Even with what Shen Lian said, the Empress did not look particularly agitated. She remained calm, like a lake at night, which did not have any ripple.

　　Since she was injured previously, the path to attain Dao had become a blind alley. As such, she gave up and handed her power to her children. She began to seek insight from Buddhism, and her previously sharp eyes had become soft. She looked like a sanctimonious lady in Buddhism, and she no longer carried the air of an emperor.

　　The Empress spoke slowly, “Shen Lian, I know that there is no free lunch in the world. Immortality, or the wishes of the masses for a region of thirty thousand miles – what do I need to do to get that?”

　　What she subsequently said broke the image she had been let out all these whiles. She spoke slowly as if none of this mattered. Her domineering aura had now turned into the real aura of the emperor. She was at ease.

　　Shen Lian knew that it was not easy to persuade the Empress, but it was also not a difficult task as she was an extremely intelligent woman.

　　In Shen Lian’s eyes, he thought the Empress was a better ally than Zhao Xiaoyu as she had the temperament that even exceeded many heroes in the world. She just lacked a little bit of serendipity.

　　“If I am right, Empress, you know ‘Emperor Bestowment’s Technique’, which could bestow spiritual entities,” Shen Lian spoke slowly.

　　“Yes, but it is not that easy to bestow a deity,” The Empress replied.

　　The Emperor’s Bestowment Technique was passed on since the ancient time. Some emperors made use of this to become deity after they passed away. There was a lot of luck involved, and the few emperors that succeeded then became the Yinsi Deity in the Nine Underworlds. It was only slightly different from the deity in the human’s world, but it was considered another form of immortality.

　　“It is different for water region. Also, for thirty thousand miles of the region, it will affect two sides of the shores and billions of living creatures. With the vast amount of prayers, you will have an infinite mana. To achieve this, you need one item,” Shen Lian spoke softly.

　　The Empress said, “You need a real dragon.”

　　At the same time, she felt slightly stunned about how much Shen Lian knew about the Emperor Bestowment Technique.

　　There were three types of deities, one was born naturally in the mountain and the rivers, who defended the area. This was the most powerful deity with the greatest potential. In ancient time, a great deity was a naturally born deity of the river and sea. It ruled ten thousand water regions and had almost no competition, not even a Daoist Master could handle it.

　　Secondly, was the deity bestowed by the Heavens, being under the control of the Heavens. It had less power, and to achieve it, one would need a powerful equipment. It would also involve several Daoist Masters, and people of the rank of Buddha. As the Heavens had disappeared for a long time, this type of deity too had been eliminated, or to say that in the flow of time, one could only tell they used to exist.

　　The third type was the emperor’s bestowment. Since a long time ago, God had granted a Talisman order to the human ruler, and it could help them to bestow deities, as the representation of God in managing the mountain and river. It was apparently where the emperor originated from, but one could not tell whether it was the truth. Back then, the human emperor ruled the whole of the human world, and even cultivators served under him. It was nothing like the small dynasty now. Back then, the dragon clan was the human emperor’s closest ally and there were even some of the dragon clans who became human emperors. It was the reason why the dragon clan could rule the rivers and seas and every wide water region. The dragon clan was the deity of every water region.

　　Since it had been a long time, to become the deity of the water region, other than Emperor’s bestowment, one would need the permission of a real dragon. For some dynasties, all the rivers would be called the dragon’s vessels, which one would attribute the fortune of the dynasty too.

　　According to legends, the Talisman order from God was where the Emperor’s Bestowment Technique originated from. As the Talisman order had disappeared, people then began to use the imperial seal as a replacement. It was also why people referred the imperial seal as something that was honored by heaven.

　　Shen Lian spoke leisurely, “Real dragon is indeed rare, and even though this one is not too pure, it can still be considered a real dragon. He is also my enemy and I need you to help me get rid of him. If you succeed, you can become the River Deity of thirty thousand miles worth of region. Till then, regardless of how wide the world is, there will be a minority amount of people who can inflict harm upon you.”

　　The Empress said, “I said that I owe you my life and since it is time to repay, you don’t need to say so much. I know your personality, you won’t let people take advantage of you and you won’t take advantage of people. I am convinced.”

　　To this point, her eyes seemed to carry a certain glister. Regardless, she always enjoyed doing something challenging.

　　Shen Lian stared into the eyes of the Empress. The Empress knew what he meant – it was a sense of gratitude from Shen Lian, and it was sincere. At that moment she thought that if she had asked him for any help, he would certainly not reject and not ask for any favors in return.

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　　The water flew quietly and the greenery was being reflected softly in the water. It was the perfect depiction of Qingjiang Sword Sect, being in such an otherworldly environment, where there was hidden sword aura. It was the intent of the founding master but not many successors could appreciate it, and until this generation, there was none.

　　Zuo Shaoqing stood next to Shen Lian and he seemed to be able to understand it a little. At that point, however, it would not be possible for him to have otherworldly sword heart to face the obstacles in the world. Standing on the mountain looking at the others, there were overflowing water everywhere which were invading the sect. When the water rose up to that level, the Mountain Defense Formation would then be useless.

　　The sword aura surrounding him was piercingly sharp and it killed off the demon soldiers which occasionally occurred. He looked at the flood and the yellow dragon which was circulating in the sky. The dragon let out a huge roar as if a grim reaper was announcing its verdict.

　　There were still a number of students of Qingjiang Sword Sect who were fighting by the formation using their sword ray. They made use of the situation to kill the demon soldiers who tried to get past the gaps. The Qi of blood and Qi of devilry were everywhere and the two sides were no longer calm. It was what Huang Longzi, or Yanxu wished to see.

　　Zuo Shaoqing thought to himself about when the person would arrive. Could the person be here in time? He believed in Shen Lian. If Shen Lian made a promise, he knew the person was going to come, but as time went by, his confidence decreased.

　　Nobody realized the devilry and blood were all quietly going towards a spot.

　　Huang Longzi had the opportunity to break through the formation since the beginning but he took Yanxu’s suggestion, to make them slowly accept their death verdict would be more interesting. He could even feel the fear in the mountain.

　　The idiotic Meng Xunzhen even attempted to fight with him and in the end, the old man not only lost his sword mana, half of his cultivation experience was gone. He was useless ultimately.

　　Not everyone was as good as Xuantong Demon King’s Devilry of Dark Skies, who could hurt his real dragon’s body. As he had the experience from last time, he would not give anyone a second chance to hurt him.