The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 413 - 181 Xuantian Ascending Dragon Pill (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 413: Chapter 181 Xuantian Ascending Dragon Pill (Please Subscribe)_2

He glanced at the Sealing Platform once visited by the Empress, and his understanding deepened: the Emperor’s seat held no sanctity, for a woman could ascend to the throne, plainly showing that this position was for those with the strength to occupy it.

Besides, those with great strength and pride, how could they tolerate others ruling over them?

Arriving at the gate of the Heart Zen Institute.

From inside, an elderly voice emerged,

"Abbott’s essence is stable and concentrated, nearly touching the Martial Saint Realm. Congratulations are in order. But may I know, what brings you here today?"

"The world is on the verge of chaos, I beseech the Elder to bestow upon me the recipe for the Xuantian Ascending Dragon Pill, to help me break through the shackles of Qi-Blood and step into the true Martial Saint Realm, thus granting me the strength to contend with the Great Yu Imperial Family."

The Great Yu Dynasty had two Martial Saints, but rumors claimed they both were over a hundred years old, and had not shown themselves for many years, leaving it uncertain whether they were dead or alive.

But Xiong Chan well knew that if nothing unusual occurred, Martial Saints living up to a hundred and twenty was not surprising.

If the Great Yu Dynasty faced troubled times, and if Martial Saints were still alive, even just one would keep any faction leader restless at night.

Indeed, a Martial Saint could not directly defeat an entire army, but once determined to kill someone, opportunities would invariably arise.

Only beings of the same level, either another Martial Saint or a Ghost Immortal, could contend against a Martial Saint.

After Xiong Chan spoke, the Heart Zen Institute fell into a long silence.

After a long while, a Jade Scroll flew out from the Heart Zen Institute.

Xiong Chan caught it and was overjoyed. He then gave a deep bow towards the Heart Zen Institute and descended Taishi Mountain.

This Xuantian Ascending Dragon Pill was a recipe created by the real Dan Immortal, Baopuzi.

Baopuzi, in his era acclaimed as a Dan Immortal, was a great achiever in the Taoist Outer Elixir Technique, and the Xuantian Ascending Dragon Pill was his proud creation.

This recipe, after changing hands several times, ended up with the Great Zen Temple.

However, there was one extremely important and difficult-to-find key ingredient for this pill, the "Turtle Snake Essence."

This term comes from Taoist terminology, "Turtle and Snake Entwined, life perseveres."

Nowadays, aside from the Great Zen Temple having this recipe, Taihe Mountain also possessed it and had successfully concocted it.

Xiong Chan had a good personal relationship with the Sect Leader of the Dragon Gate Sect from this generation of Taihe Mountain, and it was not difficult to inquire about the secrets of the Turtle Snake Essence. In fact, the Great Zen Temple and the Dragon Gate Sect were also allies within the worldly society.

Hence, lay disciples from the Great Zen Temple established the Dragon Gate Escort Agency.

And the headquarters of the Dragon Gate Escort Agency was in Yingtian Prefecture.

Li Wendding from Dragon Gate Sect was the former Governor of South Zhili.

In the worldly society, both the Great Zen Temple and the Dragon Gate Sect were regarded as highly prominent entities.

In this dynasty, Emperor Taizong held the founder of the Dragon Gate Sect from Taihe Mountain in high esteem, visiting multiple times and greatly expanding construction on Taihe Mountain.

However, the lineage of Founder Zhang from the Dragon Gate Sect was distinct from the Quanzhen Dragon Gate Sect, known as the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path, a secretive transmission within the Dragon Gate Sect.

Each generation of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path has only one successor, who is the sworn enemy of the master of the Seven Kills Demon Palace of Changbai Mountain.

Both sides have been entangled in grievances for two hundred years.

What exactly was going on inside, not even Xiong Chan, nor the Sect Leader of the Dragon Gate Sect, was clear.

However, the successor of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path holds a position akin to the Saint Heir of another major sect within the Dragon Gate Sect, highly esteemed.

The ancestral teachings of the Dragon Gate Sect also advise no inquiries, and to facilitate the successor of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path in his travels across the world.

The current Chaotian Temple Master, the State Preceptor, is this generation’s successor of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path.

However, the Chaotian Temple Master also started his own Dao lineage at Chaotian Temple and accepted many disciples.

But the most important transmission of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path remained with no chosen successor.

Thus, the disciples of Chaotian Temple are not successors of the Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path.

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On the other hand, after Xu Qing was ready, he decided to travel by land to Dragon Tiger Mountain to visit the Heavenly Master Mansion. During this period, the civil unrest in East Mountain Province grew more complicated.

Because along the coast of the state governments in East Mountain Province, the influence and minions of the Eastern Yi people began to appear.

This undoubtedly also impacted the court’s maritime transportation.

It should be noted, an important support for the Grand Secretary’s reforms is that some of the grain from the Capital and Liao Dong is transported by sea to avoid excessive losses.

Maritime transport has very low costs and can effectively circumvent the corruption in Cao Yun.

However, Cao Yun belongs to a deep area of the reform, and the Grand Secretary has no direct thoughts of cutting it off.

After all, the mere phrase "millions rely on this for their livelihood" was enough to make even the Emperor hesitate.

Being an Emperor is difficult, let alone an Emperor in the later stages of a dynasty.

It has been observed through historyphies, after two hundred years within a unification Dynasty, gibtChange the replacement of one dynasty for another.

This is also an issue that all unification Dynasties since the Qin, which abolished the feudal system, have had to face.

The feudal system during the era of Shang and Zhou Dynasties was certainly not conducive to central authority, but it allowed for the development of many feudal states, known then as the various Xia, spreading Huaxia civilization to all corners and continuously expanding.

Unification dynasties also expand, but the drive for cultural expansion and the feudal system are different.

For feudal lords governing their own territories undoubtedly tend more carefully than regional officials.

Local officials on the frontiers, like Mr. Zhou, the Lingnan Governor, regardless of having fundamentally different powers from feudal lords, also have entirely different motivations.

Ultimately, the Governor is still primarily a servant of the Emperor.

However, the fact that unification could replace feudalism naturally indicates that the benefits of unification outweigh those of the feudal system.

History is tortuous and continuously advances.