247 Plan (1/2)
In his actualised dream world, a golden fruit was floating in mid-air, and it was covered in the glow from the countless runes on it.
”This... doesn't seem like a spiritual fruit!”
Fang Yuan thought to himself.
The white flower could only be considered as 'half spiritual'. Leveraging on the way plants grow, it mimicked it to enter the world.
The most direct way to prove this theory was the fact that his own botany skill did not improve.
”Based on common sense, a spiritual plant which was able to attract the heaven's attention should be enough for me to achieve a breakthrough in my Botany, right? But now, it seems like there are no changes...”
Fang Yuan looked at his own stats window. ”The only explanation is that the stats window does not consider it to be a spiritual plant?”
Fang Yuan examined the golden fruit closely.
It was concentrated with runes on its surface like stars in the night sky. The runes were arranged in a specific manner, but it was unknown as to what message it was trying to convey.
Furthermore, just by looking at it would make his eyes dazzle.
”It's alright. I'll look up on information on it when I return to Da Qian. From there, I might get some information...”
Fang Yuan looked up to the skies which were clearing up and turned around to leave. ”Our three months are up. Since he had asked me for help here, I will have to return to meet up with Feng Xinzi to hear about his plan...”
...
After living in seclusion for two months before returning to civilization, Fang Yuan realised that Lie Country had ended up in a turmoil.
Fires were burning everywhere and there were fights among the soldiers. Even the peaceful lake was pushed into unrest as the dwellers made preparations to leave anytime.
”What happened?”
As he arrived at a city, he took out his knife-shaped coins and randomly asked a person on the streets who appeared educated.
”Oh...”
The scholar was around his 40s and had a goatee. He was wearing a pale green robe and it seemed like he was drinking to drown his sorrows. With a long sigh, he replied. ”The country is unfortunate with a series of disasters... Two months ago, the Golden Dragon God was killed and there was unrest at the Golden Dragon Lake. The Lie Country continued to pressure and the two brothers of the king of Lie Country, Lord Chunhe and Lord Huixing gathered their troops to rebel. There were rumours that they had obtained the dragon's realm energy and took over ten cities, killing the imperial soldiers and are now starting to take over the capital!”
”Such a thing could happen?”
With The Qin Yi's memories, Fang Yuan was rather familiar with the happenings in Lie Country.
The lords here had their own pieces of land and their own private army. However, if they were not of the royal family, they would not be approved of power and status.
Lord Chunhe and Lord Huixing were strong contenders with influence and troops under them. With a sense of justice, they could cause trouble for the country if they led the rebellion.
”This feels weird...”
Fang Yuan took out a string of coins and chased the scholar away. There was a look of suspicion on his face. ”Although both of them will benefit in the short term, the people under them would lose their homes and would hate them. Could they be frenzied? Wait a moment...”
There was a glow in his eyes. ”Could it be that... Feng Xinzi and Yu Tianlao were behind all these? That's right. With this explanation, everything would make sense! His big plan would be to...”
At this point in time, Fang Yuan's eyes glittered. He quickly rushed towards Lie Country's capital.
...
The capital of Lie Country laid on a piece of flatland. The city walls were tall and surrounding the city was endless plots of farms.
But now, there were fires everywhere and smoke filled the air. There was a campsite set up just outside the city walls and the soldiers were sleeping with their weapons. War could happen anytime.
Not just that, in the daytime, soldiers would go out and harvest from the farms. It was evident that they wanted to cut off their food supply and had the intention to trap them for a long period of time.
On the city walls, as the king of Lie Country looked across, he was a little dizzy. ”Why did this happen! Oh, why did this happen?”
He was in his 40s and his face was a healthy red. His skin was smooth and appeared young. He had considerable experience in politics but had not fought a war before. Therefore, he was lost at what to do facing such a situation, which put him at a disadvantage.
As the king of Lie Country, he had the protection of the dragon's realm energy, the assistance from his zodiac and strength from Shinto. However, he still did not dare to retaliate. As for the threats from martial artists, he had his personal guards to take care of them.
However, what would be the use if he was the last one standing and the whole country was destroyed?
”Have you investigated?”
After a long sigh, the king of Lie Country gritted his teeth with a face of determination. Why are my two brothers rebelling?”
”Reporting!”
An official in black took a bow. He was in charge of reporting information. ”Based on information from our spies, the Lords are being controlled by demons!”
”Demons?”
The king frowned.
”Since a long time ago, they were not reliant on the king, which meant that they would not have the assistance from the realm energies! However, the two demons both of mysterious spells which are able to hypnotise both Lords, by are able to strengthen them too, which ultimately resulted in the unrest today!”
The official in black lowered his head and kowtowed, and his forehead started to bleed. ”I have not done my job, I deserve to die!”
”I am being blessed by the heavens! With the protection of the country's realm energy, how could demons possibly create unrest?”
With this news, the king was relieved. ”Regardless of anything that might happen, my capital is heavily guarded. As long as we can defend until the few masters arrive, by then, they would be able to destroy the demons!”
”Wise words, king!”
Hundreds of officials echoed at the same time.
He had no choice but to go with this plan. Although it should not be considered a plan, it was nonetheless effective.