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Chapter 527: 391: Exiting Seclusion, Destroying Buddhism!_2

Chapter 527: Chapter 391: Exiting Seclusion, Destroying Buddhism!_2

Nearly twenty in total!

Although the number of Reach Profound experts did not increase, the Gang Condensing Martial Artists were still a central force for him at present.

“Please rise.”

Chen Yuan raised his hand, and an invisible Gang Qi lifted everyone.

“Thank you, my lord!”

“Thank you, my lord!”

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Inside the Heavenly Patrol Hall.

Chen Yuan sat alone at the head, with Lady Xu sitting close beside him in attendance, followed by Du Ming, Han Yu, Liu Zhengsong, and others below.

Through their reports, Chen Yuan had learned why so many Gang Condensing Martial Artists had appeared.

In the nearly two months that he had been in seclusion, people like Han Yu hadn’t been idle either, still expanding their power, drawing in Jianghu Loose Cultivators, with most of the Gang Condensing Martial Artists coming this way.

Of course, these people were all vetted thoroughly and had clean backgrounds.

Besides these, a small part was cultivated by themselves. In the secluded Tangshan Prefecture, they accessed abundant resources, so much so that they hardly lacked anything.

With ample resources, it was naturally possible to build some top experts.

People like Mo Donghe had already reached the Heavenly Gang Level, not far from Reach Profound, and had undergone a series of purges, eliminating all court martial artists unwilling to pledge loyalty to Chen Yuan.

They were all labeled as traitors and executed along with their families.

They strictly executed Chen Yuan’s orders, shaping Tangshan Prefecture into his personal kingdom.

Furthermore, the Military Equipment Army under Du Ming also went through a purge, filled with experts, cleansing those loyal to the court or other leaders.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan nodded slightly, offering a few words of encouragement and praise. He had to admit that they had done quite well, entirely to his liking.

What he wanted was exactly this scenario, to have absolute authority in Tangshan Prefecture.

Whether it was the court or the Jianghu martial artists, anyone who dared not obey would be charged and executed; the dragon slayer eventually turned into a tyrant, acting even more ruthlessly than Shen Yongzhi and Song Jingang before him.

The only difference was that they oppressed the common people and brought disaster upon Tangshan.

Chen Yuan, however, did not covet the wealth of those commoners but instead chose to earn a good reputation, rebuilding Tangshan and shaping it into the true center of the Three States!

“My lord is too gracious; these are duties we ought to fulfill,” said Han Yu and the others, immediately smiling.

“Tell me more about the recent activities.”

Chen Yuan tapped his fingers on the table, thud, thud, thud… It was as if he was tapping directly into their hearts.

Li Zhengsong’s expression turned serious, beginning to inform him about the recent situation in Jianghu.

It was from them that Chen Yuan had learned that the Hidden Dragon List had so many unfamiliar faces, and his good brother Shangguan Yu had been squeezed out of the top ten.

Ouyang Zhi and Han Yu had also been squeezed out of the Hidden Dragon List, while Zhang Xuan, with his own power, had successfully entered the top twenty of the Hidden Dragon List…

It was only about two months, yet such changes had occurred.

One had to say, the Ascending Immortal Fruit and the number one spot on the Hidden Dragon List were indeed attracting attention and envy.

This was normal; with the opening of the Immortal Battle, the Hidden Dragon List would always experience a bout of chaos. It’s just that this time, the struggle was fiercer.

“Who is the martial artist that dislodged Brother Shangguan?” he asked casually.

Han Yu spoke with a grave expression,

“It is the Princely Heir of the King of Beiliang, Wei Wuque!”

“The King of Beiliang?”

Hearing this name, Chen Yuan’s brows furrowed slightly, his gaze flickered. Anyone familiar with the Great Jin Court could not ignore two names: one was the King of Beiliang, who nearly controlled the Liangzhou Army and politics, and the other was Prince Zhen Nan, guarding the Southern Border and the Ten Thousand Mountains.

These two were the two princely kings of the Great Jin, with shocking power and influence. In Chen Yuan’s view, both were nearly on the verge of ruling independently, and they shared one thing in common.

That was, during the time of the Great Chu Dynasty before the current one, they were frontier generals who had rebelled and later submitted; after the Sima Family rose in rebellion, these two frontier generals also revolted and were subsequently ennobled as princes.

And they were much relied upon by the court.

However, Chen Yuan knew that, though their power was formidable, they had always acted low-profile, with little known about them in Jianghu.

Chen Yuan had thought they were all practicing self-preservation, but now it seemed…

Things were getting interesting, with the Princely Heir of the King of Beiliang beginning to involve himself in Jianghu.

“And what of Prince Zhen Nan?”

“No news has come from that end.”

“The Immortal Battle is about to start; it indeed has attracted a lot of attention,” Du Ming couldn’t help but exclaim.

He even felt an overwhelming sense of being outdated.

“By the way, has there been any word from Ye Chenbai?” Chen Yuan suddenly asked.

Lady Xu was startled for a moment, then hurriedly said,

“My lord, if you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have forgotten. A letter did come not long ago from Qingzhou City, signed by Ye Chenbai. I took the liberty of reading it,

and the gist of it was to offer you an Ascending Immortal Token.”

“Where is the token?”

“I have placed it in the study.”

Chen Yuan nodded slightly; the Ascending Immortal Token basically functioned as an admission ticket, issued by Ye Chenbai’s side, as a sign of support for Chen Yuan’s participation in the Immortal Battle.

This was something Ye Chenbai had told him before.

Before the start of the Immortal Battle, the Ascending Immortal Tower would make fifty tokens, distributed preferentially, from the first on the Hidden Dragon List down to the fiftieth.

Once all tokens were handed out, it was pretty much the end of that session of the Hidden Dragon List.

After that, one would typically have to wait another decade.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan inquired about the situation in Qingzhou City, thinking that perhaps Jiang He from the Divine Palace might have some admonitions for him as well.