Chapter 111 The Old Man in Gray Robes (1/2)

King Qi's rebellion had ultimately been quelled. News of this outcome shook the entire Great Zhou Empire, making the various factions dumbstruck. No one had expected the seemingly unstoppable king Qi to met such a fate…

One must know that the royal clan had previously been unable to anything to king Qi. If not, the former would not have tolerated the latter growing so powerful.

However, the power displayed by the royal clan during the battle stunned everyone.

In their shock, the various factions began to realise that the seemingly waning royal clan was in actuality not as weak as they had expected.

As the saying went, a malnourished camel was still bigger than a horse. The once t.i.tan-like ent.i.ty that was the Great Zhou royal clan was not to be underestimated even after experiencing so many failures and setbacks.

Thus, the factions that were originally planning on taking advantage of the situation had no choice but to retract their ready claws, afraid that someone might catch a glimpse.

Everyone knew that after purging the cancerous king Qi, the royal clan would soon regain its authority in the Great Zhou Empire. Any factions that dared to challenge them would likely end up with the same fate as king Qi.

Hence, the atmosphere in the Great Zhou Empire seemed to become substantially better for a while. No one dared to go against the king's orders, afraid they might become the next target of the royal clan.

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”Unconscious for an entire month…” Hundreds of flowers bloomed in a certain courtyard within the royal palace where Zhou Yuan sat on a stone chair, his face filled with lamentation.

It had been a whole month since king Qi's rebellion was quelled. He had spent all that time in an unconscious state, not awakening till today.

This was evidently the price of forcibly strengthening his Spirit to control Silver Shadow.

”This is already pretty lucky. If you had not practiced the Primal Chaos Divine Grindstone Visualisation Method that made your Spirit much tougher than normal, I'm afraid it won't be the case of being unconscious for a month, but forever.” A monotone voice was transmitted from behind Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly as he turned his head to see Yaoyao walking over. The young lady's slender figure looked even more exquisite than usual when wrapped by her green clothes.

Yaoyao stared straight at Zhou Yuan and solemnly said, ”I advise you to not use this method in future. Your Spirit is still too weak to control Silver Shadow. If you keep forcing yourself, your Spirit might even be irrevocably damaged, a situation that would be very unworthwhile indeed.”

Zhou Yuan could sense Yaoyao's seriousness and knew that she was showing concern for him. He smiled and nodded. ”Don't worry, it will only be a last resort.”

After all, the previous battle had been far too important. If he had not borrowed Silver Shadow's power, king Qi's side would have absolutely dominated them. If that happened, the ones who ended up crumbling first would be them.

Such an outcome was unimaginable. It was likely that the royal clan would be annihilated.

Zhou Yuan would never allow that to happen. Hence, even while aware of the extreme risk, he was still duty-bound to use Silver Shadow.

After all, there were responsibilities he needed to shoulder as the prince of the Great Zhou Empire.

”It isn't all bad news though, it seems... that I have ascended to the mid Qi Nouris.h.i.+ng stage.” Zhou Yuan grinned. As he extended his hand, one would see dark gold Genesis Qi rising from the center of his palm. At closer inspection, strange blood-red threads were visible within the Genesis Qi.

Yaoyao offhandedly said, ”Mid Qi Nouris.h.i.+ng stage… do you feel restricted after falling to this level from being able to kill an Alpha-Origin?”

Zhou Yuan pondered for a while before shaking his head. ”It was true that borrowing Silver Shadow's power made me very powerful, but such power is ultimately not my own. So don't worry, I will not be drunk with such external power and allow myself to stray.”

He waved about the rising dark gold Genesis Qi on his palm as he grinned. ”This is the power that truly belongs to me. It may be very weak now, but I believe that the day will come when it becomes very strong.”

Yaoyao's snow-white chin nodded as appreciation appeared on her perfectly beautiful face. She was satisfied with Zhou Yuan's mentality. If he allowed his heart to sway, huge problems would plague his cultivation journey.