Chapter 3872

"You do have longevity, but it's hard for your cultivation to improve. Minister Dongfang, you're already a literature saint. If you were on the Hidden Immortal Continent, you might already be a literature star. This is also the disadvantage of the immortal palace!" Immortal emperor's tone was comforting, but his voice was like rolling thunder.

"Your majesty is joking."

Dongfang Huayun didn't dare to be slow and hurriedly replied, "The righteous qi in the immortal palace is countless times denser than the Hidden Immortal Continent!

Cultivating in the immortal palace has an exceptionally solid foundation.

Although I'm still a literature saint, I'm completely different from ten years ago.

And I also know that cultivating in the immortal palace will allow me to reach literature star sooner or later.

But if I cultivated in the Hidden Immortal Continent, I'm afraid … I would've already been stuck at the bottleneck! "

"Just like Dongfang Huayun, I'm grateful for your majesty's grace!"

Ximen Qionghan seized the opportunity and said, "It's my fortune to be able to cultivate in the immortal palace."

Ximen Qionghan's tone was even more humble, and he even called himself 'minister'.

Immortal emperor nodded and asked, "Mhm, how long has it been since minister Ximen contacted your family?"

Dongfang Huayun saw Ximen Qionghan interrupt again, and the immortal emperor's question landed on Ximen Qionghan. She couldn't help but get angry again.

"Your majesty!"

Ximen Qionghan glanced at Dongfang Huayun proudly and respectfully replied, "According to the immortal palace's rules, I'm supposed to contact my family once a year. There's still half a month before the deadline. I should've received the message a year ago."

"Minister Dongfang, minister Nangong, minister Beiming, you too?" Immortal emperor asked.

Dongfang Huayun, Nangong Jingyin, and Beiming Zhiqing hurriedly replied, "Your majesty, yes, we received the message a year ago."

"One day in the immortal palace is one year in the human world. One year in the immortal palace is three hundred years in the human world. In other words, you haven't received any news from the Hidden Immortal Continent for three hundred years?"

"Yes!" The four replied respectfully.

Immortal emperor's tone suddenly turned cold. "So you don't know the current situation of the Hidden Immortal Continent?"

"We … do not know …" Dongfang Huayun and the others were surprised as they answered respectfully. However, no one dared to ask further.

"En, since that's the case, you can go back and wait!" The Immortal Emperor said indifferently, "If the clan sends a message, ask more about the situation of the Hidden Immortal Continent.

Your four great clans are guarding my Hidden Immortal Continent, which is the foundation of us Confucian cultivators. Don't be careless. "

"Yes, we understand!" The four of them bowed respectfully again and replied, "We will definitely pass on this message to the clan."

After the four of them left, a ray of light flashed in the sky of the Lingyun Treasure Palace. A dozen Celestial Generals wearing Celestial Armor appeared on the right side of the golden chair. These Celestial Generals were also a few thousand feet tall. The murderous aura on their bodies seemed to have materialized. The Noble Qi surrounding their bodies was as sharp as the Sword Qi.

As for the left side of the golden seat, there were a few Confucian cultivators in court attire standing asymmetrically. These Confucian cultivators were of different ages, and their height and weight were also different. Although these Confucian cultivators did not have the murderous aura of the Immortal General opposite them, the righteous aura that surged around them was not inferior to the Immortal General's. As the righteous aura surged, a myriad of phenomena were vaguely born.

These Confucian cultivators stood quietly, and their auras were extremely restrained. The person in front was an old man with white hair and beard holding a horsetail whisk. The old man frowned slightly and turned his head to look at the door of the hall, as if he was thinking about something.

"Taibai Jinxing …" The Immortal Emperor asked, "Do you think we can trust these four people?"

"Your Majesty!"

The white-haired Taibai Jinxing waved the horsetail whisk in his hand. He withdrew his gaze from the palace door and sneered, "Chang Geng thinks that if we believe them, we believe them. If we don't believe them, we don't believe them."

"Old man, His Majesty is asking you a question!

Why are you talking like a monk from the Thunder Sound Temple? "

Before the Immortal Emperor could speak, one of the immortal generals roared. His awe-inspiring sword-like awe-inspiring aura rushed over without any hesitation.

"Hehe …" Taibai Jinxing didn't care. He waved the horsetail whisk and blocked the awe-inspiring aura. He sneered, "Tianji Palace has intercepted the messages from the four great clans to the four princes more than once. They are well aware of it. Since they don't want to admit it, Heavenly King Qing Yu … Are you going to force them to admit it?"

"Don't tell me that these four brats are constantly communicating with the four great clans of the Hidden Immortal Continent!"

The immortal general called Heavenly King Qing Yu retorted, "Even the immortal officials under your command, Confucianism, Legalism, School of Agriculture, School of Yin Yang, School of Miscellany, etc. are secretly communicating with the various clans of the Hidden Immortal Continent. Why don't you force them to admit it?"

"The civil officials under this old man's command are mostly from the hundred schools of Confucianism. Although these immortal officials are ranked among the immortals, their origins are from the various great worlds of the Hidden Immortal Continent. They are different from the military schools of the Immortal Palace."

Taibai Jinxing seemed to know Heavenly King Qing Yu's temper. He didn't get angry and slowly replied, "This old man can win over some people's hearts, but I can't control everyone's will!"

"Isn't that enough?"

Heavenly King Qing Yu's mouth twitched. He wanted to say something. "Mm …" The Immortal Emperor's voice sounded. Heavenly King Qing Yu hurriedly lowered his head and stopped talking.

