"Is he dead?" asked the Ancestral Witch Celestial Dao.

Zhu Zhengwei shook his head, carefully sensing.

"I can feel he's not dead... After the imperial exams and entering the area around Chang'an City, communication with that avatar was very vague, external information could still enter, but information from the avatar was all mixed thoughts and fragmented time-space gibberish... But now, there's completely no connection."

"Has he been confined?"

The Ancestral Witch Celestial Dao wondered curiously, "Isolating from contact, could it be that the truth and details have been discovered?"

"This matter indeed needs investigation."

Zhu Zhengwei pondered, looking far into the distance, "The Great Tang's Chang'an City is definitely a dangerous and mysterious place! Going there means certain death... I wonder what rules and methods Emperor Li Shimin has in the world of Chang'an City... My avatar was clearly hiding so well, moving properly and entered through regular avenues."

What did Emperor Tang, Li Shimin, exactly do?

Zhu Zhengwei's heart was alarmed.

The secrets of Chang'an City are known only to capital officials, and strict orders are enforced to keep silence, so almost no one in the Mortal Realm knows the details of Chang'an City.

Zhu Zhengwei's main body doesn't know either, he thought for a while.

He plans to let Avatar One, Zhu Zhengwei, Zhenyuanzi the Tear Mole Divine Spirit, inquire.

But since he entered Chang'an City and something went wrong... he doesn't dare send another to die and only dares to investigate around the outskirts.

Even though Zhu Zhengwei feels that such probing should yield no information.

Not even entering the surrounding satellite cities of Chang'an City, how can he gather intelligence by visiting each city at the border of the Great Tang's realm?

But unbelievably, Zhu Zhengwei did gather intelligence.

And it was information that shook the Mortal Realm:

"Spirit Realm's imperial exam scholar, Ghost Witch Doctor, appointed as Minister of the Ministry of War of Great Tang, entering the Hall of State Affairs."

Boom!

The entire message spread like a hurricane across the lands of the Great Tang.

This is unprecedented.

A person only in the court for a mere hundred years enters the highest ruling class of the Great Tang?

Moreover, the person's resume appears quite proper, although possessing stunning talents in the "Spatial Speed" project at the Chariot and Horse Institute, that's all. How could this niche ability lead them to become Prime Minister?

The world was in an uproar.

Many people started discussing this astonishing feat, historically it's difficult for lower-class families to rise to greatness, it's mostly noble families that monopolize the Prime Minister position. Without qualifications and background, how can they compete?

Lower-class families lack the heritage of cultivation books, various secret techniques to broaden their horizons, not even able to produce a single top-tier expert!

Let alone, the Prime Minister position generally requires a substantial level of World Core to assume....

"How is it possible? This lower-class descendant clearly lacks Celestial Dao core... How could it be? Could it be he's already strong enough to ignore such hard conditions?"

"Unprecedented."

"Unimaginable, such a quick rise, such a wholly impoverished background...."

Yet the entire civil and military officials passed it, they dare not question it much.

They too want to inquire and befriend this mysterious Prime Minister, but unfortunately the other party keeps behind closed doors, utterly indifferent and hard to meet.

And when Zhu Zhengwei heard this news, he was even more bewildered, "Three years and another three years, Avatar Two Zhu Zhengwei, Ghost Witch Doctor, you infiltrated the enemy's court and became Prime Minister, holding supreme military power?"

Zhu Zhengwei was bewildered.

Stunned.

Unable to comprehend.

And the Ancestral Witch Celestial Dao beside heard this news, suddenly very excited, "Unexpectedly, your avatar could achieve such high accomplishments, isn't he soaring to the skies?"

Zhu Zhengwei shook his head.

It's not that simple.

This avatar clearly lost contact, yet managed to reach such a high status, it's bizarre no matter how you look at it.

Zhu Zhengwei frowned, looking into various detailed intelligence of the Great Tang, discovering that recently, the Great Tang has recruited many imperial exam talents, innovative breakthroughs in every domain.

Fish Coin.

Developing water and soil.

Military Artifact Refining.

...

One by one, emerging talent names listed among them.

Zhu Zhengwei frowned slightly, "The imperial exam in Chang'an City, I've inquired about... After each occasion, numerous talents emerge, seemingly receiving a mysterious Dragon Vein's blessing in Chang'an City, as if aided by divine spirits, experiencing enlightenment.... a civilizational explosion after exams."

