Chapter 102: Thousand Illusions Glazed Painting

"My beloved concubine, please take a look first. Are these all magical instruments?"

"Magical weapon?"

Only then did Cui Xiabing realize that there was a pile of items placed in front of them.

Zen staff, robes, wooden fish, demon-subduing pestle, etc., as well as some underwear used by monks.

It seemed that even the clothes on Monk Fayuan had been stripped off.

Cui Xiabing said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the magic weapon must not be too close to the trapped monk, otherwise it will be very easy for him to control it again."

"Don't worry, my dear. He can't control the magic weapon here."

Zheng Yi said, "My beloved concubine, please take a look first to see if there are any other magical instruments among these items?"

"That Thousand Illusions Glazed Painting should be a magical tool. I and Old Chen were temporarily controlled by this painting. If it weren't for the Blood Moon Gu..."

"The concubine knows."

Cui Xiabing immediately bent down to check and quickly picked out two things.

"Your Majesty, I have checked and found that there are only two magical instruments in this pile, but they are both broken and I do not know how to repair them."

"Everything else is just ordinary clothing."

"Oh?"

Zheng Yi looked and saw that the first item was a string of dark yellow Buddhist beads, but it was now covered with cracks and was obviously damaged.

Even the strings connecting them had broken, and more than a dozen Buddhist beads piled together looked tattered.

The second item is a bronze demon-subduing pestle with an ancient appearance.

Like the Buddhist beads, this pestle has also been damaged and cannot be used at all.

"Take another look at this scroll, my dear."

Zheng Yi handed the Thousand Illusions Colored Glass Painting to Cui Xiabing and asked her to check it out.

Cui Xiabing's eyes changed from suspicion at the beginning to surprise. He put his hands on it and tried to feel it. Finally, he shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, I cannot tell the difference between this thing and my flying sword."

"What grade is your flying sword?"

“A mid-level magical weapon.”

"Doesn't that mean that this scroll is at least a top-grade magical weapon?"

"Yes."

Cui Xiabing added: "A cultivator who can control three different magical instruments in succession must be at least in the middle stage of Qi training, or even in the late stage of Qi training!"

"Master is like this. She also has three magical instruments, not counting the flying sword she taught me."

"By the way, Your Majesty, I received a letter from my master. She said that she will be able to return to Dayu in a year at most."

Zheng Yi's eyes lit up slightly and he asked, "Where is she now?"

"Snow Cloud Country."

Cui Xiabing said, "The master said in the letter that she found a spiritual herb in Xueyun Country, which will mature in more than a year. After picking the spiritual herb, she will set off to return to Dayu."

"Snow Cloud Country..."

Xueyun Kingdom is a country in the northern part of Dayu, and also north of Wu Kingdom. Only a very small part of the snow-capped mountains borders Dayu.

Zheng Yi was not very clear about the intelligence about Xueyun Country. The two countries did not have much hostility and only contacted each other occasionally.

Zheng Yi only knew that Xueyun had endless snow-capped mountains and grasslands, vast land and sparse population, and the people living there were extremely poor.

"When my beloved master returns to the capital, I will definitely visit him."

Zheng Yi continued, "By the way, my beloved concubine, do you have the means to find out the true level of this person's cultivation?"

Cui Xiabing pondered and said, "I need to transfer my spiritual energy into his Dantian to check."

"it is good!"

The three of them came to the trapped Fayuan, and Cui Xiabing saw clearly that Fayuan was completely stripped, with his hands, feet and neck all chained and hanging in the air.

On the other side, there are iron pillars and walls.

He only had a layer of rag wrapped around his waist, obviously to avoid embarrassing Cui Xiabing.

In addition, there is a Blood Moon Gu in his throat, temple, cervical vertebrae, and dantian. Its mouthparts extend into his body, suppressing the flow of magic power in his body.

The most important thing is not to tamper with the source of the threat law.

Otherwise, as long as Zheng Yi made a move, these Blood Moon Gu would be able to kill Fayuan!
Cui Xiabing took a deep breath and placed one hand an inch away from Fayuan's abdomen.

