Peace Order-Chapter 1591 - 28: The Art of Longevity and the Life-Extending Gu

Chapter 1591: Chapter 28: The Art of Longevity and the Life-Extending Gu

With the help of "Jiangnan Misty Rain Tower Skills," Li Guanyi’s demeanor and temperament resembled that of a rugged nomadic horseman on the plains, and with the aid of Shaking Light’s mystical skills, he could converse normally.

In the early March of the fifteenth year of Divine Revelation, Li Guanyi arrived at Xiyi City. By the late April of the fifteenth year, nearing May, with the grasslands fully green, Li Guanyi leisurely circled around, gradually approaching the northern region.

During these two months, changes in various countries were minimal.

Chen Country and Ying Country were vigorously encouraging agriculture, reducing taxes, stimulating economy and commerce. Yuwen Lie had returned to the battlefield with a mechanical arm, yet the most skilled maker of mechanical arms, Guan Shier, had entered Jiangnan.

It was uncertain how much of his martial prowess the former Divine Might General still possessed.

There were sporadic uprisings in Ying Country.

However, they were merely a few words. Among the many heroes, top figures like Dou De were lurking in the mountains, not revealing themselves, while some young men, considering Emperor Ying old and feeble, raised their arms in call.

They wished to emulate Prince Qin and claim dominance over the world.

Within days, the government suppressed them.

Dan Xiong simply sighed, Jiang Wanxiang was just getting old, but not dead.

In truth, the most formidable ruler in Ying Country’s three hundred years from its founding was most fearsome before his death. Since Li Guanyi declared himself king six months ago, Jiang Wanxiang wielded the executioner’s knife, dealing with many piled-up old cases.

Blood flowed like rivers as heads rolled.

The foremost person of the dynasty, also the biggest corrupt official of Ying Country, and the Left Minister corresponding to Wei Yiwen, also a favored minister of Jiang Wanxiang, who helped build the Star-picking Tower, was executed, argued over, and seized nearly a hundred million taels of silver.

In addition, there were land deeds, residences, chambers of commerce, and more.

The cumulative actual value filled the treasury, which was already on the brink of depletion, in one go.

Wen Heyan: Using this person as a cover, to siphon the wealth of the world into one pocket, then cut him down with one stroke, how ruthless!

Ying Country’s national power immediately expanded.

Officials swept clean, heads rolled again in the literary and martial circles and aristocracy, eliciting cheers from the people, clearing the court’s bureaucratic governance. Public sentiment gathered, officials could not resist Jiang Wanxiang’s terror, resorting to retreat.

In this condition.

The flaws of Ying Country were forcibly cut off by Jiang Wanxiang, then firmly clutched together, becoming a rope, greatly enhancing cohesion and popular sentiment. This foremost nation in the Central Plains still retained its deep foundation.

The old, dying king still possessed a heroic spirit.

As for Chen Country, Chen Dingye did not enact reforms as bold and decisive as Jiang Wanxiang’s sweeping actions. People privately commented that Emperor Chen and Emperor Ying, the latter was ultimately superior.

Yet Li Guanyi discovered the message.

The second batch of allocations from Chen Dingye had arrived.

Chen Dingye’s actions were completely reasonable.

A ruler at the end of a dynasty, whose backbone was severed and morale eroded by Tantai Xianming’s decades of schemes; killing the Turkic envoy, using the thigh bone as a pipa; trusting treacherous ministers, with corruption rampant in the court.

However, because it was so reasonable, it instead alerted Li Guanyi.

At this stage, is Chen Dingye truly as inept as he appears?

In any case, caution is never a mistake.

Yes, we’ll take the money first.

This time it amounted to a full five million taels of silver. Mr. Nan Hanwen also brought out three hundred craftsmen, along with disciples’ families, totaling several thousand people entering Jiangnan, constructing a massive academy, where selected talents from various places practiced.

The Southwest Prince and others had successfully, as planned, entered the Ancient Red Dragon Secret Realm.

Subsequently, Qilin Army medical officers like Shi Dalin also entered, beginning to harvest the secret realm planted five hundred years ago by Duke Chen Baxian, and refined Qi Nourishing Powder based on Hou Zhongyu’s version.

This Qi Nourishing Powder was a reinforced, upgraded version.

It was distributed in batches according to combat duties and sequences to the Heavenly Strategy Mansion’s army.

Supported by elixirs, the previously wounded Qilin Army soldiers on the battlefield mostly recovered entirely, with some improving. Those with serious injuries unsuitable for frontline combat were transferred to the academy to train as grassroots officers.

The reconstitution of armor and weapons by the Murong Family progressed smoothly.

With Guan Shier’s assistance, Xiao Wuliang’s mechanical arm was updated, already restoring ninety percent of normal combat capability. As Chen Wenmian’s deputy, no issues remained.

This process took only a month’s time to complete.

Guan Shier initially thought this was a matter for himself.

After resolving it, he planned to pack up and leave, telling the Mo School giant he wasn’t intending to go to Chen Country or Ying Country, as the Western Regions, Southwest, Jiangnan, and waterways amount to vast territory, sufficient for his travels.

He planned to spend three to five years to slowly wander, traversing the entire realm of Prince Qin.

Then he was brought to meet General Xue.

Now he still hasn’t managed to leave the Eighteen States of Jiangnan.

Spring plowing proceeded smoothly, with favorable weather, the people lived and worked in peace.

Wei Xuancheng, Fang Ziqiao, and others assisted with internal politics, which was well-organized. As for the five weapons taken from the Overlord Secret Realm, they haven’t found owners yet; such grade of weapons are already spiritually attuned, approaching the level of Divine Weapon.