Chapter 321: Use less power to control subordinates! (Subscribe)
“The latest information from Sifanglou, the grand event of the Wei Dynasty!”

“In the second round of the event, Taixu Dao Sect’s Lin Xueru once again won first place, and the number of floors she cleared in the Thousand Machine Tower is – 132!”

“The second place winner, Xie Dongan, passed the ninety-second floor of the Thousand Machines Tower!”

“The third place winner is Wei Nantian, the fifteenth prince of the Wei Dynasty royal family, who has passed the eighty-eighth level!”

“fourth……”

Although the second round of the event lasted only two days, it was more eye-catching than the first round because of the Thousand Machine Tower prepared by Taoist Huangshan and the joy created by the group of geniuses during the process.

Especially Jiang Ye, who was the first to pass the level, became a household name. Not only did the common people in Kyoto Prefecture, the wanderers, and the people from the aristocratic families know his name, but with the publicity of the Sifang Tower, the government, and the Night Watch, all the seventeen prefectures of the Wei Dynasty knew about his performance in the Thousand Machines Tower.

There was no other reason. It was just that within two days after the second round of the event, when everyone talked about the performance of the geniuses in the second round of the event, they would always start with “Hey, do you know the performance of the second son of Deputy Commander Jiang of the Black Armor Guard?” As a result, “Jiang Ye” became more and more famous, even surpassing Lin Xueru, who ranked first in the two rounds, and Xie Dongan, who ranked second in the two rounds.

Inside the Jiang Mansion.

“Xiaoye, you haven’t eaten for two days. How can this be possible? Come out and eat something.”

Jiang Ye’s biological mother, Jiang Ziqi’s wife Xu Ruoyan, was standing anxiously outside the wing room with a food box in her hand. The maids and servants behind her all lowered their heads, fearing that they would laugh when they raised their heads and saw the wing room. Their faces turned red from trying not to laugh.

“Mom, please take it back. I’m going to starve myself to death!”

“Silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about? Isn’t it just that you didn’t perform well in the event? We are men. If we didn’t perform well this time, we should try to perform better in the future.” Xu Ruoyan said with a look of reproach on her face:
“Good boy, come out and eat something. Mommy made you your favorite crispy roast duck. It’s so delicious.”

“No, no, no, no…”

Inside the door, Jiang Ye huddled in his quilt, kneeling on the bed like an ostrich, covering his ears and shouting to the outside:
“Mom, please leave me alone. I am really… really too embarrassed to see anyone this time.”

At this time, he was not only annoyed with his performance in the event, but also began to feel that his cultivation was too powerful, so that he could hear the laughter coming from outside with just his physical body.

It’s crystal clear—

“Brother, have you heard of Jiang Ye from Kyoto Academy? Yes, that’s right, he is the son of Jiang Ziqi, the deputy commander of the Black Armor Guard.”

“Let me tell you, when he broke into the Thousand Machines Tower, I was watching from outside, but I was so amused, haha…”

I’d like to make you happy, why aren’t you dead?

“Especially when he was running around like a headless fly in the first level, and finally reached the second level, but was knocked out by a cup of knockout drug, haha…”

You are the headless fly, and so are your whole family!
Almost every time Jiang Ye heard a word about him, he would curse back in his heart.

But the more this happened, the more depressed he felt. He was too ashamed to go out, for fear that he would be laughed at in person when he met his classmates at school.

If that were the case, he might as well just die.

“Ye’er, victory and defeat are common in the military. You must not be discouraged by a few setbacks.”

“mother……”

“Listen to what mother has to say,” Mrs. Jiang outside the door restrained her smile and advised earnestly:
“Have you heard about the feud between Yingwu Marquis Chen Yi and Jingye Marquis Zhou’s family?”

Huh?
Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment and pricked up his ears quietly.

He had heard Xie Dong’an mention this before and knew that Chen Yi had killed Zhou Tiance with a single sword that night, but he only had a general idea of ​​the feud between Chen Yi and the Zhou family.

“Just yesterday, your mother heard from your father that when Marquis Yingwu was two years old, he was abducted by human traffickers. It was actually arranged by old Marquis Zhou Tiance himself.”

