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“Respectfully welcome the Lord of the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land!”

“On the fifteenth day of the eleventh month, in the year three thousand nine hundred and twenty-one of the Dao Calendar, you have formally become the owner of the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land!”

“You have obtained one piece of Mix Sea Stone. You can retrieve it at any Tai Xu Corner Tower in the vicinity.”

“Respected Tai Xu Envoy, your Mix Sea Stone will be delivered to the Tai Xu Corner Tower in Tian Fu City, Lin Hai County, Qi Country within ten days.”

“You have obtained one hour of Blessed Land cultivation time. You can either spirit wander in the Tai Xu and enter the fully realistic East Sea Mountain Blessed Land to cultivate, or personally go to the true East Sea Mountain Blessed Land and cultivate under the supervision of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm Supervising Envoy.”

“You have obtained one hundred points of Fu Gong. Fu Gong can be used to dial the Tai Xuan Sundial. Before the Fu Gong is exhausted, time within the Blessed Land space will cease to flow.”

“Currently, one hundred points of Fu Gong can support one quarter of an hour of Blessed Land time consumption.”

“Aside from the Blessed Land’s monthly fixed output, Fu Gong can also be obtained through Tai Xu Scroll related tasks.”

On the fifteenth day of the sixth month, in the year three thousand nine hundred and seventeen of the Dao Calendar, Jiang Wang first came into contact with the Tai Xu Illusion Realm’s Blessed Lands, inheriting Zuo Guang Lie’s achievements and becoming the Lord of the Dong Zhen Ruins.

However, he had never truly owned a Blessed Land, nor had he ever received any Blessed Land output. He could only use Fu Gong as ordinary “Gong”… he didn’t even know the true name of this Sundial.

This was because he had never truly achieved a Blessed Land challenge victory.

At first, it was “didn’t know what happened, already lost.”

Later, it was “barely could see clearly one or two moves.”

Then, finally, from the fall of Han Mountain Blessed Land to Jin Cheng Mountain, he could easily grasp the battle situation and control victory and defeat.

Jin Cheng Mountain was already ranked sixty-seventh among the Blessed Lands, unknowingly having fallen to the very tail. He simply decided to start from the beginning and create his own Blessed Land record.

From the day the Silver Moon Mark manifested in his hand until today, the day he truly controlled a Blessed Land, exactly four years and five months had passed.

This day could be said to hold some significance.

But the first thing the lone individual who had regained his own Blessed Land space did was not to experience the feeling of Blessed Land cultivation, nor to try dialing the Tai Xuan Sundial. Instead, he took out his Tai Xu Jade Tablet, which manifested in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, and directly transmitted a divine thought—

“The opponent I dueled just now was in a special state. I believe there was something affecting the fairness of the battle. Please, supervisor, investigate.”

The battle that had just ended was nothing remarkable in itself, but the opponent’s combat power was very much worth discussing.

It wasn’t that this person was incredibly strong, but rather that this person’s power completely mismatched his control. He didn’t even need to move; as long as he waited for half an hour, this person would explode from his own power. In other words, this state was fundamentally impossible in reality. Either he had used some life-burning secret method, or taken some special drug.

And forbidden methods similar to the Great Chu Dynasty’s Boiling Blood Burning Soul and the Equality Country’s Extinction Transformation Technique were already prohibited in Tai Xu Illusion Realm duels. Once there was a situation of self-destruction to enhance combat power, in a situation where the caster was certain to die, it would directly be judged as a loss. Thus, in the battle just now, the opponent should have taken a forbidden drug.

For fair duels within the Tai Xu Illusion Realm, using life-burning secret methods and taking forbidden drugs were all unfair behaviors. They could not truly reflect the duelist’s strength and did not achieve the effect of cultivating talent in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.

As a Tai Xu Envoy, reporting unreasonable phenomena and maintaining a fair atmosphere in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm was only natural!

A wave of soundless waves echoed within the Jade Tablet: “Respected Tai Xu Envoy. The Tai Xu Illusion Realm will immediately initiate an investigation into this matter. Please wait a moment.”

Jiang Wang, of course…

Did not wait.

The report was just done casually. His time was precious and would not be wasted on meaningless waiting.

The Tai Xuan Sundial stood quietly in the void.

It was more accurate to say it was an object belonging to the Blessed Land space, more like the projection of a great creation.

Beneath it stood a stone platform, its four sides engraved with the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, lifelike, majestic, and spiritual.