What Taibai Jinxing said was naturally the current situation of the Immortal Palace. It was also the situation since ancient times. Although the Immortal Emperor occupied the Immortal Palace and was the leader of the schools of Confucianism, the power of the military schools couldn't completely control the Immortal Palace.

When the disciples of the hundred schools of Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, etc. reached a certain cultivation level, they would definitely choose some people to take up positions in the Immortal Palace. The positions of these immortal officials might not be very high. However, for many years, the Immortal Palace's various powers were intertwined. The conflicts and alliances between them were endless. This really gave the Immortal Emperor a headache.

In order to make the Immortal Palace feel at ease and balance the conflicts between the Immortal Palace and the Hidden Immortal Continent, the Four Great Clans even specially sent the direct descendants of the Four Great Clans to the Immortal Palace as hostages. These methods couldn't stop the conflicts between the various schools of Confucianism. On top of these conflicts, under the negligence of the immortal officials, the Immortal Emperor felt like he was a mere figurehead.

How could Taibai Jinxing and the others not know the predicament of the Immortal Emperor?

Hearing the Immortal Emperor's cold snort, they naturally didn't dare to speak. After a while, the Immortal Emperor asked, "Did the Four Great Clans report to the Immortal Palace?"

Taibai Jinxing hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this old subject hasn't seen them yet.

However, in this old subject's opinion, once their reports arrive, it'll be time for the dagger to be revealed. Does Your Majesty think their reports are good?

Or is it better not to come? "

The Immortal Emperor calmly asked, "What do you think, dear subject?"

"In this old subject's opinion, Your Majesty summoned the Four Great Clans' heirs today as a warning and also a test. I believe the Four Great Clans' heirs aren't fools. They will definitely inform their own clans of Your Majesty's intentions."

At this point, Taibai Jinxing hesitated slightly before continuing, "In addition, Your Majesty, this old subject feels that there seems to be a gap between the Four Great Clans. Your Majesty might as well use this gap to relieve the pressure at this time."

"Hehe, you think you're the only one who can see it?

That I don't know? "

The Immortal Emperor smiled slightly. "If it were any other time, this tactic of sowing discord might be useful. However, at this moment, even if Dongfang Huayun passes this message to the Dongfang Clan, he will only be reprimanded and make them wary."

"Yes, this old subject is slow-witted!" Taibai Jinxing hurriedly nodded.

The Immortal Emperor asked again, "How many of the Immortal Palace's officials are calling for war?"

"Your Majesty, this old subject has already presented 951 memorials to Your Majesty. 816 of them are calling for war!

Only 10 of them are for peace. "

Taibai Jinxing methodically replied, "As for the 076 memorials that have yet to be presented to Your Majesty, 965 are calling for war, and 666 are calling for peace."

After saying this, Taibai Jinxing hesitated for a moment before continuing in a low voice, "As for the peace memorials … most of them were submitted by my military disciples."

"Mm …" The Immortal Emperor nodded. His tone was somewhat gloomy as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he said, "Perfected Lord Qingyuan, do you think …"

As soon as he said this, the Immortal Emperor immediately came to a realization and stopped.

How could Taibai Jinxing not know what the Immortal Emperor was thinking? He hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Perfected Lord Qingyuan has already been punished and has been banished to Black Ruins Mountain. He is currently not in the Immortal Palace.

Actually, Your Majesty, Perfected Lord Qingyuan is extremely loyal to Your Majesty. He is completely selfless. For the sake of the lives of his subordinates, the Giant Spirit Immortal Generals, he spared the Black Wind Ridge's wild path. This is a display of our Immortal Palace's benevolence.

Furthermore, how can a wild path compare to a general of our Sun Palace?

Your Majesty, there is truly no need to banish Perfected Lord Qingyuan. "

"That's right, Your Majesty!"

Heavenly King Qing Yu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Perfected Lord Qingyuan has acted magnanimously in this matter. He has also clearly stated his grudge with that wild path.

If he wanted to play favoritism and commit irregularities, why would he go down to the Lower Realm?

In fact, with just a bit of information, that wild path would have fled long ago. How could he possibly wait for the Heavenly Network to surround Black Wind Ridge?

Black Ruins Mountain is the most dangerous place at the edge of the Immortal Palace. Even this lowly subject doesn't dare to underestimate it. Perfected Lord Qingyuan's strength … "

"Hmph, is it because I am willing to banish Sun Jian?" The Immortal Emperor laughed coldly. "Isn't this all because of their coercion?

Don't they want to use this as a pretext to attack my prestige?

If I don't banish Sun Jian, I will end up as an incapable ruler. But if I do banish Sun Jian, I will still be the one to suffer!

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame Sun Jian for being too upright. He doesn't know how to be flexible. He has some illicit relations with that wild path … Why report it to me? Can't he just keep it to himself?

If he speaks of it, won't others be able to use it against him?

Tell me, how should I deal with this? "

"Actually …" Taibai Jinxing smiled apologetically. "According to this old subject's knowledge, Sun Gang of the Hall of Enlightenment just happened to be nearby. I'm afraid Perfected Lord Qingyuan was afraid that others would say something, right?"

"Hall of Enlightenment's Sun Gang?" The Immortal Emperor was slightly taken aback. After a moment, he laughed coldly. "This Sun Gang is merely a child. Why did he descend to the Lower Realm?

Could it be that the always well-behaved Xin Xin had other thoughts? "