Emperor of the Mysterious Heavens

Chapter 66: Chapter 038 Merit Pool

The three thousand brocade-clothed troops were ready to march.

Liu Jin even took out a dragon chair from the spatial painting scroll. The dragon chair was fixed on a round platform. The round platform had some handles that could be carried and could be lifted forward by sixteen brocade-clothed soldiers.

"Your Majesty, if we go to the Dahe Sect like this, will it be a bit too arrogant?" Liu Jin was somewhat worried.

Yan Chuan gently shook his head and said, "Don't worry. This is what the Dahe Sect owes me. Doing this is not excessive. On the contrary, if we don't do this, we will be looked down upon."

"Yes!" Liu Jin didn't say more.

Yan Chuan stepped onto the round platform, flicked the hem of his robe, and sat on the dragon chair.

"Rise!" Liu Jin shouted.

Immediately, sixteen brocade-clothed soldiers lifted the dragon platform.

"Set off!" Huo Guang shouted loudly.

"Yes!"

The three thousand brocade-clothed troops followed the big river and headed north. Yan Chuan sat on the dragon platform and was carried in the center of the brocade-clothed troops.

Yan Chuan leaned on the dragon chair, propped his chin with his hand, and his eyes were slightly solemn.

The army advanced slowly. After two hours, from afar, everyone saw the location of the Dahe Sect.

The Dahe Sect was a mountain range group that was extremely large, so large that everyone couldn't see the boundary at all. Clouds and mist filled the air, just like the deep mountains and old forests they had passed through along the way. The only difference was that there was a yellow and brilliant cloud in the sky.

The yellow and brilliant cloud was about ten miles in diameter. It floated high in the air. From the cloud, a yellow light shone down, covering a huge mountain below.

This was the main peak of the Dahe Sect. Besides this main peak, among the many mountains around, there were four tallest ones located in four directions. Obviously, they were the Tian, Di, Xuan, and Huang peaks of the Dahe Sect.

The yellow cloud shone down like a miracle. Huo Guang, Liu Jin and others immediately showed a look of longing.

"Your Majesty, that yellow cloud? What is that yellow cloud?" Liu Jin exclaimed in amazement.

Yan Chuan looked at the yellow cloud and said faintly, "The Merit Pond of the Dahe Sect!"

"What pond? Your Majesty, what did you say?" Liu Jin didn't understand for a moment.

"That's not a yellow cloud. That's the Merit Pond. Granted by heaven, it can contain the merits of heaven and earth and bless the Dahe Sect. It's just the accumulated merits of the Dahe Sect over the years." Yan Chuan said faintly.

"The Merit Pond? Is that all the invisible merits in the legend? Then... Your Majesty, what does 'granted by heaven' mean? Does gathering the merits of heaven and earth require the permission of heaven?" Liu Jin asked in confusion.

"That's right. A sect that hasn't been authorized by heaven, no matter how big, how strong, or how many people there are, is still an unremarkable sect because they don't have the protection of heaven and earth. Only by being authorized by heaven, just like this Dahe Sect. It should have been granted not long ago. Even if the sect's strength is relatively weak, it has become a third-rate sect, also called a 'lower-ranked sect'." Yan Chuan said in a deep voice.

"Lower-ranked sect?" Liu Jin asked in confusion.

"There should be three kinds of sects in the world, upper-ranked, middle-ranked, and lower-ranked. With the merits of the Dahe Sect, at most it is a lower-ranked sect. And the strongest is the upper-ranked sect, such as the Holy Land. The Great Zhao Holy Land... The Great Zhao Holy Land is an upper-ranked sect." Yan Chuan introduced.

"Ah? How is this evaluated?" Liu Jin was a bit confused.

"You and I don't need to evaluate. Heaven will evaluate it. Heaven and earth have their own standards of measurement." Yan Chuan took a deep breath and said.

"Oh!" Liu Jin looked confused, obviously not fully understanding.

"You will understand later." Yan Chuan smiled.

"Then... Your Majesty, how can one get authorized by heaven? How does heaven authorize?" Huo Guang asked curiously.

