readytorunbook Chapter 227 A Rich Dowry
Chapter 227 A Rich Dowry
Chapter 227: Generous Dowry
The conversation lasted for quite a while.
With Qin Muling and Princess Long Yi as the link, a strategic alliance between the Dao Court Emperor Qing Huan faction and the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace was formed. Both sides agreed to maintain a coordinated position in most matters in the future, supporting and assisting each other.
It must be admitted that the Dao Court still held a significant advantage at this stage, even if it was just the strength of Emperor Qing Huan's faction. Therefore, the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace still gained some advantages.
However, this is only the current situation. When Qin Muling further grows, the strength of the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace will also rise, and it is possible that they will surpass the entire Dao Court in the end.
Thinking about it, Mu Yinghua asked, "Emperor, this alliance should be kept absolutely confidential and not be made public, right?"
Emperor Qing Huan smiled slightly, "Of course not now. As for the future, when the situation changes, I will consider revealing some information to them in exchange for their support. I believe your side will not object, right?"
"As long as you know what you're doing."
Mu Yinghua naturally understood her meaning. If one day, the person from the Genesis Star Palace comes knocking on their door, in order to prevent Qin Muling from being taken away, Emperor Xuan Yin and Emperor Wei De, the two big shots, must join this alliance.
However, among the descendants and disciples of those two emperors, there are also outstanding women. When they learn about Emperor Qing Huan's arrangement, will they imitate it and request Qin Muling to accept women from their families? Just thinking about it is exhausting!
In the end, Qin Muling is the key. Whether the Immortal Dao civilization of the Extreme Void Starry Sky can survive the catastrophe and flourish with the recovery of the world's environment ultimately depends on him.
Then, Emperor Qing Huan took out a brightly shining jade slip and handed it to Emperor Xin Yu. After Emperor Xin Yu read it, she passed it to Emperor Feng Ge. After she read it, she gave it to Mu Yinghua. After circulating around, it finally landed in Qin Muling's hands.
The jade slip contained a long list of resources, nominally the dowry brought by Princess Long Yi. It was divided into three parts. The first part was for the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace, with an extremely large quantity, basically equivalent to the expenditure of the entire sect for over a hundred years.
The second part was for Qin Muling himself, including a set of Acquired Spiritual Treasures, one billion Heavenly Merit, and seeds of three thousand types of Supreme Grade Divine Medicine, as well as seeds or seedlings of one hundred and fifty types of Heavenly Medicine. These were all considered rare treasures that had disappeared in the Extreme Void Starry Sky. Unexpectedly, they could still be found in Emperor Qing Huan's exclusive Grotto-Heaven world.
Moreover, the one billion Heavenly Merit that Qin Muling owed before no longer needed to be repaid. As an exchange condition, after these Divine Medicine and Heavenly Medicine seeds matured, they needed to be sold to the Dao Court at a predetermined internal trading price.
Obviously, Emperor Qing Huan already knew about Qin Muling's innate Divine Ability and made such arrangements on purpose.
Part Three nominally belongs to Princess Long Yi and Qin Muling, but it is usually managed by Princess Long Yi. It includes the ownership contracts of one hundred prosperous Star Domains, as well as numerous valuable resource mines, medicinal gardens, spirit beast ranches, spiritual fields, and businesses that generate substantial profits. The annual profit is a staggering number, enough to establish a top-notch major sect.
In addition, Emperor Qing Huan has arranged twelve Supreme Primordial Golden Immortals, hundreds of Golden Immortals, and three thousand Mysterious Immortals as personal guards for Princess Long Yi. They always obey her commands.
Along with Princess Long Yi, there are millions of maids, attendants, musicians, craftsmen, and talented individuals who manage various industries.
Considering that Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace is a pure female cultivation lineage, and to avoid suspicion and facilitate communication, all the guards and accompanying personnel are outstanding female cultivators. There is not a single male cultivator among them.
These territories and industries are unrelated to Dao Court and belong to Emperor Qing Huan's personal property. She specifically stated that they will only be passed down to the children of Qin Muling and Princess Long Yi, and no one else is allowed to touch them.
Seeing this extremely generous dowry, even Qin Muling couldn't help but sigh. Having a Quasi-Saint Emperor as a mother is truly different. At least, the current Xue Bingxuan and her sisters cannot offer such conditions, even though they each have extraordinary family backgrounds.
Although Qin Muling herself doesn't care much about these things, it is Emperor Qing Huan's attitude. To prevent her daughter from being looked down upon and excluded after coming here, she spared no effort in providing her with resources and bargaining chips.
In ordinary families, if a daughter doesn't have a sufficient dowry when she gets married, she will inevitably be looked down upon by her husband's family, let alone among high-level cultivators.
