Inside the quiet room.
Feeling the surging attributes, especially the immense improvement in his spirit.
Lin Sheng felt better than ever before.
"What a wonderful taste."
"No wonder when Shi Po, a Grandmaster, saw this Long Xian Jin Ye (Dragon Saliva Golden Fluid), she couldn't help but show a look of shock; such an effect is truly astonishing."
Looking at the two empty porcelain bottles on the table, Lin Sheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"This Long Xian Jin Ye (Dragon Saliva Golden Fluid) also has the effect of stimulating the Dragon Bloodline within the body, but unfortunately, I don't have any so-called Dragon Bloodline, so this point was wasted."
Thinking of Shi Po's introduction, Lin Sheng still felt a little regretful.
But soon, his gaze fell on the talent section of the attribute panel.
The Dragon Tiger Strength hadn't changed, but the Ji Hai Magic Blood seemed to be a little different from before.
Recalling his encounter in the Misty Sea Area, the Dragon Bloodline seemed to have some effect on the Ji Hai Magic Blood talent to a certain extent.
With that thought, Lin Sheng activated the Ji Hai Magic Blood talent with a thought.
After carefully sensing for a long while, he understood.
"It is indeed an improvement, but the magnitude is not large, equivalent to the effect of two or three drops of Ink Sea Dragon Horseshoe Crab essence blood."
Of course, after activating this talent, he inevitably suffered the erosion of the Ink Sea Dragon Horseshoe Crab's consciousness again.
However, it wasn't strong, and he easily broke free.
Stepping to the side of several jade boxes containing Yao Beast flesh, Lin Sheng rubbed his chin slowly.
"Although Jing Emperor wants to use my hands to reclaim the Crimson Feather Army, he is quite generous with his offerings."
He wasn't interested in the Crimson Feather Army.
However, Jing Emperor gave him quite a lot.
After a brief thought, he decided to accept this matter, after all, he had already consumed the Long Xian Jin Ye (Dragon Saliva Golden Fluid).
Moreover, besides that, the Crimson Feather Army belongs to the royal family, and since he and Lingyu Princess have already set their marriage, it could be considered helping Lingyu to some extent.
"It's just a pity that the Dragon Yao Beast carcass of the Void Beast level has been mostly consumed; otherwise, if it could meet the requirements for absorption, it would definitely be a huge improvement."
The Dragon Yao Beast of the Void Beast level is likely to be above the Ink Sea Dragon Horseshoe Crab, definitely a powerful one among Void Beasts.
But soon, Lin Sheng shook his head slightly, suppressing the unrealistic thoughts in his mind; even if the Dragon Yao Beast carcass was placed intact in front of him, he probably wouldn't be able to meet the requirements for absorption.
In the following time, Lin Sheng refined all the Yao Beast flesh in these jade boxes into blood pills.
At dusk.
As Lin Sheng was concentrating on refining the blood pills.
The door was suddenly gently knocked, and then a respectful voice came in.
"Chief Eunuch Wang Fu requests an audience with the Imperial Son-in-law."
Although no one in the room responded, Wang Fu outside the door showed no sign of impatience, just waiting quietly.
After a cup of tea's time.
The tightly closed door suddenly opened.
"Chief Eunuch Wang, please come in."
Lin Sheng's voice sounded, and Wang Fu stepped in with a slight smile.
Inside the room, Lin Sheng was still sitting cross-legged by the table.
He narrowed his eyes, looking at the Chief Eunuch who had suddenly visited again.
Jing Emperor's confidant suddenly coming over clearly meant that Your Majesty had something else in mind.
He then spoke softly.
"May I ask the purpose of Chief Eunuch Wang's visit this time?"
Wang Fu smiled and immediately pulled a letter from his Pregnant.
"To be honest, Imperial Son-in-law, I am here this time to deliver a letter to you."
After speaking, he placed the letter in his hand on the table in front of Lin Sheng.
Upon hearing this, Lin Sheng's expression remained unchanged.
He directly opened the letter; the content wasn't much, but after reading it, a hint of surprise flashed in Lin Sheng's eyes, though he immediately shook his head with a smile.
"Chief Eunuch Wang, please tell Your Majesty that Linsheng Pavilion accepts this matter."
Hearing Lin Sheng's reply, Wang Fu's face showed a hint of joy, and he immediately bowed.
"Imperial Son-in-law, for the country and the people, you are truly extraordinary. I will inform Your Majesty of this matter immediately."
After a bow, Wang Fu bid farewell and left.
Watching his figure disappear into the distance, Lin Sheng exerted force with his hand, and the letter instantly turned into dust and vanished.
The letter was, of course, from Jing Emperor, seeking his opinion on the matter of the Crimson Feather Army.
Whether to accept or not was up to him; these items today were considered a meeting gift.
Jing Emperor's words were quite polite, with no hint of forcing him, which made him feel quite comfortable.
"As expected of someone who can control a nation, tsk tsk..."
