8 Stones of Eternity
Xia Empire.

Chapter 98. Xia Empire.

As the two of them were in the bamboo hut in the middle of Calm Lake, sitting close together. Cao Tian Jun opened the conversation by asking.

"What's your goal in catching the Seven-colored Sky Snake?"

Leaning his head on Cao Tian Jun's left shoulder, Fang Yin replied, "The Seven-colored Celestial Snake will serve as a guardian beast in the Yin Yang Magic Academy."

Cao Tian Jun nodded in response. With Heavenly Eyes, he saw the departure of Team Phoenix.

"Injuring an animal and making it a guard is like keeping a disaster. My advice, better not! Look for another beast that is easy to tame," Cao Tian Jun said with arranged grammar so as not to offend Fang Yin.

Fang Yin fell silent as capturing the Seven-colored Sky Snake was his main mission. If he returned before completing his secret mission, he and Fang Guotin would definitely get a stern reprimand from his father.

However, Cao Tian Jun's suggestion was correct, forcibly taming a mystical beast would trigger a sense of revenge, which at times threatened anyone's life.

"How is Little Nuwa?" fang Yin asked who had deliberately changed the subject, she would still catch the Seven-colored Sky Snake.

"He's fine! Last night when I was here, he was picked up by his teacher who had been looking for him!" cao Tian Jun replied in a sad tone, even though he was lying.

Fang Yin held Cao Tian Jun's left hand as an expression of grief...

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The Xia Empire.

Emperor Xia, sitting on his throne, looked unfriendly by staring intently at the ministers and generals. Then his eyes fell on the Western General and the Northern General who had failed the mission.

"Why in this time you do not have the least optimal performance! Keeping the Deathly Gorge, failing. Searching for Tian Sun's whereabouts until now there were no reports. Protecting the Star Sea Kingdom, also failed. Do you need your department I'm dropping?"

Emperor Xia's resolute words made the two generals kneel and bang their heads on the palace floor. Emperor Xia's words were a serious threat. If their position as generals were to be demoted, they would be Duke.

The rank of Duke (Duke) presided over the Marquis, Earl, Count, Viscount, Baron and so on. Above him was the post of Prince, King, and the highest in government was Emperor (Emperor).

An emperor oversees generals, ministers and so on. The generals are led by warlords (Great Generals).

And, if a general is demoted because of poor performance, then his position becomes Duke, which is very embarrassing for anyone. The duke is actually a well-respected position, but having a bad achievement would be a matter of ridicule. Even Marquis-level had better achievements than the former official-derived Duke, daring to scorn the Duke's post.

At the moment when Emperor Xia was angry, came a palace eunuch carrying bad news, where King Yan Ju Long had been killed. He immediately kicked through his desk to smithereens. Emperor Xia's anger had never happened in this entire time.

Then came the other palace eunuchs. Seeing that, Emperor Xia grew even more furious, he thought that there would be other bad news. Apparently, the eunuch brought good news.

In the Mystical Beast Mountain region, there had appeared signs of the colorful sky, in other words there would be the appearance of Hidden Palace. The region was in the southeastern part of The Great Sea.

This news, made the anger of Emperor Xia instantly vanish, the Mystical Beast Mountain region was his paradise of resources for the entire inhabitants of Earth.

The Earth is divided into five continents; the Eastern Continent is led by Emperor Xia, the Western Continent is ruled by the Cao Dynasty, the Southern Continent is led by a woman called Queen Shima. The Middle Continent led by an Emperor Yao. And the Northern Continent was led by Emperor Dao Di Huang.

And, the moment Hidden Palace appeared, then the Mystical Beast Mountain region became the only place to hunt for wealth. If lucky and able to enter Hidden Palace, then the one who succeeded was able to unite the five continents, and become the sole ruler.

According to the historical records of the Mystical Beast Mountain, after the appearance of the colorful sky, not long after about 1 year more the Formation Array that protected this region disappeared.

After the absence of the Protection Formation, then anyone could enter the Mystical Beast Mountain realm. Everyone would be as soon as possible to retrieve whatever was valuable in the region before the Protection Formation reappeared.

It is estimated that the Protection Formation will reappear after 6 months, approximately. After that, the Mystical Beast Mountain Region could no longer be entered. And, when would Hidden Palace re-emerge, no one knew about it.

In essence, everyone's goal was to enter Hidden Palace to obtain artifacts. According to historical records, the artifact was a stamp of the Jade Maharaja. But it is not easy to get the Jade Maharaja.

Someone who obtained the Jade Emperor, he would gain strength instantly, increasing strength by two levels. However, the Jade Maharaja will return itself to its original place after 1,000 years have passed..

The last one who had the Jade Emperor was a person from the Middle Continent, and now his grandson became the successor ruler. Therefore, the Central Continent greatly respected many of the powers on Earth.