Especially considering Qin Muling's special status and Princess Long Yi being Emperor Qing Huan's only daughter, this matter cannot be taken lightly.
Obviously, Emperor Qing Huan's arrangements are very effective. At least in the future, the high-level members of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace will no longer have any excuses to make things difficult for Princess Long Yi. Even Xue Bingxuan and her sisters have lost their confidence in front of her. After all, even a female official accompanying the dowry has the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal. How can they compare?
Mu Yinghua and Emperor Xin Yu exchanged glances, already considering whether to give some bargaining chips to Xue Bingxuan and her sisters. Otherwise, they will truly be suppressed by Princess Long Yi in the future, and the reputation of Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace will also suffer.
"Sister Qing Huan, you might as well stay in the sect for a few more days," Emperor Xin Yu said. "Mu Ling is now at the peak of the Destiny Realm and can undergo the Immortal Transformation Tribulation. However, his situation is too special. Last time in Dao Court, he almost made a big mistake. We can't let the same danger happen again."
Emperor Qing Huan nodded. "You want us to join forces and protect him through the Tribulation? That's not a problem."
By now, she naturally understood the cause and effect of Qin Muling's previous danger. If it weren't for the effect of the five hundred million merits of the world, that person from Genesis Star Palace would have traced and captured the little guy who had transformed from the Innate Hongmeng Divine Object.
This time, Qin Muling no longer lacks merits of the world, and with the help of two peak Quasi-Saint Emperors concealing the heavenly secrets, everything can be guaranteed without any mishaps.
The matter has been settled.
One day later, Dao Seeking Peak, which was blood red in color and over 90,000 miles high, had all its array formations and restrictions activated. A massive amount of spiritual energy flowed through the underground spiritual veins, providing abundant energy support for the great formation.
Qin Muling sat alone in the center of the Immortal Ascension Platform. A majestic and heavy golden seal floated in front of him. As he gradually released his own aura by unlocking the seals within his body, the vast black clouds above the high sky immediately responded. The clouds converged rapidly, causing the sky to darken and the sun and moon to lose their light.
Apart from the continuous thunderous roars, there were no other sounds in the world. As the temperature in the void dropped sharply, a suffocating aura of destruction enveloped the surroundings. Wild electric currents, resembling ancient demonic dragons, wriggled and danced among the dark clouds.
Having protected many fellow senior sisters during their Transcending Tribulation, Qin Muling was already familiar with Heavenly Tribulation. To him, Heavenly Tribulation itself was not terrifying. With his strong foundation, he could easily withstand it. The key was the changes in heavenly secrets caused by the leakage of his aura, which could attract the attention of the former owner of the Genesis Star Palace.
Fortunately, Emperor Qing Huan and Emperor Xin Yu had already taken action to shield all heavenly secrets and causality. Qin Muling had no worries and could calmly resist the tribulation.
"I'm afraid that in the Extreme Void Starry Sky, no cultivator in the past million years has had such a grand scene as mine. Just by transcending the Immortal Transformation Tribulation, I am able to be personally protected by two Quasi-Saint Emperors. Even the monstrous geniuses and designated successors of the Supreme Dao Lineages cannot receive such treatment..." Qin Muling silently pondered. Not only this time, but in the future, when he transcends the Origin Immortal Tribulation, the True Immortal Tribulation, and even higher-level tribulations, he would probably rely on the protection of the two emperors.
Therefore, he was the key core of this strategic alliance. As long as he was safe and sound, the relationship between Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace and Dao Court would not be affected.
The illusory Azure Lotus, radiating brilliance, emerged from within Qin Muling's body. A massive essence of spiritual energy descended from the depths of the void, flowing into his body like the water of a river, opening up a chaotic brilliance that continuously pushed his cultivation to climb inch by inch. He crossed the barrier that represented the separation between immortals and mortals, stepping into a completely new realm.
With deafening thunderous explosions, the Heavenly Tribulation finally arrived. However, it was greatly weakened and blocked by layers of auspicious clouds, making the tribulation thunder unable to pose any substantial threat to Qin Muling.
From the Profound Comprehension Realm to the Destiny Realm, the power and lifespan of cultivators would increase layer by layer. However, fundamentally, they had not completely transcended the realm of mortals. On the other hand, cultivators who had transcended the Immortal Transformation Tribulation had undergone a transformation and baptism through the Heavenly Tribulation, belonging to a higher level of life. The two were completely incomparable.
The Immortal Transformation and Immortal Ascension stages could be strictly divided into two realms. The Immortal Transformation stage was for cultivators who had successfully transcended the Heavenly Tribulation, comprehended the mysteries of life and death, condensed true immortal principles within their bodies, and continuously refined them, completely transforming their physical bodies into immortal bodies.
