The higher you go in the Eastern Capital, the more prosperous it becomes, and the more dignitaries there are.
Su Yun observed along the way and found that there were indeed quite a few Semites coming from overseas. Some came to do business, and some worked as private tutors for prominent families. They were all dressed in fine clothes and rode horses.
The Eastern Capital did treat the Semites preferentially, and they were given priority in everything.
However, there were indeed people in the Eastern Capital who hated the new learning because of their hatred for the Semites and regarded it as heresy.
"I was here for too short a time to see anything."
Su Yun retracted his gaze and thought, "Observe for a while longer."
They arrived at the fifth level of Jade Emperor Mountain and stopped outside Xianliangyuan.
A chief clerk came to greet them and registered their names and origins. He then led them to Xianliangyuan and arranged for them to stay in a small house. He said, "Is this your first time in Beijing? I have a few things to tell you."
Su Yun said solemnly: "Please speak."
The chief clerk said, "This is the emperor's territory, not the north. You must be careful. If you are not careful and offend someone, you may lose your life, not to mention your official position."
He raised a finger and said, "The first group of people you cannot offend are the Semu people. The second group of people you cannot offend are the officials of Dongdu. The third group of people you cannot offend are the upper class people of Dongdu. Even the people who sweep the floor could be a fifth-rank official in the prime minister's family. Be careful not to offend them! As for the lower class people of Dongdu, there is no such concern."
Su Yun thanked him and sent the chief clerk away.
Young Master Ye Luo said, "What the chief clerk said just now is correct. To the people of Dongdu, we are just bumpkins from the countryside. Even officials who have made great contributions are looked down upon."
Li Muge asked curiously, "Brother Ye Luoshi, I heard that you lived in Dongdu for a period of time before. Could it be that your habit of looking for bargains everywhere was developed in Dongdu?"
Young Master Ye Luo smiled bitterly and said, "I am speaking seriously to you, please stop joking. Dongdu gathers the most powerful families in the entire Yuanshuo. The power of these families is so great that you cannot imagine. They can easily decide your life or death! We are also from aristocratic families, and we are also considered powerful in the local area, but in Dongdu, there are many families like the Li and Ye families! There are also hundreds of families that surpass ours, so we must be careful!"
Su Yun didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "We didn't come to Dongdu to cause trouble this time. Mu Ge and Zhu Xian came to take the entrance exam for Tian Dao Academy, Wu Tong and Uncle Jiao came to absorb the magic energy here to practice, you and I came to see the emperor, and Dao Sheng came back to report. Who would cause trouble for no reason?"
Young Master Ye Luo looked worried and said, "I hope nothing will happen."
Everyone settled down.
The Taoist Saint smiled and said, "I have a Taoist temple in Dongdu, so I won't bother you here. Goodbye, goodbye. Pavilion Master Su, if you have time, you can go to my Qingxu Temple to taste tea."
Su Yun stood up to see him off. Just as he arrived outside the Xianliang Courtyard, he heard people beating gongs and drums, running around and shouting, "The Emperor has changed the reign title! The Emperor has changed the reign title!"
Dao Sheng showed a surprised look, stopped and muttered: "Changing the reign title? Isn't it the first day of the new year that the reign title is changed? It's almost summer, why is it time to change the reign title now?"
"Your Majesty has received the blessing of heaven, and has obtained the magic of immortals, and has achieved eternal life. He has changed the reign title from Yuanshou to Yuanshi! From this year on, it will be the first year of Yuanshi!"
Su Yun and Dao Sheng looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw people running around telling each other in the streets.
Young Master Ye Luo, Wutong and others heard the noise and came out to watch.
The whole Dongdu was filled with joy, and people began to hang up lights and decorations, waiting for celebration.
"The demonic energy here is so abundant that it can condense into water." Wutong shrugged his nose, closed his eyes, and his face was intoxicated.
In her Liyuan, the rolling demonic energy was constantly shaking, which was extremely terrifying.
The Taoist Saint looked worried and whispered, "The first year of Yuanshi... Hehe, does your Majesty intend to continue to sit on the throne and rule forever after becoming an immortal? It would be fine if he ruled the world for thousands of generations, but if he ruled the world for thousands of generations with one person, I'm afraid the royal family would be restless, not to mention the other aristocratic families? The emperor's immortality may not be a good thing..."
