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General Feng was the official who accompanied the Duke of Ming in defeating the Great Ming Mountain. He was a general with three members, and every single one of them was an existence that commanded millions of lions, an existence that was revered by tens of thousands of people!

Today, two great generals from the imperial court had come to the Soaring Dragon Palace. There was also a great general whose future was at the fourth rank on the Great Ming Empire's overall standings, Fang Xie.

The reason why Fang Xie did not come was because Ming Chenyuan had ordered him to guard the border and not let any outsiders attack the Great Ming Dynasty at its weakest moment!

"Get up …"

Duke Ming's gaze swept across Xue Buhui and Shen Zhen and then shifted to the last few figures outside of the Hall of Dragon Soaring's entrance.

There were three silhouettes there. On the left was a dashing and elegant young man wearing a red and black dragon-tattooed robe. He was the third prince of the Great Ming Dynasty, Ming Wu!

Mingwu was ranked sixth on the overall ranking list of the elite in the Great Ming Dynasty. His strength had also reached the ninth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, the Seal Extreme realm, and the boundary had reached the strength of 7900 lions!

To the right of the three figures was a graceful woman. Her long hair was down to her shoulders, and she wore a set of silvery-white clothes with a black belt with phoenix stripes tightly tied around her waist. Her slim and graceful figure was perfectly displayed, and her snow-white skin and bright eyes made her as beautiful as the bright moon.

However, such a beautiful lady was ranked fifth on the Great Ming Dynasty's overall elite ranking. She was at the ninth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage, and had the strength of nearly eight thousand lions!

She was the Seventh Princess of the Great Ming Dynasty, Mingyue!

Mingwu was 21 years old this year, and Mingyue was 19 years old this year. At this age, they had already reached this level. It could be said that amongst the geniuses, they were both monstrous existences.

Ming Yu also felt a monstrous aura from these two people, but his gaze was fixated on the young man in the lead.

This man wore a golden hairpin, and wore a blue and gold dragon robe. His brows were like swords, and his eyes were like stars. His nose was very narrow, and his skin was fair.

Once he took a glance, he could not help but take a few more glances. It was as though the restlessness and anger in his heart would calm down when he looked at Xiao Yan. Even his heart had unknowingly become calm.

It was like sitting in the middle of a pavilion, with the breeze blowing over the lake and the ripples on the surface, while he himself sat inside the pavilion, carefully sipping a cup of slightly bitter hot tea. It gave off a serene and elegant feeling.

However, his eyes were unfathomable. Under this calm, it was as if he was hiding a surging wave. Once it erupted, the mountains and rivers would be thrown into turmoil!

He was … Ninth Prince!

Ming Yu was confident that this person was definitely the Ninth Prince, Ming Xuan. Only he would emit such a unique aura.

He had long since heard that the Ninth Prince had reached the ninth level of the Transcending Mortality Stage last year and possessed a Lightning Body. Moreover, his Extreme Seal boundary had also reached the rare strength of 9,850 lions!

Even back when Duke Ming was in the Transcending Mortality Stage, the boundary was only the strength of 9000 lions.

As the saying goes, the future of the Yangtze River pushes forward the current waves. The ninth prince was the strongest symbol of the younger generation!

It was no wonder that Ye Xi was so obsessed with the Ninth Prince and even agreed to the engagement. The truth was that the Ninth Prince, Ming Xuan, was too dazzling.

"Your son greets you, royal father."

The three people in the lead, Ming Xuan, knelt on one knee and bowed to Ming Chenyuan. Before Ming Chenyuan had even given the command to rise, Ming Xuan had already stood up and appeared beside Ming Chenyuan almost instantly.

Trembling, he used his hand to stroke Ming Chenyuan's arm, feeling all the wounds on his body.

Suddenly, Ming Xuan's eyes turned red and tears began to fall from the corners of his eyes. He clenched his fists and lowered his head, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"..." This son came late and was unable to share the burden for royal father. This son is unfilial! "

As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Please punish me, royal father!"

Ming Chenyuan's eyes were filled with tender affection. Not only was this most outstanding son of his had unparalleled strength, even his temperament was impeccable. How could he possibly have any punishments? He instead went forward to help Ming Xuan up, saying gently, "Stand up, child. The fault is not yours. I have some things to tell you next."

Even though Ming Xuan's eyes were hidden in the darkness, it was hard to see his eyes clearly, but the corner of his lips curved up imperceptibly.

