Astral Apostle

Chapter 450: Bragging (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yin Nan coughed and asked, “Then who is Perfected One’s master?”

“You are…?”

Zhou Jing had long noticed the person present. Hearing this, he looked over.

Seeing that the Emperor did not stop him from interrupting, Yin Nan knew that he was tacitly allowing him to interrogate him, so he continued,

“I’m the Vice Supervisor of the Imperial Astronomer Bureau, Yin Nan. His Majesty conferred upon me the title of “Essence Observer”. I’m from the Jade Cauldron Sect of Mt Changmen.”

“A pleasure to meet you.”

Zhou Jing naturally had heard of the name of the Jade Cauldron Sect before. It was one of the five great worldly sects.

In the meantime, Zhou Jing used Detection to take a look at this person and realized that he knew spell techniques.

As expected, there were also cultivators who knew the ropes around the Emperor…

Wei Zifu and Miao Xuzi had never mentioned the Imperial Astronomers, but it was obvious what they were doing.

There were definitely other cultivators in the world who wanted to cling to the royal power, and the orthodox Daoist sects were naturally the strongest competitors. The Imperial Astronomers were most likely the department of the Imperial Court that accommodated such people.

“Therefore, that demoness Mei Zhanqing’s plan back then was just a pipe dream. She completely ignored the existence of the Imperial Astronomers. With her evil aura, she would be seen through by the Imperial Astronomers the moment she approached the Emperor. Unless she could meet the Emperor alone on a less serious occasion… Uh, it doesn’t seem impossible as well.”

Zhou Jing thought to himself.

The Emperor had summoned him and specially brought the Imperial Astronomer along. Clearly, he wanted this person to probe his background.

Fortunately, although he had taken Mei Shaoqing’s two books of sorcery, he had not cultivated them. He had always been practicing orthodox skills. Otherwise, his “underwear” would have been exposed…

On the other hand, Yin Nan had already used the Qi Divination Technique to look at Zhou Jing. He was also shocked by the signs of the Natural Dao Realm that he saw within Zhou Jing and exclaimed in his heart that it was impossible.

However, he had been in the Imperial Court before and knew how to hide his true expressions.

“This person’s cultivation is profound. No one in our Mt Changmen can compare to him. If he comes to fight for favor from the Emperor, he will really be a strong opponent.”

Yin Nan secretly felt a sense of fear towards Zhou Jing.

However, one’s cultivation was not everything. Whether he could obtain the favor of the Emperor depended on whether he would please the Emperor… He did not know if this person had any intention of clinging to the royal power. He hoped that this guy was really an outsider who did not care about power.

Yin Nan’s original plan was that if this person’s cultivation was low and he did not have a powerful background, he would use words to suppress him and even compete in spell techniques. He would try his best to make the Emperor feel that this guy’s abilities were weak and lose interest in him.

However, at this moment, he realized that this Daoist Yufeng deserved his reputation. His cultivation was profound, so in order to avoid embarrassing himself, he gave up on this idea. He did not intend to suppress him in person. Instead, he changed his strategy and carefully asked about his background.

“I wonder whoM you inherited your spells from?” Yin Nan asked again. He had lived in the capital for a long time, so he had never heard of the rumor that Zhou Jing had taught himself.

“I don’t belong to any sect. I’m a lone cultivator in the wilderness. I haven’t seen many Daoist books, and my skills were all self created.”

Zhou Jing replied casually.

Yin Nan was stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses and said, “Although that’s the case, there has to be someone who had led the way, right? I wonder if you can tell me? Perhaps I know him too.”

Zhou Jing rolled his eyes, “That’s right. Although I don’t have a master, I did receive guidance when I was young, but it was in a dream.”

“D-dream?”

Yin Nan’s eyes widened.

Zhou Jing nodded solemnly, “That’s right. When I was still a child, I once received the guidance of an immortal in my dream. He said that my fate is extraordinary and that I will shoulder a mission in the future. When the heavenly secrets appear, I should come out of the mountain to assist a legendary Emperor and help him set his name in history… I came to Ning Tian Prefecture precisely because I felt the heavenly secrets appear. This trip to see His Majesty is also precisely because of this.”

“You…”

Yin Nan gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart, how shameless!

Both of them were cultivators with the same objectives, so they were all experts at fooling and bragging. Yet, you actually tried to do so in front of me?!

Isn’t this a little disrespectful to me!

However, before he could speak, the Emperor’s interest was piqued.

“The immortal visited you in your dreams and asked you to assist the Emperor. Could it be that he’s referring to me?”

Zhou Jing nodded and deliberately said, “The legendary Son of Heaven that Immortal mentioned should be regarding Your Majesty. Your Majesty will definitely make a name for himself.”

“Hahaha.” The Emperor was quite happy to hear this. “What you said is interesting… Minister Yin, do you think it’s because I built the Son of Heaven Temples that it had a miraculous effect, allowing the heavens to sense my achievements?”

In his opinion, if an immortal would mention the Emperor in someone else’s dreams, it would definitely be because he, the Emperor, had made a great contribution.

In terms of merits, the most likely thing was him building up the Son of Heaven’s Temple to suppress the dragon vein in the world. This was his proud work. Therefore, he had alarmed the immortals to send down a dream to ask an expert like Daoist Ling to come out and assist him.

At the thought of this, he filled in the blanks and assumed everything himself.

“Uh… I think that’s the case. The Son of Heaven’s temples lie in its longevity. Once it’s built, the country will continue to prosper and the wind and rain will be easy and smooth flowing. Although it’s not completed yet, its divine effects have already begun to show. I congratulate Your Majesty on your achievements.”

Hearing this, Yin Nan agreed helplessly.

The Son of Heaven’s Temples was also the reason why the Imperial Astronomer Bureau received the favor of the Emperor. Since the Emperor thought so, he naturally could not undermine him. He could only support him unwillingly and curse this cunning person, Ling Fengzi. He must have thought of this excuse long ago.

Since the Emperor was interested, there was no need for Yin Nan to ask on his behalf. He personally continued to engage Zhou Jing,

“Since you’ve received guidance from an immortal, your abilities are naturally extraordinary. I’ve heard of it but have never seen it with my own eyes. I wonder if you can show me your skills?”

“Of course, that’s not a difficult thing.”