Chapter 290.

Within the dark and deep pit, it was as if there was a strange power blocking it, adding a veil of mystery to the place.
It made people want to go in and explore, but they were worried about the dangers inside.
Even people in the industry were unable to see the scene inside through the dark pit.
Only Zhou An was different.
Zhou An’s Eye of Chaos seemed to be able to see through everything, and with ease, he saw the situation inside.
Within this deep pit, there was an object that emerged from the deep pit.
After this object revealed its true colors, not only Zhou An, but even the All Saints Realm experts present were flabbergasted on the spot.
It was a jade seal, crystal clear, with an ancient and desolate feeling.
And on top of the jade seal, four large characters were engraved.
These four characters were not existing scripts, but rather scripts from extremely ancient and early years.
Zhou An had once participated in the translation of the tombstone as well, and happened to recognize these words with his previous memories.
–Great Domain Emperor Seal.
The people present in the lineage were all experts of the All-Saint realm, so naturally, they also recognized these four words and what they stood for.
The Great Domain Dynasty, that dynasty that dominated the world in the ancient early years.
Even the current four countries were far inferior.
This jade seal that was seen now had already indicated its specific weight.
This was the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, used by the emperor at that time, representing the pinnacle of power of the entire Great Domain Dynasty.
“I see.” Zheng Quan swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty.
“No wonder, no wonder even a character of the level of the White Clothed Sword God would die here.”
“So, this is where the Jade Seal is being fought over.”
“It’s reasonable to die here.”
Whoever obtains the Jade Seal, obtains the world.
This saying, it’s true at all.
The emperor’s line of work was listed as the fifth category in the subterfuge, and although it wasn’t explicitly stated, it was clear to everyone that it was indeed there.
And the jade seal, is the cohesion of a dynasty’s national fortune thing.
In the beginning, the state of Da Chu is because of this, and by the previous dynasty Yin a hand, resulting in the national fortune was divided away part.
The jade seal of this Great Domain Dynasty in front of him was even more valuable.
Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that after obtaining the jade seal, even if you abolish all your cultivation and specialize in the emperor’s line of work, with the residual national fortune in the jade seal, you will be able to make a name for yourself.
Then he would build his own country and establish his own business, and using this as a support, I’m afraid it wouldn’t take long for him to reach the top.
Therefore, it was extremely normal for the White Clothed Sword God to die here.
Who doesn’t want to fight for the world?
A sword god who uses a sword must be unmoved by fame and fortune?
It was just that fame and fortune were not big enough.
Zhou An fell into deep thought, then stretched out his hand.
“Lord Zhou, be careful, the jade seal carries the fate of the nation, do not touch it at will, be careful of getting hurt.”
Zheng Quan saw this scene and hurriedly spoke out to remind him.
The Jade Seal, that was the most important weapon of a country.
If there was no unique method of storing it, it would instead suffer a terrifying backlash.
Zheng Quan was worried that Zhou An didn’t know about it, so he hurriedly spoke about it.
However, the words had only just fallen, and a frightening scene appeared in everyone’s eyes.
This jade seal, which symbolized the Great Domain Dynasty, had obediently fallen into Zhou An’s hands without the slightest bit of resistance.
Zhou An: “……”
He felt that he had the right feeling.
After this jade seal came out, it turned towards himself, transmitting an affectionate feeling.
It wasn’t that the jade seal had a spirit, but the national fortune inside was so.
As for why ……
It was because Zhou An had met the owner of this jade seal, that is, the emperor of the Great Domain Dynasty, the now half-human, half-creepy Yang Lao.
Yang Lao was extremely appreciative of himself, that is.
In other words, under the love of the house, this jade seal was like his own treasure.
Zhou An turned his hand, and then put the jade seal into the pink money bag.
He gently coughed and said, “Everything that happened just now, let’s pretend that we’ve never seen it.”
In fact, this thing, to say that it was important, it was really important.
But for the emperors of the four major countries, they hated to see it.
