When Su Yun left the Dongdu Academy, he let go of the burden in his heart and felt that his body and mind were no longer bound and he was calm and relaxed.
He did not ride in the imperial chariot, but walked through the busy streets of the Eastern Capital.
At this moment, he felt as if he had turned into a tiger that had escaped from a cage, walking in the city forest, and the people around him who were shoulder to shoulder were like a flock of sheep.
In his spiritual world, seventy-two caves were swaggering and spinning. Twelve imprints of gods and demons appeared on the inner wall of the caves, while the outer wall of the caves was shaped like his yellow bell, with seven levels of scale. The bottom layer had three hundred and sixty imprints, and various forms of mythical beasts emerged.
Yingying flew back and forth, helping him correct the minor problems in the operation of the technique: "Nourish the soul, nourish the soul, nourish the soul. The most critical point of this realm is not how much your cultivation improves, but how much your soul improves."
"Your twelve spirit gods and demons, the big Kun strengthens their form, and the Sky Peng strengthens their ambition;"
"Nine Phoenix has sharp ears and eyes;"
"Ferocious, fierce and unruly, unyielding and unyielding;"
"Bai Ze knows the changes and wards off evil spirits;"
"Zhu Yan has great power and tempers his strength, Lei Shen controls thunder and steps on the great lake;"
"Fat people will not suffer from plague, Xiang Liu can avoid all kinds of poisons, and ghost cars and gods are hard to get close to."
Su Yun has begun to integrate the new Twelve Gods and Demons Induction Chapter with the Honglu Transmutation. The entire spiritual world is like a huge copper furnace, with the twelve gods and demons emerging on the walls of the furnace.
The vital energy of heaven and earth surging from the seventy-two caves in heaven was like charcoal fire in a furnace, making the new twelve gods and demons become clearer and clearer.
"The copper furnace of heaven and earth, smelting the spirit, Yinglong is you, Kunpeng is you, everything is the transformation of yin and yang."
Yingying checked the twelve gods and demons, and compared them with the various steps in his practice, constantly reminding him, saying: "So what the Heaven and Earth Copper Furnace refined was not the twelve gods and demons, nor the twenty-four gods and demons, but your spirit, your soul!"
After her reminder, Su Yun suddenly realized that the new twelve gods and demons in the furnace of heaven and earth were imprinted on his soul one by one, completing the last step of the unified practice of the Soul Condensation Realm.
The twelve gods and demons including Tianpeng, Dakun, Jiufeng, Zhenning, etc. completely penetrated into his spiritual nature. The spiritual nature was reflected and transformed into magical powers above his head. The Dahuang Bell was spinning slowly, and the imprints of the twelve gods and demons also appeared on the inner wall.
The supernatural powers are the projection of the soul. The new twelve gods and demons are imprinted in his soul. The projection of the soul turns into supernatural powers, and naturally the imprint of gods and demons will also emerge.
He also activated the Taoist Heavenly Eye to observe his own spiritual world, and the changes in the spiritual world when his skills were running, and made subtle adjustments.
As Su Yun walked along the way, his steps became faster and faster, and his body became lighter and lighter.
He unknowingly arrived at the eighth floor of Jade Emperor Mountain. Many officials were surrounding Qiu Shuijing and walking towards the imperial city. Qiu Shuijing seemed to sense something and turned around in surprise. He looked over the crowd and saw Su Yun.
Su Yun's demeanor kept changing with the changes of his martial arts. Sometimes he was like a Yinglong flapping its wings and soaring in the sky, sometimes he was a giant Kun swimming in the sea, and when he jumped out of the water he turned into a Tianpeng striking the sky, and then he descended from the sky and turned into a thunder god stepping on a big swamp.
As he walked among the crowd, all kinds of strange phenomena that were difficult for ordinary people to perceive appeared one after another. Others could hardly see them, but Qiu Shuijing was amazed.
Someone from the entourage stepped forward and was about to stop Su Yun from approaching, but Qiu Shuijing waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's an old friend."
"Mr. Shuijing!" Su Yun came to Qiu Shuijing and bowed to greet him.
