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Taking in a disciple and becoming a teacher was a matter of course. Duan Meng also felt that he seemed to have matured a lot, but he didn't expect it.

Duan Qin learned very quickly, and Duan Jian was also a true believer. Duan Ru Yue had Duan Qin test his soul a few times. Duan Qin wasn't the type of person to go back on his words, at least he wouldn't rebel against him.

Although Duan Peng did not recover all of his memories, many strange techniques still appeared one after another. There were still quite a few ways to test a person's soul.

Duan Qin also knew that although he was born into the Imperial clan, he was born into a concubine and thus did not have the advantage in the imperial court. If he wanted to stand out within the imperial court, he had to have a good teacher in addition to his own strength.

The Pill Sect was the number one sect in the Fire Dragon Prefecture. This was an open secret. After Duan Qin arrived, he carefully discovered that his master seemed to have an even bigger secret.

Duan Qin studied diligently. Every day, Duan Meng would ask him to consume a stalk of Hundred Year Sky Dragon Grass to help him build his foundation. As such, Duan Qin's skill also improved by leaps and bounds.

After three months, Duan Qin had grown taller by quite a bit. When he came, he was only a twelve-year-old youth. Now, he seemed to be around 17.8 years old. This was also due to the Heavenly Dragon Grass. Such an extravagant method of training was something that no other sect could accomplish. Only the Pill Sect possessed such power.

However, Duan Ling Tian still had some concerns. The last conversation with Tu Hai was still fresh in his mind. The imperial government had actually secretly dispatched 1 million troops with the intention of annihilating him. This made Duan Ren feel a sense of crisis.

Even Duan Ru Yue didn't know how powerful the imperial government was. He felt that he was already very powerful, but in the eyes of the imperial government, he was just a bunch of martial artists.

From then on, Duan Ling Tian didn't hesitate to use a huge amount of Sky Dragon Grass to cultivate his secret strength, and that was the Six Heaven and Earth Gardens. Although on the surface, it was just a few birds and beasts, Duan Ling Tian had spent a huge amount of Sky Dragon Grass on them. Duan Jian refused to believe that the army of the imperial court was made up of people with extraordinary skills.

According to the difference in the Great Yu Empire's cultivation base, there were four levels of Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, and his own birds and beasts were at least of the Earth level. And Duan Meng himself was confident that he definitely had a middle level Heaven Stage cultivation base. He was only a step away from being a high level Heaven Stage cultivator.

According to what Duan Peng said, if he could find the first page of the Heavenly Refining Diagram, then his cultivation would definitely surpass the high-grade Heaven-rank. He would be able to dominate the Empire of Yu.

This bit of confidence, Duan Jian had it.

The method of cultivating heavenly birds and terrestrial beasts in the Pill Sect was taught to him by Duan Peng. This method of enslaving beasts was extremely wondrous, and once a person was enslaved, they would only listen to one person's commands for life. According to Duan Jian, it was impossible to hear the entire story. This was Duan Ren's trump card, a secret only the Sect Leader knew.

The lord of Fire Dragon City, Tu Hai, said that the imperial government had secretly prepared an army of 1 million with the intention of destroying the Pill Sect in secret.

The warriors of the Great Yu Empire could be counted on one hand. Even warriors of the Earth Realm or above had to face no more than 10 thousand people, but the Pill Sect had 5 million high level heaven and earth beasts.

Duan Meng even had the thought that if the imperial court offended him, he would have the ability to replace him.

However, Duan Meng didn't want to be the Emperor. To someone who excelled in martial arts, this was just a burden. Helping his disciple sit on the throne might not be a difficult task.

At this moment, the Imperial Court sent a secret envoy.

Firstly, it was to visit the Prince, Duan Qin, and secondly, it was to discuss an extremely important matter with Duan Ling Tian.

So it turned out that the complexity of the matter was something Duan Meng was unable to think of. Something had happened in the imperial court. When the crown prince of the Eastern Palace saw that the emperor was physically strong and that his time as the emperor was very far away, he had the thought of a coup d'état. Even though it was extremely confidential, the old emperor still found out about it.

The old emperor was secretly preparing a counterattack, but it was too late.

The court ministers were all roped in by the crown prince. The generals who held the military power were also his trusted aides. Seeing that the situation was no longer good, the old emperor had no choice but to seek outside help.

At the beginning, the old emperor's trusted aides advised him that he could go to a large empire to seek help. He would definitely be able to eliminate the crown prince and regain control of the country, but the old emperor didn't want to. If that were to happen, then he would forever be in the control of the Great Empire. Even if he were to regain power, it would be meaningless.

The best solution is internal.

The Great Yu Empire had over a thousand prefectures, each of which had tens of millions of people. The old emperor believed that there would definitely be an extraordinary person helping him. After selecting the entire empire, his gaze finally landed on the Pill Sect.

The old Emperor found out from his spies that the Pill Sect of the Fire Dragon Region had suddenly risen to prominence in less than a year, and even annihilated the Fire Dragon Region's number one sect, the Qi Sect.

He wanted his own concubine to become the disciple of a prince.

The crown prince, Duan Qin, didn't give up on his trust. After secretly observing the Pill Sect, he guessed that the Pill Sect definitely had some sort of secret power. Otherwise, they wouldn't act so boldly. Although Duan Qin had yet to investigate what type of strength it was, this strength was definitely not small.

The old emperor felt that it was time for the showdown, so he sent out his secret envoy.

"Sect Leader Duan, do you understand my words?"

The strength of the imperial government was indeed that great. It could be said that it was an easy task to defeat the crown prince. As long as there was no special reason, there was no problem for him to help the old emperor regain control of the country.

The problem was that Duan Jian never wanted to reveal his true strength. This was a fundamental problem.

The old emperor had given Duan Siliang half a year's time and Duan Siliang had also agreed. Duan Siliang had an idea and that was to personally head over to the capital and investigate.

What others said would never be as true as what he saw with his own eyes.

This was the basic principle of Duan Ru Yue and the envoy agreed as well. He then drew a huge cake for Duan Jidao, "After the matter is done, let Duan Jidao be the Empire's Imperial Advisor. That is to say, the Pill Sect from now on will be the number one sect within the Empire."

He hurriedly refused the Special Envoy's wish. In this way, the Special Envoy would be even more happy. After returning home, he would report it to the old Emperor, and the old Emperor would be even more at ease.

If Duan Ru was arrogant because of this, then he wouldn't be able to get away with it. Looks like Duan Ru was a reliable person.

This was what the old emperor was thinking. The imperial government and the Pill Sect had formed an alliance just like this.

What happened next was easier said than done. Duan Meng started secretly training his warriors. He already had 500 thousand guards. As long as he had 500 thousand more guards, he would be able to move the capital. These guards must be at least Earth or Black Level High Rank in order to suppress the Crown Prince's army with overwhelming power.

Even vice sect master Bu Baoyuan didn't know what Duan Ru Yue was up to, he only knew that the sect leader was desperately trying to increase his strength. According to Bu Baoyuan's plan, the sect leader was extremely likely to unite the Fire Dragon Prefecture and rule the entire world.

Before Duan Meng carried out his plan, he would absolutely not dare to reveal the slightest bit of information.

As the saying goes, there is always someone more powerful than you. If the Crown Prince were to secretly hook up with an extraordinary person and surpass him with his skills, the Pill Sect would be the one to perish.