Heaven Slaying Blade

This matter quickly spread throughout Yanhuang City, causing a huge sensation!

It had been many years since such a sensational event occurred in Yanhuang City, so everyone was talking about it with a face full of mystery and excitement.

"Hey, have you heard? That grandson picked up by Old General Fan Wudi did something earth-shattering!"

"Haha, those were the prince's personal guards! And yet, that little boy Chu Mo took them all down with just one knife. Let's not talk about his audacity for now, but his strength is simply astounding!"

"Old General Fan Wudi's grandson is truly fierce. Just a few days ago, he kicked Prince Xia Jing's son Xia Jie's balls until they burst, and now he's done another earth-shattering deed in no time. How old is he? If he grows up, won't that be something? On the battlefield, he would surely be a mighty warrior!"

"I heard that His Majesty is displeased with Prince Xia Jing and personally sent the imperial guards to arrest those guards from Xia Jing's mansion, yes, those few who were lucky enough to escape. But I guess they won't have a good end either."

The entire Yanhuang City was buzzing with all sorts of news, spreading everywhere.

People were all discussing eagerly, especially in the taverns where the noise was deafening. Many people were talking about this event, and some with a penchant for exaggeration even described it so vividly, as if they were present at the scene.

However, at this moment, inside the imperial palace, it was very quiet.

Chu Mo was sitting alone in the Emperor's study, his expression calm, observing the books on the shelves. Finally, he noticed something different.

Chu Mo's memory was exceptionally strong. The imperial study in the Great Xia palace was a place he had visited many times before. Hence, he could still clearly remember the arrangement of some books favored by the Emperor.

But this time, the arrangement of those books was slightly different from what he remembered.

"Indeed, it's not the same world!" Chu Mo sighed inwardly.

A moment later, there was a faint sound of footsteps outside, and the low voices of a few people speaking.

Chu Mo, lacking any cultivation realm now, couldn't hear what they were saying, but he assumed they were the eunuchs outside reporting some matters to the Emperor.

Then, the door of the study was opened from the outside, and a majestic figure appeared there.

Seeing the familiar face from his memory, Chu Mo felt a bit of emotion in his heart.

To be honest, his impression of this Great Xia Emperor was neither particularly good nor bad. The Emperor's machinations of those years weren't something a young boy like him could understand. Looking back later, he realized that, indeed, his brilliance had been a bit too overwhelming at that time.

For the Emperor, outstanding achievements that overshadow the ruler are something completely intolerable and unacceptable. The change in the Emperor's attitude towards him later was, in fact, not surprising.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Chu Mo stood up and bowed slightly to the Emperor, pressing down the memories of the past in his heart for now.

The Emperor looked at Chu Mo with a calm expression, sizing him up a few times. Speaking of which, he had no impression of this child picked up by Fan Wudi. He didn't even know there was such a boy named Chu Mo in Yanhuang City before.

It was due to his daughter Shen Xingxue's matter that he heard about the name Chu Mo. What happened today was completely beyond his expectations. However, for the Emperor, what Chu Mo did today actually gave him an excellent excuse!

He had long wanted to reprimand his younger brother quite severely. This thought had been there for a long time.

In recent years, Xia Jing had been handling some matters increasingly unreasonably. Although he still respected his Emperor brother, in reality, the Emperor's heart had long been filled with a strong sense of crisis.

He didn't want brotherly conflicts, but necessary reprimands were still needed.

"You, are you not afraid of me?" The Emperor looked at Chu Mo, his gaze not particularly stern, but his imperial aura slowly emanated a bit.

If it were an ordinary young boy, he might have been scared stiff by now. But to face the Emperor with such composure, except for a fool, perhaps only Chu Mo before him could do it.

"Your Majesty is to be revered by all the people, not to be feared by them. Of course, many people should fear Your Majesty, but I do not need to." Chu Mo said with a calm face, smiling at the Emperor, "Because today, I have essentially done Your Majesty a huge favor."

"Oh? First, you made my nephew a eunuch, and then you slaughtered the guards of the Prince's Mansion, committing such a heinous crime, yet you dare say you are helping me? Do you think...I am so easily fooled?" The Emperor's tone wasn't particularly harsh but definitely not gentle either.