"Have you heard of the 'Heavenly Conferment Assembly' some time ago?" Yan Chuan asked.

"Yes, I have heard of it. Mr. Wen Ruo and Jiu Jiansheng mentioned it before. They said that the old emperor shone brightly at the Heavenly Conferment Assembly back then." Huo Guang was puzzled.

"The Heavenly Conferment Assembly should be a grand event of heavenly authorization. And from the tone of Wen Ruo and Jiu Jiansheng, it should be my father who competed for this heavenly authorization. The Dahe Sect squeezing into the lower-ranked sect is completely because of my father, Yan Tao." Yan Chuan said with a gloomy expression.

"The old emperor?" A glint of surprise flashed in Liu Jin's eyes.

"Now do you know why I want to be high-profile?" Yan Chuan smiled.

"This is the foundation laid by the old emperor. It is natural for Your Majesty to be high-profile. But... At this moment, the old emperor is no longer here. The others in the Dahe Sect may not be inclined towards Your Majesty. Your Majesty is so high-profile. Aren't you afraid of arousing the resentment of the inner disciples? After all, we still have to enter the Dahe Sect!" Huo Guang asked in confusion.

Yan Chuan gently shook his head.

"You still don't understand. Think about it again. Now when we enter the Dahe Sect and when we are settled down, tell me why. Why do I want to be high-profile." Yan Chuan said faintly.

"Yes! I will definitely try hard to think and not let Your Majesty down!" Huo Guang said seriously.

"Um. Continue on."

After saying that, Yan Chuan didn't say more.

The army slowly headed towards the Dahe Sect.

...

At the main peak of the Dahe Sect, where the Merit Pond shines down.

On the mountainside of the main peak was a huge palace.

The Dahe Hall.

The Dahe Hall is the main hall of the Dahe Sect and the place where the sect leader holds discussions.

On a high platform in front of the Dahe Hall stood several figures.

The sixth swordsman, the seventh swordsman, and Jiu Jiansheng stood respectfully at the end.

At the front was Feng Tairan, the sect leader of the Dahe Sect.

Behind Feng Tairan were Mo Wuhen, the peak master of the Di Peak, Feng Tianyu, the peak master of the Xuan Peak, and Gao Bufan, the peak master of the Huang Peak.

The seven of them stood on the high platform and looked at the brocade-clothed army slowly approaching from the south of the Dahe Sect in the distance.

"Sect leader, that's what Yan Chuan said. Let the sect leader and the peak masters of the three peaks go down the mountain to welcome him." Jiu Jiansheng's face twitched as he said.

Not only Jiu Jiansheng, but the sixth and seventh swordsmen also looked at each other in dismay. This Yan Chuan really thinks too highly of himself!

The sect leader and the peak masters of the three peaks welcoming together represented the entire Dahe Sect and welcomed with the most solemn etiquette. Apparently, even when people from upper-ranked sects come, this etiquette is not needed.

"Hmph, ignorant child, arrogant!" Mo Wuhen glared and said.

Feng Tianyu and Gao Bufan also frowned.

But Feng Tairan showed a strange smile and said, "Interesting. In just eight years, his mind has actually matured to such an extent?"

"Father?" Feng Tianyu looked at Feng Tairan in confusion.

Feng Tairan gently shook his head and said, "Let's see first."

"Um." The three peak masters nodded at the same time.

The leaders of the Dahe Sect all looked solemnly at the three thousand troops slowly approaching in the distance.

...

Inside the Dahe Sect, on the surrounding peaks.

"Do you know? Yan Chuan has returned today!"

"The son of the previous sect leader?"

"Hmph, that little brat has returned?"

"Not only has he returned. I heard that he also brought three thousand servants!"

"Three thousand? Are you kidding? He's crazy!"

"Three thousand people enter the Dahe Sect? Does the sect leader allow it?"

"They will enter the sect soon. I heard that Feng Shao of the Xuan Peak has taken a group of people to intercept them!"

"What? Feng Shao? The grandson of the sect leader?"

"Let's go and take a look!"

