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Chu Mu met Emperor Canglan for the first time, not in the court, because that was too formal.
The courts of the Canglan Dynasty were mainly where Emperor Canglan met with all officials. Chu Mu was a king and a prince, not among all officials, but a status.
There is gurgling water in front and rockery trees on the left. Emperor Canglan sat in the pavilion. His back, which was not strong, had a majestic momentum, and was high above and overlooked the people.
"The True Sword Hou is younger than I thought." Emperor Canglan turned his head and looked at Chu Mu. In an instant, Chu Mu had an illusion that this was an emperor who had the power of life and death, coming from the Nine Heavens.
Fortunately, Chu Mu's soul reached level 3, and after the past few months of cultivation, he also improved a lot. He woke up in an instant and performed a sword worship ceremony: "The True Sword Hou has seen Your Majesty."
"I've seen the emperor brother." Hu Yanao also saluted.
As a prince or prince, you don’t need to kneel down to the emperor, but you can’t be rude. Chu Mu has never been a member of the royal family, so he is naturally the etiquette of sword cultivator.
The etiquette of sword cultivator is also abbreviated as sword rituals, and can be divided into four types: one sword rituals, two sword rituals, three sword rituals and sword worship rituals.
Usually, the first sword ceremony is used for peers, the second sword ceremony is used for elders or people who are stronger than themselves, and the third sword ceremony is also used for elders or people who are stronger than themselves, and is more formal than the second sword ceremony. The final sword worship ceremony is the most formal of the four sword ceremony.
Emperor Canglan is the ruler of a holy land, and he is also a powerful nine-star holy level. No matter which aspect, he is many times better than Chu Mu. In a sense, he can still be regarded as Chu Mu's upper peak. Chu Mu naturally chose to worship the sword.
"The emperor's brother is exempt from rituals, and the true sword man is exempt from rituals." Emperor Canglan said seriously.
It seemed that Chu Mu was not a person who liked to talk around the bush. Emperor Canglan just started to talk about the topic after just a few polite words.
This topic is also the purpose of Chu Mu being summoned here from the True Sword Sect.
"A hundred-year secret realm?" Chu Mu said in confusion.
"The Centennial Secret Realm is a strange secret realm left by the Canglan Dynasty, the pioneer of the dynasty. It will be opened every hundreds of years, and it will only be opened for one day." King Qingyin explained to Chu Mu instead of Emperor Canglan: "The Centennial Secret Realm will accumulate a strange power, which we call the power of the Secret Realm. After accumulating the power of the Secret Realm for hundreds of years, it can open it up to ten people. The power of the Secret Realm will be consumed, making the outside world a hundred years within the Secret Realm."
"One day outside, a hundred years in the secret realm!" Chu Mu was shocked and very surprised.
If calculated based on the time flow rate, the time flow rate in the century-old secret realm is tens of thousands of times that of the outside world.
"Practicing within a hundred-year secret realm, one day is equivalent to a hundred-year cultivation. This is the magic of the century-old secret realm." Qingyin King Dao.
Chu Mu's eyes couldn't help but burst into a hint of heat.
A day of practice will last for a hundred years. Such an opportunity will be even better.
"However, there are also restrictions on the secret realm of a hundred years." King Qingyin continued: "The cultivation level of those who enter should not be too low. They must reach the level of the Eternal Realm, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the power of the Secret Realm and will die in the Secret Realm, but their cultivation level cannot be too high. Otherwise, they will consume too much power of the Secret Realm, resulting in unstable secret realm. It is the best time to enter the cultivation level of the Century Realm. It is the early stage of the first level of the Eternal Realm to the peak of the third level of the Eternal Realm."
"Besides, there is only the power of the secret realm, and there is no other power. Therefore, if you want to use the secret realm to improve your cultivation as soon as possible, you can only take Yuan Dan or absorb energy stone to practice by yourself. However, the opportunity to enter the secret realm is rare, and you have only one chance in your life. Usually it is not used to improve your cultivation, but to comprehend and practice other things."
"The power of the secret realm can make it easier to enter the state of cultivation and better comprehend." King Qingyin said at the end.
Chu Mu nodded.
The way of cultivation is that if you have enough talent, your cultivation only needs to consume time and energy to improve. However, other aspects of understanding not only require time, but also opportunity.
Sometimes, if you comprehend a secret method or a state of mind, you will be stuck and you will not be able to break through after ten or decades. Sometimes, you will be able to succeed in your sudden enlightenment and no one can explain it clearly.
The power of the secret realm of a century-old secret realm can make people better enter the state of cultivation, better comprehend, improve their mind, etc., which is definitely more cost-effective than using it to improve their cultivation.
It can be said that entering a century-old secret realm is equivalent to a hundred years of extra cultivation, while the real world is just a day.
"A hundred-year secret book, can you only open one day no matter if you enter ten or one person?" Chu Mu asked.
"That's right." King Qingyin nodded.