After three breaths of time, Ming Xuan slowly stood up. His eyes were red, and tears were rolling down his cheeks.

Ming Xuan's pained expression made the other ministers' hearts ache. Ming Xuan was gently pulled back by Ming Yue behind him as she consoled him softly, "Brother, it's alright. Father is fine. Ah, his life is not in danger. Come back first. Father has something to say."

"..." "Right."

Ming Xuan clenched his teeth and puffed up his cheeks. His emotions had finally stabilized. Finally, he returned to the center of the Hall of Soaring Dragon and stood still.

When Mingyu, who was standing at the side of the Hall of Soaring Dragon, saw this expression, she actually had a good impression of Mingxuan because he was very filial, but for some reason, she felt that something wasn't right.

"From now on, I want to tell all of you that it will become the greatest secret of the Great Ming Empire. Nothing that I say next must be passed into the mouths of those unrelated people. Otherwise, I will definitely severely punish them. Do you have any doubts?" Ming Chenyuan's expression became completely serious.

Everyone nodded their heads and the atmosphere became extremely serious.

With a flick of Ming Chenyuan's wrist, the door of the Soaring Dragon Palace slammed shut. An invisible barrier of light formed outside the entire Soaring Dragon Palace, and the sound of falling rain instantly disappeared. The entire hall became quiet.

Outside this light barrier, there was no sound that could be heard from within. This light barrier had already isolated all sound from within.

Seeing the quiet crowd below, Ming Chenyuan finally said, "I presume you also know who created that lightning rune, right? "That's right, it's precisely the Frozen End Empire that is heading north. That's why they would do such a thing!"

Everyone knows that the Ice Seal Empire is extremely close to the northern border of our Great Ming Empire. In the Northern Wasteland War twenty years ago, when we fought with the Great Ming Empire for the border fortress, we had already lost. That is the first step for the Ice Seal Empire to invade our Great Ming Empire.

"After which, during these twenty years, there have been wars of various sizes. There are also countless battles with the Frozen Seal Empire. Today, they have finally found an array master and set their sights on me!"

Everyone knew about this history, but the war between the Great Ming Empire and the Frozen Wind Empire had always been on par in the past. No one had expected the Frozen End Empire to suddenly launch an attack that made everyone unable to guard against it.

Ming Yu listened attentively from the side. He was born in an era where war was raging. He also understood many of the things that happened in the Frozen Seal Empire.

Ming Chenyuan frowned slightly and said, "This time, we have indeed suffered a heavy injury. If we did not use all our strength in the final battle, we would have been reduced to ashes."

Once these words were spoken, everyone present felt as if they were rejoicing. Fortunately, their Duke Ming was still around, otherwise, the outcome would have been unimaginable!

"Although our fighting strength is still quite strong, we will likely need at least a year to recover to our peak condition. If the Frozen Seal Empire were to launch an attack within a year, I'm afraid that …"

"This …"

Everyone present looked at each other in dismay, feeling extremely regretful in their hearts. If they had increased the security of the palace, they would not have fallen into such an awkward situation! However, who would have thought that the Ice Seal Empire would actually use the unimaginable lightning array patterns that descended from the sky?

This was simply impossible to guard against!

Ming Chenyuan sighed helplessly, and then said, "That's why I thought of one way, and that is … to make the Nine Revolutions Blood Crystal. "

"Nine Revolutions Blood Crystal!"

Only a few people knew about the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal. As a general of the Feng Dynasty, he naturally knew that the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal was an extremely berserk cultivation treasure and countless people would fight over it for it.

Hearing the words "Nine Revolutions Blood Crystal," a subtle glow flashed in the depths of Ming Xuan's eyes.

"That's right, it's the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal."

Ming Chenyuan continued, "The Nine Revolving Blood Crystal needs to collect the hearts of nine peak rank 9 berserk beasts to refine. This is an ancient method left behind by the ancestors of the Great Ming Dynasty, only I know of it, if we can gather all nine kinds of beast hearts, then I can refine the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal. After absorbing the energy within, we can recover our combat strength and even progress!"

All the berserk beasts in the Great Ming Dynasty were actually considered ordinary level berserk beasts. However, once a normal level berserk beast passed the peak of the ninth step, it would grow into a king level berserk beast and possess the same battle power as Ming Chenyuan!