Qiu Shuijing returned the greeting and said with a smile, "You finally came."
Su Yun smiled and said, "Master, you said that there is a wild nature in my eyes, so you should know that Shuofang can no longer keep me. Any young man with wild nature will always come to Dongdu to try his luck."
Qiu Shuijing laughed out loud.
Seeing that he was full of energy, Su Yun was moved and said, "Mr. Shui Jing should be living well in the East these days, right?"
“It’s natural.”
Qiu Shuijing was in high spirits, and said, "I arrived at the Eastern Capital before Saint Xue from Xue Qingfu. On the first day, the emperor announced that I would be reinstated as the Minister of Heavenly Dao Academy, and I would be given the title of Imperial Master, in charge of the Heavenly Dao Academy, with officials such as the Imperial Historian, the Imperial Music Master, the Imperial Prayer, and the Imperial Prime Minister under my command. On the second day, the emperor appointed me as the Imperial Guards, in charge of the Northern Army, the Southern Army, and the Imperial Guards on the ten floors of the Eastern Capital. The entire Eastern Capital's military strength was under my control."
Beside him, the historian smiled and said, "Your Majesty listens to Mr. Shuijing's advice. On the third day after Mr. Shuijing returned to the Eastern Capital, His Majesty appointed him as the Imperial Censor and let him be in charge of the dispatch of all officials."
Su Yun bowed and said, "Congratulations, sir."
Qiu Shuijing laughed and said, "I am here to ask His Majesty to reform the people's livelihood. Pavilion Master Su, please ask me while we walk."
Su Yun walked side by side with him. Qiu Shuijing said, "I am different from Zuo Pushe. Zuo Pushe always wanted to rebel, but he couldn't come up with a way to govern the world. He smashed everything, but couldn't build a better world. This is not advisable. When I return to Dongdu this time, all the civil and military officials will follow me. I will take power and eliminate corruption. In simple terms, it can be divided into two steps."
He raised a finger and said, "First, we should reduce the power of the feudal lords and the noble families, collect taxes to supplement the national treasury, and nationalize the precious lands of the major noble families to make the national treasury abundant; second, we should start with education, and use the money obtained from reducing the power of the noble families in official schools. In this way, people's livelihood will prosper, and it won't take many years for the lower-class people to have many spiritual masters, and their knowledge will be put to use, which can change the phenomenon of Yuanshuo's weakness."
Su Yun's heart was slightly shaken: "Sir, will Di Ping support you in reducing the power of the noble family?"
Qiu Shuijing smiled and said, "If he wants to live forever, in addition to relying on Saint Xue of Xue Qing Mansion, he must rely on me. Moreover, I have eliminated the aristocratic families and concentrated power in the hands of the emperor. The emperor has more power than before and controls more resources, so he must support me!"
Su Yun was silent for a moment, then said, "So, what about the aristocratic family? Does the aristocratic family support you?"
Qiu Shuijing laughed and said, "They are the ones I want to weaken, how could they support me?"
At this time, another pair of carriages drove over and slowly stopped. The one pulling the ox cart was Bai Yuelou. He was surprised and delighted to see Su Yun: "Big Brother!"
Xue Qingfu opened the window and saw Su Yun and Qiu Shuijing, so he got off the ox cart and said with a smile, "Shuijing, please go ahead. I want to talk to Pavilion Master Su for a while."
Qiu Shuijing nodded slightly and said to Su Yun: "This time the emperor will reward people based on their merits, but the official positions will be arranged in my hands. What position do you want to be?"
Su Yun shook his head and said, "I have no plans yet."
Qiu Shuijing walked towards the palace and said, "Let me check for you first to see if there is a suitable position for you. By the way."
He stopped and tilted his head to ask, "How about appointing you as the Junior Historian of the Supervisory Department?"
"Supervisory Officer of the Foreign Affairs Department? What does he do?"
Su Yun was puzzled, so he didn't dare to chase him and ask him. He watched him walk into the imperial city, turned around, saluted Xue Qingfu, and said, "Greetings to the Saint of Shuofang."