Lin Sheng clicked his tongue twice, then closed his eyes again to cultivate.
Time flew by, and soon several days had passed.
During these days, besides cultivation, he spent time with Lingyu Princess, touring the Imperial City.
However, Lin Sheng's name had already spread throughout Southern Qi.
Not only would he marry the esteemed Lingyu Princess in the future.
He would also directly command the Crimson Feather Army, holding the important position of a second-rank General of Cavalry.
It could be said that many forces in Southern Qi were inevitably shaken.
They all investigated who this Lin Sheng truly was.
Although some small and medium-sized forces couldn't find anything about Lin Sheng, his information naturally couldn't be hidden from some of the major forces in Southern Qi.
Among them, some people inevitably wanted to make some small moves, after all, as the strongest Bloodline among the younger generation of the royal family, Lingyu Princess had a good chance of taking charge of the Southern Qi royal family in the future.
However, as the investigation deepened, and after learning that the mastermind behind all this was not unrelated to the Southern Qi Military God, those inappropriate small thoughts in the major forces eventually subsided.
After all, in such a short time, the two major forces of Tianluo Sect and Sea King Sect had already met the fate of their Legacy being cut off.
And the downfall of these two major forces seemed to have the shadow of this future Imperial Son-in-law.
Outside the Imperial City.
"Lin Sheng, Haihe Valley is at the junction of the East Sea and West Frontier. As an important maritime hub, it's a mixed bag of people. I heard there have been many sea pirates recently. You must be careful when you go to suppress them."
Lingyu Princess urged with a face full of concern.
"Don't worry, Lingyu, it's just some sea pirates. I'll be back after I suppress them."
Lin Sheng smiled and stroked Lingyu's hair.
After he agreed to become the commander of the Crimson Feather Army, Jing Emperor ordered the next day that the Haihe Valley sea pirates be dealt with, and this matter naturally fell to him, the new commander.
"General, it's almost time."
At this moment, from a nearby carriage, a strong man in silver armor spoke softly to remind him.
"Alright, go back."
Hearing this, Lin Sheng patted Lingyu Princess's shoulder, then turned and got into the carriage.
Soon, the convoy set off, quickly driving out of the Imperial City.
Lingyu Princess watched the convoy disappear from sight.
"Princess, you've been a bit lax in your cultivation recently. Take this time to refine the Long Xian Jin Ye (Dragon Saliva Golden Fluid) that Your Majesty sent. You should be able to Breakthrough to Divine Form Triple."
Shi Po said softly from the side.
"Okay, Shi Po."
Hearing this, Lingyu finally withdrew her gaze and nodded in response.
Originally, she had wanted to go to Haihe Valley with Lin Sheng, but unfortunately, he refused her.
Thinking of Lin Sheng's formidable strength, although she was also in the Divine Form Realm, the gap between them was too great.
"Perhaps my strength is too weak. It seems I also need to improve my strength as soon as possible, so I don't get left too far behind by him."
With that thought, she eagerly turned and left.
"Let's go, Shi Po, I will take it today."
At the same time.
Imperial City, Privy Council.
"Master, the Imperial Son-in-law has already set off."
"Has he set off? It seems Your Majesty is quite impatient."
In the study, Gongsun Yue put down the book in his hand and spoke indifferently.
"Master, should I arrange for someone to intercept and kill that boy midway..."
The one speaking was a thin, black-clad middle-aged man, with a sinister look on his face.
"No need, Your Majesty is a cautious person, and there might be some arrangements on the way. If something goes wrong, it would be troublesome."
Gongsun Yue glanced at the middle-aged man and said slowly.
"What's more, if we kill this Lin Sheng, there might be Wang Sheng, Sun Sheng... The matter of the Crimson Feather Army, we must make Your Majesty give up the idea."
Upon hearing this, the thin man's face showed a puzzled expression.
"But Master, are we just going to watch this boy go to Haihe Valley and take charge of the Crimson Feather Army?"
"Hmph, how can a boy with no Foundation control the Crimson Feather Army?"
Gongsun Yue sneered, his face full of disdain.
"My Gongsun family has controlled the Crimson Feather Army for decades. Do you think a flimsy commander position can make it change hands?"
"Since Your Majesty has great confidence in this Imperial Son-in-law, then let him suffer some hardships, and he will naturally run back dejectedly."
"By then, the commander's position will naturally fall back to my Gongsun family."
"This subordinate understands."
The middle-aged man's face showed a look of realization.
"Black River, send this letter to Haihe Valley."
Gongsun Yue threw the letter, which had been prepared on the table, into the middle-aged man's hand.
"This subordinate will go and arrange it now."
Black River caught the letter and immediately retreated.
In the study.
Gongsun Yue's gaze fell on the Imperial Palace, shaking his head slightly.
"I wonder what Your Majesty will feel when the civil and military officials see Your Majesty's joke?"
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face, and he picked up the book on the table, continuing to read.
