Chapter 301.
At this moment, this azure sky looked incomparably empty above the cloudless scene.
Looking up, a few eagles flew across the sky, from near and far, turning into rows of small black dots in the extreme distance of the sky.
While Zhou An and Eunuch Wei stopped in mid-air, no one spoke.
Zhou An didn’t know what Eunuch Wei was thinking, nor did he know how to speak at this moment, because after he asked those words, he knew that there were times when choices needed to be made by Eunuch Wei himself.
The meaning of his words just now, was that the Da Chu and Da Yue’s military attack on the Barbarian Kingdom was actually just a front, and that the most important thing was to turn around and deal with the Da Qi Kingdom, and to pull out this real tumor once and for all.
If it was in the past, Zhou An would have felt that it was nothing to pull out.
War, it was unavoidable.
But now it was different, after learning that Eunuch Wei and Emperor Feng Teng’s sister, had an affair when they were young, Zhou An felt that this matter Eunuch Wei seemed to be a bit difficult to deal with.
He had to ask and wanted to ask clearly.
For no other reason, Eunuch Wei was equally important to him.
In the beginning, when he was just a small person from Anding County, Eunuch Wei had high hopes and was even willing to be his background.
Such an old man, Zhou An had already treated him as his own.
He did not want Eunuch Wei to have any hard feelings, so he asked.
Eunuch Wei remained silent, but it was a silence that did not last long.
When Eunuch Wei turned around, Zhou An could feel that in Eunuch Wei’s eyes, there was a hint of candor, as if there was a kind of relief in the general lightness of the wind.
“In our life, there is only one thing we pursue.”
Eunuch Wei put his hands behind his back and said frankly: “That is, peace in the world, the people are well fed and clothed, everything is peaceful, and there is no more war.”
“What our family is seeking is exactly what all like-minded people in the Great Chu Kingdom are seeking.”
“Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, the State Master, including the Chief Secretary, we all have the same goal, we can give up everything for this goal, compared to the stability of the people, what is our family’s love and affection?”
Zhou An sniffed, then sighed.
He knew that Eunuch Wei had his own ideals and ambitions, he also knew the principles practiced by the Great Chu Kingdom, and even more so, he knew that people of their generation put the people first.
If not for that, they would not have risen up in rebellion and overthrown the previous dynasty.
This kind of thing, can’t think, can’t say, because Eunuch Wei naturally has a ruler in his heart.
“Alright, kid, we know what you’re worried about, but there’s no need.”
Eunuch Wei shook his head and said, “We have lived for so long and seen many things, right now we only have two goals.”
“One is to watch the people of the Great Chu Kingdom, from now on there will be no more hunger pains, no more bizarre disturbances, and the second, is to watch the moment you reach the summit, if we still have this opportunity, when you reach the summit, even if we die of old age, we will still wear a smile on our face.”
Zhou An immediately shook his head, “Eunuch Wei has lived a long life, how could he die?”
Eunuch Wei laughed loudly, “Go, follow us back to the Great Chu Kingdom, once there, you can continue what you want to do.”
Zhou An nodded.
The two of them stopped talking and turned their heads to continue towards the Great Chu Kingdom.
On the way back, naturally, everything was uneventful.
Due to Eunuch Wei’s leadership, no one dared to come out and pick a fight either, and by the time Zhou An returned to the Great Chu Kingdom, he joined Eunuch Wei and traveled to the capital of the Great Chu Kingdom.
When he came back, as he passed through the Great Yue Country, Zhou An also got his hands on the Inner Dan in passing.
And this trip was a side trip to the capital of the Great Chu Kingdom.
The process of getting the inner elixir had no ripples, and when Zhou An had gotten the inner elixir, he bid farewell to Eunuch Wei and traveled to Huaixi Capital alone.
It had been a long time since he had gone back, and Zhou An, as the Secretary Capital of Huaixi Capital, naturally had to go there to sit in on the town.
As a result of returning to the Great Chu Kingdom, the crisis on Zhou An’s side was correspondingly absent.
After all, in the Great Chu Kingdom, no one dared to touch Zhou An either.
Rushing from the capital to Huaixi Capital did not take much time, and during that time, Zhou An did not rush to catch up.
