Chapter 906 – Sui Dynasty Ambassador
Ouyang Shuo arranged for Zu Chongzhi to enter the natural sciences college. He would take up the role of vice dean while the dean was science saint Mo Zi. The moment Zu Chongzhi was appointed, a System Notification sounded out through the China region.
"System Notification: Mathematics representative - Zu Chongzhi - has arrived in the Great Xia Dynasty, working at the Natural Sciences College, accepting disciples, fulfilling the three requirements for the school of thought to move in. The mathematics school officially moves into Shanhai City."
...
"System Notification: Mathematics school of thought moved into Shanhai City, rewarding Shanhai City with the title Land of Mathematics. Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi!"
...
"System Notification: Shanhai City current title Land of Philosophers automatically covers the Land of Mathematics title, removing relevant title rewards, awarding Shanhai City with an
Astronomical Observatory. Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi!"
...
At this point, the China region players were already numb.
The attraction power of the Great Xia Dynasty was something that the other territories could not compare to. The arrival of historical talents also helped to boost their reputation in the circle, which in turn attracted more historical people over.
This cycle repeats.
At the current stage, Ouyang Shuo did not even need to recruit them, and there would be a large amount of people coming over. This was the snowball effect; the moment they started rolling, the snowball would only roll bigger and bigger, and the advantage would grow more and more obvious.
Ouyang Shuo did not bother about it and took a look at the stats of the Astronomical Observatory.
Name: Astronomical Observatory
Type: Special Building
Function: Raises astronomical prediction efficiency by 400%
Specialty: Increases attraction to astronomers by 20%; raises reputation of dynasty by 5% 
Note: This is a building that is specially built to observe the stars and planets. One can predict the weather based on the stars.
In ancient times, predicting the weather was really important to agriculture and the army. If one was able to predict the weather changes, they could greatly increase the efficiency of the agriculture industry.
The third special person to join the Great Xia Dynasty this time was the North Wei agriculture expert, Jia Sixie.
Jia Sixie; his background was not specified. He was appointed as the Governor of Gaoyang, and the Qimin Yaoshu that he wrote gathered the agricultural knowledge since Qin and Han in the Yellow River region.
Qimin Yaoshu had many chapters like farming, vegetables, fruit trees, trees, brewing, foreign plants, and the like; it was the earliest agricultural encyclopedia in China.
Compared to Zu Chongzhi, Jia Sixie was a pure academic. He had taken control of a region and also personally participated in agriculture production, combining theory and practical experience.
After they met, Ouyang Shuo appointed Jia Sixie as the Administration Court Agriculture Department Director.
When establishing the country, the Agriculture Division was promoted to the Agriculture Department, under it there was the Irrigation Division, Land Reclamation Division, Fishing Division, Forestry Division, and Husbandry Division to take charge of the agricultural industry of the entire dynasty.
The original secretary, Sun Yannong, could be considered an old minister of the dynasty. However, he had limited ability, and he lacked the power to command the entire situation. After establishing the country, he was appointed as the land reclamation secretary, a primary grade 5 official.
The role of Agriculture Director had been empty till now. In order to maintain the running of the department, the cabinet temporarily ordered him to manage the Agriculture Department matters as a secretary.
Similar situations happened in the Construction Department, which had the Planning Division, the Construction Division, the Craftwork Division, and Road and the Bridge Division. The original secretary, Hao Jiancheng, became the planning division secretary but helped to manage the department matters.
After establishing the country, Ouyang Shuo was really careful about each key position.
Especially the director of agriculture and construction, where it was better to leave it empty than to hire someone bad.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo did not treat Sun Yannong badly, and he was ready to move him to Zhen An Prefecture Governor to take over Mulan Yue's previous position.
At this date, a large batch of natives like Sun Yannong had already grown up and slowly became the core of the dynasty.
At the House and County level, a large half of them came out from this batch of talents. Especially those who had studied in Lianzhou College before it became Xinan University, they were doing the best.
This batch of people was termed as the college faction. Those who joined the first batch of students that Ouyang Shuo personally taught lived as the disciples of the son of god.
...
The Great Xia Dynasty obtained three historical talents, and the other Lords obtained some too.
Wang Meng joined Handan City because of the relationship between Di Chen and Fu Jian; Xie Xuan was rejected by Ouyang Shuo and brought a bunch of Xie family members to join Zhan Lang and the Blood Red City.
Wang Xizhi, Xie Lingyun, Xie Daoyun, and other members of the two families followed Xie Xuan to Blood Red City. Who knows what Zhan Lang did to recruit Xie Xuan, but he became the biggest winner of the Battle of Fei River.
General Ran Min was accepted by Feng Qiuhuang, while Huan Chong was recruited by Wufu. Similarly, the Huan family followed Huan Chong and moved into Stone City, adding to the talent pool he had.
The remaining historical talents had not shown themselves and were waiting for Lords to recruit them.
6th month, 25th day, Quanzhou.
Along with Emperor Wen of Sui moving into Quanzhou, this imperial city welcomed a silent upgrade. The city style changed, and it basically inherited the building style of the Sui Dynasty imperial city Daxing City.
Daxing City was the Chang An City of Tang.
Before the Sui Dynasty established the country, the Capital City was still at Chang An old city. Due to a long battle, it was torn and tattered. Furthermore, the palace was really small, and it was not suitable to build the imperial city of a dynasty.
Along with a hundred years of poor polluted water, water provision also became a problem. Hence, Yang Jian gave up Gu Chang An City that was north of Longshouyuan. He also gave up on the Han Chang An City south of Longshouyuan. He chose to build a new city.
In the second year since the dynasty's establishment, he ordered Yuwen Kai to take charge of designing and building a new city - Daxing City.
Yuwen Kai referenced Luoyang City and North Qi Yedu North City. He used the six hills south of Longshouyuan as the core to set the basis of the overall planning of Chang An City.
The six hills were the structure of Daxing City. The palace, political organizations, and temples were all built high above; there was a clear difference between it and the normal civilian area. In between the ridges, apart from civilian residence, there were canals to bring water in and lakes that were dug to increase the water regions in the city.
Daxing City made use of the geographical advantage to appear more majestic. The flat areas of the city were all planned similarly and designed as a rectangle.
The city was made up of the palace, emperor city, and outer city, and it was separated into east and west.
Daxing City was the biggest city in the world, 2.4 times the size of Chang An City, 1.4 times the size of Beijing City, and 6.2 times bigger than Baghdad City built in 800 AD.
Before this, from Qin Han all the way to the northern and southern dynasty, the capital cities were planned. The palaces and streets all intersected and were really messy.
After Daxing City, capital cities started to be planned and the streets designed orderly.
The emperor palace, emperor city, and civilians were all separated. Lines were carefully drawn; it was safe and practical.
As the overall architect of Daxing City, Yuwen Kai had obtained a lot of credit. Yuwen Kai was also a rare expert in China's history in city planning and building designing.
...
Sui Dynasty ruling Quanzhou totally renewed this imperial city.
Be it the nobles or the million guards troops, they all changed from standard numbers to actual live individuals.
Within the city, there were signs of prosperity.
Imperial Palace, side palace.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was busy meeting Jia Sixie, Yang Jian also welcomed an ambassador.
The ambassador was none other than Wang Meng.
Although the Yang Jian who appeared in the wilderness was already close to 50, he had an overbearing aura and sharp eyes. An overlord's aura spread forth. Luckily, Wang Meng was a strong person and was already trained to be calm and unmovable under Fu Jian's teachings.
"You say that you represent the Yanhuang Alliance?" Yang Jian said.
After appearing in the wilderness, emperors and kings like Yang Jian would gain wilderness knowledge through Gaia. Hence, although Yang Jian was not an official, he was able to clearly see the relationship between Shanhai Alliance and Yanhuang Alliance.
Wang Meng nodded, "That's right; I bring my sincerity over."
Yang Jian laughed, "I am a protector of a region. Why would I need your sincerity?"
In the few days of coming to Quanzhou, Yang Jian was really energized. He had gotten familiar with the imperial city while also arranging officials to swiftly take over the imperial city and the prefecture where the city was located.
The more he learned, the happier he was with the foundation and basics of Quanzhou. It was good enough to compare with the Sui Dynasty. As a result, Yang Jian was so confident and looked down on the Yanhuang Alliance.
During such a chaotic time, Yang Jian also wanted to be able to achieve something.
Wang Meng was not fazed and calmly said, "I think you know about the character of the Great Xia Dynasty; they are really invasive. The Great Sui neighbors the Great Xia. Are you not afraid at all?"
"So what?" Yang Jian's eyes focused.
Wang Meng's words touched at the painful parts of Yang Jian. If one had to say what he was unhappy about after appearing in the wilderness, it would be the existence of the Great Xia Dynasty.
How could Yang Jian have expected that the wilderness would actually have such a beast?
The more he understood about the Great Xia Dynasty, the heavier Yang Jian felt. Although he did not want to admit it, be it in terms of land, population, economy, military or politics, the Great Xia was better than the Great Sui.
If one said that Great Sui had the power of one dynasty, then the Great Xia had gathered the power of five thousand years of China.
In terms of geography, Quanzhou Prefecture where the Great Sui was located was surrounded by the Great Xia, and even its ocean surface was being locked down by the Great Xia navy.
Such a situation was really uncomfortable for an emperor.
Wang Meng smiled, "If your highness is willing, the Yanhuang Alliance can help the Great Sui."


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However, in an unexpected turn of events, Ouyang Shuo found himself back five years before the betrayal – right before the launch of Earth Online. This time, armed with the knowledge from his past life, Ouyang Shuo would venture upon a new path.

How to perfectly complete quests? What historical battle maps would appear? How should one build up their territory? Utilizing the experience from the predecessors of his last life, Ouyang Shuo makes his bid for the top against all odds. Follow his journey as he seeks to lord over the world!