The Immortal Ascension stage was when the soul completed its transformation and sublimation into an immortal soul after the physical body. The body and soul merged, achieving a flawless Dao Fruit of an immortal, allowing one to freely travel through the Extreme Void Starry Sky and easily refine various grades of Law Treasures and genuine pills.
Due to the laws of this realm, the lifespan of human cultivators in the Destiny Realm could not exceed ten thousand years. No matter what kind of life-extending elixirs or Divine Ability techniques they used, it would be ineffective. Only by passing the test of the Heavenly Tribulation, condensing true immortal principles within their bodies, could they effectively break free from this restriction and have a lifespan of up to one yuan.
On a distant mountain peak, a hundred zhang in radius, a golden and radiant flying cloud platform floated steadily. Princess Long Yi and Xue Bingxuan sat together, silently observing the process of their junior brother's Transcending Tribulation.
Although they understood that there would be no risk, when the time came, the women couldn't help but feel a subconscious nervousness.
Every half hour, a terrifying thunderbolt resembling a demonic dragon would fall from the sky. It wasn't until after the 81st thunderbolt that the calamitous clouds in the sky began to show signs of dissipating.
"The Innate Primordial Spirit Seed is indeed extraordinary. Ordinary cultivators would consider it a pass if they could withstand nine thunderbolts, while even the monstrous geniuses would only endure 36 thunderbolts. Yet he actually endured a full 81?" Princess Long Yi furrowed her brows slightly. With her unparalleled talent and aptitude, she hadn't experienced anything as exaggerated during her Immortal Transformation tribulation.
"But the power of the thunderbolts is quite limited, only about two to three percent of the normal heavenly tribulation's power. So enduring them is not as difficult as it seems," Su Yuanzhen chuckled.
Princess Long Yi nodded and didn't say anything more. Her partner, Qin Muling, couldn't be measured by common standards. The rules and frameworks that applied to ordinary cultivators were simply not applicable to him.
On the Immortal Ascension Platform, Qin Muling silently used his secret Divine Ability to internally observe. As the immortal laws within his body successfully condensed, the light quality of the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed's surrounding roots became denser and stronger, deeply penetrating into different spatial depths, continuously extracting immeasurable spiritual essence.
The ninth Azure Lotus leaf phantom had already condensed, increasing his lifespan to over 300,000 years, three times that of an ordinary cultivator. Most importantly, his luck had skyrocketed once again, nearly nine times that of when he reached the Destiny Realm, and it was still increasing.
With the condensation of the immortal laws, his various innate Divine Abilities had once again significantly improved. For example, his Divine Ability to perceive and understand all formations, restrictions, and curses had expanded from a range of 2,000 miles to 4,000 miles, making it impossible for any expert below the Golden Immortal level to escape his detection.
As for the Luck Perception technique, as long as the target's cultivation was below the Origin Immortal Realm, Qin Muling could easily see through all their secrets. Only when a powerful being at the level of a Quasi-Saint Emperor intervened to confuse the yin and yang and obscure the heavenly secrets could this technique be rendered ineffective.
His ability to absorb the spiritual essence of Spirit Medicine and assist in cultivation now allowed him to increase their potency by 6,000 years with just one use. Not only could he produce a large quantity of Divine Medicine, but even Heavenly Medicine with a lifespan of millions of years was no longer an unattainable dream.
Every Heavenly Medicine contained true immortal laws. To cultivate resources of this level, one must reach the Immortal Transformation realm.
The maximum distance for his spatial teleportation ability had exceeded one million miles. He could use it nine times a day. No matter how dangerous or restricted by formations and restrictions he was, as long as he activated it, Qin Muling could instantly escape and flee. Only a Quasi-Saint Emperor-level expert could restrain this Divine Ability.
The cost of using the temporary talent Divine Ability to temporarily increase his cultivation realm had increased to 2,000 years of lifespan. By sacrificing 2,000 years of lifespan, he could temporarily obtain the strength of a True Immortal for half an hour. With over 300,000 years of lifespan, Qin Muling had more than enough to spend, but as his opponent, it was definitely not good news.
After breaking through the Immortal Transformation realm, the effect of the celestial hourglass had extended to one hundred breaths, allowing for a small range of time reversal. The range of its effect was ten feet in radius, centered on himself. The cost was a permanent loss of one thousand years of lifespan, and there was no way to make up for it unless his cultivation reached a higher realm in the future.
The talent Divine Ability of concealing his presence and aura had been enhanced. Once activated, it could perfectly hide his figure, aura, and even his fate trajectory, making it impossible for enemies to track or sense him. Its duration was two hours.
(End of this chapter)