"But this time, the explosion speed seems somewhat vast, simply a convergence of elite minds, a flourishing era of talented ones, how did so many geniuses from various fields suddenly appear at once?"

"Could it be, the Journey to the West opens, and a certain great catastrophe is imminent, prompting so many talents to be born in this era and emerge in Chang'an City?"

Zhu Zhengwei felt this quite implausible.

He examined closely, soon through continuous investigation, discovered a hidden code within the introduction of these ten plus projects.

Traces of... Divine Sect Seven Techniques are present in the various project outcomes!

And the application of Divine Sect Seven Techniques is extremely advanced, as if having propelled through dozens of versions, very leading.

"How could it be?"

"For so many talents, research on their various breakthroughs, on their projects, all bear the traces of Divine Sect Seven Techniques? And each project's research methods are so familiar?"

"Could it be, these are all projects researched by Ghost Witch Doctor alone? Then labeled with other people's names and publicly announced?"

Zhu Zhengwei was somewhat dumbfounded.

This is clearly, the avatar Ghost Witch Doctor covertly revealing information clues to himself, hinting at traces of Divine Sect Seven Techniques, letting people know...

All these outcomes are researched by him.

Others see no trace, but as the main body, naturally, he could see this point.

Thus it seems, he has indeed been confined.

He could only use such subtly hidden information readable by "his own people" to issue a cry for help.

"But how could it be? One person researching so many projects?" Zhu Zhengwei marveled, "When did I become so diligent? No, this isn't about diligence, this speed is impossible."

After pondering for a few seconds, he quickly guessed some things.

"Though unaware of the details, the clues he transmitted are already clear."

"His talents were discovered, arranged to be Prime Minister, subject under some special method in Chang'an City, crazily exploited him... developing various projects and diligently researching."

Though unaware it is a time loop, having guessed perhaps using some method to exploit him so quickly, resulting in such exaggerated outcomes.

This avatar infiltrated Chang'an City, got discovered, and suffered exploitation like Zhou Bapi!

"Certainly quite arduous, he's sending out cries for help that way."

Avatar One Zhenyuanzi, spoke up.

Avatar Three, Thunder God Avatar, was indifferent, calmly said, "Avatar Two, he's asking us for help! But we can't save him, instead, I think he's doing fine this way... working hard, after all, it's not us being exploited."

"Indeed."

Avatar One Zhenyuanzi Zhu Zhengwei said calmly, "Just let him be exploited there, it might actually result in an insider, he won't die anyway..."

Avatar Three Thunder God Zhu Zhengwei, was very composed, continued:

"Indeed, if he can work hard, that's great! Normally as Ghost Witch Doctor seeking truth, with a devoted identity, yet always lounging around, it's about time he was spurred... he can help the Tang Dynasty push civilization, let them explore beyond the Milky Way, we can follow and pick up their technology."

"Main body, what do you think?" Avatar One Zhu Zhengwei asked.

Zhu Zhengwei's Creator God main body, hearing the transmissions from the two avatars, pondered for a moment, fell into contemplation.

Mm...

Seems to make some sense.

Avatar Two Zhu Zhengwei diligently researches technology—Great Tang civilization technological explosion, exploration beyond the Milky Way—We steal Great Tang technology, follow behind to learn tech...

Seems not a bad thing.

Circling back, returned to own hands.

This rare speed of civilization development, was previously unimaginable.

"Indeed we gained! Great Tang technological growth, they become the vanguard, exploring beyond the Milky Way, we just need to follow behind and plagiarize...." Creator God Zhu Zhengwei, spoke, "Previously worried their speed was too slow, couldn't explore the interstellar domain beyond the Milky Way... Just as well, their technology exploded..."

He propped his chin, began weighing benefits.

"Just right that I can follow behind, learn technology, ambush extraterrestrials and the like, capture a few alien miners, even with their interstellar civilization, trick a few strong aliens, let them work at Wuzhuang Temple against Sun Wukong, all good things..."

So leaving Avatar Two Zhu Zhengwei as Prime Minister seems decent, no need to heed his coded frantic cries for help, locked is locked... He, being Prime Minister, surely won't be having a too bad life.

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