Every day, while rushing, he would first liver the double proficiency of the Psychic Space before continuing to rush.
When he arrived at Huaixi Capital, he found He Sheng and the others, already at the entrance of the Zhen Gui Si, waiting patiently.
The news of his return, naturally, had long since spread throughout the jianghu of the entire Da Chu Kingdom, and nowadays, the jianghu of the Da Chu Kingdom, had already treated Zhou An as a god-like figure, this was not to say that Zhou An had already been for the leveling with Eunuch Wei and the others, but rather, it was because of Zhou An’s experience, which was simply too legendary.
Coupled with the Guile Hunting Activity, which had made Zhou An’s credentials, even higher, it could be said that now, not only the jianghu of the Great Chu Country, but even the Great Yue Country and the Great Qi Country, had already known of Zhou An as a figure.
“Greetings, Sir Zhou.”
At the entrance of the Zhen Gui Division, He Sheng led a large group of members and arched his hand at Zhou An.
“Lord Zhou, this trip is famous in the Jianghu, congratulations!”
For He Sheng, who was the least able to kiss ass and the most fond of kissing ass, his ass was quite hard and straight, but it was good that Zhou An ate it up as well.
“Alright, go about your respective business.”
The Zhen Gui Si naturally had important matters to attend to, and being able to come over to greet this trip had already freed up quite a bit of time.
Zhou An did not let them stay longer, and with Zhou An’s approval, the members of the Zhen Gui Division, then dispersed one after another.
Zhou An, on the other hand, did not leave, and headed to his room, and after sitting down, he waited for He Sheng to report the situation.
After being away for such a long time, Huaixi Capital had changed drastically.
Zhou An of course wanted to understand the situation in Huaixi Capital before saying anything.
It had to be said that He Sheng was a very talented person, although his strength was not worth mentioning in front of Zhou An, but that was only in front of Zhou An.
When Zhou An left Huaxi Capital, He Sheng took care of everything here, in an organized manner.
“Lord Zhou, this is a variety of things that have happened in the Huaixi Jing Zhen Gui Si after you left, please take a look.”
A thick folded book was placed on the table.
He Sheng dropped his hand to the side after doing this.
Zhou An slowly flipped through it.
At their level, the speed of flipping through something was naturally extremely fast.
After about a tea time, this thick folded book was all read by Zhou An.
Zhou An put down the table, nodded his head and said, “You’ve done a good job, the above is detailed, recording the various actions of the members of the Zhen Gui Si.”
During the time he had been gone, there had been some bizarre incidents, but they had all been handled with ease.
It could be said that there were small fights, but no major storms.
He Sheng nodded with a modest look, “It’s still under Lord Zhou’s leadership that we were able to make it like this.”
Zhou An faintly said, “In that case, let’s continue, I came on this trip to see, how well you guys handled it, and now it seems that the results are outstanding.”
While saying that, Zhou An stood up.
He planned to go back, and after he returned, he would raise his skill proficiency earlier.
The matter of sending troops to the Barbarian Kingdom was close at hand, and raising most of the skills to Level 9 early was the most important thing.
Even if he grasped the time, he might be able to reach the All Saints Realm on the occasion of sending out the barbarian nation.
After returning to the home, the inside of the home was still neat and tidy, during the time he was not here, the people from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce were very observant, and would send people over to clean it every day, ensuring that the inside was absolutely neat and tidy.
At the corners, there were those weapons and important items piled up that no one dared to touch.
Those things, all left behind by the younger generation who had once challenged Zhou An, were called the Heroes’ Corner, by the people in the Jianghu Lake.
Zhou An didn’t bother to look at it, didn’t even think of glancing at it, and took Black Jade alone, heading to the bedroom.
After simply setting up a formation, he began to liver up his proficiency.
Black Jade sat in the middle of the iron pot with a confused yet excited expression.
The proficiency level just went up crazily amidst Zhou An’s wild liver.
What followed was peaceful and smooth.
Time gradually passed.
Each day, Zhou An maintained a corresponding routine.
Liver proficiency, go to the psychic space, go eat again, and continue to liver proficiency again.
