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Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity CH 105 Close As Family

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In the early morning in the countryside, soldiers held hoes in their hands. Compared to the farmers, their physical fitness was much better. After all, Lin Yuan had spent quite a lot of money on raising soldiers, and they were also of ordinary civilian backgrounds. So there were quite a few who knew how to farm. And even if there were some who didn’t know how to farm, there were veteran farmers around them to teach them.

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The boys watched this scene in puzzlement. They couldn’t believe that these soldiers, who were like evil spirits in their parents’ words, would help them with their work.

The soldier who gave them candy before patted his trouser legs, smiled at them, and turned to pick up the hoe.

Farmers’ hoes were borrowed from the landowner. The property they had was very simple——a house, their children, parents, and the pottery urn on the stove. They couldn’t even afford to buy iron pots, let alone farm tools.

These farm tools were brought along by the soldiers. They were not in a hurry to greet the villagers. They also knew that the villagers were afraid of them. This was normal. The common people were afraid of soldiers. When soldiers had someone to be in charge of them, they were soldiers but with no one in charge they were bandits, sometimes even more terrifying than bandits.

The bandits had the imperial court to deal with them, but if soldiers murdered and robbed they were not held accountable.

At dawn, the villagers walked out of their houses. They did not know the specific time like the people in the city, but they worked at sunrise and rested at sunset.

The men wore patched clothes, some had hoes in their hands, and some were empty-handed——there were not enough farm tools and they had to wait for their turn to use them.

“There seems to be someone on my farm field…..” The scrawny man widened his eyes and looked at his own piece of land intently. He was afraid that it was the refugees who had fled over and were digging the ground for seeds to eat. That was their guarantee for the autumn harvest and the living capital for his whole family.

He yelled and rushed over frantically.

Even if he knew that with so many people, rushing over would do nothing but get himself beaten, but his mind was no longer able to think of the consequences.

He only knew that if those seeds were gone, his family would be done for.

The people next to him hurriedly stopped him, pouncing the man onto the ground. His eyes were red as he stared at his own land and tears fell silently, leaving a little water stain on the ground below him where it soon disappeared without a trace. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to cry, but he couldn’t make a sound.

Only one with good vision said: “It’s not refugees! They have hoes in their hands!”

“They are plowing the land, and they aren’t digging up the seeds!”

The farmers, who were still in a panic, finally recovered some sense at this time, and stared straight at the people who were working on the land not far away.

Just when they didn’t know what to do, a group of people came over, about a dozen in total. They were dressed in the same color and style of clothes, and with a glance the farmers knew they were the soldiers who arrived yesterday.

The farmers with hoes in their hands clenched the hoes tightly.

At this time, they were afraid that these soldiers would rob them of their land.

That was also the same as killing them.

In order to survive, even if they were the most honest farmers, they would also have to take up arms.

“The land in front here has all been farmed.” That was what the head soldier said.

The farmers were taken aback for a moment, and they didn’t know what to say for a while.

The soldier said: “You have a good place here. I saw some places that have not been planted, so I helped you plant some potatoes and sweet potatoes first. If you don’t want to plant them, you can dig them out and eat them. But the sprouted potatoes can not be eaten.”

The farmers were even more dumbfounded. The village head’s son was a little more courageous and asked tremblingly: “Soldier, soldier sir, what are you all doing?”

The soldier smiled wide, showing his teeth: “We are here to help. From now on our company will be responsible for your place here. We will come over during spring ploughing and autumn harvesting and provide fixed time assistance. We will bring our own food. The farm tools we brought this time will also be given to you. The South Bodhisattva said that the land here in Ru Ning will not be taxed for three years.”

“The landowners on your land here are gone, so you won’t have to pay rent anymore.” The soldier said, “Don’t be afraid. Our discipline is very strict and if someone goes inside your house without your permission, even if you beat him to death, you won’t be punished.”

The villagers didn’t dare to believe a word of what the soldier said, but it was not up to them whether they believed it or not, so they could only nod stupidly.

The company commander’s surname was Jiang, Jiang Erba. After he became a company commander, he changed his name to Jiang He. He liked this name as he remembered that he lived by a river when he was a child. He could not remember that river anymore, but it was still the most beautiful place in his memory.

Jiang He smiled at the villagers, and then said: “There is a party tonight, you must come.”

The villagers didn’t know what this party was. They looked at each other in confusion. Jiang He said, “I’ve spoken to your village head, and you don’t need to bring anything. You just have to come.”

The villagers breathed a sigh of relief when Jiang He led his people away.

The villagers discussed in low voices.

“Are they really here to help us?”

“What does fixed time assistance mean?”

“They will actually help us farm the land?”

“What are potatoes and sweet potatoes?”

“I know, I have heard people say that there are potatoes and sweet potatoes in Taizhou, Gaoyou, and that they were obtained from foreigners. One acre of land can yield dozens of stones of harvest.”

“There are so many? I don’t believe it.”

“I don’t believe it either.”

“Why don’t you believe it? I just know that the people in Gaoyou don’t starve to death.”

“How did you know that no one was starved to death?”

“Me? I heard others say this when I went to the city earlier.”

They did not dare to be alone, and could only walk in groups on the ridges of the farm lands, as if this would make them safer.

Soon, the farmers began to plow the land. Spring plowing and autumn harvest were the two busiest seasons of the year. They relied on the crops they grew to fill their stomachs. Women also came to deliver meals at noon. The so-called meals were also very simple. Those families that were slightly better off could have two multi-grain steamed buns, and those families who were worse off only had wild vegetable steamed buns.

Worse still, were those who could only fill their stomachs with water.

The sun hid in the clouds, the sky was full of red clouds, and the night soon fell.

The farmers had been busy all day, and also watched the soldiers being busy all day. Their hearts had gradually stabilized a lot.

Then they saw the bonfire that was burning in the grass, and a group of soldiers came over and led them over without any explanation.

They did not dare to resist, and obediently followed, but they did not bring their family with them as the soldiers suggested.

So this bonfire party had only a group of men attending.

They were sitting around the bonfire. The villagers looked like sheep that had strayed into a pack of wolves. They didn’t dare to even breathe loud or move. They could only watch the soldiers handing out bamboo tubes. Of course, they were also given shares too.

There was rice wine in the bamboo tubes. At this age, most people could not even eat white rice. Even the village head’s family could only eat rice with mixed grains and the rice was still mixed with chaff, let alone drink rice wine, which was something that only big wealthy families could afford.

The farmers smelled the sweet scent of rice wine, and their expressions became a little dazed.

When the soldiers saw them being cautious, they laughed on the side: “Take a sip, how can there be men who don’t drink?”

“Is it possible you are afraid that we will poison you? What do we want from you? What do you have that we would want?”

While the farmers did not dare to refute the soldiers, they were also rather craving for this sweet rice wine. So someone finally couldn’t help but taste it.

Under the dark night and light from the bonfire, and with the rice wine in their stomachs, the farmers’ courage gradually grew. This was not an indoor place, and there were no various rules. Everyone could see the dazzling starry sky when they looked up at the night sky.

“How did you do last year?” The soldier held a bamboo tube in his hand and chewed on soybeans fried with salt in his mouth.

“Want some?” He stretched out his hand, holding a handful of soybeans.

Such snacks were not common nowadays. The farmer swallowed his saliva and thought over and over again. Finally, he took a little bit and put it in his mouth. The more he chewed, the more fragrant it was, and the farmer quickly ate up the soybeans. The soldier didn’t mind at all, and grabbed a handful of soybeans for them again.

The farmer chewed a few more beans, and his words came out more casually: “Last year it was no good. The landowner took 70% of the harvest, and the family had no food, so we sold the old cow.”