"Master, this is exactly why the devil is growing stronger."
Wutong said faintly: "This is not caused by me, nor is it caused by my arrival. I was attracted by the evil spirit and devilish nature here. Don't confuse cause and effect."
Daosheng sighed and walked away.
Su Yun looked up at the highest point of Dongdu, which was the direction of the imperial palace. He thought to himself, "Immortal magic? Could it be that Mr. Shui Jing passed on the last few levels of the Honglu Transmutation to Di Ping, and Saint Xue also passed on the Seven-Faced Heavenly Palace to him?"
He immediately shook his head: "Impossible, these two are old foxes, it is impossible to hand them over directly, they must keep them to control the emperor. Besides, Saint Xue only has seven faces facing the sky, the eighth one is in my hands..."
He suddenly laughed, shook his head, turned around and walked into Xianliangyuan, thinking: "Why should I ask about these things? The first thing I came here for was to find the pen monster transformed by the team leader, and the second thing was to meet my parents. As for other things, it has nothing to do with me!"
This time, Emperor Ping summoned him to come to the Eastern Capital to meet the emperor. It was probably some kind of reward, but Su Yun didn't take it to heart at all.
He took out the wooden box and placed it on the table, gently pushing it. The wooden box vibrated slightly, and on the ground outside Xianliangyuan, a blue brick quietly changed when no one was paying attention, and a wooden box pattern appeared on the brick.
After Su Yun finished all this, he yawned. They had traveled a long distance and it took them several days to reach Dongdu. They were all very tired and decided to take a rest.
Late at night, Su Yun suddenly woke up and saw a paper man squeezed in through the door and window under the moonlight. He stood on the windowsill and bowed, saying, "The Pavilion Master has given the order."
Su Yun looked at the little paper figure in surprise, but still told it Su Ye's information and said, "Some people say that they came to Dongdu from Shuofang seven years ago, and Su Ye was arranged to study in the official school. Can you find out?"
The paper figurine nodded and said, "This is a simple matter. You can find out by going to the Ministry of Revenue. Tongtian Pavilion has someone in the Ministry of Revenue."
Su Yun felt relieved and said, "One hundred and fifty years ago, Saint Cen from the Four Great Myths bought a pen monster. The pen monster should follow him to practice, not be an unknown person. Let's find the whereabouts of this pen monster."
The paper man said yes, left through the window and disappeared.
Su Yun lay down.
On the way, Daosheng told him about Cen Bo's origins, but he didn't know much about the book monster that the team leader had transformed into, so he could only ask Tongtian Pavilion to find out the whereabouts of the team leader.
When Su Yun woke up, it was already bright. After washing up and having breakfast, he saw that Wutong, Li Zhuxian, Li Muge and others had already left, intending to go sightseeing in the city.
Although he also wanted to go out for fun, the news about Tongtian Pavilion had not yet arrived, so he had to stay in Xianliangyuan.
His spirit came to the imprint of Tianmen Town in his eyes. He activated Chaotianque again and again, observing the imprint of Chaotianque, and trying to deduce the unified practice of Yunling Realm by himself.
Qiu Shuijing had already taught him the Honglu Transformation Technique of the Yunling Realm, but it still needed to be integrated with the other twelve kinds of gods and demons' induction techniques to be considered a unified technique of the Yunling Realm.
Su Yun has been busy these days and has no time to complete this task.
On his way to Dongdu this time, he had a rare chance to calm down and try to create a new chapter of induction.
His foundation-building realm induction chapter was learned from Tiandao Academy, which was created by the scholars of Tiandao Academy. It was the first time for Su Yun to study the sculptures on Chaotianque and comprehend the skills.
However, in the past few days, he has roughly created the framework of twelve new chapters of induction.
The twelve gods and demons are Tianpeng, Dakun, Jiufeng, Zheng, Ning, Feiyi, Bai Ze, Bixie, Zhuyan, Leishen, Xiangliu and Guiche.
He had to figure out the forms of various gods and demons bit by bit, speculate on their body structures, simulate the circulation of their qi and blood, and even try to see if he could translate the forms of gods and demons into culture.
It is extremely difficult to transform the forms of gods and demons into various magical powers, but it will be much easier if you transform them into runes first.
By imprinting the runes on your own magical power, the Dahuang Bell, you can greatly increase the power of your magical power.
