797 Blessing or Curse (1/2)
The capital city was right in front of their eyes, and they could see numerous divine arts practitioners expanding the city by renovating the city walls. The divine arts practitioners built the city wall to be very high, and numerous divine arts practitioners marked runes of defense with beast's blood on the city walls.
Qin Mu came to the bottom of the city and asked around. The one in charge of renovating the city was a disciple of Heavenly Works Hall, and he said, ”Not long ago, there was a half-god that transformed into a divine beast to attack the capital city, destroying a section of the city wall. As a result, Imperial Preceptor ordered us to expand the capital city and reinforce the walls, making them higher. Cult Master, please take a look at these runes that were designed by Formation Hall, are they feasible?”
Qin Mu received the formation runes from him and examined them in detail. He saw that the formation was very intricate, and the design also had quite the sense of beauty. He said with a smile, ”Not bad. Formation Hall's attainments in formation skills have already surpassed mine, I will still have to study for a period of time in order to catch up.”
”Cult Master overpraises us.”
That disciple said with a smile, ”Spear God has been teaching formation skills in all parts of the empire recently. Saint Woodcutter also sorted out numerous formation skills of the Founding Emperor Era and passed them to him. Spear God then taught them to us, and we benefited greatly.”
Blind was the Spear God he was talking about.
While Qin Mu had roamed around, Blind, Deaf, and the rest had been teaching what they had learned at the schools in all parts of the empire. In addition to Saint Woodcutter, Heavenly Teacher Fisherman, Di Yiyue, and the rest imparting the knowledge to them, it was how Eternal Peace had developed at such a godly pace.
According to the normal turn of events, Eternal Peace would have definitely prospered, but with the Primordial Realm breaking out of the seal, its resurface had resulted in Eternal Peace being broken up into pieces.
And as of now, Eternal Peace's control over its original territories was very low.
Not long later, they arrived at Imperial Preceptor's manor. Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor had just returned from the palace and was rather exhausted, so he was resting. Imperial Preceptor's wife went to get him and said to Qin Mu, ”My husband has been out quelling the rebellions, and just as he returned, the emperor called him to the imperial palace for dozens of days. He is truly exhausted.”
Qin Mu said apologetically, ”I'm really sorry for disturbing junior brother's rest.”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor said, ”Second senior brother is courteous. The empire is in danger now, and that's what I should do. The emperor has also lost weight and is only a bag of bones now. If the ruler is like that, what about me? You never visit without a reason, so there must be something urgent this time.”
Qin Mu hesitated for a moment and expressed his intention for coming. ”I'm here to consult you on how to have a baby.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Imperial Preceptor's wife originally thought he wanted to talk about serious matters, so she blushed when she heard what Qin Mu said. She hurriedly got up to leave, but she suddenly turned back and led Gongsun Yan out as well. As she was leaving, she said with a smile, ”Let the two men talk, we sisters can have a little chat.”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor waited for them to leave before scolding furiously, ”The empire is in danger, and you still have the mood to have a baby! Qin Mu, to think I respected you as my senior brother, how can you be so absurd!”
Qin Mu hurriedly explained himself, ”I have already had Martial Arts Heavenly Teacher destroy my Divine Bridge Divine Treasure because I wanted to reopen the Divine Bridge Divine Treasure and find a way for the people of Eternal Peace to solve the issue of having a broken divine bridge once and for all. The reason why I'm thinking of having a child is that I want to see if the seventh divine treasure that I open up can be inherited by our descendants and the later generation. If it can be inherited, the issue of the people of Eternal Peace having broken divine bridges can be completely solved.”
”I've wronged you.”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor rose and bowed to the ground. He said sincerely, ”I still thought that second senior brother was licentious, never did I expect second senior brother to be the one truly thinking of the people of the world, carrying the weight of the world with righteousness etched into your bones! You took the initiative to destroy your Divine Bridge Divine Treasure, but I don't have that boldness of yours! I'm sincerely convinced that you are worthy of being my senior brother! I thank you on behalf of the people of the world!”
Qin Mu hurriedly pulled him up and said with a smile, ”I don't deserve this. Junior brother, so how do I have a child?”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor was originally very serious, but now his face suddenly blushed, and he coughed repeatedly. He seemed to be troubled.
Qin Mu said suspiciously, ”You know, but you don't want to tell me, you're indeed hiding it for yourself!”
”It's not hiding it for myself, it's just not easy to say it out loud.”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor hurriedly said, ”Even primary school scholars know. There are classes regarding this in the primary schools, just head over there and listen.”
Qin Mu shook his head and said, ”I have never been to primary school. When I left the Great Ruins, I went straight to the Imperial College.”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor frowned. He looked left and right before saying with a low voice, ”Let me go fetch something, you will understand after seeing it.” After he said that, he left in a hurry.
After a moment, he came back in a fluster and took out a book from his sleeve. He stuffed it into Qin Mu's hands and said, ”I also didn't know about this originally, and I didn't know much about the affairs of men and women. After the emperor got me to marry, I was also at a loss, and so the emperor gave me this book. After reading it, I understood. Take it, it will definitely solve your doubts.”
Qin Mu looked at the cover of the book, and on it were these few words, >. When he flipped it open to take a look, inside were pictures instead, pictures of man and woman. The pictures could even move, and it showed that the path of painting was extremely superior. Not only had the person painted them vividly, but thepainterhad also achieved the first realm of the painting path as said by Scholar, he was truly extraordinary.
Qin Mu took a look and his face flushed. He hurriedly covered up the book. ”How can it be like this? How shameful! I don't want to have a child any more!”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor said, ”I also thought it was very shameful at first and even dirty, that it was an insult to sage. Afterward, when I tried it, it wasn't bad and was actually rather interesting.”
Qin Mu felt a pain in his heart and said in disdain, ”Junior brother, you have fallen!”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor argued, saying, ”This is the natural order of a human relationship, how have I fallen? If you don't want it, then return to me! I'm not lending it to you anymore.”
Qin Mu was about to return it to him when he suddenly took it back. ”Let me take a look first, I need to judge these kinds of actions... Eh? This painting path seems familiar, who is the author of Romantic Dairy of the Capital City?”
His suspicions grew as he looked. He flipped to the title page and then to the end page, but he couldn't find the signature.
”These brush strokes, this kind of attainment in the painting path...”
Qin Mu's fury couldn't be contained as he stuttered, ”G-G-Grandpa Deaf, have you fallen to such an extent?”
Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor coughed repeatedly. ”It's indeed the work of Heavenly Art Saint. Otherwise, I wouldn't have concealed it. The emperor asked me for it back numerous times, and I said I had lost it, so I didn't return it to him. This is the only copy, Heavenly Art Saint only drew this one book, and it was when he was poor and in dire straits. Now that he's wealthy, he would be unwilling to draw another one. You need to return this to me after you're done.”