“If it weren’t for Marquis Yingwu’s outstanding talent and his ability to cultivate sword energy at such a young age, he would have been sold to other places along with Lin Xueru that night.”

“Also, there was another incident that night—Old Marquis Zhou was present that night and even wanted to attack Marquis Yingwu. If Duke Xing hadn’t arrived in time, I’m afraid he would have been killed.”

what?
When Jiang Ye heard this, he was both surprised and a little confused. No wonder Brother Yi would kill Zhou Tiance without considering the emperor’s feelings. It turned out that this was the root of everything.

“Mother told you this because I wanted you to know that Marquis Yingwu had experienced countless setbacks and hardships since he was a child, but he never complained or got discouraged and has persisted until now.”

“Although your talent is not as good as Marquis Yingwu’s, you have never encountered any setbacks since childhood, and your luck is much better than his.”

“And your performance at this event will only damage your reputation, not your life. If you never recover from this, won’t people look down on you even more?”

Squeak.

Before Mrs. Xu finished speaking, the door of the wing room opened, and Jiang Ye came out clumsily, took the lunch box directly, and said shyly:
“Mom, please stop talking. I know I was wrong.”

Mrs. Xu’s face lit up, and she looked at him with relief: “Eat your meal well, I won’t say anything more, that’s all.”

As she spoke, she turned around and looked at the servants around her, and ordered: “From now on, no one in the mansion is allowed to mention the grand event again. Do you understand?”

“I understand, ma’am.”

“I know, puff haha… damn it, little one!”

But as soon as a servant opened his mouth, he saw Jiang Ye’s appearance and laughed out loud without noticing.

As a result, as if some kind of mechanism had been activated, the other maids, including Madam Xu, all started laughing.

Jiang Ye: “…”

He looked around with a look of grief and anger. He was tired, or dead…

“Forget it, laugh if you want to. After all, I stole the limelight at this event.”

“Ha ha……”

“Little Leo, you really dare to laugh? Don’t run away, or I’ll beat you to death!”

As the second round of events came to an end, the news that the entire Jingyehou Zhou family had made their decision spread.

However, apart from court ministers and some prominent families in Kyoto Prefecture, few people knew that it was Chen Yi who killed Zhou Tiance.

After consultation with several ministers, Emperor Wei announced to the public that Marquis Jingye Zhou Tiance would die due to old age and frailty. As the entire Zhou family had no successor, the title of “Marquis Jingye” was abolished, and the current “Jingye Army” had to be arranged elsewhere.

It has to be arranged.

Although Chen Yi mentioned some drawbacks of the Wei Dynasty’s system the day before yesterday, some rules cannot be changed for the time being.

Especially the Beixiong Pass, Zhennan Pass and the military marquises guarding Hexi Prefecture and Dongzhou Islands, they were the foundation of the Wei Dynasty.

If there was one less Wu Hou, Zhenbei King Du Qing would be the first to disagree.

Therefore, after the second round of the event ended, the third round was postponed to five days later, and Emperor Wei and others began to busy themselves with selecting Wu Hou to replace the “Jingye Hou”.

Many people suggested that Yingwu Marquis Chen Yi should take over directly, but Emperor Wei, Xie Jing and other ministers had some concerns.

On the one hand, it was because of Chen Yi’s cultivation. With such a powerful cultivation, his role as a border guarding general would definitely affect the entire Wei situation.

On the other hand, it was because he was from the Chen family of Wu’an Hou. Even if he set up a new family, the blood relationship was there and outsiders could not help but take it into consideration.

Of course, what is more important is that according to what Emperor Wei thought, Chen Yi could not stay safely in Tianyuan Continent. Taoist Huangshan, Jiu Qiansui, Da Xiansheng and others are well aware of this.

With such a powerful talent, there is only one way out – go to the Taizhou Mountain battlefield and conquer the wider world with countless realms!
Therefore, at this moment, the seventeen prefectures of the Wei Dynasty were discussing enthusiastically the performance of the geniuses in the grand event, while in the court, they were fighting to the death over the vacant position of Marquis Wu.

Inside the Wu’an Marquis Mansion.

A middle-aged man in blue clothes bowed with a reserved look and said:
“Lord Yingwu Hou, the prince asked me to come and visit you for only one thing.”

