Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 716 - 591: Shuying Promoted to Middle Heaven Level_1

Chapter 716: Chapter 591: Shuying Promoted to Middle Heaven Level_1

Li Xuan didn’t know what was happening inside the palace, as he had already exited, standing before a figure towering like a mountain at Wu Gate.

It was none other than the former Great General Liang Heng, who currently stood in a mandarin duck battle robe, holding a long spear, standing up against Chengtian Gate as if he were an ordinary Forbidden Army soldier.

Li Xuan walked over in confusion: "What are you doing here?"

"What does it matter to you what I’m doing?" Liang Heng shot back, fury burning in his eyes as he glared at Li Xuan. However, under Li Xuan’s icy stare, he grudgingly grunted: "Daddy~"

He had once sworn an oath of consciousness, that he would call Li Xuan ’dad’ whenever he saw him.

But this utterance was as faint as an ant’s call.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but frown, digging his ear: "Your voice is too low, I can’t hear you. Son, you seem weak. Why is your voice as meek as a mosquito? Speak up."

Liang Heng noticed that the Xiuyiwei and Forbidden Army Soldiers were looking at him with strange looks.

Liang Heng became even more furious, almost wanting to cut people down on the spot.

But then he remembered Iron-faced Man’s previous admonition that if he wanted to regain his former position, he must show his loyalty and submission to the Emperor, so there was no better place than Wu Gate, a locale frequented by numerous civilian and military ministers.

But crucially, without the force of ten thousand armies, he may not be able to deal with Li Xuan.

Liang Heng took a deep breath, determined not to fall into Li Xuan’s trap again.

As Iron-faced Man said, Li Xuan always found a way to provoke him into anger.

He suppressed his anger and responded sullenly, "I’m guarding the gate!"

Liang Heng noticed that Li Xuan didn’t necessarily need to coerce him into calling ’dad’, he was merely insisting he spoke properly.

Li Xuan looked thoughtful as he observed Liang Heng’s mandarin duck battle robe: "Who gave you this idea? It’s quite clever. But this seems inappropriate, doesn’t it? Civilian officials without orders are not allowed to enter Chengtian Gate."

Wu Gate is located behind Chengtian Gate, inside Chengtian Gate is the imperial city, while within Wu Gate is the actual palace interior.

Listening to this, Liang Heng snorted: "So what? This area is under the jurisdiction of the royal army’s commander, aren’t you overstepping your boundaries?"

Li Xuan was the judge of the Central Army, and he had no authority over the royal army’s commander.

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan smiled gently: "I am commissioned by the Emperor, and from today, I shall take charge of Wu Gate’s defense. Do you think that’s within my purview?"

Liang Heng’s face instantly darkened. Couldn’t this man have been sent from heaven just to torment him those days?

"Son, if you want to play guard by the Emperor’s gate, I won’t stop you, but you must head to Chengtian Gate."

Li Xuan patted Liang Heng on the shoulder, "Keep a good watch on the gate. Be focused."

Liang Heng was so furious that he was nearly grinding his teeth to powder, but he felt a slight stirring in his consciousness. Li Xuan seemed to be in a better mood towards him today, so he spoke in a voice as small as a mosquito’s hum: "Can you help me unravel the ’neutralizing’ Rule of Extreme Heaven? Name your price in goods or money."

Li Xuan once again rubbed his ears: "What did you just say? Could you repeat that? I didn’t hear you clearly."

Liang Heng had no choice but to raise his voice: "I said you, could you help me unravel the castrat——"

But halfway through, he noticed something was wrong, sweeping his eyes around, he found that the surrounding soldiers were all watching him.

Liang Heng felt like his chest was about to explode, he turned his head away, "Go away! I don’t want to talk to you."

Li Xuan burst into hearty laughter and walked towards Chengtian Gate, his sword hanging by his side.

Despite his laughter, there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Royal Army Commander - this was a blind spot he had previously overlooked.

In the era of Emperor Taizong, the royal army was transformed from the Twelve Guards to twenty-six royal guards, responsible for defending the imperial city, collectively known as the Royal Army Commander’s Division, not under the jurisdiction of the Dudu’s mansion.

However, during the incident at Tumu Fort, more than half of the twenty-six royal guards were annihilated at Tumu Fort with the True Emperor Zhengtong, and were captured to the grassland to become slaves.

So when Jingtai Emperor ascended the throne, he had to arm the palace eunuchs to guard the gates of the palace, giving rise to the role of eunuchs as captains of the palace and city gates.

Later on, the power of the Royal Army Commander’s Division was mostly usurped by Jingying, established by Yu Jie. The remaining power was paralyzed by the Xiuyiwei and the eunuch captains of the palace and city gates.

Despite this, the structure of the Royal Army Commander’s division was still in place and theoretically still held jurisdiction over the defense of the palace city.

Li Xuan figured he should mention this to Yu Hongchang at some point, otherwise who knew when the Royal Army Commander’s Division could become a potential danger to Emperor Jingtai and Yu Hongchang.

At this thought, he couldn’t help but sigh silently. After the Tumu Fort incident, the national system established by the Great Ancestor and Emperor Taizong was in chaos, leaving a lot of hidden dangers and anachronistic elements.

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Having left the palace, Li Xuan had to hurry to the outer city to attend the birthday celebration of Immortal Master Shuide.

He knew that after Madam Xue, Xue Yunrou’s mother, heard of the ’Black Deer King’, she had immediately brought her elder brother-in-law to reside in the Jiangnan medical hall.