“My parents saved all their lives just to buy that cow.”

He asked, “How are you in the barracks?”

The soldier smiled and said: “I used to be like you, a farmer, but after my hometown went up in upheaval, I fled. Fortunately, the South Bodhisattva was willing to take me in, so I stayed in Gaoyou and became a soldier.”

The farmer asked in a low voice: “Have you killed anyone?”

The soldier nodded and drank a sip of rice wine: “Killed.”

The farmer shuddered: “What does it feel like?”

The soldier thought for a while: “I didn’t feel anything when I killed. On the battlefield, either he died or I died. It was just a slash of the blade. I didn’t feel anything at all.”

“I’m quite busy, I have to clean up the corpses of my comrades when I get off the battlefield, and I have to continue training.”

The farmer asked again: “Do you have military pay?”

The soldier smiled at him: “Of course there are, and I save it all. The barracks take care of food and shelter, and I have less to worry about now compared to the past when I was a farmer. Occasionally we can also eat meat. These wines are only available when we come over.”

The farmer asked strangely: “Do you often do this? Help others to farm?”

Soldier: “How can you call them others? Now you are also the people of the South Bodhisattva. We are all a family, and the family should be like this. You all plant the land, and we fight wars. We will also have to eat the food you planted in the future. Helping you all is to help ourselves.”

The farmer was stunned. He looked at the soldier stupidly, unable to understand what he was saying.

In his impression, the soldiers would only enjoy themselves, occupying their food, their little money, and their daughters like tyrants.

No soldier had ever said such things.

“You don’t know the South Bodhisattva.” The soldier said with a smile, “When the South Bodhisattva came, I finally lived like a person.”

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Soldier: “In the future, we will be responsible for your village. We will return next time for the autumn harvest. Plant more grains this time. Your harvest this year will definitely be good. I estimate that you will even have enough rations for next year.”

The soldier whispered: “If I’m still alive next year, I can also help you with spring plowing.”

The farmer drank a sip of rice wine and waited for a while before saying, “If I have money next year, I will treat you to a drink.”

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After the three academies were completed, and Yun Feiyan, a woman, was tasked with serving as the head of the women’s school, no one objected. Of course, this was not because the officials at the imperial court were open-minded, but because the Crown Prince directly issued an order instead of asking their opinions, so even if they were indignant, they could only obey and did not dare to cause any trouble for the women’s school. But these people vowed that they would never let the daughters in their families attend.

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Since ancient times, there had been no practice of letting women attend schools and academies. It was simply unconventional.

Su Mu sat on the dragon chair and glanced across the hall at these officials, but didn’t put much regard on the thoughts of these people. Even if they didn’t allow their daughters to attend there were still plenty of other families who would.

In the afternoon, Su Mu, accompanied by Yun Feiyu, Lin Siyuan, Liu Xi and the others to the Imperial Agricultural Academy. After the winter solstice, Su Mu had begun to pay attention to spring plowing. A large number of agricultural and farming experts from all over the Qing Kingdom gathered here. Their task was to cultivate improved breeding types, for both crops and animals.

Coming from the cold wind outside into the airtight greenhouse, a heat wave hit everyone the moment they stepped inside. Su Mu untied his cloak and passed it behind him. In front of him was a small patch of green farmland, covered in green vegetation and vitality, making it seem like the warmth inside and the coldness outside seemed to be two different worlds. The people who followed behind Su Mu gaped their mouths open in surprise. Liu Xi walked to a farmland and looked at the tender seedlings, full of curiosity: “Your Highness, how can there be seedlings in the winter?”

Yun Feiyu took a look at the surrounding environment, walked to the soil and touched it, only to come away with a sense of warmth. The roof was curved, and only at the places above the seedlings were sunlight let in. Watching the Crown Prince ask an old man carefully about the situation of the seedlings, Yun Feiyu had to express admiration again, the Crown Prince was really someone very extraordinary.

The old man standing next to Su Mu was Zhang Datong who Su Mu met on his way to the Wu Kingdom. Su Mu directly sent him and his family to the imperial city. It was not long after that these greenhouses were built and the seedlings seen here were the first plants planted in the greenhouse.

“Elder Zhang, how about the seedlings?” Su Mu asked.

Zhang Datong shook his head and said: “There is too little sunshine, the growth is too weak, and the output will not be too high.”

Su Mu took a look at the openings above his head and thought privately that if only there was plastic, of course he also knew that it was impossible at this stage. Even if he found petroleum, he would not be able to produce it. But the search for coal was urgent and could not be put off. Qingye Villa, the Imperial Agricultural Academy, and the Imperial Engineering Academy all need a lot of fuel to maintain the workings inside. The trees in the surrounding mountains were decreasing at an extremely fast rate. Unfortunately, while Su Mu had sent people out for more than half a year, there was still no news of any coal discovery. This had Su Mu worried about whether there were even any coal mines in the Qing Kingdom.

Su Mu walked on the outside of the farm field, looked at the different types of seedlings and asked: “Which seedlings have the highest yield at the moment.”

Zhang Datong led Su Mu to the other end, where there was a written label: “Your Highness, it is No. C-5, but No. C-5 has weak disease resistance.”

Su Mu nodded and asked, “Which has the best overall effect and is suitable for large-scale planting across the country?”

Zhang Datong walked back again, pointing to another label and said: “Your Highness, it is No. A-2. Its disease resistance is good but its output is not too high.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Give priority to nurturing A-2, but don’t stop with the others either.”

The spontaneous pollination of rice makes hybridization difficult, and the probability of natural hybridization is extremely small. However, without various high-tech tools, Su Mu could only pray for heaven’s blessing.

After observing the rice seedling greenhouse, Su Mu came to another greenhouse. This greenhouse was the same as the rice greenhouse, but there was no rice paddy field inside. Instead, there was only one raised ridge after another with fat and tender green sprouts poking up from them. Liu Xi looked at the tender sprouts and asked, “What is this?”

The person in charge of planting was a middle-aged man. He was a little nervous to see the Crown Prince, and Liu Xi’s beautiful face made him dare not up even more. He could only bow his head and stammer: “Answering…..answering my lord, this is earth egg…..”

Lin Siyuan looked at the tender sprouts with surprise and asked, “Soil can lay eggs?”

“No…..no…..” The middle-aged man was very nervous and a little awkward at expressing himself so his words became even more clumsy.

Su Mu had no choice but to explain: “It’s nothing more than a crop that looks like an egg.”

In fact, this earth egg was actually referring to potatoes. This was the name given to it by the native people in this world. This kind of crop was discovered in the Qing Kingdom when Su Mu sent people to collect grain seeds in various countries. Because that potato-growing village had very little contact with the outside world, not many potatoes circulated to the outside, and as a result it was difficult to see it elsewhere in the Qing Kingdom.

“Does it taste good?” Lin Siyuan was very interested in food that he had never eaten before.

Su Mu nodded and said: “Not only does it taste good, but the environmental requirements for production are not very harsh, and it is easy to reproduce. It is already in the stages of cultivating improved types to be introduced to the rest of the country.”

In this world at this period, the types of crops available were extremely scarce. Many common food varieties in the 21st century couldn’t even be seen here. Sweet potatoes and corn were only two among them. Su Mu wanted to send an expedition to unexplored land to find more crop types. However, the limited manpower and resources of the Qing Kingdom right now simply could not afford to do so.

The several people visited the Imperial Agricultural Academy’s greenhouses and then went to the Imperial Engineering Academy. If the Imperial Agricultural Academy’s greenhouses brought surprises and admiration, then the Imperial Engineering Academy was a complete shock and amazement.

The steam engine and other machinery emitting huge heat made frightening sounds. Ten improved textile machines moved quickly under human operation, and in just a while, a bundle of cotton cloth was finished being woven. Even if it was not fully automated and every textile machine still needed people, the speed was many times faster.

