Taiyi asked in confusion: "Then how can one beco a noble?"
"Most noble titles are inherited, like dragons giving birth to dragons, mice giving birth to mice."
Ji Shang sighed:
"The rules of Great Shang are like this.
"The only path for promotion is actually through military rit. As long as you have enough military achievents, you can obtain a higher official position. Official position does not equate to nobility; only if two consecutive generations have outstanding war achievents can one earn a noble title.
"It’s not just nobility, all walks of life value heritage as well.
"The term ’common people’ actually refers to groups with surnas. Apart from nobles who get surnas due to their fiefs, so craftsn beca famous due to their skills and thus gained surnas, and their clans received surnas as well.
"In Chaoge City, so categories of craftsn also hold good status, those who know how to slt gold, those who engrave words on objects, those who forge weapons, and there’s another type...those who know how to dissect and handle human bodies."
Taiyi frowned and said: "This is a bit disgusting. This poor Daoist doesn’t dare to look towards the place where people are butchered, lest my Daoist heart becos unbalanced."
Ji Shang smiled bitterly: "I still have to inform a few senior brothers about this, because my family... is precisely the last kind..."
Huanglong sighed: "No wonder Ping’an has been planning for the Southern Continent long ago. The rules of the Southern Continent really must be changed."
Immortal Yu Ding said: "We ca for East Emperor Taiyi; let’s not be distracted."
"The three senior brothers can stay at my house first," Ji Shang volunteered, "I will go and inquire to see if we can have contact with the Royal Palace."
"Thank you, Brother Ji Shang."
...
Did the three of Immortal Yu Ding stay at Ji Shang’s house?
Li Ping’an’s Immortal Consciousness locked onto that gigantic Black Tiger, observing the commotion caused by various groups.
He took the opportunity to mark the tracks of a few large demons.
Clearly, Lu Ya did not expect Immortal Yu Ding to suddenly appear, let alone directly take action. Originally eager to act, Lu Ya’s side imdiately went into hiding.
However, through the large demons he marked, Li Ping’an has already confird their few locations.
This way, he feels more assured.
To the mortals, this giant hundred-zhang-long Black Tiger was undoubtedly too shocking.
Officials of all levels flocked to the scene;
Priests started praying dances around its vicinity;
The commoners sotis said it was ominous, sotis said it was a heavenly blessing; so said the Black Tiger was a ssenger of the gods, but since the ssenger died, it would inevitably lead to major upheavals.
Opinions vary widely.
The East Emperor Taiyi’s side was naturally also alard.
To appease the people, East Emperor Taiyi led a group of ministers to personally co to the scene.
His expression upon seeing the Black Tiger was sowhat complicated.
The cultivators have already started magical combat;
The fact that the Black Tiger didn’t crush a single mortal indicates that there might be soone remarkable warning Chaoge City in secret.
As soon as East Emperor Taiyi appeared at the scene, he imdiately heard several sent transmissions.
A Daoist called himself Guang Chengzi, an Immortal claid to be a Qi Cultivator from Jinao Island, and there were so elderly voices directly addressing him as "Your Majesty."
These transmissions, without exception, passed through the restriction quietly set upon East Emperor Taiyi, reaching Li Ping’an’s ears.
East Emperor Taiyi did not respond to any side, rely lanting in front of the Black Tiger’s mountainous corpse:
"Black Tiger, oh Black Tiger, why did you suddenly appear in Chaoge City, is it that Heaven intends to punish Shang Kingdom, or has Heaven helped us rid of disaster.
"If it’s the forr, please bring three days of continuous rain.
"If it’s helping us rid of disaster, please move this corpse away tonight, so as not to frighten the people."
With that, East Emperor Taiyi patted the fur on the Black Tiger’s toe and turned away.
Li Ping’an secretly grinned to himself, if those experts didn’t take action later, he would also secretly remove the Black Tiger to save the Prince’s dignity from being compromised.
Quite soon indeed.
Before East Emperor Taiyi’s carriage reached the Royal Palace, swift horses ca to report that the Black Tiger had mysteriously vanished, and the Limin all celebrated in song and praise.
East Emperor Taiyi relaxed in the carriage, but then his expression turned sowhat grim.
Because Lu Ya’s ddling had complicated matters further, with Chanjie Dual Sects experts and Ancient Heavenly Court old ministers all arriving.
"Humph!"
East Emperor Taiyi snorted coldly, sitting in the carriage with eyes closed in contemplation.
Li Ping’an withdrew his Immortal Consciousness, not observing East Emperor Taiyi much more, instead starting to track Daoist Luya’s whereabouts through the large demons he had marked.
His carriage slowly stopped, and outside ca the report from the armored soldiers:
"Fourth Young Master, we have reached the East Side Grand Hostel."
Li Ping’an collected himself, straightened his attire, and stepped out of the carriage.
A few female guards stepped forward to assist him;
His small stature indeed gave a rather frail impression.
Outside Chaoge City, there are dozens of various halls, usually only halfway open, and only when the King of Shang summons vassals to Chaoge City, these halls would be packed to capacity.
Li Jing and eight generals of the East region had already received advance notice and were waiting in the hall of the hostel at the mont.
When Li Ping’an entered with more than ten guards, Li Jing was sitting there drinking tea.
In Li Jing’s view, although this fourth son of Marquis of Xibo, Ji Chang, was a favorite by Prince Zi Shou’s side, and there was a rumor that Prince Zi Shou wanted to appoint this young man as one of the Three Ducal Ministers, this Fourth Young Master was ultimately just a youth, without military or official position, not worth his standing up to greet.
Thus, Li Jing sat securely, sipping his tea.
The other seven generals, with their minds influenced, were looking toward Li Jing, and they too remained seating steadily.
This deanor was seemingly set to give the young man a hard ti.
Li Ping’an approached the eight generals, cheerfully clasping hands in greeting and gently saying: "Have the Eight Lords been weary from the journey, may there be sothing lacking in hospitality here?"
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