A different kind of tale that blends historical characters and virtual reality gaming, with heavy emphasis on kingdom building and warfare.

Like every morning for the past fourteen years, Chen Chang Sheng woke up at five, used five seconds to calm himself, then got off the bed, dressed up, folded the quilts, and made the bed. In the dining room of the inn, he ate a bowl of duck porridge and four freshly made hot meat buns. He then returned to his bedroom, rinsed his mouth using the tea from last night, and dressed up before walking out into the yard.

–Now that he was no longer in the small temple at Xi Ning Village. He didn't have to chop firewood and deliver water. Facing the morning fog and light coming from far away, he closed his eyes and started to silently read the Scriptures of The Way. Until he felt refreshed and alert, his daily routine of the day was over. He walked out from the side door to the crowded and noisy street in the Capital.

He had a roster in his hand. On the roster were the names of some schools in the Capital. After getting the addresses from the market manager, he walked faster. He didn't notice that there was a wagon following him. He didn't see that the horse possessed unicorn blood, and of course, he didn't notice the bloody phoenix emblem on the wheel.

Long ago, The Heavenly Tomes descended upon the world. Humans were enlightened, and developed countless teachings, but all the change originated from one point. The classics and scrolls that were written in the past all traced the source of the change. Agriculture, industry, business, and education were all included. Now, publicly, the most authoritative evaluation to these was the annual Grand Examination

The Grand Examination was initiated by the first emperor of Zhou, Emperor Taizu. Whether to become a government official, military general, or even a priest in the Orthodoxy, the grade from the Grand Examination was the most important criterion. Most importantly, Emperor Taizu declared that only the top three grades had the right to enter the Mausoleum of Books. Because of this rule, each year, countless elites would come to the Capital. During the year of the first Grand Examination, Emperor Taizu stood on the wall to look at the geniuses from various sects on the continent who came in. He smiled and then spoke a line which is not only famous today but also established the status of the Grand Examination.

In the Southern countries, the powerful sects, such as the Longevity Sect, were extremely dissatisfied with this rule. To them, even though the Mausoleum of Books was at the Capital of Zhou, the Heavenly Tomes were divine rocks that had fallen from heaven and should be the commonwealth of the entire continent. Therefore, the South had attempted to resist the Grand Examination for many years, making the relationship between the two sides tense.

The Mausoleum of Books was too important to cultivators. Even though the Zhou Dynasty was very strong, it still could not monopolize it. The South, on the other hand, also could not resist the lure to enter the Mausoleum to see the stela. Even after the demons were defeated, the South still tried to resist the Grand Examination publicly. Even though the South tried to resist, there were many elites that traveled from the South to take the exam in private.

After the Divine Empress came to power, the Zhou Dynasty eventually formed an agreement with the South. The Southern sects and countries were allowed to freely send out diplomatic corps to participate in the Grand Examination. To make it fairer, the evaluation was based on both sides. Moreover, the southern students did not have to accept titles and rewards from the Zhou Dynasty. The test takers will all be treated equally. After many years, the examinations got a brand new name: Grand Examination.

In many years, the Grand Examination selected countless elites. It's known that the strongest elites on the continent had all traveled to the Zhou Capital and participated in the Grand Examination. Other well known facts were: the current Pope of the Orthoxy and the Elder of the south's Holy Maiden Peak were once winners of the Grand Examination. Not to mention, some geniuses from the West's yao race transformed themselves as humans and came to participate in the Grand Examination. Even for the demon race, there was a Prince who took the risk to come and participate. His identity was detected by the former Pope and exorcised into ashes.

Those were stories from many years ago. Now, what people were more concerned about was, in next year's Grand Examination. Would Qiu Shan Jun from the Longevity Sect attend? How many of the Seven Laws would get into the First Grading? Would Xu You Rong break through her stage early and leave Holy Maiden Peak to return to the Capital? Would the cold and mysterious genius elite on the demon's wild plains appear in front of people for the first time? Or would he continue to violently chase and kill more demons? People in the Capital also cared about how many outstanding geniuses from all the schools in the Capital will show up this year.

Yes, there are many schools in the Capital. The Divine Empress held power. Under her strict rule, the government officials were candid and efficient. (TL: Yea sure… look at the Xu family please >.> they are totally candid…) People's lives gradually improved. In these decades, The Empire was in a golden age. Multiple schools appeared like the bamboo shoots in spring after raining. Indeed, in recent years there were many private schools that were taught by the elites from the Orthodoxy. Their goal was to aim specifically for the Grand Examination. Of course, the most famous and influential schools were still the ones with the longest history. Among them, two of the schools were even established earlier than the Zhou Dynasty.

On Chen Chang Sheng's roster were six schools, the Heavenly Academy he was currently walking to was on the top of the list. In fact, even among the entire continent, Heavenly Academy could be ranked highly — In the recent two hundred years, students from Heavenly Academy have obtained 1st place in the Grand Examination a total of twenty four times. The students of Heavenly Academy were all very talented. The school nurtured many important priests for the Orthodoxy, and educated countless cultivators for many sects. More importantly, the current Pope of the Orthodoxy was a past student of Heavenly Academy.

Heavenly Academy had the best record, so it was the hardest to get into, but there were still many taking the entrance exam. Chen Chang Sheng walked to the entrance of Heavenly Academy. Looking at the gate and looking at the name written by the first emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Taizu, he naturally felt a yearning to attend the school. Almost immediately, such a feeling was crushed due to the smell of sweat and ink. Subconsciously, he looked down.

When he left Xi Ning Village, he had already calculated the time. The time he arrived at the Capital coincided with the days the schools were recruiting students. He also expected that the number of people taking the exam would be large, but he didn't expect it to be a horrifying number. Especially when he looked at the young men who stood crookedly, looking lazy, and pointing at the crowd; he felt extremely uneasy.

Those young men wore the same style of attire. The clothes were mostly black and tied with a golden belt. That should be the uniforms of Heavenly Academy. Chen Chang Sheng knew that the people in line were the students who failed to pass the entrance exam at the beginning of the year. These people were usually full of themselves but now they were embarrassed due to their failure. They didn't show any good attitudes toward the test takers. Looking at the mocking expression in their eyes, Chen Chang Sheng lowered his head even more.

The act of lowering his head wasn't due to fear, but rather, was due to his slight mysophobia. Whether mentally or physically he didn't want to smell the sweat, nor hear the insulting words of the crowd.

"Just look at that idiot, looking like a pig. Why would he stick a fan into his collar? Does he think he is Prince Huan Yu? Why didn't he think that his fat neck will break the fan?"

"True, his steps seem to be soft and unsteady. He's probably only completed Purification for two months. How does he dare come to the entrance exam of Heavenly Academy when he hasn't set the groundwork for the Purification Stage? Where does he think he is? Orthodox Academy? Hilarious…..I don't understand what these idiots are thinking of, do they really think they can read and understand all the Scriptures of The Way with such a weak spirit and mind?"

"Read and understand all the Scriptures of The Way? Even the book worm, Gou Han Shi, doesn't dare to say he's accomplished that. You guys may sympathize with the troubles those idiots are going to endure, but I feel bad for their parents. Embarrassing themselves may be bad, but the money they wasted earlier can't be refunded. If I was the parent of that idiot pig, I would use the money to buy some pills and have him lose some weight so that he can at least find a wife to marry."

"So what if he found a wife to marry? The Han Mei Pill can only cure one person. If he has seventeen sons and daughters in the future, all of them will be as fat and stupid as he is. Is taking care of a litter of pigs a good thing?"

These students were laughing among themselves and recklessly commenting on the people taking the entrance exam. Their words were unbearable and they didn't control their volume. They actually wanted to be heard by the people they insulted. The face of the fat kid who got bullied turned bright red but he dared not to resist because everything the students said were true. He had just reached Purification ten days ago and probably had no chance to enter Heavenly Academy, but the most important point was that even if he did enter the academy, he wouldn't dare to mess with these seniors.

Chen Chang Sheng walked through the crowd and heard the unbearable conversation. He raised his eyebrows slightly and thought, if he was to be the one those students were commenting on, he didn't know if he could endure such insults. But luckily his head was low and his presence was ordinary. No one noticed him in the sea of people. He successfully passed the inky jade door and entered the school.

Because he was thinking about other things and his head was low, he didn't notice that the two big stone walls, next to the entrance of Heavenly Academy, had a few hundred names carved on them. It seemed like a list of some sort. Many desperate and admiring eyes were observing the names.

The family members and servants following the students taking the entrance exam weren't allowed into Heavenly Academy, therefore, after the students entered the school the environment suddenly became spacious. Chen Chang Sheng took out a clean white handkerchief from his pocket and swiped the sweat off his face. He took deep breaths to calm himself before he advanced. Following the student in front of him, he got to the back of the long line.

The number of people taking the entrance exam were countless. The line was so long that it looked like the Hundred Yard Snake from western mythology. The line stretched from the far away building all the way to the grassfield in front of Chen Chang Sheng. There was even a beautiful brook between the two locations. Many students who were taking the entrance exam stood on the wooden bridge on top of the brook. The cold wind of early spring blew into their faces and they were chilled by the coolness.

Soon enough, there were people coming out of the building and all of them were young men and young girls.They were just as expressionless as the people standing on top of the bridge due to the cold air. But since they weren't being blown at by the cool wind, it was probably due to their bad results. The people who were still in line became nervous after seeing their terrible expressions and stopped chatting with each other.

Since Chen Chang Sheng didn't know anyone, he didn't chat with anyone. He looked at the far away building curiously. The only thing he cared about right now was the entrance exam of Heavenly Academy. Was it still conducted the same way as stated in the books? Why did the people who fail back out so quickly? Has the exam of Heavenly Academy actually changed?