Every day when there was nothing to do, he took Black Jade around again.
Days passed like this, and his proficiency, finally reached a limit.
In front of Zhou An’s eyes, a puff of smoke appeared, then slowly transformed into words.
[Pot Zhen Fa lv.8 (Strength +12, Destruction +12, Seal +12): 90,000/140,000]
[Storage Proficiency: 100000/100000]
The Pot Zhen Fa was only that much short of 50,000 to be able to reach level 9, while the Storage Proficiency, however, was prioritized one step to reach full level.
So now, Zhou An needed to give another skill, enhanced proficiency.
Otherwise, he would be at a loss if his stored proficiency overflowed.
After Zhou An thought about it slightly, he finally came to a decision.
He looked at the Cast Self in front of him, and without hesitation, he used his stored proficiency, all of it.
His current attack, was already sufficient, but in terms of defense, it was somewhat weak.
Let’s say in a few battles not too long ago, the golden light of the Casting Body was a little too much to carry, especially in that one battle with the Heart Demon, the Casting Body was like paper mache, so this skill had to be strengthened.
Although 10,000 points were not enough to raise the Casting Body to the next level, it was enough for Zhou An.
It only needed to be added one more time to reach it.
As for why he didn’t just add the Pot Zhen Fa to the Qualitative Change, it was because this proficiency was a one-time addition, and if he added it in, the Pot Zhen Fa would have an extra portion of proficiency, and it would be uneconomical to let his plan of having a full Skill Level 9 fall by the wayside.
Zhou Xin was very clear inside what he needed, so adding it to the next skill was just right.
Soon, the proficiency level flew away, and in its place, there was a change in the proficiency level of Cast Self.
[Cast Self Body lv. 7 (Hardness +10, Fusion +10, Defense +10): 100000/120000]
After the stored proficiency was used up, it was only 20,000 points away from the next level.
Zhou An pondered that it would be better to upgrade the Pot Zhenfa to Qualitative Change first, since it was only this close anyway.
Thinking about this, he was ready to continue.
But just at this time, outside the door, a knock sounded.
With Zhou An’s Eye of Chaos nowadays, with a casual glance, naturally, he was able to discover who was outside the door.
At this moment, at the door, He Sheng was holding a secret letter in his hands and was waiting patiently.
He also did not dare to go in, because Zhou An was his superior, and the necessary etiquette, was still needed.
Zhou An thought for a moment, then brought Black Jade to the door and opened it.
Outside the door, He Sheng was standing in a restrained manner, and when Zhou An opened the door, he was obviously relieved.
Only just opening it, He Sheng handed over the letter in his hand, succinctly stating the reason.
“Sir Zhou, this is a secret letter from the capital side, saying that you must come and open it yourself.” He Sheng said.
Zhou An nodded, and after receiving the secret letter, he spoke to He Sheng for a couple of moments, and then asked He Sheng to leave.
He himself, on the other hand, closed the door and returned to the room, opening the secret letter in his hand.
What came from the capital was definitely something important, although he could not guess what it was, but after reading it, everything would be clear.
When Zhou An opened the secret letter, very soon, the content on top of the secret letter, jumped out onto the paper.
“So it is.”
After Zhou An read all of the contents on it, he also finally realized what was going on.
“One month.” Zhou An looked at the content above and shook his head, “It seems that there is not much time left for the Great Qi Kingdom.”
Above the letter, it briefly explained one thing, that is, one month later, it would be the time when the Great Yue Kingdom would send its troops to the Barbarian Kingdom.
At that time, that was when the plan would unfold.
The reason for this letter was, for one, to tell Zhou An a specific time, in case Zhou An had something to do, it would be good to get it done during this time, so that he could fully deal with the ensuing chaos in the world.
The second was to tell him that Yu Hang and Eye Frost had both reached the Full Saint realm.
This had to do with the fact that they had gained Complete Gifts.
As for the rest, it was not mentioned on this letter.
In response, Zhou An said that he was finally somewhat relieved.
The two brothers, he and Yu Hang, had come out of the Settlement County together, and could be said to have each made a name for themselves.
Nowadays, Yu Hang, also finally has a foothold in the capital.
