353 Essence of the Blood (1/2)

Fang Yuan was made Lord over his plot of land! He could command ministers, collect taxes and even set up an army!

To Fang Yuan, the process of making him a Lord felt more similar to the western version of being knighted.

As time passed, history had shown that the kings would slowly lose power. Finally, it would only be a status.

In the west, they could truly knight someone and confer him all that he deserved. However, in the east, power was everything!

However, now, Fang Yuan not only had power, but land and even riches as well!

He would be considered to have attained a high status among the people of this realm for going this far, and even had the potential to start his own country!

'Both Elder and I are not from this realm. Therefore, we would not pay as much attention to all of these. I'm sure that Elder is intending to make use of me...'

This was only an excuse for Fang Yuan to remain in Xia Country. As soon as he left the palace, he told Wei about what happened.

The young lady opened her eyes wide. ”Yuan... you are now the Lord of Xia Country? Does that mean you are not returning to the division anymore?”

”Yeah, I'm not going back!”

Fang Yuan gazed afar. ”Look at all these... This place is prosperous and is the heart of this world! I've decided to stay in the Xia Tribe and make a name for myself!”

He now seemed like a greedy person who would abandon his home and his people for riches.

”Alright!”

Wei clapped her hands. ”I like this place too. Let's stay here!”

”... Cough cough...”

...

Although Fang Yuan was declared a lord, he had to go through a ceremony of sorts, even if it was a simple one.

At the very least, a simple ceremony was still required.

Furthermore, he had other rewards which he sent some servants to collect for him.

There were servants in this era! There were still cruel people outside of Xia Country who would bring all their servants to their graves after their death. The more servants, the more prestigious the person would be!

In an instant, there were representations of both civilised and barbaric practices.

With the status of a lord, Fang Yuan was directly under the command of King Xi and did not have to worry about where to stay.

Furthermore, during the night, Fang Yuan would be required to secretly pay a visit to the Elder of the Realm Alliance and the other dream masters of the Realm Alliance.

”Ahh... I have no idea if the people in Fang Mountain are wealthy or not, and I am clueless as to how many people reside in the mountain!”

Beside him, Wei childishly started to count using her fingers, which amused Fang Yuan.

...

It was nightfall.

Fang Yuan woke up, silently left his house and arrived at the palace.

”Greetings, Elder!”

The white palace was empty and the guards who were supposed to be guarding the doors fainted.

King Xi sat on the throne, similar to how he did in the daytime. However, this time, there were a few dream masters from the Realm Alliance around him.

Although there were fewer people now, the spiritual aura in the surroundings felt much more threatening.

”Fang Yuan?”

King Xi smiled. ”You are indeed the talent of our alliance. I am Xi Chen. These few dream masters are Dan Ju, Wu Li and Song Cai... you all will get along in the future!”

The Realm Alliance had invaded countless realms. To think that in this Ancient Realm, there would be a dream master in the 7th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage and a few other 4th Tier Illusionary Divine dream masters showed the importance of this realm.

Of course, there could be other dream masters in the Illusionary Divine stage. However, their statuses were too lowly and thus, they did not have the rights to join in this conversation.

”Yes, Sir!”

In front of his elder, Fang Yuan and the few other dream masters could only pay their greetings.

”Fang Yuan, please describe what you previously said, but in more detail!”

Fang Yuan started to mention the details regarding the Tortoise Mountain.

”Based on what you have said, the Hidden Dragon Guards are plotting for something big here. We must be on our guards!”

Elder Xi Chen appeared solemn. ”Although our Sage has already gotten control of the people dao in this realm, he has mentioned before that the source of energy in this realm is extremely concentrated. There might even be changes in the future. If we can succeed, then this would be the best opportunity to explore and understand the heavenly dao!”

”Yes, Sir!”

The other dream masters agreed and Fang Yuan was lost in his own thoughts. 'Heavenly dao... could this be the path after attaining the Prominent Divine stage?'

The means of cultivation in Da Qian was split into spiritual and martial arts. In terms of martial arts, martial artists would have to go through the 12th Golden Gates before obtaining elemental force as a Wu Zong. From there, they could further advance to form the 9th Meridian and form the Divine Body, thus entering the realm of True Divine.

As for spiritual knights, cultivators would have to begin as a spiritual disciple before they would obtain elemental force as a spiritual knight. From then on, they could go on and attain the 9th Tier of the Elemental Opening Realm before reaching the realm of True Elemental!

Dream masters were largely similar to spiritual knights. They would start off as dream disciples before they would obtain elemental force as a dream master. From there, they could achieve the 9th Tier of the Illusionary Divine stage, gain spirituality and finally reach the Prominent Divine stage!

The only difference was that dream masters would have an unparalleled combat power. A 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream master could go head on with a True Divine or a True Elemental. A dream master in the Prominent Divine stage would be even more powerful and would be regarded as a Sage. No one would be able to challenge the Sage except for the True Elementals and True Divines who obtained the blessing and strengthening from Da Qian Imperial Court!

”Martial artists, Wu Zong, Meridian Opening, True Divine! Spiritual Disciple, spiritual knight, Elemental Opening, True Elemental! Dream disciple, dream master, Illusionary Divine, Prominent Divine!... Who would've guessed that there would be a path after the Prominent Divine stage? Is this related to the fate of this realm?”

Fang Yuan was drowned in his thoughts.

The few dream masters in the Illusionary Divine stage started to discuss among themselves. Unfortunately, they had too little information and in the end, there was no productive conclusion. They could only remain calm and compose themselves.

Fang Yuan knew that as a newcomer, he should not speak too much. Therefore, for most of the discussion, he was silently listening to the exchanges at one side.

”Alright! After all, the Xia Tribe has control over the fate of the people dao. As long as we do not do anything evil, with the presence of the 9 Cauldrons, we will remain safe!”

Near the end, Xi Chen started to wrap things up. ”At hand, we will have to settle two big issues. The problem of flooding and the survivors of Jiuli! Fang Yuan! You have done well to kill Wu Zhiqi. The alliance will reward you handsomely. You have completed your mission. If you decide to join in future missions, there will be more rewards!”