Then they came to a huge pond. A huge round waterwheel was spinning continuously next to a man-made waterfall. Behind the man-made waterfall was another waterwheel with a rectangular keel instead of a circle. It was ten about ten meters long and was constantly pumping the water from the lake to the waterfall. Similarly, it was not operated by humans but was connected to a steam engine, but Su Mu knew that most of the operation would need manpower when performing irrigation in the wild, because another advantage to the keel water lift was that it was easy to move, so it was not as if you could carry the steam engine around with it.

Lin Siyuan rubbed his eyes vigorously, and said in disbelief, “I’m not dreaming! Then how can it move if there is no one on it?”

Although Yun Feiyu’s expression was not as exaggerated as that of Lin Siyuan’s, his shock was also quite visible.

Liu Xi had seen the steam engine, but at that time it was just a steam engine, and there was no practical application. So everything he saw at this moment was still very miraculous. “Your Highness, you are too amazing.” A pair of beautiful eyes flashed with alluring luster, and Liu Xi boasted without any shame: “What does the Wu Kingdom matter? What does the Shi Kingdom matter? What does the Wei Kingdom matter? Your Highness is the one who will be invincible!”

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Su Mu did not take his words to heart. Who in the world could be truly invincible? He turned around and said to Yun Feiyu and Lin Siyuan: “I brought you here because the waterwheel and textile machine are already ready for use and will be mass-produced in large quantities. You two will go back and discuss where and how it shall be first put into use. Liu Xi is responsible for keeping it confidential.” A cold light flashed in Su Mu’s eyes: “So long as it comes from the Imperial Agricultural Academy and the Imperial Engineering Academy, it is all forbidden to flow out of the borders of the Qing Kingdom. Any offenders will be killed without pardon.”

“Yes.” The three responded at the same time. The blood flowing in their bodies seemed to be speeding up, and they could vaguely see the shadow of the coming rise of the Qing Kingdom.

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The winter night was snowing heavily, but there was a fire in the house. Yun Feiyu, dressed in a single robe, opened the window and stood quietly looking at the silver-white world. On the table behind him, there was a brocade box containing the writ of alliance written by the Emperor of Wu to the Crown Prince. The main content of the writ was to stipulate when to send troops and how to divide up the Jin Kingdom.

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A white snowflake drifted into the house, and Yun Feiyu stretched out his palm to catch it. After a burst of coldness, the snowflake instantly turned into transparent water, and the person who slipped in bringing the cold with him walked behind him and said: “The love of the emperor, is just like this snowflake in your hand, it only takes a moment for it to melt away.”

The gentle eyes moved away from their gaze at the heavily snowing sky. As if he knew the intention of the other’s arrival, Yun Feiyu said lightly: “You won’t win against him.”

“That’s why we need you.” The man in black replied in a particularly firm tone.

“I have no obligation to do things for you.” Yun Feiyu said.

The man in black increased the emphasis in his tone: “Are you in love with him? Have you forgotten what he brought on you? Aunt, Feiyan, grandfather, don’t you care about them at all?”

Yun Feiyu looked at him and said: “Grandfather and Feiyan are in the imperial city. Your arrogance will be what will cause them to die.”

“Hmmph!” The man in black contemptuously said: “I thought you were bearing the humiliation by staying next to the Crown Prince, but now it seems that you are a ghost obsessed. Are you going to remain as his male favorite for the rest of your life?”

Yun Feiyu did not answer him. Instead, he walked to the table and poured two cups of hot tea. He lightly picked up the teacup and took a sip, saying unhurriedly: “The southwest is lost, and grandfather, cousins and general Shangguan all fell in the hands of the Crown Prince. How did you manage to escape?”

The corner of his mouth was smiling, and his eyes were as gentle as the transparent pools of lake water in autumn, causing people to be unable to muster the slightest emotion of resistance. Wu Fei met Yun Feiyu’s seemingly crystal-clear gaze, and said: “Princess Hongyun of the Wu Kingdom.” He sat down opposite Yun Feiyu and stared at him closely as he said, “Princess Hongyun has promised to help me seize the Qing Kingdom. As long as you are willing to help me, I will confer a princely title to you in the future.”

Looking at Yun Feiyu’s indifferent appearance, Wu Fei felt a little annoyed: “Even if it is not to help me, you have to think about grandfather! He is over sixty years old but is now being held in the Qing kingdom prison. You, your mother and your sister lived in the Wu family’s house for more than ten years, don’t you feel any gratitude to the Wu family at all?”

Yun Feiyu seemed to have been affected, a wave of light flashing in his eyes and disappearing quickly, but his tone became more indifferent: “You are not his opponents.”

By now, Yun Feiyu had finally determined one thing, and that was that the Crown Prince was not the Crown Prince. In other words, the current Crown Prince was not the former Crown Prince. It should be that after he and Qin Ye poisoned the Crown Prince, a soul was replaced in that body. Not only was the soul changed, but this soul was probably not of this world.

Apart from other things, Yun Feiyu could be sure about this just with the simplified characters and elementary school arithmetic textbooks, because these two things could not be made by one person in such a short time. The simplified characters Yun Feiyu had carefully studied, and some of the characters were somewhat similar to the cursive script of today, and those mathematical formulas exceeded that of the current by who knew how many times. And there were other things such as movable type printing, soap, etc that were too incompatible with this world.

One person inventing several things in one field was a genius, one person inventing several things across two fields was a genius among genius, but it was impossible for one person to invent too many things across several fields.

There was a process of development needed for text and language. Simplified characters were very likely to be the future form of the existing font. The Crown Prince had come from the future!

After reaching this almost impossible answer, Yun Feiyu felt that his hands could not stop shaking. Fortunately, his ability to control his emotions was excellent, so he managed not to be seen through by the Crown Prince. Even if the Crown Prince of now was not as cruel and vicious as the previous Crown Prince, he was also definitely not a saint, and Yun Feiyu was not sure if the Crown Prince would kill someone for learning his secret.

Wu Fei sneered and said to Yun Feiyu: “You have only one choice, and that is to cooperate with us to kill the Crown Prince.”

Yun Feiyu looked at him indifferently and said, “Do you think I will obey you?”

“Just what do you want?” Wu Fei stood up suddenly and glared at Yun Feiyu: “I wanted to give you a chance because you and I are cousins. If you are willing to help me, then in the future there will be no lack of benefits. You like men, right? At that time, what kind of man couldn’t you get? A good man places his ambitions out in the world, why must you persist in trapping yourself in that little harem.”

“The world is big but there is nowhere for me to make a home. Although the palace is small, it is where my heart is.” Yun Feiyu stood up and said: “Those whose courses are different cannot understand each other, you should leave quickly, the Crown Prince’s hidden guards are not just for display.”

“Acting as an accomplice to the tiger, Forgetting gratefulness and violating justice, one day you and Su Mochi will be at my feet.” Wu Fei glanced angrily at him one last time and jumped out of the window.

As soon as Wu Fei’s figure disappeared, a dark figure suddenly appeared beside Yun Feiyu.

“Gongzi.”

Yun Feiyu said lightly: “Follow him.”

“Yes.”

His younger cousin had always shown his love for power since he was a child, but he was very jealous and petty-minded, and thus had always been other’s target of use. This was probably why Princess Hongyun chose him, while his older cousin could only stay with his grandfather in the imperial prison.

Ten days later, Yun Feiyu returned to the imperial city and reported the matter to the Crown Prince. Su Mu took a deep look at him and said: “Your grandfather and Shangguan Hao, I can release them, but they will not be officials for life, and without Ben Gong’s permission they are not to leave the imperial city.”

