There were even many third-cla.s.s heavenly duke s who had spread the news, saying that Shen Longxuan had obtained a large amount of wealth from the Middle Imperial Secret Realm, and this wealth was enough to move a third-cla.s.s heavenly duke's heart.
Therefore, while Shen Longxuan was in closed door cultivation, there were many day officials who came to visit him, because they thought that Shen Longxuan would first use these resources to reform his territory, and benefit the citizens within.
This way, he could obtain their respect and thus increase his own strength as a marquis. This was what all the other marquis did, but this Shen Longxuan simply didn't follow common sense and went into closed door cultivation the moment he returned.
At the same time, they were very anxious. They were afraid that Shen Longxuan would exhaust all those resources and in the end, they would not be able to get anything.
That was why there were people watching his every move at all times. Currently, there were no less than ten people lurking on the dark ridges of the Residence of Heavenly Marquis.
"Brother, which Heaven Marquis are you from?"
"I am Heavenly Duke Lin's man, what about you?"
"I am a member of Jia Tian Hou, Heavenly Duke Lin is almost at Second-Cla.s.s Heavenly Duke, what are we fighting for?"
This person was a little strange. Heavenly Duke Lin was a top existence in the third-cla.s.s heavenly duke, why would he keep his eyes on this place.
"Humph, you are wealth, and we are wealth, but also people!"
"Holy s.h.i.+t, Heavenly Duke Lin actually has such a special hobby, he even wants to get rich?"
"However, I heard that this Heavenly Duke Shen has a pure and white complexion.
Just at this moment, the light from the heavenly duke tower started to dim, which meant that Shen Longxuan was about to come out of closed door cultivation. He hurriedly reported back, and the group of people did the same, holding Sound Transmitting Stones in their hands to pa.s.s on the message.
Right after they finished speaking, the heavenly duke tower's light aura became even brighter, which meant that Shen Longxuan had started to cultivate again.
These people immediately replied, that Shen Longxuan had started cultivating again, and just as the message was sent, Shen Longxuan's heavenly duke tower slowly dimmed.
Everyone became obedient, they did not immediately send the message. Instead, they patiently waited for two hours, and discovered that Shen Longxuan should no longer have any chance to continue cultivating, thus, they once again started to send messages.
But it was as if Shen Longxuan was going against them, the moment everyone finished talking, his heavenly duke tower lit up again, and it was even more intense than before.
"F * ck, what is this guy doing?" "My family's Tianhou has already lost his temper. If you do this again, I don't think my position will be preserved!"
"Is there even a bit of ethics in his work? Is he even in the heavens when he scams us like this?"
"How could there be such a weather? I suspect that we've met a fake one. But if we do it again, I'm sure we'll really be killed by this!"
Three days later, everyone was a little numb, they all stared at Shen Longxuan's heavenly duke tower with bloodshot eyes, they could not remember how many times they had been scammed.
But this time, they should be sure that Shen Longxuan had stopped because the heavenly duke tower's radiance had weakened by three days.
"Send the message, this Shen Tian should be coming out soon!" Someone said.
But no one spoke for a long time. He turned around and saw that all of them were dejected, so he asked, "What's wrong?"
"The day officials are angry, saying that we are toying with them, so our job has already been lost. There is no need to send any more!"
"Sigh, this Heavenly Duke Shen is our nemesis, I surrender!"
Shen Longxuan, who was in the heavenly duke tower, was completely unaware of this matter. While his cultivation was in the midst of a breakthrough, going from the third level to the fourth level was just a bottleneck.
This time, he meditated for three days and finally understood the crux of the matter. His current level had already derived 40 dao principles, which completely met the requirements to advance to the next level of the Five Elements Laws.
When he had broken through the Martial Sovereign Stage, he had comprehended the Five Element Rules, and those five rules were the roots.
Therefore, during this time's advancement, he only needed to raise the Five Elements Laws to the next level. That was why he took out the source crystal of five elements, the ones that had turned into dragon shadows.
Bang bang bang ~
Crystals exploded one by one, and the rich origin energy of the five elements filled the heavenly duke tower as Shen Longxuan's aura slowly rose.
"d.a.m.n, he started to cultivate again. I have already started to wors.h.i.+p this Heavenly Duke Shen, I want to become his disciple."
"I'll join as well since we don't have any more to eat, I just so happen to see what's so different about him. He's only cultivating, yet he's toying with us."
"Then are we still sending messages?"
Everyone stared at him. "Sent your sister!"
Hahahaha...
Shen Longxuan came out of seclusion!
At the same time he came out of seclusion, his spiritual sense had already covered his entire territory, and every single movement within the territory was caught in his eyes. Of course, this included the few red-eyed demon dwellers.
"What are you guys doing? Lying here sneakily, are you trying to steal something?" Shen Longxuan's figure appeared in front of a dozen or so people as he loudly shouted.
Steal what? Do you have anything here to steal? Shen Longxuan was the poorest marquis that they had ever seen.
"Heavenly Duke Shen, we have come to seek you, we hope that you will be able to take us in!"
"Heavenly Duke Shen, we waited for you to come out from closed door cultivation and guarded you non-stop, day and night. We didn't even blink our eyes and you can see our sincerity just by looking at our eyes."
Heavenly Duke Shen, we came with sincerity, please accept us!
Shen Longxuan's eyes were indeed red when he looked at these ten odd people, but the attire on their bodies betrayed them, "Do you think that Tianhou's IQ is very low? Look at you guys. The reason you've come to ask for information is to ask for information. This isn't something shameful.
"But you guys are lying with your eyes wide open. I hate people who lie the most. Men, send them all to prison and wait for their orders!"
As soon as Shen Longxuan finished speaking, over a hundred guards immediately rushed out. Even Shen Longxuan was shocked, where did they come from?
"Wait a minute, confiscate everything they have on them!" Shen Longxuan thought for a while and said, "Then, inform their Sky Marquis to come and take your people.
Everyone was stunned!
"Go. Remember, you must inform them. Make sure to fake some injuries on your body. It would be best if it gets heavier. We'll split the money this way!"
Shen Longxuan's group of more than a hundred guards' eyes immediately lit up. This Tianhou was a little poisonous, but it was just nice to be proud of him.
As a martial cultivator, it was very easy to create something. After all, as long as one did not die, they could be saved.
After Shen Longxuan finished giving orders, he went to the territory's army camp, which had a hundred thousand elite soldiers. His cultivation had just levelled up, and he wanted to see what sort of test would allow him to command the army.
He came to the barracks. This was a separate world within the territory, and everything here was self-sufficient. Because there had never been a day camp, the barracks seemed a little rundown.
The soldiers in the barracks didn't have any morale either, all of them were busy preparing the goods, wanting to rush to a big deal.
And what made Shen Longxuan embarra.s.sed was that when he arrived, there was actually no one to receive him. Thus, he coughed dryly and said: "Who is the commander, come out to meet me!"
His shout immediately caused everyone to stop, but after looking at him once, they began to get busy and didn't take him seriously at all.
Shen Longxuan could even see a hint of disgust and despise in their eyes. Had he done something wrong?