After seeing Xu Haode off, he didn't rush into the city. Instead, he circled around the outskirts, taking the opportunity to eliminate the remaining members of the evil sects within a hundred miles.
There were already very few left.
After entering the city, he cleaned up again.
Then, he returned to the Qing King's Mansion.
Naturally, there was a flurry of activity upon his return.
After washing up, he felt completely refreshed and went to the main hall for dinner.
Bai Ningshuang shook her head with distress, complaining a few times.
She complained that he had been gone for too long, had become too haggard, and had suffered too much.
Chu Yi excitedly asked about the results, whether or not he had destroyed the evil sect's lair.
Chu Minghou said that the Emperor was waiting anxiously and that he needed to leave as soon as possible.
Also, he needed to show his face at the Martial Arts Hall and the Phoenix Camp.
Chu Zhiyuan nodded as he ate.
He recounted the events of the past half-month, explaining that after destroying the Huaisu Sect's main altar, he had destroyed the lairs of two more sects, but the process had not been so easy.
The second one, the Yuding Sect, was the most difficult, much more so than the Huaisu Sect, taking six days to overcome.
He spent six days attacking forcefully, grinding down the power of the grand formation.
Only after exhausting the power of all the experts within the Yuding Sect's main altar did he break through the formation and destroy everything.
The third one was the Tianxin Sect, whose scale was far from comparable to the previous two.
The Huaisu Sect and the Yuding Sect were both in valleys, but the Tianxin Sect was not in a valley, but on a mountain peak.
This mountain peak was a formation in itself, with the formation covering the entire mountain.
At the peak stood a golden statue of a Venerable, a hundred meters tall, looking down on the mountains and surveying the world.
And there were more than three hundred experts on this mountain, including eight Grandmasters and a hundred Masters.
This strength was already greater than any of the Four Great Sects, and only the Four Great Demon Sects could suppress them.
In addition, they had the help of the formation.
Chu Zhiyuan once thought that he would not be able to capture this mountain peak.
But he had a flash of inspiration and adopted a subtle method.
Instead of attacking forcefully, he used the inheritance token to sneak into the mountain.
Without this inheritance token, he, as an outsider, would not have been able to enter this mountain.
It would have been impossible to even get close to this mountain.
But with the inheritance token, he entered the mountain through the aura of the token.
After entering the mountain, he did not rush to act, but quietly lurked, pretending to be cultivating diligently, first observing silently, looking for flaws.
Through seven days of observation, he discovered the rules of the formation's operation and the rules of everyone's actions.
The golden statue of the Venerable was built on the top of the mountain, and below the statue was a white jade plaza, with strange patterns carved on the white jade plaza.
Chu Zhiyuan had already discovered that although the sects were different, their methods of inheritance were almost the same.
This could not help but give him some judgment that these demons seemed to come from the same source.
So the response methods could also be the same.
After making his judgment, he suddenly launched a sneak attack.
Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Indeed, it's not much."
Chu Yi said, "I thought you had destroyed all their main altars."
She had always felt that her brother was omnipotent, invincible, and that nothing could stop him.
She thought that her brother's actions would be as easy and satisfying as dealing with the demons in Yujing, like plowing a courtyard and sweeping a cave, directly leveling all the evil sect's main altars.
Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "If they were so easy to level, they would have been gone long ago."
Chu Yi asked curiously, "Brother, is Southern Xinjiang really that desolate?"
Chu Zhiyuan nodded, "Compared to Yujing City, it is indeed desolate, but it's not as desolate as having no one at all."
But no matter how sparse, after all, the region is vast, there are still many people.
Otherwise, so many evil sects would not have been nurtured and grown.
"Does Southern Xinjiang really have miasma?"
"Yes, there is indeed ubiquitous miasma."
As the family of four was eating, Feng Xi came in, clasped his fist and reported that Huang Cheng had arrived.
Huang Cheng soon appeared in front of everyone, wearing a purple robe, followed by two red-robed eunuchs.
Huang Cheng clasped his fist with a smile, "The Heir has finally returned."
Chu Zhiyuan clasped his fist with a smile, "Eunuch Huang, what does Imperial Grandfather want?"
"His Majesty has issued an order for the Heir to depart as soon as possible."
"So urgent?"
"As far as this servant knows, Da Zhen has already started talking with Da Meng. If we don't go, what if they really reach an alliance..."
"I can only be a figurehead, right?"
"The Heir is the leader, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War will cooperate."
"...Imperial Grandfather trusts me so much, this little one can only accept it with shame."
Chu Zhiyuan hesitated for a moment, sighed, and then bowed in the direction of the Imperial Palace.
Huang Cheng immediately beamed with joy, never expecting Chu Zhiyuan to agree so readily.
This was not a good errand.
Going to Da Meng to negotiate, Da Jing would definitely have to give in, begging Da Meng, and it was destined that no good results would be achieved.
No matter who came, it would be the same.
This errand was destined to bear a bad name and be criticized.
The Fourth Heir would probably not easily accept this errand.
Now, everyone knew that the Fourth Heir's chances of succession were extremely high.
Merit was extremely important, and reputation was also extremely important. Doing this kind of thing at this time would greatly damage his reputation.
He had been thinking about how to persuade the Fourth Heir to accept the decree, but he did not expect the Fourth Heir to agree so easily.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Regardless of whether this errand is good or bad, since it is Imperial Grandfather's decree, then I will deal with some trivial matters tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow."
"The Heir is wise!" Huang Cheng said with emotion, clasping his fist.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Just a life of hard work, what's so wise about it."
Huang Cheng shook his head with emotion.
At the Fourth Heir's stage, so young, how could he not be high-spirited?
But the Fourth Heir was good, still humble and cautious, without any arrogance.
This was too difficult.
He was indeed a dragon among men.
After seeing Huang Cheng off, Bai Ningshuang said reluctantly, "Yu'er, you're leaving the day after tomorrow?"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "We can't delay important matters."
"Going to Da Meng to negotiate, our Da Jing will definitely suffer a loss," Bai Ningshuang shook her head, "No one wants to touch this errand."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Someone always has to do it, just like destroying the evil sects."
"You ah—————" Bai Ningshuang sighed, "You always suffer this kind of loss, too silly."
Chu Minghou said, "Suffering a loss is not necessarily a bad thing."
"Although that's true, but————" Bai Ningshuang said with a light frown, "There's no need to be too hard on yourself, Yu'er is still young."
Chu Minghou said, "It's good to suffer a little when you're young."
"King————" Bai Ningshuang was speechless.
Chu Minghou smiled embarrassedly, "Father Emperor won't harm Yu'er."
"That's true," Bai Ningshuang agreed.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "This errand is actually the same no matter who goes, I just want to see the scenery of Da Meng and broaden my horizons."
In the early morning of the third day, Chu Zhiyuan and his party left Yujing City.
A group of more than a hundred people rode horses, heading towards Da Meng's capital, Tianjing.
But Chu Zhiyuan returned to Yujing on the Sky Dragon Divine Steed at noon.
He wanted to see if anyone would take the opportunity to retaliate against the Wang Mansion and the Ziyang Villa.
Going to Southern Xinjiang was done in secret, and almost no one knew about it. Everyone thought he was in closed-door cultivation.
This time, going to Da Meng was known to almost the entire city.
