Tao Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Yuan was safe and sound. His expression gradually turned calm, as if he didn't care, and looked at Lü Yuan, saying:

"Brother Lü, what do you think of this young man?"

This time, Lü Yuan didn't coldly snort and feign anger as before. Instead, he nodded with a solemn expression:

"This young man is extraordinary. If he is nurtured in the future, he has hope of reaching the Core Realm!"

This was a very extraordinary evaluation. Once a martial artist of this era entered the Heavenly Core realm and condensed their core, they could be called a grandmaster. Their lifespan would greatly increase, and they would hold a pivotal position in the martial world.

They could even establish their own sect and become the master of a sect, dominating a prefecture would not be an issue. After all, even the Golden Envoys of a prefecture were only in the Core Realm...

Tao Qingyuan stroked his beard and nodded in agreement, saying:

"This Envoy also thinks so."

Lü Yuan's eyes flickered, and he looked at Tao Qingyuan with a slight smile:

"There are countless experts in the Sky Patrol Division, and countless strong individuals. Why not let this young man go to Lü? This humble one will definitely recommend him to my superiors. Perhaps the Azure Province military can also produce a few more grandmaster-level experts."

"Brother Lü is one step too late." Tao Qingyuan shook his head.

"Oh?"

Lü Yuan raised an eyebrow, waiting for Tao Qingyuan's next words.

"When Chen Yuan entered the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon List before, he had already caught the eye of the Golden Envoy..." As Tao Qingyuan spoke, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, thinking of the letter the Azure Province Golden Envoy had sent him earlier.

The letter told him that talents like this must be carefully cultivated. The letter even suggested that Chen Yuan be transferred to Azure Province under his command, and said that Tao Qingyuan would be credited for it. After all, there were not many geniuses in the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon List.

Zhang Xuan before was just here to gain experience, and couldn't be considered as someone he had personally discovered. Only talents like Chen Yuan, who had no background, could be considered as someone he had discovered with a discerning eye.

However, Tao Qingyuan had vaguely avoided it, saying that Chen Yuan was only in the Qi Condensation realm now, and with such strength, he was not yet qualified to enter the state city.

And...

If he truly wanted to develop, he must have the qualifications to govern a region. He wanted Chen Yuan to become a prefecture Azure Envoy. As long as he did well in this position, it would be easier to promote him in the future.

Even Zhang Xuan, who had a strong background, had taken this path...

If he entered the higher-ups' sights too early, it might be bad for Chen Yuan.

But now, seeing Chen Yuan rise so quickly, he hesitated again...

It was absolutely undesirable for a true genius to be confined to one place. Every top expert of this era had reached that stage by fighting and struggling with geniuses of the same realm, tempering their will.

Lü Yuan nodded thoughtfully. Since Chen Yuan had already caught the eye of the Azure Province Golden Envoy, his conditions seemed very ordinary. However, after pondering for a few breaths, he still solemnly reminded:

"Brother Tao, don't be too happy too early. Chen Yuan is indeed talented, but he hasn't grown up yet. As far as I know, the bald donkey Fa Nan from the Golden Mountain Temple and that fellow Tang Qian want to kill Chen Yuan as quickly as possible."

Tao Qingyuan's eyes narrowed, revealing a hint of coldness as he looked at Tang Qian, who was watching from afar, and said in a low voice:

"This Tang Qian... Humph, I've already warned him secretly. I hope he can be honest... Otherwise, even if it causes turmoil in Nanling Prefecture, this Envoy will have to take his dog life."

Seemingly noticing that someone was spying on him, Tang Qian imperceptibly met Tao Qingyuan's gaze, felt the warning in his eyes, cursed inwardly, but didn't show it on the surface. He even smiled at Tao Qingyuan.

But his heart was gloomy, especially after seeing the strength Chen Yuan displayed today. He glanced at Chen Yuan in the river, turned around, and waved his sleeves, flying away into the air.

Monk Fa Nan below stared intently at Chen Yuan, put his palms together, chanted 'Amitabha', and then left with the monks beside him.

Yagyu Shinichi was dead, and Chen Yuan had won a great victory. There was nothing to stay for.

Lu Yang looked at Chen Yuan's moment of glory, glanced at Nie Qiyun's gloomy face beside him, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked. The current Nie Qiyun was far inferior to Chen Yuan in terms of strength alone.

But this had nothing to do with him. On the contrary, his relationship with Chen Yuan was still quite good.

"Let's go."

Shen Yanshu instructed her maid Xiaoyu beside her, turned around and left with the crowd. Xiaoyu pouted, thinking that her young lady clearly had feelings for this Patrol Envoy Chen, but she never revealed it.