The crowd kept on moving forward. After passing the grassfield and the brook, Chen Chang Sheng arrived at a bamboo scaffold. Looking at the teacher who had a serious expression sitting behind the stone desk, Chen Chang Sheng saw a black stone fragment on the table, He realized the identity of the item. Remembering an old event that occurred in the Tao Scroll, he was slightly stunned.

To pick is to choose. This is a story about choices. Three thousand world full of gods and demons, with a scroll in hand you are able to control the entire universe… At the beginning of time, a mystical meteor came crashing down from outer space and scattered all over the world. A piece of it landed in the Eastern Continent. There were mysterious totems carved upon the meteor, and people gathered around it wanting to discover its usage. They discovered the Way, and established The Tradition. Several thousand years later, the fourteen years old orphan Chen Chang Shang left his master to cure his illness and change his fate. He brought a piece of marriage vow with him to the capital, thus began the journey of a rising hero.

Like every morning for the past fourteen years, Chen Chang Sheng woke up at five, used five seconds to calm himself, then got off the bed, dressed up, folded the quilts, and made the bed. In the dining room of the inn, he ate a bowl of duck porridge and four freshly made hot meat buns. He then returned to his bedroom, rinsed his mouth using the tea from last night, and dressed up before walking out into the yard.

–Now that he was no longer in the small temple at Xi Ning Village. He didn't have to chop firewood and deliver water. Facing the morning fog and light coming from far away, he closed his eyes and started to silently read the Scriptures of The Way. Until he felt refreshed and alert, his daily routine of the day was over. He walked out from the side door to the crowded and noisy street in the Capital.

He had a roster in his hand. On the roster were the names of some schools in the Capital. After getting the addresses from the market manager, he walked faster. He didn't notice that there was a wagon following him. He didn't see that the horse possessed unicorn blood, and of course, he didn't notice the bloody phoenix emblem on the wheel.

Long ago, The Heavenly Tomes descended upon the world. Humans were enlightened, and developed countless teachings, but all the change originated from one point. The classics and scrolls that were written in the past all traced the source of the change. Agriculture, industry, business, and education were all included. Now, publicly, the most authoritative evaluation to these was the annual Grand Examination

The Grand Examination was initiated by the first emperor of Zhou, Emperor Taizu. Whether to become a government official, military general, or even a priest in the Orthodoxy, the grade from the Grand Examination was the most important criterion. Most importantly, Emperor Taizu declared that only the top three grades had the right to enter the Mausoleum of Books. Because of this rule, each year, countless elites would come to the Capital. During the year of the first Grand Examination, Emperor Taizu stood on the wall to look at the geniuses from various sects on the continent who came in. He smiled and then spoke a line which is not only famous today but also established the status of the Grand Examination.

In the Southern countries, the powerful sects, such as the Longevity Sect, were extremely dissatisfied with this rule. To them, even though the Mausoleum of Books was at the Capital of Zhou, the Heavenly Tomes were divine rocks that had fallen from heaven and should be the commonwealth of the entire continent. Therefore, the South had attempted to resist the Grand Examination for many years, making the relationship between the two sides tense.


 

The Mausoleum of Books was too important to cultivators. Even though the Zhou Dynasty was very strong, it still could not monopolize it. The South, on the other hand, also could not resist the lure to enter the Mausoleum to see the stela. Even after the demons were defeated, the South still tried to resist the Grand Examination publicly. Even though the South tried to resist, there were many elites that traveled from the South to take the exam in private.

After the Divine Empress came to power, the Zhou Dynasty eventually formed an agreement with the South. The Southern sects and countries were allowed to freely send out diplomatic corps to participate in the Grand Examination. To make it fairer, the evaluation was based on both sides. Moreover, the southern students did not have to accept titles and rewards from the Zhou Dynasty. The test takers will all be treated equally. After many years, the examinations got a brand new name: Grand Examination.

In many years, the Grand Examination selected countless elites. It's known that the strongest elites on the continent had all traveled to the Zhou Capital and participated in the Grand Examination. Other well known facts were: the current Pope of the Orthoxy and the Elder of the south's Holy Maiden Peak were once winners of the Grand Examination. Not to mention, some geniuses from the West's yao race transformed themselves as humans and came to participate in the Grand Examination. Even for the demon race, there was a Prince who took the risk to come and participate. His identity was detected by the former Pope and exorcised into ashes.

Those were stories from many years ago. Now, what people were more concerned about was, in next year's Grand Examination. Would Qiu Shan Jun from the Longevity Sect attend? How many of the Seven Laws would get into the First Grading? Would Xu You Rong break through her stage early and leave Holy Maiden Peak to return to the Capital? Would the cold and mysterious genius elite on the demon's wild plains appear in front of people for the first time? Or would he continue to violently chase and kill more demons? People in the Capital also cared about how many outstanding geniuses from all the schools in the Capital will show up this year.


 
Yes, there are many schools in the Capital. The Divine Empress held power. Under her strict rule, the government officials were candid and efficient. (TL: Yea sure… look at the Xu family please >.> they are totally candid…) People's lives gradually improved. In these decades, The Empire was in a golden age. Multiple schools appeared like the bamboo shoots in spring after raining. Indeed, in recent years there were many private schools that were taught by the elites from the Orthodoxy. Their goal was to aim specifically for the Grand Examination. Of course, the most famous and influential schools were still the ones with the longest history. Among them, two of the schools were even established earlier than the Zhou Dynasty.

On Chen Chang Sheng's roster were six schools, the Heavenly Academy he was currently walking to was on the top of the list. In fact, even among the entire continent, Heavenly Academy could be ranked highly — In the recent two hundred years, students from Heavenly Academy have obtained 1st place in the Grand Examination a total of twenty four times. The students of Heavenly Academy were all very talented. The school nurtured many important priests for the Orthodoxy, and educated countless cultivators for many sects. More importantly, the current Pope of the Orthodoxy was a past student of Heavenly Academy.

Heavenly Academy had the best record, so it was the hardest to get into, but there were still many taking the entrance exam. Chen Chang Sheng walked to the entrance of Heavenly Academy. Looking at the gate and looking at the name written by the first emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Taizu, he naturally felt a yearning to attend the school. Almost immediately, such a feeling was crushed due to the smell of sweat and ink. Subconsciously, he looked down.

When he left Xi Ning Village, he had already calculated the time. The time he arrived at the Capital coincided with the days the schools were recruiting students. He also expected that the number of people taking the exam would be large, but he didn't expect it to be a horrifying number. Especially when he looked at the young men who stood crookedly, looking lazy, and pointing at the crowd; he felt extremely uneasy.

Those young men wore the same style of attire. The clothes were mostly black and tied with a golden belt. That should be the uniforms of Heavenly Academy. Chen Chang Sheng knew that the people in line were the students who failed to pass the entrance exam at the beginning of the year. These people were usually full of themselves but now they were embarrassed due to their failure. They didn't show any good attitudes toward the test takers. Looking at the mocking expression in their eyes, Chen Chang Sheng lowered his head even more.

The act of lowering his head wasn't due to fear, but rather, was due to his slight mysophobia. Whether mentally or physically he didn't want to smell the sweat, nor hear the insulting words of the crowd.


 

"Just look at that idiot, looking like a pig. Why would he stick a fan into his collar? Does he think he is Prince Huan Yu? Why didn't he think that his fat neck will break the fan?"

"True, his steps seem to be soft and unsteady. He's probably only completed Purification for two months. How does he dare come to the entrance exam of Heavenly Academy when he hasn't set the groundwork for the Purification Stage? Where does he think he is? Orthodox Academy? Hilarious…..I don't understand what these idiots are thinking of, do they really think they can read and understand all the Scriptures of The Way with such a weak spirit and mind?"

"Read and understand all the Scriptures of The Way? Even the book worm, Gou Han Shi, doesn't dare to say he's accomplished that. You guys may sympathize with the troubles those idiots are going to endure, but I feel bad for their parents. Embarrassing themselves may be bad, but the money they wasted earlier can't be refunded. If I was the parent of that idiot pig, I would use the money to buy some pills and have him lose some weight so that he can at least find a wife to marry."

"So what if he found a wife to marry? The Han Mei Pill can only cure one person. If he has seventeen sons and daughters in the future, all of them will be as fat and stupid as he is. Is taking care of a litter of pigs a good thing?"

These students were laughing among themselves and recklessly commenting on the people taking the entrance exam. Their words were unbearable and they didn't control their volume. They actually wanted to be heard by the people they insulted. The face of the fat kid who got bullied turned bright red but he dared not to resist because everything the students said were true. He had just reached Purification ten days ago and probably had no chance to enter Heavenly Academy, but the most important point was that even if he did enter the academy, he wouldn't dare to mess with these seniors.

Chen Chang Sheng walked through the crowd and heard the unbearable conversation. He raised his eyebrows slightly and thought, if he was to be the one those students were commenting on, he didn't know if he could endure such insults. But luckily his head was low and his presence was ordinary. No one noticed him in the sea of people. He successfully passed the inky jade door and entered the school.

Because he was thinking about other things and his head was low, he didn't notice that the two big stone walls, next to the entrance of Heavenly Academy, had a few hundred names carved on them. It seemed like a list of some sort. Many desperate and admiring eyes were observing the names.

The family members and servants following the students taking the entrance exam weren't allowed into Heavenly Academy, therefore, after the students entered the school the environment suddenly became spacious. Chen Chang Sheng took out a clean white handkerchief from his pocket and swiped the sweat off his face. He took deep breaths to calm himself before he advanced. Following the student in front of him, he got to the back of the long line.

The number of people taking the entrance exam were countless. The line was so long that it looked like the Hundred Yard Snake from western mythology. The line stretched from the far away building all the way to the grassfield in front of Chen Chang Sheng. There was even a beautiful brook between the two locations. Many students who were taking the entrance exam stood on the wooden bridge on top of the brook. The cold wind of early spring blew into their faces and they were chilled by the coolness.