For no other reason than that, these emperors, too, were all ruthless people who had coalesced their own national fortunes.
If they went to use the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, they were only afraid that they would instead mix it up and contaminate their pure national luck.
It was like chicken ribs.
It was tasteless to eat and a shame to discard.
And if other people get this jade seal, they wouldn’t dare to mess around with it.
If you dare to coalesce the national fortune and a fifth country appears, then you will be beaten.
Even the most focus on the people, mention into the good treatment of the people of the Xingwu Emperor, I am afraid that will raise the country to war.
For no other reason, in this world, if another country appears, it will be chaotic.
“Lord Zhou, this jade seal is only an overwhelming trouble to carry around, if it is known.”
Zheng Quan whispered, “I’m only afraid that it will lead to unnecessary trouble for myself.”
The people here, although they were all intimidated by Zhou An’s might, but with something like news, no one could be 100% sure that it would not be passed on.
Once it got out, this matter would be troublesome.
Zhou An shook his head and said, “Who do you think, would want the jade seal?”
Zheng Quan fell into deep thought.
If it was the era of the Hundred Kingdoms in chaos, anyone would want it.
But now, even if it was given to them, they would not want it.
Zhou An laughed, “Naturally, there are people who want it, and I’m looking forward to it, as they come over to take it.”
“But what do other countries think?”
Zheng Quan asked, “After all, the jade seal is in your hands.”
The implication of the words was that the jade seal was being held by Zhou An, and the other countries would be worried about Zhou An claiming the throne.
“You’re overthinking it.”
Zhou An shook his head, “Everyone is smart, absorbing the national fortune requires abolishing everything first, they all know that I cannot abolish everything because if I do, my enemies will come.”
Zheng Quan listened and pondered.
Then, he understood what Zhou An meant and felt that it was right.
However, he couldn’t figure out why Zhou An wanted to keep it.
“Just what kind of person needs it?” Zheng Quan subconsciously asked.
Zhou An patted Zheng Quan’s shoulder and laughed, “Naturally, someone needs it, you don’t have to care.”
He had another sentence that he didn’t say.
That was that fishing for something like this was something he was very good at.
As for who to fish for, it would depend on their performance.
“These guys, who haven’t been showing their heads, are holding back the big one for me, so I’ll simply, come up with a counterattack.”
Zhou Xin thought in his heart.
He then looked at Zheng Quan and waved his hand, “Depart.”
The crowd no longer thought much about this matter and hurriedly followed behind Zhou An, leaving the place.
As for the news of the jade seal, it was now gradually spreading through this small frontier county.
An extremely remote and deep mountain.
At this time, in this deep mountain, there was a small temple that was standing on it.
The small temple wasn’t big, but it had all the essentials.
And inside the small temple, there was a white-faced, white-bearded old monk who was banging on a wooden fish with his eyes closed.
One sound after another, echoing continuously in this space, one after another.
Right at this moment, the sound of the old monk striking the wooden fish suddenly came to a halt.
As the sound of the wooden fish stopped, the old monk sighed and pinched his thumb hard.
“Ka-ching!”
The hammer that struck the wooden fish, in the old monk’s hands, broke into two sections.
“Come in.”
The old monk spoke in a bland tone and waved his sleeve.
The wooden fish on the ground, along with the hammer, turned into ashes.
The ashes curled up and kept drifting away between the waving of the sleeves.
Outside the door, a middle-aged monk walked in, holding an incomparably huge string of Buddha beads in his hands.
Looking closely, the beads on this Buddha bead were actually a miserable white skull.
“Lord Buddha, the incense has already been burned, today it is with the blood of eighteen young and strong people, first washed, then burned, the people’s screams have all been absorbed into it as well.”
The old monk got up trembling, looked at this human head Buddha bead, hung it around his neck, with a compassionate look, “Alas, there is a harm to heaven and harmony, there is a harm to heaven and harmony.”
Although his mouth said so, but he was very natural, hanging the Buddha bead on his chest.
The middle-aged monk shivered slightly and said, “Lord Buddha, something big has happened.”