A big rock in Yun Feiyu’s heart finally landed back on the ground. He knelt down in front of Su Mu and said, “Thanking Your Highness.”

After leaving the Crown Prince’s study, Yun Feiyu did not stop for a moment and sent someone to notify Yun Feiyan before immediately going to the prison where Wu Ji and Shangguan Hao were detained. The two arrived at the door of the prison almost at the same time.

Yun Feiyan’s face was still covered with white gauze, and her figure was so thin and fragile looking that Yun Feiyu couldn’t help but feel distressed every time he saw her.

“Brother.” Yun Feiyan walked to him and said, “Let’s go in.”

Yun Feiyu sighed subtly, nodded and said, “Let’s go.”

Since the choice was already made there was nothing to regret. Even if his grandfather killed him in response, he had nothing to say.

Wu Ji and his eldest grandson Wu An were in a cell together. Shangguan Hao was in the cell next to them. Of the Southwest Army, only the three of them remained. The cells were very clean but there was inevitably a peculiar smell. The cells were so dark that Yun Feiyu and Yun Feiyan had already walked outside the bars when the three people finally discovered their arrival.

“Feiyu, Feiyan!” The eyes of Wu An, who was curled up in the corner, lit up, rushing over to the two of them with surprise and staring at them eagerly through the bars.

Yun Feiyan stepped back slightly and greeted “Cousin”.

Wu An also noticed that his actions were too rude and hurried back a few steps embarrassedly, and said, “Cousin, I’m sorry.”

Yun Feiyan shook her head and asked, “Is grandfather alright?”

Wu An nodded and said: “Fine enough.”

Yun Feiyu had reached the door and was now opening the prison door with the key in his hand.

Wu An wondered: “Cousin, what are you doing?”

“The Crown Prince has decreed that you are no longer guilty and can be released.” Yun Feiyu threw down the iron lock in his hand.

Wu An immediately became happy, and hurried back to help Wu Ji, who had his eyes closed and rested, to go out: “Grandfather, we are acquitted.”

Wu Ji then slowly opened his eyes, and walked out without saying a word or looking at the siblings. Wu An assisted him and looked at the two with concern.

“Grandfather, I’m sorry.” Yun Feiyu’s tone was a little gloomy, quite different from the calm and indifferent appearance he always showed in the past.

Wu Ji paused slightly in his steps, but then walked faster: “Those who have lost are always in the wrong. We are already lucky to be able to guarantee the lives of the Wu family’s descendants. Please go back and tell the Crown Prince that this old man will never take even half a step out of the imperial city from now on. Neither will this old man have any other traitorous thoughts.”

In the end, he still blamed them.

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Her heart seemed to be gripped by a big hand, and Yun Feiyan squeezed her sleeves in sorrow: “Grandfather, please come with me.”

“Many thanks for taking this old man in.”

Yun Feiyan was even more sad. The several people boarded a carriage and headed to Yun Feiyan’s residence, the atmosphere terribly depressed all along the way.

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The flying peak landed on the Yunjin Rock on the west side of the Great Xiao State. The huge open space had already been cleared by countless officials and soldiers, and there was not a person within miles.

Normally, at this time they would greet the Emperor of Great Xiao State and his officials, but only Feng Qingxiu came out to exchange courtesies.

The other disciples flew out to play long before the peak landed.

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—The head disciple was made good use of at this time. They were all senior brothers so of course they didn’t have to be courteous.

Only, among the people from Great Xiao State, two of them did not kneel, which was very particular.

One was the emperor, of course, as he represented a country. If an elder came, he would definitely kneel, but as Feng Qingxiu was a new disciple at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he definitely was not qualified.

As for his other identity, Kun-Lai did not announce it to the outside world.

As for the other person who did not kneel, this one was a bit of a problem.

Feng Qingxiu nodded and greeted: “Dao Brother Xiao Yuan, it’s been a long time.”

The Teacher of the State, Xiao Yuan’s gaze was sharp as they looked him up and down for a long time before he slowly loosened his fist: “It has been a long time. I didn’t think that you, the only apprentice of the Sect Leader, would personally come down and take care of a trivial matter such as the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.”

The surrounding officials suddenly erupted in a big uproar, and the look in their eyes became full of enthusiasm.

At this time, the spreading of news was not fast. Although Kun-Lai’s internal discussions were heated, the time was not long and not much news had been spread outside the sect.

Since Feng Qingxiu was the head student of his graduating year, it meant that he was selected just a dozen years ago.

It meant that his family had not yet moved to Kun-Lai.

It meant that they still had a chance to make ties and initiate a marriage connection!

Suddenly, undercurrents surged.

“The Dragon-Phoenix Selection is ​​the foundation of Kun-Lai, how is it a trivial matter.” Feng Qingxiu smiled and brushed off his hostility.

“It’s not a trivial matter? Then, how come every year, nearly 10,000 children are sent back to their hometowns. Does Senior Brother Feng know that they will face a lot of gossip due to having been returned to their hometowns for no reason?” Xiao Yuan had long been full of hatred and indignation for Feng Qingxiu. If not for the other, he clearly could have relied on the Qingdi Peak Master to stay in Kun-Lai!

As a Golden Core Formation cultivator, why was it that he could only come to this rural area as a lowly Teacher of the State, but an ordinary disciple like Feng Qingxiu had such a smooth future, winning the favor of the Sect Leader?

“Xiao Yuan, do you have complaints about Kun-Lai’s rules?” The middle-aged peak master gave him a cold look.

Xiao Yuan glared at him, but knowing that he could not provoke a flying peak master, he did not speak again.

At this time, the emperor of the Great Xiao State interjected by smoothing things over, inviting Feng Qingxiu to attend the banquet that was prepared. Just how solicitous they were all the way, it need not be mentioned.

Xiao Yuan followed silently, his expression clouded.

“Elder Li, will his arrival here hurt my plans?” He asked silently.

“His cultivation level is too shallow and won’t detect anything. Are you sure that the flying peak master can’t leave?” The voice in the ring asked solemnly.

“The cost of creating a flying peak is extremely high. After the great wards on the peak are up, not even a Synthesis cultivator can break through it and harm the people inside for seven days. It is Kun-Lai’s biggest reliance when launching expeditions to the Outlands. Unless it returns to Kun-Lai, there must be a peak master on the peak.” Thinking of this, Xiao Yuan couldn’t help but feel a little angry. “Back then, Bai Liu, the peak master of Qingdi Peak, was going to use up his savings to buy us orphans a flying peak of our own and let us ascend to a small peak as well as earn some resources only for the plan to be blocked by Yimeng Qingnu. If I had a flying peak back then, how could I be exiled here.”

“With just this one peak, tens of thousands of children and teenagers can be transported away?” The ring spirit was still a little skeptical.

“The inner part of the mountain is hollow, and there is a huge amount of supplies stacked in the lower layer, so it is naturally possible.” Xiao Yuan explained.

Every time Kun-Lai launched an expedition to the Outlands, dozens of flying peaks would go to gather various spiritual resources. When countless cultivators were injured or exhausted, they would return to the flying peaks to rest, or trade what they gathered, or purchase supplies. Every time one needed to pay a small amount of tax to the peak master in order to use the flying peak, thus such accumulation would add up, making all peak masters wealthy with countless resources at their disposal.

“Such divine objects can even be created… This Kun-Lai Sect Leader is truly extraordinary.” The ring spirit sighed faintly.

Xiao Yuan also had a complicated expression on his face. He was born in Kun-Lai, and no matter what his fate was, he couldn’t help but worship the Master of Kun-Lai. How could their Sect Leader be described so simply by the word extraordinary?

