Ch 123: Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu, Demonic Lord and Chaghan Temur!
“I’m back.” Chu Mo took a deep breath, a touch of nostalgia appearing in his eyes. Then, his gaze sharpened, and the terrifying qi and blood within his body combined and suddenly erupted.
“Record broken detected, please enter…”
“Great Ming Preceptor!” Chu Mo took a step forward, like a roc, enveloped in golden light, his speed unbelievably fast.
The Strength Chart, Speed Chart, Qi Chart… The rankings of the Great Ming Preceptor on all three charts soared rapidly at this moment, instantly reaching the top three. Then, slowly and steadily, he pushed down those familiar names ahead of him.
First place: Great Ming Preceptor
Closely following were Heavenly Khan and Zhao Mo.
However, although the Battle Power Chart was also rising, it only managed to reach the top twenty.
The entire First Level Heroic Spirit World was deathly silent. Countless people stared blankly, even subconsciously rubbing their eyes, wondering if they were seeing things.
“Impossible… Such a thing! Another name suddenly appearing, parachuting to the top of the charts?” Someone murmured, truly questioning their life.
The top three names on the three charts now had the same bizarre way of parachuting in, making it indescribable.
“Who is the Great Ming Preceptor? Judging by the name… is he a Heroic Spirit from the Ming dynasty?” Someone frowned. “If he’s a Heroic Spirit from the Song dynasty, or even earlier, it’s possible that he’s awakening for the first time, and his strength is above Level One… Entering the First Level Heroic Spirit World like that, it’s indeed possible to parachute onto the charts instantly!”
“But even in that case… it’s impossible to parachute directly to the top of all three charts! What exactly is going on with these three monsters?”
Heroic Spirit Awakened and true Heroic Spirits are, after all, different. Strength still needs to be constantly tempered and controlled… Unless one can perfectly awaken all the memories of the Heroic Spirit and digest them, only then can one possess battle power equivalent to the Heroic Spirit in history.
But that only exists in theory. Memory awakening itself is very metaphysical.
The most reliable scenario is that after awakening a powerful Heroic Spirit, one works hard to constantly temper oneself. That’s how gradual upgrades are shown on the charts… But! These three newly parachuted ones have all violated this theory.
However, Chu Mo didn’t find anyone else to boost his Battle Power Chart to the top, or even communicate with anyone else. Instead, he directly entered the next world.
The Second Level Heroic Spirit World!
He performed the same operation.
The three charts shone with brilliant and divine luster at this moment, and the name of the Great Ming Preceptor parachuted to first place!
Finally, Chu Mo sublimated to the extreme and entered the Third Level Heroic Spirit World. However, in this world, even if Chu Mo forcibly sublimated himself, he only managed to rank in the top ten on the Qi and Strength Charts, and only barely made it into the top thirty on the Spirit Chart.
“There are a lot of familiar names here.” Chu Mo looked at the small number of names ahead of his.
First on the Strength Chart, first on the Battle Power Chart, first on the Speed Chart, and third on the Spirit Chart… engraved in a flourish was the name of Li Shimin!
“Heavenly Khan.” Chu Mo murmured. The Demonic Khan could only be considered the second Heavenly Khan in the strictest sense! The first was this Emperor Taizong of Tang.
An eternal emperor, a perfect hexagon warrior.
The second name on the Battle Power Chart was naturally the First Emperor as he imagined, but the third name… was actually Yang Jian?!!
“…Good heavens, Yang Jian can be awakened?!” Chu Mo was dumbfounded. Isn’t Yang Jian a mythological figure? Although there was indeed a historical prototype… but the prototype wasn’t called Yang Jian… well.
“Seems normal, though.” Chu Mo frowned, remembering the Dream of the Red Chamber from the Demonic Qing era… The Dream of the Red Chamber actually involved mythological elements! For example, Lin Daiyu, in the original Dream of the Red Chamber, was the reincarnation of the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass.
Chu Mo had actually met Lin Daiyu during his ten years of ruling the world. At the time, in the eyes of many people, including Ji Xiaolan, she was a strong contender for Chu Mo’s empress, but…
In the end, Chu Mo didn’t see anything special and left. Ji Xiaolan and others mentioned it a couple of times, but when they found that Chu Mo was noncommittal, they could only keep dragging the matter on, until Chu Mo left with a smile.