He had also learned that both the Jingtai Emperor and Yu Hongchang were greatly interested in this deer.

However, things had to be handled one at a time. Today was a very important day for Immortal Master Shuide, Ao Shuying.

When Li Xuan arrived at the temple of Immortal Master Shuide, the streets were already decorated with flowers, banners, and bustling with music and revelry.

Originally, the faith in Immortal Master of Shuide in the outskirts of Beijing was almost non-existent.

But due to the recent reputation of Li Xuan as the ’Husband King’, Ao Shuying became renowned among the people in North Zhili, with widespread fame.

The previous White Lotus rebellion and the flood in North Zhili also contributed to the increasing number of followers for Ao Shuying.

So when the temple officiant organized a parade with statues of ’Immortal Master of Shuide Ao Shuying’ and ’Husband King Li Xuan’, the street was crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder.

Looking at his own ’statue’, Li Xuan felt a strange sense of discomfort. He then shook his head and entered the temple of Immortal Master Shuide where Ao Shuying had temporarily created a void with her divine power.

When Li Xuan stepped in, Immortal Master Shuide had already shown her original form, writhing in extreme agony.

Her scales were now broken and incomplete, and even more scales and skin were shedding off her body.

In a corner not far away was Ao Mengsheng, the East Sea Prince of the Dragon Palace, along with Dongfang Liang and Xuanchenzi.

All three of them looked solemn, spreading out their divine consciousness in all directions.

"Li Xuan!" Ao Shuying weakly turned her head towards Li Xuan’s direction: "I said before that you shouldn’t come today."

She didn’t want Li Xuan to see her so pathetic for some reason.

Looking at Ao Shuying, Li Xuan shook his head solemnly: "I can’t rest easy."

Today was the day of Immortal Master’s Ao Shuying transformation, her promotion to the middle heaven level using the dense faith and incense aura during her birthday.

However, this was fraught with danger, with Ao Shuying facing countless trials.

Li Xuan remembered in "Journey to the West" it was mentioned that, after Sun Wukong had mastered the art of eternal life, Bodhi Ancestor Master warned Wukong of three calamities, each one occurring every five hundred years: the calamities of lightning, fire, and wind.

The Tathagata Buddha had also said that the Jade Emperor had suffered through 1,750 calamities, each calamity lasting 129,600 years.

In various cultivation novels, all sorts of ’calamities’ are standard and extremely dangerous.

This world is no exception, whether it’s Wu cultivators or spell cultivators, after reaching the heavenly level, they all need to experience various kinds of calamities, which are extremely dangerous.

Li Xuan has not seen it with his own eyes; he only knows it from books that the calamities of the sub-heavenly level usually occur every hundred years. For promotion to the middle heaven level, there will be major calamities like thunder calamity, water calamity, fire calamity, etc., various forms are possible.

Many heavenly beings in this world have fallen during these calamities rather than being banished from this world by the Jinque Palace.

That’s why Li Xuan had summoned his two strongest subordinates to prevent ’man-made calamities’ in advance.

Ao Shuying was well-known for her strong nature and had quite a few enemies. When she was in the midst of her transformation and promotion, she was at her most vulnerable. It wouldn’t be surprising if someone seized this opportunity to take revenge.

"What are you worried about?" Ao Shuying grumbled discontentedly after hearing him: "I am not so weak as to be unable to pass even a middle heavenly level calamity—"

The next moment, she let out a painful moan, her whole dragon body twisting and convulsing violently, rolling uncontrollably with blood squirting from her body.

Seeing her like this, Li Xuan could not help but frown, his worries increasing rather than diminishing.

He then looked up at the sky to find that dark clouds had already gathered over Beijing.

"Don’t worry, she will be fine."

Ao Mengsheng, the East Sea Prince in the distance, smiled and opened his eyes: "My sister is not so weak that she can’t withstand even a minor calamity."

But Li Xuan could not calm down: "It seems to be the Thunder calamity."

This was one of the most powerful and terrifying calamities among all.

"There are many types of Thunder calamities, each with different powers, but even the most powerful one - so what? Can’t our dragon clan of the East Sea withstand it?"

East Sea Prince Ao Mengsheng raised his eyebrows and spoke arrogantly: "In fact, for us, the most terrifying thing is not the calamities of heaven and earth, but the human mind, which is unpredictable. Therefore, those who cultivate must have a dao companion to help them. I’m glad that Shuying has you by her side."

He knew that this time, Li Xuan had not only dispatched his strongest men to guard, but outside of Shuying’s divine domain, there was also the power of Wen Zhonglie secretly supporting them.

So, he was quite satisfied with this son-in-law.

As for Li Xuan’s romantic nature, it was not a matter of concern in Ao Mengsheng’s eyes.

Although Ao Mengsheng was not as promiscuous as his brothers, he still had more than a dozen wives and concubines.

"Li Xuan, do you know why our dragon clan seeks to cultivate the divine path?"

East Sea Prince Ao Mengsheng looked at Ao Shuying’s dragon body and answered his own question: "On one hand, we intend to bind ourselves with your human race. On the other hand, this world is no longer suitable for our dragon clan, and our transformation also depends on the power of human faith and incense."

Therefore, my father and mother particularly asked me to thank you, saying that if it were not for you, they do not know whether they would be able to see the day of Shuying’s transformation."

At this moment, Ao Mengsheng smelled a trace of unusual fragrance in the void.

His pupils suddenly contracted at this moment: "The Heavenly-Demon!"

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