***

The capital of the Great Xiao State extended a large area, and the great avenue in the center was 100 meters wide. It was directly connected to the city from the city gates, and there were countless carriages and horses seen on it.

From the beginning of the next month, the fantastical flying peak would be hovering outside the capital city, attracting countless people to come and stare.

The road was full of luxurious carriages pulled by fine steeds, and the bustling and prosperous secular world was always very lively.

Although Kun-Lai was good, it was a bit lonely there.

After dealing with the countless scheming at the wine table, Feng Qingxiu was finally able to relax. He had just flown back to the peak only to slip out again.

It was also the first time that he had stepped out of Kun-Lai, so naturally he did not want to waste the time on greeting and socializing with political animals.

The young man in a green blue robe with his long hair tied up rubbed his hands together, gearing up to fulfill the vow he made as a young boy.

Just as soon as he took to the streets, Feng Qingxiu became surrounded by at least five hawkers.

“Young man, you must also be here to participate in the Dragon-Phoenix Selection!” The leading hawker had a kind face and enthusiastically urged him over, “Come on, our riddles are very challenging. But if you make a correct guess you can win a Dragon-Phoenix Lantern. This is a very auspicious sign, come and make a guess.”

“No thanks, I have something else to do.” Feng Qingxiu declined.

But his voice was completely overridden by that of these hawkers, and he only finally managed to struggle out with some difficulty. He let out a sigh of relief when he slipped into the alley next to the busy street.

Then, he carefully avoided the traffic of various vendors and tried to make his way to the north of the city where the Heart Asking Stone was located.

He heard that this Heart Asking Stone was the first sacred stone erected by the Sect Leader back then. It was opened every twelve years and there would be talisman seals flashing on its surface. Anyone who could make sense and draw one or two could then enter Kun-Lai to cultivate immortality.

Now there was a huge temple constructed there to enshrine the sacred stone which was given offerings to every day.

Feng Qingxiu had wanted to come and take a look for a long time.

But he didn’t expect that he couldn’t even get close to even a hundred feet away from the temple gate, let alone actually go in and have a look.

There were so many people there to worship!

Without using incantations, he could forget about trying to go inside.

However, having practiced so many spiritual techniques, if he didn’t use it at this time then when should he?

Decisively, he used a traversal incantation to enter the temple and squeezed next to a huge boulder in the crowd.

After finally touching the cold stone, he was very satisfied.

Alright, he could now go to other places to look for possible fraud and bullying!

Feeling very satisfied with having fulfilled his wish, Feng Qingxiu was ready to leave.

“Wait, wait a little longer.” A calm and gentle voice sounded.

Feng Qingxiu’s body became stiff, and he was suddenly dumbstruck.

“Master?” He looked around, but he didn’t find a single familiar figure.

“Here. Bow your head.” The voice came slowly.

Feng Qingxiu glanced down, and saw a palm-sized piece of paper sticking to the stone, just a paper cut-out of a humanoid shape, without facial features and fingers. It was currently bending its “hand” to indicate that he was here.

Feng Qingxiu could practically hear the sound of his three views shattering.

When the paper man had enough of sticking to the stone, he flew into Feng Qingxiu’s arms and said: “Let’s go back.”

So Feng Qingxiu walked back to the flying peak without a word, where he sat down cross-legged in his room to practice cultivation.

“Don’t be unhappy.” The little paper man stuck to his face and patted his cheek, coaxing, “Your master, I, did not come here in person, just as a piece of divine consciousness to join in the fun.”

Feng Qingxiu continued practicing cultivation cross-legged and ignored him.

He said he wouldn’t follow over!

“Good little apprentice, go out to play, it’s a good and bright life ahead. Being a hermit at home all day long will turn you into a dummy.” The little paper man touched his apprentice’s forehead again.

Feng Qingxiu still ignored him.

He said he wouldn’t follow over!

“Ai, so soon you have come to dislike your master.” The paper man floated in front of his eyes, folding his hands on his chest and tilting his head.

His apprentice’s long eyelashes flickered.

“In truth, I didn’t want to reveal myself so quickly.” The paper man sighed, “It’s just that a doubt sprung up in my heart, and so I stuck onto the talisman stone to take a feel and discovered that the problem is indeed not small.”

Feng Qingxiu suddenly opened his eyes and looked surprised: “What problem?”

He didn’t notice anything at all, so this time it was not a matter he could handle?

He was too arrogant, and he actually felt that his master only followed over because of boredom and the desire to come out to play. He was simply too superficial and arrogant!

“The talisman stone was replaced by someone, and not the original one that was made by me. But the talisman stone is not a weak imitation, and the one who made this stone has a good cultivation base.” The little paper man floated in front of him, his words sure. How could he not recognize the talisman seals he wrote himself, even if the fake resembled it very much?

Of course, that was just a trivial matter. He just wanted to come out and play with his apprentice.

“How is this possible?” Feng Qingxiu’s heart squeezed and he pondered, “The sacred stones of all countries are guarded by Kun-Lai outer sect disciples, and they are heavily guarded with all kinds of alarming wards placed on it. Unless there is collusion with someone on the inside.”

But this was not impossible. Many of the outer sect disciples were eliminated through the exams and chose to manage varied businesses for Kun-Lai in the outside secular world. If they performed well, they might be transferred back to Kun-Lai Mountain. If he was not selected for the Dao Disc back then, he was also ready to take this route as well.

It was just that this route was difficult to persist on, and there had been very few outer sect disciples who managed to go back to the main mountain over these hundreds of years.

But poor performance was completely different from betraying the sect!

Feng Qingxiu did not expect anyone to dare to be so bold.

“Yes. Let’s take a look at the other stones.” The paper man said quietly.

And on the way, take a look at what the Western Continent really looked like. It was a very different experience to look by sweeping over the land with his divine consciousness and to look in person.

“Let’s go, then!” Feng Qingxiu also realized that the situation might be the most serious in many years, and was full of fighting spirit.

“Wait.” The paper man stopped him and under his apprentice’s newly regained look of hero worship, he pointed in a certain direction, “In that direction, use the Formless Sword to pierce forward.”

“Yes.” Feng Qingxiu raised his finger, and a formless sword energy escaped from the fingertip and disappeared.

Almost at the same time, he heard a faint muffled cry.

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“This is?” Feng Qingxiu looked at the paper man in confusion.

“Just a little mouse spying on you.” The paper man slowly landed on his shoulder and sat down, while answering casually, “When everyone is carrying an old grandpa, who is afraid of whom?”

Feng Qingxiu didn’t understand, but it didn’t stop him from feeling that his master was very formidable indeed.

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Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 034 The Virtue Of Shennong, Beneficence To The World

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On the first day of October, a huge mountain peak rose from Kun-Lai Mountain, passing through the thousands of miles of land that make up the Western Continent, passing by the three states of Fuxi, Anqin, and Changming, to land outside the Great Xiao State.

Almost at the same time, countless rays of light soared into the sky, like a rain of arrows they shot to the top of the peak. There were many that could not help but collide in the middle, and fell from the air only to fly upwards again.

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It stood to reason that after this celestial flying peak was uplifted, it would make a stop on Yangshuo Peak for half a day, allowing all the Foundation Establishment disciples to go up onto the peak. However, how could those disciples who were gearing up for an adventure stand to wait?

It had long been Kun-Lai’s practice for the Foundation Establishment disciples to go to inspect and oversee the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.

Basically, one couldn’t find anyone who was unwilling to go.

Only they knew what kind of life they had been living over the past twelve years!

Back then, their innocent selves had thought that they were very lucky to be selected. But who knew that the real tragedy was yet to come.

Kun-Lai’s disciple selection had never been a matter of teaching all people without discrimination, but rather selecting the best among the best and then choosing the very best.

