Volume 1: The Swordsman of the East Chapter 57: Immortal Jade Tablet and New Mission
"Assholes! A bunch of assholes!"
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the imperial palace, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and overturned everything in front of him.
Memorials, stools, teapots, vases, and all kinds of items were broken into pieces on the ground.
Outside the hall, the young eunuchs had already knelt down, with cold sweat dripping down their foreheads.
"What's wrong with the emperor? Little cabinet, you serve the emperor, please tell me, don't let me suffer!"
"This...this...isn't it all caused by that group of civil servants? The emperor's proposal was refuted by all the ministers."
"Alas... those civil servants caused the trouble, but we are the ones who suffer!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down!"
“…”
The emperor vented his anger, sweat on his forehead, and then he slumped down on the couch, cursing: "This won't work, that won't work, it turns out I'm just a decoration!"
"You bunch of bastards are the best candidates for the throne!"
"I am an emperor who rules the world, but I can't even leave the palace!"
"On the one hand, you scold me for having no children, and on the other hand, you say that a girl from the East is just a person from the underworld and is not worthy of entering the palace to be a concubine!"
"On the one hand, he urged me to encourage myself, and on the other hand, he proposed and refuted my various decisions to the point of being completely destroyed!"
"A bunch of corrupt scholars, I really want to ride on a horse and shoot a bow to kill them all!"
Zhu Houzhao gasped violently, and finally slowly calmed down.
He took over the throne at the most peaceful time, and everything went smoothly. He was not good at conspiracies and imperial schemes.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been forced into this state by Zhu Wusi.
If possible, he would rather be a general.
"Forget it, forget it. From now on, let your trusted people handle the affairs and avoid those old corrupt scholars!"
Just after he calmed down, brisk footsteps suddenly sounded outside the hall.
"Shangguan Haitang pays respect to the Emperor!" Shangguan Haitang walked into the hall and bowed.
After the incident with the Divine Marquis, they, the secret agents of the Imperial Palace, had long been people that the Emperor valued highly, and even had special privileges.
Seeing Shangguan Haitang, the emperor's pupils lit up and asked, "She's gone?"
"Your Majesty, the Eastern Patriarch has left the capital at 7:00 a.m." Shangguan Haitang responded.
"Leaving now?" The emperor murmured, and asked hesitantly: "What are you women thinking about? Why do I feel that the Oriental girl is avoiding me?"
"I am the ruler of a country, sitting on a vast territory, am I not worthy of her?"
"Be more confident and get rid of your feelings. People would rather stay away from you!" Shangguan Haitang rolled her eyes silently and said, "The Eastern Sect Leader is a man of the world and the leader of a sect. He loves martial arts. I guess he doesn't understand the emperor's intentions!"
"Don't ask! Please don't ask. If you ask me again, I won't know how to be tactful!" Shangguan Haitang couldn't help but complain in her heart.
"That's right! Miss Dongfang is so young, but her martial arts skills are unfathomable, and her swordsmanship is outstanding! I think she is so focused on martial arts that she has no other thoughts I am being too tactful!"
The emperor agreed with this, but when he thought about how he was trapped in the palace by that group of civil servants and how it would be difficult for him to leave, he became furious.
Waving his hand to let Shangguan Haitang leave, Zhu Houzhao lowered his head and thought for a moment before shouting, "Someone! Send Qian Ning!"
Soon, Qian Ning entered the palace: "Your Highness, I, Qian Ning, pay my respects to you!"
"You are my confidant. There is something I need you to do in person!" The emperor said, and then continued, "I want you to avoid those corrupt scholars, go into the martial arts world in person, collect the martial arts secrets of various sects, and then send them to Miss Dongfang at Blackwood Cliff... No!"
At this point, Zhu Houzhao paused for a moment and changed his words, "Build a martial arts pavilion in the palace to collect all the martial arts secrets!"
Give it directly to Dongfang Bubai, and he won’t be able to see him at all.
If we gather them in the palace, we can invite Dongfang Bubai to come, which would be a good idea.