Above the stone platform was an inclined sundial face, positioned high in the south and low in the north.

The markings on the sundial face were clear and profound. The twelve hours—Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai—were each divided equally into “initial hour” and “proper hour.” Within the recessed stone marks, there was a sense of the passage of years.

And on the outer circle of the sundial face, Jiang Wang’s Tai Xu honorary name was engraved… many were already engraved.

The area around the Tai Xuan Sundial was empty and trapped in shadow. The Tai Xuan Sundial itself, however, was bathed in light. It was a not dazzling, bright feeling, clearly illuminating the engraved pictures on the stone platform and the sundial face.

In the very center of the sundial face stood a copper sundial needle, pointing upwards towards the North Celestial Pole and downwards towards the South Celestial Pole. A perfectly vertical shadow hung down, falling upon the engraved marks on the sundial face.

Wherever the shadow of the sundial needle passed over the engraved mark, that was the time.

Jiang Wang casually put away the Envoy Jade Tablet. With relaxed footsteps, he walked before the Tai Xuan Sundial, examining its extraordinary value for the first time, besides its function as a timepiece.

Raising his hand, which was also trapped in shadow, he reached into the light of the sundial face and lightly pushed the projected degree “shadow needle” backward.

A world of mystery occurred.

A certain power, mysterious and profound, flowed, bordering on some kind of rule.

When the shadow needle was completely dialed back by a quarter, it could no longer move.

Within this Blessed Land space, there were no other changes, but time had already ceased to flow.

Jiang Wang’s heart understood. He raised his hand and pressed it on the Sundial again, closed his eyes, and silently recited in his heart… “East Sea Mountain.”

When he opened his eyes again, in front of him was still the ancient and simple Tai Xuan Sundial, and his gaze swept past the Sundial. Beyond it was a clear sky, a blue sea, a boundless expanse.

His body was already on a high cliff, surrounded by the rising and falling sea waves.

Seabirds soared high in the sky, drifting like clouds.

Everything in the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land was completely copied here, including its “window” role relative to the essence of the world.

Jiang Wang did not move, only glanced casually for two eyes, then sat down and began to cultivate.

He had once entered Ji Xia Academy to study due to military merit, and also entered Si Xuan Earth Palace due to merit against the Equality Country.

The display of world essence in a Blessed Land was of course far from reaching that of a Cave Heaven, but it was also much stronger than simply cultivating in the present world.

The high walls of reality were invisible to the eye of wisdom. How many Divine Arrival cultivators had exhausted their lives without seeing even half a point of the “true”? The divine and its clarity were only known to oneself. But a “self-knowing” that did not “know the world” was necessarily limited.

Being within a Blessed Land, however, one only needed to open one’s eyes and look out through the window.

The “window” of the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land was far from being as wide or clear as the window of the Si Xuan Earth Palace, and it was even more impossible to compare with Ji Xia Academy, but its value was also beyond doubt.

It wasn’t that Jiang Wang wasn’t curious about Blessed Lands, but he cherished cultivation time even more.

Time flew by.

When Jiang Wang opened his eyes again, he was already back in the Blessed Land space.

He had cultivated in the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land for a full hour, but only a quarter of an hour had been consumed in the Blessed Land space. This meant that if he always maintained the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land, and maintained a harvest of one hundred Fu Gong, then every month he could have an extra quarter of an hour for cultivation… it wasn’t much, but it was precious.

Time was too precious a gift.

How did the Tai Xu Illusion Realm achieve this?

Where exactly did such great power come from?

When he first started challenging Blessed Lands, Jiang Wang was simply surprised. But until today, he still hadn’t found the answer.

The Tai Xu Illusion Realm was said to be a creation of the Tai Xu Sect, but it definitely did not belong solely to the Tai Xu Sect. To this day, all the major top forces in the world have a hand in it. In the increasingly surging tide of humanity, where will this ship ultimately sail?

Jiang Wang casually flipped out the Envoy Jade Tablet. That wave of soundless waves immediately echoed: “Respected Tai Xu Envoy.

After the supervisor’s investigation, during the East Sea Mountain Blessed Land challenge, your opponent did indeed swallow a large amount of pills during the battle, which affected fairness.

The battle rules have now been urgently adjusted: the swallowing of pills during battle is completely prohibited.

You have timely discovered a loophole in the rules and maintained the fairness of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. You are rewarded with two hundred points of Fu Gong. Thank you for your contribution to the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.”