When they entered Kun-Lai, they were met with various exams.

From literacy at the lower school, to the cultivation methods at the middle school, to various incantations at the upper school…

There was a small exam every month, a mid-term exam in the spring, and a big final exam every year!

Each exam had a fixed quota for elimination.

After each exam, Yangshuo Peak’s cliff always saw the highest traffic in jumping!

If you didn’t earn the required amount of points every year, you would fail!

There was no second chance. If you failed once, you would be sent back home. If you failed once, you must leave!

After all, the consumption of spiritual rice alone by the more than one hundred thousand students brought here through the Selection was a number that would make the Central Continent’s major sects fall into a dead faint.

Not to mention the talisman papers, pill ingredients, and all kinds of manpower consumed during their studies.

The more students filtered out through the exams, the better, leaving as little as possible, otherwise, even if it was a sect as rich as Kun-Lai, it would still be eaten to bankruptcy.

After being eliminated at various levels, all the students who were left behind were all experienced and all kinds of capable—having made it through those kinds of torturous days, they really couldn’t think of any suffering they couldn’t bear now!

It was just that many people were left with the trivial troubles of heart demons in regards to exams.

But were cultivators still called cultivators without one or two heart demons?

The Kun-Lai cultivator who had never failed a course was not a true Kun-Lai cultivator.

And now, they were going to! Return! Home! In! Glory!

On the celestial flying peak, a group of cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage were practically jumping up and down like monkeys.

“Wow, this is the first time I have come out to play!” Senior Sister Tu perked her rabbit ears with excitement. She was also a student for twelve years, transforming from a pampered little white rabbit to a beautiful jade rabbit. The sweat and tears of the past dozen years were enough to water an acre of land. Several times, she had felt that she couldn’t hold on anymore. But thinking of the useless rabbits who couldn’t get onto the Dao Disc and instead stayed on Shennong Peak idling their days away, she managed to persevere!

Feng Qingxiu also smiled: “Senior Sister, the wind is strong, you should come back first.”

Many disciples had already fallen off the peak. Although there were protection wards, the impact was still painful.

“No!” Senior Sister Tu flicked her silk sleeves and flew towards the sky, “Come on, you too!”

Feng Qingxiu was dumbfounded, but as the only apprentice of his master, he must remain steady and mature and not shame him!

Anyway, he had been flying for a month before, and it was already enough.

“So it’s definitely a right thing not to teach flying incantations at the outer sect!” A middle-aged looking cultivator in the distance laughed, “Back then, you just learned a little light footwork technique, yet every one of you took every chance you got to fly off the walls. If we really taught you, just look, every one of you will jump up into the sky.”

He was the peak master of this celestial flying peak, and this year’s Dragon-Phoenix Selection was to be escorted by him.

“We were repressed for too long,” Feng Qingxiu said with a smile, “The pressure back then…”

Even as calm as he was, his name was almost removed several times. Those days were really impossible for people to live through.

No one wanted their names to be squeezed down and say goodbye to a chance at cultivation. Moreover, it was far more painful having already gotten the chance than never getting it in the first place.

That was why they often looked for stimulation.

“In fact, at the beginning, the outer sect would still teach incantations such as the flying sword technique,” a young cultivator next to him also began to chat of some interesting things, “but after teaching, the outer sect disciples acted as if they completely forgot they have legs, and there were always air crashes happening. So the outer sect was no longer allowed to practice flying techniques.”

“Previous generations dig pits and later generations jump into it, I understand.” Feng Qingxiu nodded. It was just like when the first exam screening began, he heard that there was practically a sea of ​​blood at the foot of Yangshuo Peak, forcing Kun-Lai to exert great efforts on setting up protection wards at the foot of the entire outer sect.

“Alright, that’s about enough time of playing.” The middle-aged looking cultivator chuckled coldly at the disciples in the sky.

It caused Feng Qingxiu’s heart to jump, and he shouted: “You guys, come back quickly!”

The peak master ordered: “Full speed ahead!”

The cultivator next to him nodded and raised a jade talisman high, white light rippling on it, causing ripples like water waves to suddenly appear outside the entire mountain peak…

The entire mountain peak accelerated instantly, leaving the disciples in the sky far behind.

“Wait for us—” A scream came from the sky.

Countless white lights chased them but were left in the dust by the mountain peak.

Several divine consciousness flashed by in the sky, all with a hint of a smile.

The mountain chasing scene every once in twelve years had begun again.

***

Great Xiao State

As the head of the three great sovereign states in the Western Continent, the history of Great Xiao was longer than that of Kun-Lai.

This country located in the Wuling Sea was originally the only inhabited place in the Western Continent, and it was also where the Great Xuan forced some criminals of the Central Continent to settle over in its path of expansion. These people lived in the barren land of the Western Continent and barely made ends meet.

The Wuling Sea was the largest lake in the Western Continent. It was later occupied by the Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty to expand its territory. The people of the Western Continent also migrated and settled in large numbers from then on. Although there were also people who settled here before Great Xuan, they were all small countries and tribal kingdoms which could be considered part of the Outlands.

Until hundreds of years ago, with the drastic changing of the topography in the Western Continent, the water vapor became abundant from the original scarcity, plants and vegetation began to flourish, and the water level began to rise.

The Wuling Sea gradually became a huge inland lake of hundreds of thousands of miles. With water, the land became better. Trees grew as no life spread faster than green vegetation. For hundreds of years, the Western Continent’s population skyrocketed and conditions became better. And as the population increased, people gradually moved to new places and created new countries.

This was also the origin of many countries in the Western Continent today.

Late autumn October was just after the busy farming season.

At this time, there was basically no farming in the fields, most of the grains had been harvested, and every family was busy preparing for the winter.

However, this year was different. Almost all young children between seven and seventeen had their hearts in their throats.

The Dragon-Phoenix Selection every twelve years was here again.

Every time at this period, the cultivation sects of the Western Continent would select children from various places and thus from then on, the mundane world was left behind.

The celestial flying peak was a huge mass, and countless mortals prostrated to the ground along its way, and did not get back up for a long time.

“Hmph, how arrogant!” A young girl grumbled as she glared at the passing of the flying peak.

She was tall, her clothes made of rough cloth and she was dressed up as a man. Standing outside a mountain courtyard residence, she watched a few teenagers leaving with their luggage, and angrily said: “You were all picked up and raised by our Master who took care of you for so many years. How can you all be so spineless?”

“Senior Sister, we are just going to try, and we will come back if we fail the Selection.” A short and chubby teenager said lowly.

“Come back for what, do you think our mountain gate will still want you?” The girl was furious.

“Alright, child.” A fat auntie handed her a baggage, “Go quickly, and take care of each other along the way.”

“I won’t go, our sect is my home.”

“Nonsense! This old lady has been exhausted for more than ten years, saving up enough travel fees for you all. Don’t even think about coming back home if you don’t go!” The auntie stuffed the baggage into her hands, “Go!”

***

“Are the leggings prepared?” An old man asked a group of children to teenagers at the entrance of the village.

“Prepared!”

“What about food rations and water?”

“Yes!”

“Make sure the maple leaves are tucked in your hair. The Dragon-Phoenix Selection is ​​a major event in the Western Continent. With it tucked in your hair, it means that we are participating in the Selection and bandits and tyrants on the road will not make it difficult for us!”

“It’s tucked in!”

“Village Head—” A village woman rushed to kneel with a sickly teenager at her side, “Take my child too! He has always been an intelligent child, he will definitely be selected!”

“If you don’t have any money, you can’t go with us. This is a rule. Besides, even if we share some food rations, there are still other expenses while traveling along the way, and his body also can’t be overly tired. If something were to happen on the way, won’t it delay the rest of the children in the village? Don’t say anymore, go home quickly.”

