"Right now, it's just these two people."
Seeing the two, Xuan Ming suddenly thought.
The Seven Saints of Southern Continent once led an era in Southern Continent.
They were representative figures before his ascension.
But now, with his rise, even without deliberately dealing with these people, they have followed the general trend created by Xuan Ming, some dying and some surrendering.
This made Xuan Ming suddenly realize that the past era of Southern Continent was slowly coming to an end with the fate of these people.
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At the same time.
Outside the Imperial Capital.
The Farmer Saint gazed at the magnificent ancient city before him, a sense of emotion welling up in his heart.
The ancient city of the Imperial Capital has stood unchanged in Southern Continent for thousands of years, but the people in power within it have changed batch after batch.
Especially this generation of power holders.
The power in their hands has reached its peak.
Making them feel a sense of fear.
Originally, they had planned to rush to this place some time ago.
However, with the imperial court dispatching saints to seal off various counties and rectify the Jianghu, their journey was delayed.
The reason they didn't rely on their own Saint Realm cultivation to force their way through was initially due to their fear of the Emperor Lord sitting in the palace.
But as time passed, they realized that the imperial court's saints sealing off their county had cultivation not weaker than the late Emperor!
This made them feel a sense of shock.
They dared not cause trouble and hid in an inn for several days, waiting until their county was unsealed before quickly leaving.
And what shocked them even more along the way was that in every county they passed, the imperial court saints they encountered were almost the same as the late Emperor.
Combined with what they had seen and heard along the way, they realized that the Emperor Lord had probably dispatched more than five hundred late Emperor-level saints in one go to purge the court and the wilderness.
This made them feel terrified!
They had already realized that the Emperor Lord certainly did not lack saints.
But even so, they still came.
For the illusory opportunity to break through to the Divine-Demon Realm.
In the past, there was no path, and no matter what methods they sought, they could not break through to the Divine-Demon Realm.
But now that there was a path, and everyone could break through to the Divine-Demon Realm, they naturally did not want to give up.
Even if there was only a sliver of opportunity, they had to try it.
"Are we sure we want to go in?" Qingqing Saint asked in a low voice from the side.
The Imperial Capital was the place where Xuan Ming was stationed.
The convergence of the Divine-Demon laws of the myriad paths made them, such small saints, feel a sense of inexplicable heavenly might and extreme unease.
"Enter!" The Farmer Saint took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
Trying it might offer a chance.
But giving up meant there was absolutely no chance.
He didn't want to die with regrets.
Although he knew that the opportunity to break through to the Divine-Demon Realm might be very rare, a trace of luck still arose in his heart.
What if he succeeded?
Divine-Demons had a lifespan of ten thousand years, witnessing the vicissitudes of the world!
A hundred generations of humans could only witness the rise and fall of a single Divine-Demon.
This alone was a fatal attraction to him.
"Alright." Qingqing Saint also had the same idea.
The two looked at each other and began to walk along the official road towards the city gate of the Imperial Capital.
But as soon as they approached the city gate of the Imperial Capital!
Their scalps suddenly went numb.
Just now, at least four divine senses containing extreme saintly might had swept over them.
At the city gate of the Imperial Capital!
There were actually four late Emperor-level saints guarding it!
The two walked slowly through the city gate with trepidation, daring not to make any unusual movements.
By the time they entered the Imperial Capital, their backs were already soaked in cold sweat.
They could sense that the owners of the four divine senses had thoroughly investigated them inside and out.
The four divine senses were filled with icy coldness, and they had no doubt that if they had made any unusual movements just now, the other party might have directly attacked and killed them!
"How could this be..."
A trace of bitterness appeared on the Farmer Saint's face as he exchanged a glance with Qingqing Saint, feeling inexplicably terrified.
If there was still a sliver of luck outside the Imperial Capital, then at this moment, standing inside the Imperial Capital, the Farmer Saint only felt fear in his heart!
Fear of the power holders of the Imperial Dynasty!
Four late Emperor-level saints could be used to guard the gate.
What virtue or ability did they, saints who were not even as good as gatekeepers, have to meet the current Emperor Lord?
Just as the two were at a loss, suddenly, their gazes fell on a notice board near the city gate.
"Ministry of Revenue: The Eastern Sky Academy lacks internal affairs stewards and teaching assistants. Currently, a hundred people are needed, with excellent benefits. Cultivation: at least a Half-Saint, or those who are proficient in other professions, such as alchemists or weapon refiners. Those who meet the requirements can go to the Ministry of Revenue's main hall for preliminary screening and review before Chen Shi three days later!"
"Warning: This is an deployment by the Emperor Lord. Anyone who is unqualified will be immediately imprisoned in the Criminal Division's prison, starting from ten days, depending on the severity of the circumstances!"
"This is..." The Farmer Saint and Qingqing Saint glanced at the content above and quickly focused on the words 'Emperor Lord's deployment' below!
"We can try it out." The Farmer Saint's eyes lit up slightly.
The Emperor Lord's deployment very likely meant the Emperor Lord's focus next.
They were not qualified to meet the Emperor Lord, but if they joined the aspects that the Emperor Lord emphasized, perhaps there would be a sliver of opportunity to obtain a Divine-Demon cultivation method in the future.
Soon, they made up their minds to participate in the assessment held by the Ministry of Revenue.
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Chapter Four.
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Time to go to work.
I'll work hard tomorrow and release all the chapters for each day in a few days.
Chapter 127 National Fortune, the Test of the Two Ministers, Attacking the Outer World
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"Let's find a place to stay in the Imperial Capital first."
"We'll go to the Ministry of Revenue in three days."
The Farmer Saint said softly, a trace of melancholy appearing on his face.
It had only been a few months, but everything felt like a lifetime ago.
He had learned a lot about the establishment of martial arts academies in various places in the Southern Zhao Prefecture, but he didn't take it seriously.
After all, at that time, he still thought that the imperial dynasty was the same as before, and the martial arts academies were just a decision made by the imperial court to send people to the common people to check and balance the Jianghu forces.
The imperial dynasty had two or three billion people, five prefectures and five hundred and seventy-two counties, with only a little over a thousand Half-Saints at most.
Among them, those who belonged to the imperial dynasty's establishment and Jianghu forces accounted for more than 90%.
How many experts could a mere martial arts academy arrange?
But now, everything about the imperial dynasty felt unfamiliar to him.
The Eastern Sky Academy, the second-tier academy of the imperial dynasty, required Half-Saint cultivation just to be a teaching assistant, so the teachers were probably Saints.
Although this guess felt incomprehensible to him with his limited knowledge, thinking of the late Emperor-level saints who were dispatched to the common people to rectify the Jianghu, it was probably really possible.
"If the prefecture-level academies are already like this, then what kind of foundation will be poured into the Imperial Capital Academy that is being established?" Qingqing Saint suddenly said from the side.
"It should be even stronger, but obviously, we don't have a chance." The Farmer Saint shook his head slightly.
Qingqing Saint was stunned, a bitter smile appearing on his face.