Chen Yi sat on the armchair with a majestic look, took a sip of tea and said, “The position of Wu Hou?”

“That’s right!” The middle-aged man looked more and more nervous, and said with a flattering smile on his face:
“My Lord, you know that now that the prince has lost a Marquis, it has a great impact on the defense of Beixiong Pass. If the position of Marquis remains vacant, it is not a good thing…”

Seeing that Chen Yi didn’t say anything, he gritted his teeth secretly and spoke faster:
“The prince wants you to guard the border…”

Before he could finish, Chen Yi looked at him with a half-smile: “Are you sure that the prince is talking about me?”

Just a glance and sweat instantly broke out on the middle-aged man’s forehead. He stood there with a chill on his back, not knowing what to say.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yi restrained his smile and snorted coldly:
“Don’t try such tricks in front of me. Go back and tell the prince that I have no intention of competing for that position. Just let him rest assured.”

“As for the candidates… my father has several generals who have worked hard and made great contributions. One of them even participated in the battle of the Demon Court’s southward march. If Your Highness does not have a suitable candidate, you may consider one or two.”

The middle-aged man heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, wiped the sweat off his face carefully and said:

“Thank you, my Lord. I will go back and report to the Prince.”

“Slow down.”

Chen Yi waved his hand and said, “Also, tell the prince one more thing for me – the Wang family of Taishan Marquis, the Chen family of Wu’an Marquis, and who knows which family behind them will all be under the command of the King of Zhenbei in the future, so tell him to use less balancing skills!”

“Ah, this…” “Relay it truthfully without making any mistakes, otherwise…”

The middle-aged man saw his look and hurriedly replied, “I understand!”

Chen Yi waved his hand, “Go away!”

“Yes Yes……”

After the middle-aged man left, the main hall of the central courtyard became empty.

Faintly, one could hear some laughter and joy outside the hall, mixed with sobbing.

Chen Yi sat upright for a moment before he calmly walked out.

“I’ve met the Marquis.”

At this time, Chen Taihang, who was guarding the door, showed some mischief on his rough face and saluted, “My Lord, are you in good health?”

“Second uncle…”

Chen Yi helplessly released a divine power to hold up his body, “What are you doing?”

He didn’t dare to accept such a great gift. Calling him “Marquis” was already a violation of the generational order. If he accepted Chen Taihang’s gift again, Chen Taiping would find out and would take off his shoes and beat him.

“Uncle, this is to familiarize yourself with it in advance. In the future, you will be the military marquis who will lead a border defense army. It must be passed down for a thousand years…”

“Forget it, who told you this?” Chen Yi frowned slightly, “My nephew doesn’t have that intention.”

“Ah?” Chen Taihang looked at the middle-aged man who ran out of the middle courtyard and asked suspiciously:

“Isn’t that man the chief steward of the Zhenbei Palace? Didn’t he come to visit you in the hope that you would take over as the Marquis guarding Beixiong Pass?”

“Him?” Chen Yi laughed and said, “He didn’t come to persuade me to take over, but to test me.”

“Testing?” Chen Taihang frowned, looking unhappy: “The prince is worried about you?”

Chen Yi shook his head. “It’s not just me that the King of Zhenbei is worried about. It’s also our Chen family and the Taishanhou Wang family.”

If it weren’t for the connivance of King Zhenbei, how could Zhou Tiance do so many things behind the scenes?

In fact, it was not only the King of Zhenbei, but also the Emperor Wei who was sitting on the dragon throne.

They knew exactly what the Zhou family did, but for some reason they just let it go.

In comparison, the Emperor of Wei was sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers, but what about the King of Zhenbei?

Hehehe… He was intentionally weakening the power of the martial marquises under his command to prevent his position as the King of Zhenbei from being unstable.

“Then what are your plans?”

“Uncle, I don’t like to get involved in the twists and turns of the court. As long as they don’t mess with me, the Chen family, or the Lin family, they can do whatever they want.”

As he said that, Chen Yi turned and walked towards Chunhe Garden, “Uncle, please tell them that I will be practicing in seclusion these days and will not see any visitors.”

“…”

Watching him walk away, Chen Taihang looked deep in thought. After he figured it out, he couldn’t help but curse and hurriedly ran to discuss with the second master, the third master and other elders.

