I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely - Chapter 302 - 265: Breakthrough! Venerable Great Power! Rank 4 Deceit: The Fisherman
“Master.”
Kaya approached. In her hands was a failed True Ten Thousand Spirits Needle that had accumulated its maximum Experience Points. She respectfully handed it to Xu Qing.
“Mm.”
Xu Qing took it.
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[Failed True Ten Thousand Spirits Needle Level 1: 500,000,000/1,000,000 (Upgradeable!) (One of the main Array Artifacts for setting up the Ten Thousand Spirits Four Symbols Array. Unfortunately, its refining failed. It has one thousand and eighty flaws and is no longer functional.)]
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“Upgrade!”
BUZZ! BUZZ!
A thought crossed Xu Qing’s mind. He connected his consciousness to the Encyclopedia of All Things and swiftly upgraded the failed True Ten Thousand Spirits Needle. In a short time, it had already reached Level 10.
“Go.”
Afterwards, Xu Qing gave the failed True Ten Thousand Spirits Needle, now upgraded to Level 10, to Kaya.
He instructed, “Give this Ten Thousand Spirits Needle to Young Master Wen Shu.”
“As you command, Master.”
Kaya’s tone was deferential.
Basically, he could refine one True Ten Thousand Spirits Needle every ten days. Thus, over the past year, Xu Qing had already produced thirty-six of them. He still had over seventy left before completing the full set of one hundred and eight.
Afterwards, Xu Qing summoned Cloud Ascendant Zhenren.
“What is the situation in Cangzhou Prefecture?” Xu Qing asked.
“Reporting to Master,” Cloud Ascendant Zhenren replied, “the situation in Cangzhou Prefecture is relatively stable for now. Although a number of Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits have invaded, the major powers of Cangzhou Prefecture have dispatched many experts to fight them off and eliminate the ones plaguing the populace.”
“Mm.”
Xu Qing nodded slightly.
“As long as there are no major issues,” Xu Qing said.
In fact, with the disappearance of the Emperor Dragon Qi in the Great Zhou Martial Country, irrational Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits were reawakening. The people in every prefecture, city, and town had lost their protection.
It could be said that the situation across the Nine Provinces Land was much the same, with no significant differences anywhere.
Therefore, as long as Cangzhou Prefecture remained stable, Xu Qing could continue practicing the Pattern Technique, mastering its laws and increasing his own strength, without any worries.
If a major disaster struck Cangzhou Prefecture and the situation turned dire, Xu Qing would have to leave. However, the situation in other prefectures wouldn’t be much better.
「Meanwhile, in the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Martial Country.」
Court was in session inside the throne room of the Imperial Palace.
“Your Majesty!”
A minister stepped forward to report, “The Blood Demon Sect has been gathering the grievances of the common people, using them to defile our dynasty’s Emperor Dragon Qi and causing the entire country to lose its protection.”
“Now, the Nine Provinces Land is rife with chaos and strange phenomena are on the rise. If this continues, I fear the very foundation of our nation will be shaken. I implore Your Majesty to devise a countermeasure!”
“Indeed!”
“All sorts of strange phenomena have appeared even here in the Imperial City.”
“Many people have already died.”
“…”
The ministers all began to clamor.
“Silence.”
Zhou Di snorted coldly, and the ministers quieted down.
“Grand National Master,” Zhou Di called out.
“I am here.”
The Grand National Master, True Immortal Daoist, took a step forward, bowed to Zhou Di, and said with a humble and respectful tone, “Your Majesty, please give your command.”
“Good.”
Zhou Di nodded in satisfaction.
“National Guardian General,” Zhou Di called out again.
“This old subject is here.”
Hong Dingtian also stepped forward. “Please give your command, Your Majesty.”
“Civil Minister,” Zhou Di said in a low voice.
“I am here.”
Civil Minister Xiao Yin stepped forward.
“Good.”
Zhou Di nodded in satisfaction once more. With a wave of his right hand, he issued a Holy Decree. “The National Fortune of the Great Zhou Martial Country is wavering. The Emperor Dragon Qi has been defiled by the people’s grievances, causing the Nine Provinces Land to lose its protection.”
“Therefore, We command you to lead the three great paths of the Immortal, Confucian, and Martial. Use the Immortal Dao to gather the Qi of Ten Thousand Spirits, the Confucian Dao to gather Vast Righteous Qi, and finally, the Martial Dao to gather Military Evil Qi.”
“Combine these three Qis to protect Kyushu. There must be no mistakes.”
“This subject obeys,” True Immortal Daoist bowed.
“This old subject obeys the decree,” Hong Dingtian said.
“I obey,” Xiao Yin said.
In truth, with the disappearance of the Great Zhou Martial Country’s Emperor Dragon Qi, Emperor Yuanwu, Zhou Di, had lost its protection himself. It was now debatable whether he could even still be considered the Emperor.
You could say that if Zhou Di hadn’t still held military power, along with the loyalty of men like Hong Dingtian, even more rebellions would have likely broken out.
「One month later.」
On this day, in the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Martial Country.
True Immortal Daoist, Hong Dingtian, and Xiao Yin—the Cultivation and Realms of these three men stood at the very pinnacle of the Great Zhou Martial Country.
And so, the three of them joined forces. Aided by Zhou Di’s Holy Decree, they condensed the boundless Qi of Ten Thousand Spirits, Vast Righteous Qi, and Military Evil Qi, forming a Boundless Array.
This array was named: the National Protection Array.
The Array Hub of the National Protection Array was the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Martial Country. It condensed the boundless Qi of Ten Thousand Spirits, Vast Righteous Qi, and Military Evil Qi, and radiated this power out across the Nine Provinces Land.
As a result, once the National Protection Array was complete, it would draw upon the will and presence of the entire nation’s people to once again form an invisible barrier, protecting the prefectures, cities, towns, villages, and their inhabitants.
However, the National Protection Array was not the Emperor Dragon Qi, after all. Its protection was naturally inferior, and its effects were far weaker.
Regardless, with the formation of the National Protection Array, there was finally some measure of shelter. At the very least, some form of protection was now in place, which was far better than nothing at all.
「Cangzhou Prefecture.」
Inside the Marquis’s Mansion.
“The National Protection Array.”
Cangba Dao looked up. The moment the National Protection Array formed, he sensed it, detecting the change in Cangzhou Prefecture as the invisible protection took shape.
’I never expected this.’