Soon enough, there were people coming out of the building and all of them were young men and young girls.They were just as expressionless as the people standing on top of the bridge due to the cold air. But since they weren't being blown at by the cool wind, it was probably due to their bad results. The people who were still in line became nervous after seeing their terrible expressions and stopped chatting with each other.


 

Since Chen Chang Sheng didn't know anyone, he didn't chat with anyone. He looked at the far away building curiously. The only thing he cared about right now was the entrance exam of Heavenly Academy. Was it still conducted the same way as stated in the books? Why did the people who fail back out so quickly? Has the exam of Heavenly Academy actually changed?

The crowd kept on moving forward. After passing the grassfield and the brook, Chen Chang Sheng arrived at a bamboo scaffold. Looking at the teacher who had a serious expression sitting behind the stone desk, Chen Chang Sheng saw a black stone fragment on the table, He realized the identity of the item. Remembering an old event that occurred in the Tao Scroll, he was slightly stunned.

To pick is to choose. This is a story about choices. Three thousand worlds full of gods and demons, with a daoist scroll in your hand, you are able to control the entire universe… At the beginning of time, a mystical meteor came crashing down from outer space and scattered all over the world. A piece of it landed in the Eastern Continent. There were mysterious totems carved upon the meteor. Through viewing these totems, mankind comprehended the Dao and established the Orthodoxy. Several thousand years later, the fourteen years old orphan Chen Changsheng left his master to cure his illness and change his fate. He brought a part of a marriage vow with him to the capital, thus beginning the journey of a rising hero…

Chapter 524 – Sima Yi's Struggle (1)
Early June, 201 AD.
Traveled from You Province of Sima Clan, Sima Yi, Sima Lang, Sima Fu, 50,000 policemen, and 100,000 mercenaries arrived at Xu Province, where Cao Cao used to reside.
Sima Lang was Sima Yi's elder brother while Sima Fu was Sima Yi's younger brother These three brothers were the only ones who had the influence in Ji and Beiping Commandery. They secretly trained 100,000 men and disguised them as mercenaries to keep the royal clan in check by the order of Sima Fang.
The Sima household had this privilege since Tong had authorized them to do so since the beginning of their services, compensating for Tong's past offense of killing Sima Xin.
However, this army became Sima Yi's assets after Sima Fang's passing, which threatened Dong Bai and her authority.
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As ordered Sima Yi lead his family and his clansmen to occupy Cao Cao's headquarters, so they could secure a major agriculture region for the next harvest season in July. Then, the vanguard troops in Lujiang wouldn't have to worry about their provision.
But when Sima Yi found out that the cities' treasuries left them with nothing, he could only grumble and ask Dong Bai to send him more supplies.
Sima Yi: "Cao Cao left nothing in Xu. I need gold and a provision to maintain the territory. Please send supplies to my province."
Even though Sima Yi swore allegiance to Lilim, he didn't flee along with Cao Cao to regroup with Sun Ce. He knew that he would be targeted after the war, but he had his agendas for staying within Dong Bai's ranks.
After all, he still wanted Sun Ce dead. He couldn't stand working together with his father's murderer.
Moreover, he didn't have to fight against Tong's wives head-on even though he was Lilim's subordinate. From Sima Yi's perspective, Lilim hadn't given him any reward, so there was no need to fight for her at the moment. He could as well resume his duty as Tong's retainer and persuade Dong Bai to leave him alone.
Dong Bai: "The Silver Axe will head there along with supplies. Hand over your soldiers and province authority to them, and they will handle the rest. After you pass the authority over, join me on the frontline since I need there."
"…"
Sima Yi wasn't satisfied with Dong Bai's order as she just asked him to strip his power to her underlings.
'Am I the next target after Te Langpu? Are they suspecting me? Well, shit. Don't blame me if I have to use this method. I still want to live.'
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Three armies from Ye stopped at Qiao Commandery, which located southwest of Xiapi.
Xu Huang led his Silver Axe Legion here as ordered by Dong Bai. As for the other two armies, they were the newly formed troops, the Wu Legion, and the Red Tiger Legion.
Sun Quan acted as the grand commander of Wu Legion personally as he had the highest cultivation and status among the group. Lu Xun followed Sun Quan as the unit's strategist, and Cheng Pu acted his Sun Quan's aide.
As for the Red Tiger Legion, named to honor Sun Jian, Huang Gai became the grand commander. Lu Meng was his strategist, and the old veteran Han Dang worked with Huang Gai as his aide as usual.
The latter two armies were established after Sun Quan and Wu Guotai had agreed to submit to Diaochan and gave their immortal oath. From now on, they worked directly for the grand demoness.
Each army consisted of 50,000 mixed infantry and cavalry. All units also had reserve troops of 20,000 men to guard their army provision.
As such, 210,000 soldiers got into a position to guard against Sima Yi's 150,000 men in Xiapi. The rest depended on Sima Yi's action if he wanted to cooperate with Dong Bai in this campaign.
In the case if Sima Yi tried something stupid, Xu Huang, Sun Quan, and Huang Gai would attack Xiapi and destroy Sima Yi's entire clan.
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= Meanwhile =
Xu Huang: "I refuse! The Han Dynasty has already restored! There's no need for another civil war!"
Xu Huang: "Surrender now, and I'll persuade her majesty to spare your life!"
Cheng Yu: "We're not trying to rebel or anything. We've just sent our army south to Jianye and searched for Sun Ce's whereabouts. Why are you so agitated? A good general like you shouldn't point your sword against your former lord."
Xu Huang: "Stop the charade, Senior Cheng. We've worked together in the last life, and I know Cao Mende's personality! Your escape is nothing but a tactical retreat before a counterattack against the royal family forces. That's Mengde's favorite strategy in war!"
Cheng Yu: "Your accusation is baseless, General Xu. Please don't be so hostile. Mengde also wants peace, so he is working hard to prove himself. We need all the forces in Jiangdong, so we can search the region thoroughly."
Sitting in his resting tent, Xu Huang was debating against Cheng Yu using the private chat messenger.
Cheng Yu attempted to freeze Xu Huang's military activities while Xu Huang convinced Cheng Yu, trying to make the latter surrender.
Unfortunately, things did not go well for both sides.
Xu Huang: "I can't trust Cao Mengde anymore, Senior Cheng. You and Mengde committed too many atrocities in the other world, but I already turned a blind eye and ignored it. To be honest, I still regret it even now. I shouldn't have worked for genocidal lunatics like you and Cao Mengde!"
Xu Huang referred to the genocide incidents that Cao Cao and Cheng Yu committed during their early career in the other timeline.
The first major incident was the slaughtering after Cao Song, Cao Cao's father, was killed by Tao Qian's men. Not only Pengcheng City was burnt down, Lü, Julin, and Xiaqiu, people of these three cities were hunted and killed to the last man. Even dogs and chickens couldn't escape.  
Cao Cao's infamous deed was not the only genocide in Xu Province.
In 194, Lu Bu robbed Cao Cao's cities when the latter sent out his troops to attack Tao Qian. At that time, Cao Cao fought losing battles against Lu Bu and Chen Gong one after another. Moreover, a famine broke out in Yan Province, which was the roughest time of Cao Cao's life.
Cao Cao was on the verge of surrendering to Yuan Shao to save his skin at that time, but Cheng Yu stopped Cao Cao from relinquishing his position.
In addition, Cheng Yu came up with an inhumane idea. He sent his troops to pillage villages, including his hometown, to replenish their food supply.
Killing innocents for food was terrible enough, but Cheng Yu went further. Some of the food that Cheng Yu had plundered were consisting of human meat of the townspeople.
And lastly, after Yuan Shao died, 80,000 former Yuan Shao soldiers gave up fighting and surrendered to Cao Cao. Yet, ruthlessly, Cao Cao killed them all.
This was the main reason why Liu Bei resisted Cao Cao to the very end as he was afraid that the latter wouldn't have let the former life had he been captured.
As for Xu Huang, he joined Cao Cao in the year 196 after his former lord was defeated.
In the previous life, Xu Huang had limited information about his lord, so he believed that he served the righteous liege. But after comparing Tong with Cao Cao, Xu Huang could see the great difference between the two.
Both Tong and Cao Cao committed some atrocities. Both regretted it and attempted to redeem themselves. However, Tong did a better job by not approving peasant slaughtering after he had done it once. Meanwhile, Cao Cao massacred more peasants and helpless soldiers a few more occasions before he stopped.  
Tong overwhelmed and suppressed his adversary with his absolute military strength and economic power, but he rarely promoted wars. However, Cao Cao waged war everywhere to scare his enemies into submission.
Tong's semi-pacifism method won Xu Huang's heart.
Xu Huang: "This conversation is going nowhere. I'm blocking you, now."
Xu Huang blacklisted Cheng Yu as he no longer wanted to continue the pointless chat. Since the latter didn't want to surrender, they could only be enemies.
'I would have been a fool if I betray the immortal emperor! The past is the past. This world has nothing to do with the previous life!'
<<Ding>>
<<Ding>>
Chat messenger kept flashing as one more person wanted to have a word with Xu Huang.
Xu Huang opened the messenger to see who wanted to conspire with him in secret this time.
Sima Yi
'What now? Another bastard trying to backstab my emperor?'
Currently, Sima Yi was under the suspicion of masterminding, scheming with Te Langpu, and plotting a rebellion due to the Sima Clan's army size.
When Sima Fang was still alive, he always reported back to the court that he limited the troop size to 50,000 to optimize the military budget. But when Sima Yi took over Sima Fang's duty, he drafted more soldiers than necessary, which threatened the capital. Combined with his descendants' rebellion deed, all court officials didn't trust the Sima Clan anymore.
Sima Yi: "Excuse me, General Xu. Please don't mind my overly-paranoid tone, but am I a marked man? Does Dong Bai want me dead?"
Xu Huang was surprised that Sima Yi's tone seemed distressed and worried, which was different than his usual snarky attitude.
Sima Yi: "Was it because I used to chase her highness Zhang Min's skirt? Can you tell me?"
Although Xu Huang knew that Sima Yi was cunning in the other timeline, he pitied this world's Sima Yi as the latter had done nothing wrong. Everything was still a baseless suspicion.
<<Ding>>
Suddenly, Sima Yi sent his messages to the public chat.
Sima Yi: "I've completed my duty and occupied Xu Province. However, I would like to relinquish my position in advance after this job. I would like to retire from the political world for good."
This shocked Xu Huang even further as Sima Yi's tone was really desperate. From Xu Huang's point of view, Sima Yi looked like an innocent official who gave up after he was bullied by the higher-ups.
Sima Yi: "I also wish to return all of my assets, land, and soldiers in my clan's possession. I hope that her majesty could pardon me for whatever I had done in the past. I'm willing to make my immortal oath I'll never harm the Han Dynasty or the royal family in the future."
Reading the messages, Xu Huang sympathized with Sima Yi. It seemed that the royal family was too excessive in their purge and harmed the Sima Clan, who was innocent in this political conflict.
Thus, Xu Huang chose to reply to Sima Yi using the private message option.
Xu Huang: "What can I do to help you?"


