Xia Chen carefully probed his body, but the Luck Golden Dragon had vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
During the probing process, he felt his essence, Qi, and spirit reach their Peak.
His state was better than ever before.
"My root bone seems to have been reshaped, and my strength has actually Broken through to the Seven Rank Refining Spirit Realm!"
Xia Chen murmured to himself. Although he had an auxiliary System and only needed to simply improve his proficiency to advance his strength, the reshaping of his root bone, no longer being a Waste , was clearly very important.
As for the improvement of his own strength, Xia Chen was only slightly surprised.
Such a massive amount of energy had been injected into his body that he felt his body had completely annihilated and collapsed at the time.
But he didn't expect that within that energy, there was also a rich vitality, allowing his body to undergo Nirvana and return anew.
Xia Chen stood calmly in the Central part of the altar, then began to walk forward, towards the Lingxiao Palace.
Xia Chen didn't know how long he had walked; here, time seemed to have stopped flowing.
A day, a month, a year, or perhaps ten years, a hundred years.
The seemingly short distance felt like spanning endless space.
Finally, he entered the Zixiao Palace.
What met his eyes were vast Deities, their bodies larger than mountains, their gazes capable of penetrating the Nine Netherworld.
Their aura could crush mountains and rivers.
But at this moment, they were all still, their heads bowed, prostrating forward, as if they had exhausted all their life force.
And within their breastbones, a mysterious crystal was forming.
Xia Chen was shocked by the scene before him.
The Nine Dragon Imperial Seal in his palm had a greater origin than he had imagined.
A dilapidated ancient Heavenly Court seemed to have been contained within it.
Xia Chen couldn't help but look in the direction where the many Deities were prostrating. It was a majestic figure, with stars of the heavens surrounding him, and nine true Dragons like ornaments, suspended above his arms. This figure stood silently there, but an ultimate Imperial aura diffused.
The Imperial Dao was supreme.
All Daos submitted!
"Double Pupils!"
Xia Chen's mind was greatly shaken. The moment his gaze swept over, the endless Chaos Qi that had been obscuring Xia Chen's face slowly lifted.
Xia Chen was immediately drawn to the man's eyes.
He actually had innate double pupils.
At this moment, the double pupils in Xia Chen's eyes seemed to be drawn, autonomously reviving, and resonated with the double pupils in Xia Chen's eye sockets, seemingly calling out to each other.
As if sensing a similar aura, a purple-gold light shot out from the double pupils of the purple-gold Imperial figure.
"Again?"
Xia Chen instinctively wanted to retreat. He thought of the previous Luck Golden Dragon, which had also suddenly shot into his body like this.
But at this moment, he felt his body couldn't move at all.
The entire world seemed to have revived, all Daos were rumbling, and the purple-gold light shot directly into his mind.
A massive amount of information instantly exploded in his mind.
Xia Chen groaned.
His eyes went black, and he fainted on the spot.
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When Xia Chen woke up, a faint light appeared on the horizon in the distance, and the night that enveloped the entire capital slowly receded, with light returning to the entire world.
He glanced at the hour hand in the room, produced by the Tianshi Mansion sorcerers.
"Only one night has passed?"
Xia Chen checked his body and found that apart from his essence, Qi, and spirit being a bit unwell, his physical body's Qi and blood value had reached its Peak.
"My Realm has reached the Seven Rank Refining Spirit Realm; what I experienced was not a dream!"
Xia Chen spread his palm and found that the Imperial Seal totem in his palm slowly appeared in his eyes.
Faint strands of bright light emanated, as if cheering that the precious jade was finally no longer covered in dust!
Xia Chen could clearly perceive that he had a special connection with this Imperial Seal.
Xia Chen carefully recalled everything that happened last night in that broken Heavenly Court. Suddenly, he felt as if his mind was being pricked by needles, experiencing intense pain.
"The Emperor's Heavenly Control Scripture of Primordial Beginning?"
Xia Chen's mind had an extra scripture. Xia Chen wanted to peruse this Cultivation Technique, but found it seemed to be obscured by a chaotic mist.
It was as if this Cultivation Technique was not yet ready to be revealed.
"This is an Imperial Dao Cultivation Technique. Was it taught to me by Xia Chen, the Lord of the Heavenly Court? But why can't I see it? Is it because it's not yet the Spiritual Qi recovery stage, or is it that I haven't established a Luck Dynasty and condensed Luck, so I can't view it?"
Xia Chen made some guesses, but ultimately he gave up. He believed that things would sort themselves out when the time came. As long as this Cultivation Technique was in his mind, at a certain opportune moment, he would naturally understand its Profound Truth.
Xia Chen sat cross-legged on the bed and began to restore his essence, Qi, and spirit.
Although his strength had greatly increased, he seemed to have consumed a lot of essence, Qi, and spirit when receiving the Legacy of the Cultivation Technique, causing him to faint directly.
Xia Chen felt that everything might be due to his own weakness; neither his physique nor his essence, Qi, and spirit could bear that kind of power.
Let alone Cultivate.
Xia Chen Cultivated until the afternoon before opening his eyes, his complexion rosy, his essence, Qi, and spirit, as well as his physique and Qi and blood, all restored to their Peak.
Xia Chen walked into the courtyard and began to practice his boxing. The wind from his fists whistled, creating bursts of explosive sounds in the air.
"The strength of the Seven Rank and Eight Rank is indeed qualitatively different."
At this stage, the Seven Rank Realm is already considered good strength; even in the Military Camp, one can serve as a Chiliarch.
Commanding a thousand men.
In the Jianghu, this strength can even be called a master.
"Young Master, your official document has arrived, and your armor and cuirass have also been sent by the Imperial Guards."
Just as Xia Chen was practicing his boxing, Xia Qian ran into the small courtyard, holding the official document and a set of armor.
Xia Chen stopped, took the document, and immediately began to read it.
This was an appointment document directly issued by the Ministry of War. From this point on, Xia Chen, from a commoner, officially stepped into officialdom.
"Starting as a Seven Rank Captain, the identity of a Marquis's direct descendant is indeed useful!"
Xia Chen smiled. In his previous life, to climb to a Seven Rank official position, he didn't know how much time and effort he had put in to achieve it.
But now, it was easily accomplished.
"The 600 years of glory of the Marquisate, countless military merits, and the ancestors who died in battle, only then were these exchanged!"
Xia Chen looked at the document in his hand, muttering to himself. He deeply knew why he could obtain these.
"Young Master, when are you going to take office!"
"Tomorrow!"
Xia Chen said calmly. He had been waiting for this moment for two months.
"So urgent, Young Master, I want to go with you too!"
Xia Qian's eyes lit up. Having grown up in the Marquisate, he also wanted to see the outside world. He had good talent and had Broken through to the Eight Rank Spirit Refining Realm a month ago.
"Hmm, pack your things tomorrow and come with me to take office!"
Xia Chen nodded. It was an unwritten rule in the Great Wu Dynasty for military families' descendants to bring family soldiers when taking office.
On one hand, it was for the military descendants to quickly control the Military Camp situation and prevent troublemakers. On the other hand, it was also for safety. Many military descendants in this world were not there for 'gold-plating,' but to go to the battlefield and truly fight.
This was also why the civil officials of the Great Wu Dynasty had no objections.
Whoever had an objection, the military side would directly say: "It's also fine not to send family soldiers, but why not send your family's descendants to the battlefield to fight against barbarians and Yao Beasts!"
As soon as these words came out, the court was always silent, with no one daring to speak.
The next day!
As soon as dawn broke, Xia Chen got up early.
Today was the day he took office!
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