Qian Ning was embarrassed when he heard this and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to report this. There are many martial arts masters in the Jianghu. I am afraid..."
"How difficult is this? I allow you to mobilize the local army and act according to your own convenience. You must collect all the martial arts books for me. Can you do it?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will definitely do it. However, the martial arts sect is far away in the mountains of Mingchuan, so it may take some time!" Qian Ning responded quickly.
"Well, one year... No! Half a year. I'll give you half a year. No matter what you do, I only want results!"
"Also, arrange for people to mobilize blacksmiths from all over the country to collect rare stones, black iron and other materials to help me forge a sword. I want a real magic weapon! I will allow you to do it at your convenience!"
"It only takes half a year! Can you do it?"
Zhu Houzhao has figured it out. If he wants to meet Dongfang Bubai, he must please him.
If people in the martial arts world like martial arts books, then they will collect secret books from all over the world. If they like magical weapons, then they will summon blacksmiths from all over the world, collect all kinds of rare stones and black irons from all over the world, and make them.
"I obey your order!"
Watching Qian Ning leave, Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly: "By the way, we still need to weave brocade clothes worthy of oriental girls, but we still don't have enough manpower!"
"You are a bunch of bastards and corrupt scholars. One day, I will make you all get out!"
Dongfang Qing didn't have a good ear, so naturally he didn't know what happened in the palace.
I never thought that an emperor would do such a thing in secret.
Ten days later, at the main temple of Heimu Cliff.
Dongfang Qing sat upright in the Chengde Hall, carefully examining the white jade stele in front of him.
The jade stele is about half a meter high, only more than thirty centimeters wide, and as thick as a palm. At first glance, it looks like a small tombstone.
It was engraved with strange characters, each of which looked like ghostly scribbles, with twisted lines, like weird picture runes.
This is exactly the immortal item that Dongfang Qing found from the Xiaolongting of Tiedan Shenhou.
"Huh? The system didn't respond? Could this not be an immortal technique?"
"But in the entire Little Dragon Court, only this thing is different from anything in the mortal world, and it is hard to be damaged by swords and knives!"
"Strange! Is the system level not high enough?" Dongfang Qing looked thoughtful.
This jade tablet is so hard that even if he uses a sword technique, it would be difficult to leave any trace. It is definitely a precious treasure.
In particular, there are more than a dozen cracks on the jade stele, which must have been broken into more than a dozen pieces and glued together by the gods with a strange object.
"A dozen or so? That just corresponds to the description of the immortal's item falling that year!"
Dongfang Qing became more and more certain that this was something from the immortals.
There are many extraordinary people in the world's number one village, and there should be someone who is capable of gluing this thing together.
"Whatever. I have memorized all the words on it!"
Shaking his head, Dongfang Qing no longer paid attention to the jade stele. After all, he was still far from becoming an immortal at this moment.
Perhaps when the system evolves in the future, it will be possible to decipher or help him understand the words on the jade tablet.
Dongfang Qing sank his consciousness into his mind, and three pieces of task information emerged deep in his consciousness.
“Mission 2: Find the murderer who killed your relatives among the major decent and evil sects, and avenge him. Mission points +100. If you fail, you will die (completed)”
"Mission 8: External influence detected, host, please set things right, stay alive, eliminate external forces, and reshape the heavenly order! Mission points +300, failure means death (completed)"
“Mission 9: Go to Huashan Siguo Cliff within six months and urge Linghu Chong to practice martial arts! Mission points +100, failure means death.”
As expected, the mission was accomplished after the news of Shen Hou's death spread throughout the world.
The mission of revenge was also completed.
The only thing that surprised him was the unlocking of the ninth mission.
"That's right. The original storyline was that Dongfang Bubai poisoned Tian Boguang and forced him to go to the Cliff of Regret to find Linghu Chong. This is how Linghu Chong learned the Dugu Nine Swords!"
"Tsk! From the beginning to the end, have I cultivated an enemy for myself?"
"No, this won't do. I have to find a way to teach Linghu Chong a lesson!"