Lord Buddha frowned and said, “What is it?”
“The jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, has appeared.”
As soon as these words came out, the narrow room was plunged into silence, becoming pin drop silent.
The middle-aged monk didn’t dare to speak either, as if he was waiting for Lord Buddha to speak.
“Why are you silent?” Lord Buddha’s eyes coldly swept a glance, that old aura, in a moment of course there was nothing left, only a piece of pressure remained.
Middle-aged monk a head of cold sweat: “Disciple dare not say ……”
“Say!” Lord Buddha coldly drank.
The middle aged monk hurriedly fell to his knees, trembling continuously, “It is Zhou An, it is Zhou An’s side, who obtained the jade seal ……”
Afterwards, the middle-aged monk told the story of what happened, as it was.
After he finished speaking, he didn’t dare to get up, and just knelt on the ground without moving.
Lord Buddha used his hand to touch the skull Buddha bead on his neck and slowly said, “This matter needs to be discussed from a long term perspective, it is the key to whether or not the Wild Buddha Sect’s Buddha Kingdom can be successfully established, you bring all the top management here, I have something to say.”
When the middle-aged monk heard these words, he finally let out a long breath, he hurriedly arched his hand, and he climbed up from the ground, ready to leave.
But before he could take a few steps, he was immediately called away by Lord Buddha.
“Wait, this matter, it is estimated that the Wild Dao Sect’s side, has also heard the news.” Lord Buddha slowly said.
“Nowadays, both the Taoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect are immensely powerful, we, the Wild Taoist Sect and the Wild Buddhist Sect, want to gain a chance from this, we must get the Jade Seal of this Great Domain Dynasty.”
“However, the jade seal is in Zhou An’s hands, then we need to think long and hard, perhaps we can work together a bit.”
The middle-aged monk was slightly stunned, then mused, “Lord Buddha, if we were to cooperate with the Wild Dao Sect, then the jade seal would have to be divided equally one way or the other, at that point, wouldn’t we be dividing a good opportunity, equally?”
Lord Buddha waved his hand, “It doesn’t matter, so what if this thing is split in half between them, we are not opposing enemies in the first place, it’s not bad for the entire world to be split in two, and for each of them to develop.”
Hearing this, the middle-aged monk nodded, then did not say anything else and turned around to leave.
After this middle-aged monk left, the narrow, gray room was once again plunged into silence.
Lord Buddha ran his hand over the skeletal Buddha beads on his neck, and in his mind, he was still thinking about the matter regarding the jade seal.
This was their only chance to turn the tide, the Wild Dao Sect and the Wild Buddha Sect had developed for a long time, but they were ultimately tainted with the word wild.
Therefore, in this side of the world, they would always be pushed down by the authentic Taoist Sect and Buddhist Sect.
And this kind of days like street rats, they had all had enough of it and were looking for a chance to break the situation.
But this world was so intricate and complicated, how could it be so easy to break it?
So there was a method that was planned out by them in consultation, and it was the only one.
If they could get the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty, and with the help of the national fortune in it, set up a special country and develop their own power, that would be the key to turning the tide.
A Taoist and Buddhist state, this was an attempt that had never been done before.
But both the Wild Taoist Sect and the Wild Buddhist Sect felt that it was possible.
Originally, the only flaw was that there was no way to obtain the luck of the kingdom, and now that the jade seal of the Great Domain Dynasty had appeared, they would have to get their hands on it even if they used up all of their resources and painstaking operations.
“It just so happens that we can also take this opportunity to kill Zhou An, it’s simply two birds with one stone.”
Buddha put down the skeletal Buddha beads in his hand and sneered in his heart.
What happened over here, Zhou An Evening was naturally unaware of.
At this moment, he had already left the border of the Great Yue Country and had successfully arrived in the Great Qi Country.
This was the last stop in the trickster hunt.
As long as the Great Qi Country was cleared of the weirdness once more, Zhou An would be able to depart and return to the Great Chu Country.
And this stop, in Zhou An’s opinion, was most likely not that simple.
