68: Chapter 68 Late Stage of a Terrestrial Immortal!

At the first light of dawn, Xia Chen opened his eyes from meditation.

After a full night of Cultivate, the Dragon Qi within his body had finally completely stabilized.

Last night, when he made a Breakthrough in the second level of the Myriad Dragon Emperor Sutra, that surge of power rushed into his Meridians like a bursting flood, hurting so much that he almost cursed out loud.

Fortunately, he managed to endure it.

Now, all nine dragon-shaped main Meridians throughout his body were cleared, and liquid True Essence flowed slowly through his Meridians.

Like nine golden streams, they gathered in his Dantian, forming a slowly rotating vortex of Qi.

What surprised him even more was this.

His Divine Sense coverage had expanded to a hundred miles.

The entire capital, from the imperial palace to the city gates, from the East City to the West City, every corner was within his perception.

Even in the villages ten miles outside the city, he could "see" clearly which family's chicken was crowing and which family's dog was running.

"Land Immortal Late Stage!"

Xia Chen muttered to himself.

Feeling the massive power within his body, he couldn't help but stretch.

"This feeling is damn good."

"Now, I can truly be considered to have entered the ranks of the strong."

"The entire Southern Region has nothing to fear anymore."

Fortunately, the System masked the commotion when he made the Breakthrough last night.

Otherwise, the commotion caused by reaching the Land Immortal Late Stage would have been enough to level the entire imperial palace.

Moreover, to stabilize his cultivation, he spent one million national fortune points last night to buy two Grade 2 Spirit Pill of Gathering Essence from the System store.

Only Medicinal Pill above the Heaven-Man Realm can be called Spirit Pill, while those below the Heaven-Man Realm can only be called Medicinal Pill.

After taking one, his True Essence surged, and his Meridians expanded.

After taking two, his cultivation was completely solidified.

Although one million was painful to spend, this money was well spent.

Furthermore, he had subdued Princess Xia Qingci last night.

Great Xia had gained another source of combat support.

It could be considered an unexpected joy.

However, what he didn't expect was that his eldest sister, Xia Qingwan, was actually a Rebirth of a Venerable.

If he hadn't been the first to make a Breakthrough to the Land Immortal stage.

He would likely have already been controlled by Princess Xia Qingci by now.

After all, Princess Xia Qingci possessed the memories of a Venerable, and her methods would surely be endless.

Who knows what kind of control methods she might have had.

Fortunately, he had made the Breakthrough in advance and was the first to control Princess Xia Qingci.

Suddenly, a System prompt sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host!]

[Your subordinate Wuming led fifty thousand from the Capital Garrison, and General Lin Yue led two hundred thousand from the Central Army, completely annihilating Prince Kang and the three hundred thousand troops of the Southern Garrison Army at the border of Lanzhou and Luozhou!]

[Prince Kang Xia Tianyi and General Han Tuo have been executed!]

[Ding! Congratulations, Host!]

[Your subordinate Li Wenzhong led one hundred thousand of the Xuanjia Army, completely annihilating the two hundred thousand troops of the Zhenbei Army in Shuozhou, and completely annihilated the three hundred thousand troops of the Great Qian army at the Great Qian border!]

[General Ling Yong, Great Qian's Protector General Yuwen Tuo have been executed, and Great Qian's Crown Prince Tuoba Yuan has been captured!]

[Ding! A total of eight hundred thousand enemy troops were annihilated in the two major northern and southern campaigns!]

[Host has received a national fortune points reward: 40,000,000!]

[Ding! Yesterday's natural growth of national fortune points: 2,600,000!]

[Current national fortune points: 42,600,000!]

Xia Chen stared at the long string of zeros after the national fortune points, his entire being stunned.

So many zeros.

He had only ever seen them in his dreams.

If this were converted into money from his original world, wouldn't he just take off!

This is forty-two million six hundred thousand!

He pinched his thigh hard, grimacing in pain.

"Holy crap."

"I'm rich."

Before, he had felt heart-pained over that one million, but now that he held over forty million in his hands, that one million was nothing.

He took a deep breath and quickly suppressed the wild joy in his heart.

He opened the System panel to check the mission progress.

[Side Mission: Eliminate Rebels!]

[Current elimination progress: 90%!]