Not many knew about the Demon Hand Temple. The Flower of Death Pavilion was related to the Demon Hand Temple, because its method of dealing with one was very neat and clean.

If one wanted to enter the Mystical Beast Mountain region without having to wait for the Protection Formation to disappear, then one had another path, which was to become a disciple of the Five Gods Sect. Unfortunately, not knowing where the location of the Sect was.

The way of recruiting the Five Gods Sect was very unique, not looking at someone having to have achievements. If lucky and elected, the common man could become his disciple. However, once recruited, the disciple would not return to his place, forever becoming part of the Five Gods Temple.

"In addition to ministers and generals, everything comes out first!" emperor Xia's order to hold a closed meeting.

After all the exits of the palace, Emperor Xia opened a closed meeting, he was accompanied by Empress Gu. Empress Gu was from the Western Continent, her name was Gu Jiang.

"We know our rivals will be very heavy and there is no way we can compete with them... In order to obtain abundant results in the Mystical Beast Mountain, as well as minimize the losses on our side, invite all educational institutions in the Eastern Continent to participate in the treasure hunt, including free cultivators...,"

Emperor Xia was so serious about making plans because the Mystical Beast Mountain realm was so important to him, he wanted the Jade Emperor. It was predictable that his ambition was to become the sole ruler on Earth.

One by one all the people involved gave proposals to perfect the plan, even the two generals who failed to carry out the mission came up with proposals.

The Western General proposed, "His Majesty the Emperor, to finance our expedition, it would be nice to sell the Mainland region of the Middle East Continent. That way, we have a budget that is more than the cost of the expedition!"

Emperor Xia did not immediately respond because he was thinking. After obtaining the reports from these two generals, as well as the reports from the Eagle Eyes General, the territory had been completely controlled by The King Of Dark Matter who was allied with King Yuan.

Since the Middle East Continent was no longer profitable, the Western General's proposal was indeed appropriate. With the sale of the territory, he will add to the coffers of wealth.

"What do you think?" asked Emperor Xia who wanted to know the opinion of Empress Gu.

"If Your Majesty can no longer handle it, selling it is also a good thing!" empress Gu's suggestion in favor of the Western General's proposal.

The Eastern Continent region was vast, wider than any other continent, as well as far from the territory of the Xia Empire, a condition that was difficult to keep an eye on, not to mention passing through the dangerous Black Vortex Sea.

Emperor Xia looked towards the Western General and the Northern General, then he said firmly, "because this is your proposal, it is your duty to sell it. The time limit is only 6 months. If it fails, the title of Baronet is for you!"

The two generals were clearly frightened because the threat of an Emperor was not a figment. Getting a Baronet title is more embarrassing for them (the Baronet title underpins Chevalier and Nobel).

"Come, Your Majesty the Emperor! We will do our best to carry out this task for the sake of our empire!!" both generals accepted the task.

Then, the imperial advisor made an example of some kind of membership pin of the treasure hunting expedition on Mystical Beast Mountain. This identity pin will be owned by everyone participating in the hunt.

The plan, this news will be announced after the seven competitions in the Eastern Continent are completed. And, the leaders of each representative of educational institutions are the most prominent and best participants.

The purpose of inviting all educational institutions, because other rulers have certainly brought the best people, from young to old. And, the treasure hunt on Mystical Beast Mountain became a show of ability of geniuses between continents.

To further convince the educational institution, Emperor Xia gave assurances to anyone who participated and later died, the families of the victims will get compensation. And the plan, the compensation by using the budget proceeds from selling the Mainland of the Middle East Continent.

After all was perfectly discussed (in their opinion), Emperor Xia ordered his two failed generals to meet Yan Denglong as an expression of condolence.

Emperor Xia's plan, Yan Denglong will also be included in the Mystical Beast Mountain expedition, because his strength is able to compete with heavy competitors...

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Return to Cao Tian Jun.

Right now in the afternoon, Cao Tian Jun along with Fang Yin was at the Heavenly Goose restaurant. Previously, the two of them headed to the Hall of Science to obtain a new technique, a special technique in bare-handed martial arts.

Unfortunately, there was nothing of interest to them because all techniques were common, and they already had from the previous techniques already obtained. So, the two of them only needed to get used to fighting without using spiritual energy.

For Cao Tian Jun, fighting without spiritual energy was common, because before coming out of the Black Dragon Valley, he had already been trained by Tian Long in terms of physique. From the age of 5, he has been physically trained, starting with carrying heavy loads every day while running up and down hills.

Not long after, Team Phoenix had returned and directly caught up with Cao Tian Jun who was in the restaurant. There, Tim Phoenix took turns telling how the funeral procession went, very boring according to them.