For Zhou An, it was also more lenient.
As for the matter of Ye Frost also reaching the All Saints Mirror, Zhou An was also happy for Ye Frost.
Having reached the All Saints Realm, both of them were considered to be a party of big brother level existences in this world.
Although they, the All Saints Realm, were not worth mentioning in Zhou An’s hands, for others, it was an unattainable existence.
After reading the letter, Zhou An casually found a fire pot, burned the letter, and continued to use the pot Zhen Fa that was upended by the black jade.
Everyone had reached the All Saints Realm, and he was the only one who was still at the Tongling Realm, it always felt a bit inappropriate.
So in this month’s time, Zhou An intended to use the fastest speed possible to ascend to the All Saints Realm.
Only when he reached the All Saints Realm would he have the possibility to truly call out the Ascension Realm.
Although he could kill the Absolute Enlightenment Realm right now, but just like one wouldn’t mind having too much money, no one would mind having low strength.
Soon, in the room, the voice of Black Jade resounded again.
Time gradually passed.
In the blink of an eye, many more days had passed, and during this time, Zhou An was still following his previous routine, constantly livering his proficiency.
The proficiency of the Pot Zhen method finally reached a qualitative change under the long period of furious livering.
In front of his eyes, a familiar smoke appeared, and between the smoke filling up, it eventually turned into a line of text that appeared in front of Zhou An’s eyes.
[Please choose direction]
[Heaven and Earth in a Pot: Strength +12, Destruction +12, Seal +12, Refinement +24]
[Heaven and Earth in a Pot: Destruction +12, Equilibrium +12, Anthropomorphism +12, Destruction +24]
Looking at the two choices in front of him, Zhou An didn’t even need to think about it and directly chose the first one.
As he finished choosing, the smoke in front of him gradually disappeared, eventually turning into a line of information that turned into the latest skill.
[Heaven and Earth in Pot lv.9: (Strength +24, Destruction +24, Sealing +24, Refining +24])
[Storage Proficiency: 15000/100000]
This time, not only did Heaven and Earth in Pot undergo a qualitative change, but the storage proficiency, likewise, reached a new height.
Another 15,000 points of proficiency had been gained, and there wasn’t much further to go before the next use.
Of course, now was not the time to think about this.
After the smoke in front of his eyes appeared for a while, it quickly turned into lines of information that eventually traveled into Zhou An’s mind.
Zhou An could feel that with the qualitative change of the heaven and earth in the pot, his divine soul had once again grown.
It was another big step away from the All Saints Realm.
And as his strength grew, he also thoroughly understood the role of the ability to refine.
This attribute corresponded to, in fact, sealing that attribute.
The Heaven and Earth in the cauldron didn’t just have destruction and attack power, it was even capable of sealing people within the iron cauldron.
But in the past, sealing that could only ever be sealing.
After sealing inside, one could only use the destructive attribute in it to destroy the other person, but the destruction was far from enough.
And refining was different, it was paired with sealing.
As long as it was within this range, not only could it destroy the enemy sealed inside, it could also refine the enemy from within.
It could be said that it enhanced the terror of this skill from all angles.
For Zhou An, this skill once again strengthened his attacks.
“In this way, I will be able to liver the next skill.”
In front of Zhou An’s eyes, smoke emerged and eventually converged into a brand new proficiency panel that was displayed in front of him.
[Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade lv.9 (Speed +24, Accuracy +24, Sharpness +24, Defense Breaking +24): 1/160000]
[Heaven and Earth in Pot lv.9 (Strength +24, Destruction +24, Seal +24, Refinement +24): 1/160000]
[Flying Dragon Stance lv.7 (Speed +10, Dodge +10, Flight +10): 1/120000]
[Casting Self Body lv. 7 (Hardness +10, Fusion +10, Defense +10): 100000/120000]
[Read a Thousand Scrolls lv. 7 (Spirit +10, Understanding +10, Bounce +10): 1/120000]
[Rising Winds and Waves lv.7 (Watery +10, Water Control +10, Healing +10): 1/120000]
[Healing Poison Holy Body lv.9: (Healing +24, Toxicity +24, Poison Penetration +24, Devouring +24): 1/160000]
[Eye of Chaos lv.9 (Detection +24, Illusion Breaking +24, Ranging +24, Confusion +24):1/160000]
[Holy Spirit Evil Demon Body lv.9 (Purify +24, Dispel +24, Might +24, Scapegoat +24):1/160000]
[Heavenly Worker’s Divine Calculations lv.9 (Precision +24, Deduction +24, Formation +24, Great Potential +24): 50,000/160,000]
[Trick Fishing lv.5 (Harvest +4, Unknown +4): 1/80,000]
[Storage Proficiency: 15000/100000]
For the next skill, he also already had an idea, and planned to just liver cast himself, after all, casting himself was also about to reach the next level.
