I save spiritual roots for the next life

Compared to the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince who just wanted to use themselves to block each other or share firepower, Long Zhenxiao's meaning has been almost clear this year.

Long Xiang probably wanted to make the succession of the throne of the Jiuli Dynasty more chaotic. The more chaotic it is, the better it will be for his ultimate goal.

Therefore, many of Long Zhenxiao's suggestions for Li Jizhou seemed at first glance to be good strategies for Li Jizhou's fight for the throne.

"Your Highness, I heard that you are planning to travel to the dynasty, and the minister came here to give you some advice."

"My dear, you can speak frankly!"

"I hope Your Highness will remember that being able to inherit the position of the Holy Emperor does not depend on caring about the world, but on being in charge of the world. The superficial articles are for the people of the world to see, but the actual means and character are for the Holy Emperor to see.

What the Holy Emperor needs is a strong king with a calm mind and clever methods, who can safeguard the ancestral foundation, suppress the princes in the court, and handle the untouchables of the dynasty, not a virtuous king who is soft-hearted and sympathetic to the people! "Long Zhenxiao said with great certainty.

Li Jizhou pretended to be shocked.

Although this is a fact that all rulers understand, the education from all sides since childhood is not the same. At least on the surface, as a king of a dynasty, he governs benevolently, loves the people, and cares about the world so that the lower class people can be willing to serve the dynasty and the ruler. Jiangshan desperately needs to be imaged.

Moreover, in order to maintain the number of people in a dynasty, ensure the number of leeks that can be harvested, and ensure the number of cannon fodder that can continuously throw their heads and shed blood, the rulers of the dynasty must establish a great and upright image while educating the people.

Of course, these are only for the people of the world to see, and there is no need to show them to the courtiers.

However, all the courtiers also had various means to restrain the Holy Emperor, especially the education of the Crown Prince.

If the Holy Emperor is weak, the biggest beneficiaries will naturally be the courtiers.

"The prince is harming me!" After thinking for a long time, Li Jizhou told Long Zhenxiao the prince's suggestion.

Long Zhenxiao looked at Li Jizhou's attitude and nodded with satisfaction.

"Please help me, dear, the prince is becoming more and more hostile to me, and the ninth brother hates me even more. I must become stronger as soon as possible!" Li Jizhou turned to Long Zhenxiao for help sincerely.

Long Zhenxiao nodded and took out ten wood attribute spiritual stones from the storage ring.

Long Xiang's need to seize the rightful son is getting more and more chaotic, but he doesn't want any prince to be so strong that he can't control it. Therefore, Long Zhenxiao has always given Li Jizhou resources that can speed up his cultivation. There is no help in the later stage.

Now among the princes of Jiuli, the prince has condensed the immortal golden elixir with three lines of Dao patterns, and the birth of super-grade Dharma has reached its peak. The ninth prince has extraordinary talents and is nourished by the innate essence. With the support of Ronghou Mansion, the momentum is very strong, but the seventh prince is empty. He is talented, but his family does not provide enough support. He has fallen out of favor a few years ago, so he must be supported quickly.

"Thank you, dear! I will build the foundation as soon as possible!" Li Jizhou accepted the ten wood spirit stones with satisfaction.

The wood spirit stone is not helpful in building the Tao foundation, but it still has an accelerating effect on the cultivation after the foundation is established. It is also the food for Li Jizhou to strive for the first place in his cultivation.

As for the resources useful for building a high-grade Dao foundation, he did not count on others.

It is impossible for these people who use him like a knife to give him such a useful divine object at a critical node.

He can only rely on himself.

"High-quality Daoji!"

The three levels of mana, soul, and body are the key factors for the success or failure of foundation building. For Li Jizhou, there is nothing to worry about. It has already been perfected, but the quality of the foundation built is not limited to these three levels.

To understand the world, the combination of Tao and heart is the key.

To condense the golden elixir, you need the spiritual things of heaven and earth, and the birth of the Dharma requires the mark of heaven's heart. To gain the recognition of heaven and earth, it lies in the spirit of the body.

However, transforming into gods and refining emptiness requires understanding the Tao of heaven and earth, and even the following combination of Tao is related to Tao.

In the Daoji level, as long as the mana, soul, and physical body are passed, it has almost no impact on the formation of pills, but it is very critical after transforming into a god.

However, there are very few divine objects in the world that are useful in building the foundation of the Tao. Wherever they appear, geniuses from all walks of life will flock to them, and most people can only rely on enlightenment.

The prince also realized his own Tao back then and created an earth-level Tao foundation. This was already considered a great achievement and he was expected to refine himself.

"How to understand your own way?"

“What path suits me best?”

"Dao Fruit...I wonder if it is possible to obtain such a divine object during the foundation building period in this life!"

The Dao Fruit is one of the extremely rare divine objects in this world that can be useful to the Dao Foundation. However, this is not a natural thing, but a divine object left over after the Mahayana Heavenly Lord sat down normally.

Every heavenly deity combines the body with the Tao and gives birth to a generation of Tao and Fruit. They only need to face the great catastrophe. If they survive, they will be able to ascend.

