Journey to the West: From the Primordial Era

Chapter 159 Return to Qingzhou

"Yuan Futong has been stationed in Beihai for a long time and has colluded with 72 princes. He should not be underestimated. This time, I will personally lead the army to conquer him!"

Without waiting for Emperor Xin to speak, Wen Zhong volunteered.

Emperor Xin had just ascended the throne and his power and virtue had not yet been established. If he sent a large army to conquer the rebels, he could only win and not lose. If he lost, it would affect Emperor Xin's prestige.

Moreover, in the Shang Dynasty at that time, generals such as Deng Jiugong and Lu Xiong had various shortcomings and were not sure of winning against Yuan Futong. Only Wen Zhong, the Grand Master, could definitely defeat Beihai.

"The Grand Master will lead the troops personally, so I have nothing to worry about!"

Emperor Xin did not object and immediately appointed Wen Zhong as the Grand Marshal of the expedition to Beihai, commanding the 500,000 elite troops of Chaoge to march north on a chosen day. Chong Houhu and Jizhou Hou Su Hu were responsible for escorting food and grass for Grand Master Wen.

As for the Marquis of Xibo, the Marquis of Dongbo and the Marquis of Qingzhou Xuanzong, they came here only to participate in the discussion. The expedition to the North Sea had nothing to do with them.

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Time flies.

When Master Wen was reorganizing his troops and preparing to leave Chaoge and head north, Qin Hua's divine clone Xuankong and his son Xuanzong, the Marquis of Qingzhou, were also about to return to Qingzhou.

"This trip to Chaoge has yielded a lot of gains!"

The four or five generals recruited by Xuanzong were able to play an important role when they arrived in Linzi.

By then, Xuanzong would be stationed in Linzi to develop internal affairs, while Li Jing, Ding Ce and Chen Qi could divide into three groups to sweep across the vast land on both sides of the Zibo River and take all the fertile land covering millions of miles into their hands.

A prosperous territory is like Western Zhou, Eastern Lu and Qingzhou. In addition to the main city, there are various large and small cities scattered within the territory, with hundreds of millions of people.

At that time, in Linzi, apart from the main city, even the vassal small cities had not been built, and the foundation was still far from complete.

However, Xuanzong was not discouraged by this. After all, in addition to Linzi, there were also Qingzhou's thousands of miles of land and people. He did not start from scratch, but was the second generation of an entrepreneur.

Qingzhou and Linzi combined represent his total strength.

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Clear sky, white clouds!

The breeze blew, but it couldn't blow away people's thoughts. Outside Chaoge City, Qingzhou's carriage had arrived at the outskirts of the city. Huang Feihu and Xuan Lin came to see them off.

At this time, the troops of the four great marquises had not left yet, but many of the nine states had left, and Qingzhou was the last wave to leave.

"Chief Xuan and Brother Xuanzong, take care on your journey!"

Huang Feihu looked somewhat reluctant, and took a bottle of wine from the servant beside him, and drank farewell with Qin Hua's divine clone Xuankong and Qingzhou Hou Xuanzong.

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for seeing me off!"

Xuanzong smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.

At this time, Qin Hua pulled Xuan Lin's arm and kept giving him instructions.

This time, Master Wen went north to attack Yuan Futong. Knowing Xuan Lin's ability, he specially selected Xuan Lin, a member of the Xuan clan, into the army to serve as a vanguard.

Yuan Futong has many masters under his command. There are no eyes on the battlefield. Even the true immortals and the mysterious immortal generals cannot guarantee that they can be infallible. With Xuan Lin's current strength, he can deal with ordinary mysterious immortal generals with his natural talents and special skills, but it will be very dangerous if he encounters a master.

Apart from the main branch of the Qingzhou Xuan family, there is only one outstanding talent, Xuanlin, among the side branches, and no one wants Xuanlin to die in vain.

"Don't worry, Patriarch. I know the importance of this and will not act impulsively!"

Xuanlin has been following Emperor Xin closely and has undergone significant changes compared to before. Qin Hua felt relieved after hearing his assurance.

"It's getting late, Brother Huang, Cousin, we're about to leave, you should go back as well!"

Qingzhou Hou Xuanzong looked up at the sky and said.

After hearing this, Huang Feihu and Xuan Lin put away their thoughts of parting, stepped back a few steps, and watched the people of the Xuan clan mount their horses and head eastward with more than a dozen carriages.

