I'm Just Making Up The Exercises, My Disciple, Have You Really Mastered Them?

Chapter 56: The Endless Mountains (Seeking to Catch Up)

The capital city is in an uproar, and the courtiers are shocked. Emperor Qi is hiding in a secret chamber in the palace, cursing angrily through gritted teeth.

Meanwhile, in the Prince Qi's residence, there is an atmosphere of joy and celebration. They had just moved into the residence yesterday, and today Xu Yan has arrived. Guo Rongshan, with a heavy heart, finally feels relieved. He feels lighter overall.

It's not that Emperor Qi has lost his mind, but rather that his grandson is too powerful. Xu Yan now believes that Emperor Qi is still acceptable. After all, he has become sworn brothers with Xu Yan's grandfather, been appointed as Prince Qi, Grand Elder, and the Crown Prince's tutor. In the entire Qi Kingdom, Emperor Qi is only the nominal first person. Xu Yan's grandfather is the true number one!

The more Guo Rongshan looks at his grandson, the more delighted he becomes. He realizes that he hasn't doted on him in vain!

Since Xu Yan held the giant dragon in his hand and flew through the air, creating a dragon-shaped trench on the palace square, the worldview of the courtiers has collapsed beyond recovery. The worldview of the people in the capital city of Qi has also collapsed.

On this day, all the books in the bookstores of the capital city have been sold out, including those containing stories and legends. The prices of these books are continuously skyrocketing.

Some destitute scholars have seen the business opportunity and sold their precious books, which describe the affairs of divine men and women, at high prices of a thousand taels each.

They have become rich overnight!

On this day, the idle young masters no longer visit brothels or bully others. They are all urged by their families to seek out experts!

And among those who suffered the most in this incident, the eldest prince is even preparing to personally seek out an expert and become their disciple.

The capital city of Qi has been swept up in a craze of seeking out experts.

The third prince arrives at the Prince Qi's residence with a valuable gift to pay respects to his master, Guo Rongshan.

Many ministers have almost worn out the threshold of Prince Qi's residence.

Finally, Guo Rongshan uses a family banquet as an excuse to entertain his grandson and keeps the visiting courtiers outside.

In the study of the Prince Qi's residence.

"Dad, isn't the Emperor afraid that our Guo family will rebel?"

Guo Yunkai asked the doubts in his heart.

Another bestowal of the title of Duke Qi, another appointment as the Grand Elder, the leader of the court officials, and the teacher of the Crown Prince... Isn't Emperor Qi afraid of the Guo family rebelling?

The military might of the Army God Wei Jun is now under his command.

With the current strength of the Guo family, it would be easy for them to rebel.

Just Xu Yan alone would be enough.

Guo Rongshan remained calm and said, "It is precisely because they are afraid of us rebelling that they have given us such a high position."

"Why?" Guo Yunkai didn't understand.

Guo Rongshan let out a sigh and said, "What is my reputation outside? It is widely spread that His Majesty respects and promotes virtuous and talented individuals, humbles himself and elevates others, and has sworn brotherhood with me."

"Furthermore, the Third Prince has become my disciple, a teacher for a day and a father for life."

"It is widely spread that I, Guo Rongshan, am loyal to the emperor, love my country, wholeheartedly serve the people, and possess noble character and great virtue."

"What do you think the people would think if I were to rebel? What would happen to my reputation?"

Guo Rongshan chuckled and said, "If I were to rebel, I would undoubtedly be labeled as ungrateful, hypocritical, treacherous, and wicked... and so on."

"Our Emperor has bound the Guo family with this reputation."

"If we don't rebel, our name will be remembered for generations as saints and virtuous individuals. But if we do rebel, our reputation will be tarnished."

"Our Emperor is decisive! Before news of Yan Er's matter even reached us, he had already made all the arrangements. To be able to reach this point, to have such determination, is not simple!"

Guo Yunkai suddenly realized that this series of rewards and rumors were all orchestrated by Emperor Qi, forcing the Guo family to make a choice.

Either rebel and gain control of the entire Qi kingdom, but tarnish their reputation.

