Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 114: Last Leisure Town

Ning Dynasty, at the gates of a small county.

A carriage drove by three cloudy grey horses lined up to enter the gate.

Inside, two children and a young man were sitting.

"Father, shouldn’t we be riding the horses and fight bandits and such?" the young girl asked.

"Riding horses is more difficult than you think. Both of you have only gained some primary training on ponies, not real horses.

We have been on our way for a month already, haven’t we, Yuanhan?

Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"Father, sister actually wanted to ask the second thing. I am also confused. Although we were in the Imperial Capital’s territory in the first two weeks, even after leaving it, we haven’t met a single bandit!" Yuanyun asked this time. Over the past two months of getting to know each other, he felt more comfortable with Mu Yan and was able to talk properly.

"It’s because for you, the territory is two weeks of carriage ride. But for the bandits, the territory is far larger.

Heh, do you think they would dare to rob directly at the border of the capital?

In that case, add a week for safety and we are at three weeks.

Then, how many counties do you know that are three weeks carriage distance from the capital?"

"There are a total of twenty-eight counties in that range!" Yuanhan replied.

"These counties..." Yuanyun looked to Mu Yan, trying to confirm his guess.

When Mu Yan nodded, he continued, "Of all these twenty-eight counties, at least twenty-six have a Royal Office run by our uncles the Royal Princes. The other two haven’t been assigned when I received this education."

Mu Yan smiled when he heard the correct answer.

"The last two have been assigned in the past month. Haha, these twenty-eight counties are the easiest and safest environment to start, so they are always desired by the new eunuchs each time.

This year, Lu Shang took one of them for your elder brother.

As for the other one, it should have been assigned to a Royal Descendant of a previous Assignment.

Let’s return to the topic at hand.

All these counties have Royal Offices. Do you know that in statistics, a county with a Royal Office is 70-80% less likely to be surrounded by bandit camps?

Heh, this isn’t because the bandits fear the Royal Descendants.

What they fear is that they might accidentally injure the weak descendants.

Once that happens, the Imperial Offices will directly send their hunters.

You two will enjoy the same privilege.

If you ever get injured, don’t hesitate to send a message back.

Haha, the hunters of the Imperial Office, do you know how these bandits call them?"

Yuanhan raised her hand.

"Yes, you answer."

"Dogs?"

"No, they don’t call them dogs. They call them rats.

Hahaha, in the future, you will get to know them. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Once you do, you will understand why they are called like that.

Of course, don’t forget, they are on our side. So we don’t call them rats, we say they are just overeager and curious."

The two children chuckled.

Just then, the horse moved forward and a guard outside talked with their driver.

The guard walked around to the window, wanting to see who was inside to make sure everything was safe.

As part of the local security office, the guards had the same position as that of a first-stage military officer. Only with such a secure position did they dare to inspect directly.

But just as he was in front of the window, about to knock, he saw a piece of paper fly out.

It landed in his hand –

On it, a golden dragon and a golden phoenix were depicted!

The guard’s face was one of shock, about to fall to his knees.

But an invisible power forced him to stand while a voice came from inside, "Allow the entry."

The guard nodded stiffly, turning back slowly and waving to the other guards, allowing them to enter.

"Father, why was this one’s reaction so unusual? The other ones we crossed were fine."

"Why? Oh, it’s simple. This guy is a demon cultivator!

For these guys, the human dao’s territory is either deathly or welcoming.

After all, we Human Dao cultivators don’t get involved in the battle between Demons, Buddhists, and Taoists.

Don’t worry about their conflict.

For us Human Dao Cultivators and the other Immortal Cultivators, we generally have a neutral relationship with them.

There might be conflict between single sects, but there is no dao conflict.

In the future, Yuanyun, you will lead a county, so you have to be the embodiment of justice. While many Human Dao Cultivators favour Immortal Cultivators, you have to remember that in the end, Demon Cultivation is just a branch of Immortal Cultivation, just as Buddhist and Taoist Cultivation is also a branch.

Our own Human Dao Cultivation is also just a branch.

We all pursue the ethereal Immortal Dao.

In that case, we should treat everyone as equal. Especially since we the Human Dao Cultivators have our own enemies."

"Father, are you talking about the southern barbarians?"

"Don’t call them barbarians!" Mu Yan scolded when he heard this term.

"They are the Southern Tribes, Southern Warriors, or Southern Cultivators. Barbarians suggests they have no civilisation. But if you ever have the chance to enter a tribe of theirs, you will quickly be proven differently.

Their own tribes aren’t too far away from our Human Dao Cultivation. If it wasn’t for that, why would we be fighting them so much?

The battle between daos has the largest benefit the world can offer: Fortune.

If it wasn’t for being the leader of the Human Dao, how could so many people in the Ning Dynasty ascend to immortality?

And only if we fight for this fortune will we have a chance to ascend."

Mu Yan saw they had more questions but he waved his hand, "This county is our last leisure spot. From then on, we will have truly left the safe territory.

The conflicts in other counties abound.

Let’s rest for a bit."

The carriage drove into the town. It went down the main road before turning to the side. The driver already knew the inns of all the cities on their way from the capital to the county they would be stationed at.

He went to the inn planned previously.

Mu Yan told the driver to park the carriage at an inn.

The driver was a Royal Servant assigned to them. He would be their driver for as long as they were able to use him.

These Royal Servants were all the most loyal people to the empire, having been raised since they were orphans.

Once they arrived at the county, they would be greeted with many more servants.

For now, it was only this single quiet driver.

Mu Yan entered the inn from the main entrance, his two children behind him.

They all wore casual cultivator’s robes. Many people all around could be seen doing the same.

Besides such clothes, there were many people in battle garments.

Inside the inn, he saw that most people wore exactly such clothes.

Besides them, there were also people in scholarly robes or colourful clothes. The latter were mostly the entertainers who sang, played music, or recited a story.

Mu Yan went to the main reception right away.

A woman with a thick belly was standing there, serving drinks and cleaning the reception.

"I would like to get a room for three." He said, reaching to his spatial bag to take out his money.

"Three?" the woman turned to him, looking at the two children behind him.

"Are you sure you want to enter my inn? Although we have good and clean beds, we can be loud until the evening. Don’t these kids have to go to sleep early?"

"Oh, it’s fine. Just say it’s training them. In the future, they will encounter all kinds of situations. Sleeping when it’s loud should be a minimum requirement." Mu Yan answered casually, unbothered by the loudly drinking martial artists behind him.

"That’s how a man should be!" just as he was thinking of them, one of the martial artists drinking at the bar commented, raising his beer cup and drinking a large sip.

"Whatever you want. A hundred and fifty spirit stones a night."

"Hmm?" Mu Yan looked at her, "So expensive?"

"The price of my inn is fair. Our beds are clean, there is a protective formation around each room, and it includes three meals. If you don’t want the meals, I can reduce it to a hundred."

"No, it’s fine. Let’s do it."

Although Mu Yan still thought it was expensive, he didn’t care too much about it.

The woman reached below the bar and pulled out a key, "First floor, third room on the right."

Mu Yan took the key and looked at his two children and told them, "You go to the room right away. I will come up in a bit."