As Xi Butui was about to make a move on Chen Jiuyang, the gates of the Marquis Fenghan's mansion swung open, revealing Marquis Fenghan standing at the entrance, impeccably dressed.
Marquis Fenghan raised his hand and gestured towards Xi Butui, forcing him to halt abruptly.
Xi Butui sneered, "Marquis Fenghan, do you think this old man can protect Chen Jiuyang?"
At this moment, Chen Jiuyang spoke weakly, scoffing, "Xi Butui, you think you can kill me? Go to hell, hahaha!"
For him, today had been too exhilarating, and he knew his limits.
Marquis Fenghan said, "Good disciple, rest well. Leave everything else to your master."
"Handle it?" Xi Butui repeatedly sneered, "What will you, Marquis Fenghan, use to handle it?"
Just then, an elder dressed in black slowly appeared, blocking Xi Butui's path.
Xi Butui's expression shifted slightly, "You intend to stop me too?"
The elder in black said calmly, "I am not stopping you. Rather, Marquis Fenghan submitted a petition for enfeoffment to Longjing early this morning. I have just verified it, and Marquis Fenghan indeed qualifies for the enfeoffment. His petition has been accepted."
"From now on, for half a year, no one is permitted to disturb Marquis Fenghan. Violators will be dealt with as traitors!"
Xi Butui immediately understood Chen Jiuyang's scheme. His face turned incredibly grim, so dark it seemed water could drip from it. He had been outmaneuvered by a mere insignificant brat.
Xi Butui was so enraged his teeth almost shattered, "Well played, you calculating brat, and well played, Marquis Fenghan's petition for enfeoffment!"
Marquis Fenghan stated, "Xi Butui, although you are the Chief Constable of the Six Doors in Fengcheng and wield immense power, if you dare to lay a finger on my Marquis Fenghan's mansion within half a year,呵呵, you know the consequences better than I do."
The elder in black looked at Xi Butui, "Xi Butui, are you intending to disturb Marquis Fenghan's mansion?"
Xi Butui's eyes turned red with anger. He looked at the elder in black before him with apprehension, his mind racing with calculations and considerations. Finally, he took a deep breath, cupped his fists, and said, "You jest. I wouldn't dare."
The elder in black nodded slowly, "Then please withdraw."
Xi Butui glanced at Marquis Fenghan and Chen Jiuyang, let out a cold laugh, turned, and left, signaling the Six Doors personnel to retreat.
Countless people were shocked. Chen Jiuyang had actually survived Xi Butui's onslaught. Who was that elder in black, to make even Xi Butui dare not act presumptuously in his presence?
However, the power structure in Fengcheng was likely to change. Grandmasters who had been enfeoffed stood by Chen Jiuyang today, providing him with protection. Xi Butui, in a fit of rage, had led the entire elite force of the Six Doors and severely injured forty-seven Grandmasters who had been enfeoffed. This meant the two largest powers in Feng Province had essentially broken ties.
But there would be a resolution within half a year, depending on whether Marquis Fenghan's enfeoffment was successful or not.
Having offended Xi Butui, even with the petition for enfeoffment, Marquis Fenghan's next six months would likely be difficult. Xi Butui could easily find reasons and means to cut off Marquis Fenghan's cultivation resources, especially concerning medicinal ingredients.
If it weren't for the Feng Province Martial Ranking Competition today, where Xi Butui needed to be present to maintain order, Marquis Fenghan's petition for enfeoffment might have been obstructed. Therefore, Chen Jiuyang had planned half a month ago to resolve both the disruption of the Nine Yin Devouring Yang formation and the enfeoffment petition on this very day.
After Xi Butui left, the elder in black also departed.
Chen Jiuyang asked, "Master, what is the identity of that elder in black? You were so certain he would be present, and Xi Butui wouldn't dare to act rashly."
If Chen Jiuyang hadn't confirmed with Marquis Fenghan that the enfeoffment petition would ensure his safety, he wouldn't have dared to execute today's plan.
Marquis Fenghan chuckled, "He is a Sword Bearer. Every province in Long Country has a Sword Bearer of the Law, managed by the central government of Long Country. They are usually stationed within the Six Doors."
"Although martial artists are powerful and possess privileges, they are not above the law. Sword Bearers are the swords hanging over the heads of every high-level martial artist, used to restrain them. Without the swords, the national law would be chaotic, and the people would suffer."
Chen Jiuyang slowly nodded, "So that's how it is."
He secretly marveled at the elder's terrifying identity. The last time he had apprenticed under Marquis Fenghan and prepared to seek trouble with Marquis Zhuifeng, this elder in black had appeared once when Marquis Zhuifeng submitted his petition for enfeoffment. Fortunately, he hadn't acted recklessly and challenged the old man back then.
Before obtaining the divine physician's inheritance, Chen Jiuyang was worlds apart from being a martial artist. Only after directly receiving the divine physician's inheritance and being rescued by the Sharp Blade Legion did his perspective slowly shift from that of an ordinary person.
Marquis Fenghan glanced around his mansion, "Within half a year, this place will be safe. Jiuyang, hurry and check on Zixuan. That girl fainted just now, her whole body was ice-cold. If her breathing hadn't been stable, I would have feared..."
Chen Jiuyang's brow furrowed. After the Nine Yin Devouring Yang formation was broken, the cold and yin energy within him had been completely expelled.
He quickly walked over to Yao Zixuan. He saw wisps of pure yin energy, invisible to the naked eye but discernible by the soul, emanating from Yao Zixuan.
He took Yao Zixuan's hand and examined her body. He discovered that a terrifyingly potent pure yin energy and cold energy were merging within Yao Zixuan.
Instead of fear, Chen Jiuyang was delighted. It seemed Yao Zixuan had turned misfortune into a blessing. She was already a pure yin constitution, and by fusing with this cold energy, her yin energy would become even more pure, greatly enhancing her martial artist cultivation aptitude.
Chen Jiuyang chuckled, "Zixuan is fine, and this is actually a good thing for her. When she wakes up, she can begin practicing martial arts and will quickly advance to the martial artist realm."
Yao Qianhe and Yao Dexing breathed a sigh of relief. Yao Qianhe asked, "Jiuyang, what do you mean?"
Becoming a martial artist was difficult. First, finding a proper master was hard; second, perseverance was difficult; third, talent; fourth, resources. The Yao family, despite their considerable wealth, was merely an ordinary merchant family and could not obtain genuine cultivation techniques, thus they had never cultivated their own martial artist force.
Cultivation techniques were extremely rare in this society. Figures like Marquis Fenghan usually gained them by achieving merits in the military during their youth.
However, Chen Jiuyang possessed the divine physician's inheritance and mastered an abundance of various cultivation techniques.
After Chen Jiuyang explained Yao Zixuan's constitution, everyone's expression brightened. Chen Jiuyang cautioned, "Zixuan's constitution must never be exposed, otherwise, the consequences would be as severe as the Nine Yin Devouring Yang formation, attracting many ill-intentioned people to her."
Even when facing his master, Marquis Fenghan, Chen Jiuyang dared not reveal his own pure yang constitution. Special constitutions were incredibly rare in this era of spiritual energy resurgence. If enemies discovered it, they would undoubtedly spare no effort to eliminate him.
Everyone nodded with solemn expressions.
The Feng Province Martial Ranking concluded, and Xi Butui dared not disturb Marquis Fenghan's mansion within the next six months. However, the troubles and pressures facing Chen Jiuyang had only increased.
The forty-seven Grandmasters who had stood up for him today to stall Xi Butui were all severely injured and required Chen Jiuyang's meticulous attention to heal.