Chu Mu felt that was the same, otherwise, if the power of the secret realm of a century-old secret realm is for ten low-level holy levels to practice in one day, it would be equivalent to one low-level holy level to practice in ten days.
One day, one hundred years, ten days, a thousand years.
If you choose a low-level saint with excellent talent to enter, you will practice for a thousand years and after you come out, you will definitely be many times stronger than before, which is equivalent to a thousand years of cultivation time than people of the same generation.
It is not difficult for the Canglan royal family to choose a top peerless genius. Maybe there will be a monster-level genius. With an additional thousand years of cultivation, I don’t know how many people will surpass their peers, or even many older generations.
"The ten places in the century-old secret realm have basically been confirmed, and one true sword will be obtained." Emperor Canglan said.
Chu Mu was not surprised. If he hadn't given himself a quota, he wouldn't have had to specially summon him from the True Sword Sect and explain to himself in detail the century-old secret realm.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Mu performed the sword salute again.
"With your talent, you are qualified to obtain it." Emperor Canglan accepted it calmly, and said at the same time. His broad mind was not excluded because Chu Mu was not from Canglan's royal family. Of course, if Chu Mu was unwilling to accept the title of marquis, it would be a different matter.
Accepting the title of a marquis is equivalent to being your own people, and of course you must be better trained.
"True Sword Hunter, although one of the ten places belongs to you, this is not absolute." King Qingyin said again: "There are many geniuses who want to enter the century-old secret book, only ten places, and the other nine are all royal families, with a strong foundation here. Although you are a king, you are a newly-secret, and you are not powerful enough. You do not have a strong foundation in the imperial capital. Naturally, there will be many people who are not convinced. They will definitely provoke you and compete for your place."
"This kind of competition is a positive competition for the dynasty. The emperor's brother has always advocated it, so you can only deal with it yourself." King Qingyin continued, and Emperor Canglan said nothing: "But the True Sword Queen can rest assured that the older generation is not allowed to take action, nor is it allowed to make any conspiracy."
Chu Mu immediately understood what King Qingyin said.
If the older generation does not allow action, it means competition among the peers. Conspiracy is not allowed, but open conspiracy is OK.
Conspiracy and trickery are only temporary after all, and only strength is forever, even in the court.
You should know that the Canglan Dynasty was a dynasty opened by the Holy Emperor, not the mortal court. In the mortal court, it pays more attention to wisdom. To put it bluntly, it is strategy. The Canglan Dynasty is a powerful force that requires certain strategies, but it requires even more powerful strength.
The Canglan Dynasty was so powerful and had the courage and strength to resist the imperial court, which was inseparable from the decisions of Emperor Canglan. A good leader would make a stronger force, and vice versa.
As soon as he thought of this, Chu Mu couldn't help but admire Emperor Canglan even more, as a senior worth learning from.
"The opening of the century-old secret realm can be as little as seven days, and as much as ten days." Emperor Canglan said: "The True Sword Hou will stay in the True Sword Mansion for a few days first. If the secret realm is opened, someone will notify you."
"If the True Sword Master feels nothing is wrong, you can also go to the secret library of the dynasty treasure house." Emperor Canglan said, with a faint meaning of expelling guests.
"Zhen Jianhou, let's go. I'll take you to see the newly built Zhen Jian Mansion first. You will definitely be satisfied." King Qingyin said with a smile.
When Chu Mu heard this, he realized that the Canglan royal family had built a mansion for him.
King Qingyin took Chu Mu away from the palace and moved in one direction. Not long after, he arrived at a brand new mansion.
The walls of the mansion are red, but not dazzling, but appear very grand. The front yard is very wide, like a martial arts training ground, and then there is the reception hall.
There are all kinds of side halls, bedrooms, gardens, towers, etc. The mansion cannot occupy much land, but it is completely enough for Chu Mu. The architectural style inside is also quite popular with Chu Mu. It is simple and elegant, and it also contains a kind of sharpness.
Obviously, the people who built this mansion were very attentive and could see the attitude of the Canglan royal family.
In the mansion, the housekeepers and servants came out to visit Chu Mu. These people were arranged by the Canglan royal family. Anyway, Chu Mu did not plan to live here for a long time, so he had no plans to choose. There was always someone to clean up here. Otherwise, no matter how good the mansion was, it would be abandoned if it was not managed for a long time. It was a pity.
"As a new king, you can choose three treasures from the secret library of the dynasty treasure house." Qingyin King Dao.
"What does the secret library of the royal family treasure house contain?" Chu Mu asked.
"There are many martial arts, secret techniques, swords and magic, as well as spiritual medicines, elixirs, ores, secret treasures, etc.," said the King of Qingyin: "When do you want to go, tell me, I'll take you there."
"Why go now." Chu Mu said.
Chu Mu thought that since it is the secret treasure house of the royal family, there will definitely be good things. Perhaps, there is something that suits you. Even if you can't find something that suits you, it's good to find something that suits you to develop.
"Since that's the case, then let's go." King Qingyin smiled.
Chapter completed!