...

The busiest day in the Dahe Sect. The news that Yan Chuan was about to arrive spread like wildfire. A large number of disciples of the Dahe Sect rushed around to watch the arrival of the army.

At the Xuan Peak, on a palace on the mountainside.

A man in black robes stood quietly on a stone platform. There was a thin sword hanging from his waist. The man in black robes held the thin sword with one hand and looked solemnly at the outside of the Dahe Sect and at the dust kicked up by the three thousand troops in the distance.

"Senior Brother!" Two men walked up behind the man in black robes.

The senior brother was precisely Jiang Nan, the senior brother who was knocked down by Yan Chuan together with Feng Shao in the past.

And the two people behind Jiang Nan were also those who were poisoned by Yan Chuan on that day.

"Senior Brother, Yan Chuan is about to enter the sect. Earlier, Feng Shao and Uncle Feng Shao invited us to go and stop him. We didn't go." One person said.

"It's best not to go." Jiang Nan said faintly.

"Senior Brother, are we just going to let go of the humiliation of that day?" That person frowned.

"The sect leader will not shut Yan Chuan out. If Feng Shao goes and even if he stops Yan Chuan, he will be let in by the sect leader. Going now will only be embarrassing. The humiliation of that day will be settled later!" Jiang Nan said in a deep voice.

"Um, we will listen to Senior Brother." The two nodded.

The three fell silent and watched the mountain gate outside in the distance quietly.

...

Sitting lazily on the dragon platform, Yan Chuan propped his chin and looked at the mountain gate of the Dahe Sect that was getting closer and closer.

At the mountain gate, there was a huge stone tablet with the three powerful characters 'Dahe Sect' written on it.

There was a faint mist around. But now it was noon. Having mist could only mean one thing. The Dahe Sect had a mountain protection formation that had not been activated yet.

Vaguely, Yan Chuan could see people moving around in all directions inside the Dahe Sect. Obviously, many people were paying attention to their group.

At the mountain gate, at this moment, there were two hundred cultivators, all with swords drawn and looking extremely unfriendly.

Among them, there were ten people that Yan Chuan recognized. They were all the people who were knocked down by a burst of poisonous smoke by Yan Chuan back then.

At the front was Feng Shao, the grandson of the sect leader who had his windpipe blocked by a grape.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Yan Chuan's mouth.

"Stop!" Feng Shao suddenly shouted loudly.

Holding a long sword, Feng Shao stepped in front of the two hundred cultivators and stared coldly at Yan Chuan on the dragon platform.

The army paused slightly, and Yan Chuan also looked at Feng Shao.

"Why, didn't Jiu Jiansheng convey my words? Did the Dahe Sect only send you to welcome me?" Yan Chuan said faintly.

"Pah! Welcome you? You wish!" Feng Shao scolded.

"If not, then don't block the way!" Yan Chuan said faintly.

"Block the way? Hmph, we will block your way. So what? Yan Chuan, listen to me. Grandpa allowing you to enter the Dahe Sect is out of pity for you. Don't be ungrateful!" Feng Shao shouted.

"Oh? How am I being ungrateful?" Yan Chuan said faintly.

"Hmph, what do you mean by bringing so many people? Listen to me. At most, you are allowed to bring three servants into the Dahe Sect. Everyone else, go back!" Feng Shao shouted.

"Is this Feng Tairan's meaning?" Yan Chuan said in a deep voice.

"No, it's my meaning!" Feng Shao immediately shouted.

"So, has the sect leader of the Dahe Sect changed again? Are you, Feng Shao, the new sect leader?" Yan Chuan smiled.

"You... Hmph, Yan Chuan, as long as I am here today, you won't be able to enter the Dahe Sect!" Feng Shao said anxiously.

Yan Chuan looked at the peaks of the Dahe Sect surrounded by clouds and mist and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.

"Huo Guang." Yan Chuan said faintly.

"I am here!"

"The first legion clears the way. Anyone who dares to block the way, kill!" Yan Chuan shouted in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Anyone who dares to block the way, kill?

Feng Shao's face twitched.