In fact, if you want to do all this, you need the guidance and instruction of a famous teacher, and it would be best if you have classmates to support each other and make progress together. It is definitely a difficult and even painful task to explore on your own.
But fortunately, Su Yun has Yingying by his side, and he can ask Yingying for advice anytime and anywhere.
Yingying memorized all the classics in Wenyuan Pavilion of Tiandao Academy. No matter what difficulties she encountered in her cultivation, she could find a solution.
However, for Su Yun, Yingying is good, but her knowledge is fixed on the classics of Tiandao Academy. She is still much inferior to Qiu Shuijing, who has witnessed the unique skills of ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
"If I have time, I should go see Mr. Shui Jing. Even if it costs money, I will ask him to teach me my new skills."
Su Yun sorted out the new skills and thought, "Dongdu is so big, where can I find my team leader and my parents? I wonder if Tongtian Pavilion can find any clues about them in Dongdu?"
Although Su Yun is the master of Tongtian Pavilion, the people in Tongtian Pavilion are elusive, and he, the pavilion master, does not even know the whereabouts of others.
But fortunately, he knew how to contact the strong men in Tongtian Tower!
He was meditating when he suddenly felt something in his heart. He opened his eyes and saw a paper man who had appeared in front of him and was standing there quietly.
"Master, it has been found out."
The paper man saw him wake up and bowed, saying, "Su Ye moved here seven years ago. There are three of us in the family. Su Ye was arranged to be admitted to the third-ranked Dongdu Academy. This year, he plans to take the Tiandao Academy exam..."
"Dongdu Academy ranks third in the world?"
Su Yun was surprised and said, "I heard from Mr. Shui Jing that among all the academies in the world, Tiandao Academy ranks first, Taixue Academy ranks second, and Wenchang Academy ranks third. Mr. Shui Jing would not lie to me, so why did you say that Dongdu Academy ranks third?"
The paper man hesitated for a moment and said, "As we all know, the first and second ranked academies are undisputed, but there is one academy ranked third in various places in Yuanshuo, and there are more than a dozen academies in total. But in Dongdu, Dongdu Academy ranks third, and this is recognized by Dongdu people."
Su Yun frowned and said reluctantly: "Okay. Then, do you know the whereabouts of Saint Cen's pen monster?"
The paper man said, "Cen Sheng is a great sage of Confucianism. There is a fellow Taoist in Tongtian Pavilion who is also a Confucianist. He sent me news that Cen Sheng did have a pen monster, who later transformed into a human and became a disciple of Cen Sheng. His name is Danqing."
Su Yun was shocked and said with a smile: "It would be great if we knew his whereabouts!"
In his spiritual world, the book monster Yingying was also shocked and very excited.
“… Twenty years ago, Danqing was murdered.” The paper man continued.
Su Yun and Yingying looked stunned: "Danqing is dead?"
The paper man said, "His death seems to be related to the death of Emperor Ai. He suspected that Emperor Ai did not die of natural causes, so he investigated the death of Emperor Ai, and then died an unnatural death."
Su Yun frowned: "Who killed him?"
The paper man shook his head and said, "It's a mystery that has no solution so far. But since then, Cen Sheng has left Dongdu and his whereabouts are unknown."
Su Yun was in a daze, Cen Sheng's magic rope was still in his sleeve. Cen Sheng left Dongdu. Did he go to investigate Danqing's death
But why did Cen Sheng hang himself under the crooked willow tree outside Tianmen Town
He clenched his fists, then gently opened them: "I should go see my parents and my brother first, and fulfill my wish."
Not long after, he came to the lowest level of Dongdu and found where his parents lived. He saw that the old couple did not live the rich life as he had imagined, but was instead very poor.
Qu Jin Qu Taichang gave them a lot of money in the past, but they were fishermen after all, without any special skills, and they lived off their savings. Now they just rely on the money earned from Su Ye to make ends meet.
Su Yun walked past them, but they didn't recognize him.
Su Yun was silent. He came to the outside of Dongdu Academy and waited for a long time. Su Ye finally finished school.
He watched the boy who looked somewhat similar to him walk past him, and suddenly his hatred for his parents disappeared.
"Hey!" Su Yun called Su Ye, threw a bag of Qinghong coins over, and turned and left.
"Who are you? Why are you giving me money?" Su Ye was stunned.
"I'm your brother!" Su Yun waved his hand and walked into the crowd.