Chapter 481 306: Shockwaves Through the Court, All National Guardian Realm Emerge_2

In the Sea of Qi Realm, one can tread through the air.

"Senior Brother Ji, this boy..."

Chang Qin Jiumin furrowed his eyebrows slightly, probing the situation below in the Diligent Study Hall. The white-clothed youth in the golden pillar gave him a sense of mysteriousness.

"Jiumin, everyone has their secrets. Since this boy has been acknowledged by the Star Golden List, it is inseparably linked to our Great Qin Dynasty."

Ji Wujiang appeared calm, but his mind was greatly shaken.

'Xiang Yue, ah Xiang Yue, your disciple is truly extraordinary...'

He knew Chu Ming's identity and understood why Chu Ming's presence was mysterious, hence he spoke in his defense.

"Strange," Chang Qin Jiumin still frowned, "The Star Golden List actually acknowledged literary poetry in the Golden Competition."

The Star Golden List claimed that all hundred items in the Golden Competition could be named, but historically, only the martial arts elements like knives, spears, and staves, as well as fists and kicks, had been acknowledged, none outside martial arts. Thus, his astonishment.

"What's so strange about that? The Star Golden List is a second-class spiritual treasure, mysterious and beyond compare. Though it previously only acknowledged martial arts, it doesn't mean it only recognizes martial arts," Ji Wujiang followed up.

After some contemplation, Chang Qin Jiumin found it reasonable; the mystique of the Star Golden List indeed cannot be judged based on experience.

"What does Senior Brother Ji think is the best way to nurture this boy?" he inquired.

"How to nurture him?" Ji Wujiang paused, then said, "Let him finish his epiphany. After all, it's the first time there's acknowledgment outside of martial arts; who knows what he'll realize?"

"Indeed," Chang Qin Jiumin nodded slightly, "Senior Brother, I shall go down to protect this boy from being disturbed."

"An epiphany is not accomplished in mere moments; Junior Sister Qi is about to make a breakthrough, I'd better go," Ji Wujiang insisted.

With a moment of silence, Chang Qin Jiumin bowed and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Ji Wujiang simply acknowledged with a sound, his figure flashing towards the Diligent Study Hall below.

Chang Qin Jiumin didn't linger, swiftly returning to the depths of the Imperial City.

Diligent Study Hall.

Ji Wujiang, clad in a light gray robe, landed lightly, hands behind his back.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The crowd outside turned their gaze, filled with awe and uncertainty.

None of them recognized Ji Wujiang.

Tang Guang, a Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm expert from the Astronomical Bureau, sensed something, turned to look, and his face changed drastically.

"Ji... Junior Master Ji..."

All the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm members of the Astronomical Bureau were disciples of Chang Qin Jiumin, hence they called Ji Wujiang Junior Master Ji.

Junior Master Ji?!

Ji by name, Junior Master, that must mean...

"King of Border!"

The crowd hurriedly bowed.

In the Great Qin Dynasty, only one person could be called Junior Master Ji by Master Tang of the Astronomical Bureau, and that was the only external-surnamed king, the King of Border.

The King of Border, one of the two National Guardian Realm individuals of the Qin Dynasty, even the Emperor Qin would have to bow upon seeing him.

The King of Border?

Inside the Diligent Study Hall, the Crown Prince, Second Prince, and others felt a chill run through their spines and hurriedly exited the hall.

"King of Border!" Without exception, including the Crown Prince, they all bowed.

Ji Wujiang's gaze swept over them calmly, "Rise, all of you."

"Thank you, King of Border." The crowd rose.

"From today until Chu Ming's epiphany is complete, no one is allowed to approach the Diligent Study Hall. Violators will be executed!"

Ji Wujiang took a step forward into the hall, his voice chilling.

An aura of severity instantly passed through everyone's body present.

"Disperse."

"Yes..."

The crowd respectfully retreated, none daring to linger.

Once everyone had left, Ji Wujiang approached the golden pillar, his eyes flickering, a smile appearing on his face.

"What a remarkable boy, only a few days apart and you give me such a great surprise."

"Chu Ming, ponder well, the opportunity to have an epiphany with the Star Golden List is rare."

"Don't worry about what's outside, I'll take care of it for you."

"..."

Inside the golden pillar.

Seeing Ji Wujiang arrive, Chu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He cupped his hands to pay respects, then closed his eyes again, sensing the celestial shifts within his Sea of Consciousness scroll.

The golden list floated in midair, the golden pillar enveloped him, the scroll unfolded like undulating waves.

There must be a connection between the two.

With the outside world undisturbed, his heart immersed within.

The scroll akin to the sky, the Sea of Consciousness akin to the heart realm.

As if winds blew, the four great lakes of cultivation techniques, primordial qi, mountains and seas, and book collection each responded with waves.

At this moment, the Sea of Consciousness seemed to be a truly existing world, yet it felt like something was missing.

The scroll resembled the sky, yet was not the sky.

As the four great lakes simultaneously acted, the golden list instantly empowered, countless spiritual lights flickered within the Sea of Consciousness.

Suddenly, Chu Ming seemed to have understood something.

It's not about lacking anything; it's about the scroll sky being incomplete, the Sea of Consciousness's sky incomplete.

Intent followed his heart, extending outside his body, his entire being radiating qi rhythm white light, transforming into a giant hand, grasping at the void.

Rustle, rustle...

The giant hand formed by the qi rhythm white light grasped the golden light, drawing it into his body.

Then, within the Sea of Consciousness and the scroll sky, the sun rose up in the sky, piercing through clouds, with golden rays stretching into miles.

Splash...

The scroll suddenly froze in time, as if time had stopped.

At this instant, Chu Ming saw through the golden rays a scroll slowly unfolding.

The revealed image was a part of the scroll he'd been searching for.

Mountains, rivers, lakes, vast oceans, immense stars, the boundless cosmos...

It turns out, the scroll sent along with a First-Grade Cold Family letter was only part of the Star Golden List.

More and more of the scroll unfolded, as Chu Ming traversed from mountains to lakes, from lakes to the skies, seeing countless stars...

Buzz!

At a certain moment.

The water in the cultivation technique lake of the Sea of Consciousness violently pulsated, not boiling hot, but as though countless fish were leaping out.

Splash, splash, splash!

Tap, tap, tap!

The bouncing water gradually materialized as seven-colored fish beasts leaping, splashing water waves, resembling rainbow colors.

When the entire lake surface transformed into seven-colored hues, those fish beasts suddenly froze in mid-air.

Immediately afterward.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Each of the seven-colored fish beasts started to exhibit cracks, like ceramics breaking apart and shedding.

To be accurate, it wasn't breaking apart and shedding...

But rather a rebirth akin to a chrysalis hatching into a butterfly!