Tong, a sinner who was suffering endless torment in hell because of his mistake he had done in his previous life, was giving other chance to redeem himself by the devil. 

All he had to do was participating in the redemption program, organized by the gods and the devils. He would be reincarnated as a random citizen of China during the end of the era of the East Han, and the prelude of the era of the Three Kingdoms. He would also retain his memory and a cheat skill that he designed for himself. 

Tong later found himself reincarnated as Zhang Tong, the son of the Yellow Turbans leader, Zhang Jiao. 

The problem didn't end with just the dilemma of the Yellow Turbans Army. It appeared that other than him, there were 99 others from the modern world that reincarnated into this timeline with him as well. 

This redemption program by the gods and devils didn't seem to be simple. There was definitely something fishy going on. 

Then the hidden agenda revealed itself to the reincarnators. Zhang Tong had to utilize everything by any means necessary to survive this ordeal.
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Warning: It's a story with deranged characters that MC and friends won't get a smooth sailing life forever like the other typical WN novels. 

Patience and high tolerance are required for this novel. Constant nerfs, plot twisted, and changes in the story are expected. 

All RoTK fans should also be warned. I don't follow the trends of historical events. All characters and their thought won't be like in the 14th-century novel RoTK or Dynasty Warrior.

Again, I don't sell 100% wet-dreams in this novel. I mixed nightmares in it.
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This series has ended. 
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Due to the copyrighted kinds of stuff, I changed my cover back to my first cover until I can get my hands on a better one.
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"As we're all clan elders of Huaiyuan Palace, clan head, please go ahead. As long as it's for the benefit of Huaiyuan Palace, I believe all the elders could understand it no matter what the clan head says!" Elder Muray said in a muffled voice.
After Elder Muray finished his words, Zhang Tie and all the elders nodded. 
"As we're in the Ancestral Shrine Palace, of course, we will center on the benefit of Huaiyuan Palace. We're all descendants of Huaiyuan Palace and Hua people of Taixia Country, we know what counts most, clan head!" Elder Muyuan said too.
When all the other elders expressed their stance, Zhang Taixuan nodded as he clapped twice.
As Zhang Taixuan's clap reverberated around the empty Ancestral Shrine Palace, two clan deacons walked out of a shadow and came to the side of the round table. One deacon lifted a tray which contained some files; the other deacon delivered the files to all the elders.
Zhang Tie got one too. With the strong spiritual energy, he could read this file as fast as taking a picture by camera. He could finish reading one page only by throwing a glimpse at it. Additionally, he could remember all the contents. The entire file was composed of 2 pages. Therefore, Zhang Tie finished reading them in the blink of an eye. 
After skimming over the two pages, although Zhang Tie was always calm, he also became greatly shocked spiritually as he looked at Zhang Taixuan in an amazed manner. 
Reflected by the flames in the Ancestral Shrine Palace of Huaiyuan Palace, Zhang Taixuan looked calm and profound. Nobody knew what he was thinking about. Although the other elders couldn't read as fast as Zhang Tie, they also finish reading the file rapidly. Zhang Tie noticed that Elder Muyu and Elder Muray couldn't help but quiver their hands after reading that thin file as if the two pages were pretty heavy. 
After a few seconds, when all the clan elders skimmed over the file, they all looked at Zhang Taixuan with shocked looks. 
"Clan head...how...how did you get this?" Elder Muyu asked in a bit quivering voice. 
"After the riot broke out in Xuanyuan Hill on last November 15th, the Youzhou Provincial Governor's Mansion has received the notice from Northeast Military Region, which included the name-list of all the clans of Heavens Reaching Church who participated in building bloody seas. The Northeast Military Region request Youzhou Province to close down all the industries of these clans in Youzhou Province and arrest the chief personnel of these clans. After receiving that name-list, I handed it to Longwind Business Group and ordered Longwind Business Group to investigate all the businesses of these clans of Heavens Reaching Church and report it to me. After almost 2 months' efforts, Longwind Business Group finally figured out the businesses of these clans of Heavens Reaching Church and those business groups that were affiliated to them. Through screening and analysis, we got this first-hand intelligence!"
Zhang Taixuan glanced around the other elders in a solemn way while his clear and cold sound reverberated around the Ancestral Shrine Palace, "The business group of Wen Clan in Pingsha Valley was trading grains and grain seeds. However, 61 of the 78 clans being affiliated to Heavens Reaching Church across Taixia Country were trading grains and grain seeds too. Among the 61 clans, with the care and assistance of Han Zhengfang the finance minister, the business groups of Gao Clan of Time-honored Taste Palace in Liangzhou Province, Ke Clan of Pingshu Palace in Qingzhou Province and Zhang Clan of Huayun Palace in Ezhou Province ranked top agricultural business groups in Taixia Country. Their grains, grain seeds and reclaimed farms covered Taixia Country. They even had a market in Youzhou Province. As for the other 58 clans, their business of grains and grain seeds at least had a greater market share in one province! So many clans of Heavens Reaching Church were involved in the business of grains and grain seeds, was that a coincidence?"
"Elders, you should know that the trade in grains and grain seeds is not monopolistic in Taixia Country. Everyone could be involved it; additionally, the profit is very low. Because of the low profit of the trade in grains and grain seeds, they had to reach a scale so as to make big profits. Therefore, our Longwind Business Group has not involved in this business. However, during the dozens of years when Han Zhengfang served as the finance minister of Taixia Country, these clans of Heavens Reaching Church positively involved in trading grain and grain seeds. Are they only making money? As the finance minister of Taixia Country, Han Zhengfang could have better channels to have these clans involved in; however, these clans preferred the most unprofitable industry. Why?"
The air in the Ancestral Shrine Palace was like freezing with a chill, which couldn't even be driven away by flames.
All the elders were silent, including Zhang Tie. Because they all thought about the same possibility. 
Zhang Tie was shocked the most. He had just encountered Sun Jiagu in the daytime and was anxiety-ridden by his words. Zhang Tie had not imagined that the news brought by Zhang Taixuan was much severer than that mentioned by Sun Jiagu. 
Agriculture was the root of stability, also the foundation for the development of Hua people. If Taixia Country didn't have grains or met a problem in grain supply, people would be starved to death; corps would not fight any more; cities would lose their vitality; the foundation of state political power and social stability would collapse; as a result, various contradictions would break out severely. As Han Zhengfang had served as the finance minister of Taixia Country for so many years, plus so many clans of Heavens Reaching Church were involved in this business, the influence and scope were inestimable. As long as there was any problem in agriculture of Taixia Country, the foundation of Taixia country would rock in the holy war. 
The severest crisis that Hua people experienced before the Catastrophe almost led to the extinction of Hua people. Because the traitors, bureaucratic groups and the Three-eye Association coordinated with each other to control the agricultural production and grain seeds provision of Hua people. With this extremely miserable lesson, all the Class-A cities in Taixia Country listed grain seeds as the most important items in the top 6 warehouses. 
Nobody could imagine that the same scene might happen once again in Taixia Country after over 900 years...
Elder Muray started to pant while Elder Muyuan pinched the handrail of his chair into pieces.
Even Zhang Tie felt empty in mind for a short while after receiving such a news. After being vacant for a few seconds, Zhang Tie remembered a sentence——the firmest fortress would always be broken through from inside!
Zhang Tie closed his eyes painfully...
"Han Zhengfang the finance minister is the master of Heavens Reaching Church; Heavens Reaching Church colludes with demons. Additionally, the clans and forces of Heavens Reaching Church monopolized the agriculture and the provision of grain seeds. They definitely hid a malicious intent. Demons would never give up such a chance. Therefore, I have every reason to believe that Han Zhengfang's biggest purpose during his term of office was to rock and destroy the foundation of Taixia Country and Hua people by playing a trick in agriculture. The grains especially grain seeds traded by these clans of Heavens Reaching Church might have been demonized. After combining with the growth state of the bloody figures in the bloody sea across the country, the result of demons' conspiracy in agriculture might break out in 2 years!" 
"Han Zhengfang had served as the finance minister of Taixia Country for many years. The grains and grain seeds traded by the clans of Heavens Reaching Church have long spread over Taixia Country. After so many years, nobody could figure out how deep have the agriculture of Taixia Country been influenced by Three-eye Association. For the further development of Huaiyuan Palace, Huaiyuan Palace must make a timely response to it. That's why I summon all the elders here!" Zhang Taixuan glanced around once again before continuing, "Although I hope my guesses are all false, in the current situation, Huaiyuan Palace have to make preparation for the worst scenario so as to survive ourselves. Honorable elders, please speak your mind freely. We could draw upon all useful opinions and commonly tide over this catastrophe!"
All the elders became silent for a short while. Closely after that, they all moved their eyes onto Zhang Tie. As Zhang Tie would soon be the first grand elder of Huaiyuan Palace. Of course, he was invited to speak his mind firstly out of respect in accordance with the rule. 
Under the gaze of everyone else, Zhang Tie slowly opened his eyes. He let out a sigh before saying in a muffled voice with a solemn look, "Clan head's guesses are all true. Don't have any fluke mind. The grain seeds traded by the business groups being affiliated to Heavens Reaching Church indeed have been demonized!"
Those elders exchanged a glance with each other. They had not imagined that Zhang Tie could confirm Zhang Taixuan's guesses the moment he opened his mouth. After hearing Zhang Taixuan's words, those elders indeed had a fluke mind. 
Elder Muen broke the silence by asking a question that all the elders at present were concerned about, "How could Elder Mushen be so sure about that?"
"I came to Embracing Tiger City a bit earlier today. After arriving here, I took a round in Embracing Tiger City. Coincidentally, I met a person..." Zhang Tie described how he met Sun Jiagu in a calm tone, "Even Cheng Clan had already used demonized medicinal materials to poison commoners across Taixia Country and stealthily destroy the recovering capability and the ability of producing low-level medicaments in a large scale in the holy war, not to mention the grain seeds traded by the other clans of Heavens Reaching Church. Taixia Country might have long been covered with poisonous grain seeds. This is definitely real! Elders could see it soon!"
Zhang Tie had recovered his composure from being shocked, sad, empty and confused. Therefore, his voice was filled with an unspoken calm and wisdom...