Among the aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years in Kyoto Prefecture, none of them are easy to deal with.

Without mentioning Chen Taihang and the Chen family’s subsequent plans for the family, Chen Yi slowly walked to the outside of Chunhe Garden and saw Hua Youxiang crying in the yard at a glance.

“Wow!”

“Sister, I, my reputation is ruined…”

Chen Yi looked at that tearful face and suddenly became happy, his mood became much better.

Speaking of why Erhua was crying, it was still related to the grand event.

After the second round.

In addition to Jiang Ye, Hua Youxiang, the second person to pass the level, was also well-known by many people in the martial arts world, and her nickname “Erhua” that she often mentioned also spread.

Firstly, she came from a prominent family. She was a genius of the Taixu Taoist Sect, and she and Chen Yi were from the same Jianfeng Mountain lineage. These two points alone made her more approachable to the martial artists than Jiang Ye from the Kyoto Academy.

Moreover, because she took out the small wooden sword and cursed Taoist Huangshan directly after stepping out of the “Thousand Machines Tower”, the crowd of wanderers and storytellers who heard the news laughed, so they gave her a more majestic name – “Little Pepper” Hua Youxiang.

So——

Erhua, who was happy to be nicknamed “Little Pepper”, burst into tears and snot, and even wet the Taoist robe of the flower fairy beside her.

“Sister, I don’t want to be called ‘Little Pepper’, it’s too ugly!”

“What are they doing? It would be nice to call me ‘Erhua’, why are they calling me ‘Little Pepper’?”

“If my parents and my family knew about this, wouldn’t they laugh at me to death?”

“…”

The flower fairy patted her shoulder, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Seeing her crying so sadly, she didn’t know how to comfort her for a moment.

After thinking for a moment, she spoke softly:

“Youxiang, have you forgotten the reputation of our Sichuan girls? Little peppers are so good.”

“Ah? Very good?” Hua Youxiang was still young when she joined Taixu Taoist Sect and didn’t know much about these things.

“Yes,” a strange look flashed across the beautiful face of the flower fairy, and she tried to hold back her smile and comforted him:
“In our hometown, most people call women ‘Little Pepper’. This nickname given to you by the underworld is quite nice.”

“That’s it…”

Hua Youxiang immediately wiped away her tears, raised her head, and said with a smile:

“I said it can’t be because I scolded the old Taoist priest at Huangshan, otherwise those quacks would be too unkind.”

“Erhua, Little Lajiao, Erhua, Little Lajiao hehe… Sister, it sounds pretty good…”

“…”

The flower fairy saw her laughing again and wiped away her tears helplessly, “You cry and laugh at the same time, your face has become a clown.”

“No…”

Before Hua Youxiang could refute, she heard laughter from the side: “Why not?”

“Hey, Brother Chen?”

Hua Youxiang’s face flushed, and she buried her head in the arms of the Flower Fairy, “Even you laugh at me…”

Chen Yi walked over with a smile and said jokingly: “Now you are a famous ‘little hot pepper’ in the world, I dare not laugh at you.”

“You also said… My sister said that ‘little pepper’ is very good, and that’s how they describe the girls in Sichuan Province.”

“Oh?”

Chen Yi looked at the Flower Fairy with a half-smile, and when he saw her waving her hands secretly, he knew what she was thinking, and said:
“That’s true. After all, you do have a hot temper.”

“what?”

Seeing Erhua’s dazed look, Chen Yi and Flower Fairy couldn’t help laughing. It was hard to tell whether it was a joke or because she had been deceived.

“You guys are… so mean!”

After laughing, Chen Yi waved at them and said, “You guys rest here. I’m going out for a while.”

“Where are you going, brother? Can I go with you?” The flower fairy asked courageously.

Chen Yi thought about it, nodded and said, “You can follow me. I just need to go to Shiwandashan. I’ll take you to see the scenery there.”

“Okay.” The Flower Fairy didn’t care where to go. Even if the Ten Thousand Mountains were the place of demons, she would be willing to follow Chen Yi.

“Ah? I’m going too!” Erhua reacted and shouted.

“You? Stay home, little pepper, haha…”

(End of this chapter)