My disciples are all villains.

In fact, Huang Yu knew the matter of regaining his freedom would not be a problem since the mighty figure with a Thousand Realms Whirling avatar had spoken. However, she just wanted confirmation.

If there was anyone who dared to stand up and object during such an occasion, that person must be crazy, stupid, or both.

At this moment, Li Yunzheng said in a clear voice, "Since grandmaster has said so, I'll write a decree to release these people from the Sky Research Court."

Huang Yu looked at the youth in front with a puzzled expression and asked, "Who are you?"

The people from the Sky Research Court had been imprisoned underground for 100 years.

They had been imprisoned underground for a hundred years. They had no idea what was going on in the outside world during that time. How could they know anything about the little emperor? All they knew was the young man in front of them was handsome, elegant, and had an extraordinary bearing and aura. Now that they heard the young man referring to the old man as grandmaster again, how could they not be curious?

Lu Zhou said with a frown, "Are you not going to greet the Emperor of Great Tang?"

After the lunatics from the Sky Research Court found out about the young man's identity and heard Lu Zhou's words, they put up a show of greeting him.

However, Li Yunzheng waved his hand and said, "No, no, you can dispense with the formalities..."

Just to be safe, the four Grand Dukes had also followed suit and greeted Li Yunzheng as well. When they heard Li Yunzheng dismissing them, they straightened their backs.

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However, a displeased expression appeared on Li Yunzheng's face as he said, "Who allowed you to stand?"

The four Grand Dukes looked at Li Yunzheng in shock. If it were before, they would not have cared about him. However, the circumstances now were different. They could only kneel and said in unison, "Your subject pays respects to Your Majesty."

Then, Li Yunzheng looked at the four Grand Dukes and asked, "I want to write a decree to free these people from the Sky Research Court. Do you have any objections?"

"Your Majesty, this subject will obey your decree." Wang Yun, the Grand Duke of Zhen, was the first to speak.

The other three said in unison, "Your subject obeys."

With the support from the four Grand Duke, it was only a matter of time before Li Yunzheng regained his power.

Huang Yu was stunned.

The people from the Sky Research Court looked at Li Yunzheng with a complicated expression.

Then, all of a sudden, all of them straightened their backs. Those whose bodies were bent earlier stood straight. Those with heads unnaturally tilted to the sides straightened their heads. Those who were only standing in the corner passively earlier also walked over at this moment.

All in all, there were more than thirty people. There were a lot of prisoners. However, the number was small compared to their original number of more than 100. Over the past 100 years, nearly seventy of them had died of unnatural causes. 

At this moment, those from the Sky Research Court gathered and bowed at Lu Zhou and Li Yunzheng. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Thank you, senior, for granting us our freedom."

They sounded coherent, and their voices were clear, completely different from how they were before.

Those who were unaware wore expressions of confusion on their faces while those in the know only sighed.

At this moment, Sikong Beichen cupped his fists together at the people from the Sky Research Court and said, "Congratulations!"

Huang Yu said, "Thank you."

Then, Huang Yu turned to look at Lu Zhou and said solemnly, "Senior, please tell us what you need us to do."

They were geniuses who had lived a long life after all. How could they not know there was no such thing as free lunch in this world?

Lu Zhou clasped his hands on his back and said, "My request is very simple. First, repair this sword. Second, find Luo Xuan. Other than that, I have no other request."

Huang Yu frowned and said, "Just these two requests?"

"That's right," Lu Zhou said.

"That won't do... Senior, please mention a few more conditions. Weapons, talismans, drawing formations, capturing fierce beasts, anything is fine..." Huang Yu took the lead to say.

The Sky Research Court's He Zhong also echoed similar sentiments. "That's right, senior. Don't you think that's insulting? Although our lives might be cheap, these two requests definitely aren't enough."

"..."

This scene really confused the people in front of the Sacred Rites Hall.

A genius was indeed a genius. Even their brains were different from that of a normal person.

Lu Zhou stroked his beard and said, "I only have these two requests. Since I've granted you freedom, why would I restrict you? You can leave the Sky Martial Court now, and you're free to fly high in the sky. You can do as you please..."