Not to mention anything else, this situation nowadays, was getting more and more tense.
Especially since Zhou An himself was well aware that the Great Chu Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom, were preparing to deal with the Great Qi Kingdom.
This God’s perspective made Zhou An feel that this situation was even more volatile.
Moreover, his own identity was not enough in the Da Qi State, so Zhou An felt that this set down, the Da Qi State might give himself a particularly big surprise.
In the small frontier county closest to the border, Zheng Quan and the others had all left and traveled to the perimeter to clean up the shenanigans.
As usual, Zhou An was using the Black Jade to liver his proficiency in Bagua Arithmetic while he kept strolling around the small border counties of the Great Qi Kingdom, taking in the different flavors.
However, as Zhou An wandered around, he realized that there was a huge and incomparable gap between the people in the Da Qi country, and the other two countries.
This gap was visible to the naked eye.
Whether it was the people’s clothes or their demeanor, including their various movements, and the things they put on their stalls, they were able to tell that the people of the Da Qi Kingdom were living in dire straits.
Logically speaking, this was impossible, because the Great Qi Kingdom’s heritage was much stronger than both the Great Chu Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom.
The underpinnings were so strong, but the people’s lives were so difficult.
Zhou An already had an idea in his heart after seeing this scene.
“It seems that the policies of ruling the country are different, and the emperor of this Da Qi Kingdom seems to value the people in his line of work more.” Zhou An stroked his chin and thought in his heart.
There were some things that one could tell the truth from the surface, including some of the current situation.
Zhou An had already known the state of affairs of the Great Qi Kingdom just by sweeping a glance.
However, he didn’t bother with these things, after all, this was someone else’s country, how could he care about how others governed?
Afterwards, Zhou An patiently waited up, and in the process of waiting, he was also livering his proficiency.
Zhou An had thought that something outrageous would happen in this small frontier county, but what he didn’t expect was that the journey was particularly quiet and nothing happened.
Everything was also normal until after Zheng Quan and the others returned from all directions.
“Nothing happened, so let’s continue our journey.” Zhou An put his hands behind his back and said indifferently.
Zheng Quan nodded, and soon, the crowd crossed over this small frontier county and headed towards the next location.
This time, the crowd took the official road.
Of course, since they were specializing in the matter of hunting shenanigans, whichever country they were from, they were given the green light.
And the result of the green light was that they were able to make their way through flight.
Soon, the crowd arrived at another county through flight.
This county was more or less the same compared to the small border counties, and could only be described as slightly more prosperous, but the appearance of the people, also did not change in any way, they were all in that same state of living in dire straits.
By this time, Zhou An had already understood that there were things that really needed to be compared.
Let’s say the people’s lives, just by comparing it with the Great Yue Country and the Great Chu Country, one would be able to see the gap.
“Lord Zhou, we are setting off.”
Zheng Quan was also a practical person, and before he even waited for a break, he arched his hand at Zhou An and said.
Zhou An nodded and told them to make themselves at home.
Afterward, this group of experts from the All Saints Realm left.
Zhou An remained the same as usual, just staying in this tiny county.
But this time, the situation, again, became very different.
Ahead, was a narrow street.
Zhou An just held Black Jade and came inside this alley.
There was no one inside the alley, but under the sweep of Zhou An’s Eye of Chaos, he found that at the end, a man dressed in ordinary clothes walked out.
When this man appeared, he immediately made several gestures at Zhou An before lowering his head.
“My subordinate has met Lord Zhou.”
Zhou An nodded, “You should be the nail in the coffin of this Great Qi Kingdom, why are you risking your life to see me now?”
Those gestures just now, came from the special gestures of the Great Qi Kingdom’s Zhen Gui Division, which only people from the Zhen Gui Division could know.
And that gesture was also the code word for the members of the Zhen Gui Division, who did not know each other, to hand over to each other.
As long as the handoff was correct, they would be able to know each other’s identity.
Zhou An then felt a little puzzled that the other party would risk their lives to come over, it seemed that they had really encountered something big.
