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Chapter 372: Chapter 318: Breakthrough! Perfect Law Realm Perfection!

"This..."

Li Haotian’s expression showed a hint of astonishment. "Xu Aiqing, what happened? Why have only you and Lan Yun returned? Where is Purple Spirit?"

"She’s dead."

Xu Qing’s expression was somewhat cold. "We were ambushed by Zhu Guyun the moment we arrived in the Chiyun Dynasty. At the critical moment, it was Purple Spirit who acted. She transformed into a Dragon Demon, which allowed us to break through Zhu Guyun’s encirclement."

"At the final moment, I took out the Great Tang Envoy Order and infused Purple Spirit with a wisp of Emperor Dragon Qi from it. This greatly increased the power of the Dragon Demon she had become, allowing her to injure Zhu Guyun. I seized the fleeting opportunity and finished him off completely."

"So, Xu Aiqing, you succeeded?"

After a brief stun, Li Haotian quickly processed it. "You killed Zhu Guyun?"

"Yes."

Xu Qing nodded.

Li Haotian let out a long breath. After a moment of silence, he nodded repeatedly. "Good, good, good. This is excellent. Truly excellent."

"The Ancient Texts? Where are they? Did you get them?"

"This is Zhu Guyun’s Storage Ring."

Xu Qing took out a simple, ancient-looking Storage Ring from his robes. It was the one he had taken from Zhu Guyun’s body as he was retreating.

"Good, good."

Li Haotian nodded and glanced at Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao walked over to Xu Qing and took the Storage Ring from his hand.

BUZZ!

With a sweep of his consciousness, Zhao Gao located a simple, ancient book inside the Storage Ring and retrieved it. The book radiated a strange, peculiar energy.

Then, Zhao Gao respectfully handed the ancient book to Li Haotian.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Zhao Gao said.

"Mm."

Li Haotian nodded. He took the Ancient Text in his hands, flipped through it briefly, then quickly set it down. Nodding again, he said, "It is indeed a genuine Ancient Text."

"Xu Qing, you have done very well."

Li Haotian said in a satisfied tone, "As for why you were ambushed by Zhu Guyun, I’m afraid that lies in the special nature of this "Ancient Text"."

"Within this Ancient Text is a record of a special Inheritance Secret Technique called the Emperor’s God-Sealing Technique. It can enshrine all things between heaven and earth as gods."

"This way, any territory Zhu Guyun controlled and had enshrined a corresponding god in would be under his complete control and surveillance."

"And you, arriving from the Great Tang Imperial Capital, naturally carried strong hostile intentions toward Zhu Guyun. That’s why you were noticed the very moment you arrived."

"After that, Zhu Guyun and his people came to kill you. You weren’t ambushed; you were discovered by Zhu Guyun as soon as you arrived in the Chiyun Dynasty and were immediately surrounded."

"Do you understand now?"

Li Haotian explained in detail.

"Yes."

Xu Qing nodded.

Li Haotian shook his head and continued, "To be honest, there have been many Ancient Text Incidents. The Central Tang Dynasty knew about several of them in advance and sent people to handle them many times, but not once did we succeed. Every person sent to deal with an Ancient Text Incident has perished along the way."

"Xu Qing..."

Li Haotian looked at Xu Qing with a grave expression and said in a deep voice, "You are the only one who has ever succeeded."

!!!

Xu Qing’s pupils contracted slightly.

Apparently, Xu Qing had once again become the sole success story.

"This is the first time in history."

Li Haotian continued, "Therefore, I intend to reward you with 100,000 Merit Points. You can use these Merit Points to exchange for anything you want in the Great Tang Treasure Vault."

"Your Majesty."

Xu Qing raised his head and said, "Please, forget about the Merit Points. I would rather exchange all of them for Stones of Law."

"Oh?"

Li Haotian was taken aback for a moment. He gave Xu Qing a deep look. "You want Stones of Law?"

"Yes."

Xu Qing nodded. "Middle-grade Law Stones would be best, and Top-grade Law Stones would be even better. I hope Your Majesty can grant my request."

"Fine."

Li Haotian pondered for a moment, then said directly, "Since you don’t want Merit Points and prefer Stones of Law, I will grant your request. I will give you Stones of Law of equivalent value."

"I bestow upon you 100,000 Top-grade Law Stones."

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Xu Qing bowed with his hands clasped.

SWISH!

Li Haotian looked up at Zhao Gao, who nodded. He returned Zhu Guyun’s Storage Ring to Xu Qing, as it was his spoil of war to begin with.

Immediately after, Zhao Gao handed Xu Qing another, more ordinary Storage Ring. Inside it were exactly 100,000 Top-grade Law Stones.

PHEW...

Xu Qing accepted them, and after confirming everything was in order, he nodded in satisfaction. "Many thanks, Your Majesty."

"You’ve earned it."

Li Haotian said.

「Half an hour later.」

Xu Qing left the Great Tang Imperial Palace. Since Li Haotian had bestowed Lan Yun upon him, she left with him.

However, Lan Yun was crestfallen over Purple Spirit’s death. Xu Qing glanced at her a few times but said nothing, nor did he blame her for anything.

In any case, Purple Spirit had fought with her life on the line. Before she died, she had asked Xu Qing to take good care of her younger sister, Lan Yun. This was, after all, a life-saving debt, and Xu Qing would not forget it.

「Back in the Imperial Study.」

The "Ancient Text" from the Chiyun Dynasty had been sealed away in the Forbidden Palace. Because of the "Ancient Text’s" special nature, it couldn’t be destroyed; even if it were, it would simply reappear somewhere else in the outside world.