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Outside the Imperial City, the convoy sped along the official road at an extremely fast pace.
In just half a day, they had already left the Imperial City's territory.
Inside the Imperial Palace.
"Old Dragon, has that old fellow Gongsun Yue made any moves?"
Jing Emperor, dressed in training clothes, let out a heavy breath, ending his cultivation.
In the shadows of the room, a gaunt figure emerged.
"Gongsun Yue has been at his residence and has not left for a single step. Gongsun Ao has also not left the Imperial City."
Hearing this, Jing Emperor nodded.
"Indeed, that old fellow Gongsun Yue isn't that foolish."
"Yes, it's just a pity that since he successfully Breakthrough to Three Realms Grandmaster fifty years ago, he developed some inappropriate thoughts."
Old Dragon's hoarse voice sounded, then he retreated back into the shadows.
Jing Emperor shook his head slightly, and after a sigh, turned and left.
*
In a dark, strange space.
Grey-green spore-like objects slowly surged towards a 'small mountain', adhering to it.
Although called a small mountain, upon closer inspection, one could faintly discern a human-like outline.
It could be seen that the dense demonic aura piled on the small mountain was slowly contracting.
Although the speed was not slow, it was clear that it would not be fully refined and absorbed in a short time.
After an unknown period, the dark space began to blur, and in an instant, the scene before his eyes changed, already in a spacious carriage.
"Hoo..."
Lin Sheng exhaled a turbid breath, a black mist flashing across his eyes.
"Indeed, Breakthrough to Divine Form is not that simple."
"Even though my mind has long met the requirements of the Mingxin Realm, and I have the assistance of a vast amount of demonic aura, it will still take some time to cross this threshold."
Shaking his head slightly, he completely digested the backlash of demonic aura in the carriage, then Lin Sheng called out from the carriage.
"Meng Lie, how long until we reach Haihe Valley?"
"Reporting to General, we will reach Haihe Valley by noon the day after tomorrow."
Outside the carriage, a strong, resonant voice sounded.
Then, the strong and burly silver-armored man lifted the curtain and squeezed in.
"General, have you finished your cultivation?"
"Mm."
Lin Sheng nodded.
This time, Jing Emperor had arranged quite a few people for him to go to Haihe Valley, a total of thirty people in this entourage.
And without exception, the weakest among them were all Late Stage Bones Transformation Realm experts.
Among them, there were as many as five Divine Transformation Realm Martial Artist.
The silver-armored man named Meng Lie in front of him was the strongest among them, possessing the cultivation of Divine Form Peak.
He was also the commander of the Imperial City Guards.
This time, he was accompanying him to Haihe Valley as his personal guard.
"Tell me about the current situation of the Crimson Feather Army."
Lin Sheng said indifferently.
Jing Emperor arranging him as his personal guard naturally had his considerations.
Meng Lie was quite knowledgeable about the situation of the Crimson Feather Army.
"This subordinate obeys."
Meng Lie bowed, then said.
"Although the General is now the commander of the Crimson Feather Army, nominally able to command the entire Crimson Feather Army, unlike other armies, the Crimson Feather Army, as an elite force cultivated by the royal family with vast resources, is among the top elites even within the military."
"Although the number is only over a thousand, they are basically composed of Martial Artist who have entered the Bones Transformation Realm, and the centurion-level officers are all held by Divine Form Realm Martial Artist."
"It's just that because it has been controlled by the Gongsun family for the past few decades, after many years of management, more than seventy percent of the centurions are from the Gongsun family, and many other military positions are also mostly held by people from the Gongsun family."
"So, General, you might encounter some obstacles in trying to take control of the Crimson Feather Army this time."
At this point, seemingly worried about affecting Lin Sheng, Meng Lie immediately added.
"However, General, please rest assured, we will all fully assist the General in taking charge of the Crimson Feather Army."
"It has already reached this point."
Lin Sheng's face showed a hint of surprise.
Although he had thought that this matter wouldn't be too simple, the current situation of the Crimson Feather Army still surprised him somewhat.
More than seventy percent of the military commanders were from the Gongsun family; no wonder Jing Emperor had not reclaimed it for so many years.
"That's right, originally Your Majesty was not in a hurry to reclaim the Crimson Feather Army, but the Gongsun family went a bit too far."
Meng Lie's face was full of indignation, clearly extremely displeased with the Gongsun family's actions.
"Not only did they arrange a large number of Gongsun family members in the army, but they also repeatedly demanded large quantities of military equipment from the court, especially after the outbreak of war. In a short period, they have demanded military equipment several times, with the total almost equaling the quota of the previous ten years. Moreover, Haihe Valley, as a maritime hub, is quite important for the front-line war and cannot be lost. Your Majesty is also worried that if this continues, something chaotic will happen."
"So that's how it is."
Lin Sheng rubbed his chin, no wonder Jing Emperor was eager to reclaim control of the army.
Clearly, the Gongsun family had overplayed their hand.