On Chu Mo's face, there was no other expression. He simply smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty is wise enough to understand that I am telling the truth, and Your Majesty already knows that I am not an ordinary child. So why adopt this attitude to communicate with me?"

"You are quite audacious, do you know that?" The Emperor surprisingly didn't get angry, merely glancing at Chu Mo lightly.

"Your Majesty is broad-minded, naturally wouldn't stoop to the level of a child like me," Chu Mo said.

"You just said you weren't an ordinary child, so why are you using that identity as a shield now?" The Emperor looked at Chu Mo with a hint of a smile.

Chu Mo replied, "An extraordinary child is still a child after all."

"...," the Emperor looked at Chu Mo speechlessly, his head full of black lines from Chu Mo's words. He actually wanted to blurt out: "Anyone who still dares to treat you as a child now must be out of their mind."

"Your Majesty, since you already have a method to handle this matter, may I leave now?" Chu Mo said.

"Leave? Do you think I really won't deal with you?" The Emperor looked at Chu Mo calmly, but his voice became stern: "If I don't punish someone as unruly as you, how will others evaluate me? Wouldn't I become a foolish emperor?"

"How about this, Your Majesty, I'll turn our Great Xia into a Cultivation Kingdom. I guarantee that within three years, Great Xia will unite the Mortal Realm." Chu Mo said calmly as he looked at the Emperor.

"Hahaha..." The Emperor couldn't help but burst into laughter, looking at Chu Mo as if he were a monster: "You kid, could what you're saying be any more outrageous?"

Chu Mo sighed, "Your Majesty, any event that seems impossible to happen or achieve can actually happen or be achieved."

"Then... tell me, how do you plan to do this? Not even the top sects in this world could accomplish it, and yet a child like you could?" The Emperor looked at Chu Mo with disbelief.

However, Chu Mo remained calm and spoke to the Emperor with poise.

The Emperor was stunned, standing there like a statue, speechless for a long time.

Almost half an hour passed before the Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, looking at Chu Mo: "Are you serious about what you said?"

Chu Mo nodded, "I have no reason to deceive Your Majesty."

The Emperor pondered and then slowly said, "Receiving guidance from immortals in a dream... your words are truly unbelievable, but for some reason, I feel that everything you said might actually be true."

Chu Mo didn't speak, just stood there quietly.

Then, the Emperor took a deep breath and said, "Alright, I'll leave this matter to you. If you dare deceive the emperor, you know the consequences. If what you said is true and this task can really be accomplished, then I shall grant you... grant you..."

As the Emperor spoke, he couldn't help but ponder. Such a promise was truly difficult to make. Because if Chu Mo indeed had the ability to communicate with immortals in a dream, then there was almost nothing in this worldly realm that he couldn't achieve.

Chu Mo recalled when he was once suspected by the Emperor in Dachu, ultimately forced to leave.

So he gave a faint smile, "Your Majesty, there's no need to give me anything. I won't stay in this world for many years."

The Emperor looked at Chu Mo with shock, finally nodding and seriously saying, "Alright, I'll leave this matter to you!"

On the third day after Chu Mo left the palace,

two major events occurred in Yanhuang City.

The first major event was Prince Xia Jing falling ill and requesting to step down, claiming he needed to return home to recuperate and was unfit to continue handling affairs in court.

The Emperor tried to persuade him otherwise, but Xia Jing was insistent, so the Emperor agreed to the request.

The second major event was an edict suddenly issued by the Emperor himself.

"The Great Xia Kingdom is preparing to establish an entirely new academy, with the headmaster personally appointed by the Emperor, and the vice headmaster... being Chu Mo."

If the dismissal of Xia Jing seemed normal and understandable to the ministers, the Emperor's issuance of this second decree left everyone in shock. They simply couldn't comprehend why the Emperor would do this.

Among the ministers, someone stood up to oppose, questioning what qualifications someone as young as Chu Mo had to be the vice headmaster of the academy.

It was well known that if the Emperor was the headmaster, the academy's status would be the highest! And since the Emperor couldn't manage the academy's affairs, Chu Mo as the vice headmaster would basically hold the highest power in the academy!

Why did the Emperor want to do this?

What kind of academy was this Cultivation Academy...?

Facing opposition from the ministers, the Emperor staunchly remarked, "No need to use state funds; I'll use my private funds!"