Considering that the mythological elements involved in his second and third transmigrations were becoming more and more prominent, Chu Mo couldn’t help but suspect that Yang Jian actually existed at some point in ancient times.
“So, which era did he belong to?” Thoughts surged in Chu Mo’s mind. Under normal circumstances, it should naturally be the Shang dynasty. After all, this figure appeared in the Investiture of the Gods, and he also made an appearance in Journey to the West… A genuine ancient deity!
But…
“If he was really that ancient, how could he only rank third?” Chu Mo couldn’t figure it out. It wasn’t that he looked down on the First Emperor and Li Shimin, but the problem was, if Yang Jian was really an ancient deity, how much would he be strengthened in this era where the more ancient, the more powerful? It was unimaginable.
“I’ll search it up when I get back!” Chu Mo glanced at the merit points he had obtained and immediately chose to exit. There was no need for him to rush to the top of the Battle Power Chart. After all, for him, earning merit points to obtain a large amount of cultivation resources was no longer necessary.
This time, he only rushed in to earn a wave of merit points to buy storage items…
However, after Chu Mo left, countless Heroic Spirits from the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties looked at that familiar name, their expressions turning pale, and countless pieces of information exploded in their minds.
In the end, it completely exploded. Countless people were discussing and communicating with excitement and fervor…
In the First Level, Second Level, and Third Level, people were discussing this matter.
Even after the true identity of the Great Ming Preceptor as Zhu Wusi was revealed, it caused a breakthrough effect because it involved the Ming Taizu… The news and popularity spread to the higher levels of the Heroic Spirit World!
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Third Level Heroic Spirit World.
Beside a surging river.
Chang Yuchun was fishing, but he frowned, gazing at the sky, looking somewhat unsettled.
Suddenly, a divine light flashed beside him, and Lan Yu appeared. Compared to the mature Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu was full of youthful vigor, his eyebrows dancing, standing proudly in the world.
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Although Lan Yu had completely awakened his Heroic Spirit for the second time, he was only twenty-eight years old now! Just like the Lan Yu in history, spirited and a young genius.
“Brother-in-law!” Lan Yu sat down beside Chang Yuchun in a carefree manner, picked up a fishing rod, and started fishing as well. This fishing rod was obviously prepared for him by Chang Yuchun. “What did you call me here for?”
Chang Yuchun was silent for a long, long time before hoarsely saying, “I received some news… The Demonic Lord has awakened in Jiangning Domain, and is suspected of being bewitched by the Demonic Cult and defecting…”
“You are the peerless prodigy of this generation in Jiangning City. I think I should mention this news to you! But… that’s not important now.”
“The Demonic Lord?!” Lan Yu was stunned at first, but then a flood of memories caused his expression to change drastically, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He subconsciously thought of the Heavenly Demon Cavalry he had encountered, the existence that was almost his nemesis—Wang Baobao!
If Xu Da was matched against Chaghan Temur, the number one general of the Divine Cavalry, then he was matched against this existence who was suspected of becoming the second master of the Heavenly Demon Cavalry.
It was just a pity that Wang Baobao didn’t successfully inherit his adoptive father’s position and truly decide the outcome with Lan Yu before the Divine Lord took him away on that irreversible path to heaven. He never appeared again!
This made the Lan Yu in his memory feel somewhat fortunate, but also somewhat regretful.
“This, this is not unimportant, this is very important, okay?!” Lan Yu panicked instantly, pacing back and forth. Wang Baobao already gave him a headache and was difficult to defeat in one wave, let alone that Demonic Lord…
“No, I have to go find my teacher! This kind of figure, and he’s defected… we must strike hard.”
He was one of the three newly accepted disciples of the Jiangning Domain Lord. Although he only met her during lectures, listening to her speak together with a group of people… at least he could still see her.
After all, that was the Domain Lord, and Jiangning Domain had a population of over 850 billion. As the ruler of this domain, the Domain Lord’s status was indescribably noble.
