All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

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She was a former member of the Western Chu state; her mother was the head of the three thousand sword attendants of the last emperor of the Western Chu state.

Her mother's sword dance was one of the Eight Great Skills of the Great Chu, and Yu Youwei was also well-versed in it. However, this sword dance was for entertainment purposes only and she was not good at killing people.

However, the naive Yu Youwei wanted to use this sword dance to assassinate Xu Fengnian.

However, an hour before she was about to meet Xu Fengnian, this handsome young man beat her to it.

"Kill them all."

A calm command came from behind the gauze curtain.

Li Hanlin took a step forward and ran towards the gauze curtain.

"Who the hell is this, acting all high and mighty here..."

Before he could finish speaking, a burst of icy true energy shot out, and Li Hanlin was instantly splattered with blood, his head shattered.

The pageboy behind Li Hanlin was killed before he could escape, and the two Vajra Realm experts were easily killed as well.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Fengnian, who couldn't wait any longer, finally arrived.

As soon as he entered, he was choked by the familiar, pungent smell of blood.

He had smelled blood on the battlefield and suffered severe aftereffects.

As soon as he stepped into the room, a gust of wind blew open the gauze curtain, and Xu Fengnian saw the person behind it.

At that moment, Xu Fengnian felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his legs went numb, and he collapsed to his knees.

Boom boom boom!

After kowtowing several times, Xu Fengnian said in a trembling voice, "This nephew greets Uncle Tang! Greetings, brother-in-law!"

"Uncle Wang has come from afar; I am sorry for not welcoming you properly!"

Chapter 230 Xu Zhihu's arranged marriage is cancelled! He follows Princess Zhu to Northern Liang!

In Tai'an City.

The black-clad imperial advisor Yang Taisui and the imperial tutor Yuan Benxi were both urgently summoned to the palace by Emperor Zhao Chun.

The two met briefly at the palace gate, but neither spoke; they rarely appeared together.

Yuan Benxi, who controlled Zhao Gou, was all about conspiracies and intrigues, while Yang Taisui, who planned for the world, only came up with open and aboveboard schemes.

The fact that these two people appeared at the same time indicates that the emperor is facing a major problem.

When the two arrived at the Imperial Study, they saw Zhao Chun with a gloomy face, with Han Shengxuan, the head of the Twelve Eunuchs, standing behind him, and Nan Huaiyu, the Director of the Imperial Observatory, standing in front of the Imperial Desk.

The Imperial Observatory of the Li Yang Dynasty maintained a group of Qi cultivators who could observe the Qi of heaven and earth, and also had a Dragon-Tiger Summoning Immortal Array.

The Dragon-Tiger Summoning Immortals Formation can summon immortals from Dragon-Tiger Mountain who have ascended to the Heavenly Gate to descend to the mortal realm, and is one of the trump cards of the Li Yang Dynasty.

Several years ago, it was the Imperial Astronomical Bureau that calculated that Wu Su's unborn child was the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor.

The reincarnation of Zhenwu the Great is usually a powerful ruler who reigns supreme. The old emperor Zhao Li was terrified, which is why he instructed Yuan Benxi, Yang Taisui, and Nan Huaiyu to orchestrate the White Robe Case in the capital.

And now, all the masterminds behind the White-Clad Case from back then are here.

Zhao Chun's face was ashen, and the wrinkles on his forehead had deepened overnight.

"Teacher, we were wrong..."

The emperor's opening statement was completely nonsensical, leaving Yuan Benxi somewhat taken aback.

Zhao Chun looked at Nan Huaiyu, "Supervisor, you speak."

With his white hair and beard, Nan Huaiyu bowed to the two old ministers and then began to explain the results of his divination.

"Gentlemen, the Imperial Observatory has been discovering an anomaly in the world's fortunes for the past two years."

"This anomaly is different from the calculation that Xu Fengnian is the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor; it was extremely vague at the beginning."

"The situation is becoming increasingly clear now, especially after the great battle between Shazhou and Beiliang."

Both Yang Taisui and Yuan Benxi knew that the Imperial Observatory was set up to discover the enemies of the Liyang Dynasty.

Nan Huaiyu continued, "Emperor Li Chang'an of Tang has been gathering the fortune of the world. According to my divination, Emperor Li Chang'an will overthrow the Li Yang kingdom!"

Yang Taisui said expressionlessly, "Your Excellency, this isn't the first time you've said something like that."

In order to highlight its status, the Imperial Observatory did indeed have a habit of making alarmist claims, and its tone was similar when it claimed that the True Martial Emperor was a reincarnation.

Nan Huaiyu stroked his snow-white beard and said with great certainty, "This time is different. The Tang King's fortune is unbelievably strong."

At this moment, Yuan Benxi said somewhat angrily, "I find it hard to believe what the Supervisor says!"

"You previously said that Xu Fengnian was the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor, and that the late Emperor and His Majesty were extremely wary of him. What happened in the end?"

"Xu Fengnian is clearly a complete waste; he hasn't accomplished anything!"

The imperial tutor was furious, and Nan Huaiyu's pressure increased sharply.

"The ways of Heaven are unpredictable. Mr. Yuan's question is also my own..."

Yuan Benxi persisted, "I ask you, when Li Chang'an was born, were there any unusual phenomena in the heavens and earth?"