This kind of change in battle rules was not something the Tai Xu Sect could decide on its own; it still needed the agreement of various supervisors. The speed with which the problem was resolved also demonstrated the value the major forces placed on the Tai Xu Illusion Realm.

Two hundred points of Fu Gong, equivalent to two additional quarters of an hour of cultivation time. This report was truly profitable.

He just wondered, when that opponent next time found even stronger pills to enhance himself, only to discover that pills could no longer be used… what mood would he be in?

Jiang Wang thought for a moment, then asked again: “What punishment will the Tai Xu Illusion Realm impose on the person I was just fighting against?”

The voice from above the Sundial replied: “The appearance of a loophole in the Tai Xu Illusion Realm’s rules is a problem of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm. It is not a problem of the discoverer, nor is it a problem of the utilizer. The Tai Xu Illusion Realm has no right to punish.”

This answer was more satisfying to Jiang Wang than punishing that opponent.

It showed that the overall style of the Tai Xu Illusion Realm was still closer to Xu Ze Fu than to Xu Ze Ming.

Within the Wu An Marquis Manor, orioles and swallows danced until midnight.

The Wu An Marquis cultivated alone until dawn.

Early the next morning, after barely finishing his morning lesson, and having Chu Yao stand by, Jiang Wang himself walked outside the gate. Not long after, a horse carriage engraved with the mark of Old Mountain drove directly to the entrance. The carriage curtain was lifted, and two figures, one black and one white, stepped down.

The white one was the noble young master Bai Yu Xia of Yue Country, and the black one was naturally the unemployed wanderer Xiang Qian.

However, Bai Yu Xia was indeed wearing white clothes. Xiang Qian’s clothes, perhaps, were not originally black.

“Two esteemed guests have come from afar. It is truly improper for this Jiang to be unable to go out of the city to welcome you.” Jiang Wang performed the courtesies, letting the servants within the manor all understand the importance of these two individuals.

He had come out to welcome them, of course, because of Xiang Qian. But if only Xiang Qian had come to Lin Zi alone, he would probably have been too lazy to greet him.

His relationship with Bai Yu Xia could only be described as familiar acquaintances. After all, they had gotten along for a few days and sparred with each other at the Old Mountain detached residence in Xia Country. They hadn’t experienced anything together, so deep friendship was out of the question.

As for specifically taking the time to write a letter to Bai Yu Xia, adding the seal of the Wu An Marquis, and formally sending it to Yue Country, it was just to respond to Xiang Qian’s request.

To Jiang’s hypocritical politeness, Xiang Qian only rolled his dead fish eyes.

While Bai Yu Xia directly clasped his hands and bowed to the ground: “Marquis avenged my father’s blood feud. Please accept this ritual from Bai Yu Xia!”

Jiang Wang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, saying only: “No need for this!”

Zhang Lin Chuan had circled Yue Country, finally leaving injured. He was a lurking danger who had been watching. But Zhang Lin Chuan’s trip had still killed a master of a famous family in Yue Country, and the one who died was precisely Bai Yu Xia’s father. He had only learned of this later.

The affairs of the world were filled with such cause and effect, difficult to explain.

At that time, when he brought Bai Yu Xia down from Tian Mu Peak, how could he have known that Zhang Lin Chuan, who was originally planning slowly, would suddenly jump out and become a matter of life and death?

The two were still pushing and yielding, bowing and stopping each other.

Xiang Qian had already yawned and said: “Alright, alright, let’s go inside and talk. Should we eat something first? I’m already so hungry my stomach is rumbling!”

Jiang Wang then laughed and scolded, telling the housekeeper to prepare wine and dishes. He then personally led the two individuals towards the front hall.

The Wu An Marquis Manor was built under imperial supervision by the court’s master craftsmen. Zhong Xuan Sheng added things here and there, and Brother Yan Xian occasionally came to decorate… its layout and arrangement were naturally beyond reproach.

But Bai Yu Xia was used to wealth and nobility, and Xiang Qian was used to being sloppy. Neither felt anything special. Jiang Wang was also too lazy to introduce or boast, only hurried to lead the way inside. After all, some of the wonders of the arrangements were things he rarely even thought of.

The hall was divided into main and secondary seating.

Maidservants were already presenting fragrant tea.

When Bai Yu Xia spoke again, Jiang Wang was startled.

“You want to be my retainer?”