"..."

This time, it was the geniuses from the Sky Research Court who were dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, the four Grand Dukes and the elders of the Sky Martial Court really could not understand Lu Zhou's thoughts. Everyone knew these people from the Sky Research Court were like treasures. If only these geniuses listened to them, they would definitely take them for their own use. With these geniuses, they would be able to defeat thousands of soldiers and horses.

Talismans, runes, seals, weapons, formations, Dao inscriptions, subduing beasts, cultivation methods from the Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism school of thinking, innovative creations, secret techniques, the Sky Shuttle, and many more things… Giving up on these people was no different from giving up on these treasures!

Huang Yu really could not wrap his head around this. He turned around and looked at the gates of the Sky Martial Court, the foot of the mountain, and the sky. It would be a lie to say he did not want to leave. However, now that he was finally able to leave, he found it hard to believe. Once he stepped out of this mountain, he would be free!

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly said, "However, before all of you leave, I have a few words of advice..."

"Please speak, senior."

"There's no one in this world who knows the universe better than all of you. Even if there were no Sky Martial Court, there would still be the Earth Martial Court or the Martial Court… Even if there were no red lotus domain, there would still be the black lotus domain. Even if there were no black lotus domain, there would still be the blue lotus domain..." Lu Zhou knew he had to teach this group of people a lesson. He raised his wizened hand and an exquisite golden lotus appeared on his palm under the sunlight.

Lu Zhou pushed his hand out, and the flower hovered in the air.

Under the sunlight, the lotus bloomed slowly. Soon enough, golden karmic fire shrouded the lotus, making the color even more vivid.

Then, Lu Zhou used the Heavenly Writing's extraordinary power and turned the golden lotus into a blue lotus. At this moment, the lotus was in full bloom.

Lu Zhou did not stop and used a Disguise Card and turned the blue lotus into a red lotus.

Huang Yu exclaimed in shock, "This... How is this possible?!"

The people from the Sky Martial Court were confused as well; they did not know what was going on. Even the top geniuses who often studied things beyond the heavens did not understand this, how could they have any hope of understanding this? They could only watch with a dumbfounded expression on their faces.

Lu Zhou looked at the red lotus as it began to change.

The red lotus began to darken, looking like fresh blood, before it turned purple. The purple lotus only appeared for an instant before it turned into a black lotus.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the black lotus.

The black lotus shone dazzlingly under the sunlight as it continued to spin. At this moment, as though the edges of the petals were being dyed by the sunlight, it suddenly turned into a white lotus! Then, in just a blink of an eye, the white lotus turned into a green lotus!

Lu Zhou did not have much time; he had only ten seconds left. Seeing that the green lotus was about to disappear, he used his extraordinary power gain and turned the green lotus blue.

The blue lotus shone even brighter than before as it shot up into the sky.

Then, Lu Zhou used his healing technique.

In the sky, the blue lotus rapidly increased in size, covering more than thirty people from the Sky Research Court.

In just a moment, their vitality seemed to return to them. Then, all sorts of injuries and scars from whip marks, knife marks, sword marks, hand marks to bruises were healed in just a breath.

Lu Zhou was rather satisfied when he saw the expressions on the faces of those thirty people. He did not care what the others thought.

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Lu Zhou had ended the demonstration with a blue lotus and healed them with it to prove to them that the lotuses were real and not some illusory technique.

The last Disguise Card had played its role. The cost was indeed huge, but it was worth it. After all, this demonstration was for the talented people, not because he wanted to show off.

Lu Zhou looked at the expressions on their faces again. Something was not right. He wondered if he had shown a little too many colors that he collectively caused all of their minds to go blank.

The existence of the black lotus domain, the red lotus domain, and the golden lotus domain had already been confirmed. The blue lotus was a product of the Heavenly Writing's extraordinary power. The other colors were created using the Disguise Card; Lu Zhou had never seen them before.

If he had overdone his display and caused them to obsess over the lotuses' colors, would that not be a mistake?!