Or become an all-powerful minister, ensuring the stability of the Qi kingdom, while Guo Rongshan's name would be remembered in history as a saint and virtuous individual.

Now, the rumors have spread throughout the common people, and it is too late to reverse them.

"So, Dad, what is your plan?" Guo Yunkai's breathing became heavier.

Guo Rongshan smiled faintly and said, "Sages and virtuous people, that's good too! Your Majesty, we are currently searching for experts. Once we find them, if they can suppress Yan'er, they will definitely take action decisively.

"If the strength difference is not significant, then we should maintain a balance.

"Your Majesty also told me that if the royal family finds experts, they will not take action against me because of my reputation as a sage and virtuous person, so as not to tarnish the face of the royal family."

Guo Yun opened his eyes happily and worriedly said, "What if Your Majesty really finds experts..."

Guo Rongshan laughed and said, "It's not that easy. We, Yan'er, will take the first step. If we want to suppress them, it won't be simple.

"Yun Kai, don't have a narrow perspective. Secular dynasties are nothing special.

"You go and ask Yan'er what he needs for cultivation. Use the power of our Duke Qi's Mansion to find it for him!"

"Yes, father, I understand!"

Guo Yun's eyes brightened and he exclaimed with joy.

...

County of Cloud Mountain.

Li Xuan brought Meng Chong back to their residence and let him choose a guest room to stay in.

"You should familiarize yourself with the environment first. Can you cook? Can you stew chicken soup? Yes? Then that's good, go cook."

The first thing Meng Chong wanted to do after becoming a disciple was to cook!

"Senior, I have brought the things!"

Shi Er respectfully came forward.

"Put them down."

Li Xuan nodded.

Shi Er placed five boxes on the table. Li Xuan didn't move his hands, but with the surge of his qi and blood, all five boxes opened.

This scene shocked Shi Er, and he bent his waist even lower.

Two nine-leafed Yuanzhi flowers, three thousand-year-old mountain ginseng.

Li Xuan was quite surprised. The Tianmu Sect is quite wealthy.

"Nine-leafed Yuanzhi flowers and thousand-year-old mountain ginseng are both rare items. It's rare for your Tianmu Sect to have such treasures."

When Xu Yan became his disciple, it was because of the nine-leafed Yuanzhi flowers and thousand-year-old mountain ginseng that deeply moved him.

"Senior, although nine-leafed Yuanzhi flowers and thousand-year-old mountain ginseng are rare, they can still be found in the endless mountains. Our Tianmu Sect has been forced to hide in the endless mountains several times due to being besieged, and that's how we obtained these treasures."

Shi Er respectfully explained.

"Endless mountains?"

Li Xuan's heart stirred.

"Senior, the endless mountains are just two hundred miles away. That's the boundary of the endless mountains. It's called the endless mountains because no one can transmigrate through this mountain range, and no one can reach its end."

Shi Er pointed outside Cloud Mountain County.

Li Xuan was suspicious in his heart. "The small village I transmigrated to is adjacent to the endless mountains. It seems that the Evil Spirit Forest has spread to the endless mountains. Could it be that the Firemane Wolves came from the endless mountains?"

He had some speculations in his mind.

Of course, whether this was true or not was still uncertain.

"Continue!"

Li Xuan picked up one of the nine-leafed Yuanzhi flowers and gestured for Shi Er to continue.

"Senior, the endless mountains are named so because they are boundless. It is rumored that the deepest exploration was carried out by several top experts in the martial world. They ventured deep into the endless mountains for thousands of miles, but still found no end.

"Due to the strong poisonous miasma, they had to stop their exploration.

"Those who entered the endless mountains and returned have not gone deeper than a thousand miles. As for those who did not return, there has been no news. They are presumed to have died in the mountains."

Shi Er respectfully spoke, but he was puzzled. Could this expert not be from the endless mountains?

After Li Xuan listened, his speculation about the endless mountains became even stronger.

The Firemane Wolves were clearly not ordinary wild beasts. Based on this, the martial strength in this world should not be so low.

Could the truth be on the other side of the endless mountains?

Of course, these were all just speculations. Whether they were true or not was still unknown.

(End of this chapter)