***

“Are the things prepared?” In the deep inner courtyard of a large manor, a luxuriously dressed lady asked the young man next to her.

“Don’t worry, Mother, there is already a cultivator who has looked over this child, and this child possesses spiritual roots, I will definitely be selected.” The young man said with confidence.

“Then be careful. The second room (TN: second branch of an extended family) has always been jealous of us. Recently, you have to pay attention when eating and drinking. This is the only chance, you can’t be tripped up!”

“This child knows!”

***

“You are all servants of the Bai family. You all will have the opportunity to participate in the Selection. I don’t ask you to remember the Bai family’s kindness, but if you are to be selected, you have to marry a young lady of the Bai family, come and sign the contract here.” In the dorms of the servants, a steward with a beard said to the teenagers in the room.

“What if we don’t sign it?” A young boy asked in a low voice, only to be nudged by the teenager next to him.

It was not that they were being picky, it was just that, the looks of the ladies in the Bai family…

“If you don’t sign, then you will have to go by yourself. I must state upfront, the queue is very long. The Kun-Lai cultivators will only make a stop here for two months. If you can’t get in the queue, then there is nothing you can do.”

“We’ll sign, we’ll sign.”

***

The same occurrences played out in countless places in the Western Continent. Ji Mingyu was dressed in plain white robes and along the way had been wondering: “Isn’t there a Heart Asking Stone in every city? Why do they have to prepare in such a hurry?”

This was the capital of the Great Xiao State. In front of them, there was already a long line of people entering the city, like a long snake winding through the entrance of the city.

Ye Han opened the way for her and said with a wry smile: “How many years have passed since the Heart Asking Stones have existed. The Western Continent’s population has increased over these many years, and those Heart Asking Stones have long become insufficient. Only after the whole families of the nobles and aristocrats had tried it, will there be a chance for the commoner children.”

Ji Mingyu nodded: “That’s true. The population of the Western Continent has risen rapidly in recent years. Kun-Lai has brought back more and more disciples once every twelve years. Although there are few outstanding ones, basically no one wants to go to Shennong Peak so the output of spiritual rice is not going up in accordance with the rising population, which severely limits the number of low-level cultivation disciples.”

“What does this have to do with Shennong Peak?” Ye Han couldn’t understand, “Isn’t there the Fasting Pill?”

“If you’re going to starve to death and have no food to eat, why don’t you eat meat, right?” Ji Mingyu gave him an eyeroll.

Ye Han lowered his head silently.

“My father studied heaven and man, and found that the root source needed for cultivators is spiritual energy.” Ji Mingyu explained to him, “The source of spiritual energy is always different, but land with lush mountains and rivers has always been abundant with spiritual energy, so my father discovered that as long as the five elements of a piece of land circulate endlessly, there will always be spiritual energy being produced.”

Ye Han was at a loss: “The five elements circulating endlessly?”

“A piece of land itself belongs to the earth element, the vegetation growing on it belongs to the wood element, the water is the water element, the sunlight is the fire element, and the minerals are the metal element. Only when there is more vegetation, will spiritual energy be produced and allow for the evolution of living beings—” Ji Mingyu glanced at him, and said mildly, “These are the original words of my father.”

So she also didn’t understand what evolution was.

“Father gathered the five elements of heaven and earth to make Cloud Talisman Dao Seeds, which can open up a spiritual field within the cultivators’ sea of consciousness. In the five elements cycle of the Cloud Talisman Dao Seed, there are spiritual plants being grown and no spiritual energy spilling out. In this way, Kun-Lai is able to support countless lower-level cultivators.” Ji Mingyu said proudly, “This kind of Dao Seed has low requirements for people, and people with multi-spiritual roots are actually more advantageous to cultivate it, but few of you are willing to go to Shennong Peak.”

Ye Han shrank his neck and said nothing. Even so, to have him go farming… he’d rather not.

“This time we are going to attend the Dragon-Phoenix Selection from the beginning. This is the real and proper way to enter the outer sect. I want to see just what it is about that Feng Qingxiu that attracted my father’s favor!” Ji Mingyu was full of fighting spirit.

“I’ll accompany you!” Ye Han said decisively. He had been depressed for several months when he lost the opportunity to attend the Selection back then. This time he had the chance to make it up, so of course he had to go.

“Let’s go, I heard that you can get a local household registration by giving a little money to the government office here, and local testers have priority!” Ji Mingyu walked into the city with enthusiasm.

“Remember to change our ages to be younger.” Ye Han said, and then followed.

At this time, there was a sudden uproar in front.

“The Teacher of the State is here, get down on your knees!” A voice shouted.

Countless people around knelt instantly, and those that didn’t were also pulled down into kneeling.

A luxurious carriage drove by on the road, accompanied by beautiful female attendants and imperial army guards.

Naturally, Ji Mingyu would not kneel, but after seeing the appearance of the Teacher of the State in the carriage, she quickly pulled Ye Han and hid away.

“What’s wrong?” Ye Han was startled as this was the first time he saw Mingyu hiding from someone.

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“It’s actually that idiot, Xiao Yuan.” Ji Mingyu snorted coldly. “A trash who wants to marry me and refuses to look in the mirror and be more self-aware. He is more annoying than a fly. I don’t want to be bothered by him. The Great Xiao State actually invited such a person to be their Teacher of the State, honestly, which Kun-Lai ancestor did they manage to offend?”

“Oh.” Ye Han silently fixed the appearance of the Teacher of the State in his heart.

“Let’s go to another door, better not let him recognize me.”

“Okay!”

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After Becoming The Tyrant

After Becoming The Tyrant CH 055 The King And Authority

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The bone ring sat perfectly and snugly on the King’s finger, as if the bone ring belonged to him from the beginning. The cold, pale ring sat quietly on the King’s finger. At that moment, the same brilliant authority in this world suddenly revived on the King. The Devil let go of the King, took a step back, and fell to his knees.

“What is that?”

Silent and like a spider, the voice of the head adjudicator who was in control of the whole situation suddenly sounded with a tremble that even he did not notice.

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“What is that!”

He saw the flame of God extinguished on the young king.

He was a God’s Attendant, and his mission was to sacrifice everything for God. The feelings that humans possessed should have been lost from him forever, so that when the God’s Attendant sent the sword into the heart of the heresy, his wrist could be as steady as a mountain. However, at this moment, the head adjudicator suddenly felt his heart throbbing again.

Because of the fear of his beliefs subverting.

The apostles of the Holy Lord believed that the Holy Lord was the only God in this world, that He was the true anointed one and the true eternal glory monarch, His authority supreme.

But everything at that moment was subverting his perception.

The young king, who was originally under his control, stood alone in the center of the stage. His majestic aura made people dare not look directly at him.

How could this be?

How could there be a second monarch who could compete with the eternal Holy Lord?

The indestructible cornerstone of faith was being shaken and shattered, and the non-mortal eyes on the black iron mask worn by the head adjudicator closed uncontrollably.

The King’s eyes also closed.

Then the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes again.

The holy hymn in the air were neatly cut off by invisible authority, the wind raged unrestrainedly, mixed with such a broad expanse of noise. Hundreds of millions of wrongly departed were screaming, hundreds of millions of bones were screaming, the voices were domineering and violent as they gushed forth, as if the gate of hell suddenly opened a gap, and the spiteful resentment that had been accumulated for thousands of years could finally sweep forth like a tidal wave.

The head adjudicator backed away frantically, his back hitting the angel statue in the church.

“Hell…..impossible! Hell is dead! Already dead!”

Clearly no one had made a move, but the head adjudicator seemed to have seen the scariest and most unbelievable thing, and the rules that constituted the God’s Attendant on him began to collapse. He seemed to be bellowing, but also wailing.