Xia Chen raised an eyebrow.

Ninety?

In other words, there was still ten percent of the rebels not cleaned up?

Now, anyone inside the imperial palace with any rebellious thoughts had already been eliminated by him.

Second Prince Xia Hui is dead.

Third Prince Xia Hong is dead.

Fifth Prince Xia Tian is dead.

Ninth Prince Xia Li is dead.

Tenth Prince Xia Jing is dead.

Empress Su Wanxi is dead.

Imperial Noble Consort Su Lianyue is dead.

The Su Family, Shen Family, and Liu Family have all been wiped out.

Prince Kang is dead, General Han Tuo is dead, General Ling Yong is dead. A bunch of people on the Great Qian side have also died.

Even with all this, it hasn't reached one hundred percent, so what is the remaining ten percent?

Xia Chen leaned against the dragon couch, staring at the ceiling and thinking for a while.

First Prince Xia Yan had been spotted and taken away by some Sect in the Southern Region since he was young; there had been no news for decades, and no one knew if he was dead or alive.

Since he was born, he had only heard that he had such an older brother.

He had never even met him.

Should this person be considered a rebel?

But the person is nowhere to be found, how can he be counted?

Fourth Prince Xia Wen.

He is the Personal Disciple of the Headmaster of Tianya Academy and the representative of the scholars of the world.

On the surface, this person is uninterested in state affairs, spending all day reading and writing, reciting poetry with scholars.

But Xia Chen knew clearly in his heart that this kind of person is often the most dangerous.

Tianya Academy, the highest institution of learning in Great Xia, the Holy Land for scholars, has existed for thousands of years.

It is said that the first Headmaster was a Land Immortal, the last batch of Land Immortals to appear on this continent a thousand years ago.

The students cultivated by the academy are spread throughout the court and the field.

In the Six Ministries and among local officials, six out of ten have ties to Tianya Academy.

Although Grand Tutor Li Hanzhong is a veteran official of three dynasties, he also studied at Tianya Academy when he was young.

Grand Guardian Wu Zongxian also has a close personal relationship with Tianya Academy.

The entire bureaucratic System of Great Xia is, to put it bluntly, the relationship network of Tianya Academy.

Xia Chen thought of the things he had learned in history class in his previous life.

The Partisan Prohibitions of the Eastern Han, the Niu-Li Factional Strife of the Tang Dynasty, the Donglin Faction of the Ming Dynasty.

Which one wasn't caused by scholars?

They spoke of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, full of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism.

But behind the scenes, they fought for power and profit, formed cliques, and were more ruthless than anyone when it came to cheating the common people.

"When scholars rebel, they don't succeed in three years."

Xia Chen muttered, "But if scholars are determined to cause trouble, they are harder to deal with than military generals."

He thought for a while; Fourth Prince Xia Wen hadn't made any moves yet, but who knew what big scheme he was brewing?

Tianya Academy was quiet on the surface, but who knows what shady business they were conducting behind the scenes.

And there was that Headmaster Wen Yuan, at the Heavenly Human Realm Late Stage, the idol of Great Xia's scholars.

If he were to wave his arms and shout, and scholars from all over the world responded, the scene would be a headache just to think about.

"Sigh, no matter what time it is, these people holding pens are the hardest to deal with; I must have the Embroidered Uniform Guard keep a close watch on them."

Xia Chen thought to himself, "I absolutely cannot let this group of people turn the world upside down."

"If these people really have any ulterior motives, he wouldn't mind another massacre."

"After all, who doesn't like national fortune points delivered to their doorstep."

As for the other princes and princesses, he wasn't too worried.

Princess Xia Qingci had already been suppressed by him and had obediently gone back to stabilize her cultivation.

Second Princess Xia Lingyue had been captured by Commander Lu Bing and Wei Zhongxian last night, and was now locked in prison, waiting for his disposal.

The Sixth Prince, Seventh Prince, Third Princess, and Fourth Princess.

These people had no background, their cultivation was low, and they couldn't make any waves.

The only ones he was worried about were the First Prince and the Fourth Prince.

Whether the First Prince was dead or alive was still an unknown.

After all, there had been no news for so many years.

The Fourth Prince was right under his nose, so he had to keep a close watch on him.