But what she didn't know was that there was affection from Shen Yanshu's side, but not from Chen Yuan's.

Apart from a few contacts because of the Phoenix Marrow Qi before, they rarely interacted afterward. Shen Yanshu also saw that Chen Yuan was determined to pursue the path of martial arts.

In fact, she wanted to say that she had a more important Phoenix Marrow Spiritual Body besides the Phoenix Marrow Qi...

However, Chen Yuan didn't seem to care much, and just treated her as a friend. Sometimes, Shen Yanshu thought this was not bad.

She didn't care much about romantic love, but for some reason, Chen Yuan had a kind of temperament that attracted her...

After killing Yagyu Shinichi, seeing that no one dared to challenge him, Chen Yuan didn't say anything more. He lightly tapped the water of the Yun River to borrow strength, used Xuan Yang Qi to propel his body, and disappeared from everyone's sight after a few transformations.

The crowd then began to leave on a large scale. Chen Yuan had no interest in being watched and admired.

However, it could be predicted that after this battle, these onlookers would definitely spread today's events throughout the entire Nanling Prefecture area, and even Azure Province, at an extremely fast speed...

Chen Yuan's name would once again resound throughout Azure Province.

Moreover, this time it was more dramatic and easier to make people feel curious. After all, Chen Yuan's opponent was not a Central Plains genius, but a Dongying martial artist from an overseas country.

This kind of event was the most popular. The Central Plains people once again maintained the strength of the Central Plains, telling these barbarians what it meant to be a celestial kingdom!

Before, when Yagyu Shinichi frequently challenged geniuses on the Potential List, he had attracted a lot of attention, and he had won all three battles, damaging the reputation of the Central Plains martial artists.

Many people had long wanted to defeat this person, but they were embarrassed to bully the weak due to their own strength.

Chen Yuan's victory also earned him some good reputation in the martial world. If he weren't a member of the imperial court, there would be even more people praising Chen Yuan.

After leaving the Yun River, Chen Yuan didn't go to the Sky Patrol Division immediately, but returned home as quickly as possible. After taking off his clothes, Chen Yuan's chest wound had basically healed.

Of course, the injury he himself suffered was not serious. It was just that the katana had pierced his skin and penetrated a few millimeters into his flesh. Under the powerful physical strength and blood recovery, there was no major problem.

But this time also made him alert. He had to be more careful and cautious when fighting enemies in the future to prevent this kind of desperate counterattack. In addition, he also needed a good close-fitting armor.

Under multiple protections, Chen Yuan could have a sense of security.

Not long after returning home, Yue Shan and others also chased after him, praising him a lot, saying that Chen Yuan's current strength was unparalleled in Nanling Prefecture.

With no Profound Connection Realm experts around, who could compete with him?

But Chen Yuan just smiled. Since stepping into the Celestial Gang realm, his goal had been set on the Profound Connection experts. Ordinary Celestial Gang martial artists were simply not worthy of his attention.

And through this fight, Chen Yuan also had a clearer understanding of his own strength. In general, for Profound Connection martial artists, if he didn't use the Blood Fiend Saber, he could only barely resist.

Talking about fighting was still too early. At least he had to improve his cultivation a little more.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan became even more eager for the True Dragon Scale guided by the opportunity. Perhaps after this opportunity was improved, he would be able to spar with Profound Connection martial artists.

"Yue Shan."

Chen Yuan's expression turned serious and he called out to Yue Shan, who was chatting with Li Dongshan.

"Sir?"

Yue Shan was stunned and quickly looked at Chen Yuan.

"Have you ever heard of the Yun River Dragon God?"

Chen Yuan hadn't been in Nanling Prefecture for a long time, and he had either been cultivating or performing tasks. He didn't know much about the situation in Nanling Prefecture City, but Yue Shan was different. He had lived here for many years.

He should know something.

"Yun River Dragon God..." Seeming not to expect Chen Yuan's thoughts to change so quickly, he didn't react for a while, but looking at Chen Yuan's burning eyes, he thought for a moment and asked somewhat uncertainly:

"Sir, are you asking about the Yun River Dragon God in the northern city?"

"What, are there other Dragon Gods?" Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, there are many Yun River tributaries in Nanling Prefecture. The people in many counties name the tributaries as Water Gods, Dragon Gods, and so on.

During various festivals, many places will worship Dragon Kings and Dragon Gods..."

Yue Shan told some of the situations he knew.

"How are they worshiped?"

Chen Yuan became interested.

Yue Shan pondered for a moment:

"Most of them use livestock such as pigs, sheep, and cattle for sacrifice, but some... use young boys and girls for sacrifice."

"Young boys and girls?" After a moment of愣, Chen Yuan continued:

"Doesn't the imperial court care?"