In the past 100,000 years, no Heavenly Lord has ascended. The Taoist fruits they left behind after their incarnations are the divine objects that help build the foundation of Tianpin Taoism.

Once you refine the Tianzun Dao Fruit after completing the Qi training and before building the foundation, you will have a chance to directly inherit the Tianzun Dao. If the Tianzun Dao is not consistent with you, you will also have a chance to give birth to the Dao in your heart.

In any case, if Li Jizhou can get a Dao Fruit, he will be guaranteed to have a Earth-level Dao Foundation.

Li Jizhou had heard a rumor before that the reason why the prince built the earth-level Taoist foundation was to refine the Taoist fruit left behind after the incarnation of an ancient deity from the previous queen's family.

After sending Long Zhenxiao away, Li Jizhou summoned the four maids.

Traveling is the only way for the prince to go out after he has completed his Qi training, but the reason why Li Jizhou waited until now is because three months have passed and the ninth prince is about to leave the safe zone.

The inner six states of the Jiuli Dynasty were only a thousand miles away from the imperial city. The Holy Emperor and the royal secret guards could arrive in an instant with the help of the imperial city teleportation array, so they were in a safe zone for the prince.

After leaving the inner six states, it would take time for the strong men from the imperial city to rush to support. During this time gap, many things could easily happen.

Li Jizhou didn't want to go out of the inner six states. Although his own situation would not lead to the assassination of the crown prince or the ninth prince, he could easily be framed by someone who was interested, so he had to guard against it.

After the Ninth Prince left the six inner states, there was also a chance of being assassinated.

At least the prince's biggest opponent on the surface is the Ninth Prince who has been given the innate essence.

If nothing happens to him, then 90% of the time nothing will happen to him.

If he was assassinated, he would have reason to return immediately.

After some explanations, Li Jizhou went to his biological mother, Concubine Zhen Shu, to say goodbye.

The son traveled thousands of miles and the mother was worried. Concubine Zhen Shu loved her only son very deeply.

During this year, Li Jizhou was practicing in the Taoist temple with peace of mind, but she kept contacting her mother clan to accumulate spiritual resources for Li Jizhou.

At this moment, Li Jizhou was about to leave the imperial city, and she was particularly worried.

"Qian'er, I'm going on a trip. I don't expect anything from you. I just hope you can return safely. I don't have a family as powerful as Concubine Rong. Apart from four maids, I can't arrange a powerful protector for you.

Take this storage bag. Inside are the protective items that your mother has prepared for you. However, with your current cultivation level, you cannot use them to their fullest effect at the moment. Distribute them to the four girls. They will protect you to the death.

In addition, there are some spiritual stones here for you to take, so don’t treat yourself badly.

When you say goodbye to your father later, don't show any cowardice. When you win the first place in the Taoist Academy exam, your father will treat you more favorably. This is a good sign..."

Concubine Zhen Shu told her a lot of things and she couldn't help nagging her. But Li Jizhou listened quietly all the time and didn't feel annoyed. Instead, he felt very warm and enjoying it.

And in this life, everything Concubine Zhen Shu had done over the past year, as well as Concubine Zhen Shu's deep love for him in his memory, made him once again experience this kind of family affection that blood is thicker than water.

It's very mysterious, even for people like Li Jizhou who don't want too many fetters to affect his desire to enlightenment.

During this year, Li Jizhou also occasionally thought about it and finally confirmed that Concubine Zhen Shu's feelings for him were pure family affection rooted in blood, and she was extremely loving!

I don’t ask for any benefits, I don’t ask for anything in return, I don’t want to give back, I really wish him well with all my heart!

Li Jizhou readily accepted this and kept it in mind.

"Mother, I have remembered all the children you mentioned. Don't worry about me. I will send you messages from time to time." Li Jizhou smiled and smoothed the hair on his mother's forehead.

After bidding farewell to his mother, Li Jizhou came to Yangxin Hall to bid farewell to the Holy Emperor.

Compared with the pure affection of his mother, Concubine Zhen Shu, Saint Emperor Li Yuan's feelings for the prince are not so pure. After all, he is a man who is in charge of a country. He cannot have such delicate feelings, nor is he like Concubine Zhen Shu. Give all your feelings to one person.

Li Jizhou understood this very well and treated him with the same emotion.

After the prince has perfected his Qi training, he travels around the world in search of opportunities to build Taoist foundations. This is the unspoken rule of the Jiuli Dynasty.

Of course, what is mentioned here is basically those who are aspiring to enlightenment and have promising talents. It is also a possibility of competing for the throne.

Li Yuan now has seventeen children, including twelve princes and five princesses, but only the prince, ninth prince and seventh prince have such talent and hope.

The rest of the princes and princesses are mostly below the Heavenly Spiritual Root and have lost hope of being trained since birth. Whether they can enter a Taoist temple or travel is of little significance.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father. May my father's immortality be prosperous and live as long as heaven!" Li Jizhou sincerely paid his respects to the Holy Emperor.

"Ping Shen!" Li Yuan nodded slightly, becoming more and more satisfied with his seventh son.

I still remember that when Lao Qi had just detected the innate Yimu spirit body, he had high hopes.