This was not Xie Ping, the housekeeper chosen after scrutinizing character and personality, nor was it Fang Yuan You, the Marquis Manor guard commander selected from the army. It wasn’t even Xue Ru Shi, the commander of the Old Mountain Iron Cavalry.

What kind of person was Bai Yu Xia?

The legitimate heir of the Lang Ya Bai Clan, a famous family in Yue Country, with true noble blood flowing in his veins.

Although his father had died, the Bai Clan’s foundation was still intact. Looking at the entire world, the Lang Ya Bai Clan also enjoyed a certain prestige.

This person himself was also a key participant in the Yellow River Meeting, a proper country’s heaven’s pride!

Regardless of his identity and status, or his talent and feelings, he was far from comparable to those people before.

Jiang Wang had indeed once hung his name as a retainer under Zhong Xuan Sheng, which later became a good story. But truthfully, his origin was so ordinary that it couldn’t be more ordinary. Being a retainer was not discordant in the slightest.

Bai Yu Xia, on the other hand, was completely different.

With Bai Yu Xia’s background, talent, and feelings, to be a retainer, no matter whose retainer he was, could be described as “condescending”!

Although before there was Lin Xian saying he was willing to be a dog under Jiang Qing Yang, and Lin Jie saying he was the most heaven’s pride in the world. But those people were also treasures within their respective countries. If not for the special situation of Qi Country conscripting armies from various countries in the East Domain, how could they possibly truly serve Jiang Wang?

The relationship between retainer and master is simply one of subordinate.

Not everyone was like Zhong Xuan Sheng, who treated Jiang Wang as an equal from the beginning, nor was everyone like Jiang Wang, who could grow so quickly.

How many people in the world intersected like Zhong Xuan Sheng and Jiang Wang?

“Unsuitable, unsuitable.” Jiang Wang repeatedly waved his hand: “Brother Bai is a born noble son, how can he reside under this Jiang?”

He thought that since Bai Yu Xia had decided to leave Yue Country and abandon the accumulation of that renowned family for generations, he naturally had his own difficult reasons that were inconvenient to ask deeply about.

Thus, he sincerely said: “If Brother Bai is willing to enter official service in Qi Country, I can recommend you. With your talent, I wouldn’t say you would immediately get an important position, but no matter in the army, the patrol inspection mansion, or the local government, you will always have a respectable position.”

Bai Yu Xia said: “Yu Xia knows that although I have come relying on Brother Xiang’s face, Marquis Wu An’s sincerity in treating people has already left a profound impression on Yu Xia.”

He looked at Jiang Wang seriously: “However, although I have left Lang Ya and decided never to return, the Bai family is still there. If I directly enter official service in Qi Country, the public officials of the Qi court will be hard to trust me, and my prospects will be limited. The situation of my relatives still in Lang Ya will also be very difficult to improve, and my heart is uneasy.

Furthermore, I have been raised in a golden bowl and jade spoon since I was young, and I am ignorant of the world’s affairs, finding it difficult to manage mundane matters.

I only know one point: to be close to the virtuous and distant from the treacherous, and to treat sincerity with sincerity.”

Saying so, he rose from his seat and bowed again: “Marquis’s talent is something Yu Xia has only seen in his lifetime. He can be called wise! Please allow Yu Xia to be under the Marquis, receive the Marquis’s guidance, and learn a few points of his style. So that in the future, like the Marquis, I can also overcome the thief of fate. After that, I will labor without complaint and step into mountains of knives and seas of fire myself!”

Bai Yu Xia’s words were spoken with utmost sincerity.

Jiang Wang was inevitably moved by it.

“I truly do not deserve the character ‘wise’!” He stepped forward to support Bai Yu Xia, using strength in his hand: “If Brother Bai is willing to come and help, this Jiang will be like a tiger with wings, desiring to fly high. After that, the sky is vast and the sea is wide, daring to bind the blue dragon!”

Xiang Qian had been dozing off the entire time, sitting beside them. At this moment, hearing the voices of the two gradually rising, he groggily woke up: “Serve food?”

“Yes, serve food.” Jiang Wang and Xiang Qian looked at each other and smiled, saying: “It’s time to go to the dining hall!”

Thanks to book friend “Night Rain West Building” for becoming the alliance leader of this book, this is the 369th alliance for Red Heart Patrol Heaven!

He said in the alliance group today that he read the comments and didn’t know why he joined another alliance.

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