Even looking at the vast Divine Province, she could be called a high-level leader.
“It’s not important!” Chang Yuchun repeated, then glanced at the sky again and exhaled a long breath. “Look at the sky.”
Lan Yu: “?”
Lan Yu raised his head in confusion, then his expression froze. He rubbed his eyes, his mind blank.
After a long time, he almost groaned, “The Preceptor?? The Preceptor has also awakened!”
Brief silence.
Lan Yu was quiet for a while, then his face gradually flushed red, his eyes filled with excitement and fervor. He didn’t fish anymore, throwing the fishing rod aside, and did several somersaults in place, barely calming down his excitement. Then, he paced around several times before looking at Chang Yuchun.
“Brother-in-law, where is the Preceptor? I want to see him! Ahhh! He’s my idol!”
The memories that surged out of nowhere made his heart surge with excitement and fervor.
“…Take a look at your Heroic Spirit skills!” Chang Yuchun said expressionlessly.
“Oh… Ah?!” Lan Yu was dumbfounded, unable to understand what was going on with the skills that had appeared out of nowhere!
“Alright, as for wanting to see that person,” Chang Yuchun rolled his eyes, “just go find him yourself. Where am I supposed to find him for you? This should be his first time entering the Heroic Spirit World.”
“…Impossible, how could he come directly to Level Three if it’s his first time!” Lan Yu instantly realized something was wrong. It was estimated that only Heroic Spirits from the Qin, Han, and Three Kingdoms periods would be qualified to enter the Third Level Heroic Spirit World without a single awakening.
No matter how much he admired the Preceptor, the other party shouldn’t violate common sense!
“How would I know! I only know that if it wasn’t his first appearance, then I should have received news on the day he appeared in the First Level Heroic Spirit World… Alright, don’t bother me! Go away, go away.” Chang Yuchun waved his hand impatiently. “You’re making so much noise, you’re scaring all the fish away!”
“…Oh.” Shrinking his neck, Lan Yu reluctantly took three steps back, making sure that Chang Yuchun really didn’t know, or wouldn’t tell him the Preceptor’s address. Only then did he turn into a divine light and leave with a face full of regret!
Chang Yuchun continued to fish, silent for a very, very long time, finally sighing.
“Damn it, why do the fish in the Third Level Heroic Spirit World feel harder to catch than the ones in the Fifth Level Heroic Spirit World?”
Scratching his head, Chang Yuchun pursed his lips again, gazing at the water, as if he was looking at the fish, but also as if he was looking at something else, thinking about something else.
“First the Divine Lord, then the Preceptor… Have these two matched rivals descended at the same time? So, is the next thing going to be like six hundred years ago, when His Majesty killed Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng as soon as he awakened his Heroic Spirit?”
“No, in real history, His Majesty defeated those two people anyway! So even after the Heroic Spirit descended, it was just a reenactment… But the Preceptor doesn’t have a record of defeating the Divine Lord… In my memory, the most that appears is the suspicion that the Preceptor is stronger. This is troublesome…”
Chang Yuchun suddenly fell silent. After a moment, he pulled hard, and a carp weighing several pounds suddenly slammed onto the shore. He smiled happily and immediately pounced on it, throwing it into the bucket beside him.
Remembering something, Chang Yuchun’s eyes flickered for a moment. “I remember, the Yuan Demonic Cult, that Chaghan Temur is in Jiangning, right… I wonder, what does this person think of that Divine Lord?”
“Wait, if the Preceptor is matched, wouldn’t he also descend in Jiangning Domain? After all, back then, Chen Youliang and the others all descended near Grand Ancestor…” Chang Yuchun suddenly thought of something, and waves rose in his heart. “If this person’s news is exposed, and then discovered by Chaghan Temur…”
Chang Yuchun was no longer as calm and composed as before and immediately exited the Heroic Spirit World. He returned to Kyoto World City, preparing to ask Zhu Yuanzhang about the situation.
In this life, he was also one of Zhu Yuanzhang’s generals. Since awakening five hundred years ago, he had been following Zhu Yuanzhang and was one of the eight giants of the Kyoto Ming Court forces.
