Chapter 704: 298. Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea, Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens! (10,000-Word Mega Chapter)_2

Outside Yuhang, a great war erupted.

Especially around the Qiantang River Mouth, the battle was particularly fierce.

However, fortunately, the Great Tang Dynasty side was still able to hold their ground.

The heads of two prestigious families in Qingzhou and Suzhou, Ye Yan and Chu Xiuyuan, joined forces and successfully blocked the invading enemies at the Qiantang River Mouth.

That place was now the battlefield of the Great Scholars at the Ninth Heavenly Layer Leveling the World Realm.

The rest dared not approach easily, lest they get caught in the crossfire.

As for the remaining Great Tang cultivators, under the leadership of other Upper Three Heavens masters, they engaged in fierce battles with the nearby Great Ming soldiers.

"Speaking of that perfectly neutral lot concerning Yuhang and Qianjiang Prefecture, it said the winds were high and the waves were raging, thrilling and alarming. Now it seemed to have come true, but I still didn’t know what that Fourth Rank Opportunity actually was."

Lei Jun received word from Yuhang while in Mingzhou, but he made no move for now.

Although curious about that Fourth Rank Opportunity, Lei Jun did not change his mind or suddenly rush over.

He remained at the Great Qing Bay, waiting quietly.

But as time passed, nothing happened here at all.

Even Chu Kun sent word that he was already on his way back, rushing to rendezvous with Lei Jun again.

After visiting his kin, persuading his clan to temporarily seek safety, Chu Kun no longer concerned himself with the remaining matters, and directly returned to the Great Qing Bay to meet his senior brother Lei Jun.

He did not have to worry about missing out on any good show.

Because, in those days, there was finally movement on the Mingzhou side.

The Heavenly Order cultivators really appeared in the area around Great Qing Bay.

They did not immediately land, but instead lingered in the bay, seemingly planning something.

Lei Jun did not reveal himself right away, watching the other side with great interest.

Some of the newcomers wore scholars’ robes, while others looked dressed in official uniforms—though not those of the Great Tang Imperial Court.

The scene before him matched exactly the earlier rumors regarding the Heavenly Order.

There, the Confucian Practitioners held an overwhelming advantage, both in basic strength and in numbers of experts.

Although cultivators from other Taoist heritages were present, neither in number nor realm did they matter.

The group of Heavenly Order cultivators appearing in the Great Qing Bay, when seen from afar, seemed to be surveying the flows of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the bay.

Were they preparing for a grand sacrifice...*Lei Jun watched as he observed.*

It looked like they had only sent advance scouts to investigate, not the real main force.

So, the moderately good lot of the Third-Rank Opportunity, was it to be found on these Heavenly Order cultivators, on people themselves?

*Lei Jun gradually pieced things together in his mind.*

He had already secretly scoured the sea area of the Great Qing Bay several times, but found nothing.

So it seemed, the opportunity was indeed not natural, but stemmed from human hands.

Beneath the sea, a Heaven’s Sight Earth’s Hearing Talisman, no longer glowing but blending into nothingness, stealthily approached those Heavenly Order cultivators.

Though the waves were high above the sea, Lei Jun could still clearly hear their conversation.

"The spiritual energy veins here differ from inside the Heavenly Order, but there are still traces to be found, report to Wangbu Hall quickly," the leading middle-aged official commanded,

The one beside him quickly agreed, then unfurled a paper right midair and began writing.

By now, Lei Jun was already quite familiar with the Confucian "Seeing the Words as if Seeing the Person Technique," and could tell that their method had developed from it, but was already somewhat different.

If Lei Jun had to describe it, he found it more orderly and efficient, but also more rigid.

He did not cut off their message, but instead studied and analyzed it secretly.

Later, more and more Heavenly Order cultivators arrived.

Yet none of them seemed to be Wangbu Hall, and they separated to continue inspecting the ebb and flow of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the area.

"We hadn’t expected it before; there are even other Mortal Worlds, but the history here seems different from what is recorded in the books," someone said in a low voice.

Another chimed in, "Indeed, but there is no order here at all—warriors run the country, Buddhist and Taoist decadent rituals run rampant, and the scholars disgrace the classics, distorting the Sage’s teachings,"

"The Heavenly Order spiritual energy still prospers in recent years, but there are signs of weakening. Now with contact with this Mortal World, it is truly Heaven’s blessing and the true calling of our Great Ming destiny,"

The leading middle-aged official commanded, "First, gather and guide this world’s Mortal Qi Veins to mingle with the Heavenly Order, making it conform to Heaven and benefit people,"

The whole group responded at once.

What the other side said made Lei Jun raise an eyebrow.

*First, he was shocked by their arrogance, making him briefly wonder if, when receiving a message from Senior Sister Xu Yuanzhen, he had missed a few words, resulting in a misunderstanding?*

*Second, because there were signs of Heavenly Order’s spiritual energy declining?*

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were places blessed by Heaven.

Even the Ten Lands, which might be plagued with disasters, were on the whole lands of abundant energy.

From the perspective of what was most suitable for Human Cultivators, the Nine Heavens were even better.

The Heavenly Order, or Guicang, was exactly one of the Nine Heavens.

So then, did all the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths carry this hidden danger, corresponding with the current surging global fluctuations of Spiritual Qi in the Human Realm Heaven and Earth, or was it only the Heavenly Order that had this problem?

Lei Jun did not show himself yet, first observing the Heavenly Order cultivators’ actions.

Some of them finally set foot on land, beginning to enter the inland areas.

Chu Kun was hurrying to meet up with Lei Jun, and along the road, happened to encounter several Heavenly Order scholars.

Although Chu Kun was dressed in a deep-red talisman-bestowed Taoist Robe, not the purple robes of Lei Jun and Xu Yuanzhen, the similar attire among Celestial Master Mansion cultivators still made those Heavenly Order scholars’ faces change the moment they saw him.

"Damn cow-nose!" The Heavenly Order scholars did not say much, directly launching their attack.

Unlike traditional Confucian Scholar Cultivators, who usually carried swords, these scholars from the Heavenly Order mostly wielded brushes.