After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between humans and demons on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
Written by Drunk Tiger, this novel is a prime example of fantasy steampunk. Let us journey through the world of limitless possibilities and inventions together!
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**Warning: This novel contains mature content**


"China" will continue to protect the stability and consistency of rural land contracts and protect 
farmers' interests, according to a new guideline from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
China will continue to protect the stability and consistency of rural land contracts and protect farmers' interests, according to a new guideline from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
The document, released on Tuesday, notes that the collective ownership of land and household contract management will remain unchanged to ensure that farmers can effectively exercise their ownership and enjoy equal rights to contracted lands as members of their collectives.
Additionally, the rights of rural households to contract collective land in accordance with the law shall remain unchanged. Household operations shall occupy a fundamental position in agricultural production and management.
It also aims to maintain the stability of rural households' contracted lands.
Since the country adopted the household contract responsibility system in the early 1980s, the property rights of rural farmland have been divided into two layers: the ownership right that is collectively owned by a rural community, normally a village; and the use right, which is held by an individual household that contracts a piece of farmland from the village.
While the existing law only states that a farmland use contract is valid for 30 years, the guideline said that the contracts will be extended for another 30 years upon expiration.
The move is conducive to enhancing farmers' confidence in production, promoting rural land circulation and ensuring long-term stability in rural areas, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs.
Upon the extension, the rural land contracting practices will have remained stable for 75 years since the first round of contracting, he said.
Han said on Thursday in Beijing that stable land contract relations can fully protect farmers' land contract rights and interests, improve the rural land contracting management system and enhance farmers' confidence in agricultural production.
"The stability is also beneficial to promote the transfer of rural land management rights," Han said.
In China, contracted land in rural areas includes arable land, forestlands and grasslands jointly owned by farmers and the State. Those lands are used collectively by the farmers.
Han said China now has over 100 million hectares of contracted rural land, involving nearly 200 million rural households.
Xinhua contributed to this story.
China will continue to protect the stability and consistency of rural land contracts and protect farmers' interests, according to a new guideline from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.
The document, released on Tuesday, notes that the collective ownership of land and household contract management will remain unchanged to ensure that farmers can effectively exercise their ownership and enjoy equal rights to contracted lands as members of their collectives.
Additionally, the rights of rural households to contract collective land in accordance with the law shall remain unchanged. Household operations shall occupy a fundamental position in agricultural production and management.
It also aims to maintain the stability of rural households' contracted lands.
Since the country adopted the household contract responsibility system in the early 1980s, the property rights of rural farmland have been divided into two layers: the ownership right that is collectively owned by a rural community, normally a village; and the use right, which is held by an individual household that contracts a piece of farmland from the village.
While the existing law only states that a farmland use contract is valid for 30 years, the guideline said that the contracts will be extended for another 30 years upon expiration.
The move is conducive to enhancing farmers' confidence in production, promoting rural land circulation and ensuring long-term stability in rural areas, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs.
Upon the extension, the rural land contracting practices will have remained stable for 75 years since the first round of contracting, he said.
Han said on Thursday in Beijing that stable land contract relations can fully protect farmers' land contract rights and interests, improve the rural land contracting management system and enhance farmers' confidence in agricultural production.
"The stability is also beneficial to promote the transfer of rural land management rights," Han said.
In China, contracted land in rural areas includes arable land, forestlands and grasslands jointly owned by farmers and the State. Those lands are used collectively by the farmers.
Han said China now has over 100 million hectares of contracted rural land, involving nearly 200 million rural households.
Xinhua contributed to this story.
The document, released on Tuesday, notes that the collective ownership of land and household contract management will remain unchanged to ensure that farmers can effectively exercise their ownership and enjoy equal rights to contracted lands as members of their collectives.
Additionally, the rights of rural households to contract collective land in accordance with the law shall remain unchanged. Household operations shall occupy a fundamental position in agricultural production and management.
It also aims to maintain the stability of rural households' contracted lands.
Since the country adopted the household contract responsibility system in the early 1980s, the property rights of rural farmland have been divided into two layers: the ownership right that is collectively owned by a rural community, normally a village; and the use right, which is held by an individual household that contracts a piece of farmland from the village.
While the existing law only states that a farmland use contract is valid for 30 years, the guideline said that the contracts will be extended for another 30 years upon expiration.
The move is conducive to enhancing farmers' confidence in production, promoting rural land circulation and ensuring long-term stability in rural areas, said Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs.
Upon the extension, the rural land contracting practices will have remained stable for 75 years since the first round of contracting, he said.
Han said on Thursday in Beijing that stable land contract relations can fully protect farmers' land contract rights and interests, improve the rural land contracting management system and enhance farmers' confidence in agricultural production.
"The stability is also beneficial to promote the transfer of rural land management rights," Han said.
In China, contracted land in rural areas includes arable land, forestlands and grasslands jointly owned by farmers and the State. Those lands are used collectively by the farmers.
Han said China now has over 100 million hectares of contracted rural land, involving nearly 200 million rural households.
Xinhua contributed to this story.


1 day later.

Aariv was still asleep. It was 7 in the morning but people of this period did not have a tool to measure the exact time so for them it was already very late.

Durdhara(queen) was worried about Aariv as it had been a whole day since Aariv fell unconscious. Many talented doctors were called. But all of them gave the same diagnostic report that Aariv's body was tired.

Chandragupta(emperor) was also very worried in the beginning but after getting assurity from Kautilya he calmed down a bit.

Aariv's little brother was in very good health and was named Bindusara by Kautilya. He was named Bindusara because of the black dot mark on his forehead which was probably caused by the poison. Bindu means full stop/dot and hence he was named Bindusara.

Bindusara was calmly sleeping in his cradle, he was currently having a happy dream in which he saw warm golden lights. Unconsciously his body had remembered the feeling of when Aariv had treated him.

Everything aside, it was Juno who was having the worst time of her life, She was once again bored. Aariv was in deep sleep so she had no one to talk to. She was stuck watching Aariv's mom worrying about him.

~WAKE UUUUUUUP YOU DUMMY~ She nagged.

~Ugh I guess I'll watch a movie then~  She went on and started watching Batman 3020 in her mind. 

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It was the day of the Royal court where all the problems of the empire were heard. It didn't matter if it was a state problem or a civil problem. All the cases were heard and judged by the emperor. There was a separate civil and criminal court established for the populace to solve their disputes or judge crimes.

But once in a while, some big cases were heard by the emperor personally.

The royal court presided over by the Emperor while the Prime minister acted as the conductor. The council of ministers was to be present at all court sessions.

The council of ministers was a group of people personally selected by the king to watch over some key aspects like Taxes and revenue, War, Agriculture, Trade, etc.

Chandragupta had appointed only 4 people in the council of ministers.

War Minister - General Karamveer Khatri

Revenue Minister -Acharya Shiras Dara

Trade and Commerce Minister - Acharya Subanu Lal

Agriculture Minister -Acharya Drishnu Palin

(Acharya is a prefix used to address a very knowledgable person)

All these ministers except the general came from the Ancient and prestigious Taxila University located in the northwest part of India.

The council of ministers also watched over other smaller industries by appointing state officials. These industries included Exchequer, Stores, Armoury, prisons, Accounts, Agriculture, Mines, Metals, Mint, Salt, Forests, Cattle, Pastures, Passports, Shipping, Ports, Trade-routes, Customs, Frontiers, Excise, Weights and Measures, Spinning and Weaving, Religious institutions, etc.

The empire was divided into provinces and these provinces were governed by a family member of the Emperor e.g princes, cousins, brothers, etc. but Chandragupta had no one so he had to appoint his most trusted men. Each province had its own council of ministers which worked under the central council of ministers in the capital Patliputra. These provincial councils were headed by a secretary who made sure that the system worked smoothly.

The whole empire worked like a big machine.

The royal court was held 5 days a week.

Today a serious discussion was about to go on in the court. It had been just 1 year since Chandragupta defeated the previous Nanda Dynasty and established the Mauryan dynasty. Many nearby local kings and tribes had not surrendered yet.

They were already facing revolts in many places but now they were facing a new threat from the northwest.

After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was divided between his generals and highest-ranking officials. One of them was Seleucus I Nicator, he served as one of the generals under Alexander. He went on to establish the Seleucid dynasty, which stretched from Babylon(modern-day Iraq) to modern-day Pakistan and parts of northwest India.

