Su Yun and the others returned to the Argali Seal, only to see that Jing Zhao was still tied up tightly. Doctor Dong said, "Pavilion Master, the journey to the Imperial Palace is quite long, and it would take several days for the Argali Seal to travel. It is not as good as the Five-Colored Luan Seal. Although it is a bit more expensive, it is faster to travel."
The five-colored phoenix chariot is another kind of precious chariot. The pavilions are placed on the back of the bird. The phoenix bird flies with the pavilions on its back, and it can travel much faster than the argali chariot.
However, the phoenix is rare and very picky about food. It needs to be fed with special elixir every day. Unlike the argali which is abundant everywhere, even a wealthy family may not be able to afford to raise one.
The price of renting a five-colored phoenix chariot for travel is extremely scary, but for the master of Tongtian Pavilion it is not expensive.
Not long after, Chi Xiaoyao looked at the scenery outside through the window. He saw a sea of clouds under their feet in the sky, the blue sky, and big birds flying in the sky.
Chi Xiaoyao looked back and saw two long tail feathers behind the colorful phoenix, shining with five brilliant colors.
This phoenix is very large, with a wingspan of three to five acres and tail feathers as long as fourteen meters. It is extremely shocking to see it flying in the sky.
When renting a colorful phoenix chariot for travel, it would be accompanied by a coachman and a cook. The coachman himself was proficient in alchemy and was responsible for the food of the phoenix, while the cook was responsible for the food of the distinguished guests, and the three meals along the way would never be repeated.
Their Luancha is a three-story building with sleeping quarters upstairs. The building is luxurious and spacious, with a dressing table and even a study.
“It’s nice to have money.”
Chi Xiaoyao sighed, and then became a little sad: "The Chi family in Huilonghe is far from being as rich as others..."
Su Yun didn't think so much. Doctor Dong was drawing blood from him. Even though Su Yun was now the master of Tongtian Pavilion and Doctor Dong was just an ordinary member of Tongtian Pavilion, blood still had to be drawn.
At night, Su Yun went up to the third floor and looked up at the sky. He saw broken pieces of a planet floating in the sky above the western continent, reflecting the afterglow of the sun, emitting a faint light, competing with the moon.
Yuan Shuo rarely saw such a scene.
Chi Xiaoyao climbed up and sat next to him. She handed him a box of fruit, looked up, and asked, "Is there anyone up there?"
Su Yun activated Yinglong Sky Eye and looked as far as he could, but he could just barely see mountains, rivers, lakes and seas on the continents outside the sky. It looked like something was moving, but when he looked further, he could no longer see clearly.
"Maybe someone is there."
He was not sure: "I heard that several schools such as Jiange and Imperial Palace are planning to organize people to explore there. Maybe we will know after a while."
Chi Xiaoyao hugged her knees with both hands and smiled peacefully: "After I have learned enough, I will go back to the no-man's land to run a school for the monsters."
Su Yun thought about it and realized that he had never seen a school built specifically for monsters. He smiled and said, "When I defeat the overseas Tongtian Pavilion Master and secure the position of Pavilion Master, I will allocate some money to you for running a school."
Chi Xiaoyao's eyes suddenly lit up and he held out his little finger: "It's a deal!"
"It's a deal!" Su Yun hooked his little finger with her.
Chi Xiaoyao hooked his fingers and held up her thumb, wanting to stamp her hand. Su Yun clumsily stamped his hand with her thumb.
Chi Xiaoyao chuckled. The girl from Huilong River had a heart-beating beauty under the moonlight and starlight.
Chi Xiaoyao was flustered by his gaze and hurried downstairs: "You eat the fruit first, I'll go see what else the cook has made."
Su Yun watched her go downstairs. At this moment, he heard Yingying stretching. The little book monster came to his shoulder without knowing when, and said faintly: "The prodigal son lingered in the flowers, but in the end, he found that Xiaofang from the neighboring village was the most suitable for him."
Su Yun was thinking in a charming way, and asked with a smile, "Which one is the prodigal son?"
He ate up all the fruit in the box in a few bites and found it very sweet.
"It was made by the cook," Yingying reminded him.
Su Yun was embarrassed and walked downstairs. Jing Zhao was standing by the door on the second floor. No one saw that the silver needle above Jing Zhao's head that had pierced his brain was slowly rotating and retreating outwards.
At this moment, most of the silver needle has retreated.
Su Yun walked over, humming a little tune, then stepped back and looked at Jing Zhao twice.