After he had livered Casting Body to the ninth level of quality, his stored proficiency, he would also be able to use it once, and then add it to other skills, so it would be a true win-win situation.
However, this Cast Self, also needed to be livered in a different way.
This, however, gave Zhou An a bit of a headache.
Zhou An looked at the smoke in front of him, slowly dispersing, and he was about to think about what way he was going to use to liver, when the Black Jade next to him couldn’t sit still.
Zhou An froze slightly, and saw that Black Jade was sitting next to him with a frown on his face.
During this recent period of time, Black Jade had always had a mindless look, and even though he accompanied Zhou An in his liver proficiency every day, he also maintained a clueless look every day.
But today, especially now, this frowning look of Black Jade immediately attracted Zhou An’s attention.
Zhou An also did not go back to liver proficiency, but instead came next to Black Jade, touched Black Jade’s head and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Black Jade raised his head blankly, and his tightly locked brows, slowly stretched out, then said dumbly, “The last skill, came out.”
Zhou An was slightly stunned, then reacted with a look of joy on his face, “Great! Have you already comprehended all of the Eight Extreme Skills, nowadays?”
Black Jade had already comprehended seven of the Eight Extreme Techniques, and now that he had added another one, his strength had definitely increased tremendously.
When Black Jade heard this, he nodded, and then operated the air in his body.
In the next moment, on Black Jade’s body, there was an overwhelming aura that flowed.
The light of the eight types of Eight Absolute Techniques was constantly flickering on Black Jade’s body.
At this moment, Black Jade looked as if she was surrounded by eight powerful rays of light, and she was the dominant of these eight rays of light, occupying an aura that dominated everything, making people, unconsciously, want to move their gaze away.
Zhou An carefully sensed for a moment and raised an eyebrow, “Learning the eight kinds of Eight Extreme Techniques before reaching the Realm of Extreme Enlightenment, it shouldn’t be.”
According to his understanding, the founder of the Eight Extreme Techniques at the time, after learning the Eight Extreme Techniques, was almost omnipotent in the world.
It could be considered the strongest existence at that time.
If it wasn’t for later, when that incident occurred, it would probably have been stronger as well.
And since Black Jade had now comprehended eight Eight Jedi Techniques, it was impossible that he was only at the Jedi Realm of Enlightenment.
Black Jade seemed to have seen Zhou An’s thoughts, so she pulled Zhou An’s hand and said softly, “The more you fuse, the stronger you get, fuse it a little, and it gets stronger by one point, and fusing half of it is ascending to heaven.”
Fusing half is ascending to heaven?
When Zhou An heard these words, he finally realized where he was not thinking correctly.
In other words, if Black Jade wanted to reach the next level, he had to fuse the Eight Extreme Techniques.
And fusion didn’t mean fusing all of them, there was a slow progression.
The founder of the Eight Extreme Techniques in the beginning, who was able to reach such strength, must have fused some of them, but not all of them.
In other words, Black Jade was now able to start fusing the Eight Extreme Techniques.
Thinking of this, Zhou An asked, “Is it dangerous to fuse it now?”
Although there was the air given by Elder Yang and the trace of resentment with the Eight Extreme Techniques extracted from himself, Zhou An still had to think in terms of safety.
Black Jade scratched his head, then fell into thought.
This was something Zhou An rarely saw, and seeing Black Jade thinking, he waited patiently.
After Black Jade pondered for a while, he gave his answer.
“Going to the Guile Gathering should be the safest.”