While the King stayed in Seleucia, the capital of the Seleucid dynasty while he sent Satraps(Provincial governors) to rule over the provinces. These governors were acting very hostile and were trying to expand. They were trying to enter the Mauryan empire.

Chandragupta had yet to conquer the whole of India so he could not spare military strength to tackle them yet. He was more focused on the smaller kingdoms nearby. They gave these kingdoms the option that they could either submit and become subsidiary kindom of the Mauryan empire or fight to death.

His main goal was to create one big Unified India.

...

Inside the Great hall/Throne room, emperor Chandragupta was seated on his 300 Kilograms(661 pounds) throne which was made of gold.

His upper body was mostly naked but he was wearing a lot of jewelry made of gold and precious stones which covered his shoulders and his chest partially, his lower body was covered with a long piece of royal blue linen cloth tied to look like pants(Traditionally called Dhoti), on his head he was wearing a golden turban which was also decorated with gold, stones and peacock feathers. There was a pair of brown leather shoes decorated on his feet. A long red linen scarf with gold embroidary was fixed from his pants to his left shoulder and then wrapped around his right hand through the back.

 The throne had roaring lion faces on the tips of both armrests giving a very domineering feeling, for comfort silk cushions were embedded on the backrest, seat, and armrests. The whole Throne was placed on a 4 feet high platform with steps which were made up of white marble.

The great hall was rectangular in shape,90 meters(295 feet) long and 60 meters(196 feet) wide, its ceiling was carved with gold showing many beautiful patterns, There were 6 big pillars supporting the ceiling, they were also carved with gold but also had royal blue color for outlines. The main entrance was from the south side of the hall, if one were to enter then the first thing they see would be the majestic emperor on the throne on the northernmost side of the hall.

There were 5 more golden cushioned seats on the east and west side of the room. these seats were closer to the throne as they belonged to the council of ministers. the closest seat on the right side was reserved for the Prime Minister. The hall was further decorated with many red and blue silk curtains. A beautiful huge carpet covered the whole ground surface of the hall.

A stand for audience and lesser officials were also made on the east and west side behind the pillars with separate door that leads straight to the outside of the palace. There was a guard rail made of white marble around the stand as to not let someone jump and attack the Emperor.

Behind the Throne was a big red-colored curtain on which a huge lion face was sewed with threads made of gold. Behind the curtain was the door reserved for Chandragupta's entry and exit exclusively. The entire hall was guarded by 100 royal guards.

...

Today only 4 seats out of 5 were filled as General Karamveer had gone to stop revolts in the city of Ujjain.

Chandragupta looked at Acharya Kautilya, his prime minister and nodded.

Acharya Kautilya understood and stood up: "The royal court is in session."

He said as he looked at the public and then took out a parchment on which today's cases and matters were written.

"The first case concerns the farmer and the local tax collector of his village. A farmer named Suraj has claimed that the local tax collector Vishnu demanded 2 times more tax than the fixed amount from him for this season's harvest. He also blames that the village's elder council gave a biased decision and did not help him as he is from a lower cast."

Kautilya looked at the tax collector in disdain; this was a classic case of high caste supressing lower castes. This thing happened on daily bases all over India, Although Chanakya belonged to the highest class of Brahmin(Priests) but he could still see the flaw in the system.

 The cast system had existed for as long as they could remember so people couldn't see themselves without it, which made it even more impossible to make any changes.

Basically the Indian cast system was divided into 4 stages.

1- Brahmin (the priests, Academicians)- Highest in social order, vegetarian. They considered touching shudras and the untouchables as corruption to their religion, if by mistake a brahmin touched them then he'd have to do rituals and ask gods for forgiveness. even the royal courts favored brahmins and punished shudras and untouchables, even if fault lied in the brahmin. People feared that they would get cursed if they upset a brahmin.

2- Kshatriya (warrior caste)- Most of the Kings and Generals were from this cast, ate both veg and non-veg.

3- Vaishya- Merchants and landowners.

4- Shudra- Manual laborers (Farmers, peasants)

but there was a 5th stage which no one talked about.

5- The Untouchables- Outcasts(slaves), street sweepers, toilet cleaners. (these were considered to be untouchables, if you touched them then you'd have to take a bath. they were not invited to any social events and whenever they entered a city or village they were forced to announce their arrival by making sound by smacking 2 wooden sticks).

 

The farmer Suraj belonged to the Shudra caste and the tax collector and village elders belonged to vaishya.

Chandragupta hated these kind of cases, but he could not do anything as the whole empire heavily relied on Brahmin caste for their ability of statesmanship and any wrong decision could ignite revoltes in this unstable period. But this didn't mean that he wouldn't do anything when wrongdoings happened in front of him.

Chandragupta spoke with a loud and heavy majestic voice" Tax collector Vishnu, did you bring your annual ledger?" He looked Vishnu straight in the eyes.

Vishnu's legs started trembling as he tried to speak" ye...yes your majesty, I...I always keep it with me"

"Show it to me then" Chandragupta looked at Acharya Kautilya who took the ledger from tax collector Vishnu's hands and gave it to him.

He opened the ledger and started reading it, soon he found problems with the accounts. The tax amount that was collected from the village was shown to be normal but when it was all added it showed less. He then looked at the tax collection of the previous season and again found some problems, and what angered him the most was that there were some names in the list who clearly belonged to Shudra caste(4th cast) and the amount of tax they paid was 2 times more than others.

"Suraj, do you have anything to say?" He asked the farmer.

Seeing that finally, someone was ready to hear his side of the story he teared up and started speaking "Your majesty, I am a small-time farmer who only has 3 acres of land which is just enough to keep my families stomachs barely full for 1 season after cutting taxes but if I was to pay 2 times taxes then..." He sobbed and continued "I'd rather commit suicide with my 2 sons and a wife than slowly let them die of hunger."

After saying all this he just kept his head bowed in fear that he might offend the emperor.

Chandragupta looked at Suraj and felt bad for him, how helpless a man must feel to cry in front of people. He signaled at his servant and told them to give the man some water.

Then he looked at the criminal, the tax collector "You must be so proud of yourself right? Forcing families to starve to death, your pockets must be filled with gold right?"

Vishnu had his eyes lowered the whole time, he was regretting being so greedy but the damage was done.

Chandragupta looked at him in disgust: "Your ledgers have clear proof that you have been forcing some people to pay more taxes than normal and you also deceived the throne. For your crimes all your money and property shall be confiscated, as you do not have a wife so all of your money will be equally divided to the victim families that you looted, the land's ownership will be given to Suraj for being brave and coming out to report this crime.

And you, my Tax collector, are sentenced to 5 years of rigorous labor in the mines.

The village elders clearly ignored the crime and supported the criminals for which they are fined 2 silver Panas each which is to be equally divided to all the victim families."

 (Pana is the name of currency, 1 gold pana=100 silver pana, 1 silver pana=100 bronz pana)

Listening to the punishment, Vishnu's legs gave up and he fell down while farmer Suraj was thanking Chandragupta.

"Thank you your majesty, LONG LIVE HIS MAJESTYYYY" he excitedly started cheering.

*Sigh*

...

Meanwhile inside the queen's room.

Aariv was in the cradle sleeping a moment ago but suddenly his body started twitching contineously like he was having an Epileptic seizures. Seeing this, Durdhara panicked and yelled to call a doctor.

Juno, who was happily watching her movie also panicked "WAAAKE UP AARIV!...WAKE UUUUP,"

