritual bases, and some were originally physical bases.

Different lucky people and their "golden fingers" were placed in each of the five small base worlds, and the young immortal with the most votes in the end would win in the end.

Once the loser, the losing young immortal god must consider himself the younger brother and call the winning young immortal god "big brother".

Zhu Chengwu was extremely shocked and did not know whether to laugh or cry when he learned this information from the "Jade Book".

Zhu Chengwu never imagined that the time travel, rebirth and golden finger that he regarded as the ultimate secret actually came about in this way.

It turns out that the starting point for some people’s birth is the end point that many people cannot reach even if they struggle for their entire lives!
Zhu Chengwu once treated many people of the Ming Dynasty like this.

The same is true for Zhu Chengwu for the two young immortals now.

From the information sent by the "Jade Book", Zhu Chengwu also learned what was going on with Tong Yinzhong's strange state and why the Jade Book would vibrate when facing Tong Yinzhong's strange state.

Tong Yinzhong's strange state was affected by the power of rules left behind by the two young immortals in the process of transforming the world.

The purpose of the two young immortals transforming this world is to determine the winner fairly. Naturally, they have to keep the physical and spiritual factions in a relative balance, and neither side can have a clear advantage.

Once people in the world know that physical martial arts is a new path, the upper limit is the Grandmaster, while refining the spirit is a glorious path, and some people have already achieved above the Yang God.

That would obviously upset the balance!

The jade tablet vibrated to remind Zhu Chengwu not to have too much contact with Tong Yinzhong and not to choose the path of the immortal god.

The so-called immortal gods are actually heavenly soldiers and strong men used as cannon fodder by the immortals and saints. They are not even heavenly generals.

The lower-class immortal gods are the lower-class heavenly soldiers, the middle-class immortal gods are the middle-class heavenly soldiers, and the upper-class immortal gods are the upper-class heavenly soldiers.

The heavenly generals are real immortals and gods.

It’s just that most of the lower-level celestial generals are immortals with limited potential and poor performance.

The upper-level celestial generals are the real backbone of the immortals and gods.

The fact that Tong Yinzhong could become an immortal god shows that he was already a heavenly soldier prepared by some immortals and gods.

Zhu Chengwu should not have too much contact with him.

Of course, the vibration of the jade edict was still reminding Zhu Chengwu not to choose the same path of the immortal god as Tong Yinzhong.

Once Zhu Chengwu chooses the path of the immortal god, and cultivates his body and spirit together, Zhu Chengwu's upper limit will be locked. Becoming a heavenly soldier is a small matter, but ruining the face-saving dispute between the two young immortal gods is the real big deal.

Unfortunately, the reminder in the jade edict was too obscure, and Zhu Chengwu did not understand it at all, and still chose the immortal god as a backup.

Fortunately, Zhu Chengwu only used the Immortal God as a backup, and succeeded in breaking through to the Grandmaster level.

otherwise…

Zhu Chengwu's fate is clear to all.

But successfully reaching the Grandmaster level also means that Zhu Chengwu is about to leave this world and become the bodyguard of one of the two young immortals.

Good, guard!
This is the reward given by the two young immortal gods to the first new immortal god in the small base world who achieves above the Grandmaster or Yang God.

You know, there are many people in this world who want to be their guards.

As newly promoted immortals and gods, being able to become their guards and servants can be considered a reward for those who won a precious vote in the battle for their face.

Zhu Chengwu had no idea what his current mentality was or what his future mentality would be regarding the information conveyed in the jade edict.

Boom~~~
Without giving Zhu Chengwu more time to think, a ray of world light came from an unknown place across space and time and led Zhu Chengwu away.

This was a method reserved by the two young immortal gods of noble status who were fighting for face.

The appearance of this guiding light also means that Zhu Chengwu is the first person to achieve a level above Grandmaster or Yang God in this small base world transformed by the two young immortal gods.

The spirit of heaven and earth-Narcissus failed in his attack on Yangshen!
"Big Brother/Marquis/Emperor..."

Seeing the guiding light that suddenly appeared, Cui Shuyun, Zhu Xiumin, Zhu Xiulan and others were extremely shocked, and many people in the capital of the Celestial Empire knelt down in shock.

Everyone guessed that Zhu Chengwu had successfully broken through to the Grandmaster level and became an immortal or a god.

After all, three days ago, when Zhu Chengwu began to break through, strange phenomena began to appear throughout the Heavenly Kingdom.

This strange phenomenon was caused not only by Zhu Chengwu's unprecedented attempt to become a Grandmaster, but also by the fact that Zhu Chengwu was using the luck of the Heavenly Dynasty to assist him in his attempt to become a Grandmaster.

Therefore, many people expected Zhu Chengwu to succeed in his attempt to become a Grandmaster!
However, the kneeling people of the Heavenly Kingdom could never have imagined that Zhu Chengwu, the emperor who was invincible in their eyes, had indeed succeeded in breaking through to the level of a master and became a first-class immortal.

But Zhu Chengwu did not go there to enjoy himself, but to serve as a bodyguard for others!

(End of the book)

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