CHAPTER 621: CHAPTER 317: GENEROUS HARVEST_3

Immortals are immortals, mortals are mortals!

If the royal family of the Great Ming Dynasty forgets their value, Li Yunjing doesn’t mind giving them a wake-up call, letting them see clearly whose world this really is!

Hearing Li Yunjing’s words, Wang Heyun, Li Linzi, and Gu Wenzhuo were all shaken.

When great figures speak, it’s truly different from the likes of us!

Listen well!

This is the demeanor of a True Disciple of the Shenxiao Dao Sect!

"Li Senior Brother, how do you propose we arrange the succession ceremony?"

Since Li Yunjing didn’t want to waste time, naturally they had to listen to this True Disciple’s ideas. Wang Heyun spoke up.

"Simplify everything, you handle the arrangements, notify the royal family, and directly proceed with the preparations. As for others, there’s no need to notify them."

Li Yunjing said directly.

"This..."

Li Yunjing’s requirements were too simple. Could this work?

Wang Heyun, Li Linzi, and Gu Wenzhuo hesitated.

"Just make the arrangements. It’s best if the matter is completed within three days! This way, Junior Brother Wang, you can return to the sect sooner."

Li Yunjing waved his hand and gave the command directly.

In Yingtian Prefecture, Li Yunjing held the highest authority, and his orders were indisputable!

"Yes! We will follow through!"

Wang Heyun, Li Linzi, and Gu Wenzhuo nodded and accepted the task.

Seeing Li Yunjing’s indifferent demeanor, the three smiled wryly, bowed again, and exited Li Yunjing’s great hall.

After Wang Heyun, Li Linzi, and Gu Wenzhuo left, they immediately summoned the disciples of Shenxiao Temple to begin preparations for the new Observatory Master’s succession ceremony.

At the same time, Gu Wenzhuo personally entered the palace to meet with the current ruler, inviting the royal family to witness the event.

The royal family naturally dared not refuse and readily agreed to follow Shenxiao Temple’s arrangements entirely.

After Gu Wenzhuo left satisfied, many royal members gathered in a grand hall deep within the Imperial Palace to discuss this matter.

If Li Yunjing were present, he would be greatly astonished!

In this hall, there were a total of nine royal members, all of whom were Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators!

This was the hidden power of the Great Ming royal family!

In the dimly lit hall, only a few flickering candles illuminated the space.

The hall was exceedingly quiet, as if no one wished to speak first.

After a long while, an old man with a graying beard, donned in a dragon robe, seated on a golden dragon chair at the head of the hall, coughed.

"Everyone, Shenxiao Dao Sect has sent a True Disciple. Let’s discuss and see what Shenxiao Dao Sect is really after."

This old man had extremely high cultivation, having reached the Ninth Heaven of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

He was also the royal family’s foremost expert and an emperor from five generations ago!

"Logically, the cultivators serving in Shenxiao Temple are usually low-tier Foundation Establishment cultivators."

A handsome middle-aged man below the elder pondered and said, "Could there be some conspiracy since Shenxiao Dao Sect sent this person?"

"Zhu Hao, isn’t that obvious?"

A man on the right side sneered, then said, "Shenxiao Dao Sect sent a True Disciple because our royal family’s power has become too strong. They must be plotting against us!"

"What should we do then? He is a True Disciple of Shenxiao Dao Sect; we can’t just eliminate him, can we?"

A female cultivator of the Zhu family, dressed in a fiery red phoenix robe, said coldly.

"Cough, cough!"

This statement startled everyone. They were exploring ways to deal with Li Yunjing, but eliminating this True Disciple was out of the question!

After all, he was a significant figure in the Shenxiao Dao Sect!

If Li Yunjing were to die in Yingtian Prefecture, it would surely provoke Shenxiao Dao Sect’s thunderous wrath!

The sect might even dethrone the Zhu family’s royal status, replacing the emperor, and bring about a regime change!

No one doubted this possibility!

The True Disciples of Shenxiao Dao Sect were akin to princes in a mortal dynasty!

They had the potential to inherit the throne as Crown Prince!

Who would dare touch Li Yunjing?

"Don’t speak recklessly! Our relationship with Shenxiao Dao Sect remains generally favorable, not to the point of outright hostility!"

Seeing the conversation escalating, the elderly man in the dragon robe had to interject.

After he spoke, seeing the others cease their arguments, he looked towards the current emperor seated at the end of the hall.

The old man asked, "Emperor, how do you think we should handle this person?"

"Ancestor! I believe we should prioritize harmony! We’ll treat this person the same way we’ve handled previous National Preceptors!"

The emperor, dressed in a Nine Dragon Emperor Robe, with a Flat Heaven Crown on his head, and a stern expression, spoke in a deep voice: "However, we might have to pay a hefty price this time!"

"Indeed! A True Disciple of Shenxiao Dao Sect will certainly require a different level of compensation!"

"But how much will it take to satisfy Li Yunjing’s appetite?"

"It might take ten times the usual amount!"

"Ten times? Ten times is still little! Those previous ones could be sent away with a thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones a year! Do you think that with just ten thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones, we can satisfy Li Yunjing?"

"Indeed! That wouldn’t satisfy me if I were in his shoes!"

"So how much should we offer then? We need a figure!"

...

Everyone spoke one after another, discussing what price they should pay to ensure Li Yunjing wouldn’t trouble them within these three years.

Zhu Hao spoke up at this moment, saying, "I believe thirty thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones should suffice to satisfy Li Yunjing."

This statement caused an uproar in the room.