The member of the Zhen Gui Si arched his hand and said, “Lord Zhou, there is an important situation right now, it seems that the Da Qi Kingdom is going to make a move against you, but it’s not known how, although there won’t be any big moves in the open, but the secret moves won’t be broken.”
“Alright, I know.” Zhou An nodded and said.
This matter had actually occurred to him a long time ago, what he hadn’t expected was that it would come so quickly, and that it would still be the Great Qi Kingdom themselves.
But none of this mattered, there was still someone behind him.
At that time there was really no way out, just call out the cheap mother in law, he was also able to withdraw peacefully.
This was the biggest dependence, otherwise he really wouldn’t have come to this Da Qi country.
The members of the Zhen Gui Si had come over just to inform Zhou An of this matter.
After that, they left directly.
After the members of the Zhen Gui Si left, the place became empty again.
Zhou An followed this street and walked out, then turned his gaze to a corner.
At the corner, there was a citizen who was setting up a stall there and seemed to be very busy, constantly organizing the things on the stall.
Zhou An revealed a smile, then raised his feet and walked over, standing in front of this stall.
The hundred people felt a shadow approaching and subconsciously raised their heads, they saw Zhou An, a fawning smile on his face.
“This gentleman, do you want to see something? The things I have here are notorious for their good quality and low price.”
Saying this, he was very skillful, constantly displaying his goods on the ground stall.
Zhou An’s eyes narrowed slightly, then he picked up one of the porcelain vials from the ground stall, looked at the people in front of him, and said with a smile, “Your disguise is not yet in place, a people, and a people from this part of the Great Qi Kingdom, although the dress matches, and the frost on your face matches as well, but you have a pair of clean hands.”
The moment the people handed over the porcelain vase, the pair of clean hands, was exposed.
The people who were about to make a move, after hearing this, his face immediately became stiff.
His reaction was also extremely fast, and in the twinkling of an eye, he performed a strange stance and disappeared in the same place.
As a gust of wind blew past, the people stopped in their tracks and looked at Zhou An who had stopped in front of them, a hint of fear on his face.
“Let me guess your identity, the Da Qi country’s shouldn’t be, after all, I just came in, he wouldn’t be able to mess things up, otherwise it would be too obvious, then you’re someone else.”
Zhou An smiled and said, “Verticality, Wild Taoist Sect, or Wild Buddhist Sect.”
“Looking at you, it seems like you’re here to spy on me, I hate it when people spy on me, so I can let you die a painful death, or I can let you die a painful death, it depends on how you choose.”
As he spoke, Zhou An had been holding Black Jade’s hand with a calm expression on his face.
And with Zhou An saying these words, this people suddenly made a move.
He was seen placing his hand on his chest and slightly bending over in a respectful manner.
“Miscellaneous Sect Thousand Shadows Sect Master Qin Meng, meet Lord Zhou, meet Miss Black Jade.”
Zhou An sniffed and raised his eyebrows.
This reply was indeed out of his expectation.
He had thought that this fellow was hostile, coming over to look for trouble or to spy on him.
He did not expect it to be a person from a miscellaneous sect.
“Since he is a member of the Miscellaneous Sect, could it be that he is here for the Eight Extreme Techniques again?” Zhou An said indifferently.
And as he spoke these words afterward, in his hand, a long black blade gradually coalesced out.
If the answer Qin Meng gave was wrong, then Zhou An would remove his head.
Qin Meng felt a powerful killing aura, then shivered and hurriedly said, “I came here to protect Miss Black Jade, Lord Zhou, as far as I know, the Great Qi Kingdom has joined forces with Verticality.”
“Very few people know about this matter, only the top echelons of Verticality know about it, so it’s difficult for the news to be revealed.”
Zhou An’s brows furrowed slightly as he discovered the blind spot in this statement, scanning up and down the man in front of him, he slowly said, “You just said that only the top management of Verticality knows about it, can I take this statement and interpret it to mean that you are the top management of Verticality.”