Jing Zhao closed his eyes, seemed to be sleeping, and did not move.
Su Yun slapped the old master of Huoyun Cave on the head and went away humming a little tune.
Jing Zhao suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes spitting fire, and his teeth were biting so hard that they made a crackling sound.
The five-colored phoenix chariot traveled a long distance and stopped to rest on the way. It finally arrived at Xingdu in the afternoon of the next day and stopped outside the imperial palace.
There is no Pavilion Master in the Xingdu Imperial Palace. The Palace Master of this academy, Yu Daoyuan, is the Imperial Master of the Great Qin State. He has provided many benefits to the Imperial Palace over the years, so the Imperial Palace has developed rapidly.
Doctor Dong took out a token. The guards guarding the imperial palace saw it and did not dare to neglect him, so they bowed and invited him in immediately.
Su Yun was surprised.
Doctor Dong said calmly, "I stayed in Jiange for a while to avoid being hunted down. Later, I was worried that someone would notice that I was not aging, so I would move to a new place every ten years or so. This token was obtained when I was studying in the Imperial Palace."
Su Yun asked tentatively, "So how many sacred places of learning palaces has the doctor been to?"
"About a dozen."
Doctor Dong said calmly, "My status in every holy place of the academy is not low. Later, I wandered overseas and was picked up by the old boss. At that time, I thought that I didn't find anyone like me here, so I should go back."
Su Yun was shocked. Doctor Dong was not only a high-ranking official in the dozen or so Western Holy Academies, but also the leader of the Shuobei Green Forest and a member of the Tongtian Pavilion. He would probably be a core figure!
Such an immortal being is truly terrifying!
"This place is called the Imperial Palace because during the Argali Rebellion, the crown princes and princesses of Daqin, Daxia, Dayuan and other countries fled here and studied in this academy, receiving its protection."
The colorful phoenix chariot went deep into the palace. Yingying sat on Su Yun's shoulder and flipped through a book. She said to Su Yun, "The Argali Rebellion became more and more intense. These crown princes and princesses learned skills and returned to their respective countries. They made great military achievements during the turmoil. Later, seven emperors came from this academy, so the palace became famous. After the Argali Rebellion ended, the various countries sent their crown princes here from time to time to study, and several emperors came out of it."
Su Yun knew nothing about this period of history and never imagined that there was such an anecdote in it. He could not help but admire it and look around.
The architectural layout of the imperial palace contains much less of the Yuan Shuo style. The buildings are often straight. There are also many temples in the academy, dedicated to the gods in heaven, and statues of the gods in heaven stand in front of each building.
There are even statues of different gods on each floor!
Doctor Dong frowned slightly and whispered, "When I was here, there weren't so many statues. The invasion of the academy by the heavenly court is not a blessing for the imperial palace."
Su Yun's heart was slightly moved, and he said, "The Master does not speak of strange things. The sage Yuan Shuo had long been aware that when gods and monsters disrupt government affairs, it is a disaster that will destroy the country, and when they disrupt the school, it is a chaos that will destroy the clan."
Doctor Dong sighed.
"This Imperial Palace holds a major exam every year. It is said that those who do well in the exam can go to the Heavenly Palace to meet the God King and God Emperor and receive the blessings of the gods."
Yingying flipped through the books and said, "This year's exam will be in August, this month. It seems that the Imperial Palace should have been selecting scholars. I wonder which scholars will be able to enter the Imperial Palace this year?"
Su Yun's heart was slightly shaken: "Heaven? Isn't Heaven what all the people in the West dream of? Could it be that Heaven has a physical body? It's unlikely..."
He frowned slightly. During his underground trip to Boshan County two days ago, he saw a lot of information that was very unfavorable to the Heavenly Court.
Both Gewuzhi and the Saint's Notes point out that the God-Emperor in Heaven might be a very powerful being from Tongtian Pavilion!
Of course, a large part of the Gewuzhi and Saint Maiden's Notes in the underground glazed tower might be fake, but Su Yun could not be sure about the authenticity of the speculations about the Heaven.
“If I could enter the Heavenly Palace and meet this God Emperor in person…” Su Yun’s eyes flashed.
Yingying continued to flip through the pages and said, "There are twenty divine palaces in the Imperial Palace. Each divine palace can select one scholar, a total of twenty scholars, to go to the Heavenly Palace to meet the emperor."
Su Yun raised his eyebrows.