The King’s pupils reflected everything.

His eyes were the ice on the long rivers in winter, ruthless and indifferent.

Similarly, it should not be the gaze that human beings should have.

The sound of the wind rushed like a tide.

“Go to hell.”

The world collapsed suddenly, fire and black mist swept through everything, countless pale hands stretched out from the twisted gaps, and firmly grasped the black-robed God’s Attendant. Hell cracked its mouth open and swallowed everything greedily.

The statues of angels collapsed, colorful glass shattered and fell from overhead, and large chunks of rock came crumbling down. The flames were engulfed with black mist, as if two poisonous snakes of different colors were intertwined, chaining the bones and dead souls within themselves. This scene was really like a true theater stage being burned down.

The King with the bone ring stood in the center of the stage.

The black and red world was imprinted on his ice-blue pupils, solidifying into an ancient image.

………

The Holy Court.

In that secret dark iron building.

The silent astrologers vomited out big mouthfuls of blood. They sat slumped on the ground, and the crystal balls in front of them cracked and shattered. The blood of the holy pool in the middle of the hall roiled, and the next moment, the silver crosses floating above it shot out one by one, like swords out of control, nailing into the surrounding walls with loud sounds.

The astrologers got up from the ground and were horrified to see the adjudicators in black robes falling back one by one.

The masks on their faces automatically slipped off and fell to the ground.

Under the masks, were faces that had lost any breath of life.

What happened?

The astrologers looked at each other.

………

The moonlight was bright and clean.

The King opened his eyes, rolled over and sat up from the bed.

He panted slightly, raised his hand and pressed his aching head. An inexplicable emotion remained in his heart, both like anger as well as cold indifference.

He seemed to have had a long nightmare once again.

He always dreamt.

In the original world, he always had nightmares one after another. When he woke up, he would forget what he had done in the dream. Only a kind of weakness and rage remained, as if he was reminding himself of something he must remember. But what were those dreams?

The King did not know.

After coming to Legrand, he hadn’t had that kind of dream for a long time.

He pressed his forehead and breathed calmly.

After a long time, the King let go.

Suddenly, he realized what was different from before he fell asleep.

The King lowered his head.

In the cold moonlight, a bone ring was quietly worn on his finger.

——That was not a dream.

………………

Koszoya.

The ghost ship led by Charles docked quietly in the night. They had returned with heavy news.

In this short time of getting along, General Sheehan already had to restrain his desire to draw his sword many times. Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly rushed to meet the rumored Walway’s reliable first mate, Charles.

After Charles clearly and methodically relayed the outbreak of the Black Death on the other side of the Abyss Strait, General Sheehan was at the same time worried about the Black Death and involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief——thankfully, it was not necessary to continue working with the pirate captain again.

Just as this thought flashed through General Sheehan’s mind, the door was knocked open with a “bang”.

Bringing with him a strong scent of alcohol, Captain Hawkins swaggered into the room like he was dancing while shaking his cowhide hip flask at the same time.

“Hic——hey! Good fellow! Are you trying to exclude me?!”

Captain Hawkins slapped his hand on the sea map on the top of the desk.

General Sheehan’s head started to hurt again, and he subconsciously touched the sword at his waist.

Only to touch emptiness.

He was shocked, and the cold sweat came out almost immediately. General Sheehan was never without his sword. This was the basic professionalism of being a general.

“Hi, hi, are you looking for this? My good Mr. General.”

Captain Hawkins said cheerfully, and he raised his hand.

General Sheehan’s pupils dilated slightly when he saw Captain Hawkins lazily swaying a sword, which just happened to be his own. When was the sword silently taken away by the other?

Charles was not surprised by this. He rubbed his forehead which had a headache building: “What do you want now? Let me clarify first, this is a special period. I won’t go to the tavern with you to help you pay for the alcohol.”

The tone was rather weak and exasperated.

“My dear Charles! Why are you like that old bastard William? It hurts my heart too much! Isn’t the wise and great Captain Hawkins unable to pay for alcohol?” Captain Hawkins exclaimed angrily.

The expressions of Charles and Sheehan were unexpectedly the same, the expressions in thwir eyes conveying the same meaning:

Oh, really?

Captain Hawkins coughed: “Okay, okay, Mr. Romantic Knight, Mr. Stuffy Professor, have our mates get busy.”

He removed his hand from the table.

A crumpled letter was revealed underneath.

Charles picked it up and took a look.

“Some little mice need us to clean them up.”

Captain Hawkins said cheerfully.

When Captain Hawkins brought a letter from an overseas spy to speak with General Sheehan and Charles, at the same time, near the port of Koszoya.

The door of an ordinary fisherman’s house near the port was opened.

The sea breeze poured in, blowing away the smell of blood inside.

In the room, a locally dressed “fisherman” had fallen on the ground, blood gurgling from his throat. The room was dim, and only a slight cold light flickered.

That was a slender blade with a graceful arc.

Held in one hand that was as white as winter snow.

It was a woman’s hand.

In the age of knights and swords, blood and war seemed to be taken for granted as equated with men, and few people associated women with swords. But the hand holding the curved sword gave people the feeling that she should be holding a blade, the blood contributing to her extraordinary beauty.

Eleanor.

Legrand’s former warrior queen.

Holding the blade, she stepped over the corpse on the ground and walked to the door. Facing the night tide of the sea, the sea breeze blew back her black hair. The Queen Mother Eleanor lowered her head, looked at the sword in her hand, turning it slightly. The light of the blade reflected in her dark green eyes.

It was an overseas spy who was killed by her.

Secret agents from overseas.

This was nothing rare or uncommon. In fact, every country would send many people to act in this kind of role, and Legrand was no exception. This was the case between countries, everything was based on interests, and there was no righteousness to speak of at all.

In the end, Eleanor did not stay in the palace for long.

She also knew the details about the Black Death. After this period of recuperation, Eleanor left the palace and came to the core of the southeast coastal ports, Koszoya.

During the time when William III was on the expedition, the queen who was the regent ruler of the country for her husband was very clear about what it meant to blockade the sea and how many special roles there would be concealed in places like ports. So she came to the harbour to be a sentinel just as she used to in the palace, guarding her child in the shadows.

She stood alone on the beach, like a murderous iron pike.

This iron pike had been polished day and night for the past more than ten years, just to drink the blood of the enemy.

Eleanor’s fingers flicked the arc sword, and the blade vibrated and gave a simple melody.

It was the melody played by Legrand’s young king plucking at the strings of an instrument when a 17-year-old Eleanor and a 21-year-old William met. The young queen met the young monarch in the autumn when the red leaves were like fire. The queen’s long dress was boldly beautiful and bright, and the monarch’s back was as straight as a sword.

The most romantic encounter, love sprouting in the midst of blood and fire.

That was the young Eleanor and the young William.

They made a pact that one day, Legrand would be strong and prosperous.

On the throne and under the glory, they were the only ones standing side by side.

Thrum——

The blade screeched, the Queen Mother had flicked too hard for the last time, and the blade trembled endlessly, breaking the original harmonious melody.

The memories came to an abrupt end.

Eleanor held the handle tightly, the joints of her fingers turning white.

The secret letter from the King had arrived, and the customs would officially implement the blockade in three days. The plague was breaking out on the land on the other side.

How much effort must a mortal go to in order to gain freedom?

You c an fi nd t he la te st cha pte rs at ( th e bl mu se . c o m )

If killing an evil dragon was not enough, then killing God too, would that be enough?

They were dragon killers, and they were the wrath of mortals.

The Queen Mother pushed the sword back into the sheath, and she turned and walked into the darkness.

Behind her, the crashing waves sounded like angry bellows.

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