The magic power in the body flows and pours into the body of the source of magic.

Fayuan was seriously injured and unconscious at the moment, and had no reaction to the external spiritual power at all.

Cui Xiabing quickly withdrew her hand and said, "Your Majesty, this Fayuan's cultivation is only at the fourth level of Qi training, which is only one level higher than mine."

"The fourth level of Qi training? I understand."

Zheng Yi said, "Thank you for your hard work, this place is dark and damp. I will have someone take you upstairs and wait for me in the bedroom."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now."

Cui Xiabing said softly, then turned around and walked up under the guidance of the Shadow Guard.

Zheng Yi, however, stared at the source of the law in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Chen."

"The old slave is here."

"No matter what method we use, we must dig out all the information from him."

"Even if he secretly watched the widows in the village taking baths when he was a child, I want to know!"

Elder Chen said in a sinister tone: "I will obey your orders! I will never let you down!"

Zheng Yi nodded, turned around and left the underground palace with Qianhuan Liuli Painting.

However, Chen Liancang turned around and looked Fayuan up and down, as if he was looking at a pig to be slaughtered.

"Someone come~"

In the darkness, at least a dozen figures appeared. They were all the shadow guards he had carefully trained. At this moment, they were staring coldly at Fayuan.

"Listen carefully, two people in a group, divide into four groups to monitor this person for one day, and don't take your eyes off him. As long as he wakes up, tell us the first time, understand?"

"Yes, ancestor!"

"Hehehe..."

In the darkness, Chen Liancang's tone was extremely cold.

"So what if he's a monk? He still fell into our hands."

"When you wake up, we will dig out all your secrets from you!"

"I hope you... can hold on!"

Zheng Yi found Cui Xiabing as soon as he walked out of the underground palace.

"My beloved, do you have the method to make a ritual instrument?" "Your Majesty wants to make a ritual for that Thousand Illusions Glazed Painting?"

Cui Xia Bing was surprised and said, "The ritual method I learned was taught by my master, just for the purpose of practicing the flying sword."

"I don't know if I can practice the Thousand Illusions Colored Glaze Painting. And I just checked and found that Fayuan is not dead. There are still restrictions on the Thousand Illusions Colored Glaze Painting. Your Majesty cannot practice it."

"So, we have to wait until he dies?"

Zheng Yi held the Thousand Illusions Glazed Painting with some reluctance.

This is a top-grade magic weapon that can easily control him and Old Chen, two powerful innate realm masters, in an instant.

If he could master it, it would be like adding wings to a tiger!
Cui Xiabing shook his head and said, "Waiting for the original owner of the magic weapon to die is one method. There is also another method of grinding away the restrictions on the magic weapon by using one's own magic power and divine consciousness."

"The restrictions on the fourth-level Qi training cultivators...will take about one or two years to open."

"One or two years..."

The corner of Zheng Yi's mouth twitched, and he immediately felt like he had entered a treasure mountain but came back empty-handed.

"Forget it, let's wait for Mr. Chen to dig something out of him first."

"Ah."

Cui Xia Bing touched Zheng Yi's forehead distressedly and said: "Your Majesty, please stop frowning. It hurts me to see you~"

"Distressed?"

Zheng Yi picked up Cui Xiabing by the waist and laughed, "Then let my beloved concubine comfort me, hahahaha."

"Ah~ Your Majesty!"

An hour later, Cui Xiabing fell asleep contentedly in Zheng Yi's arms.

And a line of words appeared again in the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror in Zheng Yi's mind.

【Absorbs Yin energy, mana +1. 】

[Absorbing Yin Qi, water attribute spiritual root +1. 】

"really……"

Zheng Yi said: "Only when my partner and I are in harmony and in love, can I gain mana."

"My current cultivation level is..."

This line of handwriting disappeared, and new rows of handwriting appeared.

[Owner: Zheng Yi]

【Talent: Yin and Yang】

【Lifespan: 27/5668】

【灵根：水（中品1/1000）、土（下品63/100）、木（下品12/100）】

[Mana: 1/1000]

[Comprehensive Strength: Qi Training Level 1]

[Innate Spiritual Energy Progress (Level 6): 10/]

His water-attributed bones grew the fastest and had already reached the middle level.