When they came, the carriages were loaded with tributes to Chaoge, and when they left, the carriages were loaded with Emperor Xin's rewards to the Xuan clan.

Among these rewards, there are quite a few treasures.

One of them was a treasure specially awarded by Emperor Xin to Qingzhou Hou Xuanzong.

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heaven.

This Peach Banquet was the first one held after the Queen Mother moved to heaven, so the preparations for this Banquet were particularly thorough and grand.

Because the gods in heaven also realized that taking advantage of the goddess' birthday, the gods from all three realms came to celebrate her birthday. This was also an opportunity to expand the influence of heaven and to identify and attract talents for heaven.

Therefore, almost everyone in the Heavenly Court took this matter very seriously.

Except maybe one person.

At this moment, three spirit boats were floating on the imperial water pond.

On each boat, there were two imperial chefs wearing white clothes with the word "Chef" on their chests, fishing with fishing rods.

"Brother, how many fish have you caught?"

A burly royal chef on a spirit ship looked at his brother next to him.

As he said that, he glanced into his partner's bucket and suddenly exclaimed, "What, five fish, brother, how did you do that? The fish here are so cunning that it's hard to catch them."

The partner next to him smiled when he heard this, and said with a little pride:

"Nothing special, just my practice!" The big Han imperial chef shook his head and said, "I really don't know what the Emperor of Heaven was thinking, using this pond of fish to add a dish to the Peach Banquet.

You said to add it, then add it, but we can't use fishing nets to catch such a hard-to-catch fish. We have to fish for it. How long will it take us to catch it?"

His partner coughed dryly: "Maybe... the Emperor of Heaven is afraid that the fish he caught will be injured and ruin the taste of the fish!"

The big man's chef glanced at him and sighed, "What a pity."

His partner asked curiously, "What's a pity?"

The big Han imperial chef glanced around and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret. I heard that the Emperor of Heaven likes fishing the most."

His partner's smile disappeared from his face and he was stunned for a moment. Then he asked with a strange expression: "And then?"

You call this a secret?

It's a hobby!

Besides, many people in Heaven knew that he used to go fishing frequently.

"If the Emperor of Heaven saw your skills, he would definitely appreciate them. Unfortunately, after the Queen ascended to heaven, the Emperor of Heaven no longer came to fish, and then..." The big royal chef shook his head and gave his partner a look that said you know what I mean.

"Who said that?"

His partner was immediately furious: "The Emperor of Heaven would be afraid of the Queen Mother, what a joke."

The big man's chef god was horrified and covered his mouth: "Don't shout so loudly, do you want to die?"

Beside him, his partner was lost in thought.

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In front of Nantianmen.

"Where did the immortal come from?"

The heavenly generals asked according to the rules and checked the invitations.

Huang Long smiled and said, "Of course there is. I am the Immortal Huang Long from Erxian Mountain, Magu Cave."

In the past, he and Yu Ding were very close, and he would always call Yu Ding to join in any activities.

But this time... ahem, after experiencing the 'Madam, doesn't your Majesty know that Yu Ding is my best friend' incident, he felt a little guilty.

So he came alone.

I deliberately did not go through the East Gate of Heaven, but took a long detour through the South Gate of Heaven.

"Hey, Senior Brother Huang Long, you're here quite early." At this time, a familiar voice came from behind, and Huang Long immediately shuddered.

Jade tripod?

Huang Long smiled and turned around: "Alright, Junior Brother Yu Ding, what a coincidence!"

"It's a bit of a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you here at Nantianmen." Yu Ding said with a smile.

When he came, he had seen many immortals ascending to heaven one after another. Those immortals had invitation cards in their hands, which proved their identity.

"So it is the two immortals Huanglong and Yuding. My apologies!" Behind the Heavenly Gate, there was a spiritual officer in charge of reception. When he saw Yuding, his eyes lit up and he said to a fairy maiden.

The fairy quickly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Fairy Yu Ding, please come this way!"

After Yang Jian's rampage in the Heavenly Palace, Yu Ding had become a familiar face to the Heavenly Palace.

not to mention……

"Aren't everyone going this way?" Yu Ding was a little surprised.

The spiritual officer smiled and said, "The Queen invites you!"

"Empress?" Yu Ding looked at Huang Long in confusion.

Huang Long also looked puzzled, as if he didn't know either.

"Then... please lead the way."

Yu Ding said, riding on a cloud, floating all the way through the palace fairy island.

Finally, we arrived at Yaochi!

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