"It's not that they don't care... it's just that there are too many to care about, and some places sacrifice livestock on the surface, but actually sacrifice young boys and girls."

"Then what about the Yun River Dragon God in the northern city?"

Looking up at Chen Yuan, Yue Shan continued:

"This humble one is not very clear about this. As long as no one is killed, these things are generally managed by the constables in the prefectural government, but I heard... it seems that young boys and girls have been used for sacrifice..."

Chen Yuan's fingers tapped the table one by one, his eyes flickering:

"Go investigate who is controlling the Yun River Dragon God's sacrifice... Be careful not to startle the snake."

"Sir, you..."

"Sacrificing young boys and girls, how is this different from heresy? If I didn't know, that would be the end of it, but now that this Envoy knows, I can't ignore it."

Yue Shan inexplicably admired him. After all, this was completely beyond Chen Yuan's jurisdiction, but he still wanted to manage it. He knew that there were huge interests behind customs such as worshiping the Dragon God,

And where there were interests, there would naturally be someone behind it to support it.

"This humble one obeys."

Yue Shan nodded solemnly.

"Well... go ahead."

Chen Yuan waved his hand, not preparing to delay time.

The faster he could do it, the faster he could get opportunities.

As for not letting Yue Shan startle the snake, it was because Chen Yuan didn't want any variables. Judging from the opportunities guided by the Destiny Altar, his opportunity should be on that Yun River Dragon God.

If he directly destroyed this sacrifice, Chen Yuan himself didn't know if he would startle this Yun River Dragon God, so... the day of action must be the day of sacrifice,

And he had to wait for the Yun River Dragon God to show up!

Chen Yuan instructed Li Dongshan at home again, telling him to tell Zhao Beishan and others to act carefully recently. This time, he showed extraordinary strength,

Tang Qian or the bald donkeys of the Golden Mountain Temple were probably going to feel that he couldn't be kept even more. Judging others by himself, if Chen Yuan had such an amazingly talented opponent, he would definitely strangle him in the cradle early.

It was always good to be cautious, which was Chen Yuan's principle.

After that, Chen Yuan was summoned to the Sky Patrol Hall by an edict from Tao Qingyuan, asking if he was injured when fighting Yagyu Shinichi today. Chen Yuan replied that he had some minor injuries, not worth the Lord's concern.

Tao Qingyuan smiled, and then told Chen Yuan the meaning of the words of the Azure Province Golden Envoy, letting him make his own decision on whether he wanted to go to Azure Province City,

Chen Yuan, who had already caught the eye of the Golden Envoy, might get better cultivation.

He had said before that Tao Qingyuan had originally refused the Golden Envoy, feeling that Chen Yuan's current strength was not enough to go to the state city, and he would not get too high a position.

The state city was the center of Azure Province, gathering the strongest levels of experts from the imperial court and the Azure Province martial world. Even Core Realm grandmasters were not just one person.

Even experts of higher levels were hidden among them.

Qi Condensation martial artists were only equivalent to Bone Forging martial artists in Nanling Prefecture.

But seeing Chen Yuan's strength today, he felt that going to the state city might be a good choice, depending on how Chen Yuan decided.

In this regard, Chen Yuan bowed and said almost without hesitation:

"This humble one feels that Nanling Prefecture is more suitable for this humble one. The Lord has treated this humble one well, how can I leave like this?"

Just kidding, he hadn't taken his opportunity yet, the account with Tang Qian hadn't been settled, and the things he promised Zhao Nanshan hadn't been done yet, how could he leave like this?

It was not wise to leave now after finally establishing a foundation in Nanling Prefecture.

Moreover...

Tao Qingyuan seemed to be letting him choose, but he was his subordinate. If he couldn't withstand a little temptation and left, how could he really be happy?

He just didn't show it on the surface.

Furthermore, although Azure Province City was good, Chen Yuan had no backer. Just relying on the Golden Envoy's two sentences of appreciation was not enough to make him ecstatic.

Sure enough, after hearing Chen Yuan's refusal, Tao Qingyuan gave a wry smile and said, "You, you..."

But the relief on his face couldn't be concealed, feeling that he had not misjudged the person.

Chen Yuan, could be trusted!

It was worth his attention.

Chen Yuan's mouth curled up, revealing a smile:

"The Lord doesn't need to say anything more, this humble one's mind is made up."

"Alright, alright..." Tao Qingyuan waved his hand, sighed, and then said:

"Now, with your strength, going to the prefectural city is indeed still a bit insufficient. When you break through to the Profound Connection Realm, this Envoy will recommend you. If your merits are sufficient, becoming a Sky Patrol Envoy will not be a problem."

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