Before this transformation, ordinary peak-level ninth level vicious beasts thirsted for power and for a breakthrough, which was why they were so savage and ruthless!

And because the peak of Common Grade Nine was somewhere between the Common Grade Nine and the King Grade One and also the node in front of the Dragon Gate, there was another title for the peak of Common Grade Nine, and that was: Vicious Level Ten!

As for the nine headed ninth level vicious beast that Ming Chenyuan was talking about, in truth, it was a nine headed tenth level vicious beast!

Ming Yu naturally understood this, but in her heart, she could not help but have her doubts.

Since he knew of this method, why didn't he refine the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal earlier? Why did he have to wait until now?

At this time, Ming Chenyuan's words resounded once again, "And these nine tenth level monsters' bloodlines must be extremely powerful. As far as I know, there is only one place with this kind of tenth level violent beast, and there are no more than twenty tenth level vicious beasts. However, every one of them possesses a berserk bloodline, which is one of the good bloodlines.

"And that place, is none other than the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World!"

The Ten Thousand Beast Blood World was very strange. It was created by an independent entity from the outside world, thirty thousand years ago by a powerful supreme expert. It was known as the King of Beasts, and it was reared and raised by countless of vicious beasts, and when it died, it buried all of them in the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World.

The entrance to the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World was located at the southeastern edge of the Great Ming Dynasty, in a Heavenly Roar Waterfall.

"The founder of the Myriad Beast Blood World, the Beast King, didn't want to let too many people enter and fight for it, resulting in the deaths and injuries of all the fierce beasts." The founder of the Myriad Beast Blood World, the Beast King, didn't want to let too many people enter and cause all the fierce beasts to die. Ming Chenyuan sighed.

Everyone came to a realization. If the Royal Core was able to enter, perhaps Duke Ming would have already entered and massacred everything in its path, returning with a great harvest.

"Therefore, this time, we will bring all nine beast hearts back from the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World and let Father condense the Nine Revolving Blood Crystal!" Ming Xuan cupped his fists as he spoke loudly.

Ming Xuan's voice echoed throughout the entire Hall of Soaring Dragon, but he didn't receive Ming Chenyuan's answer.

Ming Chenyuan looked deeply at Ming Xuan with a complicated expression.

Ming Xuan was obviously surprised, but just as he was about to ask, Xue Bugui patted his shoulder and said, "Ninth Prince, this old subject and the rest can go to the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World, you …" "It's better not to go."

After speaking, Xue Bugui turned his gaze onto Ming Wu and Ming Yue as he stated, "The two of you are also not allowed to go."

Xue didn't regret being fully aware of Ming Chenyuan's inner difficulties. The Ten Thousand Beast Blood World was so dangerous. With the Ninth Prince Ming Xuan leading, if the three most outstanding young geniuses were to go, they would be of great assistance, but their lives would also be in danger!

The nation was in a difficult position, but Ming Chenyuan would never want to see his beloved son sacrificed. The rest of his children were fine, but Ming Xuan was his most beloved son, so nothing could happen to him!

"Father, I'm afraid this time, your son will disappoint you."

Ming Xuan had already understood the hidden meaning behind Xue Wehui's words, but he said resolutely, "This son of mine is a powerful expert of the Great Ming Empire. If this son of mine can't stand up to such difficulties, how can I be worthy of my title? Furthermore, Royal Father, if you continue to be so protective, you will also be criticized by the people of the world. "

"If Royal Father does not allow this son to go to the Ten Thousand Beast Blood World today, this son will kneel down in front of you. No one will advise me otherwise, this son will not get up!"

After he had finished speaking, he knelt down on both knees and lowered his head slightly to look at the vermillion carpet in front of him. He did not say another word.

"Father, we are responsible as well. Let's go as well!"

With Ming Xuan taking the lead, Ming Wu and Mingyue also knelt down boldly, begging for help.

Seeing Ming Xuan act so righteously, everyone's eyes reddened. Ming Chenyuan also sighed deeply, but since he had already said so, he had no choice but to agree.

However, whether it was strength or integrity, Ming Xuan was impeccable. Ming Chenyuan began to love him more and more.

Ming Yu was the only one on the scene who frowned. He could see that something was wrong.

Although Ming Xuan was stern and righteous, he was also forcing Duke Ming to do something. He had already become the center of attention, the leader of the masses.