Xue Qingfu laughed loudly and returned the greeting, "Master Su, I am so ashamed! You and I are equals, there is no need to be so polite."
He straightened up and looked at Qiu Shuijing's back, his eyes flickering. "Shuijing is very proud, but he is not as proud as me. After I entered the capital, the people of Dongdu were excited, and they shouted "Saint" and supported me all the way up, all the way to the top of Yuhuang Mountain! The emperor was watching me outside the Jinluan Palace and heard the people's voices. So he issued an edict that day to make me a saint."
Su Yun smiled and said, "Congratulations."
Xue Qingfu smiled and said, "On the second day, the emperor conferred me the title of Anshuo Gong. It was rare for a person of a different surname to be conferred the title of Marquis, and it was even rarer to be conferred the title of Gong. On the third day, the emperor conferred me the title of Taiwei, in charge of the army and horses of the whole country. His grace was immense."
Su Yun exclaimed: "The saint's achievements are amazing and worthy of such praise."
Xue Qingfu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Your contribution is not small, but it's a pity that you have fought the emperor, so you can't be a high official. What do you think of Shuijing's plan to eliminate corruption this time?"
Su Yun humbly asked for advice, saying: "I have just arrived in Dongdu and I don't understand it yet. Please teach me, Saint."
Xue Qingfu's smile faded and he said, "Qiu Shuijing, you are not far from death."
Su Yun's heart skipped a beat.
Xue Qingfu said slowly, "It is unwise to offend all the noble families in the world at once. Although I admire Shui Jing very much and consider him an opponent, I don't want to see him die like this."
Su Yun was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why does Di Ping support Mr. Shui Jing?"
"Because it will bring a hundred benefits to Your Majesty, and there will be no harm. If you can take over the treasured land of the world's noble families for the Emperor, it will naturally be the best. If not, push Shui Jing out and execute him."
Xue Qingfu sighed, "I don't want my student to die like this. So I often speak for him in the court, but he was too radical this time. Just now Shui Jing asked the emperor to appoint you as an official. What official position?"
Su Yun said: "The Junior Historian of the Supervisory Department."
Xue Qingfu nodded, walked towards the imperial city, and said, "The Junior Historian of the Foreign Affairs Department is an official post assigned to take students to study abroad. It seems that Shui Jing has already decided to perish together with his enemies, so I will send you away first."
Su Yun's heart was slightly shaken, and he said, "Saint, please stay!"
Xue Qingfu stopped.
Su Yun stepped forward and whispered, "Mr. Shui Jing returned to the capital this time to reform corruption, benefit the people's livelihood, strengthen Yuan Shuo, and resist foreign enemies. So what is the purpose of the saint's return to the capital this time?"
Xue Qingfu didn't move, but turned his head and made eye contact with his.
Su Yun's heart trembled slightly, and in a trance he seemed to see thousands of saints' residences again, each filled with masks.
And under the many masks, who is the real Xue Qingfu
"My purpose is the same as Shui Jing's."
Xue Qingfu said calmly: "But the path may be different. I am the Grand Commandant and I also have authority. I will recommend you as the Junior Historian of the Supervisory Department together with Shui Jing. If you leave Dongdu immediately, you may be able to save your life!"
Su Yun watched him walk into the imperial city before turning around and walking out.
Yingying said: "His true identity is that of Han Jun! Su Shizi, stop him!"
"Why?" Su Yun was puzzled.
Yingying sat on the big yellow bell and said with a serious face: "He just said that the purpose is the same, but the path is different. So how many paths are different from Mr. Shuijing's? There are only two. One is the path of the old boss and the seven great families, rebelling and overthrowing the emperor. The other is not to change the court, change the emperor, and become the emperor yourself! Xue Qingfu is obviously the second one."
Su Yun looked strange, turned around, walked towards Baiyue Tower, and said, "Who said the emperor can't be replaced? If he does a good job, what's wrong with changing him?"
Bai Yuelou came forward quickly, bowed and said with a smile: "Bai Yuelou greets Senior Brother from the Gewu Academy!"