Nan Huaiyu said with difficulty, "No, Li Chang'an's fortune has only surged in the last two years. Although Xu Fengnian is the reincarnation of the True Martial Emperor, his fortune should have been taken away by Li Chang'an."

Yuan Benxi sneered, "So, Li Chang'an is even more powerful than the True Martial Emperor? I wonder which deity he is, reincarnated as a mortal?"

Nan Huaiyu continued to explain, "If it were a reincarnation of a deity, the Imperial Observatory would be able to detect it during pregnancy. But this Li Chang'an... even I can't see through him."

"But I have already written to the Guanyin Sect of the South China Sea. They are also Qi cultivators. Let's see if they have any results."

Tantai Pingjing, the sect leader of the Guanyin Sect of the South China Sea, was a terrestrial immortal who had cultivated himself from a Qi cultivator and was also skilled in the art of observing Qi.

Yuan Benxi was furious because if he had known earlier that Li Chang'an's fortune was abnormal, he would never have used Li Chang'an to carry out this scheme of using one tiger to devour another.

At this moment, Zhao Chun stopped the three of them from arguing and instead waved to Han Shengxuan.

"Shengxuan, convey the words of the Grand Supervisor of Heavenly Beings to them."

The emperor's brief statement was more authoritative than his usual imperial edicts.

The three elders of the Liyang Dynasty were dumbfounded, unable to believe what they were hearing.

The Celestial Supervisor!

He has lived since the founding of the Liyang Dynasty and still looks like a young eunuch in his teens.

This eunuch shares the same destiny with the Li Yang Dynasty and has achieved longevity through the Li Yang Dynasty's destiny, thus advancing to the realm of a terrestrial celestial being.

The first rank has four realms: Vajra, Finger of Profound, Celestial Phenomenon, and Land Immortal. Beyond that, there are nine more ranks.

The highest-level masters can no longer be called human, because terrestrial immortals can now ascend to the celestial realm.

However, not everyone wants to ascend to heaven. Those who pass through the Heavenly Gate without entering are called Celestials.

This young eunuch of the Liyang Dynasty is the true national treasure of the Liyang Dynasty.

This Grand Eunuch was indifferent to state affairs and even the struggle for the throne, because as long as the emperor still bore the surname Zhao and the Liyang Dynasty still existed, nothing else mattered to him.

Now that the Heavenly Supervisor has sent word, it means that a major event that threatens Liyang is about to occur in the world.

Han Shengxuan slowly said, "The Grand Eunuch said that there are extraterrestrial demons in the northwest that will endanger the fortune of Liyang."

Upon hearing Han Shengxuan's words, even Nan Huaiyu, the Director of the Imperial Observatory, couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Two hundred years have passed, and the Yang Dynasty has been established for two hundred years. This is the first time that the Celestial Supervisor has sent a message to the Emperor.

Because no matter how the nine kingdoms of the Spring and Autumn period fought each other, or how powerful the Northern Liang became, the Grand Supervisor of Heavenly Man always remained silent.

This shows that none of those previous events threatened the fortune of Li Yang.

"The northwest direction... isn't that the direction of Shazhou?"

“Li Chang’an has risen to prominence in recent years, and Xu Xiao has been established in the Northwest for many years. If this great scourge is Bei Liang, the Grand Eunuch should have noticed it long ago.”

The cultivation of the Celestial Grand Supervisor is similar to the Taoist incense offering path. Once they leave Tai'an City, their strength will be greatly reduced, and they will no longer be able to maintain their terrestrial celestial cultivation.

However, as long as he is within Tai'an City and has the blessing of the Li Yang Qi, the Heavenly Human Grand Supervisor will be invincible in this world!

Seeing that the elders had fallen silent, Emperor Zhao Chun said, "Gentlemen, what should we do now?"

"Since the Grand Supervisor of Heaven has spoken, Li Chang'an will become the greatest threat to our dynasty."

"Let's put aside the matters of Northern Liang and the various vassal kings of the same clan for now. We can't allow Li Chang'an to grow any stronger."

Yang Taisui suggested, "Your Majesty, I implore you to immediately dispatch General Gu Jiantang to Shu, under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion of the Qingyi Alliance, to prepare the army for war."

"At the same time, a secret edict was sent to Xu Xiao, informing him that the court was supporting Northern Liang over him and Li Chang'an."

Yuan Benxi added, "On the day Li Chang'an is to be married, an imperial edict can be issued in public to cancel the bestowed marriage!"

"In this way, we can win over the hearts of the people of Beiliang, strike a blow against Li Chang'an's arrogance, and make Shazhou and Beiliang mortal enemies."

"Once all parties are ready, the troops from Western Shu, Qingzhou, and Northern Liang will launch a joint attack to completely annihilate Li Chang'an!"

Preparing for war takes time, especially for a national war like this. The group's idea was to launch the war after Li Chang'an's wedding.

Zhao Chun mentally analyzed the balance of power among the various parties and considered the opinions of Yuan Benxi and Yang Taisui.

“The Prince of Yan was stationed to guard the former territory of the Southern Tang. Now that the former royal family of the Southern Tang is in rebellion, he must send troops.”

"Furthermore, Western Shu is a crucial location, and it needs to be guarded by a vassal king. Gu Jiantang alone is not enough."