But later, with Lao Jiu's Wanfa Lei spirit body, he became a little less interested in Lao Qi. As a result, Lao Qi's character had problems, which made him gradually dissatisfied.

Last year's King Ceremony, the admission examination at Jiuli Taoist Academy, and the satisfactory progress of Qi training this year gave Li Yuan some expectations for Lao Qi.

"Lao Qi is also planning to travel and learn his own way?"

"Reporting to my father, I am determined to build a high-grade Taoist foundation, and I hope to take a good look at how prosperous my father has managed the country passed down by his ancestors." Li Jizhou said with a proud face.

Hearing this, Li Yuan paused for a moment, looked at Li Jizhou's eyes for a moment, and suddenly said with pride: "Hahaha, yes, as a man of the Li family, it's time to take a good look and see the vast country that the immortal ancestors have laid for us!"

"Lao Qi, tell me, do you have any needs for this tour, but it doesn't matter, my father will agree to it!"

Li Jizhou hurriedly knelt down respectfully: "Father, you have worked hard to stabilize the empire. This is the greatest gift you can give to our children and grandchildren. Children and ministers do not need anything."

The main reason is that Li Jizhou knows that Li Yuan can't get the Tianzun Dao Fruit. If he really wants to ask him for it, wouldn't it embarrass him.

"You kid... Hahaha, okay, okay, go ahead and take a good look."

After finishing speaking, his hand shook, and a jade talisman glowing with golden light came to Li Jizhou's eyes.

"This is my golden talisman. If there is a life or death crisis, you can activate it!"

Li Jizhou held it with both hands excitedly.

"My father lives as long as heaven, and his longevity is boundless. I am deeply grateful to my father, and thank you for your great kindness!" Li Yuan's biggest hope in saying farewell was actually to find a protector.

But he couldn't ask for it, he could only ask Li Yuan to give it to him.

Unexpectedly, the other party gave him a big surprise.

This golden talisman has great significance. It can be said that in the Jiuli Dynasty, there is no worry about life and death.

After leaving with satisfaction, Li Jizhou took the four half-demon maids and quietly left the palace under the cover of night with almost no pause.

The Crown Prince, the Ninth Prince and the secretly Long Xiang each have their own plans, so naturally they don’t want their whereabouts to be revealed during this cruise.

When bidding farewell to the Holy Emperor, he deliberately took all the items given by the three parties with him, intending to let Li Yuan examine them.

If there are any tracking methods or marks on those objects, Li Yuan's primordial spirit will definitely be able to sense it.

If you dare to touch the prince's body, you will offend Li Yuan.

"Cang Huang." Li Jizhou called softly as soon as he left the palace gate.

Behind him, a short girl in a bright yellow princess dress with blond hair quickly squeezed forward, knocking Hong Luan away.

"The little guy is so strong again!" Hong Luan wasn't angry at all. He just reached out and played with the two natural ponytail-like braids on the back of his pale head.

"Oh oh oh, I'm sorry Sister Hong, I didn't mean it!" Cang Huang stuck out his tongue.

Li Jizhou also smiled and reached out to touch the soft yellow hair.

"Come in!"

The exact species of Canghuang is unknown, but less than three years after the Jin family bought it back, its strength suddenly began to increase sharply.

At least thirty years have passed now, but his body has grown very slowly. He is only 1.5 meters tall, but his strength is already too strong for Hong Luan, the late fourth-level demon king.

"Come in!" Li Jizhou smiled and shook the storage ring on his finger.

During this year, he has carefully divided several small spaces in the storage ring. One of them has a set of spiritual formations. It is also maintained by hundreds of middle-grade spiritual stones, which can always maintain the spiritual energy level of the third-level spiritual veins. , enough for living creatures to survive for one year.

"Master, no, Xiao Huang just wants to play with the master!" Cang Huang suddenly looked at Li Jizhou aggrievedly.

"I will let you out and go in when no one is around." Li Jizhou frowned slightly.

Cang Huang hurriedly covered his mouth. Although he felt aggrieved, he still ducked and flew in.

Although the background of the four maids was unknown to others, the existence of the four maids greatly improved Li Jizhou's recognition rate, so they naturally had to be covered up.

After dealing with Cang Huang, Li Jizhou looked at Qingluan, who was wearing tight black clothes: "Just hide in the surroundings!"

"Yes! Young Master." Although Qingluan has a pink dog nose under his mask, which is cute, he has a cold nature and cannot get what he wants.

His figure instantly disappeared on the spot.

Qingluan's ancestral origin is the shadowless white tiger, and the magical power of his bloodline lies in hiding, making it difficult to be discovered.

Then Li Jizhou glanced at Hongluan again.

Seeing that his tail was covered tightly by his big red cloak, he didn't say anything.

As for the last maid, Sable, she must be taken with her.

This is a guarantee of your own safety.

He looked back at the tall half-demon who was almost pressed against his back, with two purple ears on his head still turning in all directions.

The ancestral origin of sable is Tingfeng Sable, and the sensitivity of its two ears is comparable to the soul of the spirit.

"Sir, there is no danger for now!"