However, the earth and wood attribute spiritual roots are still of inferior quality.

However, Zheng Yi believed that if he was given some more time, with the help of Cui Xiabing and Yuechan, he would be able to enter the middle level!

The most important thing is to practice Qi at the first level...!
He closed his eyes and could clearly feel a warm breath flowing through his Dantian, which was the center of his body and continuously circulated through his limbs.

The vortex of mana in the dantian is also constantly rotating, remotely controlling the mana flowing throughout the body.

“Is this… mana?”

"What a pity. I don't have any major cultivation techniques. These manas are just attributeless manas without any characteristics."

"Unless you can find a suitable cultivation method and corresponding spells."

"And Master Yuheng..."

Zheng Yi's heart moved, and he thought of the Taoist nun of Taiyi who had lived in the palace for more than a year.

"This girl must have spiritual roots, otherwise Master Zhao Xizheng of Taiyi would not have allowed her to participate in the selection of concubines."

"Now that cultivation is imminent, it's time to take her down!"

"And there is the Yunmengze Tuoba family."

Zheng Yi's eyes changed again. He had issued two imperial decrees, inviting the abbot of Tianlong Temple Fayuan to come to Beijing, and at the same time asking the Tuoba family to offer a legitimate daughter as a concubine.

Fayuan harbored evil intentions and was imprisoned by him.

However, the Tuoba family remained silent, neither agreeing nor agreeing. Even the Jinyiwei who were sent to convey the imperial edict disappeared.

Really strange.

"It seems that the Tuoba family of Yunmengze also has rebellious intentions, otherwise they would not have not responded to the message for so long. Do they want to drag it out?"

Zheng Yi murmured, "Since you want to drag it out, then I will grant your wish!"

"I want to delay too!"

After a night, a piece of news came from Baiyujing the next day.

"Master Fayuan has profound knowledge of Buddhism and is proficient in the three religions. Your Majesty is sincerely convinced and invites him to stay in the palace temporarily to explain Buddhism to Your Majesty!"

It is said that a eunuch saw that after Master Fayuan entered the palace, Buddha's light was floating in the sky above Baiyujing, lotus flowers bloomed on the ground, and hundreds of birds paid homage to the phoenix. The sky changed drastically!

At the same time, a team of Jinyiwei escorted more than ten carriages to Tianlong Temple in Lin'an.

His Majesty was delighted that Fayuan presided over the lecture and bestowed many rewards on him. He had Fayuan escorted by the Embroidered Uniform Guards and sent him to the Tianlong Temple!
As for how many of these rewards are from the Jinyiwei and Dongchang spies, no one knows.

Chen Liancang once said that two innate strong men were born in the southern martial arts family.

He also relied on the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to obtain intelligence from the martial arts world.

The source of Fa in Tianlong Temple is not the newly emerged innate strong man.

What about that innate strong man? Is he still hiding in Tianlong Temple?

The purpose of Jinyiwei's trip is to investigate this innate strong man!
Just when Zheng Yi set his sights on Tianlong Temple, the Tuoba Family of Yunmengze and Nanyue County, Xu Mujun, who was far away in Heishan Pass, suddenly received a great news.

The old emperor of Wu State died.

Before his death, he left a portrait, which was inherited by his seventh son Wu Siwen.

Wu Siwen was born into the Meng family, an aristocratic family in the Wu State. His grandfather was the prime minister of the Wu State and had controlled the government for many years. It was normal for him to support his grandson to ascend the throne.

However, more than ten princes including the eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth prince, etc. were not convinced at all. They led their troops to fight around the imperial court of Wu.

The situation was not as chaotic as that in Dayu.

In order to stabilize the government and find foreign aid for his grandson, Wu State Prime Minister Meng Yu delivered the war reparations to the Yu and Wu States as quickly as possible, thereby gaining the support of Xu Mu's army.

Xu Mujun's letter this time was to ask which party Dayu supported to ascend the throne?
Besides this, there are two other things.

(End of this chapter)