What if "THE GREAT FILTER THEORY" was real and the filter was not something supernatural but a WAR.
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A war that spans the whole universe.
Only the strong and advanced can survive.
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(The Great Filter theory says that at some point from pre-life to Type III intelligence(galactic civilization), there’s a wall that all attempts at life hit. There’s some filter in that long evolutionary process that is extremely unlikely or impossible for life to get beyond. That stage is The Great Filter)
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In the year 3500A.D humans had colonized all the moons and planets that could harbor life in the solar system. But then the Earth was attacked by an extremely advanced civilization and all human life in the solar system was destroyed.
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Aariv Hector, the last human to die, was reincarnated in 320BC as son to an Indian Emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. With his old memories and newfound powers, he is to shoulder the great responsibility of saving humanity. 
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But what would happen if the ancient gods and mythical monsters were real too and how will Aariv deal with them?
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He has 3800 years remaining before the Doomsday.
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The second lunar month of every year was when the northern provinces worked on agriculture and water circulation, and this year was of no exception. It was said that this habit continued in the Great Han Empire for more than a hundred years. Before, the famous Grand Chancellor Guo Chun wrote in the 'Empire Agriculture Ten Incidents' that 'The Provincial Governor and Transportation Offices should tell the soldiers and citizens that working on agriculture provides huge benefits and removes harm. So in the northern provinces, at the start of spring, people would mostly be working on plowing the land and building waterways as well as setting up dams. It was something that the bureaucracy should often do and be tested on…'
In the decades that Guo Chun was the Grand Chancellor, the local bureaucracy working on building waterways every second lunar month of the year was settled.
When Yan Liqiang came to the capital, the nearby counties had already started their large scale waterway construction projects. Usually, the construction would last a month to prepare for spring planting. However, this year was somewhat of an exception. Because the Spirit Peace River was long due for repair, last year's rain build-up caused the river to overflow, flooding many places. The citizens endured great hardship. Due to this, the relevant departments focused on the Spirit Peace River for repair. They hired nearly 20,000 nearby farmers and workers and started the big repair project.
On the 6th day of the 3rd lunar month of the Yuanping reign in the Great Han Empire, the sun was bright and the spring wind was warm. The Spirit Peace River repair project was still on fire. At daybreak, large numbers of workers who just ate some buns started to gather next to the river. Under the rush of the head worker, they dug the earth, drained water, and built dams.
From afar, the workers looked like ants gathered at work. It was an astonishing sight.
Other than these hired workers, some nearby townsfolk also gathered at the riverside, carrying baskets of water while bustling about.
Before repairing the dam, they had to drain the water in blocks before they could start working. When they drained the water, all the fish and worms came out. Usually, it would take some effort to catch them but it was much easier now so the nearby townsfolks were happy to catch some fish. Some could catch big ones that were 80 centimeters long, and they were all very fresh. They could either eat the fish themselves or sell it to the restaurants of the capital city and earn some taels of silver.
When it was almost midday, there was a cry of shock amongst the workers digging.
"Ah, there's a stone turtle here!"
"Stone turtle! We dug out a stone turtle!"
"There's something in the river…"
Everyone was curious, and soon, the news of the stone turtle spread. Quite some workers and townsfolk all ran over to see the wonder.
The stone turtle was nearly one meter long and half a meter tall. It was huge and covered in mud. It had been laying here for who knows how long but it still looked very much like a turtle. This shocked the onlookers.
The workers soon found some rope, and with nearly a hundred people pulling at the same time, they brought the stone turtle onto the banks.
Everyone gathered up and looked at the stone turtle.
One silver-haired worksmith came over and felt the stone turtle's head before scraping the mud off with his nails. He sighed, "The material isn't ordinary, it's Golden Leaf stone, which doesn't erode for ten thousand years. This is strange. Why would there be a stone turtle at the Spirit Peace River…" The old smith kept scratching his head until suddenly, he dazedly said, "Huh, there seem to be words on turtle's back. Get some water and wash it, see what it says…"
Hearing this, the curious crowd couldn't resist pouring the water they carried from the wooden baskets they used to carry fish onto the stone turtle.
Splash…splash...splash...
After being showered with buckets of water, the stone turtle showed its original look. Clear and deep inscriptions appeared on its back.
"Words are showing, there are so many words…"
Countless heads and eyes went over.
"What words, what words, read it out loud…" people murmured.
Someone who could read started reading out loud the words.
"The Great Han Empire, fifth lunar month in the 16th year of the Yuanping reign, the Heavenly Dog devours the sun in Liu Province…"
"The Great Han Empire, eighth lunar month in the 16th year of the Yuanping reign, the great drought in Zhu province…"
"The Great Han Empire, first lunar month in the 17th year of the Yuanping reign, the great earthquake in Gong Province…"
"The Great Han Empire, fourth lunar month in the 17th year of the Yuanping reign, landslide on Mount Luchuan…"
"The Great Han Empire, ninth lunar month in the 17th year of the Yuanping reign, the Heavenly Tribulation occurs. All stars fall. The capital regions become the land of death, a desert that spans a thousand li where thousands of lives perish and return to ashes…"
"The stone turtle doesn't open its mouth. If you see this item, you gain the opportunity. Save the citizens, escape a thousand li away, and you shall survive!"
"Great Han Yuan Tianfeng…"
After reading just two lines, the surroundings were dead silent. When the person finished reading, the place was eerily silent. Even the sound of the wind blowing the leaves could be heard.
Yuan Tianfeng was the legendary saint of great wisdom two hundred years ago. He knew the heavens and the earth. He knew things from 500 years before and 500 years after. This person was frequently in the tales told at those restaurants. Almost everyone knew him.
"I didn't hear properly just then, can you… can you read it again…" In the silence, a farmer standing on the outskirts spoke shakily.
The reader gulped down some saliva and read it again, but compared to the first time, his tone was shaky.
This time, everyone heard clearly.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?! What are all of you doing here not doing work?" The manager of this area squeezed and forced through, reaching the front before seeing the stone turtle, "Hm, what is this?!"
"My lord… we…we just dug this up from the river…" a craftsman said quietly. Quite a few people who heard those words already started retreating.
"Oh, there's writing on the back, let me see…"
The manager went around and started reading the words. Moments later, his face went pale white…
…...
In less than four hours, news of the stone turtle and the engravings on its back spread through the entire capital city...


The most precious things in the world are priceless. Ordinary men tend to turn a blind eye to this fact. Apart from the treasured air, sunlight, and familial love, there is still one more thing that’s extremely valuable. It’s right beside you and can be easily obtained. But... I wonder whether you can see it?

There were six countries to the east of China: North Korea, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Even though there were many of them, none of them were especially powerful, and they did not have much strength to resist.
The closest country to Great Qin was Indonesia. It had 250 regions and roughly 50 million people. Next was Malaysia with 200 regions and roughly 40 million people, then the Philippines with 350 regions and roughly 80 million people. Further away was Japan with 300 regions and roughly 100 million people, then South Korea with 200 regions and around 40 million people, and then finally North Korea with 150 regions and roughly 30 million people.
In total, the six countries had 1,450 regions and around 340 million people. There were also four Nation Armaments from four of the countries:
Indonesia: As the primitive society developed and trade and transportation across the South China Sea became more common, the Indonesian people visited more and more islands, bringing their culture with them. It was roughly around 200BC that the country 'Yavadvipa' appeared.
Yavadvipa was outside the boundary of the Han dynasty province in Vietnam, which was where modern Indonesia was. During 131AD, it sent ambassadors to China to establish friendly relations.
Malaysia: Brunei Darussalam was the most prosperous Empire in Malaysia's history. In the 13th Century, it governed 14 provinces with tens of thousands of people living in the capital. It was a slave-owning society with clear classes, and its economy was primarily focused on agriculture. The residents obtained their salt from boiling seawater and fermented their own wine from millet, living simple lives.
In the 14th Century, the central government set up a unified administration for the treasury and tax collection. At the end of the 14th Century, it submitted to the Majapahit Empire, and at the start of the 15th Century, it submitted to the Malacca Sultanate. Soon, it regained independence and became a Sultanate.
At the start of the 16th Century, the fifth Sultan, Bolkiah, caused the sultanate to become more powerful. Apart from most of Kalimantan Island, most islands south of the Philippines belonged to Brunei, and this was called their 'golden era.'
At the end of the 16th Century, because of internal strife, the sultanate went into decline, and western colonizers began to invade. In 1888, it became a British protectorate.
Philippines: The Barangay alliance was the second wave of Malay people to come to the Philippines through boats, and the area where set up was called Barangay. Barangay was the foundational society of the early Philippines.
Each Barangay was made up of 30 to 100 families and differed in numbers, and they were headed by barangay chiefs. The barangay societies were made up of nobles, free citizens, and slaves, and due to the requirements of development and war, various barangays formed alliances, forming a nation with slavery.
Japan: There had only ever been one nation in the history of Japan, and it had always been a monarchy. Even though its regime had been overthrown many times, Emperors always existed and had never been abolished.
Since the first generation of Emperors was established in 660BC, the line continued until now, which can be said to be quite miraculous.
Japan's Nation Armament was quite special, as it was not only like a Nation Armament but also like a Clan Armament; it was something in between. Moreover, it was made up of many components, which included the sword Kusanagi, the jewel Yasanaki no Magatama, and the mirror Yata no Kagami.
Those four countries all each had a Nation Armament. As for South Korea and North Korea, they used to be one country but only recently split into two countries. Because their territory was quite small and did not have much Fate, due to the split, they were unable to form Nation Armaments.
There were 1,450 regions and 340 million players in total, but those figures were nothing to Zhao Fu. In the face of true death, all would submit to Great Qin; that was how it had been with the previous four countries. After all, it was better to live a bad life than have a good death.
As such, their main obstacle was the system factions. In the 1,450 regions, there were 4,500 City Lords and a force of 450 million Stage 1 soldiers. However, they were not all gathered together, as most City Lords still maintained their neutrality.
Zhao Fu wanted to quickly take down the six countries and then attack the rest of China from behind, taking down 2,000 Chinese regions in the east in one fell swoop.
The eastern faction had 2,000 regions and 6,000 or so City Lords, as well as 600 million Stage 1 soldiers. However, they were scattered in different places, and some would help players defend against Great Qin, while others would not; they were not unified at all.
If Great Qin took down the eastern side, Great Qin would be able to unify the northern side and eastern side of the Midland Continent. That would only leave the western side and southern side, and there would be nothing more to worry about.
In total, the eastern side of the Midland Continent had 3,450 regions. Wanting to devour so many regions required a massive appetite.
Zhao Fu first gathered his various subordinates to discuss this matter. If they succeeded, Great Qin would take a big step in unifying the Midland Continent. After unifying the Midland Continent, Great Qin would make a move against the other Continents.
Seeing their four lines of defenses, the eastern factions were able to relax. The sky, the ground, and underground and all been sealed, so no matter how powerful Great Qin was, it would be impossible to break through all of these defenses quickly. As such, they felt quite confident.
After all, Great Qin had suffered defeat twice because of similar tactics, though the second time they had ended up succeeding because of the tunnels they dug. Now that they had prepared defenses for the sky and underground, there would be no way for Great Qin to make it through.
Now, they needed to send some people to patrol those areas. After all, they did not need everyone to wait there; when Great Qin attacked, those on patrol would let the rest know, and they would have enough time to arrive.
Moreover, everyone knew that Great Qin was currently clearing out regions and building a Great Wall. They had not even stabilized the northern side yet, so it was unlikely they would suddenly attack.
It was now the end of summer, and a bright moon hung in the sky, illuminating the dark blue night sky, with a few stars around it.
"Bro, do you reckon we can stop Great Qin? Great Qin is rising so quickly, and now that the real world's going to be destroyed, if we die, we'll stay dead. What should we do in the future?"
A few people stood on the Great Wall, and one of them felt quite worried and could not help but voice these worries, feeling quite helpless.
A bearded man laughed as he replied, "Of course we'll be able to stop them. Do you really think we'll be destroyed by Great Qin? There are six countries allied together; last time, Great Qin was lucky and took them by surprise by digging tunnels. This time, we've made complete preparations for our defenses."


“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive.

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