Chapter 994: Memorial

Guided by the guards, Meng Zhang arrived at his intended destination for this trip to the Dali Dynasty's Imperial City: the Bureau of Governmental Affairs.

The main responsibility of the Bureau of Governmental Affairs in the Dali Dynasty was to receive various memorials from central and local officials. It also served as the channel through which petitions from subjects reached the central authority.

The bureau had designated officials responsible for receiving these memorials and documents.

Within the Bureau of Governmental Affairs, Meng Zhang submitted the memorial he had prepared in advance and had it registered.

In the memorial, he wrote elaborately, although there wasn't much substantial content. Most of it praised and extolled Ba Wudi, showering him with adoration. Additionally, a significant portion expressed loyalty and proclaimed his allegiance to the Dali Dynasty and Ba Wudi.

Only a small section held some significance, describing his personal background and his sect's origins, detailing how they had become a part of the Dali Dynasty.

This action was primarily a formality—him, as a Sect Master under the Dali Dynasty, personally coming to the Bureau of Governmental Affairs to submit a memorial and pay respects to Ba Wudi.

For Gold Core level sects, there wasn't even a need to visit the Imperial Capital. They only needed to register at various local offices.

For Primordial Spirit level sects, there was slightly more significance. They needed to report upon arriving in the Imperial Capital.

In reality, these rules weren't particularly strict.

Taiyi Sect had been affiliated with the Dali Dynasty for many years. Due to various reasons, Meng Zhang's arrival had been delayed until now, so it wasn't considered impolite.

Having submitted the memorial, after undergoing various procedures, it would eventually be presented before Ba Wudi.

As for how Ba Wudi would handle it, that was unclear.

Generally, Ba Wudi would assign a minister to handle such matters.

They would receive Meng Zhang, offer some rewards, and provide encouraging words.

If Ba Wudi was in a good mood or attached importance to the matter, there was a possibility he might personally summon Meng Zhang.

The Grand Judicial Court, as the highest institution overseeing the judiciary of the Dali Dynasty, still carried some prestige within the court. Meng Zhang's use of his status in the Five Punishments Guards did indeed save him from many troubles.

After the Bureau of Governmental Affairs accepted his memorial, he could leave.

How things would proceed, who would meet with him, and when, would naturally be communicated to him when the time came.

After leaving the Imperial City, Meng Zhang found an inn not too far away to stay.The inn he chose was not small in scale; its exterior was splendid, and many officials from out of town preferred staying there.

Meng Zhang selected a separate small courtyard to settle in and began counting his belongings.

After successfully refining his mustard seed space, he had continually incorporated beneficial materials into it.

His two spirit pets, Zhui Dian (Chasing Lightning) and Liu Li (Colored Glaze), after long periods of meticulous grooming, had cleared out a sizable and stable space within the mustard seed space.

The grooming wasn't completely finished; there was still a lot of subsequent work to be done.

The mustard seed space was still slowly expanding, and the vitality gathering here was also increasing.

The stable portion within the mustard seed space was already suitable for storing various items.

Meng Zhang placed most of the items from his storage magic tool into the mustard seed space.

The gains he obtained from the Blood War Hall's gate this time were also stored there.

Meng Zhang discreetly retrieved the treasures from the secret treasury and casually destroyed the treasury afterwards.

In reality, even if he hadn't been so careful and Han Yao found out, it probably wouldn't have mattered much; at most, it might have slightly affected the impression he had in the other's mind.

To make the horse run without giving it grass to eat isn't the right way to handle things.

According to the conventions of the Cultivation World, both he and Sun Sheng successfully seized the Blood War Hall's gate, and it was only natural to gain some benefits along the way.

However, they were both concerned about Han Yao, so they acted so covertly, without openly looting.

This time, Meng Zhang retrieved three treasures from the Blood War Hall's secret treasury.

A piece of soft jade the size of a human head, capable of being twisted and changing shape at will.

This was a Fourth Rank spiritual item, the "Ruyi Soft Jade," a very rare and high-grade refining material.

In the Cultivation World, it was often used as a primary material to forge battle armor and robes.

Three stout divine incense sticks, when ignited and absorbed, could significantly strengthen a cultivator's Primordial Spirit.

Meng Zhang gently sniffed them; these three divine incense sticks not only utilized highly authentic materials but were also crafted with great skill.

Such intriguing items would be welcomed by Primordial Spirit cultivators even if placed in the Heavenly Palace. It was unknown where a bottom-tier Primordial Spirit sect like the Blood War Hall had acquired them.

The third treasure was a box full of jade slips.The various jade slips within this box came from diverse sources.

When Dali Dynasty's conquering army entered the Crossing Severing Mountain Range, the Blood War Hall, acting as a guide, followed along with the killing and plundering, acquiring a lot of spoils of war.

The higher-ups of the Blood War Hall were people with vision; they knew that although the Blood War Hall was a Primordial Spirit sect, it had a shallow foundation and an average inheritance.

Compared to things like spirit stones and magic tools, the lineage scriptures were the foundation of a sect.

Therefore, when looting, the Blood War Hall focused on plundering many lineage scriptures.

The various jade slips in this box were the original lineage scriptures that the Blood War Hall had seized.

Including the Grey Mountain School, Hundred Battles Gate, and Beast King Mountain, many cultivation forces' lineage scriptures fell into the hands of the Blood War Hall.

Dali Dynasty had an extremely advanced inheritance and might not have valued the inheritance of a group of rural factions.

However, for the Blood War Hall, these lineage scriptures were truly priceless treasures. They would rather give up other spoils of war and pay a huge price if necessary to collect them.

The higher-ups of the Blood War Hall had already made copies of these scriptures and placed them in the sect's Hidden Scripture Pavilion. However, the original scriptures were still carefully stored.

In the end, it was all beneficial for Meng Zhang.

Taking these scriptures back to the sect would significantly enhance Taiyi Sect's foundation.

Even a Blood War Hall could provide so many spoils of war, and Meng Zhang was already very satisfied.

In his view, although most of the Blood War Hall's spoils of war had fallen into the hands of the Five Punishments Guard, what he had obtained was the true essence.

Meng Zhang's Divine Sense projection entered the mustard seed space and carefully observed the surroundings.

The grooming process here was progressing very smoothly, with a large amount of blue spirit fiend qi integrating into it, and the vitality within the space was growing day by day.

Liu Li (Colored Glaze) and Zhui Dian (Chasing Lightning), these two little fellows who had toiled in the darkness for so long, flew over when they saw Meng Zhang's Divine Sense projection entering, entwining around him.

Meng Zhang's Divine Sense projection was merely a humanoid phantom, quite similar to his actual self, but with significantly reduced power.

These two spirit pets already had high levels of intelligence and were becoming smarter as their cultivation base and levels increased.

Meng Zhang's Divine Sense projection encouraged them, urging them to continue their diligent work and strive to complete grooming the mustard seed space as soon as possible. Later, he played with them for a while before actively retracting his projection.

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