894 To Deal With the Problem From the Roo (2/2)

Yu Chen'zi was stumped.

The rest frowned, still not quite understanding.

”This sort of good deal, the celestial heavens will naturally be willing to accept. It's just that…”

Yu Chen'zi was in a dilemma. ”The workmen of Eternal Peace will have to painstakingly forge these treasures, yet they will only be able to trade for the coins from the celestial heavens. This is a little…”

Qin Mu replied, ”As long as the currency can be circulated within the Primordial Realm, it will be good enough. We don't have to bother with how much can be earned. Can you do it?”

Yu Chen'zi replied resolutely, ”Yes!”

Qin Mu sighed in relief. ”Then, how long will the manufacturing factories of Eternal Peace need to squeeze out the manufacturing factories of the celestial heavens such that the celestial heavens will only be left with the Patriarch Creation Palace that forges the heavy-duty divine weapons?”

Yu Chen'zi was startled, and then he laughed. ”What you're suggesting is dealing with the problem at the roots by destroying the foundation of economic livelihood for the celestial heavens! The forces of the celestial heavens are multifarious. With divine weapons that are practically free being readily available, the manufacturing factories of the celestial heavens won't be able to hold on for long and will ultimately be replaced by Eternal Peace! By then, across all of Eternal Peace, there will be manufacturing factories capable of forging divine weapons, while the celestial heavens will no longer have any manufacturing factories they can make use of!”

He paced back and forth. ”Under the celestial heavens are the four extremes, Xuandu, the Primordial Realm, Youdu, Mingdu, Southern Heaven, Northern Heaven, Eastern Heaven, and Western Heaven. There are also thirty-six celestial palaces and seventy-two throne halls, as well as the tens of thousands of worlds and heavens! If Eternal Peace can supply all of the necessities, armaments, and military provisions for the celestial heavens, the properties of the tens of thousands of worlds and heavens will be gradually hollowed out, and they will no longer have any wealth. At that time, the lives of the people in the tens of thousands of worlds and heavens will be destitute, and they will definitely revolt.”

Qin Mu replied, ”I only asked you how long would be needed.”

Yu Chen'zi replied earnestly, ”At most, a hundred years!”

Qin Mu pondered. ”A hundred years, it's enough. Will you be able to use the free divine weapons to negotiate for the annual Emperor sacrificial offerings to not require virgin males and females as blood sacrifices?”

Yu Chen'zi thought about it for a while, then said, ”I can try.”

”Regarding the other various details, you are all much more proficient than I am. With regards to how to settle down the citizens, how to revive the family businesses of the people, and how to cultivate farmland and plant crops to get through the current famine—there are many proficient civil officials in the imperial courts, so you can all ask them for advice. My elders are proficient in the various ultimate arts of Sword Dao, formations, forging skills, the art of healing, calligraphy, and painting. Feel free to ask them for help and advice.”

Qin Mu stood up and bowed. ”Then, Eternal Peace shall be entrusted to you all!”

Everyone was astonished and hurriedly got up to return his bow. Dao Master Lin Xuan said, ”Why did Cult Master say such a thing? Are you not going to stay in Eternal Peace? Now that you are the Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and have the status of Celestial Venerable Mu, there are countless people who are watching you. You aren't in the proper condition right now, so you probably shouldn't go out and run around anymore.”

Qin Mu straightened up, and he felt a little dizzy as he smiled and said, ”If I stay in Eternal Peace, the celestial heavens will never take their eyes off of it. What they are watching isn't Eternal Peace but me, Celestial Venerable Mu. As the Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, if I roam about the lands, Eternal Peace will have the opportunity and time to take a breather. You all need not convince me further.”

Si Yunxiang looked towards Ling Yuxiu, who had a complicated expression as she said, ”The Imperial Preceptor is leaving the capital city, when will you return?”

Qin Mu replied, ”After I return, I will come and find all of you. Regarding when I will return, I haven't decided yet.”

”Return here on this day next year, how is that?”

Ling Yuxiu looked at him and continued in a gentle voice, ”I know that your body isn't in good condition. Come back at this time next year so that I know that you're still alive.”

Qin Mu burst into laughter and nodded his head vigorously. ”This day next year, I will return!”

He turned around and walked out. At the palace gate, he woke up the dragon qilin, and they walked towards the Imperial Preceptor's manor together.

”Is Cult Master Qin's situation dangerous?” Wang Muran watched him leave and then whispered.

”He no longer has a soul.”

Yu Chen'zi said in a low voice, ”I have never met anyone without a soul who managed to stay alive.”

”Cult Master doesn't intend to hide in a corner by himself to die quietly, right?”

Si Yunxiang was suddenly worried, and her eyes turned red as she said in a low voice, ”I'm afraid that he's worried that we will be sad, so he's going to hide himself to die slowly. Even if his corpse is found, no one will know that he is Celestial Venerable Mu, Cult Master Qin, the Imperial Preceptor of Eternal Peace…”

Ling Yuxiu shook her head. ”He will return. One year from today, he will return here to meet us again!”

There were two Imperial Preceptor's manors within the capital city. One was the manor of the previous generation Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, Jiang Baigui, while the other was Qin Mu's side palace, which contained a verdant and lush Primordial Tree.

Qin Mu came to the foot of the Primordial Tree and touched its body. Suddenly, Gongsun Yan, who was in a green skirt and holding a little kettle, came around from behind the tree with a smile. ”Younger Brother, you have returned? Yan'er, your young master has returned!”

From the nest in the crown of the tree, Yan'er stuck out her head, and following that, a chubby green sparrow flew down and landed on Qin Mu's shoulder. She laughed and said, ”The nest here is really comfortable, I don't even want to get up anymore. Young Master, do you intend to leave?”

Qin Mu nodded and smiled. ”Sister Yan'er, since the nest here is comfortable, you can remain here, and you can also look after Eternal Peace.”

Yan'er hesitated for a moment before she shook her head. ”Goddess asked me to follow you around, so I cannot remain here. Also, Yan'er (Gongsun Yan) is even better at taking care of people than I am, and even I have been waited upon by her comfortably. There's everything within the phoenix's nest—she prepared all sorts of fruits for me, and there are even worms for me to eat! I haven't met someone who is even more considerate than myself, and now I'm even fatter.”

The dragon qilin stuck his head out from behind Qin Mu and was about to speak when the round green sparrow glared at him and barked, ”Fatty Dragon, shut up!”

The dragon qilin didn't dare speak.

Gongsun Yan said in a troubled tone, ”I also want to leave with all of you, it's just that I'm rooted here…”

Qin Mu smiled warmly. ”Then, just remain here. This is also where my roots are, so I'll return.”