At this time, Doctor Dong said: "There are three people in the world who can cut the brain into 7,000 pieces. It's not that they can't continue cutting, but if they continue cutting, they will damage the most basic structure of the brain. Among these three people, I am one of them, and my knife is the steadiest. The second person is in this imperial palace. His name is Fang Jianqiu, he is a good boy, and his knife is the fastest. He should still be alive. He is ten years younger than Ji Hongtang."
Su Yun calmed down, put the matter of the Divine Emperor behind him, and said with a smile: "Doctor Dong, if he is ten years younger, he must be one hundred and fifty years old, right?"
Doctor Dong said seriously, "One hundred and fifty, minus thirty, is one hundred and twenty years old. With his aptitude, it shouldn't be difficult for him to live to one hundred and twenty years old and complete his Great Unification Technique."
Su Yun understood what he meant. New studies have been developing. Senior Fang Jianqiu from the Imperial Palace is of the same generation as Doctor Dong. He is proficient in medicine and good at prolonging life, so it is not difficult for him to live to be 120 years old.
As long as he can live past the age of 120, the new school of martial arts will usher in a great change, that is, the three heroes of the new school of martial arts, Jiang, Yue and Qiu, "the moon in the sky is as warm as Qiu Jin's warmth, the stone in the stream is as cold as the mirror" will gather together, and a unified martial arts method will take shape!
At that time, the Great Unified Art began to advance by leaps and bounds, until Qiu Shuijing left and returned to Yuan Shuo, the Great Unified Art entered a period of stagnation and development slowed down again.
However, with the accumulation of Jiang Yueqiu and the other two, it is still possible to extend their lives for a few more years.
Ji Hongtang was already 130 years old at that time, and he could not continue the life, so he died. But Fang Jianqiu was ten years younger, so he should have been able to survive the few years of stagnation after Qiu Shuijing left.
The colorful phoenix chariot arrived at the Imperial Palace, the Medical God Palace, and saw that the Medical God Palace was selecting scholars. This selection selected one person as the Medical God Palace's senior brother, who represented the Medical God Palace in this audience with the Heavenly Court.
Su Yun blinked and followed Doctor Dong to the depths of the Palace of the God of Medicine. However, his eyes were on the scholars of the Palace of the God of Medicine who were competing. He saw that those scholars had mastered swordsmanship, acupuncture, and poison techniques, and had many tricks up their sleeves, some even raising poisonous insects.
Next to Doctor Dong, a gentleman from the Medical God Palace said, "The old master usually doesn't see guests. When he heard that you were coming today, he immediately asked me to come and greet you."
Doctor Dong was overjoyed and said to Su Yun, "Fang Jianqiu is still alive as I expected. His sword is the fastest, so fast that it can cut out the evil in the soul! With his help, Master Jingdong's hidden illness will definitely be cured!"
After a while, everyone saw the trembling skinny old man. The magic sword master Fang Jianqiu's arms were shaking. He tightly grasped Doctor Dong's hands and almost suffocated.
Doctor Dong looked at his shaking hands and said, "Junior Brother Fang, can your knife still cut the brain into 7,000 pieces?"
"able-"
Fang Jianqiu was a little hard of hearing, so he could barely understand what he said. He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He didn't have any teeth in his mouth. He smiled and said, "It can be cut into two pieces!"
Doctor Dong sighed and was about to say goodbye when Fang Jianqiu said, "You are looking for a magic sword? I am no longer one. When I was eighty years old, my sword was not as sharp as before. But I have a disciple named Jin Tianying, whose sword is even sharper than mine."
Doctor Dong's heart was moved, and he asked, "Can we ask Jin Tianying to help treat one person?"
Fang Jianqiu said tremblingly, "Tian Ying is out of town, and it will take a few days for him to return to the palace. Please wait for two days. We old friends haven't met for many years."
Doctor Dong did not refuse and said, "I have a disciple who has been admitted to your Imperial Palace and would like to come and see the Imperial Palace."
Fang Jianqiu smiled and said, "Do your disciples need to take an exam? Just report your name directly."
Su Yun's heart moved slightly, and he quickly said: "I am also a disciple of Doctor Dong. Can I become a scholar of the Imperial Palace's Medical God Palace?"
Fang Jianqiu's eyesight was blurry. He glanced at him and told his attendants, "My old friend's disciple doesn't need to take the exam. Just register him directly."
The gentleman from the Medical God Palace said yes and asked Su Yun, "Who are you?"
"Zhang San." Su Yun said.