Chapter 1686: Progress With the Golden Seed! (1/2)
Several hours later, Zhang Que rushed into the main hall of the King of Foreign Lands Residence with a letter.
”Reporting! Your Highness, we've just received word that the First Prince has banished Crown Prince's Junior Guardian Wang Zhongsi to Siam!”
”What?!”
The others in the hall glanced at each other in speechless shock. Crown Prince's Junior Guardian Wang Zhongsi was the First Prince's teacher, and he had been banished without the slightest forewarning. This was truly too abrupt, and no one knew what could have possibly happened.
”The Crown Prince's Junior Guardian is a loyal subject of the Great Tang. This is simply too much from the First Prince.”
The others began to complain in the place of the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian. Wang Zhongsi had been withdrawn for many years and rarely showed his face, but all of the Great Tang regarded him with utmost respect. For the First Prince to banish Wang Zhongsi, and to a place as distant as Siam, would naturally stir up everyone's discontent.
But on the other side, Wang Chong quietly sighed in relief.
It seems like the meeting in the restaurant had an effect. The Crown Prince's Junior Guardian probably went to see the First Prince, and given his personality, it probably wasn't a very happy conversation!
With Wang Zhongsi exiled to Siam, so far away from the reach of the emperor, no matter what happens in the palace, it will have nothing to do with him. At the very least, he won't be drawn into this matter.
The exile of the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian was a signal to all the people of the realm that the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian and the First Prince were at odds with each other, and this had been precisely Wang Chong's goal in meeting with Wang Zhongsi.
”There's no need for everyone to worry about this. While Siam is far, given the status of the Crown Prince's Junior Guardian, he will return to the court one day. We have even more important matters to concern ourselves with. Zhang Que, how goes the investigation of the names on the list I gave you?” Wang Chong asked.
Zhang Que bowed and said, ”Your Highness, everything is proceeding smoothly, and the arrangements have been handled. They have people watching them day and night. The moment something happens, our men will move to take them away!”
He would always carry out Wang Chong's orders to the letter. Given the importance with which Wang Chong had regarded that list, Zhang Que would naturally not dare to neglect it.
The discussions went on for about an hour. Wang Chong handed down many more tasks before dismissing everybody.
Once everyone else was gone, Wang Chong fell quiet for a few moments, then he took a small booklet from his bosom. This booklet was about the size of his palm and half a finger thick. Upon opening it, one would see that it was densely covered in tiny characters. It was written in a rather casual style, but the writing still possessed its own unique flavor.
Not too long ago, Wang Chong's master, the Demonic Emperor Old Man, had sent him this booklet on his observations of the Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art.
The Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art was the greatest of the ten great arts of the Central Plains, and its contents were profound and abstruse. Even Wang Chong found comprehending it a rather trying task.
This was particularly the case after Wang Chong cultivated to the eleventh level and ascended to the Subtle realm, whereupon the difficulty spiked upward and his comprehension slowed to a snail's pace. He very naturally thought about the Demonic Emperor Old Man, so he sent a message to him with the mantra to the Origin Immortal Art.
Ever since the end of the northwest expedition, the Demonic Emperor Old Man and the Wushang Village Chief had been moving around mysteriously as if they were planning something. But when the Demonic Emperor Old Man received Wang Chong's request, he still made time to carefully ponder the Origin Immortal Art together with the Wushang Village Chief and delve into its secrets.
A few days later, the Demonic Emperor Old Man came to visit the King of Foreign Lands Residence, where he gave Wang Chong this booklet.
'The Supreme Ultimate has an ultimate, a fusion of the tangible and intangible. The one of the all-encompassing origin contains the myriad things of the world, all the creations of nature…'
Wang Chong carefully read through the book. The text of the Origin Immortal Art was written in the language of the Spring and Autumn Era, and the wording was completely different from how it would be in the present era. When it came to the martial arts language from that era, even many experts of the martial arts world would find it hard to understand.
But the Demonic Emperor Old Man had spent his entire life immersed in martial arts, and he possessed an extraordinary understanding of these things. He was able to condense these profound and abstruse words into a simple and digestible explanation within this booklet.
Wang Chong derived great benefit from reading the booklet, easily resolving many of his trouble spots.
”So that’s how it is!”
Closing the book, Wang Chong felt like many weights had been lifted off his mind. He quickly sat cross-legged on the floor and began to cultivate.
Buzz!
Streams of golden energy began to rise from Wang Chong's body, the air trembling as his seething Stellar Energy resounded with peals of thunder. If one looked carefully, one could see tiny arcs of lightning crackle back and forth within the golden Stellar Energy.
More and more of these tiny bolts of lightning appeared. This was a phenomenon that had never previously appeared.